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Rani Mukerji (Bengali: র া ণ ী ম ু খ া র ্ জ ী ) born on March 21, 1978, is an Indian film actress who works in Bollywood movies.

Making her acting debut with Raja Ki Aayegi Baraat (1996), Mukerji had her first commercial success with Karan Johar`s romance Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998), her biggest hit so far, and won a Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award for her performance in the film. She later starred in many films, most of which fared below expectations. She re-invented her image with Saathiya (2002), which was commercially and critically successful.

By Dhananjani Silva

The dawn of peace in the north east region has given people an opportunity to freely move around in these once war- ravaged parts of the island.

With the end of war, a major change in tourism will take place. There will be a natural influx of people to the country and Sri Lanka will not only become a tourist destination but it will be a place, for instance, like Hawaii or Penang island where people will come and build houses or have apartments, said Prasanna W. Jayewardene, a pioneer in the hotel industry. One of his latest initiatives is a massive hotel development project islandwide including in the north and east.

Santa Cruz Basilica, a Roman Catholic Cathedral located at K.B Jacob road in Fort Kochi, is one of the finest and impressive churches in Kerala. It is a place of devotion as well as a center of historic significance, endowed with architectural and artistic grandeur and colours of the gothic style. Located close to St. Francis Church it is the `capital church` of the diocese of Cochin.

The history of Santa Cruz Basilica begins with the arrival of Portuguese missionaries along with the second Portuguese fleet under Pedro Alavarez Cabral on December 24, 1500. The Kochi king Godha Varma I received them very warmly. This caused the Zamorin of Calicut to declare war against Kochi. But the Portuguese army under Commander Francesco de Albuquerque who reached Kochi in 1503 defeated the enemies of the King of Kochi and in return he gave them permission to built a fort in Kochi.

It was a cloudy Sunday evening. People gathered at the Batticaloa lagoon to take a boat ride. A few boats float in the lagoon, and waiting for the visitors for a boat ride. The boat riders negotiate for a price and take the visitors along the Batticaloa lagoon.

The visitors were politely asked to walk through the water and get onto the boat, as the water is shallow and sandy the boats are anchored a few kilometers away from the shore. It is not deep, it is not deep the boat riders kept saying, and waited for more visitors, and took them for a delightful boat ride.

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Deepika Padukone (Kannada: ದ ೀ ಪ ಿ ಕ ಾ ಪ ಡ ು ಕ ೋ ಣ ೆ ) born January 5, 1986) is an Indian model turned actress who appears in Bollywood movies

Padukone was born on January 5, 1986, in Copenhagen, Denmark. Her family moved to Bangalore, India, when she was only eleven months old.[1] Padukone is of Mangalorean origin & her mother tongue is Konkani. She is a Chitrapur Saraswat Brahmin and her lineage hails from Padukone village in Kundapura Taluk of Udupi District, Karnataka, India.[2] Her father, Prakash Padukone, was a badminton player of international repute, and her mother is a travel agent. Padukone also has a younger sister, Anisha, born in 1991.[3]

RAKI is the national alcoholic beverage of Turkey. Raki is usually served mixed with cold water of about 8-10 degrees Celsius. Raki is similar to Greek Ouzo and French Pastis.

When mixed with water, it turns into milky white color...
hence it`s nickname is `lion`s milk`. Raki is sold by 35 and 70 milliliter bottles.

Most of the RAKI (rah-kuh) drinkers keep an extra glass of cold water on the side to sip some water immediately after their raki. Raki is always served in short, cylindrical glasses, approximately 5 inches(12-13 cm) high cylindrical glasses.

One of Cairo`s most popular tourist attractions is the Citadel which houses a number of museums, ancient mosques and other sites, located on a spur of limestone that had been detached from its parent Moqattam Hills by quarrying. The Citadel is one of the world`s greatest monuments to medieval warfare, as well as a highly visible landmark on Cairo`s eastern skyline. Particularly when viewed from the back side (from the north), the Citadel reveals a very medieval character.

The area where the Citadel is now located began it`s life not as a great military base of operations, but as the `Dome of the Wind`, a pavilion created in 810 by Hatim Ibn Hartama, who was then governor. Indeed this area was well known for its cool breeze. These early governors, not realizing its strategic importance, simply used the pavilion for its view of Cairo. Between 1176 and 1183, Salah ad-Din (Saladin to Westerners 1171-1193 AD), an Abbasid Ruler, fortified the area to protect it against attacks by the Crusaders, and since then, it has never been without a military garrison. Originally it served as both a fortress and a royal city.

Colombo, July 22 (IANS) For decades it lay at the heart of Sri Lanka`s Tamil conflict. Now that the Tamil Tigers have been crushed, Jaffna`s once tranquil beaches are getting ready for tourists from far and wide.

The Tamil residents of Jaffna peninsula, in the island`s very northern tip, are hoping that the beaches would badly revive their battered economy and improve their own living standards.

by Dushiyanthini Kanagasabapathipillai

Hindus welcome the month of Aadi merrily, although it is believed to be an inauspicious month to have weddings. But Aadi is the month for festivals. Most of the Hindu temples in the Island have their annual festivals during this month.

Maamaanga Pillaiyar temple is situated in a calm and shady place in Amirthkazhi, in the eastern town of Batticaloa. The annual chariot festival of Sri Maamanga Pillaiyar temple was held on July 20th 2009, while the water cutting ceremony took place on July 21st 2009.