INTELLIGENT INDIA Deccan Chronicle - Indian Regional News & World news Latest news India,World,Business,Cricket,Sports,Bollywood,Education The people who choose to be alone at Christmas Christmas Day is traditionally seen as an event to be spent around loved ones. But what about those who want to spend it alone, asks Ross Davies. Some would say there is no more poignant festive moment than to hear of a Christmas spent alone. Take last year's story of James Gray, the London-based Irish pensioner who placed an advert in the Irish Post in a bid to find someone to share the holiday with, having spent nine consecutive Christmases on his own. Or the report earlier this year of an unnamed widow, who hired an entire Devon pub so as to host a Christmas lunch for herself and 50 strangers also expecting to spend the day alone. Christmas can be a difficult time for many, especially in the face of ubiquitous reminders that it is the season to be jolly - not to mention the financial pressures that come with it. Last December, the Samaritans are said to have received 244,000 calls from people suffering from depression and stress across Britain and Ireland. Alone at Christmas...
Latest News, News Today, Breaking News India, Live News - Firstpost The Logical Indian™ | Efforts For Good Sunderlal Bahuguna, the defender of Himalayas, turns 89: Some facts on Chipko movement : Listicles: Microfacts "Embrace the trees andSave them from being felled; The property of our hills, Save them from being looted." Sunderlal Bahuguna, one of the people behind the start of the Chipko Movement, was born on January 9, 1927. The man who has been fighting for the preservation of forests in the Himalayas, and the first person to join the Chipko Movement, celebrates his 89th birthday today. Bahuguna is also known for coining the Chipko slogan 'ecology is permanent economy'. On his 89th birthday today, let's know what the Chipko Movement or the forest conservation movement was: The Chipko movement had started in the early 18th century in Rajasthan. Interested in General Knowledge and Current Affairs?