stand no to dowary.
its just a bullshit and no a pride of any family .. so alway say no to Dowry..
Thursday, May 31, 2012
ASTROLOGY- A SCIENCE OR BLIND FAITH?
It has always been a topic of heated debate that astrology is blind faith or a systematic method of understanding a person’s life.
Astrology has been emulated in the Vedas and is known to scholars since ancient times.
It is a method of mapping out the exact positions of the planets in relation to the place of birth of a person at a specific time. This is called the ‘horoscope’.
Predictions are made based upon some basic knowledge of the person’s background, as these are the basic points of reference.
The horoscope is a guide which tells us about the inclinations of the person in terms of his potential of progressing, or degressing from this basic reference point.
This can be with reference to his mental attributes, his health, interpersonal relations, fame, wealth, success etc.
Just as a cardiologist can judge the state of the heart by looking at the ECG, provided he can correlate with clinical findings, an astrologer needs to correlate with the person’s basic points of reference.
A horoscope cannot tell the gender of a person, or that what has transpired in the past as there can be numerous possibilities in the absence of any reference point, i.e. the basic correct data of the individual.
This has been used to misinterpret astrology and defame it by many so called ‘scientists’, and ‘rationalists’.
A horoscope can predict the possible dangers and risks in specific areas in a person’s life, so that he can take measures to prepare himself and find alternative ways for the same.
Man has greatly advanced in science and astronomy. We have reached the planets, and people claim that planets have no such effect upon the humans as astrology describes. Considering this as true, why can we not understand that the position of planets in a horoscope are a graph or a measuring instrument which in its various specific patterns indicate something important for each individual at any point of time?
Also we must understand and acknowledge that there are many phenomena in nature that we have not been able to understand completely. That never means that they are untrue!
It would be more useful to understand the scope and limitations of astrology in order to gain benefit from it for humankind at large.
Photos That Shook The World
Leonarda Cianciulli (November 14, 1893, Montella, Province of Avellino – October 15, 1970) was an Italian serial killer. Better known as the “Soap-Maker of Correggio”, she murdered three women in Correggio between 1939 and 1940, and turned their bodies into soap. Having been born the child of a rape, she led a sad childhood with a hateful mother. She attempted suicide twice. In 1914, she married a registry office clerk, Raffaele Pansardi, and moved to Lariano in Alta Irpinia. Their home was destroyed by an earthquake in 1930, and they moved once more, this time to Correggio, where Leonarda opened a small shop and became very popular as a nice, gentle woman, a doting mother and a nice neighbor. In 1939, Cianciulli heard that her eldest son, Giuseppe, was to join the Italian army in preparation for World War II. Giuseppe was her favorite child, and she was determined to protect him at all costs. She came to the conclusion that his safety required human sacrifices. She found her victims in three middle-aged women, all neighbors. After murdering her first victim with an axe she got rid of the body in this way (her own words):
“I threw the pieces into a pot, added seven kilos of caustic soda, which I had bought to make soap, and stirred the whole mixture until the pieces dissolved in a thick, dark mush that I poured into several buckets and emptied in a nearby septic tank. As for the blood in the basin, I waited until it had coagulated, dried it in the oven, ground it and mixed it with flour, sugar, chocolate, milk and eggs, as well as a bit of margarine, kneading all the ingredients together. I made lots of crunchy tea cakes and served them to the ladies who came to visit, though Giuseppe and I also ate them.”
Cianciulli’s second victim was killed in exactly the same manner. Her final victim, opera singer Virginia Cacioppo was killed in the same way but with one twist:
“She ended up in the pot, like the other two…her flesh was fat and white, when it had melted I added a bottle of cologne, and after a long time on the boil I was able to make some most acceptable creamy soap. I gave bars to neighbors and acquaintances. The cakes, too, were better: that woman was really sweet.”
Cianciulli was caught due to an eyewitness and found guilty of murder. She was sentenced to thirty years in jail where she died of a brain hemorrhage.
“I threw the pieces into a pot, added seven kilos of caustic soda, which I had bought to make soap, and stirred the whole mixture until the pieces dissolved in a thick, dark mush that I poured into several buckets and emptied in a nearby septic tank. As for the blood in the basin, I waited until it had coagulated, dried it in the oven, ground it and mixed it with flour, sugar, chocolate, milk and eggs, as well as a bit of margarine, kneading all the ingredients together. I made lots of crunchy tea cakes and served them to the ladies who came to visit, though Giuseppe and I also ate them.”
Cianciulli’s second victim was killed in exactly the same manner. Her final victim, opera singer Virginia Cacioppo was killed in the same way but with one twist:
“She ended up in the pot, like the other two…her flesh was fat and white, when it had melted I added a bottle of cologne, and after a long time on the boil I was able to make some most acceptable creamy soap. I gave bars to neighbors and acquaintances. The cakes, too, were better: that woman was really sweet.”
Cianciulli was caught due to an eyewitness and found guilty of murder. She was sentenced to thirty years in jail where she died of a brain hemorrhage.
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
lokpal bill
For the past one week the entire country has been witnessing the Anna Hazare phenomenon. Anna Hazare, the man who decided to stand against corruption in the country. We’ve seen thousands of people follow him in blind faith and many more pouring in daily. The media attention that his fight against the government has received has even put Indian cricket in the back seat.
Anna’s fight is supposedly against “Corruption”. Corruption in the form of scams and black money that has made the country monetarily poorer than it should have been. Its surprising to see that the citizens and activists have related corruption in our society only to money. The definition of corruption according to the dictionary means: “The act of corrupting or of impairing integrity, virtue, or moral principle; the state of being corrupted or debased; loss of purity or integrity; depravity; wickedness; impurity; bribery.”
So I ask Anna Hazare and the people supporting his cause whether its fair that you have narrowed down the meaning of corruption only to money? What about the fact that the society is also facing other threats and acts of corruption? An example is the moral corruption that we all face in the form of our treatment and mentality towards women. The current protests garnered millions of supporters nationwide. Sadly the recently held “Delhi Slut Walk” didn’t have that much effect. People refrained from it and the event was looked at as mere entertainment rather than a protest of the women who want to be respected and deserve their freedom of expression whether through their dressing or lifestyle.
People say that the government does not deserve to steal our money. True. But what gives the same people the right to steal a woman’s right of expression? What gives you the right to declare that a woman wearing shorts is less dignified than a woman in a saree?
Since the issue of money has been raised then its time you answer some questions related to some of our forms of income too. Why is it that when foreigners come to our country they pay 100 times more than what we pay for something? If you would have been treated the same way you would have created a lot of hue and cry over it. Even our own cabs, rickshaws, autos and shops charge them more than what we are. Is it because their currency value is higher than ours? But then what gives you the right to decide that since he/she is earning more he should pay more?
The people plan to clean the government but refuse to look at themselves. The excuse might be that it’s ok, it’s not a big amount, it happens but then isn’t that a form of corruption too? How come no one says anything about that? The message that comes across is that the government cannot steal but the daily earners can in the form of overcharging highly paid people. Well what’s right is right and what’s wrong is wrong. You want to clean the top? Start from below.
The protest for passing the Jan Lokpal Bill has maximum supporters from the middle class and the lower income group. Walk into any market in Delhi and you will see the same people trying their best to swindle a tourist. On what basis is that done? How come it does not drill in the fact that he/she is doing the same thing that he/she iscomplaining about? Stealing!!
As a friend of mine who visited our country recently says: "We were very frustrated in your country about the state of corrupton of natives minds an way of being conditioned.Nothing,the most simple and otherwise natural things could not be done without corrupting someone.From leaving your shoes out at a a temple to obtain a train-ticket,or even access to the internet.I am not afraid of any situation,but this time I felt under pressure and treated all the time, I had no idea what else I was expected to give for anything I already payed for.This kind of greed comes from,but cannot be justified by poorness anymore.If Anna's campain is a true one,not only a well-disgused manouvre for power,he should be talking out for the ending moral corruption ,too...why would people in the government be different?It is realy true that the same people running around now crying his name out would ruthlessly take away all my money,if they get the chance,abusing even more the fact that I am a woman,and a foreign woman who needs even less respect."
That is the image we send across. Our thoughts, values, living, understanding and taste are all corrupted in one way or the other. But instead of dwelling into it we decided to take the easy way out and start government bashing all over again. It’s very easy, after all every government in a democracy is one that the citizens openly love to hate.
The current protest is a leap forward without having cleared the other hurdles in between. We have other forms of corruption to deal with within ourselves before we start pointing fingers. How many people in the protest can claim that they have never cheated, lied, eve teased, passed lewd comments on women or stolen some one else’s rights?
The protest looks like a mockery of the nation. Its like a gang of small fry have come together to take on the big ones. A gang which is corrupt within certain limits taking on another which has set higher limits of corruption. Ultimately, small or big it is a battle of the corrupt against the corrupt. You say money is the root of all evil. Then I say that you should not complain about monetary corruption because the government is doing you a big favour by taking away a large burden of evil off your shoulders upon them.
I respect Anna Hazare and the cause. But will not join the huge parade till it’s decided that we remove all forms of corruption one-by-one. Till then I will watch and read the news for more speeches, dialogues, plots and entertainment. Have a coffee and a good laugh as the issue has become more entertaining then any flick in the box office right now.
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