A Letter to Raj Thackeray

To,

Raj Thackeray (*****)

Sub: Hate Campaign: Against Raj Thackeray 

This is what you want us to do na...!!

1. We should teach our kids that if he is second in class, don’t study harder.. just beat up the student coming first and throw him out of the school
2. Parliament should have only Delhiites as it is located in Delhi
3. Prime-minister, president and all other leaders should only be from Delhi
4. No Hindi movie should be made in Bombay. Only Marathi.
5. At every state border, buses, trains, flights should be stopped and staff changed to local men
6. All Maharashtrians working abroad or in other states should be sent back as they are SNATCHING employment from Locals
7. Lord Shiv, Ganesha and Parvati should not be worshiped in our state as they belong to north (Himalayas)
8. Visits to Taj Mahal should be restricted to people from UP only
9. Relief for farmers in Maharashtra should not come from centre because that is the money collected as Tax from whole of India, so why should it be given to someone in Maharashtra?
10. Let’s support Kashmiri Militants because they are right in killing and injuring innocent people for the benefit of their state and community..
11. Let’s throw all MNCs out of Maharashtra, why should they earn from us? We will open our own Maharashtra Microsoft, MH Pepsi and MH Marutis of the world
12. Let’s stop using cellphones, emails, TV, foreign Movies and dramas. James Bond should speak Marathi
13. We should be ready to die hungry or buy food at 10 times higher price but should not accept imports from other states
14. We should not allow any industry to be setup in Maharashtra because all machinery comes from outside
15. We should STOP using local trains… Trains are not manufactured by Marathi manoos and Railway Minister is a Bihari
16. Ensure that all our children are born, grow, live and die without ever stepping out of Maharasthra, then they will become true Marathis

But all these are only for Marathi peoples.
RAJ THACKERAY is excluded from this…

His children are going to English medium school but any other Marathi children must go to Marathi schools…..
His child selected German as a language when given an option of German or Marathi. This is what ‘So Called Marathi Manoos’

**** "YOU"


Thanks & Regards,

(****)

Believe in a better tomorrow

I hear crackers. I see happy people all around and my laptop watch says 12:00 am. It’s New Years Eve. As usual this day brings a lot of reflections of the past. The last year had brought many changes in the person I am and in my surrounding, well…..both have been interdependent.

This night in Bangalore is the most expensive nights of all. The glitz and glamour of this city allures all. The big question what is the celebration about? This night is very similar to the one that past and is also very similar to one that will come. The people did not change because of this night. The difference between 11:59 pm 31^st December 2011 and 12:00 am 1^st January 2012 is just of a minute. How can things change in just a minute???

Then if things are gonna be the same when why this celebrations all of a sudden. A new year will mean nothing more than a change in the year field of the date.

But there is one thing that I suppose everyone does, as the clock strikes midnight, everyone closes their eyes and silently makes a wish , a wish for a better tomorrow. They don’t expect magic, but yes there is hope .

I think its hope that drives us all towards striving for what we believe in .The hope that tomorrow will be better. Yes nothing is gonna change, I will continue to have the same work at office , servers will continue to crash , code will continue to break , managers will remain the evil souls they are. The only thing that is in my hand and that I can change is myself and the way I look at things.

Saw the Coca Cola advertisements, and must congratulate the makers. The advertisement:

"For Every tank in the world, there are 1,31,000 stuffed toys;
For Every fence that one puts; there are 15,00,000 welcome mats;
There are some ignoring the environment but 30,00,000 trees are being planted every day;
For every grown up who can't write, there are 15 kids who can read fairy tale;
Love has more hits than Fear;
While so many believe we are nearing the end, there are 50,00,000 people sending New Year Wishes;
While some fight over petty issues, millions share a Coca-Cola everyday"

Love the advertisement, love the concept.

The past is behind us. What is ahead is new, and we have a chance to make a difference.

It might be just a minute but it gives us a new beginning to try and make a change, to forget the past and design a better tomorrow for ourselves. It is HOPE to which we all cling. This day just rebuilds the faith, that yes tomorrow is gonna be better.

Believe in a better tomorrow.

Famous sayings by Chanakya

1) “Learn from the mistakes of others… you can’t live long enough to make them all yourselves!!”

2)”A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and Honest people are screwed first.”

3)”Even if a snake is not poisonous, it should pretend to be venomous.”

4)”There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth.”

5)” Before you start some work, always ask yourself three questions – Why am I doing it, What the results might be and Will I be successful. Only when you think deeply and find satisfactory answers to these questions, go ahead.”

6)”As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it.”

7)”The world’s biggest power is the youth and beauty of a woman.”

8)”Once you start a working on something, don’t be afraid of failure and don’t abandon it. People who work sincerely are the happiest.”

9)”The fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind. But the goodness of a person spreads in all direction.”

10)”God is not present in idols. Your feelings are your god. The soul is your temple.”

11) “A man is great by deeds, not by birth.”

12) “Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships will never give you any happiness.”

13) “Treat your kid like a darling for the first five years. For the next five years, scold them. By the time they turn sixteen, treat them like a friend. Your grown up children are your best friends.”

14) “Books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a blind person.”

WORLD HISTORY FACTS ABOUT INDIA

I was just going through my GMail and came across a email send by one of my old friends from school, Nirav (so the complete credit of this blog goes to him, thanks Nirav). What I read made me really proud of being an Indian. There were some facts about Indian history mentioned in that mail. Some of the following facts may be known to you. These facts were recently published in a German magazine, which deals with WORLD HISTORY FACTS ABOUT INDIA.

1. India never invaded any country in her last 1000 years of history.
2. India invented the Number system. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
3. The world's first University was established in Takshila in 700BC. More than 10,500 students from all over the world studied more than 60 subjects. The University of Nalanda built in the 4 th century BC was one of the greatest achievements of ancient India in the field of education.
4. According to the Forbes magazine, Sanskrit is the most suitable language for computer software.
5. Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to humans.
6. Although western media portray modern images of India as poverty striken and underdeveloped through political corruption, India was once the richest empire on earth.
7. The art of navigation was born in the river Sindh 5000 years ago. The very word "Navigation" is derived from the Sanskrit word NAVGATIH.
8. The value of pi was first calculated by Budhayana, and he explained the concept of what is now known as the Pythagorean Theorem. British scholars have last year (1999) officially published that Budhayan's works dates to the 6 th Century which is long before the European mathematicians.
9. Algebra, trigonometry and calculus came from India . Quadratic equations were by Sridharacharya in the 11 th Century; the largest numbers the Greeks and the Romans used were 106 whereas Indians used numbers as big as 1053.
10. According to the Gemmological Institute of America, up until 1896, India was the only source of diamonds to the world.
11. USA based IEEE has proved what has been a century-old suspicion amongst academics that the pioneer of wireless communication was Professor Jagdeesh Bose and not Marconi.
12. The earliest reservoir and dam for irrigation was built in Saurashtra.
13. Chess was invented in India.
14. Sushruta is the father of surgery. 2600 years ago he and health scientists of his time conducted surgeries like cesareans, cataract, fractures and urinary stones. Usage of anaesthesia was well known in ancient India .
15. When many cultures in the world were only nomadic forest dwellers over 5000 years ago, Indians established Harappan culture in Sindhu Valley ( Indus Valley India in 100 BC.

Quotes about India

"We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made." - Albert Einstein.

"India is the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend and the great grand mother of tradition." - Mark Twain.

"If there is one place on the face of earth where all dreams of living men have found a home from the very earliest days when man began the dream of existence, it is India." - French scholar Romain Rolland.

"India conquered and dominated China culturally for 20 centuries without ever having to send a single soldier across her border." - Hu Shih (former Chinese ambassador to USA )

ALL OF THE ABOVE IS JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG, THE LIST COULD BE ENDLESS.

BUT, if we don't see even a glimpse of that great India in the India that we see today, it clearly means that we are not working up to our potential; and that if we do, we could once again be an evershining and inspiring country setting a bright path for rest of the world to follow.

I hope you enjoyed it and work towards the welfare of INDIA

Say proudly,

My City (Asansol)

My Home city Asansol:

Although I was born in Purba Mednipur (Anal Beria), I grew up in Asansol, a beautiful city.It is the second largest City in West Bengal and is an important mining & industrial center.

Asansol has given me the base of what I am today, may not be very successful but truly standing on my own feet. It has taught me to widen my horizons and dream big.

The city with its colonial old world charm has been the heart of education in this coal belt with some really old schools such as Asansol Ramakrishna Mission, Subhaspalli Bidyaniketan (MY School), Dhadka NCL Vidyamandir, Domohani Kelejora High School, Umarani Gorai Mahilakalyan, Arunoday High School, Manimala Girls, Eastern Railways High School, Dyanand Anglo Vedic Higher Secondary School, St. Patrick's Higher Secondary School, St. Vincent's High and Technical School, Loreto Convent, Assembly of God Church School, Chelidanga High School, and Burnpur Riverside School (BRS), DAV Public School, Asansol Collegiate School, India International School and Jaharmal Jalan Institution. Most of these schools are around 100 years old or more and has more area than the biggest schools in the metros. To add to these the city has multiple colleges and a prestigious Engineering college.

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I shifted to Asansol as my father worked here and I got an admission to Subhaspalli Bidyaniketan(H.S.). The school was as big as its name. It just blew my small brain the first day I entered for admissions. I knew instantly this would be my school and it was for the next 8 years. During these days I made numerous friends starting from my classmates to the kids of every other staff (from teachers to sweepers to security). Thus I became one of the most loved and known about kid in the locality. We had small groups in the locality with young guns like us competing every other day on some football or cricket match. Those days were one of my favorite days and those days in Asansol makes me hum one of my favorite songs,

"Give me some sunshine

Give me some rain

Give me another chance

I wanna grow up once again...."