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reCAPTCHA: Using Captchas To Digitize Books
Captcha is well known for keeping automated spammers out and letting humans in. However, ReCaptcha […]
Author: Vivekananda
A lover of all things creative and happy, Vivekananda is a Electrical engineer who fell in love with writing and decided to make it his profession. He is also a die-hard foodie, a passionate history buff and an ardent lover of books. When he is not busy at The Roots of Indian, he can usually be found reading, laughing and photography.
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Victor Lustig: A con man who sold the Eiffel Tower
Early in his criminal career, Lustig, born in 1890 in Austria-Hungary, met wealthy passengers on […]
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Dashrath Manjhi – The Mountain Man
Dashrath Manjhi (1934 – 2007) was born into a poor laborer family in Gahlour village […]
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149-0 scoreline sets new record in Soccer
A league match in Madagascar has produced a result that has to be a new […]
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Man with the golden arm!
An Australian man, James Harrison, 74, who has been donating his extremely rare kind of […]
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Bullet Banna Temple – Temple of Royal Enfield Bullet
There is a temple in Rajasthan where people worship motorcycle. Yes a Motorcycle; Royal Enfield […]
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Crazy Things That Only Happen In India
Rs 13 (0.24 USD) for two meals: Amma\’s canteens make Chennai smile The breakfast menu […]
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BSF – The largest border guarding force in the world.
The Border Security Force (BSF) is responsible for guarding India\’s land borders during peacetime and […]
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Khardungla Pass – The Highest Motorable road in the World
Khardungla Pass is at an altitude of 5,359 meters and is 39.7 km from Leh. […]
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Alan Turing – Father of Artificial Intelligence
As anyone who can operate a personal computer knows, the way to make the machine […]