Why Do We Shout In Anger? (ARTICLE) By Entrepreneur.Ravinder Singh

Why Do We Shout In Anger? (Must Read)

A saint asked his disciples, 'Why do we shout in anger? Why do people shout at each other when they are upset?'

Disciples thought for a while, one of them said, 'Because we lose our calm, we shout for that.'
'But, why to shout when the other person is just next to you?' asked the saint. 'Isn't it possible to speak to him or her with a soft voice? Why do you shout at a person when you're angry?'
Disciples gave some other answers but none satisfied the saint.
Finally he explained, 'When two people are angry at each other, their hearts distance a lot. To cover that distance they must shout to be able to hear each other. The angrier they are, the stronger they will have to shout to hear each other through that great distance.'
Then the saint asked, 'What happens when two people fall in love? They don't shout at each other but talk softly, why? Because their hearts are very close. The distance between them is very small...'
The saint continued, 'When they love each other even more, what happens? They do not speak, only whisper and they get even closer to each other in their love. Finally they even need not whisper, they only look at each other and that's all. That is how close two people are when they love each other.'

MORAL: When you argue do not let, do not say words that distance each other more, else there will come a day when the distance is so great that you will not find the path to return.

Mumbai gears up for highest tide of season today.23 July 2009, 12:57pm by Entrepreneur.Ravinder Singh

Sea waves splash at Gateway of India by Arabian Sea as high tides lash its shores in Mumbai. (TOI Photo)


MUMBAI: As rains lashed the city, the metropolis is all set to face the highest tide of the season which will hit its shores Sea waves splash at Gateway of India by Arabian Sea as high tides lash its shores in Mumbai. (TOI Photo)today.

The city is expected to experience a high tide of 5.1 metres at approximately 1323 hours which would last till about 1925 hours, officials said.

The meteorological department had allayed fears of large scale flooding due to rains and said that it was unlikely very heavy rains would be experienced during the high tide period.

Disaster Management Cell of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, however, has geared up to handle any situation that could occur similar to the 26/7 deluge.

Moderate rains were experienced across the city with the Colaba station recording 20.4 mm of rainfall and 35.9 mm at the Santacruz station.

Civic body officials said that there was no major waterlogging reported in the city and pumps had been operated for at certain low lying locations like Milan subway in suburban Andheri to drain out excessive rain water.

Train services on the Central and Western lines were largely on schedule with no waterlogging on the tracks. Air traffic at the city's airport also remained unaffected.

Road traffic was slow, but there were no snarls on any of the arterial routes, police officials said.


As rains lashed the city, the metropolis is all set to face the highest tide of the season. (AFP Photo)



Sea waves lash the Marine Drive promenade on the Arabian Sea front in Mumbai.



The meteorological department had allayed fears of large scale flooding due to rains.

The solar eclipse of July 22, 2009(TODAY) Recent Pictures by Entrepreneur.Ravinder Singh

The solar eclipse of July 22, 2009(TODAY), is the longest total solar eclipse of the 21st century, lasting at most 6 minutes, 39 seconds.It has caused tourist interest in eastern China, Nepal and India.

The eclipse is part of saros series 136, like the record-setting solar eclipse of July 11, 1991. The next event from this series will be on August 2, 2027. The exceptional duration is a result of the moon being near perigee, with the apparent diameter of the moon 8% larger than the sun (magnitude 1.080) and the Earth being near aphelion where the sun appears slightly smaller.

It was visible from a narrow corridor through northern Maldives, northern Pakistan and northern India, eastern Nepal, northern Bangladesh, Bhutan, the northern tip of Myanmar, central China and the Pacific Ocean, including the Ryukyu Islands, Marshall Islands and Kiribati.

Toady totality it was visible in many large cities, including Surat, Vadodara, Bhopal, Varanasi, Patna, Dinajpur, Siliguri, Tawang, Guwahati, Chengdu, Nanchong, Chongqing, Yichang, Jingzhou, Wuhan, Huanggang, Hefei, Hangzhou, Wuxi, Huzhou, Suzhou, Jiaxing, Ningbo and Shanghai, as well as over the Three Gorges Dam. According to some experts, Taregana in Bihar is the "best" place to view the event.

A partial eclipse was seen from the much broader path of the Moon's penumbra, including most of Southeast Asia (all of India and China) and north-eastern Oceania.

This solar eclipse will be the longest total solar eclipse that will occur in the 21st century, and will not be surpassed in duration until June 13, 2132. Totality will last for up to 6 minutes and 39 seconds, with the maximum eclipse occurring in the ocean at 02:35:21 UTC about 100 km south of the Bonin Islands, southeast of Japan. The uninhabited North Iwo Jima island is the landmass with totality time closest to maximum, while the closest inhabited point is Akusekijima, where the eclipse will last 6 minutes and 26 seconds.



Partial eclipse from Kolkata, India




Total eclipse from Varanasi, India


Partial eclipse from Tainan, Taiwan


Solar eclipse from Anhui, China

India should behave like major world power: NYT. by Entrepreneur.Ravinder Singh

IANS 18 July 2009, 09:06pm IST


NEW YORK: President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton should "encourage" India to behave like a "vital partner in building a stable world" that they want it to be, an influential US daily said Saturday.

"India wants to be seen as a major world power. For that to happen, it will have to drop its pretensions to nonalignment and stake out strong and constructive positions," the New York Times said in an editorial on Clinton's visit to India.

"President Obama and Clinton say they consider India a vital partner in building a stable world. Now they have to encourage India to behave like one," it said.

The India-US civil nuclear deal "was supposed to be the start of a beautiful new friendship," the Times said suggesting an agenda for Clinton ranging from a bilateral investment treaty, to climate change, Doha trade talks, to non-proliferation with "primary focus" on Pakistan.

"The two democracies can do a lot to deepen their relationship, including negotiating an investment treaty," it said. "But it is time for India to take more responsibility internationally.

"It needs to do more to revive the world trade talks it helped torpedo last year and - as a major contributor to global warming - to join the developed countries in cutting greenhouse gas emissions. And it needs to do a lot more to constrain its arms race with Pakistan and global proliferation.

"The primary focus must be Pakistan," the Times said welcoming the resumption of India-Pakistan dialogue interrupted after the November Mumbai attacks by Pakistani-based extremists.

"Clinton needs to assure India that Washington will keep pressing Pakistan to prosecute suspects linked to the Mumbai attacks and to shut down the Lashkar-e-Taiba group of extremists.

"Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his party have a strong mandate after the May elections. And the country has weathered the global recession better than most. That means that it has no excuses not to do more," the Times said.

Muslim priests at 900-year-old Shiva temple in Kashmir.by Entrepreneur.Ravinder Singh

Ghulam Hassan, who takes care of the Shiva temple in Pahalgam.
Pahalgam (Jammu and Kashmir): Situated on the banks of the icy Lidder river, a 900-year-old Shiva temple is the only Hindu shrine in the Kashmir valley which has Muslim priests.

After the migration of Kashmiri Pandits from a nearby village, two Muslim priests -- Mohammad Abdullah and Ghulam Hassan -- kept the doors of the Mamalaka temple open and the bells tolling.

"We not only took care of the temple but also held aarti everyday," Ghulam Hassan said.

Besides ensuring the safety of the 3-foot-long black stone shivaling, Abdullah and Hassan have ensured that no devotee who visits the shrine goes without prasad even for one day.

Built by Raja Jai Suria, the temple was once a compulsory stopover for pilgrims going to the Amarnath cave shrine in the South Kashmir Himalayas.

The temple was for long run by a local association of Kashmiri Pandits headed by Pandit Radha Krishen.

After Radha Krishen's migration from Kashmir in 1989, the temple became the property of the state archaeology, archives, and museum department and a protected monument.

While leaving, Radha Krishen gave charge of the temple to his friend Abdul Bhat, a Muslim, and asked him to keep the gates of the temple open. Keeping the promise, Bhat took care of the temple till his transfer from the area in 2004.

After that Mohammad Abdullah and Ghulam Hassan were entrusted with the task of maintaining the temple.

"We have faith in Lord Shiva," Ghulam Hassan said. "We not only maintained the temple and undertook repairs, but also ensured that the temple remains fully functional despite threats from militants.

"We have fulfilled our task of guarding this shrine for Kashmiri Pandits. It is theirs. We wish they return and take back control of the temple."

The temple, which has images of Ganesh, Parvati, and Hanuman carved in stone, also houses a natural spring.

Abdullah and Hassan said the number of Hindu devotees to the temple has increased slightly in the past four years. These include some Kashmiri Pandit families who had left the area and come visiting once a year, as well as tourists.

Baba Ramdev to challenge HC verdict on homosexuals .. by Entrepreneur.Ravinder Singh

Yoga guru Baba Ramdev will approach the Supreme Court on Wednesday challenging the Delhi High Court judgement legalising gay sex among the consenting adults.

The petition is likely to be filed on Wednesday, July 8, lawyers associated with Ramdev said.

Lawyers Suresh Sharma and Gandharva Makker said the petition assailing the High Court verdict was to be filed on Tuesday but was delayed due to "unavoidable circumstances" .

They said the yoga guru has challenged the July 2 judgement contending that homosexual activities are not only against public morality, public health and healthy environment but also against the interest of the society.

"...homosexual activities which are otherwise unnatural there is high risk of exposure of a large chunk of population to dangerous sexually transmitted diseases including HIV/AIDS," the petition, likely to be filed, said.

"The decision of the High Court, if allowed to sustain will have catastrophic effects on the moral fabric of society and will jeopardise the institution of marriage itself. This offends the structure of Indian value system, Indian culture and traditions, as derived from religious scriptures," it said.

Ramdev, quoting Spanish psychiatrist Enrique Rojas, contended that homosexuality is a disease that is curable.

"It can be treated like any other congenital defect. Such tendencies can be treated by yoga, pranayam and other meditation techniques," he said in the petition.

The High Court, in a landmark verdict, legalised gay sex among consenting adults, which was earlier an offence under Section 377 of Indian Penal Code with punishment up to life imprisonment.

The verdict had retained the penal provision for non consenting gay and homosexual acts involving minors.

Ramdev, in his petition, contended that legislative mandate under section 377 of IPC did not infringe the right to privacy of persons indulging in homosexual activities as held by the High Court.

He maintained that section 377 is not in violation of right to dignity of an individual and reduction in purview in the penal provision would aid in promoting homosexual activities which are primarily responsible for spread of HIV.

Ramdev said in the petition that the High Court has erred by adjudicating Section 377 to be in violation of fundamental rights "The High Court has erred in its ruling by interpreting the terminology sex as sexual orientation. In fact, the term sex referred under Article 15 is in relation to the male or the female sex. It can't be interpreted in context to the sexual orientation of a person," the petition said.

He alleged the verdict would promote homosexual activities which would adversely affect population growth in the country.

"Homosexual relationships, if encouraged, would bring population growth of a country to a halt and may deprive this country of its greatest asset of human resources," he said.