Monday

New Resolution

New year is approaching. like every year this year also i have planned to make a new resolution. my mom always pushes me to make atleast one new resolution every year. just to make her happy i do. well lemmie tell you one thing. all my previous resolutions were disasters. infact they never last long. more to add on i dont even remember my last resolution which i had taken in the beginning of 2006. felling pity for myself.........huh?....how can i forget my resolution so early. resolutions are made to be remembered. working on resolution is different but forgetting resolution is simply unacceptable. i deserve punishment....but what punishment?....lemmie decide my punishment for myself...isnt it KEWL that i am deciding my punishment on my own....my punishment is that i wont forget my resolution atleast for a year before i take any new resolution. but for that i really need to brush up my memory. to polish my memory i have an idea. i think i should try one of the memory enhancement tonic which are flooded in the market....what you all suggest?...do i try dabur shankhpushpi?...he he he he he.......

but i am sure my mom wont allow me to do so bcoz recently my mom's friend told her that these tonics are made from tails of lizards(which according to her easily available), wings and juice of cockroack(which according to my mom easily accessible) and ofcourse oil of fish. i cant help but wonder..she is damn innovative. people here are so creative..huh?lets get back to my resolution. so now i am ready with my improved memory. thanks to memory enhancement tonic which i had taken inspite of my mom objection. i am ready to take my new resolution. hopefully this time i wont forget my resolution and i really hope this time i will live upto my resolution.
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL

Wednesday

CHAT BETWEEN GOD AND I , ME AND MYSELF

God : Hello. You called me.


I, Me, Myself : Called you? No, who is this?


God : This is God. I heard your prayers. So I thought I will
chat with you.

IMM : Sure, I pray. Just makes me feel good. Actually,
am busy now In the midst of something, you know.


God : What are you busy with? Ants are busy, too.


IMM : Don't know. But I can't find free time. Life has
become hectic. It's rush hour all the time.


God : Sure. Activity gets you busy. But productivity gets
you results. Activity consumes time. Productivity
frees it.


IMM : But I still can't figure it out. By the way, I was not
expecting YOU to buzz me on instant messaging
chat.


God : Well, I wanted to help you resolve your fight for
time by giving you some clarity. I wanted to reach
you through the medium you are comfortable with.


IMM : Tell me, why has life become so complicated?


God : Stop analysing life. Just live it. Analysis is what
makes it complicated.


IMM : Why are we then constantly unhappy?


God : Your today is the tomorrow that you worried about
yesterday. You are worrying because the act of
worrying has become a habit. That's why you are
not happy.


IMM : But how can we not worry when there is so much
uncertainty?


God : Uncertainty is inevitable, but worrying is optional.


IMM : But then, there is so much pain due to uncertainty.


God : Pain is inevitable, but suffering is optional.


IMM : If suffering is optional, why do good people always
suffer?


God : Diamonds cannot be polished without friction.
Gold cannot be purified without fire. Good people
go through trials. With that experience their life
becomes better, not bitter.


IMM : You mean to say such experience is useful?


God : Yes. Experience is a hard teacher, though. She
gives the test first and the lessons afterwards.


IMM : But still, why should we go through such tests?
Why can't we be free from problems?


God: Problems are Purposeful Roadblocks Offering
Beneficial Lessons to Enhance Mental Strength.
Inner strength comes from struggle and endurance,
not when you are free from problems.


IMM : Frankly in the midst of so many problems, we don't
know where we are heading.


God : If you look outside you will not know where you are
heading. Look inside. Looking outside, you dream.
Looking inside, you awaken. Eyes provide sight.
Heart provides insight.


I Me Myself : Sometimes I ask, who am I, why am I here?
I don't know the answers.


God : Seek not to find who you are, but to determine who
you want to be.


IMM : Sometimes not succeeding fast seems to hurt
more than moving in the right direction.


God : Success is relative, quantified by others.
Satisfaction is absolute, quantified by you.
Knowing the road ahead is more satisfying than
knowing you rode ahead.


IMM : Sometimes I ask, who am I, why am I here? I don't
know the answers.


God : Seek not to find who you are, but to determine who
you want to be. Stop looking for a purpose as to
why you are here. Create it. Life is not a process of
discovery but a process of creation.

IMM : How can I get the best out of life?


God: Face your past without regret. Handle your present
with confidence. Prepare for the future without fear.


IMM : Sometimes my prayers are not answered.


God : There are no unanswered prayers. At times the
answer is NO.

IMM: Thank you for this wonderful chat. I'll try to be less
fearful.


God : Keep the faith and drop the fear. Life is a mystery
to solve, not a problem to resolve. Life is wonderful
if you know how to live.



SOURCE:TOI

Saturday

AMAZING FACTS-IV

1.The Ganges River symbolizes purification to Hindus, who believe drinking or bathing in its waters will lead to salvation. But 29 cities, 70 towns and countless villages deposit about 345 million gallons of raw sewage a day directly into the river. Factories add 70 million gallons of industrial waste and farmer are responsible for another 6 million tons of chemical fertilizer and 9,000 tons of pesticides.

2.*LONGEST ENGLISH WORD* : *Praetertran*ssubstantiationali stically * has* **37 *letters.

3.Of the estimated 2.7 million annual deaths from air pollution, 2.2 million are from indoor pollution -- including smoke from dung and wood burned as fuel which is more harmful than tobacco smoke, 80% of the victims are rural poor in developing countries

4.The world's 225 richest individuals of whom 60 are Americans with total assets of $331 billion, have a combined wealth of over $1 trillion equal to the annual income of the poorest 47% of the entire world's population.

5.It is estimated that the additional cost of achieving and maintained universal access to basic education for all, basic health care for all, reproductive health care for all women, adequate food for all and clean water and safe sewers for all is roughly $40 billion a year -- or less than 4% of the combined wealth of the 225 riches people in the world.

6.There are 5.93 billion people on the planet. If all of Gates' wealth was distributed equally to the citizens on the earth, each person - including Bill Gates - would get $15.

7.If Gates gave away Rs.1 crore every day, he would have to live for another 653 years to give it all away.

8.The richest fifth of world's people consumes 86% of all goods and services while the poorest fifth consumes just 1.3%. Indeed, the richest fifth consumes 45% of all meat and fish, 58% of all energy used and 84% of all paper, has 74% of all telephone lines and owns 87% of all vehicles.

Sunday

AMAZING FACTS-III

1.Although modern images & descriptions of India often show poverty, India was one of the richest countries till the time of British in the early 17th Century. Christopher Columbus was attracted by India's wealth and was looking for route to India when he discovered America by mistake.

2.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, which was long before the European mathematicians.


3.The most sensitive finger is the forefinger.

4.A full moon always rises at sunset.

5.In 1386, a pig in France was executed by public hanging for the murder of a child.

6.Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people.

7.One quarter of the bones in your body, are in your feet!

8.Honey is the only food that does not spoil. Honey found in the tombs of Egyptian pharaohs has been tasted by archaeologists and found edible.


9.Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a "Friday the 13th."

10.Coca-Cola would be green if colouring weren't added to it.

12.More people are killed each year from bees than from snakes.

13.Earth is the only planet not named after a god.


14.An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

15.Slugs(type of gastropod) have 4 noses.

P.S-amazing facts-I, amazing facts-II

Tuesday

ASSET AND LIABILITY

Asset and liability are antagonistic but still both are integral part of one's life just like optimistic and pessimistic sides of a same individual...are assets and liabilities interconvertable? Yes they are, but it moreover depend upon situation to situation...might be a characteristic which is considered as an asset in a particular incident prove to be a liability in another case. It is just the matter of time and the way we interpret things. But, is it fair to put tag of asset or liability on things and characteristics? May be tagging help us in identifying which things are good for us and which ain't. But aren't we narrowing and limiting ourselves by just focusing and concentrating our efforts in preserving and maintaining assets rather than working on our liabilities to transform them into worthful ones, as I mentioned earlier both are interchangeable.................

Sunday

amazing facts-II

1.The number system was invented by India. Aryabhatta was the scientist who invented the digit zero.

2."Rhythm" is the longest English word without a vowel.

3.Cats can taste food that is sour, bitter and salty but they do not know anything about what 'sweet' tastes like. So if your cat gobbles up strawberry ice-cream it must be the colour and texture, certainly not the taste!

4.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. Later through time, the game underwent several modifications but the meaning is the same i.e good deeds take us to heaven and evil to a cycle of re-births.

5.There is a city called Rome on every continent.

6.paper money is made from cotton rather than wood pulp which means it doesn\t disintegrate as easily as ordinary paper if you leave it in laundary.

7.A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue!

8.Raw cashews are poisonous and must be roasted before they can be eaten (this is
probably one reason that you can't buy cashews in the shell).


9.You must lose over 50% of your scalp hairs before it is apparent to anyone.

10.There is no word in the English language that rhymes with orange.

11.The largest employer in the world is the Indian railway system, employing over a million people !.

12.An elephant can be pregnant for up to two years.

13.No matter how big or small the piece of paper, you can't fold it in half eight times.

14.Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already
married.


15.What is called a "French kiss" in the English speaking world is known as an "English kiss" in France.

16.The elephant is the only mammal that can't jump!

17.A cockroach can live several weeks with its head cut off!

18.Until 1896, India was the only source for diamonds to the world. ( Source . Gemological Institute of America )

19.It's against the law to have a pet dog in Iceland!

20.There is no word in the English language that rhymes with orange.

21.You're born with 300 bones, but by the time you become an adult, you only have 206.

22.It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.

23.Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand.

24.Bingo is the name of the dog on the Cracker Jack box.

25.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.

26.The word "queue" is the only word in the English language that is still pronounced the same way when the last four letters are removed.

27.Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different!

28.Adolf Hitler was a vegetarian, and had only ONE testicle.

29.Some worms will eat themselves if they can't find any food!

30.The worlds oldest piece of chewing gum is 9000 years old!

31.sharks never stop moving, even when they sleep or rest.

32. a lemon conatin more sugar than a strawberry.

(gather from different source)
if you like these facts please go through amazing facts partI ...i am sure you will enjoy reading them too.

Saturday

ILLUSION

-The world illusion, maya, is individually called avidya, literally, "not-knowledge," ignorance, delusion. Maya or avidya can never be destroyed through intellectual conviction or analysis, but solely through attaining the interior state of nirbikalpa samadhi.
-Illusions are dreams that come to surface when we least expect.An illusionist, is someone who weaves those dreams for others .
- A hallucination is a fact, not an error; what is erroneous is a judgment based upon it.
-The one person who has more illusions than the dreamer is the man of action.
-It is respectable to have no illusions, and safe, and profitable and dull.
- Delusion of humanity is to suppose that I am here and you are out there

Friday

drug abuse and addiction

Today in this era when life is so busy ,so hectic and people have no time left for socializing..everyone is getting more and more eccentric and prefer to spend there time alone rather than socializing…So, in order to fill that emptiness within them which generate due to solitary nature, to get rid of feeling of hollowness ,to move out of there problems and worries ....they look for things which help them in getting away from all worldly problems .... the easiest way they found to get rid of all stiffness is to take so called "recreational drugs"...

Being a drug abuser and drug addict have some difference.. drug abuse doesn't certify that he\she is drug addict also...a person who abuses drug may or may not be addicted but a person with addiction is surely a drug abuser.

Addiction have different phases...it start with exploratory phase in which person just take drugs for fun or to ease circumstances or situation..then comes recreational phase , next stage is abusive phase and finally addictive phase in which no choice is left other than taking drugs.

So thing is that we should pay and concentrate efforts on stopping a person in any of 1st three phase as they form the basis of addiction and sow the seed for future addiction..if we succeed in stopping a person in any of 1st three stage then it become bit easier to keep him\her away from drug addiction.

Well drug addiction is of two types mainly physical and psychological...but they are moreover spirally winded with one another as they both occur simultaneously. But psychological addiction is often found to be more dangerous , stubborn and profound.

Mainly it is seen that a drug addict end up in jail ..But prison is not a place for drug addicts because its become compulsion for them to take drugs as they have no choice left...instead they need a rehabilitation center to come out of deadly addiction rather than imprisonment or judiciary hearing.

.....Why often only addicted people are being trapped?..Why not many drug traffickers are being caught and the one who caught are just small fishes ...what about those who supply these drugs on large scale ..why don't they come under net?....is the reason behind big fishes not being caught is political back support or something else.. drug addiction is making almost every country hollow from inside as its mainly youth and teens who get involved and consume drugs heavily....so to stop this deadly thing from spreading its already deepen roots concrete steps should be taken by combine effects of government and the people.

Tuesday

Tom Cruise Kills Oprah

i tried my best to forget it..but found myself helpless

Saturday

amazing facts

1 If you are right handed, you will tend to chew your food on your right side. If you are left handed, you will tend to chew your food on your left side .

2 If you stop getting thirsty, you need to drink more water. For when a human body is dehydrated, its thirst mechanism shuts off.

3 Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.

4 Your tongue is germ free only if it is pink. If it is white there is a thin film of bacteria on it.

5 The Mercedes-Benz motto is 'Das Beste oder Nichts' meaning 'the best or nothing'.

6 The Titanic was the first ship to use the SOS signal.

7 The pupil of the eye expands as much as 45 percent when a person looks at something pleasing.

8 The average person who stops smoking requires one hour less sleep a night.

9 Laughing lowers levels of stress hormones and strengthens the immune system.
Six-year-olds laugh an average of 300 times a day. Adults only laugh 15 to 100 times a day.

10 The roar that we hear when we place a seashell next to our ear is not the ocean, but rather the sound of blood surging through the veins in the ear.

11 Dalmatians are born without spots.

12 Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.

13 The 'v' in the name of a court case does not stand for 'versus', but for 'and' (in civil proceedings) or 'against' (in criminal proceedings) .

14 Men's shirts have the buttons on the right, but women's shirts have the buttons on the left .

15 The owl is the only bird to drop its upper eyelid to wink. All other birds raise their lower eyelids .

16 The reason honey is so easy to digest is that it's already been digested by a bee.

17 Roosters cannot crow if they cannot extend their necks.

18 The color blue has a calming effect. It causes the brain to release calming hormones.

19 Every time you sneeze some of your brain cells die .

20 Your left lung is smaller than your right lung to make room for your heart .

21 The verb "cleave" is the only English word with two synonyms which are antonyms of each other: adhere and separate.

22 When you blush, the lining of your stomach also turns red .

23 When hippos are upset, their sweat turns red .

24 The first Harley Davidson motorcycle was built in 1903, and used a tomato can for a carburetor .

25 The lion that roars in the MGM logo is named Volney.

26 Google is actually the common name for a number with a million zeros .

27 Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying jag of Flapan, instead of flag of Japan .

28 It cost 7 million dollars to build the Titanic and 200 million to make a film about it.

29 The attachment of the human skin to muscles is what causes dimples .

30 There are 1,792 steps to the top of the Eiffel Tower.

31 The sound you hear when you crack your knuckles is actually the sound of nitrogen gas bubbles bursting .

32 Human hair and fingernails continue to grow after death .

33 It takes about 20 seconds for a red blood cell to circle the whole body.

34 The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets .

35 Most soccer players run 7 miles in a game .

36 The only part of the body that has no blood supply is the cornea in the eye. It takes in oxygen directly from the air .

37 Every day 200 million couples make love, 400,000 babies are born, and 140,000 people die .

38 In most watch advertisements the time displayed on the watch is 10:10 because then the arms frame the brand of the watch (and make it look like it is smiling).

39 Colgate faced big obstacle marketing toothpaste in Spanish speaking countries. Colgate translates into the command "go hang yourself."

40 The only 2 animals that can see behind itself without turning its head are the rabbit and the parrot .

41 Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.

42 The average person laughs 13 times a day .

43 Do you know the names of the three wise monkeys? They are:Mizaru(See no evil), Mikazaru(Hear no evil), and Mazaru(Speak no evil) .

44 Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

45 German Shepherds bite humans more than any other breed of dog .

46 Large kangaroos cover more than 30 feet with each jump .

47 Whip makes a cracking sound because its tip moves faster than the speed of sound.

48 Two animal rights protesters were protesting at the cruelty of sending pigs to a slaughterhouse in Bonn. Suddenly the pigs, all two thousand of them, escaped through a broken fence and stampeded, trampling the two hapless protesters to death.

49 If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; if the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural cause.

50 The human heart creates enough pressure while pumping to squirt blood 30 feet!!
(from a book)


Friday

one more black day in Indian history


Few weeks back the government of India formally announced the
implementation of 27% quota for OBC (OTHER BACKWARD CLASSES) from
session 2007...Are these, the so called backward classes, really
backward or is it that the Indian government is living in a world of
illusion or are the students victimized in the vote bank politics...

The government is justifying the reservation by saying that it will
make "all classes of the society equally educated" and reservation is
a way to bring up the underdeveloped classes in the society, but at
what cost and whose expense? Is it at the expense of many deserving
candidate that has made India proud in the past years??

To stop the nationwide agitation against reservation, our government
proclaimed that "they will increase the number of seats in higher
educational institutes so that the general student's category would
not be affected" but again I sometimes wonder if this statement would
remain just another statement in the whole bunch of broken promises!!
.I believe its nothing more than that, as IIM-A and DELHI UNIVERSITY
already came out strongly against the expansion plans and mentioned
that it's not possible to increase seats in their respective
educational institutes without due consideration…

So what is going to be Indian future? Will the brain drain of the
early 1990's continue? ...isn't it making India hollow from inside?
These are some questions which need to be assessed and thought about?

festivals of rajasthan

Rajasthan is more commonly known for its festivals & fairs. Rajasthan has an unending cycle of fair and festival throughout the year. Every year thousand of rajasthani men &women gather in this festival and fairs , and people from all across the world come here to enjoy these exciting moments.Some of the important festival are as follows.
1.Teej
Held during the monsoon.teej is dedicated to lord shiva and parvati and this time women pray for happy and long married life. It is the festival of swings which are decorated with flowers and hung from trees. Young girls and women dressed in green clothes sing songs in celebration of the advent of monsoon. The most colourful Teej fair is held at Jaipur. In big towns impressive processions, led by gorgeously caparisoned elephants, camels and horses are taken out which make a grand spectacle.

2. Gangaur
Gangaur is a religious festival which symbolises cultural heritage of Rajasthan. . This festival begins in the first week of Chaitr and continues up to the fourth day of the bright half of the month. The rituals in honour of the goddess are colourful, with the singing of the most beautiful songs in praise of her and her consort.Mehendi is applied by the devotees on the palms of their hands. Singing and dancing are an essential part of the festival.

3. Diwali
Diwali is the most popular of all Indian festivals celebrated throughout the country. It is a celebration of light, roughly marks the advent of winter. The origin of this festivalcan be traced back to the ancient Hindu epic Ramayana, when Lord Rama returned to his kingdom Ayodhya after 14 years of exile. Houses allover India glow with the twinkle of innumerable diya, candles & electric lights. Thlluminated with the flaming lights of fire works.

4.Holi
Holi is celebrated throughout the northern belt of India to welcome the spring season when crowds of merry makers spray coloured powder (Gulal) on one another. Allover the place blithe faces smeared in rainbow hues and drenched in coloured water can be seen. On this day barriers of social status are let down as prince & pauper alike enjoy a bout of revelry.

5.Urs
The urs, acommomerative celebration is held in the solemn memory of Khwaja Muin-nddin Chisti, a prighly respected sufi saint fondly revered as the benefactor of the poor, popularly known as Gareeb Nawaz. The Dargah Sharif in Ajmer, is the place where the Saints mortal remains lie burried and is the site of the largest Muslim Fair in India. Chadar; Ghilaph & Neema which are votive offerings for the tomb are offered by several hundred thousand devotees. Mehfils & Qawwalis are held and mass prayer calls for the eternal peace of the mankind. An interesting ritual is the looting of Kheer (Milk Pudding) which is cooked in two large cauldrons called Degs and distributed to the devotees as tabarruk (blessed food).

jaipur-images

jaipur was bulit in 1727 by king jai singh after whom it was named. its most striking feature is the pink wash applied to the building, giving jaipur its universal title, the "pink city". jaipur , a royal city with fairl tale palaces, rugged fortresses display remarkable harmony in architectural splendour, jaipur's craft , specially lacquer bangles are famous all over the world. some of the places , once the residence of maharaja have been converted to heritage hotel.





Thursday

What Men Really Mean.


"I'm going fishing."
Really means..."I'm going to drink myself dangerously stupid, and stand by a stream with a stick in my hand, while the fish swim by in complete safety."

"Woman driver."
Really means..."Someone who doesn't speed, tailgate, swear, make obscene gestures and has a better driving record than me."

"It's a guy thing."
Really means..."There is no rational thought pattern connected with it, and you have no chance at all of making it logical."

"Uh huh," "Sure, honey," or "Yes, dear."
Really means...Absolutely nothing. It's a conditioned response like Pavlov's dog drooling.

"My wife doesn't understand me."
Really means..."She's heard all my stories before, and is tired of them."

"It would take too long to explain."
Really means..."I have no idea how it works."

"Take a break, honey, you're working too hard."
Really means..."I can't hear the game over the vacuum cleaner."

"It's a really good movie."
Really means..."It's got guns, knives, fast cars, and Heather Locklear."

"That's women's work."
Really means..."It's difficult, dirty, and thankless."

"Go ask your mother."
Really means..."I am incapable of making a decision."

"I do help around the house."
Really means..."I once put a dirty towel in the laundry basket."

"I can't find it."Really means..."It didn't fall into my outstretched hands, so I'm completely clueless."



fight , fight and fight

when things go wrong , as they sometimes will,
when the road you are trudging seem all uphill,
when the funds are low and debts are high,
and you want to smile but you have to sigh,
when care is pressing u down a bit,
rest if you must, but don't you quit

life is like a queer with its twist and turn,
as everyone of us sometimes learn,
and many a failure turns about,
dont give up though pace seems slow,
you may succeed with another blow,

success is a faliure turn inside out,
the silver tint of the cloud of doubt,
and you never can tell how close you are,
it may be near when it seems so far,
so stick to the fight when you are hardest hit,
its when things seem worst that you mustn't quit
(extract from a book)

TERROSRISM-HOW IT ORIGINATES

TODAY EVERY NEWSPAPAER AND EVERY NEWS CHANNEL IS FLOODED WITH NEWS RELATED TO TERRORISMTERRORIST ARE MAINLY BELONG TO THOSE COUNTRIES WHERE THERE IS DISSATISFACTION AMONG PEPOLE…THOSE WHO FEEL UNSAFE AND NEGLECTED………WHO ARE TERRORIST?….WHAT THEY WANT?……..WHY THEY DO SO?……….WHY THEY BELIEVE IN VOILENCE?………WHO SPONSER THEM?…THESE ARE SOME OF THE QUESTIONS WHICH NEED TO BE EVALUATED AND EXAMINED TO KNOW THE ROOT CAUSE OF TERRORISM AND FOR THIS CERTAIN MEASURES SHOULD BE TAKEN LIKE FORMING AN INDEPENDENT BODY WHICH LOOK INTO SUCH MATTERS WITHOUT ANY INFLUENCETODAY IN THIS ERA WHEN WORLD IS CONSIDERD AS SMALL VILLAGE AND EVERY COUNTRY IS VICTIM OF TERRORISM THERE SHOULD BE EXCHANGE OF VIEWS AND BETTER UNDERSTANDING AMONG DIFFERENT NATIONS TO CURB THIS DEADLY TERRORISM WHICH IS MORE DANGEROUS THAN ANYTHING ELSE.