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Humour In Politics !!!!

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During the 1920s and 1930 there was a very controversial politician in Britain called Johnston. Once another notable politician was asked what was the difference between a tragedy and a calamity. The reply was: If Johnston were to be drowned in the Thames, that would be a tragedy. But if he were to come out alive, that would be a calamity.

Once Johnston made an unpleasant statement about the government. The entire media was up against him and for a full week there were devastating attacks on him but he did not respond. A journalist asked him about this and Johnston’s reply was: Just imagine the amount of free publicity I got all last week!

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This humorous touch was not missing in India. In 1951, Rajendra Prasad outwitted Nehru and got himself elected the first President of the Republic though Nehru’s preference was for Rajaji, the Governor-General. Five years later, Nehru preferred Radhakrishnan as President but Rajen Babu again got the better of Nehru and was elected President. Rajen Babu was one of the most selfless freedom fighters and highly respected by Congressmen. After Independence, attitudes started changing, resulting in even a person like him manoeuvring to stay on as President for a second term. The then Editor of Deccan Herald, Pothan Joseph, wrote in his daily column, “Over a cup of tea”: “Rajen Babu was sitting in his presidential suite, eagerly waiting to give his reluctant consent to continue as President.” Readers had a good laugh but a badly hurt Rajen Babu wrote a nasty letter to the Editor.

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Atal Bihari Vajpayee was another politician who regaled audiences with his humorous remarks. During an election meeting in Gujarat, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi told the gathering that she was a daughter of Uttar Pradesh and daughter-in-law of Gujarat and was seeking votes on that basis. Vajpayee later said Mrs. Gandhi had forgotten to say that she was also the mother-in-law of Italy. The audience had a hearty laugh and one journalist later wrote that this humorous remark of Vajpayee had brought the BJP a lot of votes.

source::::G.Dwarakanath in The Hindu…English Daily

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Message For The Day….Develop Divine Love and Truth ….

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You are all the indestructible Divine Self, Believe Me! Nothing need discourage you. In dreams you suffer so much – loss of money, fire, food, insult, etc., but you are not affected at all. When these things happen during the waking stage, you feel afflicted. It is not the real you that suffers all that. Give up the delusion that you are this physical entity and you become really free. Develop Truth and Love. Everything will be added to you, unasked. Man and God (Nara and Narayana) are the two wires – the positive and the negative, that combine to bring electricity through. Man (Nara) will become the instrument of God (Narayana), if you have acquired the two qualities, Divine Love and Truth.
– Divine Discourse, July 25, 1958

 

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Message For The Day….An Example of Devotion ….

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While in the forest, Rama was once reclining with His head on the lap of Sugriva and the monkey leaders were around Him. The moon was shining overhead in full glory, but there was the tell-tale spot which marred the fullness of the effulgence. Rama asked each one of them what the spot indicated. Each one gave a different explanation. The reflection of the sea, one said, a deep pit, said another; a mountain range said a third. It was Hanuman’s turn – He said, “It is Your reflection I see on the moon, Your colour, nothing else!” That was a simple example of his devotion. Everywhere, every time, in every person, he only saw Lord Rama. One must dedicate all tasks as offerings to the Lord. Never deviate from that attitude. Hanuman was such a devotee; Rama was the very life-breath for him.

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Incredible Color Footage of New York city in 1939!!!!

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t’s hard to picture New York City in the 1930s: Nearly all of the images we’ve seen from that era are in black and white.

But amateur footage shot by a tourist visiting New York in 1939 recently emerged and is making the rounds on the web.

Shot by French visitor Jean Vivier in the summer of that year, the footage shows neighborhoods from Harlem to Chinatown.

Enjoy!

source::::business insider.com

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Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/color-footage-of-new-york-city-in-1939-2013-5#ixzz2V3noiwMN

Laughter …The Best Medicine !!!! ” That is the best i Could do ..Dad” !!!!

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An old man lived alone in the country. It was Spring and he wanted to dig his tomato garden, as he had done every year, but it was very hard work for the aging man as the ground was hard. His only son, Vincent, who used to help him, was currently in prison. The old man wrote a letter to his son and described his predicament:

Dear Vincent,
I am feeling pretty bad because it looks like I won’t be able to plant my tomato garden this year. I’m just getting too old to be digging up a garden plot. If only you were here my troubles would be over. I know you would dig the plot for me.
Love Dad

A few days later he received a letter from his son:

Dear Dad,
Not for nothing, but don’t dig up that garden. That’s where I buried my weapons.
Love Vinnie

At 4 a.m. the next morning, FBI agents and local police arrived at the old man’s house and dug up the entire area. However, they didn’t find any weapons, so they apologized to the old man and left.

That same day the old man received another letter from his son.

Dear Dad,
Go ahead and plant the tomatoes now. That’s the best I could do under the circumstances.
Love Vinnie

source:::babamailnet

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Just For Laugh !!!….Genie Joke For the Weekend….!!!!

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A man was walking along the beach and found a bottle. He looked around and didn’t see anyone so he opened it. A genie appeared and thanked the man for letting him out. The genie said, “For your kindness I will grant you one wish, but only one.” The man thought for a minute and said, “I have always wanted to go to Hawaii but have never been able to because I’m afraid of flying and ships make me claustrophobic and ill. So, I wish for a road to be built from here to Hawaii.”

The genie thought for a few minutes and said, “No, I don’t think I can do that. Just think of all the work involved with the pilings needed to hold up the highway and how deep they would have to be to reach the bottom of the ocean. Think of all the pavement that would be needed. No, that is just too much to ask.”

The man thought for a minute and then told the genie, “There is one other thing that I have always wanted. I would like to be able to understand women. What makes them laugh and cry; why are they temperamental; why are they so difficult to get along with? Basically, what makes them tick?”

The genie stared at him for a moment. Then sighed.

“Do you want two lanes or four?”

 

source:::::babamailnet

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Crazy !!!! Yet Amazing Photos !!!!!

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French dancer Philippe Priasso performs a Pas de Deux with a Digger during the Neuhardenberg-Nacht (Neuhardenberg Night) on May 18, 2013 at Neuhardenberg Palace in Neuhardenberg, eastern Germany

 

A high-wire dancer of the acrobat group “Geschwister Weisheit” (wisdom siblings) performs on the tightrope on May 25, 2013 during the German Gymnastics Festival in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany

 

A plane model bearing the colours of Emirates airlines holds a camera above the Roland Garros stadium on the opening day of the French Tennis Open tournament in Paris, on May 26, 2013. 
Kristin tries out a mirror experiment during the “Wanderings about the Senses” exhibition on May 29, 2013 in Dresden, eastern Germany.
Baby elephant “Moyo” is helped up by his mother “Sabie” during his first outing at the zoo in Wuppertal, western Germany, on May 15, 2013. “Moyo” was born on May 13, 2013 at the zoo.
A large sea bream object, made from colourful debris found drifting at sea, such as plastic tanks, toys and wires, and produced by Japanese art group Yodogawa Tecnique, is displayed at the Setouchi Triennale art event at the port of Uno, Okayama prefecture in western Japan on May 19, 2013.
Dog puppy “Sandy” protects against the rain with an umbrella fixed on her leash during a stroll in Rust, southern Germany, on May 26, 2013.
Workers install a golden winged car on the roof of the City Museum in Cologne, western Germany, on April 4, 2013. The car, a creation by German artist HA Schult, is brought back to the roof after its restauration at Ford.
A man looks at ” MaskII” a sculpture by Australian artist Ron Mueck exhibited at the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, on April 15, 2013 in Paris.
A green flying frog, also named Reinwardt’s tree frog or black-webbed tree frog, sits on a finger on April 24, 2013 at the State Museum of Natural History in Karlsruhe, southern Germany
Spanish player Rafael Nadal bites his trophy as he celebrates his victory over his compatriot Nicolas Almagro after the final of the Barcelona Open tennis tournament Conde de Godo in Barcelona on April 28, 2013
A visitor walks past a poster at the 2013 Asian Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition (ABACE2013) held at the Shanghai Hawker Pacific Business Aviation Service Centre on Hongqiao Airport in Shanghai on April 16, 2013.
Civilian passengers of the Airbus A330 Zero-G, who are not astronauts nor scientists, enjoy the weightlessness, on March 15, 2013, during the first zero gravity flight for paying passengers in Europe. All boarding cards, costing 6,000 euros, were sold for the years 2013 and 2014. Zero gravity flights for paying passengers have already taken place in the United States and Russia. The zero-gravity of space is simulated by flying a series of parabolic flight maneuvers that counter the forces of gravity and allow astronauts and cosmonauts to learn how to accomplish tasks with no gravity…
Visitors watch Mirella Ferraz, known as Brazilian mermaid, as she swims with fish in a giant tank during a show at an aquarium in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on February 10, 2013.
A combination picture shows former England captain David Beckham slipping as he free kicks at a sports field during his visit in Wuhan, Hubei province
Indonesian dog lover Handoko Njotokusumo and Ace ride through traffic during their weekend joy ride on a motorcycle in Surabaya located in eastern Java island on March 2, 2013. Handoko, 57 a retired businessman, regularly takes Ace, a golden retriever, for a ride around the city.
A technician works on the engine of an Airbus A 380 airplane on January 28, 2013 at the maintenance hall of German airline Lufthansa in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany.
A young Siberian tiger (Panthera tigris altaica) swims in its outdoor enclosure on January 7, 2013 at the zoo in Duisburg, western Germany.
Yoko, a chimpanzee (Pan Troglodytes), reacts after receiving a Christmas hamper, at Rio de Janeiro’s zoo on December 18, 2012.
Skiers are seen on a cable car above the fog on December 1, 2012 in the Titlis mountain above Engelberg, Central Switzerland.
source::::yahoonews.com
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80 Year “young at Heart ” Creates History !!!!

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The 80-year-old Miura, right, and his son Gota trained for their expedition with extreme skiing

Four heart surgeries were just an annoyance to Yuichiro Miura, who, at the age of 80, has become the oldest person to climb to the summit of Mount Everest.

His achievement has eclipsed the record set in 2008 by a 76-year-old man.

Yuichiro Miura reaches the top of Mount Everest for the third time in his life. He conquered the mountain at ages 70 and 75 as well.

 

Yuichiro Miura reaches the top of Mount Everest for the third time in his life. He conquered the mountain at ages 70 and 75 as well.

“I made it!” Miura said over the phone on Thursday in a call to his support team in Tokyo. “I never imagined I could make it to the top of Mount Everest at age 80. This is the world’s best feeling, although I’m totally exhausted. Even at 80, I can still do quite well.”

Miura's wife, Tomoko Miura, right, and daughter Emiri Miura, celebrate after a report that he reached the summit of Mount Everest.

Miura’s wife, Tomoko Miura, right, and daughter Emiri Miura, celebrate after a report that he reached the summit of Mount Everest.

That may be the definition of understatement: Miura underwent heart surgery in January for irregular heartbeat, or arrhythmia, his fourth heart operation since 2007, according to his family. He also fractured his pelvis and left thigh bone in a 2009 skiing accident.

Miura, left, uses oxygen mask and his son Gota sips green tea during their attempt to scale the summit of Mount Everest. They climbed the last leg of the trip, the so-called death zone, in seven hours.

Miura, left, uses oxygen mask and his son Gota sips green tea during their attempt to scale the summit of Mount Everest. They climbed the last leg of the trip, the so-called death zone, in seven hours.

Miura has already discussed his next venture – skiing down the Himalayan mountain of Cho Oyu, the sixth highest mountain in the world. He’s planning if for 2018 … when he’ll be 85.

This year marks the 60th anniversary of the first expedition to reach the summit of Everest: Sir Edmund Hilary and Tenzing Norgay made it to the top of the mountain May 29, 1953. More than 200 people have died in the attempt since then.
source::::daily news.com

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Message For The Day….Love Is God..Truth Is God…Love is Truth ..Truth is Love !!!

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If you want to attain God, cultivate love. If you promote love and look upon all with love, hatred will never be your lot. That is the one important lesson I teach always. I do not ask that you should become a scholar or a recluse or an ascetic skilled in recitation of holy Names and Meditation (Japa and Dhyana). God only examines, “Is your heart full of love?” Firmly believe that Love is God, Truth is God. Love is Truth, Truth is Love. For it is only when you love that you have no fear. Fear is the mother of falsehood. If you have no fear, you will adhere to truth. The mirror of love reflects the Divine Self within you and reveals to you that the Divine Self within you is Universal and is immanent in every being.
– Divine Discourse, Jul 25, 1958

 

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