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Mohd Akbar - The Disabled Rickshaw Puller at Badarpur, Delhi As a part of my daily routine enroute to work I daily have to board a rickshaw from Badarpur to my office, which is about a 10 min drive on a rickshaw, as always today as well got off the DTC bus and boarded the first possible rickshaw, as the puller started to pull, my attention drew towards his movements which were rather awkward and leaning from side to side, the it came to my notice that the puller is disabled, as relevant from the attached pictures, the puller had a problem in his right leg and miserable it was approximately about 4 inches short of the other leg, as I spoke to him he narrated that approximately 12 years ago he had met with an accident which led him to disability, also that the poor chap cannot walk and carries a crutch to aide walking, he has 3 kids, two daughters and son along with his wife, and he is the sole bread earner of his family. He says that it is a hell job for him to walk and with this...

Cool Windows 7 Keyboard Tricks       Anyone working professionally with a computer has their hands on the keyboard most of the time. Reaching for the mouse can be an annoying disturbance and personally I often turn over my mouse in such situations. An easy solution is to simply keep the hands on the keyboard and complete as many tasks as possible with keyboard shortcuts only.   Apart from making you work more efficiently and faster, you can also impress your friends or colleagues by being able to work without a mouse. This article describes some cool Windows 7 keyboard tricks to get you started. In the end you might never want to take your hands off the keyboard again.   Windows & Taskbar     [Alt] + [Ctrl] + [Tag] + left/right/up/down arrow Flip window.   [Alt] + [Tab] Cycle through open windows.   [Windows] + [T] OR [Windows] + [SHIFT] + [T] Move focus to front or back ...

Once again it’s that time of the year when the clouds of darker shades start covering the sky. The smell of newly wet earth fills your senses; birds you never see through the years fill the world around you with their excitement. It’s that time when the six-year-old wants to run away to the neighboring orchards to reclaim his mossy throne in the shadowy world. It’s that time of the year when the teenager wants to go back to his bedroom window where he can spend the lazy afternoon watching the non-stop rain drops. It is that time of the year when newly adult wants to walk under the shared umbrella – shoulder to shoulder – dreaming about the world he wants to create. Monsoon Clouds It’s been quite some time that I didn’t find any reason to complain about rains. Wherever I went, I felt it’s a party arranged by you. Standing under the grey canopy – absorbing the ballad of life around – never saw it coming. The gust of wind caught me full on. Lurking behind the unseen dark corners of ...

These motion graphics are the work of illustrator Dain Fagerholm. The Seattle-based artist refers to his pieces as drawings stereographic animation. The stereo images are more commonly recognized as two parallel images fixed, varying only slightly angled and designed to be seen so that the mind combines the two to create a 3D image. Similarly,the angular multi ilutsraciones Fagerholm and are combined into a single image that gives us an illusory sense of depth.  

Why is Pink equal to women? It isn't just the desi authorities who're hell bent on pinkifying women's transport, the stereotype extends across China and Paris too. We know women travellers in Delhi swear by their ladies-only compartment and their ladies-only seats. The Delhi Transport Corporation, after increasing the number of women's seats in buses, has come up with a not-so- innovative plan to ensure that women get access to these seats: the seats will be coloured in, no surprises here, pink. We at DT are all for seats reserved for women to make our daily commuting less of a suffering than what it used to be, but we don't get the authority's obsession with the colour pink - from the pink autos of Gurgaon to the pink buses for the Noida commuters or the pink labelling for the women's compartment in the metro. One would hope that everyone is over the cliched pink-for-girls and blue-for-boys stereotype. But as far as the transport model goes, that i...

Women you should never date Make sure you avoid women of these sorts, to stay out of trouble. We tell you why Your ex-girlfriend It's best not to revisit a past relationship if things did not end well. Primarily because, you two were incompatible and had some serious issues, which would still be a bone of contention, if you were to get together. It's easy to fancy an ex in a moment of weakness, especially when you are lonely, and you may choose to forget the reason why you broke up and jump back in the relationship, only to regret it. Your best friend's sister Avoid getting involved with your best bud's sister. Not only will it destroy your friendship with your closest pal, if things don't work out, you are also likely to be at risk of being punched in the face for hurting his little sister. Also, you can forget about crying on his shoulder when things are not going great between you and his sister, as there's a direct conflict of interest her...