India's Dispair.

India’s Dispair.
Country’s despair. The Country is burning.
India is burning, the Lalus are playing the fiddle.
Stop throwing mud at the anti-corruption campaign.
Join the 21st century and leave behind your 19 century approach and attitude. If you cannot, it is time for you to quit.
Give place to the young and the energetic.

Stop running to Russia for everything.
Stand on your feet.
The PM has to admit that his administration was a failure
The politicians have got the biggest share and say in all matters.
Civil Service police army election commission CAG CBI Judiciary
have been helpless spectators at the hands of political parties.
Political parties each and all have tasted the comforts of smooth life.
None of them is willing to forego their perquisites of pleasure and gain.
They are passing the time. They have no intent to pass the Lokpal Bill.
All are involved including the ruling the opposition and the allies-all from top to bottom.
No decision can be taken without OK of the PM O FM and concerned Ministry.
Do not throw dust in the eyes of the people. This is the final call. Grow up.

Christmas Carol.

Jingle bells, jingle bells,
Jingle all the way.
Oh! what fun it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh.
Jingle bells, jingle bells,
Jingle all the way;
Oh! what fun it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh.
Jingle bells,jingle bells,
Jingle all the way,
Merry Christmas is today.
Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way!
O what joy it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh.
A day or two ago
I thought I'd take a ride
And soon Miss Fannie Bright
Was seated by my side
The horse was lean and lank
Misfortune seemed his lot
He got into a drifted bank
And we - we got upsot
Jingle bells, jingle bells,
Jingle all the way.
Merry Christmas today.

Screen Idol-Dev Anand.

Dev Anand (1923-2011)
Real Name: Pishaurimal Dev Swaroop Anand.
Best Film. Guide.with Waheeda Rehman released in 1965.
He Married in 1954 with Mona Singh (Kalpana Kartik). They secretly got married on the sets of Taxi Driver.
Children. Suneel and Deveena.
Awards. 1958 Best Actor FilmFare. Film Kaala Paani.
1966Best Film Guide featuring him with Waheeda Rehman.
Padma Bhushana in 2001.
Dada Saheb Phalke award in 2002.
NDTV Life Time Award in September 2011.

He died in London on 3 December 2011.

National Anthem of India.

The National Anthem.



Jana gaṇa mana adhināyaka jaya he
Bhārata bhāgya vidhātā
Pañjāba Sindhu Gujarāṭa Marāṭhā
Drāviḍa Utkala Vaṅga
Vindhya Himāchala Yamunā Gaṅgā
Ucchala jaladhi taraṅga
Tav śubha nāme jāge
Tav śubha āśiṣa māge
Gāhe taba jaya gāthā
Jana gaṇa maṅgala dāyaka jaya he
Bhārata bhāgya vidhāta
Jaya he, jaya he, jaya he
Jaya jaya jaya, jaya he!


Congratulations our dear National Anthem Jana Gana Mana.
Today the National Anthem turns a Hundred. Many Many Happy Return of the Day.
Poet Laureate Rabindra Nath Tagore penned the famous Jan Man Gana.
It was on this day today 27-12-1911 that Congress accepted it as a national symbol.
It was on 24th January that it was incorporated as Country’s National Anthem.
Full Honour and Etiquette is involved in the playing of the Anthem. These usually involve military honours, standing up, removing headwear etc.

National anthems are used in a wide array of contexts. They are played on national holidays and festivals, and have also come to be closely connected with sporting events. During sporting competitions, the national anthem of the gold medal winner is played at each medal ceremony in Olympic games.

India-Yesterday,Today and Tomorrow.

William Hawkins captain of the ship Hecter landed at Surat in August 1600. He marched into the interior of the land of India, whose myth and marvel had already inspired the imagination of the Elizabethan age navigators, prepared to find rubies as big as pigeon eggs, endless stands of pepper, ginger, indigo, cinnamon, and the trees whose leaves and branches were so enormous; the shade they cast would cover an entire family; magic potions and potent derived from the testicles of elephants to give man an eternal youth.

While ruling India, The British from the year 1601 onwards, got shiploads of essential commodity items like spices, gum, sugar raw silk, cotton, opium etc on the docks of their river Thames.

The said ships sailed back to Surat, with loads full of British manufacture. They expanded their area to Madras, Calcutta under the guise of their pet slogan
“Trade, no Territory.”, in the initial years of their arrival. Gradually they got involved into the affairs of the country.”

In the year 1757 after the Plassey war, gates opened for their march towards North India from Calcutta Eastern side, for the benefit of the merchants of London.

After 1857, the Queen declared herself as the Sole Ruler, and her authority to be exercised in the name of the Crown, by her representatives to govern the vast country of India.

The Crown created a band of 2000 young Officers of the ICS cadre, and 10000 British officers of the Army. These young men were the breed of impeccable family but less wealthy. They were good offspring of the churchmen of the villages, the talented second grade sons of England, deprived of a decent heritage life in England which was already over-crowded with the sons of VIPs, teachers, professors, and aristocrats who had already captured prestigious posts within the country.

India was therefore a vast system of relief for the second grade aristocrats of English families to engage them in an out door life to prove their worthiness and mettle. They met with challenge, adventure, in which the 25 year old youth of England found fulfillment of his dream, which the soil of England with its restricted resources was denied to them.

These youth arrived in the docks of Bombay barely at an age of 18 or 19 to rule, to govern the vast country.; to give vent to their whims and imagination, to set in an example of good governance.

They had heard of India in the romantic tales of Kipling who described:-

“A country where the wooden doors are framed made of scented wood sandalwood, emitting sweet smell to please the mind and found all day and night non-stop.. There were pears spread on the river-banks, like pebbles, “
and all that based on Kiplings romantic tales.



When it was proposed to grant independence to India, in 1946 in England in the British Parliament, Sir Winston Churchill said:

“The fate of 400 million of the people cannot be entrusted in the hands of incompetent, inexperienced agitators devoid of knowledge of running the administration, of a vast country like India.”

“In the next 20 years, half the population of the country would die of starvation, on account of shortage of food and water.”

“ By the end of the century, the population of India would be a billion.”

It was Clement Atlee who won elections in the year 1946 defeating Churchill that this could happen that it was decided to grant sovereignty to India. All authority was vested in Lord Mountbatten, to tackle the issue of Independence; even by partition. He had not to consult anyone in England. He was endowed with full powers.

‘All these years, our leaders have done a lot of talking and begging before the world;
And not building the nation. Let now somebody come forward and build the Nation.”

Freedom at the stroke of 12 at midnight. Jawaharlal Nehru said:-

“ Long long years ago, we made a tryst with Destiny.
Now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge,
At the stroke of the mid-night hourrr; while the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom.”

“A moment comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new, when an age ends and when a soul of the nation long suppressed, finds utterance.”



Country’s despair. The Country is burning.
Rome is burning, the Neros are playing the fiddle.
Stop throwing mud at your opponents.
Join the 21st century like a sportsman and leave behind your 19 century approach and attitude. If you can not, it is time for you to retire.
Give place to the young and the energetic.

Stop running to Russia for everything.
Stand on your feet.
The PM has to admit that his administration was a failure.

The Nation has to be engaged in building the country.
One week in politics is eternity. You are for five years. What did you do?
Please step down. Let the young generation take over.
Move for a peaceful Kashmir solution and the boundary dispute with China.
The Pot calling the kettle black attitude should go.
People are frustrated. They have given up hope.
There are lots and lots of money-launderers, mafia manipulators, and liars.
No patriots are now left. All have died. No one has the interest of the Nation at his heart. All are imposters greedy and selfish.
India is the same. There is no change in India, what it was before a thousand years.
The same game of infighting, pulling legs and jealousy has continued.. These are the key factors which brought outsiders to our country and they ruled over us for the last 1000 years. India is divided into groups. There is no unity. One group is ready to destroy the other. There is no sense of co-existence and co-operation and living together. All want to fight and destroy the other. They are ready to pay the price. Outsiders take advantage of such infighting and chaos.
China’s threat to the very existence of our country is not taken seriously.
Our politicos have taken everything as a matter of a game or a play in parliament.
The People of India are not for play.
There is no provision in any law, or any reference in the Constitution for play.
The fake currency notes issue is 20 years old. They have improved upon it and now fake currency notes look as good as real. Our Government was sleeping. They allowed them to get mastery in forging the currency notes. They should look as genuine as anything.
Even the ATMs and Bank people can not distinguish between fake and real currency.
Take stock of fake currency notes circulating in the country.
The government has washed their hands. If any person has up to five fake currency notes, he shall not be questioned. It means moving with five fake currency notes is legal.
The Government has thrown the burden on its people. Every citizen shall check the notes before accepting. What are the norms for checks ?. The fake notes look as good as real ones. They stole the very design roll with which notes are printed in the mint.
The Government does not take responsibility for anything. Such things may happen. They make a show of locking the stable after the horse is stolen.

The country is in the grip of black money and fake money. Where is real money?
Our neighbours are constantly involved in breaking our economy.
They are awaiting a split from within. This day is also not far off?

Accountability is a powerful weapon. Use it. All will fall in line.
Government and all services need to be privatised. Hire and Fire is the norm.
Reduce the administrative expenditure. Put curbs on spending on non-plan items.
Be tough. Be firm. Be Bold. Take bold decisions.

Inequality. The Rich and the Poor.

Poverty has taken the toll of the nation.
The widening gap between the rich and the poor is a key motivating element for terror strikes. The western world is rich. The African Asian nations are comparatively poor.
The Africans and the Asians look upon the western world as arrogant self-satisfying greedy and self centered.

The recent world disasters have to be viewed from this type of a perspective.
Misery breeds hatred. The terrorist groups use and abuse people who suffer misery and poverty.
Food crisis in African countries is worsening.
There is no shortage of food.
There is unequal distribution, of wealth food energy infrastructure, health facility, standard of living. Such amenities are concentrated in the hands of 20 %.
This 20% controls the world’s 80% of resources.
The 80% is devoid of minimum barest available living conditions and health and food facility.
Unemployment, frustration, non-availability of opportunity, the youth feels frustrated and takes to arms to achieve their cherished dreams.
It is a war between the powerful Vs. the powerless.
It is a war between the HAVS and HAVNOTS.
Liberalisation of trade norms, free economy, free market, and benefits of globalisation have proved as their claws apparent to own the third world.

Poor and dispossessed millions have engaged themselves in a revolution of unfulfilled dreams. The frustrated, aggressive unemployed youth feels that their life is meaningless.
The new level of crime and violence have made an electrified effect on the minds of the youth and have embraced violence and crime with open hands. The wealthy are the key targets in their list.

In short,following reasons emerge as key factors for a crime-filled and violent world.
1. there has emerged a new class of dispossessed and deprived youth to achieve their comforts by resorting to violence and crime.
2. .Greater inequality disparity of wealth and power and wealth both within and outside of the country.
3. Lack of fertile land to feed the billions of population expanding disproportionately in terms of resources.

Public Service.

STRUCTURAL APPOINTMENTS IN GOVERNMENT SERVICE.

The country suffers from dearth of structural appointments in the services sector.
Structural Unemployment is on a rise. The unemployment has resulted when personnel were recruited by UPSC, state PSC SSB and other recruiting agencies, norms of qualification and experience for that particular field were not observed.
Candidates for higher posts were selected by recommendation and not on merits. Candidates who did not possess skill necessary, mandatory for a particular field were
selected on the basis of recommendation from higher-ups, on selected posts.

Failure to impose selective control which meant to affect our industries and economic sectors without covering entire economy were not observed and enforced.

In Banking, transportation medical life insurance, government services, the fulcrum of power is captured in the hands of the staff. The management has lost the grip. Jail-birds are seen holding power and ruling over straight forward and honest service class personnel.

Fashion Changes Every Season.

OLD FASHION IS NEW AGAIN
NEW FASHION IS OLD AGAIN.
IT IS A CYCLE MOVING EVERY PERIOD.

In college days, teddy boy pants were popular..
Then came the bell-bottoms, lasted for five years.
In the matter of shirts, double cuff sleeves with
Cuff-links was the order of the day.
Then double-cuff sleeves with cuff-links gave way to plain
Sleeve buttoned was the fashion of the day.
In the matter of shirts size of the collar was important.
Checks shirts were in fashion.

In the matter suits double breasted suit was forefront.
Then came the fashion with coat with three buttons
and a slip at the back.
Two buttons and one button fronts were in fashion.
Now again three buttons coat is in fashion.
Checks suit were in demand.
Now dark suit with blue or gray shirts is in fashion.
Different designers have different ideas about norms in fashion.
In fact there are no such water compartment norms.
What sells and what is popular is the norms.
They change the collars in size and slips in the sides and so on.
In the matter of Men’s Suits, every country wise fashion is different.
Paris stitched suits are prominently identifiable, as
Against conservative London tailored suits.
In America suits come from Taiwan duly stitched,
in all size and different price-range.
They can be altered and adjusted as per one’s size.
Neck-tie denotes the mood of the wearer.
Red is for aggressive mood.
Blue is for conciliatory mood
And green is for peaceful mission.

You are known by the quality of your shoes.
Big dignitaries right from Tokyo to Hong Kong to Singapore to Berlin to Paris to London to New York to Los-Angeles, wear the
same fashion shoes. Fashion travels fast in choice of the shoes.

Wrist-watch, hand phone, Goggles and pen have to be the costliest.

Cartier gent’s sets of complete out fit were popular.
Now there is some change.

Artists and film stars have a standard. At dinner party or public-function,
they are clad in suits. Otherwise they are seen in jeans and tee-shirts and Reebok shoes.

India-today-after 64 years of Freedom.

OUR COUNTRY AFTER 64 YEARS OF FREEDOM.


One half of the nation is ill housed.
One half of the nation is ill clad.
One half of the nation is ill nourished.
One half of the nation is ill looking.

So little done; so much to do.
Those in power fight like beggars.
They are beggars sitting on the horseback.

Every nook and corner Ascetics and Sages
have gripped the nation.
New and newer kinds of God and temples mushroom.

When we see serpent carved on a stone, we pour milk.
When we come across real serpent, we shout, ”KILL.KILL.”

To a hungry man if served, he would eat, we say, GO AWAY. GO AWAY.”
But to the Image of God, which can not eat, we offer dishes of food for him.

World's Powerful People.

POWER

“I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it.
I love it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out
its sounds and chords and harmonies.” =Napoleon B.

Power is one. It has different version. Political power, religious power,
Artist’s power, popularity power, criminals power.and so on.

Forbes Magazine released a list of 100 most powerful in the world.
1.President Obama.
2.Hu Jinato
3.V Putin
9.Saudi King
10.Bill Gates
11.Pope Benedict
36.ManmohanSingh
44.Mukesh Ambani
50.Dawood Ibrahim
55.Laxmi Mittal
59.Ratan Tata

If such a survey for India was conducted, it would be:
l.Sonia.
2.Rahul.
3.Manmohan
4.Amitabh
5.Aish
6Sachin
7Dhoni
8Murthi
9Ambani bros.
10 Pramukh Swami

Our Health-Heart Attack.

A MILLION A YEAR DIE OUT OF HEART ATTACK IN INDIA.

KNOW THE SIGNS OF HEART ATTACK.

The heart is in the center of the chest. It is not on the left as claimed.
You feel discomfort in the center, under the neck-tie.
It is not always a sharp jabbing pain.
It is a sensation of pressure, weight, squeezing and aching.
Discomfort may radiate through the center or whole chest area.
It may subside in a few minutes, or hours to return later.
Distress may extend from chest to one or both arms.
Do not mistake it as arthritis.
Raise your arms above your head, arthritis pain will aggravate.
Pain due to heart attack will not aggravate.
It will spread to the neck and the jaws.
Do not mistake it as toothache, arthritis or stiff neck.
Pain may appear upper abdomen.
Do not mistake it as indigestion.

Spray NG under the tongue, Nitro-Glycerin spray. You are saved.
It is advisable to keep NG spray,or tablet handy in the house.
You must find it when you need it.

Raj Narain Son of India.

Raj Narain-the Legend.

Raj Narain. Common Man’s Leader.
Lifetime.1917 to 1986.
Education. M.A.LL.B.

True Son of India.
Lost in Love.
In Search of True Love.
His Meaningful Life.

His Daring life-journey is reflected in the fact that that he filed nomination for Lok Sabha Seat in every Election to oppose the Might of Indira Gandhi.
She had engaged all her Might Money and Minds to dissuade Him.
But Raj Narain ji was undeterred in his faith in democracy to defeat her.
It was His Dream Come True that he finally succeeded and defeated Smt. Indira Gandhi, the PM of India, in the election in 1977 from Rai Bareili.

Hard he looked face to face, but calm and strong,
Like rock of stone who never suffered any wrong.
Raj Narain was a close associate of Ram Manohar Lohia.
Raj Narain was an active member of the Socialist Party of India.
Raj Narain holds a record number of going to jail.
Raj Narain was jailed 80 times.
Raj Narain spent 17 years in Jail out of his life of 69 years.

In 1977, during the Janta Government, Raj Narain was the Union Health Minister.

As the Union Health Minister he advocated short course, medical education like
mobile compounders to ride on bikes with a medical kit box, equipment,
medicine for medical help to Indian rural villages for normal routine illness.
According to him, villages needed more compounders than doctors for first aid.
In serious matters, the compounder should refer the patients to hospital.

As Union Health Minister, he issued instructions that Doctors, and all other
members associated with Medical profession shall not Smoke or Chew Pan etc.

He was a great Organiser and a freedom fighter. The British announced a prize
of INR. 5000, in 1942 to get him dead or alive.

Telangana-India.

TELANGANA –will be a new State?
Telangana plateau is in western Andhra Pradesh, comprises of the northeastern part of the Deccan Plateau, it has an area of about 57,370 square miles, a north-south length of about 480 miles, and an east-west width of about 320 miles. Mentioned in one of the Ashoka's edicts, the region was successively ruled by the Satyavahanas, Pallavas, Eastern Chalukyas, Kakatiyas, and the Vijayanagar kings until it became part of the Qutb Shahi kingdom of Golconda.
It later came under the rule of the Nizam Shahi dynasty of Hyderabad. Since the establishment of the Indian Union in 1947, there have been repeated demands for the creation of a Telangana state, separate from Andhra Pradesh. The recent political developments in Andhra Pradesh has left no other alternative other than forming a new state of Telangana.
Geologically, the plateau is chiefly composed of Precambrian gneiss. Its senile plain is marked by undulations, almost completely graded valleys, and monad rocks that range from hill groups. The plateau is drained by the Godavari River taking a southeasterly course; by the Krishna River, which divides the plateau into two regions and by the Penneru River flowing in a northerly direction. The plateau's forests are moist deciduous, dry deciduous, and tropical thorn. Most of the population of the region is engaged in agriculture; cereals, oilseeds, cotton, and pulses legumes are the major crops. There are multipurpose irrigation and hydroelectric-power projects, including the Pochampad, Bhaira Vanitippa, and Upper Penneru.
Industries located in Hyderabad, Warangal, and Kurnool produce cotton textiles, sugar, foodstuffs, tobacco, paper, machine tools, and pharmaceuticals. Cottage industries are forest-based timber, firewood, charcoal, bamboo products and mineral-based asbestos, coal, chromite, iron ore, mica. There is a dense network of roads, as well as railways and waterways; Hyderabad, capital of Andhra Pradesh, is linked by air with major cities in India. The language of the plateau is Telugu of the Dravidian family. The plateau's important cities and towns are Hyderabad, Warangal, Kurnool, and Nizamabad.
Ms. Sonia Gandhi promised the people to form a separate state of Telangana during one of her election speech in Hyderabad Warangal and Nandiyal.
Hyderabad is one of the most advanced Information Technology hub of the Country.

Indian Philosophy. Ganesh Pooja.

Ganesha Pooja.

It is preferable to do Ganesha puja on the Chaturthi day at the noon.
In order to carry on the pooja, you will require following items-
A Clay image of Lord Ganesha, flowers, druva grass blades, sweets preferably Modak, coconut, sandalwood paste and incense sticks.
The Pooja begins with the establishment of idol on a higher platform.
It is given a bathe with Panchamrit.
You can now pray to Lord Ganesh and recite all the mantras or bhajans dedicated to Lord Ganesha.
You now have to invoke Lord Ganesha through your prayers and bring life in the idol.


Ohm Sri Ganeshaya Namaha.
Ohm Sri Ganapatyey Namah.
Ohm Sri Vakratunday Namah.
Ohm Vakratunda Mahakaya Suryakoti Samprabhaha, Nirvighanam kuru main dev sarva karyeshu sarvada.


Once you invoke life in the idol, you need to light lamp and incense sticks in order to please Lord Ganesha.
After this, you need to perform the shhodashopachara, which are 16 forms of paying tribute to Ganesha. In this you need to offer 21 blades of druva grass, 21 modakas, and flowers to Lord Ganesha. You need to apply a tilak using red Sandalwood paste to idol and keep the coconut along with the idol. After you have offered your best possible prasada to the Lord, you simply need to recite the 108 names dedicated to Lord Ganesha. Then bow down to Ganesha and seek his blessings. The puja is performed in a similar way even if it is a community fest. You need not to exceptionally elaborate the rituals of the Pooja rather all you need to do is pray with a clean and pious heart.

Urdu Art in Stage Drama.

Urdu Art and Stage Drama.

During the second half of the 19th century, Urdu was the main spoken and written language of the northern half of the subcontinent and understood in almost all the principal cities.
The Parsi were the pioneers in establishing a commercial theatre, that lasted from 1873 to 1935 and influenced all the other regional theatres. Though located mainly in Bombay and Calcutta, the Parsi companies toured the subcontinent with huge staffs, sets, and an army of players.
The best known playwright of this period is Agha Hashr (1876-1935), a poet-dramatist of flamboyant imagination and superb craftsmanship. Among his famous plays are Sita Banbas, from the Ramayana; Bilwa Mangal, a social play on the life of a poet, whose blind passion for a prostitute results in remorse; and Aankh ka Nasha, about the treachery of a prostitute's love, with realistic dialogue of a brothel. Many of Hashr's plays were adapted from Shakespeare: Sufaid Khun was modelled on King Lear, and Khun-e Nahaq on Hamlet.
His last play, Rustam-o-Sohrab, the tragic story of two legendary Persian heroes, Rustam and his son Sohrab, is a drama of passion and fatal irony. Theatrical companies were large-budgeted affairs. Plays opened with the actors in full makeup and costume, their hands folded and eyes closed, singing a prayer song in praise of a deity, and generally ended in a tableau.
Sometimes at curtain call the director rearranged the tableau in a split second and offered a variant. Actors were required to know singing, dancing, music, acrobatics, and fencing and to possess strong voices and good physical bearing.
In improvised auditoriums with bad acoustics and packed with more than 2,000 people, actors' voices reached the farthest spectator.
Plays began at 10 o'clock and lasted until dawn, moving from comedy to tragedy, from pathos to farce, from songs to the rattle of swords, all interspersed with moral lessons and rhyming epigrams.
The droll humour and realism of the comic interludes remain unsurpassed in contemporary Urdu drama. Important playwrights of this period were Narain Prasad Betab, Mian Zarif, and Munshi Mohammed Dil of Lucknow.
All took inspiration from Hindu mythology and Persian legends, transforming these tales into powerful dramas. Imtiaz Ali Taj was a bridge between Agha Hashr and contemporary Pakistani playwrights. His Anarkali, the tragic love story of Anarkali, and Crown Prince Salim unfolds the love-hate relationship of a domineering emperor and his rebellious son. Brilliant in treatment and character analysis, this play has been staged hundreds of times by amateur groups and has entered the list of Urdu classics.
In the absence of a professional company, Urdu theatre has found it difficult to strike roots.
After 1947 many Muslim actors and writers were absorbed by the Indian film industry in Bombay, and they found it difficult to adjust their great talent to amateur theatrical clubs.
All the same, plays have been staged in Karachi, Lahore, and Rawalpindi. The best productions have been those dealing with topical themes--refugee problems, new adjustments, the corrupt bureaucracy, the Kashmir issue, and other sociopolitical issues. Agha Babar in Rawalpindi produced Burra Sahib, an adaptation of Gogol's Government Inspector, setting it in Pakistan. Tere Kuce se Jub Hum Nikle by Naseer Shamshi, describes the pathetic condition of an aristocratic family in Delhi that is forced to leave home because of communal riots.
In Lal Qile se Lalukhet Tak, by Khwajah Moinuddin, the comedy arises out of the pitiable condition of the refugees who leave their well-settled existence in Delhi dreaming of prosperity, take a tedious journey, and arrive homeless in Karachi to find shelter in thatched hovels.
Ali Ahmed, an avant-garde actor-director in Karachi, presents his plays with polished stagecraft and esoteric appeal. Lahore remains the centre of amateur theatre based on the tradition of the late directors A.S. Bokhari and G.D. Sondhi, both former principals of the Government College in Lahore. In 1942 G.D. Sondhi built the Open-Air Theatre, situated on a small artificial hillock in the Lawrence Gardens and perhaps the best in all of South Asia. It has remained the centre of dramatic contests and festivals and is a favourite of visiting dancers and actors.
The actor-playwright Rafi Peer, with his knowledge of Western theatre as a result of his training in Berlin in the 1930s, has helped to develop Pakistani theatre. Professional in approach, he has produced radio and stage plays and has been a critical colleague of A.S. Bokhari and Imtiaz in the revival of amateur theatre.

Indian Astronomer Varah-mihir.

Varahamihira.(505-587)

Varahamihira's knowledge of astronomy was thorough. His monumental work progresses through astronomy and culminates in two treatises on astronomy, showing calculations based on reckoning and even giving complete mathematical charts and tables. Although Varahamihira's writings give a comprehensive picture of 6th-century India, his real interest lay in astronomy and astrology. He repeatedly emphasized the importance of astrology and wrote many treatises on shakuna as well as the Brhaj-Jataka, Great Birth and the Laghu-Jataka, Short Birth, two well-known works on the casting of horoscope.
He worked at Ujjain which had been an important center for mathematics since around 400 AD. The school of mathematics at Ujjain was increased in importance due to Varahamihira working there and it continued for a long period to be one of the two leading mathematical centers in India, in particular having Brahmgupta as its next major figure.
The most famous work by Varahamihira is the Panch Siddhant dated 575 AD. This work is important in itself and also in giving us information about older Indian texts which are now lost. The work is a treatise on mathematical astronomy and it summarises five earlier astronomical treatises, namely the sun,romaka Paulisa, Vasistha and Paitamaha siddhantas.
The Pancasiddhantika of Varahamihira is one of the most important sources for the history of Hindu astronomy before the time of Aryabhatta.
One treatise which Varahamihira summarises was the Romaka-Siddhanta which itself was based on the epicycle theory of the motions of the Sun and the Moon given by the Greeks in the 1st century AD. The Romaka-Siddhanta was based on the tropical year of Hipparchus and on the Metonic cycle of 19 years. Other works which Varahamihira summaries are also based on the Greek epicycle theory of the motions of the heavenly bodies. He revised the calendar by updating these earlier works to take into account precession since they were written. The Pancasiddhantika also contains many examples of the use of a place-value number system.
There is, however, quite a debate about interpreting data from Varahamihira's astronomical texts and from other similar works. Some believe that the astronomical theories are Babylonian in origin, while others argue that the Indians refined the Babylonian models by making observations of their own. Much needs to be done in this area to clarify some of these interesting theories.
Varahamihira was one of the most famous astronomers in Indian history. His work Brihatsamhita contains
description of heavenly bodies, their movements and conjunctions, meteorological phenomena, indications of the omens these movements, conjunctions and phenomena represent, what action to take and operations to accomplish, sign to look for in humans, animals, precious stones, etc.

Indian Philosophy. Sacred OHM.

The word Ohm has about a hundred meaning. One of them is Welcome to God.
‘Ohm’ can be repeated aloud, in whispers or silently. The silent repetition is most effective to still our mind and connect us to God. As we repeat, if we can feel the humming vibrations of this syllable in every cell of our body.
And when we are aware that this sacred syllable also represents the Unity of God’s manifestation, the repetition helps us experience the oneness that is inherently present everywhere. The vibrations unite us with the ultimate being.
OHM is not a word but rather an intonation, which, like music, transcends the barriers of age, race, culture and even species. OHM is made up of three letters, aa, au and ma which, when combined together, make the sound Aum or OHM.
OHM is believed to be the basic sound of the world and to contain all other sounds. OHM is a mantra, or prayer in itself. If repeated with the correct intonation, it can resonate throughout the body so that the sound penetrates to the center of our being, the atman or the soul.
There is harmony, peace and bliss in this simple but deeply philosophical sound.
By vibrating the sacred syllable Ohm, the supreme combination of letters, if one thinks of the Ultimate Personality of God, he will certainly reach the highest state of "stateless" eternity.
OHM is a sacred syllable that is considered to be the greatest of all the mantras, or sacred formulae.
The syllable Ohm is composed of the three sounds a-u-m, which represent several important triads: the three worlds of earth, atmosphere, and heaven.
It belongs to, Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva. OHM is the source of the three Vedas, Rig Veda, Yajur Veda, and Sama Veda. OHM mystically embodies the essence of the entire universe. OHM is uttered at the beginning and end of all prayers, chants, and meditation and is freely used in Buddhist and Jain Sikh scriptures also.
From the 6th century, the written symbol OHM is used to mark the beginning of a text in a manuscript or an inscription. OHM is discussed in a number of the Upanishads, which are the texts of philosophical speculation, and it forms the entire subject matter of one Universe. OHM is used in the practice of Yoga and is related to techniques of auditory meditation.

Lord Jesus Christ.

Jesus Christ. (BC0004 to AD 0032)
Born at Bethlehem
Crucified at Calvary. He rose on the third day.
Resting Place The Garden Tomb in Jerusalem.
Home: Nazareth.
Parents: Mary and Joseph.

The gospel tradition Sources, the history of the life, work, and death of Jesus of Nazareth reveals nothing of the Christian religion to which he gave rise. He lived and taught in a remote area on the periphery of the Roman Empire. His life was of short duration of 36 years, and knowledge of it remained hidden from most of his contemporary world. None of the sources of his life and work can be traced to Jesus himself.
Jesus Christ did not leave a single known written word. Also, there are no contemporary accounts written of his life and death. What can be established about the historical Jesus depends almost without exception on Christian traditions, especially on the material used in the composition of the Gospels of Mark, Matthew, and Luke, which reflect the outlook of the later church and its faith in Jesus.

Christianity-Easter.

Easter.Pass Over.
Easter. This year Easter was observed on April 24th.2011.
Easter, the most important holiday, commemorates Christ's resurrection on the third day following his crucifixion. So important is the resurrection to Christians that it has been said that every Christian worship service is a celebration of the resurrection.

For several hundred years, Easter was not called "Easter." Prior to the fourth century, Christians observed, Pascha, Christian Passover, in the spring of the year. Adapted from Jewish Passover, Pascha was a festival of redemption. As Jews, these early followers of Jesus celebrated both their liberation from slavery in Egypt, and their new liberation from the power of death itself.

As Christianity spread throughout the Roman world, however, the celebration became more and more a distinctly Christian one. But there also developed some disagreement about when and how the holiday should be observed. One of the principal reasons for organizing the council of Nicea in 325 CE was to set a firm date for the celebration.

Though the record is not complete, the church fathers were intent on making the holiday into something that those acquainted with the gods and goddesses of the Greco-Roman world be comfortable with. Thus the festival came to be known as "Easter," a name derived, some think, from "Eostre," the Mother Goddess of the Saxon people in Northern Europe; others suggest it was derived from an ancient word for spring "eastre." Without doubt some elements of pre-Christian religious practice have been incorporated into the Easter traditions.
Easter Sunday and Pass Over.
Both have to be followed.


Christmas comes but once a year.
After Christmas comes the Lent.

On the 4th of April, this year, more than a billion of Christians
will celebrate the festival of Easter.
A fraction of them observe Pass Over, a week before the Easter Sunday.

The festival of Easter is fun-filled with the hunt of the Easter Egg,
Easter bunnies and Easter Sunrise service.

Many believe that God’s endorsement of Pass Over ended with Christ’s Death.
God since then replaced it with the celebration of the Easter.
Celebration of Easter with sincerity, is rightly regarded as a
religious holiday that superseded the Old Testament Pass Over.

There is a controversy about celebrating Easter or observing Pass Over.
We are not here for anything in favour or anything against those who claim:-

Easter can not be found in Scriptures.
Easter was never instituted by God.
Easter was never sanctioned by Jesus Christ.
Easter means one week of religious prayer and plain living.


Easter means one week’s celebration and vacation at the end of a harsh winter.
It brings joy and colour in the eyes of the people to celebrate this festival.

Lent is the season of 40 day’s fasting before Easter.
Lent is more than a diet, a life involved in prayer, alms-giving and reading.
Fasting abstains from eating meat, fish, dairy items liquor wine etc.
They take a simple dry food of vegetables once a day to maintain the body.

Skin Care in Summer.

Our Body- The Skin Care in Summer.
Human body skin is a very wonderful gift to us.
Each square inch of our skin contains about ten million cells,
Six hundred sweat glands, ninety oil glands,and sixty five hair roots
Serviced by nineteen thousand nerve cells,
Nineteen feet of intricately woven blood vessels and populated
by ten millions of microscopic bacteria.
Functioning at capacity, the skin is designed to eliminate one third of our body waste
products,but in reality most people’s skin functions quite poorly.
Synthetic toiletries clog the pores,and synthetic fabrics nylon polyester and so many others
in the form of under-garments which are in constant touch with the skin
severely inhibit the natural process.
It is far better to wear natural fabrics, pure cotton is the best and linen, silk, and wool
are also good and avoid washing them with harsh biological washing powders, the residues of which are
absorbed through the skin pores.

To help the skin take exercise, sauna bath or turkish bath, to sweat out toxins and do daily dry skin brushing to remove dead skin cells,clear out lymph, stimulate the glands and prevent pre-mature ageing. This is best done in the morning before bathing. Always brush toward the heart and use a natural bristle brush designed specifically for body brushing. You will feel re-born.

Gold Stock with World Countries.

Gold Stock with World Countries. 2011.
Country Tons Value. Billion US $.
USA. 8966 360
Germany. 3754 150
IMF 3312 132
Italy 2701 109
France. 2684 107
China. 1162 47
Switzerland. 1146 46
Japan. 843 34
Russia. 706 28
Holland 675 27
India. 615 25
EU Cent.Bank 523 23
Taiwan. 465 19
Portugal 422 17
Venezuela. 398 16.

Some Superstitions.

A ship that sails on Friday will have bad luck.
Never start a trip on Friday or you will meet misfortune.
Never start to make a garment on Friday unless you can finish it the same day.

Fear of Friday the 13th is rooted in ancient, separate bad-luck associations with the number 13 and day Friday. The two unlucky entities combine to make one super unlucky day.




Both Friday and the number 13 were once closely associated with capital punishment. In British tradition, Friday was the conventional day for public hangings, and there were supposedly 13 steps leading up to the noose.
It is traditionally believed that Eve tempted Adam with the apple on a Friday. Tradition also has it that the Flood in the Bible, the confusion at the Tower of Babel, and the death of Jesus Christ all took place on Friday.
Numerologists consider 12 a "complete" number. There are 12 months in a year, 12 signs of the zodiac, 12 gods of Olympus, 12 labors of Hercules, 12 tribes of Israel, and 12 apostles of Jesus. In exceeding 12 by 1, 13's association with bad luck has to do with just being a little beyond completeness.

More than 80 percent of high-rises lack a 13th floor.
Many airports skip the 13th gate.
Airplanes have no 13th aisle.
Hospitals and hotels regularly have no room number 13.
Italians omit the number 13 from their national lottery.
On streets in Florence, Italy, the house between number 12 and 14 is addressed as 12 and a half.
Many cities do not have a 13th Street or a 13th Avenue
In France, socialites known as the quatorziens that is fourteeners once made themselves available as 14th guests to keep a dinner party from an unlucky fate.
Those who fear the unlucky integer are known, point to the ill-fated mission to the moon, Apollo 13.

Cut your hair on Good Friday to prevent headaches in the year to come

Our Body-the Liver.

Our Body-The Liver.

Situated beneath the diaphragm in the abdomen, the Liver is the largest organ weighing about 1.5 kilogram.
The blood leaving the stomach and intestines passes through the Liver before reaching the rest of the body. It processes nutrients and drugs absorbed from digestive tract into forms easy for other parts of. It is the refinery of our body. It removes toxins from our blood converting it to substances to be easily removed. Many drugs taken to treat diseases are chemically modified in Liver. It also makes bile essential for digestion. Bile is stored in the gall bladder which contracts after eating and discharges bile into intestines. Liver converts the food we eat into chemical essential for life.
Carbohydrates absorbed in intestines is transported through blood vessels to the Liver and converted into glycogen and stored. The Liver breaks down the glycogen in between meals releasing sugar into the blood for energy to prevent low blood pressure. This helps us to keep an even level of energy. Without this balance, we would need to eat constantly for energy. It also maintains body’s protein and nitrogen metabolism. Protein in food is broken down into amino-acids in intestines and delivered to the Liver for making body proteins. Excess amino acids are sent to the muscles for use or converted to urea for excretion in the urine. Certain proteins are converted into ammonia during the breakdown of body protein. The Liver detoxifies the ammonia, and made into urea which is excreted by the kidneys.
Through the production of bile, Liver helps dietary fat for absorption. Vitamins A D E and K depend on Liver for absorption.
Many Liver diseases are associated with malnutrition. Patients with cirrhosis are mal-nourished, losing the muscle’s mass and thin and lean appearance. Alcoholics are susceptible to Liver-disorders. Drastic loss of weight is associated with liver-dis-order. It is important that patients with Liver-disorder maintain a balanced diet which ensures adequate calories carbohydrates fats and proteins. The liver-cells have to be regenerated. Patients with cirrhosis need rich diet in protein providing 2000 to 3000 calories per day to help the Liver to re-build. Too much protein results in increased ammonia in the blood while too little of protein results in not healing the Liver. It has to be proportionate. Patients with liver disease should be wary of supplements to the diet fat foods or packaged nutritional aids. Such foods contain lot of salt potassium or inappropriate protein mixtures. Those that are safe should be taken.

What is Proper Time?

Auspicious Time.
Yesterday is History.
Tomorrow is Mystery.
To-day is God’s Gift.(Present).
Past holds the future, it repeats itself in the present. History repeats, People do not take lesson from it. Past comes back again. It is a burden on the present, and future. It is hovering on our head. None can escape past memory. It comes back over and again. We live in past memory. There is no present, no future-only the past, happening again. It appears in an enlarged improved edition. One never forgets incidents of the past. They are fresh as if they happened yesterday. Life is short and events are many. Whether you want it or not, it follows you like a shadow. You can’t shed it. It is interwoven in you. Shed it. Yesterday has gone, Today is with us. Tomorrow may not come. We should finish our tasks today without delay. Time and Tide wait for none. The present tense belongs to us. Whatever the past may have been, it is a glorious past. What is gone is gone, Let bye-gone be bye-gone. That’s all. We have to live in the present. We have left past far behind. Our life exists in the present. We should make the most of it. We do not do this. If we try, we can do it. It can be done. Not yesterday, not tomorrow, but today we have to enjoy every moment of Life.
Today is our time. Yesterday is gone. “Make hay when the Sun shines”. Life is short and work is much. Life will be colorful if you kept busy. Every hour hurts; the last one swoons. Therefore rise above and get to work. Work is worship. Work is life. Wok is activity. Wise ones stick to the present. Only the fools waste the time. Philosophers and writers write about the Past. The wise ones think of today. Persons with practical outlook live in present. They do not bother what past was. Present belongs to us. This is the gist of life.

Mount Abu in Rajasthan.

HIT THE HEAD & TAKE THE TREASURE.”

Mount Abu.
Arbudanchal
Arbudaranya.
Elevation 5680 feet
Home of Jain Temples.
Dilwara Temples built by Vimalsha. 11 Century.
Nakki Talao, Arbuda Devi.

Every 1000 feet elevation, Temperature drops by 1* C.
Therefore Mount Abu is cooler by 5.7*C. than at the sea level.

Throughout the country the English Rulers developed Hill Stations.
Mount Abu was the official residence of the Resident, Political Agent,
and his staff for Western India. Many Royal family also settled there.
They lived at Mount Abu two seasons a year that is 8 months in a year.
They established municipality to construct roads, recreation centers
clubs theatres, picnic Points and allowed settlers to settle in Mount Abu.

Prior to 1947, No entry for vehicles in municipal limit. Trucks, Bus, Cars
stopped at the entrance of Mount Abu toll-booth..
The Europeans too walked down to their Kothi on foot or
on horse etc. There were camel carriages to take their family etc.
No vehicles were allowed beyond the entrance point.
All had to enter on foot or in a palanquin or a horse carriage.
Dilwara Jain Temples is a center of great attraction.

Incident.1.
One Political Agent William with his Madam one afternoon stood at
the entrance of the Dilwara temple, just to know what a temple is.

Maharaj ShantiVijayji himself came to the door to welcome the couple.
They said they wanted to have a glance. They were offered jute cloth slippers
to wear and were asked to take out their shoes by the security staff.
The Madam changed her shoes. William did not like it and he toured
the temple premises with his shoes on.

Rumors say that William had his feet paralyzed. He could not walk.
He was advised to visit the temple again. He did not believe in such things.
He prepared himself to return to England for surgery. No medicine helped.
Wiser counsel prevails. The Madam by lot of persuasion took him in a
wheel-chair to see the temple barefoot. William walked out OK on his two feet.


Incident No.2.
At Gautameshvar there was a Fountain Head of a Bull Nandi wherefrom
fresh-water poured for Visitors to wash and drink and rest there.

A marble stone was inscribed roughly meaning “Hit the Head and Take the Treasure.”
Many devotees gave their life by Hitting their Head before the bull icon and died.
No Treasure was found.

At last, it is rumored Vastu Pal Tej Pal brothers in 13th Century visited the spot.
They were very sorry for the plight of the dead in search of the Treasure.
Vastu Pal was so annoyed that with an iron rod, he Hit the Head of the Bull.
And? Lo! Behind the Mouth of the fountain was hidden treasure of Gold
Diamonds Pearls Ruby and what not. The message was to break the head of the icon. Many had mistakenly cut own head and had died in vain.

They spent the proceeds of the Treasure in the development of Abu.


Mt.Abu during 1935-45 was army cantonment and a colony of British Officers, the Rulers of Indian states. Mount Abu was the seat of meetings, conference and discussing political agenda of the states.
Abu was the meeting place of religious heads of different religion.
No vehicle was allowed in city limit. Each and all abandoned their car, bus at the toll-booth.
Horse carriage, Carts were available for movement of old people, transport of luggage and supplies. All used to move of foot. I remember running from our kothi at Achalgachh to Addhar devi by short cut from the back of Dilwara. There were short cuts for reaching sunset point Anadra point Gau-mukh, Nakki-lake, bazaar and all such places. We had enough of supply of fresh milk and green vegetables from fields adjacent to sun-set point. We drank boiled water and used to sleep in mosquito curtains. Every week we were given a tablet of quinine with milk.

Mount Abu deserves a Visit at least once.

LokPal and Corruption.

Anna Hazare. (1937-
It is our Duty to support the cause of Anna Hazare .
The elected persons have tasted easy money. They are not willing to give away the smooth life. The people have to throw them out. They will never go by themselves.
Kisan Bapat Baburao Hazare, popularly known as Anna Hazare, is a social activist, who is especially recognized for his contribution to the development of, Religan Siddhi village in Ahmednagar district, and his efforts for establishing it as a model village, for which he was awarded Padma-Shree in 1990 and Padma-Bhushana in the year 1992.
Anna Hazare had started a 'fast unto death' to exert pressure on the Government of India to enact a strong anti-corruption act as envisaged in the Lok Pal bill, a law that will establish machinery that will have the power to deal with corruption in public offices. No one in power is interested in a Lokpal. All is a time-pass game for them. Singapore passed such bill many years back and now Singapore has progressed enormously. Why India can not do it? Answer is simple. Those in power never want it.
During his days in the Army in the 1960s as a truck driver, he spent a lot of time reading about Swami Vivekananda, Mahatma Gandhi and Acharya Vinoba Bhave. He participated in the 1965-Indo-Pak war. Thereafter he retired from army service.
Anna returned to Ralegan Siddhi village in 1975, after seeking voluntary retirement from the Army and was faced with a village in the grip of drought, poverty, crimes and alcoholism. He inspired villagers to join him in building canals and bunds to hold rainwater which increased irrigation possibilities in the village.
The only family members he has are two married sisters. One lives in Mumbai and another in Sangamner in Ahmednagar district. His mother Laxmibai died in 2002. He is a bachelor not married.
After Mahatma Gandhi, Anna is among those who have used hunger strike as a potent weapon. In 1995, Hazare's fast led to exit of two state Cabinet Ministers, labelled as corrupt by the Gandhian and the Sena-BJP government was forced to drop them.
Anna Hazare did not spare the Congress-NCP regime either and in 2003, went on hunger strike against four ministers, Sureshdada Jain, Nawab Malik, Vijaykumar Gavit and Padamsinh Patiln, alleging they indulged in massive corruption.
He also initiated a campaign for a legislation on the right to information. Anna's persistent attack on those corrupt also earned him foes. In 2009, two persons arrested for killing Congress leader Pawanraje Nimbalkar said there was a contract given out to kill him.
IT IS OUR DUTY TO SUPPORT ANNA HAZARE. LONG LIVE ANNA.

Kundalini.

Kundalini.
“Without Shakti, Shiva too is a corpse.” Shakti ke bina shiva bhi shav hai.
The realization of Shakti in one form or the other has been known since times immemorial. Poet writer Bana, who wrote his Hundred Couplets to Chandi, Chandi-shataka and Bhavabhuti his play Malati Madhava, both of which praise the height of Shakti.
Shakti is an amalgam of Shaivism and folk mother-goddess cults. The Shaiva cult that not Shiva himself but his shakti sexual, creative power is active is taken to the extreme, that, without Shakti, Shiva is a corpse, and simultaneously that Shakti is the creator as well as creation.
Kundalini is described as a sleeping, dormant potential force in the human organism.
It is one of the components of an esoteric description of man's 'subtle body', which consists of nadi energy channels, chakras, psychic centres, prana, subtle energy, and bindu, drops of nector.
Kundalini is described as being coiled up at the base of the spine, usually within muladhara chakra. The image given is that of a serpent coiled 3 and a half times around a smoky grey lingam. Each coil is said to represent one of the 3 guna, with the half coil signifying transcendence.
Through meditation, and various esoteric practices, such as kundalini yoga, laya-yoga, and kriya yoga, the kundalini is awakened, and can rise up through the central nadi, sushumna, that rises up inside or alongside the spine. The progress of kundalini through the different chakras leads to different levels of awakening and mystical experience, until the kundalini finally reaches the top of the head, Sahashra chakra, producing an extremely profound mystical experience.

In yoga, great importance is ascribed to mantras, which conjure up the realities with which they are identified. Another important ingredient derived from yoga philosophy is that through the body run subtle canals that carry esoteric powers connected with the spinal cord, at the bottom of which Shakti is coiled around the lingam as Kundalini, she can be made to rise through the body to the top, whereupon release from samsara takes place.
There are two nerve currents in the spinal column, Pingala and Ida, and a hollow canal Sushumna running through the spinal cord. At the lower end of the hollow canal is the "Lotus of the Kundalini".
They describe it as triangular in form in which, there is a power of the Kundalini, coiled up. When that Kundalini awakes, it tries to force a passage through this hollow canal, and as it rises step by step, as it were, layer after layer of the mind becomes open and all the different visions and wonderful powers come to the Yogi. When it reaches the brain, the Yogi is perfectly detached from the body and mind; the soul finds itself free. We know that the spinal cord is composed in a peculiar manner. If we take the figure eight horizontally, there are two parts which are connected in the middle. Suppose you add eight after eight, piled one on top of the other, that will represent the spinal cord. The left is the Ida, the right Pingala, and that hollow canal which runs through the center of the spinal cord is the Sushumna. Where the spinal cord ends in some of the fine fibre issues downwards, and the canal runs up even within that fibre, only much finer. The canal is closed at the lower end, which is situated near what is called the sacral plexus, which, according to modern physiology, is triangular in form. The different plexuses that have their centers in the spinal canal can very well stand for the different "lotus" of the Yogi

Indian Philosophy.Knowledge.Work and Devotion.

Indian Philosophy.
One of the major trends of Indian philosophy is a kind of mysticism. The desire for union of the self with something greater than the self, whether that be defined as a principle that pervades the universe or as a personal God.
Hindu mysticism includes both these forms and a great many that lie in between. At one extreme is the realization of the identity of the individual self with the impersonal principle Brahman, the position of the Vedanta school of Indian philosophy, and at the other is the intensive devotional aspect to a personal God, called by a variety of names, that is found in the bhakti sects.
There are four things common to most mystical thought.
First, it is based on experience, the state of realization, whatever it is called, is both knowable and communicable, and the systems are all designed to teach people how to reach it.
It is not, in other words, pure speculation.
Second, it has as its goal the release of the spirit-substance of the individual from its prison in matter, whether matter be considered real or illusory. Matter is the cause of the suffering.
Third, all the systems recognize the importance or the necessity of the control of the mind and body as a means of realization. This takes the form of extreme asceticism and mortification, and sometimes, at the other extreme, it takes the form of the cultivation of mind and body in order that their energies may be properly channeled.
And, finally, at the core of mystical thought is the functional principle that knowing is being. Thus, knowledge is something more than analytical categorizing: it is total understanding. This understanding can be purely intellectual, and some schools equate the final goal with omniscience, as does yoga.
Knowing can also mean total transformation, if one truly knows something, he is that thing. Thus, in the devotional schools, the goal of the devotee is to transform himself into a being who, in eternity, is in immediate and loving relationship to the deity.

Indian Philosophy. Yajur Veda.

The Yajur Veda is also a liturgical collection and was made to meet the demands of a ceremonial religion. The Yajur Veda practically served as a guidebook for the priests who execute sacrificial acts muttering simultaneously the prose prayers and the sacrificial formulae yajus. It is similar to ancient Egypt’s “Book of the Dead”. There are no less than six complete recessions of Yajur Veda - Madyandina, Kanva, Taittiriya, Kathaka, Maitrayani and Kapishthala.

The Yajur Veda is thought to contain hymns for ceremonial purposes. But a closer look reveals that hymns in Yajur Veda also deal with the art of living a successful and wholesome life. It was used by the adhvaryu, priests who recited appropriate formulas from the Yajur-Veda while actually performing the sacrificial actions. There are six complete recessions of Yajur Veda - Madyandina, Kanva, Taittiriya, Kathaka, Maitrayani and Kapishthala.
There are two primary schools of Yajur-Veda are shukla and krishna -
• Shukla Yajur-Veda (vaajasaaniiya) consists of 40 chapters in metrical form. Sukla Yajur-Veda follows the Aditya sampradaya, and is more popular in the North India. Out of the 17 sakas in this school, only 2 are available now.
• Krishna Yajur-Veda (taittiriiya) has some portions which are in metrical form and some portion in prose forms and some portions contains a mixure of both.
• Krishna Yajur-Veda follows the Brahma sampradaya, and is more popular in the South India. It was supposed to be having 82 branches or sakas out of which only 4 are available now.

Indian Philosophy.Sam Veda.

Sam Veda.
Sam Veda is the religious chant of, the expression of hymns from the Vedas. The practice dates back at least 3,000 years and is probably the world's oldest continuous vocal tradition. The earliest collection, or Samhita, of Vedic texts is the Rigveda, containing about 1,000 hymns. These are chanted in syllabic style--a type of heightened speech with one syllable to a tone. Three levels of pitch are employed: a basic reciting tone is embellished by neighboring tones above and below, which are used to emphasize grammatical accents in the texts. These Rig-veda hymns are the basis for a later collection, the Sama-veda, theVeda of the Chants, the hymns of which are sung in a style that is more florid, melodic, and melismatic, one word to two or more note, rather than syllabic, and the range of tones is extended to six or more. A simple, numerical system of notation--together with an oral tradition that stresses absolute precision in text, intonation, and bodily gestures--has served to perpetuate this stable tradition and to ensure its uniformity throughout India. The Vedas are chanted today exactly as they were centuries ago.


1. Invite ye Indra with a song to drink your draught of Soma steeds, juice,
All-conquering Satakratu, most munificent of all who live
2. Sing ye a song, to make him glad, to Indra, Lord of tawny
The Soma-drinker, O my friends!
3. This, even this, O Indra, we implore: as thy devoted friends
The Kanvas praise thee with their hymns!
4. For Indra, lover of carouse, loud be our songs about the juice
Let poets sing the song of praise.
5. Here, Indra, is thy Soma draught, made pure upon the sacred grass:
Run heither, come and drink thereof
6. As a good cow to him who milks, we call the doer of good deeds
To our assistance duty by day.
7. Hero, the Soma being shed, I pour the juice for thee to drink
Sate thee and finish thy carouse!
8. The Soma, Indra, which is shed in saucers and in cups for thee,
Drink thou, for thou art lord thereof!
9. In every need, in every fray we call, as friends, to succour us,
Indra, the mightiest of all.
10. O come ye hither, sit ye down: to Indra sing ye forth your song,
Companions, bringing hymns of praise.

The word Sama means sweet songs or hymns. It is said that Sama Veda had originally 1000 sakhas but only 13 are available now -
1. Ranayana
2. Shatyamukhya
3. Vyasa
4. Bhaguri
5. Oulundi
6. Goulgulvi
7. Bhanuman-oupamayava
8. Karati
9. Mashaka Gargya
10. Varsgagavya
11 Kuthuma
12. sgakugitra
13. Jaimini
At present only three Ramayana, Kuthuma and Jaimini, are available. Samaveda consists of 1875 mantras. These mantras are divided into two broad groups- puravachika (650 mantras) and Uttarachika (1225 manrtas). Purvachika is further divided into four sections or kandas: agneya, aindra, pavamana and aranya kandas. The Uttarachika consists of 21chapters.

Indian Philosophy. The Rig Veda.

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The Rig Veda is the oldest of the Vedas. All the other Vedas are based upon it and consist to a large degree of various hymns from it. It consists of a thousand such hymns, each hymn averaging around ten verses.
The Rig Veda is the book of Mantra. It contains the oldest form of all the Sanskrit mantras. It is built around a science of sound which comprehends the meaning and power of each letter. Most aspects of Vedic science like the practice of yoga, meditation, mantra and Ayurveda can be found in the Rig Veda and we still use many terms that come from it.
While originally several different versions of the Rig Veda were said to exist, only one remains. Its form has been structured in several different ways to guarantee its authenticity and proper preservation through time.
The practice of chanting Hymns dates back at least 3,000 years and is probably the world's oldest continuous vocal tradition. The earliest collection, or Samhita, of Vedic texts is the Rig Veda, containing about 1,000 hymns. These are chanted in syllabic style--a type of heightened speech with one syllable to a tone. Three levels of pitch are employed: a basic reciting tone is embellished by neighboring tones above and below, which are used to emphasize grammatical accents in the texts. These Rig-Veda hymns are the basis for a later collection, the Sam-Veda.

Although there are other Vedas written, the most important is the Rig Veda, which contains over 1,000 hymns directed to the Gods. The content of these hymns includes praises, blessings, sacrifices, and curses. These hymns are the major way in which we praised Gods. The subject of the hymns is the personification of the powers of nature. The hymns are written in poetic form:
"This light hath come, of all the lights the fairest,
The brilliant brightness hath been born, far-shining,
Urged on to prompt the sun-god's shining power.
Night and Morning clash not, nor yet do linger."
Every hymn has very poetic language. This can be chanted, creating a worshipful mood in a person. When you chant these words, you are transported into another state of mind

Skin Care.

Skin Care Winter Tips.
Use fresh turmeric powder to make it a paste with milk, helps to calm dry, flaky skin doing it once in a day.
Avoid facial masks and lotions containing alcohol.
Avoid hot tubs and sauna.
Use humidifier to keep skin hydrated.
Drink adequate water, avoid alcohol, coffee.
Use olive almond oil before bed, cover with light weight socks gloves.
Use gentle soaps.
Dress warmly in layered clothing.
Do not use Products with retinol A
Regular exercise helps skin to glow.
The above are skin care tips for Winter.

Santa Claus.

Santa Claus is a legendary figure who is the traditional patron of Christmas all over the world. His popular image is based on traditions associated with a 4th-century Christian Saint Nicholas.
According to tradition, he was born in the ancient Lycian seaport city of Patara, and, when young, he traveled to Palestine and Egypt. He became bishop of Myra. He distributed gifts to the needy.
His generosity and kindness gave rise to legends of miracles he performed for the poor and unhappy. He was reputed to have given marriage dowries of gold to three girls whom poverty would otherwise have forced into lives of prostitution, and he restored to life three children who had been chopped up by a butcher and put in a brine tub. In the Middle Ages, devotion to Nicholas extended to all parts of Europe.
The resulting image of Santa Claus in the United States crystallized in the 19th century, and he has ever since remained the patron of the gift-giving festival of Christmas.
Under various guises Saint Nicholas was transformed into a similar benevolent, gift-giving figure in The Netherlands, Belgium, and other northern European countries. In the United Kingdom Santa Claus is known as Father Christmas.

Christmas Tree.

The Christmas tree, depicts Adam and Eve with a fir tree hung with apples representing the Garden of Eden. The Germans make a paradise tree in their homes on December 24, the religious feast day of Adam and Eve. Christmas trees were the height of fashion by the 19th century. They were also popular in Austria, Switzerland, Poland, and The Netherlands. In China and Japan, Christmas trees, introduced by western missionaries in the 19th and 20th centuries, were decorated with intricate paper designs.
It is an evergreen, fir tree, decorated with lights and ornaments as a part of Christmas festivities. The use of evergreen trees, wreaths, and garlands as a symbol of eternal life was an ancient custom of the Egyptians. Tree worship, by way of decorating the house and barn with evergreens at the New Year to scare away the devil and of setting up a tree for the birds during Christmastime; it survived further in the custom, also observed in Germany, of placing a Yule tree at an entrance or inside the house in the midwinter holidays.

Life Cycle on Earth.

Life-cycle.
The increase in percentage of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has disturbed the seasons. Pollution by emission of wrong and harmful gases, volcanic eruptions has reduced the quota of oxygen in air and water. If from bad, it comes to worse and then worst, It may ultimately cause deaths by suffocation. Vegetation on earth would wither. Plant eaters would also die.
Glaciers on mountain heights would melt resulting in floods. There will be shortage of drinking water.
The crust of the earth at the North and South Poles would shift and move to join to form a big new continent. It would ultimately give rise to waters at sea and ocean level spreading water at low level of land on earth and creating land on sea bed as the sea water would flow to still lower level.
This process would kill at least half of life of people animals wild life, other living creatures and plants and trees.

After the change has settled down, life would re-emerge and will get developed in tropical tidal zones.
Trees and plants and animals and wild life and creatures would begin to appear and cycle of life would resume.
Life first appeared on earth three billion years ago in this fashion.
Life got formed in the bottom of the seas which eventually moved to the land and air.
Life learnt how to survive in different circumstances.
There came groups of animals birds who adapted themselves to the atmosphere on earth.
The Gorillas, Chimpanzees and all other different types of monkeys learnt gradually to walk and run on two legs like the humans which generations after generations with improvement got the name of humans on earth.

Muharram

Muharram
Karbala Iraq.60 miles south of Baghdad. A wealthiest city of Baghdad jhilla.
Karballah=karb+allah=near to God. Mu+harrram=no fighting.

It is in this month when Hussain, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, was brutally massacred in Karbala alongside his family and friends in the year 680.AD.
Their martyrdom is a sad day for Shia Muslims, who hold mourning ceremonies to recall the righteous virtues for which the valiant martyrs stood and the grave calamities that they thus had to bear. The commemoration of Battle of Karbala begins on the first day of Muharram and reaches its climax on the 10th day of Muharram, the day of the battle, known as Ashurah and continues for 40 days.

Religion.

Religion is belief in Divine Powers. Religion is to follow sacred rites and ceremony. Religion is obedience to God. Religion is our life bound by principles as laid down in Sacred Texts. Religion is belief concerning cause and effect about Nature and Universe and governs a moral code to follow.
There are five major religion in the world of Seven Billion.
1.Christianity with followers of 220 crores lays down Ten Commandments as Rules of Behaviour that God expects of them.
2.Muslim religion with 165 crores followers lays down in Quran there is no God but the Allah only and that Mohmaad is the messanger of Allah to perform the prayers, to pay zakat to fast in Ramadan and one must make pilgrimage to holy center of worship.
3.Hindu religion with followers a hundred crores, lays down threefold path of Gyan Karma and Bhakti for ultimate realization of God.
4.Buddhism with followers of 80 crores asks to observe and analyse everything and anything and when it agrees with reason and is good for one and all, then accept it and live up to it.
5.Sikh means to seek or to learn. Sikhism with followers three crores builds close relationship to God by adhering to the guidelines as laid down in the holy Grinth Sahib.
If one is born in Vatican, he would hold Christian beliefs. If one is born in Saudi Arabia, he would hold Muslim beliefs. If one is born in India he would hold Hindu beliefs. If one is born in Tibet he would hold Buddhist beliefs. If one is born in Punjab he would hold Sikh beliefs.
Just as the Country needs one language spoken through out the country, Similarly the Country needs one religion through out the country. A common religion at a common place for everybody and everybody common at one place will go a long way to improve our outlook on the purpose of life.
Religion is exploited to dupe and deceive the people since we do not have means for understanding the Ultimate. It is easy to convince people of the powers of God than powers of Men because of our ignorance of the nature of God makes anything possible for them to misguide us. They tell the tallest stories about the powers and ability of God in the field of everything in life. They explain the purpose of God’s will on the basis of common day to day events and exploit millions of our blind followers.