30 November, 2008
Raj
A shell-shocked Ranchiites paid letters of tributes to the victims of Mumbai terror attacks in Ranchi --- Are you listening Raj ?
M S Dhoni
Cricket star M S Dhoni is very much secure in his 'z' plus security and is relaxing with his family and friends.
Fans have been waiting in front of his house to get a glimpse of their hero and autograph.
Fans have been waiting in front of his house to get a glimpse of their hero and autograph.
Sharing a brilliant editorial piece
The following is part of the editorial in today's (Nov 30) Hindustan Times written by Vir Sanghvi. My friend Mr Nirmalya liked it and he thought that every body would like it too. For the entire editorial, please click here.
We're all Bombayites today "
.......... Not since 1992 have I felt so much public anger and outrage directed at the political class. People do not blame politicians for terrorism. We understand that this is a global phenomenon. We accept also that every attack cannot be anticipated or prevented. But the Bombay attacks are different. Surely, they were not unexpected? After bomb blast after bomb blast and attack after attack, India's politicians must have known that the city was at risk. And yet the authorities reacted to this attack exactly as they had reacted to all the previous ones: with astonishment and ineptitude.How many bombs need to go off, how many innocents need to die before politicians realise that they have been elected to defend the people of India? Consider the US. Nobody blamed George Bush for 9/11. And for all his faults he was able to ensure that there would be no terrorist attack for the next eight years. Or think of England. The country was shocked by the 7/7 bombings. But politicians assured people that there would be no repeat and indeed, there's been nothing since. Think of Indonesia. The Bali bombing has not been followed by any terrorist attack on that scale. .......................I thought the SMSes about Raj Thackeray summed up the mood of India. Thackeray had no role to play in the aftermath of the attacks but the murder and the mayhem put his politicking in context. Bombay was not defended solely by the Marathi manoos. It was defended by Indians who protected other Indians — while this particular Marathi manoos — or perhaps that should be Marathi mouse — cowered at home. The BJP has tried to turn terrorism into a political issue, suggesting indirectly that the government is not acting against terrorists because it is scared of losing the Muslim votes. The Congress has retaliated by pointing out that many of the terrorists are in fact Hindu extremists. But what the public response of the last few days tells us is this: we don't really care. As far as we're concerned, they're all the same. Of course the Congress is culpable for the Bombay attacks. But then, were things very different during the BJP's term when Parliament was attacked?The message from the people of India is that we are fed up of politicians who use terrorism as an excuse to win votes. We are fed up of the way they seek to pit Muslim against Hindu over the dead bodies of victims of terror in the cynical hope of winning the next election. We are fed up of their incompetence. And we are fed up of their tendency to play politics when they should be doing something to protect us. ..............."
We're all Bombayites today "
.......... Not since 1992 have I felt so much public anger and outrage directed at the political class. People do not blame politicians for terrorism. We understand that this is a global phenomenon. We accept also that every attack cannot be anticipated or prevented. But the Bombay attacks are different. Surely, they were not unexpected? After bomb blast after bomb blast and attack after attack, India's politicians must have known that the city was at risk. And yet the authorities reacted to this attack exactly as they had reacted to all the previous ones: with astonishment and ineptitude.How many bombs need to go off, how many innocents need to die before politicians realise that they have been elected to defend the people of India? Consider the US. Nobody blamed George Bush for 9/11. And for all his faults he was able to ensure that there would be no terrorist attack for the next eight years. Or think of England. The country was shocked by the 7/7 bombings. But politicians assured people that there would be no repeat and indeed, there's been nothing since. Think of Indonesia. The Bali bombing has not been followed by any terrorist attack on that scale. .......................I thought the SMSes about Raj Thackeray summed up the mood of India. Thackeray had no role to play in the aftermath of the attacks but the murder and the mayhem put his politicking in context. Bombay was not defended solely by the Marathi manoos. It was defended by Indians who protected other Indians — while this particular Marathi manoos — or perhaps that should be Marathi mouse — cowered at home. The BJP has tried to turn terrorism into a political issue, suggesting indirectly that the government is not acting against terrorists because it is scared of losing the Muslim votes. The Congress has retaliated by pointing out that many of the terrorists are in fact Hindu extremists. But what the public response of the last few days tells us is this: we don't really care. As far as we're concerned, they're all the same. Of course the Congress is culpable for the Bombay attacks. But then, were things very different during the BJP's term when Parliament was attacked?The message from the people of India is that we are fed up of politicians who use terrorism as an excuse to win votes. We are fed up of the way they seek to pit Muslim against Hindu over the dead bodies of victims of terror in the cynical hope of winning the next election. We are fed up of their incompetence. And we are fed up of their tendency to play politics when they should be doing something to protect us. ..............."
29 November, 2008
Appeal
We should all remain calm and united to overcome the deadly terror strikes on Mumbai, for 'it takes twenty years or more of peace to make a man; but it takes only twenty seconds of war to destroy him'.
Efforts should be made to curb terrorism---'the real test of power is not capacity to make a war but capacity to prevent it', for safety of citizens should be the utmost in one's mind.
The nation witnessed several terror attacks in the past, but the terror attack on Mumbai should open our eyes and fight it out with well planned federal structure---and parochialism should cease to exist.
Efforts should be made to curb terrorism---'the real test of power is not capacity to make a war but capacity to prevent it', for safety of citizens should be the utmost in one's mind.
The nation witnessed several terror attacks in the past, but the terror attack on Mumbai should open our eyes and fight it out with well planned federal structure---and parochialism should cease to exist.
27 November, 2008
25 November, 2008
Thought of the day
"Only a man with no sense would promise to be responsible for someone else's debts."
24 November, 2008
Thought of the day
"While the right to talk may be the beginning of freedom, the necessity of listening is what makes that rigt important.
23 November, 2008
Joke
Q. What do you call a fat lady waiting for a bus?
A. Moti..vating !!!
Q. What is the difference between WATCH & WIFE ?
A. Ek bigadti hai to bandh ho jati hai......Doosri bigadti hai to 'SHUROO' ho jati hai
Q. Doctor : App ka aur aapki biwi ka blood group ek hi hai.
A. Man : Hoga, zarur hoga; 25 saal se mera khoon jo pee rahi hai.
Q. What's the similarity between MOBILE and MARRIAGE ?
A. In both cases you feel 'aur thoda ruk jata to accha model milta'
Q. Ek admi ne sadhu se kaha, meri biwi bahut pareshan karti hai, koi upaaye bataiye.
A. Sadhu bola , Upaaye hota to main sadhu kyoon banta?
A. Moti..vating !!!
Q. What is the difference between WATCH & WIFE ?
A. Ek bigadti hai to bandh ho jati hai......Doosri bigadti hai to 'SHUROO' ho jati hai
Q. Doctor : App ka aur aapki biwi ka blood group ek hi hai.
A. Man : Hoga, zarur hoga; 25 saal se mera khoon jo pee rahi hai.
Q. What's the similarity between MOBILE and MARRIAGE ?
A. In both cases you feel 'aur thoda ruk jata to accha model milta'
Q. Ek admi ne sadhu se kaha, meri biwi bahut pareshan karti hai, koi upaaye bataiye.
A. Sadhu bola , Upaaye hota to main sadhu kyoon banta?
Thought of the day
"The start of an argument is like the first break in a dam; stop it before it goes any further."
22 November, 2008
Hi Raj
Knowledge is spread by people who are wise, not by fools---are you listening, you attackers of fellow Indians.
Mr Raj, the days of Raj ended sixty years ago
1. Should we teach our kids that if he is second in class, don't study harder.. just beat up the student coming first and throw him out of the school.... No, we are not in the days of Raj
2. Should Parliament have only Delhiites as it is located in Delhi...No ....
3. Prime-minister, president and all other leaders should only be from Delhi...No ....
4. No Hindi movie should be made in Bombay . Only Marathi....No ......
5. At every state border, buses, trains, flights should be stopped and staff changed to local men...No......
6. All Maharashtrians working abroad or in other states should be sent back as they are SNATCHING employment from Locals....No...
7. Lord Shiv, Ganesha and Parvati should not be worshiped in our state as they belong to north ( Himalayas )....No.....
8.. Visits to Taj Mahal should be restricted to people from UP only.....No....
9. Relief for farmers in Maharashtra should not come from centre because that is the money collected as Tax from whole of India , so why should it be given to someone in Maharashtra ? No....
10. Let's support kashmiri Militants because they are right to killing and injuring innocent people for benifit of there state and community.......No....
11. Let's throw all MNCs out of Maharashtra , why should they earn from us? We will open our own Maharashtra Microsoft, MH Pepsi and MH Marutis of the world....No.... .
12. Let's stop using cellphones, emails, TV, foreign Movies and dramas. James Bond should speak Marathi....Ha... ha...
13. We should be ready to die hungry or buy food at 10 times higher price but should not accept imports from other states....ridiculous
14. We should not allow any industry to be set up in Maharashtra because all machinery comes from outside.....childish....
15. We should STOP using local trains... Trains are not manufactured by Marathi manoos and Railway Minister is a Bihari....hey hey, we are not the days of Raj.
16. Ensure that all our children are born, grow, live and die without ever stepping out of Maharashtra , then they will become true Marathi's ....No we love Marathis
-----Hi Raj
Mr Raj, the days of Raj ended sixty years ago
1. Should we teach our kids that if he is second in class, don't study harder.. just beat up the student coming first and throw him out of the school.... No, we are not in the days of Raj
2. Should Parliament have only Delhiites as it is located in Delhi...No ....
3. Prime-minister, president and all other leaders should only be from Delhi...No ....
4. No Hindi movie should be made in Bombay . Only Marathi....No ......
5. At every state border, buses, trains, flights should be stopped and staff changed to local men...No......
6. All Maharashtrians working abroad or in other states should be sent back as they are SNATCHING employment from Locals....No...
7. Lord Shiv, Ganesha and Parvati should not be worshiped in our state as they belong to north ( Himalayas )....No.....
8.. Visits to Taj Mahal should be restricted to people from UP only.....No....
9. Relief for farmers in Maharashtra should not come from centre because that is the money collected as Tax from whole of India , so why should it be given to someone in Maharashtra ? No....
10. Let's support kashmiri Militants because they are right to killing and injuring innocent people for benifit of there state and community.......No....
11. Let's throw all MNCs out of Maharashtra , why should they earn from us? We will open our own Maharashtra Microsoft, MH Pepsi and MH Marutis of the world....No.... .
12. Let's stop using cellphones, emails, TV, foreign Movies and dramas. James Bond should speak Marathi....Ha... ha...
13. We should be ready to die hungry or buy food at 10 times higher price but should not accept imports from other states....ridiculous
14. We should not allow any industry to be set up in Maharashtra because all machinery comes from outside.....childish....
15. We should STOP using local trains... Trains are not manufactured by Marathi manoos and Railway Minister is a Bihari....hey hey, we are not the days of Raj.
16. Ensure that all our children are born, grow, live and die without ever stepping out of Maharashtra , then they will become true Marathi's ....No we love Marathis
-----Hi Raj
Support Dhoni
It all started when Greg Chappell hounded Sourav Ganguly for the latter raising voice against the Guru.
Then came the tense on-field discussions between Ganguly and the then captian Rahul Dravid before a Test match.
We all know under what circumstances Dravid had to quit.
Now M S Dhoni is being pushed to the wall on things happened behind screens. Meddling with off-the-field matters will not do good for Indian cricket which is on the ascent.
Leave Dhoni and the selectors to wrestle on selection matters; so that they can give the nation the fittest and talented squad to dish out quality cricket.
Then came the tense on-field discussions between Ganguly and the then captian Rahul Dravid before a Test match.
We all know under what circumstances Dravid had to quit.
Now M S Dhoni is being pushed to the wall on things happened behind screens. Meddling with off-the-field matters will not do good for Indian cricket which is on the ascent.
Leave Dhoni and the selectors to wrestle on selection matters; so that they can give the nation the fittest and talented squad to dish out quality cricket.
21 November, 2008
19 November, 2008
18 November, 2008
16 November, 2008
14 November, 2008
Thought of the day
There are people who think they can preach and give surmons to others, little realising that 'knowledge is spread by people who are wise, not by fools'.
12 November, 2008
11 November, 2008
Thought of the day
yun tou bahut bewakoofs hein, but "You cannot make a fool of the one who keeps cool."
10 November, 2008
Thought of the day
When you get angry, you lose more than your temper. But who will listen to the advice.
Thought of the day
When you get angry, you lose more than your temper. But who will listen to the advice.
09 November, 2008
Thought of the day
"Always suspect any job men willingly vacate for women."
It sounds male chauvinism, isn't it. Read this "Where wisdom is called for, force is of little use."
It sounds male chauvinism, isn't it. Read this "Where wisdom is called for, force is of little use."
08 November, 2008
Thought of the day
They say love is universal, and has no limits. But sometimes it comes under challenge by parochial sentiments.
06 November, 2008
China milk poisoning incidents make everyone afraid to look at the daily news report. Everyday, the reports are changing. No one can clearly tell us what to eat and not to eat.
1.What really is poisoned milk?
It is the milk powder mixed with "MELAMINE"
What is Melamine use for? It is an industrial chemical use in the production of melawares.
It is also used in home decoration. "US resistant board"
Do you understand! Melamine is use in industrial production! It cannot be eaten.
2.Why is Melamine added in milk powder?The most important nutrient in milk is protein. And Melamine has the same protein that contains "NITROGEN"
Adding Melamine in milk reduces milk content and it is cheaper then milk so it lowers capitalization. It can give the business man more profit! Below is Melamine. Doesn't it look like milk? It doesn't have any smell, so cannot be detected.
3.When was it discovered?Year 2007!! US cats and dogs died suddenly, they found that pet food from China contains Melamine.
Starting 2008, In China , an abnormal increase in infant cases of kidney stones.
August 2008 China Sanlu Milk Powder tested with Melamine
Sept. 2008 - New Zealand gov't ask China to check this problemSept. 21, 2008 - Lots of food products in Taiwan tested with Melamine
4.What happens when Melamine is digested?Melamine remains inside the kidney. It forms into stones blocking the tubes. Pain will be eminent and person cannot urinate. Kidney will then swell.
Although surgery can remove the stones, but it will cause irreversible kidney damage. It can lead to loss of kidney function and will require kidney dialysis or lead to death because of uremia.
What is dialysis? In fact, it should be called "blood washing". It is filtering all of the body's blood into a machine and then go back to the body.
The whole process takes 4 hours and it is necessary to dialysis once for every 3 days for the rest of your life.
Here is a dialysis center
Large dialysis center
A small hole is required in the arm to insert thesub-dialysis catheter.
Why is it more serious in babies? Because the kidney is very small and they drink a lot of milk powder.
Here is a baby undergoing dialysis.
China currenty has 13,000 infants hospitalized
It does not matter how much a human being took Melamine. The important point is "It cannot be EATEN!"
5.What are the foods to be avoided?
Foods that contain dairy products should be avoided.
Remember: Foods with creamer or milk should be avoided.
6.Which companies are affected?Hereunder are the companies affected with Melamine.
7.What do we do next?
Avoid the above foods for at least six months.
If you have snack bar, restaurant or coffee shops, Stop selling dairy products for the meantime.
If you have infants at home, change to mother's milk or find other substitutes.
Finally, share this information with friends so they will understand the risk of milk poisoning. *******************************************************************************************************
1.What really is poisoned milk?
It is the milk powder mixed with "MELAMINE"
What is Melamine use for? It is an industrial chemical use in the production of melawares.
It is also used in home decoration. "US resistant board"
Do you understand! Melamine is use in industrial production! It cannot be eaten.
2.Why is Melamine added in milk powder?The most important nutrient in milk is protein. And Melamine has the same protein that contains "NITROGEN"
Adding Melamine in milk reduces milk content and it is cheaper then milk so it lowers capitalization. It can give the business man more profit! Below is Melamine. Doesn't it look like milk? It doesn't have any smell, so cannot be detected.
3.When was it discovered?Year 2007!! US cats and dogs died suddenly, they found that pet food from China contains Melamine.
Starting 2008, In China , an abnormal increase in infant cases of kidney stones.
August 2008 China Sanlu Milk Powder tested with Melamine
Sept. 2008 - New Zealand gov't ask China to check this problemSept. 21, 2008 - Lots of food products in Taiwan tested with Melamine
4.What happens when Melamine is digested?Melamine remains inside the kidney. It forms into stones blocking the tubes. Pain will be eminent and person cannot urinate. Kidney will then swell.
Although surgery can remove the stones, but it will cause irreversible kidney damage. It can lead to loss of kidney function and will require kidney dialysis or lead to death because of uremia.
What is dialysis? In fact, it should be called "blood washing". It is filtering all of the body's blood into a machine and then go back to the body.
The whole process takes 4 hours and it is necessary to dialysis once for every 3 days for the rest of your life.
Here is a dialysis center
Large dialysis center
A small hole is required in the arm to insert thesub-dialysis catheter.
Why is it more serious in babies? Because the kidney is very small and they drink a lot of milk powder.
Here is a baby undergoing dialysis.
China currenty has 13,000 infants hospitalized
It does not matter how much a human being took Melamine. The important point is "It cannot be EATEN!"
5.What are the foods to be avoided?
Foods that contain dairy products should be avoided.
Remember: Foods with creamer or milk should be avoided.
6.Which companies are affected?Hereunder are the companies affected with Melamine.
7.What do we do next?
Avoid the above foods for at least six months.
If you have snack bar, restaurant or coffee shops, Stop selling dairy products for the meantime.
If you have infants at home, change to mother's milk or find other substitutes.
Finally, share this information with friends so they will understand the risk of milk poisoning. *******************************************************************************************************
04 November, 2008
Smile
Love him or hate him, he sure hits the nail on the head with this!Bill Gates recently gave a speech at a High School about 11 thingsthey did not and will not learn in school. He talks about howfeel-good,politically correct teachings created a generation of kidswith no concept of reality and how this concept set them up forfailure in the real world.
Rule 1: Life is not fair - get used to it!
Rule 2 : The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world willexpect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good aboutyourself.
Rule 3 : You will NOT make $60,000 a year right out of high school.You won't be a vice-president with a car phone until you earn both.
Rule 4 : If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss.
Rule 5 : Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. YourGrandparents had a different word for burger flipping: they called itopportunity.
Rule 6: If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault, so don't whineabout your mistakes, learn from them.
Rule 7: Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as theyare now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning yourclothes and listening to you talk about how cool you thought youwere. So before you save the rain forest from the parasites of yourparent's generation, try delousing the closet in your own room.
Rule 8: Your school may have done away with winners and losers, butlife HAS NOT. In some schools, they have abolished failing grades andthey'll give you chances as MANY TIMES as you want to get the rightanswer. This doesn't bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING inreal life.
Rule 9: Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summersoff and very few employers are interested in helping you FINDYOURSELF. Do that on your own time.
Rule 10: Television is NOT real life. In real life people actuallyhave to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.
Rule 11: Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one.
If you agree, pass it on.
Rule 1: Life is not fair - get used to it!
Rule 2 : The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world willexpect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good aboutyourself.
Rule 3 : You will NOT make $60,000 a year right out of high school.You won't be a vice-president with a car phone until you earn both.
Rule 4 : If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss.
Rule 5 : Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. YourGrandparents had a different word for burger flipping: they called itopportunity.
Rule 6: If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault, so don't whineabout your mistakes, learn from them.
Rule 7: Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as theyare now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning yourclothes and listening to you talk about how cool you thought youwere. So before you save the rain forest from the parasites of yourparent's generation, try delousing the closet in your own room.
Rule 8: Your school may have done away with winners and losers, butlife HAS NOT. In some schools, they have abolished failing grades andthey'll give you chances as MANY TIMES as you want to get the rightanswer. This doesn't bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING inreal life.
Rule 9: Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summersoff and very few employers are interested in helping you FINDYOURSELF. Do that on your own time.
Rule 10: Television is NOT real life. In real life people actuallyhave to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.
Rule 11: Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one.
If you agree, pass it on.
Quote-Unquote: Thought of the day
Quote-Unquote: Thought of the day
"God makes us fragrant flowers. Am I spreading sweetness to all ?"
"Without simplicity, one cannot gain the true affection of others."
"Is it possible to have unity in a nation when each one feels that he is better than hisn neighbour."
"God makes us fragrant flowers. Am I spreading sweetness to all ?"
"Without simplicity, one cannot gain the true affection of others."
"Is it possible to have unity in a nation when each one feels that he is better than hisn neighbour."
Thought of the day
Commenting on the prevailing hate-campaign, the other day one rightly reminded a sweet adage "We all consider ourselves to be part of MANKIND...yes, we are part of man, but how kind are we."
01 November, 2008
Thought of the day
"Confidence is a plant of slow growth in an aged bosom," but seldom people follow this adage, leaving many things half done.
Thought of the day
The quote "We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love, one another," is to instil brotherhood among different religious groups. With parochial ideology threatening to raise its ugly head, this quote should be read in that context to save us from hatred.
It is said that "If man is so wicked with religion, what they would be without it." But the recent parochial feeling might upset the spirit of the quote.
Yea, we know Napolean's quote that religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet. But what about those indulging in parochial feeling. Every one says sons of soil (read region). But no one says sons of our nation. If it is nation, than good, but if it is region than it is high time one should be shown one's place to keep the nation united.
As somebody has rightly said that "There is only one religion though there is a hundred versions of it," similarly there is one India and hundreds of languages, which makes it unique.
"There are many languages, but the spirit of language is one, in me, in you and in every man."
"Nothing makes us so cruel as religion and nothing makes us so tender as religion." But we should strive hard for respecting each other's language.
Language should not be a barrier among people, as languages are just like neon lights of a nation, should be seen and admired, instead of choosing which one is good.
It is said that "If man is so wicked with religion, what they would be without it." But the recent parochial feeling might upset the spirit of the quote.
Yea, we know Napolean's quote that religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet. But what about those indulging in parochial feeling. Every one says sons of soil (read region). But no one says sons of our nation. If it is nation, than good, but if it is region than it is high time one should be shown one's place to keep the nation united.
As somebody has rightly said that "There is only one religion though there is a hundred versions of it," similarly there is one India and hundreds of languages, which makes it unique.
"There are many languages, but the spirit of language is one, in me, in you and in every man."
"Nothing makes us so cruel as religion and nothing makes us so tender as religion." But we should strive hard for respecting each other's language.
Language should not be a barrier among people, as languages are just like neon lights of a nation, should be seen and admired, instead of choosing which one is good.
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