"Why is December ominous?"- Part 1
“The month of December is the most ominous one in the Gregorian calendar.” I wasn’t sure what compelled my teacher Mr. Manjunath to say so. It intrigued me in the beginning, albeit faintly, and then, as if by some divine revelation, it dawned upon me slowly like a dose of sedative does. Well, history is replete with examples that shows that December is, in fact, the month when some of the most fatal and devastating, unprecedented in scale and enormity, shocking and mind numbing incidents to ever go down in the history of mankind happened. When the world lost some of the most noble among the men. While some events sparked many a revolution, others were instrumental in changing the course of the world, twisting and re-balancing of the equations of power, forever. I, for one, shall discuss some of the most well remembered and well known events from the annals of World history. December 2, 1859 - John Brown , a branded "militant" and anti-slavery crusader durin...