India Lifestyle

Dev Anand passes away

2011-12-04T19:17:00.001+05:30

Ahbi na jao chodkar, Dev saab...so says celebrities as they pay their tribute to Dev Anand
Dev Anand was 88 when he succumbed to a massive cardiac arrest in a London hospital. Ever since the news of his demise broke out, the refrain across his fans and well-wishers was a line from his song from "Hun Dono", "Abhi na jao chodkar ke dil abhi bhara nahin".

On his micro blogging site, Anupam Kher wrote: "Dev Saab was Kind, -Passionate, Courageous, Forthright, Charming, Encouraging, Contemporary, Always a leader and a Great Human. Will Miss him. So as a Tribute to Dev Saab let's only humm his Songs today. Songs which became such an integral part of our lives. Ahbi na jao chodkar...." When Amitabh Bachchan first tweeted about Dev saab, he was still praying that the news wasn't true. "Just reading news about Dev Saheb .. praying it is not true ! He was such a positive person .. never associated death with him... Had just met Dev Saheb at his premiere recently .. he was weak but full of spirit ..the news papers confirming his passing away ..sad. An era has come to an end .. Dev Anand leaves a void never perhaps to be filled again .. his never give up belief, his joy of life!"
Shabana Azmi, who also reminisced about director Manish Acharya who passed a year ago, wrote: "Dev Saheb robustly lived life on his own terms.he will be missed by millions but will live on thru his movies.I salute his spirit."

Mahesh Bhatt saluted the memory of the star "left us with the glow of his smile". "As the new dawn breaks over Mumbai I salute the memory of this star who has left left us with the glow of his smile," he wrote.
It took a while for the news to sink in for Madhur Bhandarkar even as he wrote: "Shocked to the core, a painful loss, a personal grief, cant believe DEVSAAB is no more ! Still the news is not sinking in,had celebrated his birthday with him,Devsaab was full of energy and life then,just cant believe !"
Director Kunal Kohli, on his part, wrote: "RIP Dev Anand. His spirit, energy, love for life and cinema will live on through his films. Love you Dev Saab."

Abhishek Bachchan was equally shocked. Wrote the actor, "Never believed I would ever wake up to this news. Very sad! Shocked to read of the passing of Dev Saab. Such a great man and actor. A symbol of positivity." Actor Divya Dutta has vivid memories of her last meeting of the legend at the premiere of his movie. "T last I met devsaab was at his premiere,sitting nxt to him, n seeing his smiling face,full of zest energy n ethusiasm..memories! Main zindagi ka sath nibhata chala gayam..RIP devsaab! Knowing u wrkin wt u is cherished!my evergreen hero!will miss u sir!" she wrote.

Shah Rukh Khan said in his tweet, "Dev sahib's sad demise makes me feel that the film industry is incomplete & has lost its magical energy. May Allah bless his soul."

Arjun Rampal tweeted, "Woke up to the saddest news and an emptiness in the heart, Dev Saab the man who lived every moment to the fullest with greatest energy. RIP."

Actor Neil Nitin Mukesh said: "Just got the sad news that Dev Anand sahab passed away. I've always been a huge fan of his. And grown up watching his dynamic films. RIP." India's music fraternity was equally shocked with the news. The legend who left behind countless film hits will be dearly missed, said Shreya Ghosal. "Dev saab's films being talked abt on d news. What legacy of great films n music! He indeed was a man of excellence and passion for cinema," the singer wrote.

Composer Ehsaan Noorani, on his part, said, "Another jewel begins his skyward journey ...... Dev Saab alvidaa." Sophie Choudry, on her part, wrote: "Can't believe Dev saab is no more? A real institution,dreamer,believer & the grtest romantic because he LOVED life. A truly sad say. RIP sir."
Poonam Pandey too paid her respect to the evergreen star by writing: "Life is like a poker game; it's not what you're given, it's how you use it.- The Gr8 Gambler - "RIP Dev Anand""

Facial to lighten Dry Skin

2011-04-22T08:04:00.000+05:30

Milk contains lactic acid, an AHA. Regular use of milk helps lighten skin gently, leading to fairer skin. Lactic acid may irritate sensitive skin though. Although milk is soothing for most people, you still should test it on the crook of your arm to see if it irritates your skin. If no irritation occurs, then proceed.
Before you star

Wash your hands with soap and water.

Wash all the bowls, whisk, utensils, spoons, cups and whatever equipment you will be using for this facial with soap and water. Sterilize these with boiling water. (Note: do not boil glass items as these can crack and the splinters can injure you. Certain plastics can melt if boiled so watch out for that). Make sure all surfaces you use for preparing this facial are clean. Remember. For home facials, hygiene and cleanliness is all important.

Soak 2 cotton pads in rose water.

Prepare 3 large sterile strips of cotton wool. The 1st strip should be large enough to cover your neck. The 2nd strip should be able to cover the lower part of your face from below your ears across your face under your nose. The 3rd should cover the rest of your face (Leaving a gap for your nostrils so that you can breathe.) Soak these pads in buttermilk.

Put a handful of rose petals into a bowl.

Fill a kettle with water and set that to boil.

Wear a hair band or shower cap to keep your hair off your face... Get ready some cotton pads and a clean towel an 1 tablespoon of skim milk..

Now you are ready for your facial.

The facial

Dip a pair of clean cotton pads into a bowl with 1 tablespoon of milk and 1 teaspoon of almond oil. Use these pads to wipe your makeup off your face. Discard leftover mixture.

Wash off the milk and oil with lots of water.

Mix 1 tablespoonful of milk with the almond flour. Use that as a scrub to cleanse your face. Discard leftover scrub.

Wash off the scrub with lots of water.

Dry your face with a clean towel.

Pour boiling water into the bowl of rose petals.

With the towel forming a 'tent' over your head and the bowl, keep your face about 20cm above the bowl. (Caution: Skip this step if you are an asthmatic. The steam could trigger an attack. Skip this step if you have thread veins. The heat could worsen your condition )

Relax and let the steam cleanse your face for 10 minutes.

Put 1 pad soaked with rosewater over each eye

Soak the 3 large strips of cotton wool in buttermilk. Apply that on your face as a mask, avoiding your nostrils so that you can breathe. Put the strip across your neck first, then the strip under your nose, followed by the largest strip above your nose over the rest of your face. Be sure to leave your nostrils uncovered so that you can breathe easily. Discard leftovers.

Relax with the mask for 30 minutes.

Remove the pads and cotton wool.

Wash off the residue with lots of water.

Dip 2 new cotton pads in the witch hazel and use it as a toner to clean your face further.

Apply your favorite moisturizer and you are set to go.

ugadi greetings

2011-04-03T00:37:00.001+05:30

The word Yugadi can be explained as; 'Yuga' is the word for 'epoch' or 'era', and 'aadi' stands for 'the beginning'Yugadi specifically refers to the start of the age we are living in now, Kali Yuga. Kali Yuga started the moment when Lord Krishna left the world. Maharshi Vedavyasa describes this event with the words "Yesmin Krishno divamvyataha, Tasmat eeva pratipannam Kaliyugam". Kali Yuga began on Feb 17/18 midnight 3102 BC.

The festival marks the new year day for people between Vindhyas and Kaveri river who follow the South Indian lunar calendar, pervasively adhered to in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Goa.

This calendar reckons dates based on the Shalivahana era (Shalivahana Shaka), which begins its count from the supposed date of the founding of the Empire by the legendary hero Shalivahana. The Satavahana king Shalivahana (also identified as Gautamiputra Satakarni) is credited with the initiation of this era known as Shalivahana. The Salivahana era begins its count of years from the year corresponding to 78 AD of the Gregorian calendar. Thus, the year 2000 AD corresponds to the year 1922 of the Salivahana Era.
In the terminology used by this lunar calendar (also each year is identified as per Indian Calendar), Yugadi falls on "Chaitra Shudhdha Paadyami" or the first day of the bright half of the Indian month of Chaitra. This generally falls in the months of March or April of the Gregorian calendar. In 2011, Ugadi falls on April 4.
Lunar calendars have a sixty year cycle and starts the new year on Yugadi i.e., on "Chaitra Sudhdha Paadyami". After the completion of sixty years, the calendar starts a new with the first year.

Yugadi (start of new year) is based on Bhāskara II lunar calculations in 12th century. It starts on the first new moon after Sun crosses equator from south to north on Spring Equinox. For example, the time for the new moon for Bijapur where Bhaskaracharya was born can be determined from the website However; people celebrate Yugadi on the next morning as Indian day starts from sun rise. Many Indians in America also celebrate Yugadi.

Happy Diwali !

2010-11-05T12:19:00.000+05:30

You are like the diyas on diwali...

Touching my heart with your

warmth and spreading

brightness all around!

Happy Diwali!

MARS MAHA DASHA

2010-03-16T21:46:00.000+05:30

General Interpretations

General effects which are felt during the Maha Dasha of the Mars are as follows :

There may be fear from those in authority, domestic quarrels, and enmity with spouse, children, and relatives is possible.
One may have to consume contaminated food.
There may be problems from thieves, fire, bondage, etc.
There may be pain due to acidity, blood infection and fever resulting in unconsciousness.

Specific Interpretations:

Interpretations based on the condition of the planet and other influences in the birth chart and divisional charts are as follows :

During this period, pain may be caused due to conflicts with enemies and unhappiness due to mourning, fire and poison.
Pain in the eyes, kidneys and urinary organs may occur.
During this period one may suffer from pain, imprisonment and loss of wealth.
Extreme pain and suffering are foreseen.
One may have to move away from one's motherland due to some state displeasure and will be separated from spouse and friends.
During this period, enemies may surface suddenly, however they are defeated in the end.
Financial instability persists.
Fame in courageous deeds may be attained.
Some maternal relative may meet with an accident or may be in pain.
During the Maha Dasha of Mars, one's behaviour may not be up to the mark.
Worry due to expenditure, anxiety because of children and mental restlessness may prevail.

Architecture of OSMANIA UNIVERSITY - the great institution

2010-03-16T21:39:00.001+05:30

Osmania University (also known as OU in short) is a public university situated in the city of Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh, India. It is one of the oldest modern universities in India. It is one of the largest university systems in the subcontinent with over 300,000 students on its various campuses and affiliated colleges. It is particularly well known for its Engineering and Technology departments. Osmania Medical College was once part of the same university system. It is now transferred under the supervision of NTR Health University, AP, India.

Founded in 1918 by the seventh Nizam of Hyderabad, Nawab Mir Osman Ali Khan, Osmania University is the seventh oldest institution of higher learning in India, the third oldest in southern India and the first to be established in the erstwhile princely State of Hyderabad. For almost nine decades, it has sustained an integrated development of all faculties. It has contributed to the academic, social, and economic development of the region and the nation as a whole. Its alumni have distinguished themselves nationally and internationally

Historic Day : Women Reservation Bill passed in RS

2010-03-11T22:42:00.000+05:30

The controversial yet historic Women's Reservation Bill, ensuring 33% reservation to women in Parliament and state legislative bodies, has been put to vote in the Rajya Sabha. The SP, RJD and LJP MPs, opposing the bill, were marshaled out of the Rajya Sabha.

After frenzied opposition and repeated disruptions, the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday evening finally debated the historic women's reservation bill in the run up to a vote on the legislation.

Opening the debate was Jaitley, who said his party "unequivocally" supported the women's bill but added that the privilege of supporting it had been diluted by "some of the most shameful incidents in India's parliamentary history". He also reminded that during the BJP government the bill was brought two times in the parliament and both the times it was turned down and not supported by the opposition parties including Congress party, but BJP being a responsible party of the country will always support this bill for the walfare of women in the society.He also stated that even if BJP could brought such a bill for the country congress will oppose but BJP is more responsible.

The leader of the opposition in the Rajya Sabha, who spoke after the constitution amendment bill was put to vote by Chairman Hamid Ansari, said he had a feeling of being a party to history in the making when he came to the house.

Karat, a vocal supporter of the bill, said women's reservation in parliament and state legislatures would change the "culture of the country because women today are still caught in a culture prison. In the name of tradition, stereotypes are imposed and we have to fight these every day".

These stereotypes will also be broken by the bill, said Karat, who believes the entry of a larger number of women in legislatures would make for "more sensitive politics".

"The women's reservation bill will ensure that women of Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe, Other Backward Classes, poor women and Muslim women would benefit from it," Karat said, addressing concerns that the bill would benefit only some sections.

Congress leader and spokesperson Jayanti Natarajan also refuted critics demanding a special quota for Dalit women, saying Dalits and tribals would continue to get reservation under the bill.

A triumphant Natarajan said no other party "had the courage to deliver the promise (of reservation for women) to the people of India". She said Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had not lagged behind in supporting measures for women's empowerment.

However, Bahujan Samaj Party's Satish Mishra said his party would not be able to support the proposed legislation in the current form. He wanted the prime minister to reserve 50 percent of all seats in legislatures for women in line with their population ratio.

Shivanand Tiwari of the Janata Dal-United (JD-U) created a minor stir in the house by speaking in favour of the bill, which has been opposed vocally by a section of his colleagues led by party president Sharad Yadav.

The AIADMK's V. Maitreyan pointed out that the bill was a great tribute to the Indian housewife who he said had proved to be better financial managers of the household "than all the finance ministers of India".

Earlier, cracking the whip on disruptive MPs, Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, Hamid Ansari, suspended the seven MPs for the remaining part of the Budget session for their unruly behaviour in the House over the Bill.

The suspended members are Subhash Yadav (RJD), Sabir Ali (LJP), Veerpal Singh Yadav, Nand Kishore Yadav, Amir Alam Khan and Kamal Akhtar (all SP), and Ejaz Ali (unattached) , who had yesterday tried to attack the Chairman and created unprecedented pandemonium in the Upper House.

They had indulged in unruly scenes as soon as Law Minister Veerappa Moily moved the Constitution (108th Amendment) Bill that provides for 33 per cent reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and State Assemblies.

The Tajmahal is Tejomahalay(The True Story )

2010-01-26T21:07:00.001+05:30

Probably there is no one who has been duped at least once in a life time. But can the whole world can be duped? This may seem impossible. But in the matter of indian and world history the world can be duped in many respects for hundreds of years and still continues to be duped. The world famous Tajmahal is a glaring instance. For all the time, money and energy that people over the world spend in visiting the Tajmahal, they are dished out of concoction. Contrary to what visitors are made to believe the Tajmahal is not a Islamic mausoleum but an ancient Shiva Temple known as Tejo Mahalaya which the 5th generation moghul emperor Shahjahan commandeered from the then Maharaja of Jaipur. The Tajmahal, should therefore, be viewed as a temple palace and not as a tomb. That makes a vast difference. You miss the details of its size, grandeur, majesty and beauty when you take it to be a mere tomb. When told that you are visiting a temple palace you wont fail to notice its annexes, ruined defensive walls, hillocks, moats, cascades, fountains, majestic garden, hundreds of rooms archaded verendahs, terraces, multi stored towers, secret sealed chambers, guest rooms, stables, the trident (Trishul) pinnacle on the dome and the sacred, esoteric Hindu letter "OM" carved on the exterior of the wall of the sanctum sanctorum now occupied by the centotaphs. For detailed proof of this breath taking discovery,you may read the well known historian Shri. P. N. Oak's celebrated book titled " Tajmahal : The True Story". But let us place before you, for the time being an exhaustive summary of the massive evidence ranging over hundred points:

Name

1.The term Tajmahal itself never occurs in any mogul court paper or chronicle even in Aurangzeb's time. The attempt to explain it away as Taj-i-mahal is therefore, ridiculous.

2.The ending "Mahal"is never muslim because in none of the muslim countries around the world from Afghanistan to Algeria is there a building known as "Mahal".

3.The unusual explanation of the term Tajmahal derives from Mumtaz Mahal, who is buried in it, is illogical in at least two respects viz., firstly her name was never Mumtaj Mahal but Mumtaz-ul-Zamani and secondly one cannot omit the first three letters "Mum" from a woman's name to derive the remainder as the name of the building.

4.Since the lady's name was Mumtaz (ending with 'Z') the name of the building derived from her should have been Taz Mahal, if at all, and not Taj (spelled with a 'J').

5.Several European visitors of Shahjahan's time allude to the building as Taj-e-Mahal is almost the correct tradition, age old Sanskrit name Tej-o-Mahalaya, signifying a Shiva temple. Contrarily Shahjahan and Aurangzeb scrupulously avoid using the Sanskrit term and call it just a holy grave.

6.The tomb should be understood to signify NOT A BUILDING but only the grave or centotaph inside it. This would help people to realize that all dead muslim courtiers and royalty including Humayun, Akbar, Mumtaz, Etmad-ud-Daula and Safdarjang have been buried in capture Hindu mansions and temples.

7.Moreover, if the Taj is believed to be a burial place, how can the term Mahal, i.e., mansion apply to it?

8.Since the term Taj Mahal does not occur in mogul courts it is absurd to search for any mogul explanation for it. Both its components namely, 'Taj' and' Mahal' are of Sanskrit origin.

TEMPLE TRADITION

9.The term Taj Mahal is a corrupt form of the sanskrit term TejoMahalay signifying a Shiva Temple. Agreshwar Mahadev i.e., The Lord of Agra was consecrated in it.

10.The tradition of removing the shoes before climbing the marble platform originates from pre Shahjahan times when the Taj was a Shiva Temple. Had the Taj originated as a tomb, shoes need not have to be removed because shoes are a necessity in a cemetery.

11.Visitors may notice that the base slab of the centotaph is the marble basement in plain white while its superstructure and the other three centotaphs on the two floors are covered with inlaid creeper designs. This indicates that the marble pedestal of the Shiva idol is still in place and Mumtaz's centotaphs are fake.

12.The pitchers carved inside the upper border of the marble lattice plus those mounted on it number 108-a number sacred in Hindu Temple tradition.

13.There are persons who are connected with the repair and the maintainance of the Taj who have seen the ancient sacred Shiva Linga and other idols sealed in the thick walls and in chambers in the secret, sealed red stone stories below the marble basement. The Archaeological Survey of India is keeping discretely, politely and diplomatically silent about it to the point of dereliction of its own duty to probe into hidden historical evidence.

14.In India there are 12 Jyotirlingas i.e., the outstanding Shiva Temples. The Tejomahalaya alias The Tajmahal appears to be one of them known as Nagnatheshwar since its parapet is girdled with Naga, i.e., Cobra figures. Ever since Shahjahan's capture of it the sacred temple has lost its Hindudom.

15.The famous Hindu treatise on architecture titled Vishwakarma Vastushastra mentions the 'Tej-Linga' amongst the Shivalingas i.e., the stone emblems of Lord Shiva, the Hindu deity. Such a Tej Linga was consecrated in the Taj Mahal, hence the term Taj Mahal alias Tejo Mahalaya.

16.Agra city, in which the Taj Mahal is located, is an ancient centre of Shiva worship. Its orthodox residents have through ages continued the tradition of worshipping at five Shiva shrines before taking the last meal every night especially during the month of Shravan. During the last few centuries the residents of Agra had to be content with worshipping at only four prominent Shiva temples viz., Balkeshwar, Prithvinath, Manakameshwar and Rajarajeshwar. They had lost track of the fifth Shiva deity which their forefathers worshipped. Apparently the fifth was Agreshwar Mahadev Nagnatheshwar i.e., The Lord Great God of Agra, The Deity of the King of Cobras, consecrated in the Tejomahalay alias Tajmahal.

17.The people who dominate the Agra region are Jats. Their name of Shiva is Tejaji. The Jat special issue of The Illustrated Weekly of India (June 28,1971) mentions that the Jats have the Teja Mandirs i.e., Teja Temples. This is because Teja-Linga is among the several names of the Shiva Lingas. From this it is apparent that the Taj-Mahal is Tejo-Mahalaya, The Great Abode of Tej.

DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE

18. Shahjahan's own court chronicle, the Badshahnama, admits (page 403, vol 1) that a grand mansion of unique splendor, capped with a dome (Imaarat-a-Alishan wa Gumbaze) was taken from the Jaipur Maharaja Jaisigh for Mumtaz's burial, and the building was known as Raja Mansingh's palace.

19. The plaque put the archealogy department outside the Tajmahal describes the edifice as a mausoleum built by Shahjahan for his wife Mumtaz Mahal , over 22 years from 1631 to 1653. That plaque is a specimen of historical bungling. Firstly, the plaque sites no authority for its claim. Secondly the lady's name was Mumtaz-ulZamani and not Mumtazmahal. Thirdly, the period of 22 years is taken from some mumbo jumbo noting by an unreliable French visitor Tavernier, to the exclusion of all muslim versions, which is an absurdity.

20. Prince Aurangzeb's letter to his father,emperor Shahjahan,is recorded in atleast three chronicles titled `Aadaab-e-Alamgiri' , `Yadgarnama' , and the `Muruqqa-i-Akbaraba di' (edited by Said Ahmed, Agra, 1931, page 43, footnote 2). In that letter Aurangzeb records in 1652 A.D itself that the several buildings in the fancied burial place of Mumtaz were seven storeyed and were so old that they were all leaking, while the dome had developed a crack on the northern side.Aurangzeb, therefore, ordered immediate repairs to the buildings at his own expense while recommending to the emperor that more elaborate repairs be carried out later. This is the proof that during Shahjahan's reign itself that the Taj complex was so old as to need immediate repairs.

21. The ex-Maharaja of Jaipur retains in his secret personal `KapadDwara' collection two orders from Shahjahan dated Dec 18, 1633 (bearing modern nos. R.176 and 177) requestioning the Taj building complex. That was so blatant a usurpation that the then ruler of Jaipur was ashamed to make the document public.

22. The Rajasthan State archives at Bikaner preserve three other firmans addressed by Shahjahan to the Jaipur's ruler Jaising ordering the latter to supply marble (for Mumtaz's grave and koranic grafts) from his Makranna quarris, and stone cutters. Jaisingh was apparently so enraged at the blatant seizure of the Tajmahal that he refused to oblige Shahjahan by providing marble for grafting koranic engravings and fake centotaphs for further desecration of the Tajmahal. Jaising looked at Shahjahan's demand for marble and stone cutters, as an insult added to injury. Therefore, he refused to send any marble and instead detained the stone cutters in his protective custody.

23. The three firmans demanding marble were sent to Jaisingh within about two years of Mumtaz's death. Had Shahjahan really built the Tajmahal over a period of 22 years, the marble would have needed only after 15 or 20 years not immediately after Mumtaz's death.

24. Moreover, the three mention neither the Tajmahal, nor Mumtaz, nor the burial. The cost and the quantity of the stone also are not mentioned. This proves that an insignificant quantity of marble was needed just for some supercial tinkering and tampering with the Tajmahal. Even otherwise Shahjahan could never hope to build a fabulous Tajmahal by abject dependence for marble on a non cooperative Jaisingh.

EUROPEAN VISITOR'S ACCOUNTS

25. Tavernier, a French jeweller has recorded in his travel memoirs that Shahjahan purposely buried Mumtaz near the Taz-i-Makan (i.e.,`The Taj building') where foriegners used to come as they do even today so that the world may admire. He also adds that the cost of the scaffolding was more than that of the entire work. The work that Shahjahan commissioned in the Tejomahalaya Shiva temple was plundering at the costly fixtures inside it, uprooting the Shiva idols, planting the centotaphs in their place on two stories, inscribing the koran along the arches and walling up six of the seven stories of the Taj. It was this plunder, desecrating and plunderring of the rooms which took 22 years.

26. Peter Mundy, an English visitor to Agra recorded in 1632 (within only a year of Mumtaz's death) that `the places of note in and around Agra, included Taj-e-Mahal' s tomb, gardens and bazaars'.He, therefore, confirms that that the Tajmahal had been a noteworthy building even before Shahjahan.

27. De Laet, a Dutch official has listed Mansingh's palace about a mile from Agra fort, as an outstanding building of pre shahjahan's time. Shahjahan's court chronicle, the Badshahnama records, Mumtaz's burial in the same Mansingh's palace.

28. Bernier, a contemporary French visitor has noted that non muslim's were barred entry into the basement (at the time when Shahjahan requisitioned Mansingh's palace) which contained a dazzling light. Obviously, he reffered to the silver doors, gold railing, the gem studded lattice and strings of pearl hanging over Shiva's idol. Shahjahan comandeered the building to grab all the wealth, making Mumtaz's death a convineant pretext.

29. Johan Albert Mandelslo, who describes life in agra in 1638 (only 7 years after mumtaz's death) in detail (in his `Voyages and Travels to West-Indies' , published by John Starkey and John Basset, London), makes no mention of the Tajmahal being under constuction though it is commonly erringly asserted or assumed that the Taj was being built from 1631 to 1653.

SANSKIRT INSCRIPTION

30. A Sanskrit inscription too supports the conclusion that the Taj originated as a Shiva temple. Wrongly termed as the Bateshwar inscription (currently preserved on the top floor of the Lucknow museum), it refers to the raising of a "crystal white Shiva temple so alluring that Lord Shiva once enshrined in it decided never to return to Mount Kailash his usual abode". That inscription dated 1155 A.D. was removed from the Tajmahal garden at Shahjahan's orders. Historicians and Archeaologists have blundered in terming the insription the `Bateshwar inscription' when the record doesn't say that it was found by Bateshwar. It ought, in fact, to be called `The Tejomahalaya inscription' because it was originally installed in the Taj garden before it was uprooted and cast away at Shahjahan's command.

A clue to the tampering by Shahjahan is found on pages 216-217, vol. 4, of Archealogiical Survey of India Reports (published 1874) stating that a "great square black balistic pillar which, with the base and capital of another pillar....now in the grounds of Agra,...it is well known, once stood in the garden of Tajmahal".

MISSING ELEPHANTS

31. Far from the building of the Taj, Shahjahan disfigured it with black koranic lettering and heavily robbed it of its Sanskrit inscription, several idols and two huge stone elephants extending their trunks in a welcome arch over the gateway where visitors these days buy entry tickets. An Englishman, Thomas Twinning, records (pg.191 of his book "Travels in India A Hundred Years ago") that in November 1794 "I arrived at the high walls which enclose the Taj-e-Mahal and its circumjacent buildings. I here got out of the palanquine and.....mounted a short flight of steps leading to a beautiful portal which formed the centre of this side of the `COURT OF ELEPHANTS" as the great area was called."

KORANIC PATCHES

32. The Taj Mahal is scrawled over with 14 chapters of the Koran but nowhere is there even the slightest or the remotest allusion in that Islamic overwriting to Shahjahan's authorship of the Taj. Had Shahjahan been the builder he would have said so in so many words before beginning to quote Koran.

33. That Shahjahan, far from building the marble Taj, only disfigured it with black lettering is mentioned by the inscriber Amanat Khan Shirazi himself in an inscription on the building. A close scrutiny of the Koranic lettering reveals that they are grafts patched up with bits of variegated stone on an ancient Shiva temple.

CARBON 14 TEST

34. A wooden piece from the riverside doorway of the Taj subjected to the carbon 14 test by an American Laboratory, has revealed that the door to be 300 years older than Shahjahan,since the doors of the Taj, broken open by Muslim invaders repeatedly from the 11th century onwards, had to b replaced from time to time. The Taj edifice is much more older. It belongs to 1155 A.D, i.e., almost 500 years anterior to Shahjahan.

ARCHITECHTURAL EVIDENCE

35. Well known Western authorities on architechture like E.B.Havell, Mrs.Kenoyer and Sir W.W.Hunterhave gone on record to say that the TajMahal is built in the Hindu temple style. Havell points out the ground plan of the ancient Hindu Chandi Seva Temple in Java is identical with that of the Taj.

36. A central dome with cupolas at its four corners is a universal feature of Hindu temples.

37. The four marble pillars at the plinth corners are of the Hindu style. They are used as lamp towers during night and watch towers during the day. Such towers serve to demarcate the holy precincts. Hindu wedding altars and the altar set up for God Satyanarayan worship have pillars raised at the four corners.

38. The octagonal shape of the Tajmahal has a special Hindu significance because Hindus alone have special names for the eight directions, and celestial guards assigned to them. The pinnacle points to the heaven while the foundation signifies to the nether world. Hindu forts, cities, palaces and temples genrally have an octagonal layout or some octagonal features so that together with the pinnacle and the foundation they cover all the ten directions in which the king or God holds sway, according to Hindu belief.

39. The Tajmahal has a trident pinncle over the dome. A full scale of the trident pinnacle is inlaid in the red stone courtyard to the east of the Taj. The central shaft of the trident depicts a "Kalash" (sacred pot) holding two bent mango leaves and a coconut. This is a sacred Hindu motif. Identical pinnacles have been seen over Hindu and Buddhist temples in the Himalayan region. Tridents are also depicted against a red lotus background at the apex of the stately marble arched entrances on all four sides of the Taj. People fondly but mistakenly believed all these centuries that the Taj pinnacle depicts a Islamic cresent and star was a lighting conductor installed by the British rulers in India. Contrarily, the pinnacle is a marvel of Hindu metallurgy since the pinnacle made of non rusting alloy, is also perhaps a lightning deflector. That the pinnacle of the replica is drawn in the eastern courtyard is significant because the east is of special importance to the Hindus, as the direction in which the sun rises. The pinnacle on the dome has the word `Allah' on it after capture. The pinnacle figure on the ground does not have the word Allah.

INCONSISTENCIES

40. The two buildings which face the marble Taj from the east and west are identical in design, size and shape and yet the eastern building is explained away by Islamic tradition, as a community hall while the western building is claimed to be a mosque. How could buildings meant for radically different purposes be identical? This proves that the western building was put to use as a mosque after seizure of the Taj property by Shahjahan. Curiously enough the building being explained away as a mosque has no minaret. They form a pair af reception pavilions of the Tejomahalaya temple palace.

41. A few yards away from the same flank is the Nakkar Khana alias DrumHouse which is a intolerable incongruity for Islam. The proximity of the Drum House indicates that the western annex was not originally a mosque. Contrarily a drum house is a neccesity in a Hindu temple or palace because Hindu chores,in the morning and evening, begin to the sweet strains of music.

42. The embossed patterns on the marble exterior of the centotaph chamber wall are foilage of the conch shell design and the Hindu letter "OM". The octagonally laid marble lattices inside the centotaph chamber depict pink lotuses on their top railing. The Lotus, the conch and the OM are the sacred motifs associated with the Hindu deities and temples.

43. The spot occupied by Mumtaz's centotaph was formerly occupied by the Hindu Teja Linga a lithic representation of Lord Shiva. Around it are five perambulatory passages. Perambulation could be done around the marble lattice or through the spacious marble chambers surrounding the centotaph chamber, and in the open over the marble platform. It is also customary for the Hindus to have apertures along the perambulatory passage, overlooking the deity. Such apertures exist in the perambulatories in the Tajmahal.

44. The sanctom sanctorum in the Taj has silver doors and gold railings as Hindu temples have. It also had nets of pearl and gems stuffed in the marble lattices. It was the lure of this wealth which made Shahjahan commandeer the Taj from a helpless vassal Jaisingh, the then ruler of Jaipur.

45. Peter Mundy, a Englishman records (in 1632, within a year of Mumtaz's death) having seen a gem studded gold railing around her tomb. Had the Taj been under construction for 22 years, a costly gold railing would not have been noticed by Peter mundy within a year of Mumtaz's death. Such costl fixtures are installed in a building only after it is ready for use. This indicates that Mumtaz's centotaph was grafted in place of the Shivalinga in the centre of the gold railings. Subsequently the gold railings, silver doors, nets of pearls, gem fillings etc. were all carried away to Shahjahan's treasury. The seizure of the Taj thus constituted an act of highhanded Moghul robery causing a big row between Shahjahan and Jaisingh.

46. In the marble flooring around Mumtaz's centotaph may be seen tiny mosaic patches. Those patches indicate the spots where the support for the gold railings were embedded in the floor. They indicate a rectangular fencing.

47. Above Mumtaz's centotaph hangs a chain by which now hangs a lamp. Before capture by Shahjahan the chain used to hold a water pitcher from which water used to drip on the Shivalinga.

48. It is this earlier Hindu tradition in the Tajmahal which gave the Islamic myth of Shahjahan's love tear dropping on Mumtaz's tomb on the full moon day of the winter eve.

TREASURY WELL

49. Between the so-called mosque and the drum house is a multistoried octagonal well with a flight of stairs reaching down to the water level. This is a traditional treasury well in Hindu temple palaces. Treasure chests used to be kept in the lower apartments while treasury personnel had their offices in the upper chambers. The circular stairs made it difficult for intruders to reach down to the treasury or to escape with it undetected or unpursued. In case the premises had to be surrendered to a besieging enemy the treasure could be pushed into the well to remain hidden from the conquerer and remain safe for salvaging if the place was reconquered. Such an elaborate multistoried well is superflous for a mere mausoleum. Such a grand, gigantic well is unneccesary for a tomb.

BURIAL DATE UNKNOWN

50. Had Shahjahan really built the Taj Mahal as a wonder mausoleum, history would have recorded a specific date on which she was ceremoniously buried in the Taj Mahal. No such date is ever mentioned. This important missing detail decisively exposes the falsity of the Tajmahal legend.

51. Even the year of Mumtaz's death is unknown. It is variously speculated to be 1629, 1630, 1631 or 1632. Had she deserved a fabulous burial, as is claimed, the date of her death had not been a matter of much speculation. In an harem teeming with 5000 women it was difficult to keep track of dates of death. Apparently the date of Mumtaz's death was so insignificant an event, as not to merit any special notice. Who would then build a Taj for her burial?

BASELESS LOVE STORIES

52. Stories of Shahjahan's exclusive infatuation for Mumtaz's are concoctions. They have no basis in history nor has any book ever written on their fancied love affairs. Those stories have been invented as an afterthought to make Shahjahan's authorship of the Taj look plausible.

COST

53. The cost of the Taj is nowhere recorded in Shahjahan's court papers because Shahjahan never built the Tajmahal. That is why wild estimates of the cost by gullible writers have ranged from 4 million to 91.7 million rupees.

PERIOD OF CONSTRUCTION

54. Likewise the period of construction has been guessed to be anywhere between 10 years and 22 years. There would have not been any scope for guesswork had the building construction been on record in the court papers.

ARCHITECTS

55. The designer of the Tajmahal is also variously mentioned as Essa Effendy, a Persian or Turk, or Ahmed Mehendis or a Frenchman, Austin deBordeaux, or Geronimo Veroneo, an Italian, or Shahjahan himself.

RECORDS DON'T EXIST

56. Twenty thousand labourers are supposed to have worked for 22 years during Shahjahan's reign in building the Tajmahal. Had this been true, there should have been available in Shahjahan's court papers design drawings, heaps of labour muster rolls, daily expenditure sheets, bills and receipts of material ordered, and commisioning orders. There is not even a scrap of paper of this kind.

57. It is, therefore, court flatterers,blunderi ng historians, somnolent archeologists, fiction writers, senile poets, careless tourists officials and erring guides who are responsible for hustling the world into believing in Shahjahan's mythical authorship of the Taj.

58. Description of the gardens around the Taj of Shahjahan's time mention Ketaki, Jai, Jui, Champa, Maulashree, Harshringar and Bel. All these are plants whose flowers or leaves are used in the worship of Hindu deities. Bel leaves are exclusively used in Lord Shiva's worship. A graveyard is planted only with shady trees because the idea of using fruit and flower from plants in a cemetary is abhorrent to human conscience. The presence of Bel and other flower plants in the Taj garden is proof of its having been a Shiva temple before seizure by Shahjahan.

59. Hindu temples are often built on river banks and sea beaches. The Taj is one such built on the bank of the Yamuna river an ideal location for a Shiva temple.

60. Prophet Mohammad has ordained that the burial spot of a muslim should be inconspicous and must not be marked by even a single tombstone. In flagrant violation of this, the Tajamhal has one grave in the basement and another in the first floor chamber both ascribed to Mumtaz. Those two centotaphs were infact erected by Shahjahan to bury the two tier Shivalingas that were consecrated in the Taj. It is customary for Hindus to install two Shivalingas one over the other in two stories as may be seen in the Mahankaleshwar temple in Ujjain and the Somnath temple raised by Ahilyabai in Somnath Pattan.

61. The Tajmahal has identical entrance arches on all four sides. This is a typical Hindu building style known as Chaturmukhi, i.e.,four faced.

THE HINDU DOME

62. The Tajmahal has a reverberating dome. Such a dome is an absurdity for a tomb which must ensure peace and silence. Contrarily reverberating domes are a neccesity in Hindu temples because they create an ecstatic dinmultiplying and magnifying the sound of bells, drums and pipes accompanying the worship of Hindu deities.

63. The Tajmahal dome bears a lotus cap. Original Islamic domes have a bald top as is exemplified by the Pakistan Embassy in Chanakyapuri, New Delhi, and the domes in the Pakistan's newly built capital Islamabad.

64. The Tajmahal entrance faces south. Had the Taj been an Islamic building it should have faced the west.

TOMB IS THE GRAVE,NOT THE BUILDING

65. A widespread misunderstanding has resulted in mistaking the building for the grave.Invading Islam raised graves in captured buildings in every country it overran. Therefore, hereafter people must learn not to confound the building with the grave mounds which are grafts in conquered buildings. This is true of the Tajmahal too. One may therefore admit (for arguments sake) that Mumtaz lies buried inside the Taj. But that should not be construed to mean that the Taj was raised over Mumtaz's grave.

66. The Taj is a seven storied building. Prince Aurangzeb also mentions this in his letter to Shahjahan. The marble edifice comprises four stories including the lone, tall circular hall inside the top, and the lone chamber in the basement. In between are two floors each containing 12 to 15 palatial rooms. Below the marble plinth reaching down to the river at the rear are two more stories in red stone. They may be seen from the river bank. The seventh storey must be below the ground (river) level since every ancient Hindu building had a subterranian storey.

67. Immediately bellow the marble plinth on the river flank are 22 rooms in red stone with their ventilators all walled up by Shahjahan. Those rooms, made uninhibitably by Shahjahan, are kept locked by Archealogy Department of India. The lay visitor is kept in the dark about them. Those 22 rooms still bear ancient Hindu paint on their walls and ceilings. On their side is a nearly 33 feet long corridor. There are two door frames one at either end ofthe corridor. But those doors are intriguingly sealed with brick and lime.

68. Apparently those doorways originally sealed by Shahjahan have been since unsealed and again walled up several times. In 1934 a resident of Delhi took a peep inside from an opening in the upper part of the doorway. To his dismay he saw huge hall inside. It contained many statues huddled around a central beheaded image of Lord Shiva. It could be that, in there, are Sanskrit inscriptions too. All the seven stories of the Tajmahal need to be unsealed and scoured to ascertain what evidence they may be hiding in the form of Hindu images, Sanskrit inscriptions, scriptures, coins and utensils.

69. Apart from Hindu images hidden in the sealed stories it is also learnt that Hindu images are also stored in the massive walls of the Taj. Between 1959 and 1962 when Mr. S.R. Rao was the Archealogical Superintendent in Agra, he happened to notice a deep and wide crack in the wall of the central octagonal chamber of the Taj. When a part of the wall was dismantled to study the crack out popped two or three marble images. The matter was hushed up and the images were reburied where they had been embedded at Shahjahan's behest. Confirmation of this has been obtained from several sources. It was only when I began my investigation into the antecedents of the Taj I came across the above information which had remained a forgotten secret. What better proof is needed of the Temple origin of the Tajmahal? Its walls and sealed chambers still hide in Hindu idols that were consecrated in it before

PRE-SHAHJAHAN REFERENCES TO THE TAJ

70. Apparently the Taj as a central palace seems to have an chequered history. The Taj was perhaps desecrated and looted by every Muslim invader from Mohammad Ghazni onwards but passing into Hindu hands off and on, the sanctity of the Taj as a Shiva temple continued to be revived after every muslim onslaught. Shahjahan was the last muslim to desecrate the Tajmahal alias Tejomahalay.

71. Vincent Smith records in his book titled `Akbar the Great Moghul' that `Babur's turbulent life came to an end in his garden palace in Agra in 1630'. That palace was none other than the Tajmahal. 72. Babur's daughter Gulbadan Begum in her chronicle titled `Humayun Nama' refers to the Taj as the Mystic House.

73. Babur himself refers to the Taj in his memoirs as the palace captured by Ibrahim Lodi containing a central octagonal chamber and having pillars on the four sides. All these historical references allude to the Taj 100 years before Shahjahan.

74. The Tajmahal precincts extend to several hundred yards in all directions. Across the river are ruins of the annexes of the Taj, the bathing ghats and a jetty for the ferry boat. In the Victoria gardens outside covered with creepers is the long spur of the ancient outer wall ending in a octagonal red stone tower. Such extensive grounds all magnificently done up, are a superfluity for a grave.

75. Had the Taj been specially built to bury Mumtaz, it should not have been cluttered with other graves. But the Taj premises contain several graves atleast in its eastern and southern pavilions.

76. In the southern flank, on the other side of the Tajganj gate are buried in identical pavilions queens Sarhandi Begum, and Fatehpuri Begum and a maid Satunnisa Khanum. Such parity burial can be justified only if the queens had been demoted or the maid promoted. But since Shahjahan had commandeered (not built) the Taj, he reduced it general to a muslim cemetary as was the habit of all his Islamic predeccssors, and buried a queen in a vacant pavillion and a maid in another idenitcal pavilion.

77. Shahjahan was married to several other women before and after Mumtaz. She, therefore, deserved no special consideration in having a wonder mausoleum built for her.

78. Mumtaz was a commoner by birth and so she did not qualify for a fairyland burial.

79. Mumtaz died in Burhanpur which is about 600 miles from Agra. Her grave there is intact. Therefore ,the centotaphs raised in stories of the Taj in her name seem to be fakes hiding in Hindu Shiva emblems.

80. Shahjahan seems to have simulated Mumtaz's burial in Agra to find a pretext to surround the temple palace with his fierce and fanatic troops and remove all the costly fixtures in his treasury. This finds confirmation in the vague noting in the Badshahnama which says that the Mumtaz's (exhumed) body was brought to Agra from Burhanpur and buried `next year'. An official term would not use a nebulous term unless it is to hide some thing.

81. A pertinent consideration is that a Shahjahan who did not build any palaces for Mumtaz while she was alive, would not build a fabulous mausoleum for a corpse which was no longer kicking or clicking.

82. Another factor is that Mumtaz died within two or three years of Shahjahan becoming an emperor. Could he amass so much superflous wealth in that short span as to squander it on a wonder mausoleum?

83. While Shahjahan's special attachment to Mumtaz is nowhere recorded in history his amorous affairs with many other ladies from maids to mannequins including his own daughter Jahanara, find special attention in accounts of Shahjahan's reign. Would Shahjahan shower his hard earned wealth on Mumtaz's corpse?

84. Shahjahan was a stingy, usurious monarch. He came to throne murdering all his rivals. He was not therefore, the doting spendthrift that he is made out to be.

85. A Shahjahan disconsolate on Mumtaz's death is suddenly credited with a resolve to build the Taj. This is a psychological incongruity. Grief is a disabling, incapacitating emotion.

86. A infatuated Shahjahan is supposed to have raised the Taj over the dead Mumtaz, but carnal, physical sexual love is again a incapacitating emotion. A womaniser is ipso facto incapable of any constructive activity. When carnal love becomes uncontrollable the person either murders somebody or commits suicide. He cannot raise a Tajmahal. A building like the Taj invariably originates in an ennobling emotion like devotion to God, to one's mother and mother country or power and glory.

87. Early in the year 1973, chance digging in the garden in front of the Taj revealed another set of fountains about six feet below the present fountains. This proved two things. Firstly, the subterranean fountains were there before Shahjahan laid the surface fountains. And secondly that those fountains are aligned to the Taj that edifice too is of pre Shahjahan origin. Apparently the garden and its fountains had sunk from annual monsoon flooding and lack of maintenance for centuries during the Islamic rule.

89. The stately rooms on the upper floor of the Tajmahal have been striped of their marble mosaic by Shahjahan to obtain matching marble for raising fake tomb stones inside the Taj premises at several places. Contrasting with the rich finished marble ground floor rooms the striping of the marble mosaic covering the lower half of the walls and flooring of the upper storey have given those rooms a naked, robbed look. Since no visitors are allowed entry to the upper storey this despoilation by Shahjahan has remained a well guarded secret. There is no reason why Shahjahan's loot of the upper floor marble should continue to be hidden from the public even after 200 years of termination of Moghul rule.

90. Bernier, the French traveller has recorded that no non muslim was allowed entry into the secret nether chambers of the Taj because there are some dazzling fixtures there. Had those been installed by Shahjahan they should have been shown the public as a matter of pride. But since it was commandeered Hindu wealth which Shahjahan wanted to remove to his treasury, he didn't want the public to know about it.

91. The approach to Taj is dotted with hillocks raised with earth dugout from foundation trenches. The hillocks served as outer defences of the Taj building complex. Raising such hillocks from foundation earth, is a common Hindu device of hoary origin. Nearby Bharatpur provides a graphic parallel.

Peter Mundy has recorded that Shahjahan employed thousands of labourers to level some of those hillocks. This is a graphic proof of the Tajmahal existing before Shahjahan.

93. At the backside of the river bank is a Hindu crematorium, several palaces, Shiva temples and bathings of ancient origin. Had Shahjahan built the Tajmahal, he would have destroyed the Hindu features.

94. The story that Shahjahan wanted to build a Black marble Taj across the river, is another motivated myth. The ruins dotting the other side of the river are those of Hindu structures demolished during muslim invasions and not the plinth of another Tajmahal. Shahjahan who did not even build the white Tajmahal would hardly ever think of building a black marble Taj. He was so miserly that he forced labourers to work gratis even in the superficial tampering neccesary to make a Hindu temple serve as a Muslim tomb.

95. The marble that Shahjahan used for grafting Koranic lettering in the Taj is of a pale white shade while the rest of the Taj is built of a marble with rich yellow tint. This disparity is proof of the Koranic extracts being a superimposition.

96. Though imaginative attempts have been made by some historians to foist some fictitious name on history as the designer of the Taj others more imaginative have credited Shajahan himself with superb architechtural proficiency and artistic talent which could easily concieve and plan the Taj even in acute bereavment. Such people betray gross ignorance of history in as much as Shajahan was a cruel tyrant ,a great womaniser and a drug and drink addict.

97. Fanciful accounts about Shahjahan commisioning the Taj are all confused. Some asserted that Shahjahan ordered building drawing from all over the world and chose one from among them. Others assert that a man at hand was ordered to design a mausoleum amd his design was approved. Had any of those versions been true Shahjahan's court papers should have had thousands of drawings concerning the Taj. But there is not even a single drawing. This is yet another clinching proof that Shahjahan did not commision the Taj.

98. The Tajmahal is surrounded by huge mansions which indicate that several battles have been waged around the Taj several times.

99. At the south east corner of the Taj is an ancient royal cattle house. Cows attached to the Tejomahalay temple used to reared there. A cowshed is an incongruity in an Islamic tomb.

100. Over the western flank of the Taj are several stately red stone annexes. These are superflous for a mausoleum.

101. The entire Taj complex comprises of 400 to 500 rooms. Residential accomodation on such a stupendous scale is unthinkable in a mausoleum.

102. The neighbouring Tajganj township's massive protective wall also encloses the Tajmahal temple palace complex. This is a clear indication that the Tejomahalay temple palace was part and parcel of the township. A street of that township leads straight into the Tajmahal. The Tajganj gate is aligned in a perfect straight line to the octagonal red stone garden gate and the stately entrance arch of the Tajmahal. The Tajganj gate besides being central to the Taj temple complex, is also put on a pedestal. The western gate by which the visitors enter the Taj complex is a camparatively minor gateway. It has become the entry gate for most visitors today because the railway station and the bus station are on that side.

103. The Tajmahal has pleasure pavillions which a tomb would never have.

104. A tiny mirror glass in a gallery of the Red Fort in Agra reflects the Taj mahal. Shahjahan is said to have spent his last eight years of life as a prisoner in that gallery peering at the reflected Tajmahal and sighing in the name of Mumtaz. This myth is a blend of many falsehoods. Firstly,old Shajahan was held prisoner by his son Aurangzeb in the basement storey in the Fort and not in an open,fashionable upper storey. Secondly, the glass piece was fixed in the 1930's by Insha Allah Khan, a peon of the archaelogy dept.just to illustrate to the visitors how in ancient times the entire apartment used to scintillate with tiny mirror pieces reflecting the Tejomahalay temple a thousand fold. Thirdly, a old decrepit Shahjahan with pain in his joints and cataract in his eyes, would not spend his day craning his neck at an awkward angle to peer into a tiny glass piece with bedimmed eyesight when he could as well his face around and have full,direct view of the Tjamahal itself. But the general public is so gullible as to gulp all such prattle of wily, unscrupulous guides.

105. That the Tajmahal dome has hundreds of iron rings sticking out of its exterior is a feature rarely noticed. These are made to hold Hindu earthen oil lamps for temple illumination.

106. Those putting implicit faith in Shahjahan authorship of the Taj have been imagining Shahjahan-Mumtaz to be a soft hearted romantic pair like Romeo and Juliet. But contemporary accounts speak of Shahjahan as a hard hearted ruler who was constantly egged on to acts of tyranny and cruelty, by Mumtaz.

107. School and College history carry the myth that Shahjahan reign was a golden period in which there was peace and plenty and that Shahjahan commisioned many buildings and patronized literature. This is pure fabrication. Shahjahan did not commision even a single building as we have illustrated by a detailed analysis of the Tajmahal legend. Shahjahn had to enrage in 48 military campaigns during a reign of nearly 30 years which proves that his was not a era of peace and plenty.

108. The interior of the dome rising over Mumtaz's centotaph has a representation of Sun and cobras drawn in gold. Hindu warriors trace their origin to the Sun. For an Islamic mausoleum the Sun is redundant. Cobras are always associated with Lord Shiva.

FORGED DOCUMENTS

109. The muslim caretakers of the tomb in the Tajmahal used to possess a document which they styled as "Tarikh-i-Tajmahal" . Historian H.G. Keene has branded it as `a document of doubtful authenticity' . Keene was uncannily right since we have seen that Shahjahan not being the creator of the Tajmahal any document which credits Shahjahn with the Tajmahal, must be an outright forgery. Even that forged document is reported to have been smuggled out of Pakistan. Besides such forged documents there are whole chronicles on the Taj which are pure concoctions.

110. There is lot of sophistry and casuistry or atleast confused thinking associated with the Taj even in the minds of proffesional historians, archaelogists and architects. At the outset they assert that the Taj is entirely Muslim in design. But when it is pointed out that its lotus capped dome and the four corner pillars etc. are all entirely Hindu those worthies shift ground and argue that that was probably because the workmen were Hindu and were to introduce their own patterns. Both these arguments are wrong because Muslim accounts claim the designers to be Muslim,and the workers invariably carry out the employer's dictates.

The Taj is only a typical illustration of how all historic buildings and townships from Kashmir to Cape Comorin though of Hindu origin have been ascribed to this or that Muslim ruler or courtier.

It is hoped that people the world over who study Indian history will awaken to this new finding and revise their erstwhile beliefs.

Those interested in an indepth study of the above and many other revolutionary rebuttals may read this author's other research books.

New heena designs

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What is Love

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Love... a small word for such a complex emotion.

There is no simple explanation for it,

because love is made up of many things.

It cannot be measured, because it is a feeling.

All of the money in the world cannot buy love;

it has to be earned.

It does not happen by wishing;

it must come about naturally.

Love is not an instantaneous emotion,

but something that grows slowly between

two people, maturing with time.

Once love has reached maturity,

there is no stronger bond between two people.

Love is sharing the good and the bad,

the hopes and the dreams,

the amusing times and the serious times.

It is doing things together, yet leaving room

for each to grow as an individual.

How do I know these things about Love?

Because this is the kind of Love

you have given to me and the kind of Love

I feel for you.

Power of GEM Stones ( GOMEDA )

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Gomeda is the Gem Stone of Rahu.. It's color varies from red, smoky to honey color. Use of Gomeda will bestow good health, victory over enemies and bring wealth and prosperity to its owner. It cures diseases, gives knowledge and intelligence. It promotes good education and ensures improvement in the profession. Native's business will flourish. The adverse effects caused by evil also vanish. One gets quite active by wearing Gomeda and gets promotion in the service. It can give unexpected wealth to its wearer. It bestows a very happy life, and the enmity of relatives disappears. Evil spirits go away. It ensures sound sleep and gives peace of mind.

Power of GEM Stones ( CATS EYE )

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Cat's Eye is Gem Stone of Ketu. This is yellowish or blackish in color. Inside there is a shining band which moves when the stone is turned. This is a quick action Gem and restores lost wealth. Poverty and diseases vanish. It ensures victory over enemies and protection from enemies. By wearing a Cat's eye one is be attracted by others. It grants philosophical disposition and activity of the mind. The native gets name, fame and wealth. He becomes calm and his anger disappears. He receives the help of relatives and friends. Enemies may bow to him. It works successfully in getting back the loan money too. It ensures the welfare of children. Childless person may be blessed with children. It protects from accidents, pimples and skin diseases. It ensures quick marriage.

Decorate Your house on a Budget

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Decorate Your house on a Budget

One of the greatest joy in a family's life is when you move in to your dream house. But with the burden of high mortgages, you wonder whether you can afford to decorate your homes to be the way you always pictured it. Beautiful, modern and a warm and cozy place to come to after a hectic and busy day at work.

Here are some tips which will help you to go ahead with your plans to decorate your homes without having to shell out a lot of money.

1. Decide the style you want for your house
It always help if you know before hand what style you would like for your house. It could be contemporary/ modern, country style, French country style or the classic Victorian types. This will help to search for furnitures and drapes according to the style. In modern types, minimalist is the key word. In country style, there would be more elements of cowboy hats, wooden tables etc. French windows and frilly pillow covers and Victorian grandeur tables, cupboards, mantle piece and long dining tables would be more suitable for French country and Victorian style.

2. Select the Paint or Wallpapers
A paint can change the whole out look of a room. You can single out on wall and paint it in a color that stands out from the rest. Also according to the style, you can choose the colors. Decide on a wall color to fit the whole look of the room. For Victorian, a rosy pink, or an off-white, country can be anywhere from blue and yellow, to pink and white.

3. Selecting an Art work
Find some good artwork. It isn't as expensive as you may think. You can buy from a retail or craft store, or photocopy images from a book, and frame them. An art work adds character to the room. You can select something that pleases your eyes. There is no point buying art that you do not understand. It might me the most popular, expensive art, but you should stick to something that makes you happy looking at it.

4. Selecting the furnitures
If your current furniture already matches your style, then you must avoid buying new furnitures and just purchase some new slip covers, they come in all different styles and patterns. Buy cheap rugs and draperies. You can save a lot of money by purchasing solid color rugs and draperies that are in your colors, and places like Wal-Mart carry them.

5. Selecting the Lightings
A lighting though is the last thing to spend on, is the most important factor in decorating a house. It can highlight all the attractive features and also the flaws in a room. SO you have to be very sensible as to where you want to fix your lightings. Inappropriate mix of lighting, color and furniture can make a very costly combination look ugly. You can use an antique lampshade to place it at a corner of a room or go for small lightings on the ceilings. Use a higher number of weak light sources instead of a lesser number of strong light sources.

6. Alter things you can use
A lighting though is the last thing to spend on, is the most important factor in decorating a house. It can highlight all the
Alter the things you already have. A black lamp may not go with a nautical theme. But instead of throwing it away, you can paint it, using spray paint or textured paints, found in arts and crafts stores. Clocks, coat racks, vases(using glass paint) shelves, bookends, even baskets and furniture can be transformed by paint.

7. Give your rooms a welcoming and warm effect
Toss some pillows and a blanket on your couch, to give your guests a comfortable feeling when they walk through your door. Paint a design you like on the walls using stencils and stamps. Choose lighting in harmony with the mood. Bright ones for modern and dim ones for classic.

How to Propose Girl / Boy

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How to Propose a Boy...

Your wait for prince charming seems endless! If you want to follow your dreams, then go ahead and get your dream boy. Here are a few easy steps of proposing your dream boy.

Tips and Ideas for Proposing a Boy

Observe your dream boy and act accordingly, as he may or may not like your romantic gesture.

Now, choose his favorite place, such as camping site, restaurant, sports club etc.

Plan something interesting and in accordance with him.

A cute gift tied with a romantic note would be a perfect gift for your beloved.

Your beloved would be completely bowled over. Let him enjoy this romantic moment. This will surely works.

How to propose a Girl...

Are you madly in love with your dream girl? So, what are you waiting for? Propose her immediately. But, you need to consider a few things before proposing her.

Tips and Ideas for Proposing a Girl

Avoid making decisions in haste. It would be advisable to discuss about marriage with your girl friend. If she is ready for a long-term commitment then only buy a ring for her. Else, you would be disheartened and dejected.

While proposing the girl, buy roses and chocolates for her.

While dating, use your skill, such as humor or talkativeness. Your skills would be quite helpful in proposing the girl.

Listen to your girl attentively and see the magic. She will be all yours.

Girls love sweet surprises a lot. So, surprise her with beautiful gifts.

Take her to dinner or lunch. This would be a perfect way of proposing her.

Girls always admire humorous guys, as they makes them feel comfortable.

DIWALI original name Deepavali

2009-10-11T21:37:00.000+05:30

DIWALI is actually derived from the original name ‘Deepavali’. Deepa in Sanskrit means ‘light’ and ‘avali’ means a row. When literally translated, Deepavali means a ‘row of lights’. As per the Indian calendar it is celebrated on Amavasya (the new moon day) in the end of the month Ashwin, which ushers in the month of Karthik around October/ November every year.

Diwali is celebrated in north India in honor of Rama's return to Ayodhya after he vanquished Ravana. He was also coronated as a king on the same day. It is celebrated twenty days subsequent to Vijayadasami. But in some states it is celebrated for different reasons. For instance, in Gujarat it is an event to welcome Goddess Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth. Bengalis worship Goddess Kali on this day. The celebrations are however quite uniform throughout the country.

Crackers are sine qua non for this festival. So more the noise the merrier it is. Homes are lit up for the festival with diyas-small oil lanterns.You have ‘rockets’ which are highly whimsical in the way they veer. They can zip at you from out of the blue making you run for cover!!! Then you have deafening hydrogen bombs which can unnerve you by making your heart skip a beat. But the most pleasing sight, however, is that of little kids holding sparklers gleefully. The fountain like shower of a flower pot is also a spectacle worth a watch. So nylon clothes should not be worn on that day to preempt any hazards. Most of the large organizations in Northern and Western India present their employees and clients a boxful of sweets.

Diwali Special lunch and dinner recipes Palak Paneer

2009-10-11T21:21:00.000+05:30

Palak Paneer

Ingredients

6 tablespoons olive oil, divided
2 cloves garlic, chopped
1 tablespoon grated fresh root ginger
2 dried red chillies
1 onion, finely chopped
2 teaspoons ground cumin
1 teaspoon ground coriander
1 teaspoon ground turmeric
175ml soured cream
1.5kg fresh spinach, torn
1 large tomato, quartered
4 sprigs fresh coriander
250g paneer, cubed
coarse sea salt to taste
Preparation method

In a large saucepan heat 3 tablespoons of olive oil and saute garlic, 1/2 tablespoon of ginger, red chillies (optional ingredient) and onion until brown. Mix in the cumin, coriander, turmeric and soured cream (add more or less to achieve desired creaminess). Add the spinach, handfuls at a time until it is cooked down, about 15 minutes total. Remove from heat and allow to cool slightly.
Pour spinach mixture into a blender or food processor and add the tomato, the remaining 1/2 tablespoon of ginger and coriander (add more or less according to taste). Blend for 15 to 30 seconds, or until the spinach is finely chopped. Pour back into the saucepan and keep warm over low heat.
In a medium frying pan heat 3 tablespoons of olive oil over medium heat, and fry paneer until browned; drain and add to spinach. Cook for 10 minutes on low heat. Season with salt to taste.

how to make PAV BHAJI MASALA

2009-10-11T21:10:00.000+05:30

PAV BHAJI MASALA

Ingredients
· Potatoes - 1/4 kgs
· Green peas - 100 gms
· Cauliflower - 1/2 or cabbage - 200 gms
· Capsicums - 2
· Tomatoes - 3 big
· Onions - 2
· Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
· Chilli powder - 1/2 tsp
· Pav Bhaji masala powder - 1 tbsp
· Dhania - 1/2 tsp
· Butter - 50 gms
· Garlic paste - 2 tsp
· Salt to taste
· Coriander leaves - 1 tbsp (chop finely)

Pav Bhaji Masala

Step 1: Cut all vegetable into pieces and except potatoes and peas.
Step 2: Pressure cook vegetables, potatoes, peas. Do not cook capsicums.
Step 3: Peel and mash the potatoes keep aside.
Step 4: Cut onion and tomatoes finely.
Step 5: Heat butter in a shallow pan, fry the onions and garlic paste. Add tomatoes and chopped capsicums, fry till it is mash properly.
Step 6: Add mashed potatoes, other cooked vegetables, salt and all the spicy powders and add little water.
Step 7: Cook and mash thoroughly when it is boiling.
Step 8: When the mashed gravy becomes hard thick, add a blob of butter, sprinkle chopped onione and coriander leaves.
Step 9: Serve hot with buttered pav bread with lemon pieces. (Cut bun horizontally into half. Put butter on a tawa and melt. Apply inside and both outsides).

Be Careful While Eating Apple

2009-10-07T08:51:00.000+05:30

Please don't eat the skin of the apple because it's coated with wax.
Check before you eat many of the fruits.
WAX is being used for preservation purposes and cold storage.
You might be surprised especially apples from USA and other parts are more than one year old, though it would look fresh. Becox wax is coated, preventing bacteria to enter. So it does not get dry.
Please Eat Apples after removing the wax as demonstrated below. Please follow this and let know others............

Natural Way of Living

2009-09-30T21:59:00.000+05:30

1. Stopped eating stuff cooked outside. Earlier I used to eat lot of junk food at hotels, restaurants, bakeries and roadside stalls. I haven’t touched them after started following Dr. Raju’s way of living.

2. Stopped eating of rice in dinner. I have been regularly taking Phulka’s in dinner without missing. This has helped me getting me deep sleep at nights. Since I work 12 hours a day, (10Am to 10 PM) I always felt short of deep sleep. Since, Phulka’s take no much time to get digested; I dont feel tired and deprived of deep sleep these days.

3. Stopped eating Idlies, dosas, poories, vadas and other fried and cooked items in breakfast. Instead of them I have started eating Dr. Raju’s recommended breakfast with sprouted seeds. I used to soak a couple of grasps of groundnuts, Bengal grams, moong beans, black eyed beans in water in different bowls separately for a period of 5 to 6 hours and then take them out and knot them in neatly washed clothes and sprinkle water regularly on them to keep them fresh. By morning the sprouts begins to rise from the seeds. I take these sprouted seeds as my breakfast every day. Sprouted seeds are considered to be very nutritious and healthy.

4. Replaced white Rice with Brown Rice at lunch. Since brown rice (mudi biyyam in telugu) has more nutrients I started eating brown rice at lunch. Since there is a long gap between my lunch and dinner time, I used to get hungry by evening 5 PM before when I was eating white rice. But after eating brown rice I realized that it’s taking long time to digest and not making me feel hungry by evening. More over, I find it chewy and tastier than white rice.

5. Gradually stopped drinking tea and coffee. Before, I used to take 3 to 4 cups of tea a day. Stopping a habit immediately is not easy for anybody. It took me four months to do so. I gradually reduced the intake of tea and totally stopped it now since one month.

6. Reduced Oil, Salt and Spice. Dr. Mantena Satya Narayana Raju considers them as the mentors for creating health problems. All the health issues are associated with these three factors in food. We Indians are so addicted to these three elements of food that it is not easy for anybody to take apart from them. I haven’t got control over them yet, though I reduced the intake of oily, salty and spicy food to a great extent. It may take a few months more to stop them completely to be honest.

7. Drink 5 to 6 Litres of water every day. I drink a litre of water as soon as I wake up in the morning and walk for ten minutes. This creates pressure on the small intestine and helps in cleaning the stomach. The water flushes the intestines and makes it clean. Again after some time I drink another litre of water. This flushes the remains in the stomach if any. I do not take any water during and after the food for about two hours. This is because, taking water during and after food dissolves the digestive gases in our stomach. If the digestive gases dissolve no proper digestion takes place. After two hours of every food break I drink 3 to 5 litres of water.

8. Stopped drinking concentrated drinks like cola, pepsi etc., available in the market. Early I used to drink lots and lots of cool drinks during summer. This summer, I hadn’t touched them. Instead I preferred to drink fruit juices as and when possible.

9. Reduced consuming non-vegetarian food. I used to eat non-vegetarian food once or twice a week. I can't say I had completely stopped eating non-vegetarian food but I haven't eaten it for long at home. I occasionally ate non-veg at marriages and other functions of my friends and relatives where I found it hard to avoid. After realizing the ill effects of the non-veg food, I don't feel as enthusiastic as before for non-veg food. I feel, I may overcome this hurdle very soon and stop consuming non-veg food completely in the near future.

Sprouted seeds and beans, brown rice, phulka’s have become a part of my life style these days. Another good thing happened to me was that my wife too has started to give me a company. She too has included this menu in her diet. I noticed other members of my family are now gradually getting accustomed to low spice, salt and oil food. This welcome change in my family members has encouraged me to start this blog. I hope 1 out of 100 might find this blog useful and change if not try to change his/her life style to stay fit and healthy. In my post, I would be revealing various secrets of Dr. Mantena Satyanarayana Raju’s theory of “Natural way of living”. Before that I feel it essential to tell you a few things about Dr. Raju. So keep watching the space for my next update on Dr. Mantena Satyanaraya

Mutton Biryani Recipe

2009-09-26T17:53:00.000+05:30

Mutton Biryani.

Preparation Time :4-5 hours

Cooking Time :40-45 minutes

Servings :4

Mutton, 1 1/2 inch pieces 1 kilogram
Basmati rice 1 1/2 cups
Ginger 4 inch piece
Saffron (kesar) 7-8 strands
Milk , warm 1/2 cup
Yogurt 2 cups
Salt to taste
Turmeric powder 1 teaspoon
Garlic paste 1 1/2 tablespoons
Oil to deep fry
Onions, thinly sliced 4-5 large
Cloves 4-5
Cinnamon 1 inch stick
Green cardamoms 4-5
Black cardamoms 1-2
Peppercorns 6-8
Ghee 5 tablespoons
Green chillies, chopped 2
Coriander powder 2 tablespoons
Cumin powder 1 tablespoon
Red chilli powder 1 teaspoon
Tomatoes, chopped 4 large
Garam masala powder 2 teaspoons
Fresh coriander leaves, coarsely chopped 1/2 bunch
Fresh mint leaves, coarsely chopped 1/2 bunch
Butter 3 tablespoons

Method
Soak rice for half an hour in five to six cups of water. Drain and keep aside. Cut half the ginger into julienne and make a paste of the rest. Soak saffron in warm milk and keep aside. Marinate mutton in yogurt, salt, turmeric powder and one tablespoon each of ginger and garlic pastes. Marinate for about four hours in a refrigerator. Heat sufficient oil in a kadai and fry half of the sliced onions till brown and crisp. Drain and keep onto an absorbent paper. Cook rice in salted five cups of boiling water along with cloves, cinnamon, green and black cardamoms and peppercorns till rice is almost cooked. Strain and keep rice warm. Heat ghee in a thick-bottomed pan or pressure cooker. Add remaining sliced onions and green chillies. Cook, stirring continuously, till onions are light golden brown. Add remaining ginger paste and garlic paste and mix well. Add marinated mutton and cook on high heat for seven to eight minutes. Add coriander powder, cumin powder and red chilli powder. Mix thoroughly. Stir in three cups of water, bring it to a boil, reduce heat and cook covered till mutton is almost cooked. Add tomatoes, salt, half the garam masala powder and fresh coriander leaves. Cook for fifteen minutes on medium heat, stirring occasionally. In case you are cooking the mutton in a pressure cooker, add chopped tomatoes, salt, garam masala powder, two cups of water and chopped fresh coriander leaves after adding dry spices. Pressure cook till mutton is almost cooked. It normally takes two to three whistles to cook. Ensure that the cooked mutton does not have a thin gravy. If that is the case cook on high heat to reduce. Preheat oven to 180ï‚°C. Arrange half the quantity of cooked mutton in an ovenproof dish and spread half the quantity of cooked rice on top of the mutton. Sprinkle a little of the remaining garam masala powder, half each of ginger julienne, saffron dissolved in warm milk and mint leaves. Dot the rice with half the quantity of butter. Spread the remaining mutton on top of the rice, followed by cooked rice and repeat the earlier process with the remaining quantities of ginger julienne, saffron milk, garam masala powder, mint leaves and butter. Cover it with aluminium foil and cook in the preheated oven for fifteen to twenty minutes at 180ï‚°C. Garnish with fried sliced onions and serve

Why is Ganapati with the right Sided trunk not commonly worshipped?

2009-08-23T22:42:00.001+05:30

1. Entire idol: Omkar, the unmanifest (nirgun) principle

2. Trunk: It is a popular belief that an idol with the tip of the trunk pointing towards the right and left are called right-sided and left-sided idols respectively; however this is not the case. One should not decide whether the idol is right-sided or left-sided depending upon which side the trunk is directed. It should be decided depending on the direction in which the initial curve of the trunk points. If the initial curve of the trunk in a Ganesh idol points towards the right and the tip of the trunk points towards the left yet the idol should be considered a rightsided idol. The reason for this is that, the initial curve of the trunk pointing towards the right indicates that the right (that is Sun) channel (nadi) of Ganapati is active.

Right Sided Trunk - Right Sided Trunk Ganapati

2.1 Right-sided trunk: An idol of Ganapati with the trunk curved towards the right is called dakshinmurti or dakshinabhimukhi murti (the idol facing the south). Dakshin means the southern direction or the right side. The southern direction leads to the region of Lord Yama (Yamalok), the deity of death while the right side belongs to the Surya nadi (Sun channel). One who is able to face the direction of the region of Yama is powerful. So also, one with an activated Surya nadi is also radiant. Thus in both senses, the Ganapati idol with the trunk curved towards the right is said to be ˜active (jagrut).

One feels repulsed by the south direction because it is in that direction that scrutiny of ones sins and merits is carried out after death, in the region of Lord Yama. Scrutiny akin to that done in the south after death, begins when alive if one faces the south or sleeps with the legs directed towards the south. The dakshinabhimukhi idol is not worshipped ritualistically in the usual manner because tiryak (raja) frequencies are emitted from the south. The ritualistic worship of this idol is performed by observing all the norms of ritualistic worship meticulously. Consequently the sattva component is augmented and one is not distressed by the raja frequencies coming from the south.

Left Sided Trunk - Left Sided Trunk Ganapati

2.2 Left-sided trunk: An idol of Ganapati with the trunk curved towards the left is called Vamamukhi. Vam means the northern direction or the left side. The Chandra nadi (Moon channel) is situated to the left. It bestows tranquility. Besides, since the northern direction is spiritually favourable and bestows Bliss (Anand), mostly the Vamamukhi Ganapati is worshipped. It is worshipped ritualistically in the usual manner.

3. Modak (a sweet delicacy)

3.1 'Moda' means Bliss (Anand) and 'ka' means a small part. So, modak is a small part of Bliss. A modak is shaped like a coconut, that is it is like the cavity 'kha' in the Brahmarandhra. When the kundalini (spiritual energy) reaches the 'kha' cavity, the spiritual experience of Bliss is obtained. The modak held in the hand signifies Bliss endowing energy.

3.2 'The modak symbolises spiritual knowledge (dnyan): hence it is also called dnyanmodak. Initially it seems that spiritual knowledge is little (the tip of the modak represents this); but as one starts studying Spirituality, one realises its vastness (the base of the modak symbolises this.) A modak is sweet in taste. The Bliss acquired through spiritual knowledge too is like that.'

4. Goad (ankush) : Destroyer of the energies which are harmful to the mission of acquisition of spiritual knowledge and Bliss.

5. Noose (pash): Worldly bondage. The noose wielded by Ganapati signifies that He will tie the noose around negative entities and take them away.

6. Serpent wound around the waist: The universal kundalini (spiritual energy)

7. Hood of the serpent: Activated (jagrut) spiritual energy

8. Rat: The rat which represents the raja component is within the control of Ganapati.

How to Prevent Stretch Marks with Almond Oil

2009-07-26T23:38:00.000+05:30

Though Stretch marks may not be completely avoidable, massaging with almond oil can lessen their severity. Stretch marks form in the middle layer of the skin when it is stretched beyond capacity and the collagen fibers tear. Daily massage with almond oil is a two-part preventative. The emollient qualities of almond oil will strengthen and nourish the skin so that it can resist tearing while massage prevents stretch marks by promoting blood circulation to the area. Not only will your skin benefit from the moisturizing properties of almond oil, but massage will do wonders to alleviate the stress of everyday life.

Step 1

Pour a small amount of almond oil into your hands and rub them together to warm the oil.

Step 2

Apply the oil on the areas of your skin that are prone to stretch marks. The most common places for stretch marks are the thighs, hips, buttocks and belly, as well as the breasts for women.

Step 3

Move your hands or a massage brush in gentle but firm rubbing motions as you work the oil into the skin. This is a very gentle massage to work the skin layers rather than the muscles.

Step 4

Use small, circular motions as well to rub the almond oil into your skin. The smaller motions will ensure that the whole area is getting the massage and oil that it needs to stay supple and moisturized.

Step 5

Repeat twice a day or as necessary, particularly after you come out of the shower or bath. Rubbing almond oil on your skin after a bath will help it to retain moisture.

Tip Warning:

* Add a little vitamin E oil to your almond oil. Vitamin E is a powerful antioxidant that stimulates new cell growth and bolsters the natural elasticity of the skin. Consider buying organic almond oil for its strong emollient properties and sweeter smell. Put a few drops of almond oil into your bath and let your skin soak in the nourishing moisturizer as you relax.
* Consult your physician with any concerns or questions you may have about stretch marks Regards,

Kalavaramaye Madilo This is a Nice Movie (Audio Superhit )

2009-07-26T12:44:00.002+05:30

"Kalavaramaye Madilo" is a saga about Love, Music, Family & Friendship. Music is the essence of life... there is music in every sound that we hear... and 'Kalavaramaye Madilo' is a Romantic Musical Love Story that defines Relationships which are brought together by destiny, fate and LOVE.

"Kalavaramaye Madilo" is a complete package of Love, Romance, Comedy, Sentiment... mixed with the right quantity for the perfect blend makes the movie a wholesome entertainer. Music being the backdrop of the movie... it will strike the right chord of everyone's hearts.

"Kalavaramaye Madilo"... is a story that has come from the heart... An experience that is worth every second...

An inspiration that leads to realization...

The film "Kalavaramaye Madilo" starring Colors Swathi and Kamal Kamaraju in the lead roles has completed its 70 percent of the shooting.

K Satish of "Hope" fame is directing the film while Mohan Vadlapatla is producing the film under Mohan Media Creations banner. A press meet was held at Annapurna Studios on Wednesday.

Director K Satish said: As of now the film has winded up its 70% of the shooting. Well-known Bollywood actor Vikram Gokhale is making his debut in Telugu with this film. Tanikella Bharani is also playing a key role in this movie. Swathi and Kamal Kamaraju are acting well in their roles.

Actor Vikram Gokhale said: I thank the producer and the director for giving me the role in this film. I am happy with the story, character and other artists in the film. Satish is a very good director. I am astonishing by Telugu film industrys value for time and punctuality.

Actor Tanikella Bharani- Vikram Gokhale is a man of theatrical backdrop. I am also worked as a theater artist. I am playing a key role in this film after a long time. This film is on the lines of Bapu and K Viswanaths flicks. I hope that the film will be successful.

Cast

Swathi

Kamal Kamaraj

Vikram Gokhle

Tanikella Bharani

M.R. Chowdary

Delhi Rajeswari

Sudeepa

Pragathi

Venu

Komali Sisters

Crew

Producer : Mohan Vadlapatla B.E, M.S (USA)
Director: Satish Kasetty
Co-Producers : Anumohan Vadlapala, Priya Krishna Vadlapatla
Music: Sharreth Vasudevan
Camera: Rajendra Kesani
Editing: Baswa Paidireddy
Dialogues: Laxmi Bhupal
Lyrics: Vanamali
Choreography: Nixon, Sridhar Reddy
Art: Madhu Rebba
Publicity Designer: Eswar (sree ads)
Publicity Photoshoot: Y.S.N. Moorthy
Stills: Babu
PRO: Lagadapati Baburao
Co-Director: Srivastav
Associate Directors: Prasanth, Durga, Vasu, Swaroopa
Assistant Director: Hari Kishan
Production Controller: Akkineni Srinivas Rao
Production Coordinators: Venkat, Bhaskar
Production Executive: Vijay

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Mayabazar - Ever Great Movie of India cinema

2009-07-16T23:50:00.000+05:30

Mayabazar is a Telugu film first released in the Andhra Pradesh, India on March 27, 1957, produced by B.Nagi Reddy and Chakrapani. The film was directed by the great telugu director K. V. Reddy. Mayabazar is renowned as one of the best films ever made in the Telugu film industry. The music delivered by Saluri Rajeswara Rao and Ghantasala has been extremely popular. The film stars NTR as Krishna, ANR as Abhimanyu, S. V. Ranga Rao as Ghatothgacha, and Savithri as Sasirekha.

The film however is based on a popular Hindu mythological tale called "Sasirekha Parinayam", derivative from Mahabharata. During the exile period;Arjuna; one of the 5 Pandavas sends one of his wives, Subhadra and son Abhimanyu to Dwaraka;where her 2 elderbrothers;the Lord Shri Krishna(N.T.R.) and Balarama reign. Sasirekha(Savithri) is Balarama's daughter and is in love with Abhimanyu(A.N.R.) since childhood;and their parents also promised that Sasirekha will be Abhimanyu's wife, when she comes of age. After 10 years, when Sasirekha comes of age however, Balarama and his wife think otherwise. Balarama's wife is a greedy woman and wants her daughter married to Duryodhana's (Kaurava leader) son Laxmankumar (Relangi), as Abhimanyu's father - Arjuna has lost his kingdom; while Balarama has soft corner towards Duryodhana (as he is Balarama's disciple). But Sasireka, Lord Krishna and Subhadra oppose this change of plan. Now Krishna asks Subhadra to approach Ghatotkacha (Son of Bhima, a Pandava); who possesses magical powers of Asuras (His mother is an Asura); who will readily come to their help. Now Ghatotkacha (S.V.Ranga Rao) goes to the place where the marriage is scheduled and disguises himself as Sasirekha (through magical powers) and send away the real Sasireka to the place where Abhimanyu and company are camping. When Laxmankumar approaches Ghatotkacha thinking her to be Sasireka he gets the shock of his life, as it is a demon and not the beauty! Towards the end, Ghatotkacha displays his magic(Maya) to Duryodhana and his evil-minded kinsmen and drives them back to Hastinapura (Duryodhana's capital).

* The film had a 175-day run in Durga Kala Mandir theatre,Vijayawada
* The film had a 100-day run in 15 centres
Maya Bazaar's songs are legendary in Telugu cinema. The titles of almost all the songs have been reused as movie names in later years.

* Bhali Bhali Bhali Bhali Deva - Truths Hidden in Life
* Ahana Pellianta - Actress Savtri's stunning dual portrayal of a princess and a monster-prince cemented her acting prowess in Telugu Cinema.
* Chupulu Kalisina Shubavela
* Lahiri Lahiri - A great portrayal of romance spanning three generations.
* Sundari Oho Sundari - Relangi's humorous song that makes many people still laugh when they see some one clap hands behind their back.
* Vivaha Bhojanambu - S V Ranga Rao's portrayal of Ghatotkacha and some state of the art cinematic effects

Download Songs:

Neevena
Chupulu Kalasina
Lahiri Lahiri
Nee Kosame
Aha Naapellianta
Sundari
Vinnava Yashodamma
Bhali Bhali
Vivahabhojanammu

A Big List of N. T. Rama Rao movies

2009-07-16T23:40:00.000+05:30

N. T. Rama Rao is a great actor who played different number of rolls in Telugu films.
His acted in different rolls in ancient spiritual stories.

Itihasic Rolls

Sri Rama
Sri Krishna
God Maha Vishnu
God Shiva
Sri Venkateshwara
Ravana(Lanka King)
Dhuryodhana
Bheema
Keechaka
Arjuna
Karna
Bruhannala
Bhishma
Viswamitra Maharshi
Valmiki
Nala Maharaj
Raja Harischandra

Devotional Roll
Pundarika

Historical

Sri Krishna Devaraya
Brahmanaidu
Raja of Bobbili
Shivaji(gust)
Akbar
Chandra Gupta
Ashoka
Alluri Sitarama Raju(gust)
Saranga Dhara
Veera Pandya Katta Brahmanna

Here is the big list of his movies.
Note: The Red Star* pictures are most hit pictures of NTR

1. Shrinatha Kavi Sarvabhowma (1993)
2. Major Chandrakant (1993)
3. Samrat Ashok (1992)
4. Brahmarishi Vishwamitra (1991)
5. Shrimad Virat Veerabrahmendra Swami Charitra (1984)
6. Chanda Sasanudu (1983)
7. Simham Navindi (1983)
8. Anuraga Devatha (1982)*
9. Bobbili Puli (1982)*
10. Justice Chowdhary (1982)*
11. Kaliyuga Ramudu (1982)
12. Naa Desam (1982)
13. Vayyari Bhamulu Vagalamari Bhartulu (1982)
14. Tirugu Leni Manishi (1981)
15. Kondaveeti Simham (1981)*
16. Satyam Shivam (1981)
17. Aatagadu (1980)
18. Circus Ramudu (1980)
19. Sardar Papa Rayudu (1980)*
20. Vishwa Roopam (1980)
21. Driver Ramudu (1979)*
22. Shrimad Virata Parvam (1979)
23. Shri Tirupati Venkateswara Kalyanam (1979)
24. Vetagadu (1979)*
25. Yugandhar (1979)*
26. Akbar Saleem Anarkali (1978)
27. KD No 1 (1978)
28. Shri Rama Pattabhishekham (1978)
29. Simha Baludu (1978)
30. Adavi Ramudu (1977)*
31. Chanakya Chandragupta (1977)*
32. Daana Veera Shura Karna (1977)*
33. Aradhana (1976)*
34. Manushulanta Okkate (1976)*
35. Yamagola (1975)*
36. Yeduruleni Manishi (1975)
37. Ammayi Pelli (1974)
38. Deeksha (1974)
39. Manushullo Devudu (1974)
40. Nippulanti Manishi (1974)
41. Sree Rama Anjaneya Yuddham (1974)*
42. Tatamma Kala (1974)
43. Deshoddharakulu (1973)
44. Devudu Chesina Manushulu (1973)*
45. Palletoori Chinnodu (1973)
46. Aaradhana (1972)*
47. Badi Panthulu (1972)*
48. Chinnanaati Snehithulu (1971)
49. Jeevitha Chakram (1971)
50. Petthamdaarlu (1971)
51. Rajakota Rahasyam (1971)*
52. Shri Krishna Satya (1971)*
53. Alibaba 40 Dongalu (1970)*
54. Maathru Devatha (1970)
55. Nirdoshi (1970)*
56. Shri Krishna Vijayam (1970)*
57. Lord Krishna Talla Pellamma (1970)
58. Bhale Mastaru (1969)
59. Ekaveera (1969)*
60. Gopaludu Bhoopaludu (1969)*
61. Katha Nayakudu (1969)
62. Nindu Hridayalu (1969)
63. Bagdad Gajadonga (1968)*
64. Bhagyachakram (1968)*
65. Kalisochchina Adrushtam (1968)
66. Niluvu Dopidi (1968)
67. Nindu Samsaram (1968)
68. Ninne Pelladuta (1968)
69. Umachandi Gauri Shankarula Katha (1968)
70. Varakatnam (1968)
71. Devasimha Kanchukota (1967)
72. Aada Paduchu (1967)
73. Satyam Apoorva Piravaigal (1967)
74. Bhama Vijayam (1967)
75. Shri Krishnavataram (1967/I)*
76. Ummadi Kutumbam (1967)*
77. Adugu Jaadalu (1966)
78. Palnati Yudham (1966)*
79. Paramanandayya Shishyula Katha (1966)*
80. Shri Krishna Pandaviyam (1966)*
81. Shri Krishna Tulabharam (1966/I)*
82. Chitti Chellelu (1965)
83. CID (1965)
84. Gudi Gantalu (1965)*
85. Naadi Aada Janme (1965)*
86. Satya Harishchandra (1965/II)*
87. Todu Needa (1965)
88. Babruvahana (1964)*
89. Bobbili Yudham (1964)*
90. Daagudumootalu (1964)*
91. Devatha (1964)*
92. Manchi Manishi (1964)*
93. Ramadasu (1964)
94. Ramudu Bheemudu (1964)*
95. Bheemudu Varasatwam (1964)
96. Vivaha Bandham (1964)
97. Chandrasekhar Manchi Chedu (1963)
98. Narthanasala (1963)*
99. Tirupathamma Katha (1963)*
100. Lakshadhikari (1963)*
101. Bandipotu (1963)*
102. Paruvu Prathishta (1963)
103. Lava Kusa (1963/I)*
104. Savati Koduku (1963)
105. Valmiki (1963/I)*
106. Valmiki Maharshi Pempudu Kuthuru (1963)
107. Irugu - Porugu (1963)
108. Sri Krishnarjuna Yudham (1963)*
109. Apta Mithrulu (1963)
110. Karna (1963)
111. Karnan (1963)
112. Atma Bandhuvu (1962)*
113. Raktha Sambandham (1962)*
114. Swarnamanjari (1962)
115. Mahamantri Timmarasu (1962)*
116. Gundamma Katha (1962)*
117. Dakshayagnam (1962/I)*
118. Bhishma (1962)*
119. Tiger Ramudu (1962)
120. Gaali Medalu (1962)
121. Gulebakavali Katha (1962)*
122. Sri Srikakula Andhra Mahavishnuvu Katha (1962)*
123. Taxi Ramudu (1961)
124. Kalasivunte Kaladu Sukham (1961)*
125. Jagadeka Veeruni Katha (1961)*
126. Santa (1961)
127. Pendli Pilupu (1961)
128. Sati Sulochana (1961)
129. Intiki Deepam Illalu (1961)
130. Sri Seetha Rama Kalyanam (1961)*
131. Pandava Vanavasam (1961/I)*
132. Bhatti Vikramarka (1960)*
133. Deepavali (1960)*
134. Sri Venkateswara Mahatmyam (1960)*
135. Vimala (1960)
136. Balangamma (1959/I)*
137. Raja Makutam (1959/I)*
138. Rechukka Pragatichukka (1959)*
139. Sabhash Ramudu (1959)*
140. Sri Panduranga Mahatyam (1959)*
141. Raja Nandini (1958)
142. Bhookailas (1958)*
143. Appu Chesi Pappu Koodu (1958)*
144. Intiguttu (1958)
145. Maya Bazaar (1957/I)*
146. Bhagya Rekha (1957)*
147. Maya Bazaar (1957/II)*
148. Nala Damayanti (1957)*
149. Panduranga Mahatyam (1957)*
150. Sarangadhara (1957)*
151. Vinayaka Chaviti (1957)*
152. Chiranjeevulu (1956)*
153. Tenali Ramakrishna (1956/I)*
154. Charana Daasi (1956)*
155. Chintamani (1956)*
156. Jayam Manade (1956)*
157. Marmaveeran (1956)
158. Penki Pellam (1956)*
159. Sontha Ooru (1956)
160. Jayasimha (1955)*
161. Kanyasulkam (1955)*
162. Missamma (1955)*
163. Rani Ratnaprabha (1955)*
164. Santosham (1955)
165. Parivartana (1954)
166. Aggi Ramudu (1954)
167. Raju-Pedha (1954)*
168. Rechukka (1954)*
169. Todu Dongalu (1954)
170. Vaddante Dabbu (1954)
171. Chandraharam (1954)*
172. Pitchi Pullaiah (1953)
173. Ammalakkalu (1953)
174. Chandirani (1953/I)
175. Chandirani (1953/II)
176. Marumagal (1953)
177. Sangham (1953)*
178. Daasi (1952)
179. Palletooru (1952)
180. Pelli Chesi Choodu (1952)*
181. Tingu Ranga (1952)
182. Malliswari (1951)*
183. Patala Bhairavi (1951)*
184. Navvite Navaratnalu (1951)
185. Maya Rambha (1950)
186. Palletoori Pilla (1950)*
187. Shavukaru (1950)*
188. Satyam Samsaram (1950)*
189. Mana Desam (1949)*

As director

1. Samrat Ashok (1992)
2. Brahmarishi Vishwamitra (1991)
3. Shrimad Virat Veerabrahmendra Swami Charitra (1984)
4. Chanda Sasanudu (1983)
5. Shrimad Virata Parvam (1979)
6. Shri Tirupati Venkateswara Kalyanam (1979)
7. Akbar Saleem Anarkali (1978)
8. Shri Rama Pattabhishekham (1978)
9. Chanakya Chandragupta (1977)
10. Daana Veera Shura Karna (1977)
11. Tatamma Kala (1974)
12. Talla Pellamma (1970)
13. Varakatnam (1968)
14. Shri Krishna Pandaviyam (1966)
15. Gulebakavali Katha (1962)
16. Sri Seetha Rama Kalyanam (1961)

Great Leaders of India

2009-06-25T21:49:00.000+05:30

A biography is telling the story of someone’s life.

People usually ask why should one read biographies? the fact is that all those who have been penned about have achieved and magnanimous amount having made a difference not only to the contemporary society of their time, but for generations to come.

They have been ordinary people who have done extraordinary deeds, all in the name of humanity. And they all did so selflessly. They only knew one thing – they are here with a mission and for purpose. And they considered their prime duty to do some for the human race.

And yet one more thing to be remembered that biographies are not only about those who have contributed positively, but even of those absolutely notorious people who have been famed for their misdemeanors.

Read about great Indian leaders

Mahatma Gandhi - Great Leader of India

Nehru - Great Leader of India

Subhash Chandra Bose

Lal Bahadur Shastri

Veer Savarkar

Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

Sarojini Naidu

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

Dr. Rajendra Prasad

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

Gopal Krishna Gokhale

Dadabhai Naoroji

Chandrashekhar Azad

Dr. B.R. Ambedkar

Bhagat Singh

Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Rajagopalachari(Rajaji)

Lala Lajpat Rai

Motilal Nehru

Indira Gandhi

Health Time - food as medicine

2009-06-20T23:39:00.001+05:30

HEADACHE ? EAT FISH
Eat plenty of fish -- fish oil helps prevent headaches.
So does ginger, which reduces inflammation and pain.

HAY FEVER ? EAT YOGURT
Eat lots of yogurt before pollen season.
Also-eat honey from your area (local region) daily.

TO PREVENT STROKE DRINK TEA
Prevent build-up of fatty deposits on artery walls with regular doses of tea. (actually, tea suppresses my appetite and keeps the pounds from invading..Green tea is great for our immune system)!

INSOMNIA (CAN'T SLEEP ?) HONEY
Use honey as a tranquilizer and sedative.

ASTHMA ? EAT ONIONS
Eating onions helps ease constriction of bronchial tubes. (when I was young, my mother would make onion packs to place on our chest, helped the respiratory ailments and actually made us breathe better).

ARTHRITIS ? EAT FISH, TOO
Salmon, tuna, mackerel and sardines actually prevent arthritis. (fish has omega oils, good for our immune system)

UPSET STOMACH ? BANANAS - GINGER
Bananas will settle an upset stomach.Ginger will cure morning sickness and nausea.

BLADDER INFECTION ? DRINK CRANBERRY JUICE
High-acid cranberry juice controls harmful bacteria.

BONE PROBLEMS ? EAT PINEAPPLE
Bone fractures and osteoporosis can be prevented by the manganese in pineapple.

PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME ? EAT CORNFLAKES
Women can ward off the effects of PMS with cornflakes, which help reduce depression, anxiety and fatigue.

MEMORY PROBLEMS ? EAT OYSTERS
Oysters help improve your mental functioning by supplying much-needed zinc.

COLDS ? EAT GARLIC
Clear up that stuffy head with garlic. (remember, garlic lowers cholesterol, too.)

COUGHING ? USE RED PEPPERS
A substance similar to that found in the cough syrups is found in hot red pepper. Use red (cayenne) pepper with caution-it can irritate your tummy.

BREAST CANCER ? EAT
Wheat, bran and cabbage Helps to maintain estrogens at healthy levels.

LUNG CANCER ? EAT DARK GREEN AND ORANGE AND VEGGIES
A good antidote is beta carotene, a form of Vitamin A found in dark green and orange vegetables.

ULCERS ? EAT CABBAGE ALSO
Cabbage contains chemicals that help heal both gastric and duodenal ulcers.

DIARRHEA ? EAT APPLES
Grate an apple with its skin, let it turn brown and eat it to cure this condition. (Bananas are good for this ailment)

CLOGGED ARTERIES ? EAT AVOCADO
Mono unsaturated fat in avocados lowers cholesterol.

HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE ? EAT CELERY AND OLIVE OIL
Olive oil has been shown to lower blood pressure.
Celery contains a chemical that lowers pressure too.

BLOOD SUGAR IMBALANCE ? EAT BROCCOLI AND PEANUTS
The chromium in broccoli and peanuts helps regulate insulin and blood sugar.

Kiwifruit: But mighty. This is a good source of potassium, magnesium, Vitamin E and fibre. It's Vitamin C content is twice that of an orange.

Apple: An apple a day keeps the doctor away? Although an apple has a low Vitamin C content, it has antioxidants and flavonoids which enhances the activity of Vitamin C thereby helping to lower the risks of colon cancer, heart attack & stroke.

Strawberry: Protective fruit. Strawberries have the highest total antioxidant power among major fruits and protects the body from cancer causing, blood vessels clogging free radicals. (Actually, any berry is good for you..they're high in anti-oxidants and they actually keep us young....... ..blueberries are the best and very versatile in the health field....... .they get rid of all the free-radicals that invade our bodies)

Orange : Sweetest medicine. Taking 2 - 4 oranges a day may help keep colds away, lower cholesterol, prevent and dissolve kidney stones as well as lessen the risk of colon cancer.

Watermelon: Coolest Thirst Quencher. Composed of 92% water, it is also packed with a giant dose of glutathione which helps boost our immune system. They are also a key source of lycopene - the cancer fighting oxidant. Other nutrients
found in watermelon are Vitamin C and Potassium. (watermelon also has natural substances [natural SPF sources] that keep our skin healthy, protecting our skin from those darn suv rays)

Guava and Papaya: Top awards for Vitamin C. They are the clear winners for their high Vitamin C content. Guava is also rich in fiber which helps prevent constipation.

Papaya: is rich in carotene, this is good for your eyes. (also good for gas and indigestion)

Tomatoes: are very good as a preventative measure for men, keeps those prostrate problems from invading their bodies.

Cute Sarees (Ladies Check Out

2009-06-17T23:31:00.000+05:30

Siddhagiri Museum - Kolhapur

2009-06-08T23:41:00.000+05:30

SIDDHAGIRI MUSEUM........A village life Print

A unique project, perhaps the only project in India situated at Shri Kshetra Siddhagiri Math, Kaneri, Tal. Karveer, Dist. Kolhapur. The place is near Kolhapur city on Pune Banglore Highway. Shri Kshetra Siddhagiri Math has a history of more than 1000 years, and is a holy place of worship of Lord Mahadeva. The surrounding around the museum is very calm and quiet, a hilly place with a good collection of Flora and Fauna.

The project is a dream village of Mahatma Gandhi, visually and symbolically created through the vision and efforts of present 27th Mathadhipati H.H. Adrushya Kadsiddheshwar Swamiji.

The main objective of the Project is to refresh the history of self sufficient village life before the invasion of Mughals in Maharashtra. There were 12 BALUTEDARS (12 main profession based casts i.e. Professions performed by generation by family members) and 18 ALUTEDARS, who provided equipments to all villagers useful in their day-to-day necessities of domestic as well as Agricultural life.

These Balutedars, Alutedars and others had a special characteristics with which they served society. The description of all 12 Alutedars, 18 balutedars and other people and there duties are vividly depicted in the museum.

The first phase of the museum spans over 7 Acres of area with almost 80 main scenes and around 300 statues. Several subtle village lifestyles are taken into consideration. There is a unique combination of expression, accuracy and liveliness in the whole village. Each sculpture has a multi dimensional effect and lifestyle theme which Swamiji very keenly arranged each and every scene to make a proper visual story. In the total cluster the village demonstrate a self sufficient machinery within village. Barter economy, Interpersonal healthy happy relationship among villagers is reflected. The Museum projects the entire village as a single family, and as single family members in a joint family. No adulteration, no cut thought practice, no mad Rat Race, No pollution, but Caring, and delightful atmosphere, no bitter feeling, but fertile land, clean water, clean air, quality food, maximum use of natural resources, cattle field, livestock, job satisfaction. All these things are reflecting the beauty, Joy, satisfaction of human race and oneness with nature. It advises us to get back to nature, without disturbing the equilibrium of nature and many other things which are beyond our imagination.

Stylish and Trendy Kurtas Summer Collections Check out Girls

2009-05-27T21:56:00.000+05:30

A traditional kurta is composed of rectangular fabric pieces with perhaps a few gusset inserts, and is cut so as to leave no wasted fabric. The cut is usually simple, although decorative treatments can be elaborate.

The sleeves of a traditional kurta fall straight to the wrist; they do not narrow, as do many Western-cut sleeves. Sleeves are not cuffed, just hemmed and decorated.

The front and back pieces of a simple kurta are also rectangular. The side seams are left open for 6-12 inches above the hem, which gives the wearer some ease of movement.

The kurta usually opens in the front; some styles, however, button at the shoulder seam. The front opening is often a hemmed slit in the fabric, tied or buttoned at the top; some kurtas, however, have plackets rather than slits. The opening may be centered on the chest, or positioned off center.

A traditional kurta does not have a collar. Modern variants may feature stand-up collars of the type known to tailors and seamstresses as "mandarin" collars. These are the same sort of collars seen on achkans, sherwanis, and Nehru jackets.

BLACK CHURIDAAR SUITS

2009-05-27T21:46:00.000+05:30

How to get a good night sleep

2009-03-30T23:18:00.000+05:30

How to get a good night sleep

Adults need at least seven to eight hours of sleep every night, to perform optimally. Children need even more sleep. Less sleep causes morning headaches and daytime fatigue, leading to poor concentration and performance.

Insomnia includes the inability to sleep, frequent awakenings during the night and not being able to go back to sleep, or waking up too early. Women are more likely to suffer from chronic insomnia – the ratio is about two women to one man. Working women, in particular, build up a large sleep debt over the years.

To a large extent, we can control the quantity and quality of our sleep. The key to a restful night’s sleep is to calm down your brain rather than rev it up.

What you eat affects how you sleep. Some food slows down nerve traffic and calms the brain and contributes towards a restful sleep; such food are called sleepers. Other perk up the brain and keep you awake; such food are called wakers.

Sleepers contain tryptophan, an amino acid that makes up protein, which produces the sleep – inducing substances, serotonin and melatonin. Food that contains tryptophan or make more tryptophan available to the brain make us sleepy.

Ideal sleepers are food which contains moderate amounts of carbohydrate stimulates the release of insulin which clears amino acids that compete with tryptophan making it more available to the brain. At the same time, protein contributes tryptophan directly to the brain.

Great snooze food includes; dairy products (paneer, cheese, milk and curd), meat, poultry or seafood, whole grains vegetables and pulses (including soybeans).

Calcium helps the brain use tryptophan; this explains the soporific effect of a glass of milk at bedtime. Foods containing caffeine such as tea, coffee, colas and chocolates are wakers. a high-protein meal without carbohydrates contains the amino acid, tyrosine, which perks up the brain.

An all carbohydrate snack, especially one high in sugar, is less likely to help you sleep. It will raise blood sugar and inhibit sleep. Later, when blood sugar drops too low, you might wake up and not be able to fall back asleep. Also, you will miss out on the sleep-inducing effects of tryptophan.

Most popular heroin in Telugu and Tamil - Asin - Photo

2009-03-30T10:10:00.000+05:30

Beauteous Asin became so busy that she could not accept any other offer in any other south Indian language. Trisha, who is among the positions in Telugu and some other languages, is wondering how Asin reached the top slot in a short span.

There are several reasons for astounding Asin's success path, firstly her discipline. Popular soap brand Lux had offered her a hefty fee to appear in their ads. In fact, Lux always prefers Bollywood stars; almost for the first time, they showed interest in a heroine who is most popular only south of the vindhyas. But Asin refused the offer. When several people blamed her for losing an excellent opportunity, she said 'Lux is promoting its product saying that the soap would give a fair and charming skin. I am already giving the same statement for a product 'Fairever'. I felt that it was improper for me to promote a competitor's product. Surprisingly, the makers of 'Fairever' had informed Asin that they had no objection for her modeling for Lux. But Asin stood by her principles. Her bubbling popularity can also be gauged by the fact that she has been chosen to advertise for Colgate toothpaste. The second reason is the love and respect she has for her parents. It is their blessings and this kind of dedication to the work that has taken her to the greatest heights.

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Keep it up, Asin!

Dandruff Solution

2009-03-21T23:47:00.000+05:30

Dandruff Symptoms

The scales from the scalp fall
When the hair is combed or brushed, or when the scalp is scratched, the scales from the scalp fall like snowflakes and settle on the eye brows, shoulders, and clothes. These scales sometimes appear as lumps or crusts on the scalp.
Itching is there and scalp may become red
Often there is itching as well and the scalp may become red from scratching.
Dandruff Causes
Impairment of general health, wrong food intake, constipation

The main causes of dandruff are impairment of general health, development of a toxic condition mainly due to taking of wrong foods, constipation, and a low vitality due to infectious diseases.
Emotional tension, harsh shampoos, general exhaustion

Other factors contributing to this disorder are emotional tension, harsh shampoos, exposure to cold, and general exhaustion.
Home Remedies for Dandruff
Dandruff treatment using Fenugreek Seeds

The use of fenugreek seeds is one of the most important remedies in the treatment of dandruff. Two tablespoons of these seeds should be soaked overnight in water and ground into a fine paste in the morning. This paste should be applied all over the scalp and left for half an hour. The hair should then be washed thoroughly with soap-nut (ritha) solution or acacia concinna.
Dandruff treatment using Lime

The use of a teaspoon of fresh lime juice for the last rinse, while washing the hair, is another useful remedy. This not only leaves the hair glowing but also removes stickiness and prevents dandruff.
Dandruff treatment using Green Gram Powder

A valuable prescription for removal of dandruff is the use of green gram powder. The hair should be washed twice a week with two tablespoons of this powder mixed with half a cup of curd.
Dandruff treatment using Beet

Beets have been found useful in dandruff. Both tops and roots should be boiled in water and this water should be massaged into the scalp with the finger tips every night. White beet is better for this purpose.
Dandruff treatment using Snake Gourd

The juice of snake gourd has been found beneficial in the prevention and treatment of dandruff. The juice should be rubbed over the scalp for this purpose.
Dandruff treatment using Other Remedies

Dandruff can be removed by massaging the hair for half an hour with curd which has been kept in the open for three days, or with a few drops of lime juice mixed with indian gooseberry juice every night, before going to bed. Another measure which helps to counteract dandruff is to dilute cider vinegar with an equal quantity of water and dab this on to the hair with cotton wool inbetween shampooing. Cider vinegar added to the final rinsing water after shampooing also helps to disperse dandruff.

Dietaries for Dandruff

All-fruit diet with three meala a day of juicy fruits

Diet plays an important role in the treatment of dandruff. To begin with, the patient should resort to an all-fruit diet for about five days and take three meals a day of juicy fruits.
Avoid citrus fruits, bananas, tinned fruits

Citrus fruits, bananas, dried, stewed, or tinned fruits should not be taken.
Well-balanced diet

After the all-fruit diet, the patient can gradually adopt a well-balanced diet, with emphasis on raw foods, especially fresh fruits and vegetables. Further short periods of an all-fruit diet for three days or so may be necessary at monthly intervals till the skin's condition improves.
Avoid strong tea/coffee, pickles, refined and processed foods

Meats, sugar, white flour, strong tea or coffee, condiments, pickles, refined and processed foods should all be avoided.

Other Dandruff treatments

Keep hair and scalp clean to avoid accumulation of dead cells

The foremost consideration in the treatment of this disorder is to keep the hair and scalp clean so as to minimise the accumulation of dead cells.
Hair should be brushed daily to improve circulation

The hair should be brushed daily to improve the circulation and remove any flakiness. The most effective way to brush the hair is to bend forward from the waist with the head down towards the ground, and brush from the nape of the neck towards the top of the head. The scalp should also be thoroughly massaged everyday, using one's finger tips and working systematically over the head. This should be done just before or after brushing the hair. Like brushing, this stimulates the circulation, dislodges dirt and dandruff, and encourages hair growth. Exposure of the head to the rays of the sun is also a useful measure in the treatment of dandruff.

Warm-water enema

During the first five days of the treatment when the patient takes an all-fruit diet, a warm-water enema should be taken daily to cleanse the bowels. Simultaneously, an attempt should be made to keep the body in good health.

Suhani - the tuneega tuneega girl coming as heroin

2009-03-21T10:10:00.000+05:30

Suhani, the little girl who danced and played for Tooneega Tooneega song in MS Raju's Manasantha Nuvve, will now be seen as Bapu Bomma. Bapu is soon going to direct a film. A bit of gap after Radhagopalam, Bapu is all set to direct a film for C3 (Chaitra Cinema Circuit) banner. Smt. Aparna will produce this film which will go to sets in May. Hero of the film is not yet confirmed. Suhani is picked as the heroine. Heroines in Bapu's films have a special prominence. They fall in the league of Bapu Bomma. Bapu's film will be the first film for Suhani as heroine.

Schedules are planned in June and July in which the film will be wrapped. As usual, Mullapudi Venkataramana will write dialogs and screenplay for this film. Vidyasagar will compose music. Title of the film is not yet confirmed.

Allu Rama Lingaiah - Biography

2009-03-20T23:14:00.000+05:30

Allu Rama Lingaiah (1 October, 1922 - 30 July, 2004), commonly known as Allu, was an Indian Telugu language comedic actor from Palakol, India who appeared in over one thousand Tollywood films.

Rama Lingaiah began his film career in 1953 with Puttillu and finished his last film Jai in the year before his death. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1990 by the Government of India, and was felicitated with the Raghupathi Venkaiah Award in 2001. Telugu Cinema viewers remember him for his antics, jokes, humor, and many performances.

Rama Lingaiah played memorable roles in classics like Mayabazar (one of the Sarma-Sastry duo), Missamma, in Muthyala Muggu (where he played as a monkey-bit man, imitating the monkey, towards the climax), Sankarabharanam (his speech preceding the song dorakunaa ituvanti seva... commenting the downfall in current-day music, and the scene where he admonishes Somayajulu), Saptapadi, yamagOla ("taalamu vesitini, gollemu marachitini!"), and numerous movies of the 80's where he played a soft and unhated villain with the likes of Raogopal Rao and Nagabhushanam. His apt comedic timing and his very nasal voice added to his many notable comic performances. A belt tied on a dhoti became his trademark.

This comedian was also a homeopathic doctor and freedom fighter. His social service and concern for others can be seen in his active support of the Chiranjeevi Charitable Trust. Posthumously, he had his eyes donated to the Chiranjeevi Eye Bank.

Rama Lingaiah's family includes others in the Indian film industry, including star producer and distributor (Allu Aravind), megastar hero (Chiranjeevi), brothers (Nagendra Babu and Pawan Kalyan), and upcoming actor (Allu Arjun).

A statue of Rama Lingaiah has been recently unveiled on Ramakrishna Beach in Visakhapatnam.

* A statue of Rama Lingaiah has been recently unveiled on Ramakrishna Beach in Visakhapatnam.
* Practiced Homeopathy before films.
* Was arrested by the British during Quit India Movement.
* Was featured in dramas for Praja Natya Mandali before joining films and awarded the title 'Hasya Kala Prapoorna' by Nritya Kala Mandali.
* Was awarded the prestigious Raghupathy Venkaiah award by the State Government of Andhra Pradesh for his outstanding contribution to Telugu cinema for the year 2001.

A Big List of Akkineni Nageswara Rao Pictures

2009-03-20T23:11:00.002+05:30

Akkineni Nageswara Rao (born September 20, 1924 at Venkataraghavapuram, Dist. Krishna, Andhra Pradesh), also known as ANR, is a film actor from Gudivada Andhra Pradesh. He is one of the first fully commercial Telugu Cinema heroes. His films include a diverse range of genres which include mythological, folk tale, social, adventure and drama. He acted with NTR who is one of the greatest actors of India for almost 40 years.They both called each other as brother . But whereas NTR was more manly and shoots straight, ANR was like a fox always cunning and shooting from others shoulder. That is why he is called as jithulamari nakka (cunning fox) and he always struck true to his name.

Nageswara Rao was awarded the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1990 for lifetime contribution to Indian cinema. He is also a recipient of the Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri.

He is the first person to cause the shift of Telugu film industry to Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh from Chennai, Tamilnadu in an attempt to bring together the mother tongue of industry and industry itself. Soon after the move to Hyderabad, Nageswara Rao founded his own production house, Annapoorna Studios located in Banjara Hill.

He is noted for his class roles in the mid 60's. His younger son Nagarjuna is also an actor in Telugu.

Even at the age of 82+, Dr Akkineni Nageswara Rao still acts. He is specifically remembered in Andhra Pradesh for his biographical roles like Dr.Chakravarthy, Devadasu, Vipranarayana, Chakradhari, Tukaram, Kalidasu, Jayadeva, Tenali Ramakrishna, Kshethrayya etc. Moreover he is popular as hero of popular fiction (Novels) which were made into films e.g. Doctor Chakravarthi, Prema Nagar, Secretary etc.

Akkineni's Premabhishekam movie is one of the biggest Industry Hit movies in Tollywood. Premabhishekam has an amazing 533 days run in Hyderabad City which is still highest run in a city for telugu movies. Premabhishekam is the only film in telugu that went for 365+ days run directly

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10/1/1941 ధర్మపత్ని పి. పుల్లయ్య
7/12/1944 సీతారామ జననం ఘంటసాల బలరామయ్య
10/10/1945 మాయలోకం గూడవల్లి రామబ్రహ్మం
2/1/1946 రత్నమాల పి. రామక్రిష్ణ
1/8/1946 ముగ్గురు మరాఠీలు ఘంటసాల బలరామయ్య
24/09/1947 పల్నాటి యుద్ధం గూడవల్లి రామబ్రహ్మం, ఎల్.వి. ప్రసాద్
28/02/1948 బాలరాజు ఘంటసాల బలరామయ్య
19/02/1949 కీలుగుర్రం మీర్జాపురం రాజా
30/04/1949 రక్ష రేఖ ఆర్. పద్మనాభన్
1/10/1949 లైలా మజ్ఞ్న పి. రామక్రిష్ణ
28/02/1950 శ్రీలక్ష్మమ్మ కథ ఘంటసాల బలరామయ్య
27/04/1950 పల్లెటూరి పిల బి.ఎ. సుబ్బారావు
6/10/1950 పరమానందయ్య శిష్యుల కథ కస్తూరి శివరావు
10/11/1950 స్వప్న సుందరి ఘంటసాల బలరామయ్య
29/12/1950 సంసారం ఎల్.వి. ప్రసాద్
16/02/1951 మయమలై (తమిళం) మీర్జాపురం రాజా
16/02/1951 తిలోత్తమ మీర్జాపురం రాజా
14/06/1951 మాయలమారి పి. శ్రీధర్
21/08/1951 స్ర్తీ సాహసం (తమిళం) వేదాంతం రాఘవయ్య
9/8/1951 స్ర్తీ సాహసం వేదాంతం రాఘవయ్య
11/4/1951 ఒరే ఇరువు (తమిళం) పి. నీలకంఠన్
11/4/1951 సౌదామిని కె.బి. నాగభూషణం
11/4/1951 సౌదామిని (తమిళం) కె.బి. నాగభూషణం
11/9/1951 మంత్రదండం కె. రామచంద్ర రావు
4/12/1951 మాయకారి (తమిళం) పి. శ్రీధర్
21/03/1952 ప్రేమ పి. రామక్రిష్ణ
14/06/1952 కాదల్ (తమిళం) పి. రామక్రిష్ణ
14/01/1953 పరదేశి ఎల్.వి. ప్రసాద్
15/01/1953 పెన్న్మనం (తమిళం) ఎస్. సౌందరాజన్
1/2/1953 పుంగోరై (తమిళం) ఎల్.వి. ప్రసాద్
6/2/1953 Brathuku Theruvu P. Ramakrishna
16/04/1953 Kannatalli K.S. Prakasha Rao
15/05/1953 Petratai (Tamil) K.S. Prakasha Rao
6/6/1953 Vayyari Bhaama P. Subbarao
26/06/1953 Devadas Vedantam Raghavayya
11/9/1953 Devadas (Tamil) Vedantam Raghavayya
1/1/1954 Poojaphalam B. N. Reddy
2/3/1954 Nirupedalu Tatineni Prakasha Rao
19/03/1954 Chakrapani P. Ramakrishna
1/9/1954 Parivarthana Tatineni Prakasha Rao
10/12/1954 Vipranarayana P. Ramakrishna
17/12/1954 Annadaata Vedantam Raghavayya
1/10/1955 Donga ramudu K.V. Reddy Savithri
12/1/1955 Missamma L.V. Prasad
26/01/1955 Ardhangi P. Pullayya
28/04/1955 Anarkali Vedantam Raghavayya
5/8/1955 Santaanam C.V. Ranganatha Dass
9/8/1955 Vadina M.V. Raman
12/1/1956 Tenali Ramakrishna B.S. Ranga
6/4/1956 Bhale Ramudu Vedantam Raghavayya
21/06/1956 Ilavelpu D. Yoganand
20/12/1956 Charanadasi Tatineni Prakasha Rao
21/12/1956 Madar Kula Manikyam (Tamil) Tatineni Prakasha Rao
1/1/1957 Thodikodallu Adurti Subbarao
55 12/1/1957 Sati Savithri K.B. Nagabhushanam
1/2/1957 Engavittu Mahalakshmi Adurti Subbarao
27/03/1957 Mayabazar K.V. Reddy
29/03/1957 Allauddin (Tamil) T.R. Raghunath
13/04/1957 Allauddin T. R. Raghunath
19/07/1957 Dongallo Dora Chengayya
20/02/1958 Bhookailas K. Shankar
20/05/1958 Chenchulakshmi (Tamil) B.A. Subbarao
21/06/1958 Kalimilemulu Gutta Ramineedu
6/8/1958 Aadapetthanam Adurti Subbarao
7/11/1958 Swarnasundari(Hindi) Vedantam Raghavayya
9/4/1958 Chenchulakshmi B.A. Subbarao
12/6/1958 Krishna Maya C.S. Rao
14/01/1959 Manjul Mahimai (Tamil) Adurti Subbarao
9/4/1959 Jayabheri P. Pullayya
9/4/1959 Kalyana Parisu (Tamil) C.V. Sridhar
1/5/1959 Illarikam Pratyagatma
5/6/1959 Kalaivannan (Tamil) C. Pullayya
6/8/1959 Atisaya Penn (Tamil) M.V. Raman
4/9/1959 Naalakai Oppandam (Tamil) K.V. Reddy
0/10/1959 Daivame Tunai (Tamil) Ch. Narayana Murthy
17/12/1959 Pelli Sandadi D. Yoganand
7/1/1960 Nammina Bantu Adurti Subbarao
27/01/1960 Anbumagan (Tamil) Tatineni Prakasha Rao
19/02/1960 Pattaliyan Vetri (Tamil) Adurti Subbarao
2/4/1960 Mahakavi Kalidasu Kamalakara Kameshwara Rao
29/04/1960 Pelli Kanuka C.V. Sridhar
7/12/1960 Runanubhandam Vedantam Raghavayya
8/7/1960 Engal Selavi D. Yoganand
26/08/1960 Abhimanam C.S. Rao
22/12/1960 Maa Babu Tatineni Prakasha Rao
29/04/1960 Pellinaati Pramanaalu K.V.Reddy
14/01/1960 Shanti Nivasam C.S. Rao
7/1/1961 Veluguneedalu Adurti Subbarao
14/01/1961 Tuyi Ullam (Tamil) Adurti Subbarao
31/03/1961 Bharyabhartalu Pratyagatma
7/4/1961 Bhakta Jayadeva P.V. Rama Rao
30/06/1961 Baatasaari P. Ramakrishna
21/07/1961 Kanal Neer (Tamil) P. Ramakrishna
5/10/1961 Vaagdanam Aatreya
29/12/1961 Iddaru Mitrulu Adurti Subbarao
16/02/1962 Aaraadhana V. Madhusudana Rao
11/4/1962 Manchi Manasulu Adurti Subbarao
7/6/1962 Gundamma Katha Kamalakara Kameshwara Rao
24/08/1962 Kulagotralu Pratyagatma
8/9/1962 Minidam Maravillai (Tamil) Kamalakara Kameshwara Rao
19/09/1962 Sirisampadalu P. Pullayya
12/2/1963 Oorantha Sankranthi Dasari Narayana Rao
10/4/1963 Chaduvukunna Ammaayilu Adurti Subbarao
29/08/1963 Punarjanma Pratyagatma
9/1/1964 Aatmabalam V. Madhusudana Rao
30/01/1964 Mooga Manasulu Adurti Subbarao
14/02/1964 Murali Krishna P. Pullayya
27/03/1964 Amarasilpi Jakkana B.S. Ranga
10/7/1964 Doctor Chakravarthy Adurti Subbarao
1/1/1965 Sumangali Adurti Subbarao
14/04/1965 Rojulu Maaraayai Taapi Chanakya
27/05/1965 Antasthulu V. Madhusudana Rao
24/08/1965 Preminchi Choodu P. Pullayya
3/9/1965 Manushulu-Mamathalu Pratyagatma
7/1/1966 Zamindar V. Madhusudana Rao
18/03/1966 Aatmagauravam K. Viswanath
22/04/1966 Navaraatri Tatineni Rama Rao
6/10/1966 Manase Mandiram C.V. Sridhar
18/11/1966 Aasthiparulu V. Madhusudana Rao
7/4/1967 Gruhalakshmi P. Ramakrishna
1/5/1967 Suvarnasundari Vedantam Raghavayya
6/5/1967 Praanamitrulu P. Pullayya
10/8/1967 Vasanthasena B.S. Ranga
10/11/1967 Rahasyam Vedantam Raghavayya
24/11/1967 Pularangadu Adurti Subbarao
7/1/1968 Maangalyabalam Adurti Subbarao
9/1/1968 Sreekrishnarjuna Yuddham K.V. Reddy
1/2/1968 Brahmachari Tatineni Rama Rao
15/03/1968 Manchi Kutumbam V. Madhusudana Rao
19/04/1968 Govula Gopanna C.S. Rao
22/08/1968 Bangaru Gaajulu C.S. Rao
28/08/1968 Sudigundaalu Adurti Subbarao
3/1/1969 Adrushtavantulu V. Madhusudana Rao
19/02/1969 Mooganomu D. Yoganand
13/03/1969 Bandipotu Dongalu K.S. Prakasha Rao
9/5/1969 Aadarsha Kutumbam Pratyagatma
24/07/1969 Aatmeeyulu V. Madhusudana Rao
4/08/1969 Bhale Rangadu Tatineni Rama Rao
20/09/1969 Buddhimantudu Bapu
30/10/1969 Sipaayi Chinnayya G.V.R. Seshagiri Rao
1/1/1970 Akka Chellelu A. Sanjeevi
26/02/1970 Jai Jawan D. Yoganand
10/4/1970 Maro Prapancham Adurti Subbarao
8/5/1970 Dharmadaata A. Sanjeevi
2/10/1970 Iddaru Ammaayilu Puttanna Kannagal
13/01/1971 Dasara Bullodu V.B. Rajendra Prasad
21/01/1971 Manasu-Maangalyam Pratyagatma
29/01/1971 Suputhrudu Tatineni Rama Rao
29/02/1971 Pavitrabandham V. Madhusudana Rao
3/6/1971 Amaayakuraalu V. Madhusudana Rao
18/07/1971 Sreemanthudu Pratyagatma
11/8/1971 Rangeli Raja C.S. Rao
24/09/1971 Premnagar K.S. Prakasha Rao
14/01/1972 Bharyabiddalu Tatineni Rama Rao
17/02/1972 Raitu Kutumbam V. Madhusudana Rao
24/03/1972 Beedala Paatlu B. Vithalacharya
12/5/1972 Manchi Rojulocchaayi V. Madhusudana Rao
15/06/1972 Dattaputhrudu Lenin Babu
12/10/1972 Vichitra Bandham Adurti Subbarao
22/12/1972 Koduku-Kodalu P. Pullayya
15/03/1973 Bangaru Babu V.B. Rajendra Prasad
11/5/1973 Kannakoduku V. Madhusudana Rao
6/7/1973 Bhakta Thukaram V. Madhusudana Rao
15/08/1973 Palletoori Baava Pratyagatma
20/09/1973 Andala Ramudu Bapu Latha
23/11/1973 Marapu Raani Manishi Tatineni Rama Rao
12/1/1974 Premalu-Pellillu V. Madhusudana Rao
21/02/1974 Manchivaadu V. Madhusudana Rao
21/06/1974 Bangaru Kalalu Adurti Subbarao
31/10/1974 Dorababu Tatineni Rama Rao
30/03/1976 Mahakavi Kshetrayya Adurti Subbarao
28/04/1976 Secretary K.S. Prakasha Rao
15/10/1976 Mahatmudu Gopinath
3/2/1977 Chakradhari V. Madhusudana Rao
17/03/1977 Aalumagalu Tatineni Rama Rao
14/04/1977 Bangaru Bommalu V.B. Rajendra Prasad
20/07/1977 Raja Ramesh V. Madhusudana Rao
25/08/1977 Chanakya Chandragupta N.T. Rama Rao ---
23/11/1977 Aatmeeyudu Tatineni Rama Rao
11/1/1978 Chilipi Krishnudu Boyina Subbarao
23/03/1978 Devadasu Malli Puttadu Dasari Narayana Rao
14/04/1978 Vichitra Jeevitam V. Madhusudana Rao
8/6/1978 Ramakrishnulu V.B. Rajendra Prasad
2/11/1978 Sreerama Raksha Tatineni Rama Rao
16/02/1979 Ravanude Ramudaithe Dasari Narayana Rao
28/03/1979 Hemahemilu Vijayanirmala
8/6/1979 Muddula Koduku V.B. Rajendra Prasad
15/06/1979 Andaman Ammaayi V. Madhusudana Rao
11/1/1980 Edantasthula Meda Dasari Narayana Rao
1/2/1980 Nayakudu-Vinayakudu Pratyagatma
21/03/1980 Bucchibabu Dasari Narayana Rao
26/09/1980 Pilla Zamindar Singeetam Srinivas Rao
1/1/1981 Sreevaari Mucchatlu Dasari Narayana Rao
18/02/1981 Premabhishekam Dasari Narayana Rao
28/05/1981 Satyam-Shivam K. Raghavendra Rao
27/06/1981 Prema Kanuka K. Raghavendra Rao
21/08/1981 Gurusishyulu K. Bapayya
24/08/1981 Prema Mandiram Dasari Narayana Rao
8/12/1961 Sabhaash Raja Ramakrishna
11/1/1982 Ragadeepam Dasari Narayana Rao
2/4/1982 Bangaru Kanuka V. Madhusudana Rao
1/7/1982 Gopala Krishnudu A. Kodandarami Reddy
22/08/1982 Sreeranganeethulu A. Kodandarami Reddy
24/09/1982 Meghasandesam Dasari Narayana Rao
19/12/1982 Yuvaraju Dasari Narayana Rao
4/2/1983 Muddula Mogudu T.S. Prakasha Rao
19/05/1983 Bahudoorapu Baatasaari Dasari Narayana Rao
19/08/1983 Amarajeevi Jandhyala
6/1/1984 Koteeswarudu Kommineni Seshagiri Rao
26/01/1984 Tandava Krishnudu P. Chandrashekar Reddy
30/03/1984 Anubandham A. Kodandarami Reddy
11/5/1984 S.P. Bhayankar V.B. Rajendra Prasad
24/08/1984 Vasanthageetham Singeetam Srinivas Rao
20/09/1984 Justice Chakravarthy Dasari Narayana Rao
23/11/1984 Sangeeta Samraat Singeetam Srinivas Rao
28/03/1985 Bharyabhartala Bandham V.B. Rajendra Prasad
12/7/1985 Daampathyam A. Kodandarami Reddy
12/9/1985 Illaale Devatha Tatineni Prasad Radhika
20/06/1986 Aadidampathulu Dasari Narayana Rao
14/11/1986 Brahmarudrulu K. Raghavendra Rao
25/12/1986 Gurubrahma Boyina Subbarao
9/4/1987 Collector Gaari Abbai B. Gopal
27/08/1987 Agniputrudu K. Raghavendra Rao
1/10/1987 Aatmabandhuvulu Dasari Narayana Rao
14/01/1988 Rajeshwari Kalyanam Kranti Kumar
8/6/1988 Rao Gaarillu Tarani
14/01/1989 Rajakeeya Chadarangam P. Chandrashekar Reddy
24/02/1989 Bhale Dampathulu Kodi Ramakrishna
11/5/1989 Sootradhaarulu K. Viswanath
7/12/1989 Aadarshavantudu Kodi Ramakrishna
12/1/1980 Rao Gaarintlo Rowdy Kodi Ramakrishna
7/9/1990 Iddaru Iddare A. Kodandarami Reddy
30/11/1990 Daagudumoothala Daampathyam Relangi Narasimha Rao
11/1/1991 Seetharamayya Gaari Manavaraalu Kranti Kumar
15/01/1992 Praanadaatha Mohan Gandhi
20/02/1992 Raguluthunna Bharatam Allani Sridhar
16/04/1992 Madhavayya Gaari Manavadu Mutyala Subbayya
2/7/1992 College Bullodu Sarath
18/02/1994 Bangaru Kutumbam Dasari Narayana Rao
18/08/1994 Gaandeevam Priyadarshan
17/10/1994 Theerpu Uppalapati Narayana Rao
23/03/1995 Godfather Kodi Ramakrishna
2/5/1996 Ramudu Kaadu Krishnudu Dasari Narayana Rao
11/5/1996 Mayabazar Dasari Narayana Rao
12/5/1996 Rayudu Gaaru Nayudu Gaaru Dasari Narayana Rao
16/04/1998 Rathasaarathi Kodi Ramakrishna
1/5/1998 Pandaga Sarath
27/05/1998 Mechanic Alludu B. Gopal
28/08/1998 Seetharamula Kalyanam Chootamu Raarandi
3/9/1998 Daddy Daddy Kodi Ramakrishna
27/07/2000 Pelli Sambandham K. Raghavendra Rao
27/12/2000 Sakutumba Saparivaara Sametam S.V. Krishna Reddy
11/1/2006 Chukkallo Chandrudu Shivakumar
2006 Bhakta Ramadasu K. Raghavendra Rao ---

Maha Nati Savitri( a famous heroin of South India)

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Savithri was born on December 6th, in the year 1936 in Chirravur village in Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh. Nissankaram Guraviah and Subhadramma were her parents. She lost her father when she was just six years old. With her uncle’s support, she studied till third form (eighth standard) in Kasturi Bai Memorial School at Vijayawada. She learnt dancing while she was studying and got loads of appreciations whenever she performed on the stage. She was born in a wealthy family. She learnt music and classical dance under Sista Purnayya Sasthri and gave some public performances as a child in Vijayawada. She worked in a theater company run by Nandamuri Taraka Ramarao, K Jaggayya et al. Later on she started her own group, the Navabharata Natya Mandali. She also acted in a play Atma Vanchana by Buchi Babu.

She was bestowed into the film industry at a very young age (at the age of twelve) as she got an offer in the film ‘Agni Pariksha’. She merely missed the chance because she looked too young to play the role in that particular film. Soon after that, she got a key role in the film ‘Samsaram’, which was produced by the banner ‘Sadhana Chitra’ in 1950 but again bad luck shoved off the role since she felt very abashed and tensed up to take through with Akkineni Nageswara Rao as he is a big star. As a result she was replaced by Pushpalatha but was offered a small role in that movie. When the film was released, the producers and directors recognized her inborn talent. She caught chances to act in films like ‘Sankranthi’, ‘Palleturu’ etc. She performed in a dance flick in the legendary film ‘Pathala Bhairavi’ in 1951. There was no looking back for Savithri, after she had performed as a second heroine in the film ‘Pelli Chesi Choodu’ in 1952.

She made her debut in Telugu Cinema with LV Prasad's Samsaram. She acted in minor films until she turned a star with Pelli Chesi Choodu. She had to wait till Ardhangi to establish her acting credentials. She played the lead role of Mary in LV Prasad's comedy film Missamma. She acted in several films by choreographer-director Raghavaiah, e.g Devadas.

She acted in memorable films like Pelli Chesi Choodu (1952), Palletooru (1952), Chandra Haram (1953), Devadasu (1953), Ardhangi (1955), Missamma(1955), Donga Ramudu (1955), Amara Deepam (1956), Mayabazaar (1957), Appu Chesi Pappu Kodu (1959), Sri Venkateswara Mahatyam (1960), Aradhana (1962), Gundamma Katha (1962), Rakta Tilakam (1963), Mooga Manasulu (1963), Poojaphalam (1964), Pandava Vanavasam (1965), Prana Mitrulu (1967), Varakatnam (1968), Maro Prapancham (1970) and Jagan Mohini (1978).

Of all Savithri's movies Chivarakumigiledi is considered to be a magnum opus. But the film was a total financial failure. Apart from those films that are already mentioned there are some more great movies such as DongaRamudu(1956), Todikodallu(1957), Mangalya Balam(1958), Abhimanam(1958), Muripinche muvvalu(1960), Manchi Manasulu(1961), Doctor Chakravarthi(1964), Devatha(1965) and Manase Mandiram(1971). These movies stand as a shining testimony to her versatality as an actress. These movies will find a mention in a list of all time great telugu movies.

She almost acted with every top hero of the Telugu and the Tamil cinema fields. Savithri used to take over the scene regardless of the actor she was performing with. She was similarly triumphed over the Telugu and Tamil industries. She was treated as the number one heroine. Because at that time there used to be nearly 20 Savithri starred movies released in a year. Every role where Savithri had enacted made her to stand as a persistent symbol. The audience as well as the critics appreciated her. The women audience would adore Savithri for her liveliness and captivating performance. During her career, she focused her mind only on acting. She found no time to think about anything other than acting. She was very dedicated to her career. Since she was chubby, she even underwent severe dieting to suit her role while she was acting for some of her films.

Telugu and Tamil Films

Once when she took a chance to visit Gemini Studios, for the first time she met Gemini Ganeshan over there. Gemini Ganeshan used to be a well-known hero in the Tamil industry and was called as ‘Kaadal Mannan’ (King of Love) by the Tamil audience. Gemini Ganeshan, subsequently, said about Savithri “She would definitely develop into an outstanding actress in future.” Later his calculation turned out to be true when she got an offer in the film ‘Devadas’, pairing with Akkineni Nageswara Rao. She incurred a substantial position for her in the Telugu film industry after acting in the film ‘Devadas’ in the year 1953. This was the film, which raised Savithri's image as an artiste. Among the films of Savithri, the most illustrious films were ‘Missamma’, ‘Maya Bazar’, ‘Ardhangi’, ‘Kanya Sulkam’, ‘Devatha’, ‘Naadee Aada Janme’, etc., where her astonishing performance bewitched the spectators.

Awards
She was also a famous actress in Tamil film industry. She was given the rare title Nadigeyar Thilakam (Great Actress) for her fine performances.

She was awarded with the title Kalai Mamani by the Tamilnadu State Government, Nati Siromani by the Andhra Yuvathi Mandali and with an apt title as Mahanati.

Personal Life
Her association with the Tamil actor Gemini Ganeshan feathered while they were acting together for a Tamil film ‘Manam Pola Mangalyam’ and it was again a love story, which directed to a secret marriage in the year 1956. Afterward it was revealed subsequently when Savithri gave her photo for the Lux soap advertisement, as it was signed as ‘Savithri Ganesh’ at the backside of the photograph. Savithri and Gemini were blessed with two children Vijaya Chamundeswari and Sathish. Savithri used to be very strict, disciplined and compassionate as a mother. Because of her work pressure she hardly found time to spend with her kids. Even then she used to capture some time out of her hectic schedule and spent a good quality of time with her kids. She gave her children complete liberty while insuring certain restrictions on them. She never raised hands at her children. She loved her kids immeasurably. Since there was no availability of televisions at that time, she arranged a 16mm projector, to show the films that she had acted to her kids. Even though she discussed about films with her children she never entertained them to pick for films, as she never wished her children to experience the pains, which she had faced. Savithri's 100th film ‘Konjum Salangai’ (‘Muripinche Muvvalu’ in Telugu) happened to be paired with Gemini Ganeshan!

Apart from the films and her children, jasmine flowers and drizzling rain were her favorite whimsies. She used to have a jasmine garden at her home and she delighted plucking flowers from the bushes and wearing them on her hair. She used to swamp herself in the rain, which was an enjoyment for her. Savithri was a left-hander. She also had a great enthrallment towards sports and games like cricket and chess. She never missed a cricket match that was played in Chennai. Famous West Indies cricketer Gary Sobers was her most favorite sports person. Even in those days she participated in the star-cricket with Sivaji Ganeshan..

She even possessed an attractive chess table made of ivory. She was born with a tremendous sense of humour so as she got a great and perfect proficiency in mimicking others. She left no person that she had known not imitated. She enjoyed replicating people e.g. her husband Gemini Ganeshan, Relangi, Saroja Devi, Sivaji Ganeshan, S.V. Ranga Rao, Kabir Bedi and many others. Basically she was very strong-minded and unwavering person. No human factor could change her choices that she had made once furthermore she would never give up things easily. She would never tell her problems to anyone she led her life according to her own inherent aptitude. She was very freehearted and freehanded while extending helping hands to others. Once she went entirely bejeweled with gold and diamonds to meet the Prime Minister, Sri Lal Bahaddur Shastri and gave away all the adornment for the Prime Minister’s Relief Fund. Some people exploited her quality of innocence and generosity.

Unfortunately marriage was not a good occurrence in Savithri’s life. When her husband, the person, whom she adored and trusted a lot, ditched her, she was awfully distressed moreover it was a great blow on her trust towards a person. The shock directed her to undergo depressed conditions in her later part of life. It was very painful for her to live alone in a vast house with two immature children. She lost trust in people and adopted dangerous habits like alcohol, sleeping pills, and drugs. Slowly the appetite vanished, intoxicants had overruled her sentiments and sensitivities. Savithri was hospitalized many times. She suffered a lot during her stay at the hospitals. On the course of her travel to Mysore for a shooting she broke down, went into coma, and was hurried back to Chennai where her children admitted her in a hospital.

There she lost her speech and left this world on 26th, December 1981 at Madras. She left her screen life as an eternal model.
A few of her memorable tamil films.

Missamma
Manampola Mangalyam
Konjum Salangai
Devadas
Navaraathri
Pasamalar
Kaikodutha Deivam
Parisu
Vettaikaran
Kalathur Kannamma
Thiruvilayadal
Paavamannippu
Poojaikku Vanda Malar
Seetha
Kaathirundha Kangal
Mahadevi
Kuzhandai Ullam
Paarthal Pasi Theerum
Praptham
Aayiram Roobai
Karnan
Petha manam pithu
Saraswathi sabatham
Bandha pasam
Padithal mattum podhuma
Kandan karunai
Ellam unakkkaga

Telugu Movies
Samsaram 1950
Agni Pareeksha 1951
Patala Bhairavi 1951
Pelli Chesi Choodu 1952
Palletooru 1952
Pratigna 1953
Devadasu 1953
Bratuku Theruvu 1953
Menarikam 1954
Chandraharam 1954
Parivartana 1954
Vadina 1955
Missamma 1955
Ardhangi 1955
Santanam 1955
Kanyasulkam 1955
Donga Ramudu 1955
Charanadaasi 1956
Bhale Ramudu 1956
Amaradeepam 1956
Vinayaka Chaviti 1957
Todi Kodallu 1957
M.L.A. 1957
Kutumba Gauravam 1957
Maya Bazaar 1957
Mangalya Balam 1958
Intiguttu 1958
Appu Chesi Pappu Koodu 1958
Nammina Bantu 1959
Vimala 1960
Sri Venkateswara Mahatyam 1960
Shantinivasam 1960
Kalathur Kannamma 1960
Deepavali 1960
Chivaraku Migiledi 1960
Abhimanam 1960
Papapariharam 1961
Pandava Vanavasam 1961
Kalasivunte Kaladu Sukham 1961
Siri Sampadalu 1962
Pavithra Prema 1962
Manchi Manasulu 1962
Aradhana 1962
Gundamma Katha 1962
Raktha Sambandham 1962
Atma Bandhuvu 1962
Raktha Tilakam 1963
Mooga Manasulu 1963
Karna 1963
Chaduvukunna Ammayilu 1963
Nartanasala 1963
Velugu Needalu 1964
Poojaphalam 1964
Navarathri 1964
Doctor Chakravarthy 1964
Devatha 1964
Sumangali 1965
Naadi Ada Janme 1965
Manasulu Mamathalu 1965
Sri Krishna Pandaviyam 1966
Manase Mandiram 1966
Bhakta Potana 1966
Prana Mithrulu 1967
Bandhavyalu 1967
Thalli Thandrulu 1970
Nirdoshi 1970
Maro Prapancham 1970
Mathru Devatha 1970
Vichithra Dampathyam 1971
Ashwathama 1978
Andarikante Monagadu 1985

Lord Srinivasa Govinda at ISKCON, Bangalore

2009-03-19T22:28:00.000+05:30

The 10 Incarnations of Lord Vishnu

2009-03-16T10:10:00.000+05:30

Matsya the fish

In the earliest yuga (era) of Sata-yuga, a king named Manu was performing severe penance for thousands of years. One day as he was performing ablutions with river water, a small fish came into his hands and just as he was about to throw the fish back into the river, the fish requested the king to save its life. Heeding its request, the king put the fish into a jar of water but the fish started growing and the jar was not big enough for it. Then the king threw it into the river, but it soon it outgrew the river and the king then threw it into Ganges and then into the ocean. The king realised that it was Lord Vishnu himself and then the lord made an appearance and made a special request to the king. It predicted that the world would come to an end by a huge flood in seven days and requested the king to build a huge boat and take the seven sages(hermits) , seeds of all plants, one animal of each type and told him that he would appear as a fish to propel the boat to Mount Himavan for surviving the flood to the next yuga(eon). True to his word, after seven days the Lord appeared and the king tied the boat to the fish by using the royal serpent Vasuki and the fish took all of them to Mt Himavan and kept them there till the flood was over and in the new era, the king started procreation a for the new era.

Kurma the Tortoise

Further to Pralaya- deluge at the beginning of the present Kalpa the Gods (devas) lost their immortality due to a curse by the short-tempered sage Durvasa.The sage had once presented a garland of flowers to Indra,king of gods, who carelessly gave it away to his elephant which trampled it. The Devas approached Vishnu for help. Vishnu then asked them to churn the ocean of milk after adding medicines into the ocean. Mt Mandara could be used a the churning stick he said. He requested them to ask them help of Asuras in lifting the mountain in exchange for offer of the share of nectar of immortality that would ensue from the churning. Both the devas and the asuras churned the ocean using the serpent Vasuki as the rope. At the start, playing a Machiavellian trick, Indra, king of the gods asked the asuras for the head end of vasuki. But asuras suspecting foul play, took the head end, only to be deceived as the poison from Vasuki was slowly weakening them. But as churning was proceeding the mountain was sinking and then Lord Vishnu took the form of the tortoise KURMA and kept the mountain afloat. As soon as the bowl of amrita, the nectar of immortality was out, the asuras grabbed it. Then Lord Vishnu took the form of an apsara, a beautiful maiden, and seduced the asuras into letting her distribute the nectar and also to abide by her order of distribution. As soon as the devas were served the maiden disappeared thus totally deceiving the asuras and making them totally weak.

Varaha the Boar

A demon Hiranyaksha, had prayed for Lord Brahma and got awarded a boon that no beast nor man nor god could kill him. But somehow from the list of beasts the name of boar was missing. This proved to be his lacunae. He then started a campaign of plunder across the worlds. He pushed the world to the Pataal loka, or the under of the sea. He stole the Vedas, the holy scriptures from the Lord Brahma, while he was asleep and performed huge atrocities.To retrieve the Vedas and to save the world the Lord Vishnu assumed the role of a boar and brought out the earth from the under of the ocean, using its two tusks. It then killed Hiranyaksha and retrieved the Vedas from the asura and brought it back to the safe custody of the Lord Brahma.

Narashima giant lion-man

In NARASIMHA Avatar, Lord Vishnu incarnates himself as a semi-man,semi- lion in this world. The king of demons(asuras) , Hiranyakasyapu, wanted to become immortal and wanted to remain young forever. To this end, he meditated for Lord Brahma and because of his severe penance, the gods were frightened and asked Brahma to pacify the king. Brahma was impressed by his austerity and granted him a wish. Hiranyakasyapu wished that he be killed neither by a man or beast, nor in daylight or at night and neither inside or outside a building. Having obtained the wish he considered himself the supreme God and forbade all worship of gods by anyone. But his son Prahlada, was an ardent devotee of Vishnu. This enraged Hiranyakasyapu very much. He ordered numerous ways to kill Prahlada including asking his sister Holika to sit with Prahlada in the fire. But every time Prahlada escaped unhurt. Enraged, once he asked Prahlad to show him the Lord Vishnu. Prahlad said, "He is everywhere". Further enraged, Hiranyakasyapu knocked down a pillar, and asked if Lord was present there. Lord Vishnu then emerged as a half lion, half man from the pillar, and carried him under the arch of the doorway (neither indoors nor outdoors), and the time was evening (in the twilight), neither night nor day. He then killed Hiranyakasyapu with his claws by keeping him on his thighs (neither on earth nor in the sky) thus saving the life of his devotee Prahlada.

Vamana the dwarf

BALI, the grandson of Prahlada was a very valorous and mighty asura. By his penance and might, he conquered the whole world. Indra and other gods fearing that he and the asuras would conquer all the three worlds, went to Lord Vishnu for help. Lord Vishnu was then born as a dwarf Vamana in the household of a brahman priest. He went to Bali on growing up and asked for alms. Bali was delighted to offer him anything he requested even though his royal guru warned him that it was Lord Vishnu. Vamana then requested for the amount of land that could come under his three feet. Bali gracefully agreed. Lord Vishnu then grew in size and covered the earth and heaven in two stride. And due to lack of space, he put his third leg on Bali himself and crushed Bali to the nether or the Patala loka (underground world), thus helping the Gods out.

Parasurama Rama with the axe

In PARASURAMA Avatar, Lord Vishnu incarnates himself as a brahman priest in this world. He was brought in this world to avenge all kshatriyas who had become arrogant and were suppressing the brahmans in the world. He was born with unusual physical power, and became better fighter than any Kshatriya.He was born to Jamadagni and Renuka, and belonged to the Brighu clan. Parashurama was always carrying an axe presented to him by Lord Shiva of whom he was an ardent devotee. Kartavirya a powerful king, once went to Jamadagni's home when he was out, and after a meal, stole the Kamadhenu cow, which was supposed to give endless quantity of milk. Jamadgni was enraged and he went and killed the king and brought Kamadhenu back. On hearing this the son of the king came back and killed Jamdagni. Parasurama was enraged at this and went and avenged the death of his father by killing all kshatriyas in 21 battles. His life is story of the supremacy of brahmans over the kshatriyas.

Sri Rama

It is the most important Avatar of Vishnu. Rama represents the peak of the historic incarnations, and by him it is defined the ideal character of Indian people.He is Vishnu descended upon earth to conquer all the Indian peninsula, included Sri Lanka, under the Bharata rule. Lord Rama is one of the most adored gods in India. He is always holding a bow and arrow indicating his readiness to destroy evils.His story forms the epic Ramayana. He is perfect in every aspect; the perfect man, the perfect husband, the perfect brother, the perfect king, etc. and the obedient son. Commonly he is pictured in a family style, with his wife Sita, and brother Lakshman.

Sri Krishna

In KRISHNA Avatar, Lord Vishnu incarnates himself as KRISHNA , the central character in the epic MAHABHARATA. In this biggest epic of Indian mythology a myriad of topics are covered, including war, love, brotherhood, politics etc. It is essentially the story of two warring groups of cousin brothers, the PANDAVAs and the KAURAVAs. As a part of the Mahabahrata, during the war KRISHNA, gives a long discourse to his disciple ARJUNA, collectively termed as Bhagvad-Gita. Krishna, during his child-hood was responsible for the killing of Kansa. Krishna is also considered to be an ultimate playboy who was resonsible for charming all gopikas (cowherdesses) around him. Unlike Ramayana, Mahabharata deals with more down to earth issues like politics, human nature, human weaknesses, and does not attempt to idealise the characters as in RAMAYANA. His death marks the beginning of Kali yuga.

Buddha

With the departure of Lord Krishna (Krishna Avatar), the Kali yuga set in. In this age, the true devotion to Vedas was replaced by empty rituals. To enlighten the world, Lord Vishnu descended the earth as Buddha, the enlightened one.

He was born as the crown prince of the Kapilavastu to King Suddhodana and Maya. He was named Siddhartha, meaning "All thing fulfilled". But his mother died soon after his birth and was broughtup by Prajapati, the sister of Maya. Buddha was saddened by death of living creatures, and vices like poverty. He wasn't happy with any answers that were provided to him and he decided to find out the meaning and the absolute truth and he left his wife and child to a hermit's life in the forest and became the enlightened one.

His preachings spawned off the religion of Buddhism now popular across the whole world. Buddha advocated the Middle Path, in which he offered a balanced, harmonious way of life, steering between two extremes of self-indulgence and total abstinence. Buddhism rests upon four Noble Truths:

Suffering is universal,
It is caused by desire and yearning
Suffering can be prevented and overcome and
Eradication of desires can lead to removal of suffering.

To prevent suffering one has to conquer craving and desire and this conquest leads to the attainment of nirvana or complete enlightenment.

Kalki is believed as the next Avatar of Vishnu.

It is believed that He will appear, riding his white horse and drawing a flaming sword, at the end of the Kali Yuga, the dark age through which we are now passing. His task will be to exterminate the evil and restore the Dharma. Thus will begin a new cycle, starting with the new Satya Yuga.

INDIAN PAINTINGS AND SCULPTURE

2009-03-15T15:57:00.000+05:30

Rabindranath Tagore and His Poetry in Bengali and English - Wall Hangings.

The Beauty

King and Queen Riding on Elephant

King and Queen Riding on a Camel

The Lovers

The Abstract Couple

Bal Gopala Sitting in the Conch

Indian Bridal Couple

Banjara Musician Dreaming of His Beloved

Santhal Couple - Wall Hanging

The Heights of Spirituality

Love Under the Setting Sun - (Wall Hanging)

Indian Potter Family - (Wall Hanging)

Tranquility

Kerala Beauty with Umbrella - (Wall Hanging)

Shivratri

2009-02-26T23:42:00.001+05:30

The Powerful God:

Shiva is 'shakti' or power, Shiva is the destroyer, the most powerful god of the Hindu pantheon and one of the godheads in the Hindu Trinity. Known by many names - Mahadeva, Mahayogi, Pashupati, Nataraja, Bhairava, Vishwanath, Bhava, Bhole Nath - Lord Shiva is perhaps the most complex of Hindu deities. Hindus recognize this by putting his shrine in the temple separate from those of other deities.
Shiva As Phallic Symbol:
Shiva, in temples is usually found as a phallic symbol of the 'linga', which represents the energies necessary for life on both the microcosmic and the macrocosmic levels, that is, the world in which we live and the world which constitutes the whole of the universe. In a Shaivite temple, the 'linga' is placed in the center underneath the spire, where it symbolizes the naval of the earth.

Read the Story of the Shiva Lingam

A Different Deity:

The actual image of Shiva is also distinct from other deities: his hair piled high on the top of his head, with a crescent tucked into it and the river Ganges tumbling from his hairs. Around his neck is a coiled serpent representing Kundalini or the spiritual energy within life. He holds a trident in his left hand in which is bound the 'damroo' (small leather drum). He sits on a tiger skin and on his right is a water pot. He wears the 'Rudraksha' beads and his whole body is smeared with ash.

The Destructive Force:

Shiva is believed to be at the core of the centrifugal force of the universe, because of his responsibility for death and destruction. Unlike the godhead Brahma, the Creator, or Vishnu, the Preserver, Shiva is the dissolving force in life. But Shiva dissolves in order to create, since death is the medium for rebirth into a new life. So the opposites of life and death and creation and destruction both reside in his character.

The Most Fascinating of Gods:

He is also often portrayed as the supreme ascetic with a passive and composed disposition. Sometimes he is depicted riding a bull called Nandi decked in garlands. Although a very complicated deity, Shiva is one of the most fascinating of Hindu gods.

The God Who's Always High!:

Since Shiva is regarded as a mighty destructive power, to numb his negative potentials he is fed with opium and is also termed as 'Bhole Shankar', one who is oblivious of the world. Therefore, on Maha Shivratri, the night of Shiva worship, devotees, especially the menfolk, prepare an intoxicating drink called 'Thandai' (made from cannabis, almonds, and milk) sing songs in praise of the Lord and dance to the rhythm of the drums.

Ajith sister's marriage

2009-02-22T11:55:00.000+05:30

2009-02-10T10:10:00.002+05:30

Thin, trim, athletic and slim? Many men and women across the globe wish for such a figure, but few are fortunate enough to have it without a great deal of work.

Whether you are an avid athlete or a chronic couch potato, this fairly easy dietary regimen should give you a good push in the right direction. Pair it with some regular exercise and a positive attitude, and you could be well on your way to the best shape of your life!

Tip #1: Give up soda.

It?s true ? soda is full of empty calories. Sure, it may help you to stay awake at work, but it can also corrode your teeth and increase your waistline?s girth without warning. Sugary drinks impact the acidity of saliva, which quickly increases the likelihood of cavities. Furthermore, continuous consumption of soda and other super-sugary beverages can impact your digestive process.

If you can?t give up soda, at least decrease the amount of soda that you drink in a given day. Try to treat soda as just that ? a treat. Have one glass a day with lunch or dinner, and drink ice water or spring water for the remainder of the day. Water is great for your body, helps to flush out toxins, and keeps you hydrated. That?s a lot more than we can say for soda!

Fit shape Tip #2: Pass up salty, greasy fast food.

Believe me, as a French fry-aholic, I feel your pain. As a cross country runner in high school, I gave up eating fast food at all my favorite chain restaurants. I don?t think I ate a single French fry or chicken McNugget for six months or more. And how could I forget, when my running season was over and I indulged myself in an Extra Value Meal, my stomach cried out in pain for all the greasy chow dumped into it after months on a healthy diet.

Again, if you can?t give up the fast food, try to limit the amount you consume. You can pair your cheeseburgers with salads or fruit cup, or, you can consider switching to a healthier alternative like a deli sandwich or wrap.

Tip #3: Shut out the sugar.

Like I should talk here, being a self-proclaimed chocoholic. But without a doubt, I eat five or ten times as much candy now as I did during my high school sports seasons. Now, ten years later it is ten times tougher to prevent those sugar calories from sticking on my tummy, legs, and hips. What?s a girl to do?

During those months of training for my races, I gave up ice cream and 90 percent of the candy I used to eat. I also chowed down on healthier snacks, like carrot sticks and crackers when I got hungry. Try cutting out the majority of your sweet indulgences and treat yourself to just one (OK, or two) sugary treats a day. A small candy bar, a single brownie, two cookies?give yourself a limit and stick to it. If you feel especially motivated and determined, try to give up the sugary snacks completely for a few days a week.

Tip #4: Stop eating before bed.

Without a doubt, eating and sleeping should not go together as blissfully as they do. Eating makes us feel full and being full is akin to satisfied. Satisfied equals comfortable, and comfortable often leads right to sleep. But, if you limit yourself to eating dinner and all snacks prior to a certain time, you can help prevent those extra pounds from sneaking on late at night.

Sure, it?s all right to get a midnight snack once in a while, or to indulge at a friend?s party or other social engagement. The big idea is to work out a routine of eating before it gets to be late at night. Stick to the schedule as best as you can, and be sure to eat three balanced meals a day.

Tip #5: Exercise!

Adhering to the right kind of diet should help you initially, but exercise does the body good in so many ways. Whether you like to walk, jog, run, bike, swim, go to the gym, or do exercise videos, exercise is critical to keeping your body in the kind of shape you crave. Fitness is good for your body, mind, and soul. Paired with the right kind of diet, a regular regimen of exercise can really work wonders on any body!

Remember, everybody?s body is different. What works for me may not work as well for you, and vice versa. Whatever the case, cutting some of the sugary sodas out of your diet and working out on a regular basis should bring positive results.

Consult your physician before attempting any rigorous dietary routines or dietary supplements.

NATURE'S GIFT TO THE MANKIND

2009-02-09T10:10:00.002+05:30

PEPPER GARLIC AND TURMERIC USAGE

Use pepper or pepper powder in your daily food.
As one grows old, the blood vessels (tubes) constrict.
Because of fat and salt deposition.
So, it restricts blood flow.
Result, rice in blood pressure.
Black pepper dilutes and removes fat and salt deposit.
Result, free blood flow.
No high blood pressure.
Black pepper is a good remedy for digestion related problems.
It increases appetite.
For painful affections of the stomach and bowel.
It rejuvenates respiratory organs.
For throat pain and sore throat.
Useful in dyspepsia.
Useful in flatulence.
For hoarseness and loss of voice.
It acts against all kind of poisons.
One betel leaf + Ten black pepper + A pinch of common salt restricts insect poison.
Use black pepper in your daily food, and get normal blood pressure.

MAIN CONSTITUENTS

* Piperine.
* Piperidine.
* Chavicine.

Use garlic in your daily food.
Garlic dilutes the blood.
It reduces blood viscosity.
So, your heart pumps the blood easily.
So, no heart strain.
Garlic reduces blood cholesterol.
Garlic purifies blood.
Garlic acts against bacteria.
Garlic acts against stomach worms.
Best remedy for arthritis.
Garlic boiled in cow's milk eradicates amoebiasis.
Garlic boiled in cow's milk + Honey removes tension.
Garlic boiled in cow's milk + Honey also acts against asthma.
It can postpone aging with regular use.
Good antiseptic (organic sulphur) and antispasmodic.
Useful in whooping cough (Good expectorant) .
Acts as intestinal antiseptic.
Garlic juice removes all parasites in the intestine.
For diseases of lungs.
For rheumatism.
For loss of appetite.
For constipation and worms.
For cold fits of intermittent fever.
It is given with common salt in affections of the nervous system.
Beneficial in infantile convulsions.
For nervous and spasmodic affections.
Use garlic daily and have a better control over your cholesterol level.

MAIN CONSTITUENTS

Essential oil.
Mucilage.
Albumen.

Use turmeric or turmeric powder in your daily food.
Turmeric enhances the complexion.
Avoids discolouration of skin and resolve pimples.
Turmeric boosts bile secretion.
For glandular swellings and toxicosis.
Turmeric is a best antioxident.
It has curcumin, which acts against bacteria.
Useful in stomach pain and weak state of stomach.
Anti inflammatory and anti microbial properties.
Good remedy for acidity.
Helps in alleviating skin allergies.
For diseases due to impurity of blood.
Useful in psoriasis, eczema and other parasitic skin diseases.
Useful in digestion related problems.
A small quantity of turmeric powder mixed in hot milk relieves cold & cough.
Useful in asthma.
Useful in knees and joints pain.
Turmeric with neem leaves paste is used to cure itching.
Useful when piles are painful and protruding.
It controls cataract problem in the eye.
For ring worms and catarrh.
For anaemia and ulcers.
For lungs and liver disorders (Due to smoking).
It has strong antiseptic properties.
It antidotes poison.
Urinary disorders such as polyuria.
Regular use of turmeric restricts tumour anywhere in the body.
Useful in flatulence.
Useful in dyspepsia and weak state of stomach.
Turmeric powder with gingelly oil paste is used to prevent skin eruptions.
Turmeric powder with lime paste is used for inflammatory troubles of joints.
For affections of liver.

MAIN CONSTITUENTS

Curcumin.
Turmerol (turmeric oil)

MIND AND HABITS

Good habits are hard to come by.
But easy to live with.
Bad habits come easy.
But are hard to live with.

Cultivating a habit is like plowing the field, it takes time, it has to grow from within. Habits generate other habits. Inspiration is what gets a person started, motivation is what keeps him on track and habit is what makes it automatic.

We are all born to lead successful lives but our conditioning leads us to failure. We are born to win but are conditioned to lose. We often hear statements like, this person is just lucky, he touches dirt and it turns to gold or, he is unlucky, no matter what he touches, it turns to dirt. This is not true. If you analyze, the successful person is doing something right in each transaction and the failure is repeating the same mistake in each transaction. Remember, practice does not make perfect. Only perfect practice makes perfect. Practice makes permanent whatever you do repeatedly. Some people keep practicing their mistakes and they become perfect in them. So their mistakes become perfect and automatic.

Professionals make things look easy because they have mastered the fundamentals of whatever they do. Many people do good work with promotions in mind. But the one to whom good work becomes a habit is deserving.

The ability to show courage in the face of adversity; show self-restraint in the face of temptation; choose happiness in the face of hurt; show character in the face of despair; see opportunity in the face of obstacles. These traits are not coincidences; they are the result of constant and consistent training, both mental and physical. In the face of adversity our behavior can only be the one we have practiced, regardless of whether it is positive or negative. When we practice negative traits such as cowardice or dishonesty in small events, hoping to handle the major ones in a positive way, the latter wouldn't happen because that is not what we have practiced.

When we permit ourselves to tell a lie once, it is a lot easier to do it a second and a third time until it becomes a habit. Success lies in the philosophy of sustain and abstain. Sustain what needs to be done and abstain from what is detrimental until this becomes habitual. Human beings are more emotional than rational. Honesty and integrity are both the result of our belief system and practice. Anything we practice long enough becomes ingrained into our system and becomes a habit. A person who is honest most of the time gets caught the first time he tells a lie. Whereas a person who is dishonest most of the time gets caught the first time he tells the truth. Honesty and dishonesty to self and others both become habits.

Our thinking pattern becomes habitual. We form habits and habits form character. Before you realize that you have got the habit, the habit has got you. We need to form the habit of thinking right.

Our thoughts lead to actions.
Actions lead to habits.
Habits form character.
Character leads to destiny.

FORM GOOD HABITS

Most of our behavior is habitual. It comes automatically without thinking. Character is the sum total of our habits. If a person has positive habits, then he is considered a positive character. A person with negative habits is a negative character. Habits are a lot stronger than logic and reasoning. Habits start by being too weak to be felt, and end up becoming too strong to get out of. Habits can be developed by default or determination.

Anything we do repeatedly becomes a habit. We learn by doing. By behaving courageously, we learn courage. By practicing honesty and fairness, we learn these traits. By practicing these traits, we master them. Similarly if we practice negative traits, such as dishonesty, unjust behavior, or lack of discipline, that is what we become good at. Attitudes are habits. They are behavior patterns. They become a state of mind and dictate our responses.

CONDITIONING OF MIND

Most of our behavior comes as a result of conditioning, it is habitual. If we want to do anything well, it must become automatic. If we have to consciously think about doing the right thing we will never be able to do it well. That means we must make it a habit.
We are all being conditioned continuously by the environment and the media, and we start behaving like robots. It is our responsibility to condition ourselves in a positive manner.
Think of the mighty elephant who can lift in excess of a ton of weight with just its trunk. How do they condition the elephant to stay in one place with a weak rope and a stake? The elephant, when it was a baby, is tied to a strong chain and a strong tree. The baby was weak but the chain and tree are strong. The baby was not used to being tied. So it keeps tugging and pulling the chain, all in vain. A day comes when it realizes that all the tugging and pulling will not help. It stops and stands still. Now it is conditioned.

And when the baby elephant becomes the mighty giant elephant, he is tied with a weak rope and a small stake. The elephant could, with one tug, walk away free, but it goes nowhere, because it has been conditioned.

Human beings are constantly being conditioned, consciously or unconsciously, by exposure to:

The kind of books we read.
The kind of movies and TV programs we watch.
The kind of music we listen to.
The kind of company we keep.

While driving to work, if we listen to the same music every day for several days, and if the tape deck breaks down, guess what tune we will be humming?

Insanity is defined as doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. If you keep doing what you have been doing, you will keep getting what you have gotten. The most difficult thing about changing a habit is unlearning what is not working and learning positive habits.
Negativity in; Negativity out.
Positivity in; Positivity out.
Good in; Good out.

CUTE CHOLIS

2009-02-08T15:43:00.005+05:30

Cristmas story

2009-01-03T16:21:00.001+05:30

The Story of the Christ Child and Christmas

When Rome was a great Empire ruled by Caesar Augustus and Israel was governed by King Herod, in the village of Nazareth lived Joseph and Mary. Joseph was a carpenter and Mary was a young virgin who would become his wife. Mary told Joseph of a dream in which she was visited by an angel who told her she had been chosen to bear the Son of God and his name was to be Jesus.

One day the emperor sent notice that all persons were to register for a new tax. They were instructed to return to the towns of their birth. Joseph and Mary left Nazareth for Bethlehem. Mary who was with child, and close to the birth, rode on a donkey while Joseph walked beside her. They traveled for many days and only rested at night.

When they reached Bethlehem it was night. They looked for a place to rest but there were no empty rooms when they reached the inn. As they were being turned away Joseph mentioned his wife was with child and close to birth. The inn keeper took pity on them and told them of some caves in the nearby hills that shepherds would stay with their cows and sheep.

So Joseph and Mary went up into the hills and found the caves. In one cave was a stable room. Joseph cleaned it and made beds of fresh hay. He found a feeding trough which he cleaned and filled with hay to use as a crib. The next night Mary gave birth to a son and they named him Jesus, as the angel had said.

When the child was born a great star appeared over Bethlehem that could be seen for miles around. In the fields nearby shepherds were tending their flocks. An angel appeared to them surrounded by bright light. The shepherds were frightened and tried to run.

"Fear Not," said the angel, "For I bring you tidings of great joy. For unto you is born this day in Bethlehem - a Saviour who is Christ the Lord."

"And this shall be a sign unto you. You shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying in a manger."

Suddenly the sky was filled with angels, praising God and saying, "Glory to God in the Highest, and on Earth peace, good will toward men."

After the angels departed the shepherds set out for Bethlehem. When they reached the cave they found the stable and inside was the child wrapped in swaddling clothes.

As the star shined over Bethlehem, in the east three kings would see it. They knew it was a sign and they set off to follow the star. There was Caspar - the young King of Tarsus, Melchior - a long bearded old man and leader of Arabia, and Balthazar - the king from Ethiopia. They traveled on camels for many days over the mountains, and through the deserts, and plains. Always following the bright star.

When they finally arrived in Bethlehem they found the child in the manger. The 3 kings bowed to their knees and offered gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. They would stay the night in the cave and the next day returned to their lands to spread the news.

Dr. Mantena Satyanarayana Raju Part2

2008-12-31T10:10:00.000+05:30

Dr. Mantena Satyanarayana Raju Part2

The dharmas of the body.

The durability of a thing depends on the way we use it. For instance when you buy a car, we are given hundred and one instructions regarding it and don’t you strictly follow those? Do you pour diesel instead of unleaded petrol ? Why? Because you have spent money and because you know the value of money.

What about your body car? It is an invaluable thing it is given as a boon to you by God through your parents free of cost. Your body has a guarantee card of 100 years. God has provided an ability to the body to repair itself of any problem automatically without going to the shed (hospital) in the 100 years of life span. Your duty is just to supply its natural needs.

If an inanimate thing like car has some conditions to fulfil don’t you think the precious body of yours can lay some terms and conditions? Do you know what they are ?

The body which contains five elements has five dharmas to fulfil.

Dharma of water
Dharma of food
Dharma of exercise
Dharma of rest
Dharma of excretion (Dharma of Fasting)

Your ill health is directly proportionate to your violation of the laws of the body. Good health is dharma and ill health is adharma. If you wish to drive out the diseases. You have to drive out adharma. This is the bare truth. If you are not cured of your disease. It goes without saying that you still persist in adharma.

You go to a doctor, he can’t cure you completely. You know why ?
Doctor hasn’t created this body. So the cure is not in his hands. It is nature which nurtures and protects your body. Your health virtually lies in the hands of nature and your dharmic behaviour in accordance with nature. So you should strike at the root cause of evil. You don’t have to spend your wealth to regain your health if you change your attitude. The best way is to lead a life of dharma.

1. Dharma of water

The most essential requisite for our body is air. God himself has made arrangements for it. We breathe air even without our knowledge. Next comes water not food. This has to be supplied by us we have given a mistaken identity to food and brought food to second place. Since we violated the Dharma of water, we paved the way for diseases. The problems that arise out of the violation have to be rectified only by resorting to the dharma of water. Do you know that we can prevent 50% of diseases by just drinking plenty of water ? Yes, it is a bare truth.

In God’s creation itself, three-fourth of the universe is water and one fourth is land. In the same way there is 68% water and only 32% solid matter in our body.

Our outer body is cleansed of dirt when we bathe in water. The sameway if we supply sufficient quantity of water to the inner body every cell inside will have a thorough bath. A cleaning effect takes place inside our body.

It is an established fact that we should drink three times the quantity of water to the quantity of food we eat. That is the law of the body, that is the law of nature. On an average an adult takes 2 kgs of solid food. So he should drink nearly 5 to 6 litres of water. It’s not enough if you know how much to drink you should also know how and when to drink.

You should not drink while eating in fact it is harmful. Water dilutes the digestive juices, food remains long in the stomach and intestines and digestion becomes slow. For instance, when you grind dal for idli you add water only later. The same way you should drink water only after the food is digested completely.

How to drink water

a) Your blood and your body gets cleansed mostly by the water you drink early in the morning before breakfast. As soon as you get up, you can drink around a litre to litre and a half. You can do some exercise fifteen minutes after drinking water.

b) After exercise or after 45 to 60 minutes you should drink again the same quantity of water. The first dosage of water soaks all the waste material in water and the second dosage enables an outlet to it through urine.

You can have yet another dosage if you have a possibility. It will give a final wash to your internal body and purify your blood.

You can take solid food 20 minutes after drinking water.

c) You should again drink 3 glasses of water compulsorily half an hour before lunch.

d) After food don’t drink water for 2 hours. After that drink two glasses of water. Ever since then, till 15 minutes before taking another solid food, you can drink as much water as you can in installments.

e) Finally you should drink 3-4 glasses of water half an hour before dinner.

f) Two hours after food you should drink half to one glass of water.

Don’t entertain false notions like you urinate more, its not good for your kidneys and what not initially you may face some problems, but if you persist you can be cured of many of your minor but regular complaints like stomachache, ulcer, constipation etc. You can be cured very much faster this way than by taking medicines. Can’t you believe it? Try it for just ten days, whole heartedly and see for yourself.

2. Dharma of Food

Every living organism is destined to eat a particular type of food based on the shape and size of its body. The dumb animals lead their life accordingly, whereas we human beings inspite of being intelligent have no proper knowledge till date.

Our ultimate goal in life is attainment of Jnana. So we should eat the food that would get digested easily, would give us more energy in less time and send less waste material. The main dharma of food is it should contain life in it. Instead of providing such a food we are cooking, frying roasting and adding spices to the food. We are taking food at odd hours. To worsen it, we are eating as per our senses ignoring the dharma of the body. Can a car run with kerosene instead of petrol ? We are doing that to our body.

The problem caused to the body due to improper food should be rectified only by changing food habits, but not by providing medicines. For instance if we require unleaded petrol for our car and it is not available in the nearest bunk, are we not going very far to get the petrol we require? When we can realise this simple truth in the case of an inanimate thing like our car, can’t we take greater care of our precious possession the one and the only body we have ? If we learn what to eat, how to eat and how much to eat and eat accordingly and follow such a life style, good health is assured to us.

In the present day, you are not eating natural food. You are eating only ruchis. Ruchi is different from food. Food is for protection. Ruchi is for destruction.

The first and foremost thing you have to do is to drive out the seven ruchis that spoil your health. They are salt, chilli powder, oil, ghee, sweet, sour and masalas. You can substitute these seven ruchis with different natural items which give you a two fold advantage. You can get ruchi and still be healthy. You can substitute salt with coconut, leafy vegetables, milk or curds in the curries. The natural salt in them substitutes the artificial salt you add. Use green chilli in the place of red chilli and chilli powder. Use amla, tamarind tender leaves, mangoes and lemon the place of tamarind. Use honey instead of sugar or jaggery. You can also use dates. Don’t ever think of oil, ghee and masalas.

How is salt harmful :

There are nearly 125 trillion cells in our body. Potasium is present in the protoplasm (sticky, wheatish thick liquid) of the cell, which means inside the cell. Sodium (salt) is present outside the cell. The ratio is 8%. 8% potasium inside and 1% sodium outside the cell for all the cells. These two can retain the 68% water in our body throughout. This ratio decides the health of a cell. The movements of the food into the cell and of the waste material outside the cell are good, if the ratio is normal. If the ratio is disturbed the cell’s health is disturbed which in turn disturb the health of the body of its owner.

The salt in the natural vegetables and fruits is called sodium. Sodium and potasium content in them is in the same ratio as in the cell. So you eat them as they are raw your health will not be disturbed. You cook them , the potassium content in it goes up and gets destroyed. To top it, you add salt to it. So the cooked food is harmful since it increases the salt content and decreases the potasium content. In other words their ratio is reversed. The cooked food and salty food is thus exactly opposite to the requirement of the cell. Consequently the cells become weak and since they don’t get the required energy die out an untimely death. Their death gives birth to minor ailments which in turn foster major diseases.

All fruits, vegetables, seeds sprouts, coconut, dates, milk, contain more of potasium and less of sodium. If you eat these the same ratio reaches your body and maintains the same ratio in your body life long.

Cooking is harmful. Adding salt is more harmful. Adding oil, ghee and masalas is the most harmful. As it is it looks like this. it is a monkey. It drank wine, It jumped over fire. To top it, you keep it fridge, take it out heat it and eat it, you are doing the worst damage to it. The proteins, vitamins and nutrients you require would have all died down in the process.

For instance sugar cane is very helpful. But the white sugar you make out of it in a factory by removing the fibre, by filtering it, by adding some binding agents some anti oxidants, some preservatives, some soluble agents and some colouring agents is the most harmful. Natural things you should take them as they are. You should not add artificial flavours or ingredients to them. Man’s creation is only a destruction of God’s creation.

What to eat ?

a) You can drink vegetable juice 20 minutes after you drink water. You can make juice out of tomato, carrot, beetroot, leafy vegetables, keera. Can add honey. Drink it slowly sip by sip for ten minutes.

b) After an hour after drinking juice eat sprouts of green gram, bengal gram or soaked groundnuts you can add dates or coconut to them. Whatever you eat, you should chew it and eat !

c) You should eat between 12 noon and 1 p.m. Eat unpolished rice or wheat or pulka with nearly 1kg curries cooked without oil, salt and seasoning. You can eat plenty of curds.

d) Around 3.30 p.m. to 4p.m. you can eat fruits available at that particular time of the year.

e) Around 6p.m. to 6.30p.m. eat pulkas with raw or cooked vegetables. With this you put a full stop for the day.

f) You take raw food 60% (Vegetable juice + sprouts, fruits, coconut + dates) and 40% cooked food (lunch and dinner) it means you have fulfilled you dharma of food properly.

3.Dharma of Exercise

No creature ever gets its food without any physical exercise. We alone shun our responsibility but eat food three times a day. In the mderndays, we are putting up 10% work and are eating 90%. As a result, our bodies contain 90% waste matter (ailments) and only 10% good health.

Exercises helps you in many ways. It helps you to digest the food you have eaten, to distribute the nutrients from the digested food to all the parts of the body, to send out the waste matter after the nutrients are successfully utilized by different parts. This is the dharma of exercise. If you don’t follow this dharma the waste matter which has to go out in the form of sweat remains in the body. Day by day they pile up, laying a foundation for diseases. Those who don’t do physical work can compentsate this loss by doing yogasanas and pranayama.

4.Dharma of Rest

You may think that you have not properly followed the aforesaid three dharmas, but you follow the dharma of rest very well since you sleep for 7,8 hours. No, that’s wrong. It is not enough if we give rest to our nerves, bones and joints. God wants us to give rest to the internal parts too (stomach, small interstine, liver, pancreas) But the tragedy is, no medical science gives importance to this dharma. Whatever energy we lose by working in the morning, we are regaining by giving rest to our body (nerves, bones and joints) at night, so that we can start afresh next morning.

The same law applies to our digestive system. If we keep on eating till ten in the night and sleep then, the food does not get digested till morning. The digestive system has to slog till then. Hardly does it get two to three hours rest when it is again supplied with bed coffee and tiffin. One the digestive system becomes weak, automatically foundation is laid for all diseases.

The dharma of rest begins only after the food is digested completely in the digestive system. If the food is digested before you go to bed, your stomach and other parts get nearly eight hours rest from night ten to early morning.
Once the food is digested the fifth dharma that is the dharma of excretion begins. If the dharma of rest is not followed properly, the dharma of excretion can’t be followed

5. Dharma of Excretion (Dharma of Fasting)

Whatever food we take gets burnt up in our cells and energy is produced. In the process waste matter too is released. The three forms of food we take - solid, liquid, gaseous states also release the waste matter in three forms - solid (motion), liquid (urine, sweat) gaseous state (carbon dioxide) through four excretory organs. If waste matter sent out is equal to the waste matter released inside, your health will not be upset. On the contrary, if all the waste released is not sent out, the waste that gets stagnated produce toxins and poisons which pollute the body.

If this continues, after some time, the waste matter stagnates in whatever part is weak or is without any movement, thereby making that part sickly. For all types of sicknesses the reason is the same. For instance out of the same raw material gold. you wear a necklace to the neck, a bangle to the hand, an anklet to your ankle. You name it anything, the content is the same. The same way the waste material stagnated in you, changes into harmful matter. If it reaches the head, you call it headache reaches the joints you call it arthritis, reaches the lungs you call it asthma. You drive out that waste material, you can drive out your disease. Any medical science which leaves out this root cause and cures elsewhere can only harm us more than it can help us, whereas the Natural Life Style washes out this waste matter first and foremost.

The excretion does not take part in the morning because in the day time, the energy in us is utilized for digestion of food and for transportation of the digested food to the rest of the body. At night, after the food is completely digested, and the digestive system is at rest, the excretory act begins. Only if the excretory act goes on from 8 - 10 hours at night, all the waste material released can be sent out completely next morning. If you eat around 9 or 10 at night, only 2 - 4 hours time will be left for your excretory action which means 4 hours of this action comes to a stand still which puts up your waste material. It shoots up like your compound interest and you start giving a foul smell through your sweat, motion, urine, mouth and saliva.

Once the waste material piles up beyond control, your body warns you in some way or other. It means it needs time to cleanse your body of dirt thoroughly. But you are not leaving your stomach empty.

You are taking a tablet instead. The tablets doctors give are medicines. But the fasting you do is the best medicine ‘Lankhanam Paramoushadam”. Fasting is nothing but the excretory action the body does all the 24 hours. When the excretory action can help you in such a wonderful way, how far is it justifiable to expect good health through medicines and doctors ?

The advantage of a free motion :

Free motion reduces half the work of the excretory action. If you desire a free motion you should mix rice in curry or you should eat as much curry as the rice you eat. You should give up white rice and switch over to unpolished rice or wheat rice or pulkas. You should eat fruits with the pulp in them.

You should have twice or atleast once a free motion before breakfast and again definitely in the evening before dinner. The litre to litre and a half water you drink in the morning helps you in this. If you drive aside every other thought and concentrate only at the naval and the lower parts and move around 5 to 10 minutes, then the motion will have a free movement inside you shouldn’t rush into the lavatory, till it is urgent. Then you will have a large free motion. Such a large free motion is a sign of a good morning to you. If you repeat the same action again after an hour (drinking and thinking) this time you will have a larger and free motion. So now the total waste material of the previous day is washed out completely. The same process you continue in the evening for the evening motion. For the morning food you ate. If you learn and follow the simple law. You are eligible for the night food only if you have a free motion in the evening. You will be the master of a perfect health.

Those who understand and appreciate the close relationship between health and motion; motion and thought are the luckiest people. But we are living an ignoble life as Yogi Vemana has highlighted.

‘The ant is a Siddha Jnani
Pig is a Mahajnani
Rooster is a Kala Jnani

Dog is a Sujnani

Man is an Ajnani

I do hope you will hence forth give up this ajnana and follow the Natural Life Style. We advocate which helps you acquire Jnana.

If you too seek perfect health

Now that you have carefully read the Natural Life Style in a nutshell. If you are interested you can read my other books on health which drive out all your fears in this new venture.

Remember one point! when you start this new venture, there will be many people who will try to discourage you or hinder your progress. So following this life style is like going against the current.

You know something? If you are addicted to drinking or smoking ? no one will force you to stop these bad habits. But there are many who will discourage you in the oath of righteousness.

Remember you are trying to change over from your age old habit. So you do face some problems initially because as Buddha proclaimed - there are four stages to reach self realization.

Stage of starting on the path
Stage of occasional Return
Stage of no return
Stage of self realization.

If you are determined to get over the problems on your way, they will not stop your progress.

A person who goes away from Nature is like a child turn apart from his mother. Mahatma Gandhi said, ‘As a searcher of truth I deem is necessary to find the perfect food for a man to keep body, mind and soul in sound condition. ‘Our Natural Life Style is one which suits exactly what he sought for. Those who understand this can fulfil their life’s purpose.

Ill-health of body or of mind is defeat - health alone is victory. Let all men, if they can manage it, continue to be healthy.

Read - make others read - Follow - make others follow.

Books of Dr. Mantena Satyanarayana Raju in Telugu

Sukha Jeevana Sophanalu
Aharam Alochana
Upavasa Dharmam
Arogyme Anandam
Pranayamam Sukhajeevanayanam
Asanalu Arogyaniki sasanalu
Sukha Virechanam Sukhamaya Jeevanam
Neeru Meeru
Prakruti Vidhanam Madhumeha Nidhanam

Books of Dr. Mantena Satyanarayana Raju in English by Mrs.M.Rajya Sri, one of our panel editors

Food and Thought
Health is happiness
Natural Life Style

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Mantena Satyanarayana Raju

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Dr. Mantena Satyanarayana Raju

Dr . Mantena Satyanarayana Raju is an embodiment of all virtues.He is a true Gandhian. He is a god sent gift to entire mankind in modern day living where we are subjected to all kinds of chemical toxins.He strongly propounds that Naturopathy is a way of living (Naural Life Style) by which you can lead a happy and healthy life.This young man is creating history in the realms of health sciences at large.

Why follow Mantena Satyanarayana Raju

Dr. Mantena Satyanarayana Raju is a Doyen in Natural Life Style. He is a reincarnation of Gandhi. Gandhi practices what he preaches. But this modern Gandhi preaches what he has been practising! He experimented on himself, he experienced the results, evolved a theory of his own. So he is preaching to the mankind at large what is tested and proved. He did not refer to books.

Gandhi said ‘see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil! Dr. Mantena adds to it ‘eat no evil’ Just change your food habits, it will change yourthoughts in return is his motto. A mere revolution in your life style, in your eating habits which take you closer to mother nature makes you live a life of 100 years - a life devoid of medicines devoid of doctors.

The sum and substance of his Natural Life Style is - eat a totally saltless diet and drink 5,6 litres of a water every day, you are a stranger to chronic diseases.

Nauturopathy

Why Naturopathy and What Bhakti Pages has got to do with it?
With great punya we got this Manava Janma. We need to safe guard the body referred to as potham (boat to reach us to the salvation) to do good things in this mundane world.

Body,mind and soul are three in one.They are inseparable. A sound mind in a sound body.

Dr.Mantena propounds Naturopathy as a part of living. If you adopt this natural life style sincerely , you will be free from ailments.

If you follow the food style Dr.Mantena advocates, it will automatically change the mind and the soul.

Besides this four of his books have been translated from Telugu to English by one of our panel editors Mrs.M.Rajya Sri.

Natural Life Style

To get his wealth he spent his health. And then with might and main. He turned around and spent his wealth.

To get his health again.

This is how life is-in the modern days! There is not a single man who is not perfectly healthy ! In the mad rush for money riches and pleasures we are ignoring our health, our dharma! we know how to safeguard our car, how to clean our house but we do not know to safeguard our body car, how to clean our body home.

Why perfect health ?

We are born as human beings for dharmic practice but not to eat, drink and be merry. We have no right to spoil the body of ours with diseases and ailments

We got this blessed body of a man to fulfil a goal ultimately. We must use such body of ours only as a means to reach our goal. Shastras proclaim that we are different from our body. To reach our destination through this vehicle - our body, don’t you think our body has to be in good condition ? Physical health is different from mental health. Hence physical health alone or mental health alone will not suffice. Perfect health comprises both physical and mental health. Both body and mind should be in perfect condition to attain success.

Can you believe the fact that if you have a free motion two to three times a day makes you a perfectly healthy person ? But you must believe it ! Truth is stranger than fiction!

All about Natural Life Style in a Nutshell

Why Natural Life Style ?

Nature is like mother. Tha is why it is fondly referred to as Mother Nature. The same way Naturopathy is the mother of all types of Medical Sciences. As you all know, Mother’s milk is the best milk. Mother Nature’s cure is the best cure for every diseased person.

The Difference between other Medical sciences and Nature cure

In other medical sciences the patient is one, the ailments are many the doctors are many, the treatments are many. So even the problems are many. The patient is treated in bits and pieces thanks to super specialities, he is given medicines not to cure him completely but to subside his pain. He is not cured or prevented of his chronic diseases and mainly the patient is not made to give up his bad habits.

Whereas in Natural Life Style the patients are many the diseases are many but the doctor is only one and do you know something ? The cure also is only one! It strikes at the root cause of evil. If the leak is at one place, the repair is done elsewhere, there is no use! The same way if your complaint is treated superficially you cannot be permanently cured.

The Root cause of evil.

Take a simple point! Suppose you don’t clear the dustbin in your house for two, three days! what happens ? The house gives a stinking smell, flies gather around there is no hygiene. The same law applies to your inner house-your body. If the output of waste matter is not in proportion to the input of food, the waste matter stagnates in different parts of your body.

Out of the same raw material gold you wear a necklace to your neck, bangles to your hand, anklets to your ankles. The same way the wastematerial that stagnates at heart causes you heart attack, at knees arthritis at head headache and so on. So the root cause is same, the complaints are different.

How do you get rid of waste material ?

Very simple - Follow the dharma’s of your body.

Nature and Man

There are five elements of nature - Earth, Water, Air, Fire, Either (sky). All these put together is nature. All these are found in our body too. So our elders proclaimed that whatever takes place in the nature around takes place in the man too. We are only a part and parcel of nature. So our body is as holy as the mother nature.

All the 84 lakhs of creatures have the five elements in them. They all live in the lap of nature. Hence they don’t require medicines or doctors or hospitals. They are leading a hale and healthy life. Even our elders and rishis grasped this aspect. They have learnt to co-operate with nature and were able to lead a healthy life.

We are falling a prey to temptations. We are eating not? what our body requires but what our tongue demands. We are eating without working we are not drinking water properly, not providing rest to the internal parts properly, not letting out waste matter properly.

Hyderabad Body Builder Mohtesham Khan wins Bronze at Musclemania world championship

2008-12-28T16:50:00.000+05:30

Hyderabad Body Builder Mohtesham Khan wins Bronze at Musclemania world championship
November 23, 2008

Mir Mohtesham Ali Khan, the acclaimed body builder from Hyderabad , has brought the rare honor to the country by winning Bronze medal at the Musclemania World Tour competition, the highly respected world bodybuilding championship in Las Vegas , California .

33 year old Mohtesham Ali Khan won the bronze in the heavy weight category of the world championship held at the Grand Hall of Golden Nugget Hotel in Las Vegas on Saturday. 6.2 ft tall Khan, who made it to top ten and then to top five on the first day of the competition gave impressive performance in the finals. The professional body builders from China and Columbia won the gold and the bronze medals.

Mohtesham, who before leaving Hyderabad last week had vowed to bring laurels to the country in the field where Indians do not have much to celebrate till now, said, "I had hoped and worked hard to leave my mark. Even then this victory is much more than what I had dreamt. Achieving something at this level of international competition is not easy", he said over phone for Las Vegas , Nevada .

Mohtesham Ali Khan is the first body builder from Andhra Pradesh to compete in the world bodybuilding championship.

Mohtesham, who works in the railways and has won several medals at the national level, said that he was thankful to God and the people who supported him. "I am very happy and I dedicate this victory to my country, my people. My wish of doing country proud is fulfilled", he said.

Mohtesham Ali Khan was the captain of 14 member Indian team, which participated in the Musclemania championship. This was again a rare honor bestowed upon a body builder from Hyderabad .

In a rare honor, a body builder from Hyderabad is leading the 14 member Indian team at the World Body Building Championship at Las Vegas in USA starting from today. Mir Mohtesham Ali Khan, winner of several titles in the country will be contesting for the Mr. World title in the heavy weight category of 90 kg plus.

Before leaving for the US , Mohtashem had told the reporters in Hyderabad that he was going with the hope and confidence of brining laurels to the country. "The record of Indian contestants at the international body building contest has not been too impressive in the past. I hope to improve it and bring laurels to our country", he said.

Premchand Degra was the only Indian to win the Mr. Universe title in 1988. Manohar Aitch and Mantosh Roy were the other winner of different tiles but Indians drew blank during the last two decades. 30 year old Mohtesham said that he will try his best to put an end to the drought.

33 year old Mohtesham, who exercises for four and a half hour every day and whose diet costs him Rs 1200 per day, rued that the body building does not get as much encouragement and patronage in India as in the other countries including the USA. "it is a good sports which encourages the youth to stay healthy and fit. It should be encourage and mad a passion for the youth", he said.

6.2 feet tall Mohtesham's diet include one kg chicken, 30 boiled eggs, 12 oranges, 250 gram oatmeal, and other fruits and vitamin powder. He said that he was strongly averse to the use of any steroids and never used them in his life.

The long list of Mohtesham's achievements includes winning the bronze at the Mr. India competition. He is also the thrice winner of Mr South India title, 8 time winner of Mr. South Central Railways, nine time winner of Mr AP and 8 time winner of Mr. Hyderabad.

For Mohtesham, another dream remains yet to be fulfilled.

"Arnold Schwarzenegger is my role model and I am looking forward to meet him"., he said.

Miss World 2008 Ksenya Sukhinova

2008-12-15T23:44:00.000+05:30

Ksenya Sukhinova from Russia blows a kiss on December 13, 2008 after being crowned Miss World 2008 at the miss world pageant held at Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg. Ksenya Sukhinova was crowned Miss World 2008 after beating 108 other international beauties in a glittering African extravaganza.

Miss Russia Ksenya Sukhinova (C) reacts on 12 December 2008 after being crowned Miss World 2008 after beating 108 other international beauties in a glittering African extravaganza held in yhr Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg.

Ksenya Sukhinova from Russia reacts on December 13, 2008 after being crowned Miss World 2008 at the miss world pageant held at Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg. Ksenya Sukhinova was crowned Miss World 2008 after beating 108 other international beauties in a glittering African extravaganza.

Miss Russia, Ksenya Sukhinova, is crowned Miss World on December 13, 2008 at the 2008 Miss World pageant held in Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa. 112 contestants paticipated in the competition.

Ksenya Sukhinova from Russia smiles on December 13, 2008 after being crowned Miss World 2008 at the miss world pageant held at Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg. Ksenya Sukhinova was crowned Miss World 2008 after beating 108 other international beauties in a glittering African extravaganza.

Miss Russia Ksenya Sukhinova (C) crowned 58th Miss World, Miss India Parvathay Omanakuttan (L) First runner up, and Miss Trinidad and Tobago Gabriel Walcott crowned second runner up wave on 13 December 2008 at the 2008 Miss world pageant held in Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa. Ksenya Sukhinova from Russia was crowned Miss World 2008 after beating 108 other international beauties in a glittering African extravaganza.

Ksenia Sukhinova, 20, adjusts her crown after winning the "Miss Russia" beauty contest in Moscow December 14, 2007.

Ksenia Sukhinova, 20, poses after winning the "Miss Russia" beauty contest in Moscow December, 14, 2007.

Ksenia Sukhinova, 20, poses during the "Miss Russia" beauty contest in Moscow December, 14, 2007.

Asked About her experience in the beauty pageant, the 5 feet 9 inches tall dusky beauty said: "It is a great journey for me."

Sukhinova also had won the contest's top model award and was third in the swimsuit competition. Miss South Africa Tansey Coetzee had made it to the final five.

"I think I can help people and I want to help people and today if I walk away with this crown I will do that," Sukhinova told judges through a translator after being asked why she should be crowned the winner.

M.K.GANDHI & HIS FAMILY

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M.K.GANDHI

Wife - Kasturba Gandhi

MOTHER - PUTLIBAI

FATHER - KARAMCHAND GANDHI

WITH HIS BROTHER - LAXMIDAS

SISTER - RALIAT BEN

M.K.GANDHI IN JOHHANESBURG

Rock-Cut Architecture - Free-Standing Structures

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Though rock-cut architecture differs from traditional buildings in many obvious ways, many are often made to replicate real architectural forms in the facades and even in their interiors. The interiors were usually carved out by starting at what would wind up being the roof and then working downward, for the obvious reason that stones would not be falling on one's head. The three main uses of rock-cut architecture were temples (like those in India), tombs (like those in Petra, Jordan) and cave dwelling (like those in Cappadocia, Turkey).

Another term sometimes associated with rock-cut architecture is monolithic architecture, but it would apply only to completely free-standing structures.

The technological skills associated with making these complex structures moved into China along the trade routes. The Longmen Grottoes, the Mogao Caves and the Yungang Grottoes consist of hundreds of caves many with statues of Buddha in them. Most were built between 460525 AD. There are extensive rock-cut buildings, including houses and churches in Cappadocia, Turkey. They were built over a span of hundreds of years prior to the 5th century CE. Emphasis here was more on the interiors than the exteriors.

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Horoscope Test

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If you are honest this tells the truth - it's pretty good

Write your answers on a piece of paper. No cheating!!

The answers are at the bottom of this page.

1. Write the name of a person of the opposite sex.

2. Which is your favourite colour out of red, black, blue, and green, yellow?

3. Your first initial?

4. Your month of birth?

5. Which colour do you like more, black or white?

6. Name of a person of the same sex as yours.

7. Your favourite number?

8. Do you like Sydney or Brisbane more?

9. Do you like a lake or the ocean more?

10. Write down a wish (a realistic one).

When you're done, scroll down. (Don't cheat)

Answers

1. You are completely in love with this person.

2. If you choose:

Red - You are alert and your life is full of love. Black - you are conservative and aggressive. Green - your soul is relaxed and you are laid back Blue - you are spontaneous and love kisses and affection from the ones you love. Yellow- you are a very happy person and give good advice to those who are down.

3. If your initial is:

A-K You have a lot of love to give in friendships in your life.
L-R You try to enjoy your life to the maximum and your love life is soon to blossom.
S-Z You like to help others and your future love life looks very good.

4. If you were born in: Jan-Mar: The year will go very well for you and you will discover that you fall in love with someone totally unexpected.

April-June: You will have a strong love relationship that will last long and the memories will last forever.
July-Sep: You will have a great year and will experience a major life-changing experience for the good.
Oct-Dec: Your love life will not be too great, but eventually you will find your soul mate.

5. If you chose..... Black: Your life will take on a different direction, it will be the best thing for you, and you will be glad for the change.

White: You will have a friend who completely confides in you and would do anything for you, but you may not realize it.

6. This person is your best friend.

7. This is how many close friends you have in your lifetime.

8. If you chose: Sydney: You like adventure. Brisbane: You are a laid back person.

9. If you chose:

Lake: You are loyal to your friends and your lover and are very reserved.
Ocean: You are spontaneous and like to please people.

10. This wish will come true only if you send this to five people in one hour. Send it to ten people, and it will come true before your next birthday!

Ratan Tata and Taj Hotel

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Taj Mahal Palace Tower

Hotel facts and statistics

Location Mumbai, India
Opening date December 16, 1903
Architect Sitaram Khanderao Vaidya and D. N. Mirza
No. of restaurants 11
No. of rooms 565
of which suites 46
No. of floors 10?

The Taj Mahal Palace hotel resort was commissioned by Jamsedji Tata and first opened its doors to guests on December 16, 1903. Tata allegedly decided to build the luxurious hotel after he was refused entry to one of the city's grand hotels of the time, Watson's Hotel, as it was restricted to 'whites only'. The original Indian architects were Sitaram Khanderao Vaidya and D. N. Mirza, but the project was completed by an English engineer W. A. Chambers. The cost of construction was 421 million Rupees. During World War I, the hotel was converted into a 600-bed hospital.
The side of the hotel seen from the harbour is actually its rear. The front faces away to the west. There is a widespread misconception that the architects' building plans were confused by the builder so that he built it facing away from the harbor. This is not true, as the hotel was deliberately built facing inland. This decision was probably a deliberate snub to the British king by Jamsedji Tata due to nationalist feelings. Some people believe that the front of the hotel had to face inland because the horse carriages, in which guests came to the hotel, could easily approach the hotel from the city. The carriages were then taken to Wellington Mews. Five decades ago, the old front was closed off, and since then, access has been made through the harbor-side entrance.
There used to be a Green's Hotel[2] at the Apollo Bunder, which was purchased by the Taj Mahal Hotel. It was at the Green's Hotel, that a small group of pro-Indian Goans (largely employees of the Indian state and communists) assembled and formed the Goan Liberation Council demanding that Portugal cede Goa to India, in the 1950s. This was done at the instigation of Jawaharlal Nehru, and funded by the Kamani Group of Companies. In 1973, Green's hotel was demolished and the present Tower wing was constructed in its place.

The Tata Titans

Is this the most influential person in India?

Not many people can scare automobile manufacturers, and few would do it in a county where it would take the average person over two decades to buy a car.

But Ratan Tata has achieved just that. In January 2008, after four years of labour and being the joke of the automobile industry, Tatan Motors unveiled a car which can sell for less than 100,000 rupees ($2,500).

Today, India finds itself in a far more mobile economy. If the rapid economic impacts linked with affordable automobile developments in North America and Western Europe hold true, Ratan may very well have changed India forever.

Tata Group

The Tata Group () is a multinational conglomerate based in Mumbai, India. In terms of market capitalization and revenues, Tata Group is the largest private corporate group in India. It has interests in steel, automobiles, information technology, communication, power, tea and hotels. The Tata Group has operations in more than 85 countries across six continents and its companies export products and services to 80 nations. The Tata Group comprises 98 companies in seven business sectors, 27 of which are publicly listed. 65.8% of the ownership of Tata Group is held in charitable trusts.

The group takes the name of its founder, Jamsetji Tata, a member of whose family has almost invariably been the chairman of the group. The current chairman of the Tata group is Ratan Tata, who took over from J. R. D. Tata in 1991 and is currently one of the major international business figures in the age of globality.

Message from Ratan Tata, Chairman, Tata Sons

Smoke billows from the Taj Mahal hotel, 29/11/08

The terrible wanton attacks last night [26 November 2008] on innocent people and the destruction of prominent landmarks in India deserve to be universally condemned. My sympathies and condolences go out to all those who have suffered, been injured, and those who have lost their loved ones in this terrible act of hatred and destruction.
We cannot replace the lives that have been lost and we will never forget the terrifying events of last night, but we must stand together, shoulder to shoulder as citizens of India, and rebuild what has been destroyed. We must show that we cannot be disabled or destroyed, but that such heinous acts will only make us stronger. It is important that we do not allow divisive forces to weaken us. We need to overcome these forces as one strong unified nation.

Romanov's Art

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Romanov Roman was born in 1966 in Siberia in the town of Kemerovo.He finished Kazan Art College in Tatarstan Republic. Later he got a higher technical education. After serving in the Army, where he organized the first exhibition, he worked as an industrial designer and an auto designer. Since 2000 he completely devoted himself to painting only.

Find a TV prog offensive? Govt to form committee to hear your complaints

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If you find yourself seething in indignation over a TV programme and are wondering whom to complain to, the government has just the forum for you.

You will be able to register a complaint with the District Monitoring Committee headed by a district collector or police commissioner. If you are not satisfied with their action, the state Monitoring Committee comprising higher level officials will be sure to give you a satisfactory answer.

But you may have to wait a while before you can register your complaint as the state government is still sitting on a proposal to set up such committees despite clear guidelines issued by the central government over eight months ago.

The issue came up for debate in state government circles when promos of the controversial Hindi film Deshdrohi were being aired on TV channels.

As it was being argued in the government whether the state has the right to ask TV channels to stop airing the promos, someone pointed out that the government is delaying the formation of Monitoring Committees — a mechanism to check unwanted material from being aired on TV channels.

In February this year, the order issued by the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting asking the state government to set up State and District level authorities has been gathering dust in the Mantralaya.

According to it, the state and district level committees will ensure compliance of the provisions in Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act- 1995. The I&B Ministry, in its communication to all states in February, had clearly stated the need to set up such committees.

Besides taking cognizance of the violation of programmes and advertisement codes (section 5 & 6 of the Act), the committees will also look into:l Operation of Cable Television networks without registration.

l Non-carriage of free-to-air channels and mandatory channels as per the list specified in the act.

Under the Act, the authorised officer (district collector or police commissioner) , is empowered to prohibit transmission of certain programmes, in public interest if any programme or channel carried by it is not in conformity with the prescribed programme code and advertisement code.

He can also do so if he feels any programme is likely to promote religion, race, language, caste or community or even disharmony or feelings of enmity, hatred or ill-will between different religious, racial, linguistic or regional groups or castes or communities or which is likely to disturb the public tranquillity.

Headache

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A headache is a symptom of an underlying disorder in the body and is not a disease in itself. There are several factors that contribute to the development of headaches and these include stress, dehydration, low blood sugar after missing meals, infections, high blood pressure, eye strain, brain aneurysms, brain tumors, sinusitis, head injury, and even premenstrual syndrome.

Most causes of the headaches are self-limiting, that is, they subside by themselves after a while or on removal of the causative factor. Those that do not resolve in this manner require further investigation and medical intervention.

Types

There are mainly five types of headaches. These include vascular, muscular, cervicogenic, traction, and inflammatory.

Vascular headaches are also known as migraines, but include other headaches such as toxic and cluster headaches. The pain can appear on either or both sides and can be associated with disturbances in vision and nausea and vomiting. At times, the pain can be so intense as to be incapacitating and can result in an individual being prostrated for the duration of the headache.
Muscular headaches occur from tensing of the head and neck muscles and can be called tension headaches. These may appear to start in the temples but usually radiate to the neck and upper back and shoulders.
Cervicogenic headaches occur due to a disorder in the bony skeleton of the neck and usually involve some amount of nerve root compression. These are also associated with restricted movement of the neck or the arms.
Traction headaches are caused by traction or pulling on the intracranial structures by abnormal structures such as masses.
Inflammatory headaches are caused due to infection and/or inflammation of the brain and surrounding structures. These are obviously symptoms of underlying disease and are cured by eliminating the underlying cause.

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Diagnosing a headache

A headache that does not have any other associated component is usually harmless and does not require any further investigation. If the headache is accompanied by other symptoms such as fever, altered vision, stiff neck, convulsions, loss of consciousness, pain in the ear, severe pain, vomiting, etc., immediate medical attention is required. Based on physical signs and other relevant history, additional investigations including either CT scan or MRI may be required to rule out serious causes for the symptom.

Treating a headache

Headaches respond well to mild analgesia. Individuals with chronic or recurrent headaches that have not been identified as having any organic cause demonstrable on radiological imaging can resort to maintaining a record of their activities of the day the headache occurred. This will help in identifying a specific pattern, if present, and will go a long way toward treating and avoiding further headaches.

Preventing a headache

Some simple measures, gradually incorporated into routine lifestyle, can help prevent headaches or at least to reduce their frequency of recurrence. A few points that need attention include:

Avoidance of irritants.
Maintaining a regular routine with regard to meals and bedtime.
Healthy diet with emphasis on vitamins, proteins, and micronutrients.
Fluid intake over 2 liter per day.
Avoidance of caffeine or alcohol.
De-stressing oneself when one notices signs of stress.
Relaxing.
Getting adequate sleep.
Reading in good illumination and with appropriate posture.
Staying happy and in positive company.

A few therapies that are yet to be proven medically as being efficacious in treating chronic headaches are also known. These include massages, aromatherapy, acupuncture, etc., and need cautious indulgence.

BEAUTI OF KOLKATA

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Beautiful Nail Art

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