Category Archives: Learning

The Eight Hour Day –Remembering Hay Market in Tripoli

Posted on May 1, 2012 by prashant bhatt

            Eight hours for work, eight hours for rest, eight hours for what we will                                                                         Rallying slogan of the 8 hour working day                                                                         Movement of Chicago 1886. The first secular holiday of Libya under … Continue reading →

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Musings around Easter-Remembering St.Augustine of Hippo

Posted on April 29, 2012 by prashant bhatt

In no wise are the bodies themselves to be spurned. (…) For these pertain not to ornament or aid which is applied from without, but to the very nature of man. St.Augustine of Hippo 13th November 354 to 28th August … Continue reading →

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A book in Devnagri Script-Exploring links and memories

Posted on January 24, 2012 by prashant bhatt

Internal and external immigrants are known to have reading groups which help them foster a sense of identity and security. A book in Devanagri script Last meeting, Dr.Bachchoo Singh brought a Gita in Devanagri script, printed at Gita Press, Gorakhpur. … Continue reading →

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