Ravi Shankar dies at 92

epa03505291 (FILE) A file picture dated 19 July 2005 shows Indian musician Ravi Shankar performing on the main stage during the opening day of the Paleo Festival, in Nyon, Switzerland, 19 July 2005. According to media reports on 12 December 2012, Ravi Shankar passed away in San Diego, USA on 11 December at the age of 92. EPA/SANDRO CAMPARDO

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Solar Energy Without Panels -Age Old Technique July 3, 2020

The summer is at its peakhouseholds turn busy.The womenfolk list their buys. It reads, Mangoes 100 . eggplants 10 kilo, broadbeans 10 kilos,onion 10 kilo. sundaikai 1 kilo. Kitchens become the hub of activity.Cutting, steaming, sauteing, filing the cooked in palmyra baskets, transfeering to the courtyard, “Olai pais” are laid in the area open to the sky […]

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