Yamuna Satyagraha completes 365 days

Despite an apparent lack of interest among the citizenry of Delhi, committed activists led by waterman Rajendra Singh have been sitting in protest in the Indian capital for the past 365 days. Saving the Yamuna river from the ongoing construction of Commonwealth Games Village is their mission.

Motorists on National Highway-24 connecting Delhi with Ghaziabad often marvel at the frenetic construction work underway at the Commonwealth Games Village facing the Akshardham Temple on the eastern bank of Yamuna.

But few have noticed one of the longest-running environmental campaigns in Delhi, at a corner next to a smelling storm-water drain right outside the Village.

Known as, "The Yamuna Satyagraha", as the campaign is called, completed 365 weather-beaten days on Wednesday.

Under the Bamboo chhappar at the protest site, hang a few handwritten posters handed to kids from the nearby school on yamuna floodland. Rajender singh ji was sitting Close by a portrait of Mahatma Gandhi.

The campaign was launched to “save the oldest and most vital water resource of Delhi”, which environmentalists feel face grave threat to its survival from the construction work on the river's bed.

On Wednesday, well-wishers from all over india came over to commemorate the day. But on any given day, there are only a few protestors at the site, led by Master Baljitsingh ji holding together the fight for something so intrinsic to Delhi's sustenance.

These “water warriors”, as they call themselves, have been living out of the tent, playing host to mosquitoes at night and silently watching Delhi zoom by on the busy highway.

On this day, there was "Havan" by all supporters and like minded people. After that school kids planted trees in floodland, folowed by 'Lalit sharma, Ankita sharma, Amal sharma, Kuldeep gupta, chandan swaroop & Harinder nagar' the young satyagrahis. Mr. Ramesh sharma from Gandhi peace foundation, Mr. Diwan singh ji from National heritage first, Mr. Rajender singh ji Jal biradari also planted plants.

The decision was taken to fight with more power and with the new inflow of satyagrahis, Miss. Madhu kishwer, Mr. Roopchand nagar, Moulana ji , Mr. Sanjay sharma from Bharat punarninman dal & others.

कुत्ते के प्रकार

कुत्ता सो जो कुत्ता पाले,
कुत्ता सो जो नानक वाले,
बहन घर भाई, सो कुत्ते दा कुत्ता;
सोरे घर ज्वाई, सो कुत्ते दा कुत्ता;
हिक कुत्ता तू ओवी भाल, सोरा फ़िरे ज्वाई नाल;
हिक कुत्ता तू ओवी लिख, बामण हो के बन गया सिख;
हिक कुत्ता ओवी भोंके, अपने ज्युंदया धन नूआं पुत्तरां नू सोपे ।

{बुजुर्गों की सीख }

समाधान

एक बूढा व्यक्ति था। उसकी दो बेटियां थीं। उनमें से एक का विवाह एक कुम्हार से हुआ और दूसरी का एक किसान के साथ।

एक बार पिता अपनी दोनों पुत्रियों से मिलने गया। पहली बेटी से हालचाल पूछा तो उसने कहा कि इस बार हमने बहुत परिश्रम किया है और बहुत सामान बनाया है। बस यदि वर्षा न आए तो हमारा कारोबार खूब चलेगा।

बेटी ने पिता से आग्रह किया कि वो भी प्रार्थना करे कि बारिश न हो।

फिर पिता दूसरी बेटी से मिला जिसका पति किसान था। उससे हालचाल पूछा तो उसने कहा कि इस बार बहुत परिश्रम किया है और बहुत फसल उगाई है परन्तु वर्षा नहीं हुई है। यदि अच्छी बरसात हो जाए तो खूब फसल होगी। उसने पिता से आग्रह किया कि वो प्रार्थना करे कि खूब बारिश हो।
एक बेटी का आग्रह था कि पिता वर्षा न होने की प्रार्थना करे और दूसरी का इसके विपरीत कि बरसात न हो। पिता बडी उलझन में पड गया। एक के लिए प्रार्थना करे तो दूसरी का नुक्सान। समाधान क्या हो ?

पिता ने बहुत सोचा और पुनः अपनी पुत्रियों से मिला। उसने बडी बेटी को समझाया कि यदि इस बार वर्षा नहीं हुई तो तुम अपने लाभ का आधा हिस्सा अपनी छोटी बहन को देना। और छोटी बेटी को मिलकर समझाया कि यदि इस बार खूब वर्षा हुई तो तुम अपने लाभ का आधा हिस्सा अपनी बडी बहन को देना।

चार पत्नियाँ

पुराने समय की बात है! एक व्यापारी की चार पत्नियाँ थी! वह चौथी पत्नी से सबसे ज्यादा प्रेम करता था! उसे सुंदर गहने देता और रोज उसके लिए स्वादिष्ट भोजन का प्रबंध करता! व्यापारी को अपनी तीसरी पत्नी से भी बेहद लगाव था! जब वह उसके साथ बाहर निकलती तो उसे बड़ा गर्व होता, हालाँकि उसे यह भी डर सताता था कि कहीं वह किसी और के साथ ना चली जाए! व्यापारी की दूसरी पत्नी उससे बेहद लगाव रखती थी! व्यापारी भी उसे चाहता था और जब भी कोई समस्या होती, तो वह उसी से सलाह मशविरा करता ! उसकी चौथी पत्नी उसके प्रति पूरी तरह से वफादार थी! वह उसका पूरा ख्याल रखती थी, लेकिन व्यापारी को उसकी परवाह ना थी! न ही कभी वह उसके गहरे प्यार को समझ पाया!
बहरहाल, एक बार व्यापारी बहुत बीमार पड़ गया! ऐसा पड़ा कि बिस्तर से ना उठ सका! जब उसे पता चला कि उसका अंत समय निकट आ गया है, तो उसे बड़ी हताशा हुई! उसने सोचा कि चार-चार पत्नियाँ होते हुए उसे अपनी अन्तिम यात्रा पर अकेले जाना पड़ रहा है! सो, उसने अपनी सबसे प्रिय चौथी पत्नी को बुलाया और उसे अपने साथ ले जाने की इच्छा जताई! पत्नी ने तपाक से कहा 'नही' और बाहर निकल गई! व्यापारी का दिल ही टूट गया! उसने तीसरी पत्नी से भी वही बात कही, तो उसने ना सिर्फ़ साफ़ इन्स्कार कर दिया, बल्कि यह भी कह दिया कि व्यापारी कि मौत के बाद वह किसी और से शादी कर लेगी! दूसरी पत्नी का जवाब था कि वह श्मशान घाट तक ही उसका साथ दे सकती है! अब व्यापारी ने पहली पत्नी को बुलाया! वह बहुत कमजोर नजर आ रही थी! लगता था कि उसे खाने को बहुत कम मिलता है! उसने जब पति की इच्छा सुनी, तो सहर्ष जवाब दिया कि मैं हमेशा आपके साथ चलूंगी, चाहे आप जहाँ भी रहे! उसकी बात सुनकर व्यापारी ने संतोष के साथ आँखे मूँद ली!

सबक के बगैर कहानी अधूरी रहेगी !
दरअसल, उस व्यापारी की तरह हम सभी की चार पत्नियाँ है! चौथी पत्नी हमारा शरीर है, जिसे हम खिलाते-पिलाते और सजाते-संवारते है, पर मौत के साथ ही उसका साथ भी छूट जाता है! तीसरी पत्नी हमारी धन-संपत्ति है, जो हमारे बाद किसी और की हो जानी है! दूसरी पत्नी यानी हमारे परिजन, जो हमसे लगाव तो रखते है, पर उनका साथ श्मशान तक ही रहता है! पहली पत्नी है हमारी अच्छाईयां, जो मौत के बाद ही हमसे जुड़ी रहती है! लेकिन खेद की बात है कि हम जीते जी अपनी अच्छाई पर बिल्कुल ध्यान नही देते और भौतिक सुख-सुविधाओ के लिए ही लगे रहते है!

A Lover Says,

"I will be with you in all yourtroubles."

But

A Good Friend Says,

"U will have no trouble when I amwith u."

10 Tips

There are many health risks associated with a sedentary lifestyle we often feel overwhelmed with the mere thought of exercise, even though we know the benefits are plentiful. Not only is exercise good for your health but it is also good for your mind and overall sense of well being. So now is the perfect time to commit you to developing new personal fitness goals. So every year you tell yourself that this will be your year to get fit. Then, within three weeks into January you are back to your old pre-New Year's Resolution habits.

Here are some tips for making exercise a permanent part of your lifestyle:

1. Commit yourself.
Get moving! Just do it! There is no time like today, so why not get started now? Sit down and develop your plan of action and stick with it. You really do owe it to yourself and your family.

2. Set your goals.
Set goals, both short-term and long-term goals, and allow yourself rewards for meeting them. For example, you could set a short-term goal to exercise 3-4 times a week for 30 minutes of cardiovascular exercise and 30 minutes of strength training. Your long-term goal could be to lose weight or lower your cholesterol level. A sample reward could be that for every four weeks that you meet your goals you could get a massage, a new piece of clothing, a movie, or an evening without the kids.

3. Abandon an all-or-nothing attitude.
Don't think of exercise with an all-or-nothing approach. If you don't get to exercise as planned, that's okay, just get back on track tomorrow. Set realistic exercise goals but understand that some weeks you will meet your goals and other weeks you won't. If you don't reach your goals do what you can. Just keep moving and you will feel much happier. You don't want to give up on your exercise program since it is such a great way to help relieve stress!

4. Don't overdo it.
It is very common for people to try to exercise every day once they start an exercise program. However, this can often lead to exercise burnout and may lead to discontinuing exercise altogether. Therefore, you should set goals, which will enable you to improve your fitness level without overdoing it.

5. Be efficient
Make sure that you are working out at a good intensity level for you. Find out your target heart rate range and aim for the upper end of it. Make sure you break a sweat. Also, the higher the intensity level, the more total calories you burn per minute of exercise. However, you do not want to work out so hard that you can only exercise for a short period of time. Your goal should be 3-4 times per week for 30-45 minutes of continuous aerobic activity. At first, you might need to take a few breaks but as you become more fit you will be able to exercise for longer periods of time.

6. Schedule it.
It's so easy to get overwhelmed at work and skip your workout. One solution is to treat your workout like a business meeting. Write it in your planner and keep the appointment. After all, you will perform better at work if you are taking care of yourself.

7. Make exercise easy.
It is very important to recognize your own barriers to exercise. Do you have trouble getting to the gym if you go home first? Do you always hit the snooze button when you plan to workout in the morning? Do you ever forget your gym clothes? Once you identify your barriers to exercise it is imperative that you try to reduce or eliminate them. Pack your gym bag the night before or keep a few extra sets of gym clothes in your car or at work. Go straight to the gym after work if you tend to have difficulty going once at home.

8. Get adventurous.
Try a new activity every month to avoid boredom. This will also add more variety to your fitness routine. Fitness can be a lot of fun, so think of new ways to add it to your life. Some ideas are kayaking, tennis, hiking, biking, or Family Olympics. Look on the Internet for local hiking or biking trails in your area. If you are a member at a local gym, ask them to show you how to use that piece of equipment that you have been eyeing in the gym but you are not sure how to use.

9. Do it at home.
Can't make it to the gym? Well, that's no excuse! Go to the local sports store or discount store (e.g. Target or Wal-Mart) and purchase some dumbbells according to your level of fitness. Start out with a set of 3 and 5 pound weights.

10. Enlist an exercise buddy.
It always helps to exercise with a friend since you can help motivate each other on those "I don't want to exercise" days.

Be yourself !

1- Be understanding to your perceived enemies.

2- Be loyal to your friends.

3- Be strong enough to face the world each day.

4- Be weak enough to know you cannot do everything alone.

5- Be generous to those who need your help.

6- Be frugal with that you need yourself.

7- Be wise enough to know that you do not know everything.

8- Be foolish enough to believe in miracles.

9- Be willing to share your joys.

10- Be willing to share the sorrows of others.

11- Be a leader when you see a path others have missed.

12- Be a follower when you are shrouded by the mists of uncertainty.

13- Be first to congratulate an opponent who succeeds.

14- Be last to criticize a colleague who fails.

15- Be sure where your next step will fall, so that you will not tumble.

16- Be sure of your final destination, in case you are going the wrongway.

17- Be loving to those who love you..

18- Be loving to those who do not love you; they may change.

-~" Above all, be yourself "~-.

The History of Saint Valentine's Day.

The History of Saint Valentine's DayValentine's Day started in the time of the Roman Empire.
IIn ancient rome,
February 14th was a holiday to honour Juno. Juno was the Queen of the Roman Gods and Goddesses. The Romans also knew her as the Goddess of women and marriage. The following day, February 15th, began the Feast of Lupercalia.

The lives of young boys and girls were strictly separate. However, one of the customs of the young people was name drawing. On the eve of the festival of Lupercalia the names of Roman girls were written on slips of paper and placed into jars.

Each young man would draw a girl's name from the jar and would then be partners for the duration of the festival with the girl whom he chose. Sometimes the pairing of the children lasted an entire year, and often, they would fall in love and would later marry.

Under the rule of Emperor Claudius II
Rome was involved in many bloody and unpopular campaigns.Claudius the Cruel was having a difficult time getting soldiers to join his military leagues. He believed that the reason was that roman men did not want to leave their loves or families.

As a result,
Claudius cancelled all marriages and engagements in Rome. The good Saint Valentine was a priest at Rome in the days of Claudius II. He and Saint Marius aided the Christian martyrs and secretly married couples, and for this kind deed Saint Valentine was apprehended and dragged before the Prefect of Rome, who condemned him to be beaten to death with clubs and to have his head cut off .

He suffered martyrdom on the 14th day of February, about the year 270. At that time it was the custom in Rome, a very ancient custom, indeed, to celebrate in the month of February the Lupercalia, feasts in honour of a heathen god. On these occasions, amidst a variety of pagan ceremonies, the names of young women were placed in a box, from which they were drawn by the men as chance directed.

The pastors of the early Christian Church in Rome endeavoured to do away with the pagan element in these feasts by substituting the names of saints for those of maidens. And as the Lupercalia began about the middle of February, the pastors appear to have chosen Saint Valentine's Day for the celebration of this new feaSt. So it seems that the custom of young men choosing maidens for valentines, or saints as patrons for the coming year, arose in this way.

After that we young girls and boys in whole world start celebrating velentine day(Lovers day) on 14th Feb ebvery year.

Wish you all a happy valentine day to you all .
Now you know how velantine day was born and started.

Yamuna Satyagarh - 171 Days...

plz help us save yamuna ji !

NAIL IN THE FENCE

There once was a little boy who had a bad temper. His Father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, he must hammer a nail into the back of the fence. The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence. Over the next few weeks, as he learned to control his anger, the number of nails hammered daily gradually dwindled down. He discovered it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence.
Finally !
the day came when the boy didn't lose his temper at all. He told his father about it and the father suggested that the boy now pull out one nail for each day that he was able to hold his temper. The days passed and the young boy was finally able to tell his father that all the nails were gone. The father took his son by the hand and led him to the fence.
He said, "You have done well, my son, but look at the holes in the fence. The fence will never be the same. When you say things in anger, they leave a scar just like this one. You can put a knife in a man and draw it out. It won't matter how many times you say "I'm sorry", the wound is still there. A verbal wound is as bad as a physical one".
Friends are very rare jewels, indeed.
They make you smile and encourage you to succeed.
They lend an ear,
they share words of praise and they always want to open their hearts to us.
Please forgive me if I have ever left a hole.

V A N D E M A T R A M

VANDE MATARAM
Happy Republic Day……………..


Q. Who is the GM of Hewlett Packard (hp) ?
A. Rajiv Gupta
Q. Who is the creator of Pentium chip (needs no introduction as 90% of the today's computers run on it)?
A. Vinod Dahm
Q. Who is the third richest man on the world?
A. According to the latest report on Fortune Magazine, it is Azim Premji, who is the CEO of Wipro Industries. The Sultan of Brunei is at 6 th position now.
Q. Who is the founder and creator of Hotmail (Hotmail is world's No.1 web based email program)?
A. Sabeer Bhatia
Q. Who is the president of AT & T-Bell Labs (AT & T-Bell Labs is the creator of program languages such as C, C++, Unix to name a few)?
A. Arun Netravalli
Q. Who is the new MTD (Microsoft Testing Director) of Windows 2000, responsible to iron out all initial problems?
A. Sanjay Tejwrika
Q. Who are the Chief Executives of CitiBank, Mckensey & Stanchart?
A. Victor Menezes, Rajat Gupta, and Rana Talwar.
Q. We Indians are the wealthiest among all ethnic groups in America ,
even faring better than the whites and the natives.
There are 3.22 millions of Indians in USA (15% of population) ..
YET,
38% of doctors in USA are Indians.
12% scientists in USA are Indians.
36% of NASA scientists are Indians.
34% of Microsoft employees are Indians.
28% of IBM employees are Indians.
17% of INTEL scientists are Indians.
13% of XEROX employees are! Indians.

Some of the following facts may be known to you.
These facts were recently published in a German magazine,
which deals with WORLD HISTORY FACTS ABOUT INDIA .
1. India never invaded any country in her last 1000 years of history.
2. India invented the Number system. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
3. The world's first University was established in Takshila in 700BC. More than 10,500 students from all over the world studied more than 60 subjects. The University of Nalanda built in the 4 th century BC was one of the greatest achievements of ancient India in the field of education.
4. Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to humans.
5. Although western media portray modern images of India as poverty striken and underdeveloped through political corruption, India was once the richest empire on earth.
6. The art of navigation was born in the river Sindh 5000 years ago.. The very word "Navigation" is derived from the Sanskrit word NAVGATIH.
7. The value of pi was first calculated by Budhayana, and he explained the concept of what is now k! nown as the Pythagorean Theorem. British scholars have last year (1999) officially published that Budhayan's works dates to the 6 th Century which is long before the European mathematicians.
8. Algebra, trigonometry and calculus came from India . Quadratic equations were by Sridharacharya in the 11 th Century; the largest numbers the Greeks and the Romans used were 106 whereas Indians used numbers as big as 10 53
9. According to the Gemmological Institute of America , up until 1896, India was the only source of diamonds to the world.
10. USA based IEEE has proved what has been a century-old suspicion amongst academics that the pioneer of wireless communication was Pr! ofessor Jagdeesh Bose and not Marconi.
11. The earliest reservoir and dam for irrigation was built in Saurashtra
12. Chess was invented in India
13. Sushruta is the father of surgery. 2600 years ago he and health scientists of his time conducted surgeries like cesareans, cataract, fractures and urinary stones. Usage of anaesthesia was well known in ancient India .
14. When many cultures in the world were only nomadic forest dwellers over 5000 years ago, Indians established Harappan culture in Sindhu Valley ( Indus Valley India in 100 BC).

Quotes about India

We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made.
Albert Einstein.

India is the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend and the great grand mother of tradition.
Mark Twain.

If there is one place on the face of earth where all dreams of living men have found a home from the very earliest days when man began the dream of existence, it is India .
French scholar Romain Rolland.

India conquered and dominated China culturally for 20 centuries without ever having to send a single soldier across her border.
Hu Shih (former Chinese ambassador to USA )

ALL OF THE ABOVE IS JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG, THE LIST COULD BE ENDLESS. BUT, if we don't see even a glimpse of that great India in the India that we see today, it clearly means that we are not working up to our potential; and that if we do, we could once again be an evershining and inspiring country setting a bright path for rest of the world to follow.

I hope you enjoyed it and work towards the welfare of INDIA .
Say proudly,
I AM AN INDIAN.
VANDE MATARAM
Jai Hind Jai Bharat

2 Frogs

A group of frogs were traveling through the woods, and two of them fell into a deep pit. When the other frogs saw how deep the pit was, they told the two frogs that they were as good as dead. The two frogs ignored the comments and tried to jump up out of the pit with all their might. The other frogs kept telling them to stop, that they were as good as dead.
Finally,
One of the frogs took heed to what the other frogs were saying and gave up. He fell down and died.
The other frog continued to jump as hard as he could. Once again, the crowd of frogs yelled at him to stop the pain and just die. He jumped even harder and finally made it out.

When he got out, the other frogs said, "Did you not hear us?"
The frog explained to them that he was deaf. He thought they were encouraging him the entire time.
This story teaches two lessons:
1. There is power of life and death in the tongue. An encouraging word to someone who is down can lift them up and help them make it through the day.

2. A destructive word to someone who is down can be what it takes to kill them.Be careful of what you say. Speak life to those who cross your path. The power of words... it is sometimes hard to understand that an encouraging word can go such a long way. Anyone can speak words that tend to rob another of the spirit to continue in difficult times. Special is the individual who will take the time to encourage another.