Life is a stream.
It takes you like a fish in it -
You can swim wherever you like, explore to how much ever depth you can reach;
But it'll take in its own course, no matter what you wish.
Life is an imaginary existing sky.
You are a bird in it -
It gives you space to fly your own way , colours your day exquisitely;
But it places the hawk and the sparrow together.
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Monday, December 1, 2008
Adolescence should not be idolised
Being in your teens must be the most vague period in anybody's life, thought the hardest lessons are sharply learnt only through this transitional age.
Life is not a bed of roses, yes, but before the thorns come the pain!
Such is true about adolescence.
I've often had people telling me that being a kid was everything everyone wished for. People have also reminded me that I was almost an adult. Most of the times, they call me responsible for things that I have no voice over. I'm not blaming them. They call us adults and treat us as children barely out of their cradles.
Adolescence is not easy, mind you. I hate being indecisive. I hate being what they call a blooming flower. I hate my age because of the dangers that are deeply woven into every little seam here and there. I find myself more unruly, unelegant and nosy in situations that are being hurled at me right now. Taking everything lightly is a skill that is often ignored these days, and I'm no saint. Nor are the young adults around me.
I'm confused about what I am, though I'm clear that this is not a happy age, please, everyone. Don't call us carefree kids. We understand the money problems around the world, analyze political issues with lesser fear, move with ease around difficult problems because we have hope and not because we are ignorant about the position we are in.
We can see as good as any referee or a critic.
We can hear as well as any detective.
We can understand as well as any judge.
Only we can't speak as free as people older than us.
Life is not a bed of roses, yes, but before the thorns come the pain!
Such is true about adolescence.
I've often had people telling me that being a kid was everything everyone wished for. People have also reminded me that I was almost an adult. Most of the times, they call me responsible for things that I have no voice over. I'm not blaming them. They call us adults and treat us as children barely out of their cradles.
Adolescence is not easy, mind you. I hate being indecisive. I hate being what they call a blooming flower. I hate my age because of the dangers that are deeply woven into every little seam here and there. I find myself more unruly, unelegant and nosy in situations that are being hurled at me right now. Taking everything lightly is a skill that is often ignored these days, and I'm no saint. Nor are the young adults around me.
I'm confused about what I am, though I'm clear that this is not a happy age, please, everyone. Don't call us carefree kids. We understand the money problems around the world, analyze political issues with lesser fear, move with ease around difficult problems because we have hope and not because we are ignorant about the position we are in.
We can see as good as any referee or a critic.
We can hear as well as any detective.
We can understand as well as any judge.
Only we can't speak as free as people older than us.
Thursday, November 6, 2008
KNOW WHO IS GIVING YOU YOUR NEWS!
Who owns the media in India ?
Let us see the ownership of different media agencies.
NDTV :
A very popular TV news media is funded by Gospels of Charity in Spain Supports Communism. Recently it has developed a soft corner towards Pakistan because Pakistan President has allowed only this channel to be aired in Pakistan. Indian CEO Prannoy Roy is co-brother of Prakash Karat, General Secretary of the Communist party of India . His wife and Brinda Karat are sisters.
India Today which used to be the only national weekly is now bought by NDTV!! Since then the tone has changed drastically and turned into Hindu bashing.
CNN-IBN:
This is 100 percent funded by Southern Baptist Church with its branches in all over the world with HQ in US.. The Church annually allocates $800 million for promotion of its channel. Its Indian head is Rajdeep Sardesai and his wife Sagarika Ghosh.
Times group list:
Times Of India, Mid-Day, Nav-Bharth Times, Stardust, Femina, Vijay Times, Vijaya, Karnataka, Times now (24- hour news channel) and many more...
Times Group is owned by Bennet & Coleman. 'World Christian Council¢ does 80 percent of the Funding, and an Englishman and an Italian equally share balance 20 percent. The Italian Robertio Mindo is a close relative of Sonia Gandhi.
Star TV:
It is run by an Australian, who is supported by St. Peters Pontifical Church Melbourne.
Hindustan Times:
Owned by Birla Group, but hands have changed since Shobana Bhartiya took over. Presently it is working in Collaboration with Times Group.
The Hindu:
English daily, started over 125 years has been recently taken over by Joshua Society, Berne , Switzerland .. N. Ram's wife is a Swiss national.
Indian Express :
Divided into two groups. The Indian Express and new Indian Express (southern edition) ACTS Christian Ministries have major stake in theIndian Express and latter is still with the Indian counterpart.
Eeenadu:
Still to date controlled by an Indian named Ramoji Rao.
Ramoji Rao is connected with film industry and owns a huge studio in AndhraPradesh.
Andhra Jyothi:
The Muslim party of Hyderabad known as MIM along with a Congress Minister has purchased this Telugu daily very recently.
The Statesman:
It is controlled by Communist Party of India.
Kairali TV:
It is controlled by Communist party of India (Marxist)
Mathrubhoomi:
Leaders of Muslim League and Communist leaders have majorinvestment.
Asian Age and Deccan Chronicle :
Is owned by a Saudi Arabian Company with its chief Editor M.J. Akbar.
Gujarat riots which took place in 2002 where Hindus were burnt alive, Rajdeep Sardesai and Bharkha Dutt working for NDTV at that time got around 5Million Dollars from Saudi Arabia to cover only Muslim victims, which they did very faithfully.. Not a single Hindu family was interviewed or shown on TV whose near and dear ones had been burnt alive, it is reported.
Tarun Tejpal of Tehelka.com regularly gets blank cheques from Arab countries to target BJP and Hindus only, it is said.
The ownership explains the control of media in India by foreigners. The result is obvious .
PONDER OVER THIS. NOW YOU KNOW WHY EVERY ONE IS AGAINST TRUTH, HOW VERY SAD.
Please pass this on. Let everyone know who feeds them withbiased news and information- yet call themselves secular.
Let us see the ownership of different media agencies.
NDTV :
A very popular TV news media is funded by Gospels of Charity in Spain Supports Communism. Recently it has developed a soft corner towards Pakistan because Pakistan President has allowed only this channel to be aired in Pakistan. Indian CEO Prannoy Roy is co-brother of Prakash Karat, General Secretary of the Communist party of India . His wife and Brinda Karat are sisters.
India Today which used to be the only national weekly is now bought by NDTV!! Since then the tone has changed drastically and turned into Hindu bashing.
CNN-IBN:
This is 100 percent funded by Southern Baptist Church with its branches in all over the world with HQ in US.. The Church annually allocates $800 million for promotion of its channel. Its Indian head is Rajdeep Sardesai and his wife Sagarika Ghosh.
Times group list:
Times Of India, Mid-Day, Nav-Bharth Times, Stardust, Femina, Vijay Times, Vijaya, Karnataka, Times now (24- hour news channel) and many more...
Times Group is owned by Bennet & Coleman. 'World Christian Council¢ does 80 percent of the Funding, and an Englishman and an Italian equally share balance 20 percent. The Italian Robertio Mindo is a close relative of Sonia Gandhi.
Star TV:
It is run by an Australian, who is supported by St. Peters Pontifical Church Melbourne.
Hindustan Times:
Owned by Birla Group, but hands have changed since Shobana Bhartiya took over. Presently it is working in Collaboration with Times Group.
The Hindu:
English daily, started over 125 years has been recently taken over by Joshua Society, Berne , Switzerland .. N. Ram's wife is a Swiss national.
Indian Express :
Divided into two groups. The Indian Express and new Indian Express (southern edition) ACTS Christian Ministries have major stake in theIndian Express and latter is still with the Indian counterpart.
Eeenadu:
Still to date controlled by an Indian named Ramoji Rao.
Ramoji Rao is connected with film industry and owns a huge studio in AndhraPradesh.
Andhra Jyothi:
The Muslim party of Hyderabad known as MIM along with a Congress Minister has purchased this Telugu daily very recently.
The Statesman:
It is controlled by Communist Party of India.
Kairali TV:
It is controlled by Communist party of India (Marxist)
Mathrubhoomi:
Leaders of Muslim League and Communist leaders have majorinvestment.
Asian Age and Deccan Chronicle :
Is owned by a Saudi Arabian Company with its chief Editor M.J. Akbar.
Gujarat riots which took place in 2002 where Hindus were burnt alive, Rajdeep Sardesai and Bharkha Dutt working for NDTV at that time got around 5Million Dollars from Saudi Arabia to cover only Muslim victims, which they did very faithfully.. Not a single Hindu family was interviewed or shown on TV whose near and dear ones had been burnt alive, it is reported.
Tarun Tejpal of Tehelka.com regularly gets blank cheques from Arab countries to target BJP and Hindus only, it is said.
The ownership explains the control of media in India by foreigners. The result is obvious .
PONDER OVER THIS. NOW YOU KNOW WHY EVERY ONE IS AGAINST TRUTH, HOW VERY SAD.
Please pass this on. Let everyone know who feeds them withbiased news and information- yet call themselves secular.
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Happy Gandhi Jayanthi
I used to attend Balavikas when we used to reside in U.A.E, that is, till I turned 11. But I still remember those stories they used to tell us every Friday; it used to be fun to assign our own morals and quotations at the end, but today, in senior high school, I realise they taught us much more than morals; we learnt real life stories on how to live and how not, myths on good and bad habits, legends of God and man .... they are pearls of education that I miss many a time here in Chennai, TN, India. Our real life subject most of the time used to be Mahatma Gandhi. I think, as today is Gandhi Jayanthi, these stories may be relevant to the occassion:-
(These are stories that I'd heard when I was a small kid, around 6 or 7 years old, and have only a mental record of them. So, you could state that they are abridged versions of the episodes from "My Experiments with Truth".)
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, our 'Bapu', loved his mother a lot. He couldn't bear to see her suffer at any time. Now, Gandhi's mother used to have her lunch only after a certain bird had eaten and given it's call. This disturbed Gandhi a lot because some days, the bird never used to call and his mother went on without any food.
So, he devised a plan.
With a new whistle that he'd got as a gift, Gandhi practised and got the perfect imitation of the bird's call. Therefore, whenever the bird refused to give it's call, Gandhi blew his whistle, so that his mother would have her lunch. But unfortunately, Gandhi's mother found this out in a few days ( come on, there was no bird, but its call came? She suspected.....). Disappointed in her son, she called him close and asked him to explain why he did this to her. When he finished, she told him something he could never forget (neither could I).
"Son, I am touched by your compassion. But you have done something nobody should have done. You have created something false because you thought that it would be good for me. But let me tell you this, truth always triumphs . Because of what you have done, my faith in my belief has been shattered. Think along about everyone's beliefs when you want to do something. Remember, truth is the basis for any strong bond."
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When Mahatma Gandhi was 10 years old, he had a friend who ate meat. Gandhiji's family was strictly vegetarian, as we know. But out of friendship, Gandhi used to eat the non - vegetarian food that was brought by his friend for quite a while. In return for the food, Gandhi took a gold coin from his father's shirt and paid it to his friend. Unable to bear the guilt for a long time, Gandhi wrote the truth in a piece of paper and gave it to his father, begging for pardon and fearing what should be feared by little boys who make 'mistakes'.
But Gandhi's father read the note, closed his eyes for a few seconds and tore the paper. By this, Gandhi learnt, that truth was not punished. His father had not scolded him because of his truthfullness and by this gesture, he taught his son to never waver away from where he stood in his path of life.
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(These are stories that I'd heard when I was a small kid, around 6 or 7 years old, and have only a mental record of them. So, you could state that they are abridged versions of the episodes from "My Experiments with Truth".)
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, our 'Bapu', loved his mother a lot. He couldn't bear to see her suffer at any time. Now, Gandhi's mother used to have her lunch only after a certain bird had eaten and given it's call. This disturbed Gandhi a lot because some days, the bird never used to call and his mother went on without any food.
So, he devised a plan.
With a new whistle that he'd got as a gift, Gandhi practised and got the perfect imitation of the bird's call. Therefore, whenever the bird refused to give it's call, Gandhi blew his whistle, so that his mother would have her lunch. But unfortunately, Gandhi's mother found this out in a few days ( come on, there was no bird, but its call came? She suspected.....). Disappointed in her son, she called him close and asked him to explain why he did this to her. When he finished, she told him something he could never forget (neither could I).
"Son, I am touched by your compassion. But you have done something nobody should have done. You have created something false because you thought that it would be good for me. But let me tell you this, truth always triumphs . Because of what you have done, my faith in my belief has been shattered. Think along about everyone's beliefs when you want to do something. Remember, truth is the basis for any strong bond."
-----------------------------
When Mahatma Gandhi was 10 years old, he had a friend who ate meat. Gandhiji's family was strictly vegetarian, as we know. But out of friendship, Gandhi used to eat the non - vegetarian food that was brought by his friend for quite a while. In return for the food, Gandhi took a gold coin from his father's shirt and paid it to his friend. Unable to bear the guilt for a long time, Gandhi wrote the truth in a piece of paper and gave it to his father, begging for pardon and fearing what should be feared by little boys who make 'mistakes'.
But Gandhi's father read the note, closed his eyes for a few seconds and tore the paper. By this, Gandhi learnt, that truth was not punished. His father had not scolded him because of his truthfullness and by this gesture, he taught his son to never waver away from where he stood in his path of life.
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Wisdom at Leisure
A good man's fragrance spreads in all directions. - Dhammapada 4,11
To forgive is to gain victory over the enemy. - Hazrat Ali
The elephant is bound by woven ropes of grass. - Panchatantra
He who gives all keeps all. - Tagore
The newest thing is the best, but the best friend is the oldest. - Ali
Confession of errors is like a broom that sweeps away the dirt and leaves the surface cleaner than before. - Gandhiji
The smell of flowers goes only with the wind, but the fame of goodness goes even against it. - The Buddha
To forgive is to gain victory over the enemy. - Hazrat Ali
The elephant is bound by woven ropes of grass. - Panchatantra
He who gives all keeps all. - Tagore
The newest thing is the best, but the best friend is the oldest. - Ali
Confession of errors is like a broom that sweeps away the dirt and leaves the surface cleaner than before. - Gandhiji
The smell of flowers goes only with the wind, but the fame of goodness goes even against it. - The Buddha
Friday, September 19, 2008
This is what India usually does... Read it Carefully :-
An Old Story:
The Ant works hard in the withering heat all summer building its house and
laying up supplies for the winter.
The Grasshopper thinks the Ant is a fool and laughs & dances & plays the
summer away.
Come winter, the Ant is warm and well fed. The Grasshopper has no food or
shelter so he dies out in the cold.
Indian Version:
The Ant works hard in the withering heat all summer building its house and
laying up supplies for the winter.
The Grasshopper thinks the Ant's a fool and laughs & dances & plays the
summer away.
Come winter, the shivering Grasshopper calls a press conference and
demands to know why the Ant should be allowed to be warm and well fed
while others are cold and starving.
NDTV, BBC, CNN show up to provide pictures of the shivering Grasshopper
next to a video of the Ant in his comfortable home with a table filled
with food.
The World is stunned by the sharp contrast. How can this be that this poor
Grasshopper is allowed to suffer so?
Arundhati Roy stages a demonstration in front of the Ant's house.
Medha Patkar goes on a fast along with other Grasshoppers demanding that
Grasshoppers be relocated to warmer climates during winter .
Mayawati states this as `injustice' done on Minorities.
Immediately Amrasingh from SP has visited the place & giving assurance to Grasshoppers that they will 100 % with him & their support is always with him,same letter support(Assurance) has been shown by Amarsing in front of all Electronics Media in press conference & special coverage is shown on all SAHARA channel as a braking news..
Amnesty International and Koffi Annan criticize the Indian Government for
not upholding the fundamental rights of the Grasshopper.
The Internet is flooded with online petitions seeking support to the
Grasshopper (many promising Heaven and Everlasting Peace for prompt
support as against the wrath of God for non-compliance) .
All Leading Cell phone Service Provider Company is asking to send the SMS to support to Grasshopper as like write "SUPPORT" Y/N ; Y=Yes ; N=No & send to 58585 cost of the SMS is only Rs.5/- .
Where Reliance Charging for only Rs. 3/- & for Repeat sender Only Rs.2/-
Opposition MPs stage a walkout. Left parties call for 'Bengal Bandh' in
West Bengal and Kerala demanding a Judicial Enquiry.
BJP & VHP along with Bajrang Dal,Shivsena & allied Hinduism Supported Party called MUK MRCHA/RASTA ROKO/RAIL ROKO Andolan in all lading cities of India which resulted 40 killed & more than 200 person (figure as per Govt Record It may be lass than actual) is injure where 2 days of regular life & mores than of 10000 core commercial transaction is affected.
Pressure from US/UK & other Foreigner country on Indian Government to give justice to Grasshopper.
CPM in Kerala immediately passes a law preventing Ants from working hard
in the heat so as to bring about equality of poverty among Ants and
Grasshoppers.
Lalu Prasad allocates one free coach to Grasshoppers on all Indian Railway
Trains, aptly named as the 'Grasshopper Rath'.
Finally, the Judicial Committee drafts the ' Prevention of Terrorism
Against Grasshoppers Act' [POTAGA], with effect from the beginning of the
winter.
Arjun Singh makes 'Special Reservation ' for Grasshoppers in Educational
Institutions & in Government Services.
The Ant is fined for failing to comply with POTAGA and having nothing left
to pay his retroactive taxes,it's home is confiscated by the Government
and handed over to the Grasshopper in a ceremony covered by NDTV.
Arundhati Roy calls it ' A Triumph of Justice'.
Lalu calls it 'Socialistic Justice '.
CPM calls it the ' Revolutionary Resurgence of the Downtrodden '
Koffi Annan invites the Grasshopper to address the UN General Assembly.
Many years later...
The Ant has since migrated to the US and set up a multi-billion dollar
company in Silicon Valley,
.
..AND
As a result of loosing lot of hard working Ants and feeding the
grasshoppers,
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
India is still a developing country...!! !!
The Ant works hard in the withering heat all summer building its house and
laying up supplies for the winter.
The Grasshopper thinks the Ant is a fool and laughs & dances & plays the
summer away.
Come winter, the Ant is warm and well fed. The Grasshopper has no food or
shelter so he dies out in the cold.
Indian Version:
The Ant works hard in the withering heat all summer building its house and
laying up supplies for the winter.
The Grasshopper thinks the Ant's a fool and laughs & dances & plays the
summer away.
Come winter, the shivering Grasshopper calls a press conference and
demands to know why the Ant should be allowed to be warm and well fed
while others are cold and starving.
NDTV, BBC, CNN show up to provide pictures of the shivering Grasshopper
next to a video of the Ant in his comfortable home with a table filled
with food.
The World is stunned by the sharp contrast. How can this be that this poor
Grasshopper is allowed to suffer so?
Arundhati Roy stages a demonstration in front of the Ant's house.
Medha Patkar goes on a fast along with other Grasshoppers demanding that
Grasshoppers be relocated to warmer climates during winter .
Mayawati states this as `injustice' done on Minorities.
Immediately Amrasingh from SP has visited the place & giving assurance to Grasshoppers that they will 100 % with him & their support is always with him,same letter support(Assurance) has been shown by Amarsing in front of all Electronics Media in press conference & special coverage is shown on all SAHARA channel as a braking news..
Amnesty International and Koffi Annan criticize the Indian Government for
not upholding the fundamental rights of the Grasshopper.
The Internet is flooded with online petitions seeking support to the
Grasshopper (many promising Heaven and Everlasting Peace for prompt
support as against the wrath of God for non-compliance) .
All Leading Cell phone Service Provider Company is asking to send the SMS to support to Grasshopper as like write "SUPPORT" Y/N ; Y=Yes ; N=No & send to 58585 cost of the SMS is only Rs.5/- .
Where Reliance Charging for only Rs. 3/- & for Repeat sender Only Rs.2/-
Opposition MPs stage a walkout. Left parties call for 'Bengal Bandh' in
West Bengal and Kerala demanding a Judicial Enquiry.
BJP & VHP along with Bajrang Dal,Shivsena & allied Hinduism Supported Party called MUK MRCHA/RASTA ROKO/RAIL ROKO Andolan in all lading cities of India which resulted 40 killed & more than 200 person (figure as per Govt Record It may be lass than actual) is injure where 2 days of regular life & mores than of 10000 core commercial transaction is affected.
Pressure from US/UK & other Foreigner country on Indian Government to give justice to Grasshopper.
CPM in Kerala immediately passes a law preventing Ants from working hard
in the heat so as to bring about equality of poverty among Ants and
Grasshoppers.
Lalu Prasad allocates one free coach to Grasshoppers on all Indian Railway
Trains, aptly named as the 'Grasshopper Rath'.
Finally, the Judicial Committee drafts the ' Prevention of Terrorism
Against Grasshoppers Act' [POTAGA], with effect from the beginning of the
winter.
Arjun Singh makes 'Special Reservation ' for Grasshoppers in Educational
Institutions & in Government Services.
The Ant is fined for failing to comply with POTAGA and having nothing left
to pay his retroactive taxes,it's home is confiscated by the Government
and handed over to the Grasshopper in a ceremony covered by NDTV.
Arundhati Roy calls it ' A Triumph of Justice'.
Lalu calls it 'Socialistic Justice '.
CPM calls it the ' Revolutionary Resurgence of the Downtrodden '
Koffi Annan invites the Grasshopper to address the UN General Assembly.
Many years later...
The Ant has since migrated to the US and set up a multi-billion dollar
company in Silicon Valley,
.
..AND
As a result of loosing lot of hard working Ants and feeding the
grasshoppers,
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
India is still a developing country...!! !!
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Just a hello...
New to the world of blogging, yet I'm inspired to poke my nose into its ever expanding horizon. I'm but a simple aspiring-to-be children author, named Harini Venkataraman, and am 15 years old. I've started my debut novel and am yet to finish it.... I'd like to be in contact with a lot of writers and learn more about .......... everything, in general.
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