PM Narendra Modi’s interaction with students on Teachers’ Day

PM Modi addresses the Youth at Global Citizen Festival in New York

PM Modi's address at Madison Square Garden

Don't Divorce the Past for Future

History of the  Yurt                                                                      

                                                                                                 Yurts have been a distinctive feature of life in Central Asia for at least three thousand years. The first written description of a yurt used as a dwelling was recorded by Herodotus of Halicarnassus, who lived in Greece between 484 and 424 BC. Herodotus, who is regarded as the father of history, was the first person in the world to record an accurate account of the past. He described yurt-like tents as the dwelling place of the Scythians, a horse riding-nomadic nation who lived in the northern Black Sea and Central Asian region from around 600 BC to AD 300. Thus, the yurt was described in the first historical document in the world.

                                                   Picture: Yurt homes in the countryside

Yurts have been continually in use since this time as habitation for the Mongolian nomadic peoples of the Central Asian Plateau. Archeological evidence proves that the first empire of steppe warriors in Central Asia, the Huns, who were active from the 4th to the 6th century AD, used yurts as their principal dwellings.

The Italian merchant Marco Polo was the first Westerner to visit the Mongolian Empire in the 14th century. He wrote, “...They [the Mongols] have circular houses made of wood and covered with felt, which they carry about with them on four-wheeled wagons wherever they go. For the framework of rods is so neatly and skillfully constructed that it is light to carry. And every time they unfold their house and set it up, the door is always facing south.” This south-facing orientation is still prevalent today, there being obvious advantages to this for people living well north of the Equator.

Picture: Ancient Mongolian ger cart

“The Secret History of the Mongols,” the classic account of the life of the famous Mongolian empire-builder Chinggis Khaan, known traditionally in the West as Genghis Khan, described a number of events related to yurts. 

…And so, when the people of the felt-walled tents had been brought to allegiance, in the Year of the Tiger (1206) they all gathered at the source of the Onan River. They hoisted the white standart with nine tails and there they gave Chinggis (Genghis) the title of Great Khaan.

… Great Chinggis (Genghis) Khaan gave the following order: 
…“Formerly, I had eighty men to serve as dayguards, Now, by the strength of Eternal Heaven, my power has been increased by Heaven and Earth and I have brought the entire people to allegiance, causing them to come under my sole rule, so now choose men to serve on roster as dayguards from the various thousands and recruit them for me. 

…”The nightguards at night lie down all around the Ger [Yurt] Palace; you, nightguards who stand guarding the door, shall hack any persons entering at night until their heads are split open and their shoulders fall apart, then cast them away. If any persons come at night with an urgent message, they must report to the nightguards and communicate the message to me while standing together with the nightguards at the rear of the Ger”

…”Entering into and going out from the Ger [Yurt] Palace must be regulated by the nightguards. At the door, the doorkeepers from the nightguards shall stand right next to the ger/yurt. Two from the nightguards shall enter into the ger and oversee the large kumis pitchers”

…”The campmasters from the nightguards shall go before Us and set up the Ger (Yurt) Palace. When We go falconing and hunting, the nightguards shall go falconing and hunting with us; but exactly one half of them shall stay at the carts”

Yurts are still the most common type of habitation in Mongolia and even in the capital city of Ulaanbaatar (sometimes known as Ulan Bator) more than half the population lives in yurts. A high percentage of the Mongolian population retains a nomadic lifestyle and yurts can be seen throughout the country, whether on the steppes, the Gobi Desert, or the mountainous regions in Central and Western Mongolia. 

The practicality, comfort, and portability of the yurt allow these people to live in the time-honored way, moving every few months together with their herds, which often include the long-haired goats that provide much coveted cashmere wool.

http://mongolian-yurt.com/Yurt-history.html

International Yoga Day

27 September 2014 – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, speaking in the name of 1.25 billion compatriots, issued a fervent plea from the podium of the United Nations General Assembly today for genuine global partnership to further peace, inclusive development and an environmentally sustainable world.

“No one country or group of countries can determine the course of this world,” he toldleaders of 193 nations on the fourth day of the Assembly’s 69th annual high-level meeting.

“There has to be a genuine international partnership. This is not just a moral position, but a practical reality. We need a genuine dialogue and engagement between countries. Our efforts must begin here - in the United Nations.”

Mr. Modi, whose country has been mentioned as a possible permanent member of an enlarged Security Council, the UN body that is now limited to 15 members, called for UN reform to reflect the current age. “Institutions that reflect the imperatives of 20th century won't be effective in the 21st,” he said, stressing the need to make the Council more democratic and participative.

He also called for concerted international efforts to combat terrorism and extremism and more stable and inclusive global development. “Globalization has created new poles of growth; new industries; and new source of employment,” he said.

“At the same time, billions live on the edge of poverty and want; countries that are barely able to survive a global economic storm. There has never been a time when it has seemed more possible than now to change this.”

Turning to environmental issues, he warned that “we need to change our lifestyles. Energy not consumed is the cleanest energy,” he said. “We can achieve the same level of development, prosperity and well-being without necessarily going down the path of reckless consumption. It doesn't mean that economies will suffer; it will mean that our economies will take on a different character.”

He highlighted the ancient Indian tradition of Yoga, embodying unity of mind and body, thought and action, restraint and fulfillment, as an active symbol of harmony between man and nature. “It is not about exercise but to discover the sense of oneness with yourself, the world and the nature,” he said.

“By changing our lifestyle and creating consciousness, it can help us deal with climate change. Let us work towards adopting an International Yoga Day.”

Since Wednesday, speakers have taken to the podium in the UN’s renovated General Assembly Hall to address the 193 Member State on the theme of “Delivering on and Implementing a Transformative Post-2015 Development Agenda” as well as urgent crises ranging from the ongoing conflicts in Syria, Iraq, Ukraine and South Sudan.

RESOLUTION TO BRING IN REVOLUTION

MAKE IN INDIA

How long and how far, chained to slavery?

Enslaved to ideas of self defeat and conceit,

Riding on past glories, hiding the burning miseries...

A nation of one billion expecting alms and arms from nations of mere millions!

Wake up from the deep slumber!

Drive away the evils that kill your soul!

Bury deep the heaps of divisions!

Prove, the nation belongs to all!

Heal the wounds of your  neighbor, if any!

Sow a good  seed, plant a sapling, sow a good  thought:

Show a path to the needy, shower selfless love on everybody,

Think that you can and we all can win this world

With words and deeds of wisdom. 

Make 'Make in India',  an idea of India!

rettavayal s krishnaswamy

PM's Message on Swachh Bharat

Dear Friends,
I am sure you have heard time and again that cleanlines is next
to Godlines. Alas, things are often diferent when it comes to puting
this into practice.
On 2nd October we are launching Swach Bharat Mision, a
masive mas movement, that seks to create a Clean India.
Cleanliness was very close to Mahatma Gandhi's heart. A clean India is the best tribute we can pay to Bapu when we celebrate his 150th birth anniversary in 2019. Mahatma Gandhi devoted his life so that India attains 'Swarajya' (self rule) . Now the time has come to devote ourselves towards 'Swachchata' (cleanliness) of our motherland.
I urge every one of you to devote at least hundred hours every
year, that is two hours every wek towards cleanlines. We can't let
India remain unclean any longer. On 2nd October I myself will set out with a broom and contribute towards this pious task.
Today, I apeal to everyone, particularly politcal and religious
leadership, mayors, sarpanchs and captains of industry to plan and
wholeheartedly engage in the task of cleaning your homes, work places, villages, cites and surroundings. I request your active support and participation in our collective quest o make a Swach Bharat.
Yours,
Narendra Modi

CELEBRATE THE MILESTONES!

ISRO’s Mangalyaan has sent the first image today. The pic was posted on the ISRO's Mars Obiter's twitter page. It was captioned:“The view is nice up here.” 

IF WE CAN REACH MARS, CAN'T WE REACH OUR BRETHREN?

India had around 500 small and big Maharajahs at the time of Independence. Democracy gave us millions of Maharajahs. These modern maharajahs are no less to our erstwhile pampered class.

Today the entire educated class, the rich and the elite  do behave as if they are the Kings and Queens of the cyber era. The education system is 'marks based'  just as her economy is 'market based'. These people do wear modern attires and all of them speak at least a few local languages and a foreign language. They fly and live globally. Quite often talk of the tiny Singapore's cleanliness. But once these flying souls' touch down our Indian towns they would start spitting, urinating,  throw the remnants of packed foods, burning cigarette buds and so on. I've not seen a shop in our towns keeping a dust bin out side their shops. As per our lofty tradition the first one to arrive would push the heap towards the adjacent shop's frontage and so on and the last one to arrive would push it on the road. 

The media in India is always known for their anti-Indian attitudes as it is customary here to adhere to 'love thy enemies'.  The media houses eat politics, drink cinema and breathe crime.  

When the new government took over and started to chalk out a plan for a 'clean up of rivers' , people started to question the results within a week's time. Cleaning up the Ganga river, that flows for 2500 kilometers - for the last ten thousand years at least- which  is a lifeline for around 400 million people ... and cleaning it in 100 days!

The educated elite in India is thinking that either the government will buy large machines from abroad and once they are made operational all the pollutants would be absorbed or some foreign  nations would come and tell us not to spit or pollute our rivers and for that too we may get some incentives from the government! One of the most fiery speakers of a political party considered this as a 'trivial/platform issues', when attention was drawn to this burning issue by the honorable PM of India. 


NOW OR NEVER
This is time we all change for the good. Should we ask our fellow countrymen clean up the mess we create every second? Are we having hearts in asking  them  to clean up the garbage? Do we ever thought paying them more if not the most? Can't we provide simple enough protective gears to fend from diseases? 

We can't have two Indias- one for the advantaged and for the disadvantaged. Stop polluting public places.  Vote for cleanliness and make others too to follow.  

Don't stop with the  simple morning pledge, ' India is my country. All Indians are my brothers and sisters.  I love my country and I am proud of its rich and varied heritage... please  do show you care for the workers who keep our public places clean, you care for India and  you care for this earth.

India Soars to Mars

One of the main objectives of the first Indian mission to Mars is to develop the technologies required for design, planning, management and operations of an interplanetary mission. 

Following are the major objectives of the mission: 

A. Technological Objectives:

• Design and realisation of a Mars orbiter with a capability to survive and perform Earth bound manoeuvres, cruise phase of 300 days, Mars orbit insertion / capture, and on-orbit phase around Mars.
• Deep space communication, navigation, mission planning and management.
• Incorporate autonomous features to handle contingency situations.

B. Scientific Objectives:

• Exploration of Mars surface features, morphology, mineralogy and Martian atmosphere by indigenous scientific instruments.

NO NEED OF ZOOS

NEW DELHI: In a hair-raising incident which was captured live on cameras, a white tiger killed a youth after he fell into the animal's moat in the Delhi zoo, an official said on Tuesday.

The incident, which took place between 12.30pm and 1pm, created a sensation and word soon spread through the city.

Eyewitnesses and zoo officials said the young man, who was later identified as Maqsood, a resident of Anand Parbat in Delhi, was leaning against the moat which separated the tiger enclosure from the visitors' gallery, tumbled into the dry moat and immediately was face to face with the tiger 'Vijay' which itself appeared initially surprised on seeing the human intrusion.

"As soon as the youth slipped and fell into the moat, the tiger approached him and silently watched him for nearly 15 minutes," Bittoo, an eyewitness, who recorded the entire incident on his mobile, told reporters.

He said what possibly provoked the tiger to attack the man was when onlookers and a guard tried to divert its attention by pelting stones at it.

"Everyone was pelting stones and making noises to divert the tiger's attention," Bittoo added. "It was then that the tiger pounced on the youth with his paw and dragged him inside his enclosure by his neck," Bittoo added.

Another eyewitness Himanshu said: "The man was cowering in fear and appeared to be pleading with folded hands to the tiger to spare him. The barricading around the tiger was hardly two to three feet in height."

Source: Financial Express

DASARA IN MYSORE

Coal is Our Goal

More than 7000 activists in Germany have formed a human chain eight kilometres long to protest against a proposed brown coal mine.The protestors, from 27 different countries, formed a chain between the German Village of Kerkwitz and Polish village of Grabice, which they say are in danger if the new mine goes ahead, according to RT.com.

The people who make people move out of their habitat must think of digging and sinking bore wells in big cities. I'm sure we will get any useful mineral  or crude from any part of our earth. Simple salt to  zinc or gold or copper must be available on any part of our earth. If nothing is there the earth we remove can be used for filling construction sites of in building constructions. Why don't we try that? 

I'not suggesting that all our cities must be used for explorations. But i feel the thinkers and planners who live in cities  and consume all the natural resources in the form of diesel,gas, or coal change their attitude towards the people who they want to displace and offer paltry compensation. 

Just because the city dwellers are educated and armed with a law of their choice they can't move out people who are there for thousands of years. The people who are to be removed never signed any documents that authorize the educated to remove them from their habitat. Still they are not literate. Is it not like snatching the bread from the hands of a blind man? Those who are with eyes and vision can only see their plight. 

 It is imperative on the part of the city dwellers to search for alternate options and think of ways of reducing the   consumption of natural resources. The sons and daughters of the jungle take very little or nothing from the jungle and the mountains and have been its protectors and in fact been protecting them. But it is an irony they have to take permission from the city dwellers to  gather honey collected by honey bees.  Similarly the city dwellers are armed with maps and stones marking ownership and asking the people to vacate. 

My call is simple. Do not ask any native community  to vacate or move out just because you want water, minerals, coal or oil. Search and do researches; explore and dig at your own backyards and then come to the  jungles.  Just because our buildings  are made of  concrete and steel, we can't steal the lands of the voiceless. 

Solutions:

Reduce population

Reduce concrete buildings

Return to the natural  ways of living (At least 30 % of the rural parts of the world still enjoy this luxury)

Reduce the pace of industrialization

Reduce your needs 

Scaling up the Gujarat model - The Hindu

Scaling up the Gujarat model - The Hindu

LIVE TO LOVE AND LOVE TO LIVE

SOLDIERS MAY  RETIRE BUT THE SOLDIER IN THEM NEVER RETIRES. PATRIOTISM IS THE BREATH FOR  THOSE  WHO  ARE ALIVE. 

PHOTO CHINA DAILY

Fill this Earth with Humans Alone!