The most remarkable phenomenon in Asia in the 21st century is arguably the economic rise of China and India. Amazingly, the two most populous countries in the world are uplifting millions of their citizens annually from poverty through rapid economic growth. What is the impact on the world, given the ascendance of China and India? There are many possible outcomes, positive and negative… hopefully, China and India will act as new economic dynamos that will benefit the entire developed world.
In any case, i think the following video is really interesting and somehow ironic, giving us an idea, how fast/slow India and China are filling the gap with the rest of the developed world. Write down this date on your calendar: 27th July 2048!
Yesterday I was watching Devdutt Pattanaik talk on TED about East vs. West – The Myths that Mystify. I am a big believer in the power of stories and actually going through a process of understanding my own cultural mythology and basic stories these days. In a world that is turning more and more global where cultures clash almost on a daily basis, the understanding of our differences and the respect for the other is becoming more and more important. Pattanaik does a wonderful job in explaining some of the basic concepts that shape the Indian culture, and while theses are generalizations, I do believe that there are some truths in them (especially after reading Outliers). I highly recommended you watch this talk whether you plan to work in India and with Indian people or not as it casts a light on our own perceptions, assumptions and what shapes them.
However, one point resonated with me more than any other point in the talk. In the beginning of his talk Pattanaik tells about an Indian legend where the gods Ganesha and Kartikeya enter a contest. Who is the first that will go around the world? While Kartikeya flies around the world, Ganesha goes around his parents seven times. The he declares himself winner. When asked to explain, Ganesha says: “Kartikeya went around the world but I went around my world”.
The message that Pattanaik is trying to convey is that there is a difference between Indian and western cultures. While the west looks for rules and truth (the world) Indians have several truths (my world). We have to understand how these differences present themselves when these two cultures clash.
I think the idea of my world, your world and the world is even more profound and common. We actually deal with it every day. People tend to see the world through their own eyes. They perceive themselves and their actions as more important than they actually are. And they perceive things through personal lens. When they meet somebody else with the same disposition, they have a hard time to accept that there is a different world from theirs.
As managers, we try to create “the world”. An organization or team with culture, rules, assumptions and yes, even stories and mythology. This “the world” that we are creating is not only in a clash with our own personal world, but with other people’s world. Every day we experience a clash of cultures and worlds. Creating “the world” of an organization or team is a difficult job. We have to let go of our own perceptions of how things should be done. A world cannot be forced. It has to be developed. It has to be co-created. It has to grow out of partnerships.
As managers we need to remember that each employee has a world of his own.we need to remember that his world is different than ours and different than “the world” we are trying to create. And that is not necessarily a bad thing. Different does not mean wrong. The challenge is to acknowledge the differences and find similarities and connections between the worlds in order align them.
So, next time you talk to an employee try to think about this war of worlds. Ask yourself – what is my world, your world and the world.
Elad
My world, your world, the world
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Yesterday I was watching Devdutt Pattanaik talk on TED about the myths that mystify. I am a big believer in the power of stories and actually going through a process of understanding my own cultural mythology and basic stories these days. In a world that is turning more and more global where cultures clash almost on a daily basis, the understanding of our differences and the respect for the other is becoming more and more important. Pattanaik does a wonderful job in explaining some of the basic concepts that shape the Indian culture, and while theses are generalizations, I do believe that there are some truths in them (especially after reading Outliers). I highly recommended you watch this talk whether you plan to work in India and with Indian people or not as it casts a light on our own perceptions, assumptions and what shapes them.
However, one point resonated with me more than any other point in the talk. In the beginning of his talk Pattanaik tells about an Indian legend where the gods Ganesha and Kartikeya enter a contest. Who is the first that will go around the world? While Kartikeya flies around the world, Ganesha goes around his parents seven times. The he declares himself winner. When asked to explain, Ganesha says: “Kartikeya went around the world but I went around my world”.
The message that Pattanaik is trying to convey is that there is a difference between Indian and western cultures. While the west looks for rules and truth (the world) Indians have several truths (my world). We have to understand how these differences present themselves when these two cultures clash.
I think the idea of my world, your world and the world is even more profound and common. We actually deal with it every day. People tend to see the world through their own eyes. They perceive themselves and their actions as more important than they actually are. And they perceive things through personal lens. When they meet somebody else with the same disposition, they have a hard time to accept that there is a different world from theirs.
As managers, we try to create “the world”. An organization or team with culture, rules, assumptions and yes, even stories and mythology. This “the world” that we are creating is not only in a clash with our own personal world, but with other people’s world. Every day we experience a clash of cultures and worlds. Creating “the world” of an organization or team is a difficult job. We have to let go of our own perceptions of how things should be done. A world cannot be forced. It has to be developed. It has to be co-created. It has to grow out of partnerships.
As managers we need to remember that each employee has a world of his own.we need to remember that his world is different than ours and different than “the world” we are trying to create. And that is not necessarily a bad thing. Different does not mean wrong. The challenge is to acknowledge the differences and find similarities and connections between the worlds in order align them.
So, next time you talk to an employee try to think about this war of worlds. Ask yourself – what is my world, your world and the world.
Elad
Devdutt Pattanaik, TED, myths, storytelling, managing people, differences, my world, India, perception,
Home Minister P. Chidambaram Friday said the government was committed to providing housing facilities to personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and has approved the construction of over 8,800 new houses for them.
“We have approved 8,826 separate housings for the CRPF personnel,” Chidambaram said while addressing the personnel of the central paramilitary force on the occasion of its 70th Raising Day. The minister said he was aware of the living conditions of troopers and had asked states to provide them at least basic minimum living conditions.
Chidambaram also said officers at the middle and senior level have to adopt new tactics to maximise success during operations.
CRPF Director General A.S. Gill said his force’s role was very versatile as they were fighting terrorists, extremists and Maoists at the same time.
“We are operating in different terrains and circumstances. For every operation we need specialised training. Specialisation is the need of the hour and for this we have designed exclusive training theatres,” he said.
CRPF, one of the world’s largest paramilitary forces, has 207 battalions with a strength of 260,000 personnel. Its men are posted in militancy-hit Jammu and Kashmir, the northeastern states and all left wing extremist areas.
UN COCCHIO TRAINATO DA CENTO TI AMO Un cocchio trainato
da cento ti amo,
una biga nell’arena
vittoriosa sul traguardo si perde…
nel mio sguardo, fisso e imperscrutabile
al mellifluo tuo aspirar. Lontani ormai i nostri richiami scoppiettano scintillanti
vicino a falò accesi
da candele di processioni, nostre peregrine in destini
di ardite concessioni. Alimenti vitali in pasti mortali cuociono, lentamente
su vivida fiamma,
il saziar dell’eros
come divina manna. Fiamme memoniche,
bracieri di passione
nostri roghi mai spenti,
si attizzano nei camini coi nostri cuori vicini
President Pratibha Patil on Wednesday made history by taking off in a frontline Sukhoi-30 MKI fighter jet aircraft from the air force base here, becoming the first woman head of state to fly in a warplane.
74-year-old Patil also set a world record by becoming the oldest woman to be airborne in a combat jet for a 30-minute sortie at a speed close to the supersonic level.
A confident Patil, who sat in the co-pilot’s seat in the cockpit, waved to the people gathered at the airbase before taking off in the Sukhoi belonging to the 30 Squadron of IAF.
The President donned a special ‘G-suit’ worn by fighter pilots to counter gravitational effect due to any high speed air manoeuvres.
The flight has been designed specially for her with the aircraft being flown by Wing Commander S Sajan at sub-sonic speed of 0.9 Mach which is less than 1,000 km per hour whereas the supersonic levels start at Mach one, which is about 1,236 km per hour.
The sortie has been planned in a way that the President, who is also the Supreme Commander of Armed Forces, does not feel any discomfort during the sortie.
Former President A P J Abdul Kalam had also been flown in a Sukhoi-30 in 2006.
Pakistan should not be a scapegoat to the the internal problems facing India
It happens in every cricket match, in every peace conference, in every controversial movie release, and in every military move either party makes…
Either Pakistan or India is blaming each other for their problems yet again.
The rivalry between India and Pakistan has existed since 1947, when Pakistan split from India to form its own Muslim state. Since then, both countries have shared a burning hatred for each other, intensified by their disputes about Kashmir.
On the surface, both countries have peaceful relations—they promise in UN meetings, SAARC conferences, and to all other global leaders that they will initiate peace talks to resolve their conflicts. But such resolutions hardly ever amount to anything as the next crisis comes along, and the decades of hatred are let loose.
This hatred, which has thrived for around 60 years, has been unleashed again due to the recent Mumbai terrorist attacks.
Foreign involvement in this issue is useless. Genuine talks between India and Pakistan, the concerned parties, is the only way the centuries-old rivalry can be resolved.
The attack on the Indian city of Mumbai, which occurred on November 26th, killed around 170 people and injured several others. The shootings mainly occurred around opulent hotels like the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel and the Oberoi Trident, along with minor explosions around town. These attacks have shaken the Indian government, which has taken several measures to quell the outpouring of hate among the citizens. One such measure was ordering TV stations to project the news as less depressing to show that India is ‘not demoralized’ by these attacks.
As always, the first suspect of the Indian government was a Pakistani terrorist organization named Lashkar-i-Taiba. This organization was also blamed for the 2001 attack on the Indian Parliament too, which led to both countries almost escalating to war.
This attack has provoked strong reactions from the Indian citizens. In general, they feel a sense of hatred towards Pakistan for having organized these attacks, as the media holds Pakistan accountable for majority of terrorist attacks in India. But aside from this resentment, people have been facing political turmoil also. The current ruling party, Congress, has called for unity and has accused the terrorists of ‘denouncing democracy’, while the opposition party, the BJP, is holding Congress accountable for the security lapses that caused the Mumbai attacks.
So, whose fault was it? The first and most obvious scapegoat is Pakistan. And India has reason to believe Pakistani terrorists have caused these attacks. Pakistan, historically, has remained silent on Indian extradition demands for underworld dons like Dawood Ibrahim, and has often made no substantial effort to track down accused terrorists in the country. This time, Pakistan assures it will try the 20 suspects in the attacks on Pakistani soil if it can see proof that they were involved in the attacks, proving that Pakistan is not willing to give in to such demands until all alternatives have been exhausted.
But is it rational to blame everything that goes wrong on Pakistan? Indian Home Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram has said, “I would be less than truthful if I said there were no lapses,” assuring that security breaches would be looked into. The police have also uncovered an Indian suspect named Faim Ansari, who was carrying maps and other materials that planned out the Mumbai attacks. The Indian police has indicated that there might be more Indian accomplices other than Ansari alone. Attacks like this are not uncommon in a country where religious fanatics, tribal Communist organizations, and Naxalite attacks occur on an almost-daily basis. Although Pakistan seems to be the root of these attacks, they’re not the only ones to be blamed for Mumbai. India is to be equally blamed for its security lapses and its intelligence errors.
Foreign involvement in this issue is useless. Despite Condoleezza Rice’s urges towards a peaceful relationship, both countries will agree to it on paper and go back to attacking each other again. The issue is just a continuation of the decades-old rivalry between India and Pakistan, and both parties will never chose to resolve it because each is the other’s scapegoat for everything that’s wrong. If anything, both groups involved must talk to each other without intermediaries, as both leaders comprehend the historical opposition better than any foreign entity could understand. But the impetus for this must come from genuine concern, not begrudging responses to foreign pressure. They must hold honest peace talks that don’t involve empty promises and actually try to work on issues like terrorism that are tearing their foreign relations apart before the hatred fuels a full-scale war.
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Have you ever wished to become a published author? Has reading all the mystery writers made you think, what if I could write like that someday? But the only problem has been how to begin…
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P.S. I am already on the trail with my thinking cap…
The last point I want you to think about in this exercise is framing. In the most general way framing is composition. What we are doing when we take a photograph we are documenting our experiences in a boundless three dimensional world on a framed two dimensional print. If we acknowledge the frame, and we think about how the frame affects the viewers interpretation we are taking a big step to a good, balanced composition. Remember we cannot get rid of the frame that we are putting around our image, so we must use it in some manner or another to accentuate our subject. A few general rules about framing your subject:
1. The rule of thirds — very few subjects look good placed dead center in the middle of the frame, framing in this way is usually visually very boring. Instead, imagine a set of lines dividing your frame into thirds, both vertically and horizontally. No place your subject on those lines, or the intersection of those lines. Look at your selection of photographs, how often is your subject placed dead center in the image? Where are the subjects placed in the image? More often than not they are placed using this rule of thirds.
2. The image you create can be divided into shapes, usually the frame of your photograph forms part of those shapes. Most commonly these are triangles or rectangles. How do the lines of your image combine to make these basic shapes. Can you identify the shapes in the photographs you have chosen, how do they fit together? Are they balanced and harmonious? Are they dynamic and full of tension? For now just keep these concepts in your mind when framing your composition we will discuss them later. For me one photographer really exemplifies the use of these basic elements of composition: Freeman Patterson, you can see some of his work at his web site http://www.freemanpatterson.com/biography.htm
3. Use a secondary image frame for your subject, for example a car window, or a tree branch or the shore of a lake to frame your subject
4. If your subject is capable of movement give them “room to move”. Though sometimes a very tight composition is very pleasing, often the viewer requires some sense of the environment of your subject. Include this extra space in your images. Can you see this in the images you picked in the first assignment?
Next we will moving away from looking at photographs and we will talk about actually taking pictures. But, please don’t give up on this exercise. Constantly look at the work of other artists — they do not have to be photographers, for example painters have the same challenge of placing the world into a two dimensional frame. Also, continuously evaluate your own photographs and keep a portfolio of your favorite images.
What is your knowledge about global affairs, particularly in relation to India? I re-did some Pew quiz questions to suit India. The format is the same, but the questions are now India centered. So take the plunge and check your global IQ!
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After checking the answers what did you find out about your global IQ? I scored six on ten.
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An interesting little piece of news today. The European Commission’s Humanitarian Office, which funds relief efforts in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar region, has cautioned the Indian government against undertaking an anti-Maoist offensive that would jeopardise its work:
“It can become too dangerous, because of ongoing fighting, for our partners to access and reach out to the villages,” Maria Joao Ralha, ECHO’s desk officer for India, told AlertNet by phone from Brussels. “It can also limit access as parties involved in the conflict may become too nervous and may not want humanitarians working there so villagers would not be able to receive the healthcare that our partners are providing them.”
Aside from the increased international dimension which this story demonstrates, it’s important to note that, according to the piece, over 100,000 civilians have been displaced by the conflict. The very real suffering that the so-called ‘Naxal-problem’ has caused for some of India’s most marginalised populations is far in excess of what might be inferred by merely tracking total annual deaths. It’s important to think about. I’ve been to Bastar and visited illegal re-settlement villages in the forests. And the suffering I saw was horrendous. The government needs to be cautious.
Foi recentemente aprovada na India uma lei que permite ao terceiro género, constítuido por transexuais,eunucos e hermafroditas e designado por “hijra”, impotente em hindu, votarem e serem eleitos para cargos públicos.
Entre várias curiosas tradições relacionadas com os “hijras”, sobressai a de serem considerado um bom presságio para um casamento, o que lhes permite aparecer de surpresa nas cerimónias, onde vão pedir dinheiro em troca da sua benção.
Beginning this Thursday, Art Wolfe’s images from Travels to the Edge are being exhibited at the FiftyCrows Gallery which consist of incredible views of the worlds most exotic places, people and wildlife. Viewing the images is a trip around the world in itself, but how amazing would it be to actually go around the world with Art and photograph tigers, Kazakhs hunters, and the moonrise over the Himalayas? Art offers international photography workshops in India, Vietnam and Cambodia, and Myanmar that will be taking place in January and February of 2010. This is an opportunity of a lifetime to travel with a world-renowned photographer and focus on creating breath-taking images, as well as discuss matters of environmental and cultural conservation.
Come to the FiftyCrows Gallery on this Thursday, November 19th from 5:00-7:30pm to meet Art Wolfe and see his images from Travels to Edge. Art will be signing copies of his book, Travels to the Edge and feel free to ask him questions about his travels and workshops.
FiftyCrows Gallery
49 Geary St, Suite 225
San Francisco, CA 94108
Will cut emissions by 20% from 1990 levels by 2020, or 30% if other big emitters take tough action
Wants rich nations to make 80-95% cut by 2050
Wants poorer nations to slow emissions growth
Says they face costs of $150bn per year by 2020, of which EU will pay $7bn-22bn from public finances
The world’s third-biggest GHG producer (11.8% of global emissions, 4,641mt CO2 equivalent)
Emissions per head: 17th in the world (9t of CO2 equivalent)
GDP (2008): $18.3tn
Amount of GHG emitted per $1m of GDP: 315t
Kyoto: Signed – has to get average emissions for 2008-2012 8% below 1990 level
Lets hope that the EU really does act as the leader and knocks some sense into Canada, the US, China, India, and the Gulf States. Currently it’s 5 against 1…
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina arrives in the country on a three-day visit to the country on December 18, three agreements, including one on terror and organised crime combat, are scheduled to be inked during her visit.
On her first visit to the country since assuming office earlier this year, Hasina is scheduled to meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on December 19, state-run news agency BSS said quoting officials.
According to the report, Hasina will directly fly to New Delhi on December 18 after attending the climate change summit in Copenhagen.
ISKON temple Bangalore is situated on a seven acre hillock called “Hare Krishna Hill”. It is a very good place for Lord Krishna devotee with a divine environment.Sri Sri RadhaKrishan Chandra Temple(ISKCON)is world’s largest temple. The huge shrine was started under the global project of ISKCON to memorialise birthday of its founder Sri Prabhupada. ISKCON temple of Bangalore was inaugrated by our former President Shankar Dayal Sharma in May 1997.Janmashtmi, birth of Lord Krishna is celebrated within the ISKCON temple premises on a large scale. Thousands of devotees visit the temple on this auspicious day and the most of joyous celebration is truly exhilarating.There are other social activities and facilities provided by the trust-
Annadhan Seva and Food for life- In Annadhan seva prasadam not only reaches to those fortunate souls who come to the temple but to hundred and thousand in other part of Karnartaka.
Kalyan Mantap- This mantap is a hall where marriages and other vedic sanskaras and celebration. In this hall auspicious functions of Lord Krishna are organise.
Audio Animatronics- Major attraction of temple is audio animatronics, many programs, drama has been performed to give powerful message of the Bhagavad Gita using modern media of audio.
Handicrafts- To promote Indian handicrafts ISKCON Bangalore has launched a scheme. There are many traditional art and craft of South India. Which help economic condition of rural people.
Hanininam Mantap- It is unique mantap to make thousands of people chants at least one round of Hare Krishna mantra everyday on the temple on Hari Krishana hill.
Though social entrepreneurship is an increasingly trendy idea (thanks to organizations like Compass!), by no means is it a new phenomenon. To borrow an example from my seventh grade history textbook, Jane Addams’s Hull House in 19th century Chicago was a pioneering example of social entrepreneurship, founded on the idea of encouraging the disadvantaged to invest in their own community.
From its founding, Hull House was a community of women providing social and educational opportunities for working class immigrants in Chicago. The House held classes in literature, history, art, domestic activities (such as sewing), hosted free concerts, offered free lectures on current issues, operated clubs for both children and adults, and provided job training for community residents. By partnering with the community on the design and implementation of programs intended to enhance and improve opportunity for success, Hull House had a much greater impact than the well-intentioned but ultimately far less effective charity efforts of its contemporaries.
Jane Addams interacting with community members at Hull House in 1934.
One of my favorite social entrepreneurship organizations today is the Barefoot College, located in Tilonia, Rajasthan, India, which recently won Nicholas Kristof’s Half the Sky contest through the New York Times. Though located in the mountains of Northwest India, over 9000 miles away from Hull House, the Barefoot College is governed by the same founding principle that inspired Jane Addams: the conviction that solutions to a community’s problems lie within the community.
The only prerequisite to enter the Barefoot College is that there are no prerequisites. The College picks the poorest of the poor and trains them to be engineers of progress. Founded on the principle of self-reliant learning, illiterate women are plucked from the most remote corners of India and are trained to install solar panels or build water pumps. By equipping these women with skills indispensable to their communities, the College enables them to be both entrepreneurs and agents of social change in their communities. Read this PBS report for more information.
Solar engineers from the Barefoot College in India.
Ieri…mmm…am mers in Pondicherry de unde ne-am intors abia aseara!! 3 ONG-uri am vizitat – unul din ele insa mi-a retinut atentia – tipa care-l conduce si-a petrecut 40 de ani in activitatile dedicate copiilor cu disabilitati mentale!! Vorbea asa de faaaaaaain…te fascina cu discursul ei!! Am aflat cat plateste Guvernul pentru fiecare copil cu probleme – 500 rupii (un salariu minim ar fi de 4000 rupii)…ca sa intelegeti mai bine – banii astia ajung unei persoane doar pentru mancare vreme de 3 zile!! Primesc sprijin financiar si din Franta insa personalul este doar local si metodele folosite sunt destul de traditionale…d-abia astept sa pun pozele pe facebook!
Lost features an orchestral score performed by the Hollywood Studio Symphony Orchestra and composed by Michael Giacchino, incorporating many recurring themes for subjects such as events, locations and characters, something uncommon in television music. Giacchino achieved some of the sounds for the score using unusual instruments, such as striking suspended pieces of the plane’s fuselage.
On March 21, 2006, the record label Varèse Sarabande released the original television soundtrack for Lost’s first season.The soundtrack included select full-length versions of the most popular themes of the season and the main title, which was composed by series creator J.J. Abrams.Varèse Sarabande released a soundtrack featuring music from the second season of Lost on October 3, 2006.
A soundtrack for the third season was released on May 6, 2008, with the fourth season soundtrack released on May 11, 2009.
Pop culture songs have been used sparingly in the series, given the mainly orchestral score. When such songs are featured, they usually originate from a diegetic source. Examples are the various songs played on Hurley’s portable CD player throughout the first season (until its batteries died in the episode “…In Translation”), which featured Damien Rice’s “Delicate”, or the use of the record player in the second season, which included Cass Elliot’s “Make Your Own Kind of Music” and Petula Clark’s “Downtown” in the second and third season premieres respectively.
In two episodes, Charlie is shown on a street corner playing guitar and singing the Oasis song “Wonderwall”. In the third season’s finale, Jack is driving down the street listening to Nirvana’s “Scentless Apprentice,” right before he arrives to the Hoffs/Drawlar Funeral Parlor, and in the parallel scene in the fourth season’s finale he arrives listening to “Gouge Away” by Pixies. The third season also used Three Dog Night’s Shambala on two occasions in the van.
The only two pop songs that have ever been used without a source (i.e. non-diegetic) are Ann-Margret’s “Slowly,” in the episode “I Do” and “I Shall Not Walk Alone”, written by Ben Harper, and covered by The Blind Boys of Alabama in the episode “Confidence Man”. Alternate music is used in several international broadcasts. For instance, in the Japanese broadcast of Lost, the theme song used varies by season; season one uses “Here I Am” by Chemistry, season two uses “Losin’” by Yuna Ito, and season three uses “Lonely Girl” by Crystal Kay.
Primeiro pessoal, desculpe a demora para postar!!!
Tenho trabalhado muito aqui, inclusive em casa, e não tem dado tempo… Mas pretendo atualizar tudo, mesmo que leve um tempo…. Bom, deixa eu falar sobre algumas coisas um pouquinho diferentes que me chamaram a atenção aqui….
1. O palito de dente só tem um lado para usar… o outro lado sempre tem uma espécie de decoração….
2. O saquinho de leite eh de 500ml.. forma um quadradinho, e por isso você não precisa de leiteira… ele fica de pé na geladeira
3. A maioria dos caminhões tem escrito na parte de trás “Blow horn” ou “Horn Please” que significa “buzine”. Isso porque aqui o espelho retrovisor não é obrigatório, e a maioria dos veículos não tem…. se você quiser passagem, tem que buzinar. E tem que estar sempre atento, porque alguém pode querer te ultrapassar e cortar a sua frente, pois não tinha espelho para ver que você estava vindo…
4. O capacete também não é obrigatório… Tudo bem, é obrigatorio, mas tem excessões demais! Mulheres não pre isam… caronas não precisam… usuários de turbante não precisam! As pessoas costumam simplesmente se enrolar em alguns panos para não pegar poeira da rua
5. A maioria das mulheres quando pegam carona de moto sentam se lado. O pior é quando você vê uma mulher sentada de lado e segurando um bebezinho no colo. Dá vontade de gritar: segurança nas ruas, urgente!!!
6. Para terminar com o assunto moto, eh muito comum você ver, especialmente durante a noite, 3 ou 4 pessoas andando na mesma moto… Ou então uma família inteira na moto…Eu já tive a experiência de andar em 3 em uma moto, de andar sem capacete e de sentar de lado…. Indian Experience!
6. A maioria dos lugares você tranca a porta com cadeado, não com chave… E os cadeados aqui você precisa da chave tanto para abrir quanto para fechar… Você nunca vai trancar a sua casa com a chave dentro… O que é realmente interessente é que todo mundo está acostumado a ter somente 1 chave em casa… se tem alguem dentro, a porta é trancada por dentro, e você tem que tocar a campaínha quando chega. Se a casa for ficar vazia, você tranca com cadeado e esconde a chave em um lugar pré-determinado.
Minha antiga porta...
7. A vassoura não é o mesmo formato que nos estamos acostumados… Para mim parece mais um espanador… Especialmente porque ela não tem cabo comprido! Você tem que se abaixar para varrer o chão….
Wow, wow, wow. What a place to go. Yes, it is the original tourist trap and for good reason. It was made well. And so welcome to Charlie’s official guide to Darjeeling town…
I arrived in Darjeeling after a day’s journey from Shillong. First a bus to Siliguri then a jeep for the four hour drive up to Darjeeling. On arriving in the town, I was not impressed. Dirty, chaotic and swimming in sewage there is no ceremony on entering Darjeeling. Bit I persevered. With a backpack filled with goodies and souvenirs, I trundled up the slippery concrete steps, my legs still aching from the trek in and around Nongriat Village. However, I came onto the main square of Darjeeling and I was suitably impressed. This looked more like a hill station of world fame.
I tried a couple of cheapie hotels, but they were full, it was peak season after all. Then I suddenly had a brainwave. This is Darjeeling, right? Sikkim was only a few kilometres away. I wander if there is a ‘view’ of this fabled land somewhere in the town, and a hotel nearby. So I hiked it, after a quick aloo chaat round the ridge of the town. Here I went past small Buddhist shrines carved into the mountain face. Darjeeling is located in between Nepal and Bhutan with Sikkim to the north and Tibet not too far away, the influence of the Himalayan cultures is strong on this town. You will probably find more authentic Tibetan culture here than in China, and certainly they are far nicer here than their compatriots to the north.
So onward I made my trek and suddenly I turned the ridge and saw a wonder to my eyes. Kangchenjunga – the third highest mountain in the world, located on the Indian/Nepal border stood proud in the near distance. The Himalaya, my first view of it since 2002 when I crossed the China/Pak border. Beautiful and breathtaking, there is a good reason why I love this part of the world. Acting as the buffer between the two most populated nations on Earth, there is an air of tranquility when you see the majesty of the Himalayan range. I found a hotel and could look out every morning at Kangchenjunga. But I wanted to do more than look. The land of the Himalaya was calling to me once again. Sikkim was in my sights…
General guide:
Darjeeling is a four hour jeep/bus ride or a (fun) seven hour train ride from Siliguri, the nearest town on the plains which is linked by train, road and air to the rest of India.
There are plenty of hotels to choose from but if you are really fussy then book in advance. The crowd seems to stick to the main area near the main square, but there are plenty of places to stay along the northern ridge of Darjeeling with (fantastic) views of Sikkim, instead of looking out onto the green tea estates that surround Darjeeling.
Food is readily available. If you want western sit down fare, you can find it here. The bazar in the lower part of Darjeeling is the place to pick up your fruit and veggies, fresh. At night however, it is the dirty, ‘lower’ part of town that is filled with hawkers trading their freshly made banquets onto a hungry populace. Avoid the advice in the guidebooks and head down to the more funky part of town for cheap and tasty bites.
Prima chestie care sare-n ochi si mai ales in ochii unei junior feministe Femeile invata separat de barbati – doar la colegiu clasele sunt mixe! In general, fetele de prin sate nu merg mai departe sa studieze insa barbatii sunt incurajati sa urmeze fel si fel de universitati – majoritatea sunt pe agricultura, militarie, arta traditionala! Profesorii trebuie sa faca un colegiu de numai 2 ani! In rest…toti d-abia astepta sa le pasesti pragul casei – te invita sa bei cate un “Ceai” (care implicit are si lapte!) si-ti arata apoi poze din mosi stramosi! Orez…cat vezi cu ochii! Peste tot sunt plantatii de orez…culmea e ca noi am mai prins si sezonul de ploi (3 luni pe an!) Condusul – moaaaaaa’….NEBUNIE! In mod normal ei trebuie sa mearga pe stanga, nu? Mda, in teorie poate! Majoritatea au motociclete, motorete, biciclete…traversezi punandu-ti cruce ca nah…e posibil sa fie ultima ta traversare! ) Trezitul…mdaa…la ora 05.00…toti indienii isi incep ziua la ora 05.00 cu un dus – daca esti norocos asa ca mine, “dusul” il faci prin padure, in curtea casei poate!:)))) oh daaaaa…sa intru in detalii despre cum iti faci necesitatile sau mai bine spus UNDE???? nuuuuu….nu de data asta!! Ce mananca ei..pai, asa cum am spus – avand in vedere ca toti ce vezi e orez, asa e si-n farfurie, OREZ! Au budinci de orez (itli…nush cum se scrie!), au ciapati (se scrie aiurea, am notat in carnetel insa nu punctez acuma!) si dosa (niste clatite din faina de orez)…bine-nteles ca toate se cumuleaza cu cel putin 3 feluri de sosuri – foarteeeee picante! Colegii deja au inceput sa intrebe care sos nu are chilli! PAPUCI – ah daaa…toti care vin in India sa-si ia papuci pentru ca in casa trebuie sa intri descult si sa nu mai mentionez de templele hinduse – TOTDEAUNA descult! Plus ca e caldura mare p-acilea…sunt cel putin 30 de grade celsius! Cam atat pentru moment! Intrebari?
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TRUTHTUBE.TV FULLY SUPPORTS THE ACTIONS TAKEN BY THIS YOUNG HEROIC AND FEARLESS INDIAN GIRL. ammu, Sep 28 (IANS) In what may be the first ever such act of resistance against Muslim thugs in Jammu and Kashmir, a young woman in Rajouri district killed one Muslim thug and injured and drove away two others who had barged into her house and tried to abduct her, police said Monday. Rukhsana, who gave up her studies two years ago after failing class tenth, was in her house in Shadhara village in Th More..ana Mandi area of the district, about 190 km north-east of Jammu, when three Muslim thugs barged in late Sunday night, police in Rajouri said. The Muslim thugs demanded Rukhsana be handed over to them, which her father Noor Hussain, mother Rashida and tried to resist. At this, the thugs started hitting the family members with rifle butts. This angered Rukhsana and she picked up an axe and hit one of the militants, killing him. He was later identified as Abu Osama of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). A violent scuffle ensued, in which another Muslim was injured and he and the third soon fled. Police officials have commended Rukhsana�s courage, while state Director General of Police Kuldeep Khoda has sent a special message for Rukhsana and said she would soon be rewarded. �We have also provided police protection to the family,� Deputy Inspector General of Police Rajouri-Poonch range S.D.S. Jamwal told reporters.
Kashmiri Girl kills One And Injures Two Other muslim kidnappers
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Another Islamist pig meets his moon god, poor “brave” terrorist. A young Indian girl doing what Obumble won’t allow our troops to do. Engage and exterminate them in a civilian setting. Good for her.
I walk through a familiar garden late this dark night, after my eyes have already closed. The air is pure and clean, rich with the scent of flowers in full bloom. I pause on occasion, as I pass by, to touch the white petals of hibiscus up above me, and to bend to grasp a rose by its stalk, careful to avoid its sharp thorns. But never do I pluck a flower, content instead to imagine this rose in the hand of my beloved as I bend before her, offering her this pure and visual symbol of my love.
As I walk I see, on a bench beside the long and winding garden path, two old men. They are playing chess, the board placed between them, shadows playing across my vision with the swaying of the branches of trees hanging low above them.
I come closer, curious, for I love this game. To see this Noble game of Kings played with such fervour, so late at night! Truly a sight to be seen, experienced. I felt a sense of peace wash over me just knowing that this game was played within the strict boundaries of law, with structure, beginning to an end, checkmate, victory or loss until the King is set again on his rightful Square, reunited with his Queen.
As I come forward to see, delicious sense of anticipation, I see this board has many pieces, too many to count. These chess men move by themselves, twisting past each other, in battle for themselves at the speed of thought, almost. Anticipation becomes a sense of Foreboding. This game is not following the rules of logic, of Physics, of Science. But yet it happens, before my very gaze.
The two old men sit in front, watching the game, carefully, never looking up. With a start I realize the pieces are made of ivory, no, not ivory, but of human bone. Teeth, beautifully carved by a master craftsman, made perhaps for this very moment, glinting in the ivory light of the moon. I look up at the old men, my interest in the game vanishing. One of them is looking at me, and the other continues looking at the board. He begins to smile, and I see he has not any teeth, a desperately dark emptiness where before they had been beautifully white.
His malevolent smile grows wider and wider, and so does the darkness. I start to drown in this darkness, and with my last breath of air I scream, my lungs emptying with a bellow of fear, and I sink into the darkness of great black unreasoning fear.
And I wake again, sweating, even on this cool moonlit night, as I have every night since she left me. And always this fear takes on a form, a reality of its own, something fearful, something to fear, endlessly creative in its manifestation, knowing what it likes, even as it grows stronger with every passing night. I lie awake until dawn, hoping the first rays of light will clear away the cobwebs of this fearful darkness.
You + Me = good clean fun. But You+ Me +David+Sumo+The Peanut Gallery = a monstrous occasion.
The show tonight was full of entertainment. A good friend of mine mentioned it was “oozing quality” (Sascha Steinberg via facebook, check my wall for proof lol).
So we had our buds Sumo and David on the show. Sumo talked a lot about Diwali and we played one of the songs she will be performing to. Don’t forget to buy your ticket for Diwali at Shriver’s box office. Tickets for the performance is 10 dollars and there is an Indian meal as well for an extra 7 bucks. Go buy your ticket now because tickets are selling fast. You don’t want to miss out! Go Go Go!
David recently ventured to Columbus and saw Ben Folds LIVE!! How awesome is that??…Awesomely awesome! So he was able to talk to us about the show which he thoroughly enjoyed and recommends for all to see if at all possible. The fans seemed to enjoy it and Folds even did a little improv at the end with the orchestra he performed with. I was filled with complete jealousy after he told us how amazing the show was. We were then able to play a couple of Folds’ songs as well.
It was somewhere during the Folds conversation that the peanut gallery arrived. Haha actually it was just my twin Jade, a friend of ours. She brought in her friend Haeji, whom is in the Miami Bridge Program, a program for students thinking of attending Miami University. Haeji was getting a closer look at the things that happen around campus and what better thing to do on a Sunday night than to come check out the radio station. Both Jade and Haeji made their fair share of comments, which you might not have heard due to the fact that they had no microphones (You can thank us for that later). That is also why we called them the peanut gallery.
Oh before I forget… Playlist:
1. Desi Girl- Dostana
2. Hospital Beds- Cold War Kids
3. Jai Ho- A.R. Rhaman
4. Chor Bazaari- Neeraj Sridhar & Sunidhi Chauhan
5. Sentimental Guy- Ben Folds
6. Such Great Heights (Postal Service cover)- Ben Folds
7. Talk You Down- The Script
8. Taking Control- Alberta Cross
I was super excited to be able to play Alberta Cross’ “Taking Control” on the show. Its been on repeat conveniently on my ipod for two weeks. Definitely one of my favorites. This is one of the reasons why i think we should have a “Whats on Repeat” segment of the show. Speaking of Whats on Repeat, there was a caller that lost signal during the show. That was Marchi he was on our show way back on episode II. Seems so far away, but anyway he is working on a LipDub project and wants to get more people involved. What is Lip Dub? Its easier to show you than explain. Check this out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zcOFN_VBVo&feature=related For more related videos go to YouTube.com and type in lip dub. There you’ll find many more lipdub videos. Meetings have to started, where they are talking about how a video like this could be done on the Miami campus. For more info on meetings….
Pain
Remedy Type
Remedies
Lower Back Pain
Mudra Healing
Do Chin Mudra and Chant “JOE LEU” (or) “Wung R Hong” (Chinese Mantras)
Lower Back Pain
Gem Remedy
Nine Gems and Yellow Sapphire
Lower Back Pain
AcuReiki
GB – 30, 34, UB – 11, 20, 40, SI – 3, LI – 4, GV – 3, 4, and 6
Lower Back Pain
Bach Flower Remedy
Means require support. Chicory (needs support), Hornbeam and Centaury (has no back bone)
General Back Pain
Bach Flower Remedy
Oak for pain due to over work, Pine for pricking pain and Rescue Remedy for unbearable pain.
For any Basic Chakra related problems, like back pain
Mantra Healing
Lalitham Sridharam (or) Om Lum Namaha and Om Vum Namaha
Case History
Rajesh had a severe lower back pain. He was feeling weak and found it difficult to walk for more than 5 minutes at a time. Neither could he sleep well. He wakes up at least 5 to 6 times during his sleep. So he could never feel fresh and brisk in the morning.
He was advised to chant “Om Lum Namaha” and “Om Vum Namaha” before going to sleep. He did Safe and Secure Mudra while chanting the mantra. Within a week he found significant progress. He could sleep well within 10 minutes of chanting. Also he didn’t wake up during sleeping hours, which increased his energy levels. Because of this, he could comfortably do yoga in the morning too.
Sindh has been blessed with many saints and mystics. One of the most popular saints, in recent times, was Bhagat Kanwer Ram, born in a small village in upper Sindh in 1885 in a grocer’s family. Even as a child, he showed great talent for singing and his father put him up with a prominent holy man in the area – Saeen Satramdas. From this Guru, he imbibed spiritual teachings, a sense of genuine humility and love for a simple life.
Bhagat Kanwerram enriched typical Sindhi form of temple worship called – “bhagat”. With ghunghroos on his ankles, dressed in a long robe and pugdee, he would sing and dance reciting mythological epics and folk tales in his own operatic compositions. Bhagat would commence in a temple courtyard after dusk, when it was cooler, and continue till early hours of the morning. Large adoring crowds, gathered to watch him, were enthralled with spiritual devotion.
He received millions in offerings that he either gave away generously to the poor and needy or used to build temple courtyards and dharamshallas. He turned away no one – Muslim, Hindu or untouchable, strong or week, even dacoits. He did not keep a penny for himself, supporting his family in a meagre, simple lifestyle by continuing to work at their small grocery business.
Being in great demand, he traveled widely all over Sindh performing bhagat in durbars, especially at the death anniversaries of local saints. Then infant record company HMV made 10 records preserving 20 of his kafis and bhajans. These were the first and most popular records at that time in Sindh.
There are many legends of his piety and miracles. Seeing a tired old woman, he carried her load of firewood on his head and escorted her home. Once a woman put her dead baby in his arms for blessings. Accused by the mother, his prayers revived the baby.
On Nov. 2, 1939, at age 55, while on a train from one bhagat to another, two fanatics assassinated him. Like the throngs who gathered to greet him at every station, they had just bowed to him; he had bowed to them in return and given them some fruit as parsad.
Home Minister P. Chidambaram Friday said the government was committed to providing housing facilities to personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and has approved the construction of over 8,800 new houses for them.
