In recent times, Police & Security Forces have used considerable physical force against demonstrators for peace and environmental issues. To what extent do you believe such force is justified?
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It is unjust behavior of police to use physical force or manhandle the demonstrators. I am absolutely against manhandling on the plea of maintaining law and order during demonstrations. This is a cruelty to fellowmen and it is inhuman.
In the democratic era when every citizen has the freedom of speech, question of beating-up any person or persons during demonstration is out of question. Demonstrators can be softly advised to maintain discipline and cooperate in traffic movement and not to resort to violent behavior and damage public or individual property.
Manhandling by police personnel can worsen the scenario and the protestors or demonstrators may turn angry and violent and may resort to arson and rioting that would further worsen the situation of peace and harmony & law and order.
Police personnel have their own attitudinal problem and have got into a habit of beating the people without knowing or taking trouble to assess the gravity of the situation and blindly resort to beating which is unfair.
During such man handling of public by police, it is not that only vandals are beaten up but the innocent young men women, old men & women, students, housewives, laborers, by-passers get victimized in police behavior for no fault of theirs. This is absolutely inhuman and can not be tolerated in democracy.
In a nutshell Police & Security personnel must be trained to deal with human beings with love and respect. However force has to be used only in extremely bad situations and not everywhere at random.
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Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Unforgettable Hours with a family of Musicians
I with my wife Manjula was in Lucknow from 10th Feb 2010 to 14th Feb 2010 for a social obligation (some ones wedding). On 14th Feb 2010 we had the honour of being invited guest at Sanjay Agarwal’s place. Sanjay is a masterpiece harmonica player. The beauty in his playing is the sharp accuracy that is second to none. In addition Sanjay is a great flower lover that the attached picture speaks. More-so his son aged 13 plays fantastic Fiddle (violin). We were flabbergasted to listen to his recitals. Not out of place to mention “Bade Miyan too Bade Miyan – Chhote Miyan Subhaan Allah” We were very warmly welcomed by them and served a beautiful delicious luncheon of variety of subjis, roties, dal and many more. We are flabbergasted with joy, fun and excitement on having such an excellent hospitality and food. We are highly thankful to this wonderful family of musicians. The videos of the occasion are uploaded for the viewing. T D Joshi Harmonica Player
Sunday, February 7, 2010
"Manage Stress"
Modern life is very stressful. People have to manage their time and other resources very carefully. How can they look after themselves when they are so busy?
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“Health is Wealth” is a proven fact best known to every one. If people work for wealth at the cost of their health, that is wrong. Health comes at first and wealth at second. No doubt the era is very fast and competition is tough in every field, and survival is for the fittest. In this scenario stress is inevitable, however one has to manage his or her stress in such a way that an individual’s efficiency and health is not affected, and one can manage his or her time and recourses effectively. In this essay we shall see some ways to manage stress.
Relaxation: Sit down at a comfortable place, close your eyes and suggest to your self, “I am calm. I feel relaxed. My hands are relaxed. My legs are relaxed. My torso is relaxed. My shoulders and neck are relaxed. My entire body is relaxed. I feel relaxed and calm. This process is called autosuggestion.
Visit nearest outing spot: Go to the harbor, the nearest beach, a lake, river bank or garden. Just sit there and feel it, smell it, hear it. You will feel relaxed.
Walking: Take a thirty minute walk. Try to relax while you walk. Don’t think of your current problems. Try to sense the smells, sounds, impressions and what you see and feel. You will feel relaxed.
Music: Listen to slow and light melodious music. You shall feel more relaxed.
Laughter: When you are stressed, laugh loudly in front of mirror. Remember “Laughter is the best medicine”.
Summarizing, one must find time to relax. If one relaxes as per above program he or she shall be able to manage available time and resources effectively without stress and look after own self.
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“Health is Wealth” is a proven fact best known to every one. If people work for wealth at the cost of their health, that is wrong. Health comes at first and wealth at second. No doubt the era is very fast and competition is tough in every field, and survival is for the fittest. In this scenario stress is inevitable, however one has to manage his or her stress in such a way that an individual’s efficiency and health is not affected, and one can manage his or her time and recourses effectively. In this essay we shall see some ways to manage stress.
Relaxation: Sit down at a comfortable place, close your eyes and suggest to your self, “I am calm. I feel relaxed. My hands are relaxed. My legs are relaxed. My torso is relaxed. My shoulders and neck are relaxed. My entire body is relaxed. I feel relaxed and calm. This process is called autosuggestion.
Visit nearest outing spot: Go to the harbor, the nearest beach, a lake, river bank or garden. Just sit there and feel it, smell it, hear it. You will feel relaxed.
Walking: Take a thirty minute walk. Try to relax while you walk. Don’t think of your current problems. Try to sense the smells, sounds, impressions and what you see and feel. You will feel relaxed.
Music: Listen to slow and light melodious music. You shall feel more relaxed.
Laughter: When you are stressed, laugh loudly in front of mirror. Remember “Laughter is the best medicine”.
Summarizing, one must find time to relax. If one relaxes as per above program he or she shall be able to manage available time and resources effectively without stress and look after own self.
(288 Words)
General about Car A/C
General about Car A/C
No wonder more folks are dying from cancer than ever before. We wonder where this stuff comes from but here is an example that explains a lot of the cancer causing incidents. Hmmm. Many people are in their cars first thing in the morning and the last thing at night, 7 days a week. As I read this, it makes me feel guilty and ill. Please pass this on to as many people as possible. Guess it’s not too late to make some changes.
Car A/C (Air Conditioning) MUST READ!!!
Please do NOT turn on A/C as soon as you enter the car.
Open the windows after you enter your car and turn ON the AC AFTER a couple of minutes.
Here’s why:
According to a research, the car dashboard, sofa, air freshener emit Benzene, a Cancer causing toxin (carcinogen – take time to observe the smell of heated plastic in your car).
In addition to causing cancer, Benzene poisons your bones, causes anaemia and reduces white blood cells.
Prolonged exposure will cause Leukaemia, increasing the risk of cancer and miscarriage.
Acceptable Benzene level indoors is 50mg per sq.ft. A car parked indoors with windows closed will contain 400-800 mg of Benzene.
If parked outdoors under the sun at a temperature above 60 degrees F, the Benzene level goes up to 2000-4000 mg, 40 times the acceptable level.
People who get into the car, keeping windows closed will inevitably inhale, in quick succession, excessive amounts of the toxin.
Benzene is a toxin that affects your kidney and liver… What’s worse, it is extremely difficult for your body to expel this toxic stuff.
So friends, please open the windows and door of your car – give time for interior to air out -dispel the deadly stuff – before you enter.
Thought: ‘When someone shares something of value with you and you benefit from it, you have a moral obligation to share it with others.’ Hence I have put it on my blogs please.
No wonder more folks are dying from cancer than ever before. We wonder where this stuff comes from but here is an example that explains a lot of the cancer causing incidents. Hmmm. Many people are in their cars first thing in the morning and the last thing at night, 7 days a week. As I read this, it makes me feel guilty and ill. Please pass this on to as many people as possible. Guess it’s not too late to make some changes.
Car A/C (Air Conditioning) MUST READ!!!
Please do NOT turn on A/C as soon as you enter the car.
Open the windows after you enter your car and turn ON the AC AFTER a couple of minutes.
Here’s why:
According to a research, the car dashboard, sofa, air freshener emit Benzene, a Cancer causing toxin (carcinogen – take time to observe the smell of heated plastic in your car).
In addition to causing cancer, Benzene poisons your bones, causes anaemia and reduces white blood cells.
Prolonged exposure will cause Leukaemia, increasing the risk of cancer and miscarriage.
Acceptable Benzene level indoors is 50mg per sq.ft. A car parked indoors with windows closed will contain 400-800 mg of Benzene.
If parked outdoors under the sun at a temperature above 60 degrees F, the Benzene level goes up to 2000-4000 mg, 40 times the acceptable level.
People who get into the car, keeping windows closed will inevitably inhale, in quick succession, excessive amounts of the toxin.
Benzene is a toxin that affects your kidney and liver… What’s worse, it is extremely difficult for your body to expel this toxic stuff.
So friends, please open the windows and door of your car – give time for interior to air out -dispel the deadly stuff – before you enter.
Thought: ‘When someone shares something of value with you and you benefit from it, you have a moral obligation to share it with others.’ Hence I have put it on my blogs please.
Thursday, February 4, 2010
“Make Important Change In School”
If you could make one important change in a school that you attended, what change would you make? Use reasons and specific examples to support your answer.
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Single most important change that I would like to make in my school is that teaching of English shall start from day one of the Grade—1. In this essay I shall elaborate on my viewpoint.
I studied in a school in Rajasthan—India. There teaching of English Language would start only from seventh grade. Similar is the case with other states in India like Gujarat, Bihar, UP and MP etc. Because of this students would study English for a short spell of time; pass out Matriculation and start college education where although English would not be a compulsory subject but medium of instruction would be English. As a result of this, students face tremendous amount of difficulties in grasping the subjects and they can’t perform well in their final examinations.
Schools in the new age are becoming a larger and larger driving force in popular culture. Schools perform large tasks for current world events. It is only the school education that opens many avenues for earning, a good employment and handsome salary thereby one does not only earn for livelihood but also creates wealth. Also one can make his or her dreams of becoming Doctor, Engineer, Businessman, Actor, Scientist, Pilot and Astronaut come true. In this extremely fast era of computerization and advance technology quite high level of education is the need of the hour.
In nutshell, as a change, I shall ensure that English as a language is taught right from day one a student is enrolled in Grade: 1. that make students thorough and fluent in Speaking, Listening, Reading and Writing of English and students can successfully communicate in English and fare well in examinations with high score.
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Single most important change that I would like to make in my school is that teaching of English shall start from day one of the Grade—1. In this essay I shall elaborate on my viewpoint.
I studied in a school in Rajasthan—India. There teaching of English Language would start only from seventh grade. Similar is the case with other states in India like Gujarat, Bihar, UP and MP etc. Because of this students would study English for a short spell of time; pass out Matriculation and start college education where although English would not be a compulsory subject but medium of instruction would be English. As a result of this, students face tremendous amount of difficulties in grasping the subjects and they can’t perform well in their final examinations.
Schools in the new age are becoming a larger and larger driving force in popular culture. Schools perform large tasks for current world events. It is only the school education that opens many avenues for earning, a good employment and handsome salary thereby one does not only earn for livelihood but also creates wealth. Also one can make his or her dreams of becoming Doctor, Engineer, Businessman, Actor, Scientist, Pilot and Astronaut come true. In this extremely fast era of computerization and advance technology quite high level of education is the need of the hour.
In nutshell, as a change, I shall ensure that English as a language is taught right from day one a student is enrolled in Grade: 1. that make students thorough and fluent in Speaking, Listening, Reading and Writing of English and students can successfully communicate in English and fare well in examinations with high score.
(281 Words)
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
“Losing Important Natural Resources”
Many parts of the world are losing important natural resources, such as forests, animals, or clean water. Choose one resource that is disappearing and explain why it needs to be saved. Use specific reasons and examples to support your opinion.
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Population is dramatically rising day and on. This rise in population gives rise to higher demand of every thing; like food, water, housing, industries, and business avenues. As a result, world over, natural resources like land, water, forests and livestock etc are depleting very fast.
Higher demand of housing and industrialization is aggravating depletion of land and clean water. Power generation consumes gigantic volume of water. However power is the most essential for human progress and development. Secondly because of increased housing and industrialization we lose huge area of agricultural land thereby causing reduction in crop produce and food crises. Extensive housing, greater industrialization, construction of roads, bridges and massive airports etc do not only result into depletion of land and water resource but also give rise to high degree of pollution; heat generation and global warming that is most alarming. Furthermore increased extensive use of automobiles; in addition to pollution and global warming; give rise to environment pollution and depletion of oil and gas resource. Oil is one of the precious natural resource; well known as “Black Gold”.
The resource that is disappearing is the animal resource. Because of deforestation, species lose their habitat and may die. Those animals some times migrate toward towns and are killed by human beings. Sometimes very large vessels carrying crude oil via sea may leak thereby polluting sea water resulting into killing of fishes, crocodiles, turtles, dolphins, and other under water species. Improper waste disposal or effluent also can cause water pollution thereby harming under water creatures. Animals are used for cultivating, poultry, and milk production and material handling and transport.
Summarizing, animal resource is the one that is disappearing. This needs attention and human consideration.
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Population is dramatically rising day and on. This rise in population gives rise to higher demand of every thing; like food, water, housing, industries, and business avenues. As a result, world over, natural resources like land, water, forests and livestock etc are depleting very fast.
Higher demand of housing and industrialization is aggravating depletion of land and clean water. Power generation consumes gigantic volume of water. However power is the most essential for human progress and development. Secondly because of increased housing and industrialization we lose huge area of agricultural land thereby causing reduction in crop produce and food crises. Extensive housing, greater industrialization, construction of roads, bridges and massive airports etc do not only result into depletion of land and water resource but also give rise to high degree of pollution; heat generation and global warming that is most alarming. Furthermore increased extensive use of automobiles; in addition to pollution and global warming; give rise to environment pollution and depletion of oil and gas resource. Oil is one of the precious natural resource; well known as “Black Gold”.
The resource that is disappearing is the animal resource. Because of deforestation, species lose their habitat and may die. Those animals some times migrate toward towns and are killed by human beings. Sometimes very large vessels carrying crude oil via sea may leak thereby polluting sea water resulting into killing of fishes, crocodiles, turtles, dolphins, and other under water species. Improper waste disposal or effluent also can cause water pollution thereby harming under water creatures. Animals are used for cultivating, poultry, and milk production and material handling and transport.
Summarizing, animal resource is the one that is disappearing. This needs attention and human consideration.
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“Live Performance & Concert versus Television”
Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Attending a live performance (for example, a play, concert, or sporting event) is more enjoyable than watching the same event on television. Use specific reasons and examples to support your opinion.
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I prefer to attend live shows in cases of concerts. This is mainly because concerts are rare and shall not be so soon telecasted. However those may be telecasted only after a long interval of time. But many movies from film industry are repeatedly available on Television and those can be viewed sitting in our comfortable arm chair with push back type high back seat. The main advantage and pleasure of attending a live concert is that you see many celebrities in person giving their performances that is most exciting. Imagine some one watching pictures of his or her darling and on the other hand seeing them in person. The latter one is very much pleasurable obviously.
Secondly you come across very high class, sophisticated and aristocrat gentry. Also you can see the eager and the excitement of the audience that is highly exciting in itself which otherwise one can not enjoy sitting at home and watching TV. One can make and develop new contacts that are beneficial for social life as well as for business.
However a sports event like Wimbledon Tennis, World Cup Cricket or even one day international matches it is not possible for every one to get entry there and watch personally. However if one has enough time and money he or she can watch. But very busy business class people can watch those events on television.
In conclusion, watching concerts and sports live and on television have their own merits.
Depending upon viewers’ type of business, availability of time etc one can either attend live program or watch it on television. I don’t see any demerits in any mode irrespective of witnessing it live or watching it on television.
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I prefer to attend live shows in cases of concerts. This is mainly because concerts are rare and shall not be so soon telecasted. However those may be telecasted only after a long interval of time. But many movies from film industry are repeatedly available on Television and those can be viewed sitting in our comfortable arm chair with push back type high back seat. The main advantage and pleasure of attending a live concert is that you see many celebrities in person giving their performances that is most exciting. Imagine some one watching pictures of his or her darling and on the other hand seeing them in person. The latter one is very much pleasurable obviously.
Secondly you come across very high class, sophisticated and aristocrat gentry. Also you can see the eager and the excitement of the audience that is highly exciting in itself which otherwise one can not enjoy sitting at home and watching TV. One can make and develop new contacts that are beneficial for social life as well as for business.
However a sports event like Wimbledon Tennis, World Cup Cricket or even one day international matches it is not possible for every one to get entry there and watch personally. However if one has enough time and money he or she can watch. But very busy business class people can watch those events on television.
In conclusion, watching concerts and sports live and on television have their own merits.
Depending upon viewers’ type of business, availability of time etc one can either attend live program or watch it on television. I don’t see any demerits in any mode irrespective of witnessing it live or watching it on television.
(284 Words)
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