DON'T WORRY BE HAPPY!

 DON'T WORRY BE HAPPY!

Don’t just have career or academic goals, set goals to give you a balanced, successful life. I use the word balanced before successful. Balanced mean ensuring your health, relationships, mental peace are all in good order. There is no point of getting a promotion on the day of your breakup. There is no fun in driving a car if your back hurts. Shopping is not enjoyable if your mind is full of tensions.

Life is one of those races in nursery school where you have to run with a marble in a spoon kept in your mouth. If the marble falls, there is no point coming first. Same is with life where health and relationships are the marble. Your striving is only worth it if there is harmony in your life. Else, you may achieve the success, but his spark, this feeling of being excited and alive, will start to die.

One thing about nurturing the spark- don’t take life seriously. Life is not meant to be taken seriously, as we are really temporary here. We are like a pre-paid card with limited validity. If we are lucky, we may last another 50 year. And 50years is just 2500 weekends. Do we really need to get so worked up?
It’’s ok, bunk a few classes, scoring low in couples of papers, goof up a few interviews, take leave from work, Enjoy with your friends, fall in love, little fights with your loved ones. We are people, not programmed devices.

  DON’T BE SERIOUS, BE SINCERE.

My visit to ANNA to Fight Against Corruption!

It was my favorite day of week 'Sunday' as I get to do my favorite thing sleep on this day. From the day Anna was protesting I was having in my mind to support it and was contributing my bit in my own way but as we are social animal was not getting chance to visit Ramlila maidan to contribute my time also for my country.
In evening I tied my laces wear black dress as a symbol of protest, hanged a small badge which say “ ANNA – I am with you!” and started marching towards the protest ground alone. But as I walked around I found that I was not alone there were thousands of people who were with me and were marching with me towards the ground. It was awesome watching people with such a high spirit and hooting “vande matram”. Small small children sitting on the shoulder of their dad and shouting along with their dad “ Anna Hazare jindabad”, I was shock do they even know what is the spelling of corruption but their spirit were very high . As I was heading towards the ground more and more people were hovering towards the ground. The scene outside was same one that was in India Gate when India won world cup and people were enjoying their victory, No place for public transport, people hosting flags in their hands and dancing and singing on the tunes of national and patriotic songs. Every person there was wearing a Gandhi topi which was saying I am ANNA, even small kids were ANNA.
The most thing which please me was that every protestor was protesting in their own way and were helping each other in polite manner. There was a camp as well where the young students were lined up to be a volunteer. The volunteers were handling people quite politely and delhi police people were quietly sitting in corner. I entered the ground with loud hooting along with people “ANNA TUM SANGHARSH KAR HUM TUMHARE SAATH HAIN”. As I entered in queue a person who was also there to protest introduced himself to me his name was Rohit he was from UP came there to protest as with his talks it looked he too was frustrated from the corrupt babus, I intoduced myself we both entered in ground with loud hooting and protesting slogans. People were shouting anti political slogans like “ SONIA JISKI MUMMY HAI WO SARKAR NIKAMMI HAI” AND MANMOHAN JISKA TAU HAI WO SARKAR BIKAU HAI” I didn't hooted these slogans which were anti congress or anti to the leaders of our country because I was supporting against corruption not particular people or party but I hooted a lot “VANDE MATRAM AND ANNA TUM SANGHARSH KARO HUM TUMHARE SAATH HAIN ” with loud and clear voice and was feeling very proud and happy as it was giving me a sense that I am in the revolution of 1947 and demanding for its freedom from the corruption. There were stalls all over the ground where volunteers were distributing free packaged drinking water and biscuits to the protestors.
I went straight towards the stage where people were hooting a lot and sat down quietly near a pole, my bad luck I didn't carried my glasses with me resulting ANNA was in front of me sitting on stage alone but they were looking hazzy because of my poor eyesight. I clicked some pictures which I have also shared and a small video. The good thing which I noted in that rush was there was not a single people who belonged to any political party, all were common men who have came there along with their families, who have to face corruption in their daily life but do not know where to complaint. I loved the way small children were hooting there ANNA WE ARE WITH YOU. All people were listening to the patriotic songs and were helping in each other in providing water pouches even in high humidiy weather. I attended the full 1 hour speech of ANNA which was full of motivational spirits and fine thoughts and also shouted a lot in middle of speech along with people. We all were so excited and were very much discussing and thinking that today is sixth day of their fast but inspite of that their voice was so loud and clear giving clear message to the government that he is still there to fight against corruption.

I never been to any rally in my life before and I am confident will not attend any type of political rally as well in future but if the rally will be for the well being of our country definitely I will be there inorder to give my contribution.

After the end of ANNA speech I stood along with other people and started marching back towards my room feeling great and had something feel good factor in my mind and heart that wow atleast today I have done one good thing in my life. While coming back I joined several people hooted with them we smiled and glanced at eachother face inspite of being unknown but knowing we are Indians and we all are against corruption.

With my smiling face I reached home I was tired but was very much happy that today I was a part of protest against the corrption of India. Today is 7^th day of fast of ANNA, it is impossible for us to remain without food even for single time but ANNA is fasting for us from last seven days.

I request you all to stand and fight against corruption. We do not need to hamper our office or have to visit ramleela ground for that, just think your unique way and make protest against the corruption in any way which you like, so that when you will be old and your grandchildren will be living in corruption free India you can proudly say that your grandfather also participated in that rally to make this country corruption free

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jai hind

Youth Power - The Backbone of our country

YOUNGSTERS ARE NOT ONLY PLAYING A ROLE OF INNOVATORS IN OUR COUNTRY BUT ARE ALSO COMING FORWARD TO JOIN THE PROCESS OF PUTTING THE NATION BACK ON THE PATH OF DEVELOPMENT

For long youngsters in our country have been identified with their ‘I don’t care’ attitude, pointing towards the absence of any sense of responsibility among them. Undoubtedly, youngsters today spend more time on social networking sites than with their real life friends, talk more about their latest gadgets than their career plans and worry more for their looks than their grades in exam. Even then, youngsters can’t be summarily dismissed as irresponsible or careless. They might be wrong in their attitude but not in their objectives and aspirations. We must acknowledge that they have the enthusiasm and innovativeness to bring about the change. Thus the power of youth must be harnessed properly to set the society on the path of change. As India’s former president and youth icon A.P.J. Abdul Kalam has rightly said that the great challenge of transforming India can be achieved only through youth which has got the power of thoughts, aspirations and ability. Particularly for a young country like India, youngsters are crucial for its future growth.

Building blocks for the future : To fully utilize the potential of youth what is needed is to strengthen and empower these youngsters. India is at an advantageous position as a greater proportion of the population is in a productive age and will play a more active role socially and economically in the near future. This resource of the youth is an important building block for transforming India into a developed nation.
The working population of India is expected to grow by more than 47 million by 2020. This gives us a great opportunity, but the opportunity can be capitalized only if the power of youth is harnessed properly. The youth can contribute to India’s success and progress only if they are equipped with skills and knowledge. The average age of India is only 24 and in 2020 the average age will be just 29. Whereas during that time, the average age for China and America is going to be 37, for Western Europe it will be 42 and for Japan it will be 48. So we have a tremendous advantage in terms of having a large and young population but we need to harness this in the right direction. To harness this demographic dividend, we have to put our education and skill development sector in order. If we don’t do that, we will only be adding mouths to feed and not hands that work. And if that happens, unfortunately not only we will be giving up the opportunity that comes in the life of a nation only once, but we would also be doing grave injustice to our future generations. And if that happens then what could have been a demographic dividend will turn into demographic nightmare. It is really up to us to make sure that this doesn’t happen. This is our opportunity. This is the time to do it. Better late than never,” he said.

Change makers Youth are no longer silent spectators in India. There presence has steadily increased in the debates and discussions on several important national issues including corruption, Jan Lokpal Bill, eve-teasing, RTI, etc. The presence of large number of youth in the recent Jan Lokpal movement launched by Anna Hazare is not just a matter of chance. They are there because they associate themselves with this pertinent issue and have the ability to take this movement forward. The movement has successfully galvanized the youth of the country and they are going to lead it from the front and will play the role of change makers in the future.

New vistas Given a chance today’s youngsters prefer dabbling in widely different streams, exploring new avenues and identifying their own future path. Be it academics, extra-curricular activities, hobbies or any other areas of interest. While this helps them in identifying their area of interest for a society or a country it helps in channelising the energy of youth in a positive direction. “Though I am from a management background, I have strong interest in doing something in the field of social activities, environment.

Innovators Youth are known for new ideas and these ideas when applied can change lives of millions of people to a great extent. India just does not have one billion mouths to feed, it has one billion minds that can think. An interesting example here is of a rural washing machine that can work without electricity because it is pedal driven. A Kerala school girl, Remya, developed it because she had this incredible combination of constraints coupled with her aspirations. Her father was down with cancer. Her mother was perennially ill. She had to change three buses to go to the school. She had to come home, wash her clothes and do her studies. She created this washing machine, so that she could read, while the clothes were being washed, while she pedaled away. There are millions of Remyas in India. What is needed is to spot them, pat them on the back, take their ideas forward by prototyping them and scaling them up, and finally demonstrating that the creation of ‘inclusive India’ can be accelerated by using the nation as a laboratory.”
    The need of the hour is to focus on constructively using the ideas, power and abilities of the youth for the development of the nation. It’s only by empowering our youth that a better future and a brighter tomorrow can be ensured.

Jo lehron se aage nazar dekh paati, toh tum jaan lete main kya sochta hoon,

Jo lehron se aage nazar dekh paati

toh tum jaan lete main kya sochta hoon, 
Wo aawaz tumko bhi jo bhed jaati

toh tum jaan lete main kya sochta hoon.
Zid ka tumhare jo parda sarakta

toh khidkiyon se aage bhi tum dekh paate,
Aankhon se aadaton ki jo palken hatate

toh tum jaan lete main kya sochta hoon.
Meri tarah khud par hota zara bharosa

toh kuchh door tum bhi saath-saath aate,
Rang meri aankhon ka baant-te zara sa

toh kuchh door tum bhi saath-saath aate,
Nasha aasmaan ka jo choomta tumhe bhi, hasraten tumhari naya janm paatin,
Khud doosre janam mein meri udaan chhoone kuchh door tum bhi saath-saath aate.

The winner stands alone written by paulo Coelho

I quite like the writing of Paulo coelho and have read couple of his book like The Alchemist and Like the flowing river a novel of short stories. This time I got chance to read his book “ THE WINNER STANDS ALONE” The extraordinarily popular Brazilian writer concerns himself in, The Winner Stands Alone, with questions of ethics and ways of living. What better place to set his novel than at Cannes during the film festival.

The Winner Stands Alone is set in the exciting worlds of fashion and cinema. Taking place over the course of twenty-four hours during the Cannes Film Festival, it is the story of Igor, a successful, driven Russian entrepreneur who will go to the darkest lengths to reclaim a lost love—his ex-wife, Ewa. Believing that his life with Ewa was divinely ordained, Igor once told her that he would destroy whole worlds to get her back. The conflict between an individual evil force and society emerges, and as the novel unfolds, morality is derailed.

This book is about a powerful industrialist named Igor owning the biggest telephone company in Russia. His wife leaves him for another big shot in the fashion industry. Reason for divorce: Incompatibility. But actually, she was scared of Igor’s psychotic behaviour.

When she was leaving, Igor had promised her that he would destroy a world in this universe for her till she comes back. His own philosophy, that when you want something you need to sacrifice something, some people for it. Also, that people living a messy life should rather enter their next life than stress more here. So he kills.

Kills 4 different people in Cannes in a really sophisticated way. With a thought… that these sacrifices will help him get his x-wife back. But towards the end he realizes it was of no use and that Ewa, his x-wife did not deserve it. So he kills her and her new husband and reaches back home safely as a Winner!!

Well seriously, I donno how to feel n react. A crazy lover BUT the murderer of ‘so many’ is the winner!! His reasoning could be justified to a really very small extent. Though, I must say… I think he was a clever killer for an industrialist who was ‘yeh fine’ fighting some war in Afghanistan in his early years of life. While the book runs the writer has also mentioned the motivational stories and talks in it which were very interesting and useful for every day life.

Another major thing highlighted in this book is the life of people in this industry: fashion, films, media. The naked truth of it. Far away from the glitz n glamour what we see on TV n read in news. The struggling beginners and the lucky superstars and the hollow life. This is explained with many other characters in the novel some of them who were killed by Igor at some point or the other.

All in all, it was quite insightful with a thriller of the “hoping to be” a fictious character, Igor. :)

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Why our strongest Opposition party BJP turned to be weakest opposition!!

I am big fan of writer Chetan Bhagat. The below article I have found shared by Mr. chetan Bhagat in TOI and have described the points on which I always had in mind to share that why our strongest opposition party had turned out to be weakest. Why they are only concentrating on being in government by criticizing the congress with taking less interest in development works..I am not against BJP nor in favor of CONGRESS but in favor of a political party who can lead INDIA with good leadership spirit and have corrupt free members. Hope you like the article as well......

It is boring to watch anything one-sided - from a wrestling bout to a cricket match. Indian politics is facing a similar situation. The BJP is turning out to be the weakest political opponent we have had in a long time. It is boring to be an observer in Indian politics. Also, it is terrible for the nation to not have a good alternative.

This is despite the Congress doing numerous self-goals in the past two years. Scam after scam, a borderline civil unrest, rampant inflation, a smug and silent leadership and a first family that is either complicit or does not know what is going on - even if the BJP planted insiders in the Congress, they could not have engineered so many debacles.

Still, the BJP could not work the tide in its favor. People are not warming up to it. This despite having earnest BJP spokespersons, who come on TV everyday and tell us the following: Sonia Gandhi is Italian (for the nine millionth time), all Congress decisions are made by madam and everyone in the Congress party has an account in Switzerland.

Yes, there is resentment against the government, but few think that the BJP will be any better. The recent government missteps could have been a lifetime's opportunity for the BJP - to not only come back to power, but also stay there and expose all corrupt Congress leaders. But it has been a PR disaster, showing that while the BJP is extraordinarily high-pitched with anti-Congress rhetoric, it has no real answers, no convictions, no leadership and, scarily, no grip on the pulse of the people.

The biggest evidence of this came from the Yeddyurappa situation. Many had told them months ago to get rid of him. Well, they kept him there, giving convoluted logic ranging from 'he is immoral, not corrupt' to 'we are less corrupt than the Congress'. If the BJP had preemptively removed him, it would have signaled a resolve to fight corruption. Today, they come across as losers.

The BJP's failure is also sad because to a certain extent, it represents non-dynasty politics. If they can't make it work, it means India still is not ready to be weaned off the Gandhi family, and we prefer our kings and princes to a real democracy. Something is clearly wrong. Here are some suggestions the BJP may want to consider as a matter of urgency.

One, stop criticizing the Congress. We are sick of hearing how terrible the Congress is. We know. Instead, talk about what you are offering instead. As a policy, the BJP should not denigrate the other party beyond a point. It is counterproductive. The next time someone tells me Sonia Gandhi is Italian, i am going to throw pizza at his face. Grow up, please.

Two, choose your PM candidate and tell us. Do not make statements like 'we have many capable PM candidates'. Sorry to burst your bubble, but you do not. Some of your senior leaders neither have the poise nor the aspirational, globalized Indian personality that the youth are seeking in their leader. This generation is used to the current PM, who, for all his flaws, is educated and graceful. Some of the top BJP leaders scream too much. They are crass, regressive and lack modern thought to inspire a young person. They cannot and will not become the PM of this nation. Wake up, face the reality, bring out the other good BJP leaders to the front.

Three, if you claim to represent the Hindu cause, do it with grace. It is true that in the name of secularism, the Hindu voice is often subverted. However, it doesn't mean we criticize other communities for the same. Some of the most revered Hindu shrines are poorly maintained. Temples at Mathura and Varanasi are filthy and full of touts. The young generation does not want to go there anymore. Why not clean them up? Why not show your love for Hinduism by doing something positive within the community, rather than find flaws in others.

Four, start an operation cleanup. There are a significant number of corrupt politicians in every party, including the BJP. Every year, remove the top-10% most corrupt leaders, and bring in new honest individuals. In ten years, you will have a different, fresh party.

Five, be the torchbearer of the new India- a society where truth, equality and justice have stature above power. Frankly, without these values, a democracy cannot work. We have to carve out new values for the Indian society. Concepts such as equality and justice are alien to most Indians. Who is going to uphold these values and lead us into the future?

If the BJP listens, and acts, they can come back strong. If they don't, they risk losing something more than an election - they risk losing their relevance. As Yeddy packs up, I hope the BJP will reflect on what could save them from packing up. If they don't, well, we always have the queen and the prince.

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"I too had a love story.." By Ravinder Singh

"I too had a love story.." By Ravinder Singh

Its a true love story & that too with a sad ending...

The people who are in love or who had love story will find themselve related to the story. The feeling which the writer has explained in book may relate them with their feelings and happenings.

The story, was good because everything was going just fine according to how it should go on the way to become a 'happiest N cutest' love story ever & that was making me even more uncomfortable within myself, i was thinking ki somehow the END will change & everything will be fine & the sad ending n heartbreaknig love story will turn into the happy ending n flourishing love story!

THIS IS HOW THE STORY GOES...

The story began with REUNION of four friends after three years.

They were about to have great time, After all these years working with MNC's they had to share a lot of things & to live the college life again,how they met & become the best buddies around... But this time they discussed one more thing which actually is the only worth part of discussion between guys. So what else it could be but the Girls & the Marriage, a lil late though. As we boys always use to discuss 90% about a past, present or future girl. (Don't know about what girl talk but they talk more than boys.)

But never mind. So one night, these guys after a few conversations landed up on Shaadi.com, & talked all the pros n cons of it over the night.

REUNION happened & they departed.

Girl name is KHUSHI who comes in his life through Shaadi.com to the boy Ravin

They talked over the phone & text each other,& just then something happened, something wierd & illogical,

yeah they fell in love for real with each other for the first time in their life. In the story the writer explained his feeling what exactly his heart and mind gone through when he was in love with the girl khushi. He narrates all his fellings he had for her and all the chats which they discuss and all the things which they use to do.

Well they met for first time after their falling in love, at Delhi airport.

& then he narrated how he had 'the best hour of his life' & how he spent his next day with his wud be in-laws family...

After spending a day n half with his Khushi n her family, he fly to New York for an On-site project.

He returned back after one & half month, & story keep moving n so do their love story...

Their family decided the date for engagement, It was on 14th feb 2007 & they started preparing for the function which was going to happen at girl's place in Faridabad...

I was more than happy after reading it, I was rejoicing their love story...& some random thoughts were raising in my mind like,

• What will happen next?
• Will they marry?
• & more importantly Will they be able to live happily ever after?

But I was confused how if these guys love each other so much how this story can be heartbreaking story, what would had happened which make them apart from relation which make this story more interesting.

but then something UNEXPECTED happened...

I was shocked.

But then there is no answer to the sad ending for this true love story no solution as well. Its is his sweet memories and thoughts with which writer continues his life.

Now i have read it, i wished that if the last part should have been just a fiction.

One half of mine will say that this is so cute love story that you can not afford to miss it & the second half of mine is screaming that never think of reading it... Coz at the end it will just make you feel bad!

There were two lines in starting of this novel-

"Not everyone in this world has the fate to cherish the fullest form of love. Some are born, just to experience the abbreviation of it."

But there is this saying in the novel's review section as well-

"They say, don't cry because it's over but instead smile because it had happened."

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New found Uranium mine in Andhra could be among largest in world

As usual I was reading todays newspaper suddenly came across the article in times of India “N-boost: Uranium mine in Andhra could be among largest in world” as I read it, it given me enough reason to joy. India's The Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration and Research (AMD), which explores uranium in the country, has so far discovered 44,000 tonnes of natural uranium (U3O8) in just 15 line km of the 160-km long belt in the southern part of the Kadapa basin in Andhra Pradesh. It is considered to be the largest uranium deposit in the world, but the final declaration on hold yet.

Studies show Tummalapalle in Kadapa district could have reserves of 150,000 tonnes of the mineral, Atomic Energy . India’s nuclear power aspirations just got a boost thanks to a lucky find. The Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) has discovered that the upcoming uranium mine in Andhra Pradesh’s Tumalapalli has close to 49,000 tonnes of uranium — three times the original estimate
of the area’s deposits. In fact, there are indications that the total quantity could go up to 1.5 lakh tonnes, which would make it among the largest uranium mines in the world.

• The quantity is sufficient for supporting a nuclear power plant of 8,000mw capacity for 40 years.
• Production will start in six months. Srikumar Banerjee, secretary of DAE and chairman of the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board, announced the discovery during the foundation stonelaying ceremony of the seventh and eighth units of the Rawatbhata atomic power project.
• “It’s confirmed that the mine has 49,000 tonnes of ore, and there are indications that the total quantity could be three times of that amount. If that be the case, it will become the largest uranium mine in the world. The plant is ready, and will begin production by the end of this year.
• India has two functioning uranium mines at present, both in Jharkhand. The total reserves are estimated to be in the range of 1.70 lakh tonnes. The discovery of the Tumalapalli deposit has at one stroke boosted the availability of uranium, lowering the country’s dependence on foreign supplies.
  
  Some bullet points:
  
  
• Uranium reserves at Tumalapalli: 49,000 tonnes, 3 times more than previous estimates
• Deposits could go up to around 1.5 lakh tonnes, which would make it
  among the world’s largest uranium mines.
• Current deposits enough to run 8,000mw plant for 40 years
• India’s known uranium deposits estimated at 1.7 lakh tonnes
• India imports uranium but has no long-term supply contract
  Nuclear Power Corporation plans to built 14 N-plants of 700mw capacity each DAE took 4 yrs to study mine’s reserve
• India has been procuring uranium on various terms from countries like France and Kazakhstan but does not yet have a long-term supply contract. The country continues to fancy nuclear energy as a possible solution for its energy needs. Unlike some other countries which have been forced to temper their enthusiasm for nuclear energy post-Fukushima, the government is persisting with its push for what is considered to be the cleanest source of energy.
• The fact that Tumalapalli may have uranium reserves has been known for a while, but it took four years for the estimate to come to the present level from 15,000 tonnes in 2007. A 220-MW plant requires 45 tonnes of uranium per year, a 540-MW plant needs 80 tonnes and a 700-MW plant requires 100 tonnes per year.
  
  
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Interesting Facts about India

• India never invaded any country in her last 100000 years of history.
• When many cultures were only nomadic forest dwellers over 5000 years ago, Indians established Harappan culture in Sindhu Valley (Indus Valley Civilization)
• The name 'India' is derived from the River Indus, the valleys around which were the home of the early settlers. The Aryan worshippers referred to the river Indus as the Sindhu.
• The Persian invaders converted it into Hindu. The name 'Hindustan' combines Sindhu and Hindu and thus refers to the land of the Hindus.
• Chess was invented in India.
• Algebra, Trigonometry and Calculus are studies, which originated in India.
• The 'Place Value System' and the 'Decimal System' were developed in India in 100 B.C.
• The World's First Granite Temple is the Brihadeswara Temple at Tanjavur, Tamil Nadu. The shikhara of the temple is made from a single 80-tonne piece of granite. This magnificent temple was built in just five years, (between 1004 AD and 1009 AD) during the reign of Rajaraja Chola.
• India is the largest democracy in the world, the 7^th largest Country in the world, and one of the most ancient civilizations.
• The game of Snakes & Ladders was created by the 13th century poet saint Gyandev. It was originally called 'Mokshapat'. The ladders in the game represented virtues and the snakes indicated vices. The game was played with cowrie shells and dices. In time, the game underwent several modifications, but its meaning remained the same, i.e. good deeds take people to heaven and evil to a cycle of re-births.
• The world's highest cricket ground is in Chail, Himachal Pradesh. Built in 1893 after leveling a hilltop, this cricket pitch is 2444 meters above sea level.
• India has the largest number of Post Offices in the world.
• The largest employer in India is the Indian Railways, employing over a million people.
• The world's first university was established in Takshila in 700 BC. More than 10,500 students from all over the world studied more than 60 subjects. The University of Nalanda built in the 4th century was one of the greatest achievements of ancient India in the field of education.
• Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to mankind. The Father of Medicine, Charaka, consolidated Ayurveda 2500 years ago.
• India was one of the richest countries till the time of British rule in the early 17th Century. Christopher Columbus, attracted by India's wealth, had come looking for a sea route to India when he discovered America by mistake.
• The Art of Navigation & Navigating was born in the river Sindh over 6000 years ago. The very word Navigation is derived from the Sanskrit word 'NAVGATIH'. The word navy is also derived from the Sanskrit word 'Nou'.
• Bhaskaracharya rightly calculated the time taken by the earth to orbit the Sun hundreds of years before the astronomer Smart. According to his calculation, the time taken by the Earth to orbit the Sun was 365.258756484 days.
• The value of "pi" was first calculated by the Indian Mathematician Budhayana, and he explained the concept of what is known as the Pythagorean Theorem. He discovered this in the 6th century, long before the European mathematicians.
• Algebra, Trigonometry and Calculus also originated in India.Quadratic Equations were used by Sridharacharya in the 11th century. The largest numbers the Greeks and the Romans used were 106 whereas Hindus used numbers as big as 10*53 (i.e. 10 to the power of 53) with specific names as early as 5000 B.C.during the Vedic period.Even today, the largest used number is Terra: 10*12(10 to the power of 12).
• Until 1896, India was the only source of diamonds in the world
  (Source: Gemological Institute of America).
• The Baily Bridge is the highest bridge in the world. It is located in the Ladakh valley between the Dras and Suru rivers in the Himalayan mountains. It was built by the Indian Army in August 1982.
• Sushruta is regarded as the Father of Surgery. Over2600 years ago Sushrata & his team conducted complicated surgeries like cataract, artificial limbs, cesareans, fractures, urinary stones, plastic surgery and brain surgeries.
• Usage of anaesthesia was well known in ancient Indian medicine. Detailed knowledge of anatomy, embryology, digestion, metabolism,physiology, etiology, genetics and immunity is also found in many ancient Indian texts.
• India exports software to 90 countries.
• The four religions born in India - Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism, are followed by 25% of the world's population.
• Jainism and Buddhism were founded in India in 600 B.C. and 500 B.C. respectively.
• Islam is India's and the world's second largest religion.
• There are 300,000 active mosques in India, more than in any other country, including the Muslim world.
• The oldest European church and synagogue in India are in the city of Cochin. They were built in 1503 and 1568 respectively.
• Jews and Christians have lived continuously in India since 200 B.C. and 52 A.D. respectively
• The largest religious building in the world is Angkor Wat, a Hindu Temple in Cambodia built at the end of the 11th century.
• The Vishnu Temple in the city of Tirupathi built in the 10th century, is the world's largest religious pilgrimage destination. Larger than either Rome or Mecca, an average of 30,000 visitors donate $6 million (US) to the temple everyday.
• Sikhism originated in the Holy city of Amritsar in Punjab. Famous for housing the Golden Temple, the city was founded in 1577.
• Varanasi, also known as Benaras, was called "the Ancient City" when Lord Buddha visited it in 500 B.C., and is the oldest, continuously inhabited city in the world today.
• India provides safety for more than 300,000 refugees originally from Sri Lanka, Tibet, Bhutan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh, who escaped to flee religious and political persecution.
• His Holiness, the Dalai Lama, the exiled spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhists, runs his government in exile from Dharmashala in northern India.
• Martial Arts were first created in India, and later spread to Asia by Buddhist missionaries.
• Yoga has its origins in India and has existed for over 5,000 years.

Google+ : A healthy wealthy threat to facebook:

Soon you'll be searching for friends in google +. Keeping in mind the demand and power of social networking sites google the largest search engine of the world is ready to enter into this market with its new virsion of social networking website Google plus. Currently the site is on trial version with limited number of accounts only but soon it will be full fledged standing head to head with facebook. It will be available in over 40 different languages.


What is google +?

It is a social networking service operated by Google Inc. The service launched on June 28, 2011, in an invite-only testing phase. The following day, existing users were allowed to invite friends, who are above 18 years of age, to the service to create their own accounts. However, this was quickly suspended in a day after there was "insane demand" for accounts. Google+ will be built as a layer that not only integrates different Google social services, such as Google Profiles and Google Buzz, but also introduces many new features including Circles, Hangouts, Sparks and Huddles. Google+ will also be available as a desktop application and as an application on Android and iOS operating systems. Sources such as The New York Times have declared it Google's biggest attempt to rival the social network Facebook, which had over three quarters of a billion users in 2011.


Key features of google + :

• "Circles" enables users to organize contacts into groups for sharing, across various Google products and services. Although other users can view a list of people in a user's collection of circles, they cannot view the names of those circles. The privacy settings also allows users to hide the users in their circles as well as who has them in their circle. Organization is done through a drag-and-drop interface. This system replaces the typical friends list function used by sites such as Facebook.
• "Huddle" is a feature available to Android, iPhone, and SMS devices for communicating through instant messaging within circles.
• "Hangouts" are places used to facilitate group video chat (with a maximum of 10 people participating in a single Hangout at any point of time). However, anyone on the web could potentially join the 'Hangout' if they happen to possess the unique URL of the Hangout.
• "Instant Upload" is specific to Android mobile devices; it stores photos or video in a private album for sharing later.
• "Sparks" is a front-end to Google Search, enabling user to identify topics they might be interested in sharing with others; "featured interests" sparks are also available, based on topics others globally are finding interesting.
• Through "Streams," users see updates from those in their circles, updates similar to Facebook's news feed. The input box allows users to enter a status update or use icons to upload and share photo and videos.

Google+ reportedly had a remarkably higher ratio of men than women at launch, because it was initiated by invitation from a population of the primarily young male software engineers at Google.

How google + better than facebook:

1) Google+ Circles: Better Privacy Control

Rather than having a Facebook’s Friends’ list, Google+ groups your friends via +Circles. And the best thing about these +Circles are that it allows you to share your status update or photo or anything with your choice of +Circle. This is something that gives Google+ a bit edge over Facebook in privacy control.

2) Google+ Hangouts: Allows Video Chat For Up To 10 People

Considering the fact that Facebook even now doesn’t have the video chat feature, tech buffs are already pointing out where Google+ already is ahead in the social networking game. Using +Hangouts in Google+, 10 people at a time could video chat using +Hangouts.

3) +Sparks: Choose Who to Share News/Topics With

This  by far is our favorite feature, and the simple reason for that being the fact that the +Sparks gives articles and videos that it thinks you might be interested in reading and hence gives you something to read, watch and share whenever you are free. A Google+ user might want to share a news or video with specific Circles in their Social Network, and the good thing here is that if you want you can either share the news or topic with a certain Circle on your social network or can share it with all of your connections on Google+.

4) Google + Safer Content Sharing.a Privacy advocate has social networking sites for long. The user can assign a degree of confidentiality of each share content, instead of using a configuration of the predefined list of privacy. All actions can be called to decide

So lets see who wins google or facebook.

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INDIA POVERTY AND FOOD SECURITY BILL

In today's topic of blog I would like to discuss regarding the National Food Security bill which is been in the final steps to be approved by the current UPA government for the well being of people of our country.

It was promise of UPA II agenda to introduce this bill in their session. President Pratibha Patil on June 4, 2009 said that a National Food Security Act would be formulated

The National Advisory Council (NAC), which is headed by Sonia Gandhi, has finalised its draft of the Food Security Bill.  Mrs Gandhi will forward this document to the Prime Minister.

The historic Food Security Bill entitles 75% of India's population to highly-subsidized foodgrains.

 

The Bill says  two types of households are eligible for discounted grain - "priority households" which are below the poverty line (BPL); and "general households" which consist of Lower Middle Class families.

Priority households are entitled to 35 kilograms per month of foodgrains at these rates   -  Rs. 3 per kg of rice, Rs. 2 per kg of wheat and Rs. 1 per kg of millets. General households have the right to 20 kilograms at a price not exceeding 50% of the Minimum Support Price paid to farmers for the three grains.

What is Food Security Act?

It was one of the political agenda of congress during there 2004 and 2009 elections. Food security is a proposed act which makes food availability a right for every citizen of India. It aims to give common man to lead a healthy and productive life. Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) is a centrally sponsored scheme launched on December 2000 for one crore of the poorest families. It is on the look out for the 'poorest of the poor' by providing them 35 kilos of rice and wheat at Rs.2 per kg. Whereas the National Food Security Act helps the poor to purchase 25 kg of rice or wheat per month at Rs.3 per kg. It calls for broader reforms in the public distribution system. Food Security Act takes into consideration the following three important aspects:

• Food Availability.
• Food Access.
• Food Absorption.

HIGHLIGHTS OF FOOD SECURITY BILL:

• It covers 90% of rural population and 50% of urban India.
• 46% of rural households and 38% of urban households are entitled to the lowest rates; together, they add upto 40% of India's total population.

Key Features of the Draft National Food Security Bill, 2011

-  Every person shall have the right of access to sufficient and safe food either directly or by purchasing the food.

- The central and state government shall share the financial cost of procuring, storing and distributing food grains to the population entitled to it.

-  There are special provisions for pregnant and lactating mothers, children in the 0-6 age group, destitute persons, homeless persons and disaster affected persons.  The appropriate government shall take immediate steps to provide relief to persons living in starvation.

- The state government shall provide all children upto class 8 freshly cooked meal in all schools run by local bodies and the government.  It shall also provide mid-day meals to children who are admitted under the 25% quota for children belonging to disadvantaged groups in unaided private schools

- Each household shall be categorised into priority and general in rural and urban areas.

-  Each individual in the priority group households shall be entitled to at least 7kg of grain every month at a maximum price of Rs 3/kg for rice, Rs 2/kg for wheat and Rs 1/kg for millets.

- Each individual in the general group households shall be entitled to 4kg of grain per month at 50 per cent of the Minimum Support Price for paddy, wheat and millet.

-  The state government can exclude certain persons who fulfil the exclusion criteria in rural and urban areas.  However, it has to cover at least 90% of the population in rural areas and 50% of the population in urban areas.

-  The Bill lays down norms for procurement, storage and distribution of food grains under the Public Distribution System.  It also gives detailed norms for Fair Price Shops, ration cards, and monitoring the system.

- It seeks to set up a National Food Commission and State Food Commission in each state.  The Commission shall inquire into complaints on denial of entitlement, advise central and state governments and monitor the schemes.  Each district shall have a District Grievance Redressal Officer.

- The Bill includes penalties for dereliction of duty by public servants, which includes deduction of penalty from the salary of the public servant.

-  Any person deprived of his entitlement to food shall be entitled to compensation from the appropriate government.

-   The Gram Sabhas should conduct social audits of all schemes under this Act.

The cheapest rates of Rs. 3, 2 and 1 will cover 40% of the country's total population.

Some estimates suggest this could cost the government $22.3 billion or Rs. 1.1 trillion per year .

How The Right to Food Campaign started:

In April 2001, the People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) Rajasthan had filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court against the Government of India, Food Corporation of India, and six state governments. The petition contended that the right to food was a fundamental right under “the right to life” provided by Article 21 of the Constitution of India.

Any government official falling foul of the law by the district grievance redress system or state or national commission would be liable to pay up to Rs 5,000 as penalty from h/his salary.

Now, it's up to the government to finalize a draft so that it can be introduced in Parliament's monsoon session as had been suggested earlier.

As it is one of the good step taken by the government toward the well being of country to help the poor but the time will say what exactly the benefit will it give to the people when it comes. In our country various bill introduced and withdrawn but each time the benefit access always remain not more than 10%. The middlemen and government official are the real benefit taker of these schemes. Be positive and hope for the best. If possible please do educate people nearby you regarding this so that maximum benefit should reach to the people for whom it has been made


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Grand slams 2011 (Latest wimbeldon results)

(TENNIS) GRANDSLAM 2011 RESULT:

The Championships, Wimbledon 2011 RESULTS:(20 June – 3 July in 2011)  

Wimbeldon	winner	country	loser	country
Men single	Novak Djokovic	serbia	Rafal Nadal	spain
women single	Petra Kvitová	Czech republic	Maria Sharapova	Russia
mixed doubles	Jürgen Melzer &Iveta Benešová	Austria/Czech republic	Mahesh Bhupathi& Elena Vesnina	India/ Russia
men doubles	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	United States	Robert Lindstedt and Horia Tecău	Sweden /Romania
women doubles	Květa Peschke& Katarina Srebotnik	Czech republic/slovenia	Sabine Lisicki & Samantha Stosur	Germany /Australia

FRENCH OPEN 2011 RESULTS:

Nadal wins french open 2011 it was his 6^th french open equaling borg's records and 10^th grandslam beated roger

 

FRENCH OPEN	winner	country	loser	country
Men single	Rafal Nadal	spain	Roger federer	switzerland
women single	LI Na	China	Francesca Schiavone,	Italy
mixed doubles	Casey Dellacqua and Scott Lipsky	Australia/ US	Katarina Srebotnik and Nenad Zimonjic	Slovenia/ Serbia
men doubles	Max Mirnyi and Daniel Nestor	Belarus / canada	Juan Sabastian and Eduardo Schwank	Columbia/ argentina
women doubles	Andrea Hlavakova and Lucie Hradecka	Czech republic	Sania mirza/ Elena Vesnina	India / Russia

Australia open 2011:

 

AUSTRALIA OPEN	winner	country	loser	country
Men single	Novak Djokovic	serbia	Andy Murray	UK
women single	KIM CLIJSTER	belgium	LI NA	china
mixed doubles	Katarina Srebotnik Daniel Nestor	slovenia/ canada	Yung-Jan Chan Paul Hanley	chinese tapai/ australia
men doubles	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	United States	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	India
women doubles	Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta	Argentina /Italy	Victoria Azarenka Maria Kirilenko	Belarus \ Russia

Im very happy that Novak Djokovic won wimbeldon championship beating nadal  and now ranked 1st in ATP ranking. I hope US open winner shoul be Roger federer of switzerlan. Im confident he will be in form soon.

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