A Tribute To Sathya Sai Baba

A human body is associated with six stages of transformation: birth, growth, change, evolution, death and destruction.
Death accepts no excuse. 

Sathya Sai Baba (Sathyanarayana Raju) was born in Puttaparthi in the Ananthpur district of Andhra Pradesh on November 23 1926.  His mission would be to create spiritual regeneration of humanity.  Sathya Sai Baba and his organisations support a variety of free educational institutions, hospitals, and other charitable works in India and abroad.

Sai Baba was hospitalised on March 28. He died of cardiac and respiratory failure. He was 85.

Sathya Sai Baba who was in critical condition for last 28 days passed away on April 24, 2011 at 7.40 am. He was admitted in a super-specialty hospital at Prashantigram at Puttaparthi which he himself had created for the common people.  After being on ventilator support for many days with all his vital parameters failing, Sai Baba died of cardio-respiratory failure.

Celebration of Earth Day & The Theme for Its Sustainability

Earth Day Is The World’s Birthday!
Save Earth or Die!!!!!!!!!!!

Earth Day has actually gained much political support since the first Earth Day in 1970 in the United States when a senator in Wisconsin called for an environmental teach-in. Senator Nelson got the idea for Earth Day when he saw an oil spill off the coast of Santa Barbara in 1969 and wanted to raise awareness of the effects such man-made disasters can have on ecosystems. Thousands of organizations joined in and supported that first Earth Day with events taking place in New York City and Philadelphia. The 20th and 30th anniversaries of Earth Day mobilized the caused to countries around the world and the United Nations has since designated April 22nd as Earth Day.

The fight for a clean environment continues in a climate of increasing urgency, as the ravages of climate change become more manifest every day.

The message is loud and clear: Our planet needs help to sustain us and we need to stand up and be counted. The Earth today faces many problems; global warming is one of the major ones. Other problems include pesticide overuse, unplanned drilling of oil-wells, reckless deforestation, overfishing of certain delicate marine species, denudation of coral reefs and expansion of deserts.

Google in its very own special way reminds us all that today is Earth Day with a beautiful Google doodle. In India the 2011 theme for Earth day is ‘Sustainable Water Resources: Rural and Urban Challenges’. In the United States this year Earth Day is themed after A Billion Acts of Green according to earthday.org. The elements of the 2011 Earth Day campaign includes; The Canopy Project, Green Schools, Women and Green Economy, Athletes for the Earth, Creating Climate Wealth and Arts for the Earth.

Earth Day Network and Facebook are collaborating to engage people worldwide in environmental action through the Billion Acts of Green campaign. The two organizations have created a new application to motivate people to reduce their impact on the environment.

5 Disturbing Parts Of Indian Census 2011

The Indian Census is the most credible source of information on Demography (Population characterstics), Economic Activity, Literacy and Education, Housing & Household Amenities, Urbanisation, Fertility and Mortality, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, Language, Religion, Migration, Disability and many other socio-cultural and demographic data since 1872.

Census 2011 is the 15th National Census of the Country. This is the only source of primary data in the village, town and ward level, It provides valuable information for planning and formulation policies for Central and the State Governments and is widely used by National and International Agencies, Scholars, business people, industrialists, and many more.

Disturbing part of the statistics
1.Unemployment Rate
2. Poverty Rate
3. Hunger and Malnutrition
4. Housing/Slum Problem 
5. Environment Pollution      

Unemployment
The unemployment rate in India is estimated at 9.4 percent or 94 persons out of 1000 persons in the labour force for the fixed reference period of FY 2009-10, according to employment-unemployment survey by the Labour Bureau under the Labour and Employment Ministry.From 1983 until 2000, India’s Unemployment Rate averaged 7.20 percent reaching an historical high of 8.30 percent in December of 1983.

Poverty
As per the findings of Tendulkar Committeeon Poverty , India’s poverty rate is estimated at 37.2% of the total population, rather than a figure of 27.5% used previously. This implies an increase in the number of BPL households from 65.2 million to almost 80 million. on Poverty , India’s poverty rate is estimated at 37.2% of the total population, rather than a figure of 27.5% used previously. This implies an increase in the number of BPL households from 65.2 million to almost 80 million..

Hunger and Malnutrition
India ranks 67 on the Global Hunger Index 2010, conducted by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) among 88 nations.India may be the second fastest growing economy in the world, but it fares far worse than lesser deve-oped countries such as Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka in the neighbourhood, when it comes to taking care of its malnourished children. India is home to 42% of the underweight children under the age of five year in the world.

Housing/Slum Problem
As per the report of Pranab Sen Committee constituted to look in to various aspects of slum cesnus, country’s slum population had grown by 17.8 million people in the last decade.The committee projected the slum population in 2011 at 93.06 million, up from 75.26 million in 2001 as per the new definition poverty. The 2001 census figures pegged the slum population at  52.40 million. 

Environment Pollution      
Poverty combined with escalating population has placed undue pressure on the forests as they are being cut down
without any remorse. Some other effects of population tsunami  on surrounding environment (directly or indirectly) are given here :
     • Air Pollution
     • Water Pollution
     • Noise Polltuion
     • Deforestration which further responsible for :
           global warming,decreased biodiversity, soil erosion,
           reduce rainfall, desertification, flooding, removal of
           habitats for animal, removal of topsoil.

 

World Health Day – Awareness Campaign for Antimicrobial resistance and its global spread

“He who has health, has hope. And he who has hope, has everything.”
 The greatest wealth is health.  ~Virgil

World Health Day is celebrated every year on 7 April, under the sponsorship of the World Health Organization (WHO).

WHO conducts public awareness campaign including a special focus on the HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria epidemics. Various governments and non-governmental organizations are also doing so many health awerness programmes and capaigns with interests in public health isssues.

The main aim of  World Health Day, this year is "Antimicrobial resistance and its global spread" and focuses on the need for governments and stakeholders to implement the policies,  prevent and counter the emergence of highly resistant microorganisms.  WHO is calling to safeguard antimicrobial medicines for future generations. 

In the special occasion of  World Health Day, WHO is introducing a six-point policy package to combat the spread of antimicrobial resistance.

    * develop and implement a comprehensive, financed national plan
    * strengthen surveillance and laboratory capacity
    * ensure uninterrupted access to essential medicines of assured quality
    * regulate and promote rational use of medicines
    * enhance infection prevention and control
    * foster innovation and research and development for new tools.

Ban a book that says Mahatma Gandhi is bisexual

Mahatma Gandhi was bisexual and left his wife to live with a German-Jewish bodybuilder & a wealthy architect, a controversial biography has claimed. The leader of the Indian independence movement is said to have been deeply in love with Hermann Kallenbach.

Government should initiate steps to ban sale of a controversial book on Mahatma Gandhi by Pulitzer prize-winning journalist Joseph Lelyveld. Gandhiji was a respected leader and is known as the father of nation. He led the freedom movement of India. The government should initiate steps to ensure that the book is not published in the India.

"This is very serious that the author of the book has raised questions about the character of Gandhiji who initiated non-violence movement.

The revelations about Gandhi are likely to be deeply contested by his millions of followers around the world for whom he is revered with almost God-like status.

Source : http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1370554/Gandhi-left-wife-live-male-lover-new-book-claims.html

Celebrate the Utkal Divas or Odisha Day

Utkal Divas or Odisha Day is celebrated on 1st April in Odisha in the memory of the formation of the state as a separate province on 1st April, 1936. Utkal Divas in Odisha (Oriya: ଓଡିଶା), also known as Orissa (Oriya: ଓଡି଼ଶା), is a state of India, located on the east coast of India, by the Bay of Bengal. Now with the changes in name from Orissa to Odisha it get the proper status.


Odisha was formed after a long struggle of around 350 years. The last Hindu ruler of the Odisha was Mukunda Dev. Utkal Sammilani lead by Utkal Gourab Madhusudan Das, Maharaja Krushna Chandra Gajapati, Pandit Nilakantha Das, Bhubanananda Das and many others played a key role in the formation of Odhisha state.

Odisha was the first state to be delineated on the modern line of languages.  As part of Utkal Divas celebrations, cultural programmes, seminars and various competitive activities are organised in various parts of the state. The Day is celebrated as State Holiday in Odisha.

Bande Utkala Janani is the poem written by Kantakabi Laxmikanta Mohapatra, which is the official Anthem of the state Odisha. In this auspicious occasion i present the complete poem to all Odisha people. This is what i want to say about Odisha (Udro, Kalinga, Ekamra, Utkal.)  :

Bande utkala janani
charu hasmayi charu bhasamayi
janani, janani, janani
puta-payodhi-bidhyota-sharira
talatamala-susobhita-tira
shubhra tatnikula-shikara-shamira
janani, janani, janani
ghana bana bhumi rajitaange
nila bhudh aramala saje tarange
kalakara mukhrita charu bihange
janani, janani, janani
sundarashali-susobhita-kshetra
gnyana bignyna-pradarshita-netra
jogi rushingana utaja-pabitra
janani, janani, janani
sundara mandira mandita-desha
charu kalabali-shobhita-besha
punya tirthachaya-purna pradesha
janani, janani, janani
utkala surabara-darpita-geha
arikula-shonita-charchita-deha
biswa bhumandala-krutabar-sneha
janani, janani, janani
kabikulamouli sunandana-bandya
bhubana bighoshita-kirti anindya
dhanye,punye,chira sharanye
janani, janani, janani.

….. Jai Jagannath …...