KinG of DEMOCRacy:

BHUTAN, the land of thunderbolt is now the youngest democracy in the world.
Democracy -- as well as state-of-the-art Internet and cell phone service/etc -- are arriving more or less simultaneously this week to the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan. Just wish that it would be a positive step for the nation who cherish and measure success by their GROSS NATIONAL HAPPINESS. and the man who invented the term and also ushered in democracy is their king, Jigme wangchuk.
in this same world filled with examples of people who are obsessed with power and mostly misutilise it , however also has a king who is nothing short of a great visionary and nothing short of a demi-god.
Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck (born February 21, 1980) is the fifth Dragon King of Bhutan and head of the Wangchuck dynastyHe is the world's youngest head of state.
hISTORY WILL have to invent words to describe his greatness, intellect and his love for his people.
Though theoretically he will cease to be the king of Bhutan, inhabited by one of the world's simplest people..... he truly will be remembered as the king of Democracy.

Vellore and Vellore fort

Once You manage to get out of the Katpadi rAILway sTation after negotiating the TTEs, the more than average friendly autowallah will literally take ur luggage burden and for a mere cost of around rs100 transport u from there across a bridge over a dreadedly dry Palar river basin and deposit u in the center of the Vellore town, which is mainly located today around the CMC Hospital. People from all over India know Vellore as their last hope to get a cure for many a disease. Not far away from the hospital stands the Vellore fort that once controlled regions including Chennai and Tirupathi as its provinces.The fort was built by a chieftain under the Vijayanagar empire. Bommi simha(Chinna Bommi Nayak ) around 1556. It has transferred hands from the Vijayanagar empire to Bijapur sultanate, annexed by the Marathas, captured by the British and many others. In 1806, the fort witnessed a Sepoy Mutiny but the British managed to keep this a secret for many years. Tipu Sultan's FAMILY was kept cative here by the British.the last king to rule over the fort was the king of KANDY(srilanka), who according to sources was of telegu origin.
The fort contains a temple, a mosque and a church.

Jacques de Coutré was a European traveller in the region during 1610's and noted the Vellore Fort as following…
“We arrived in the city of Belur(vellore), which is also walled, with two walls of stone, and is more than two leagues in circuit, with very deep moats full of water. It seemed to be almost two cities. I have never seen a city that was so fortified and which had such lovely walls and bastions as this one. We prize the cities of Antwerp and Flanders, but neither can compare in their fortifications or loveliness to this city”

BY2Coffee

Once upon a time long long ago somewhere in Ethiopia grew few mysterious plants that bore strange fruits. A sheperd boy called KALDI noticed his sheep turning hyperactive after eating them and experienced himself and soon the monks of the area used it to stay awake for Prayers.There is evidence to suggest that coffee beans were used to make a primitive "energy bar" before they were actually brewed as a hot drink. Sometime between 575AD and 850AD, a nomadic mountain tribe known as Galla, used to mix ground coffee with ghee.
ArabiaNs DIscovered the plant when an arabian traveller survived after being lost in a desert, thanks to the coffee plant. the first TowN to hear of his miraculous escape was called MOcha(Ever tried Mocha.....:) . SOOn the arabians monopolised coffee farming.The Turks were the first country to adopt it as a drink, often adding spices such as clove, cinnamon, cardamom and anise to the brew. Banned by some, promoted by some but coffee ensured that it was loved by all. It's transport was once restricted to Arabian countries. according to legend oNe arab holy man Baba Budan brought it to CHikamaglur and madikeri areas of India.
eVER Since then Indians have woken up to the smell of coffee or rather coffee has prevented from untimely sleep. By the year 2007, COFFEE has meant big business with local and internationanal coffee chains opening their outlets in every nook and corner of the cities and towns. Indian Coffee House's have been centers for great debates and discussions and acted as meeting points for revolutionaries, politicians, businessmen and the common man from pre independence era. However in this era of Cafe coffee Day, Barista and Starbucks, the by2 coffee of the nearby old style coffee shops retain their own charm over a majority.