Aamir khan has once again proved he is a genius, the perfectionist. By Entrepreneurship.Ravinder Singh

Aamir khan has once again proved he is a genius, the perfectionist. Even at the age of 44, he perfectly looks like a college student. The base might have taken from Chetan Bhagat’s Novel ‘Five Point Someone’, but the storyline is very different.. and of course much better than the Novel.

This movie will remind you of your college days... best days filled with fun and friends. The mentality of students is captured so well. We were all like this. In the initial college days everybody is in a race of getting good marks and impress our professors. Where everybody thinks one who is getting the highest marks is the most intelligent and successful person in the world. Cut-throat competition and pressure on students is pictured so well. Some scenes will take your breath away and dialogs are just too good. For example when Farhan says: “Human Behaviour: Jab dost fail hota hai tab dukh hota hai, par jab woh first aata ho bahut jyada dukh hota hai!!!” :-D. All engineers will enjoy it to its best as they all were once part of it all. There is a series of scenes which will leave you burst out in laughter to get a heart attack but then we kept on reciting “Aaaaaal izzzzzzz Welllllllll”.

Apart from comedy, movie gives a very fabulous message in a very simple way: “Strive for Excellence, Follow your heart and Success will follow you”. It’s also an essence of my favorite book: The Fountain Head. World is full of second hander. Be a first hander: Carve your own path, Live on your own terms; this is the fountain head for Success.

There are many twists and turns and surprises in the movie, the climax is also one of the best climaxes, pictured on the beautiful locations of Laddakh (perfectly matching my dream island ;) :)) ). Last but not the least, the ultimate one “Jahapanah, tussi great ho..Tohfa kabool karo!!”.

How SMS Work...by Entrepreneur.Ravinder Singh

Just when we're finally used to seeing everybody constantly talking on their cell phones, it suddenly seems like no one is talking at all. Instead, they're typing away on tiny numerical pads, using their cell phones to send quick messages. SMS, or text messaging, has replaced talking on the phone for a new "thumb generation" of texters.

In this article, we'll find out how text messaging works, explore its uses and learn why it sometimes takes a while for your text message to get to its recipient.

SMS stands for short message service. Simply put, it is a method of communication that sends text between cell phones, or from a PC or handheld to a cell phone. The "short" part refers to the maximum size of the text messages: 160 characters (letters, numbers or symbols in the Latin alphabet). For other alphabets, such as Chinese, the maximum SMS size is 70 characters.
But how do SMS messages actually get to your phone? If you have read How Cell Phones Work, you can actually see what is happening.
Even if you are not talking on your cell phone, your phone is constantly sending and receiving information. It is talking to its cell phone tower over a pathway called a control channel. The reason for this chatter is so that the cell phone system knows which cell your phone is in, and so that your phone can change cells as you move around. Every so often, your phone and the tower will exchange a packet of data that lets both of them know that everything is OK.

Your phone also uses the control channel for call setup. When someone tries to call you, the tower sends your phone a message over the control channel that tells your phone to play its ringtone. The tower also gives your phone a pair of voice channel frequencies to use for the call.
The control channel also provides the pathway for SMS messages. When a friend sends you an SMS message, the message flows through the SMSC, then to the tower, and the tower sends the message to your phone as a little packet of data on the control channel. In the same way, when you send a message, your phone sends it to the tower on the control channel and it goes from the tower to the SMSC and from there to its destination.

The actual data format for the message includes things like the length of the message, a time stamp, the destination phone number, the format, etc. For a complete byte-by-byte breakdown of the message format,

SMS History
SMS was created during the late 1980s to work with a digital technology called GSM (global system for mobile communications), which is the basis for most modern cell phones. The Norwegian engineers who invented it wanted a very simple messaging system that worked when users' mobile phones were turned off or out of signal range. Most sources agree that the first SMS message was sent in the UK in 1992.

As SMS was born in Europe, it's not surprising that it took a little longer to make its way to the United States. Even today, texting enjoys much greater popularity in Europe, though its stateside use is on the rise. A July 2005 study found that 37 percent of U.S. mobile phone owners had sent or received at least one text message in the previous month. 

SMS Attacks 
Recently it has been suggested that SMS messages could be used to attack a cell phone system. The basic idea is very simple. If a large number of SMS messages were sent by computers to phones in a small geographical area (like a city), these messages would overwhelm the control channels and make it impossible for the cell phone system to set up calls. Now that cell phone providers know about the possibility of this threat, they can design systems to throttle messages coming from the SMSC onto the network.

Why 160 Characters?
SMS was designed to deliver short bursts of data such as numerical pages. To avoid overloading the system with more than the standard forward-and-response operation, the inventors of SMS agreed on a 160-character maximum message size.
But the 160-character limit is not absolute. Length limitations may vary depending on the network, phone model and wireless carrier. Some phones don't allow you to keep typing once the 160-character limit is reached. You must send your message before continuing. However, some services will automatically break any message you send into chunks of 160 characters or less. So, you can type and send a long message, but it will be delivered as several messages.

lternatives to SMS
Alternative messaging services allow for more elaborate types of messages. With EMS (Enhanced Messaging Service), you can send formatted text, sound effects, small pictures and icons. MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) allows you to send animations, audio and video files in addition to text. If your mobile phone is EMS- or MMS-enabled, you can use these standards just as you would SMS. However, the cost per message will be higher.

Another alternative to using SMS is using an instant messaging program, such as AOL IM, on your cell phone. This can be in the form of software that's pre-installed on your phone, or you can use WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) to access the Internet and sign into your IM account. WAP is a protocol that gives you small, simplified versions of web pages that are easily navigable on your mobile phone or PDA (check out How WAP Works for more information). You can use it to send instant messages or actual e-mails from your phone.

A common complaint about SMS is its inefficient delivery structure -- when the message center is backed up, messages take longer to reach their destination. To make message delivery faster, networks are using more new next-generation technologies such as GPRS (General Packet Radio Service).

Read it.. cz i feel it really is important for us to know... - Sonakshi Manchanda

Politics is not a SERVICE anymore but a PROFESSION!!!


An Important Issue! 
Salary & Govt. Concessions for a Member of Parliament (MP) 

Monthly Salary : Rs. 12,000/- 

Expense for Constitution per month : Rs. 10,000/-

Office expenditure per month : Rs. 14,000/- 

Traveling concession (Rs. 8 per km) : Rs. 48,000/- 
(eg. For a visit from South India to Delhi & return : 6000 km) 

Daily DA TA during parliament meets : Rs. 500/day 

Charge for 1 class (A/C) in train : Free (For any number of times)  
(All over India )  

Charge for Business Class in flights : Free for 40 trips / year (With wife or P..A.)  

Rent for MP hostel at Delhi : Free.

Electricity costs at home : Free up to 50,000 units.

Local phone call charge : Free up to 1, 70,000 calls.. 

TOTAL expense for a MP [having no qualification] per year : Rs.32, 00,000/-


[i.e. 2.66 lakh/month] 
TOTAL expense for 5 years : Rs. 1, 60, 00,000/- 




For 534 MPs, the expense for 5 years : 
Rs. 8,54,40,00,000/- 
 (Nearly 855 crores) 
AND THE PRIME MINISTER IS ASKING THE HIGHLY QUALIFIED, OUT PERFORMING CEOs TO CUT DOWN THEIR SALARIES...... 
This is how all our tax money is been swallowed and price hike on our regular commodities......... 
And this is the present condition of our country :

855 crores could make their lives livable!!  
Think of the great democracy we have… 
& 
FORWARD 
THIS MESSAGE TO ALL REAL CITIZENS OF INDIA !!
ARE YOU?
I know hitting the Delete button is easier...but....try to press the Fwd button & make people aware! 

  clarity is power!!

  
-- Sonakshi Manchanda

Salutations, Sachin

Sachin Tendulkars feat 
in lasting 20 years at the top of 
international cricket is unprecedented in modern-day sport.
 The intense scrutiny from the media, 
the massive pressure of expectations from
 Indias huge fan base and the wear and tear
  on both body and mind over the last two decades
 makes Tendulkars achievements 
one of the marvels of this era or any other.

With cricket
 now a round-the-year business 
” nearly a quarter of all Test matches since 1877 
have been played in this decade alone ” 
one match tends to blur into another 
and one series into another seemingly
 in the blink of an eye.
Yet,
 Tendulkar 
still retains his hold on the nations 
collective psyche as he demonstrated only 
last week at Hyderabad during his
 brilliant innings of 175.

It seemed that evening as if the
 whole of India had ground to a halt 
to follow his dazzling batting on TV. 
 That even now in the twilight of his career
 the whole teams fortunes seemingly rest
 on his shoulders is both something to marvel
  at and to be alarmed over.

Yet this toxic cloud of doubt has 
over the years hovered over
 Tendulkars phenomenal record 
” can he be classified as a match-winner? 
Yes,
 in ODIs 32 of his 45 centuries have resulted 
in victory for India as against 12 defeats and one 
˜No Result.
 But
 in Test matches ”
 still the true barometer of a cricketers greatness 
” only on one occasion
 (last year against England at Chennai)
 has he scored a century in a successful
 fourth-innings run chase
 when the pressure is at its peak. 

In Test matches certainly it takes bowlers
  to win matches and save for a couple of 
splendid exceptions, 
Indian cricket has been poorly served in this
 department over the last two decades.
The one black hole in Tendulkars 
otherwise glittering career is his two
  brief stints at captaincy.

 But
 Tendulkar in this period
 was also a victim of intrigue and skulduggery. 
It left a bitter aftertaste and his
 vow after quitting the second time 
over in 2000 never to lead again was a wise one.
 His everlasting legacy though should not
 just be his achievements on the field,
 but 
the dignified manner in which 
he has carried himself in the public gaze, 
completely free of scandal and a role model for all.
 That is the true mark of the man for
 which the nation salutes

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar.

How To Burst Crackers Safely.. by Ravinder Singh {B.C.A III}

Diwali is back again with all its fun and splendour. The festival of lights brings with it worship, brightly lit lampes new clothes, sweets and of course crackers. Crackers are an inevitable part of the festival. But however they have to be handled properly to avoid any fire hazards. Here are some few simple but very important steps to burst crackers safely for a safe Diwali.

Always burst crackers under the supervision of adults

Look for an open space and ensure there are no combustible and inflammatory things around. If so remove them at once


Always buy fire works for licensed and reliable sellers 

Ensure that you wear a cotton outfit

Use a sparkler, agarbathi or a long fire wood to burst a cracker as they keep you at a safe distance and do not possess open flames 

Strictly avoid using matches and lighters for bursting crackers as they have open flames which can be dangerous 

Keep small children away from the bursting area

Read the label on the crackers and follow the instructions carefully.

Never ignite aerial fireworks (like rocket) if there is any overhead obstruction present like tree and wires etc. 

While igniting aerial fire works like rockets ensure that they are not facing any opening like an open window, door or an open building which, may cause fire accidents. 

Never ever leave a lit match, ararbathi or sparkler s near unused crackers. 

Never experiment with crackers or make your own fire works 

Avoid bursting fire works on roads 

Never ever light a cracker in your hand. See to it that you put it down and ignite it. 

Don't keep your face close to the cracker while trying to ignite it. 

Do not throw fire works at people 

Strictly avoid children from handling fireworks 

Never try to burst crackers indoors or from inside a vehicle. 

Keep first aid and a bucket full of water handy. 

Do not have fire works in your pocket while igniting another 

And always see to it that you burst only one at a time 

Do not tend to burst crackers when some one else is trying to ignite one 

When crackers take time or do not ignite immediately, do not indulge in trying to burst them. Rush to a safe place immediately. Throw some water to diffuse them. 

Malfunctioning fireworks should be abandoned.
Ensure that you follow these steps seriously while opting to ignite fireworks for a happy and a safe Diwali.
 

Respect the Love .. by Entrepreneur.Ravinder Singh

To My Friends Who Are...MARRIED

Love is not about "it's your fault", but "I'm sorry", not "where are you' but "I'm right here", not "how could you" but "I understand", not "I wish you were", but "I'm thankful you are."

To My Friends Who Are...ENGAGED
The true measure of compatibility is not the years spent together but how good you are for each other.

To My Friends Who Are...NOT SO SINGLE
Love isn't about becoming somebody else's "perfect person." It's about finding someone who helps you become the best person you can be.

To My Friends Who Are...HEARTBROKEN
Heartbreaks last as long as you want and cut deep as you allow them to go. The challenge is not how to survive heartbreaks but to learn from them.


To My Friends Who Are...NAIVE
How to be in love: Fall but don't stumble, be consistent but not too persistent, share and never be unfair, understand and try not to demand, and get hurt but never keep the pain.

To My Friends Who Are...SEARCHING
True love cannot be found where it does not truly exist, nor can it be hidden where it truly does. Love is magic. The more we hide it, the more it shows; the more you suppress it, the more it grows.

To My Friends Who Are...PLAYBOY/GIRL TYPE
Never say I love if you don't care. Never talk about feelings if they aren't there. Never touch a life if you mean to break a heart. Never look in the eye when what you do is lie. The cruelest thing a guy can do to a girl is to let her fall in love when he doesn't intend to catch her fall.

To My Friends Who Are...POSSESSIVE
It breaks your heart to see the one you love happy with someone else but it's more painful to know that the one you love is unhappy with you.

To My Friends Who Are...AFRAID TO CONFESS
Love hurts when you break up with someone. It hurts even more when someone breaks up with you. But love hurts the most when the person you love has no idea how you feel.

To My Friends Who Are...STILL HOLDING ON
A sad thing about life is that when you meet someone who means a lot to you, only to find out in the end that it was never bound to be and we just have to let go.

To My Friends Who Are...SINGLE
Love is like a butterfly. The more you chase it, the more it eludes you. But if you just let it fly, it would come to you when you least expect it. Love can make you happy but often times it hurts, but love's only special when you give it to someone who is worth it. So take your time and choose the best!

Vision For A Heavy computer Users...by Ravinder singh{B.C.AIII}

Two in five workers who use computer screens say that they suffer from headaches and over half say that they get tired eyes, with a quarter also admitting that they have difficulty focusing™. One in five workers also say that they suffer from blurred vision™. Eye experts are warning that these conditions could be linked to the increasing amount of time that millions of people all over the country are spending staring at a computer screen.
The alarming statistics reveal that over 9 per cent of people admit to spending more than six hours a day in front of a computer screen on top of time spent working™, with this increasing to over one in ten (14%) of the 18-24 year old age group. At weekends, nearly one in ten (9%) of the population confess to spending over eight hours on the computer, rising to 15% of the younger demographics.
Social networking sites such as Facebook and Bebo occupy the leisure time of nearly eight in ten under 24 year olds, while two in five use their computers to play games, and half download music. Nine in ten (93%) of the older age groups use their computers for researching™ and surfing™.

The majority of people of all age groups (64%) are now spending between one and four hours a day on the computer outside of work, and “ combined with longer working days that means that the majority of UK workers who use computers spend seven hours in front of them.
Dr Rob Hogan, President of The College of Optometrists, says: œWe are reaching a critical point, with more and more people spending an increasing amount of time in front of a computer screen. At work employees should at least be encouraged to take regular breaks from their screen, but with leisure time now also being spent on computers there™s even less chance that people are looking after their eyes properly.

While using a computer can™t permanently damage your eyes, if you don™t take regular breaks and use the correct vision aids for your eyesight, you can strain your eyes, and may experience headaches, blurriness, tired eyes, and focus problems. This can be painful and uncomfortable, as well as making your time both in work and out of work tiring and inefficient.
It™s crucial for everyone, but especially for those using a computer screen for a significant amount of time during the week or weekends, that you take regular breaks and visit your local optometrist regularly who will be able to pinpoint any problems you may have with your eyes.�
The College of Optometrists has top tips to keep your eyes healthy in front of a screen:
1.Make sure that if you need spectacles to look at a screen, you wear them!
2.Blink regularly. When focusing on a screen your reflexes will slow down, tear production will reduce, and you will blink less, causing dry and uncomfortable eyes.
3.Remember the 20-20-20 rule: every 20 minutes, look 20 feet away for 20 seconds to give your eye muscles a break and help increase the rate of blinking.
4.Keep the distance of the monitor from your eyes between 16 to 30 inches. Most people find a distance of 20 to 26 inches comfortable.
5.Make sure that the top of the monitor is at a level at or slightly below your horizontal eye level.
6.Tilt the top of the monitor away from you at a 10- to 20-degree angle. This will enable you to create an optimum viewing angle.
7.Keep your screen free of dust and fingerprints.
8.Use an adjustable chair that enables you to sit at a proper angle and distance from your computer monitor screen.
9.If your work involves prolonged data entry use document holders to secure any reading or reference material. Placing them close to the monitor and at the same distance from your eyes as your monitor, will enable your eyes to remain focused as they look from the monitor to the reading material.
10.Use a character size that is visible. The character size is an important factor since it determines the distance at which you prefer to view the monitor.
11.Make sure your workstation is set up comfortably; avoid poor posture which can lead to neck, back, arm or

{{`--10 ReAsoN To cELeBrAtE DiWaLi--}}..by Entrepreneur.Ravinder Singh

Why do we celebrate Diwali? It’s not just the festive mood in the air that makes you happy, or just that it's a good time to enjoy before the advent of winter. There are 10 mythical and historical reasons why Diwali is a great time to celebrate. And there are good reasons not just for Hindus but also for all others to celebrate this great Festival of Lights.



1.Goddess Lakshmi’s Birthday: The Goddess of wealth, Lakshmi incarnated on the new moon day (amaavasyaa) of the Kartik month during the churning of the ocean (samudra-manthan), hence the association of Diwali with Lakshmi.

2. Vishnu Rescued Lakshmi: On this very day (Diwali day), Lord Vishnu in his fifth incarnation as Vaman-avtaara rescued Lakshmi from the prison of King Bali and this is another reason of worshipping Ma Larkshmi on Diwali.

3. Krishna Killed Narakaasur: On the day preceding Diwali, Lord Krishna killed the demon king Narakaasur and rescued 16,000 women from his captivity. The celebration of this freedom went on for two days including the Diwali day as a victory festival.

4. The Return of the Pandavas: According to the great epic ‘Mahabharata’, it was ‘Kartik Amavashya’ when the Pandavas appeared from their 12 years of banishment as a result of their defeat in the hands of the Kauravas at the game of dice (gambling). The subjects who loved the Pandavas celebrated the day by lighting the earthen lamps.

5. The Victory of Rama: According to the epic ‘Ramayana’, it was the new moon day of Kartik when Lord Ram, Ma Sita and Lakshman returned to Ayodhya after vanquishing Ravana and conquering Lanka. The citizens of Ayodhya decorated the entire city with the earthen lamps and illuminated it like never before.

6. Coronation of Vikramaditya: One of the greatest Hindu King Vikramaditya was coroneted on the Diwali day, hence Diwali became a historical event as well.

7. Special Day for the Arya Samaj: It was the new moon day of Kartik (Diwali day) when Maharshi Dayananda, one of the greatest reformers of Hinduism and the founder of Arya Samaj attained his nirvana.

8. Special Day for the Jains: Mahavir Tirthankar, considered to be the founder of modern Jainism also attained his nirvana on Diwali day.

9. Special Day for the Sikhs: The third Sikh Guru Amar Das institutionalized Diwali as a Red-Letter Day when all Sikhs would gather to receive the Gurus blessings. In 1577, the foundation stone of the Golden Temple at Amritsar was laid on Diwali. In 1619, the sixth Sikh Guru Hargobind, who was held by the Mughal Emperor Jahengir, was released from the Gwalior fort along with 52 kings.

10. The Pope’s Diwali Speech: In 1999, Pope John Paul II performed a special Eucharist in an Indian church where the altar was decorated with Diwali lamps, the Pope had a ‘tilak’ marked on his forehead and his speech was bristled with references to the festival of light.

|| Gayatri Mantra || ...by Ravinder Singh

OM BHUR BHUVAHA SWAHA

TAT SAVITUR VARENYAM

BHARGHO DEVASYA DHIMAHI

DHIYO YONAHA PRACHODAYAT



Gayatri Mantra {In English}
We meditate on the glory of the Creator;
Who has created the Universe;
Who is worthy of Worship;
Who is the embodiment of Knowledge and Light;
Who is the remover of all Sin and Ignorance;
May He enlighten our Intellect.


Summary of the Gayatri Mantra

Gayatri Mantra (the mother of the vedas), the foremost mantra in hinduism and hindu beliefs, inspires wisdom. Its meaning is that "May the Almighty God illuminate our intellect to lead us along the righteous path". The mantra is also a prayer to the "giver of light and life" - the sun (savitur).

Oh God! Thou art the Giver of Life,
Remover of pain and sorrow,
The Bestower of happiness,
Oh! Creator of the Universe,
May we receive thy supreme sin-destroying light,
May Thou guide our intellect in the right direction.

Word for Word Meaning of the Gayatri Mantra
Aum = Brahma ;
bhoor = embodiment of vital spiritual energy(pran) ;
bhuwah = destroyer of sufferings ;
swaha = embodiment of happiness ;
tat = that ;
savitur = bright like sun ;
varenyam = best choicest ;
bhargo = destroyer of sins ;
devasya = divine ;
these first nine words describe the glory of God
dheemahi = may imbibe ; pertains to meditation
dhiyo = intellect ;
yo = who ;
naha = our ;
prachodayat = may inspire!
"dhiyo yo na prachodayat" is a prayer to God

10 INTERESTING THINGS..by Ravinder Singh{B.C.A III}

1. Between 1942 and 1944, Academy Awards were made of plaster.

2. John Madden is an accomplished ballroom dancer.

3. In 21 states, Wal-Mart is the single largest employer.

4. One of Hewlett Packard's first ideas was an automatic urinal flusher.

5. There are more cars in Southern California than there are cows in India.

6. The province of Alberta, Canada is completely free of rats.

7. There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.

8. Hawaii is moving toward Japan 4 inches every year.

9. Chimps are the only animals that can recognize themselves in a mirror.
10. One person in two billion will live to be 116 or older