Too short, too dark, too dressy. Is that all that you can see in people? Take this quiz to find out if you have unrealistic expectations that are keeping your love life unfulfilled
1 What's your idea of love?
A The liberty of being who you are in each other's company. No pretence. No dishonesty.
B Someone who would stand by you through thick and thin. Your sounding board and support system.
C Never having to say you are sorry.
2 How many partners have you had till date?
A I am still with my high-school sweetheart.
B Around three. Partners? Here today, gone tomorrow.
C Never found anyone worth committing my whole life to!
3 What do you expect from your first date?
A Coffee, conversation and shop talk.
B My date should have taken an effort to dress well, be there on time. And of course, some mild flirting with a hint of the next date.
C Coffee at a five-star, followed by dinner at a Colaba fine-dine, plus a nice gift would do no harm. It will help me decide if there'll be a next date.
4 After your first date, how often should the other person call (if he/she wants to take things forward)?
A No restrictions. My telephone is always in 'talk' mode.
B Once a day, or maybe once in two days. But too often would show signs of desperation.
C At least thrice day. How would I know if he/she is really interested?
5 How important are looks for you?
A I look at the behaviour, ambition and personality first. Beauty is skin deep, remember?
B Somewhat important. He/she should definitely be presentable but a good personality scores.
C Sharp features, athletic body, sporty and trendily-dressed.That's my man/girl.
6 What do you think is a valid reason for a breakup?
A Having an abusive partner.
B If he/she is a compulsive liar.
C If he /she forgets our six-month anniversary.
7 How important is your friends' opinion on who you date?
A Not important at all. The person is dating me, not my friends.
B I feel it's worth listening to them, at least once. They know me well after all.
C Very important! How can I date someone who I would be embarrassed to be seen with?
SCORING
MAXIMUM A Are you even interested?
You are not demanding, not at all. So much so that sometimes, it comes across as if you don't really care who you end up with! Don't forget, being someone who needs to be won over will only make you more interesting. C'mon. How good is a woman who doesn't need to be wooed and how sad is that man who doesn't have the woman going that extra mile for him? So peep in, get in touch with your likes and dislikes, and ask!
MAXIMUM B Bulls Eye
Atta boy! You are clear about what you want, but are accommodating enough to let the other person into the frame.You have what it takes to keep the see-saw moving, with the expectations list only providing the prerequisite quality control.Wise enough to pick and choose, you aren't shut to the idea of dating someone who doesn't fit the bill to the T.
MAXIMUM C Sorry. Brad Pitt is married. And so is Angelina
So you are looking for 'love'. But your sense of reality is as far-fetched as the reality shows on television. Before you start demanding, why not conduct a self-check and see if you have all what you are looking for at the first place? Remember what mom said? Nobody is perfect. So grow up.
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Friday, September 11, 2009
How stock market works?
The Stock Market simply illustrated. ... is there a lesson here?
Once upon a time in a village, a man appeared and announced to the villagers that he would buy monkeys for Rs10. The villagers seeing that there were many monkeys around, went out to the forest and started catching them. The man bought thousands at Rs10 and as supply started to diminish, the villagers stopped their effort. He further announced that he would now buy at Rs20. This renewed the efforts of the villagers and they started catching monkeys again. Soon the supply diminished even further and people started going back to their farms. The offer rate increased to Rs25 and the supply of monkeys became so little that it was an effort to even see a monkey let alone catch it.
The man now announced that he would buy monkeys at Rs50! However, since he had to go to the city on some business, his assistant would now buy on behalf of him. In the absence of the man, the assistant told the villagers. Look at all these monkeys in the big cage that the man has collected. I will sell them to you at Rs35 and when the man returns from the city, you can sell it to him for Rs50." The villagers squeezed up with all their savings to buy the monkeys.
Then they never saw the man nor his assistant, only monkeys everywhere!!!!
Welcome to the Stock Market!!!!!
Once upon a time in a village, a man appeared and announced to the villagers that he would buy monkeys for Rs10. The villagers seeing that there were many monkeys around, went out to the forest and started catching them. The man bought thousands at Rs10 and as supply started to diminish, the villagers stopped their effort. He further announced that he would now buy at Rs20. This renewed the efforts of the villagers and they started catching monkeys again. Soon the supply diminished even further and people started going back to their farms. The offer rate increased to Rs25 and the supply of monkeys became so little that it was an effort to even see a monkey let alone catch it.
The man now announced that he would buy monkeys at Rs50! However, since he had to go to the city on some business, his assistant would now buy on behalf of him. In the absence of the man, the assistant told the villagers. Look at all these monkeys in the big cage that the man has collected. I will sell them to you at Rs35 and when the man returns from the city, you can sell it to him for Rs50." The villagers squeezed up with all their savings to buy the monkeys.
Then they never saw the man nor his assistant, only monkeys everywhere!!!!
Welcome to the Stock Market!!!!!
8 lie from Mother
This story begins when I was a child:
I was born poor. Often we hadn't enough to eat. Whenever we had some food, Mother often gave me her portion of rice. While she was transferring her rice into my bowl, she would say "Eat this rice, son! I'm not hungry."
This was Mother's First Lie.
As I grew, Mother gave up her spare time to fish in a river near our house; she hoped that from the fish she caught, she could give me a little bit more nutritious food for my growth. Once she had caught just two fish, she would make fish soup. While I was eating the soup, mother would sit beside me and eat the what was still left on the bone of the fish I had eaten, My heart was touched when I saw it. Once I gave the other fish to her on my chopstick but she immediately refused it and said, "Eat this fish, son! I don't really like fish."
This was Mother's Second Lie.
Then, in order to fund my education, Mother went to a Match Factory to bring home some used matchboxes, which she filled with fresh matchsticks. This helped her get some money to cover our needs. One wintry night I awoke to find Mother filling the matchboxes by candlelight. So I said, "Mother, go to sleep; it's late: you can continue working tomorrow morning." Mother smiled and said "Go to sleep, son! I'm not tired."
This was Mother's Third Lie.
When I had to sit my Final Examination, Mother accompanied me. After dawn, Mother waited for me for hours in the heat of the sun. When the bell rang, I ran to meet her.. Mother embraced me and poured me a glass of tea that she had prepared in a thermos. The tea was not as strong as my Mother's love, Seeing Mother covered with perspiration, I at once gave her my glass and asked her to drink too. Mother said "Drink, son! I'm not thirsty!".
This was Mother's Fourth Lie.
After Father's death, Mother had to play the role of a single parent. She held on to her former job; she had to fund our needs alone. Our family's life was more complicated. We suffered from starvation. Seeing our family's condition worsening, my kind Uncle who lived near my house came to help us solve our problems big and small. Our other neighbors saw that we were poverty stricken so they often advised my mother to marry again. But Mother refused to remarry saying "I don't need love."
This was Mother's Fifth Lie.
After I had finished my studies and gotten a job, it was time for my old Mother to retire but she carried on going to the market every morning just to sell a few vegetables. I kept sending her money but she was steadfast and even sent the money back to me. She said, "I have enough money."
That was Mother's Sixth Lie.
I continued my part-time studies for my Master's Degree. Funded by the American Corporation for which I worked, I succeeded in my studies. With a big jump in my salary, I decided to bring Mother to enjoy life in America but Mother didn't want to bother her son; she said to me "I'm not used to high living."
That was Mother's Seventh Lie.
In her dotage, Mother was attacked by cancer and had to be hospitalized. Now living far across the ocean, I went home to visit Mother who was bedridden after an operation. Mother tried to smile but I was heartbroken because she was so thin and feeble but Mother said, "Don't cry, son! I'm not in pain."
That was Mother's Eighth Lie.
Indeed God can not be everywhere so he created mother.
I was born poor. Often we hadn't enough to eat. Whenever we had some food, Mother often gave me her portion of rice. While she was transferring her rice into my bowl, she would say "Eat this rice, son! I'm not hungry."
This was Mother's First Lie.
As I grew, Mother gave up her spare time to fish in a river near our house; she hoped that from the fish she caught, she could give me a little bit more nutritious food for my growth. Once she had caught just two fish, she would make fish soup. While I was eating the soup, mother would sit beside me and eat the what was still left on the bone of the fish I had eaten, My heart was touched when I saw it. Once I gave the other fish to her on my chopstick but she immediately refused it and said, "Eat this fish, son! I don't really like fish."
This was Mother's Second Lie.
Then, in order to fund my education, Mother went to a Match Factory to bring home some used matchboxes, which she filled with fresh matchsticks. This helped her get some money to cover our needs. One wintry night I awoke to find Mother filling the matchboxes by candlelight. So I said, "Mother, go to sleep; it's late: you can continue working tomorrow morning." Mother smiled and said "Go to sleep, son! I'm not tired."
This was Mother's Third Lie.
When I had to sit my Final Examination, Mother accompanied me. After dawn, Mother waited for me for hours in the heat of the sun. When the bell rang, I ran to meet her.. Mother embraced me and poured me a glass of tea that she had prepared in a thermos. The tea was not as strong as my Mother's love, Seeing Mother covered with perspiration, I at once gave her my glass and asked her to drink too. Mother said "Drink, son! I'm not thirsty!".
This was Mother's Fourth Lie.
After Father's death, Mother had to play the role of a single parent. She held on to her former job; she had to fund our needs alone. Our family's life was more complicated. We suffered from starvation. Seeing our family's condition worsening, my kind Uncle who lived near my house came to help us solve our problems big and small. Our other neighbors saw that we were poverty stricken so they often advised my mother to marry again. But Mother refused to remarry saying "I don't need love."
This was Mother's Fifth Lie.
After I had finished my studies and gotten a job, it was time for my old Mother to retire but she carried on going to the market every morning just to sell a few vegetables. I kept sending her money but she was steadfast and even sent the money back to me. She said, "I have enough money."
That was Mother's Sixth Lie.
I continued my part-time studies for my Master's Degree. Funded by the American Corporation for which I worked, I succeeded in my studies. With a big jump in my salary, I decided to bring Mother to enjoy life in America but Mother didn't want to bother her son; she said to me "I'm not used to high living."
That was Mother's Seventh Lie.
In her dotage, Mother was attacked by cancer and had to be hospitalized. Now living far across the ocean, I went home to visit Mother who was bedridden after an operation. Mother tried to smile but I was heartbroken because she was so thin and feeble but Mother said, "Don't cry, son! I'm not in pain."
That was Mother's Eighth Lie.
Indeed God can not be everywhere so he created mother.
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Side Effects of working in the IT sector !
Bhavik
I once went out to the market wearing my Infosys ID card and did not realize till my friend told me why I was wearing it !!!!
Ashok
few days back I slept at 11:30 in the ni8 and woke up in the morning at 7:00 and suddenly thought that I haven't completed 9.15 hours and laughed at myself when I realised abt that.
Jyotsna
One from me too...
Just after our training completion in Mysore Dc and postings to Pune, me and my friends went out for dinner in one of the best restaurants. .
And as I finished.. I started walking towards the Basin with plates in my hand.. :)
Abhijeet
Jus to add...
Once I was on call with my father and mom was not around. I went on to ask, "why is she not attending the status call?"
Anup
I don't login to orkut, yahoo, gmail, youtube, etc.. at my personal internet connection at home... thinking it will be blocked any way.
Till I realize - I am at home.
Rohit
Yeah sometimes it do happens with me also........ ....while writing personal mails also........ .I jus use the way as if I am writing to onsite or some senior person...... ..
Jus forget that we are jus mailing our friends..... .........
And keeping hands in front of tap for waiting water to drop by itself is very frequent with me.......... .....I jus forget that we have to turn on and off the tap......... ..
Nidhi
Awesome!!
Once after talking to one of my friend. I ended the conversation saying ..." Ok bye...in case of any issues will call u back"
(Hilarious!)
Nisha
Sometimes when I mistakenly delete a message
from my mobile, I hope for a second, maybe its in the recycle bin
Farina
I was about to throw my hanky into the bin after drying my hand.
Bhabani
Once I was flashing my ID card instead of unlocking the door with the keys.
Nisha
Kinda a same experience for me too..
I gave my office mail id and pwd to access Gmail and wondered when did they become invalid???
Sandy
I have a experience to share tooo .. I was earlier working at the back office of an international Bank. We used to 'dispatch' lot of Credit / Debit cards and statements for the customers and track its delivery later.
Once my granma was admitted in a hospital, my team mate once casually asked me " howz ur granma doing now ? still in hospital ? " ... and i replied to her " She is better now , she will dispatched from the hospital tomorrow !"
This was followed by a loud laugh in the entire bay !
Sandeep
Once I went to a pharmacy n asked for a tab....pharmacist asked whr I want 250mg r 500mg.....suddenly I replied as 256mg...lol. ...thank god he didn't noticed tht....
Ashwin
Me getting a thought of doing an Alt+Tab while switching from a news channel to the DVD while watching TV.
Vidyarthi
And I - after a forty hour marathon in Bhubaneshwar with Powerbuilder, decided to take a break and went to a movie. In the middle of the movie, when I wanted to check the time, I kept repeatedly glancing at the bottom right corner of the silver screen!
Venu
Few of my friends and myself decided to go out for dinner. The place wasn't fixed yet. I said we shall decide it "run time"
Krishna
When I went to a movie theatre from office directly.. I showed the guy at the entrance my ID card and walked in... he had to call me back asking the ticket...
Rama
One late night when I went home after work, I was trying to flash my id card to open the lock and only after few secs, I realised what i'm trying to do
Sridhar
Once I went to have juice at the local juice vendor and innocuously asked him whether he had a plain 'version' of lemonade.
Arun
Few years back my shogun engine stopped on Bangalore MG Road as the petrol came to reserve. I told my friend I need to restart my bike!
Satya
The other day I was hearing one guy talking of a "Standalone" house.. when he was actually intending a independent house... Poor broker shud have tuff time trying to find a " Alone house standing in a huge empty area... " don't know what interpretations the guy must have made.
Books Catalogue Daily News
Bridging the Gap to University Mathematics (Springer, 2009, English)
Biomedical Materials (Springer, 2009, English)
Atlas of Urodynamics (John Wiley & Sons, 2007, English)
At War with the Weather: Managing Large-Scale Risks in a New Era of Catastrophes (MIT Press, 2009, English)
Boundary Layer Theory (McGraw-Hill, 1979, English)
As We Forgive: Stories of Reconciliation from Rwanda (Zondervan, 2009, English)
Algebra Know-It-ALL: Beginner to Advanced, and Everything in Between (McGraw-Hill, 2008, English)
Ars Magna or the Rules of Algebra (Dover Publications, 1993, English)
A Physicist's Guide to Mathematica, Second Edition (Academic Press, 2008, English)
A History of Mathematical Notations (Dover Publications, 1993, English)
2010 Standard Catalog of World Coins 2001-Date (Krause Publications, 2009, English)
100 Volumes of 'Notes on Numerical Fluid Mechanics': 40 Years of Numerical Fluid Mechanics and Aerodynamics in Retrospect (Springer, 2009, English)
Chained Exploits: Advanced Hacking Attacks from Start to Finish (Addison Wesley, 2009, English)
Programming Perl (3rd Edition) (O'Reilly, 2000, English)
Perl in A Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference (2nd Edition) (O'Reilly, 2002, English)
Biomedical Materials (Springer, 2009, English)
Atlas of Urodynamics (John Wiley & Sons, 2007, English)
At War with the Weather: Managing Large-Scale Risks in a New Era of Catastrophes (MIT Press, 2009, English)
Boundary Layer Theory (McGraw-Hill, 1979, English)
As We Forgive: Stories of Reconciliation from Rwanda (Zondervan, 2009, English)
Algebra Know-It-ALL: Beginner to Advanced, and Everything in Between (McGraw-Hill, 2008, English)
Ars Magna or the Rules of Algebra (Dover Publications, 1993, English)
A Physicist's Guide to Mathematica, Second Edition (Academic Press, 2008, English)
A History of Mathematical Notations (Dover Publications, 1993, English)
2010 Standard Catalog of World Coins 2001-Date (Krause Publications, 2009, English)
100 Volumes of 'Notes on Numerical Fluid Mechanics': 40 Years of Numerical Fluid Mechanics and Aerodynamics in Retrospect (Springer, 2009, English)
Chained Exploits: Advanced Hacking Attacks from Start to Finish (Addison Wesley, 2009, English)
Programming Perl (3rd Edition) (O'Reilly, 2000, English)
Perl in A Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference (2nd Edition) (O'Reilly, 2002, English)
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Jeena Kya jeevan se har ke
Friends, as i promise in lovely song category, i will post only lovely songs. So with my promise, i came up with another excellent motivational song. Guys if you know hindi language, then read the lyrics and along with that listen the song, i am sure lyrics will charge you.Lyrics says never accept defeat in life, jeena kya jeevan se kya?
In movie 'Om-Jai-Jagdish', when hero failed from all sector, he still decide to give one try to fight, fight for family, fight for mother, fight for the house in which his mother thinks if she dies, she will go to heaven, This song represents the fight back in that movie.
Enjoy the lyrics:
Ek Zara Josh Mein Jo Aaye
Chaand Ko Bhi Woh Zameen Pe Laaye
Woh Bhawar Mein Jo Kabhi Gir Jaaye
Ek Tinka Aadmi Ko Bachaye
Jung Abhi Jeeta Nahin Hain Yaaro
Main Bhi Haara Nahin Hoon Yaaro
Jeena Kya Jeevan Se Haar Ke
Jeena Kya Jeevan Se Haar Ke
Jeena Kya Jeevan Se Haar Ke
Jo Har Saas Ji Gaya Marne Ka Usko Gham Nahin
Jo Har Saas Ji Gaya Marne Ka Usko Gham Nahin
Kehti Hai Dhaara Kehta Hai Gagan
Kehta Hai Yeh Mann Jis Mein Hai Lagan
Dil Tutne Pe Bhi Nagmein Gaaye Pyaar Ke Pyaar Ke Pyaar Ke
Jeena Kya Jeevan Se Haar Ke
Jeena Kya Jeevan Se Haar Ke
Kali Ghaneri Raat Mein Chandni Khil Jaayegi
Tujhe Andhero Mein Kahin Roshni Mil Jaayegi
Rehta Nahin Saari Umr Saathi Yeh Gardish Ka Safar
Deti Hai Manzil Ka Pata Kaaton Badi Mushkil Dagar
Hoga Kal Kya Soch Na jo Bhi Hai Bus Aaj Hai
Kab Kahan Jaaye Badal Waqt Ka Yeh Mijaaz Hai
Kya Hai Sukh Aur Dookh Hai Kya
Chaar Din Ki Baat Hai
Dard Mein Aaraam Hai Aasoon Hasi Ke Saath Hai
Jeena Kya Jeevan Se Haar Ke
Jeena Kya Jeevan Se Haar Ke
Enjoy the song here:
In movie 'Om-Jai-Jagdish', when hero failed from all sector, he still decide to give one try to fight, fight for family, fight for mother, fight for the house in which his mother thinks if she dies, she will go to heaven, This song represents the fight back in that movie.
Enjoy the lyrics:
Ek Zara Josh Mein Jo Aaye
Chaand Ko Bhi Woh Zameen Pe Laaye
Woh Bhawar Mein Jo Kabhi Gir Jaaye
Ek Tinka Aadmi Ko Bachaye
Jung Abhi Jeeta Nahin Hain Yaaro
Main Bhi Haara Nahin Hoon Yaaro
Jeena Kya Jeevan Se Haar Ke
Jeena Kya Jeevan Se Haar Ke
Jeena Kya Jeevan Se Haar Ke
Jo Har Saas Ji Gaya Marne Ka Usko Gham Nahin
Jo Har Saas Ji Gaya Marne Ka Usko Gham Nahin
Kehti Hai Dhaara Kehta Hai Gagan
Kehta Hai Yeh Mann Jis Mein Hai Lagan
Dil Tutne Pe Bhi Nagmein Gaaye Pyaar Ke Pyaar Ke Pyaar Ke
Jeena Kya Jeevan Se Haar Ke
Jeena Kya Jeevan Se Haar Ke
Kali Ghaneri Raat Mein Chandni Khil Jaayegi
Tujhe Andhero Mein Kahin Roshni Mil Jaayegi
Rehta Nahin Saari Umr Saathi Yeh Gardish Ka Safar
Deti Hai Manzil Ka Pata Kaaton Badi Mushkil Dagar
Hoga Kal Kya Soch Na jo Bhi Hai Bus Aaj Hai
Kab Kahan Jaaye Badal Waqt Ka Yeh Mijaaz Hai
Kya Hai Sukh Aur Dookh Hai Kya
Chaar Din Ki Baat Hai
Dard Mein Aaraam Hai Aasoon Hasi Ke Saath Hai
Jeena Kya Jeevan Se Haar Ke
Jeena Kya Jeevan Se Haar Ke
Enjoy the song here:
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Why female have sex?
A Book published Recently about female’s, and their sexual relation.According to book females likes to have sex due to different reasons. For example some does sex for get rid of bordness, to make relation stronger, to relieve from head ache, to show sympathy, etc.
Well, interesting thing is that in this list, the last thing was romance and passion. One of the female have accept that she just had sex so that her hubby don’t harass her. Book written by Kindi meston and Davi bus, they have shown around 200 different reason why females likes to have sex. And for this book, the authors have interviewed around 1000 women.
According to one woman, she had sex for divine feelings, according to her sex is nearest thing to god. But in many cases the answers of women were strange. 84% females have accepted that,they had sex just because they don’t want any sort of quarrels, and for the peace of they home.
One woman told that she had sex to get rid of boredome, because it is better way rather then having fight, and they got some satisfaction of done something after sex. Though some of the women does sex to get rid of their headache, while other few does sex just to show sympathy towards someone.
According to survey conducted over students, 1 out of 10 students, have sex just for enjoyments, and in one case female student told that, her male friend took her for dinner and spent a lot of money, so she had sex with him. A survey conducted to university students, they told that, often they had sex with males they don’t know, who are not their boy friends.
Well, interesting thing is that in this list, the last thing was romance and passion. One of the female have accept that she just had sex so that her hubby don’t harass her. Book written by Kindi meston and Davi bus, they have shown around 200 different reason why females likes to have sex. And for this book, the authors have interviewed around 1000 women.
According to one woman, she had sex for divine feelings, according to her sex is nearest thing to god. But in many cases the answers of women were strange. 84% females have accepted that,they had sex just because they don’t want any sort of quarrels, and for the peace of they home.
One woman told that she had sex to get rid of boredome, because it is better way rather then having fight, and they got some satisfaction of done something after sex. Though some of the women does sex to get rid of their headache, while other few does sex just to show sympathy towards someone.
According to survey conducted over students, 1 out of 10 students, have sex just for enjoyments, and in one case female student told that, her male friend took her for dinner and spent a lot of money, so she had sex with him. A survey conducted to university students, they told that, often they had sex with males they don’t know, who are not their boy friends.
Basic information about second world war.
Why war?
First world war ended in 1918, countries in same group of Germany were defeated, while the winning groups were empty economically. British and co. fined 33 hundred carore dollar fine to Germany for the root cause of this war. When Hitler came to power, he threw away the conditions of winning countries, and started war preparation. And on 1st September 1939, German navy war ship ‘shlezwing Helastine’, attached on navy of Poland, and started Second World War.
Who were in which group?
Germans and British were the main opposite players of second world war. Italy, Romania, Hungeri and Japan were with Germans, and know as enemy states ‘axis’. In the other side, there was group os Britain, USA, Russia, china, Poland, Indonesia, India, Yugoslavia, French Indochina, France, checoslovekia, Greece, Burma, and were known as friend states ‘aliase’.
How many war fronts?
One warfront was at Europe, the other was in Asia around Japan an china. War was also in Africa near Europe.
What was the loss?
Around 5.5 X 10^8 peoples died in second world war. In first world war around 95% death were of soldiers , while in second world war only 33% of died people were soldiers, 67% were innocent citizens. Out of total death around 75% of those belongs to Russia only. Till the war was finished, the total expense of all countries was about 1,154 X 10^10 $. More than 17 thousand cities and 70 thousand towns were destroyed. And in that way all had lost. British Prime minister Churchill told that he hates India and Indians, those 20 lacks Indian has died for Briton in that war.
End of one war, beginning of another
Along with the war , dominance of Europe is finished from the world, and starts of USA and Russia. A second war famous as cold war started between USA and Russia to include more and more states with them. Economically Briton became very weak, so Briton left may countries like India. In that was Second World War has played a part in India’s freedom.
First world war ended in 1918, countries in same group of Germany were defeated, while the winning groups were empty economically. British and co. fined 33 hundred carore dollar fine to Germany for the root cause of this war. When Hitler came to power, he threw away the conditions of winning countries, and started war preparation. And on 1st September 1939, German navy war ship ‘shlezwing Helastine’, attached on navy of Poland, and started Second World War.
Who were in which group?
Germans and British were the main opposite players of second world war. Italy, Romania, Hungeri and Japan were with Germans, and know as enemy states ‘axis’. In the other side, there was group os Britain, USA, Russia, china, Poland, Indonesia, India, Yugoslavia, French Indochina, France, checoslovekia, Greece, Burma, and were known as friend states ‘aliase’.
How many war fronts?
One warfront was at Europe, the other was in Asia around Japan an china. War was also in Africa near Europe.
What was the loss?
Around 5.5 X 10^8 peoples died in second world war. In first world war around 95% death were of soldiers , while in second world war only 33% of died people were soldiers, 67% were innocent citizens. Out of total death around 75% of those belongs to Russia only. Till the war was finished, the total expense of all countries was about 1,154 X 10^10 $. More than 17 thousand cities and 70 thousand towns were destroyed. And in that way all had lost. British Prime minister Churchill told that he hates India and Indians, those 20 lacks Indian has died for Briton in that war.
End of one war, beginning of another
Along with the war , dominance of Europe is finished from the world, and starts of USA and Russia. A second war famous as cold war started between USA and Russia to include more and more states with them. Economically Briton became very weak, so Briton left may countries like India. In that was Second World War has played a part in India’s freedom.
What makes Advani special?
So what makes the new World Professional billiards champion Pankaj Advani so special that there are fewer peaks left for him to conquer than any Indian cueist of any era? Talk to his friends and foes and you get the answers. For the record, besides being the World pro billiards champ, Advani is the only Indian to have won world amateur billiards as well as snooker titles and only the second in the world to do so besides Paul Mifsud. Om Agrawal is the only other world snooker champ from India (1984).
Geet Sethi, the only other Indian to win the billiards pro title (5 times), in an email message put Advani’s win in perspective. It’s a fantastic win. To beat Russell in England and that too in the final of the World Pro Championship is not easy. Pankaj has proved that he is indeed a great competitor,’’ stated Sethi who for the first time failed to reach the last eight of the world pro while Advani had not gone beyond the last eight in his previous two attempts.
Before Sethi it was Wilson Jones, Mike Ferreira and Satish Mohan who had wowed the world of billiards. Said Mike three-time world amateur champ and once World Open champ, about Advani, Russell is the best player postwar so you can imagine how important this feat is. Advani is a far better player than Paul Mifsud, the only other world double (snooker and billiards) champ. In billiards, Mifsud was not a great break builder. He would have runs of around 150. Pankaj hit a break of over 600 at last year’s trials. Again in snooker, Mifsud would make 80-90 breaks. Pankaj has scored over 130 more than half a dozen times.’’
The 2002 world amateur champ Ashok Shandilya, who is among those rare cueists to tame the might of Advani, hailed the latter’s achievement saying, to beat three players like Sethi, David Causier and Russell in one tournament and win it is something special. He is a special boy. Indian cricket needed a Tendulkar to revive it. Billiards has got Advani to revive it. Mike Ferreira brought money into the game, Sethi brought class and now we have Advani. He has learnt everything before time.’’
Former Asian snooker champ, Yasin Merchant who has often been at the receiving end from Advani in snooker, says he is too mature at this age. He has commitment, dedication, discipline, a mature head on young shoulders. He is deserving of the title of King of World Billiards. He is sincere, knows what he wants in life. He may not have the flair of a Sethi or a Russell, but Pankaj is consistent and has such a temperament that he can hit back strong.’’
So what are the peaks still left to conquer for Pankaj? Well, a thousand break in billiards. The dream maximum 147 in snooker (which Sethi is the only Indian to make in tournaments). And of course the professional snooker circuit. Pankaj has stayed away from it because it is UK-centric and gives a lot of advantage to European players. It is great to know that among Advani’s ambition is to be like Geet Sethi on and off the table.’’ Another example of the right priorities which Yasin was talking about.
Geet Sethi, the only other Indian to win the billiards pro title (5 times), in an email message put Advani’s win in perspective. It’s a fantastic win. To beat Russell in England and that too in the final of the World Pro Championship is not easy. Pankaj has proved that he is indeed a great competitor,’’ stated Sethi who for the first time failed to reach the last eight of the world pro while Advani had not gone beyond the last eight in his previous two attempts.
Before Sethi it was Wilson Jones, Mike Ferreira and Satish Mohan who had wowed the world of billiards. Said Mike three-time world amateur champ and once World Open champ, about Advani, Russell is the best player postwar so you can imagine how important this feat is. Advani is a far better player than Paul Mifsud, the only other world double (snooker and billiards) champ. In billiards, Mifsud was not a great break builder. He would have runs of around 150. Pankaj hit a break of over 600 at last year’s trials. Again in snooker, Mifsud would make 80-90 breaks. Pankaj has scored over 130 more than half a dozen times.’’
The 2002 world amateur champ Ashok Shandilya, who is among those rare cueists to tame the might of Advani, hailed the latter’s achievement saying, to beat three players like Sethi, David Causier and Russell in one tournament and win it is something special. He is a special boy. Indian cricket needed a Tendulkar to revive it. Billiards has got Advani to revive it. Mike Ferreira brought money into the game, Sethi brought class and now we have Advani. He has learnt everything before time.’’
Former Asian snooker champ, Yasin Merchant who has often been at the receiving end from Advani in snooker, says he is too mature at this age. He has commitment, dedication, discipline, a mature head on young shoulders. He is deserving of the title of King of World Billiards. He is sincere, knows what he wants in life. He may not have the flair of a Sethi or a Russell, but Pankaj is consistent and has such a temperament that he can hit back strong.’’
So what are the peaks still left to conquer for Pankaj? Well, a thousand break in billiards. The dream maximum 147 in snooker (which Sethi is the only Indian to make in tournaments). And of course the professional snooker circuit. Pankaj has stayed away from it because it is UK-centric and gives a lot of advantage to European players. It is great to know that among Advani’s ambition is to be like Geet Sethi on and off the table.’’ Another example of the right priorities which Yasin was talking about.
Books Catalogue Daily News
Stockley's Drug Interactions 2009 Pocket Companion (Pharmaceutical Press, 2009, English)
The Art of Concurrency: A Thread Monkey's Guide to Writing Parallel Applications (O'Reilly, 2009, English)
SuperFractals (Cambridge University Press, 2006, English)
Markov Chains and Stochastic Stability (Cambridge Mathematical Library) (Cambridge University Press, 2009, English)
Statistical Optics (John Wiley & Sons, 1985, English)
Diffraction, Fourier Optics and Imaging (Wiley Series in Pure and Applied Optics) (John Wiley & Sons, 2006, English)
Decision Theory: Principles and Approaches (Wiley Series in Probability and Statistics) (John Wiley & Sons, 2009, English)
Connecting Quarks with the Cosmos: Eleven Science Questions for the New Century (National Academy Press, 2003, English)
Data Mining with Microsoft SQL Server 2008 (John Wiley & Sons, 2008, English)
The Conceptual Foundations of the Statistical Approach in Mechanics (Dover Books on Physics and Chemistry) (Dover Publications, 1990, English)
Classical and Quantum Information Theory: An Introduction for the Telecom Scientist (Cambridge University Press, 2009, English)
Chebyshev Polynomials (CRC Press, 2002, English)
The Art of Concurrency: A Thread Monkey's Guide to Writing Parallel Applications (O'Reilly, 2009, English)
SuperFractals (Cambridge University Press, 2006, English)
Markov Chains and Stochastic Stability (Cambridge Mathematical Library) (Cambridge University Press, 2009, English)
Statistical Optics (John Wiley & Sons, 1985, English)
Diffraction, Fourier Optics and Imaging (Wiley Series in Pure and Applied Optics) (John Wiley & Sons, 2006, English)
Decision Theory: Principles and Approaches (Wiley Series in Probability and Statistics) (John Wiley & Sons, 2009, English)
Connecting Quarks with the Cosmos: Eleven Science Questions for the New Century (National Academy Press, 2003, English)
Data Mining with Microsoft SQL Server 2008 (John Wiley & Sons, 2008, English)
The Conceptual Foundations of the Statistical Approach in Mechanics (Dover Books on Physics and Chemistry) (Dover Publications, 1990, English)
Classical and Quantum Information Theory: An Introduction for the Telecom Scientist (Cambridge University Press, 2009, English)
Chebyshev Polynomials (CRC Press, 2002, English)
Monday, September 7, 2009
Look of top 10 website at Launching
Today few of the websites are very popular in the world of internet. But these very popular website's look when they were launched were totally different. Almost all of those websites have entered with very simple layout. And later on as demand of users is increased they have done changes to make website more and more user friendly.
So, lets see top 10 website, how were they when they launched.
1) Google.com -1996
2) Facebook.com - 2004
3) MySpace.com - 2003
4) Yahoo.com -1994
5) Youtube.com - 2005
6) Wikipedia.org - 2001
7) Msn.com - 1995
8) Apple.com - 1987
9) Drudgereport.com - 1997
10) Amazon.com - 1995
So, lets see top 10 website, how were they when they launched.
1) Google.com -1996
2) Facebook.com - 2004
3) MySpace.com - 2003
4) Yahoo.com -1994
5) Youtube.com - 2005
6) Wikipedia.org - 2001
7) Msn.com - 1995
8) Apple.com - 1987
9) Drudgereport.com - 1997
10) Amazon.com - 1995
Books Catalogue Daily News
InDesign CS4 Bible (John Wiley & Sons, 2009, English)
Prince of Mathematics: Carl Friedrich Gauss (AK Peter, 2006, English)
The Lady Tasting Tea: How Statistics Revolutionized Science in the Twentieth Century (W. H. Freeman, 2001, English)
The Continuum: A Critical Examination of the Foundation of Analysis (Dover Publications, 1994, English)
Relativistic Quantum Chemistry: The Fundamental Theory of Molecular Science (John Wiley & Sons, 2009, English)
Strength and Stiffness of Engineering Systems (Mechanical Engineering Series) (Springer, 2009, English)
Quantum Circuit Simulation (Springer, 2009, English)
From Certainty to Uncertainty: The Story of Science and Ideas in the Twentieth Century (Joseph Henry Press, 2002, English)
Movie Greats: A Critical Study of Classic Cinema (Berg Publishers, 2008, English)
The Passionate Programmer: Creating a Remarkable Career in Software Development (Pragmatic Life) (Pragmatic Bookshelf, 2009, English)
Intelligent Systems and Technologies: Methods and Applications (Studies in Computational Intelligence) (Springer, 2009, English)
Photoshop Retouching Cookbook for Digital Photographers: 113 Easy-to-follow Recipes to Adjust and Correct Your Photos (ILEX, 2005, English)
Prince of Mathematics: Carl Friedrich Gauss (AK Peter, 2006, English)
The Lady Tasting Tea: How Statistics Revolutionized Science in the Twentieth Century (W. H. Freeman, 2001, English)
The Continuum: A Critical Examination of the Foundation of Analysis (Dover Publications, 1994, English)
Relativistic Quantum Chemistry: The Fundamental Theory of Molecular Science (John Wiley & Sons, 2009, English)
Strength and Stiffness of Engineering Systems (Mechanical Engineering Series) (Springer, 2009, English)
Quantum Circuit Simulation (Springer, 2009, English)
From Certainty to Uncertainty: The Story of Science and Ideas in the Twentieth Century (Joseph Henry Press, 2002, English)
Movie Greats: A Critical Study of Classic Cinema (Berg Publishers, 2008, English)
The Passionate Programmer: Creating a Remarkable Career in Software Development (Pragmatic Life) (Pragmatic Bookshelf, 2009, English)
Intelligent Systems and Technologies: Methods and Applications (Studies in Computational Intelligence) (Springer, 2009, English)
Photoshop Retouching Cookbook for Digital Photographers: 113 Easy-to-follow Recipes to Adjust and Correct Your Photos (ILEX, 2005, English)
Astaro Security Linux
Astaro Security Linux is an all-in-one network security gateway that includes a firewall, intrusion protection, virus protection, spam protection, URL filtering, and a VPN gateway. Features include stateful packet inspection, deep packet filtering, intrusion detection and prevention, portscan detection, content filtering, virus detection for email and Web traffic, profile handling, L2TP, IPSec, SSL, and PPTP VPN tunneling, spam blocking, proxies for HTTPS, HTTP, FTP, POP3, SMTP, DNS, VoIP, SOCKS, and Ident, logging, and reporting. It supports Ethernet, VLAN, PPP, PPPoE, PPPoA, Cable Modem, QoS, Link Aggregation, WAN-Uplink-Loadbalancing in routing, and bridge mode. The WebAdmin, the Install Wizard, and Up2Date service make it easy to install, manage, and update.
Why Choose Astaro Security Gateway?
* Network Security – Defends your network against a wide variety of Internet threats, including denial of service attacks, port scans, worms, trojans, botnets and application exploits. Also provides secure remote access for mobile workers via IPsec or SSL based VPN clients.
* Mail Security – Filters all your email traffic in order to keep spam, viruses, phishing and other malicious mails out of your network. Furthermore, prevents unauthorized interception of email through transparent Email Encryption without requiring any client software installation.
* Web Security – Controls employee web access and use of IM/P2P application for maximum productivity and minimal legal risks. Filters all web and FTP traffic in order to keep viruses, spyware and active content from entering your network.
* Easy Management - An intuitive setup wizard enables you to get the system up and running within minutes. The browser based GUI features easy point-and-click system administration without requiring in-depth technical knowledge.
* Astaro Up2Date Service – Automatic Internet updates of firmware and attack patterns always keep the system at a current level.
* The Astaro Difference – Astaro only uses carefully selected best-of-breed applications, which compete with today’s best point solutions. All applications are tightly integrated through a graphical user interface and allow the efficient addition of new applications as quickly as new threats arise.
Click here for Live demo of Astaro Security Linux
Downloads:
# Astaro Security Linux: ISO Image
# Astaro Security Linux: Virtual Image
Why Choose Astaro Security Gateway?
* Network Security – Defends your network against a wide variety of Internet threats, including denial of service attacks, port scans, worms, trojans, botnets and application exploits. Also provides secure remote access for mobile workers via IPsec or SSL based VPN clients.
* Mail Security – Filters all your email traffic in order to keep spam, viruses, phishing and other malicious mails out of your network. Furthermore, prevents unauthorized interception of email through transparent Email Encryption without requiring any client software installation.
* Web Security – Controls employee web access and use of IM/P2P application for maximum productivity and minimal legal risks. Filters all web and FTP traffic in order to keep viruses, spyware and active content from entering your network.
* Easy Management - An intuitive setup wizard enables you to get the system up and running within minutes. The browser based GUI features easy point-and-click system administration without requiring in-depth technical knowledge.
* Astaro Up2Date Service – Automatic Internet updates of firmware and attack patterns always keep the system at a current level.
* The Astaro Difference – Astaro only uses carefully selected best-of-breed applications, which compete with today’s best point solutions. All applications are tightly integrated through a graphical user interface and allow the efficient addition of new applications as quickly as new threats arise.
Click here for Live demo of Astaro Security Linux
Downloads:
# Astaro Security Linux: ISO Image
# Astaro Security Linux: Virtual Image
Books Catalog Daily News
Mathematical Puzzling (Dover Publications, 1999, English)
Industrial Mathematics: A Course in Solving Real-World Problems (SIAM, 1987, English)
Everyone&'s Guide to Online Dating: How to Find Love and Friendship on the Internet (How to Books, 2007, English)
Essays on the Theory of Numbers (Dover Publications, 1963, English)
A Manager's Guide to Data Warehousing (John Wiley & Sons, 2009, English)
Communications Engineering Desk Reference (Academic Press, 2009, English)
Encyclopedia of Cybercrime (Greenwood Press, 2008, English)
The Engines of Our Ingenuity: An Engineer Looks at Technology and Culture (Oxford University Press, 2003, English)
Portable DBA: Oracle (McGraw-Hill, 2004, English)
Introduction to 3D Game Programming with DirectX 10 (Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 2008, English)
RJS Templates for Rails (O'Reilly, 2006, English)
iPod & iTunes Portable Genius (John Wiley & Sons, 2009, English)
Industrial Mathematics: A Course in Solving Real-World Problems (SIAM, 1987, English)
Everyone&'s Guide to Online Dating: How to Find Love and Friendship on the Internet (How to Books, 2007, English)
Essays on the Theory of Numbers (Dover Publications, 1963, English)
A Manager's Guide to Data Warehousing (John Wiley & Sons, 2009, English)
Communications Engineering Desk Reference (Academic Press, 2009, English)
Encyclopedia of Cybercrime (Greenwood Press, 2008, English)
The Engines of Our Ingenuity: An Engineer Looks at Technology and Culture (Oxford University Press, 2003, English)
Portable DBA: Oracle (McGraw-Hill, 2004, English)
Introduction to 3D Game Programming with DirectX 10 (Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 2008, English)
RJS Templates for Rails (O'Reilly, 2006, English)
iPod & iTunes Portable Genius (John Wiley & Sons, 2009, English)
Books Catalog Daily News
Easy Mathematics for Biologists (CRC Press, 1999, English)
Dyslexia and Mathematics (Routledge, 1991, English)
Deblurring Images: Matrices, Spectra, and Filtering (Fundamentals of Algorithms 3) (SIAM, 2006, English)
536 Puzzles and Curious Problems. (Scribner, 1967, English)
Bangs, Crunches, Whimpers, and Shrieks: Singularities and Acausalities in Relativistic Spacetimes (Oxford University Press, 1995, English)
Body language: How to read others' thoughts by their gestures (Sheldon Press, 1984, English)
The 100 Simple Secrets of Successful People: What Scientists Have Learned and How You Can Use It (Harper Perennial, 2002, English)
Jackfruit: A Bicycle Quest Through Latin America (Booklocker.com, 2009, English)
Linear Systems Control: Deterministic and Stochastic Methods (Springer, 2008, English)
Consumer Behavior For Dummies (Business & Personal Finance) (For Dummies, 2009, English)
McGraw-Hill Concise Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, Fifth Edition (McGraw-Hill, 2004, English)
The Cure for All Diseases (New Century Press, 1995, English)
Dyslexia and Mathematics (Routledge, 1991, English)
Deblurring Images: Matrices, Spectra, and Filtering (Fundamentals of Algorithms 3) (SIAM, 2006, English)
536 Puzzles and Curious Problems. (Scribner, 1967, English)
Bangs, Crunches, Whimpers, and Shrieks: Singularities and Acausalities in Relativistic Spacetimes (Oxford University Press, 1995, English)
Body language: How to read others' thoughts by their gestures (Sheldon Press, 1984, English)
The 100 Simple Secrets of Successful People: What Scientists Have Learned and How You Can Use It (Harper Perennial, 2002, English)
Jackfruit: A Bicycle Quest Through Latin America (Booklocker.com, 2009, English)
Linear Systems Control: Deterministic and Stochastic Methods (Springer, 2008, English)
Consumer Behavior For Dummies (Business & Personal Finance) (For Dummies, 2009, English)
McGraw-Hill Concise Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, Fifth Edition (McGraw-Hill, 2004, English)
The Cure for All Diseases (New Century Press, 1995, English)
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Rs.70,00,000 Crore Rupees in Swiss Bank
Our Indians' Money - 70, 00,000 Crores Rupees In Swiss Bank
1) Yes, 70 lakhs crores rupees of India are lying in Switzerland banks. This is the highest amount lying outside any country, from amongst 180 countries of the world, as if India is the champion of Black Money.
2) Swiss Government has officially written to Indian Government that they are willing to inform the details of holders of 70 lakh crore rupees in their Banks, if Indian Government officially asks them.
3) On 22-5-08, this news has already been published in The Times of India and other Newspapers based on Swiss Government's official letter to Indian Government.
4) But the Indian Government has not sent any official enquiry to Switzerland for details of money which has been sent outside India between 1947 to 2008.. The opposition party is also equally not interested in doing so because most of the amount is owned by politicians and it is every Indian's money.
5) This money belongs to our country. From these funds we can repay 13 times of our country's foreign debt. The interest alone can take care of the Center's yearly budget. People need not pay any taxes and we can pay Rs. 1 lakh to each of 45 crore poor families.
6) Let us imagine, if Swiss Bank is holding Rs. 70 lakh Crores, then how much money is lying in other 69 Banks? How much they have deprived the Indian people? Just think, if the Account holder dies, the bank becomes the owner of the funds in his account.
7) Are these people totally ignorant about the philosophy of Karma? What will this ill-gotten wealth do to them and their families when they own/use such money, generated out of corruption and exploitation?
8) Indian people have read and have known about these facts. But the helpless people have neither time nor inclination to do anything in the matter. This is like "a new freedom struggle" and we will have to fight this.
9) This money is the result of our sweat and blood.. The wealth generated and earned after putting in lots of mental and physical efforts by Indian people must be brought back to our country.
10) As a service to our motherland and your contribution to this struggle,please circulate at least 10 copies of this note amongst your friends and relatives and convert it into a mass movement.
1) Yes, 70 lakhs crores rupees of India are lying in Switzerland banks. This is the highest amount lying outside any country, from amongst 180 countries of the world, as if India is the champion of Black Money.
2) Swiss Government has officially written to Indian Government that they are willing to inform the details of holders of 70 lakh crore rupees in their Banks, if Indian Government officially asks them.
3) On 22-5-08, this news has already been published in The Times of India and other Newspapers based on Swiss Government's official letter to Indian Government.
4) But the Indian Government has not sent any official enquiry to Switzerland for details of money which has been sent outside India between 1947 to 2008.. The opposition party is also equally not interested in doing so because most of the amount is owned by politicians and it is every Indian's money.
5) This money belongs to our country. From these funds we can repay 13 times of our country's foreign debt. The interest alone can take care of the Center's yearly budget. People need not pay any taxes and we can pay Rs. 1 lakh to each of 45 crore poor families.
6) Let us imagine, if Swiss Bank is holding Rs. 70 lakh Crores, then how much money is lying in other 69 Banks? How much they have deprived the Indian people? Just think, if the Account holder dies, the bank becomes the owner of the funds in his account.
7) Are these people totally ignorant about the philosophy of Karma? What will this ill-gotten wealth do to them and their families when they own/use such money, generated out of corruption and exploitation?
8) Indian people have read and have known about these facts. But the helpless people have neither time nor inclination to do anything in the matter. This is like "a new freedom struggle" and we will have to fight this.
9) This money is the result of our sweat and blood.. The wealth generated and earned after putting in lots of mental and physical efforts by Indian people must be brought back to our country.
10) As a service to our motherland and your contribution to this struggle,please circulate at least 10 copies of this note amongst your friends and relatives and convert it into a mass movement.
The dilemma of a liberal Hindu
I was born a Hindu, in a normal middle-class home. I went to an English-medium school where I got a modern education. Both my grandfathers belonged to the Arya Samaj, a reformist sect of Hinduism. My father, however, took a different path. While studying to be an engineer, he was drawn to a kindly guru who inspired him with the possibility of direct union with God through meditation. The guru was a Radhasoami saint, who quoted vigorously from Kabir, Nanak, Mirabai, Bulle Shah and others from the bhakti and sufi traditions.
Growing up Hindu was a chaotically tolerant experience. My grandmother visited the Sikh gurudwara on Mondays and Wednesdays and a Hindu temple on Tuesdays and Thursdays; she saved Saturdays and Sundays for discourses by holy men, including Muslim peers, who were forever visiting our town. In between, she made time for Arya Samaj ceremonies when someone died or was born. Her dressing room was laden with the images of her gods, especially Ram and Krishna and she used to say in the same breath that there are millions of gods but only one God. My grandfather would laugh at her ways, but my pragmatic uncle thought that she had smartly taken out plenty of insurance so that someone up there would eventually listen.
I grew up in this atmosphere with a liberal attitude — that is a mixture of scepticism and sympathy for my tradition. Why then do I feel uneasy about being a liberal Hindu? I feel besieged from both ends — from the Hindu nationalists and the secularists. Something seems to have gone wrong. Hindu nationalists have appropriated my past and made it into a political statement of Hindutva. Secularists have contempt for all forms of belief and they find it odd that I should cling to my Hindu past. Young, successful Indians, at the helm of our private and public enterprises, have no time or use for the classics of our ancient tradition.
A few years ago, I told my wife that I wanted to read the Mahabharata in its entirety. I explained that I had read the Western epics but not the Indian ones. She gave me a sceptical look, and said, “It’s a little late in the day to be having a mid-life crisis, isn’t it?” To my chagrin, I became the subject of animated discussion at a dinner party soon after. “So, what is this I hear about wanting to go away to read old books”, asked my hostess, “aren’t there any new ones?” She gave my wife a sympathetic look. “Tell us, what you plan to read?” asked a retired civil servant who had once been a favourite of Indira Gandhi. He spoke casually as though he was referring to the features of a new Nokia phone. I admitted I had been thinking of the Mahabharata. “Good lord, man!” he exclaimed. “You haven’t turned saffron, have you?”
I think his remark was made in jest, but it upset me. I found it disturbing that I had to fear the intolerance of my “secular” friends, who seemed to think that reading an epic was a political act. I was reminded of a casual remark by a Westernized woman in Chennai who said she had always visited a Shiva temple near her home, but lately she had begun to hide this from her fiercely secular friends, who she feared might paint her in saffron.
With the rise in religious fundamentalism around the world, it is increasingly difficult to talk about one’s deepest beliefs. Liberal Hindus are reluctant to admit to being Hindu for fear they will be linked to the RSS. Liberal Christians and liberal Muslims abroad have had the same experience. Part of the reason that the sensible idea of secularism is having so much difficulty finding a home in India is that the most vocal and intellectual advocates of secularism were once Marxists. Not only do they not believe in God, they actually hate God. As rationalists they can only see the dark side of religion — intolerance, murderous wars and nationalism and cannot empathize with the everyday life of the common Indian for whom religion gives meaning to every moment. Secularists speak a language alien to the vast majority, so they are only able to condemn communal violence but not to stop it, as Mahatma Gandhi could, in East Bengal in 1947.
Part of the problem stems from ignorance. Our children do not grow up reading our ancient classics, certainly not with a critical mind as youth in the West read their works of literature and philosophy in school and college. In India, some get to know about epics from their grandmothers; others read Amar Chitra Katha comics or watch them in television serials.
If Italian children can read Dante’s Divine Comedy in school, English children can read Milton and Greek children can read the Illiad, why should “secularist” Indians be ambivalent about the Mahabharata? It is true the Mahabharata has lots of gods and in particular that elusive divinity, Krishna, who is up to all kinds of devious activities. But so are Dante, Milton and Homer filled with God or gods?
We cannot just divide Indians between communalists and secularists. The average Indian is decent and is caught in the middle. To achieve a secular society, believers must tolerate each other’s beliefs as well as atheism.
Growing up Hindu was a chaotically tolerant experience. My grandmother visited the Sikh gurudwara on Mondays and Wednesdays and a Hindu temple on Tuesdays and Thursdays; she saved Saturdays and Sundays for discourses by holy men, including Muslim peers, who were forever visiting our town. In between, she made time for Arya Samaj ceremonies when someone died or was born. Her dressing room was laden with the images of her gods, especially Ram and Krishna and she used to say in the same breath that there are millions of gods but only one God. My grandfather would laugh at her ways, but my pragmatic uncle thought that she had smartly taken out plenty of insurance so that someone up there would eventually listen.
I grew up in this atmosphere with a liberal attitude — that is a mixture of scepticism and sympathy for my tradition. Why then do I feel uneasy about being a liberal Hindu? I feel besieged from both ends — from the Hindu nationalists and the secularists. Something seems to have gone wrong. Hindu nationalists have appropriated my past and made it into a political statement of Hindutva. Secularists have contempt for all forms of belief and they find it odd that I should cling to my Hindu past. Young, successful Indians, at the helm of our private and public enterprises, have no time or use for the classics of our ancient tradition.
A few years ago, I told my wife that I wanted to read the Mahabharata in its entirety. I explained that I had read the Western epics but not the Indian ones. She gave me a sceptical look, and said, “It’s a little late in the day to be having a mid-life crisis, isn’t it?” To my chagrin, I became the subject of animated discussion at a dinner party soon after. “So, what is this I hear about wanting to go away to read old books”, asked my hostess, “aren’t there any new ones?” She gave my wife a sympathetic look. “Tell us, what you plan to read?” asked a retired civil servant who had once been a favourite of Indira Gandhi. He spoke casually as though he was referring to the features of a new Nokia phone. I admitted I had been thinking of the Mahabharata. “Good lord, man!” he exclaimed. “You haven’t turned saffron, have you?”
I think his remark was made in jest, but it upset me. I found it disturbing that I had to fear the intolerance of my “secular” friends, who seemed to think that reading an epic was a political act. I was reminded of a casual remark by a Westernized woman in Chennai who said she had always visited a Shiva temple near her home, but lately she had begun to hide this from her fiercely secular friends, who she feared might paint her in saffron.
With the rise in religious fundamentalism around the world, it is increasingly difficult to talk about one’s deepest beliefs. Liberal Hindus are reluctant to admit to being Hindu for fear they will be linked to the RSS. Liberal Christians and liberal Muslims abroad have had the same experience. Part of the reason that the sensible idea of secularism is having so much difficulty finding a home in India is that the most vocal and intellectual advocates of secularism were once Marxists. Not only do they not believe in God, they actually hate God. As rationalists they can only see the dark side of religion — intolerance, murderous wars and nationalism and cannot empathize with the everyday life of the common Indian for whom religion gives meaning to every moment. Secularists speak a language alien to the vast majority, so they are only able to condemn communal violence but not to stop it, as Mahatma Gandhi could, in East Bengal in 1947.
Part of the problem stems from ignorance. Our children do not grow up reading our ancient classics, certainly not with a critical mind as youth in the West read their works of literature and philosophy in school and college. In India, some get to know about epics from their grandmothers; others read Amar Chitra Katha comics or watch them in television serials.
If Italian children can read Dante’s Divine Comedy in school, English children can read Milton and Greek children can read the Illiad, why should “secularist” Indians be ambivalent about the Mahabharata? It is true the Mahabharata has lots of gods and in particular that elusive divinity, Krishna, who is up to all kinds of devious activities. But so are Dante, Milton and Homer filled with God or gods?
We cannot just divide Indians between communalists and secularists. The average Indian is decent and is caught in the middle. To achieve a secular society, believers must tolerate each other’s beliefs as well as atheism.
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