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Dalai lama- a true traveler: Dalai Lama the Tibetan spiritual leader is still a true traveler though he is 75 year old, he is really not going to take out from his packaging. In the last seven months, he made eleven trips to various places within India and abroad to say something on peace, Buddhism, non-violence and even environmental concerns. And twenty visits last year were made to abroad by Dalai Lama to Germany, Japan, US, Italy, France, Canada and Switzerland. In spite of China’s warnings to the countries he planed to visit, he carries himself from place to place for his quest for generating the spiritual awareness and Tibetan issues what a light traveler he is. The Nobel laureate, travels with his unchanging smile of his face, wearing maroon robes his trademark. The spiritual guru go to the visits only when he is invited, his officials of government-in-exile of Tibet, the base of the government in exile is in Northern Indian hill station said all this. To speak on peace, promoting human values, compassion and to teach Buddhism at his visits to universities and educational institutions is the preference of His Holiness Dalai Lama, the secretary of the department of information and international relation of CTA the Central Tibetan Administration Thubten Samphel, told to IANS. On a number of environmental issues the spiritual guru prefers to speak like protecting endangered fauna, optimum use of natural resources minimizing greenhouse gas emissions and climate change, he said. Dalai Lama has toured five countries-apart from Switzerland, Japan and slovenia, two visits each to the Germany and US in the last seven months. Kolkata, Mumbai, Delhi, Budh Gaya, (in J&K) Gulabgarh and Jispa, Manali and Kulu in H.P. he travelled much of his visits within India this year, Samphel said this. His first visit to abroad was made visiting Thailand and Japan in 1967

Indian Milestone: Once again in the year the time has come when calm and casual patriot sleeping in us wakes up after a year to celebrate the day of Independence. Why and for what we celebrate the same. What is in the name of Independence and what kind of Independence we celebrate the Independence of people to kill the people in the name of honour, for sixty hours nearly the pak. terrorists hold the Mumbai to ransom, farmers commit suicide and extremists kill the innocents to survive. And, those who are said to be the leaders of out country to whom we have the faith in them that they lead well our country, hurl benches and chairs even chapals at one or the other or throw posts and mikes outside it. Our is the country of overwhelming 836 million people most of them live at Rs. 20/day per ca pita consumption or less. But we always celebrate the Independence Day why? We are still not independent. And what we cause to do so. In a thrilling match in 2007 against Pakistan India won the inaugural cricket match T 20 World Cup. On 22-10-2008, we launched India’s first mission to the Moon-Chandrayaan 1. Agni missiles and ISRO in July 2010 have been testing and launched the same. After Satyajit Roy was awarded an honorary Academy Award for his “ rare mastery of the art of motion pictures in 1992 the Oscar has been won by AR Rehman in “Slumdog Millionaire” for his Jai Ho number shown his art to world in 2009. The promise made by Ratan Tata has been fulfilled by launching lakh takiaya everyman’s world’s cheapest car named Tata Nano car. Wire money online to India with Xoom.com for as low as $4.99. India- the super power: India is the 5th highest in the world in gross domestic product and recognized as the super power in the world. Due to the liberalization of trade policies India is the fastest growing economies of the world. The workforce as the technically qualified India is the 3rd largest storehouse of the world and most knowledgeable lot of the world. We were depended in food products on others to feed us, today we are having more than 2300 varieties of high yielding and hybrid food grains. We are having a developed cash crops which made us self sustained in food production. But for [...]

Rock garden: The Beautiful City Chandigarh is world famous city. Nek Chand has a great contribution to make the city beautiful. The Rock Garden was secretly initiated by Nek Chand around 1957.Rock Garden is epitome of creativity and innovation. It is totally made out of the waste material .It is located in sector 1, between the capital complex and Sukhna Lake. Rock Garden has been established in the form of an open air exhibition hall. The garden is designed with sculptures made by using a variety of different discarded waste materials like frames, mudguards, forks, handle bars, metal wires, play marbles, porcelain, auto parts, broken bangles etc. Rock garden in Chandigarh, India is a unique creation and different people from different parts of the world come to see this amazing garden. Wire money online to India with Xoom.com for as low as $4.99. About Nek Chand: Nek Chand is an Indian self- taught artist. He was born on 15th December 1924, in a village called Barian Kalan, near Tehsil Shakargarh (In Pakistan). At the age of twelve he was sent to live with his uncle in the Gurdaspur region attending the Guam Deen Mangri High School. He was educated up to matriculation and left education in 1943. After returning to his village, he began working on his father’s farm. At the time of independence, the act of partition divided the nation into Hindu and Muslim. Being a Hindu, Nek Chand and his family left their village, which is now in Pakistan and moved into the Indian Territory. They went to Jammu and tried to settle in Gurdaspur. Nek Chand took advantage of a Government programme to employ refugees and moved with his wife to Chandigarh .At that time city was being redesigned as modern Utopia by the French architect Le Corbuiser. It was to be the first planned city in India, and Nek Chand found work there as a road inspector for the Public Works Department in 1951. In 1958 when Sukhna Lake was constructed, he started making rafts and vessels to sail upon the lake. But this was banned by the officials of the sailing club and paddle boats were available on the rent. At that time Nek Chand had a great passion for natural rocks and stones. So he devoted more time to his passion. Nek Chand was in charge of the PWD store and he actively occupies [...]

// Business manners: Business is now a days is a global affair, the important thing is to smarten or revive your social abilities. It has been years but a financial services firm manager Ramesh Balasubramanina, still shivers with the thought of presenting an costly bottle of wine in Dubai as a gift to his counterpart. It was not known to me that gifting alcohol from the Middle East to a person to be thought to be an insult. A wiser Bala says “, In the global environment of the business in which we work and it should be realised by the companies to be able to develop the good corporate manners. The services of an expert of social skills is very important to be used to get the people trained in the way a motivational speaker prepares the people emotionally.” Are the good manners all about keeping your elbows off the table or using the fork with the right hand ? The trainer Pria Warrick said that anyone holding a degree only sail through life very well most of the people assume. But statistics shows that the requirement of a person is 15 percent technical and social skills 85 percent, dinning etiquette and business to head or advance in the career. It is realised by several homegrown companies and multi national companies to give training to entire team and their managers, the importance of corporate protocol, before leaving for trips of their offices abroad. Which is very essential for them when they are transited from middle management to higher management it is said by GMR Group’s CFO-treasury Jitendra Jain. Warrick, who is working with the companies like Canon, Bharti, Indian Oil, Citibank, Franklin Templeton Investments Druk Air and others. He added that Indians are very good with technical skills but they lag behind when we talk of the social skills among the rest of the world. It is good to understand the practices, customes and habits of the host country, as the company’s image is reflected by the corporate team of the company. The impressions made by you come from pace, tone and nuances only are 38 percent. In the business world the handshake acceptable is while one extends one’s right hand is an example of corporate manners. The use of left hand in some cultures is offended and it ensured if right hand is extended that one will not [...]

The rivers are the lifeline of a country and in water strapped regions of the country this is no exception. Some areas depend on rain water for agricultural irrigation and others on the perennial rivers that flow through it. In a land where a single state is blessed with five rivers, it is difficult to narrow down to just five main rivers in India. Here are a few of the many waters that run through this land, making it the tropical paradise that we all know and love. Ganges or Ganga Originating in the Himalyan ranges the Ganga travels across many states to finally empty itself out in the Bay of Bengal. This may be considered the most important river in India more for spiritual reasons than for economic ones. The holy river is said to purify a person who bathes in it. The belief that Hindus from all over the country share is that a dead person’s ashes must be immersed in the river Ganges to reach heaven. It is for this reason that people travel with the “Arthi” or last remaining ashes after cremation of loved ones to this holy river. Unfortunately the spirituality of the holy Ganga is being stifled by the overwhelming pollution that the crowds bring to its banks. A massive cleanup drive for the river was begun a decade ago, but it is yet to catch the desired momentum. The pollution is causing the population of the fresh water dolphin found in the river to dwindle and die. Wire money online to India with Xoom.com for as low as $4.99. Yamuna or Jamuna After the Ganges this is the second river which runs through the plains of northern India helping millions of acres of land to be irrigated. The Yamuna is also considered by the Hindus to be a Goddess of almost the same stature as her more famous sister the Ganga. The confluence of the three rivers Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswati at Prayag in Allahabad is considered a holy spot. The Hindu belief that bathing here will rid you of the sins of all past lives is responsible for the number of people seen taking a dip in the waters at the point of confluence. The Yamuna which flows past Delhi to Agra is also closely associated with the Mughal empire’s remains. It is also on the banks of the river Yamuna that [...]

Skin- an important part: Skin is the most important part of our body. It is a kind of protective coating on our body parts.It needs a lot of care as it is in link with the outer environment. Especially for girls, who are always verymuch caring for their skin to look beautiful 24/7. There are various factors which affect the skin and girls always want to be away from such factors. These factors may be Internal or external. Internal factors are sort of natural factors of our body which are by default in the body. It is difficult to control such Internal factors because of the internal structure of the body. But, we can control external factors. These extrinsic factors can be controlled because these are due to the Sun,smoking, gravity and improper skin care. With the increase in age,we meet day by day pollution and other irritants.As a result, the skin loses its suppleness,textures and strengths.When skin loses its strength,it becomes easy for the skin to get damaged easily. Healing in advanced age is very slow comparative to the young age. Wire money online to India with Xoom.com for as low as $4.99. Some magical tips for skin care :   One should keep the skin clean. It is better to use mild face wash according to the skin type rather than soaps. One can use home remedies for a healthy and glowing skin. We can use fruit juices,rose water and lemon. Sun is the most harmful factor for the skin, as it’s UV rays are so harmful that it gives birth to skin cancer. It damages the skin and makes it tan, give blemishes, burn mask and pigmentation, which cannever get healed 100%. So it’s better to apply the right sunscreen lotion on the skin to save the skin. Water is very good for every type of skin. Water purifies all our internal system of body organs.So every one should take 8 to 10 glasses of water daily. According to some specialists, it should betaken in proportion to your body weight, as for every 10 kg of weight, one should drink a liter of water. So if the weight is 50Kg, then the person should drink 5 liters of water. As we know in these days, All people are full time working. So no one has time to take proper care of skinand body. Working people should keep [...]

Quarter final of FIFA World cup: Finally the day has come when the first two teams of quarter final will face each other in FIFA world cup 2010. Both teams with audience are very excited and completely prepared for this finale. The teams are Brazil and Netherlands. Where on one side Brazil is a undoubtedly a strong team having experienced player, on the other side we can not take Netherlands for grant. As they performed earlier in the team, it is expected that they will definitely do some magic. The match will be for sure very exciting and entertaining. Wire money online to India with Xoom.com for as low as $4.99. Netherlands Vs Brazil: Thematch was started at 7:30 pm at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium Port Elizabeth between these two teams and as expected in first 10 minutes Brazil registered one goal. The goal is scored by Robinho in 9th minute. This goal undoubtedly created a stress between Netherlands team but they did not loose hope while Brazil squad was more confident in fact can say over confident. Then in the entire first half, there was no goal scored by either teams. Finally first half finished with Brazil as one score and Netherlands at zero. There after second half started, it was quite an interesting part of the match as both teams struggled for their victory. Because of their overconfidence, Brazil team missed the chance but Netherlands did not do the same mistake and grab the opportunity whenever got. They got its first chance in the 52nd minute when Wesley Sneijder registered first goal for the team. That was the moment Netherlands were waiting for. This goal filled more energy and enthusiasm to the entire team and they played more confidently. This one i must say was the time when it was difficult to predict any prediction about both teams. Brazil team was so disturbed and started doing against gaming rules. The frustration between Brazil team was clearly shown as Felipe Melo got red card and Michel Bastos got yellow card. This not only irritate them but definitely Brazil audience also very angry with them and by their performance. Between all these, Netherlands got another chance to register a goal and this time it was again Wesley Sneijder. He registered the goal in 67th minute. This was the last goal of the match and second goal of the Netherlands team. [...]

India’s best college: Today India is growing with rapid speed and all credit goes to its education system. Today, if any one discuss about growth of India, then only one thing that keeps in his mind and that is our studies.  There are various facilities provided by education department in India which not only keeps you update about current affairs but also helps to think for your future, our future or say India’s future. Today technology is so vast that what a person imagine in his mind can be possible in coming days.  Today everyone is saying that the growth of economic system is because of involvement of education system.  No doubt, Indians never fear from hard work, in fact they are born to do hard work. In early years, farmers worked hard to make it golden sparrow or “sone ki chidiya” and now days educationist tried to improve India and make it one of the wealthiest countries of world. The young generation of India never gives up. The only thing they required is right direction and guidance. And for this there are numerous colleges in India of different categories like science, arts, commerce etc. One can choose its own life and make his and country’s life beautiful. Wire money online to India with Xoom.com for as low as $4.99. Indian higher education ranking: In this educational system, ranking of Best Colleges in India reflects the education of Indians that where they stand. Also which is missing and what is required to improve our education system and make it more stronger. This ranking of Indian colleges does not tell about status of our colleges but also give a superb opportunity to students to choose the best one for them. These colleges are best on their areas and always prove them not only in India but also in foreign countries. According to some senior educationists India is continually in progress in terms of education. Some of our institutes give direct challenge to other institutes in foreign countries and also set their feet in abroad areas. International Flight Sale! Get up to Rs.5000 instant discounts! Student ratio: According to survey, it is estimated that there are 12.4 students who are currently in higher education, and the ratio for seats is monumental. There are over 4.5 lakhs entrance test set for 9,500 engineering seats in the different IIT institutes. Not only this, Indian [...]

  Opportunity knocks a second time: Pankaj Singh has become part of Indian squad for second time. Last time, he was included in squad but he did not get the chance to play. It was the time period of 2007-08 when Indian team was on tour of Australia and he was included in the squad. Pankaj Singh said that he has not even made his debut yet so how he will wear them now. He told that he was in Indian squad during the Australia tour as well but was not a member of the playing team. He is now ready for his tour to Zimbabwe. He told that in his heart, he always knew that he could work his way back and can become again the part of Indian team. He is excited about the tour and wants to show his talent at international level after performing well at the local level. He is one of the only a handful of players in the current squad who has got chance in the squad prior to any experience of playing in Zimbabwe. He has not played any match from Indian team but his team mates from Rajasthan already consider him Indian player. He has worked hard in last two years to make come back in the Indian team. The 25 year old bowler tried hard to ignore the waves of the sympathies. He was used to be a net bowler during to tour to Australia. After that tour, he was not in notice any more as another speedster like Ishant Sharma was rising at that time. He said that all these factors instead of making him weak, he became more determined for his future.   Pankaj Singh paid off for his hard work: Pankaj Singh said that it was disappointing when you are in the squad and not given chance to play even a single match in the tournament. He was disappointed but said that he cannot do anything even other than from bowl your heart out. He tried to impress the team management at the nets. According to Pankaj Singh, there is a process for every new comer which they have to go through before making their place in the playing eleven’s team. He worked hard to get into the team but he is finally paid off. He said that he was committed to be part of team with [...]

Shahid Afridi wants to bring Yousuf back: Shahid Afridi has got the command of Pakistani test cricket team as well after getting captainship for twenty20 and one day international matches. He wants that their senior player, Mohammad Yousuf, who was banned and later he decided to retire should join team back. He is optimistic that he will be able to make him come back in the team and he is talking about it to religious elders of Mohammad Yousuf to convince him to back to team. Shahid Afridi is of view that team needs him for the upcoming tour against England as well as Australia. He said that he has had conversation with Mohammad Yousuf and he has also talked to a few of his elders to influence him to come back out of retirement for the sake of Pakistan and play for the team. Shahid Afridi told to media that he is sure about it that Mohammad Yousuf would listen to his elders and will change his mind about retiring from the international cricket.  According to Shahid Afridi, Mohammad Yousuf is a great batsmen and he does not need much practice to return in team. He said that just a couple of warm up matches before the test series will be enough for him to ready to face any tough team. He does not require much time to prepare for the tour. He told to The News that team will certainly need his service during the England tour.   Mohammad Yousuf will seek advice from elders: Mohammad Yousuf was banned for indiscipline along with Younis Khan after the team’s poor performance when they were on tour or Australia. After that, 35 year old Yousuf made the announcement of taking retirement from international cricket. Shahid Afridi wants him back for sure in the team and playing again England. Moreover, other banned players like Younis Khan and Shoaib Malik are included in preliminary squad for the Asia cup as well as for England tour so it also increases the chances of selection of Mohammad Yousuf as well. Mohammad Yousuf himself told that he was ready to come out of his retirement only if his elders will give him the permission for it. He told that Shahid Afridi called him and they spoke for longer time about the cricket scenario and team condition. He said that he has cleared his view that [...]