JANUARY 12: NATIONAL YOUTH DAY(INDIA)

QUOTE OF THE DAY…!!

  “ We are what our thoughts have made us;so take care about what     you think.Words are secondary,thoughts live;they travel far.”

                                                            -  Swami Vivekananda.

                                                                                                                             

                        

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   JANUARY 12:THE BIRTHDAY OF THE DIVINE  SOUL:SWAMI  VIVEKANANDA

NATIONAL YOUTH DAY:

•   In 1984,the government of India declared and decided to observe the Birthday of  SWAMI VIVEKANANDA(12 January)as NATIONAL YOUTH DAY every year from 1985  onwards.To quote from the Government of India's communication, 

          "It was felt that the Philosophy of Swamiji and the  ideals for which he lived and worked could be a great  source of inspiration for the Indian Youth."

• The National Youth Day is celebrated across the country with processions,speeches,recitations,Youth conventions,seminars,sports,music and various other competitions on 12th January every year.

   

MY OPINION:

• I personally took a lot inspiration from his teachings and he is one among the very few  persons whom I admire the most.
•  The impression and impact he created on this world(especially India) in his short life  is tremendous. The famous Parliament of Religions(Chicago,1893) lecture 

 which made the world stand up and look at this  30 year old young man with great respect for  his speech and also his country,till today is  rated among the greatest lectures in the history  of the world.

•  The way in which he was able to influence  every Indian with his teachings and make them  think was very special.
•  He introduced the greatness of this great  country( India) to the people of this world in an  eloquent way highlighting the greatness of  Indian Vedanta without ever criticizing other traditions and religions is something  which everyone should take notice of  in high regard.
•  It  may take hundred's and thousand's of lines for me to express my respect and  admiration  for Swami Vivekananda and it still never ends,but the thing I want to  highlight is whatever he did was for the sake of the country,may it be the  RAMAKRISHNA MISSION,his travelling to the WEST and his immortal lectures.
•  Everyone and especially youth of this country should draw inspiration from his words  and apply them in their lives and as swami wished, should  serve  the country in  whatever way they can and work for the progress of this country.That would be the  greatest tribute we can pay to the IMMORTAL SOUL,whose teachings have had lasting  impression on the people in the past,continuing in the present and most definitely  will do so in the future.

 QUOTES ON SWAMI VIVEKANANDA:                                

•  I have gone through his works very thoroughly, and  after having through them,the love that I had for    my country became a thousand-fold.

                                 -Mahatma Gandhi                                                                                    

•   If you want to India,study Vivekananda.In him  everything is positive and nothing negative.

                              -Rabindranath Tagore

•  Swamiji was a full-blooded masculine personality-  and a fighter to the core of his being.I can go on for  hours and yet fail to do the slightest justice to that  great man.He was so great,so profound,so  complex.If he had been alive, I would have been at  his feet.

                 -Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose

   

  

   For more quotes on Vivekananda,visit the following  link:

       http://www.slideshare.net/swamijyoti/video3-pps-world-thinkers-on-swami-vivekananda

     For more quotes of Vivekananda,visit the following  link:

    http://narendramodi.in/VivekanandaQuotes/index.htm#.VLRAtdLF9i8

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!

                                                         MY POETRY!!!!!!          

FRIENDS,

• With every passing year, life of man is is evolving at such a rapid pace, which, we have to accept is slowly going beyond our control. So, what do these Festivals, Birthdays, and New Year's mean to life?
• Do they play any role?

 Well, they play a massive role. On these days we pray to god to give us success and only success in life, which, as we all know is not entirely possible in life because there will be failures which we need to overcome in life.
Knowing that we have to face a lot of  difficulties, Is that prayer worth it?   

• Then What is a perfect prayer for a New Year or for that matter for any occasion?

Well my version of prayer would be summarized at the end of this little poem of mine.

                                       Let us all remember that life is a GAME,

                           where, at the end of the day,we have no scope to BLAME,

                                        B'coz Life will give us NAME,

                                         Life will give us FAME,

                                         Sometimes, life will also give us SHAME,

                                         Let us take everything in our STRIDE,

                                         And on the horse of OPTIMISM let us go for a long RIDE.

                                          B'coz Life without any shadow of doubt will be TOUGH,

                                          And the road is mostly ROUGH,

                                          Let us come out of our own HAND-CUFF,

                                          And show the world our real STUFF.

                                          Let us not ask God for the mediocre earthly PLEASURES ,

                                     But for PATIENCE and ENDURANCE,the greatest TREASURES.

                                          In this brief life, let us pass our TIME,

                                          making our story a famous RHYME.

                                          B'coz FRIENDS

                                                               IT'S OUR LIFE!

                                                WE HAVE TO LIVE FOR OUR SELF!!

                                                 FOR THE PEOPLE AROUND US!!!

                                                 AND LARGELY, LET US LIVE FOR THE LIFE ITSELF!!!!

On behalf of entire mankind, I pray to god to bestow these 2 qualities (as PATIENCE is the answer to all our excitements and the other i.e., ENDURANCE is the panacea to lead a difficult life) on all of us, add spark to our lives and subsequently ignite the spark of genuine excellence which is already present in all of us.

   I take immense pleasure in wishing all my fellow citizens and their families a

                               very very HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!   

                                                             

                                                    -MY THOUGHT.

                                                                                                     

INDIA'S KABADDI TEAMS WIN WORLD CUP AGAIN:BUT ARE WE RECOGNIZING THEIR MASSIVE ACHIEVEMENTS?

   INDIAN KABADDI TEAMS CREATE HISTORY AGAIN!!!!!

• The Indian men's team continued their winning streak by clinching 5th Kabaddi World Cup title,While the women's side bagged the crown for the 4th consecutive time in the event that took place form December 7th-20th.
• The Indian Men's team defeated Pakistan In the Final whereas the Indian Women's team defeated NewZeland in the Final.

Indian Men's Team

Indain Women's Team

MY OPINION:

• First of all how many knew that the Kabbadi World Cup was going on?
• How many people know that India are 5 time World champions(Men) and 4 time World champions(Women) ?
• These Kabaddi players are winning title after title but I somehow feel that their domination in the game of Kabaddi has not been given the deserved recognition so far by their own country men.
• India has been the dominant force for quite sometime now and no other nation has come close to challenging our supremacy except for Pakistan and Iran on very few  occasions.
• India,no doubt is a cricket crazy country but people are beginning to enjoy the success of our sports persons in various other sports like Tennis,Boxing,Badminton,Shooting etc.
• Kabaddi World cup did not get the publicity it deserved and many are not aware that a massive tournament is going on in which India displayed outright domination once again.
• These players don't get rewarded that highly when compared with other sports persons in this country.
• I feel winning the world cup in any sport is a massive achievement and to do it time after time takes tremendous skill and our Indians have displayed that great spirit.
• It's time that our people,authorities recognize  their great victories and  give them sufficient encouragement and recognition ,which they truly deserve, atleast in the coming future.

INTERESTING FACTS!!!!:PART2

QUOTE OF THE DAY….!!

Today knowledge has power. It controls access to opportunity and advancement.

                                                                                                          -  Peter Drucker

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The names of all the continents end with the same letter that they start with.

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

"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".

The word "checkmate" in chess comes from the Persian phrase "Shah-Mat," which means the king is dead.

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 causes.

Hummingbirds are the only birds that can fly backwards.

The word “OK” was coined by Charles Gordon Greene in 1839 in the “Boston Morning Post.” He used OK as a joking abbreviation for “Oll Korrect” in a satirical article about grammar. The editorial joke went viral, bringing the word into common usage.

The word vaccine comes from the Latin word "vacca," which means cow. This name was chosen because the first vaccination was derived from cowpox which was given to a boy.

The word “Rupee” for Indian currency is derived from the Sanskrit word Rupya which means “wrought sliver.” The word for Indonesian currency “Rupiah” also has the same origin.

The full name of the Titanic ship is R.M.S. Titanic, which stands for Royal Mail Steamship.

The shortest English word that contains the letters A, B, C, D, E, and F is “feedback.”

Another word for hiccups is "singultus."

Of all the words in the English language, the word 'set' has the most definitions!

Dolphins sleep with one eye open.

The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched."

RELEASE IROM SHARMILA:AMNESTY APPEALS

                                         IROM "IRON" SHARMILA

Amidst a move by Central Government to decriminalize attempt to suicide,International human rights body AMNESTY appealed to the government to release Manipur's "Iron Lady" Irom Sharmila immediately and unconditionally.

What is Amnesty?

• Amnesty International is a global movement which campaigns for a world where human rights are enjoyed by all.

42-year-old civil rights activist Sharmila has been held in detention in Manipur for over 14 years on repeated charges of attempted suicide. She has been on a hunger strike since November 2000 demanding the repeal of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA).

MY OPINION:

• On 10-12-2014,India's minister for Home Affairs stated that the central Government had decided to repeal section 309 of the Indian Penal Code(IPC),which makes attempting to commit suicide punishable with imprisonment for up to one year.Of course there are mixed reactions on this decision by the government but at the end of we all have to accept it.
• But the scenario is  different in Irom Sharmila's case.She has been on Hunger Strike since 14 years and she was arrested on charges that she was attempting suicide.She was released several times and was arrested again.
• She was on hunger strike all these years for a cause and the government without looking into her demands has kept on arresting her on various charges. 
• Irom Sharmila's determination,persistence should be applauded and I feel it's time people take notice of her relentless struggle.
• I totally support the appeal made by Amnesty to the Government to release Irom Sharmila  immediately and unconditionally.
• I personally feel that she should be released and her relentless struggle should be rewarded by fulfilling her demands.
• It's really great that Amnesty has come forward in support of her and  we all should stand up and 
  
  

SALUTE THIS LADY FOR RELENTLESS STRUGGLE,RATHER THAN PUTTING HER BEHIND BARS!!!!

PESHAWAR MASSACRE!!!

                                   INNOCENT LIVES TAKEN AWAY!!!!!!!!

• Taliban gunmen stormed a military-run school in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on 16-12-2014,killing 141(132 innocent children,9 staff).
• World Leaders condemned the ghastly attack on children.

MY OPINION:

• I feel the attack on a school in Peshawar by Taliban is an act of cowardice because they have taken away many innocent lives.
•                  What did those Young Children do to get killed such brutally?
•                                       Is it such a big crime to go to school?
• My heart feels for the families of these young children who lost their dear ones.

TALIBAN STATEMENT:

• Claiming responsibility for the attack,TTP spokesman Muhammad Khorasani said in a statement sent to the media,that the Taliban were forced to attack the school because of operation Zarb-e-Azb and operation Khyber-I."We claim responsibility.We want the army to to feel our pain because they target our families",Khorasani boasted.

MY QUESTION:

• If you have got any problems with the army operations ,you should fight them but you should not have killed so many young children.
•                   Would your own family members support such heinous attack on young children? 

•                     I definitely don't think so.

• When attacks like these happen ,I wonder,how safe are people in Pakistan?because we see these bomb attacks,suicide bombers,gun attacks regularly in Pakistan posing greatest threat to law and order.
• It's high time that the Pakistan Government takes stringent measures to curb this terrorism otherwise Pakistan,in future will have more terrorists than people.And the world also should monitor  these terrorists activities so that they do not cause irrepairable  damage to the society.

YESTERDAY IT WAS SYDNEY.TODAY IT WAS  PESHAWAR. 

WHAT IS THEIR NEXT TARGET?

• Every nation should  take proper incentives so that these incidents do not happen in future.
• The Indian government should also increase the security at schools,colleges,public places to ensure  our people do not fall prey to such brutal attacks.

INDIA:THE BIRTH PLACE OF YOGA

JUNE 21:INTERNATIONAL DAY OF YOGA

• YOGA is the 5,000 year-old Indian Physical,mental and spiritual practice that aim to transform body and mind.

• Prime Minister Modi proposed the idea,in the UN general Assembly on 27-09-2014 and the resolution on "INTERNATIONAL DAY OF YOGA" was introduced by India's ambassador to UN Asoke Mukherji.Less than 3 months after the proposal, the UN General Assembly adopted an India-led resolution declaring  June 21 as "INTERNATIONAL DAY OF YOGA",recognising that Yoga provides a holistic approach to health and well- being.

HIGHLIGHTS:

• The resolution had 175 nations joining as co-sponsors, the highest number ever for any General Assembly resolution.
• The initial official document circulated to the General Assembly,known as the L document,had 130 member states joining as co-sponsors,again the highest number of co-sponsors for such a document.
• It is also for the first time that such an initiative has been proposed and implemented by any country in the UN body in less than 90 days.
• The resolution was adopted under the agenda of "Global Health and Foreign Policy".

OPINIONS:

 1)BAN KI-MOON(United Nations(UN) Secretary General):

• UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon said,"Yoga can contribute to resilience against non-communicable diseases and can bring communities together in an inclusive manner that generates respect.Yoga is a sport that can contribute to development and peace and can even help people in emergency situations to find relief from stress".

2)NARENDRA MODI(India's Prime Minister):

• Narendra Modi said,"It embodies unity of mind and body;thought and action;restraint and fulfillment;harmony between man and nature; a holistic approach to health and well-being.
• It beautifully combines Gyan(Knowledge),Karm(Work)and Bhakti(Devotion). 

3)Yoga Experts around India:

• Yoga Experts hailed the UN decision saying that it is a proud moment for Indian's that Yoga has been recognised in a formal way Internationally and that it would greatly boost the ancient Indian science. 
• Some experts expressed that India has made the greatest contribution mankind's evolution with the science of Yoga and Self-realization and it is indeed gratifying to see such widespread acknowledgement of her gift.

MY OPINION:

• I personally feel that, although it came late,atleast now the world came together to acknowledge the importance of yoga, the rich history that it has got and  it's importance  in the evolution of  mankind.
• It is playing and will continue to play a  vital role in the day-to-day life of mankind in the future because the world around us is becoming more and more complex and YOGA is one the tools that is definitely going to relive our mental stress and tension.
• It is a proud moment for all the Indians and we should continue to practice yoga for our well-being both physically and mentally.

NOBEL PRIZE : KAILASH SATYARTHI JOINS ELITE LIST!!!

                           KAILASH SATYARTHI CREATES HISTORY !!!!

MY OPINION:
Nobel prize is given to people to reward their relentless hardwork in various fields like Peace,Mathematics,Economics,Physics,Chemistry,Literature.The list includes Indians(who are 1)Indian citizens,2)Indians by birth and origin who subsequently took foreign citizenship,3)Indian connections).
1)Indian citizens:
1)Rabindranath Tagore                    1913                            Literature
2)C.V. Raman                                  1930                            Physics
3)Mother Teresa                               1979                            Peace
4)Amartya Sen                                 1998                            Economics
5)Kailash Satyarthi                           2014                            Peace

2)Indians by birth and origin who subsequently took foreign citizenship:
1)Hargobind Khorana                       1968                            Medicine
2)Subramanyan ChandraSekhar       1983                            Physics
3)Venkataraman Ramakrishnan        2009                            Chemistry

3)Indian connections:
1)Ronald Ross                                   1902                              Medicine
2)Rudyard Kipling                             1907                              Literature
3)Dalai Lama                                     1989                              Peace
4)V.S.Naipaul                                    2007                              Literature

KAILASH SATYARTHI:- 

• Kailash Satyarthi is an Indian child right's advocate and an activist against child labour.He is the founder of the movement BACHPAN BACHAO ANDOLAN(SAVE CHILDHOOD MOVEMENT) which he founded in 1980 and that movement was instrumental in protecting about 83,000 children across 144 countries.
• Frankly speaking I did not know about him and his relentless struggle till the Nobel Peace Prize was conferred on him this year.
• His struggle  to free children from bondage is definitely laudable and the people took notice of it and have rewarded him.
• It has been 34 years since he had started this movement and he still has the same desire and passion which speaks volumes of his dedication.
• His acceptance speech was very good and  the sentence "I represent here the sound of silence.The cry of innocence.And, the face of invisibility.I have come here to share the voices and dreams of our children,our children,because they are all our children". was very true and at the same time was heart touching.
• As Mr.Satyarthi told it is very important to send the children of this world to schools rather than to work places and at the same time no child should not be deprived of his/her childhood.
• The Government should formulate proper laws so as to see that every child receives proper education and people who employ children as labour  should be punished severely.
• Sir, your contribution to the children of this world is admirable and I feel everybody should join their hands to eliminate such evils form the society.

                       Sir,you have made every Indian proud and we salute you for the good work that you have done for all these years amidst many difficult situations and wishing you would continue the good work in the future also. 

                     Sir,India salutes you!!!!!!!!!
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INTERESTING FACTSS!!!!:PART 1

HUMOUR TOUCH…..!!

A computer once beat me at chess , but it was no match for me at kick boxing 

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                                         KNOWLEDGE IS POWER!!!!

                                                

• Charlie Chaplin once won the third prize in a charlie chaplin look-alike contest.

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

• The sentence :"The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter of the alphabet.

• Rhythm is the longest English word without a vowel.

 

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

• TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard. 

• Astronauts cannot cry in space due to lack of gravity.

• The word Diamond comes from the Greek word "adamas", which means "unconquerable".

• Neptune was the first planet in our solar system to be discovered by mathematics.

• There are no two Zebras who have stripes that are exactly the same.

• 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.

• It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.

• The dot that appears over the letter "i" is called a tittle.

• The word "Lethologica" describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.

• Water that is safe to drink is referred to as POTABLE.

BRAVE SOLDIERS OF INDIA!!!!!!!!!

                                            TERRORISM STRIKES AGAIN!

 Jammu and Kashmir witnessed a bloody and black Friday(05-12-2014) with terrorists stepping up attacks across the valley,just 4 days before polling is scheduled to be held for the third phase in the five- phased Legislative assembly elections in 16 constituencies of Jammu and Kashmir,where a high voter turnout was witnessed in the first two phases.13 were killed in the brutal terror attacks which included 8 Army personnel,3 Policemen.

8 Army men namely:

                                    Lt Col Sankalp Kumar,
                                     Hav Subhash Chand,
                                     L/Nk Gurmail Singhof 24 Punjab,
                                     Nk Panna Lal,
                                     GNR Manpreet Singh,
                                     DMT Kuldeep Kumar,
                                     GNR Satnam Singh,
                                     L/Nk Sukhwinder Singh of 31 Field Regiment lost their lives in the Gun Battle.

"125 crore Indians bow to our brave Army men who sacrificed their lives. These men lived & died for the nation. We won't forget them,"
                                                                            -Prime Minister Narendra  Modi.

MY OPINION:

                How many times  have we seen this???? 

•              Our Brave Army Men sacrificing their lives for the sake of the country time and time again  and the politicians come out and say "We Salute Them"!!!.Who want's that??????Put an end to this non-sense.

"There is no point thanking them, we need to save them".

• If there are political issues with pakistan  regarding the Kashmir issue, 
  
  

the Government should tackle such issues.In the last 6 months there have been many Ceasefire Violations and many of our soldiers and people living in border areas have lost their lives.

•  My appeal to all the Politicians,"Sir, we live in "peace" because of our soldiers and when we see them sacrificing their precious lives for "mere" Political reasons, it is really disgusting and their families can never live in peace".
• For God sake take  appropriate measures  to see that their sacrifice does not go in vain and incidents like these do not happen in future.   
•                          I salute to all the Parents  of these Brave Men for giving birth to such great souls.

"Mothers of these brave men sacrificed their dear ones for the safety of the dear ones of all the mothers across the country".

THANK YOU!!   THANK YOU!!   WE SALUTE YOU!!!!

                  
              FOR SACRIFICING YOUR TODAY FOR OUR TOMORROW!!!