Every 1 says time to change;yes it is time to change ourselves

The Ex-President of India DR. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam's Speech in Hyderabad .

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 TVs, 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 that 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 neighbors, 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'

Let's do what India needs from us.Let's change ourselves to change india

About Hinduism

Hi..this time i would like to share something on theology. Recently watched a movie called "ZEITGIEST". According to the movie, Religion - christianity in particular - is nothing but a big blunder, a fictious feeling, an excuse - well created and carried forward - by the church to give a sacred name to their hieneous acts and unethical deeds. According to the movie, Jesus Christ is a fictious character and Bible has been lifted straight away from the ancient Egyptian scripts. Similarly for the other religions as well. Well, i would not comment on how much the movie claimed was correct or truth because im niether the right person nor i think i have sufficient knowledge to comment on the same and hence have no right to do it.Also, i respect Jesus and therefore my conscience doesnt allow me to do so.( Yes, I go to church every christmas) . But , directly or indirectly this movie increased the stature of Hindy mythology in my heart. He - the director of the movie - could compare and disregard any religion or faith in the world but Hinduism. He could not contradict or defy the sanctity of Hinduism and I think no one can ever do that because there are no flaws in Hinduism and its ethos. For example the Ram Sethu which has its mention in the RAMAYANA has been discoverd by the NASA sattelites. Similarly, the ruins of the holy city of DWARKA ruled by Lord KRISHNA and made by VISHWAKARMA has been found by the oceanographers ( have i used the right word ?) . The holy city MATHURA still has the jail where Lord KRISHNA is said to have taken birth. Hinduism, I think is differen from all other religions because it starts from the beginning of the universe ( whereas in literatures from other religion.. the moment THE BIG BANG is simply described as the work of The GOD) which is said to be created by LORD SHIVA and the literature contains or disusses everything till eternity. This is the greatness of Hinduism. It scientifically explains every natural phenomena. We have literatures on everything right from philosophy to medicine to lifestyle to education to sex to yoga and what not. Max Mueller once said “If I were asked under what sky the human mind has most fully developed some of its choicest gifts, has most deeply 
pondered on the greatest problems of life, and has found solutions, I should point to India.”   He, no doubt, refers to the spiritual knowlege given by Hinduism and its scriptures. People say there are many social taboos in hinduism for eg. sati pratha , i would like to mention that these worsds and pracrises has been wrongly highlited or adapted or understood by the people( no doubt it includes our ancestors from India as well.). To understand the true and literary concept behind the sati pratha , i would like you to read the article at this URL : http://www.articlesbase.com/religion-articles/sati-pratha-in-hinduism-true-face-198194.html.

Some people held hindu sciptures responsinble for promoting odd feelings about it . For eg. the stanza from Ramayan goes as:

‘Dhol Gawanr Shudra Pashu Nari, Sakal Tadan ke Adhikari’

This stanza has an entirely different meaning as thought by the people. kindly refer to the above url to know the literary meaning.

Great is the religion and great is the country where this religion came into existense. Once again, I would like to mention that by this article I does not mean to offend or hurt people having faith in other religions. I respect their religion as well as their right to follow faith of thier own choice . i wrote this article just to show the greatness I found in Hinduism. 

The worst effect of the ongoing economic crisis

Credit crunch has not even spared Hugh Hefner - and conditions at his end have gone so worse that the Playboy founder has opened doors of his renowned mansion to the public - for a fee.

According to reports, Hefner was advised last month to fire some of his staff in his Los Angeles and New York offices to avoid financial ruin.

But, his spokesperson Elizabeth Austin gave no definite answer about the financial problems the company was facing at the time.

The Playboy boss has since extended an invitation to the exclusive parties held at the mansion, in return for money.

The tickets to the notorious parties range from 5,000 dollars to 25,000 dollars, depending on the celebrities in attendance.

Hefner has to pay a reported rent of 700,000 dollars annually for the mansion, owned by his Playboy Enterprises.

Meanwhile, a company spokesperson has denied that Hefner's recent split from girlfriends Holly Madison and Kendra Wilkinson have anything to do with his monetary problems.

The girls "are not even on the payroll. So, they would be the last to go," reports Contactmusic

SHIT MAN ;-)

I want answer to these questions...would be greatful if any1 answers them...

1. Why Hitler chose swastika as a symbol of the Nazi party ?

Impact of decrease in CRR Ratio

I heard the news that RBI is decreasing the cash reserve ration by 150 pt. basis to increase the liquidity in the market. It will bring Rs. 60,000 crores into the Indian market. Initially I thot y RBI has taken this step as it'll again increase the rate of inflation which was afterall under control after so much efforts.. but i had a talk with vinay sir ..then i realised that this monetory measure will not have any effect on the rate of inflation as the cause of inflation were something else i.e. the crude oil price and the scarcity of commodity in the market which are under control now( crude oil fell below $83 / barrel ...AMAZING !!), but the present crisis is due to the negligible assets into the market all over the globe. Hmmmm... after all RBI ppl are not fools..silly me..

Read an article which said that FDIs too can draw back their money simply  by selling off their assets..dint get it as it went against my conventional notion of FDI investment ..then what difference remains between the FDIs and the FIIs. Can anyone help me out??

has the US time come ??

I read an article in TOI today about the US and its habit of overspending. According to the article,

 "with 5 per cent of the world’s population, the US consumes 24 per cent of the world’s energy; an average American consumes as much energy as 13 Chinese, or 31 Indians, or 128 Bangladeshis, or 370 Ethiopians. 

    America’s total calorie intake is 815 billion calories a day, which nutritionists say is some 200 billion in excess of requirement, sufficient to feed 80 million people. Moreover, each day, Americans throw away 2,00,000 tons of edible food. If developing countries wanted to live like this, four new Earth-sized planets would have to be created to provide the necessary resources."

 ( source: http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=TOI&BaseHref=TOIJ/2008/10/08&Page).

The US has dug the grave for themselves. Considered itself the superpower and was under the illusion that it will remain so forever. The loans given by the US banks which led to the subprime collapse are making economies all over the world feel the heat. The supepower , who has come up at the time of war of Iraq as the saviour of world, has the guts to take the responsibility of the crisis ??? 

An Indian - American, Neel Kashkari, has been appointed as the person responsible to spend th $700 bn. bailout in the market. India should make correct moves at the time so and sustain the heat of this crisis ...and if it is able to do so ..then no doubt it will be the next superpower.