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Student Destinations Australia, New Zealand, USA and some European countries are the most favorite destinations for the Indian students in pursuit of higher studies and better education. Thousands of students go to these countries every year. The better jobs are also the major reason behind the migration. In nineties it was termed as brain drain as it slowed the economic progress on the country. But now, this trend has started to show its positive signs. Indians who are studying or working in these countries send billions of dollars to their country which has furthered India’s economic growth. Indians have achieved a lot as compared to their white counterparts. They have proved their metal in the all the fields of education. This is because of their extra efforts that they have left their white counterparts way behind. This has been openly expressed by the heads of these states.   Competition There are many Indians who have outshined their counterparts but Kavya Shivashankar’s achievement is unique as far as the various competitions are concerned. This 13 year old girl, who lives in Kansas, won the famous competition, Scripps National Spelling Bee 2009.A total of 11 students had reached the final of the competition and seven of them were of Indian origin which is nothing less than an achievement. This competition was held for three day in the ballroom of the Grand Hyatt in Washington D.C. in which a total of 283 students took part. It is America’s largest, longest and most famous educational competition. This year’s even was held for 82nd time. Which was telecasted live and Emmy Award-winner Tom Bergeron played the role of host for the 16-round final. This is an educational promotional competition in which children from all over the USA take part. It was the word Laodicean meaning one who is indifferent or lukewarm to politics or religion that won the cash prize of US$40000 for her. It was her consistent efforts that led to her victory in the competition. She had been taking part in this competition for last four years. In 2006 she had finished tenth, in 2007 eighth and in 2008 fourth. Her consistent efforts are the example of her ‘ziddi’ (concentrated at aim) character.   Kavya Another student of Indian origin, Aishwarya Pastapur finished third in the competition. Last year’s competition was won by another student of Indian origin named Amit Mishra. Kavya is [...]

  “Our struggle will continue as long as a handful of men, be they foreign or native, or both in collaboration with each other, continue to exploit the labour and resources of our people. Nothing shall deter us from this path.”   Baba Bilga These were the words of the Ghadar Party leader Kartar Singh Sarabha and Baba Bhagat Singh Bilga has always followed these words. Baba Bhagat Singh Bilga was the last surviving member of the Ghadar Party. He passed away on May 22, 2009 in Birmingham in UK. He will be cremated on May 3 in his village Bilga. It must be learnt that after the armed revolutions of 1857 for the freedom of India, Ghadar party had dared to bring armed revolution in India. Though in many parts of India, various freedom lovers had started to use arms against the colonial rule of British but they were not following any ideology and nor were united against British. They used to be numbered and easily eliminated by the British government agents. But The Ghadarist movement was one of the most united movements, which was based on a strong ideology and with adequate finance. Most of the members of this party were those Indians especially Punjabi workers and laborers who had went to European countries in search of better living conditions and work. There they felt the discrimination and humiliation. They felt that the reason behind their bad conditions and humiliation is their slavery to the British rule. They formed Ghadar party and started to work to bring armed revolution in India. They were influenced by the Russian revolution of 1917 and some of the members of the party were sent to Russia to study and understand the revolution. Ghadarist revolution failed because of some black sheep and most of its workers and leaders were arrested and martyred. Many were thrown into jails and remained there for most part of their life but whenever they were released they once again took part into the freedom struggle though the command of the struggle was into the hands of Congress and Naujawan Bharat Sabha.   Activities Baba Bhagat Singh Bilga was of one of those Ghadarist who was sent to Russia to study socialism. He returned to India in 1933. At that time, British government used to keep close watches on the returning Indians especially Punjabis. So Bilga took a very difficult route [...]