FREEDOM TO EXPRESS MY THOUGHTS !!

Rediff again posted wrong image.

2010-05-12T18:46:00.000+05:30

Link for this post: http://business.rediff.com/slide-show/2010/may/12/slide-show-1-india-set-to-create-smart-cities.htm#contentTop

Biggest mistake by Rediff.com

2010-04-25T21:49:00.000+05:30

Software Development Cycles

2009-10-05T11:59:00.000+05:30

Software Development Cycles

Programmer produces code he believes is bug-free.
Product is tested. 20 bugs are found.
Programmer fixes 10 of the bugs and explains to the testing department that the other 10 aren’t really bugs.
Testing department finds that five of the fixes didn’t work and discovers 15 new bugs.
Repeat three times steps 3 and 4.
Due to marketing pressure and an extremely premature product announcement based on overly-optimistic programming schedule, the product is released.
Users find 137 new bugs.
Original programmer, having cashed his royalty check, is nowhere to be found.
Newly-assembled programming team fixes almost all of the 137 bugs, but introduce 456 new ones.
Original programmer sends underpaid testing department a postcard from Fiji. Entire testing department quits.
Company is bought in a hostile takeover by competitor using profits from their latest release, which had 783 bugs.
New CEO is brought in by board of directors. He hires a programmer to redo program from scratch.
Programmer produces code he believes is bug-free…

Via: http://stackoverflow.com/

Flying colors of India

2009-08-14T10:58:00.000+05:30

Fully decorated Auto Rickshaw

Waiting for the passenger to board

All superstar willing to find the place

Even the giants like Yahoo commit mistake while posting the article on web.

2009-08-13T18:56:00.000+05:30

http://in.news.yahoo.com/139/20090813/808/tnl-army-officers-mohit-sharma-srikumar.html

QA Words of Wisdom

2009-07-09T14:35:00.000+05:30

* FAME! I wanna test forever! I want to get to the bug. FAME!
* I know one thing. Indecision may or may not be my problem.
* This is not a bug. It’s a feature! (Product Manager’s Dictionary)
* Confidence is the feeling you have before you understand the situation.
* Never say “Oooops” … always say “Ahhh, interesting…”
* Inside every large problem is a small problem struggling to get out
* Weiler’s Law says that nothing is impossible for those who don’t have to do it themselves.
* Developer when code doesn’t work: ‘I thought I fixed that.’
* Developer when code doesn’t work: ‘It works, but it hasn’t been tested.’
* “Shhh!!! Be vewwy vewwy quiet! I’m hunting bugs!”
* Going to add a bug ??? remember !!! the QA team is always the last one at the door
* Ok, UNICODE is…. Wait, which Unicode are you talking about?
* Klingon software does not have bugs. It has features, and those features are too sophisticated for a Romulan pig like you to understand.
* Computers are like bikinis. They save people a lot of guesswork.
* If debugging is the process of removing bugs, then programming must be the process of putting them in.
* Testing can only prove the presence of bugs, not their absence.
* A known bug is better than an unknown feature.
* Real Programmers don’t comment their code. If it was hard to write, it should be hard to read.

Source:http://blog.utest.com/qa-words-of-wisdom/2009/04/

How to Kill Your Excuses

2009-07-01T19:01:00.000+05:30

We all make excuses.

But the successful ones are those who can kill the excuses like the miserable maggots they are.

I’m too tired. I don’t have the time. I don’t feel motivated. I’d rather do nothing. I don’t have the money, equipment, space. I can’t because …

We’ve all made the excuses. Here’s how to kill them.

See the positive. Excuses are usually made because we don’t feel like doing something — we’re accentuating the negative. Instead, see the fun in something, the joy in it. And maintain a positive attitude, or you’ll never beat the excuses.
Take responsibility. Excuses are ways to get out of owning up to something. If we don’t have the time, money, equipment, etc., then it’s not our fault, right? Wrong. Take responsibility, and own the solution.
Find a solution. Just about every problem has a solution. Don’t have time? Start with just 5-10 minutes. Make the time. Wake earlier. Do it during lunch. Don’t have a gym membership? Workout at home or in the office. Don’t have the energy? Do it when you have higher levels of energy. You’re smart. Figure out the solution.
See your goal. This is your motivation — your reason for doing it. Sure, you could just lay on the couch, but if you think about why you really want to pursue a goal, you’ll be motivated. Visualize that goal and just get started.
Be accountable. Have a workout partner, a project partner, a team, someone to report to. If you have to meet a coach or partner, you’re more likely to do something.
Go ahead and make your excuses. Then do it anyway.
Watch this. Then go an do it.

A good article i was reading on the net.

link:http://zenhabits.net/2009/06/how-to-kill-your-excuses/

RBI has issued a new coin for the denomination of Rs 10

2009-04-20T11:36:00.000+05:30

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has issued a new coin for the denomination of Rs 10. The new coin has been based on the theme of 'Unity in Diversity'.

It has an outer ring metal composition. It’s bi-metallic or simply put, made up two metals.The face of the coin is divided into three portions. The central portion bears the "Lion Capitol" of Ashoka Pillar. RBI says the new coin is a stylised representation of "Unity in Diversity", a defining characteristic of India.

Coin Details:

New Coins of Rs.10/- (Bi-metallic) with the theme – "Unity in Diversity"

The Reserve Bank of India will shortly put into circulation new coins of Rs.10/- (Bi-metallic) issued by Government of India on the following theme :- "Unity in Diversity"

Shape and outside diameter -Circular 27 millimetres (Bi-metallic)
Weight -7.71 gms (Outer ring: 4.45 gms. and Centrepiece: 3.26 gms.)

Outer ring metal composition -Aluminium Bronze (Copper 92%,Aluminium 6%,Nickel 2%)
Centre piece metal composition -Cupro Nickel ( Copper 75% , Nickel 25% )

Design :
Obverse :
This face of the coin is divided into three portions. The centre portion shall bear the "Lion Capitol" of Ashoka Pillar with the legend "mel³ecesJe pe³eles" inscribed below and the prominent international Numerals "10" indicating the denomination. The top portion contains word "Yeejle" in Hindi and "India" in English. The bottom portion contains the year in International Numerals.

Reverse :

This face of the coin contains the visuals showing stylised representation of "Unity in Diversity", a defining characteristic of our country. The symbol shall be seen as four heads sharing a common body. It shall be thought of as people from all four parts of the country coming together under one banner and identifying with one nation. The visual code helps the user connect the visual with an individual denomination, which makes the process of identification quicker. The left upper periphery contains the words " ome ©he³es " in Hindi and "Ten Rupees" in English. The new Rupee Ten coin is a legal tender as provided in the Indian Coinage Act, 1906.

Year of Ox [Australia]

2009-01-29T11:30:00.004+05:30

Name: Year of the Ox
Date of Issue: 26 January, 2009
Denominations:55c, $1.65

The Ox symbolises loyalty and tenderness and is highly respected in traditional Chinese society signifying prosperity through fortitude and hard work. The minisheet of the issue depicts Laozi, a prominent thinker in ancient China. A native of Chu, a southern state in the Zhou dynasty, he served as a keeper of archival records at the cour.

Gold and Silver stamp of Rat/Ox [Hongkong]

2009-01-29T11:26:00.006+05:30

Name: Gold and Silver Stamp Sheetlet on Lunar New Year Animals – Rat/Ox
Date of Issue: 17 January 2009
Denominations:$50, $50

Say farewell to the “Year of the Rat” and welcome the "Year of the Ox"! Embossed and hot-foiled with genuine 22K and 24K gold as well as 99.9% silver.

Year of the Ox(Ji-Chou Year)

2009-01-29T11:18:00.012+05:30

FDC Name:Year of the Ox(Ji-Chou Year).
Issue Date:5th JAN'2009
Details:The Ox is one of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar. The Year of the Ox is denoted by the earthly branch character.2009 marks Ji-Chou Year, or the Year of the Ox. Since ancient times, the ox, always found working on farmland, has been regarded as an honest, supportive labor partner of human beings. In the eyes of the Chinese people, the ox is a symbol of hardworking spirit and selfless contribution. Widely-circulated adages like "Aware of the arrival of its late years, the ox drives itself further without being whipped" and "Head-bowed, like a willing ox I serve the children" represent the traditional virtue and diligence of the Chinese people. The ox also symbolizes affluence and ease. It will bring a vigorous, dynamic hope of a new year and herald a bright prospect.

Designer of cover & cancellation- Du Xiaoxiao
Total FDC printed-300000

52 Reasons Why Programmers Work On Weekends

2008-12-10T15:02:00.000+05:30

       1. Programmers tend to under estimate development time-frames. There are often too many variables to consider, even in the best of requirements specifications and design documents.
       2. We also under estimate house-keeping time, often underestimating things like code-commenting, help file generation, going through team changes, etc. The time for these ‘non-programming’ activities can be as much as a third of the total project time, which is often reclaimed on weekends.
       3. We have to learn a bunch of things about your company and its technologies and how we are to integrate with your systems, up front – but we don’t plan time or money for these tasks and end up making up for lost time.
       4. We usually run into a number of unexpected issues such as having to upgrade to a new SDK, or something equally time consuming. Upgrading the software project with the new SDK can take up many extra unplanned hours.
       5. Our development machines are so bloated with development kits and various other useful oddities that they regularly need unexpected maintenance and or repair. Everyone knows how time consuming that can be!
       6. There is always a sense of extreme urgency to get the job done. We know we under quoted, we know the competition is doing something equally impressive, we know about points 1 to 6, even though we hardly account for them.
       7. Its agony to be torn away from something highly creative and engaging. Software development is to programmers what music is to musicians.
       8. Virtual sexual gratification on weekends appeals to (some of) us. This is what we call a break from work.
       9. Keeping up with technology developments is a full time job in itself; a year long project will have a year’s worth of new stuff to learn and implement, which can add an additional month to the project time line – but the project is still expected on the old time line.
      10. Updating client’s servers often takes place on weekends when everyone else is relaxing at the pool.
      11. Sometimes servers go down during the weekend and we have to respond to complaints without delay.
      12. Programming requires so much focus that quieter weekends without interruptions can be very productive. Well at least the phone rings less, but the wife/partner/lover/kid complains more – we can never win this battle.
      13. Programmers don’t really have a fixed schedule. We can work all weekend and take off Monday if we like.
      14. Customers often call up on a Friday with a bug or technical issue to be resolved by Monday. Well if we don’t resolve it immediately we may have to work on Monday.
      15. We hate working on Mondays.
      16. A pretty geeky bunch, we find our computers a great source of entertainment on weekends – better than most crap on TV – we can even take breaks without leaving our computers.
      17. Everything a programmer needs, apart from food, water, and going to the toilet, is available online; dating, shopping; porn; blogging, you name it – we made it.
      18. We have a secret love affair with our machines (but would never admit it).
      19. Choose a platform – the company providing it has hundreds of engineers working on it full time – how can one programmer using that platform possibly keep up with [just] using it? The moment we learn their new feature they have another one.
      20. We also work really late into the night on weekdays/ends – when it’s quiet and we can concentrate. Maths, geometry and logic require quite focused attention. If we get an idea on a weekend, nothing will stop us from implementing it right away.
      21. Too many other tasks like keeping our blogs up to date, maintaining client accounts, meetings, trade shows, et al, take up so much time that we are forced to use our weekends to catch up.
      22. A programmer will encourage everyone else in the house to cure their own boredom via their Internet connection – especially on weekends.
      23. We don’t really like sun tanning or physical sports which are usually weekend activities.
      24. Secretly we think other programmers are better than us and we know they are working on weekends.
      25. If we didn’t program on weekends we would miss out on about 20 cups of coffee and then wonder why we feel so lazy. We may even feel like we need a weekend off – shudder the thought.
      26. As creatures of habit we are rather addicted to what we do. Every programmer knows that when they run into a problem nothing else seems to matter more than fixing it – whether the house is burning down or not is rather irrelevant.
      27. We have so much outboard gear like iPods, phones, TV Games, etc that it takes the whole weekend to sync it all with our laptops.
      28. We are great sharers of knowledge and spend time in forums and the like asking each other questions and giving our answers. Every programmer knows there is no error whose resolutions cannot be searched for on Google. Why? Because we typed it in to a forum somewhere on a weekend.
      29. We think programming is a lot of fun and gives us a sense of accomplishment and achievement, in equal quantities provided on weekends to sporty macho types.
      30. Usually people have high expectations for weekends. We are never let down.
      31. 52 weekends equals around 832 hours @ $100/hr, or more, that’s a lot of money to throw away.
      32. Sometimes programmers are able to charge more for weekend work – but it’s not generally a motivator.
      33. We are more intrigued by programming than drinking, drugs, swinging, and barbecues. Try proving us wrong.
      34. We often say “Just finishing this last line honey, I won’t be long”. Gee Monday, [and the belting] comes so soon.
      35. Programmers don’t really consider what they do to be ‘working’ – but rather having fun. That’s what weekends are for right?
      36. Since we don’t have to commute and talk nonsense to indifferent colleagues every day we are less tired than you on weekends so we can work more.
      37. We don’t have to see the upsets that have taken place in news and sport on TV which keeps us on even keel and great mood. You on the other hand need to recuperate.
      38. Most people sit around on the couch on weekends with the newspaper or a book. So do we, but ours is online.
      39. Many programmers are single and don’t have a social life except online. Many non programmers have this issue too, but at least we can self medicate.
      40. When my wife/child/friend asks me a question (on the weekend) I rush to find the answer online and am puzzled that they don’t know how to do it themselves.
      41. MS Word froze unexpectedly (or rather expectedly) and I hadn’t saved the first 40 answers.
      42. Everything always seems to be due on a Monday. If it were due on a Friday we’d probably still work on the weekends though.
      43. Stupid people suck so much time out of a schedule during the week there is no remedy but for the weekend catch-up.
      44. Working on weekends is a side effect of poor planning, or maybe not.
      45. There are perfectly nice people out there in the blogosphere many of whom pop in for a quick chat while (we are) working on the weekends. That’s a kind of weekend activity isn’t it? But for us lucky programmers it’s kind of like socializing while working.
      46. Everyone who knows us, family and friends, look to us for solutions to their own computer problems, usually on weekends.
      47. Sometimes the people we are supposed to spend time with are so boring we cannot help but think of our tasks at hand and get back to them – especially on weekends.
      48. Many programmers hide behind their computers in a sort of surreal world that does not confront the human realties of life in quite the same way – i.e. it’s a less painful world to live in.
      49. Many programmers are rather dysfunctional in non-programmers terms of life – but at our computers we excel and are motivated, encouraged by our own successes to meet new challenges, besides.
      50. Often we use programming on weekends as an excuse not to have to be with you or do something we don’t want. But you would never know that because we always work on weekends, don’t we?
      51. We don’t see programming as work necessarily, rather to us its more like composing music - wouldn’t everyone give up their day jobs and weekends to play beautiful music?
      52. All of us weekend programmers are fucking idiots because weekends are for relaxing and for fun and food and sex and going out and seeing friends and going for a swim and a million more interesting things than programming.

~~Source:http://richinternetapplications.com.au/blog/?p=21~~

Einstein's Rule of 72

2008-09-30T12:20:00.000+05:30

The rule of 72 is a rule of thumb (credited to Albert Einstein) that investors use to approximate the time it takes for money to double at a given rate of return. It states that if you divide the number 72 by any given rate of return, the answer you get is the time it takes for money to double at that given interest rate (assuming you can get the same rate each year and it is compounded annually). For example, if you earn 10% on your money it would double in 7.2 years (72 divided by 10 = 7.2). The value 72 is a convenient choice of numerator, since it has many small divisors: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, and 12. It provides a good approximation for annual compounding, and for compounding at typical rates (from 6% to 10%). The approximations are less accurate at higher interest rates

Help Bihar

2008-09-16T17:40:00.000+05:30

By sending donation to Bihar Chief Minister Relief Fund

Bihar Chief Minister Relief Fund

Write a cheque to
A/C Name: “Chief Minister Relief Fund, Bihar”
A/C No: 10839124928
Bank: State Bank of India, Secretariat Branch, Patna.
Put your Phone number, name and address on the back of the cheque.Deposit the cheque to the nearest State Bank of India cheque drop box

Disaster relief State Control Room Number:: 91-612-2217305/2215027/6452572

Images of Bihar flood

2008-09-05T10:26:00.001+05:30

Bihar Flood.

2008-09-05T10:08:00.000+05:30

Bihar is facing one of the worst flood. 457 villages in 13 districts of north Bihar are currently flood-affected area in Bihar. The crop area of 75,000 hectares in these agricultural-based regions has been completely damaged.

Bihar under Flood water as seen from Train(near Mokama) on 06-Aug-2007

Muzzafarpur, Supaul, Darbhanga, Madhubani,Sitamarhi, Kishanganj, East Champaran, West Chamaparan, Katihar, Bhagalpur,Samastipur , Madheura and Saharsa are the worst affected districts.

Can you imagine whether you are travelling in river or flooded region?

Every thing drowned in water

Avoid wastage of paper

2008-06-26T15:25:00.004+05:30

As the annual earning season comes to the end companies start sending their annual report to their share holders as a customary tradition and the majority of share holder even bother to read the report. For them it is just a piece of garbage. If we take an example of India's largest petrochemical giant who has largest share holder base in tune of millions and they receive the annual report from the company every year. We can imagine how much precious resource is being wasted just to follow the tradition.

The SEBI and companies should take initiative to start sending annual report to shareholders in the electronic format. At least they can give choice to the share holders to opt between the two method. It will save the substantial amount of resource and also helps us in saving the environment.

Festival of colour: Holi

2008-03-22T10:57:00.002+05:30

रितुराज बसंत के आगमन हो चुका है पड़ेभी अपने किसलय के साथ झूम झूम कर इसका सवागत कर रहे है ! हम लोग्भी होली के रंगो के साथ इसका सवाग्थ करे।

सध्भावाना की भए बयार , रंगो ने भेद मित्य है!!
गारो को भी दोस्त बना सबको दोस्त बनया है !

Perfect example of marketing - Reliance Power IPO

2008-02-14T15:37:00.003+05:30

Anil Ambani brought the mega IPO of Reliance Power with lot of fun fare. He organised the road show across India and abroad. As the time went on people started becoming crazy about the mega IPO. Every one was busy in discussion related to the reliance power IPO. People were pouring all there saving to make a huge profit. No body was thinking of the fundamentals related to the company. Mr Ambani was collecting money for his company which will commence it's operation after five or more years. He and his merchant banker sold the dream to the public very nicely. People poured 190 billion $ against the issue size of 3 billion $. Every one was thinking of making huge profit. But no one thing who will buy the dream. The dream of 4.2 million people shattered and of the dream of Mr Ambani to become the richest person of India also gone in vain.
The slogan "Power On India On " now turned in to "Power On Investor Gone". I hope the people will learn some lesson that dream and reality is two different sides of the coin.

Gandhi a lost ideology

2008-01-31T12:51:00.001+05:30

Gandhi Jayanti came and passed away as usual. All over

India

people discussed lot about Gandhi ji and his ideology and thoughts. People paid their tribute and matter finished. One thing we should try to observe that whether ideology of Gandhi ji is still relevant or we are going far away from his ideology. We are talking lot about India growth story whether this is applicable for all Indians. Fractions of Indian hold pink paper and wear a black tie and discuss lot about sensex. Even in our media you will find most of them discussing about the rise and fall of sensex. Majority of Indian people which reside in village or urban area do not know about sensex , they are struggling to make their live hood. The humanity is loosing ground in bigger cities and every body is leaving a lonely life .We need to save the rest of India which is away from cities. Gandhi ji said that money from rich people will be utilizes in development of society but the reverse is happening. The people who are rich getting rich day by day and poor people become poor day by day. The gap in society is becoming wider. Every body is thinking of its own not for society. Now the time has come we should try to put more emphasis on the ideology of Gandhi ji.

Dream

2007-11-29T10:54:00.000+05:30

The word dream has a special meaning in every one's life.Right from our child hood and till we live every body dreams. what ever we dream that has some meaning in one's life. With dream life is nothing.It also reflect our state of mind what we think. It helps us to achieve our goal and to carve out our future plans. One may say that this is conflicting that how dreams helps us to achieve our goals and helps us to carve out our future. When ever we dream we try our best to achieve it. It depends on us how much effort we are putting in achieving our dreams. Pursuing dream and the present situation may some time cause conflict, but by making a balance between them help us to achieve our dream. Without having a dream in life one cannot lead the life with full of excitement, thriller,suspense and lot more. At last chasing of dream is continuous process.

“To dream anything that you want to dream. That's the beauty of the human mind. To do anything that you want to do. That is the strength of the human will. To trust yourself to test your limits. That is the courage to succeed.” Bernard Edmonds .

Three 'R' That affect India

2007-11-07T13:07:00.001+05:30

Life of every Indian is some how affected by power of three R's. The three R's are

Railway
Reservation
Reliance

Railway: One of the cost effective and easiest way to access almost all the part of India.One can find the taste of India while traveling in the train.The recent make over of railway by the current railway minister has made the railway one of the most discussed topic among B schools. Railway is the best example of the government managed organization.

Reservation: Most debated topic since we gain independence. The motive of reservation has completely changed from the uplifting of the back ward strata of society to the political benefit. Now reservation is decided how much certain political party will gain from providing the reservation to particular religion or particular caste and creed. More than fifty years of independence still we are struggling with issue of reservation.

Reliance: The most famous name in India and also abroad. The visionary person who created Reliance and shown the world that Indians have potential to create a world class company and able to run it successfully.Today rally in the stock market and Reliance are linked so closely that people always think that Reliance means rally.Reliance shown the corporate world how the business is done.

Thing which I miss...

2007-11-03T13:26:00.000+05:30

After reading the title you might think what I missed most. Your brain would have generated lot of views bur the thing which I most is writing blogs. The person who inspired us and made mandatory for our batch to write blog is Mr Raman. He made the blog writing as a part of curriculum of our course. Due to job schedule I do not get enough time to write blog on weekly basis. The benefit of writing blog is one can improve his vocabulary and can express his view and thought without any constrain.

Sanjay Dutt and media effect.

2007-08-02T10:34:00.001+05:30

Why media is making such a huge cry for Sanjay Dutt verdict. Every news channel or print media are busy in discussing about Sanjay Dutt.As if he is more important than any other matter of national interest.Even our one of the central minister seems to be too much worried about him. The media and our central government is showing no response about the flood situation in Bihar,Assam and UP.Whether the people affected by flood are getting proper relief or not.Every body is busy in discussing about Sanjay Dutt. What he will get in meals or in which barrack he will stay and lot of other stuff related to him.The current situation clearly show that every body cares for the rich and famous not for the poor ones. When election time comes our respected politicians will pours lot of demands or will try to create the rosy picture.

Effect of reservation.

2007-06-06T16:17:00.000+05:30

The current situation what we saw in Rajasthan is due to the reservation.One particular community want that their status of reservation should be changed but at the same time other community start protesting against them. The main cause of this the quota provided under the reservation system. Later this situation may arise in the different parts of our country. All caste and creed will try to maximize their benefit, due to this lot of social issue will arise. Currently we have seen the trailer of the on going stir. There was lot of violence and it also spread to the neighboring states.
Now the time has came that our politician should try to resolve this burning issue in a more practical way rather than trying to maximize their political gain.

India biggest online movie rental company

2007-05-29T15:53:00.000+05:30

Watching movies at home has never been easier and just a click away!

Seventymm - is an online portal that offers movie rental services. They have over 15,000 titles in Hindi, English, Kannada, Bhojpuri
and other regional languages.When you subscribe, you just log in with your username and password, create your own movie queue, and the movies are delivered to your doorstep, in the same order according to your priority list.

What makes the Seventymm different and interesting from other online rental movie companies.-

* Ease of selection of movies. (At the click of a button). If you have a movie/director/actor in mind, you can find the right movie immediately - no hassles of searching for the movie at the rental shop owner .

* Free home delivery and pick up anywhere in Bangalore (2 movies in one go). They are also providing services in NCR region, Mumbai and Chennai.

* No late fees, no due dates - Keep the movies with you as long as you wish.

* The CDs and DVDs are original.

What it costs -

There is a refundable deposit of Rs.999, and a registration fee of Rs.499.
With that, you can watch -
- 4 movies per month with a monthly subscription fee of Rs.199, or
- Unlimited movies with a monthly subscription of Rs.599
- Time to time they launch different promotioal offer.

If you think that the rates are a little steep, you can avail of the scheme that enables you to watch unlimited movies for a lifetime by refering 6 friends.

If you are a movie buff, you will surely love this!

Indian politics and reservation

2007-04-04T12:05:00.001+05:30

The current verdict of honorable Supreme Court has given some relief to student community
but at the same time it has given a tremendous lesson to our politicians. Hope our politician should learn some lesson but they have started scratching their head how to counter the verdict given by Supreme Court. The foul play of Indian politics have started. Recently statement given by prominent leader of CPI and the the action taken by ruling party
of south India. Bunch of leaders want to divide India on basis of caste and creed, also for
their political benefit.The central government is backing on the census of 1931, which is
seventy five years old. Such data has no relevance. Why government is backing on such a old
data? Lot of thing has changed in terms of population, financial condition and many other thing have changed. The stir created by the students have bore some fruitful result.But whether it will bring some change? It is totally doubtful but we will have to fight against the proposed amendment in reservation.
Why our politicians are not implementing their proposed amendment in
both the parliament house. Once the benefit of reservation has been taken by the concerned
person his/ her sibling should not be entitled for the benefit of reservation? For example a
person achieved some thing by taking benefit of reservation they are able to provide the
better facility to their sibling but they still prefer reservation why? The reservation is
taken as a birth right.

Indian cricket team and corporate world

2007-04-04T12:01:00.000+05:30

Our indian cricket team which is famously known as " Team India" or " Men in Blue".Our team is full of stars , which prove their caliber in comapny advertisement and on ramp. we will find our team members on every channel all the time in most of the advertisement. By seeing their performance in front of tv or ramp bollywood celebrites and model will feel ashamed on them reason their commanding price and huge fan following. But their performance on field is not hidden by any body. Recent world cup performance have prove their capability. The corporate world should not promote cricket in my view because it is totally wastage of money . The money they spend on cricket is such a huge sum ,Instead of promoting cricket they should promote other sports . seeing the recent performance in other sports like golf , chess, shooting etc the corporate world should learn some lesson . Cricket players have become cash cow for BCCI and officials enjoy on the money. Instead of devloping the standard of cricket the money is wasted in their meeting and other affairs.
The time hass come that indian cricket follower and corporate world should thinh seriously about indian cricket.Some bold step is needed to improve the condition of indian cricket.!!!!

Nithari Episode!!

2007-01-08T21:13:00.002+05:30

Nithari episode is shameful for the human kind. Up to which extent we are going , no limit of down fall in humanity. For our pleasure we can commit such a henious crime. Such a large no of children were killed brutially and the local adminstration even tried to investigate the matter. Reason , it was associated with the lower starta of the society. If this would been the case of some influencial part of the society then every body especially politician media would have cried on their part to gain something. Even today we are seeing that all political party are trying to cash this event. Such a shameful situation. At least we can pray for the families those who lost their children.

108 Names of Lord Ganesha

2006-11-24T19:32:00.000+05:30

108 Names of Lord Ganesha and the meanings

1. Akhurath: One who has mouse as his charioteer

2. Alampata : Ever eternal lord

3. Amit : Incomparable lord

4. Anantachidrupamayam : Infinite and consciousness personified

5. Avaneesh: Lord of the whole world

6. Avighna: Remover of obstacles

7. Balaganapati: Beloved and lovable child

8. Bhalchandra: Moon-crested lord

9. Bheema: Huge and Gigantic

10. Bhupati: Lord of the gods

11. Bhuvanpati: God of the gods

12. Buddhinath: God of wisdom

13. Budhipriya: Knowledge bestower

14. Bhudhividhata: God of knowledge

15. Chaturbhuj: One who has four arms

16. Devadeva: Lord of all lords

17. Devantakanashakarin : Destroyer of evils and asuras

18. Devarata: One who accepts all gods

19. Devendrashika: Protector of all gods

20. Dharmik: One who gives charity

21. Dhoomravarna: Smoke-Hued lord

22. Durja: Invincible lord

23. Dvaimatura: One who has two mothers

24. Ekaakshara: He of the single syllable

25. Ekadanta: Single-Tusked lord

26. Ekadrishta: Single-Tusked lord

27. Eshanputra: Lord Shiva?s son

28. Gadadhara: One who has the mace as his weapon

29. Gajakarna: One who has eyes like an elephant

30. Gajanana: Elephant-Faced lord

31. Gajananeti: Elephant-Faced lord

32. Gajavakra: Trunk of the elephant

33. Gajavaktra: One who has mouth like an elephant

34. Ganadhakshya: Lord of all Ganas (Gods)

35. Ganadhyakshina: Leader of all the celestial bodies

36. Ganapati: Lord of all Ganas (Gods)

37. Gaurisuta: The son of Gauri (Parvati)

38. Gunina: One who is the master of all virtues

39. Haridra: One who is golden colored

40. Heramba: Mother?s Beloved son

41. Kapila: Yellowish-Brown coloured

42. Kaveesha: Master of poets

43. Krti: Lord of music

44. Kripalu: Merciful lord

45. Krishapingaksha: Yellowish-Brown eyed

46. Kshamakaram: The place of forgiveness

47. Kshipra: One who is easy to appease

48. Lambakarna: Large-Eared lords

49. Lambodara: The huge bellied lord

50. Mahabala: Enormously strong lord

51. Mahaganpati: Omnipotent and supreme lord

52. Maheshwaram: Lord of the universe

53. Mangalamurti: All auspicious lord

54. Manomay: Winner of hearts

55. Mrityunjaya: Conqueror of death

56. Mundakarama: Abode of happiness

57. Muktidaya: Bestower of eternal bliss

58. Mushikvahana: One who has mouse as charioteer

59. Nadapratithishta: One who appreciates and loves music

60. Namasthetu: Vanquisher of all evils and vices and sins

61. Nandana: Lord Shiva?s son

62. Nideeshwaram: Giver of wealth and treasures

63. Omkara: One who has the form of OM

64. Pitambara: One who has yellow-colored body

65. Pramoda: Lord of all abodes

66. Prathameshwara: First among all

67. Purush: The omnipotent personality

68. Rakta: One who has red-colored body

69. Rudrapriya: Beloved of lord Shiva

70. Sarvadevatman: Acceptor of all celestial offerings

71. Sarvasiddanta: Bestower of skills and wisdom

72. Sarvatman: Protector of the universe

73. Shambhavi: The son of Parvati

74. Shashivarnam: One who has a moon like complexion

75. Shoorpakarna: Large-eared Lord

76. Shuban: All auspicious lord

77. Shubhagunakanan: One who is the master of all virtues

78. Shweta: One who is as pure as the white colour

79. Siddhidhata: Bestower of success and accomplishments

80. Siddhipriya: Bestower of wishes and boons

81. Siddhivinayak: Bestower of success

82. Skandapurvaja: Elder brother of Skanda (Lord Kartik)

83. Sumukha: Auspicious face

84. Sureshwaram: Lord of all lords

85. Swaroop: Lover of beauty

86. Tarun: Ageless

87. Uddanda: Nemesis of evils and vices

88. Umaputra: The son of goddess Uma (Parvati)

89. Vakratunda: Curved trunk lord

90. Varaganapati: Bestower of boons

91. Varaprada: Granter of wishes and boons

92. Varadavinayaka: Bestower of Success

93. Veeraganapati: Heroic lord

94. Vidyavaridhi: God of wisdom

95. Vighnahara: Remover of obstacles

96. Vignaharta: Demolisher of obstacles

97. Vighnaraja: Lord of all hindrances

98. Vighnarajendra: Lord of all obstacles

99. Vighnavinashanaya: Destroyer of all obstacles and impediments

100. Vigneshwara: Lord of all obstacles

101. Vikat: Huge and gigantic

102. Vinayaka: Lord of all

103. Vishwamukha: Master of the universe

104. Vishwaraja: King of the world

105. Yagnakaya: Acceptor of all sacred and sacrificial offerings

106. Yashaskaram: Bestower of fame and fortune

107. Yashvasin: Beloved and ever popular lord

108. Yogadhipa: The lord of meditation

Gowri-Ganeshanu Nammellarigu Siddi, Buddi, Siri-Sampathannu kottu,

Nammellara karyagallali yeshasu needali yendu prartisuttha

Ellarigu subha haraisali yendu koorutha

Nimagellarigu Gowri-Ganesha Habbada subhashayagalannu harasutene.

Faliure and Sucess

2006-11-12T19:09:00.000+05:30

What is faliure and sucess? These are important part of our life from which we cannot apart ourself.In our day to day life we experience both of them in many ways. For example in our academics,personal life any in so many other parts. But when we face faliure many time it affect us mentally and emotionally.Ever we have think over it? Answer is no because that verey time we are not in such a mental state that we can think over it. But we need to think over it any try to over come our failure.These thing seems good in theory but practically it is difficult. At this time we need a emotional support our beloved one means our family member. Due to failure so many negative thought flash in our mind.Why we feel too much on our failure because our expectation is not fullfilled. The main reason of our pain is expectation of our own and of our family members.

Rain water harvesting.

2006-10-28T18:18:00.001+05:30

Rain Water Harvesting is the method to collect the rain water when it rains, store that water above ground or charge the underground and use it later. This happens naturally in open rural areas. But this is not possible in metro because the no space is left in our congested city . Reason our city are growing as a concrete jungle.We have left no natural space so that water can be store for further use.
Firstly the question arises that why we need rain water harvesting.As our population is ggrowing aat rapid speed due to this there is a sheer pressure on our resouces especially on land and water. Other reason of mis utilization of water is rapid speed of industralization.Due to above reason we have destroyed our natural lakes and other water bodies.Once they are destroied natural water soaking capability is damaged, which results in drop of water layer.
To encounter these ill effect we should preserve our natural resoure like water.Without water we can't sustain any more.Especially in our country many people do not have have direct acess to water for their daily need rain water harvesting method will be benificial. The water which we receive in form of rain is not been preserved by us and all of it get waste.But if we preserve it can fullfill our need up to some extent depending upon the amount it is preserved.The main benefit will be it will reduce the sheer pressure on natural resources.It is esteem demand of time that goverment should wake up and make rain water harvesting compulsary for all for the benifit of the country.

MOTHER

2006-10-24T20:52:00.001+05:30

Mother is a word which cannot be defined in few words.It has a vast meaning . It has a deeper meaning and it can beexpressed in many ways.It entirely depend upon us how we explain it.Word mother has many essence which differ from person to person explanation's.

A person whose mother exists, even if he has his children and even he himself is hundred years old, but in the eyes of his mother he looks like a child of two years of age. Whether the mother is able or disabled, the son is always protected by the mother.There is no other shelter than mother which provides us a peace of mind, which cannot be explained.There is no one dear like mother.Mother is one who gives birth to us , take care of us.She teaches us how to walk and so many other things.Which we can feel but we can't express.In our child hood stage the first word we try to utter is MAA (Hindi meaning of mother).

When ever we feel in secure we start searching of mother.Mother selfless love and devotion towards his infant or child are grown from the seeds of innocence; no cunning, scheming, selfish motives here.She bears all the pain in raising us .Our mother spend many sleepless night so that we can sleep well.

The mother is more worthy than father or teacher according to our holy books.

Says the manu Smriti (ii. 45):
"From the point of view of reverence due,

a teacher is ten fold superior to a mere lecturer,

a father a hundredfold to a teacher,

and a mother a thousandfold to a father."

Is China a threat to India.

2006-10-11T20:50:00.001+05:30

When ever we think of China we always compare it with the past because the past related to China is full of pain.But now in the age of globalization things are changing at rapid pace.Before treating China as a threat we should consider all the aspects related to it.
Yes, China can be taken as a threat mainly in the area of defense. It has larger army in comparison to our army and it enjoy the good relation with Pakistan which is cause for concern .The cheap imported goods of China is affecting our industry.We should try to learn the good thing from China to improve our industrial output.
The recent oil diplomacy with China is giving fruitful result.ONGC and Chinese major oil company has jointly invested 500 million US$ to take over the oil block in African continent.This will provide oil security to both the country and will accelerate their economic growth.Both country jointly can improve their situation in world economics and will have greater impact in world politics.But apart from these thing we should remain vigilant regarding our national security.

Bronze in a billion

2006-10-11T20:46:00.000+05:30

Bronze in a billion what really does it mean!Sounds little bit mysterious. No it is seems true proverb due to the pathetic situation of sports in our country. Why we have not able to win medals in Olympics? The medals won by our sports person can counted on on fingers.
Why we are not able to produce a sports person in a billion of among us? The reason seems to lack of will power, quality of players and lack of infrastructure. Apart of these reasons the main reason is red tape and our respected politicians. Many of our sports organisation are run by politicians not by the former player. Olympic association of India, AIFF, BCCI are name to few.The politicians and officials do not take the decision in neutral way , most of their decisions are biased.Many of the time we see that number of officials are more than players in any event.Some of reason is due to our attitude .We Indians do not wish to prefer sports as a full time carrer.Lack of fullfilling in promise also lead towards distraction from sports.
Apart from all these problems we Indians are able to produce a world clsss talent. Only we need to our change mind set .........

Death penalty should be awarded or not..................

2006-10-11T18:46:00.001+05:30

Death penalty is always a controversial issue for a long time.When ever a death penalty is awarded to any criminal or terrorist the matter comes in to the lime light.All of us start taking about it and compare with the humanity.There is a common view that we humans have no right to take the life of other human being.But ever the terrorist or any criminal commits the crime they ever have thought on humanitarian ground.They never think before committing the crime or their family members tried to stop them form committing crime.Once they are convicted the criminal and their family start pleading for mercy or many time many social activists start pleading for mercy.Whether it is right....................
The family who has lost the dear one , how can the compensation can be given to them.Providing monetary support doesn't too much.This cannot full the empty space created by the loss of their dear one's. Recent controversy can be seen on this issue when death penalty has been awarded to terrorist who has attacked our parliament.Some political party for their benefit has openly expressed their concern in favor of the terrorist.
In our country dearth penalty has been awarded many times .The notorious criminal Ranga & Billa were hanged for their notorious act.But before death penalty to any one all aspects should be considered.If the crime is heinous the person who has committed it should be hanged so that other people think for many time before committing the crime.
Awarding death penalty may be against humanity but it should be awarded for henoius act............

Nathu Ram Godse

2006-10-06T21:27:00.001+05:30

After seeing my heading you might get antonised why I have written on Nathu Ram Godse.All we know him because he assisnated Mahatma Gandhi.I am trying to tell little bit about him.
Nathu Ram Godse was born on May 19 ,1910.He was born in aBrahimin family.His parents name were Vinayak Vaman Rao Godse andLakshmi.He was born at Baramati later he went to Pune for further study.But his father shifted to Ratnagiri , there he meet prominent leader of Hindutva Veer Sarvakar. He dropped out from school and become active member of Hindu Mahasabha. He openly opposed the Muslim League because due to the differencs of their ideology.He started Marathi paper named AGRANI later named HINDU RASHTRA.
Godse and his collegue differed from the ideology of Gandhi Ji.They thought that Gandhiji was pleasing minority group.He blamed him for the bloody partition of India in which many people died.The main reason which lead for the assination was that India government reversed his decsion to pay the with helded money of Pakistan.
Godse assassinated Gandhi on January 30 ,1948 approaching him during a public appearance, bowing, and shooting him at close range. The gun used by Godse was Beratta M1934 a semi-automatic pistol in .380 ACP caliber, serial number 606824.

Is Non-violence relevant today?

2006-10-01T17:59:00.001+05:30

How the word Non-violence came in to my mind.This is the important thing you might be thinking.Every year on 2nd 0ct we celebrate Gandhi Jayanti.We pay homage to the "Father of Nation" and we discuss lot about his principle's. But have we ever tried to put stress on his principles given by him ! His principle were based on Non-violence. Is his principal of Non-violence relevant today? Yes it is very much relevant in this current scenario. But many people would disagree by my view and would give the example of 'Terrorism'. How can be we deal terrorism with non-violence? We should try to find the root cause of the problem.Once we are able to find the cause we are able to solve the problem.Any problem can't be solved using violent method because once the violent method are used it will lead to more violence.The great example is Nelson Mandella who followed the principal of non-violence and acheived his goals.
But every coin has a brighter and a darker side, hence is the situation with non-violence.

TRIBUTE TO MAHATMA GANDHI

2006-09-26T21:43:00.000+05:30

Date of Birth: 02.10.1869

The things that will destroy us are: politics without principle; pleasure without conscience; wealth without work; knowledge without character; business without morality; science without humanity; and worship without sacrifice. --Mahatma Gandhi

RESERVATION

2006-09-24T15:36:00.001+05:30

The word reservation is familiar to us. When ever we hear or read about this word we think of train ticket reservation , movie ticket etc .We need to make a reservation for a seat. But, of course, this is of other category-- reservation in higher education through fixed no of seat (QUOTA).
Why we need reservation.Ever we have chinked over this issue.Although up to some extent reservation is acceptable but for limited period of time.Reservation should not be provided as a birth right to particular community of the country.Before providing reservation to any body some issue like socio-economic condition should be taken in account.Reservation has become a powerful tool for the politician , which they utilized by them for their benefit.Currently we can see the matter how the reservation has been tried o be utilized by the bunch of politicians.Only the want to provide the reservation for their personal benefit not for the country sake.
If the currently proposed reservation system is introduced in our country it will have so much of ill
effect on our society.Our society will get divided in many parts.Already in most part of the country 50% reservation has been provided but still our politician wish to provide more reservation.
Firstly the proposed reservation should be implemented in politics.When they will feel the ill effect then they will be able to realize it better.What will be the situation when reservation is in sports ,Bollywood and in many other fields. Just imagine the situation.........
In future many student will try to procure fake cast certificate to take addmission in premier institutes.Imagine the dialog of the future film "DIWAR". Amitabh Bachchan will ask Shashi Kapoor: 'Mere paas daulat hai, IIT ki degree hai, IIM ki seat hai... tere paas kyaa hai?'
To this, ShashiKapoor will grandly reply -- 'Mere paas... mere paas reservation hai Bhai.' In my opinion when any body has taken the benefit of reservation their next generation or their siblings should be debar for availing the benefit of reservation.

More views regarding Reservation.
(Source:- http://y4ejnu.blogspot.com)

Dr Pratap Bhanu Mehta, while speaking on Knowledge and Society in the 21st century to an overwhelming audience in JNU exposed the shortcomings of Higher Education in India and also expressed concern about how gimmicks like the Reservation issue will only create blocks within the student community.

Here's a summary of points Dr Mehta picked up, during his talk-

1) The status of Education in India is in such shambles that it needs an urgent argument and a Public Debate to be able to move ahead in any positive direction.
2) When we talk about methods of improving our education system while ensuring social justice we should also ask if there are methods better than the one we are using, that can facilitate these objectives more effectively. If we preemptively abort the pursuance of such alternatives because of mutual mistrust, it will be tantamount to admitting defeat before we embark.
3) It is unfortunate that the Indian polity thinks and propagates such misleading ideas as "India is a world leader in higher education." This is NOT the same thing as "India supplies the world with highly qualified professionals." Indians doing well abroad CANNOT be counted as the symbols of India's success in Higher Education! To make a comparison- for every 1 Indian in India who holds a patent, 28,000 Indians do that abroad. Our situation is so precarious that if Indians who go abroad to explore educational opportunities stay back here- it will only result in higher demographic pressure on our education system- depriving larger numbers of their aspirations of education.
4) To compare with H.E. in China, of whom India was marginally ahead in the 70's, now India is behind by many orders of magnitude. Around 5000 Indian students are enrolled in China for courses in Medicine. Also, while China has taken out massive recruitment drives to pull teachers/professors to China (both Chinese and foreigners) to teach, India has not made any such efforts.
5) India has some 300 odd universities, of which only 20% impart professional education like medicine and engineering. Yet, most of the money of Higher Education is siphoned off into these areas. This is in stark contrast to what is seen in most other educationally sound countries- and is counter-productive.
6) While most serious countries spend about 16% of their budget on education without raising public tax, India needs to levy an Education Cess to increase its expenditure in Higher Education. Anybody saying that there aren't enough resources to put into Higher Education is SIMPLY lying!! The budget of JNU is nothing compared to that of Ashoka Hotel!!!!!!!!!
7) India is probably the only country in the world where even setting up an undergraduate university needs an Act of the Parliament! This and other bureaucratic tapes in the education system in India keep everything under such suffocating control that growth is almost impossible. A system where the teachers cannot design their own courses, where the students cannot choose their own courses, where these courses/teaching will be tightly controlled by the authorities above- little growth is possible.
8) India must have different kind of institutions for students of different needs- it is neither essential nor required for everyone to do a PhD!! If there are students who want quick employment, courses should be available for such needs. A good example can be University of California (Berkley) and the California State University (Long Beach) - while the former has formidable standards of entry, the latter is obliged to admit any student who wants to enter. This kind of dual system ensures that each student gets what they want.
9) China has seen a tremendous growth in the number of private universities in the recent past, and this has been due to the acute demographic pressure in that country. If the State cannot or is not willing to spend money to bring up enough opportunities for education, our demographic pressures demand that we catch any help that may be possible. Thus, private institutes of learning are a dire necessity!!
10) Unfortunately, the debate of education is so ludicrously focused on the inputs- never on the outputs. We all are focused on who gets in, not on whether who gets out is worth it. In a recent survey in Delhi- it was seen that 50% of the medical practitioners perform only as good as quacks!! This clearly tells us that our institutes of learning are not doing enough to teach students. Our top institutes like the IITs/IIMs are not institutes of learning, but institutes of screening for entry. This will have to change. Quality standards should also be imposed on the outputs- not on the inputs alone.
11) Best society is that which allows everyone to meet their aspirations and that is where the need to provide opportunity arrives. Yet, to uphold standards is also very important- we have to respect the intrinsic autonomy of the sphere of every field. If athletic skills are the ones that matter in athletics- they should be the major yardstick to choose athletes. Replacing this yardstick by other criteria (like regional/ caste bias) is dangerous.
12) In terms of Social Justice, the miserably low percentage (less than 10%) of people within the SC/STs having benefited from our current schemes is a stark teller of how poorly such schemes have fared. Yet, the polity's ignorance and lack of vision is so high that they see social justice and reservation as synonymous!
13) Much is being made of the South Indian success. With >80% of the private institutions of the country thriving in South India, it is not hard to guess the hollowness of the argument. Also, when such a large section (75%) of the South Indian population is covered under some form quota- the objective of quota stands defeated!! Before we say that South India has been a success, we must ask- what was the objective of the South Indian experiment with massive quotas. If it was marginalising the forward castes, it definitely has been a success- the FCs of the south have done a mass exodus from the states. But, if the objective was social justice- the success story needs to be taken with a pinch of salt.
14) We should refrain from accepting the blocks the Indian polity assigns us to- SC, ST, OBC, OC and the like. These identities should be given up by us!!

15) Youth for Equality has done a great job in making the government sit up and take notice. It is for the students to assert what they want and not for the polity to dole out what it likes. Now, YFE has to strive to do a wider job- to bring about a paradigm shift in the way our system works; to build trust, hope and confidence and become the Pressure Point that demands for a change!!

Below is the full text of the resignation letter Dr Pratap Bhanu Mehta sent to the Prime Minister on Monday, 22 May, 2006 (Source: The Indian Express, New Delhi, 23 May 2006)

Dear Prime Minister,

I write to resign as Member-Convener of the National Knowledge Commission. I believe the Commission’s mandate is extremely important, and I am deeply grateful that you gave me the opportunity to serve on it. But many of the recent announcements made by your government with respect to higher education lead me to the conclusion that my continuation on the commission will serve no useful purpose.

The Knowledge Commission was given an ambitious mandate to strengthen India’s knowledge potential at all levels. We had agreed that if all sections of Indian society were to participate in and make use of the knowledge economy, we would need a radical paradigm shift in the way we thought of the production, dissemination and use of knowledge. In some ways this paradigm shift would have to be at least as radical as the economic reforms you helped usher in more than a decade ago. The sense of intellectual excitement that the commission generated stemmed from the fact that it represented an opportunity to think boldly, honestly and with an eye to posterity. But the government’s recent decision (announced by Honorable Minister of Human Resource Development on the floor of Parliament) to extend quotas for OBCs in central institutions, the palliative measures the government is contemplating to defuse the resulting agitation, and the process employed to arrive at these measures are steps in the wrong direction. They violate four cardinal principles that institutions in a knowledge based society will have to follow: they are not based on assessment of effectiveness, they are incompatible with the freedom and diversity of institutions, they more thoroughly politicise the education process, and they inject an insidious poison that will harm the nation’s long-term interest.

These measures will not achieve social justice. I am as committed as anyone to two propositions. Every student must be enabled to realise his/her full potential regardless of financial or social circumstances. Achieving this aim requires radical forms of affirmative action. But the numerically mandated quotas your government is proposing are deeply disappointing, for the following reasons. First, these measures foreclose any possibility of more intelligent targeting that any sensible programme should require. For one thing, the historical claims of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and the nature of the deprivations they face are qualitatively of a different order than those faced by Other Backward Castes, at least in North India. It is plainly disingenuous to lump them together in the same narrative of social injustice and assume that the same instruments should apply to both. It is for this reason that I advocated status quo for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes until such time as better and more effective measures can be found to achieve affirmative action for them.

Some have proposed the inclusion of economic criterion: this is something of an improvement, but does not go far enough. What we needed, Honorable Prime Minister, was space to design more effective mechanisms of targeting groups that need to be targeted for affirmative action. For instance, there are a couple of well-designed deprivation indexes that do a much better job of targeting the relevant social deprivations and picking out merit. The government’s action is disappointing, because you have prematurely foreclosed these possibilities. In foreclosing these possibilities the government has revealed that it cares about tokenism more than social justice. It has sent the signal that there is no room for thinking about social justice in a new paradigm.

As a society we focus on reservations largely because it is a way of avoiding doing the things that really create access. Increasing the supply of good quality institutions at all levels (not to be confused with numerical increases), more robust scholarship and support programmes will go much further than numerically mandated quotas. When you assumed office, you had sketched out a vision of combining economic reform with social justice. Increased public investment is going to be central to creating access opportunities. It would be presumptuous for me to suggest where this increased public investment is going to come from, but there are ample possibilities: for instance, earmarking proceeds from genuine disinvestment for education will do far more for access than quotas. We are not doing enough to genuinely empower marginalised groups, but are offering condescending palliatives like quotas as substitute. All the measures currently under discussion are to defuse the agitation, not to lay the foundations for a vibrant education system. If I may borrow a phrase of Tom Paine’s, we pity the plumage, but forget the dying bird.

Second, the measures your government is contemplating violate the diversity principle. Why should all institutions in a country the size of India adopt the same admissions quotas? Is there no room at all for different institutions experimenting with different kinds of affirmative action policies that are most appropriate for their pedagogical mission? How will institutions feel empowered? How will creativity in social justice programmes be fostered, if we continue with a “one size fits all” approach? Could it not be that some state institutions follow numerically mandated quotas, while others are left free to devise their own programmes? The government’s announcement is deeply disappointing because it reinforces the cardinal weakness of the Indian system: all institutions have to be reduced to the same level.

Third, and related to diversity, is the question of freedom. As an academic I find it to be an appalling spectacle when a group of ministers is empowered to come up with admissions policies, seat formulas for institutions across the country. While institutions have responsibilities and are accountable to society, how will they ever achieve excellence and autonomy if basic decisions like who they should teach, what they should teach, how much they should charge are uniformly mandated by government diktat? As you know, more than anyone else, the bane of our education institutions is that politicians feel free to hoist any purpose they wish upon them: their favourite ideology, their preferred conception of social justice, their idea of representativeness, or their own men and women. Everything else germane to a healthy academic life and effective pedagogy becomes subordinate to these purposes. Concerned academics risked a good deal, battling the previous government’s instrumental use of educational institutions for ideological purposes. Though your objectives are different, your government is sending a similar message about our institutions: in the final analysis, they are playthings for politicians to mess around with. Nations are not built by specific programmes, they are built by healthy institutions, and the process by which your government is arriving at its decisions suggests contempt for the autonomy and integrity of academic life. Your government has reinforced the very paradigm of the state’s relations with educational institutions that has weakened us.

In this process, the arguments that have been coming from your government are plainly disingenuous. It is true that a constitutional amendment was hastily passed to overturn the effects of the Inamdar decision. At the time I had written that the decision was property rights decision that was trying to unshackle private institutions from an overbearing state. But since the state had already displaced its responsibilities to the private sector it decided that the ramifications of Inamdar would be too onerous and passed a constitutional amendment. One can quibble over whether this amendment was justified or not. But even in its present form it is only an enabling legislation. It does not require that every public institution has numerically mandated quotas for OBCs. To hear your government consistently hiding behind the pretext of the constitutional amendment is yet another example of how we are foreclosing the fine distinctions that any rigorous approach to access and excellence requires.

Finally, I believe that the proposed measures will harm the nation’s vital interests. It is often said that caste is a reality in India. I could not agree more. But your government is in the process of making caste the only reality in India. Instead of finding imaginative solutions to allow us to transcend our own despicable history of inequity, your government is ensuring that we remain entrapped in the caste paradigm. Except that now by talking of OBCs and SC/STs in the same narrative we are licensing new forms of inequity and arbitrariness.

The Knowledge Economy of the twenty-first century will require participation of all sections of society. When we deprive any single child, of any caste, of relevant opportunities, we mutilate ourselves as a society and diminish our own possibilities. But, as you understand more than most, globalisation requires us to think of old objectives in new paradigms: the market and competition for talent is global, institutions need to be more agile and nimble, and there has to be creativity and diversity of institutional forms if a society is to position itself to take advantage the Knowledge Economy. I believe that the measures your government is proposing will inhibit achieving both social justice and economic well-being.

I write this letter with a great deal of regret. In my colleagues on the Knowledge Commission you will find a group that is unrivalled in its dedication, commitment and creativity, and I hope you will back them in full measure so that they can accomplish their mission in other areas. I assure you that the commission’s functioning will suffer no logistical harm on account of my departure.

I recognise that in a democracy one has to respectfully accede to the decisions of elected representatives. But I also believe that democracies are ill-served if individuals do not frankly and publicly point out the perils that certain decisions may pose for posterity. I owe it to public reason to make my reasons for resigning public. I may be wrong in my judgment about the consequences of your government’s decisions, but at this juncture I cannot help concluding that what your government is proposing poses grave dangers for India as a nation. On this occasion I cannot help thinking about the anxieties of a man who knew a thing or two about constitutional values, who was more rooted in politics than any of us can hope to be, and who understood the distinction between statesmanship and mere politics: Jawaharlal Nehru. He wrote, “So these external props, as I may call them, the reservations of seats and the rest, may possibly be helpful occasionally, but they produce a false sense of political relation, a false sense of strength, and, ultimately therefore, they are not so nearly important as real educational, cultural and economic advance which gives them inner strength to face any difficulty or opponent.” Since your government continues to abet a politics of illusion, I cannot serve any useful purpose by continuing on the Knowledge Commission under such circumstances.

With warmest personal regards.

Dear Prime Minister,

These measures will not achieve social justice. I am as committed as anyone to two propositions. Every student must be enabled to realize his/her full potential regardless of financial or social circumstances. Achieving this aim requires radical forms of affirmative action. But the numerically mandated quotas your government is proposing are deeply disappointing, for the following reasons. First, these measures foreclose any possibility of more intelligent targeting that any sensible programme should require. For one thing, the historical claims of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and the nature of the deprivations they face are qualitatively of a different order than those faced by Other Backward Castes, at least in North India. It is plainly disingenuous to lump them together in the same narrative of social injustice and assume that the same instruments should apply to both. It is for this reason that I advocated status quo for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes until such time as better and more effective measures can be found to achieve affirmative action for them.

As a society we focus on reservations largely because it is a way of avoiding doing the things that really create access. Increasing the supply of good quality institutions at all levels (not to be confused with numerical increases), more robust scholarship and support program mes will go much further than numerically mandated quotas. When you assumed office, you had sketched out a vision of combining economic reform with social justice. Increased public investment is going to be central to creating access opportunities. It would be presumptuous for me to suggest where this increased public investment is going to come from, but there are ample possibilities: for instance, earmarking proceeds from genuine disinvestment for education will do far more for access than quotas. We are not doing enough to genuinely empower marginalised groups, but are offering condescending palliatives like quotas as substitute. All the measures currently under discussion are to defuse the agitation, not to lay the foundations for a vibrant education system. If I may borrow a phrase of Tom Paine’s, we pity the plumage, but forget the dying bird.

Third, and related to diversity, is the question of freedom. As an academic I find it to be an appalling spectacle when a group of ministers is empowered to come up with admissions policies, seat formulas for institutions across the country. While institutions have responsibilities and are accountable to society, how will they ever achieve excellence and autonomy if basic decisions like who they should teach, what they should teach, how much they should charge are uniformly mandated by government diktat? As you know, more than anyone else, the bane of our education institutions is that politicians feel free to hoist any purpose they wish upon them: their favorite ideology, their preferred conception of social justice, their idea of representativeness, or their own men and women. Everything else germane to a healthy academic life and effective pedagogy becomes subordinate to these purposes. Concerned academics risked a good deal, battling the previous government’s instrumental use of educational institutions for ideological purposes. Though your objectives are different, your government is sending a similar message about our institutions: in the final analysis, they are playthings for politicians to mess around with. Nations are not built by specific programmes, they are built by healthy institutions, and the process by which your government is arriving at its decisions suggests contempt for the autonomy and integrity of academic life. Your government has reinforced the very paradigm of the state’s relations with educational institutions that has weakened us.

The Knowledge Economy of the twenty-first century will require participation of all sections of society. When we deprive any single child, of any caste, of relevant opportunities, we mutilate ourselves as a society and diminish our own possibilities. But, as you understand more than most, globalization requires us to think of old objectives in new paradigms: the market and competition for talent is global, institutions need to be more agile and nimble, and there has to be creativity and diversity of institutional forms if a society is to position itself to take advantage the Knowledge Economy. I believe that the measures your government is proposing will inhibit achieving both social justice and economic well-being.

I write this letter with a great deal of regret. In my colleagues on the Knowledge Commission you will find a group that is unrivaled in its dedication, commitment and creativity, and I hope you will back them in full measure so that they can accomplish their mission in other areas. I assure you that the commission’s functioning will suffer no logistical harm on account of my departure.

With warmest personal regards

VALUE OF TIME

2006-09-23T18:54:00.000+05:30

Time is one of the most important thing in one's life.It is realized after it has slipped from one's hand.This can be more relavantly explained from real life examples.
When a mother gives a birth to a premature child, she can explain the feelings of her.How pain full it is. The plane get crashed due to wrong calulation of fraction of time and the result in from us.When a student fails in his class then he came to know the value of time, that he /she has wasted.The person who misses the train due to late arrival on station the he is able to realize how much the time is important to him.
The reason of my failure is because I didn't realise the importace of time.But after too many set back I am trying to utilize the time properly and will achive my goal soon.

STORY

2006-09-21T20:43:00.000+05:30

Once upon a time, in a nice little forest, there lived a bunny and a snake. By a surprising coincidence, both were blind from birth. One day, the bunny was hopping through the forest, and the snake was going through the forest, when the bunny tripped over the snake and fell down. This, of course, knocked the snake about quite a bit. "Oh, my," said the bunny, "I'm terribly sorry. I didn't mean to hurt you. I've been blind since birth, so, I can't see where I'm going. In fact, since I'm also an orphan, I don't even know what I am." It's quite ok," replied the snake. Actually, my story is as yours. I too have been blind since birth, and also never knew my mother. Tell you what, maybe I could slither all over you, and work out what you are so at least you'll have that going for you. Oh, that would be wonderful replied the bunny. So the snake slithered all over the bunny, and said, "Well, you're covered with soft fur, you have really long ears, your nose and you have a soft tail. I'd say that you must be a bunny rabbit. Oh, thank you, thank you, cried the bunny, in excitement. The bunny suggested to the snake, Maybe I could feel you all over with my paw, and help you the same way that you've helped me. So the bunny felt the snake all over, and remarked, Well, you're smooth and slippery, and you have a forked tongue, no backbone and no balls. I'd say you must be either a team leader, supervisor or possibly someone in senior management."
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Dr. Rajendra Prasad

2006-09-17T17:13:00.001+05:30

Dr. Rajendra Prasad was born in Zeradei village in Saran dist of Bihar on December 3, 1884.His father name was Mahadev Sahai and mother name was Kamleswari Devi.At the age of five, the young Rajendra Prasad was sent to a maulvi for learning Persian. After that he was sent to Chappra Zilla School for further primary study.
Rajendra prashad was married when he was barely 12 years old to Rajvanshi Devi. He then went on to study at R.K. Ghosh's Academy in Patna to be with his older brotherMahendra Prasad. Soon afterward, however, he rejoined the Chhapra Zilla School, and it was from there that he passed the entrance examination of Calcutta University, at the age of 18. He stood first in the first division of that examination. He joined the Presidency College in 1902. He passed in 1915 with a Gold medal in Masters in Law examination with honors. He went on to complete his doctorate in Law.
Dr. Prasad called for non-cooperation in Bihar as part of Gandhiji's non-cooperation movement. Dr. Prasad gave up his law practice and started a National College near Patna, 1921.In July 1946, when the Constituent Assembly was established to frame the Constitution of India, Dr. Rajendra Prasad was elected its President. Two and a half years after independence, on January 26, 1950, the Constitution of independent India was ratified and Dr. Rajendra Prasad was elected the nation's first President. 1962, after 12 years as President, Dr. Prasad retired, and was subsequently awarded the Bharat Ratna, the nation's highest civilian award.Satyagraha at Champaran" (1922), "India Divided" (1946), his autobiography "Atmakatha" (1946), "Mahatma Gandhi and Bihar, Some Reminisences" (1949), and "Bapu ke Kadmon Mein" (1954) these were his some famous book written by him . Dr. Prasad spent the last few months of his life in retirement at the Sadaqat Ashram in Patna. He died on February 28, 1963.

Swami Viveka Nand

2006-09-17T16:27:00.001+05:30

Swami Vivekanand was born in Calcultta on 12th January 1863 .His child hood name was Narendra Nath. His mother call him by "Vireshwar".His parents name were Bhuvaneshwari Devi and Vishwanath Datta.He was very sharp child and a natural leader.He would give anything he had if asked for.Narendra performed well in sports and studies.
Vivekanand started studying in college after he passed the matriculation exam. He read books on philosophy, religion, history, creation, science and western philosophy. He asked more and more questions about Religion and God. No body was able to satisfy him.In early 1882, he went his friends to Dakhsineshwar, to meet Sri Ramkrishna Paramahans. Paramahans was the priest at the Kali temple.By the time he completed his BA, he had also become the best disciple of Shri Pramhans.
In 1886, Sri Ramkrishna left this world. Narendra became a monk and was named "Vivekanand". He then started travelling to spread the knowledge and teachings of his Guru. He travelled to many parts of India likeVrindavan, Ayodhya, Varanasi, Jaipur, Ajmer, Hyderabad, Madras, Mysore and Kanyakumari.

In 1893, Swami Vivekanand earned International Recognition as he represented Hinduism at the World Parliament of Religions in Chicago. He founded Brooklyn Naitik Sabha and Vedanta Society in New York. He has also written speeches on different aspects of Yoga published in three different volumes titled Rajyoga, Karmayoga and Jnanayoga. Swami Vivekanand died on 4th July 1902 at Calcutta.

Dhiru Bhai Ambani

2006-09-12T21:28:00.002+05:30

Dhiru bhai Ambani was born on 28 dec 1932 at Chorwad, Gujarat, into a Modh family. His full name was Dhirajlal Hirachand Ambani .His father was a school teacher.
After completing his matriculation at the age of 16, Dhirubhai moved to Yemen. He worked there as a gas-station attendant, and as a clerk in an oil company. He returned to India in 1958 with Rs 50,000 to full fill his dream and set up a textile trading company.Helped by his two sons, Mukesh and Anil, Dhiru Bhai Ambani built India's largest private sector company, Reliance India Limited, from a scratch.
1992 was important for him because in 1992, Reliance became the first Indian company to raise money in global markets, its high credit-taking in international markets limited only by India's sovereign rating. Reliance also became the first Indian company to feature in Forbes 500 list.Dhirubhai Ambani was named the Indian Entrepreneur of the 20th Century by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI). Reliance the greatest creator of wealth in the century.Dhiru bhai created wealth for his investor for company.Dhirubhai Ambani died on July 6, 2002, at Mumbai at the age of 69 years.

NARAYAN MURTI

2006-09-12T20:54:00.001+05:30

NARAYAN MURTI
Narayana Murthy had a very humble beginning. His father was a school teacher in the Kolar district of Karnataka. Born on August 20, 1946. He grew up to acquire a degree in Electrical Engineering from Mysore University, and later went on to study Computer Science at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur.In 1981, Narayana Murthy founded Infosys Technologies along with six of his friends.In the year ending March, 2000, the company earned $61.3 million on sales of $203.4 million. Infosys has done well not only in the domestic stock markets but also in the international markets. Infosys is the first Indian company to be listed in the U.S. NASDAQ. He was selected as one of the 50 most powerful people in Asia for the year 2000 in a poll conducted by Asiaweek. In 1998, he was awarded the prestigious J.R.D. Tata Corporate Leadership Award .He has also served, from 1992 to 1994, as the President of National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM). He has also served, since 1998, as a director of Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited (VSNL). He is a Fellow of the All India Management Association (AIMA).

SUBHASH CHANDRA BOSE

2006-09-12T19:22:00.001+05:30

SUBHASH CHANDRA BOSE
Subhas Chandra Bose was born on January 23, 1897. His father was Rai Bahadur Janakinath Bose, a prominent lawyer of Cuttack, Orissa.After completing his early studies at the European Protestant Collegiate School in Cuttack, he came to Calcutta to study at Presidency College in 1913. Upon completing his graduation, he left India for England to appear at the Indian Civil Service Examination, but he was reluctant to work under the British Government. Thus he resigned and returned to India on the call of Chittaranjan Das.He was elected president of the Indian National Congress in 1938 and 1939.He slipped out of India in 1941 and carried on his struggle against the British from Nazi Germany and later from Southeast Asia. In 1944 he invaded India from Burma (Myanmar) with a small army of Indian nationals and Japanese, but his army was soon forced to retreat. He fled Southeast Asia after the Japanese surrender in 1945 and died of burns suffered in a plane crash. He is believed to have died on 18 August 1945 in a plane crash over Taiwan, however, contradicting evidence exists regarding his death in the accident.

Stamp Collection

2006-09-12T18:55:00.001+05:30

Stamp collection is the collecting of postage stamps and related objects, such as covers (envelopes or packages with stamps on them). It is one ofCollecting is not the same as philately, which is the study of stamps.The first postage stamp, the One Penny Black, was issued by Britain in 1840. It pictured a young Queen Victoria, was produced without perforations (imperforate), and consequently had to be cut from the sheet with scissors in order to be used.Some of the more popular collecting areas include:Postage stamps - particular countries and/or time periods .Postal stationerySouvenir sheets.Souvenir sheetsStamp catalogues are the primary tool used by serious collectors to organize their collection, and for the identification and valuation of stamps.Stanley Gibbons (Britain) Scott catalog (USA) Michel (German) Yvert (French)

Vande Materam

2006-09-12T18:53:00.000+05:30

Vande Mataram
Vande Mataram
Vande MataramSujalam,
suphalam,malayja shitalam,
ShasyashyamalamMataram!
Vande Mataram!
Shubhrajyotnapulakitayaminim
Phullakusumita drumadalashobhinimSuhasinim
madhurabhashinim,
S khadam varadam,Mataram!
Vande Matram!
English Translation of Vande Matram (By Aurobindo Ghosh)
I bow to thee,
Mother,richly-watered,
richly-fruitedcool with the winds of thesouth,
dark with the crops of theharvests,
The Mother!
Her nights rejoicing in the
glory of the moonlighther lands clothed
beautifullywith her trees inflowering bloomsweet of laughter,
sweet ofspeechThe Mother,
giver of boons,giver of bliss!