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Saga Of "S"uperman:  It's been 80 years since the Man of Steel crash-landed into the pop-culture universe. He's been everywhere: comics, the radio, screen, stage even in academia. He shaped the superhero genre and the world is still fascinated by the idea of an invincible saviour. But Did you know? He really is well-disguised: Clark Kent's glasses are   lightly tinted, changing the color of his eyes. His voices changes to, when he's not Superman. That's why he's hidden so successfully all this time. But he's shown up with Clark Kent: How? Superman's shape-shifting friend often dress like Kent and arrive where Superman is, so people aren't suspicious. He totally trusts Batman: In the story Dark Knight over Metropolis (Action Comics #654), Batman discovers a Kryptonite ring and gives it to Superman. But Superman gives  it back: "I want the means to stop me to be in the hands of a man I can  trust with my life,...

Yamuna: A Mythology or A Victim? The goddess of the river, also known as Yami, is the sister of Yama, the god of death and the daughter of Surya, the Sun god, and his wife Saranyu. Yamuna, referred to respectfully as Yamunaji, holds a very important position in Pushti Marga, a large sect of Hinduism based on the Shuddh Advaita, in which Shri Krishna is the main deity, propagated by Vallabh Acharya / Maha Prabhuji. The river Yamuna is connected to the religious beliefs surrounding Krishna and various stories of the two are found in Hindu reloigious text, especially the Puranas. One such story is  Kaliya Daman  about the subduing of Kaliya, a  Naga  which had inhabited the river and terrorised the people of Braja. Yamuna, according to the legends, is closely related to Lord Krishna and Mahabharata. Krishna was taken across the Yamuna on the night of his birth. Krishna's...