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For a happy Depression, look beyond GDP & GNP






For a happy Depression, look beyond GDP & GNP
By Shekhar Bhatia

What will you do if your savings have gone
for a six in the stock market crash, your job is on the line, and
someone tells you, "Smile, mate, look at the brighter side…?"
You could a) ignore the person, b) say something rude, or c) ask, "Is there really a brighter side?"


Personally, I would simply shrug my shoulders and look the other
way, but if your choice is 'c', chances are the reply will be some
spiel about what goes down eventually comes up. But try and forget your
misery for a moment and answer this question: how happy were you before
the crash?


Before you jump to conclusions and throw at me your favourite bumper
sticker that says "Money can't buy happiness but it sure makes misery
easier to live with," let me clarify: I am not getting into some
feel-good or spiritual mumbo-jumbo. This is not about the joys of
simple living; this is about the new scientific theories of happiness.
Many neuroscientists, psychologists and even economists are trying to
understand what they call the mysteries of happiness, and eventually,
at some point in the future, we will hopefully have a convincing answer
to the eternal question: does money buy happiness?


Two economists at Brookings Institution in Washington believe that
money matters ? even if it does not guarantee happiness. In research
published recently, they say that people with six-figure salaries are
happier than those whose income is in five figures. They also say the
more prosperous the country, the happier its people.


Unless, of course, you live in Bhutan where the King has made
happiness a national goal. He believes that any measure of progress
must include the spiritual and cultural well-being of the people, the
state of the environment and good governance. He has coined a unique
term for this: Gross National Happiness. Today, many economists are
going beyond GDPs and GNPs and trying to factor well-being into the
definition of economic prosperity.


Neuroscientists are studying the brain to understand what really
makes a person happy; why one person can be satisfied with less and
others need a lot more to be happy. They are probing various segments
of the brain to discover the wiring of an optimist and why is it that
one person has a more positive approach to life than the other.


According to new research, scientists now believe that your attitude
to happiness depends a lot on your genes and how you were brought up.
Did you have a happy childhood and a good relationship with your family
when you were growing up? Fifty per cent of your approach to happiness
depends on this; and the rest on the choices you make as an adult.


I recently read about a new book called Happiness: Unlocking the
Mysteries of Psychological Wealth by Professor Ed Diener and his son
Robert Biswas-Diener, who have redefined the word "happiness". The
father and son duo are "positive psychologists" ? a fairly recent
stream of psychology that deals with positive emotions and human
traits.


They define "psychological wealth" as something that goes beyond the
simplistic definition of happiness and includes "the feeling that life
is full of meaning… the pursuit of important goals". According to
them, to be really happy you need a cause, a hobby, a goal that is not
about money ? you need to be "connected to something larger than
yourself".


I was looking for examples of pursuit of goals and found this nice
definition on a psychology blog: "Happiness is satisfaction with life
as a whole". The blogger cites this rather interesting case of Clea
Koff, "a forensic anthropologist who spent nine years working in
Rwanda, digging up the remains of people killed in the 1994 genocide.
While this was clearly a gruesome task that would have given most
people nightmares, afterwards she explained that the work was
meaningful, which made it worthwhile.


For Koff, then, happiness was satisfaction that she had done the right thing with her life".
The
father-and-son team says their research also reveals that a happy
person radiates a certain well-being, is more creative than someone who
is unhappy, and has a stronger immune system.


All very well but that still does not answer the question about
money and happiness. Aren't the rich happier than the not-so-rich? Yes,
say the two psychologists, but they also add that "people who are less
well off can have more psychological wealth". You could be broke and
worried stiff but if you have an interest that goes beyond your
immediate needs and concerns, life can still be meaningful. I guess
this is one way of looking at the "brighter side" ?provided, as they
say, you are connected "to something larger than yourself". Perhaps
work for a charity in your spare time, or an NGO?


But what happens if there's a sudden and sharp dip in income? It can
leave the person shattered unless there is something else to cling to.
Psychologists are unanimous that it is easier to cope with stress if
you have friends and family ? or even pets. They believe that more
money does not mean greater happiness. And in a crisis, they say, try
counting your blessings.


I often look at the faces of the people who work on the fringes of
our household, and wonder how they can smile and transcend their
wretched living conditions. It's then that I realise that money is not
the only reason for happiness; it can buy you comforts but not
contentment. Though contentment varies from person to person on the
economic scale, it is the real wellspring of happiness.





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GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS AND INDIAN JOB MARKET

GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS AND INDIAN JOB MARKET ——————————————————————-
BY Ashwin Nallari

As
a Management Consultant , I feel the present global financial crisis
has many varied reasons and few among them have been observed by me and
I present the same to share it on the web.Kindly read and give your
feedback ;ashwinnallari@gmail.com

Post 1991,The Internet boom
had begun on on a big way and at the same time The Indian economy was
opened to the world.This had resulted in creation of many jobs for the
growing middle class Indian and in way the boom in the economy had
begun by mid 90’s.For the first time Microsoft opened its HQ outside
USA and that too in India to en cash its quality manpower resources and
optimize its revenue to its share holders. Example ; Mr.Jack a fresher
from US would be recruited at “X” amt of annual package , the option
left with MS was to find an alternative to Jack , they found it in an
Indian[IITian/IIM to be more specific] and it gave tremendous results
and they could hire this Indian at say 50% of the salary given to Jack
.This Indian in order to add value to MS started outsourcing mini
projects to India to Tier I cities and he got the talent he wanted and
that too at 1/4 the cost and better quality.Seeing this boom ,Many
BPO’s, Call centers and [needless to add dotcom bust was the major
indicator in this regard] new age NRI’s started their ventures offshore
and were delivering results to certain extent.Now the real “dhanda”
[Business in Hindi] begins,There was a major report by international
consultants like Price Waters, Mckinsey etc stating that there will be
shortage of workforce and recruiters need to speed up their work.Here
Lots of engineering colleges,MCA, MBA colleges started mushrooming in
every nook and corner of the country and especially in Andhra Pradesh ,
every tom dick and harry owning an acre [s] of land started engineering
colleges without proper infrastructure , quality teaching faculty and
the got recognitions through back door methods from AICTE [hub of
corruption].At the other end Many IT majors and minors in order to cash
“jack vs indian” syndrome started recruiting 90% of the junk that was
emanating from these colleges and faking their Cv’s , experience
certificates, degrees and here a place called “AMEERPET” takes the cake
in doing these outsourced fake projects , experience certificates very
professionally .Hence these “quick gun murugans” studying in these
DHANDA colleges opted for “AMERICA VIA AMEERPET route”.These very same
IT majors/minors giving targets to their HR heads for recruiting
candidates and fake the HEAD COUNTS and bag all International /US
projects. US taking the cue from Microsoft thought All the companies
were having quality workforce ,were fooled by these companies and
handed over important critical projects with deadlines to these
companies thereby saving costs and optimizing the shareholders
revenue.The Recruiters and HR leads in major companies colluded to
create A FAKE EMPLOYEE WORKFORCE , which resulted in short term gain
but the results w are seeing now and will see in the future.These 3rd
class Engg, MBA, MCA guys n girls without any knowledge of basic
communication, project management,presentation skills were given best
of the jobs with very FAT SALARIES,and US travel which is a dream for
most Indians and 98% of telugus .The reason , my son is in states , my
daughter is in states and hence FAT DOWRIES, Hence Junk Corporate
educational institutions at 10+2 level where the students study
mathematics by rote’[ imagine and this resulted in showing 90-95% marks
and getting seats in DHANDA colleges.But these very students lack the
right attitude,communication skills , presentation skills, fake
projects, degrees and experience certificates and want FAT SALARIES to
enhance their dowry value.

When these AMERICA VIA AMEERPET types
could not complete the projects on time and resulted in huge time lag
and this had cyclical effect on credit recovery system in major
financial institutions.Time is money in the REAL TIME AUTOMATED
SOLUTIONS WORLD which we and many BIG TIME COMPANIES are working and
project not delivered on time by these 85% junk workforce has resulted
in major delays world wide and stop gap recruitment for quality
workforce by many majors /minors companies to SAVE their projects
resulted in paying these quality guys a huge amount and also retaining
these white elephants.How long can companies afford to keep these white
IT elephants in their rolls and reduce their profitability.

We
live in capitalistic times and here even US cannot escape this fall out
so the first major fallout had to be USA markets and since US pumps
major money every where it has take back its investments to save its
skin and created paucity of liquidity worldwide.Hence the worst is more
to come but for good because BUSINESS TILL NOW WAS OPERATING ON LIES BY
ALL WILL BE FORCED TO WORK ON TRUTH.SO HERE THE INDIAN MAJOR/MINOR
COMPANIES ,Educational Heads , Manpower firms, etc need to stress only
on TRUTH .So India stop these quick gun muruguns and america via
ameerpet types

IN SHORT Business worldwide will operate from now onwards only on TRUTH AND SERVICE

Koi shaque' [ Any doubts]

Hasta La vista , Go Ahead make my day

S9 CONSULTING - Truth and Service

ashwin nallari

Read below to validate my post above


Matter
below is a web extract compiled for the the readers to share it with
the management of top engineering, MBA, MCA colleges of Andhra Pradesh
especially and also with all freshers




Fake
Certificates, inflated salaries, …Indian IT industry smothering itself??



Wipro Technologies has started sharing with competitors its database of job
applicants who have faked information in their CVs, the first such initiative
in the Indian IT industry.



The database, containing the names of hundreds of individuals and
recruitment agencies, is being made available to two of the top five domestic
IT companies and efforts are on for a similar arrangement with many more,
Pradeep Bahirwani, vice-president for strategic sourcing at Wipro Technologies
, told ET.



He declined to name the companies with which Wipro is cooperating. TCS,
Infosys, Wipro, Satyam and HCL Technologies are India's five biggest software
exporters. The informal arrangement will involve the exchange and review of
information on CV cheats, preventing lying job-seekers who have been caught in
one organisation from joining another.



HR experts say that the manipulation of resumes, especially in collaboration
with recruitment agencies, is assuming alarming proportions. They estimate that
15-20 % of resumes have some sort of misrepresentation , subtle or blatant.
Inflated salaries, wrong designations and incorrect prior experience are seen
as examples of subtle misrepresentation while falsely claiming to have worked
for a company is regarded as falling in the blatant category.



IBM India, Infosys and TCS, too, have been quietly dismissing employees who have
been caught fabricating their academic or professional backgrounds. In March
2006, the issue became public when Wipro Technologies not just fired some
employees for faking their CVs, but also filed police complaints against them.



It is really disturbing.



Early this morning, I had a call from a recruiter who, I knew had worked with
another consultancy,say XYZ consultants, last year for 3 months. She had called
me a couple of times earlier too..to refer a classmate of hers. Today she
called to seek a favour. She had applied for a job in a tier III company and
was on the verge of getting the offer. The prospective employer wanted to check
reference, and this lady wanted me to vouch



1 that she had worked for XYZ for 9 months -at a certain inflated salary-and

2. mention that XYZ has since closed-and so it wd be difficult for me to give
them too many details



Earlier today in the papers, I had just read fake
CVs are ruining IT
and the concerned spokesman was hoping that the NASSCOM skills
registry
would perhaps be the only solution!!



Right now it seems there is a mad rush to milk the ‘general boom’ that our
Industry is supposedly having…and that to me-is seemingly self destructive!!



As a recruiter, I feel there is too many jobs chasing too little skills-and
there is an ecosystem being built up -for all the wrong reasons?



And to think -at the supply end, India doesnt have enough
engineering professors in the college to educate the software/hardware
engineers of the future. Are we going to see the Indian
software industry be smothered by its own success?




Any suggestions?? Any remedies before it is too late?



PS Motorola has
already shrunk its Bangalore
operations..and has since moved the work to China!!



AK Menon






4 comments:



tejbir said…



As i remember, it was the companies themselves who
started this fake certificate thing: One of my friends on joining this
“very reputed” MNC tech firm was sent on an international project by
showing him as an expert on SAP with 2 years experience while my friend had not
worked on SAP till then!



So the rot could be deeper than it may appear to be.



6:54 PM



Madhusmita
said…



Very true! Most IT companies are supporting the
NASSCOM survey and database to clean out the junk they themselves have
introduced.



4:10 AM



mahendra said…



During the Body shopping era , companies like
Satyam,Wipro , patni etc were faking resumes to place guys abroad..

Now under pressure from US Cleints ( specially after all the accounting
frauds,9/11 ), these companies have started these back ground checks and
teaching people values of ethics,



11:50 PM



Sree Balaji
said…



True In IT industry Many Top Level companies having
junk Fake Resumes with expierence, they are getting projects by projecting
these resumes to bid the projects and thier headcounts is in top list. So the
root itself from the companies when they are in verge of getting projects.
There is a scarcity of Manpower in India
that is why China
is grabbing the market.



So the Check referrals loose good technical persons and even loose thier head
counts of too much probing of candidates even though they are good assest for
the Top MNCs.



6:41 PM



The problem of fake CVs seems to be getting bigger and
bigger in the Indian IT
industry
. Hyderabad-based IT biggie Satyam Computers is
learnt to have terminated the services of atleast 500 people in the past one
year because they had fudged their documents.



When contacted, Satyam VP-HR Mukund Menon told ET, "it is true that we have
asked about 500 people to leave after finding fabricated documents in their applications.
However, this is not in one shot, but over a period of one year or so."



He added that there is no particular region or institutes from where these
candidates come from and that "it has happened in all our locations" . However,
Satyam hasn't filed any cases or taken legal action against the terminated
candidates.



According to Menon, the company has been doing background checks of all
candidates who've been with Satyam for the last 12-18 months and had engaged a
verification agency for the purpose. The process is generally done within 15-21
days after an offer letter is given. "In case there is any discrepancy, we give
seven days time to the candidate to clarify things and then do a
re-verification . Based on the findings, we terminate their services. In most
cases, the candidates have confessed to fudging the documents ," he said.



Most of the incidents are at the lower level, i.e., mostly in the 2-4 years
experience level and some in the 4-8 years bracket. Menon said the fudging is
basically in the degree certifcates/technical qualification or work experience
. Asked if there is an answer to this increasing problem in the Indian IT industry,
he said that Nasscom's skills registry is the way out, but it is a long-term
answer.





IT firms get tough with resume fakers Wipro’s filing a police
complaint should be a wake up call for the industry to jointly fight the
growing menace of fake resumes
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BANGALORE:
David Edmundson, CEO of US consumer electronics retail giant RadioShack was
forced to resign last month. The reason: His resume lied about his educational
background.



Faking resumes is not uncommon in the Indian IT industry also. However, when
some unscrupulous independent Human Resources outfits act in collusion with
jobseekers to improve the latter’s chances of getting a job, and subsequently,
landing a decent commission from the company that is hiring, the issue is far
more serious.



A newspaper report today said that Wipro had filed police complaints against
a few such HR outfits, besides showing the door to employees who had fudged
their resumes.



"This is a great move on the part of Wipro. Such actions need to get
publicized so that this menace is stopped," said Gautam Sinha, CEO of TVA
Infotech, a leading IT recruitment firm in Bangalore.



He said that companies are demanding reference checks on most prospective
employees. "In the past, they would do these checks on senior people with 10-12
years experience. Now it is done for all candidates," he added.



Fudging or "padding"(as the popular euphemism for embellishing resumes goes)
a resume could involve false details of education, extent of work experience
and also job roles and projects.



When contacted, an IBM spokesperson said, "IBM holds the highest level of
corporate governance and ethical practices. We have a clear set of guidelines
that define our business conduct. As a process, employment documentation
provided by the employees is verified. If discrepancies are found in the
documentation submitted, necessary action is taken."



Many companies also seek the help of private detectives to conduct screening
of human resources.



Colonel Narayan, branch manager of Globe Detective Agency here, which regularly
conducts referral and pre-employment checks for IT companies in Bangalore, said, "In
10-15% of the cases, there is some aspect or the other that is fake. Sometimes
the qualifications, names of the companies where the employee claims to have
worked before does not exist, the addresses given may not match, or the phone
numbers of the references mentioned may be wrong."



Dell and HP check with neighbors the personal background and behavior of its
prospective call center employees.



NASSCOM should take lead

Sinha feels that the recent action taken by Wipro is a wake up call for the
industry to fight this jointly. "NASSCOM should take the lead in creating a
database of such fraudsters. If banks can maintain a list of people who have
committed credit card fraud, why can’t the IT industry?"



Hema Ravichandar, former HR head of Infosys, who is now a professional
strategic HR Advisory, feels that immediate and strong action against employees
who are found to have faked their CVs would send a strong message across the
industry.



She also recommended blacklisting agencies that forward or trade in such
fake resumes.



"It is also important to be proactive in this regard. This can happen by
encouraging employees to participate in Registry initiatives and also seek such
identification number from prospective candidates when they apply to an
organization," said Ravichandar.



She suggests the sharing the names of errant HR agencies across companies in
the industry.



According to E Abraham Mathew, CEO of CyberMedia Dice, a technology-focused
job board, instances of fake resumes is not a new issue.



"It has been prevalent since 2000 when the IT and dotcom boom started. The
incidence of such instances since then is roughly the same. They haven’t
increased."



He also said that the NASSCOM should work with law enforcement agencies in
an initiative akin to the National Skills Registry for IT Professionals
(NSR-IT).



Mathew also opined that besides policing, the industry needed to take a
collective stand to conduct assessment tests for all prospective employees.



"Many major IT companies are very hesitant to ask candidates with more than
two years work experience to do an assessment test because they fear that
candidates would back out since they have a lot of offers in hand."



With the headcounts of both MNCs and domestic IT companies steadily growing
northwards, Human Resources departments of companies have a tougher role of not
just hiring the required numbers but also the right ones.



All the more reason to devise a proper system to sift the chaff from the
grain.







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“BHAGATGARDI”-means DIRECT ACTION ON CORRUPTION

“BHAGATGARDI”-means DIRECT ACTION ON CORRUPTION

My Dear Fellow Indian

Do
Read the article titled “CORRUPTION’S REAL VICTIMS” - in THE HINDU
SUNDAY dated 5.10.08 written by Kalpana Sharma and felt very empathetic
to the REAL INDIA Sufferings.The article has brought out the TRUE side
of the corruption,No matter what We Indians feel and very vocal as long
as it has got nothing personal about corrupt forces but moment it gets
personal we rationalize saying This is the only way out else who has
the time fighting these white elephants[Govt Babus].My experience in
the FIGHT against corruption has led me to believe that , Corruption
cannot be eliminated but its levels can be reduced and this has to be
done phase wise manner and very very fast.Best ways to fight this
menace are :

1.
Creating the awareness amongst the urban and semi urban youth to become
e-literate , focus on e governance implementation in their respective
Municipalities, Gram Panchayats etc.

2. Give the power of RTI and also e- consumer forum

3. Within 3 years India will see the revolution in mobile Governance and any illiterate can file an online tel complaint

4.
Next most important thing is the apathy from the elite of the urban
society towards its fellow brethren semi urban or rural Indians. either
they are given free sops making them lazy and corrupt at grass root
level. If you are aware ,Mr Y.S Rajsheker Reddy C.M of my state[Nero is
the right name for him] has been giving too many sops especially Rs 2
/kg rice here the people at large are buying 20-25 kgs of rice and
storing 10 kgs and selling the rice in black for rs 12/kg. Hence the
failure of NREGA . The farmers are suffering for lack of
fertilizers,weavers are committing suicides and this bloke of CM is
greeasing Sonia’s palms and he has the gall to pass a G.O Recently that
all govt offcials found guilty in disproportionate assets case will be
reinstated without any punishment and this has been welcomed by their
union.All Central and State Govt jobs to be privatised and make each
and every govt offcial on their toes by uSing RTI.

5.
The media which unbashedly sensationalizes for their TRP’s kept mum
when a bank from Leichestien Germany was ready to unravel the black
money account Indians have hoarded. Here according to my sources
Advani, Sonia, Amar Singh , etc and many bureaucrats have amassed
wealth disproportionate to their income.The White elephants [ Sarkari
Babus ] are bigger menace than the actual devils[ Indian
Parliamentarians].

6. For a period of 5 years the cost to Indian
Tax Payer to bear the Indian Parliamentarian jokers 545 M.PS’s is 900
crores ,The Indian President Prathibha [dummy ] Patil had swindled
crores of funds in maharashtra in the name of kargil widows scheme and
the irony is that she is the Chief of the Armed forces and Gen Kapoor[
Present Chief ] is no less here even his hands are tainted.

7.
All the religious /political bodies have corporate black money routers
and brokers,whose back needs to be broken first.Majority of the money
is lying in SWISS , GERMAN banks and also at Cayman Islands [ Tax free
haven for world's biggest black money launderers]

I
always used to wonder and still wonder where do people get money to buy
3000 worth of shoes ,1 lakh worth of watch in all these malls etc when
saraswati devi ’s of India struggle to get their Rs.100/- .The Rich are
getting richer and poor are getting poorer and this needs to be curbed
, for this INDIA needs like minded individuals who have the passion of
Bhagat Singh, Dare deviliery of Chandrashekar Azad ,Sacrificial spirit
of rajguru, sukhdev, subramanya bharati,and many more unbranded face
less INDIAN PATRIOTS and We should not let their sacrifice go in vain
when few Indians are hell bent on creating further division in the name
of caste , area , religion for their selfish needs.Let us keep our
caste , area , religion in our homes and Fight for the cause of ONE
STRONG INDIA.

Please
empathise what the Indian Soldier who is fighting in the himalayan
mountains, Rajasthan desert,Arabian sea,what impact will it have on his
or her psyche with our apathetic attitude towards nation building. Do a
random survey in your household, in your colony or flats on how many
have voter id cards and then you know where to start the process.
Bigger threat to India is from Nepal and Bangaldesh,apart from those
moronic Pakistanis.Pakis should learn here “JAISI KARNI WAISI
BHARNI”.Feel sorry for the civilians in pak but they were responsible
for all this mess because they kept quiet as we are now, Inspite of
Daily bombs in various parts of country , attack on Indian
Parliament,Black Money hoarding in foreign banks, etc.Aur kitna sahoge
, kitna daroge aur kab tak apni khudgarzi ki aanchal mein lipat kar dar
dar ke jeena pasand karoge,Tum aaj nahin aaoge ,kal kuch nahin bachega
,yehi sach hai ,JO DAR GAYA SAMJHO MAR GAYA, Kya tum ek laash ho !


Itne
Baazu Itne Sar Ginle Dushman Dhyaan Se , Haarega woh har baazi jab
khele hum JEE JAAN SE , JEE JAAN SE.Kehdo desh ke dushmano se , “Desh
Ka Batwara Karoge,Desk ki sampati lootoge, BHAGATSENA use cheerdenge !

C’
Mon Arise , let us not be escapist biharis and pakis , they have
negelected their homeland and see they state of affairs,let this
situation not come in your homeland,before that happens let us start BHAGATGARDI - DIRECT ACTION ,Gandhigiri achchi hai,magar ab desh ko chaiye BHAGATGARDI - Hain tum mein DUM!

Thank you for reading this mail and support me in “BHAGATGARDI”.





Netaji's last soldier dead


BY AKSHAYA KUMAR
SAHOO

BHUBANESWAR

Laxmi Indira Panda,
one of the youngest soliders
in Netaji Subhas Chandra
Bose's Indian National
Army (INA), passed away
on Monday at AIIMS in
New Delhi. She was 83.

Recruited to Rani Jhansi
Regiment of INA at an early
age of 13, Panda had rigorous training in Burma
(Myanmar). During the
World War II, she displayed
uncommon courage and
volour in the battlefield,
surprising the British
forces.

The iron lady ? who carried the heavy guns in war
zones ? had to eke out here
living in Orissa's Jeypore
town by working as a
domestic maid.

After death of her husband
Khageswar Panda, she had
to feed her children and
grandchildren by washing
utensils at different households.

Until August last, Laxmi
was gasping with her 10
family members in a dirty,

dingy single-room house at
Nagarchi lane. She
appealed to the state government several times for a
piece of land and consolable
means of livelihood, but in
vain.

With poverty choking her
voice everyday, Laxmi one
day said: "I want to forget
Kadam kadam badhaye ja,
khushike geet gaye ja.This
line was very close to my
heart. I would murmur it
and sing it in my every
breath.

"But now I want to forget
it, as it has lost its meaning
for the people in the administrative set-up," Apart from
washing dishes, Laxmi sold
dolls on a handcart on the
streets of Jeypore town in
the evening.

Her son Surendra ' who
runs a makeshift vegetable
shop in the same town earns around Rs 25 a day,
insufficient sufficient for
sustenance of the family.
Contemporaries of Laxmi
in Jeypore still recount how
Netaji suggested that she
change her name. "There
are so many Laxmis. Your
captain's name is also
Laxmi . Netaji is believed to
have told her, before suggesting a new name, Laxmi
Indira Panda," say elderly
people of Nagarchi lane.


At
one end we have youngsters in mumbai caught in a rave party worth
crores of drugs and we have this GREAT PATRIOT , What will you do ?
What should WE DO?

Abhi tak desh ne Gandhigiri suni hai , Ab waqt aa gaya hai “BHAGATGARDI” karne ka

Do visit my sites

BOLO
BHARAT MATA KI JAI , JAI JAWAN JAI KISAN ,VANDE MATARAM ! aur kisi ko yeh
kehne mein dikkat hain, woh yeh desh chodkar ja sakthe hain.

Garv se bolo Doodh maangoge tho kheer denge , KASHMIR Maangoge YA dooge tho SAB ko CHEER DENGE. Koi Shaque!

JAI HIND!

Regards

K.Ashwin Kumar
Chief Learning Officer
S 9 Consulting - Truth & Service

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Gandhigiri Karne Ka Re!

I would like to wish my Indians a HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY 15.8.08.

A
thought occurred to me which I would like to share it with you[the
reader of my blog].I had a vision [ dream or nightmare, I am still
unable to decide],Gandhiji and Bhagat Singh ji started asking me few
questions and….read below the direct text

Bapu : So all of you are celebrating 61st Independence
day, flag hoist,speeches delivered , sweets
distributed,go home watch TV/sit on net or blog.

me/us : yes bapu !

Bhagatji:Let me tell you I am not happy the way things
are! In the name of development, only the rich
are getting richer, middle class/poor are
getting poorer.There is decay in moral
values,no sense of SPIRIT OF INDIA. Too
many parties , too many break away groups
and all of us [ Branded or unbranded freedom
fighters][Sorry Bapu] were all disappointed
VERY MUCH at the recent happenings in the
parliament.That was a RAPE OF THE
DEMOCRACY! ,What are the youth of this
country doing?getting into IT jobs,minting
$,building more than required assets,
pubbing,celebrating westernized concepts as
friendship days,going to multiplexes,false
identity online dating,not bothered to get
VOTER ID, not voting and sending all
criminals to assemblies and parliament,at the
maximum go for candle protest and very vocal
in front of local TV reporter.A Big
disappointment, at least WE DID NOT FIGHT
FOR THIS INDIA. ask yourself , are you
doing justice to our sacrifices, do you know
What FREEDOM is ?

me /us : Dumbfounded and silent, Taking time to
recover, OK , I do agree but its not that bad
,So many people,so many religions,so many
languages, so many castes, staying
together,in spite of all that we did well on
education, space,sports, fought and still
fighting wars/ proxy wars,not that bad sir!

Bapu : As usual you talked of Direct Action then and
even now,but remember INDIA lives in
villages,it is still having drought in most areas,
some areas are flooded, No proper drinking
water,why there has been
no concrete effort in streamlining this apart
from basic primary education and
sanitation?One rainfall all your major metros and
small towns are inundated,still whatever
British/Mughals have constructed is there ,we
have produced / producing GREAT
ENGINEERS,none is concerned on this!

Bhagatji : Answer that My friend !

us /me : ok.let us talk of of present and future, guide
us

Sardar Patel joins in

Sardar : Namaste Bapu and Bhagat ji

Bapu n Bhagatji: Namaste !

us/me : God! totally cornered , felt like sitting in an
exam and seeing a blank answer sheet , sir! i
request you to guide us on something
practical,as we don’t have that much time to
spend on nations development as One billion is
competing with the world and we are in the
RACE TO BECOME SUPER POWER/
Superstars/ Million dollars revenue generating
companies/etc ,tell us something which we can
do in our part time and Puhlease ! don’t tell us
to eradicate corruption, it in our blood , its
there everywhere so please be practical!

The Trio are silent, I can see Bhagatji and Sardar saab fuming , Bapu is smiling

Bapu : Ok I heard that most of the Indian youth are great tech geeks[ did i get it right? ]

us/me : taking courage to smile and say yes! So …

Bapu : Now pay attention to what I say without being
judgemental

All are silent and complete ears and eyes on Bapu

Bapu : One billion population and counting is a
blessing as well as a curse,blessing because
MANPOWER is the actual strength to become
any superpower, curse because 85% of them
do not have access to primary education, drop
out rate is high,no proper sanitation or
hygiene,under utilized Manpower turns to crime
or in a helpless situation[ unemployed youth],

THEY NEED SOMEONE TO IGNITE THEIR
MINDS AND MENTOR THEM IN RIGHT
DIRECTION on Career awareness, Health and
habits, Civic participation, accountability at all
levels right from gram panchayat to urban
municipal bodies and to parliament.Only way
out is use the power of knowledge ;

GYAAN BAANTNA CHAHIYE RE!

“create a e-literate and e governing INDIA”

us/me : Bapu, I am excited[ actually terrified because
Bhagatji and Sardarsaab are smiling at the
language being used by bapu and i was looking for loopholes -typical Indian legal, short cut,
quick gun murugan Brain] , more Bapu ….

BAPU : Most of you who had the fortune of getting
educated till whatever level that you are able
to read this , need to take out 2 days in your
hectic 365 days and give it to INDIA and they
are not 15.8 or 26.1

Sardar
saab and Bhagat ji laugh at the mockery which we Indians have been
doing all these years,playing manoj kumar songs or that age old song,
“Kitna Badal gaya Insaan, sooraj na badla , chand na badla , kitna
badla gaya Insaan, for 30 minutes and someone’s mobile rings with a
ringtone ” Jhalak Dikhla ja, uff the heat is on

Bapu : OK listen , Go to your school where you have
studied and also to the nearest Govt /Zilla
Parishad school.If you have studied in Z.P good!

Meet the young adolescents of 9th or 10th std,
Can you motivate them to plan their career
effectively, use Computers and Internet for
education and for better governance without
hurting or criticizing anyone Just simple career
and health awareness with whatever little you
know.Tell them its important to get VOTER ID
and VOTE to the right person and not vote
someone just because he belongs to my caste
,religion or my area wala and stop sending
criminals to assemblies,wards, and PARLIAMENT

Do you know what is the cost to the Indian Tax
Payer for 545 M.P’s sitting in Indian Parliament
for 5 years?

Us/me : I don’t even know my MLA/M.P is? smilingly

Sardarsaab: THAT IS THE PROBLEM , eradicate that
first, get to know who that joker is ! and
make him accountable for the money which
he is using or abusing under M.P.Lads
scheme
BAPU : It is more than 855 Crores and counting

I was shocked and others too!

Bapu : Don’t you think that can be cut and
decentralize the power n glamour behind the
seat.This will only happen when INDIANS start
questioning , USE RTI to the maximum.RTI is
the brahmastra

us/me : Bapu , do you think?

Bhagatji: Stop being cynical , first listen and believe and
remember ROME WAS NOT BUILT IN A DAY
and corruption cannot be removed in a day, It
will take time and sustained efforts from EACH
& EVERY INDIAN to rein in accountability for
that to happen Each one of you have to ask
Can I tell the Truth, Do I? How many times
did I attend my colony or flat development
association meetings and took active part in
development of my surroundings? Ask later
Listen first !

Bapu : Good One Bhagat and listen Take ” IT” to the
benefit of the common man

L.B.Shastriji
joins and says : Do not neglect the KISAN OR JAWAN take “IT” to your
jawan and kisan and heard one company ITC has started something called
e- choupal and its doing good!

all of us : This is news to us and good one at that!

Bapu : So beta / beti whoever is reading this
remember , bring in accountability within you
FIRST and then talk of nation , charity begins
at home. Do not be couch potato or arm chair
cynical faceless INDIAN.Time for practical
Direct Action , what say ? Can u take two days
of your time to spread awareness on this at
your school or college level? , pray
,give us some respect for the sacrifices made
by so many faceless or nameless branded or
unbranded freedom fighters of this GREAT
NATION.Do not break this and get divided in
the name of religion,caste , area etc, what say!

us/me : SILENT , not having words to express , lump
in my throat ….

Chandrasekhar Azad joins in : Sabhi Ko namskar , meri
baat suno ! The root cause for all this is
money and BLACK MONEY,Bigger the person
,More the Black money.Earlier British looted
our wealth which was for common man’s
benefit and took it and stashed it in their
Banks, now what are these so called
Parliamentarians,Politicians, Bureaucrats[most
dangerous elements] are doing LOOTING the
Indian TAX pAYER’S AND THE COMMON
MAN’S MONEY and stashing it in Leichestien-
German banks,Switzerland ,CAYMAN
island banks etc.All this black money is
YOURS / YOUTH OF INDIA , and you say U
are tech geeks, whatever!

SAMAJHDAAR KO ISHARA KAAFI HAI!
aur main samjhtha hoon ke yeh INDIA
samajhdaar hai

us/me : Panditji[ azadji ko keh rahen, not nehru!] Yeh tho bouncer hai!

Bhagatji and Sardar saab are laughing uproariously!

BAPU is smiling and says : Gandhigiri Karne Ka Re!
wake up time dear!

Suddenly
I am woken up by the shouts of BOLO SWATANTRA BHARAT KI JAI in my
neighbourhod, as usual late for flag hoisting, rush in salute the flag
, put the tilak, attach a paper flag on my shirt , eat the sweets and
rush to the nearest cricket ground !

Even I am playing with my friends , I am smiling within myself not to know how to name my dialogues with the GREATS of India

I
feel the presence of my grandfather who was in the army and told me
TELL THE TRUTH ALWAYS ,SATYAMEVA …..[ Truth is Truth , not jayate or
har te!]

BASH ON REGARDLESS ! JAI HIND

Happy Independence day!

Ashwin Nallari
9849194366
ashwinnallari@rediffmail.com

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A MUST READ FOR INDIANS - PATRIOTS


Dear Friends ,

I have come across this post and I feel all patriotic Indians should pray for our soldiers who are fighting battle under severe circumstances.Whatever possible from your end do something for the soldier’s family  especially the jawans and kick those jokers who sit n delhi and parliament and decide about our soldiers future and equipment.GOd or Nature has shown Pakistan its place in the world map as a failed state . India needs ideas and volunteers , any takers …

ashwin nallari

A MUST READ FOR INDIANS - PATRIOTS

Dear Sirs,1. I have been a Jat
Regimental (Indian Army) Officer in my pervious carrier. And have
carried the Kargil Martyrs on my shoulder during the short breaks we
got during the operation Vijay (Kargil)- thinking of my family’s
state of mind in case I would have been the one who was carried; gave
me jitters.2. Will request you to go through the mail sent by
Kamal (One of my asms).

We have to endorse the support to Dr.
Kalia (father of late Lt Saurabh Kalia) and least we can do is to
show our solidarity in our thoughts. All you are required to do is to
read the mail and endorse the views if you are in line with the same
and pass it to Patriots you know.



Regards,Maj Parthivsinh G
Vaghela,SMRegional Sales Manager-West II,09825667777–



Do read itImportance: HighLt.



Saurabh Kalia of 4 JAT Regiment of the
Indian Army laid down his life at the young age of 22 for the nation
while guarding the frontiers at Kargil. His parents, indeed the
Indian Army and nation itself,lost a dedicated, honest and brave son.



He was the first officer to detect and
inform about Pakistani intrusion. Pakistan captured him and his
patrol party of 5 brave men alive on May 15, 1999 from the Indian
side of LOC.They were kept in captivity for three weeks and subjected
to unprecedented brutal torture, evident from their bodies handed
over by Pakistan Army on June9, 1999.



The Pakistanis indulged in dastardly
acts of inflicting burns on the Indians with cigarettes,piercing
their ears with hot rods, removing their eyes befor e! Puncturing
them and breaking most of the bones and teeth. They even chopped off
various limbs and private organs of the Indian soldiers besides
inflicting unimaginable physical and mental torture.After 22 days of
torture, the brave soldiers were ultimately shot dead. A detailed
post-mortem report is with the Indian Army. Pakistan dared to
humiliate India this way flouting all international norms.



They proved the extent to which they
can degrade humanity.However, the Indian soldiers did not break while
undergoing all this unimaginable barbarism, which speaks volumes of
their patriotism, grit, determination, tenacity and valour -
something all of India should be proud of. Sacrificing oneself for
the nation is an honou! R every soldier would be proud of, but no
parent, army or nation can accept what happened to these brave sons
of India.



I am afraid every parent may think
twice to send their child in the armed forc es if we all fall short
of our duty in safeguarding the PRISONERS OF WAR AND LET THEM MEET
THE FATE OF LT. SAURABH KALIA.



It may also send a demoralizing signal
to the army personnel fighting for the Nation that our pows in Pak
cannot be taken care of. It is a matter of shame and disgust that
most of Indian Human Rights Organisations by and large, showed apathy
in this matter.



Through this humble submission, may I
appeal to all the civilized people irrespective of colour, caste,
region, religion and political lineage to stir their conscience and
rise to take this!



As a NATIONAL ISSUE ? International
Human Rights Organisations must be approached to expose and pressure
Pakistan to identify, book and punish all those who perpetrated this
heinous crime to our men in uniform. If Pakistan is allowed to go
unpunished in this case, we can imagine the consequences.



Below is the list of 5 other soldiers
who preferred to die f or the country rather than open their mouths
in front of enemy.1. Sep. Arjun Ram s/o Sh. Cho k!
Ka Ram; Village & PO Gudi. Teh. & Dist.Nagaur, (Rajasthan)2.
Sep. Bhanwar Lal Bagaria h/o Smt. Santosh Devi Village Sivelara;Teh.&
Dist. Sikar (Rajasthan)3. Sep. Bhikaram h/o Smt. Bhawri Devi Village
Patasar; Teh. Pachpatva; Distt. Barmer (Rajasthan)4. Sep. Moola Ram
h/o Smt. Rameshwari Devi; Village Katori; Teh. Jayal; Dist. Nagaur
(Rajasthan)5. Sep. Naresh Singh h/o Smt. Kalpana Devi; Village Chhoti
Tallam; Teh.Iglas; Dist.Aligarh (UP)



Yours truly,Dr. N.K. Kalia (Lt. Saurabh
Kalia’s father).Saurabh Nagar,Palampur-176061 Himachal Pradesh Tel:
+91 (01894) 32065



Please sign in by writing your name and
then copy and paste it again to forward it to your friends and
relatives. Let us give some supporting hand to Dr. Kalia in his
efforts to get justice.Remember, Lt Kalia and his colleagues died on
the front so that we could sleep peacefully in our home.



PLEASE DON’T BREAK THE ONWARD MOVEMENT
OF THIS MAIL. WE SEND ANY SILLY MAILS TO OUR FRIENDS WHICH COMPEL ONE
TO FORWARD BY SAYING THAT IT MAY HARM YOU IF YOU WON’T DO SO. BUT
HERE IT IS NOTHING LIKE THAT, IT WILL ONLY BE YOU WHO WILL FEEL
SATISFIED IF YOU WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE CAUSE.



JAI HIND ……Victory to India




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MERA BHARAT MAHAAN , inspite of 80% beimaan

MERA
BHARAT MAHAAN , inspite of 80% beimaan





Extract
by Ashwin Nallari






1.
Indian contract manufacturing market is expected
to
grow in excess of CAGR 37% between 2007 and 2012.





2.
India has more than four times the
total drug manufacturing staff than the US
and more than 12 times that in the UK.







3.
India holds a dominant share of the
global offshore IT-ITeS sector (65 per cent of the global market in
offshore IT
and 46 per cent of the ITeS market). Further, growing at current
trends, Indian
IT-ITeS exports are projected to reach nearly US$ 330 billion by FY20
(nearly
14 per cent of the projected worldwide
spend).





4.
The total IT industry can touch US$ 100 billion
by
FY10, says Nasscom.







5.
Biopharma remains India's biggest sector
accounting
for nearly 70% of the total revenues in 2007-08. By 2012-13, the
sector is
expected to be worth INR 224.13 Billion (US$ 5.7 Billion).





6.
The bioagriculture sector, driven by the sales of
BT
cotton, is the industry's fastest growing sector







7.
Biovet, an integrated biotechnology firm
launched
Asia’s first Bio Safety Level-4 (BSL-4) manufacturing facility,
specifically
designed to enable product development and manufacturing of vaccines
like Foot
and Mouth Disease vaccine (FMD), in Malur.





8.
India has ranked 1st in terms of growth in the
transgenic crops sector where it registered over 200 per cent compared
to the
global average of 13 per cent.





9.
India is already the world’s largest
vaccine producer as well as the largest cultivator of Bt cotton.





10.
A research by Rabo India Finance Ltd. has
predicted
that India
would become a major producer of transgenic rice and several
genetically
modified (GM) or engineered vegetables by
2010





11.
Bt cotton was the key contributor increasing
production from 15.8 million bales in 2001-02 to 31 million bales in
2007-08.







12.
A heart bypass surgery in India
costs USD 4,000-6,000, while in the US it costs between USD 45,000
and
USD 60,000





13.
India will be
one of the key drivers in pushing the global entertainment and media
industry
to US$ 2 trillion by 2011. With a compound annual growth rate (CAGR)
of 18.5
per cent





14.
The Indian film industry, with over 3 billion
admissions per annum, is the largest in the world, in terms of number
of films
produced per year. "STOP CALLING IT BOLLYWOOD, IT'S AN
INSULT".





15.
India is the
third largest cable television market in the world.

A report by
PwC
estimates that the Indian television industry’s revenue will grow at a
CAGR of
22 per cent to US$ 13.11 billion by 2011





16.
The surge in
mobile sales has helped India
emerge as one of the world’s largest markets for mobile music.
According to the
Cellular Operators’ Association of India, the size of the mobile music
industry
is likely to grow to around US$ 170 million by the end of
2007





17.
According to
industry estimates, India
will have 600 stations (250 All India Radio and 350 private) in
100-odd cities,
this year. Looking ahead, this segment is likely to see a robust CAGR
of 28 per
cent, growing from US4 1.26 billion in 2006 to US$ 4.29 billion in
2011





18.

Growing at 16'18 per cent, the Indian
advertising industry is estimated at US$ 4.16 billion with expenditure
on
advertising rising from 0.5 per cent of GDP to 0.53 per cent in the
next three
years, as per ZenithOptiMedia’s report.





19.
The country’s
growing literacy and new technologies have resulted in India emerging
as the second largest newspaper market in the world, according to
latest
research by the World Association of Newspapers (WAN). Newspaper
advertising
revenues in India
were up 64.8 per cent over the previous 5
years





20.
The Indian
gaming market is likely to grow 72 per cent from US$ 48.51 million in
2006 to
US$ 429.54 million in 2010





21.
The Indian
animation services industry is likely to grow at a CAGR of 25 per cent
from US$
354 million in 2006 to US$ 869 million in 2010, according to Nasscom.
No Batman,
No Superman, No Spiderman , ONLY 'HANUMAN'.





22.
India’s healthcare sector has been
growing rapidly and estimated to be worth US$ 40 billion by 2012,
according to
Pricewaterhouse Coopers in its report, ‘Healthcare in India: Emerging
market report 2007′. Revenues from the healthcare sector account for
5.2 per
cent of the GDP, making it the third largest growth segment in India.





23.
India needs to add 2 million beds to
the existing 1.1 million by 2027, and requires immediate investments
of US$ 82
billion. Can all 'IMAANDAR INDIANS AND NRIS'S DO
SOMETHING?





24.
A recent
FICCI-Ernst & Young study has predicted 15-20 per cent growth for the
Indian medical equipment market and estimated market size to be about
US$ 5
billion by 2012. According to a report by Springboard Research, India
has the fastest growing healthcare IT
market in Asia, with an expected growth rate
of 22 per cent





25.
In fact, the
Indian healthcare technology market is poised to be worth more than
US$ 254
million by 2012.Don't miss it.



27. Indian
specialists have performed over 500,000
major surgeries and over a million other surgical procedures
including
cardio-thoracic, neurological and cancer surgeries, with success rates
at par
with international standards
28. The success rate
of cardiac bypass in India is 98.7
per cent against 97.5 per
cent in the U.S.













29. India’s
success in 110 bone marrow transplants is 80 per cent.30.
The success
rate in 6,000 renal transplants is 95 per cent.















31. India’s
insurance sector accounted for 4.1 per cent of GDP in2006-07,
up from 1.2 per cent in 1999-2000, far ahead of Chinawhere
insurance accounts for just 1.7 per cent of the GDP andeven the US where
insurance penetration stands at 4 per cent ofthe
GDP.32 The Insurance investment in the equity market stood
at US$ 38.1billion
and the assets under management were at US$ 152.6billion as
on March 31, 2007



























33.
Banking industry has been growing faster than the
real
economy,

resulting
in the ratio of assets of commercial banks to GDP

increasing to 92.5 per cent at end-March 2007. The
overall

banking
industry’s business grew at a CAGR of about 20 per cent

from US$
469.4 billion as of March 2002, to US$ 1171.29 billion by March
2007 34.

Out of the 203 million Indian households,
three-fourths, or 147

million,
are in rural areas and 89 million are farmer households.

In this
segment, 51.4 per cent have no access to formal or informal
sources of credit, while 73 per cent have no access to formal
sources of credit.





35.
In fact, according to a report by Boston
Consultancy
Group, India
has the second largest financially excluded households of about 135
million,
which is next only to china.









36.
Also, about 60 million new households are
expected to
be added to India’s
bankable pool between 2005 and 2009. With such a large untapped
market, the
Indian banking industry is estimated to grow rapidly, faster than even
china in
the long run.
37.
India emerged as the top provider of
educational loans worth US$ 3.67 billion till September in
2007





38.
Indian Aviation forms 12 per cent of the
worldwide
business jets market as the demand for private or business jets in
India is
expected to grow at 50 per cent on an annual basis over the next few
years,
according to an Ernst & Young report





39. India
is the 2nd largest vegetable
and 3rd largest fruit producer in the world





40. India will register the highest
increase in rice production in the world over the next 10 years, as
per the US
Department of Agriculture





41. India
ranks second only to Japan
in inland sector fish production





42. Of the world’s total annual spice trade of
850,000 tonnes, India
accounts for 44 per cent in quantity and 36 per cent in value





43. India aims at doubling marine
exports including that of tuna fish to US$ 4 billion by 2012; 53 per
cent of
the marine exports comprise of shrimps. Garfield
better thank INDIA.





44. There is also a renewed enthusiasm to
popularise organic food cultivation since exports of organic food have
grown to
US$ 75.16 million crore over the past one year from US$ 25.05 million
just two
years ago. THIS WILL BE THE BIGGEST, My
prediction.





45. India is the fifth largest energy
consumer in the world, yes we need to reduce this
DRASTICALLY.





46. India is emerging as the global hub
for oil refining





47. Indian companies plan to increase their
refining capacity to 242 mtpa by 2011-12 from about 149 mtpa in 2007.
This is
well above the projected domestic demand of 196 million tones, leaving
the rest
to be exported





48. India is one among the four
countries which have the world’s richest gas hydrate
reserves





49. With 2.5 million IT, engineering and life
sciences graduates, and the world’s 3rd largest scientific and
technical
manpower. Employability levels and soft skills are at nascent stage.
Major
thrust required. Visit for more details http://www.freewebs.com/s9
consulting





50. India is the
only developing country and the 6th worldwide to design, manufacture
and launch
its own satellites.





51. About 165 institutions in the country are
engaged in genetic engineering research, comprising 55 in transgenic
work, 25
in therapeutics and 85 in basic research.





52. India
is one of the few countries
that have developed stem cell lines as part of
the stem cell network.





53. In the
pharmaceutical sector, India
has the largest number of FDA approved plants after the US.





54. Indian
Institute
of Technology (IIT), Chennai, has developed the world’s first
nano-material
based water purifier





55. The Indian output of science, as measured by
the quality and quantity of Science Citation Index (SCI) papers, has
been
growing at a CAGR of 8 per cent in the past three years, the world
average was
only 4 per cent.





56. 162
universities
award 4,000 doctorates and 35,000 postgraduate
degrees





57. India
has the largest number of
biomass gasifier systems in the world







58. India
is the 3rd largest producer of
solar photovoltaic cells in the world





59. India
is the world’s 4th largest
wind power user.





60. India
has the 9th largest solar
thermal power generation in terms of million units per sq.
m.





61. India
was the first country to be accorded the status of a Pioneer Investor
and was
allocated an exclusive area in the central Indian Ocean
by the UN for exploration and utilisation of resources. India has
already sent 13 scientific research
expeditions to Antarctica and has two permanent stations in
Antarctica.





62. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
is the world’s third non-US supplier of 1-metre imageries and holds
nearly 25
per cent of the US$ 120-million global free-play imageries market , it
has the
largest constellation of remote sensing satellites in the world.





63. India
' with one of the most stringent patenting regimes
after Japan and Germany ' has
been granting an average 50 patents a day





64. The
prominence of
India
in the Intellectual Property Regime can also be seen in the Indian
Patent
Office being granted the prestigious status of 'International
Searching
Authority' (ISA) by the World Intellectual Property Organisation
(WIPO).











65. India is
emerging
as a global design hub as MNCs increasingly outsource industrial and
engineering design tasks to diverse industrial sectors like
semiconductors,
aerospace, automotive, farming equipment, power generation and
consumer
electronics among others





66. An
ISA-commissioned Frost & Sullivan study predicts that revenue from
the
Indian design market will grow from US$ 3.2 billion in 2005, to US$ 43
billion
in 2015 ' making for a CAGR of 30 per cent.





67. The Indian retail market, which is the fifth
largest retail destination globally, according to industry estimates
is
estimated to grow from the US$ 330 billion in 2007 to US$ 427 billion
by 2010
and US$ 637 billion by 2015. Don't Miss
IT
.





68. The fastest growing segments have been the
wholesale cash and carry stores (150 per cent) followed by
supermarkets (100
per cent) and hypermarkets (75-80 per cent). Further, it estimates
the
organised segment to account for 25 per cent of the total sales by
2011.





69. Mall
space, from
a meagre one million square feet in 2002, is expected to touch 40
million
square feet by end-2007 and an estimated 60 million square feet by
end-2008,
says Jones Lang LaSalle’s third annual Retailer Sentiment Survey-Asia.





70. The
number of
operational malls to more than double to over 412 with 205 million
square feet
by 2010 and further 715 malls by 2015, on the back of major retail
developments
even in tier II and tier III cities in India. Indian Retail CALLS you





71. Rural
retail
market is estimated to cross US$ 45.32 billion mark by 2010 and US$
60.43
billion by 2015, says a study by CII and YES BANK.

87 per cent
of
rural markets not having access to any sort of organised marketing
and
distribution, this segment has tremendous potential for growth.
Watch out.





72. The ISA
forecast
the semiconductor market in India
will touch US$ 36 billion by sales in 2015, growing 29.9 per cent
every year as
design, development and consumption of electronic devices grows. WHAT
A FAB
NEWS









73. The
country’s
travel and tourism industry is expected to generate approximately US$
100
billion in 2008, rising to US$ 275.5 billion by 2018 over the next ten
years,
as per the latest Tourism Satellite Accounting (TSA) research released
by the
World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) and its strategic partner
Accenture. ATHIDHI
DEVO BHAVA
74. India is set to surpass US to
become
the second largest wireless network in the world with a subscriber
base of over
300 million



74.
The year 2007 saw India achieving significant
distinctions: having the world’s lowest call rates (2-3 US cents), the
fastest
growth in the number of subscribers (15.31 million in 4 months), the
fastest
sale of million mobile phones (in a week), the world’s cheapest mobile
handset (US$
17.2) and the world’s most affordable colour phone (US$ 27.42) and
largest sale
of mobile handsets (in the third quarter).
1 in every four of the next
billion subscribers will be an Indian.





75. The industry size
has expanded from US$ 37 billion in 2004-05 to US$ 49 billion in
2006-07











76.
India accounts for:
61 per
cent of the global loomage 22 per
cent of the global spindleage 12 per
cent of the world’s production of textile fibres and yarn. 25 per
cent share in the total world trade of cotton yarn






77.

India is poised to be the world's
2nd largest producer of steel before 2016. India’s steel production
will be
nearly 124 MT by 2012 and that the country could achieve an annual
capacity of
around 275 MT by 2019-20.










78.
As India surges ahead,
catapulting its industry to new economic heights, the Indian
government plans
to invest over US$ 350 billion in industries related to infrastructure
and
construction. In such a scenario, the Indian steel industry will see a
boom for
some time to come.



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THIS WITH ONE AND ALL Who
are cynical about India and also to those who
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Living Each Day Fully and Well


Friends I would like to share with you this heart touching story  and If you like it share it with person who has the time to read it and also understand the meaning  of LIFE .No matter you would have earned millions , but at end of the day what counts is QUALITY of life you lived and not quantity, assests …. this is an everalsting TRUTH , Zindagi kaisi hai paheli ….














G.S.
Viswanathan

8.1.01


Chennai,
India;
vishpriya@eth.net


1941
/ Class of ‘93 / Last Update: 8/01


My
name is Vandhana Veerni and my father was diagnosed with Multiple
Myeloma in 1993. My father was 52 years “young” (he
prefers to state his age that way. He hates calling himself or
anybody so-many-years “old”). He was born on the
Christmas day of the year 1941.


His
email id is vishpriya@eth.net and he would be willing to share
his experiences and also help others in all ways he can. He lives
in Chennai, India. He grew up all over India, by the banks of the
Ganges, in highly populated metro areas, and in a small suburb in
Chennai working for the government in a factory that made combat
tanks. He is a teetotaler. No smoking, drinking alcohol or any
other vices. Not even enormous amounts of caffeine. And
throughout his life he has had a very, very strict diet and does
not eat red meat. So it was a total shock when he was diagnosed
with Multiple Myeloma.


It
all started innocently enough. My father is a very energetic and
active person. He is involved in a multitude of organizations
providing social care to lots of people in India. He was employed
by the Government of India, Ministry of Defense. My father is the
4th of 9 children born to his parents. All along, his leadership
skills and selfless attitude made him the most loved at home and
work and everywhere he went he conquered hearts. I can proudly
say that, thanks to him, at least 200 people in Chennai, India
have jobs today and he helped personally educate another 100
children or so. And at no time did he expect any credit for his
deeds or any return for his good work. The reason I am mentioning
all this is you have to understand what kind of person he was and
how many people loved him to understand the impact the diagnosis
made on us.


In
October 1993 he started complaining of severe backache. He had
been riding a scooter to work and all his extra curricular
activities for over 20 years now. So we assumed it would be
something to do with his riding on the pot holed roads. He just
rubbed in some pain relievers and back to his busy self. But this
pain kept nagging him for a long time when he decided to see a
doctor. First he consulted a Orthopaedic surgeon and the Dr felt
he might have a slipped disc. It was the first shock. From a
perfectly healthy person, who had not a single day of illness
(other than another struggle he had with Jaundice), this was the
first problem they said he had. So he was advised to take it
easy, lay off the 2-wheeler and get some physiotherapy and put
himself on traction once in a while. For some time this seemed to
provide a lot of relief. But the pain persisted. Then he was
hospitalised to take some aggressive physiotherapy. That seemed
to work too. But only temporarily. 


After
he was back home for a few months he was unable to even walk. He
used to depend on me and my brother (my brother for the most
part) to even lift him so that he can use the facilities. The in
December 1993 came the clincher. One morning he woke up
complaining for breathlessness and was sweating profusely and
also had some chest pain. So we rushed him to the hospital and
there they said he had a mild myocardial infraction. He was in
intensive care and seemed to recover remarkably well. When they
did routine tests on him there they noticed that his ESR count
was 150. That triggered some alarms in the Drs’ minds and they
advised him to have some thorough blood work. That is when they
found proteins in his blood. What followed are the most harrowing
moments of my adult life. He was asked to take a bone marrow test
and that confirmed the Multiple Myeloma. We went to 6 hospitals
not believing the initial diagnosis, hoping, praying that the
first Dr was wrong… but alas that was not to be. My dad had the
dreaded disease.


He
was referred to Dr. Sethuraman, a haemotologist who has been his
doctor since then. If we all saw god in real life it was in this
good doctor. From there on, he treated my father primarily on
oral chemo and steroids and brought the disease under control. My
father achieved remission in 1997. All was sunshine again.
Meanwhile I completed my studies, was employed and got married
and moved to the USA.


I
was 7 months pregnant last year when disaster struck again. His
Myeloma relapsed and he had moderate to severe LV dysfunction. I
rushed to India and was by his bedside for 2 weeks. He visibly
improved.


Then
he started fighting the disease again. I am amazed by his mental
strength and pray to god to give him much much more. Within a
year his LV dysfunction is totally gone and the cancer in under
control again. Again our knight in shining armor is Dr.
Sethuraman. And of course, the Hero is my father. His fight is so
valiant that every day I thank god for giving me such a Gibraltar
for a father. To this day he continues his good work, counseling
school children in their careers, counseling socially and
economically backward families, counseling men against domestic
abuse and training people to become better employees and better
humans. Even as I am writing this story for you he is in another
town, training people on Quality Management. And no, he does not
travel by car. He travels by public transport as millions of
others in India, often standing in crowded buses, not asking for
a seat because he is a sick man. He pride and strength make me
feel so small and insignificant when I think of the small
ailments I suffer from time to time. Truly he is Viswanath,
meaning Lord of the world.


I
hope his story brings hope to several others fighting this cancer
and their families too. Throughout his struggle he did not try to
hold us back. I have a younger brother and he wanted us to reach
out and fly to our dreams never once stating his health as a
reason to bind us. I live in the US and my brother is in the
Indian Army. My father lives alone since my mother is visiting
with us for a year. I hope and pray that god gives him a long and
peaceful life. The world needs more people like him. You can
write to him in case you need some counseling too. He is a
wonderful person and I hope it gives you all hope that this
disease can indeed be fought against.


Thanks
for taking the time to listen to my father’s story.













Living
Each Day Fully and Well


Peter’s
Story


I’m
63 years old, I’m married to Lucy, and we have two daughters. We
co-habitate with Boobey, the aging black cat, a young ex-feral cat
named Ambien, a Rhodesian Ridgeback mix named Serena, and Honey, the
yellow Lab. We live in Texas but come from the north. Lucy is a
Montreal import and I grew up in New York City.


“I
was very fortunate in having an internist with good diagnostic
insight.”


This
story starts in 1994. While having a bladder flow X-ray, the
radiologist noticed something wholly unrelated — a hole in my
pelvis. My internist suspected it might be a lytic lesion and thought
multiple myeloma would be the most likely culprit, but blood and
urine testing didn’t show myeloma protein, the usual marker for this
disease.


After
further screening, my internist sent me to an oncologist who did a
bone marrow biopsy and aspiration. Myeloma was confirmed. I have the
non-secretory variety, which is good news and bad. No “sludge”
in my blood and urine from all that myeloma protein, but also no
convenient marker by which to measure progress, or lack thereof.


I
was very fortunate in having an internist with good diagnostic
insight. In someone as relatively young as I was, the hole in my
pelvis could only have been caused by a few things, among them
Padgett’s Disease and myeloma. But the real luck, if you will, was in
having that X-ray for something unrelated and serendipitously finding
the cancer.


Treatment I
immediately began a course of chemotherapy: Vincristine, Cytoxan, and
Prednisone. After six months I had another bone marrow biopsy and
aspiration, which showed no significant population of monoclonal
plasma cells. A “wait and see” policy was adopted, which
entailed a skeletal survey and blood tests every three months. Then,
in January 1995, I began living on my first “plateau” — a
point where the disease neither grows nor goes away. That plateau
lasted for two and a half years.


During
that first plateau phase I consulted with a new physician who
suggested I might actually have a solitary bone plasmacytoma (SBP)
rather than multiple myeloma. The good news there is that SBP may be
cured where multiple myeloma isn’t currently curable. I went to a
radiation oncologist to pursue irradiation of the SBP and found that
he was absolutely against that treatment. I studied the arguments of
both sides and, after some prayer and consultation with friends and
family, decided I did not have SBP but did, indeed, have multiple
myeloma. I didn’t pursue the recommended SBP treatment and haven’t
regretted that decision.


Off the Plateau
: In the summer of 1997, a three-day visit at Cedars-Sinai
Comprehensive Cancer Center — where sestamibi and FDG nuclear
medicine scans showed disease activity — convinced me it was time to
treat my disease once again.


This
time around we decided not to use the Vincristine because I’d become
convinced it had no useful effect. Instead we did six months of
chemotherapy with Cytoxan and Prednisone.


“It
was an enlightening experience, finding out I wasn’t alone and that I
wasn’t going to die.”


After
that treatment I declared myself on plateau again and have had no
treatment since, though I do take 90 mg of Aredia monthly in order to
strengthen my bones against the disease. I also track skeletal
surveys, blood values, B2M, CRP, creatinine, kappa/lambda ratio, and
the results of serum and urine electrophoreses. I have some pain in
my pelvis, but not enough to cause me to seek further treatment. I
use ibuprofen (I also have arthritis) as well as propoxyphene
(Darvocet) and hydrocodone (Lortab) for pain.


Support


Soon
after my diagnosis I learned of the International Myeloma Foundation
(IMF) and became a member. I acquired all the back issues of their
newsletter, Myeloma Today, and my wife and I attended their IMF
Patient/Family Seminar in San Francisco. For the first time, I met
other people with myeloma — hundreds of them!


It
was an enlightening experience, finding out I wasn’t alone, that I
wasn’t going to die (at least not as soon as I’d thought), and that
there was a wealth of experience to be tapped. I’ve attended many IMF
seminars since then.


I
also spent about a year investigating the subjects of cancer,
myeloma, death, dying, health, wellness, and attitude. As a result, I
decided that I must be an active participant in my journey with
myeloma, and that the best way to do that would be by enhancing my
immune system.


For
about 16 months I used the Indian principles of Ayurveda, did daily
meditation and guided imagery, instituted programs of exercise and
diet, and banished as much stress as possible from my life. I also
got Rudy, the cancer dog, who was my faithful companion until he died
from an inoperable tumor in 1999. I now have Serena and Honey as my
cancer support dogs. Although I have since dropped many of the
alternative initiatives I embraced in those early years, I still take
Essiac tea and go to any lengths to avoid unnecessary stress.


Giving
Back


This
disease has inspired me toward more self-discovery, deciding what I’m
here for and what I’m going to do about it. As a means of being
“meaningful” and giving back some of the good fortune I’ve
had in life, I volunteered with a local hospice organization and I
founded a myeloma support group in my area.


“We
can all do something. Our task is to find out what that something is
and do it.”


And
I needed a local support group even if nobody else did! Getting out
my IMF Patient-To-Patient directory, I called everyone in my area. We
began monthly meetings in September 1996 and the North Texas Myeloma
Support Group is now a large group with a mailing list of over 100
families. It gives me a focus and a whole new group of friends in my
area.


Inspirations :
People who give selflessly, without looking for a reward, inspire me.
That’s the hardest thing of all in our “what’s in it for me”
world. Even when I used to help others, it was always so that I’d
look good or get a pat on the back. I’ve looked to others who truly
give selflessly as my example. I have found a few, but all too few,
I’m afraid.


I
love to write and have written my autobiography, a book of poetry,
short stories, and am writing the story of my journey with myeloma.
Most days I try to find that proper balance between optimism and the
reality of this deadly disease. That way I can live each day fully
and well.


Advice : Take
the time to find out who you are, why you think you’re here, and how
you can make a difference. We can all do something. Our task is to
find out what that something is and do it. In my case, it was using
my organizational and administrative skills in forming a support
group and disseminating information so that other people could
empower themselves.


Give
something back! The member story above may have been edited for
clarity.










From
WebMD:

Multiple Myeloma is a relatively rare cancer of the bone marrow.
According to the International Myeloma Foundation, there are more
than 13,500 new cases of myeloma in the U.S. yearly.


Multiple
myeloma is characterized by excessive production and improper
function of the plasma cells found in bone marrow. Major symptoms
may include bone pain, especially in the back and the ribs; anemia
resulting in weakness; fatigue; paleness; and kidney
abnormalities. In most cases, affected individuals are more
susceptible to bacterial infections such as pneumonia. If the
bones of the spine are involved, they may collapse, resulting in
spinal cord compression. The exact cause of multiple myeloma is
unknown.


“From
WebMD” is taken from previously published WebMD content and
has been medically reviewed by WebMD physicians.







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Never too late to quit smoking

Never too late to quit smoking Share this info to one and all

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SMOKE AND GET…SPL GIFTS

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Good News to All Smokers

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