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In those days I was studying in the 12th. I and another cousin (brother) used to stay in the same room. It was winter at that time. One morning, while he was heating bathing water with an electrical heating rod, we had a discussion about the device. I said that I would check if the water was hot by touching it while power was on. He asked me not to do so otherwise I would get an electric shock. I had read about the heating effect of current and I said that I believed there should not be actual currents running in the water but it was the rod which was heated and conducted heat to the water. When he didn’t agree, I said that I would demonstrate it. I went ahead and touched the water. He didn’t stop me from doing so. When I touched the water I didn’t get any shock. He was surprised and checked the heater. And he said, “Rahul, God saved your life. The plug was not fitted well.” Later on, I realised that I had a near miss. I don’t know what would have happened if I really touched the water...

In our life it’s not easy to discriminate what is right and what is wrong. And then this nature’s turn of events or God’s will is confusing enough. Therefore, very often we are left baffled at what we witness. Here is a story based on a real life incident: Ramesh ji was an old face in the locality. He worked in a university, in an administrative position. He was in his fifties. He had two sons who had gone the wrong way, and others avoided them. He lived with his wife and his sons. One peaceful afternoon, news about his accidental death broke out. What had actually happened was very disturbing. He had a fight with his younger son - perhaps the quarrel was going on for quite some time. That day, Ramesh ji got too agitated and went to the railway track and committed suicide. His dead body arrived at his home after post-mortem. Ideally, and from what we can think about it, society should have deplored his younger son and would have sympathised with the old man’s situation that made hi...

UPA government has included some more castes in the OBC list in the caste-sensitive states of Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Rajasthan and some others. Government approves inclusion of more castes in OBC list July 22, 2010 15:07 IST Email New Delhi: The government today approved the inclusion of more castes in the central list of OBCs for various states. Sources said the Union cabinet has given approval to most additions from Jharkhand and Chhattishgarh in the Other Backward Castes list. "Inclusion of these communities in the central list of OBCs will enable them to avail benefits of reservation in the central government services as well as in the central education institutions" an official spokesperson said. The Adrakhi Mahato caste of Bihar is one such community, whose inclusion in the central list of OBC for Bihar was approved today. Similar changes have been approved for inclusion as well as amendments in the names of castes and communities in the OBC's central lis...

The Hindu mythologies are perhaps the world’s richest, with unparallel epics like the Ramayana and the Mahabharata. In India, children from all families irrespective of class or sects, grow up learning moral values from these epics. I try to quickly sum up my thoughts on who can be considered ‘ideal’, in roles and deeds: Ram: Ideal Husband In my opinion, Ram was the ideal husband. The reasons are many; main one is that Ram and Sita, even after being God and Goddess themselves, chose to sacrifice their togetherness - this was the biggest test which they passed. Ram deserted Sita in order to carry out his Raj Dharma - this was the ultimate sacrifice which he made, being a loyal "husband" - without any ill feeling towards Sita. His trust in Sita was beyond any comparison. Another very strong point was that Ram never married again even after leaving Sita. Without Sita, he didn't sleep on the bed and always remembered her. When he did yagya after Sita was not there, he kept he...

It seems the Supreme Court has had a change of heart and has begun making populist judgements. SC allows 69% quota in TN for a year India Blooms News Service New Delhi, July 13 (IBNS): A three-judge Bench of Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia and Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan and Justice Swatanter Kumar, ordered the continuation of providing for 69 per cent reservation for Backward Classes, Most Backward Classes, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in jobs and educational institutions in Tamil Nadu. The apex court bench was hearing a petition on the constitutional validity of the state law. The court also directed the Tamil Nadu Backward Class Commission to study the quota introduced and see if it is justified. The Commission has to consider the exceptions provided under the Mandal judgement - that in certain circumstances, the 50 per cent cap on quota can be exceeded. http://www.indiablooms.com/NewsDetailsPage/newsDetails130710g.php The reasoning that jobs should be granted to castes proportio...

Fri Jul 09 2010, 09:17 hrs Hyderabad : Stating that the UPA government was committed to the welfare of minorities, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, in a letter to Jamiat Ulama-I-Hind, said that there was a need to create "broad-based national consensus on the issue of reservations to the Muslim community." Responding to a memorandum submitted by Jamiat Ulama-I-Hind, the Prime Minister in a letter to the organisation's National President Moulana Qari Mohammed Osman said the government is committed to the welfare of the minorities in the country, according to a release sent by Jamiat Ulama-I-Hind, Andhra Pradesh unit here today. There was a need for broad-based national consensus to move forward on the issue of reservations to the Muslim community, the Prime Minister said. Highlighting the measures taken up for the welfare of the Muslim community, Singh said the budget of the Ministry of Minority Affairs has gone up from Rs 500 crore in 2007 to Rs 2600 in 2010-11. He said ...

Ma ke kamre mein palang purana Ma ke kamre mein pooja ka kona Ma ke kamre mein sheesha salona Ma ke kamre mein bolne wala pankha Ma ke kamre mein peti aur bakse Ma ke kamre mein lambi aalmari Ma ke kamre mein gulabi deewarin Ma ke kamre mein diwaron par chitrakari Ma ke kamre mein powder ki dibbi Ma ke kamre mein khuli hui khidki Ma ke kamre mein rajai aur chadar Ma ke kamre mein chhipe hue khilone Ma ke kamre mein sab kuchh apna Ma ke kamre mein duniya ek sapna - Rahul