Monday, November 12, 2012
Kartik Shukla 3 Vik Samvat 2069. Yugabda 5114: November 16, 2012
1. FESTIVALS: Gita
Jayanti, also referred as Bhagawad
Geetha Jayanthi falls on the Ekadasi day of Shukla Paksha of the Margashirsha,
December 23 this year.It is the day when the Bhagvad Gita was rendered
by Bhagwan Sri Krishna to Arjuna in the Kurukshetra on the first day of the
famous 18-day battle in the Mahabharata. When prince Arjuna refused to fight
against his cousins- the Kauravas in the battle, Sri Krishna expounded the
truth of life and the philosophy of Karma and Dharma to him, thereby giving
birth to one of the world's greatest scriptures, the Gita.Gita Jayanthi is celebrated
worldwide by all those who revere Bhagavad Gita as Mother and respect her,
especially devotees of Krishna. Verses from
all 18 chapters of the Gita are chanted throughout the day. At Kurukshetra, devotees and pilgrims from all
over Bharat gather to take part in the ritual bath in the sacred ponds -
Sannihit Sarovar and Brahm Sarovar. A fair is also organized that lasts for
about a week and the people participate in prayer recitals, Gita reading,
bhajans, aartis, dance, dramas, etc. The
fair has gained immense popularity and a
large number of tourists visit Kurukshetra during the event. At the temples of
ISKCON (International Society for Krishna Consciousness) across the globe,
Geeta Jayanthi is celebrated with special offerings to Lord Krishna. Gita
Jayanti is also celebrated as Mokshada Ekadashi when devotees observe fast.
2.
HINDU-AMERICAN ELECTED TO US
CONGRESS FOR THE FIRST TIME: Tulsi
Gabbard has created history by becoming the first Hindu-American to have
entered the US House of Representatives, winning the Hawaii seat by trouncing her Republican
rival in a one-sided contest. An Iraq war veteran, 31-year-old
Gabbard defeated K Crowley of the Republican Party with a handsome margin. She
is also the first female combat veterans to serve in the Congress. "Although
there are not very many Hindus in Hawaii,
I never felt discriminated against. I never really gave it a second thought
growing up that any other reality existed, or that it was not the same
everywhere," Tulsi said. Born in American Samoa to a Catholic father and a Hindu mother,
Gabbard moved to Hawaii
with her family when she was two years old. Her parents gave all their five
children Hindu names — Bhakti, Jai, Aryan, Tulsi and Vrindavan. Keen to visit
Bharat at the earliest, Gabbard has pledged to work for closer US-Bharat
relations.
3.
RSS AKHIL BHARATIYA KARYAKARI MANDAL met in Chennai from 2nd to 4th
of November. On 4th of
November, RSS Sarkaryavah, Shri Suresh Bhayyaji Joshi, alongwith Dakshin
Kshetra Sanghachalak Vanniarajan, and Akhil Bharatiya Prachar Pramukh Dr
Manmohan Vaidya addressed the Press after conclusion of the baithak. Bhayyaji
said that in the baithak, current situation in the country and RSS plans for
the next year were discussed. RSS shakhas are held at 52,000 places in the
country out of which 40,000 are daily and 12,000 weekly/monthly, increased by
3,000 as compared to those held last year. 75% of those who attend daily
shakhas are below 45 years of age and out of those about 20,000 are below 25.
In 11,000 colleges, there are 1000 plus activities for the students. Another
area of focus is IT Professionals. In Pune, Bengaluru and NOIDA, more than 500
shakhas are held by IT professionals. More than 1, 50,000 service projects
especially in slums, urban, tribal areas and remote villages conducted by RSS
swayamsevaks. In the last 2 to 3 years, focus has been on rural development.
250 villages in 15 states have been adopted for carrying out programmes to
improve health, agriculture, self reliance and social harmony. Six hundred new
Goshalas/research units have been started as an outcome of the movement on cow
protection launched by saints called the Vishwa Mangal Gou Gram Yatra in which
RSS volunteers also participated. Two resolutions were passed in the baithak
which follow hereunder:
Resolution No. 1: VIOLENCE IN ASOM AND
NATIONWIDE CHALLENGE OF BANGLADESHI INFILTRATORS: The Akhil Bharatiya Karyakari Mandal strongly condemns
the July 2012 violence perpetrated by the Bangladeshi Muslim infiltrators in
the Kokrajhar, Chirang and Dhubri districts of Asom, the violent demonstrations
organized in various parts of the country and the conspiracy to terrorize the
people of North-East living in different parts of the country to flee from
their places and considers all these acts as a serious challenge to the
country. Continuously growing
infiltration in the Asom and nearby areas has created state of a serious
crisis.
The infiltrators have
settled in large numbers in all the four districts of Bodoland Territorial Area
District (BTAD) which was created as a result of an agreement with the Central
and State Govts in 2003. These infiltrators have vitiated the social, cultural,
natural, economic, religious and political environment over there with far
reaching consequences. Muslims had
called for a bandh on May 29, 2012 demanding reservations in the Bodoland
Territorial Council (BTC). The
unconstitutional assurances of providing reservations to Muslims, given by some
political parties of the country flared up the situation. The situation went
beyond control after the brutal murder of four Bodo youths by the Muslims on
July 20, 2012. In the violence that followed, as per Govt records Ninety
persons were killed and four lakhs were displaced into relief camps. Large number of infiltrators are staying in
these relief camps, they need to be identified and deported. From this point of
view, the resolve of several organizations of Asom, expressed from common platform,
of not allowing rehabilitation of these infiltrators is praiseworthy.
Indeed, on
account of illegal assistance and support being extended by the political
parties having vested interests and the local residents having communal
sympathy towards the Muslim infiltrators, these infiltrators are increasing
their clout in local politics besides capturing land, forests, employment
opportunities and other resources. Stern action against such elements extending
assistance and support to these infiltrators is necessary.
The ABKM
decries attempts to portray the Asom incidents in particular and Bangladeshi
infiltrators’ issue in general as a Muslim issue. Inflammatory utterances of
certain leaders inside and outside the Parliament about fresh wave of
radicalization of Muslims and visit of MP’s belonging to only Muslim community
to some select camps in the violence affected areas should be condemned by all
right thinking sections of the society as efforts to give communal colour to
the essentially natives versus foreigners issue.
People in the
country are deeply concerned about the preplanned, aggressive and violent
demonstrations organized by the Muslim fundamentalists in Mumbai, Prayag, Lucknow, Kanpur, Bareilly, Ahmedabad, Jodhpur,
etc. in the aftermath of Asom
incidents. Violent demonstrators in
Mumbai have not only attacked media persons and citizens, snatched away arms
from policemen and dared to derogate and destroy national monuments but also
targetedly humiliated and manhandled women police personnel. It is even more
serious that the Administration could neither anticipate such incidents nor is
showing keenness to identify and punish the culprits. The ABKM strongly condemns all these acts.
At the same time,
the anti national elements began issuing, personally and through communication
channels, threats to the people of North East residing in different parts of
the country of vengeance after the Ramzan.
This forced people from Bengaluru, Pune, Hyderabad and Chennai to flee in large
numbers to their homes in the North East. In this hour of crisis, thousands of
patriotic persons demonstrating highest
sentiments for national integrity and sense of responsibility , stood up to
provide security and all kinds of help to these fear stricken people and persuaded
them not to leave their places. That is
the reason why the wave of fear did not spread to other places and the self
confidence of the people of North East was restored. The ABKM expresses hearty appreciation for
all those citizens and reassures the people of North East that the whole country
stands by them. The ABKM demands from
the Government to identify and bring to book such anti-national scare mongers
for stringent punishment.
In spite of the
Supreme Court striking down the infiltration-friendly Illegal Migrant
Determination by Tribunals Act 1983, orders of Honourable High Courts of Delhi
and Guwahati for deportation of the infiltrators and senior and responsible
officials repeatedly drawing the attention towards the gravity of the issue,
both the Central and various State Govts motivated by their vote bank politics
are only encouraging these forces, rather than acting firmly against them. Bangladeshi infiltrators have today spread in
the entire nation. These infiltrators, besides disturbing the demographic
balance, are posing serious threat to the security of the country by indulging
in various objectionable and illegal acts. They are involved in the circulation
of fake currency, illegal trade of arms, drugs and cattle smuggling and several
other criminal acts besides becoming a tool in the hands of the ISI.
The ABKM demands
that the Central and State Govts, in the light of the Foreigners Act 1946 and
the orders of various Courts, including the Supreme Court, should meticulously
detect, deny citizenship facilities and deport all Bangladeshi infiltrators.
Names of those persons who have got enlisted in the voter lists too need to be
deleted immediately. While rehabilitating the persons displaced in
Asom violence, care must be taken that the infiltrators do not get resettled
over there and no infiltrator gets the Adhar card. The ABKM also demands from
the Govt that the work of fencing the Bangladesh border be completed
without delay. The National Register of Citizens be completed systematically.
The ABKM calls
upon the patriotic citizens to treat this issue as a national problem and play
active role in detecting these infiltrators and deleting their names from the
voter lists and also to keep in mind that engaging the infiltrators in any work
assignment is not only illegal but, also a grave danger to the country.
Resolution
No. 2: Need for a Comprehensive National
Security Policy vis-a-vis China: On
the eve of 50 years of China - Bharat war of 1962, the Akhil Bharatiya
Karyakari Mandal pays rich tributes to the thousands of brave soldiers who had
laid down their lives in that war trying to defend our country's borders.
Countless stories of inspiring chivalry have been buried under the glaciated
battle fields of the Himalayas in Ladakh and
Arunachal Pradesh alongwith the bodies of those brave soldiers. Even after 50
years bodies of some of those soldiers are being found on the mountains.
Our soldiers
were made to fight a war in which they were ill-equipped and grossly
outnumbered by the enemy. What is most unfortunate is that in its ignoble
attempt to hide its failures, the then political leadership of the country also
suppressed the courage and sacrifice of these brave soldiers. The ABKM appeals
to the nation to respectfully remember their valour and sacrifices.
The ABKM reiterates
its solemn and firm commitment to the integrity of Bharat. The outcome of the
war of 1962 remains a sad memory for the nation. We lost around 38,000 sq. km
of our territory to the Chinese aggressors in that war. The Aksai Chin region
continues to be under Chinese control. Our Parliament had passed a unanimous
resolution on 14 November 1962 swearing to take back every inch of the
territory occupied. However, the ABKM notes with regret that instead of working
towards that objective the Governments are engaged only in legalising the LAC
in the name of border talks. On its part, China has not stopped its invasion
after 1962. It continues to nibble away our territory through endless
incursions along all the three sectors of the Bharat-Tibet border.
It is universally
acknowledged that the debacle of 1962 was essentially the making of the
political and diplomatic leadership of our country. Warnings by several eminent
people including Sardar Patel and Sri Guruji were unheeded to by the then
leadership which went about with its romantic world view totally ignoring the
ground situation. China had
annexed Tibet
first and then launched aggression on our territory. Unfortunately, the facts
of the Bharat - China
war of 1962 are still hidden in the South Block cupboards. It is most
unfortunate that successive Governments have refused to declassify key
documents like the Henderson Brooks - PS Bhagat Report. The ABKM demands that
the report be immediately declassified so that the nation would be benefitted
by the knowledge of the blunders committed while the political, diplomatic and
military leadership too would be able to learn many a lesson from those
mistakes.
China has strategically built and upgraded its border
infrastructure along Bharat-Tibet border that includes a network of air bases,
missile launching pads, cantonments and other physical infrastructure. The ABKM
calls upon our Government that in view of the enhanced threats from the
aggressive manoeuvres of China
along the border Bharat also should invest adequately in border management and
security preparedness. The demand of the
Armed Forces to develop special Mountain Strike Corps is still hanging fire due
to lethargy and red tape in the Government. Modern wars are not necessarily
fought only on the borders. We need to develop comprehensive military
technological superiority keeping in view the rapid strides China has made
in this field. While we can take pride in our advances and successes in missile
technology we are still dependent in a big way on imports for major military
hardware.
The deep penetration of China
in vital sectors like energy, information and communication technology,
industry and commerce in Bharat and its designs to divert our river waters are
a serious cause of concern.
The ABKM underscores
the threat from China
in the field of cyber technology and communications. China
has invested heavily in developing strong cyber warfare capability using which
it can cripple the technological capabilities of even the advanced countries
like the US.
Those countries are also concerned about this threat from China and are
taking counter measures. While our advances in hi tech areas are noteworthy the
ABKM urges the Government should give necessary importance to augmenting our
cyber-security capability also. Bharat
has always strived to
maintain good relations with various countries. About two decades ago we
exhorted a new Look East Policy thereby trying to establish closer relations
with countries to our East and South-East. We have all along been the champions
of peace in the world. In order for us to achieve these lofty ideals the ABKM
urges the Government that it should learn lessons from the 1962 experience and
give highest priority to developing a comprehensive national security policy
vis-a-vis China.
4. SEWA SERVES SANDY
VICTIMS: The US North East witnessed
terrible destruction from Hurricane Sandy last week of October 2012 onwards. As
always SEWA volunteers came with a quick action plan to cater to the victims.
One such event was held at the Community Food Bank in Hillside, NJ
4th November. Twelve YOUTH volunteers from Sewa International USA spent
the Sunday morning at the food bank helping with sorting and packing about 100
large boxes of food & groceries. The
Community Food Bank of New
Jersey fights hunger and poverty by distributing food
and groceries, to help people with low incomes. Traci, the volunteer
co-ordinator at the FoodBank noted, “It was a pleasure to see SEWA volunteers
in action today and I’m looking forward to building a huge Volunteer
Relationship in the future”. In addition to weekend volunteering, Sewa is also
conducting a Diwali Food Drive
to aid the hurricane victims.
5. A UNIQUE PATH SANCHALAN: 16,000
Swayamsevaks of Indore set an unparalleled example by taking out a relay
‘Charaiveti’ path sanchalan covering
54 kilometres in 12 hours, starting at 7.00 in the morning from Samarth Math,
Rambagh and culminating at 7.00 in the evening at Chimanbagh after taking a
round of the city. The path sanchalan reached
at every spot in the city at the predetermined time, accurate minute to minute.
Indore city has
been divided in four districts – Dwarika, Rameshwaram, Badrinath and Jagannath
– and in 24 nagars by RSS. The
swayamsevaks of every nagar took over
as soon as the path sanchalan reached
their nagar. In his bauddhik at the end of sanchalan at Chiman Bagh, Vibhag pracharak Pramod Jha called
upon the swayamsevaks to become brave
as the God likes brave persons.
6. Naga IAS
officer builds 100-km road in Manipur without govt help: A 2005 graduate from St
Stephen's College in Delhi,
Armstrong Pame is the sub-divisional magistrate of Tamenglong, his home
district, and the first IAS officer from the Zeme tribe. He has, of his own
volition, begun the construction of a 100-km road that would link Manipur with
Nagaland and Assam.
Incidentally, the Centre had sanctioned Rs 101 crore in 1982 for the
construction of this road, but the project never took off. In June-July 2012,
there was an outbreak of tropical diseases like typhoid and malaria. It takes
two days for anyone in the village to make it to the nearest hospital on foot
in the absence of a motorable road. Hundreds of patients had to be carried on
makeshift bamboo stretchers, but very few made it to the town alive.
To
construct an all-weather, motorable
road in an area untouched by the progress made by independent Bharat in the
last six decades was an uphill task. And with no help coming from the
government, Pame turned to his family and well-wishers.
"Armstrong
and I grew up in a village in Tousem
amid a lot of hardships. Our father was a schoolteacher and had a limited
income. We used to walk down to the district headquarters, about 60km away, and
carry 25 kilos of rice back home. It used to take us four days to go and come
back and the rations used to last for two weeks. The remoteness of our village
ruined its economy. So, when Armstrong proposed to undertake the venture, we
all threw our lot with him," said Jeremiah Pame, an assistant professor at
the Delhi University and elder brother of
Armstrong. "My wife and I donated our one month's salary, Armstrong paid five months' of his,
and our mother paid our dad's one month's pension of Rs 5,000. Our youngest
brother, Lungtuabui, recently started working. He donated his entire first month's
pay for the project," he added.
The
family together pooled Rs 4 lakh to
start the project. They hired a bulldozer and bought two earthmovers. "But
it was not enough; we needed more. So, we turned to internet. We created a
page, seeking donations. In the last three days, we have received Rs 1.2 lakh
from friends all over the globe, with contributions varying from Rs 50 to
$1000. And they are willing to contribute more," the young bureaucrat
said. "The villagers, too, have contributed as per their capabilities:
some are providing food and accommodation for the workers; some are supplying
fuel for the earthmovers. They have also provided manpower for the project.
We did not have to engage a contractor with so many
people volunteering to shoulder that responsibility," he added. Donation centres have been set up in Delhi, Pune,
Bengaluru, Chennai, Guwahati, Shillong and Dimapur and NRIs from Canada, USA
and the UK
have been sending their contributions for the project christened as Tamenglong-Haflong Road.
The road will form a tri-junction with Nagaland and Assam
over the Jiri River
before entering the Dima Hasao district (formerly North Cachar Hills district)
of Assam.
Construction began in August this year, but stopped midway due to the rains. It
resumed in September, and so far, work on 70km has been completed.
7.
SHARADOTSAVA 2012 AT CHITRAKOOT: A 3-day cultural programme 29th-31st
October 2012 was held at Chitrakoot on the occasion of the 96th birth anniversary of Rashtrarishi Nanaji
Deshmukh. The programme was jointly organised by Deendayal Research Institute, New Delhi and the Ministry of Cultural Affairs, Government
of Madhya Pradesh at Ramnath Goenka Ghat on the banks of the holy Mandakini River. In the inaugural evening,
Classical Singer Pawan Tiwari sang devotional songs; and a dance troupe, led by
renowned film actress Gracy Singh enacted dance performances based on the life
of Radha-Krishna. Sharat-Poornima Prasad of Amratmayee Kheer was distributed to
thousands of participants at the end of the programme.
The
second evening, had performances by the folk dancers of Madhyapradesh and Rajasthan
famous classical & Bharatnatyam performer Deepti Dimple Shah enacted dance
performances based on the life of Sita-Ram. Renowned Singer Nitin Mukesh
delighted the audience by his excellent singing on the final day programme
organized at Deendayal Khel Parisar, Udyamita Vidyapeeth.
8. RAMANUJAN’S GENIUS FINALLY PROVEN: Hence proved! A US scientist has finally proven the
mathematical relation — discussed by great Bharatiya mathematician Srinivasa
Ramanujan with his mentor G.H. Hardy in one of his last letters. Ramanujan, the
young genius who died at the age of 32, often managed to leap from insight to
insight without formally proving the logical steps in between. Ken Ono of Emory University
in Atlanta, Georgia settled on a discussion in
the last known letter that Mr. Ramanujan wrote to Mr. Hardy, concerning a type
of function now called a modular form.
Functions are equations that can be drawn as graphs on an axis, like a sine wave, and produce an output when computed for any chosen input or value. The functions looked unlike any other modular forms, but Mr. Ramanujan wrote that their outputs would be very similar to those of modular forms when computed for the roots of 1 like the square root —1.
Characteristically, Mr. Ramanujan offered neither proof nor explanation for this conclusion.
It was only 10 years later that mathematicians formally defined this other set of functions, now known as mock modular forms.
However, still no one fathomed what Mr. Ramanujan meant by saying the two types of function produced similar outputs for roots of 1.
Now Mr. Ono and colleagues have exactly calculated one of Mr. Ramanujan’s mock modular forms for values very close to —1, and said the difference in the value of the two functions, ignoring the functions signs, is tiny when computed for —1, just like Mr. Ramanujan said.
The result confirms Mr. Ramanujan’s incredible intuition, said Mr. Ono.
Functions are equations that can be drawn as graphs on an axis, like a sine wave, and produce an output when computed for any chosen input or value. The functions looked unlike any other modular forms, but Mr. Ramanujan wrote that their outputs would be very similar to those of modular forms when computed for the roots of 1 like the square root —1.
Characteristically, Mr. Ramanujan offered neither proof nor explanation for this conclusion.
It was only 10 years later that mathematicians formally defined this other set of functions, now known as mock modular forms.
However, still no one fathomed what Mr. Ramanujan meant by saying the two types of function produced similar outputs for roots of 1.
Now Mr. Ono and colleagues have exactly calculated one of Mr. Ramanujan’s mock modular forms for values very close to —1, and said the difference in the value of the two functions, ignoring the functions signs, is tiny when computed for —1, just like Mr. Ramanujan said.
The result confirms Mr. Ramanujan’s incredible intuition, said Mr. Ono.
9. NEW WORLD RECORD FOR PLANTING TREES
IN LEH: On October 29, Leh became
witness to an event in which 9,814 volunteers planted 99,103 saplings of
Ladakhi willow within the stipulated time of one hour. Although short of the
targeted 1 lakh trees, the number was enough to set a world record. It bettered
the previous record of planting 66,000 trees set in the Philippines in
January last year.
The event was organised by Live to Love International, an NGO founded by His Holiness the Gyalwang Drukpa, the supreme spiritual head of the Drukpa lineage of Mahayana Buddhism. Volunteers had travelled several kilometres to participate in the record breaking event. Chhewang Spalwar, who was the leader of one of the groups, had come from Nubra, about 150 km from Leh. Tanzi Mongo had come from Phukte, 30 km from the plantation site while Rigzin had come from a village located 35 km away from the Hemis monastery. The event also coincided with the ongoing fourth Annual Drupka Council (ADC) and hence there were volunteers from countries like Bhutan, Malaysia, Taiwan and Singapore. The event concluded with cries of 'gyospa' (hurry up) and 'kikisoso largayallo'. The facilitating ceremony was celebrated with the traditional Zabra dance and a performance by the Ladakh Scouts.
The event was organised by Live to Love International, an NGO founded by His Holiness the Gyalwang Drukpa, the supreme spiritual head of the Drukpa lineage of Mahayana Buddhism. Volunteers had travelled several kilometres to participate in the record breaking event. Chhewang Spalwar, who was the leader of one of the groups, had come from Nubra, about 150 km from Leh. Tanzi Mongo had come from Phukte, 30 km from the plantation site while Rigzin had come from a village located 35 km away from the Hemis monastery. The event also coincided with the ongoing fourth Annual Drupka Council (ADC) and hence there were volunteers from countries like Bhutan, Malaysia, Taiwan and Singapore. The event concluded with cries of 'gyospa' (hurry up) and 'kikisoso largayallo'. The facilitating ceremony was celebrated with the traditional Zabra dance and a performance by the Ladakh Scouts.
10. GOD’S TREASURE SHOULD REMAIN IN
SHRINE: Kerala Chief Minister Oommen
Chandy on November 9 rejected the CPI(M) argument that the treasures at the Sri
Padmanabhaswamy temple in Thiruvananthapuram were public property even as
Opposition leader VS Achuthanandan said he would implead in the case pertaining
to the shrine in the Supreme Court. Chandy said the assets should remain within
the temple itself. “These treasures belong to the Sri Padmanabhaswamy temple.
It can never be seen as public property,” Chandy told mediapersons in
Thiruvananthapuram on Friday, within 24 hours of State CPI(M) secretary
Pinarayi Vijayan making the claim that a major portion of the invaluable treasures
kept in the shrine’s six secret vaults was public property.
11. SUPER 30 FOUNDER BECOMES 'PEOPLE'S
HERO': Anand Kumar, founder of Super
30 institute, which provides free residential coaching to students from underprivileged
families for IIT-JEE exams, has found a place in the People magazine as the
"People's Hero." People magazine of the Time magazine group in its
latest Bharatiya edition issue carries a detailed feature on Anand, listing him
as a "People's Hero," a release said.
This is a rare occasion as the magazine, which usually profiles celebrities from films and other fields, has chosen a person who is a teacher by profession.
"Anand has done it on his own, which is remarkable," the magazine has said.
"It feels great to find a place in 'People'. It will inspire me to work even harder. I am not a celebrity. I am just an ordinary man, but it is a great gesture from the magazine to find me good enough for this honour," the release quoted Kumar as saying.
This is a rare occasion as the magazine, which usually profiles celebrities from films and other fields, has chosen a person who is a teacher by profession.
"Anand has done it on his own, which is remarkable," the magazine has said.
"It feels great to find a place in 'People'. It will inspire me to work even harder. I am not a celebrity. I am just an ordinary man, but it is a great gesture from the magazine to find me good enough for this honour," the release quoted Kumar as saying.
12. BHARATIYA-AMERICAN DESIGNS FLYING
ROBOT: Bharatiya-American computer
scientist Ashutosh Saxena and his team at Cornell University
have created a flying robot as smart as any bird, with a tremendous potential
in search-and-rescue operations. Designed by Saxena, assistant professor at
Cornell, the flying robot, the size of a card table is able to guide itself
through forests, tunnels or damaged buildings.
The toughest part is keeping the object from slamming into walls and tree branches.
Saxena, who did his B.Tech. in 2004 from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, in a bid to overcome these limitations is building on methods he previously had developed to turn a flat video camera image into a 3-D model.
Saxena plans to improve the robot’s ability to respond to environment variations such as winds and enable it to detect and avoid moving objects, like real birds. The results were presented at the International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems in Portugal during early October.
The toughest part is keeping the object from slamming into walls and tree branches.
Saxena, who did his B.Tech. in 2004 from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, in a bid to overcome these limitations is building on methods he previously had developed to turn a flat video camera image into a 3-D model.
Saxena plans to improve the robot’s ability to respond to environment variations such as winds and enable it to detect and avoid moving objects, like real birds. The results were presented at the International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems in Portugal during early October.
13. Yoga is
Truly Universal: Father John Ferreira, a Catholic priest in Agra,
whose book on yoga, "Health, Wealth and Happiness Through Yoga" was
recently released by Archbishop Albert D'Souza of Agra, said the exercise is beyond religion
and "truly universal". “The book is a primer, aimed at popularising
the intricate knowledge of the esoteric science of yoga, which is beyond
religion and truly universal," he added. He further said that modern
society with its cup full of stresses, and a package of mental and physical
ailments, stands in dire need for Bharat's yogic knowledge.
"Yoga
integrated into the school curriculum
will provide a holistic approach to education as a science that not only
prepares a student for life but provides the art of living well. Fr.
Ferreira said he has been a follower of
many yoga gurus and has extensive research to produce the book. The book also
includes views of Christian priests who have approved his yoga experiments.
14. Harappan people used an older form of Brahmi
script: Expert-- A palm leaf manuscript discovered from Harappan site in Afghanistan has
strengthened the belief of existence of a proto Brahmi script, which was used
by Indus Valley people, said Dr DP Sharma, Harappan archaeologist and director,
Bharat Kala Bhawan, Banaras Hindu University (BHU) in the International
Conference on Harappan Archaeology held recently in Chandigarh. Sharma has
carried out research on the palm leaf manuscript with Archaeological Survey of
India (ASI) for the last five years. The palm leaf has Harappan as well as Kohi
script engraved.
"Kohi
symbols and letters have an affinity
with the Harappan script and hence can be very significant in the decipherment
of Harappan scripts. At the same time the palm leaf manuscript has seven lines,
which is the longest script recovered from any Harappan site. So far the
scripts or the signs of Indus Valley script engraved on tablets, seals,
potteries and other objects had not more than 18 letters or pictures,"
informed Sharma.
15. SEVA SANGAMA—2012 IN
SHIMOGA: The two-day Sewa Sangama -2012 jointly organised by Rashtriya Sewa
Bharati and Hindu Seva Pratishthana concluded at Shimoga - Karnatak on October
28 with the call to ‘get involve of in regular sewa and involve others in
sewa’. At the concluding ceremony presided
over by the Akhil Bharatiya Sah Sewa Pramukh Shri Ajit Prasad Mahopatra and
attended by Director of the Hindu Seva Pratishtana Shri Shridhar Sagar and
Uttar Kannada Prant Pracharak Shri Gopal Bhat; Shri gopal Bhat said we have to
serve the society not to ‘do and die’ but for ‘do and live’. He said the sewa
is not only service during calamities but also serving the needy and the
society in our day-to-day life.
On October 27, the Sewa Sangam was inaugurated by
Shri Prasannanatha Swamiji of Adichunchungiri Mutt who spoke on the need to
preserve dharma through sewa by quoting examples of lessons from Ramayana,
Mahabharata, Vedas and Upanishdas.
16. Prime Minister of Canada visits Someshwara
Temple at Bangalore: Canada PM Stephen Harper, along with his wife Ms Laureen Harper, visited the historic Sree
Someshwara Temple at Ulsoor in
Bangalore, on November 8 evening. Mr Harper and his spouse came to the temple
barefoot. The Temple Priest Sri Sundar Dixit explained the history of the
temple, which has a mixture of Chola, Hoysala and Vijayanagar architecture, to
the Harpers. The Prime Minister had a deep look at the Gopuram (the Main
Entrance) and was amused to see the temple architecture inside. The Harpers
stood in front of the Sree Kaamakshaamba and Sree Someshwara Swamy Uyyale
Mantapa, where the decorated idols of Lord Shiva and Parvathi were there. The
priest chanted mantras and performed Aarathi. The Harpers took the Aarathi and
touched their eyes.
17. World's
longest married couple is FROM Bharat: In an age where few marriages endure the test of
time, a centurion Bharatiya couple have lived in wedded bliss for 87 years
making them the world's longest married couple. 107-year-old Karam and his wife
Katari Chand, 100, who have eight children and 28 grandchildren together, say
that the key to success is looking after each other in every way possible. The marriage of the NRI couple, who now live
in Bradford, has lasted nearly five years
longer than that of the current Guinness world record holders and the couple is
in the process of getting confirmation from the company that they will be named
as the new record holders. "I have been told laughing makes you live
longer. My wife is still alive so it must have worked! I love her so much and I
want to spend another 80 years by her side," said Karam. From romantic
meals to sharing jokes, the couple hailing from Punjab
ensure to do little things to keep the romance alive.
18. Hindu
Funeral Hall in Melbourne: The first Hindu Funeral Hall in Melbourne was recently inaugurated at Le Pine
Funerals in presence of Rakesh Kawra, representing the Consulate General of
Bharat and approximately 70 people from different faiths and religions. Addressing
the audience, Kawra said that the Government of Bharat has made many provisions
for funeral help to those Bharatiyas who meet death overseas. Dr. Jayant Bapat,
a prominent priest, serving the community for about 30 years, spoke about the
significance of final Samskara at the time of a death, as per the Hindu philosophy.
The Le Pine hall was well decorated with the large canvass drops of the shloks
from Bhagvat Geeta which were specially imported from Nagpur. There were also picture frames of
gods and an idol of Krishna. Dr. Ravi Bhave,
President Maharashtra Mandal and Mrs. Geeta Devi, President VHP both emphasised
the need of such services for the reapidly growing Hindu community in Victoria.
19. GANGA SAMAGRA YATRA: The month long Ganga Samagra Yatra conducted by senior
BJP leader and head of the party’s Save Ganga Project, Uma Bharati, concluded
in Gangotri on October 28. She made it clear that her Yatra has no political
intention and her endevour is purely to save the holy river.
20. CHINA,
BHARAT SET TO DWARF G7 BY 2030: OECD:
China's economy is likely to
overtake the Eurozone's this year, Bharat is leapfrogging Japan and by 2030 the Asian pair will be bigger
than the US, euro area and Japan
combined, the OECD said on Friday. In a crystal-ball exercise to tease out
long-term trends in the global economy, the Organisation for Economic
Cooperation and Development (OECD) said the combined gross domestic product of China and Bharat
was likely to exceed that of all the current Group of Seven rich economies by
around 2025. Their output in 2010 was less than half the G7's GDP. The
projections of the Paris-based OECD, a club of industrial democracies, are
based on 2005 purchasing power parities (PPP).
21. SHRI VISHWA NIKETAN: Visitors:
Pravaas: Dr. Sadanand Sapre
sahsamyoak Vishwa Vibhag will visit Mauritius,
South Africa and Kenya in Dec – Jan. Shri Shyam Parande,
Secretary Sewa International will visit UK and Finlandd in Nov – Dec.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT: If you really want the good of others, the whole
universe may stand against you and cannot hurt you. – Swami Vivekananda.
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1. FESTIVALS: The birthday of Guru
Nanak Dev falls on Kartik Poornima, i.e., the full moon day of Kartik, corresponding
to November 28 this year. On the eve of the birthday, a procession,
Nagarkirtan, is organised, which the Panj Pyaras (five beloved ones)
lead carrying the Sikh flag, Nishan Sahib and the Palki (Palanquin)
of Sri Guru Granth Sahib. Celebrations of the day commence with Prabhat Pheris
going around the localities singing hymns. In the night, all Gurudwaras and
Sikh homes are beautifully illuminated, as a part of Prakash Utsav.
2. VIJAYADASHAMI
UDBODHAN OF RSS
SARSANGHCHALAK DR. MOHANRAO BHAGWAT, IN NAGPUR ON 24TH OCT. 2012
(Gist): Vijayadasami
is the festival of victory. Whole of the nation celebrates it to commemorate
the triumph of humanity over savagery, the good over the evil. The day is
marked for overcoming limitations imposed on our efficiency and prowess by our
own imaginary weaknesses and to assert our valour.
In every
field of human life, including science, trade, arts, games, etc. and in the
environment of competition prevalent both at the national and the international
level, the examples that proclaim the acumen of Bharat, have become quite
common nowadays. In spite of this, the minds of people of our entire nation
show the sign of anxiety, concern and, at places, even disappointment about the
future. The developments during the last one year have accentuated these
concerns. The security situation, both internal and at the international
borders, still continues to be a matter of concern. The promptness should be
exhibited and efforts be seen to address the problems like the inadequacy of
latest weapons and ammunitions, technology and other equipments and materials
our armed forces require to protect our land, lack of proper roads, transport
facilities to move men and material to the frontier posts, and insufficiency in
communication network. It is necessary to make fool-proof security
arrangements to protect our national boundaries, including the islands and
archipelagoes which form part of our territory.
In the
present context, our foreign policy and its execution also play a significant
role. From this angle, the higher-ups in our administration had, a few years
ago, made a much-awaited declaration of “Look East Policy.” All the South East
Asian countries have accepted that their basic values and those of Bharat’s
national life are the same and until recently and even today, with reference to
culture and trade, they were having close relationship with us. So, it was
proper on our part to have resolved to establish friendly relationship and cooperation
with all these countries. And, of course, the declaration was made with great
speed and much enthusiasm. However, the tardy progress at the level of
implementation has been most disheartening. The fact that China has entered the
arena as a competitor with full force and preparation makes the worry at the
low pace of progress on our part all the more confounded. Now we know that
China has befriended Pakistan to such an extent that they have given their
nuclear technology to Pakistan. And the consequences of China
surging ahead of us to establish such strategic relationship with our
immediate neighbours like Nepal, Myanmar and Sri Lanka could be imagined from
the angle of our national security. Moreover, in all these places people of
Bharatiya origin are living in great numbers and to safeguard the interests of
these people also, our foreign policy should be oriented in such a way to keep
these traditionally friendly countries on our side.
Certain
developments with the backing of our own government and administration in the
last few years, have added to the worries of the people and created a suspicion
in their minds, whether our policies are formulated in the best interests of
our nation or not. In Jammu and Kashmir, because of the policies pursued by the
government during the last decade, terrorist activities are on a comeback. The
areas under Pak-occupation have to be liberated; discrimination shown in
administrative and developmental matters in the case of Jammu, Leh–Ladakh and
the Kashmir valley should be stopped forthwith and these areas must be made at
par with other parts of the country; conditions should be made favourable and
secure for those Hindus to come back to the valley with honour, who were forced
to flee their home and hearth; persons who took shelter in the state of J &
K at the time of partition should be granted state citizenship, but the
policies adopted are further complicating the situation.
We have been
repeatedly warning against infiltration, smuggling of weapons, narcotics and
counterfeit currency notes, etc. through the porous border areas of Assam and
Bengal. Northeast Bharat has been facing problems of grave magnitude. The
demographic imbalance caused as a result of infiltration has rendered the
native population into a minority. The poisonous brew of separatism and
terrorism, growing there under the shade of religious conversion on a large
scale, is given a new lease of life. The interference by expansionist China is
looming large on our northern borders. Terrorist organizations like Al-Qaeda
are also trying to get a foothold in the area. In such a situation, the
effective presence of our armed forces and the strong morale of the people who
have been living there braving the adversities remain the only substratum to
ensure the security of our land and people. Before it is too late, we have to
change our policies at the earliest. In our north-eastern region as also in
other states of Bharat, infiltrators should be identified at the earliest and
their names should be deleted from the voters list, and their ration cards,
identity cards, etc. should be cancelled and necessary arrangements should be
made to send back those infiltrators who are staying in our country illegally.
The National Register of Citizens should be prepared in accordance with the
clear-cut directions given by the courts, recording the place of birth, place
of either parents or grandparents, supported by relevant documentary evidence.
Not only in
the Northeast region, but elsewhere also it has been our experience that,
whenever either under pressure of public opinion or as directed by the courts,
to identify foreign nationals and doubtful voters becomes inevitable, both the
government and the administration have, rather than identifying such people,
invariably let off the Bangladeshi infiltrators and, at the same time, harassed
the harmless Hindu migrants from Bangladesh, who have settled here for long.
For Hindus
worldwide, Bharat is the only land they can claim as their fatherland and their
sacred land. And wherever Hindus become a minority or ineffective, even the
names of such regions get changed. If at all Hindus are forced to flee their land of residence
because of persecution, they have no other place to go. So, no Hindu, from
wherever he comes here, should be considered a foreigner. Either those who have
recently come here from the Sindh, or those who have come from Bangladesh
seeking refuge, or such Hindus who have been forcibly and unwillingly made to
take refuge here because of the torture or persecution they had to undergo,
should get refuge in Bharat with love and respect. Also, it is the
responsibility of the Bharat government to play its role effectively to protect
the interests of the Hindus all over the world.
One more
dimension is there to this sequence. Only for the reason that the infiltrators
belonged to their own religion, some quarters come forward to even justify the
illegal activities being carried out by them. People from the Northeast,
staying in other parts of Bharat, either for education or vocation, were being
threatened. The incident that took place at the Azad Maidan in Mumbai, has
acquired notoriety. It shows that the anti-nationals who take pride in the
desecration of the Amar Jawan Jyothi in Bharat in protest against the action
taken by the Myanmar
government against Rohingyas, continue to exist here. It is very unfortunate
that, in spite of all might and preparedness, those, who allowed a free play of
anti-national forces because of their defective polices, are our own people,
belonging to our independent nation.
For the last
ten years, attempts are being made to insult or weaken the Hindu society either
through wrong policies or through deception and subterfuge. Attempts are made
to tarnish the image and goodwill of our revered Acharyas by levelling
concocted charges against them. Swami Lakshmanananda, who was engaged in
serving the vanavasis, was murdered through a premeditated plan and the real
perpetrators of the crime are still at large. Misuse and misappropriation of
the funds and assets of Hindu temples continue unabated. An atmosphere of
suspicion and imputation is being created with an aim to malign or
denigrate the Hindu beliefs, traditions or cultural values. Deliberate attempts
are being made to raise controversies regarding the funds and assets of Trusts
formed by the Hindu saints and the temples like Sri Padmanabhaswami Temple of
Thiruvananthapuram.
The very
people who swear by democracy, secularism and the Constitution, have introduced
reservation based on religion and are advancing the theory that the minorities
have the first claim over the national assets. Political alliances are hatched
with the avowed aim of launching indirect attack against the Hindu society
through love-jihad and religious conversion. As a result, in the mind of the
Hindu society that has been living here, practising the national values,
naturally there has been a lurking doubt whether the leadership here is
representative of them and taking care of their interests and aspirations or
not? The dictatorial, materialistic and fundamentalist forces and the forces of
rank opportunism that have infiltrated the state governments and the Central
government, are engaged in yet another
attempt to vitiate the atmosphere of amity. According to reports, attempts are
on to acquire a large plot adjacent to the Ramjanmabhumi so as to construct a
big structure for Muslims.
The
construction of Ramjanmabhumi Temple is an issue pending before the court. So,
making such irresponsible proposal at this juncture will amount to playing with
the sentiments of the people and will result in vitiating the atmosphere of
amity. Keeping in mind the September 30, 2010 Allahabad high court judgment, the
Parliament, in fact, should bring in legislation at the earliest to allow the
Ramjanmabhumi Nyas to construct a majestic Ramjanmabhumi Temple, and at the
same time ensuring that any construction for the sake of Muslims shall be
allowed only outside the cultural boundaries of Ayodhya . This is the
only way to solve the issue amicably, ridding it of all political overtones.
Nowhere in
the world, the experience of allowing big companies, through direct foreign
investment in the retail sector, has been encouraging. So to allow
foreign companies to enter in a big way in retail business by
enhancing the limits of foreign direct investment in insurance and pension
sectors will, rather than bringing us any profit, ultimately result in loss of
income to retailers, less price to our cultivators for their produce, and price
rise to consumers. Along with this, it may also pose a threat to our food
security. Whole of the nation is reeling under price rise. The gap
between the rich and the poor has ever been increasing, so much so that the
problem of inequality has assumed frightening proportions. God alone knows
why such half-baked laws are brought in with breakneck speed without any
deliberations or discussions. Instead of such so-called reforms what are needed
are real reforms. In this field, calls for well-meaning reforms in the
electoral system, tax system, internal auditing, penal code are either ignored
or suppressed.
The plan and
direction of development currently followed by the world, is the product of a
deficient thought and the result is for us to see all over. Moreover, it is
being carried out according to the gameplan of rich multinationals to serve
their ends. And till such time we
redraw our plan with a holistic approach and abreast of the times, taking into
account all dimensions of life, according to our ability, necessity and capacity,
we will not be able to achieve a balanced development and progress beneficial
to all; nor the world will be able to emancipate itself from the incomplete and
deceptive life it is presently leading.
Knowing
well that corruption is on the rise because of lack of character, Sangh
continues to concentrate in its work of character-building. People should be
made aware of need to change the system, taking care to ensure that they do not
fall a prey to disappointment or develop any aversion for the system. Or else,
a situation similar to one developed in the Middle East countries in which
fundamentalist and foreign forces had created almost an anarchic situation to
serve their interest, would be repeated here. Non-political,
lawful and wide social pressure is the only means to eradicate corruption. For
its success, we will have to bring about widespread reforms in the educational
system, administrative system and the electoral process. Increasing caste
feelings and hatred, exploitation and harassment of the deprived sections of
the society, the growing instances of harassment of women due to lack of moral
values, including among educated sections, rapes, female-fœticide, licentious
living, murders and suicides, breaking up of families, growing antisocial
activities, stress and depression in life due to loneliness, which were not
seen, or only minimal in the society earlier, have become endemic now. And time
has come for us to think about system based on our eternal values, suitable to
the present times to reorganise the society.
Right
from our homes up to the social sphere, are we in a position to project
ourselves as the perfect example of purity, lawfulness, discipline, honesty in
dealings, sensitivity, etc. that form the practical and necessary ingredients
for a solid national life? Let us know the basic fact that every reform starts from our own view
of life and behaviour and nothing can be achieved merely through agitations.
Swami
Vivekananda was one among the pioneers of Bharatiya renaissance from whom great
men like Mahatma Gandhi, had drawn inspiration. In the coming days, the
celebrations of his 150th birth anniversary will commence. It is for us to
realise his message. The work of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh is to mould
individuals filled with these qualities. Then, like the great Ganges rushing
towards the sea overcoming all obstacles, the star of good fortune of our
nation will start its journey from his horizon to zenith. So, as exhorted by
Swami Vivekananda, let us “Arise! Awake! Stop not till the goal is reached!”
BHARAT MATA KI JAI.
3. create value-based
society: Shantakka: "Demonic
anti-social mentality elements can be eliminated with the help of an organised
society. The legendary Goddess Durga is the symbol of this organised power and
strength. Time has come for the womenfolk to assume the role of Durga to get
rid of all the demonic and evil forces,” said Rashtra Sevika Samiti Pramukh
Sanchalika Vandaniya Shantakka in Nagpur speaking at the Vijayadashmi function
of the Samiti on Navratri festival. Dr Sharad Nimbalkar, former Vice-Chancellor
of Dr Punjabrao Agriculture University was the chief guest. Besides, Samiti’s
Vidarbha Prant Karyawahika Sulabha Gaud and Nagpur Vibhag Karyawahika Karuna
Sathe were also seated on the dais.
Shantakka Tai, drawing the
attention of the audience towards the unwanted image of women being created in
the society at present, criticised this trend of looking at the fair sex
members as ‘consumer product’. She held the women also responsible to certain
extent for this situation.
4. GLOBALISATION AND BHARATIYA SOCIETY: S. GURUMURTHY – Slamming the UPA
Government’s move to allow FDI in multi-brand retail, noted economist S
Gurumurthy on October 20, asserted that since the concept of globalisation was
ill-conceived, any attempt to universalise financial systems was wrong, which
the recent global economic crisis in the countries like the United States of
America had proved. In contrast,
Gurumurthy said, “In Bharat, our stabilised culture coupled with strong family
system has become the defence against globalisation. In fact, we have been able
to not only withstand globalisation but also improve the domestic savings.”
Gurumurthy was speaking at the inaugural meeting of Swami Vivekananda Study
Circle at BJP headquarters in New Delhi.
Quoting from a study of the
economic development of different nations from 1750 to 1918 by Paul Byroc, a
Belgian economist, he said that in 1750, Bharat was second with 25% of the
world GDP in 1750. China was the top country with 33% of world GDP. UK was one
of the last with 1.8% of the world GDP, and America with .1% of the world GDP. Bharat
went down from 25% in 1750 to 20% in 1800, 17% in 1830, 8% in 1880, and 1.7% in
1900. In just 150 years, the Bharatiya economy, the Bharatiya polity, the
Bharatiya society, the Bharatiya civilization crashed. Same thing happened to
China. From 33% in 1750, China
became 6% in 1900 and in the same period, UK and US which had just 2% between
them in 1750, their share went up to 41% in 1900.
Gurumurthy pointed out how
the Government’s efforts to promote consumption through huge interest cuts in
the last few years have failed because of saving habits of Bharatiyas for their
families. “Bharatiya domestic savings rose from 23 per cent of the GDP in the
early 1990s to over 35 per cent of GDP now, despite huge interest cuts to
promote consumption.”
He cautioned the Government
against replicating the concept of globalisation promoted by the US where it
boomeranged and transformed it from the biggest investor and lender to the biggest
borrower. Gurumurthy charged that those at the helm of affairs in Bharat were
borrowing the idea from researchers and economists who never visited or studied
its society at the ground level.
“How many of us know that
country’s highest per-capita region is not from any of the urban centres of
Delhi, Bangalore or Hyderabad but a lesser-known town Morvi in Gujarat where
people are engaged in making Ajanta clocks,” he said, underlining that their
efforts were not out of results of a university or institute. Rather, they set
up the institutes and colleges, he said, to suggest entrepreneurship runs deep
in the nation.
“Bharat’s infrastructure investment in the next decade would exceed $1.4 trillion. But, for financing such huge infrastructure requirement, the domestic savings generated by Bharatiya families would suffice and Bharat would not need any FDI,” Gurumurthy said.
“Bharat’s infrastructure investment in the next decade would exceed $1.4 trillion. But, for financing such huge infrastructure requirement, the domestic savings generated by Bharatiya families would suffice and Bharat would not need any FDI,” Gurumurthy said.
5. Gujarat: Where Villages and Cities grow
together: Every village in Gujarat is
self-sufficient in drinking water thanks to taking the waters of the Narmada
River to every nook and corner of the state. On a sweltering afternoon in mid
June, in the Sachivalya, the bureaucrats, including senior officers in the rank
of principal secretaries, were off to rural areas to monitor the Kanya Kelavani
and Shala Pravesh Mahotsav, the government's massive drive to enroll children
in schools. In the next three days, they had to visit 34,000 schools in 18,000
villages. Under Modi, the dropout rate in primary education that was as high
41% has come to under 8%.
The ‘Samras Gram Panchayat’ is the concept of ‘governance through
consensus’ instead of conflict as a finer and more successful model of
democracy at the grassroot level. A Samras Gram is awarded Rs. 1,50,000
and those Samras Grams with women Panchayats are awarded Rs. 3,00,000. Gujarat
has a total of 8044 Samras Grams and 40 of them are women-governed Panchayats.
A village that is crime free
for 5 preceding years is classified as a Tirth Gram while a village that is
crime free for 3 years is designated as a Paavan Gram. A Tirth Gram gets an
award of Rs. 1,00,000 and a Paavan Gram is awarded Rs. 50,000. Today Gujarat
has 867 Tirth Grams and 206 Paavan Grams. How villages can become centres of
development rising above petty politics is something one must learn from
Gujarat. There are 11,000 Nirmal villages in Gujarat due to excellent standards
of hygiene and sanitation. Lakhs of women in the state have joined Sakhi
Mandals through which they manage financial activities worth more than Rs.1,
000 crore.
Jyoti Gram Yojana made a path
breaking contribution in providing 24 hours, 3-phase power supply to the villages.
Electricity in Gujarat is no longer restricted to urban areas only. 18,000
villages of Gujarat hosted the annual Krishi Mahotsavs that have deeply
enriched the lives of our farmers. 6.5 lakh check dams, farm ponds and
bori-bandhs for water conservation have been constructed. A major role was
played by the e-Gram Yojana due to which the villages enjoyed continued
broadband connectivity. The advantage of this can be seen in multiple fields.
It has made grievance redressal much simpler and has brought the people very
close to their Chief Minister, Minsters and other Government functionaries.
Chief Minister Narendra Modi
gave the nation the concept of ‘Rurban’- the rural spirit with world-class
‘urban’ facilities. It is heartening to see the state work overtime to achieve
this.
6. Cow dung helps restore mining-ravaged soils:
USDA:
Cow dung compost helps restore mining ravaged soils, according to a US
Department of Agriculture (USDA) research. Thousands of acres of land with
little or no vegetation, once mined for lead and zinc, blight parts of
southwestern Missouri, southeastern Kansas, northeastern Oklahoma and other
parts of the world. The mining activities also leave behind a legacy of
lead-contaminated acidic soils, toxic smelter sites and large quantities of
mine tailings called "chat." Soil scientists including Paul White at
the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Sugarcane Research Unit in Houma, under
USDA, wanted to determine whether adding cow manure compost to soil at such
sites would provide the carbon needed to support a healthy plant cover, the
journal Applied Soil Ecology reported. Two years after the study began, the
compost also increased microbial biomass, enzyme activity and nitrification
potential, all of which create and support favourable conditions for plant
establishment and growth.
High rates of compost also
lowered lead and zinc availability by about 90 percent, which may reduce the
amount of lead and zinc that could run off and pollute nearby waterways.
Since high levels of bio-available zinc inhibit plant growth, this binding action also helps to promote the establishment of a vegetative cover that minimizes runoff and soil erosion.
Since high levels of bio-available zinc inhibit plant growth, this binding action also helps to promote the establishment of a vegetative cover that minimizes runoff and soil erosion.
SHRI VISHWA
NIKETAN: Visitors: Rajesh and others
- Myanmar, Gyaneshwar Dayal – Germany. Pravaas:
Shyam Parande - Secretary, Sewa International to visit UK and European
countries of Finland, Norway during Nov - Dec.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Hindavi Swaraj- the words, ‘Hindavi Swaraj’, coming from the pen of
Shivaji himself, reveals, as nothing else could have done, the very soul of the
great movement that stirred the life and activities of Maharashtra for a
hundred years and more. Even in the inception, the Maratha rising was neither a
parochial nor a personal movement altogether. It was essentially a Hindu
movement in the defence of Hindu Dharma for overthrow of the alien Muhammadan
domination, for the establishment of an independent, powerful Hindu Empire –
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar.
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tk¡p djkus dh ckr dgh! dEiuh ekeyksa ds eU=h ohjIik eksbyh us dgk] ^^bl ekeys
dh ge ^fMLØhV bUdok;jh* djsaxsA** gekjh vaxzsth dqN detksj gS] blfy, ^fMLØhV*
'kCn dk vFkZ vaxzsth 'kCndks’k esa ns[kkA ogka ^fMLØhV* ds ^U;k;iw.kZ vkSj
le>nkjkhiw.kZ* ,sls vFkZ feysA Bhd yxkA vusd xaHkhj fo"k;ksa ij ekSu dk
vkljk ysus okyh gekjh bl ljdkj dks ^U;k;* vkSj ^le>nkjh* ls Hkh yxko gS] ;g
irk pykA ysfdu ;g lek/kku cgqr gh vYithoh lkfcr gqvkA dkj.k] dkWxzsl dh v/;{kk
lksfu;k xk¡/kh ds nkekn jkWcVZ o
Mj fdl ckr
dk\% eSa dstjhoky dh
ckr le> ldrk gw¡A mUgsa viuh ubZ ikVhZ dh izfr"Bkiuk djuh gSA fo|eku
jktuhfrd ikfVZ;k¡ fdl izdkj nqxqZ.kksa ls luh gSa] ;g crkus ds fy, mudk dhpM+
mNkyuk LokHkkfod ekuuk pkfg,A ysfdu dk¡xzsl dk xMdjh ls Mjus dk D;k dkj.k gS\
tsBeykuh dh NViVkgV le>h tk ldrh gSA os cspkjs jkT; lHkk ds lkekU; lnL; gaSA
ikVhZ ds laxBu esa ;k lalnh; ny esa mUgsa fo’ks"k LFkku ughaA bldk dkj.k]
xMdjh v/;{k gSa] ,slh mudh xyrQgeh gks ldrh gS] vkSj xMdjh gh fQj rhu o"kZ
v/;{k jgs] rks mudh ,slh gh nqnZ’kk gksrh jgsxh] ,slk mUgsa yxrk gks rks blesa
vuqfpr dqN Hkh ughA ysfdu dk¡xzsl D;ksa vLoLFk gks jgh gS\ cslqjk cM+cM+kus ds
fy, fo[;kr dk¡xzsl ds egklfpo fnfXot; flag ds Mjus dk D;k dkj.k gS\ xuher gS
fd] mUgksaus dk¡xzsl ds egklfpo ds ukrs iz/kkuea=h ls xMdjh ds ekeys dh
tk¡p ds fy, i= ugh fy[kkA os dgrs gS]
eSus O;fDrxr :i ls og i= fy[kk gSA ysfdu] fnfXot; flag th dks lh/ks iz/kkuea=h
dks ;g i= Hkstus dh D;k vko’dRkk Fkh\ D;k ;g ikfdLrku ;k phu }kjk Hkkjr ij geyk
djus tSlk xaaHkhj ekeyk gS\ vkSj vkidh ljdkj mls xaHkhjrk ls ugha ysxh] ,slk
vkidks yxrk gS\ ysfdu fnfXot; flag tSls cslqjs usrk dks ;g iwNus ls dksbZ eryc
ughaA fQj Hkh] ;g iwNk tk ldrk gS fd] 2th LisDVªe ?kksVkyk] jk"Vªdqy ØhM+k
?kksVkyk] dks;yk c¡Vokjk ?kksVkyk] o
i{kikrh
ljdkj% fn- 24
dks jk"Vªh; Lo;alsod la?k dk fot;kn’keh mRlo lekIr gksrs gh] izlkj
ek/;eksa ds izfrfuf/k la?k ds izpkj izeq[k MkW- eueksgu oS| ls feys] vkSj muls
xMdjh ds rFkkdfFkr ?kksVkys ls lacaf/kr iz’u iwNsA mUgksaus mÙkj fn;k fd] ;g ^ehfM;k
Vªk;y* gSA eryc izlkj ek/;eksa }kjk 'kq: fd;k x;k eqdÌekA mUgksaus D;k xyr dgk\
fdlus [kkst fudkyk ;g rFkkdfFkr ?kksVkyk\ vkSj fdlus bl ?kksVkys dks Hkjiwj
izflf) nh\ izlkjek/;eksa us gh! o dkj.k\ D;k xMdjh dk iwfrZ m|ksx ljdkjh m|ksx
gS\ ;k Hkktik dk m|ksx gS\ ;k] ftUgksaus ljdkj ls f’kdk;r dj tk¡p dh ekax dh
gS] D;k os ml m|ksx ds Hkkxhnkj gSa\ lekpkji=ksa esa Nis lekpkjksa ds vk/kkj ij
fu.kZ; ysus dh vis{kk] ljdkj }kjk ikfjr dkuwu ds ek/;e ls tks ekeyk lkeus vk;k
gS] vkSj tks izFken`"V;k rqjUr dk;Zokgh djus ;ksX; yxrk gS] ml ds ckjs esa
rqjar fu.kZ; ysuk vf/kd mfpr gksrkA ysfdu ljdkj us og ugha fd;kA mYVs ljdkj us
vius dk;Z ls ;g iwjh rjg fl) fd;k gS fd og i{kikrh gS!
tckc nks% ys[k ds vkjaHk esa gh eSaus dgk gS fd]
bl fo"k; ij fy[kus dk esjk fopkj ugha FkkA ysfdu 25 vDVwcj dks rhu pSusy
ds izfrfuf/k eq>ls feyus ?kj vk;s FksA igys ^bZ Vh oh* okys vk;s] fQj ^vkt
rd* ds vkSj var esa ^,u Mh Vh oh* dsA lc dss iz’u xMdjh ij yxs vkjksiksa ds
ckjs esa FksA ^,u Mh Vh oh* ds izfrfuf/k ds vkus rd eq>s] vk;dj foHkkx dh
tk¡p 'kq: gksus dh tkudkjh ugha FkhA og tkudkjh mUgksaus nhA eSaus dgk] gks
tkus nks tk¡pA ljdkjh daiuh foHkkx tk¡p djsxk] ,slh tkudkjh feyus ds ckn xMdjh
ykirk ugha gq, ;k mUgksaus ekSu Hkh /kkj.k ugh fd;kA mUgksaus dgk] vo’; tk¡p
djksA o
eq>ls iwNs x, iz’u% nwjn’kZu pSuy okyksa us eq>ls
tsBeykuh ds oäO; ds ckjs esa Hkh iz’u iwNsA eSus dgk] ^^;g mudk O;fäxr er gSA
,slk er j[kus vkSj mls izdV djus dk mUgsa vf/kdkj gSs] ysfdu xMdjh R;kxi= nas]
,slk ikVhZ dk er gksxk] ,slk eq>s ugha yxrkA xMdjh }kjk fdlh Hkh tk¡p ds fy,
rS;kjh fn[kkus ij Lo;a vkMok.kh us mudh iz’kalk dh gS( vkSj Hkktik esa tsBeykuh
dh vis{kk] vkMok.kh ds er dk vf/kd ot+u gSA Jherh lq"kek Lojkt us Hkh]
,slk gh dgk gSA**
nwljk iz’u
iwNk x;k fd] bu vkjksiksa ds dkj.k] xMdjh dk nqckjk ikVhZ v/;{k cuuk dfBu gqvk
gS\ eSusa mÙkj fn;k] ^^e>s ,slk ugha yxrkA viuh ikVhZ dk lafo/kku dSlk gks]
mlesa dc vkSj D;k la’kks/ku fd, tk;¡] ;g ml ikVhZ dk viuk ekeyk gS( vkSj
lafo/kku la’kks/ku] ;g D;k dksbZ vuks[kh ckr gS\ gekjs ns’k ds egku~ fo}kuksa }kjk
rS;kj fd, gekjs lafo/kku esa xr 65 o"kkZsa esa lkS ls vf/kd
la’kks/ku gq, gSaA igyk la’kks/ku rks lafo/kku ikfjr djus ds ,d o"kZ ls
Hkh de le; esa gh djuk iM+k FkkA Hkktik us vius lafo/kku esa la’kks/ku fd;k
vkSj xMdjh ds iqu% v/;{k cuus dk jkLrk iz’kLr fd;k] blesa vU; fdlh ds }kjk
vk{ksi ysus dk D;k dkj.k gS\ vkSj ;g lafo/kku la’kks/ku dsoy jk"Vªh; v/;{k
ds fy, gh ugha] lc inkf/kdkfj;ksa ds fy, gSA**
cnukeh esa gh fnypLih% eSaus ;g Hkh dgk fd] vkidks tks dqN
vO;kogkfjd yxrk gS mldk laca/k Bsdsnkj EgSldj ls gSA fdlh us dgk gS fd] xyr irs
fn;s gaSA eSaus iwNk] D;k iwfrZ m|ksx us xyr irs fn;s gSa\ fQj EgSldj dh tk¡p
djksA ysfdu bleas yksxksa dh fnypLih ughaA fnypLih xMdjh dks cnuke djus esa gSA
vkSj blhfy, ;g lc HkkxnkSM+ py jgh gSA izdkf’kr gq, lekpkjksa ls irk pyk gS fd]
EgSldj dh daiuh us iwfrZ m|ksx lewg dks 164 djksM+ #i;s dtZ fn;kA ml ij 14
izfr’kr C;kt yxk gSA iwfrZ m|ksx ml dtZ esa ls 80 djksM+ #i;ksa
dk Hkqxrku] C;kt ds lkFk dj pqdk gSA ;g dtZ 2009 esa fn;k x;k gSA ;fn ,slk eku yas fd]
xMdjh us lkoZtfud fuekZ.k ea=h jgrs le; EgSldj dks mid`r fd;k FkkA ysfdu xMdjh
dk ea=h in 1999 esa gh pyk x;kA ml xBca/ku dh ljdkj
gh ugha jghA 13 o"kZ rd mu rFkkdfFkr midkjksa dh ;kn j[kdj EgSldj us ;g
dtZ fn;k] ,slk ftls ekuuk gS] og ekusA ysfdu esjs tSls lkekU; cqf) ds
euq"; dks rks blesa dksbZ lkBxk¡B ugha fn[krhA
la?k ds laca/k esa% fQj eq>ls la?k ds laca/k esa iz’u
iwNk x;kA bl ckjs esa la?k dks D;k yxrk gS\ eSaus mÙkj fn;k] ^^blesa la?k dks
dqN yxus dk iz’u gh dgk¡ gS\ Hkktik viuh nqdku ns[kus esa l{ke gSA Lok;Ùk gSA
ikVhZ dks tks mfpr yxsxk] og fu.kZ; ysxh**A bl iz’u dh i`"BHkwfe] 'kk;n 24
vDVwcj ds ^bafM;u ,Dlizsl* esa izdkf’kr lekpkj dh gks ldrh gSA ml lekpkj esa
dgk x;k gS fd] 2 vkSj 4 uoEcj dks psUUkbZ
esa la?k ds vf[ky Hkkjrh; dk;Zdkjh eaMy dh cSBd gS] mlesa bl ekeys dh ppkZ
gksxhA dk;Zdkjh eaMy dh cSBd dc vkSj dgk¡ gS] bldh eq>s tkudkjh ugha FkhA
ysfdu eq>s ;g fuf’pr yxrk gS fd] ml cSBd esa bl ekeys dh ppkZ gksus dk dkj.k
ughaA rFkkfi la?k dks bl fookn esa yisVs fcuk] dqN yksxksa dk lek/kku ugha
gksxkA xq#okj dks t+h pSuy ds izfrfuf/k us nwjHkk"k dj] eq>s
egkjk"Vª izns’k dk¡xzsl ds v/;{k ekf.kdjko Bkdjs }kjk la?k ij yxk,
vkjksiksa dh tkudkjh nhA eSaus lk;adky lkr cts lákfnz pSuy ds lekpkj lqusA
muesa ekf.kdjko ds vkjkiksa dk lekpkj FkkA Bkdjs dk vkjksi gS fd] xMdjh
lkoZtfud fuekZ.k ea=h Fks] ml le; mUgksasus] la?k ds dk;kZy; ds Hkou ds fy,
iSls fn;sA la?k ds dk;kZy; dk dkSu lk Hkou\ ;g Bkdjs us ugha crk;kA D;ksafd os
crk gh ugha ldrsA la?k dk;kZy; dk tks Hkou egky Hkkx esa gS vkSj tks MkW-
gsMxsokj Hkou ds uke ls izfl) gS] mldk fuekZ.k 1946 esa gh iw.kZ
gks x;k FkkA ml le; xMdjh dk tUe Hkh ugha gqvk FkkA 'kk;n ekf.kdjko dk Hkh ugha
gqvk gksxkA fQj bl iqjkus Hkou dh dqN iqujZpuk dh xbZA og 2006
esaA ml le; xMdjh dgk¡ ea=h Fks\ jsf’keckx dk u;k fuekZ.k dk;Z xr ,d&nks
o"kkZsa dk gSA Bkdjs izns’k dk¡xzsl desVh ds v/;{k tSls ftEesnkjh ds in ij
gaS( mudk vDy dk ,slk fnokfy;kiu fn[kkuk Bhd ughaA gk¡] la?k dks Hkh bl fookn
esa ?klhVus dk mudk] eryc dk¡xzsl dk iz;kl gks ldrk gSA ysfdu ;g lQy ugha
gksxkA la?k dks iSlk dkSu nsrk gS] ;g ukxiqj ds lehi ;oreky esa ftanxh xqtkjus
okys ekf.kdjko dks irk ugha gksxk] rks mudh ew<+rk ij n;k djuk gh mfpr gSA
mUgsa mÙkj nsuk fujFkZd gSA
rkRi;Z% Hkkjr ljdkj us xMdjh ij yxs vkjksiksa
ds lanHkZ esa tks rRijrk fn[kkbZ] oSlh gh o
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