This is the story of Robby

This is the story of Robby.   He was a young boy who lived with his elderly Mother. His mother wanted him to learn how to play the piano because she Longed to hear her son play for her. She sent her son to a piano teacher who Took Robby in under her guidance.   However, there was one small problem Because Robby was not musically inclined and therefore was very slow in Learning.   The teacher did not have much faith in the boy because of his Weakness. The mother was very enthusiastic and every week she would send Robby to the teacher .   One day Robby stopped attending the piano lessons. The teacher thought that He had given up and in fact she was quite pleased since she did not give Much hope to Robby. Not long after, the piano teacher was given the task to Organize a piano concert in town. She sent out circulars to invite the Students and public to attend the event.   Suddenly, she received a call from Robby who offered to take part in the concert. The teacher told Robby that He was not good enough and that he was no longer a student since he had Stopped coming for lessons.   Robby begged her to give him a chance and Promised that he would not let her down.   Finally, she gave in and she put him to play last, hoping that he will Change his mind at the last minute. When the big day came, the hall was Packed and the children gave their best performance. Finally ,     It was Robby's Turn to play and as his name was announced, he walked in. He was not in Proper attire and his hair was not properly groomed.   The teacher was really Nervous since Robby's performance could spoil the whole evening's brilliant Performance.   As Robby started playing the crowd became silent and was amazed At the skill of this little boy. In fact, he gave the best performance of The evening. At the end of his presentation the crowd and the piano teacher Gave him a standing ovation. The crowd asked Robby how he managed to play so Brilliantly.   With a microphone in front of him, he said, "I was not able to Attend the weekly piano lessons as there was no one to send me because my Mother was sick with cancer. She just passed away this morning and I wanted Her to hear me play. You see, this is the first time she is able to hear me Play because when she was alive she was deaf and now I know she is listening To me. I have to play my best for her!"   ************ * SUCCESS PRINCIPLES   This is indeed a touching story of love and excellence. When you have a Passion and a reason to do something, you will surely excel. You may not be Talented or gifted but if you have a strong enough reason to do something, You will be able to tap into your inner God given potential.   ************ * MOTIVATIONAL QUOTE   " Find the good. It's all around you. Find it, showcase it and you'll start Believing in it."

Who sells the largest number of cameras in India? (Every one must Read)

Who sells the largest number of cameras in India?

Your guess is likely to be Sony, Canon or Nikon. Answer is none of the above. The winner is Nokia whose main line of business in India is not cameras but cell phones.
Reason being cameras bundled with cellphones are outselling stand alone cameras. Now, what prevents the cellphone from replacing the camera outright? Nothing at all. One can only hope the Sonys and Canons are taking note.

Try this. Who is the biggest in music business in India? You think it is HMV Sa-Re-Ga-Ma? Sorry. The answer is Airtel. By selling caller tunes (that play for 30 seconds) Airtel makes more than what music companies make by selling music albums (that run for hours).
Incidentally Airtel is not in music business. It is the mobile service provider with the largest subscriber base in India. That sort of competitor is difficult to detect, even more difficult to beat (by the time you have identified him he has already gone past you). But if you imagine that Nokia and Bharti (Airtel's parent) are breathing easy you can't be farther from truth.

Nokia confessed that they all but missed the smartphone bus. They admit that Apple's Iphone and Google's Android can make life difficult in future. But you never thought Google was a mobile company, did you? If these illustrations mean anything, there is a bigger game unfolding. It is not so much about mobile or music or camera or emails?
The "Mahabharat" (the great Indian epic battle) is about "what is tomorrow's personal digital device"? Will it be a souped up mobile or a palmtop with a telephone? All these are little wars that add up to that big battle. Hiding behind all these wars is a gem of a question – "who is my competitor?"

Once in a while, to intrigue my students I toss a question at them. It says "What Apple did to Sony, Sony did to Kodak, explain?" The smart ones get the answer almost immediately. Sony defined its market as audio (music from the walkman). They never expected an IT company like Apple to encroach into their audio domain. Come to think of it, is it really surprising? Apple as a computer maker has both audio and video capabilities. So what made Sony think he won't compete on pure audio? "Elementary Watson". So also Kodak defined its business as film cameras, Sony defines its businesses as "digital."

In digital camera the two markets perfectly meshed. Kodak was torn between going digital and sacrificing money on camera film or staying with films and getting left behind in digital technology. Left undecided it lost in both. It had to. It did not ask the question "who is my competitor for tomorrow?" The same was true for IBM whose mainframe revenue prevented it from seeing the PC. The same was true of Bill Gates who declared "internet is a fad!" and then turned around to bundle the browser with windows to bury Netscape. The point is not who is today's competitor. Today's competitor is obvious. Tomorrow's is not.

In 2008, who was the toughest competitor to British Airways in India? Singapore airlines? Better still, Indian airlines? Maybe, but there are better answers. There are competitors that can hurt all these airlines and others not mentioned. The answer is videoconferencing and telepresence services of HP and Cisco. Travel dropped due to recession. Senior IT executives in India and abroad were compelled by their head quarters to use videoconferencing to shrink travel budget. So much so, that the mad scramble for American visas from Indian techies was nowhere in sight in 2008. (India has a quota of something like 65,000 visas to the U.S. They were going a-begging. Blame it on recession!). So far so good. But to think that the airlines will be back in business post recession is something I would not bet on. In short term yes. In long term a resounding no. Remember, if there is one place where Newton's law of gravity is applicable besides physics it is in electronic hardware. Between 1977 and 1991 the prices of the now dead VCR (parent of Blue-Ray disc player) crashed to one-third of its original level in India. PC's price dropped from hundreds of thousands of rupees to tens of thousands. If this trend repeats then telepresence prices will also crash. Imagine the fate of airlines then. As it is not many are making money. Then it will surely be RIP!

India has two passions. Films and cricket. The two markets were distinctly different. So were the icons. The cricket gods were Sachin and Sehwag. The filmi gods were the Khans (Aamir Khan, Shah Rukh Khan and the other Khans who followed suit). That was, when cricket was fundamentally test cricket or at best 50 over cricket. Then came IPL and the two markets collapsed into one. IPL brought cricket down to 20 overs. Suddenly an IPL match was reduced to the length of a 3 hour movie. Cricket became film's competitor. On the eve of IPL matches movie halls ran empty. Desperate multiplex owners requisitioned the rights for screening IPL matches at movie halls to hang on to the audience. If IPL were to become the mainstay of cricket, as it is likely to be, films have to sequence their releases so as not clash with IPL matches. As far as the audience is concerned both are what in India are called 3 hour "tamasha" (entertainment). Cricket season might push films out of the market.

Look at the products that vanished from India in the last 20 years. When did you last see a black and white movie? When did you last use a fountain pen? When did you last type on a typewriter? The answer for all the above is "I don't remember!" For some time there was a mild substitute for the typewriter called electronic typewriter that had limited memory. Then came the computer and mowed them all. Today most technologically challenged guys like me use the computer as an upgraded typewriter. Typewriters per se are nowhere to be seen.

One last illustration. 20 years back what were Indians using to wake them up in the morning? The answer is "alarm clock." The alarm clock was a monster made of mechanical springs. It had to be physically keyed every day to keep it running. It made so much noise by way of alarm, that it woke you up and the rest of the colony. Then came quartz clocks which were sleeker. They were much more gentle though still quaintly called "alarms." What do we use today for waking up in the morning? Cellphone! An entire industry of clocks disappeared without warning thanks to cell phones. Big watch companies like Titan were the losers. You never know in which bush your competitor is hiding!

On a lighter vein, who are the competitors for authors? Joke spewing machines? (Steve Wozniak, the co-founder of Apple, himself a Pole, tagged a Polish joke telling machine to a telephone much to the mirth of Silicon Valley). Or will the competition be story telling robots? Future is scary! The boss of an IT company once said something interesting about the animal called competition. He said "Have breakfast …or…. be breakfast"! That sums it up rather neatly.

—Dr. Y. L. R. Moorthi is a professor at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore. He is an M.Tech from Indian Institute of Technology, Madras and a post graduate in management from IIM, Bangalore.

The Law of the Garbage Truck (must read it is our life)

One day, I hopped into a taxi and took off for the airport . We were driving in the right lane when suddenly, a black car, jumped out of a parking space right in front of us. My taxi driver slammed the brakes, skidded, and missed the other car by just inches! The driver of the other car whipped his head around and started yelling at us. My taxi driver just smiled and waved at the guy. I mean, was really friendly. So I asked, "Why did you just do that? This guy almost ruined your car and sent us to the hospital!" This is when my taxi driver taught me what I now call, 'The Law of the Garbage Truck'


He explained, "Many people are like garbage trucks. They run around full of garbage, full of frustration, full of anger, and full of disappointment. As their garbage piles up, they need a place to dump it and sometimes they'll dump it on you. NEVER take it personally. Just smile, wave, wish them well, and move on with the routine life." Don't take their garbage and spread it to other people at work, at home or on the streets.


The bottom line is that successful people do not let garbage trucks take over their day. Life's too short to wake up in the morning with regrets, so...... 'Love the people who treat you right.. Pray for the ones who don't.'


A very rightly said quote: Life is 10% what you make and 90% how you take!!!!

THE OBSTACLE IN OUR PATH

NICE INSPIRING STORY...
    THE OBSTACLE IN OUR PATH

  
    In ancient times, a king had a boulder placed on a roadway.
    Then he hid himself and watched to see if anyone would remove
    the huge rock. Some of the king's wealthiest merchants
    and courtiers came by and simply walked around it.



    Many loudly blamed the king for not keeping the roads clear,
    but none did anything about getting the big stone out of the way.
    Then a peasant came along carrying a load of vegetables. On

    approaching the boulder, the peasant laid down his burden and
    tried to move the stone to the side of the road.
    After much pushing and straining, he finally succeeded.
    As the peasant picked up his load of vegetables,
    he noticed a purse lying in the road where the boulder had been.
    The purse contained many gold coins and a note
    from the king indicating that the gold was for the person
    who removed the boulder from the roadway.

    The peasant learned what many others never understand.

    Every obstacle presents an opportunity to improve one's condition.

FACTS ABOUT LIFE

isn't it strange how a 20 rupee note seems like such a large amount

when you donate it to temple,

but such a small amount
when you go shopping?


Isn't it strange how 2 hours seem so long when
you're at Temple, and how
short they seem when you're
watching a good movie?

Isn't it strange that you can't
find a word to say when
you're praying,
but you have no trouble
thinking what to talk about
with a friend?


Isn't it strange how difficult
and boring it is to read
one chapter
of the Bhagwad Gita, but how easy
it is to read 100 pages of
a popular novel ?


Isn't it strange how everyone
wants front-row-tickets
to concerts or
games, but they do whatever
is possible to sit at the last
row in Jagran?


Isn't it strange how we need to
know about an event for
Temple2-3
weeks before the day so we can
include it in our agenda, but we can
adjust it for other events in
the last minute?


Isn't it strange how difficult it
is to learn a fact about God to share it
with others, but how easy
it is to learn, understand,
extend and repeat gossip?



Isn't it strange how we
believe everything
that magazines and newspapers
say, but we question the words in the
Bhagwad Gita?


Isn't it strange how everyone
wants a place in
heaven, but they don't want
to believe, do, or say anything
to get there?

Isn't it strange how we send
jokes in e-mails
and they are forwarded
right away,
but when we are going to send
messages about God, we think
about it twice before we share
it with others?

IT'S STRANGE ISN'T IT?

A Million Dollar Lesson

A cab driver taught me a million dollar lesson in customer satisfaction and expectation. Motivational speakers charge thousands of dollars to impart his kind of training to corporate executives and staff. It cost me a $12 taxi ride. I had flown into Dallas for the sole purpose of calling on a client. Time was of the essence and my plan included a quick turnaround trip from and back to the airport. A spotless cab pulled up.

The driver rushed to open the passenger door for me and made sure I was comfortably seated before he closed the door. As he got in the driver's seat, he mentioned that the neatly folded Wall Street Journal next to me for my use. He then showed me several tapes and asked me what type of music I would enjoy.

Well! I looked around for a "Candid Camera!" Wouldn't you? I could not believe the service I was receiving! I took the opportunity to say, "Obviously you take great pride in your work. You must have a story to tell." "You bet," he replied, "I used to be in Corporate America. But I got tired of thinking my best would never be good enough. I decided to find my niche in life where I could feel proud of being the best I could be.

I knew I would never be a rocket scientist, but I love driving cars, being of service and feeling like I have done a full day's work and done it well. I evaluate my personal assets and... wham! I became a cab driver.

One thing I know for sure, to be good in my business I could simply just meet the expectations of my passengers. But, to be GREAT in my business, I have to EXCEED the customer's expectations! I like both the sound and the return of being 'great' better than just getting by on 'average'"

written by: Petey Parker

Marvellous answer

A mechanic was removing the cylinder heads from the motor of a car when hespotted the famous heart surgeon in his shop, who was standing off to the side,waiting for the service manager to come to take a look at his car.

The mechanic shouted across the garage,"Hello Doctor!! Please come over here fora minute."

The famous surgeon, a bit surprised, walked over to the mechanic.

The mechanic straightened up, wiped his hands on a rag and askedargumentatively, "So doctor, look at this. I also open hearts, take valves out,grind 'em, put in new parts, and when I finish this will work as a new one. Sohow come you get the big money, when you and me is doing basically the samework? "

The doctor leaned over and whispered to the mechanic.....

He said: "Try to do it when the engine is running".

Believe it or not silly answer were collected from GCSE exam ...... ...!!!!!

Q: What causes the tides
A: The tides are a fight between the earth and the moon all water tends to flow 2wards the moon bcuz ther is no water on the moon and the nature abhors a vaccum i forget where the sun joins in thia fight

Q: What happens to a boy when he reach puperty
A: He says goodbye to his boyhood and looks 4ward 2 his adultery

Q: How is dew formed
A: The sun shines on the leaves and make them perspire

Q: Explain an process by which water can b made safe to drink
A: Filteration makes water safe to drink bcuz it removes large pollutants like grit sand DEAD SHEEP and CANOEISTS

Q: What is a planet
A: A body of earth surrounded by sky

Q: What are steroids
A: Things 4 keeping the carpet still on the stairs

Q: How can u delay milk turning sour
A: Keep it in a cow

Q: Give an example of fungus wat is there chacteristic feature
A: Mushrooms ! they grow in damp places so they look like umbrellas

Q: What is a thermalk illness
A: When u r sick at an airport

Q: What is an turbine
A: Something an arab wears


Q: Name the 4 seasons
A: Salt, pepper, mustard and vinegar

8 Tips For Losing Weight and Keeping It Off

1. Never crash diet to lose weight

When you lose weight rapidly your body is typically only losing glycogen (carbohydrate) and water weight, not fat. Your body thinks that it's starving and reduces its metabolic rate, which makes it harder for your body to burn each calorie (they burn at a slower pace than they normally would). Then when you start eating normally again, your body stores as much food as it can into your fat cells in case of another "famine."

2. Best weight loss plan: substitute foods instead of eliminating them

Although many people feel that "diet" or "reduced fat" foods are not as good as the original, it can be a big help to buy less fatty snack foods. Try out different reduced fat brands and items and who knows, you may find something that you like even better than the original. The key is making sustainable changes - if you can't live without tortilla chips, trying to eliminate them entirely from your diet won't work. Making the change to a lower-calorie reduced fat tortilla chip can make a noticeable change in total calories consumed over time.

3. What drinks for losing weight

Cutting soda out of your diet completely can save the average person 360 calories or more each day. Even diet soda, fruit juices, and whole milk can add unnecessary calories to your daily intake. Instead, drink lots of water and switch from whole to skim or even soy milk; the little things can make a big difference.

4. Weight loss = healthy diet and moving around

Getting up, moving around, and exercising will reduce the amount of food that you will need to cut back on. There are obviously many opportunities to be athletic and active (i.e. sports teams, the gym, going for a jog, etc.) if that interests you, but these aren't the only ways to increase your activity level. You can walk to school, bike to work, walk up and down the stairs a few times before you take a shower, take an extra lap or two around the grocery store.
The American College of Sports Medicine recommends 30-45 minutes of moderate aerobic performed 3-5 times per week in their Guidelines for Healthy Aerobic Activity, but if all you can do is walk around the block twice before you go to bed, that's a good start. Anything is better than nothing, and it's harder to be eating while you're moving around, so it may result in you eating slightly less as well as burning more calories.
The best thing about aerobic exercise is that the benefits are cumulative - you essentially gain the same health benefits from taking three ten-minute walks throughout the day as you do from taking one 30 minute walk. With this in mind, it can be much easier to break your activity goal into manageable pieces that will fit into your day.

5. Gradual changes are best for losing weight

Gradually ease into your diet if possible. Many diet programs allow you to do this. Remember that small changes are easier to stick with than drastic ones. Start by always leaving a little extra on your plate, or drinking water instead of soda. Smaller changes are also more likely to remain with you when the duration of your diet is complete. Aim for behavior-change goals that you know you will be able to maintain over years, not just weeks.

6. Don't overeat

If you're full, or even simply satisfied, stop eating. There's no need to eat until your stomach feels like it's going to explode. Also, keep in mind that it takes a while for the nutrients in your food to enter your bloodstream, and circulate to the nerve centers in your brain that regulate appetite. Eating slowly is helpful in this regard--you give your body a chance to recognize that you've had enough to eat.

7. Try not to banish certain foods when dieting

Don't tell yourself that you can NEVER have something again because you will immediately crave it. People need to eat fats to be healthy as well, just make sure that you're eating them in moderation, and maybe try to balance out a fatty food you ate earlier in the day by choosing celery sticks over chips for your snack. Try to get yourself to think, "I know I CAN have it, but should I have it?"

8. Successful weight loss: be in it for the long term

Crash diets and unsustainable exercise routines will not keep you at your desired weight for the long term. You need to focus on realistic, acheivable goals - behavior modification that you can live with for years, instead of just weeks. For an example, let's say that a hypothetical person is ten pounds overweight, but at perfect energy balance - they eat exactly as many calories as they burn every day, so their weight remains constant. If that person sacrifices one small snack that they have every day, let's say a handful of chips equaling 100 calories, over the course of a year that person will lose over ten pounds! A pound of fat on your body represents 3500 stored calories. 100 calories X 365 days in a year = 36,500 calories, or over ten pounds of fat. Small changes can make a big difference in your health.

Petrol Fever - A Real Eye Opener

Dear Friends, Following is the article from well known Newspaper.
Find the detail break-up of the Final price of petrol available in pumps.

This is a break up considering crude oil at 130 $ per barrel. Following details are for per liter petrol in Rs.

Basic Price = Rs 21.93
Excise duty = Rs 14.35
Education Tax = Rs 0.43
Dealer commission = Rs 1.05
VAT = Rs 5.5
Crude Oil Custom duty = Rs 1.1
Petrol Custom = Rs 1.54
Transportation Charge = Rs 6.00
Total price = Rs 51.90

So for a Rs 22 liter petrol at pumps we people pay Rs 28 tax extra.

Govt. is thinking to impose more price hike to curtain with the current crude oil bubble in International oil crisis.

If Central Govt. wish, it can still reduce the price of petrol in the current crisis situation, but it doesn't intend to do so, instead trying to fool the people and Nation. This is the basis LEFT parties are opposing, just generating more profits for the oil marketing companies.

A New Revised Exam pattern in India

1. General students - Answer ALL questions.

2. OBC - WRITE ANY one question.3.

SC - ONLY READ questions.
4. ST - THANKS FOR COMING.. AND.

5. Gujjars/Jats - THANKS FOR ALLOWING OTHERS TO ATTEND THE EXAMINATION .. !! CHEERS TO RESERVATION......

Pani puri funds Infosys dreams

Visakhapatnam, May 24:

The wife of a poor pani puri vendor has become a software engineer inInfosys, thanks to her husband's support. Sheik Salar, 26, a street hawker ,usedevery rupee he earned to help his wife Fatima Bibi Sheik, 21, achieve her academic ambitions.

And it was not in vain. Fatima completed her course at Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering with high marks and was given a plum posting by the software giant in a campus selection.

In fact, she is the first student from the college to get into Infosys.Fatima and Salar stay in a slum at Rajendranagar . While Fatima went to college, Salar roamed around the city with a pushcart selling puffed rice, corn, chilli bhajjis and pani puri, earning Rs 150 per day. When she was married off to her distant relation Salar by her parents in 2001, Fatima was just 15 and felt that she would never achieve her dream of being a software engineer.

"I did not want to marry since I wanted to study further and achieve something , she said. She was crest fallen since Salar merely nodded when she told him about her dreams. But his nod meant a lot and he started saving money to help her study. By living frugally, Salar somehow got together Rs 60,000 to pay Fatima's fee for the first and second year of her engineering course.The Andhra Pradesh State Minorities Finance Corporation helped the couple pay the rest of the fee.

"At the time of our marriage I was not sure how serious Fatima was about her studies," said Salar. "But when I realised that she got 536 marks in her SSC exams and stood first in her school, I decided to helpher study." The pani puri vendor was adamant that her future should not get spoilt because she married him.

A junior college in the city provided her free intermediate education. She secured a decent rank in the Eamcet exam and opted to join the electronicsand electrical engineering branch in college. "We decided not to have kids tillshe got a good job," said Salar. "For this, I took much criticism from my parents." Fatima's eyes moisten when she talks about her husband. "You can'timagine the hardships he suffered to help me," she said. "In the last sixyears, he was my strength. He sacrificed all his joys for me.""Fatima was always first in our class," said Asha Kanthi, her classmate. "Wedid not know her story then. Now she is our inspiration." Though happy at the turn of events, the couple is a bit sad when thinking about their being apart for three months, when Fatima would go to the Infosys campus in Mysore for training. Have they ever quarrelled?

"When we have issues , we sit togetherand discuss and sort it out," said Fatima. She plans to take her husband along with her when she gets her posting. Salar too is proud, for he has proved that behind every successful woman there is a man.My best wishes go with this couple.

The Gossip

A woman repeated a bit of gossip about a neighbor. Within a few days the whole community knew the story.
The person it concerned was deeply hurt and offended.

Later the woman responsible for spreading the rumor learned that it was completely untrue.
She was very sorry and went to a wise old sage to find out what she could do to repair the damage."Go to the marketplace," he said, "and purchase a chicken, and have it killed. Then on your way home, pluck its feathers and drop them one by one along the road."

Although surprised by this advice, the woman did what she was told.
The next day the wise man said, "Now go and collect all those feathers you dropped yesterday and bring them back to me."

The woman followed the same road, but to her dismay, the wind had blown the feathers all away. After searching for hours, she returned with only three in her hand.

"You see," said the old sage, "it's easy to drop them, but it's impossible to get them back.
So it is with gossip. It doesn't take much to spread a rumor, but once you do, you can never completely undo the wrong."

Sex Facts

MEN
1) 94% of men lie about their dick size.According to condom manufacturers, only 6% ofmen need to use extra large condoms.

2) The average man is 5 inches long when erect(no matter what you have heard ladies, that's thetruth). (incidentally the average vaginal capacity isonly 6 inches, for you women who think you can handleking dong)

3) 80% of American men are circumcised. Eventhough Paediatrics say it is not necessary.

4) No matter what all the ads say, nothing canmake your penis grow but time (most men reachthe end of their growth by the early 20's)

5) There is no correlation between penis size andshoe size, hand size, or nose size.

6) Blue balls does exist! It's technicallycalled "prostatic congestion."

7) Only 16% of men shave their privates.

Women

1) Only 9% of women around the globe considerthemselves "attractive" (20% of British womendo). 43% of women use the term "natural", 24% saythey have "average" looks, 8% prefer theterm "feminine", 7% say they are "good looking",and 7% say they are "cute", and finally only 2% ofwomen say they are "sexy".

2) An estimated 85% of women wear the wrongsize bra.

3) 60% of women have had breast implants.

4) 75% of women like giving/getting oral sex.

5) 95% of women shave their privates.

The First... ( INDIAN )

Actress of the TalkiesZubeida,
Alam Ara(1931)

Actress to win Padma Shri Award
Nargis Dutt(1958)

Architect Maha Govinda(5th C.BC)

Aryabhatta Medal WinnerK.R. Ramanathan(1977)

Bharat Ratna Award WinnerC.Rajgopalachari(1954)

British Governor General of Indian UnionLord Louis Mountbatten(Aug. 15, 1947-June 20, 1948)

Captain of Test Cricket C.K.Nayudu(1932)

Century in Test CricketLala Amarnath(1933-1934)

Chairman of Rajaya SabhaS.V.Krishnamoorthy(1952)

Chevalier Award WinnerSivaji GanesanChief Election CommissionerSukumar Sen(1950-1958)

Chief Justice of IndiaHiralal J.Kania(1950-1951)

Chief of Air StaffSir Thomas Elmhirst(1947-1950)

Chief of Army Staff to die in harnessB.C.Joshi(1994)

Chief of Coast GuardV.A.Kamath(1978-1980)

Chief of Naval StaffR.D.Katari(1958-1962)

Commander-in-ChiefK.M.Cariappa(1949-1953)

CosmonautRakesh Sharma(1984)

Cricketer to have battled in all positions(1 to 11)

Vinoo MankadDada Saheb Phalke Award WinnerDevika Rani Roerich(1969)

Dancer to perform abroadUday ShankarDeputy Prime MinisterVallabhbhai Patel(1947-1950)

Deputy Prime Minister to die in harnessVallabhbhai Patel(1950)

Elected PresidentS.Radhakrishnan(1962-1967)

Emperor of Mughal DynastyBabar(1526-1530)

Field MarshalS.H.F.J.Manekshaw(1973)

Film Star Chief MinisterM.G.Ramachandran(Tamil Nadu, 1977)

Financial Minister to present the Budget three times in a rowManmohan Singh (1933, 1994, 1995)

Finix Award WinnerSr.P.C.SorcarGeometerBaudhayana, Sulva Sutras(800 BC)

Governor General of British IndiaWarren Hastings(1774-1785)

GrammarianPanini, Ashtadhyaayi(6th C. BC)

Helms Award WinnerKunwar Digvijay Singh Babu(1952)

Home MinisterVallabhbhai Patel(1946)

ICS OfficerSatyendranath TagoreIndian Chief of Air StaffS.Mukherjee(1954-1960)

Indian Governor General of Indian UnionM.Rajendra Singh(April 1, 1955-May 14, 1955)

Indian Woman President of Indian National CongressSarojini Naidu(1925)

J.C.Bose Medal WinnerV.Ramalingaswami(1977)

Jain TithankaraRishabha DevJananpith Award WinnerG.Sankara Kurup, Odakuzhal(1965)

Lady of the Indian FilmDevika Rani RoerichLata Mangeshkar Award WinnerNaushad(1984)LawgiverManu, Manu Smirti(3100 BC)

Man to climb Mount Everest without oxygenPhu Dorjee(1984)

Man to climb Mount EverestTanzing Norgay(with Edumund Hillary, 1953)

Man to make solo Flight(from US to India)Satish Soman(1994)

Man to swim across English Channel Mihir Sen(1966)

Man to swim several Straits in one calender yearMihir Sen(1966)

Managing Director of World BankGautam Kaji(1995)

Member of British ParliamentDadabhai Naoroji(1862)

Member of Viceroy's Executive CouncilSir S.P.Sinha(1909)

Miss UniverseSushmita Sen(1994)

Miss WorldReita Faria(1966)

Musician to get Padma Bhushan and Padma VibhushanaM.S.Subbulakshmi(1954,1975)

Musician to get Ramon Magsaysay AwardM.S.Subbulakshami(1974)

Naval PilotY.N.Singh(1941)

Nishan-Eey-Pakistan Award WinnerMorarji Desai(1991)

Nobel Prize WinnerRabindranath Tagore, Gitanjali(1913)

Olympic Medal WinnerNorman Pritchard, Silver(1900)

Oscar WinnerBhanu AthaiyaPatricideAjatshatru's killing of Bimbisara(494 BC)

Physically handicapped mountaineerBaba Manindra PalPilotJ.R.D.Tata, Tata Airlines(1929)

Presentation of BudgetR.K.Shanmugham Chetty, Finance Minister(1947)

Presentation of General BudgetC.D.Deshmukh, Finance Minister(1952)

PresidentRajendra Prasad(1950-1962)

President of Indian National CongressW.C.Bannerjee(1885)

President of International Court of JusticeNagendra Singh(1970)

President to die in harnessZakir Hussain(1967-1969)

Prime MinisterJawaharlal Nehru(1947-1964)

Prime Minister to be assassinatedIndira Gandhi(1984)

Prime Minister to die in harnessJawaharlal Nerhru(1964)

Prime Minister to head a minority governmentChoudhary Charan Singh(July 28, 1979-Jan,14, 1980)

Prime Minister to resign from officeMorarji Desai(1979)

Prime Minister who did not face ParliamentChaudhary Charan Singh(July 28, 1979-Jan 14, 1980)

Raman Medal WinnerSalim Moinuddin Ahmed Ali(1979)

Raman Magsaysay Award WinnerVinoba Bhave(1958)

Recipient of Stalin Peace PrizeSaifuddin Kitchlew(1954)

Recipient of World Food PrizeM.S.Swaminathan(1987)

S.Ramanujan Medal WinnerS.Chandrashekhar(1962)

S.S.Bhatnagar Medal WinnerAtma Ram(1959)

ScientistUddalaka Aruni(560 BC)Slave Ruler of IndiaQutb-ud-din Aibak(1206-1210)

Speaker in Hindi at the UNAtal Bihari Vajpayee(1977)

Speaker of Lok SabhaGanesh Vasudeo Mavalankar(1952-1957)

Test-tube babyBaby Harsha or Indira(1986)

Vice-PresidentS.Radhakrishnan(1952-1962)

Viceroy of IndiaLord Canning (1858-1862)

Woman (Muslim) Ruler of IndiaRazia Sultana(1236-1240)

Woman AdvocateCornelia Sorabji(1894)

Woman AmbassadorVijayalakshmi Pandit(U.S.S.R., 1947-1949)

Woman at AntarcticaMeher Moos(1976)

Woman Central MinisterRajkumari Amrit Kaur(Health)

Woman Chief Justice(of High Court)

Leila Seth(Himachal Pradesh, 1991)

Woman Chief MinisterSucheta Kriplani(Uttar Pradesh, 1963-1967)

Woman Foreign MinisterLakshmi N. Menon(1957-1966)

Woman Secretary General of Rajya SabhaV.S.Rama Devi(1993)

Woman Governor Sarojini Naidu(Uttar Pradesh, 1963-1967)

Woman IAS OfficerAnna Rajam George(1950)

Woman IPS OfficerKiran Bedi(1974)

Woman Jet CommanderSaudamini DeshmukhWoman Jnanpithpith Award WinnerAshapurna Devi, Prathama Pratishruti(1976)

Woman Judge of Supreme CourtMeera Sahib Fatima Beevi(1989)

Woman Minister of StateVijayalakshmi Pandit(Uttar Pradesh, 1937)

Woman MissionarySanghamitra, daughter of King Ashoka (Sri Lanka, 3rd C.BC)

Woman Pilot (Commercial)Prem Mathur(Deccan Airways, 1951)

Woman Pilot (Indian Airlines)Durga Banerjee(1966-1988)

Woman President of Indian National CongressAnnie Besant(1917)

Woman President of UN General AssemblyVijayalakshmi Pandit(1953)

Woman Prime MinisterIndira Gandhi(1966-1977, 1980-1984)

Woman Sahitya Akademi Award WinnerAmrita Pritam, Sunehre(1956)

Woman to climb Mount EverestBachendri Pal(1984)

Woman to perform a solo FlightHarita Kaur Deol(1944)

Woman to swim across English ChannelArati Saha(1959)

Woman to swim across the Strait of GibraltarArti PradhanWoman to win an Asian GoldKamaljit Sandhu(1970)

Woman to go in SpaceDr.Kalpana Chawla(November 1997)

THINGS TO KNOW IN OUR WORLD

(1).The time spent deleting SPAM costs United States businesses $21.6 billion annually.

(2) 60.7 percent of eligible voters participated in the 2004 presidential election, the highest percentage in 36 years. However, more than 78 million did not vote. This means President Bush won re-election by receiving votes from less than 31% of all eligible voters in the United States.

(3) John Quincy Adams, sixth president of the United States, loved to skinny dip in the Potomac River.

(4) La Paz, Bolivia has an average annual temperature below 50 degrees Fahrenheit. However, it has never recorded a zero-degree temperature. Same for Stanley, Falkland Islands and Punta Arenas, Chile.

(5) 41% of Chinese people eat at least once a week at a fast food restaurant. 35% of Americans do.

(6) A Wisconsin forklift operator for a Miller beer distributor was fired when a picture was published in a newspaper showing him drinking a Bud Light.

(7) G-rated family films earn more money than any other rating. Yet only 3% of Hollywood's output is G-rated.

(8) Richard Hatch, winner of the first "Survivor" reality series, has been charged with tax evasion for failing to report his $1,000,000 prize.

(9) The entire fleet of Unicoi County Tennessee's salt trucks was rendered out of commission in one accident. All three trucks were badly damaged when one of them began skidding down a road, causing a chain reaction accident. Officials blamed road conditions.

(10) More people study English in China than speak it in the United States of America (300 million).

(11) Fast food provider Hardee's has recently introduced the Monster Thickburger. It has 1,420 calories and 107 grams of fat.

(12) More than 2,500 left-handed people are killed each year from using products that are made for right-handed people.

(13) For every person on earth, there are an estimated 200 million insects.

(14) There are 2,000,000 millionaires in the United States.

(15) 1.5 million Americans are charged with drunk driving each year.

(16) A Georgia company will mix your loved one's ashes with cement and drop it into the ocean to form an artificial reef.

(17) The Washington Times newspaper is owned by the Rev. Sun Myung Moon.

(18) The busiest shopping hour of the holiday season is between 3:00 PM and 4:00 PM on Christmas Eve.

(19) In 2002, women earned 742,000 bachelor's degrees. Men earned only 550,000 during the same year. The difference is growing so large that many colleges now practice (quietly) affirmative action for male applicants.

(20) Most of the deck chairs on the Queen Mary 2 have had to be replaced because overweight Americans were breaking them.

(21) Actor Bill Murray doesn't have a publicist or an agent.

(22) The day after President George W. Bush was reelected, Canada's main immigration website had 115,000 visitors. Before Bush's re-election, this site averaged about 20,000 visitors each day.

(23) Only 30% of stolen artwork worth more than $1,000,000 each is recovered.

(24) The typical American child receives 70 new toys a year, most of them during the holiday season.

(25) 90% of Canada's 31,000,000 citizens live within 100 miles of the U.S. border.

The Power of Giving

It was a really hot summer’s day many years ago. I was on my way to pick up two items at the grocery store. In those days, I was a frequent visitor to the supermarket because there never seemed to be enough money for a whole week’s food-shopping at once.

You see, m y young wife, after a tragic battle with cancer, had died just a few months earlier. There was no insurance -- just many expenses and a mountain of bills. I held a part-time job, which barely generated enough money to feed my two young children.

Things were bad -- really bad.

And so it was that day, with a heavy heart and four dollars in my pocket, I was on my way to the supermarket to purchase a gallon of milk and a loaf of bread. The children were hungry and I had to get them something to eat. As I came to a red traffic light, I noticed on my right a young man, a young woman and a child on the grass next to the road. The blistering noonday sun beat down on them without mercy.

The man held up a cardboard sign which read, "Will Work for Food." The woman stood next to him. She just stared at the cars stopped at the red light. The child, probably about two years old, sat on the grass holding a one-armed doll. I noticed all this in the thirty seconds it took for the traffic light to change to green.

I wanted so desperately to give them a few dollars, but if I did that, there wouldn’t be enough left to buy the milk and bread. Four dollars will only go so far. As the light changed, I took one last glance at the three of them and sped off feeling both guilty (for not helping them) and sad (because I didn’t have enough money to share with them).

As 20I kept driving, I couldn’t get the picture of the three of them out of my mind. The sad, haunting eyes of the young man and his family stayed with me for about a mile. I could take it no longer. I felt their pain and had to do something about it. I turned around and drove back to where I had last seen them.

I pulled up close to them and handed the man two of myfour dollars. There were tears in his eyes as he thanked me. I smiled and drove on to the supermarket. Perhaps both milk and bread would be on sale, I thought. And what if I only got milk alone, or just the bread? Well, it would have to do.

I pulled into the parking lot, still thinking about the whole incident,=2 0yet feeling good about what I had done. As I stepped out of the car, my foot slid on something on the pavement. There by my feet was a twenty-dollar bill. I just couldn’t believe it. I looked all around, picked it up with awe, went into the store and purchased not only bread and milk, but several other items I desperately needed.

I never forgot that incident. It reminded me that theuniverse was strange and mysterious. It confirmed my belief that you could never out give the universe. I gave away two dollars and got twenty in return. On my way back from the supermarket, I drove by the hungry family and shared five additional dollars with them. This incident is only one of many that have 20occurred in my life. It seems that the more we give, the more we get. It is, perhaps, one of those universal laws that say, "If you want to receive, you must first give."

PREOVERB CONNECTION AT SIX

A first grade teacher had twenty-five students in her class and she
presented each child the first half of a well known proverb and asked them to come up
with the remainder of the proverb.

It's hard to believe these were actually done by first graders. Their
insight may surprise you. While reading these keep in mind that these are first
graders, 6-year-olds, because the last one is classic!

1. Don't change horses..................until they stop running.

2. Strike while the.........................bug is close.

3. It's always darkest before.........Daylight Saving Time.

4. Never underestimate the power of ....... termites.

5. You can lead a horse to water but....... .. how?

6. Don't bite the hand that ........... looks dirty.

7. No news is............impossible.

8. A miss is as good as a ............. Mr.

9. You can't teach an old dog new ........ math.

10. If you lie down with dogs, you'll ..........stink in the morning.

11. Love all, trust ........... me.

12. The pen is mightier than the ............. pigs.

13. An idle mind is.......................the best way to relax.

14. Where there's smoke there's .............. pollution.

15. Happy the bride who.....................gets all the presents.

16. A penny saved is .........! .........not much.

17. Two's company, three's ................. the Musketeers.

18. Don't put off till tomorrow what .................. you put on to go to
bed.!

19. Laugh and the whole world laughs with you, cry....... and you have to
blow your nose.

20. There are none so blind as .......Stevie Wonder.

21. Children should be seen and not ......spanked or grounded.

22. If at first you don't succeed ............... get new batteries.

23. You get out of something only what you .............. see in the picture
on the box.

24. When the blind lead the blind .................... get out of the way.

And the WINNER and last one!

25. Better late than ..............pregnant.

VISUALISE YOUR GOAL

The Catalina Island is twenty-one miles away from the coast of California,and many people have taken the challenge to swim across it. On July 4th 1952,Florence Chadwick stepped into the water off Catalina Island to swim acrossto the California coast. She started well and on course, but later fatigueset in, and the weather became cold. She persisted, but fifteen hours later,numb and cold, she asked to be taken out of the water.
After she recovered, she was told that she had been pulled out only half amile away from the coast. She commented that she could have made it, if thefog had not affected her vision and she would have just seen the land. Shepromised that this would be the only time that she would ever quit.
She went back to her rigorous training. And two months later she swam that same channel. The same thing happened. The fatigue set in, and the fogobscured her view, but this time she swam with faith and vision of the land in her.
mind. She knew that somewhere behind the fog was land. She succeeded andbecame the first woman to swim the Catalina Channel. She even broke the mens record by two hours.

SUCCESS PRINCIPLES

When you set your goal, keep pressing on even when you are tired, physicallyand mentally, and even though there are many challenges ahead. Keep thevision of your goal crystal clear before you and never, never, never… giveup!See the reaching, commit to it, and you will surely see your goal realized.

Charming Indian Actress Madhubala

Charming Indian Actress MadhubalaA story version by her younger Sister.

Last week, the gorgeous Madhubala was immortalised when the Indian government released a stamp in her name.

We spoke to her youngest sister, Madhur Bhushan, who gave us a closer insight into Madhubala's life, her romance with Dilip Kumar, her unhappy marriage to Kishore Kumar, and her illness.

Madhur, whose real name is Zahida, is nine years younger than Madhubala. Out of 10 children, she is one of the four still alive.

Over to Madhur:On Madhubala's entry into films:My father, Ataullah Khan, was working in the Imperial Tobacco Company in Peshawar, Pakistan, when he lost his job and decided to come to Mumbai. Madhubala was seven at that time. Her real name was Mumtaz Begum. We called her Mazliappa, as she was the fifth child.

My father started looking for a job. He also took Madhubala to film studios. She got work in Basant (1942) at the age of nine. The leading lady's name was Mumtaz Shanti, so Madhubala was called Baby Mumtaz, when she was a child actress.

She got her first break in Kirdar Sharma's Neel Kamal. Kirdar's wife was supposed to play the lead role but she passed away. As Madhubala knew the dialogues, she became a heroine at the age of 13. From this film onwards, she was credited as Madhubala. The film did not do well, but her work was appreciated.

Madhubala shot to fame in 1949 with Mahal. She was 16. At that time, no one realized that she was sick, not even my father. Madhubala was a healthy child, and very bubbly.

On Madhubala's illness

Madhubala first vomited blood when she was in Chennai shooting for S S Vassan's Bahut Din Huwe (1954). She was treated, and she resumed shooting. Nobody thought she was sick until she fainted on J K Nanda's sets while shooting with Raj Kapoor on Chalack (1957). The film never got completed. That's when the doctor said that she had a hole in her heart.

She was 24 then.She was advised bed rest for three months, but after a month of rest, Madhubala resumed work. Looking at her, one would not say that she was sick. She herself was not ready to believe that she was sick.

Her last film was Mughal-E-Azam, which released in 1960. People think that she worked after that too, but that's not true. She had completed all her films in the 10 years that it took for Mughal-E-Azam to be made.Some movies released after she was bedridden but she was in no condition to work after Mughal-E-Azam. In fact, in some of the scenes, you will notice that she looks pale and sick.

On her family:

People say that my family knew she was ill but we did not treat her; that we hid this fact from producers to get work. But there was no technology back then to check whether she had a hole in a heart, so how would any of us know? We came to know only in 1957. After three years, she went to London for treatment. But it was too late. Madhubala died after nine years.

Everybody blamed my father. But he was protective about his daughters since his sons had died at the ages of five and six. He was an uneducated man but he was like Madhubala's manager. He took care of her work but never interfered on what films she should take up.

He never allowed Madhubala to attend movie premieres because he felt overexposure would kill her career. He always wanted fans to crave for her.

On her romance with Dilip Kumar

The reason Madhubala broke up with Dilip Kumar was B R Chopra's film Naya Daur. not my father.Madhubala had shot a part of the film when the makers decided to go for an outdoor shoot to Gwalior. The place was known for dacoits, so my father asked them to change the location. They disagreed because they wanted a hilly terrain. So my father asked her to quit the film. He was ready to pay the deficit.Chopra asked Dilip Kumar for help.

Dilipsaab and Madhubala were engaged then. Dilipsaab tried to mediate but Madhubala refused to disobey her father.Chopra's production filed a case against her, which went on for a year. But this did not spoil their relationship.Dilipsaab told her to forget movies and get married to him. She said she would marry him, provided he apologised to her father. He refused, so Madhubala left him. That one 'sorry' could have changed her life. She loved Dilipsaab till the day she died.

On Madhubala's marriage to Kishore Kumar

When Madhubala fell sick and was planning to go to London for treatment, Kishore Kumar proposed marriage.My father wanted her to wait and get a clean chit from the London doctors first. But Madhubala married Kishore Kumar out of stubbornness, and anger towards Dilipsaab. They got married in 1960. She was 27 years old.

Once the doctor gave his verdict -- that she would not live for long -- Kishorebhai brought her a house in Mumbai's Carter Road and dumped her there alone, with a nurse and a driver. He would come once in about four months to see her. He did not take her phone calls. Kishorebhai was madly in love with Madhubala but once she returned from London, he dumped her.

He was not a good husband.Madhubala was very depressed because no one came to meet her. Once upon a time, she was hot property in the industry. But when she was bedridden and dying, not a single person met her. Also, she could no longer dress up. She was in night gowns most of the time. She died at the age of 36.- Madhur