The NP Chronicle

               The NP Chronicle                      1st December  "Man armed with science is like a baby with a box of matches."                                   -- J. B. S. Haldane   "Eighty percent of success is showing up."                                   -- Woody Allen   Today is: ▪︎ World AIDS Day ▪︎ Birth anniversary of Woody Allen, Udit Narayan and Tipu Sultan ▪︎ Death anniversary of J. B. S. Haldane, James Baldwin and Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit

               The NP Chronicle                    30th November  "The secret of getting ahead is getting started."                             -- Mark Twain  "All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure."                               -- Mark Twain  "The two most important days of your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why."                               -- Mark Twain Today is:  ▪︎ Birth anniversary of Mark Twain, Winston Churchill, Jonathan Swift, Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose and Magnus Carlsen  ▪︎ Death anniversary of Oscar Wilde ▪︎ Computer Security Day

               The NP Chronicle                   29th November   "Integrity is doing the right thing, even when no one is watching."                                        -- C. S. Lewis  "Joy is the serious business of Heaven."                                        -- C. S. Lewis  "We are what we believe we are."                                        -- C. S. Lewis  Today is: ▪︎ International Jaguar Day ▪︎ Birth anniversary of C. S. Lewis ▪︎ Death anniversary of J. R. D. Tata

               The NP Chronicle                    28th November  "To see a world in a grain of sand and heaven in a wild flower / Hold infinity in the palm of your hand and eternity in an hour."                                          -- William Blake  Today is: ▪︎ Red Planet Day ▪︎ Birth anniversary of William Blake and Friedrich Engels ▪︎ Death anniversary of Enrico Fermi and Jyotirao Phule

                      The NP Chronicle                    27th November  "Contentment is the only real wealth."                                        -- Alfred Nobel   "Lying is the greatest of all sins."                                   -- Alfred Nobel   "Worry is the stomach's worst poison."                               -- Alfred Nobel    Today is: ▪︎ Establishment Day of the Nobel Prizes ▪︎ Birth anniversary of Bruce Lee ▪︎ Death anniversary of Horace

               The NP Chronicle                     26th November  "Constitution is not a mere lawyers document, it is a vehicle of Life, and its spirit is always the spirit of Age."                               -- Dr. B. R. Ambedkar      Today is: ▪︎ Constitution Day in India ▪︎ Birth anniversary of John Harvard

                      The NP Chronicle                     25th November  "If you give an education to a girl, that's how you're changing her life and that's how you're also changing the world."                                    -- Malala Yousafzai   "Violence against women is one of the most widespread, persistent and devastating human rights violations in our world today."                                   -- The United Nations  "Real men don't hit women".                                   -- Pinterest quote   Today is: ▪︎ International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women ▪︎ Bi...

               The NP Chronicle                    24th November  "There is a war that makes us adore our conquerors and despise ourselves."                                          -- Arundhati Roy  Today is: ▪︎ Siddhi Day ▪︎ Birth anniversary of Arundhati Roy and Celina Jaitly ▪︎ Death anniversary of Guru Tegh Bahadur

               The NP Chronicle                    23rd November  "The true laboratory is the mind, where behind illusions we uncover the laws of truth."                     -- Jagadish Chandra Bose  Today is: ▪︎ Death anniversary of Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose ▪︎ Birth anniversary of Franklin Pierce, Sourav Ganguly, and Hashim Amla

               The NP Chronicle                    22nd November  "The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining."                                -- John F. Kennedy   "Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future."                                -- John F. Kennedy    Today is: ▪︎ Death anniversary of John F. Kennedy, Aldous Huxley and C. S. Lewis ▪︎ Birth anniversary of George Eliot and Boris Becker

                The NP Chronicle                     21st November  "God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well."                                     -- Voltaire   "Every man is guilty of all the good he didn't do."                                     -- Voltaire  Today is: ▪︎ Birth anniversary of Voltaire, Goldie Hawn and Harekrushna Mahatab ▪︎ Death anniversary of Sir C. V. Raman ▪︎ National Philosophy Day ▪︎ World Television Day ▪︎ World Hello Day

                The NP Chronicle                     20th November  "The two most powerful warriors are patience and time."                           -- Leo Tolstoy   "Sole meaning of life is to serve humanity."                            -- Leo Tolstoy  Today is: ▪︎ World Children's Day ▪︎ Birth anniversary of Joe Biden, Lewis Waterman and Rajkumar Hirani ▪︎ Death anniversary of Leo Tolstoy and Niels Bohr

               The NP Chronicle                     19th November  "You cannot shake hands with clenched fist."                               -- Indira Gandhi   "The power to question is the basis of all human progress."                               -- Indira Gandhi    Today is: ▪︎ International Men's Day ▪︎ World Toilet Day ▪︎ National Integration Day (India) ▪︎ Birth anniversary of Indira Gandhi, Rani Lakshmibai, Sushmita Sen, Jodie Foster and James B. Sumner ▪︎ Death anniversary of Frederick Sanger

               The NP Chronicle                    18th November  "The man who accepts nature cure never begs."                                 -- Mahatma Gandhi   "Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed."                                  -- Mahatma Gandhi    Today is: ▪︎ Naturopathy Day (India) ▪︎ World Adult Day ▪︎ Birth anniversary of Margaret Atwood, Kamal Nath and Nayanthara ▪︎ Death anniversary of Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Niels Bohr, Walther Nernst and Ela Bhatt

                      The NP Chronicle                    17th November  "Struggles may be painful, but they are the stepping stones to progress."                                     -- Lala Lajpat Rai   "Education is the key to empowerment; it lights the path to progress."                                     -- Lala Lajpat Rai    Today is: ▪︎ International Students' Day, World Prematurity Day, National Epilepsy Day in India  ▪︎ Death anniversary of Lala Lajpat Rai and Akshaya Mohanty

               The NP Chronicle                    16th November  "Nobody can teach me who I am. You can describe parts of me, but who I am - and what I need - is something I have to find out myself."                                         -- Chinua Achebe    Today is: ▪︎ Birth anniversary of Chinua Achebe  ▪︎ National Press Day in India ▪︎ International Day of Tolerance

               The NP Chronicle                     15th November "Social man...is the masterpiece of existence."   -- Emile Durkheim  Today is: ▪︎ Death anniversary of Emile Durkheim ▪︎ Birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev Ji and Birsa Munda ▪︎ Death anniversary of Vinoba Bhave

               The NP Chronicle                   14th November "A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new; when an age ends; and when the soul of a nation long suppressed finds utterance."                                              -- Jawaharlal Nehru    Today is: ▪︎ Birth anniversary of Jawaharlal Nehru ▪︎ Death anniversary of Swami Prabhupada ▪︎ World Diabetes Day ▪︎ Children's Day (in India)

               The NP Chronicle                   13th November  "That man is a success who has lived well, laughed often and loved much."                              -- Robert Louis Stevenson  Today is:  ▪︎ Birth anniversary of Robert Louis Stevenson  ▪︎ Birth anniversary of Padmasri Mayadhar Mansingh, and Juhi Chawla  ▪︎ World Kindness Day ▪︎ World Usability Day

               The NP Chronicle                     12th November "With great power comes great responsibility."                                                              -- Stan Lee     Today is: ▪︎ Death anniversary of Stan Lee ▪︎ Birth anniversary of Anne Hathaway and Amjad Khan ▪︎ World Pneumonia Day

               The NP Chronicle                   11th November  "Education imparted by heart can bring revolution in the society."                      -- Maulana Abul Kalam Azad   "To succeed in your mission, you must have single-minded devotion to your goal."                       -- Maulana Abul Kalam Azad    Today is: ▪︎ Birth anniversary of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad ▪︎ National Education Day in India ▪︎ Birth anniversary of Fyodor Dostoevsky ▪︎ Death anniversary of Yasser Arafat

                      The NP Chronicle                     10th November "Opposition where necessary, cooperation where possible."                           -- Sir Surendranath Banerjee "By science calmed, over the peaceful soul, Bright with eternal Wisdom's lucid ray, Peace, meek of eye, extends her soft control, And drives the puny Passions far away."                          -- Sir Humphry Davy    Today is: ▪︎ Birth anniversary of Rashtraguru Surendranath Banerjee  ▪︎ World Science Day for Peace and Development  ▪︎ World Immunization Day

               The NP Chronicle                    9th November  "If someone insults me, I only feel an infinite pity for him."                                              -- K R Narayanan  Today is: ■ Death anniversary of K.R. Narayanan and Dylan Thomas ■ Birth anniversary of Carl Sagan  ■ World Freedom Day ■ National Legal Services Day