Simple Life

2011-09-17T08:44:00.002+05:30

2011-09-17T08:40:00.001+05:30

Pranamy Shirsa Devam - Vishwa Vinayaka - Ajay Atul

DR. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam 's Speech for INDIANS

2009-01-14T08:51:00.002+05:30

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 ??? 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'

Lets do what India needs from us.

Forward this mail to each Indian for a change instead of sending Jokes or
junk mails.

Thank you,

Dr. Abdul Kalaam

Make your Blog Popular

2008-11-24T05:50:00.002+05:30

See what the Technorati founder and CEO, David L. Sifry, has to say about making your blog popular....

Here's his advice....

1) React quickly. Commentators like Andrew Sullivan and Michelle Malkin draw megatraffic with immediate rebuttals to A-list pundits at The New York Times and Fox News.

2) Make your posts easy to read. Italian comic Beppe Grillo broke into the Top 10 by setting his key points in boldface.

3) Link, link, link! It's counter-intuitive, but the busiest blogs in Technorati's index are those like InstaPundit.com that link prolifically to other sites. Linking works because most bloggers reciprocate by sending their readers your way.

4) Optimize for search engines. Put the name of your blog (even if it's just your own name) in the main URL and the title tag of your site. On Technorati, identify your blog with search topics, like "politics" or "sewing."

5) Post, post, post! Chinese actress and director Xu Jinglei has the most popular blog on the planet. At first we thought it was a glitch in our system, but it turns out she's a real-world celebrity who makes time to post almost every day. What's your excuse?

Courtesy - Wired Magazine

Make Money from Blogs

2008-11-24T05:02:00.004+05:30

Though I started my blogs just as a new and interesting learning experience, these days I am finding a lot of blogs discussing about using blogs to earn money. Overall the model they put for earning money seems to make sense. Most of them are just MLM kind and want you to register and get enrolled to some of their paid programs first. However some are really valid and good plain articles giving you proper information.

Today I found this one a bit authentic. Darren Rowse's How Bloggers Make money from blogs. The summary of his article is -

1- Advertising Programs 2- RSS Advertising 3- Sponsorship 4- Affiliate Programs 5- Digital Assets 6- Blog Network Writing Gigs 7- Business Blog Writing Gigs 8- Non Blogging Writing Gigs 9- Donations 10- Flipping Blogs 11- Merchandising 12- Consulting and Speaking

If I find something more on it, I will update this post.

Corruption Fast

2008-11-16T05:00:00.002+05:30

One day, in my friends group, while we were discussing about the different problmes bugging the growth of our Country, Corruption emerged as the prominent bug. Almost everybody gets involved in this Corruption Cycle, willingly or unwillingly, voluntarily or forciably. One has to offer money to get his work done, while some one has to be a part of group/racket, which is some or the other way linked to Corruption. It has gone to an extent that some fanatic people are demanding to make it legal.

While I was just thinking about how this corruption can be controlled, at some later stage, one off beat thought struck to my mind. I thought, though I am not an expert/authority on this subjects, at least, I can share whatever came to my mind, with others.

Its something like this. We in India, follow many religious rituals, by utmost faith. One such ritual is Fasting. So I thought, why not suggest keeping a Fast for Corruption? The idea is, one has to maintain Corruption fast as like religious fast, either weekly once, monthly once, or for a month in a year, whatever format. One can either make it open to public or keep it private that he is maintaining such a fast. On the Corruption Fast day, the person has to avoid getting involved in any way with Corruption transactions. Dont give/accept bribe for any type of work on this day. Announcing to public will help in a way, people will not force you to get indulged in such transactions. Slowly it will get accepted as a Social standard. It may not eradicate Corruption, but I hope it will surely reduce the percentage of it. It will give a strong support to people who are unwillingly/forciably dragged into Corruption Cycles.

How do you think about this idea? Give your comments / feedbacks / any improvements in concept. If you like it, help spreading it in the online community, by sending mails, discussing it in your blogs, forums etc. Digg it if you appreciate it.

The Great Radio Controversy

2008-11-07T21:50:00.003+05:30

This article proves that Jagadishchandra Bose, an Indian scientist had invented Radio Transmission technology well before Mr. Marconi, however, just fitting to be an Indian, he never attempted to get a patent or get a commercial benefit out of it. And the world as ever goes always behind the things that shine and glitter.

Excerpts from an Article in Wikipedia
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BOSE

Jagdish Chandra Bose in is lab.

In November 1894, the Bengali Indian physicist, Jagdish Chandra Bose, demonstrated publicly the use of radio waves in Calcutta, but he was not interested in patenting his work.^[17] In 1894, Bose ignited gunpowder and rang a bell at a distance using electromagnetic waves, showing independently that communication signals can be sent without using wires. In 1896, the Daily Chronicle of England reported on his UHF experiments: "The inventor (J.C. Bose) has transmitted signals to a distance of nearly a mile and herein lies the first and obvious and exceedingly valuable application of this new theoretical marvel." The 1895 public demonstration by Bose in Calcutta was before Marconi's wireless signalling experiment on Salisbury Plain in England in May 1897.^[18]^[19]

Bose was not interested in the commercial applications of the experiment's transmitter. He did not try to file patent protection for sending signals. In 1899, Bose announced the development of a "iron-mercury-iron coherer with telephone detector" in a paper presented at the Royal Society, London.^[20] Later he received U.S. Patent 755,840 , "Detector for electrical disturbances" (1904), for a specific electromagnetic receiver.

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Unfortunately, it is still the case. Many Indians are contributing to 100s of new patents but for the Non Indian Companies, to the benefit of Non Indians. We must wake to the call of time and start filing patents as an Indian for the benefit of India/ns.

Brainwave Entrainment

2007-09-05T14:37:00.001+05:30

Very interesting stuff about how our brain generates waves / wave patterns. It claims that these waves are programmable to improve / alter your personality. Self improvement kind....

www.transparentcorp.com

Blind Sight

2007-09-05T14:22:00.000+05:30

I found this quiet interesting article about blindsight. This is totally new concept for me. A must read type article. You will think twice about your visual abilities.....

http://blog.sciam.com/index.php?title=blindsight_when_the_brain_sees_what_the&amp;more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1&ref=rss

Test

2007-07-21T15:38:00.001+05:30

This is a test of ClipMarks.Com sites claim of copying / clipping anything from web to your blog. It works and its a cool useful tool.

clipped from clipmarks.com

Make Your Wife Happy

2007-07-11T12:53:00.000+05:30

Your wife's rating to your Actions

How to take care of your wife:

In the world, one single rule applies to the men: Make the Woman happy. Do something she likes, and you get points. Do something she dislikes and points are subtracted. You don't get any points for doing something she expects.
Sorry, that's the way the game is played.

Here is a guide to the point system:

SIMPLE DUTIES
-- You make the bed (+1)
-- You make the bed, but forget the decorative pillow (0)
-- You throw the bedspread over rumpled sheets (-1)
-- You go out to buy her what she wants (+5)
-- In the rain (+8)
-- But return with Beer (-5)
-- You check out a suspicious noise at night (0)
-- You check out a suspicious noise, and it is nothing (0)
-- You check out a suspicious noise and it is something (+5)
-- You pummel it with iron rod (+10)
-- It's her pet (-10)

SOCIAL ENGAGEMENTS
-- You stay by her side the entire party (0)
-- You stay by her side for a while, then leave to chat with a college buddy (-2)
-- Named Tina (-4)
-- Tina is a dancer (-10)

HER BIRTHDAY
-- You take her out to dinner (0)
-- You take her out to dinner and it's not a sports bar (+1)
-- Okay, it's a sports bar (-2)
-- And it's all-you-can-eat night (-3)
-- It's a sports bar, it's all-you-can-eat night, and your face is painted the colours of your favourite team (-10)

A NIGHT OUT
-- You take her to a movie (+2)
-- You take her to a movie she likes (+4)
-- You take her to a movie you hate (+6)
-- You take her to a movie you like (-2)
-- It's called 'DeathCop' (-3)
-- You lied and said it was a foreign film about orphans (-15)

YOUR PHYSIQUE
-- You develop a noticeable potbelly (-15)
-- You develop a noticeable potbelly and exercise to get rid of it (+10)
-- You develop a noticeable potbelly and resort to baggy jeans and baggy Hawaiian shirts (-30)
-- You say, "It doesn't matter, you have one too." (-8000)

ENJOY THE 'BIG' QUESTION
-- She asks, "Do I look fat?" (-5) [Yes, you LOSE points no matter WHAT]
-- You hesitate in responding (-10)
-- You reply, "Where?" (-35)
-- Any other response (-20)

COMMUNICATION
-- When she wants to talk about a problem , you listen, displaying what looks like a concerned expression (0)
-- You listen, for over 30 minutes (+50)
-- You listen for more than 30 minutes without looking at the TV (+500)
-- She realizes this is because you have fallen asleep (-10000)

Courtesy - Fantoosh.Com

Priorities

2006-10-13T16:56:00.000+05:30

Classify your work in following categories for being able to decide the priorities.

Top Priority - Important and Urgent Work
Second Priority - Important and Less Urgent Work
Third Priority - Less Important and Urgent Work
Last Priority - Less Important and Less Urgent Work

Live Smart

2006-10-13T16:35:00.000+05:30

How to Say No?

Always be polite, but firm.
If you will have to say NO eventually to a request, better do it immediately to avoid dragging the situation out.
Always know your Priorities. If something you're asked to do doesn't fit in with you and what you believe, don't do it. Say NO.
Be honest with the person making the request and let them know why are you saying NO to them.
Think about the amount of time you will save by being honest and letting other person know that you cant fulfill his request.
If you genuinely want to help, but not right now, let the person know.

Orkut

2006-10-12T12:01:00.000+05:30

Its a fantastic site for friends and free expressions. Only hope that it will not be clutterred by junk and spam messages.

2006-09-25T19:34:00.000+05:30

This is my first Post. I am in a kind of stage of my mind, when I used to face my firsts. First Day of School, College, Job, Foreign Tour etc. Going for the Blog Publication for first time. Little anxiety is there, at the same time lot of curiosity.