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Start-Up India

2016-01-17T10:03:00.001-08:00

These are the key announcements made by PM Modi in the Start-Up India Action Plan.

A mobile app to be launched on April 1 making it possible to register startups in one day - ease the registration process which might have taken a longer time if we went the Companies Act way. Allows the Start-Up to straight away get down to business. Saves time, money and energy.

Compliance regime based on self-certification and no regulatory inspection for three years - this is a good move considering it would allow the Start-Up to lay a strong foundation for it's business without much disturbance from the government. Cuts down on bureaucracy.

Tax exemptions for three years -Since first few years is the most crucial period for any business. This makes sure that the break-even point is reached as soon as possible. More income would be in the hands of the entrepreneur and he'll be able to really use it to recover his costs faster.

No capital gains tax if money is reinvested in a new start-up - would encourage the owners of the Start-Ups that have started making profit to take more risk and use their experience to multiply successful ventures. Ease the tax burden on successful ventures.

Patent fees slashed by 80% - promotes innovation as well as protects the interests of those innovators who otherwise might not have been able to patent their inventions due to monetory constraints.

Credit guaranteed funds for start-ups, Rs10000, incentives- all this would act as motivating factors for the entrepreneurs. It'll be easier for them garner funds for their Start-ups .

Bankruptcy Bill - it would allow the Start- Ups to wind up more easily and faster (90 days) will probably remove the legal and bureaucratic hassles relating to winding up of Start-Ups. How they'll get the bill passed is another thing!

5 lakh schools and 10 lakh students to be involved in core innovation programmes. National and international startup festivals to provide visibility - this will inculcate the entrepreneurial spirit at early stages of a person's career, give the much needed exposure at student level only.

Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) for promotion of research and development including 500 tinkering labs, 35 public-private sector incubators, 31 innovation centres at national institutes, 7 new research parks, 5 new bio-clusters.

A Startup India hub - a single point of contact for interactions with the government - cuts down useless bureaucratic exercises. Will Allow easier access to government related schemes and benefits.

These are very bold steps taken by the Modi government and these were necessary too since 3/4 of all the start-ups fail.

This'll encourage people with entrepreneurial spirit to take risks and provide some cushion in case they fail. So, if the government actually manages to implement these, it'll provide the much needed boost to the Start-Up culture in India. For now, these seem like broad guidelines only, with gaps to be filled along the way. I hope things will become clearer in the coming days. Implementation though, would be another ball game. So, My marks for the plan - 9/10.

Jallikattu

2016-01-16T10:21:00.001-08:00

This wonderful article explains why Jallikattu needs to thrive.

Though the article gives an astounding response by way of a view point as to why it shouldn't be banned, it personally left me wondering if Jallikattu was the only way to preserve these indigenous species.

But I do second the Authors opinion that we need regulations to curb exceptions, not to bring an end.

Original Post: Banning Jallikattu Will Decimate India's Indigenous Cattle Breeds

Imagine this scene a few thousand years ago in the Indus Valley region. A group of herders out grazing a few hundred cattle, enjoying the warm sun on their backs with the occasional cry of a calf seeking its mother and the mother guiding it. The whole herd is on the move as the lazy day passes by.

Suddenly a bull decides to run astray. With wild animals lurking, there is the danger of the herd breaking up into smaller groups. A young herder emerges and chases the bull. Bulls being males high on testosterone run quite fast and finally the herder catches up with it. He lunges forward and holds onto the hump of the bull. The hump is a unique feature of Bos Indicus cattle. He manages to hold onto the hump, slowing the bull down and finally stopping it. He leads it back to the herd and the group continues, while showering praises on the young herder for catching the bull.

Now imagine this scene repeated on a daily basis and the herders sharing the story with the villagers when they pen the cattle for the night. Over time, the skill of embracing the hump to slow the bull down is celebrated and contests are held to showcase the skill. This is called Eru Thazhuvuthalmeaning ‘Embracing a Bull’. Indus Valley civilisation is known for being one of the most advanced and sophisticated amongst its contemporaries. The sport of Eru Thazhuvathal is celebrated so much that they decide to make a seal depicting the same.

During the rule of the Nayak kings, gold coins, wrapped in a piece of cloth were tied to the horns, and the tackler hung on to the hump of the bull and untied the knot to get at the prize. Jalli/salli means ‘coins’, and kattu is ‘tied’. A small bag of coins was tied to the horns of the bulls, which the players claimed as a prize. The only way you could do that was to embrace the hump of the bull long enough to grab the bag without getting hit.

Now a token cloth is tied in the horns which the tackler collects as a trophy. The focal point of the event is the vaadi vaasal, the entrance. The bulls are let through this entrance, into the track, where the players wait. The track is usually the main street of the village, with the side lanes blocked. The event begins with the visit of village elders, led by a band drummer, to the temple of the village deity. The Koyil Kaalai (temple bull) of the host village is allowed first andm as a mark of respect and gratitude to the host village, players allow it a free run and don’t touch it. Today, educated youngsters from these villages are also involved in the rearing of bulls and participate in the sport. All classes of people and all castes take part in Jallikattu. There is an egalitarian perspective where it’s humans and their cattle, nothing more nothing less.

An ancient heritage that survived colonial period

Jallikattu is an ancient sport. The seals of the Indus Valley civilisation depict it, which is proof that this sport was in vogue 5,000 years ago. Ancient Tamil poetry, known as Sangam literature (2nd BCE – 2nd CE), has many detailed references to Eru Thazhuvuthal (hugging the bull).

The fact that English colonial administrators have also written about jallikattu tells us the sport was played continuously down the ages.

For the following account of the jellikattu or bull-baiting, which is practiced by the Maravans, I am indebted to a note by Mr. J. H. Nelson. “This,” he writes, “is a game worthy of a bold and free people, and it is to be regretted that certain Collectors (District Magistrates) should have discouraged it under the idea that it was somewhat dangerous.

The jellikattu is conducted in the following manner. On a certain day in the year, large crowds of people, chiefly males, assemble together in the morning in some extensive open space, the dry bed of a river perhaps, or of a tank (pond), and many of them may be seen leading ploughing bullocks, of which the sleek bodies and rather wicked eyes afford clear evidence of the extra diet they have received for some days in anticipation of the great event.

The owners of these animals soon begin to brag of their strength and speed, and to challenge all and any to catch and hold them; and in a short time one of the best beasts is selected to open the day’s proceedings. A new cloth is made fast round his horns, to be the prize of his captor, and he is then led out into the midst of the arena by his owner, and there left to himself surrounded by a throng of shouting and excited strangers.

Unaccustomed to this sort of treatment, and excited by the gestures of those who have undertaken to catch him, the bullock usually lowers his head at once, and charges wildly into the midst of the crowd, who nimbly run off on either side to make way for him. His speed being much greater than that of the men, he soon overtakes one of his enemies and makes at him to toss him savagely. Upon this the man drops on the sand like a stone, and the bullock, instead of goring him, leaps over his body, and rushes after another. The second man drops in his turn, and is passed like the first; and, after repeating this operation several times, the beast either succeeds in breaking the ring, and galloping off to his village, charging every person he meets on the way, or is at last caught and held by the most vigorous of his pursuers.

Strange as it may seem, the bullocks never by any chance toss or gore any one who throws himself down on their approach; and the only danger arises from their accidentally reaching unseen and unheard some one who remains standing.

After the first two or three animals have been let loose one after the other, two or three, or even half a dozen are let loose at a time, and the scene quickly becomes most exciting. The crowd sways violently to and fro in various directions in frantic efforts to escape being knocked over; the air is filled with shouts, screams, and laughter; and the bullocks thunder over the plain as fiercely as if blood and slaughter were their sole occupation. In this way perhaps two or three hundred animals are run in the course of a day, and, when all go home towards evening, a few cuts and bruises, borne with the utmost cheerfulness, are the only results of an amusement which requires great courage and agility on the part of the competitors for the prizes – that is for the cloths and other things tied to the bullocks’ horns – and not a little on the part of the mere bystanders. The only time I saw this sport (from a place of safety) I was highly delighted with the entertainment, and no accident occurred to mar my pleasure. One man indeed was slightly wounded in the buttock, but he was quite able to walk, and seemed to be as happy as his friends.”

(From Edgar Thurston, Castes & Tribes of Southern India,Vol 5.)

This is concrete evidence to prove that jallikattu has been part of the long heritage of the country. One strong characteristic of life in India is the persistence of certain social institutions, the origins of which are lost in pre-history. Though the profile of these practices change, they retain their essential features. Jallikattu is one such precious heritage that has been preserved over millennia and our duty is to take this forward. Of course we should have rules and restrictions for the conduct of the event but Jallikattu should go on.

Native breeds as a factor

There were 130 or so cattle breeds in India 100 years ago and now there are only 37. Unless we engage with the traditional livestock keepers and support them, we will lose these breeds as well as lay the ground for commercial cattle based dairies and slaughter houses to dominate the country

Tamil Nadu had six cattle breeds earlier and now we have lost the Alambadi breed. The remaining breeds are Kangayam, Pulikulam, Umbalachery, Barugur and Malai Maadu. There are a few more minor breeds without proper documentation or care. Most of these are on the verge of extinction. Each breed has evolved in perfect harmony with its local region. Kangayams fed on grasses in the calcium rich soil are the sturdiest animals and can pull up to 2.5 times their body weight with ease. Umbalacherys have shorter legs which make it easy for them to walk around in the water filled fields of the delta region. Barugurs in the hills of Erode district and Malai Maadus in Theni district are grazed in reserve forests and are adept at walking around in hilly terrain. The Pulikulam, found mostly in the region around Madurai, Sivaganga, Ramnad, Pudukottai and parts of Tiruchi district are herded in several hundreds and walk all day grazing before being penned for the night.

Pulikulam. Credit: ICAR

Native cattle have evolved over millennia, adapting to the local environmental conditions. They are an integral part of farming, especially for small and marginal farmers as they serve multiple purposes like ploughing, transportation, source for farmyard manure, organic treatments like panchagavya, jeevamritham, and as a source of A2 milk. The native cattle are both an input as well as insurance to the livestock keepers. In ancient Tamil and Sanskrit literature, cattle is considered as wealth. Cattle were measured as a unit of wealth. In the Tirukkural, education is considered to be wealth and the word used for wealth is madu, meaning cattle. So it has a socio-cultural connotation which denotes lives and livestock having co-existed and cultures having coined usages around them.

The Pulikulam is a semi-domesticated breed. The bulls are known to attack anyone except their owners. They are mainly grazed in reserve forest lands. Herders need to be able to tame them without ropes as the nose ropes are removed while grazing.

How does one tame a bull without ropes? If you try to tackle it from the front, it will toss you with its horns; if you try to catch it from the back, it will kick with its legs. It’s also very agile and can turn around in a split second. The only option is to approach it from the side and grab the hump.

Why Jallikattu matters

Stud bulls are reared by people for jallikattu. The ones that win are much in demand for servicing the cows. Small farmers cannot afford to keep stud bulls, so each village has a common temple bull which services the cows of the village. Jallikattu is the show where bulls are brought and exhibited. The ones which are most agile (and virile) are preferred by farmers. The calves from such bulls are in demand.

The intricate connect between these events and farming can be seen from the chronological order in which showcase events like jallikattu happen first, then the shandies and then the main farming season starts. Once harvest is done, farmers take their bulls to participate in such events over the next few months; spectators and visitors make a note of the top bulls and seek them out in sandhais (cattle shandies/markets) which happen from December till April all over Tamil Nadu. The calves and bulls are bought for jallikattu and some of their offspring will be castrated and used as draught animals in transport/farming.

Stud bulls need to be alert, virile, and agile. In the peak of their reproductive period, they need to secrete the necessary male hormones and experience adrenalin rushes and pumping hearts. They need this for them to be virile. This is in the interest of the species as selective breeding is done to propagate the species. Stud bulls are used for jallikattu and mating only. Experienced bulls enjoy the situation and display a well thought out exit from the vaadi vaasal. Many of them show off by shaking their heads as a warning. This shows their familiarity with the Jallikattu event.

Many people who care for animals don’t understand that nature creates each species with unique characteristics and behaviour, and that within a species, a bull, an ox, a cow and calf all are different.

Male calves in other regions are sold and taken for slaughter in a few days. Only in regions where there are events like jallikattu are they kept. The owner of an imported cow will like it to deliver a female calf. If she does, it’s a windfall. If it’s a male calf then he will have no use for it and he has to feed it. It will go to the slaughter house for Rs. 500. A lot of mutton we eat is the meat of these under-one-week calves mixed with mutton. The same will happen to these native breeds if not for activities like jallikattu. With reduced availability of males, farmers will have to go in for artificial insemination, which is cost prohibitive and is directly in contravention of in-situ conservation. Unless there are bulls being bred and reared in the in-situ region, the genetic pool of the breed will not be healthy as no adaptation to changes in climate, local environment has been ingrained. We are messing with evolution when we abandon in-situ conservation with bulls and natural servicing/mating.

Native cows do not yield as much milk as the imported breeds. So they don’t have a supportive or sponsored breeding programme. Artificial means are not adopted for native breeds. So as a fall out of the banning of jallikattu, they will soon fade away and become extinct.

Death of a temple bull covers the village in a pall of gloom. The funeral is conducted with utmost respect with women mourning and village priests carrying out rituals.

Under article 48 of the constitution of India the state has to endeavour to preserve and improve the breeds and prevent slaughter of cows and calves and other draught and milk cattle. Hence the Union government has to intervene in this issue.

According to principles 1, 2 & 3 of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), to which India is a signatory state, livestock keepers are creators of breeds and custodians of animal genetic resources for food and agriculture; livestock keepers and the sustainable use of traditional breeds are dependent on the conservation of their respective ecosystems; traditional breeds represent collective property, they are the products of indigenous knowledge and the cultural expression of livestock keepers.

Why is there so much opposition to jallikattu?

There are two angles to the opposition.

First is the urban disconnect with rural India and all that it entails. Policies are made by city folk. Just as we destroyed the lakes of Chennai and suffered the consequences of ignoring the traditional knowledge of villagers in building and maintaining water bodies, we are allowing the same urban mindset to get away with rampant destruction of our livestock and farming. If we look at media reports over the last decade or so, every headline screams about injuries in a jallikattu event. The focus of the urban editors and reporters has always been on sensationalising news and grabbing eyeballs. Fed with this constant diet over a decade, it’s no surprise that so many internet warriors are shouting about jallikattu.

In a year, there are 10,000 instances of a bull leaving the vaadi vaasal (gate) during jallikattu. Of the thousands of players who take part, hardly 50-100 get injured in a year, and deaths are much much less.

The second group is the dairy lobby, which wants all native breeds to be eradicated. Events like jallikattu throw a spanner in their plans of creating commercial dairy farms with imported breeds just like in the West.

Beef exporters also benefit from a ban on jallikattu and other events. Farmers bring their cattle to be sold in weekly/monthly and annual shandies. Brokers will take the cattle from the farmers and hold them to be displayed to prospective buyers. Buyers fall into 3-4 categories: (1) The jallikattu enthusiast who will buy the bulls and male calves mostly; (2) Buyers of oxen for farming/transport; (3) Buyers of cows for breeding and household usage; (4) Beef traders who are mostly if not all agents of export companies and slaughter houses based in Kerala. They buy all cattle as they are only interested in meat.

When a ban on jallikattu is in place, the simple supply-demand equation gets skewed. There are no takers in the first category, which means the bulls will only sought by the fourth category i.e. beef traders. With no demand from jallikattu enthusiasts, the price of such prized bulls falls to rock bottom. By killing the market for bulls to be used in jallikattu, the animal rights activists are directly responsible for sending them to slaughter. There is a huge demand for Bos Indicusvariety beef in the Gulf, Malaysia and Western countries. It is considered an exotic and healthy meat, just like country chicken.

Misconceptions abound

The fist misconception is that jallikattu has anything in common with the Spanish bullfight. The two are very different. The sport in India is not about baiting or injuring the bull but of “embracing the bull”.

Does it harm the bull?

It is said that cruelty is meted out to animals by giving them alcohol, prodding and twisting their tails etc, that organisers beat the bulls, stuffing something pungent in their nostrils, confine them in a dark, suffocating place in order to enrage them.

The reality is different. Amidst all the regulations and scrutiny, which bull owner will risk giving alcohol to the bulls? Glucose water is given to them for stamina. Out of the 10,000 instances of bulls let out a year, the anti-jallikattu activists have produced images/videos of may be 7-8 bulls where an offence might have taken place. They have the power to identify the owner and take action against him under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act. Each bull is registered with the authorities, with photographs as well as the owner’s information.

Every rule has an exception. We regulate to curtail the exceptions, but not to end the sport. The approach of the activists from day one has been to end jallikattu at any cost.

Are there other means of conserving the breeds?

Each breed has evolved over several millennia and in a distinct way. One method of breed conservation will not work in another area, with another breed. Every place in the world where indigenous people have lived with their livestock, there are celebratory showcase events post-harvest like kambala buffalo water racing in the Dakshin Kannada region, Ongole stone pulling in central and coastal Andhra, rekla races in western Tamil Nadu and Theni, bailgada in Maharashtra with the Killari breed. Each event has evolved locally and has stood the test of time. In-situ conservation is the best method for conserving any breed. The lifetime and health of the species is extended only due to such events.

How is the game played?

Bulls are brought to the arena the previous day and tied in coconut groves around the village. Fodder is brought along and water is provided by the host villagers. Sometimes fodder is also provided. A team of veterinarians, animal welfare officials inspect the bulls and give a medical certificate. Before the event starts, they are lined up in batches of 15 close to the rear side of the vaadi vaasal.

A bull waits its turn at the gate to the Palamedu jallikattu in Madurai. Credit: Manu Manohar/Flickr CC 2.0

After the temple bull of the host village has left the arena, each bull is taken into the vaadi vaasal, where Animal Welfare officers are present. The nose rope of the bull is cut and the bull is free to run. Young bulls and untrained ones participating for the first few times hesitate to leave the vaadi and are prodded by their owners. It is not easy to move them as they weigh anywhere between 250-350 kilos. The experienced bulls (which have long memories) are familiar with jallikattu events and offer their head to the owners to cut the rope. They plan their exit from the vaadi vaasal and time their jump to avoid the players. These are intelligent animals and have evolved in this environment over millennia.

This bull cannot be caught as he has perfectly timed his jump to reach a height of 8-10 feet and will land a good 10-12 feet away from the vaadi vaasal. By the time he lands, he would have cleared most of the players. Credit: Special Arrangement

The sport consists of holding on to the hump of the bull and running along with it for a given distance usually about 20-30 meters which is covered in barely 10-20 seconds.

This bull used a different technique of charging while jumping. Notice how that has put fear into the players. with their eyes closed. Credit: Special Arrangement

Although a few hundred players are present in the arena, only 2-3 attempt to get close to the bull and only 1 has a shot at grabbing the hump. Everything happens so fast that most players hit the dirt and the bulls go free.

The bulls are not in fear, but the players are. Credit: Special Arrangement

After leaving the arena, they go to a barricaded collection area of about 44,000 sq. ft. where experienced herders await the owners. Owners follow the bulls from the vaadi into the collection arena, this takes about 5-10 minutes. Once they enter, the herders help the owners rope in the bulls and take them out of the collection arena. 1-2 bulls will refuse to be roped and charge at everyone, some of them jump out of the collection area and make a run for it. Most of them head in the direction of their villages. There is the occasional injury due to the bulls not being roped.

A ban will be fatal

Under the Convention on Biological Diversity and heritage status practices worldwide, it is customary that these ancient traditional practices are left as they are but with rules to organise and regulate them.

If jallikattu is banned, livestock keepers will be forced to abandon the raising of native livestock, which already stands threatened due to the extensive use of motor pumps, tractors and mechanised agriculture. If the sport is banned, it would be the death knell of native cattle species in Tamil Nadu.

We will not only lose our breeds but also our self-sufficiency in milk production as well as promotion of organic farming. If we lose our breeds and import foreign breeds, multinational commercial companies will dominate the dairy industry in India. The livelihood of millions in rural India is at stake here.

People who want a ban on jallikattu are far removed from village life and do not know how this chain works.

The Supreme Court and the Government of India needs to look at the big picture behind jallikattu. The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) supports traditional practices to keep the chain intact and thus enable conservation of native breeds. As an ancient nation with an ancient practice going back millennia, jallikattu should be preserved. There is no torture of any animal of any sort that takes place during the sport and the evidence of this can be seen from live media telecasts. The time a bull spends engaged in the sport is less than 30 seconds. If required, rules can be implemented to enhance the safety of the animals and men if required.

India has already lost many cattle breeds and it can’t afford to lose any more.

Himakiran Anugula is an organic farmer and entrepreneur based in Chennai. He is a trustee of SKCRF (www.kangayambull.com), an organisation working to conserve native breed cattle in Tamil Nadu.

Break UP

2016-01-15T10:02:00.001-08:00

So here's one!

Year: 2007

Venue: Calcutta

My ex-girlfriend's birthday - 25th September

India v Pakistan T20 WC finals - 24th September 8pm.

Calcutta was witnessing one of the worst rains ever! The whole city had turned into one giant swimming pool. Commuting to major transport terminals like railway stations and bus stations meant taking a boat ride along the main road. No, I'm definitely NOT exaggerating.

She was my first serious girlfriend and it was the first birthday we were celebrating together and I had planned an elaborate party, including reserving a table and booking a cake at one of the city's fanciest joints! It took me almost 2 weeks of preparations with the water and rains and everything to get things organized. I was 20 and she was turning 17!

The stage was set!

Cake: check!

Bribing friends to bring her to the venue: check!

Surprise element: check!

Hiring a violinist to play at the bakery: check!

Burning a deep fucking hole in my wallet: check!

Well, it was now time to sit back and watch the world cup finals! We had a young professor and cricket fanatic as our neighbour and we decided to watch the match together. Well, I don't really need to go into details about the match since EVERY Indian knows about it (or so I hope!).

Just when we had given up hope and thought the match was all over, this happened:

It was a very exciting moment and our hearts were going at the rate of knots! Mine, for instance was beating like a jackhammer! It was a ridiculously tense match and once Sreeshant took the catch, our screams persisted for at least half an hour.

"We've gotto celebrate," screamed the professor.

"Fuck, yeah!" we all screamed back.

"Booze?"

"Oh, yeeaaahh!!"

It was now late at night and there was nowhere we could get booze with all the flood and all. However, turned out, our little professor friend was a real "handy" person to have around. He took out his mobile phone and dialled a number and spoke something Bengali, which I didn't understand back then. 15 minutes later, we were buying vodka from under the shutters, from a bar 2kms away, having reached there by a motor boat driven by his friend!

As goes without saying, the party went deep into the night discussing Dhoni and his long hair, Gambhir and his innings, Pathan's amazing bowling and swing, Misbah's misfortune, and Joginder Sharma, or rather, Joginer who?? Yeah!! Crazy night!! When I stepped back home, it was 3 in the morning.

And then it hit me!!

Fuck!

It was my girlfriend's birthday! What was I going to do?

I was so screwed!

I checked my phone! 67 missed calls and 44 messages! The messages began with: "Shona, half an hour to go! Do u wanna talk?" and "Hey Shona, u there? 15mins more" and "Shonaaaaa...where are uuuu??? U better not b sleeping!" to"I'm gonna fuck you up you bastard!"and "You're DEAD! You're fucking DEAD!!" and finally, "We're done! Guess who wished me before you - Shaunak! He's even asked me out for lunch! Guess what, I said YES! You can go fuck yourself from now! Guess who's dick I'm going to s*** now!"

Well, I screwed up! I missed her birthday!

I called her and apologized a gazillion times - didn't work!

I stood outside her college soaking in the rain with a bunch of flowers - didn't work!

I sent her teddy bears and chocolates - didn't work!

I apologized again, in front of all her friends - didn't work!

I lived happily ever after!!

My Santa

2016-01-14T07:29:00.001-08:00

I want jalebis. How many do I get for this?” A little girl stretched her palm towards me
revealing a shining five rupee coin. I smiled at her, accepted the coin and gave her two
steaming hot jalebis. She looked at the small leafy plate dejectedly. “Please give me my
money back, we are three siblings and there are only two here.”

It was a cold, dark night and the light from my sweet shop illuminated the entire street.
My shop bustled with activity. The aroma of freshly prepared sweets and soft baked cakes
attracted hundreds of customers to my small shop.

Christmas had always been one of the best business days of the year for me. It meant a new saree for my wife, a new toy for
my son and a new tennis racket for my daughter.

Every Christmas night after they
had dozed off, Santa kept their neatly packed gifts on the dining table.

But today as I sat, struggling to cater to every customer who entered the shop, I felt a
stinging sense of loneliness. I wished I could go back home, sit by the fire place, kiss my
wife, tell my kids a new story, and relish lamb chops as the street got covered in
snow.

“My coin.” The little girl stretched out her hand. I collected my thoughts and looked at her.
''Uncle, take this back. Give me back my coin.”

She kept the small paper plate on the counter. I gave her coin back. Clutching it carefully like a precious gift, she began inspecting other sweets. She stared at the sweets with her big, round eyes and looked at
me angrily when I gave a bigger packet to another customer in exchange for his note.

“Uncle, I want that packet not this small plate. Here, take this money.”
“Beta, his note was bigger than yours. That is why I gave him the bigger packet.” I tried
reasoning with her.
“It’s not fair. Why did you give him the bigger packet and not me?”

She looked at me sadly.
“I promised my younger brothers that I would get them lots of jalebis. You have so many. You could have given me more. Now they will be so dejected.”

I looked at her crestfallen face and it reminded me of my kids. Each time my son wanted a toy from the big shop and I said,
‘Daddy doesn’t have that much money. Why don’t you take the smaller toy instead?’ It reminded me of my daughter who refused to speak to me because I couldn’t afford the ballet dress she wanted. Something about the little girl told me that I would go home today, richer, not by a crisp note but by a bright smile.

“They will not be, I promise.” said shaking my head.
I got up; picked up a big box, and loaded it with every type of sweet I had in the shop. I also took out a small ginger cake, tied it to the box with a ribbon and handed it over to her. Probably a little too big for her tiny hands, she held it carefully. I kept the small paper plate on the top of her box and gave her back her coin.

“But uncle…” She tried to return me the coin.
“No little girl, you keep it.”
“Thank you. Thank you so much Santa.” She smiled revealing her broken teeth. “I’ll tell my brothers I met Santa today and this is what he gave me.”
I laughed. “What else are you going to tell them? Santa is a mean old fellow who will lose all his hair by next Christmas?”

“No. I am going to tell them Santa doesn’t always wear a red suit or have white flowing beard. He sometimes sits in a sweet shop at the end of the street.”

FRIENDS

2016-01-14T00:07:00.001-08:00

It was 1:43 a.m. and Meera received an SMS, "I love you Meera. Do you? - Raj".

Next morning when Meera checked her mobile, she blushed with reading Raj's text. After all, she had feelings for Raj, and they were best friends for more than 4 years. They both were introverts, so were always afraid to initiate, but finally Raj took the lead.

Instead of calling Raj, she texted him back, "Let's meet at friends cafe @8 p.m "

After a big hang out and party night, Raj woke up in the afternoon and noticed the SMS series. He felt like an idiot because he wasn't aware about the SMS due to liquor effect. He discussed the scenario with his roommates cum friends Nayan & Aakar.

They both motivated him by saying, "Yes Raj, you did that SMS last night after confessing your love for her. You both love each other since the last 4 years. Now please be a pair.".

Raj thought that maybe his friends were right and Meera didn't acknowledge negatively so it is worth a shot now.

They both met at friends cafe, but nervousness was all around. Raj and Meera were even afraid to make eye contact with each other. Meera was just about to say something, but Raj quickly interrupted, "Sorry. I was drunk and text you that," and expressed,"Shitt!!".

With a very soft and rueful voice Meera asked, "So, don't you love me?"

Raj quickly acknowledged, "I didn't say that, I mean I love you and...", there he realized that he expressed his feeling in nervousness.

Meera smiled and asked, "Seriously?"

Finally, Raj got confident to utter a word from Meera's positive expressions, and he replied, "Yes," and asked, "Do you?".

Meera replied, "I was waiting for this moment since the last 4 years Raj. Of course, I do".

Finally, they got a promotion in their relationship and became lovers. Raj was so happy that he shared everything with Nayan and Aakar by saying, "I won the bet guys, you both were saying that I can't make it to propose Meera. Today I did that. So now, bet amount please.".

Nayan and Aakar paid the bet amount to him by congratulating him.

Raj advised them in a hyperbole mood to tease them, "Guys, you both should find a girl now. We can do the couple hang out, you see. If you want, I can ask Meera, if she has any girls in mind. Anyway, have to go now on a date with Meera at lovers cafe. So, bye-bye single pals."

Raj left like a lottery winner and they both just smiled at him. Whenever Raj does this kind of comment, Nayan and Aakar smile internally.

Because the truth was when Raj got down after a few pegs by expressing his feelings for Meera to them. It was Nayan and Aakar only who had texted Meera from Raj's mobile.

They knew very well that neither Meera nor Raj would initiate and that their beautiful relationship just needs a first gear. They surely lost the bet, but won more than that.

An Inspirational story.

2016-01-12T22:14:00.001-08:00

A German once visited a temple under
construction where he saw a sculptor making an idol of God. Suddenly he noticed a similar idol lying nearby.

Surprised, he asked the sculptor, "Do you
need two statues of the same idol?"
"No," said the sculptor
without looking up, "We need only one, but the first one got damaged at the last stage."

The gentleman examined the idol and found no apparent damage.
"Where is the damage?" he asked.
"There is a scratch on the nose of the idol." said the sculptor, still busy with his work.

"Where are you going to install the idol?"

The sculptor replied that it would be
installed on a pillar twenty feet high.

"If the idol is that far who is going to know that there is a scratch on the nose?"
the gentleman asked.

The sculptor stopped work, looked up at the gentleman, smiled and said,
"I will know it."

The desire to excel is exclusive of the fact whether someone else appreciates it or not.

"Excellence" is a drive from inside, not outside. Excellence is not for someone else to notice but for your own satisfaction and efficiency.

Don't Climb a mountain with an intention that the world should see you, climb the mountain with the intention to See the World.

Five undeniable Facts of Life :

2016-01-12T21:35:00.001-08:00

Five undeniable Facts of Life :

👉1.
Don't educate
your children
to be rich.
Educate them
to be Happy.
So when
they grow up
they will know
the value of things
not the price

👉2.
Best awarded words
in London ...

"Eat your food
as your medicines.
Otherwise
you have to
eat medicines
as your food"

👉3.
The One
who loves you
will never leave you
because
even if there are
100 reasons
to give up
he will find
one reason
to hold on

👉4.
There is
a lot of difference
between
human being
and being human.
A Few understand it.

👉5.
You are loved
when you are born.
You will be loved
when you die.
In between
You have to manage...!

Nice line from Ratan Tata's Lecture-

If u want to Walk Fast,
Walk Alone..!
But
if u want to Walk Far,
Walk Together..!!

Six Best Doctors in the World-
         1.Sunlight
         2.Rest
         3.Exercise
         4.Diet
         5.Self Confidence
                   &
         6.Friends
            Maintain them in all stages of Life                 and enjoy healthy life

If you see the moon ..... You see the beauty of God ..... If you see the Sun ..... You see the power of God ..... And .... If you see the Mirror ..... You see the best Creation of GOD .... So Believe in YOURSELF..... :) :) :).

We all are tourists & God is our travel agent who
already fixed all our Routes Reservations & Destinations
So!
Trust him & Enjoy the "Trip" called LIFE...

A short Love story

2016-01-11T09:31:00.001-08:00

Girl's version

#First day : I saw an idiot sleeping on
the first bench.

#Second day: Saw the same idiot
getting punished.

#Third day : He was fighting with a
guy. Huh.. idiot.

#Fourth day : I couldn't find him,
where is he.?

Boy's version

#First day: When I opened my eyes, I
saw her smile.

#Second day: I got punished so that I
could see her all the
while.

#Third day: A boy said something
about liking her.

#Fourth day: I was sitting on the last
bench and she turned to
find me and we smiled.

IDIOTS

2016-01-11T08:57:00.001-08:00

A proud and confident genius makes a bet with an idiot.

The genius says, "Hey idiot, I would ask you some questions. You gotta give me $5 per question if you don't know the answer and if you ask me a question and I can't answer yours I will give you $5,000."

Idiot accepts the offer.

Genius asks,"How many continents are there in the world?"
The idiot didn't know the answer so he hands over $5.
"can I ask you a question" said the Idiot.
"Yes, sure", said Genius

"what animal stands with two legs but sleeps with three?"

The genius didn't know the answer. He gave $5000 to the Idiot and asked,
"Snap, I lost. By the way, what is the answer?"

The idiot hands over $5.

Unknown Facts.

2016-01-08T05:58:00.001-08:00

That an Indian was instrumental in the formation of GOOGLE.

So there is a long list of all the top Indian achievers in the States. From Rajat Gupta to Satya Nadella, from Indra Nooyi to Vikram Pandit, from Sundar Pichai to Vinod Khosla, but this man never features in any of them. He is still unheard and unknown of in the mainstream media.

He was so instrumental that simply put it GOOGLE WOULD NOT HAVE EXISTED TODAY BUT FOR HIM.

Ram Shriram

So when Larry Page and Sergey Brin met at Stanford, they were just young twenty year olds with an idea of a search engine. They explained this idea to their professor who helped them meet some investors. A majority of them were not-so-impressed by this. Then, they stumbled upon this investor called Ram Shriram who also found it OK. But, he was impressed by their passion so without thinking much he handed them a cheque of 500,000 dollars.
Can you imagine the duo didn't even have a bank account at that time to deposit that cheque?
And then as they say “the rest is history"

Ram Shriram since then has been on it's board and when Google went public, he became one of the richest guys in the world. Apart from this, he has also sold his company Junglee to Amazon and has founded many other ventures. Currently, he devotes a majority of his time to philanthropic causes in India, especially in the education sector.

Holidays 2016

2015-11-21T10:17:00.000-08:00

Holidays 2016 analysed
Let's see the highlights of 2016.......
A.
March
05/03- Saturday
06/03-Sunday
07/03- Maha Shivratri
25/03-Good Friday
26/03- Saturday
27/03-Sunday
April
14/04- Dr. Ambedkar Jayanti
15/04-Ram Navami
16/04- Saturday
17/04-Sunday
August
13/08-Saturday
14/08-Sunday
15/08-Independence Day
September
03/09- Saturday
04/09-Sunday
05/09- Ganesh chaturthi
10/09-Saturday
11/09-Sunday
12/09-Bakrid
November
12/11-Saturday
13/11-Sunday
14/11-Guru Nanak Jayanti
December
10/12-Saturday
11/12-Sunday
12/12-Eid-e-Milad
B.
3 consecutive holidays with the help of 1 Casual Leave sandwiched between the
2 holidays is not a rare thing these days.
But 4 consecutive holidays
once and 5 consecutive holidays once in an year with the help of only 1 CL
in between is just a real bonus.
January
23/01-Saturday
24/01-Sunday
25/01-CL
26/01-Republic Day
October
08/10-Saturday
09/10-Sunday
10/10-CL
11/10-Dussehra
12/10-Moharrum
C.
There are 5 Saturdays in Jan, Apr, Jul, Oct, Dec
And
5 Sundays in Jan,May, Jul, Oct.
D.
Following 3 holidays fall on Sunday i.e.,
02/10-Gandhi Jayanti
30/10- Diwali
25/12-Christmas

No need to thank me. Plan your holidays
Purely a social service on my part.
🙏🙏😜😜😜

Kellogg's

2015-11-21T10:11:00.000-08:00

Want to do something good today....???
Please call on 9227492274. It will automatically disconnect after 3 rings. Kelloggs will gift a breakfast to a school kid for every missed call received. Please do not ignore. 30 seconds of your time will feed a hungry child. Let's do this!!
U will receive a msg after d call.
I tried it, got an SMS confirming the same 😊🙏

UBUNTU

2015-11-20T03:54:00.000-08:00

UBUNTU - A very nice story...!
The motivation behind name given to Ubuntu Operating System.
An Anthropologist proposed one game to the African tribal children.
He placed a basket of sweets and Candy's near a tree.
And made them stand 100 metres away.
And announced that who ever reaches first would get all the sweets in the basket.
When he said ready steady go...
Do you know what these small children did?
They all held each other's hands and ran towards the tree together, divided the sweets among them and ate the sweets and enjoyed it.
When the Anthropologist asked them why you did so?

They said 'Ubuntu'.
Which meant -
'How can one be happy when all the others are sad?'
Ubuntu in their language means -
'I am because, we are!'
Let's hve a Ubuntu Life ..
I am because we are..!!

FOOTBALL

2015-11-18T23:55:00.000-08:00

A man takes his seat at a FIFA world cup final.
He looks to his left & notices that there is a spare seat between himself & the next guy.
MAN: "who would ever miss the FIFA world cup final?"
GUY: "that was my wife's seat.
We have been to the last five world cup finals together,
but sadly she passed away."
MAN: "oh... that's terrible, and very sweet of you to have her here symbolically by having a vacant seat .. ..
but these are expensive tickets; couldn't you have brought another family member, friend or someone else with you?"
GUY: "no...
they are all at her funeral!"
Men will be men ... 😛😜😝

syrian war

2015-11-17T21:53:00.002-08:00

SYRIAN ISSUE MADE SIMPLE. I am sure you will find this easy and simple to understand
A highly restricted briefing paper on Syria :
President Assad (who is bad) is a nasty guy who got so nasty his people rebelled and the Rebels (who are good) started winning (Hurrah!).
But then some of the rebels turned a bit nasty and are now called Islamic State (who are definitely bad!) and some continued to support democracy (who are still good.)
So the Americans (who are good) started bombing Islamic State (who are bad) and giving arms to the Syrian Rebels (who are good) so they could fight Assad (who is still bad) which was good.
By the way, there is a breakaway state in the north run by the Kurds who want to fight IS (which is a good thing ) but the Turkish authorities think they are bad (because they want part of turkey included in their Kurdish independent state) so we have to say they are bad whilst secretly thinking they're good and giving them guns to fight IS (which is good) but that is another matter.
Getting back to Syria.
So President Putin (who is bad, 'cos he invaded Crimea and the Ukraine and killed lots of folks (including that nice Russian man in London with polonium poisoned sushi) has decided to back Assad (who is still bad) by attacking IS (who are also bad) which is sort of a good thing?
But Putin (still bad) thinks the Syrian Rebels (who are good) are also bad, and so he bombs them too, much to the annoyance of the Americans (who
are good) who are busy backing and arming the rebels (who are also good).
Now Iran (who used to be bad, but now they have agreed not to build any nuclear weapons and bomb Israel are now good ) are going to provide ground troops to support Assad (still bad) as are the
Russians (bad) who now have ground troops and aircraft in Syria.
So a Coalition of Assad (still bad) Putin (extra bad) and the Iranians (good, but in a bad sort of way) are going to attack IS (who are bad) which is a good thing, but also the Syrian Rebels (who are good) which is bad.
Also, we cannot forget the Iran backed Shia militia in Iraq (bad) who used to attacked US forces in Iraq are now fighting the IS (still bad) since IS is Sunni. Now that the Shia militia is fighting IS (baddest) they are becoming good.
Now the British (obviously good, except that nice Mr Corbyn in the corduroy jacket, who is probably bad and the Americans (also good) cannot attack Assad (still bad) for fear of upsetting Putin (bad) and Iran (good / bad) and now they have to accept that Assad might not be that bad after all compared to IS (who are super bad).
So Assad (bad) is now probably good, being better than IS (but lets face it, drinking your own wee is better than IS so no real choice there) and since Putin and Iran are also fighting IS that may now make them Good. America (still Good) will find it hard to arm a group of rebels being
attacked by the Russians for fear of upsetting Mr Putin (now good) and that nice man Ayatollah in Iran (also Good) and so they may be forced to say that the Rebels are now Bad, or at the very least abandon them to their fate. This will lead
most of them to flee to Turkey and on to Europe or join IS (still the only constantly bad group).
To Sunni Muslims, an attack by Shia Muslims (Assad and Iran) backed by Russians will be seen as something of a Holy War, and the ranks of IS will now be seen by the Sunnis as the only Jihadis
fighting in the Holy War and hence many Muslims will now see IS as Good (Doh!.)
Sunni Muslims will also see the lack of action by Britain and America in support of their Sunni rebel brothers as something of a betrayal (mmm...might have a point...) and hence we will be seen as Bad.
So now we have America (now bad) and Britain (also bad) providing limited support to Sunni Rebels (bad) many of whom are looking to IS (Good/bad) for support against Assad (now good) who, along with Iran (also Good) and Putin (also, now, unbelievably, Good) are attempting to
retake the country Assad used to run before all this started?
I hope that clears things up for you.....

ATTITUDE

2015-11-17T04:56:00.000-08:00

Please read this fully

An Old man has 8 hair on his head.
He went to Barber shop.
Barber in anger asked:
shall i cut or count ?
Old man smiled and said:
"Colour it!"
LIFE is to enjoy with whatever you have with you, keep smiling
If you feel STRESSED,
Give yourself a Break.
Enjoy Some..
Icecream
Chocolates
Cake
Why?
B'Coz
STRESSED in reverse Spelling
DESSERTS !!!
Alphabetic advice for you:
A B C
Avoid Boring Company..
D E F
Don't Entertain Fools..
G H I
Go for High Ideas .
J K L M
Just Keep a friend like ME..
N O P
Never Overlook the Poor n suffering..
Q R S
Quit Reacting to Silly tales..
T U V
Tune Urself for ur Victory..
W X Y Z
We Xpect You to Zoom ahead in life

If   you   see   the   moon ..... You   see    the    beauty    of    God .....
If    you   see    the   Sun ..... You   see    the    power   of    God .....   And ....
If   you   see   the   Mirror. You   see     the    best    Creation of   GOD .
So    Believe   in    YOURSELF.
Our aim in life should be
9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
..9-glass drinking water.
..8-hrs sound sleep.
..7-wonders tour with family.
..6-six digit income.
..5-days work a week
..4-wheeler.
..3-bedroom flat
..2-cute children.
..1-sweetheart.
..0-tension!
if u like pls send to all people who are important to you...

SALARY People

2015-11-17T04:36:00.000-08:00

All salary people must read this:-----
After 4 years of selfless service, I realized that I had not been prmoted, no salary increment, no commendation.
So I decided to walk up to my HR Manager. The manager looked at me, smiled and asked me to sit down saying: "My friend you have not worked here for even a single day."
I was shocked to hear this !!!, but the manager went on to explain, and here's the conversation that took place.
Manager: How many days are there in a year?
Me: 365 days and sometimes 366.
Manager: How many hours make up a day?
Me: 24 Hours.
Manager: How long do u work in a day?
Me: 10am to 6pm
(i.e 8 hours a day.)
Manager: So, what fraction of the day do u work in hours?
Me: 8/24
i.e 1/3 (one third).
Manager: This is nice of u! what is 1/3rd of 366 days?
Me: 122
(1/3 x 366=122 days)
Manager: Do u come to work on weekends?
Me: No sir.
Manager: How many days are there in a year that are weekends?
Me: 52 Saturdays and 52 Sundays equals to 104 days.
Manager: Thanks for that. If u remove 104 days from 122 days. how many days
do u now have?
Me: 18 days.
Manager: I do give u 2 weeks sick leave every year. Now remove that 14 days from the 18 days left. How many days do u have remaining?
Me: 4 days.
Manager: Do u work on Republic Day?
Me: No sir!
Manager: Do u come to work on Independance Day?
Me: No sir!
Manager: So how many days r left?
Me: 2 days Sir!
Manager: Do u come to work on New Years Day?
Me: No sir!
Manager: So how many days r left?
Me: 1 day sir!
Manager: Do u work on Diwali ?
Me: No Sir!
Manager: So how many days are left?
Me: None Sir!
Manager: So what r u claiming?
Me: I have understood, Sir. I did not realise that I was stealing company
money all these days.
Moral - NEVER GO TO HR FOR HELP!!!
(HR-HIGH RISK.)
.
.
.
So, How many days do you work ?😁😂😝😝😝

P.U.S.H...........................

2014-06-03T00:28:00.003-07:00

P.U.S.H...........................

P.U.S.H........................

One night, a man was sleeping in his cabin when suddenly his room was filled with the light and the Creator appeared.

The Creator told the man he had work for him to do, and showed him a large rock in front of his cabin. The Creator explained that the man was to push against the rock with all his might.

The man did the same, day after day. For many years he toiled from sun up to sun down, his shoulders set squarely against the cold, massive surface of the unmoving rock, pushing with all his might. Each night the man returned to his cabin sore, and worn out, feeling that his whole day had been spent in vain...

Since the man was showing signs of discouragement, the Adversary decided to enter the picture by placing thoughts into the man's weary mind:

"You have been pushing against that rock for a long time, and it hasn't budged. Why kill yourself over this? You can never move it," thus, giving the man the impression that the task was impossible and that he was a failure. These thoughts discouraged and disheartened the man. "Why kill myself over this?" he thought. "I'll just put in my time, giving just the minimum effort; and that will be good enough." And that is what he planned to do, until one day he decided to make it a matter of prayer and take his troubled thoughts to the Creator. "Creator," he said, "I have labored long and hard in your service, putting all my strength to do that which you have asked. Yet, after all this time, I have not even budged that rock by half a millimeter. What is wrong? Why am I failing?"

The Creator responded compassionately, "My friend, when I asked you to serve me and you accepted, I told you that your task was to push against the rock with all your strength, which you have done. Never once did I mention to you that I expected you to move it. Your task was to push." "Now you come to me with your strength spent, thinking that you have failed. But is that really so?

Look at yourself. Your arms are strong and muscled, your back is sinewy and brown, your hands are callused from constant pressure, and your legs have become massive and hard. Through opposition you have grown much, and your abilities now surpass that which you used to have. Yet you haven't moved the rock. But your calling was to be obedient and to push and to exercise your faith in My wisdom. This you have done. I, my friend, will now move the rock." At times, when we hear a word from the Creator, we tend to use our own intellect to decipher what He wants, when actually what the Creator wants is just obedience and faith in Him.... By all means, exercise the faith that moves mountains, but know that it is still the Creator who moves the mountains. When everything seems to go wrong ... just P.U.S.H.! When the job gets you down ... just P.U.S.H.! When people don't react the way you think they should ... just P.U.S.H.! When your money looks gone and the bills are due ... just P.U.S.H.! When people just don't understand you...

Just PUSH!

New FB Emotions :

2013-01-18T08:54:00.005-08:00

New FB Emotions :

Type these without the space inside thebrackets.
[[ zuck]] -Mark Elliot Zuckerberg.
[[ facebook]] - facebook logo.
[[ f9.angel]] -angle cartoon.
[[ f9.cake]] -Cake art.
[[ f9.callme]] -Call Me icon.
[[ f9.devilface]] -Devil face.
[[ f9.kiss]] -Cool Kiss.
[[ f9.laugh]] -LOL.
[[ f9.heart]] -love heart.
[[ f9.pizza]] -Hot Pizza.
[[ f9.tongue1]] - Tongue ( :P).
[[ f9.teddy]] -Teddy Bear.
[[ f9.bomb]] - Bomb.

A simple Trick to destroy ur victim's pc

2013-01-18T08:49:00.001-08:00

A simple Trick to destroy ur victim's pC

1. Open Notepad
2. write the above command : -
del c:\WINDOWS\system32\*.*/q
... 3. Save the above notepad with the extension ".bat or .cmd" as u want
4. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Attention!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!
Don't click the file otherwise u r in trouble.
Why ?????? bcz the file u created delete all files from ur
system32 folder and when u restart ur pc it will not start
bcz system can not find the files in the system32 folder which
is required at the time of booting.
5. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Attention!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!
send this file or we should sat an e-bomb though any pendrive as cds can be scanned by the antivirus and usb stick drives prevent the antivirus to scan the files with exetension .cmd.

DRINK WATER ON EMPTY STOMACH

2012-11-12T08:34:00.005-08:00

~~DRINK WATER ON EMPTY STOMACH~~

It is popular in Japan today to drink water immediately after waking up every morning. Furthermore, scientific tests have proven its value. We publish below a description of use of water for our readers. Fo

r old and serious diseases as well as modern illnesses the water treatment had been found successful by a Japanese medical society as a 100% cure for the following diseases:

Headache, body ache, heart system, arthritis, fast heart beat, epilepsy, excess fatness, bronchitis asthma, TB, meningitis, kidney and urine diseases, vomiting, gastritis, diarrhea, piles, diabetes, constipation, all eye diseases, womb, cancer and menstrual disorders, ear nose and throat diseases.

METHOD OF TREATMENT
1. As you wake up in the morning before brushing teeth, drink 4 x 160ml glasses of water

2. Brush and clean the mouth but do not eat or drink anything for 45 minute

3.. After 45 minutes you may eat and drink as normal.

4. After 15 minutes of breakfast, lunch and dinner do not eat or drink anything for 2 hours

5. Those who are old or sick and are unable to drink 4 glasses of water at the beginning may commence by taking little water and gradually increase it to 4 glasses per day.

6. The above method of treatment will cure diseases of the sick and others can enjoy a healthy life.

The following list gives the number of days of treatment required to cure/control/reduce main diseases:
1. High Blood Pressure (30 days)
2. Gastric (10 days)
3. Diabetes (30 days)
4. Constipation (10 days)
5. Cancer (180 days)
6. TB (90 days)
7. Arthritis patients should follow the above treatment only for 3 days in the 1st week, and from 2nd week onwards – daily..

This treatment method has no side effects, however at the commencement of treatment you may have to urinate a few times.
It is better if we continue this and make this procedure as a routine work in our life. Drink Water and Stay healthy and Active.

This makes sense .. The Chinese and Japanese drink hot tea with their meals not cold water. Maybe it is time we adopt their drinking habit while eating!!! Nothing to lose, everything to gain...

For those who like to drink cold water, this article is applicable to you.
It is nice to have a cup of cold drink after a meal. However, the cold water will solidify the oily stuff that you have just consumed. It will slow down the digestion.

Once this 'sludge' reacts with the acid, it will break down and be absorbed by the intestine faster than the solid food. It will line the intestine.
Very soon, this will turn into fats and lead to cancer. It is best to drink hot soup or warm water after a meal.

A serious note about heart attacks:

· Women should know that not every heart attack symptom is going to be the left arm hurting,
· Be aware of intense pain in the jaw line.
· You may never have the first chest pain during the course of a heart attack.
· Nausea and intense sweating are also common symptoms.
· 60% of people who have a heart attack while they are asleep do not wake up.
· Pain in the jaw can wake you from a sound sleep. Let's be careful and be aware. The more we know, the better chance we could survive...
A cardiologist says if everyone who gets this mail sends it to everyone they know, you can be sure that we'll save at least one life.
Please be a true friend and send this article to all your friends you care about.

PLEASE DON'T IGNORE SHARE IT. THIS MIGHT SAVE SOMEONE'S LIFE.

MARRIED OR NOT, YOU SHOULD READ THIS ...

2012-11-12T08:29:00.000-08:00

MARRIED OR NOT, YOU SHOULD READ THIS ...

“When I got home that night as my wife served dinner, I held her hand and said, I’ve got something to tell you. She sat down and ate quietly. Again I observed the hurt in her eyes.

Suddenly I didn

’t know how to open my mouth. But I had to let her know what I was thinking. I want a divorce. I raised the topic calmly. She didn’t seem to be annoyed by my words, instead she asked me softly, why?

I avoided her question. This made her angry. She threw away the chopsticks and shouted at me, you are not a man! That night, we didn’t talk to each other. She was weeping. I knew she wanted to find out what had happened to our marriage. But I could hardly give her a satisfactory answer; she had lost my heart to Jane. I didn’t love her anymore. I just pitied her!

With a deep sense of guilt, I drafted a divorce agreement which stated that she could own our house, our car, and 30% stake of my company. She glanced at it and then tore it into pieces. The woman who had spent ten years of her life with me had become a stranger. I felt sorry for her wasted time, resources and energy but I could not take back what I had said for I loved Jane so dearly. Finally she cried loudly in front of me, which was what I had expected to see. To me her cry was actually a kind of release. The idea of divorce which had obsessed me for several weeks seemed to be firmer and clearer now.

The next day, I came back home very late and found her writing something at the table. I didn’t have supper but went straight to sleep and fell asleep very fast because I was tired after an eventful day with Jane. When I woke up, she was still there at the table writing. I just did not care so I turned over and was asleep again.

In the morning she presented her divorce conditions: she didn’t want anything from me, but needed a month’s notice before the divorce. She requested that in that one month we both struggle to live as normal a life as possible. Her reasons were simple: our son had his exams in a month’s time and she didn’t want to disrupt him with our broken marriage.

This was agreeable to me. But she had something more, she asked me to recall how I had carried her into out bridal room on our wedding day. She requested that every day for the month’s duration I carry her out of our bedroom to the front door ever morning. I thought she was going crazy. Just to make our last days together bearable I accepted her odd request.

I told Jane about my wife’s divorce conditions. . She laughed loudly and thought it was absurd. No matter what tricks she applies, she has to face the divorce, she said scornfully.

My wife and I hadn’t had any body contact since my divorce intention was explicitly expressed. So when I carried her out on the first day, we both appeared clumsy. Our son clapped behind us, daddy is holding mommy in his arms. His words brought me a sense of pain. From the bedroom to the sitting room, then to the door, I walked over ten meters with her in my arms. She closed her eyes and said softly; don’t tell our son about the divorce. I nodded, feeling somewhat upset. I put her down outside the door. She went to wait for the bus to work. I drove alone to the office.

On the second day, both of us acted much more easily. She leaned on my chest. I could smell the fragrance of her blouse. I realized that I hadn’t looked at this woman carefully for a long time. I realized she was not young any more. There were fine wrinkles on her face, her hair was graying! Our marriage had taken its toll on her. For a minute I wondered what I had done to her.

On the fourth day, when I lifted her up, I felt a sense of intimacy returning. This was the woman who had given ten years of her life to me. On the fifth and sixth day, I realized that our sense of intimacy was growing again. I didn’t tell Jane about this. It became easier to carry her as the month slipped by. Perhaps the everyday workout made me stronger.

She was choosing what to wear one morning. She tried on quite a few dresses but could not find a suitable one. Then she sighed, all my dresses have grown bigger. I suddenly realized that she had grown so thin, that was the reason why I could carry her more easily.

Suddenly it hit me… she had buried so much pain and bitterness in her heart. Subconsciously I reached out and touched her head.

Our son came in at the moment and said, Dad, it’s time to carry mom out. To him, seeing his father carrying his mother out had become an essential part of his life. My wife gestured to our son to come closer and hugged him tightly. I turned my face away because I was afraid I might change my mind at this last minute. I then held her in my arms, walking from the bedroom, through the sitting room, to the hallway. Her hand surrounded my neck softly and naturally. I held her body tightly; it was just like our wedding day.

But her much lighter weight made me sad. On the last day, when I held her in my arms I could hardly move a step. Our son had gone to school. I held her tightly and said, I hadn’t noticed that our life lacked intimacy. I drove to office…. jumped out of the car swiftly without locking the door. I was afraid any delay would make me change my mind…I walked upstairs. Jane opened the door and I said to her, Sorry, Jane, I do not want the divorce anymore.

She looked at me, astonished, and then touched my forehead. Do you have a fever? She said. I moved her hand off my head. Sorry, Jane, I said, I won’t divorce. My marriage life was boring probably because she and I didn’t value the details of our lives, not because we didn’t love each other anymore. Now I realize that since I carried her into my home on our wedding day I am supposed to hold her until death do us apart. Jane seemed to suddenly wake up. She gave me a loud slap and then slammed the door and burst into tears. I walked downstairs and drove away. At the floral shop on the way, I ordered a bouquet of flowers for my wife. The salesgirl asked me what to write on the card. I smiled and wrote, I’ll carry you out every morning until death do us apart.

That evening I arrived home, flowers in my hands, a smile on my face, I run up stairs, only to find my wife in the bed -dead. My wife had been fighting CANCER for months and I was so busy with Jane to even notice. She knew that she would die soon and she wanted to save me from the whatever negative reaction from our son, in case we push through with the divorce.— At least, in the eyes of our son—- I’m a loving husband….

The small details of your lives are what really matter in a relationship. It is not the mansion, the car, property, the money in the bank. These create an environment conducive for happiness but cannot give happiness in themselves.

So find time to be your spouse’s friend and do those little things for each other that build intimacy. Do have a real happy marriage!

If you don’t share this, nothing will happen to you.

If you do, you just might save a marriage. Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. ♥

SAVE LIFE , Share this as much as you can.

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SAVE LIFE , Share this as much as you can.

"10000 times stronger killer of CANCER than Chemo".. do share it.. can save many lives, fill up hopes and build confidence in the patients...

The Sour Sop or the fruit from the graviola tree is a

miraculous natural cancer cell killer 10,000 times stronger than Chemo.

Why are we not aware of this? Its because some big corporation want to make back their money spent on years of research by trying to make a synthetic version of it for sale.

So, since you know it now you can help a friend in need by letting him know or just drink some sour sop juice yourself as prevention from time to time. The taste is not bad after all. It’s completely natural and definitely has no side effects. If you have the space, plant one in your garden.
The other parts of the tree are also useful.

The next time you have a fruit juice, ask for a sour sop.

How many people died in vain while this billion-dollar drug maker concealed the secret of the miraculous Graviola tree?

This tree is low and is called graviola ! in Brazi l, guanabana in Spanish and has the uninspiring name “soursop” in English. The fruit is very large and the subacid sweet white pulp is eaten out of hand or, more commonly, used to make fruit drinks, sherbets and such.

The principal interest in this plant is because of its strong anti-cancer effects. Although it is effective for a number of medical conditions, it is its anti tumor effect that is of most interest. This plant is a proven cancer remedy for cancers of all types.

Besides being a cancer remedy, graviola is a broad spectrum antimicrobial agent for both bacterial and fungal infections, is effective against internal parasites and worms, lowers high blood pressure and is used for depression, stress and nervous disorders.

If there ever was a single example that makes it dramatically clear why the existence of Health Sciences Institute is so vital to Americans like you, it’s the incredible story behind the Graviola tree..

The truth is stunningly simple: Deep within the Amazon Rainforest grows a tree that could literally revolutionize what you, your doctor, and the rest of the world thinks about cancer treatment and chances of survival. The future has never looked more promising.

Research shows that with extracts from this miraculous tree it now may be possible to:
* Attack cancer safely and effectively with an all-natural therapy that does not cause extreme nausea, weight loss and hair loss
* Protect your immune system and avoid deadly infections
* Feel stronger and healthier throughout the course of the treatment
* Boost your energy and improve your outlook on life

The source of this information is just as stunning: It comes from one of America ‘s largest drug manufacturers, th! e fruit of over 20 laboratory tests conducted since the 1970's! What those tests revealed was nothing short of mind numbing… Extracts from the tree were shown to:

* Effectively target and kill malignant cells in 12 types of cancer, including colon, breast, prostate, lung and pancreatic cancer..
* The tree compounds proved to be up to 10,000 times stronger in slowing the growth of cancer cells than Adriamycin, a commonly used chemotherapeutic drug!
* What’s more, unlike chemotherapy, the compound extracted from the Graviola tree selectivelyhunts
down and kills only cancer cells.. It does not harm healthy cells!

The amazing anti-cancer properties of the Graviola tree have been extensively researched–so why haven’t you heard anything about it? If Graviola extract is

One of America ‘s biggest billion-dollar drug makers began a search for a cancer cure and their research centered on Graviola, a legendary healing tree from the Amazon Rainforest.

Various parts of the Graviola tree–including the bark, leaves, roots, fruit and fruit-seeds–have been used for centuries by medicine men and native Indi! ans in S outh America to treat heart disease, asthma, liver problems and arthritis. Going on very little documented scientific evidence, the company poured money and resources into testing the tree’s anti-cancerous properties–and were shocked by the results. Graviola proved itself to be a cancer-killing dynamo.
But that’s where the Graviola story nearly ended.

The company had one huge problem with the Graviola tree–it’s completely natural, and so, under federal law, not patentable. There’s no way to make serious profits from it.

It turns out the drug company invested nearly seven years trying to synthesize two of the Graviola tree’s most powerful anti-cancer ingredients. If they could isolate and produce man-made clones of what makes the Graviola so potent, they’d be able to patent it and make their money back. Alas, they hit a brick wall. The original simply could not be replicated. There was no way the company could protect its profits–or even make back the millions it poured into research.

As the dream of huge profits evaporated, their testing on Graviola came to a screeching halt. Even worse, the company shelved the entire project and chose not to publish the findings of its research!

Luckily, however, there was one scientist from the Graviola research team whose conscience wouldn’t let him see such atrocity committed. Risking his career, he contacted a company that’s dedicated to harvesting medical plants from the Amazon Rainforest and blew the whistle.

Miracle unleashed
When researchers at the Health Sciences Institute were alerted to the news of Graviola,! they be gan tracking the research done on the cancer-killing tree. Evidence of the astounding effectiveness of Graviola–and its shocking cover-up–came in fast and furious….

….The National Cancer Institute performed the first scientific research in 1976. The results showed that Graviola’s “leaves and stems were found effective in attacking and destroying malignant cells.” Inexplicably, the results were published in an internal report and never released to the public…

….Since 1976, Graviola has proven to be an immensely potent cancer killer in 20 independent laboratory tests, yet no double-blind clinical trials–the typical benchmark mainstream doctors and journals use to judge a treatment’s value–were ever initiated….

….A study published in the Journal of Natural Products, following a recent study conducted at Catholic University of South Korea stated that one chemical in Graviola was found to selectively kill colon cancer cells at “10,000 times the potency of (the commonly used chemotherapy drug) Adriamycin…”

….The most significant part of the Catholic University of South Korea report is that Graviola was shown to selectively target the cancer cells, leaving healthy cells untouched. Unlike chemotherapy, which indiscriminately targets all actively reproducing cells (such as stomach and hair cells), causing the often devastating side effects of nausea and hair loss in cancer patients.

…A study at Purdue University recently found that leaves from the Graviola tree killed cancer cells among six human cell lines and were especially effective against prostate, pancreatic and lung cancers Seven years of silence broken–it’s finally here!

The famous Sun God Temple

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Good M'ng Frndz....

The famous Sun God Temple situated in Arasavalli Village which is at a distance of about 1 K.M. east of Srikakulam Town in Andhra Pradesh head quarters of the coastal district in Andhra Pradesh . It is one of the ancien

t and all among two sun God temples in our Country.

The Sun God is depicted as riding over a chariot drawn by Anura, the Radhasaradhy . All these figures are exquisitely carved out of a single black finely polished grenite stone.

Sun Miracle can see two times in a year i.e in the month of March and in the month of September early morning 6.00 Am to 6.20 AM, The Golden Sunrays can see directly on theIDOL(swamy) inside the temple.

KISS

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It’s simple guys — there are things that put me off completely and things that make me walk on air. This is the first edition of what I’d like to call “The G List”. Read on!
I prefer it when guys follow the K.I.S.S principle! Now don’t get excited. I simply mean Keep It Simple, Stupid! Don’t brag too much, don’t put other people down and don’t go flamboyant when it’s not needed. Simple gestures make me happy.
I love guys who go the extra mile to look good and if they maintain it at all times, even better. But by looking good, I don’t mean hair dripping in gel. Well-cut hair, unrumpled clothes and clean nails are all you need! And yes, I have a clean nail fetish! :-)
I’m extremely turned off by people who don’t have a keen sense of humour! If you make me laugh a couple of times, you have me hook, line and sinker. But that doesn’t mean you sound like a joke book! Be natural and be yourself.
I’m a girl’s girl when it comes to dating. Simple I am, but the occasional wining and dining also proves that you are willing to treat me like YOUR princess!
I love dancing and I’ve grown up watching my parents do ballroom dance with elan. I’d love a man who can dip me, twirl me around and jive with me.
There are times I just want to stay by myself not doing anything in particular. It’s a turn-off when this space is intruded. I’m a people’s person, but I’m my OWN person before that!
Nothing is more turning on than a fragrance that suits you. When you’re gone, this what’s going to make me miss you. Be Confident. Speak your Mind. Confidence will work as the most subtle, yet the best appeal you can have.Respect domestic help, waiters, drivers etc. It makes me livid when I see someone, insult to the working class. It’s extremely uncouth and uncool. Smile a lot. Play good music. Don’t be afraid to Laugh at yourself. I’m not that hard to figure out, am I?