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These Kids Teach us the Meaning of our National Anthem …

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These Adorable Kids Will Teach You the Meaning of Our National Anthem

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All Indian students grow up singing the national anthem in school. Some sing it at the beginning of their classes, others during morning assemblies or on special occasions. Even those who don’t get a chance to go to school, hear it on national and local media.

Yet, a huge percentage of Indians don’t know the meaning of our national anthem. According to The Akanksha Foundation, 9 out of 10 people in our country fall in this category. India is, of course, a vast and diverse country of many regional languages and dialects so many citizens would likely not understand the words to Jana Gana Mana, written by Rabindranath in Sanskrit-Bengali, even as they sing.

No worries though, for a group of children have taken it upon themselves to give everyone a line-by-line explanation of the anthem. As long as you read English.

Watch and spread the knowledge:

Source:::: Ndtv.com and You Tube

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Independent India”s First Postal Stamp in Google Doodle …

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Celebrating India’s 68th Independence Day, Google today posted a doodle on its homepage featuring the independent India’s first stamp.

The blue colour stamp with the Indian tricolour is the doodle that comes up when you open the Google’s India homepage.

The stamp, which was issued on November 21, 1947 depicts the Indian flag with the slogan ‘Jai Hind’ on the top right hand corner. Priced at three and one-half annas, the stamp was meant for foreign correspondence.

The logo of Google starts with a ‘G’ but with the saffron colour, the colour of the top stripe in the Indian flag.

The next two letters are covered by the stamp and the last three letters are in the green shade of the Indian flag.

“Doodles are the fun, surprising, and sometimes spontaneous changes that are made to the Google logo to celebrate holidays, anniversaries, and the lives of famous artists, pioneers, and scientists,” the global internet giant said.

Keywords: Independence Day, Google doodle,

Source::::The Hindu

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Joke of the Day…” Comfortable …” !!!

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Hoss rode into town to buy a bull. Unfortunately, when he bought it, he was left with one dollar. Hoss needed to tell his wife to come with the truck and get the bull, but telegrams cost one dollar per word. Hoss said to the telegram man,”OK. I have my one word-‘comfortable’.” Why do you want to tell her that?” asked the telegram man. “Oh, she’s not the best reader,” Hoss said. “She’ll read it really slowly”. (Com-for-ta-ble, get it?)

Source:::;joke a day.com

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Senior Citizens Re Enact Classic Movie Scenes…!!!

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How much do we love these photos? Viel, that’s how much.

Yes, we tip our hat today to the Contilla old people’s home in Essen, Germany – who had a wonderful idea for a calendar: getting residents to pose as famous actors in classic movie scenes.

From James Bond to Holly Golightly, ‘The Blues Brothers’ to ‘Saturday Night Fever’, check out the wonderful results below…

  • James Bond: Wilhelm Buiting, 89
    James Bond: Wilhelm Buiting, 89
  • Titanic: Erna Rütt, 86, and Alfred Kelbch, 81
    "Titanic": Erna Rütt, 86, und Alfred Kelbch, 81
  • Breakfast At Tiffany’s: Marianne Brunsbach, 86
    "Breakfast at Tiffany": Marianne Brunsbach, 86
  • Rocky: Erwin J. von der Heiden, 80
    "Rocky": Erwin J. von der Heiden, 80
  • Mary Poppins: Erna Schenk, 78
    "Mary Poppins": Erna Schenk, 78
  • The Seven Year Itch: Ingeborg Giolbass, 84, and Erich Endlein, 88
    "Das verflixte siebte Jahr": Ingeborg Giolbass, 84, und Erich Endlein, 88
  • The Blues Brothers: Margarete Schmidt, 77, and Lothar Wischnewski, 76
    "Blues Brothers": Margarete Schmidt (r.), 77, und Lothar Wischnewski 76
  • Cabaret: Martha Bajohr, 77
    "Cabaret": Martha Bajohr, 77
  • Giant: Joanna Trachenberg, 81, and Horst Krischat, 78
    "Giants": Joanna Trachenberg, 81, und Horst Krischat, 78
  • Dirty Dancing: Johann Liedtke, 92, and Marianne Pape, 79
    "Dirty Dancing": Johann Liedtke, 92 & Marianne Pape, 79,.
  • Easy Rider: Walter Loeser, 98, and Kurt Neuhaus, 90
    "Easy Rider": Walter Loeser (l.), 98, & Kurt Neuhaus, 90
  • Saturday Night Fever: Irmgard Alt, 79, and Siegfried Gallasch, 87
    "Saturday Night Fever": Irmgard Alt, 79, & Siegfried Gallasch, 87,
     Source:::huffingtonpost.co.uk
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Innocence of This Kid will make you Smile and Smile !!!

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Viral: Little Boy Goes to Pick Up Pizza, Wins the Internet Instead

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Kids can do the simplest of things and win your heart. Here’s one such kid whose innocence will make you smile from ear to ear.

A Reddit user posted the image above. He explained how a 6-year-old went to buy pizza at a Domino’s outlet where his sister works. When it was time to pay for the food, the little boy tried to use his father’s credit card. As you can see, the kid in his innocence signed the word ‘dad’ on the receipt.

Jewel Cowart, the cashier at the pizza joint was completely overwhelmed with the boys act. She clicked a picture of the receipt and showed it to her brother who in turn posted it online. Not surprisingly, the picture and its adorableness went viral.

“He simply thought he was signing for his father,” Cowart told a website.

And if you’re wondering whether the kid’s parents knew about this, Cowart mentions that the child was in fact accompanied by his father.

This is a cuteness overload, we say

Source::::Ndtv.com

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What a Way to Avoid Excess Baggage Charges !!!

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UPON discovering their luggage was overweight, these cheeky passengers didn’t carry on. Instead, they got creative.

Traveller Stou Sandalski told news.com.au that he witnessed the duo, who were flying from Singapore to Sydney with budget airline Scoot, being informed that one of their bags was over the “free” weight limit.

Faced with an extra fee of $130, they did what many of us have been tempted to do before but dismissed as simply too ridiculous. They unzipped their bag and put on as many items of clothing as they could possibly squeeze into, until it was no longer overweight.

That included multiple hats piled on top of each other, shoes tucked into one of their waistbands and even jeans tied around their neck.

It was such a comical sight that Sandalski posted this image onto Reddit.

The flyers. Picture: Stou Sandalski

The flyers. Picture: Stou Sandalski Source: Supplied

But according to Sandalski, there was an unexpected twist at the check-in desk.

A flight attendant said: “I am going to come to the gate and make sure you are still wearing everything”.

Oh dear.

We pity the passengers who had to sit next to them — it would have been a tight squeeze.

news.com.au has contacted Scoot for comment.

Source::::news.com.au

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Message For the Day…” Look at the Unity inherent in Your Hand … “

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Tell your hand, “Oh hand, how sacred you are? You are unity personified. One finger cannot lift a cup; when one finger moves to pick it up, all of you, though different in sizes and shape, rush to help and hold the cup! You don’t care for or observe any difference. Such is the unity inherent in you, amongst your fingers. Oh hand, you are very helpful in preserving the human body, you remove troubles through your hard work and you help others. Why do you sometimes act in a manner that develops enmity? Today there is no unity in any congregation, society or religion. However, you know no hatred. Please never indulge in wrong actions.” Thus instruct and guide your hand so that your actions become sacred. When your thoughts, words and deeds are sanctified, all the other instruments also follow suit and thus you attain liberation.

Sathya Sai Baba

“Power of X”….To Multiply Great Ideas…

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Published on Apr 15, 2012

Dancers + camera + kaleidoscope = this infinitely gorgeous short video. (Watch in 1080p fullscreen if you can.) It’s made for TEDxSummit, an unprecedented gathering of TEDx organizers from around the world– and the video celebrates “the power of x” to multiply great ideas.
Learn more about TEDxSummit: http://tedxsummit.ted.com

 

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A Musical Tribute to our Tricolour…

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Kumar Narayanan…  Photo ….The Hindu

This week, we celebrate our Independence Day and Saintunes, a creative outfit in the city, headed by R. Kumar Narayanan, has composed a patriotic song in Hindi. The number has been sung by him and playback singer Rita, supported by N. Ramanathan and Harish.

“The lyrics of Hey Hindustan are by Uday Meghani, who is with AIR, and I have composed the song as a tribute to our nation. It reiterates that we, as citizens, should value the freedom obtained thanks to the sacrifice of thousands of freedom fighters. It is also a tribute to the defence forces for safeguarding our nation by keeping awake with watchful eyes thereby helping civilians sleep peacefully,” says Kumar.

The song is supported by a video compiled from STOCK images, and uploaded on YouTube. “The visual starts with children, as they are the future generation, and ends with the Tricolour flying high against the blue sky,” explains Kumar.

Keywords: R. Kumar Narayanan, Hey Hindustan, Saintunes, Independence Day

Source:::: Nikhil Raghavan in THE HINDU and YOU TUBE

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Joke of the Day…” Who is Standing Next …” ?

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This man was talking to himself. “I wish I could meet some really important people before I die….”
A man walked up to him and said, “Hi, my name is Mike and I overheard you. I can help you because I know everybody on the planet who is alive today.”
“No way, you must be pulling my leg. Let’s go to Jane Hull so you can prove it to me,” said the man.
So they go to Jane Hull’s office, and when she notices Mike, they start to talk about how they were in kindergarten together.
“Okay, it could have been a coincidence that you were in kindergarten together. Let’s go talk to the president!” said the man. So they took a jet to the White House where the President was having a press conference. When the President saw Mike, they started to talk about how they were in band together.
“Okay for your last test, let’s go to the Pope!” said the man. So they took a jet to Rome and when they got there they went to a church were the Pope was giving a sermon. After the sermon, Mike walked up to the Pope and they shook hands and started to talk.
When Mike walked back over to the man, the man said, “You know, I had a hard time believing you even after the Pope until a guy came up to me and said, “Hey who is that standing next to Mike?!”

Source:::joke a day.com

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