​​This year on 30th September, Saturday, we will celebrate Dussehra or Vijay Dashmi with great enthusiasm. Here, I write some of it’s mythological stories why we celebrate this.
In different corners of the World different festivals are observed round the year. It brings about social unity and communal harmony and at the same time, it gives pleasure and amusement. Festivals are important part of society. Different festivals are celebrated by different regions and different religious groups. Each and every festival has its’ own significance. Like National festivals (such as Independence Day, the Republic day, Gandhi Jayanti, Children’s day, Teachers’ day etc.), Indians of different groups observe festivals of their own (such as: The Christians of India celebrate their Christmas, the Good Friday. Shikhs observe the birthday of Guru Nanak. Farmers of India observe the occasion of new harvest. The Muslims observe their festivals like Id-ul-Fittar, Id-ul-zuha, Ramzan, Moharrum etc.).
Among the festivals observed by Hindus, Durga puja, Dushera, Ramlila, Diwali, Holi, Rath Yatra, Saraswati puja, Ganesh puja, Shiv Ratri, Ram Navami, Janmastami are very famous.
The festival of Duga puja is celebrated mostly in Bengal and Odisha.Durga puja is celebrated as Dushera in the Northern and Western provinces of India in another style (like Garva). It is celebrated with great jubilation throughout the country. Schools, colleges, offices and other organizations remain closed during that period.
The mythological Backgrounds
First Story: The legend goes that Sri Ram Chandra supposed to be an incarnation of Lord Bishnu went to Sri Lanka to rescue his wife Sita, imprisoned by Ravan, the most powerful warrior in the World. Despite his best efforts Ram failed to defeat Ravan. Ram was advised to appease Mother Durga and win her blessings to kill Ravan. Ram offered puja to Goddess Durga solemnly and with all sanctity with one hundred eight blue lotuses. Mother Durga was pleased with his puja and granted him, his wish that he would now be able to killing. On the day of Dushera, Ram killed Ravan and rescued Sita from her imprisonment.
The Hindus believe that the Divine Mother, who could bless Ram, may also bless them and take away their evils and misfortunes. So they worship her at the same time of the year and in the same manner as Ram did in the past.
The festival is observed for four days. It starts on the seventh day of bright fortnight of Aswin and continues up to tenth day which is called Dushera. Beautiful images of the deity are built with straw, clay and color. Those are adorned with fine clothes, ornaments and flowers and placed on the decorated altars. Then the ceremonialworship starts. The last puja is held on Dushera day and the images are carried in a great procession for their immersion in the river. This is called immersion ceremony and the whole festival ends here.
The Second Story: The story says that demon king Mahisasura was greenfly a wish by Brahmadev and became immortal. He and other demons terrorized people for no fault of theirs. He was invincible and not to be killed by any man, god or woman of ordinary birth. God and goddesses were at a loss to decide what to do. All of them went to Bishnu, the Almighty God and prayed to Him to find out a way of his death. According to His advice, all of them prayed together. Their prayer worked wonders. Out of the space was born Mother Durga with enormous vigor and uncommon beauty. On Her request the gods and goddesses gave their weapons to Her. She now became too powerful to be vanquished. On the tenth day of full moon of Awina, She killed the demon king and saved the earth as well as gods and goddesses from hi persecution. Since then people have been worshiping Mother Durga with a view to pleasing Her and winning Her blessings for fulfillment of their desires.
The festival comes off in the month of Aswina when the earth is clad with the loveliest autumnal beauty. The image of Durga is not worshiped alone. With Her are worshiped Lord Shiva,Her husband, two sons Ganesh and Kartikeya and her two daughters, Laxmi and Saraswati. The idol of Durga stands majestically on a pedestal. She stands in a great posture, with one of Her foot firmly planted on the chest of demon Mahisasura.
The celebration continues from sixth day to the tenth day of maxim moon. On the tenth day comes the Bijaya-Dasami when the idols are immersed in the riv

​Dear Friends,
​I stopped posting in my blog for more than a year. There was not a meaningful  reason for it. Laziness, unable to concentrate, pressure from home and all those silly reasons which stood as a barrier between us. Most of us are believers of God. Many  are  strong and few are non believers. Myself is a strong one. You,  all my friends are like Gods to me. Nothing can separate us. There are numerous examples, stories, epics, which we come across, define the relation between God and His devotees. When we read it, discuss it, witness it, through any medium like book, movie, TV channel, internet, tear comes out automatically from eyes. I cite one story which I recollect from my memory. This goes like this.
Lord jagannath lives in Shrikhetra at Puri. He comes out of His temple once in a year to visit everybody on the famous Car Festival. The story relates to this.
There is a village named Baligaon near Puri. A poor devotee named as Dasia Bauri lived in the village. He saw the Lord often in his dreams. The offerings from his hand had been accepted directly by the Lord, Himself. It was  so happen that during the Car Festival,one year,  Dasia was in distress and unable to go to the festival  to witness the Lord on His Chariot. With great pain he prayed the Lord, “ Oh God, in my present condition, it is not possible for me to go near your Chariot right now. If You want  me to witness You, then let You remain where You are, till I come.”  Then thousands of devotees tried to move the Chariot and failed till Dasia was present.
As a memory to this, the state tourist department developed Dasia Bauri Pitha near the birth place of Dasia.
“Telling the legend” is one kind of prayer to my great reader friends. Please remain till your Dasia comes to you.  Thanks.

​The literal meaning of “Criticism” is nothing but “Fault-Finding”. We can criticize somebody for something in two different ways. There are two types of criticism. One is “Positive” and the other one is “Negative Criticism”. We always welcome positive criticism which comes from our nears and dears.

During the late twentieth century R.K.Laxman, an Indian cartoonist, was famous for criticism of well-known personalities. He depicted every wrong as well as right actions of great men from the angle of his created icon “The Common Man “. And for those works, he was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award in the year 1984.

Everybody likes him for his positive criticism.

Our holy book “ Ramayana” also tells that once Lord Sri Ramachandra was criticized by a washerwoman and Mother Sita was punished by the Lord for that.

Nobody, even God has been uncriticized.

Criticism helps both the criticizer and the criticized.

In the world, improvements and developments would cease without criticism. In other words, the world has come to the present stage because of continuous and rightful criticism and rectifying the previous faults.
Every action is liable for criticism. The greatness of a man lies in the way he welcomes criticism. Every time he does something he should prepare for criticism, because the person who criticizes is not always his enemy. With open heart and free mind he should accept those comments and allow these to be the stepping stones for further progress.

May God Bless All....

Successful leaders create more leaders. Every leader has certain goals, plans, responsibilities and jobs. And undoubtedly a successful leader achieves these, not by acting alone, but by utilizing the skills and resources of his teams and also by thinking it as one group activity. Once potential leaders are identified, a successful leader may encourage them and invite their cooperation to achieve his tasks and responsibilities. Successful leaders know their talent pool and know how to convert it into actions. They are experts at activating the capabilities of their colleagues and knowing when to deploy their unique skill sets for the purpose after the job at hand. Identifying and grooming of the future leader needs a strong strategy. Here are some important actions that one should take to develop leadership in a systematic process.  

·        EXPOSE:  At the beginning, make your potential team members familiar with your objectives, aims and strategies. Invite them to share their ideas with you. Let them assure that their vision is properly translated and actions are properly executed. With developing confidence, create interest in them, as you have in your work.

·        SHARE:     Channelize and merge the thought process of your junior leaders into yours. In order to achieve this explain them in detail about the reason behind it.

·        LEND AN EAR: Have patience to listen to your juniors, to their suggestions. Understand their thought process and try to estimate their skills and interests.

·        ENCOURAGE:  As a group leader you should encourage and help your juniors to achieve their goals. In order to materialize most of the opportunities given to them give them some rewards at every interval.

·        LEARN:  Learning is a never-ending continuous process. Be prepared to learn from others, take their inputs and give them due considerations, especially from your potential juniors. Learning supplies us confidence to do better. It translates into passion for the causes we work.

·        USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA: At last but not the least social media [like Face book, You Tube, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google Plus etc.] are other parts of learning. It is an outside the classroom way of learning tool. It gives an opportunity to engage learners in an informal way to learn from each other which must be utilized by a leader.

LEADERSHIP:

[L]*LOYALTY

[E]*EMPATHY

[A]*ACCOUNTABILITY

[D]*DUTY&DETERMINATION

[E]*ENERGY&ENCOURAGEMENT

[R]*RESPECT

[S]*SELFLESSNESS

[H]*HONORABLE&HUMBLE

[I]*INTEGRITY&INNOVATION

[P]*PASSION & PRIDE IN WORK

In our democratic form of Government, there are three forms of bodies namely the Legislative, the Executive and the Judiciary.  The framers of the constitution have tried their best to secure the independence of the Judiciary from the hands of the Legislative and the Executive.

Though the Parliament is given the Legislative power relating to the Supreme Court but such power does not affect the independence of the Supreme Court. Our constitution has made so many safeguards to protect the Judiciary from the politicians and the executives.

Independence of the Judiciary is the basic feature of our constitution.

In the recent past, PM Narendra Modi and CJI H.L.Dattu are addressing a joint conference of the Chief Justices of High courts and Chief Ministers from all over the Country in New Delhi. Here they show the subtle conflict among the Legislative, the Executive and the Judiciary.

“What our PM has mentioned” is about the politicians [The Legislative body] who are under constant observations and criticism. And there is no such thing for the Judiciary. Because criticism of Judiciary would attract the clause of the contempt of court and the person could be sent to jail, even if his allegation is true.

PM Modi again mentioned that to a large extent, the Judiciary is responsible for the delay of delivering justice. Here, the PM cited an example where “Justice delayed is justice denied.” has been observed.

It was the case in the year 1987.The provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) of Utter Pradesh rounded up about 50 Muslim men from Hashimpura in Meerut, shot some 42 of them and dumped their bodies in a nearby canal. After 28 years, a sessions court pronounced no one guilty of the massacre. Some 16 PAC personnel stood trial for murder. But there was no witness living and all accused were scot-free.

However, he did not blame the Judiciary alone for the miscarriage of Justice. The Government is bound by several bodies like Election commission, RTI, Lokpal and others in addition to the courts for such delay. In another way, the delay in delivering justice depends on the Govrt. mechanism also. The Judges can’t judge without the co-operations and compliance of the police and prosecutors which are ruled by the Legislators.

CJI H.L.Dattu has clarified the above in his speech alluded to the above problem. “It is only a well-coordinated effort between the Executive and Judiciary that will ensure us achieves a just and efficient legal system.”

The underlying fact of such problems is the all-pervasive corruption, that feeling money can buy anything in India.

There are exceptions, but as PM Modi asked Judiciary to introspect if five-star activities are driving it. Of course politicians and executives are corrupt but people can appeal to the Judiciary. If Judiciary itself can be influenced by “five-star activists”, where can they go?

The other reason for the delay of justice is the Govt. itself that has created a web of complicated laws.

Environmental protection have been discussed and proposed for many years. As a consequence, waste handling and recycling have become a topic as well. So many people come from different countries have taken actions to collect waste plastics and reuse the waste. In addition, there are a lot of people have devoted themselves to plastic recycling industry. As the waste plastic could bring themselves benefits after processing.

So the plastic recycling machine related products are produced. The advantages of machines are time saving and labor saving. Thus, the recycling cost is reduced and people could get much more benefits as much as possible. Plastic recycling is accepted by the popular which is the reason that more and more people have started to engage in plastic recycling industry now.

Recently, a new United Kingdom project which could significantly improve the recyclability of flexible packaging in order to divert waste plastic or plastic foams away from landfills. The project aims to create a circular economy for flexible packaging by getting the whole supply chain involved. The responsible man said the project could attract polymer producers, packaging manufacturers, waste management firms and recyclers.
Also, a research about how to collect, sort flexible packaging and process into high-quality recycled plastic pellet had already started. And the recycled plastic pellet is suitable for use in the manufacturer of a wide range of products.

In China, large-scale bioplastics project has been started. The project will invest a total of 950 million yuan on the production site and construction is estimated to take 18 months. Once it reached its designed capacity, the project is expected to generate 1.65 billion yuan in average annual sales. The project could serve a wide range of end markets, including 3-D printing, housewares, disposable products, baby products and fiber.

In North America, recycling of plastics continues to gain momentum. In the consumption-driven society, the use of plastics is increasing rapidly throughout North America. The main reason is that the benefits demonstrated by the use of plastics over other materials.

Now the plastic recycling is growing importance from both of an environmental and economic standpoint. But this area has its own challenges as 2015 approaches, and the challenge couldn't stop the industry from growing. The recycled PET is dominantly consumed as fiber for textiles and carpets. Additionally, plastic film was also collected for recycling and the amount of recycled plastic film was increasing as well.

So people have to pay attention to waste plastic recycling as so many people have started to make efforts to waste recycle.

About the Author
I'm Tina and I live in a seaside city in Shanghai, China. I'm 23 and I'm an editor in a recycling&environmental protection company.
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Not that a lot of people travel to other countries. At least not very often, and having your safety in mind is a very important thing. You don't need to fret about the world turning upside down, but it does help to be informed of some travel safety tips to help you enjoy and have fun the most on your travels.

Know Authorities

It's a wise idea to know what the authorities in a place look like and what they don't look like. It is very easy to find a number of police and notice their uniforms. If a person begins demanding an ID from you and they are not in uniform, then you should be dubious and go find a real authority person. You will also notice how many of them are in the area. You will always feel safer and confident when you know that they are around because they are ready to help you.

Prevention is the Key

Preventing your bags and luggage from being stolen is easier than stopping someone after they have taken your things. Common sense should be your best friend and taking time to keep your things from being easily stolen will do the most good to keep theft from happening.

Have a backup plan

Bad things happen, so you need to have backup plan in place and you will have much lesser problems. You make a copy of your passport and a backup of any electronics you are taking with you (that includes your mobile phone). Having something taken away sucks, but if you can get a new smartphone and still have 90% of everything on it, then it isn't as awful as it could be.

Follow your intuition

You are on vacation out looking for a holiday fun. If something you are checking into doesn't feel right, then don't it. Don't let anybody talk you into thinking it is okay. It is okay to say no and you want to have a good time and saying no to anything that doesn't sound right will help you to keep having a good time.

Out of sight, out of mind

You don't want things taken away while you are walking around. Thieves are looking for things and properties to be stolen. They are not going to try to steal something that they don't know is there. If you put your mobile phone down on table, people can see it. You must put it back into your pocket and you won't have to worry about anyone trying to steal it.

Have confidence

This is one of the few times where a little confidence can go a long way. By acting courageous, you will not look like a potential victim to some people. There are times you shouldn't be frightened to make eye contact and gaze someone down. You should also be ready to make a big scene and cause lots of noise if you feel like you need to get attention immediately. Most thieves don't want attention or dealing with sure people. You can feel more at ease when you are ready to act confidently.

For a safe travel, always bring along with you your best travel gears like travel bottles and space bags.

About the Author

Jaymes, a Travel Writer, has been employed in Travis Travel Gear (TTG) for many days. TTG always wishes to market more convenient, affordable, and well-featured travel items such as travel bottles and offers a better travel experience to travelers.