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Message For the Day…” Man Should Use his ‘Buddhi’ to Understand the Priniciple of Unity … “

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Buddha experienced the unity of all creation. There was total transformation in Him once He attained the vision of ekatma (oneness of the atma). He realised that all worldly relations were false. He transcended body consciousness. That is why he earned the appellation Buddha (the enlightened one). Man should use his buddhi (intellect) to understand this principle of unity. Buddhi is of two types: the buddhi that sees diversity in unity is worldly intelligence. You should develop adhyatmic buddhi (spiritual intelligence) in order to realise the underlying unity of all creation. It gives you the experience of the atmic principle which is the same in the entire creation. Buddha attained the vision of the atma. Truly speaking, Buddha is not just one individual. All of you are Buddhas. You will see unity everywhere once you understand this truth.

 

Sathya Sai Baba

This Beautiful Film Of A Guy Surprising His Mother Will Warm Your Heart …

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“The only love that I really believe in is a mother’s love for her children.” ~Karl Lagerfeld

This beautiful video of a man’s journey back home is shot entirely on Google Glass. The film is unique because it gives us a first person perspective of the whole journey, as if we are going home to our own mother.

The ending, where the son reveals the news of his wife’s pregnancy by showing the ultrasound, is so beautiful that it might just wet your eyes.

Thank you, Mom.  

source:::::You Tube and Story Pick

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Do You Know These Facts ? !!!….

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A hand picked list of lesser known facts, events, incidents and trivia about India and Indians, in general. While some are inane, some might just give you a “Wow, I didn’t know that” moment.

1. India and Bangladesh share a 3rd enclave border which means that a part of India is in Bangladesh which is in India which is in Bangladesh. Phew!

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2. In 1920, India was so good at Hockey that the British withdrew from Olympics to avoid a possible embarrassing defeat by its own colony.

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In the Olympics of 1928, 1932 and 1936, India scored 102 goals, but conceded only 3. Source

3. The Income Tax Rate in India was 97.75% in the year 1973

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4. In 2004, 200 women, armed with vegetable knives & chilli powder, stormed into a courtroom and hacked to death a serial rapist whose trial was underway. Then every woman claimed responsibility for the murder.

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5. India has an Airforce base in Tajikistan. Farkhor Air Base is India’s one and only military base outside its territory.

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6. Hindi words choli (blouse) & pallu (end piece of a sari) has been derived from the names of Tamil dynasties viz. Cholas & Pallavas respectively.

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7. Sanjay Gandhi was arrested and jailed for destroying all the prints of a movie that satirized him. The film is “Kissa Kursi Ka”

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8. When A.P.J Abdul Kalam was the President of India, he asked a question on Yahoo Answers on ways to eliminate terrorism.

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The best part is that Dr. Kiran Bedi, Leander Paes, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar replied to it. Here’s thedirect link.

9. Dr. Shrikant Jichkar holds the record for “India’s most qualified person”. He was an IAS, IPS, lawyer, doctor,  D. Litt (Doctor of Letters) in Sanskrit , the highest degree in a University, photographer, actor, radio operator, youngest MLA at the age of 25, held 14 portfolios, had 20 degrees, 28 gold medals & had a library of 52,000 books.

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10. Samosas are banned in Somalia as they resemble the shape of the Christian Holy Trinity.

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11. P.V. Narasimha Rao was fluent in 16 languages. In addition to 7 Indian languages (Telugu, Hindi, Urdu, Oriya, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, Tamil), he spoke English, French, Arabic, Spanish, German, Greek, Latin and Persian.

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12. In 1996, an adult entertainment channel, named PLUS 21,  promising nudity, was planned for an Indian launch. It never went on air as certain groups petitioned against it in Delhi High Court.

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13. In 1948, the Nobel Peace Prize was not awarded. It would have been awarded to Mahatma Gandhi, however, due to his assassination, it was left unassigned in his honor.

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14. Narayana Murthy was a self-proclaimed socialist, but during his visit to Bulgaria, he was arrested and put in jail for talking against the Bulgarian govt. The experience pulled him towards capitalism and he learnt that entrepreneurship and job creation is the way to alleviate poverty. He then founded Infosys.

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15. In 2004, Marvel Comics launched Spider Man India where Peter Parker was called Pavitr Prabhakar, Mary Jane as Meera Jain, Aunt May as Auntie Maya, Uncle Ben as Uncle Bhim.

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Source…. Story Pick.

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South Korea… No 1 in Global Education System !!!

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South Korea is in top place in this global education league table

Korean students

 

The UK is in second place among European countries and sixth overall in a global education league table.

South Korea is top, with three other Asian countries and Finland making up the top five, in rankings from education and publishing firm, Pearson.

The rankings include higher education as well as international school tests – which boosted the UK’s position.

Pearson chief executive John Fallon highlighted the economic importance of improving education and skills.

These latest international comparisons, compiled for Pearson by the Economist Intelligence Unit, emphasise the success of Asian education systems, with South Korea, Japan, Singapore and Hong Kong in China rated as the highest performing.

But it shows a strong performance from the UK, which is ranked sixth, behind only Finland in Europe and ahead of countries such as Germany, France and the United States.

Finns no longer flying
Finland, which was previously in first place, has slumped to fifth, and there has been a wider downward trend for a number of Scandinavian countries.

It also records the rise of Poland, which has been hailed for reforming its post-Communist education system and sits in the top 10.
TOP 20 EDUCATION SYSTEMS
1. South Korea
2. Japan
3. Singapore
4. Hong Kong
5. Finland
6. UK
7. Canada
8. Netherlands
9. Ireland
10. Poland
11. Denmark
12. Germany
13. Russia
14. United States
15. Australia
16. New Zealand
17. Israel
18. Belgium
19. Czech Republic
20. Switzerland
Source: Pearson/ Economist Intelligence Unit

These rankings are based upon an amalgamation of international tests and education data – including the OECD’s Pisa tests, and two major US-based studies, Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (Timss) and Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (Pirls).

They also include higher-education graduation rates, which helped the UK to a much higher position than in Pisa tests, which saw the UK failing to make the top 20.

The UK’s Business Secretary Vince Cable said: “The UK has a global reputation for excellence in higher education, attracting overseas students who make huge economic and cultural contribution to Britain.

“To maintain our position, we must continue to attract international students and promote the UK as a knowledge economy.”

A Learning Curve report accompanying the ranking says that the success of top-performing Asian countries reflects a culture in which teachers and schools are highly respected and “teachers, students and parents all take responsibility for education”.

Students in South Korea, with the strongest test results, will have had to memorise 60 to 100 pages of facts, says the report, raising questions about the long-term value of such rote learning.

The report also notes that highly-prized skills such as being creative and problem solving are much harder to measure and put into such rankings.

The lowest-ranked European country is Greece, with a group of emerging economies at the bottom of the table, including Indonesia, Mexico and Brazil.

 

Sean CoughlanBBC News education correspondent  in bbc.com

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” அம்பாளுக்கு உரிய ஆராதனையை நீ முழுமையா கத்துண்டு இருக்கே …”

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எத்தனை எத்தனையோ மகான்கள் இந்த பாரதத்துல பிறந்திருக்காங்க. அவங்களை தெய்வத்துக்கு சமமா வணக்கவும் செய்யறாங்க.
ஆனா, வாழும் காலத்துலயே நடமாடும் தெய்வம்னு சொல்லப்பட்ட, போற்றப்பட்ட, கடவுளுக்கு சமமாகவே கருதப்பட்டவர், மகா பெரியவாதான்.

 

அவர் சந்திரமௌலீஸ்வரருக்கும் காமாட்சிக்கும் பூஜை செய்யறது, தெய்வமே தெய்வத்துக்கு பூஜை செய்யற மாதிரி இருக்கும். பக்தி மணம் கமழ பரமாசார்யா செய்யற ஆராதனையைப் பார்த்து ஆனந்தக் கண்ணீர் விடாதவங்க இல்லைன்னே சொல்லிடலாம்.
அந்த மகான், தான் ஆராதனைகள் செய்யறப்ப மட்டுமல்லாமல், தெய்வத்துக்கு யாரெல்லாம் பூஜை, புனஸ்காரங்கள் செய்யறாங்களோ அவங்க எல்லாருமே சிரத்தையாகம், பழமையான வழிபாட்டு முறைகளை கொஞ்சமும் மாற்றாமலும் செய்யணும்கறதுல உறுதியா இருந்தார். அதுவும் புராணப் பெருமை உடைய புராதனக் கோயில்கள்ல உரிய ஆகம முறையில் கொஞ்சம்கூட மாற்றம் செய்யக்கூடாதுங்கறதுதான் மகா பெரியவாளோட கட்டளை!
காஞ்சி மடத்தோட ரொம்ப நெருக்கின தொடர்பு உடையவர் ஸ்தானிகம் காமகோடி சாஸ்திரிகள். அவர் மகன் ஸ்தானிகம் சுரேஷ் சாஸ்திரிகள் சொன்ன அற்புதமான சம்பவம் ஒண்ணு, பூஜையை எப்படிப் பண்ணணும்னு மகாபெரியவா சொல்லியிருக்காங்கறதை எல்லாரும் தெரிஞ்சுக்க உதவக் கூடியது.
ஸ்தானிகம் காமகோடி சாஸ்திரிகளோட அப்பா, ஸ்தானிகம் வெங்கடராம சாஸ்திரிகள். அவர் தன்னோட மகன், ஸ்ரீவித்யா ஆராதனையை முழுமையா கத்துக்கணும்னு ஆசைப்பட்டார். அதனால, நெடிமுடி சுப்ரமணிய சாஸ்திரிகள் கிட்டே சேர்ந்து கத்துக்கச் சொன்னார். குஹானந்த மண்டலியை ஸ்தாபிதம் செய்தவர் சுப்ரமணிய சாஸ்திரிகள். அவரை சுருக்கமா “சார்’னு தான் கூப்பிடுவாங்க. இன்றைக்கும் அவர் எழுதிய ஸ்ரீவித்யா பாஷ்யம்தான், ஸ்ரீவித்யா பூஜைக்கான முழுமையான வழிகாட்டி நூலாக இருக்கு.
காமகோடி சாஸ்திரிகள், தன்கிட்டே ஸ்ரீவித்யா பூஜை முறைகளை முழுமையா கத்துக் கொண்ட பிறகு சுப்ரமண்ய சாஸ்திரிகள் ஒரு கடிதம் எழுதிக்குடுத்து, இதை மகாபெரியவா கிட்டே காட்டுன்னு சொன்னார். அந்தக் கடிதத்தை எடுத்துக்கிட்டு, காமகோடி சாஸ்திரிகளை பரமாசார்யாள்கிட்டே கூட்டிக் கொண்டுபோனார் அவர் அப்பா.
அந்த சமயம், ராமநாதபுரத்துல இளையாத்தங்குடியில் தங்கியிருந்தார், மகா பெரியவா. கடிதத்தை படிச்சுட்டு காமகோடி சாஸ்திரிகளை ஒரு நிமிஷம் உற்றுப்பார்த்த பெரியவா, “ஒரு நல்ல நாள்ல காமாட்சி அம்மனுக்கு பூஜை பண்ண ஆரம்பிச்சுடு’ அப்படின்னு சொல்லி ஆசிர்வதிச்சார்.
அப்படியே தொடங்கி, காமாட்சியம்மனுக்கு தினமும் சகஸ்ரநாம அர்ச்சனை செய்ய ஆரம்பிச்சார், காமகோடி சாஸ்திரிகள். பெரியவா காஞ்சிபுரத்துல இருக்கற நாட்கள்ல அம்பாளோட பூஜை பிரசாதத்தை எடுத்துக் கொண்டு போய் அவருக்குத் தருவாங்க.
காஞ்சி காமாட்சி அம்மன் கோயில்ல பௌர்ணமி தினங்கள்ல விசேஷ பூஜை நடக்கும் இரவு ஒன்பதரை மணிக்குத் தொடங்கப்படற அந்த பூஜை, நள்ளிரவு வரை நடக்கும். அதுல முக்கியமான விஷயம் என்னன்னா, அந்த ஆராதனையை யாரும் பார்க்க முடியாதுங்கறதுதான்.
சுமார் ஒன்பது மணி வாக்குல அந்த வழிபாட்டுல பங்கெடுத்துக்கற பக்தர்கள்கிட்ட சங்கல்பம் செய்துடுவாங்க. அதன்பிறகு கர்ப்பகிருஹத்தை சாத்திட்டு அர்ச்சகர்கள் மட்டும் உள்ளே இருந்து அர்ச்சனை, ஆராதனைகளைச் செய்வாங்க.
காமகோடி சாஸ்திரிகள் அம்மனை ஆராதிக்க ஆரம்பிச்ச பிறகு ஒரு பௌர்ணமி பூஜைக்கு வந்தார், ஆசார்யார். பக்தர்கிட்டே சங்கல்பம் எல்லாம் முடிஞ்சதும், பூஜை பண்றதுக்காக கருவறையை சாத்தினாங்க. பரமாச்சார்யார், மூலஸ்தானத்துக்கு உள்ளேயே ஒரு மணையில அமர்ந்து எல்லா ஆராதனைகளையும் முழுமையா பார்த்தார். பூஜைகள் முடிஞ்சதும் பிரசாதம் வாங்கிக் கொண்டு புறப்பட்ட பெரியவா காமகோடி சாஸ்திரிகள்கிட்டே, “நாளைக்கு கொஞ்சம் மட்த்துக்கு வந்துட்டுப் போ’ன்னு சொல்லிட்டுபோனார்.
மறுநாள் மடத்துக்குப் போனார், சாஸ்திரி. அவர்கிட்டே பெரியவா “இந்த பௌர்ணமி பூஜையை ஏன் இப்படி நடுராத்திரியில யாரும் பார்க்காதபடி பண்ணணும்? பகல்லயே செய்யலாமே?’ அப்படின்னு கேட்டார்.
அதுக்கு காமகோடி சாஸ்திரிகள், “பெரியவா, உங்களுக்குத் தெரியாததில்லை. வேத, புராண முறைப்படி நடக்கற நவாவரணபூஜை இது. காலம்காலமா காமாட்சியம்மன் கோயில்ல இந்த நேரத்துலதான் பூஜை நடத்தறது வழக்கமா இருக்கு. இதை மாத்தி பகல்ல பண்ணணும்னா, பெரியவா நீங்கதான் உத்தரவு போடணும்’னு சொன்னார்.
புன்னகை செஞ்ச பெரியவா, “அப்படியெல்லாம் செய்யக்கூடாது. பூஜை முறைகள்ல சாஸ்திர சம்பிரதாயத்தை எதுக்காகவும் மாத்தக்கூடாது’ன்னு சொல்லிட்டு, இன்னொரு கேள்வியைக் கேட்டார்.
“ராத்திரியில செய்ய வேண்டிய பூஜை இதுன்னு சொல்றியே, ஆனா இதையே வசந்த நவராத்ரி, சாரதா நவராத்ரி சமயங்கள்ல மட்டும் பகல்ல செய்யறது ஏன்?’
பரமா சார்யா இப்படிக் கேட்டதும் எல்லாருக்கும் ஆச்சர்யம். ஏன் இப்படிக் கேட்கறார்? அவருக்குத் தெரியாத என்ன விவரத்தை சாஸ்திரிகள் சொல்லப் போறார்?னு எல்லாரும் கவனமா பார்த்தாங்க.
சாஸ்திரி விளக்கங்களை ஸ்ரீவித்யா உபாசனைல உள்ள பூஜா விதிகளைச் சொன்ன சாஸ்திரிகள், அந்த முறைப்படிதான் நவாவரண பூஜை செய்யப்படுதுன்னு சொல்ல, சில ஸ்லோகங்களையும் அதுக்க விளக்கமா சொன்னார்.
எல்லாத்தையும் பொறுமையா கேட்ட ஆசார்யாள், “உன்னை நான் கேட்ட கேள்விகள் எல்லாம், ஸ்ரீ வித்யா உபாசனையை நீ பூரணமா தெரிஞ்சுண்டு இருக்கியா?ன்னு பரிசோதிக்கவும், பழமையான பூஜை முறைகளை யாரும் எதுக்காகவும் மாத்தக்கூடாதுங்கறதை மற்றவங்க தெரிஞ்சுக்கணும்கறதுக்காகவும்தான். அதோட நீ என்னைப் பார்க்க வந்தப்ப ஒரு கடிதம் எடுத்துண்டு வந்தியே, அதுல உனக்கு பரீட்சை வைச்சு பார்க்கும்படி எழுதியிருந்தார், உன் குருநாதர். அதுக்காகத்தான் இப்படிக் கேள்வி கேட்டேன். அம்பாளுக்கு உரிய ஆராதனையை நீ முழுமை கத்துண்டு இருக்கே. உன் குருநாதர்கிட்டேயும் சொல்லிடு!’ன்னு சொல்லி காமகோடி சாஸ்திரிகளை ஆசிர்வதிச்சார்.
அதோட, “ஒரு விக்ரகம் பூஜா விக்ரகமா பிரதிஷ்டை செய்யப்பட்டபிறகு அதுக்கு பூஜை செய்யறவர் எந்தக் காரணத்தாலும் வழிபாட்டு முறைகளையோ, பூஜை நேரத்தையோ மாற்றவே கூடாது. மாற்றம் இல்லாம தொடர்ந்து செய்யறபோது, அந்த விக்ரகத்துல தெய்வ சான்னித்யம் நிறைஞ்சுடும். அதுக்கப்புறம் அந்த விக்ரகத்தை பூஜிக்கறவர், வணங்கற பக்தர்கள்னு எல்லாருக்குமே அந்த தெய்வீக சக்தி பலன்தர ஆரம்பிச்சுடும். அந்த விக்ரகம் இருக்கற தலம் சுபிட்சம் நிறைஞ்சதா மாறிடும்!’ அப்படிங்கற முக்கியமான விஷயத்தையும் எல்லாருக்கும் சொன்னார் ஆசார்யார்.

பி. ராமகிருஷ்ணன் in Kumudam Bakthi Tamil

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Message For the Day…” You Must Know What is Right and What is Wrong …”

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The world is a mixture of good and bad, of right and wrong, joy and sorrow, victory and defeat. In a world replete with such opposites, you must constantly make the choice between what is right and proper, and what is wrong and undesirable. You must not let yourself be guided by the mind. You must follow the directions of the intelligence. As long as you follow the mind, you cannot attain the Divine. Youth often tend to go by the inclinations of the mind, neglecting their intelligence and consequently are subject to agitations and frustrations. Discrimination is a big help to avoid such situations. Ask yourself “I am a human being; how must I conduct myself in this situation such as to win the respect and regard of others?” and act in accordance. You will certainly find the right answers on what you should do and where you should go. Humility and discrimination are the indexes of an educated person.

 

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Some Silly “Hoax” Mails that Took us For a Ride !!!

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The Internet is a treasure chest of amazing finds. At times, you come across certain images and pieces of information that truly blows your mind. But another thing about the Internet is that not everything you find in there is really true. Here are 10 hoaxes that found their way to ‘believability’ thanks to the internet.

1. A photo that went viral on Facebook with the title, “India during Diwali.”

Fact:
This message went viral in India on the occasion of Diwali. The message came with a picture showing the satellite image of the Indian map during the day, followed by the same during the night, appearing bright and colorful throughout. However, the message was a hoax. The image in question is put up by National Geophysical Data Center of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, USA and is actually a composite satellite view of India at night, showing the change in night illumination during the period 1992-2003. Satellite data from the year 1992 is shown in blue color, 1998 green colored, and that in 2003 is colored red. This stunning composite satellite image of India at night was developed by NASA so as to illustrate the increasing population of India over the years.
 

2. The Indian three headed snake.

snake

Fact:
This picture showing a live three headed snake on an Indian road started circulating on many social networking websites. The message that comes with the picture states that it is a beautiful creation of nature. The story however, is a hoax. The three headed snake picture is not real, it is a photoshopped one.

3. “UNESCO declares Indian National Anthem as best in the world.”

Fact: 
This story was very widely circulating through emails, blogs and social networking sites. The message claiming that the Indian national anthem “Jana gana mana..” was selected as the best in the world by UNESCO was never heard of or confirmed by any kind of news or media reports. If the story was factual, it would have definitely received wide attention from the media. If the UNESCO released such a statement, it would be readily available on their official website, which is no where to be seen. India Today wrote to UNESCO to get clarity on these stories and got a confirmation message from UNESCO that these messages were indeed a hoax.

4.Indian woman gives birth to 11 kids at once!

Fact:
The photograph which shows 11 new born babies along with hospital staff was accompanied by a message claiming that an Indian woman gave birth to all of them in a single delivery, and considers it as God’s miracle. 6 out of the 11 babies were reported to be twins. The photograph is genuine, but the story is a hoax. The photograph actually shows 11 kids born to different mothers on 11.11.11 at the 21st Century Hospital & Test Tube Baby Center in Surat, India. The doctors and hospital staff together with the new born babies took photographs and shared it as an interesting achievement on 11.11.11.

5. Pictures showing the excavation site of a giant human skeleton.

 

Fact:
Many versions of this story were circulating through emails along with these pictures of giant human skeletons. The news related to this story appeared in the media in countries like India, Bangladesh etc. However, all these versions were false. The pictures depicting giant human skeletons are actually a part of image manipulation contest conducted by worth1000.com.

6. Hanuman Gadha found during an excavation in Sri Lanka.

 

Fact:
This picture claims to show the Hindu God Hanuman’s Gadha (mace), supposedly discovered during an excavation in Sri Lanka. Other versions said it is the world’s largest Gada of Veer Hanuman discovered in Gujarat. The claims are not true. It actually shows a 45 feet Gada replica  for installation on a 125-foot-high Hanuman statue on the outskirts of Indore, India on the occasion of Hanuman Jayanti (birthday) on 25 April 2013. (As quoted in Hindustan Times epaper.)

7. Bhagat Singh was hanged on the 14th of February, Valentine’s Day.

Fact:
This hoax was a  rather unfortunate and disrespectful mis-interpretation of Bhagat Singh’s biography. Bhagat Singh was arrested following the 1929 Assembly bomb throwing incident. Fearing civil agitation, the then Viceroy of India Lord Irwin set up a special tribunal called the Privy Council to speed up his trail process. An Indian defence committee in Punjab appealed against the Privy Council, which was again dismissed by the  Judge Viscount Dunedin. After the rejection, the then Congress party president Madan Mohan Malviya filed a mercy appeal before Lord Irwin on 14 February 1931, but even that did not work, and Bhagat Singh was hung on 23 March 1931 at 7:30 pm in Lahore jail along with fellow freedom fighters Rajguru and Sukhdev.

8. “Important message from Delhi Police: Frooti can contain HIV.”

Fact:
This story broke on Facebook walls and Whatsapp chats all over India. A supposed warning from the Delhi Police warned consumers that a worker from the “Frooti Company” was HIV positive and had added his blood to the drink mix. It also claimed that the story had been reported by NDTV. As you can guess, the whole thing was a hoax. Both the Delhi Police and NDTV denied the ridiculous story. Besides one can’t even get AIDS through “infected” food.

9.A mysterious tree sighted in Nalgonda, Andhra Pradesh, India.



Fact:
The messages showed pictures of a tree with mysterious wooden carvings of various animals like crocodiles, monkeys, snakes, spiders and others; claiming that it is a ‘Baobab’ tree that has the largest trunk in the world. The message stated that this mysterious tree was found near a hermitage in the dense forests of Nalgonda, Andhra Pradesh, India. The truth? There was no mysterious tree or hermitage. This was in fact an art work in Disney Land.


Sourced from: hoaxorfact.com

 

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Now … A Water Bottle That You Can Eat …!!!

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Now, a water bottle that you can eat

London:  Finished drinking your bottle of water? Now eat it!

A design student in UK has developed an edible ‘bottle’ of water that could rid the world of excess plastic waste.

Rodrigo Garcia Gonzalez along with fellow Imperial College London students has been working on the Ooho water bottle for the past few years.

The bottle is made out of edible materials, looks like a jellyfish, and has the potential to put an end to the bottled water industry, ‘Smithsonian.com’ reported.

Inspired by the juice-filled pearls added to bubble tea and the creations of legendary Spanish chef Ferran Adria, who uses a technique of encasing liquid into edible membranes known as sheperification.

Gonzalez and his team first took a frozen ball of water and dipped it into a calcium chloride solution, which formed a gelatinous layer.

The ball was then soaked in another solution made from brown algae extract, which encapsulated the ice in a second squishy membrane to reinforce the structure.

Keeping the water in the algae solution for long periods of time allows the mold to become thicker and stronger.

“The main point in manipulating the water as solid ice during the encapsulation is to make it possible to get bigger spheres and allow the calcium and algae to stay exclusively in the membrane,” Gonzalez said.

Ooho has been tested in some European cities, but the researchers need to perfect it, as their edible bottles still don’t hold large amounts of water and can’t be resealed.   

 

source:::: NDTV.COM site

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World”s Toughest Job… Are You Qualified ? …

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Consider this: you are at a job interview, all suited up, ready to brave the toughest questions the interviewer throws at you. Now imagine being told that the job you applied for is “the most important job.” Are you ready for this?

And are you ready for the job requirements? The person in charge would not only need to think on their feet but also be on their feet constantly; 24 hours a day, seven days a week. And there are no breaks available.

Along with excellent negotiation and interpersonal skills, the candidate must also have expertise in medicine, finance and culinary arts.

No holidays, extra work on occasions and staying up late with the associate are just some more necessities. “If you had a life, we would ask you to give that up,” says the interviewer.

And here’s the big one; the candidate must do this with a happy disposition and no salary. That’s right. You don’t get paid for this job.

“That’s almost cruel. Like a sick, twisted joke,” says one of the 24 candidates who applied for the job and were interviewed via recorded video chat. “That’s inhumane,” says another. “Nobody’s doing that for free,” says a third.

And that is when the assessor tells them that billions of people already hold this position, described as ‘Director of Operations.’

You’re in for a shock with this one. Are you ready to meet the person doing the world’s toughest job?

 

source:::: You Tube & NDTV .com

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Message For the Day…”Understand the Value of Discipline and Adhere to it…”

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Say you are expecting a train, a public transport that is supposed to arrive at 5 o’ clock. It is delayed by a few hours and doesn’t turn up until 8 or 9 p.m. How would you feel then? You first start to complain that the schedules of the trains and buses have no discipline and they don’t turn up on time. Then you start abusing the driver, the department, the government, and talk about it for a couple of days. When you complain so much about a delayed train or a bus which has no life, do you expect the world not abuse you, a conscious individual, when you do not adhere to your discipline, code of conduct and duty? All of you must understand the value of discipline and adhere to it consistently, and pass the test of discipline.

 

Sathya Sai Baba