We should love our country , countrymen and as a whole the mankind.
We should be true nationalists and true patriots .
As an Indian , I am proud  that I find the philosophy here .
As the name suggests , the origin of Indian culture is Hinduism.
Hinduism is the oldest of all religions . Nobody knows who it's founder is .It is the religion of         humanity and  global brotherhood . People of different cultures have reached India in different times . India has accepted their presence , which reflects that the world belongs to one family. The famous brotherly love between Lord Rama and Laxman has been the example of great sacrifice , which is rarely found elsewhere .
   After independence from British rule , India becomes a democratic , social and secular country . The constitution of India has Indian culture as it's base .Our constitution has equal weightage and equal oppertunity for all religions .There is a very nice track record of our countrymen to accept the teachings of all religions and thereby to be liberal to all.
   H.G. Wells has rightly  said  ," Our true nationality is mankind . "

  Once Lord Krishna , the spiritual master of Arjuna ,told ,"If God is infinite and your senses are finite ,how can something infinite be grasped by the finite ?". Then said ," I will give you the knowledge which is itself infinite ,in which the whole  creation is contained ." 
    So,in order to enter the door to God , we need the spiritual knowledge .
Spiritual knowledge is stored for us in the holy books like Vedas ,Upanishads ,Bible, Gita and Koran . When we study those  holy books , we understand it according to our own IQ or our mental capacities . We twist and pervert the words on our way  to extract some meaning . This way nobody can acquire the pure knowledge ,put inside it .
   A teacher or a master can extract the exact meaning out of it and distribute it to us.
The important thing is to get a true master . He should be one who practices what he preaches .
One may have a teacher who teaches from books , like a first class science teacher who proves theories in a lab and his  life and characters are dubious . 
  But the spiritual masters are different . They don't just give us spiritual rebirths . They guide us through out our lives .
The master's lab is his life . He is  like Lord Krishna ,Buddha or Christ ,who know themselves completely .
They take their disciples where they go spiritually .They are the mediums which make the Unmanifest manifest.
It is the result of merits accumulated over many births to meet and get mercy of such a true  master .

On  13th  November '  2012  ,  we  will  celebrate  Deepavali  .  Deepavali  or  Diwali  is  the  festival  of  lights  .
It  is  a  Hindu  festival .   People  celebrate  this  day   to  mark  the  occasion  of  the  home - coming  of  Lord
Rama  after  He  had  defeated  demon  king  Ravana .  On  this  day  ,  prayers  for success  and  prosperity  are
offered  to  Laxmi  ,  the  Goddess  of  wealth  . Deepavali  is  the  combination  of  Dhanteras  ,  Choti  Diwali  and
Badi  Diwali  or  Laxmi  Puja  .  Ganesha  ,  the  Lord  of  new  beginning  , is  also  worshiped  with  Goddess  
Laxmi .   On  the   auspicious  day  ,  buying  of  gold  is  regarded  as  a  holy  act  .   We  also  remember  and  
worship  our  fore-fathers  on  this  day  .   This  day  symbolizes  the  win  of   light  over  darkness  .  
   We  lit  and  decorate  our  home  with  colored  electric  bulbs  and  earthen  lamps  .  We   light  up  various
types  of  crackers  in  the  evening  . Whether  it  is  true  or  false  ,  many  people  attach  scientific  value  to  this
occasion  .  They  say  so  many  harmful  worms  are  destroyed  in  the  burning  of  lamps  .
   So  many  mishaps  are  also  occurred  on  this  day  .  We   appeal  everybody  to  celebrate  the  day  with  care.
 We   should  be  more  careful  for  young  children  while  observing  the  festival  ,  so that  such  a  holy  day
would  not  become  a  sad  day  .     

    London  Olympics   2012   

2012  London  Olympics   ended  with  the  closing  ceremony  on  August 12,  2012.
The  next  summer  olympic  will  be  held  in  2016  at  Rio de Janeiro  , Brazil.
The  top  four  medal  winners  at  London  olympics  2012  are  as  follows.

  USA                   46  ( GOLDS)   29  (  SILVERS  )  29  (  BRONZES )

  CHINA               38 (  GOLDS)   27  (  SILVERS )   22  (   BRONZES)

  UK                       29  (  GOLD S )  17 ( SILVERS  )  19  (  BRONZES  )

  RUSSIA             24 (  GOLDS  )  25  (  SILVERS  )  33 (  BRONZES  )

SUPER  STARS  OF  THE LONDON  OLYMPICS  2012


Michael Phelps  of  USA  who  got  6 Golds  2  Bronzes at  2004  Athens  olympics  ,
and  8  Golds at  2008  Beijing  olympics  ,  here ,  at 2012  London olympics ,he also  got  
4  Golds  and  2  Silvers  in swimming .
The woman  superstar  was  the  17  years old , Missy  Franklin  From  USA .
She  got  4  Golds  and  1  Silver in  swimming . The  other   super star  was  Usain  Bolt who  got 
3  Golds  at  2008 Beijing olympics , here, he got  3  Golds. Allison Schmitt ,an other American got 3 Golds,
1 Silver and 1 Bronze.

The performers  who got  2  Golds at  London olympics 2012.

The British  cyclist  Chris  Hoy, another  British  Mohamed  Farah  , the  Chinees  diver  U Ming Jia,
swimmer  Yang SUN , the American  swimmers  Ryan LOCHTE  and  Rebecca Soni  have  got  2  Golds  each.

INDIA'S  PERFORMANCE  AT  2012  LONDON  OLYMPICS .

India has got  2  Silvers  and  4 Bronzes   at  2012 London  Olympics and finished 55th in medal standing.
Though  this  is  negligible in  comparison  to  other super achievers  , it  is  the  best  performance 
of India in any  olympics .Our winners   are  Gagan  Narang , Vijay  Kumar , Saina  Nehwal, M.C.Mary Kom , 
Yogeshwar Dutt  and  Sushil  Kumar  .  They  are  the  persons  to  be  honored for  their achievements.
The two  Silver  medalists are  Vijay Kumar  in  sooting  and Sushil  Kumar  in  wrestling.

PAST  PERFORMANCES OF  INDIANS  IN  OLYMPICS  .
At  1900  Paris  Olympics , Norman PRITCHARD  ,  an  Anglo-Indian  got  2  Silvers  in  atheletics .
After  that  the main  medal winners  were  our   hockey  players.
They  earned  8 Golds , 1 Silver  and 2  Bronzes  in  between  1928 to 1980 Olympics.
In  1952  olympics , Kha-Shaba Digvijai JADAV  got one  Bronze in wrestling . That  was  the  first
single  medal  win for  the  independent  India.  We  could  not get a medal in  1976,1984,1988 & 1992.
From  1996  to  2004 , we got one medal in each olympics.
At 1996 Atlanta, Leander PAES got  Bonze ( tennis ) , at 2000 Sydney  , Karnam MALLESWARI got
 Bronze ( weight lifting )
and  at 2004  Athens  olympics Raj Bardhan  Singh  got  Silver ( shooting ).
The  major achievement we got  at 2008 Beijing  olympics.
Abhinav  Bindra got  the first Gold  in individual area .
Apart  from  that  , Sushil Kumar (  wrestling )  and Vijender Singh ( Boxing )  got Bronze each.
For  the first  time , there were 3 medals in olympics  for  Indians .


THE WORST PERFORMANCE BY  INDIANS AT 2012 LONDON  OLYMPICS.


India  lost  all  the matches  in  hockey and remained  in the last  position .

Our   Government  ,on  Friday  ,  has   relaxed  the  norms  for  FDI   in    retail  and  other  sectors  .  Mr.  Anand  Sharma, Minister  for  Commerce  , Industry and  Textile  ,  GOI , has declared  that  there  will  be  51%  FDI   in  multi-brand  retail  sector .  The  multinational  companies  like   Walmart  and  Tesco  will  be  allowed  to  open  stores   in  Indian  cities  having  population  more   than  10  lac  .  There  are   51  such  cities   all  over   India  .
               The   move  was  welcomed  by  the   Industries  and  Business   Association  .

Reactions   from  different  States  are  as  follows  :   

Haryana  :    Welcomed    saying  that  the  farmers  will get  the  right  price  and  the  consumers  will be  benefited.
Delhi  :          Welcomed     saying    that  it  will  generate  employment  . 
Rajasthan   :     Welcomed    saying   that  it  will  be  beneficial  for  agricultural  sector  .
Maharastra   :     Welcomed   saying  that   consumers   will  get  better  service   and  the  goods   will  be  available   at  ease  .
Assam ,  Andhra  Pradesh  ,  Utteranchal  ,  Manipur    and  Jammu  &  Kashmir    :    Welcomed  
Odisha   :   Opposed   the   move   saying  that  it  is  anti national .
West Bengal  :    Opposed  and   requested  the   Government   to  withdraw  it  at  once  .
Uttar  Pradesh  ,  Bihar  ,  Madhya  Pradesh   :     Opposed   strongly  .
Punjab  , Jhadkhand   and  Karnatak  :           Declined   to  comment   .


        

      Along  with  this   there  are  some  relaxation  for  FDI   in  Civil   Aviation   and    Broadcasting  sectors   also.







  

     Today  is  September 5th  (  in  India  ) ,  the  Teachers'  Day .
We  celebrate  this occasion  since  our  childhood  .
For  our  Masters  , we  are  always  students   . Teachers  build  the future  of  us .  Generally  , the  teachers  lead  simple lives  and  our  society thinks  little  of the  teachers .  
Our  late  President  Dr.  Sarbapali  Radhakrishnan  advised  the  countrymen  to  stop  to  observe  the  5th  September  as  his  birthday  ,  but  to  observe  it  as  the  Teachers'  Day  . Since  the  year  1962  ,the  5th  September  is  observed  as  the  Teachers' Day , every  year  .
Teachers  teach  us  all art  and  all  sciences  . They  teach  the  manner  and  behaviors .  They  make  us  the  useful  members  of  our  nation .On  the  Teachers'  Day  , the  whole  nation  gets  a  chance  to  think  of  them .
We ,  on  this  day  ,  think  of  how  to  give  our  teachers  their  due  place  in  the  society  and  how  to  honor  them  .  We  ,  on  this  day  ,  express  our  gratitude  to  our  teachers  for  their  grand  social  service   .
 

       There are  always contradictory thoughts , we have in our  minds .

There  is  a color  "black" and  a color "white"  .   There  is " zero "  and there  is  " infinite".

And  likewise  there is  "Truth"  and  there  is  " Untruth ".

We , in the process of living on earth,  face  "birth"  and "death" .

In order to come out of  these  duality , we need the help of our Masters .

It  is  all  like  a glass  with water  ,  half full  or  half  empty .

There  is  no  clear  difference  between  wise  and  fool  or  rich  and  poor .

Time  changes them all  at  intervals .

I  come across  the following  blog  sometimes  back  .

Kindly  go  through  it .

Blog  Link     :   Is   Truth  Nonexistent  ?    (   Click  )

Still  I  might  not be right .  In order to live  and  continue our existence , we need to be optimistic .

That is the reason  why we need to believe   in Truth , Light  and God .

Visit       :      Truth   (   click   )

Friends,
I , at my school days had some pen friends. Out of them  some are not known to me physically till now.
At that time we had radio, news paper and post as our  medium to keep us communicated.
Now  it is the age of technology.
Within a fraction of second one can communicate with thousands of friends .
My idea of making friends are refreshing with renwed enthusiasm as the modern technology advances.
I think to take my blog into such a position that we ,all friends can share our ideas at a platform like http://www.indiblogger.in or
www.facebook.com etc.
 
Thanks
Sisir