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Photos with a Green message

noreply@blogger.com (Sanchit) — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 15:43:00 +0000

Entry 1-

Dharti sunehri ambar neela, har mausam rangeela
Aisa desh hai mera

Photo Location- A field in Punjab

Photo Description- Shows a regular field in Punjab.

Entry 2-

The Hills Have Eyes

Photo Location- Shimla

Photo Description- A famous movie title said "The Hills have Eyes" and with so much construction and buildings the hills of Shimla surely have eyes and that too many of them. Whenever I see this picture I wonder how urbanization has affected Shimla known as the Queen of hills and how it would be able to sustain itself.

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An open letter to bjp

noreply@blogger.com (Sanchit) — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 15:35:00 +0000

Now lets not even talk about congress here. I have never supported congress and have known of their intentions since long time so neither their stand on the Janlokpal issue nor their reluctance to take anti-corruption measures comes as a surprise to me. And really I have nothing to complaint against them as that is not the party which I support.

But bjp is a party which claims to be "Party with a difference" and in many aspects it is or shall I say it used to be. All the points where bjp could claim an upper hand from political rivals are slowly diminishing and unfortunately they are also following in the footsteps of other parties. I have been a supporter of bjp since a very long time and have tried to convince many others also that their policies are better for the nation than the congress. But on the JanLokpal issue the stand of bjp has been very disappointing. Infact it hasn't taken a stand at all! It wants the prime minister to quit office but doesnt tell where its own intentions lie.

I had expected a strong stand from bjp and support for the anti-corruption measure specially when it had said earlier that they would support the JanLokpal bill. Every political party is trying to take advantage of the situation without really doing anything. From congress we dont expect anything but from the opposition hard measures were expected.

In 2014 I would remember how political parties responded when people needed support. I hope others would do the same.

Put Jan Lokpal anthem as your ringtone

noreply@blogger.com (Sanchit) — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 19:45:00 +0000

As everyone must be knowing Anna Hazare has started indefinite fast from 16th August against corruption and to force the govt to pass Jan Lokpal bill which is aimed at tackling and solving the problem of corruption. The movement can only be a success if people join the movement and make more and more people aware about it.

Below is the edited version of the Jan Lokpal anthem which you can download and keep it as your ringtone so that whenever your phone rings the message is spread.

Link-

http://www.mediafire.com/file/1sqdhrbs1o2vnsy/Jan%20lokpal%20ringtone.mp3

Full song-

http://www.mediafire.com/file/4eyeg84yeyfav0l/Pass%20karo%20jan%20lokpal.mp3

(Cut from the Youtube video)

The Strongest and the Weakest Prime minister Part II

noreply@blogger.com (Sanchit) — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 12:36:00 +0000

Strongest Prime Minister

August 31, 1965-

On August 31, 1965 Lal Bahadur Shastri was told by 3 Army chiefs that the Pakistan army had crossed the international border with 100 battle tanks in the Chamb sector of Jammu.

Without losing time he asked for the opening of a new front including Lahore. Retaliate with full force, he said. The historic meeting lasted less than five minutes.

He didn't wait for international reactions. The next day, newspapers reported that the Indian army was marching towards Lahore. It was a big morale booster for the country.

During those tense days, in his address to the nation from Red Fort on Independence day, he said: "Hathiyaron ka jawab hathiyaron se denge. (Force will be met with force.) Hamara desh rahega to hamara tiranga rahega (Our flag will survive only if our country does)".

Weakest Prime Minister

July 15, 2011

"Indians are angry and asking why their government did not ensure their safety. Indian officials say they have made significant security reforms but it may never be possible to stop all terrorist attacks. That is true, but New Delhi still must learn from this experience and keep trying to perfect its intelligence and counterterrorism efforts," the New York Times said in a lead editorial.

"After the 2008 attacks, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh warned that his country would retaliate if hit again. We applaud his continued restraint and urge both sides to think hard about the horrifying cost of a war," the daily said.

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Hindu 'kanyadaan' of Muslim girls on Godhra anniversary

noreply@blogger.com (Sanchit) — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 20:59:00 +0000

VADODARA: Jayesh Dalwadi is not related to Shehnaz Sheikh, Rahima Kadiya and Shehbani Sheikh. But on Sunday, he performed 'kanyadaan' for three Muslim girls, a ritual usually performed by the father in Hindu weddings.

The occasion was a mass 'nikaah' of 25 Muslim couples organized by the Godhra Samagra Muslim Samaj, which brought the two communities on a single platform and had Hindus perform a ritual akin to 'kanyadaan'. It also, to some extent, lifted the mood in Godhra on the ninth anniversary of the train carnage in which 59 persons were burnt to death in the Sabarmati Express, sparking riots that left over 2,000 people killed.

"Scores of Hindus, including a Jain trader, a Dalit government clerk, a jeweller from the Soni Samaj and a Patel running a farm equipment business in our town, have wholeheartedly donated for the future of these young couples. The likes of Dalwadi even paid Rs 3,000 as registration fee for the brides," said Rafik Tijoriwala, one of the committee members of the samaj.

"We are tired of the taint Godhra has lived with since 2002. It is time to move forward for the well-being of all."

Mohammed Hussain Kalota, former Godhra municipality president, expressed similar sentiments. "It is a sign that Godhra is moving towards development and this will help bridge the gap between the two communities," says Kalota, who has been acquitted in the carnage case and was present at the event.

"Most of them (Muslims) are my friends. This event gave me a good opportunity to help them financially," says Rajesh Parikh, who supplies stationery to schools, adding, "In the past I have individually helped Muslim girls by providing them free stationery for their education. But I donated for the mass marriage to send across a stronger message of bonding."

The 'nikaah' where young brides and bridegroom from Panchmahal district tied knots witnessed a gathering of 8,000 guests at the Masjid-e-Kuba near Chandni chowk area. The menu had only vegetarian items as organizers wanted to respect the religious sentiments of the non-Muslims.

Via Times of India

A quote about Hindu revolution

noreply@blogger.com (Sanchit) — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 20:45:00 +0000

Hindu religion has a concept of Apat dharma
and we should invoke it.
This is the moment of truth for us.

- Dr. Subramanian Swamy

A quote about victory of the Underdog

noreply@blogger.com (Sanchit) — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 20:03:00 +0000

In the victory of the underdog
lies the victory of the sport.

-Sanchit Goyal

Do girls also chose random guys while in a group?

noreply@blogger.com (Sanchit) — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 22:08:00 +0000

All people in the world must have roamed around with their friends/relatives at some point of time. It might happen when you are on a holiday with friends or at a function with relatives etc. It is also not uncommon on some of these ocassions to find a group of opposite sex with exactly the same no. of persons as in your group. Generally there is a lot of eye contact but seldom do people talk to each other.

Generally on such ocassions boys do chose their respective girls from the group just for fun even though there might not be any concrete plans to proceed further. On rare ocassions there may be a mock fight over a particular girl but generally a consensus is reached. Most of the times this is a fruitless exercise done to kill time.

What I wonder is- Do girls do the same? And If they do is the consensus reached easily or there is intense (mock) fight for the most attractive guy with no girl wanting to settle for anything less?

So what are your views upon the issue? Have you ever had such a situation in your life? What did you do? Please share your experiences via comments.

Inspiration for this post- Me and my brother's meeting with 2 girls at Western Court, Pkl. Quite a bit of following and eye contact both ways but unfortunately no talk.

New Category!!

noreply@blogger.com (Sanchit) — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 21:55:00 +0000

Today I am adding a new category to the blog- Vu-point. This category will contain articles where I express my view point on various issues relating to daily life.

A quote about Revolution

noreply@blogger.com (Sanchit) — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 21:42:00 +0000

All revolutions take time.
History has never been made in a day.

- Sanchit Goyal

ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 schedule in 1 image file

noreply@blogger.com (Sanchit) — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 12:47:00 +0000

Entire Cricket world cup 2011 schedule in single image file. Save the photo in your computer or cellphone for quick and easy viewing. Click on the photo to get the clear version.

UK: Muslim kids taught Hindus have ‘no intellect’

noreply@blogger.com (Sanchit) — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 14:33:00 +0000

London: Secret filming at Islamic schools in Birmingham and Yorkshire has revealed that Muslim pupils as young as 11 years are taught an intolerant and highly anti-social version of Islam, including lessons that teach that Hindus have ‘no intellect’ and that they ‘drink cow p***’.

The video has revealed a teacher at the Darul Uloom Islamic High School in Birmingham, one of at least 2,000 most influential Islamic faith schools in Britain, as referring to ‘non-Muslims’ as the ‘Kuffar’, an often derogatory term that means disbeliever or infidel, the Daily Mail reports.

Gesturing towards the window, the teacher said: “You’re not like the non-Muslims out there. All that evil you see in the streets, people not wearing the hijab properly, people smoking . . . you should hate it, you should hate walking down that street.”

Pupils are also taught that ‘disbelievers’ of Islam are ‘the worst creatures’, and that Muslims who adopt non-Muslim ways of living like shaving, dancing, listening to music, and not wearing headscarves would be tortured with a forked iron rod in the afterlife, the paper said.

During the same period, secret recorded videos of Markazi Jamia mosque in Keighley, West Yorkshire, have shown pupils being beaten up in its madrasas.

In just two days of filming in December 2010, the camera recorded the teacher hitting children as young as six or seven at least ten times, in less than three hours of lessons, the paper added.

Via ZEE News

A contrast of tale between Lal Bahadur Shastri and Manmohan singh

noreply@blogger.com (Sanchit) — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 13:56:00 +0000

Very less people know about Lal Bahadur Shastri and the values he stood for. But Manmohan Singh is considered by many as one of the most moral ministers and an epitome of integrity. Lets have a look how these 2 responded to the challenges faced by them.

Lal Bahadur Shastri

In 1956-

In 1956, when a train accident killed 144 passengers near Ariyalur in Tamil Nadu, Shastriji resigned. Panditji refused to accept the resignation but he prevailed upon Panditji to accept it.

On the following day in Parliament, Nehru said no one could wish for a better comrade than Lal Bahadur. A man of the highest integrity and devoted to ideas is called Lal Bahadur, said Nehru.

Manmohan Singh

In 2011 on 2G Spectrum Scam (From ToI)-

"I am not as big a culprit as being made out to be....... Quite frankly I have never felt like resigning."

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A quote on importance on fair and quick judicial system

noreply@blogger.com (Sanchit) — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 21:16:00 +0000

A nation cannot call itself independent until
it has a fair and quick Judicial system.

- Sanchit Goyal

How different Indian Prime Ministers acted towards India's nuclear weapons programme

noreply@blogger.com (Sanchit) — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 19:57:00 +0000

Shivanand Kanavi had a wide ranging conversation with strategic guru K Subrahmanyam in July 2008 on a variety of strategic and geo-political issues -- India's nuclear weapon programme, the Indo-US nuclear deal, Af-Pak, India's global ambitions...

Even though KS, who passed into the ages on February 2, was already battling cancer bravely, he gave undivided attention with excellent recall about the topics under discussion.

Read below and find out how different Indian Prime Ministers responded to India's nuclear programme-

http://www.rediff.com/news/slide-show/slide-show-1-an-interview-with-k-subrahmanyam/20110210.htm

A quote on fragility of friendship

noreply@blogger.com (Sanchit) — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 23:18:00 +0000

1 moment is not enough for 2 strangers to become the best of friends but 1 moment is all what it takes for 2 best friends to become strangers!

- Sanchit Goyal

Dr. Subramanian Swamy exposes Sonia and Rahul Gandhi!

noreply@blogger.com (Sanchit) — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 20:45:00 +0000

For those who dont know much about him, Dr. Subramanian Swamy has been the pioneer in the anti-corruption fight against the government in the 2G spectrum scam. He has filed the petition in the Supreme Court and it is on his petition that action is being taken and A. Raja has already been arrested. He states that A. Raja was a mere pawn in the scam and at a later date he would also implicate Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi and Congress president Sonia Gandhi. Read HERE. (Highly recommended)

DO NOT MISS THESE 2 VIDEOS

Dr. Swamy talks about role of Sonia Gandhi in Antique smuggling nexus

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Dr. Swamy exposes false claims on Rahul Gandhi's education and talks about his Italian citizenship

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Brief History (Achievements and why you should listen to this man)

Dr. Subramanian Swamy was born on 15 September 1939 in Chennai and is presently the President of Janata party.

Dr. Subramanian Swamy studied his masters degree in statistics at the Indian Statistical Institute. He then went to study at Harvard University on a full scholarship. He did his doctoral research with two Nobel Laureates namely Simon Kuznets and Paul A Samuelson. Dr. Swamy has also jointly authored with Professor Samuelson a path breaking study on Index Number Theory. He was awarded a doctorate in Economics by Harvard University (Class of 1965).

In 1964, Swamy joined the faculty of economics at Harvard and from then on he has till date taught at the Department of Economics for a total period of 12 years. From 1969 to 1991, he was a Professor of Economics at the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi. He is accounted by some to be an authority on the comparative study of India and China and is also well-versed in the Mandarin Chinese (Hanyu) language.

He was one of the founding members of the Janata Party which formed the 1st ever non-congress govt in the history of Independent India and has been its president since 1990. He was elected Member of Parliament 5 times between 1974 and 1999. He has twice represented the city of Mumbai North East during 1977 and 1980, Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu in the Parliament. He is regarded as a proponent of Hindutva.

Dr. Swamy has been subject to several defamation cases. He is known to argue these cases himself without the agency of lawyers and has won all the cases till now.

He can't be ignored because if you look closely he does not actually lose many legal battles. From the Islamic bank case to one concerning gold-plating of the Tirupati temple to the issue of Ram Sethu his activism brings the results he strives for.

Some of the Quotes by Dr. Subramanian Swamy-

"You journalists are ignorant."

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"Only crazy people bring change."

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"Manmohan Singh is like Bhishmacharya who watched Draupadi being disrobed. That was unforgivable. This man is also without a spine."

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Full Wikipedia Article

Indian Flag good photo

noreply@blogger.com (Sanchit) — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 21:15:00 +0000

Mile sur mera tumhara ringtone

noreply@blogger.com (Sanchit) — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 23:24:00 +0000

A clipping from the beautiful song in Late Pandit Bhimsen's voice which can be used as a ringtone. The song wrote a new chapter in India's campaign for unity and national integration.

Full video-

Ringtone (Length- 45 seconds)-

http://www.mediafire.com/?jb5l6n5arvhuscf

Difference between Man and Woman

noreply@blogger.com (Sanchit) — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 23:11:00 +0000

Bhagavad Gita simplified

noreply@blogger.com (Sanchit) — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 22:36:00 +0000

A 17 page very basic and simplified version of The Bhagavad Geeta (Spiritual book of the Hindus). Would hardly take 5 minutes to read and is very easy to understand. Thanks and credit to the person who compiled and uploaded this ebook.

Download-
http://www.mediafire.com/?7ibrn4ar4x2wh16

The ways of the world

noreply@blogger.com (Sanchit) — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 12:33:00 +0000

If you think that your life is unfair then this article might be a good read.

Click on the image to enlarge it.

Vande Mataram by Lata Mangeshkar

noreply@blogger.com (Sanchit) — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 12:02:00 +0000

Al Mahadul Aali Al Islami Madrasa and its effort for religious unity

noreply@blogger.com (Sanchit) — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 21:19:00 +0000

HIGHLIGHTS-

Students taught about other religions apart from Islam

It aims at bridging the gap between different faiths, says Rector

This seminary has more than 1000 books on other religions

HYDERABAD: If you think it teaches only Islamic theology, you are mistaken. Here one can learn all about Hinduism, Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism and Sikhism. One can also gain knowledge about modern religions like Qadianis.

That's Al Mahadul Aali Al Islami for you. It is a madrasa with a difference. It marks a departure from the typical seminaries in that sacred texts of other religions also find place along with the Quran on its bookshelves.

“The idea is to highlight the common attributes in Islam and other religions. And this is possible only when we study the books of other religions”, says Maulana Khalid Saifullah Rahmani, Rector, Mahad.

This seminary has a bigger goal. Apart from promoting research and analytic spirit among the new generation of Ulemas, it aims to bridge the gap between different faiths. All the major religions share the same ethical values and believe in the ill-effects of alcohol, usury, adultery and gay culture. “By coming together we can fight these evils”, remarks Maulana Rahmani.

Situated on a hilly terrain near Shaheen Nagar, Barkas, Mahad has a good collection of more than 10,000 reference books on Islamic literature. Of this 1000 are on other religions.

The library has the complete set of Vedas, Manusmriti, the law of Manu, besides old and new Testaments, Talmud, the compendium of Judaism law, Guru Granth Sahib, biography of Gurunanak.

Besides, specialisation in Quranic sciences and Hadith, students at Mahad are equipped with basic English language and computer skills.

Source- The Hindu

Lal Bahadur Shastri praised by Pakistani news channel

noreply@blogger.com (Sanchit) — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 14:11:00 +0000

In the below video 1 Pakistani news anchor talks about the 2nd and Best Prime Minister of India. Its a shame that Indians know very less about him because there has been a serious effort to downplay his role in Indian history and there has been hardly any program on Indian news channels covering Lal Bahadur Shastri and his legacy.

A must read article on Lal Bahadur Shastri-

Read here

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How there was a conspiracy to downplay his role after his suspicious death-

Read here

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A comparison between possibly the strongest and the weakest Prime minister-

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