Why Our Media Like This................

Why Do We always Crib about Govt.. abt external factors which have lesser impact the ourselve .. why dont we introspect ourself and ask what are we contributing...what are we doing other than just sitting and talking big thing without implementing any thing... we have got in to habit of just Cribbing of things and doing Nothing..



Why is the media here so negative?
Why are we in India so embarrassed to recognize our own strengths, our achievements? We are such a great nation. We have so many amazing success
stories but we refuse to acknowledge them. Why?
We are the first in milk production.
We are number one in Remote sensing satellites.
We are the second largest producer of wheat.
We are the second largest producer of rice.

Look at Dr. Sudarshan, he has transferred the tribal village into a self-sustaining, self-driving unit. There are millions of such achievements but our media is only obsessed in the bad news and failures and disasters. I was in Tel Aviv once and I was reading the Israeli newspaper. It was the day after a lot of attacks and bombardments and deaths had taken place. The Hamas had struck. But the front page of the newspaper had the picture of a Jewish gentleman who in five years had transformed his desert into an orchid and a granary. It was this inspiring picture that everyone woke up to. The gory details of killings, bombardments, deaths, were inside in the newspaper, buried among other news.

In India we only read about death, sickness, terrorism, crime. Why are we so NEGATIVE? Another question: Why are we, as a nation so obsessed with
foreign things? We want foreign T. Vs, we want foreign shirts. We want foreign technology.

Why this obsession with everything imported. Do we not realize that self-respect comes with self-reliance? I was in Hyderabad giving this lecture, when a 14 year old girl asked me for my autograph. I asked her what her goal in life is. She replied: I want to live in a developed India. For her, you and I will have to build this developed India . You must proclaim. India is not an under-developed nation; it is a highly developed nation. Do you have 10 minutes? Allow me to come back with a vengeance.

Got 10 minutes for your country? If yes, then read; otherwise, choice is yours.
YOU say that our government is inefficient.
YOU say that our laws are too old.
YOU say that the municipality does not pick up the garbage.
YOU say that the phones don't work, the railways are a joke, The airline is the worst in the world, mails never reach their destination.
YOU say that our country has been fed to the dogs and is the absolute pits.

YOU say, say and say. What do YOU do about it?
Take a person on his way to Singapore . Give him a name - YOURS. Give him a face - YOURS. YOU walk out of the airport and you are at your International
best. In Singapore you don't throw cigarette butts on the roads or eat in the stores. YOU are as proud of their Underground links as they are. You pay $5 (approx. Rs. 60) to drive through Orchard Road (equivalent of Mahim Causeway or Pedder Road) between 5 PM and 8 PM. YOU come back to the parking lot to punch your parking ticket if you have over stayed in a restaurant or a shopping mall irrespective of your status identity... In Singapore you don't say anything, DO YOU? YOU wouldn't dare to eat in public during Ramadan, in Dubai. YOU would not dare to go out without your head covered in Jeddah. YOU would not dare to buy an employee of the telephone exchange in London at 10 pounds (Rs.650) a month to, 'see to it that my STD and ISD calls are billed to someone else.'YOU would not dare to speed beyond 55 mph (88 km/h) in Washington and then tell the traffic cop, 'Jaanta hai main kaun hoon (Do you know who I am?). I am so and so's son. Take your two bucks and get lost.' YOU wouldn't chuck an empty coconut shell anywhere other than the garbage pail on the beaches in Australia and New Zealand .

Why don't YOU spit Paan on the streets of Tokyo ? Why don't YOU use examination jockeys or buy fake certificates in Boston Huh We are still talking of the same YOU. YOU who can respect and conform to a foreign system in other countries but cannot in your own. You who will throw papers and cigarettes on the road the moment you touch Indian ground. If you can be an involved and appreciative citizen in an alien country, why cannot you be the same here in India ?

Once in an interview, the famous Ex-municipal commissioner of Bombay , Mr. Tinaikar, had a point to make. 'Rich people's dogs are walked on the
streets to leave their affluent droppings all over the place,' he said. 'And then the same people turn around to criticize and blame the authorities for inefficiency and dirty pavements. What do they expect the officers to do? Go down with a broom every time their dog feels the pressure in his bowels?

In America every dog owner has to clean up after his pet has done the job. Same in Japan . Will the Indian citizen do that here?' He's right. We go to
the polls to choose a government and after that forfeit all responsibility. We sit back wanting to be pampered and expect the government to do
everything for us whilst our contribution is totally negative. We expect the government to clean up but we are not going to stop chucking garbage
all over the place nor are we going to stop to pick a up a stray piece of paper and throw it in the bin. We expect the railways to provide clean bathrooms but we are not going to learn the proper use of bathrooms.

We want Indian Airlines and Air India to provide the best of food and toiletries but we are not going to stop pilfering at the least opportunity. This applies even to the staff who is known not to pass on the service to the public.

When it comes to burning social issues like those related to women, dowry, girl child! and others, we make loud drawing room protestations and continue to do the reverse at home. Our excuse? 'It's the
whole system which has to change, how will it matter if I alone forego my sons' rights to a dowry.' So who's going to change the system? What does a system consist of ? Very conveniently for us it consists of our neighbours, other households, other cities, other communities and the government. But definitely not me and YOU. When it comes to us actually making a positive contribution to the system we lock ourselves along with our families into a safe cocoon and look into the distance at countries far away and wait for a Mr.Clean to come along & work miracles for us with a majestic sweep of his hand or we leave the country and run away. Like lazy cowards hounded by our fears we run to America to bask in their glory and praise their system. When New York becomes insecure we run to England . When England experiences unemployment, we take the next flight out to the Gulf. When the Gulf is war struck, we demand to be rescued and brought home by the Indian government. Everybody is out to abuse and rape the country. Nobody thinks of feeding the system. Our conscience is mortgaged to money.

Dear Indians, The article is highly thought inductive, calls for a great deal of introspection and pricks one's conscience too.... I am echoing J. F. Kennedy's words to his fellow Americans to relate to Indians.. ...

'ASK WHAT WE CAN DO FOR INDIA AND DO WHAT HAS TO BE DONE TO MAKE INDIA WHAT AMERICA AND OTHER WESTERN COUNTRIES ARE TODAY'..............(source-frendz4m team)

Real fact.........must read

Coca-Cola was originally green.------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -2. the most common name in the world is Mohammed.------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -3 . The name of all the continents ends with the same letter that they start with.------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -4 . The strongest muscle in thebody is the tongue.------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -5 There are two credit cards for every person in the United States .------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -6. TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -7. Women blink nearly twice as much as men!------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -8. You can't kill yourself by holding your breath .------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -9. It is impossible to lick your elbow.------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -10. People say "Bless you" when you sneeze because when you Sneeze, your heart stops for a millisecond.------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -11 . It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -12 . The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to bethe toughest tongue twister in the English language.------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -13. If you sneeze too hard, youcan fracture a rib. If you try to Suppress a sneeze; you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die.------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -14 . Each king in a deck of playing cards represents great king from History. "Spades" - King David; "Clubs" - Alexander the Great; " Hearts" - Charlemagne; "Diamonds" - Julius Caesar.------------ --------- --------- ------------ --------- -------15.11 x 11=121111 x111=123211111x1111=123432111111x11111= 123454321111111x111111= 123456543211111111x1111111= 1234567654321111111111x111111111=123456787654321111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987, 654,321------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -16. If a statue of a person in the park 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 a all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -17 What do bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers and laser printers all have in common?Ans. - All invented by women.------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -18. Honey - This is the only food that doesn't spoil.------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -19. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -20. A snail can sleep for three years.------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -21. All polar bears are left handed.------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -22. American Airlines saved$40,000 in 1987 by eliminatingone olive from each salad served in first-class.------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -23 . Butterflies taste with theirfeet.------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -24 Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -25 . In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -26 . On average, people fear spiders more than they do death.------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -27 . Shakespeare invented the word 'assassination' and 'bump'.------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -28. Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand.------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -29. The ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -30..... The electric chair was invented by a dentist.------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -31 . The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet.------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -32 Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over million descendants.------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -33. Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -34 . The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -35. Most lipstick contains fish scales.------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -36 . Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -37. And finally 99% of people who read this will try to lick their elbow.Knowledge is to be shared & enjoy

Coke V/S Water

WATER:

75% of Americans are chronically dehydrated.
(Likely applies to half the world population)

In 37% of Americans, the thirst mechanism is so weak that it is mistaken for hunger.

Even MILD dehydration will slow down one's metabolism as 3%.

One glass of water will shut down midnight hunger pangs for almost 100% of the dieters studied in a University of Washington study.

Lack of water, the number 1 trigger of daytime fatigue.

Preliminary research indicates that 8-10 glasses of water a day could significantly ease back and joint pain for up to 80% of sufferers.

A mere 2% drop in body water can trigger fuzzy short-term
memory, trouble with basic math, and difficulty focusing on the computer screen or on a printed page.

Drinking 5 glasses of water daily decreases the risk of colon cancer by 45%, plus it can slash the risk of breast cancer by 79%., and one is 50% less likely to develop bladder cancer.



COKE:

In many states the highway patrol carries two gallons of Coke in the trunk to remove blood from the highway after a car accident.

-You can put a T-bone steak in a bowl of Coke and it will be gone in two days.

-To clean a toilet: Pour a can of Coca-Cola into the toilet bowl and let the 'real thing' sit for one hour, then flush clean. The citric acid in Coke removes tains from vitreous china.

-To remove rust spots from chrome car bumpers:
Rub the bumper with a rumpled-up piece of Reynolds
Wrap aluminium foil dipped in Coca-Cola.

-To clean corrosion from car battery terminals: Pour a can of Coca-Cola over the terminals to bubble away the corrosion.

-To loosen a rusted bolt: Apply a cloth soaked in Coca-Cola to the rusted bolt for several minutes.

-To remove grease from clothes: Empty a can of Coke into the load of greasy clothes, add detergent, and run through a regular cycle. The Coca-Cola will help loosen grease stains. It will also clean road haze from your windshield.

FOR YOUR INFORMATION:

-The active ingredient in Coke is phosphoric acid.
It will dissolve a nail in about four days. Phosphoric acid also leaches calcium from bones and is a major contributor to the rising increase of osteoporosis.

-To carry Coca-Cola syrup! (the concentrate) the commercial trucks must use a hazardous Material place cards reserved for highly corrosive materials.

-The distributors of Coke have been using it to clean
engines of the trucks for about 20 years!



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Mahatma Gandhi

It has been 141 years since Mahatma Gandhi was born. It is true that changing ideals have diminished the great Indian's effect on our daily lives. But he remains and perhaps will forever remain a symbol that defines this land. Modest to a fault, Gandhiji would not have liked being idolised as a god or his every word being slavishly obeyed by a nation of sycophants without any understanding or logic.
He simply suggested a few ideas and if you also thought they were good ideas, he only asked that you join him, in however simple a manner, in trying to make those ideas a reality. Somehow he manages to ask us all to join him even to this day.
Mahatma remains the conscience of the nation. We can only hope that, like all consciences, his voice might get muffled most of the times but obeyed when it really matters.
Here are a few glimpses of his presence in our lives.


Sculptor Debanjan Roy poses next to one of his creations of Indian independence icon Mahatma Gandhi at the L&P Hutheesing Visual Art Center in Ahmedabad on September 25, 2010.


The 'Statue of Hope', paying homage to Mahatma Gandhi in downtown Pietermaritzburg on June 14, 2010.

Gandhi was forced off a train in Pietermaritzburg in 1893 in a racially-motivated incident, which later on in life helped shaped his belief in his non-violent resistance against discrimination.



School students dressed as Mahatma Gandhi take part in a function on the eve of Gandhi Jayanti in Siliguri on Friday, October 1, 2010



We only know him as 'bapu', the saviour of the nation, the frail old man in his khadi clothes and holding a walking stick. But in his youth he was quite a dashing young man. If you take a look at the photo you will look into the face that the world saw when he first began his fight for equality in South Africa.
The face, though familiar, seems strangely out of place in India where he remains the smiling grandfather.

Life in kashmir valley...

As I try to reflect on the life in the Kashmir valley, I am inevitably drawn to the imagesof its serene snow covered peaks, clear waters of Dal, its distinct delicious cuisines, the tenderness of Pashmina shawls. The valley has a lot to offer in terms of its culture andlandscape. Today, besides offering so much, it is paying aheavy price too. The life in the valley is marked by insecurity and violence. The once all-pervading serenity has been superseded by turbulence which has hit life toits very core.One reason that holds the root to its problems is the partition of India. It is a historical fact that at the time of Partition, Kashmir was being ruled by a Hindu king named Maharaj Hari Singh who signed the Instrument of Accession in 1947, fully ratified by the constituent assembly of Jammuand Kashmir, thereby, declaring Kashmir to be a part of the Republic of India. Pakistan insists that the Maharaj in question, was a tyrant and did not represent the voice of the people of Kashmir. Given that majority ofthe population were Muslims, it holds that the land should be with Pakistan rather than its archrival and hence, the conflict in the valley which has shown no signs of subsiding, courtesy the uncooperative nature of our beloved neighbours.The key issue, here, is definitely not the war of nations but the life of the people which has been jeopardized due to the upsurge in militancy leading tomerciless bloodshed. Do the people of Kashmir, caught in the timeless conflict, have no right to live with peace and dignity? How long are they going to continue with their struggle for a peaceful existence? How many more lives shall be taken away in thename of jihad and the fight against it?There is a visible political misunderstanding which can be amicably settled by bi-lateral talks or mediation rather than taking up the armsthat causes nothing short of a catastrophe. There needs to beconcerted effort on part of both the governments to restore normalcy and to ensuretheir war of words is not translated into blood of the innocent people. Human rightsagencies should regularly monitor the region to check for any lapse or discrepancy. The problem of terrorism should also be severely dealt with. Even the demand for a separate state can be negotiated through affirmative dialogue.India has done a good job by conducting fair elections in thevalley in 2008 which saw a reasonably good voter turnout. The message if not obvious, is hint enough that the people are all for democracy and national integration as also pointed outby our prime minister, Manmohan Singh. Now it is thegovernment’s responsibility to set an example of good governance which alleviates poverty, encourages literacy and employment opportunities and maintains law and order, thereby, leading to development and social peace.The situation, currently, is far from being satisfactory. The bigger the upheaval, the more time it takes to bring things back to normal. Efforts are definitely on and it is hoped that in times to come, these efforts shall be expedited and shall start showing results which we all have been waiting for. Kashmir, the paradise on earth, shall see lifeflower, foster and flourish till eternity.