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India's 2nd lunar launch in 2012, Mars odyssey in '13 After second Indian Moon mission Chandrayaan-ll in 2012, India may head for Mars in 2013, director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre K Radhakrishnan said "ISRO dreams of a mission to Mars by 2013-2016. This presents a new plethora of space adventure in India." Indian Missiles hit a new high: While long-range Agni III and interceptors were test fired, DRDO is upbeat about the 6000 kms range Agni IV series. The focus is also on developing an indigenous Ballastic Missile Defence system comparable to US Patriot BMD in 3 to 4 years on a top priority as India would have just 3-4 minutes reaction time in the event of a missile attack, strategists say. Indian scientist buids low-cost bomb-defusing robot: After one-and-half year of research, Biju Ronnie Varkey, who has developed a low-cost bomb-defusing robot. "My robot, the MerlynD3, will be a breakthrough in defusing bombs due its incredibly low cost. And it would be available in the market at around Rs 8 lakhs against the Rs 80 lakhs imported robot," the Patiala-based scientist said. As far his customers, the scientist is targeting police and military forces and bomb disposal squad.
Earth calendar - www.earthcalendar.net , lets you find holidays by date in different countries and for different regions. "Time cools, time clarifies; no mood can be maintained quite unaltered through the course of hours." ............Mark Twain .....................................................................................................................................
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A K Naik From Amby to Nano -- A K Naik (akn929@yahoo.com) The long years and the journey from Amby to Nano have been very eventful for the nation. It also provides a glimpse of the economic, sporting and technological progress of emerging India from the earlier years of foreign dependence for food, machinery and defence. Two recent powerful images of India came through from Sydney Cricket Ground and the Auto Expo at New Delhi in the last few days. The first was a visibly upset Harbhajan Singh in a verbal duel with Andrew Symonds, along with a very composed and confident but hurt Anil Kumble giving it back at the Australians: “There are two teams out there; only one is playing cricket.” The second was the Tata Motors unveiling its car in a blaze of glory and publicity with Ratan Tata driving the one- lakh car, thereby pulling off a one in a billion coup. And Ratan Tata modestly said. “This is the biggest thing I ‘ve done.” The world took notice. When did this last happen? And Nano, in this new-year, a symbol of modern and vibrant India, heading on to become an economic power. Cricket for India and Indians is a way of life. The players are their heroes. It has become associated with the national character. In the days of the Ambassador car, socialism and a weak economy, it is unlikely any Indian player would have reacted to Australia sledging the way Harbhajan did. And it would have been unthinkable, the captain of the Indian team would have the guts to call the rival captain and team a bunch of cheats – which is what Kumble did without mincing words. Indians of the earlier generation, say from 40’s to 80’s would have been horrified by Shreeshant’s war dance against the South African’s and earlier by Sourav Ganguly’s shirt-waving act at Lord’s. The so-called Amby days, India was defensive because it was just irrelevant and economically weak. Invoking high ideals of Gandhism and respect was just a cover for our inability to deliver a timely blow – tit for tat. This is what happened in the 1962 war with China and 1965 war with Pakistan. Now in cricket we also have good fast blowers to give back as good as we can get. In the Amby days or before the mid-1990’s, India was minor player in the world of sports, economics or politics. There were individual Indians who counted for some of their achievements and brilliance. Today, Kumble’s straight-bat comments and the outrage of India’s cricket fans are heard with respect because India dominates the cricket economy. Many thinkers and economists admit openly that the period between the India of the Nano and the India of the Ambassador is the period of many wasted years, so very valuable for a developing India. And the entire blame lays with the politicians, their planning and policy decisions. They were immune to the happenings around the progressive world. If one looks at the nation closely, there are two India’s – one, an economic and emerging India, which dominates and demands to be heard. And the other political India, which still lives in a time wrap. It is tragic the importance of assertion and self-esteem by India’s cricket isn’t understood by our politicians, who are still comfortable to live in the Amby days and dusty roads. Recently at the Pravasi Bharatiya Sammelan, it was amusing to see the politicians making policy statements, little realizing the changed equation between India and its diaspora. Earlier India looked to the Non-residents to remit money and invest some spare foreign currency in the country. However today it is the NRI and PIO cardholders who are basking in the reflected glory of an emerging India because of which they are now looked at with respect in the countries they reside. Whatever may have happened in Australia between Symonds and Harbhajan, right or wrong, but in today’s world; it pays to be brash; it’s a sign of arrival. Has India arrived? The old generation with the then economic and political environment exhibited a body language of a pronounced inferiority complex that marked the dealings of Indians with foreigners, especially whites. Many still carry the burden of servitude and the ‘yes sir’ attitude. Unfortunately, most politicians, including those professing Hindu nationalism suffer from this thinking. Witness the comments and the body language during overseas visits. Can you imagine an Indian politician bluntly telling a Chinese Premier or a Pakistan ruler, ‘stay away’ from Arunachal Pradesh and Kashmir. The
day the two India’s – economic India and political India merge,
and believes in the dictum strong shall prevail, India will be a
super power in the true sense. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * A journalist interviewing an economist Journalist: You have two wives? Economist: Yes. To break monopoly and provide competition for better service. ................................................................................................
Books U must read White Tiger by Arvind Adiga. Balram Halwai realises the only one way he can become part of the glamourous new India is by murdering his master. The White Tiger presents an unromanticised India - from the lwaless villages along the Ganges to booming Bangalore. Imagining India by Nandan Nilekani. A window into the future of India, and India engages with a central ideas and challenges that face the country - from within and as a part of the global economy - and charts a new way forward for the nation. ...............................................................................
.......By Piyush Shrivastava 'Take care of my kids I am going to die' her father CRPF Jawan Ali Hassan said in his last call to his wife as Naxal bullets rained on him. CRPF man has called wife as firing was going on. "I am in a Chhattisgarh forest, surrounded by Naxalites. They are firing at us from all sides. I'm not sure I'll survive." These were the words that Tasmin Khatun got to hear when she picked up the telephone at 8 am on Tuesday. The voice at the other end was that of her 38-year-old husband, Ali Hassan. Even before Tasmin could grasp the gravity of the situation, Hassan disconnected his mobile phone, his brother-in-law Rashid recalled. Hassan called her up again at 5 pm the same day and said: "I have sustained two bullet injuries. My colleagues are taking me to the hospital. Please don't worry about me. I want you to ensure that the children are happy. You must raise them well." Head constable Hassan was among the 120 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel of the 62nd battalion who were ambushed by over 1,000 Naxalites in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada area on Tuesday. More than 80 securitymen were killed in the attack. Hassan, too, succumbed to his bullet wounds. "I knew that something was grossly wrong. But I didn't realise that his life was ebbing away even as he was talking to me about our three daughters," a dazed Tasmin recounted. She is still in a state of shock. A resident of Khatauli village in Shahpur block of Muzaffarnagar, Hassan was in abject poverty when he got a CRPF constable's job in 1991. After being posted at Rampur initially, he was promoted as head constable and sent to Chattissgarh for anti-Naxalite combat operations. Hassan's elder brother Taj Mohammad, who left for New Delhi on Wednesday morning to receive his body, said: "He was a brave man. The villagers knew him as a troubleshooter. Whenever anyone had a problem, he was the first man to come forward and help." "Hassan was the sole breadwinner. We are left with a small piece of land to feed a family of 12 persons, including his family, "Sulaiman, the slain head constable's father, said. "I am waiting for the nation to reciprocate, "he added. "Even local kids knew that the area where the jawans had been asked to move was full of landmines. The government put our children in danger, well aware that their survival was at risk," he said. Head constable Shyamlal(35) of Burjiwala village in Rampur also fell prey to Maoists in the Tuesday attack. Shyamlal had joined CRPF 10 years ago and he,too, was the only earning member of the family. He was promoted four years back. "called my mother at 2 am on Tuesday and informed her that he as well as many of his colleagues were trapped in the forest. He said the Naxalites were equipped with more sophisticated arms," Naresh, the 11-year-old son of the Shyamlal, said. Shyamlal's wife Veer Vati has been conscious ever since she got the news of her husband's death. Besides Naresh, they have three younger daughters. They don't have any means to survive. Naresh may be too young to come to grips with reality, nut he said: "I am proud of my father and would like to join CRPF and fight with the Naxalites." Uttar Pradesh's additional director general of police Brijlal said 42 jawans from UP and seven from Uttarkhand were killed in the Naxalite attack." All of them were from poor backgrounds. They were from the 62nd battalion of the CRPF and were deployed in Chattisgarh last year. Their bodies were brought to Lucknow on Wednesday," he said. (Reproduced from Mail Today)
India
Air Force activates Nyoma airfield close to China border Fri,
Sep 18 03:00 PM New
Delhi, Sep 18 (ANI): The Indian Air Force in a significant move
today activated its Nyoma Advanced Landing Ground (ALG) to support
the Army in carrying out operations in the inhospitable terrain. An IAF AN-32 aircraft
landed at Nyoma ALG, which is located at an altitude of 13,300 feet
in Leh district of Jammu and Kashmir, at 6:25 a.m. today. It is
located 23 kms from the Line of Actual Control. (LAC). The successful landing of a
fixed wing aircraft at Nyoma marks the culmination of joint effort
by the IAF and Indian Army to enable the IAF to operate in the
inhospitable terrain of Leh-Ladakh region in support of the Army. The landing comes just
fifteen months after an AN-32 landed at Daulat-Beg-Oldie (DBO), the
highest airfield in the world situated at an altitude of 16,200
feet. Group Captain SC Chafekar
touched down on the Nyoma airstrip. Air Marshal NAK Browne, Air
Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Air Command and Lieutenant
General PC Bharadwaj, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Northern
Command on board. Though helicopters have
been landing at this ALG, this is for the first time that a fixed
wing aircraft has landed at the compact airstrip of Nyoma. After deliberating on all
aspects and carrying out aerial and ground inspection, it was
concluded that Nyoma could be developed for fixed wing operations as
well. The Engineer Regiments of
14 Corps undertook the herculean task of developing the ALG to the
standards required for fixed wing operations. Joint development of Nyoma
braving the extremely difficult working conditions and hostile
weather is yet another step towards enhanced joint partnership
between the two services. Nyoma has been developed
with an aim to connect the remote areas of Ladakh region to the
mainland. This would also ensure movements in the area when the road
traffic gets affected, during the harsh winters besides enabling
improved communication network in the region. (ANI) Deal
with this Major
General Mrinal Suman, AVSM, VSM, Phd, Commanded an Engineer Regiment
on the Siachen Glacier, the most hostile battlefield in the world. The peculiarities of challenges faced can be gauged from the fact that disposal of human excreta has been defying all solutions – chemical, biological and physical. Due to extremely low temperatures, it just does not decompose and remains unchanged forever, posing major hygiene problems. At a height of 18,000 feet, the Siachen Glacier is the world’s highest battlefield. The enormity of effort required for living and fighting at that altitude can be judged from the fact that the highest mountain in the Alps is Mount Blanc at 15,774 feet and climbers carry oxygen with them. ..........................................................................................................................
During the attack on Akshardham temple on
24th September 2002 this
It was the longest wait for the family members of this brave man. When the whole India was busy in guessing who will be the next PM of the country --- will it be Sonia or will it be Manmohan Singh ? This man was fighting his last battle. But it's so sad that in the hype of all the political drama, the news about his death was lost like a needle
in a hay stack! Even the leading news papers and so called best news the middle page of some newspaper. This was the reward for the brave
with him during those toughest 600 days, it was there near his bed till the last moment. Can you guess what it was?............... It was the "Tiranga", yes! Our National Flag, which was saluting him for his great cause. Absolutely no words can suffice our gratitude towards him.
This is the only way we can salute his bravery. Courtesy: Rita Rao, Abu Dhabi, UAE ................................................................................. Lord Macaulay's address to the British Parliament on 2 Feb 1835
(Courtesy: R J Vyas, Mumbai) ......................................................................................................................... Spiritual
Equality The question is ‘What is man ?’ Is he a crawling earth -worm? Or, is he the most cunning of all animals, or is he an economic being controlled by the laws of supply and demand, or is he, as Swami Vivekananda said, an ‘Atman’, a universal spirit? However dense, however obstinate, however depraved a human being may be, there is that essential divine spark in him that can never be surrendered. Are there not moments in each of your lives which redeem you from the actual commonplace existence, moments when you feel you do not walk on solid earth but float in the air, moments when life seems as still as death, moments when you are in communion with fundamental spiritual Reality, when, indeed, life and death seem merely but two shadows? Is it not a fact that each one of us is able at some time or other of his life to feel the triteness, the unworthy pettiness of the pleasures of life and possessions of the earth and feel there are certain eternal values which are permanent, which cannot be superseded by the passing insanities of this world? If Swami Vivekananda stood out for such a kind of doctrine, if he has made an appeal to us to realize that a human being is not to be regarded as an earthworm, or an economic being or a political creature, but that he has an inner citadel a sanctuary of his soul which cannot be penetrated by anything external, and that inner sanctuary of his will have to be preserved against attacks of economics and politics, is he not standing up for the whole of humanity? That is the gospel for which Swami Vivekananda stood and that has saved India until the present moment, and that is the gospel to which we where we are, it is not because we have clung to our ideals, but it is because we have not been sufficiently loyal to the great ideals which have come down to us. Swami
Vivekananda’s Concluding Message To The world
If
the Parliament of Religions has shown anything to the world it is
this: It has proved to the world that holiness, purity, and charity
are not the exclusive possessions of any church in the world, and
that every system has produced men and women of the most exalted
character. In the face of this evidence, if anybody dreams of the
exclusive survival of his own religion and the destruction of
others, I pity him from the bottom of my heart, and point out to him
that upon the banner of every religion will soon be written, in
spite of resistance: “Help and not Fight”, “Assimilation and
not Destruction”, “Harmony and Peace and not Dissension”. 'A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.' ............... Sir Winston Churchill 'The greatest curse for a man is to remain a slave. The grossest crime is to compromise with injustice and wrong..... The highest virtue is to battle against iniquity, no matter what the cost may be.' ............... Subhas Chandra Bose VIEWS Dear
Friends, WHAT THEY SAID Oliver
Wendell Holmes How
many people live on the reputation of the reputation they might have
made? Man’s
mind, stretched by a new idea, never goes back to its original
dimensions. Sin
has many tools, but a lie is the handle which fits them all. The
right to swing my fist ends where the other man’s nose begins. To
be 70 years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to
be 40 years old. Man
has will, but woman has her way. Pretty
much all the honest truth telling there is in the world is done by
children Fame
usually comes to those who are thinking about something else. Jane
Austen One
has not great hopes from Birmingham. I always say there is something
direful in the sound. We
do not look in our great cities for our best morality. In
nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than
she feels. You
mistake me, my dear. I have a high respect for your nerves. They are
my old friends. I have heard you mention them with consideration
these twenty years at least. An
engaged woman is always more agreeable than a disengaged. She is
satisfied with herself. Her cares are over, and she feels that she
may exert all her powers of pleasing without suspicion. William
Shakespeare There
is nothing either good or bad / but thinking makes it so. He’s
mad that trusts in the tameness of a wolf, a horse’s health, a
boy’s love, or a whore’s oath. When
beggars die there are no comets seen / the heavens themselves blaze
forth the death of princes. We
that are true lovers run into strange capers; but as all is mortal
in nature, so is all nature in love moratal in folly. And
thus I clothe my naked villainy with odd old ends stol’n out of
holy writ / and seem a saint, when most I play the devil. If you prick us do we not bleed? If you tickle us do we not laugh? If you poison us do we not die? And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge?
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