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Saturday 31 December 2011

Ramayana V/S Mahabharata

The two great epics of the world have many similarities with each other as depicted below, though written in different Yugas. Ramayana was written in Treta yug by Valmiki while Mahabharta by Ved Vyas in the Dwapar yug.

Incarnation-Ram and Krishna were supposed to be incarnations of Lord Vishnu in both the epics.

Birth-The divine births of Rama, Laxman, Bharat and Shatrughan from the yagya in Ramayana while in the Mahabharata Pandavas were born due to boon given by Saint Durvasa to Kunti. In the Ramayana, Rama's brothers, Lakshmana and Shatrughna, and Rama's sons, Luva and Kusha, were twins. In the Mahabharata, the youngest of the Pandava brothers, Nakula and Sahadeva were also twins. Bali and Sugreeva were also twins.

Guru-In both epics they were favourites of their gurus and helped them .In Ramayana they killed demons to protect guru Vasisht’s ashram while in Mahabharata they fought and defeated king of Panchal to take revenge for their guru Dronacharya.

Swamvar - Ravana and Karana were not able to participate in the swamvar and were turned away respectively in both the epics.

Vanvas- Ram along with brother Laxman and wife Sita had to go to vanvas for 14 years as per the direction of his step-mother Kaikeyi who wanted throne for her own son Bharat. While Pandvas along with wife Draupadi had to go to vanvas for 14 years including 1 year of agyatvas after loosing their kingdom in the game of dice.

Basis of War-Ravana had carried Sita forcibly to avenge his sister sarupnakha’s disgrace. Draupadi had humiliated Duroyodhna, in turn he tried to disrobe her after winning her in the game of dice.

Incident-Ram had killed Bali by treachery while the later was fighting with brother Sugreeva. Arjun shot arrows on Bheeshm Pitamah while taking cover of enauch Shikhandi.

Characters-Hanuman and Bheem were the two strong and powerful characters in each epic.

Life Boon-Ravan and Duroyodhana were having boons but were back stabbed. Ravan was having elixir near his naval which was targeted by Rama as told by Vibhishan.While Bheem was told to hit Duroyodhana under the belt by Krishna as it was only weak point left after the boon given to him by mother Gandhari.

Appearance of Authors- Vyasa comes several times in the Mahabharata, siring children and offering advice. Valmiki, gave refuge to Sita in his ashram when disowned by Rama.

If one goes through the stories themselves, the characters of the Ramayana are easily identifiable into good and bad, with very little grey area, demons are also shown to be capable of loyalty and friendship. The Mahabharata, on the other hand increased the complex characters full of such dark and grey area, in which gods are also not averse to treachery and deceit, while Lord Krishna gave ultimate Geeta Sar to give logic and relevance of their deeds.

But like all stories the final result from both the epics was same, that Dharma always prevails in the end.

Monday 26 December 2011

Revolution against corruption

Taking a cue from Anna Hazare we certainly require necessary reforms and law amendments in our country to change the course of happenings and for that we should be prepared for the revolution. The creditability of Government employees is at the lowest. Everyday you hear about new scams and scandals.
The martyrs who fought and laid their lives for our independence should have not realized that future breed of leaders will only be greedy politician interested in only minting money for them selves.
They have twisted laws for their own benefit and instead of serving people of country have only taken it to the darkness of corruption.
They are just following Divide and Rule policy given by our previous imperialist rulers in the name of Caste, Creed, region, religion, terrorism, reservation, etc,. to divert attention from actual problems.
We have seen so many leaders with criminal and corruption records asking shamelessly for more pay and perks in the parliament even after depositing huge amount of money in the overseas banks.
Why there is so much of sluggishness to act against these people? Why these people are given time to cover their wrongdoings? Only after media intervention or public outcry do we see some face saving action.
Instead of serving the people who had voted those in, they stall the working of parliament, thus wasting hard earned public money.
Its time to send these kinds of people to jails attach their properties and even openly execute them to send a chill in their spine. They are laundering our hard earned money without any fear and remorse just because most of us are not aware of our rights and are just busy in making their own two ends meet.
We have to act now in order to provide a pristine and corruption free society to our coming generations.

Friday 23 December 2011

Style Icon of Cinema-Dev Anand

Out of the trio famous yesteryears stars of Indian Cinema Evergreen Dev Anand,Tragedy king Dilip Kumar and Chaplin Raj Kapoor,masses favourite was clearly Dev Anand for his very romantic portrayal of characters mostly in his movies Munimji, Tere ghar ke samne,Teen Deviyan,Kala Pani,Paying Guest,CID,Jaal,Funtoosh,Taxi Driver, etc,.
His mannerism became national craze like his shaking head and hands,half bent walking,caps,scarves and wearing black coat becme his signature trademark style and were oftend repeated by him or others in various movies.He was first hero to play Anti-hero in his films.
Remember Rajesh Khanna's superhit song from movie Aradhna Mere sapno ki raani kab ayegi tu is straight lift from Jab Pyar kissi se hota hai's Jiya o Jiya kuch bol do .
Jewel Thief,Tere mere Sapne,Gambler,Johny mera naam,Hare Rama hare Krishna and Des Pardes are other of his hit movies.
Guide is one of the cult movie made before time by him where he stood out in acting also in addition to his very romantic image and making the character of the movie “Raju Guide” a benchmark for future characters ,its shadow can be seen in Aamir Khan’s Raja Hindustani.
His melodious movie songs mainly composed by S D Burman still have that aura that instantly touches your heart.Fans still hums Khoya Khoya Chand,Din Dhaal Jaye,Main Duhiyein mey Udata chala gaya,Abhi na jayo chod Kar and many more.
He introduced many new faces to film industries through his films like Zeenat Aman,Tina munim and Tabu being prominent.

The Government of India honoured him with the Padma Bhushan in 2001 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2002 for his contribution to Indian cinema. His career spanned more than 65 years with acting in 114 Hindi films of which 110 have him play the main lead actor.

Dev Anand has directed 19 films and produced 35 films of which 7 directorial ventures and 18 films respectively were commercially successful at the box office. He wrote the story for 13 of his films. His last movie being Charge sheet which released just couple of month before his death at the age of 88.
Often compared to the famous actor Gregory Peck the world over, he commented that he didn't feel ecstatic bearing the tag line bestowed on him in his hey days.
“Dev Anand was indeed an icon for many generations and entertained us all throughout his life by churning out so many movies till his last breadth. We salute his unending passion for making movies.

Friday 16 December 2011

MY HERO

Wing Commander Vidya Bhushan Vashist led a squadran of 12 aircrafts in several air attacks on pakistani bases during the 1971 war. The attacks began on 3rd December , and continued the next day. The wing commander led his men in a mission to destroy a well defended Pakistani fuel and ammunition depot in charge manga forest .His adroit maneuvers rendered the enemy antiaircraft guns ineffective and the suffered irreparable damage.

The next day ,he led his squadran in an attack on haji pir pass in Pakistan held Kashmir. The pass stood amidst high hills The Wing Commander guided his squadron skillfully .They flew at very low attitudes ,in and out of the crags. Vashists skill and courage ensured that the operation was a success.

He successfully led more air raids deep in to enemy territory braving heavy enemy ground fire.Not a single indian bomber was lost in these operations.

His exceptional skills and leadership won him the Mahavir ChakraIn 1971.

Akbar,Sikandra

Tuesday 13 December 2011

A Decade After The Parliament Attack

Why even a decade after the attack on Indian Parliament, we have neither been able to hang the masterminds nor been able to properly compensate the bereaved families?
Such anniversaries are just personal and political gimmicks for the politicians to fool poor public, quiet similar to statues which are left unattended and garlanded only at the time of VIP visits.
If propagators of such terrorist attacks are not punished due to fear of religion or political crisis then who will come forward in future to lay down their lives for the country?
On the other hand families of martyrs have to run from pillar to post to secure the announced compensation.
The government should provide basic necessities like employment, housing and education rather than adoring them with meager medals as these gold plated medals can not provide them with two square meals a day.

Mughal Art

Wednesday 12 October 2011

Why India is a Great Country ?

Jab Zero Diya Mere Bharat Ne - Purab Aur Pashchim

jaha daal daal par sone ki chidiya

Incredible India

India is one of the oldest civilization,it not only goes beyond years but also ages.The vast and still untapped knowledge in different forms like Vedas,Upnishda,mantra,yoga,meditation,etc.,
In our ancient epic Ramayana there is reference of Bharam astra whose energy was equivalent to nuclear power,now scientist are researching it.Similarly Ravanas flying object used for abducting Sita may have given idea to people like Wright Brothers for inventing aeroplanes.The characters were able to fly or change shape or even able to become invisible.Many books and treasures were taken away from India by foreign intruders.The foreign scientist are researching on them to do new inventions.

Wednesday 5 October 2011

World Famous Mysore Dasara

DUSSHERA / RAM LEELA

Understanding The "True Meaning Of Vijayadashami / Dasara / Dussehra " B...

Vijaydashmi

Vijay Dashmi,Dashera or Durga Utsav is an Indian festival of victory of good over evil.Its a celebration of Lord Ram killing Ravan,Maa Durgas victory over Mahisasur and ending of agayatvaas of Pandaavas.Reasons may differ but allover the celebration are there even in the neighbouring countries.The effigy of Ravan,Kumbhkarna and Meghnand set alight with fancy fireworks.Beautiful pandals are erected for Durga Puja.Let this be the victory of (Ram or MaaDurga)manhood over (Ravan or Mahisasur)poverty,corruption,hatred,terrorism and egos.

Sunday 2 October 2011

Aye mere pyare watan by Sunidhi

Ae Mere Watan Ke logon - Oringinal Lata Mangeshkar Geet

Vande Mataram Anand Math Hemant Bankim Original

Mere Desh Ki Dharti - Desh Bhakti Geet - Proud to be Indian

A Tribute To Lal Bahadur Shastri.mov

Great Leaders of Congress- Lal Bahadur Shastri

Son of Soil-Lal Bhadur Shastri

A very simple,soft spoken and hard working leader surprised everybody and showed his grit in 1965 war.He gave that famous "Jai Jawan Jai Kisan" call.Though he had a very short stint in Prime Minister Office but left an unprecedented impact in the hearts of people due to his high moral values and integrity.A true Indian from heart and Karm.

Famous Quotes From Mahatma Gandhi

Friday 30 September 2011

MK Gandhi's Speech (Real un-edited Voice)

"Ragupati Raghav Raja Ram" a Bhajan by Hari Om Sharan

BHAJAN: VAISHNAVA JANA TO

Mahatma Gandhi

Bapu,Mahatma or Father of Nation,the messiah of peace and brotherhood for all the mankind.His revolution and awakening tools were Satyagraha,Fasts and Marchs.His ideology of non-violence,truth,faith,vegetarianism,non-alcoholism and simplicity.His vision for self rule,building India on sound foundation of ethnic amity,increasing economic self reliance,eradicating discrimination and superstitions.

Thursday 8 September 2011

Mom

Dedicated to my dear Mother whom i lost on 15th August 2011.Ironically it was also her birthday on the same date.Tulsidas the great saint and philosopher also had the similar dates.May Almighty give rest and peace to her soul.I don't have words what i have lost.

Meri Maa pyari maa mama - Dasvidaniya

Maawan Thandiya Chaawan - Gurdas Mann

i miss u maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.

SADDEST SONG EVER punjabi....MAA pe kaun sambhalu ,best punjabi sad song...

Tuesday 2 August 2011

The Real Superhero-Hanuman

Hanuman, Bajrangbali, Maruti or Pavanputra an ancient Indian deity with all supernatural powers that make all Wolverline from X-Men(voted most popular)Superman,Spiderman or Batman look minnows.As a child he swalloed sun thinking it as ball,reduced his body to meet Sita at Ashok Vatika and enlarging it to devistate Lanka when Ravan set his tail on fire,becoming invisible to kill Mahiravan to save Ram and Laxman or bringing the whole mountain from the Himalayas for the sanjivini by taking the aerial route.He is a lethal combination of strength, power,intelligence,friendship and biggest devotee of lord Rama.Even his presence in Mahabharta, helped Arjuna to defend himself.Even now his prayers get rids of evil spirits,illness and all kinds of other problems of life that is why he is the real superhero and real man among all the men.JAI HO.



Flow of Grace: Chanting the Hanuman ChalisaHanuman (Animated)

Friday 29 July 2011

India's tour of England

India's tour of England has sadly begun on sad note as they batted and fielded badly in both practice and first test matches.I think they are down because of a small break for most of the players.The west Indies tour was also not very impressive for the players as they were pitted against very mediocre team without players like inform Chris Gayle but right now England's got very good and balanced side.It is time to give that extra for Indian players to prove that they are the best test side of the world.The replacing of injured and out of form players should be done and strategy to counter their in form players is need of the hour.

Friday 8 July 2011

Leader or Politician-Rahul Gandhi

Mahatama Gandhi took to the Dandi March for Indians in pre-independance era while now Rahul Gandhi has taken a march for Uttar Pradesh farmers in Batta-Parsaul.Rahul is doing it for only political mileage as we know that Congress has lost its footing in UP many years back and to divert attention of public from other more important issues such as inflation,corruption,etc.,The land has been always been in demand for development purposes in all the states of India but methodology adopted to acquire it by various development authorities is not correct.Instead he should use power of his government for better land acquistion laws instead of playing dirty politics for power in U.P. and creating law and order problems.This issue can also crop up or erupt in Congress led states.
Why he has not taken issues for all Indian farmers such as their sucidies,fertilizers,subsidy on loan,diesel,electricity and water.
Like his father in initial phase Rajiv Gandhi he is also being waylaid by older politician or so called think tanks of Congress.He should interospect and decide whether he wants to be a National Leader or nuisance creating politician.

Saturday 25 June 2011

Cricket World Cup 28 years-1983 & 2011

The 1983 world cup final was between India and West Indies at Lords, both had reached finals defeating England and Pakistan respectively.Indian team was underdog and minnows against the two times champion West Indies team comparising of best batsman (Richards,Llyod,Haynes,Greenidge) and bowlers (Robert,Garner,Holding,Marshall)of all times.Indian team batted first after loosing the toss and made paltry 183 runs but was able to restrict them to 140 runs,thus beating them by 43 runs.Indian team won because it was having bunch of useful all-rounders like Mohinder Amarnath,Kapil Dev,Sandeep Patil,Kirti Azad,Madan Lal,Sandhu,etc.,I still remember seeing that match live which changed the course of cricket in India and laid foundation for 2011 victory.
The 2011 world cup final was between India and Sri Lanka at Mumbai.This time we were favourite from the start of the tournament and we were playing at home.We defeated Australia and Pakistan in crucial quarterfinal and semifinal games.Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat first after a goof-up in tossing.They scored 274 runs and we were able to make 277 runs with 10 balls to spare thus winning by 6 wickets.This time we had a very professional,experienced and confident team comparising of Sachin,M.S Dhoni,Sehwag,Gambhir,Yuvraj,Zaheer,Harbhajan,etc.,
ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 - Official Highlights

Wednesday 8 June 2011

Revolution-Navbharat

Taking a cue from Anna Hazare we certainly require neccessary reforms and law amendments in our country to change the course of happenings and for that we should be prepared for a revolution.The martyrs who fought and laid their lives for our independence would have not realized that future breed of leaders will only be greedy politician interested in only minting money for themselves.They have twisted laws and instead of serving people of country have only taken it to the darkness of corruption.They are just following Divide and Rule policy given by our previous imperialist rulers in the name of Caste,Creed,region,religious terrorism,reservation, etc,.to divert attention from real problems.We have so many leaders with criminal records asking shamelessly for more pay and perks even after depositing huge amount of money in overseas banks, instead of serving the people who had appointed them.Its time to send these kind of people to jails,attach their properties and even openly execute them to send a chill in their spine.They are laundering our hard earned money without any fear and remorse just because most of us are not aware of our rights and are just busy in making their own ends meet.We have to act now in order to provide a pristine and corruption free society to our coming generations.

Tuesday 24 May 2011

Gaylestorm

Chris Gayle has taken IPL-4 with storm and surprising everybody has become the most valuable player of the tournament.He was rejected by most of the teams even his previous Kolkata team and west indian team for not very impressive run. Singlehandedly he has brought Banglore team into recknowing and within the range of the tittle.So far he has completely destroyed all the bowling attacks with his power hitting.
CHRIS GAYLE

Monday 23 May 2011

Pakistan Agenda

Leaders of Pakistan had always relied upon anti-Indian sentiments and policies instead of economical development,therefore it was fed by US funding that was also used for terrorist activities.Now China is also taking keen interest in Pakistan so is it playing multi-cross game
just to keep it afloat.There has been increase in terrorist strikes in Pakistan as it has lost faith after killing of Bin Laden and other terrorist leaders are now leaving Pakistan.It is also making nuclear weapons for threatening and black-mailing which is not safer for the entire region. Pakistan: Beyond the "Crisis State" (Columbia/Hurst)Pakistan: Deep Inside the World's Most Frightening State

Sunday 15 May 2011

Holi-Festival of Color

The festival of holi existed since several centuries in Indian Peninsula just like our esteem civilization.There is description in Vedas and Puranas.The story of Prahlad and Holika is quiet famous.Lord Krishna's playing holi with Radha and other gopis is also very popular and have become tradition.We all  have played and enjoyed this festival of color with our friends but this snap brings a flashing memory when one of my friend was hospitalised after celebrating holi in college days.


Krishna Plays Holi - Water Color Painting on PaperRadha Krishna Playing Holi in Vrindavan - Water Color Painting On Cotton Fabric