Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Monday, December 29, 2008
Another story
Nindi chacha ji rang up the other day and I rememvered another story of mine. He used to take me for swimming. One day I wouldn't come out of the pool. HE told me let play dum and told me to hold my nose and put my head under water. I never went to the pool again. I was teasing him sometime back that but for u i would have learnt swimming. He said what to do you refused to come out of it.
Another one harjit chacha ji would tell every time we met. Apparently they used to take me out so that they would get to drive the car. They must have banged it that day. It seems they bribed me with a lot of things so that I wouldn't tell papa. But the first thing I did on arriving home was tell papa. he said all that bribe didn't work.
Another one harjit chacha ji would tell every time we met. Apparently they used to take me out so that they would get to drive the car. They must have banged it that day. It seems they bribed me with a lot of things so that I wouldn't tell papa. But the first thing I did on arriving home was tell papa. he said all that bribe didn't work.
Friday, December 26, 2008
Nita dig dig payee
Just remembered the story yesterday. They used to teach us classical dance in our school. must have been lkg or ukg, I think oce or twice when the teacher was absent they tried to fill in the gap by teaching us. The rythm went, ta thai, tat thai , tiga tig tig tai, but I came home repeated it and insisted it was neeta dig dig payee.
Quotations
JUSTICE is the machine that when someone has given it a starting push, rolls on of itself. Galsworthy
KNOWLEDGE is like a deep well, fed by perennial springs, and your mind is the little bucket that you drop into it; you will get as much as you can assimilate. Lala Har Dayal
KNOWLEDGE is like a deep well, fed by perennial springs, and your mind is the little bucket that you drop into it; you will get as much as you can assimilate. Lala Har Dayal
Mother And child
She has the right to be a guardian.
Minister for Women and Child Development Renuka Choudhry has the support of The and Tribune and all right-thinking people for her plan to make it obligatory to mention the names of both parents in all the certificates of a child.The issue cropped up over denial of passport to a teenage girl in Mumbai because she refused to mention the name of her biological father in passport application.The passport officer didnot accept her mother's name as a substitute for her father's name.Since her father had never communicated with her since the day she was born, she thought it justified to leave his name out. She was brought up by her mother with whom she lived even at the time she applied for a passport.It is a measure of patriarchal nature of our society taht the passport office told her she could mention the name of her foster father, but not her mother.
The passport office should have been satisfied with the mother's name.The problem would not have arisen if the girl's certificates mentioned the name of her mother also.In any case, the law has to change in the light of sweeping changes in society. With the divorce rate going up and living-in relationships becoming common in cities, children are the worst sufferers.Society has a responsibility to make their life easier by doing away with cumborsome procedures.Courts have passes decrees in divorce cases that mothers are the natural guardians. In a mojority of such cases , the custody of child is given to the mother.Yet, passport offices insist on the father's consent if a mother enjoying the guardianship of thechild applies for a passport on her behalf.
The supreme court had in the Gita Hariharan case ruled that the mother should be given equal rights as a natural guardian.It ruled against the argument that this was contrary to the Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act on the ground that Parliament would not have passed the act in 1956, if it had transgressed the principles of equality of sexes contained in the Constitution, which came into force full 6 years earlier. It will be a furtherance of these progressive rulings if the minister succeeds in her attempts to make it obligatory mention the names of both parents in a child's certificate.
P.s. Don't I remember having a tough time filling up forms.
P.s.I just try to post editorials or articles related to the issue . This one is a Tribune edotorial.
Minister for Women and Child Development Renuka Choudhry has the support of The and Tribune and all right-thinking people for her plan to make it obligatory to mention the names of both parents in all the certificates of a child.The issue cropped up over denial of passport to a teenage girl in Mumbai because she refused to mention the name of her biological father in passport application.The passport officer didnot accept her mother's name as a substitute for her father's name.Since her father had never communicated with her since the day she was born, she thought it justified to leave his name out. She was brought up by her mother with whom she lived even at the time she applied for a passport.It is a measure of patriarchal nature of our society taht the passport office told her she could mention the name of her foster father, but not her mother.
The passport office should have been satisfied with the mother's name.The problem would not have arisen if the girl's certificates mentioned the name of her mother also.In any case, the law has to change in the light of sweeping changes in society. With the divorce rate going up and living-in relationships becoming common in cities, children are the worst sufferers.Society has a responsibility to make their life easier by doing away with cumborsome procedures.Courts have passes decrees in divorce cases that mothers are the natural guardians. In a mojority of such cases , the custody of child is given to the mother.Yet, passport offices insist on the father's consent if a mother enjoying the guardianship of thechild applies for a passport on her behalf.
The supreme court had in the Gita Hariharan case ruled that the mother should be given equal rights as a natural guardian.It ruled against the argument that this was contrary to the Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act on the ground that Parliament would not have passed the act in 1956, if it had transgressed the principles of equality of sexes contained in the Constitution, which came into force full 6 years earlier. It will be a furtherance of these progressive rulings if the minister succeeds in her attempts to make it obligatory mention the names of both parents in a child's certificate.
P.s. Don't I remember having a tough time filling up forms.
P.s.I just try to post editorials or articles related to the issue . This one is a Tribune edotorial.
Monday, December 22, 2008
Quotations
HAPPINESS is not having what you want, but wanting what you have.Dr.HJ.Schachtel
HEALTH is not a condition of matter,but of mind;nor can the material senses bear reliable testimony on the subject of health. maru Baker Eddy
HOME is the rsort of love,of joy,of peace,and plenty,where supporting and supported, polished friends and dearest relatives mingle into bliss. Thomson
HONOUR is most capricious in her rewards-she feeds us with air, and often pulls doen our house to build our monument.Charles Caleb Colton
HOPE is the dream of a man who is wide awake. Anonymous
HUMOUR is an affirmation of dignity, a declaration of man's superiority to all that befalls him. Romain Gary
HYPOCRISY is the homage which vice pays to virtue. La Rochefoucauld
HEALTH is not a condition of matter,but of mind;nor can the material senses bear reliable testimony on the subject of health. maru Baker Eddy
HOME is the rsort of love,of joy,of peace,and plenty,where supporting and supported, polished friends and dearest relatives mingle into bliss. Thomson
HONOUR is most capricious in her rewards-she feeds us with air, and often pulls doen our house to build our monument.Charles Caleb Colton
HOPE is the dream of a man who is wide awake. Anonymous
HUMOUR is an affirmation of dignity, a declaration of man's superiority to all that befalls him. Romain Gary
HYPOCRISY is the homage which vice pays to virtue. La Rochefoucauld
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Quotations
GAMBLING is a kind of tacit confession that those engaged theirin do, in general exceed the bounds of their respective fortunes;and therefore they cast lots to determine on whom the ruins shall at present fall , that the rest may be saved a little longer. Blackstone
GENIUS is one percent inspiration and ninety nine percent perspiration.Alexander Graham Bell
GLAMOUR is what makes a man ask for your telephone number.But it also makes a woman ask foe the name of your dressmaker.Llly Dache
GOSSIP is always a personal confession either of malice or imbecility.J.G.Holland
GENIUS is one percent inspiration and ninety nine percent perspiration.Alexander Graham Bell
GLAMOUR is what makes a man ask for your telephone number.But it also makes a woman ask foe the name of your dressmaker.Llly Dache
GOSSIP is always a personal confession either of malice or imbecility.J.G.Holland
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Just A Thought
When one keeps hearing the horror of Mumbai Attack, often a line comes --60 hrs of ordeal not knowing what will happen, suddenly my memory was jogged by 1984 riots. I was in Delhi then, Though we were lucky in the sense that very little happened in our area, some shops were looted in the market, I remember when the area next to us was attacked and we could hear gunshots and thought we were the next target. Luckily some people in that area were armed and repelled the crowds but I guess even we went throught the same emotions in our own country with no one to look upto except God. Shireen was small but sunny was sitting in a corner terrified. I still remeber the expression on his face.
Papa told the other day he met a sports person who is employed in police at a match. He had saved some players who were living in the stadium at that time for a training camp. seems the south indian basketball players hid him between them (they are tall) and brought him to the stadium after they met him at station(he had his service revolver with him as was returning from a training camp). And he fired at the crowds
and saved those players in the stadium. Time passes , memories fade.
But I hope public is able to bring about a major change in the ideology of people, govt.One shud never lose hope for a change for better.
Papa told the other day he met a sports person who is employed in police at a match. He had saved some players who were living in the stadium at that time for a training camp. seems the south indian basketball players hid him between them (they are tall) and brought him to the stadium after they met him at station(he had his service revolver with him as was returning from a training camp). And he fired at the crowds
and saved those players in the stadium. Time passes , memories fade.
But I hope public is able to bring about a major change in the ideology of people, govt.One shud never lose hope for a change for better.
Saturday, December 13, 2008
Quotations
FAILURE is often God's own tool for carving some of finest outlines in the character of his children;and even in this life,bitter and crushing failures have often in them the germs of new and quite unimagined happiness. T.Hodgekin
FAITH is abird, that can see the light when it is dawn and starts singing in the dark. Rabindranath Tagore
FAME is the perfume of heroic deeds. Socrates
FREEDOM is one of the most precious gifts that the heavens have bestowed on men, with it treasures locked in the earth and hidden in the depths of sea are not compared. Don Quixote
FRIENDSHIP is constant in all other things, Save in the office and affairs of love. William Shakespeare
FAITH is abird, that can see the light when it is dawn and starts singing in the dark. Rabindranath Tagore
FAME is the perfume of heroic deeds. Socrates
FREEDOM is one of the most precious gifts that the heavens have bestowed on men, with it treasures locked in the earth and hidden in the depths of sea are not compared. Don Quixote
FRIENDSHIP is constant in all other things, Save in the office and affairs of love. William Shakespeare
Friday, December 12, 2008
Quotations
EARNESTNESS is the devotion of all the faculties-It is the cause of patience;gives endurance;overcomes pain;strengthens weakness;braves dangers;sustains hope;makes light of difficulties, and lessens the sense of weariness in overcoming them.Christian N. Bovee
EGOTISM is the identifying of that power that sees with the power of seeing. Patanjali
ELEGANCE is something more than ease- more than a freedom from awkwardness and restrain.-It implies a decision,apolish, and a sparkling which is spirited, yet delicate. William Hazlitt
ENVY is akin to admiration, and it is the admiration that the rich and powerful excite which secures the perpetuation of aristocracies. Henry George
ERROR There are errors which no wise man will treat with rudeness while there is a probablilty taht they may be refraction of some great truth still below the horizon. S.T.Coleridge
EXAMPLE is school of mankind, they will learn at no other. Edmund Burke
EXPERIENCE is the comb, which nature gives to men when they are bald. Lord Snell
EGOTISM is the identifying of that power that sees with the power of seeing. Patanjali
ELEGANCE is something more than ease- more than a freedom from awkwardness and restrain.-It implies a decision,apolish, and a sparkling which is spirited, yet delicate. William Hazlitt
ENVY is akin to admiration, and it is the admiration that the rich and powerful excite which secures the perpetuation of aristocracies. Henry George
ERROR There are errors which no wise man will treat with rudeness while there is a probablilty taht they may be refraction of some great truth still below the horizon. S.T.Coleridge
EXAMPLE is school of mankind, they will learn at no other. Edmund Burke
EXPERIENCE is the comb, which nature gives to men when they are bald. Lord Snell
Friday, December 5, 2008
Quotations
DEATH ia only a beautiful adventure. Charles Frohman
DECENCY is the least of all laws, but yet it is the law which is most strictly observed.W.Rochefoucauld
DEFEAT is nothing but educatio,nothing but first step to something better. W.Phillips
DESPAIR is conclusion of fools. Benjamin Disraeli
DEVIL is no idle spirit, but a vagrant,runagate walker, that never rests in one placepThe motive, cause and main intention of his walking is to ruin man.T.Adams
DIALOGUE is just lyrics that don't rhyme.Nat 'KING' Cole
DIPLOMACY is to do and say nastiest things in nicest way. Isaac Goldberg
DISCRETION is the perfection of reason and a guide to us in all the duties of life -It is only found in men of sound sense and good understanding. Jean Dela Bruyer
DISGRACE is not in the punishment, but in the crime.Alfieri
DOUBT is the beginning , not end of wisdom. George Hess.
DUTY is the power that rises with us in the morning, and goes to rest with us at night. It is co-existence with the action of our intelligence.It is the shadow that cleaves to us, go where we will. Gladstone
DECENCY is the least of all laws, but yet it is the law which is most strictly observed.W.Rochefoucauld
DEFEAT is nothing but educatio,nothing but first step to something better. W.Phillips
DESPAIR is conclusion of fools. Benjamin Disraeli
DEVIL is no idle spirit, but a vagrant,runagate walker, that never rests in one placepThe motive, cause and main intention of his walking is to ruin man.T.Adams
DIALOGUE is just lyrics that don't rhyme.Nat 'KING' Cole
DIPLOMACY is to do and say nastiest things in nicest way. Isaac Goldberg
DISCRETION is the perfection of reason and a guide to us in all the duties of life -It is only found in men of sound sense and good understanding. Jean Dela Bruyer
DISGRACE is not in the punishment, but in the crime.Alfieri
DOUBT is the beginning , not end of wisdom. George Hess.
DUTY is the power that rises with us in the morning, and goes to rest with us at night. It is co-existence with the action of our intelligence.It is the shadow that cleaves to us, go where we will. Gladstone
Monday, December 1, 2008
Quotations
A CELEBRITY is a person who works hard all his life to become well known, then wears dark glasses to avoid being recognized. Fred Allen
CHARM is that extra quality that defies descreption. Alfred Lunt
CONSCIENCE is a great ledger book in which all our offences are written and registered, and which time reveals to sense and feeling of the offender. Henry Burton
COURTESY is like grace and beauty in the body, which charm at first sight, and lead on to further intimacy and friendship. Montaigue
COMMON SENSE is inspite of, not the result of education. Victor Hugo
COWARDICE is not synonymous with prudence-It often happens that the better part of descretion is valour.W.Hazlitt
CRITICISM is often a trade as a science;requiring more health than wit , more labour than capacity, more practive than genius. J.de La Bruyere
CHARM is that extra quality that defies descreption. Alfred Lunt
CONSCIENCE is a great ledger book in which all our offences are written and registered, and which time reveals to sense and feeling of the offender. Henry Burton
COURTESY is like grace and beauty in the body, which charm at first sight, and lead on to further intimacy and friendship. Montaigue
COMMON SENSE is inspite of, not the result of education. Victor Hugo
COWARDICE is not synonymous with prudence-It often happens that the better part of descretion is valour.W.Hazlitt
CRITICISM is often a trade as a science;requiring more health than wit , more labour than capacity, more practive than genius. J.de La Bruyere
Memories
You wouldn't , she passed away shortly after we moved to Civil Lines. She came to look after us once while we were in civil lines when mum and dad were away. Dishes were always washed outside the kithen in millarganj. And we had a special place made outside the kithen , remember the tap in the corner foe when she would come. While she was there with us dishes were washed in that corner. Papa tells when no body was talking to raj manji she had specially sent clothes for the new born through him secretly. He always used to get these things to do that is why he is familiar with the rest of family outside Ludhiana since he was in Airforce and usd to travel.
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Memories
With A lot of things happening I have sort of lost thread of what I was writing in past, so I think I'll keep writing whatever I remember and leave the sequence aside. Also I might repeat myself but excuse me for my memory.
I remember my paternal Grandmother as a rosy cheeked plump lady who always had something for us. I remember her with a pile of bangles by her side and distributing them to us. She is the one who named Guns gungun cause believe it or not she was a gungun when she was baby with a mass of curly golden hair. She used to do a lot of Sewa at Ramgarhia Gurudwara and I also remember her doing sewa there. As she was born and brought up in Jabalpur she used to read Hindi newspaper and was more fluent in Hindi. She was eldest of five daughters and a brother.Her father was a big contractor in jabalpur. Infact there is a colony named Hari singh nagar after him in jabalpur. Part of property he owned was Plaza Talkies. And papa says at one time her brother even owned a hockey team. She also used to make thrHer ead from old clothes and get it rewoven into sheets . infact we still have one or two. I remember her with a wooden thing twisting thread on it. I don't know the name for it.
I remember my paternal Grandmother as a rosy cheeked plump lady who always had something for us. I remember her with a pile of bangles by her side and distributing them to us. She is the one who named Guns gungun cause believe it or not she was a gungun when she was baby with a mass of curly golden hair. She used to do a lot of Sewa at Ramgarhia Gurudwara and I also remember her doing sewa there. As she was born and brought up in Jabalpur she used to read Hindi newspaper and was more fluent in Hindi. She was eldest of five daughters and a brother.Her father was a big contractor in jabalpur. Infact there is a colony named Hari singh nagar after him in jabalpur. Part of property he owned was Plaza Talkies. And papa says at one time her brother even owned a hockey team. She also used to make thrHer ead from old clothes and get it rewoven into sheets . infact we still have one or two. I remember her with a wooden thing twisting thread on it. I don't know the name for it.
Quotations
BEAUTY is worse than wine;it intoxicates both holder and beholder. Zimmerman
BLUSH is the colour of virtue. Diogenes
BOLDNESS is ever blind,for it sees not dangers and inconveniences;whence it is bad in council though good in execution. Francis Bacon
BROADMINDEDNESS is the result of flattening highmindedness out. George Saintsbury
BLUSH is the colour of virtue. Diogenes
BOLDNESS is ever blind,for it sees not dangers and inconveniences;whence it is bad in council though good in execution. Francis Bacon
BROADMINDEDNESS is the result of flattening highmindedness out. George Saintsbury
Saturday, November 29, 2008
Quotable quotes.
I found this book presented to Shireen by Harjot(who is not with us anymore) and decided to put it on net.It seemed irrelevent after the recnt happenings but I decided to go ahead with it . It goes Alphabetically.
ADMIRATION is a very short - lived passion that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object. Joseph Addison
ADVICE is like snow; the softer it falls the longer it dwells upon, the deeper it sinks into mind. S.T.Coleridge
ANGER is warmth which lights itself. An African Saying.
ANXIETY is rust of life destroying its brightness and weakening its power.A childlike and abiding trust in Providence is its best preventive remedy.
APOLOGY is only egotism wrong side out- Nine times out of ten the first thing a man's companion knows of his shortcomings, is from his apology. O.W.Holmes
APPLAUSE is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim for weak ones. Charles Caleb Colton
ATHIESM is rather in life than in the heart of man. Francis Bacon
AVARICE, in old age is foolish; for what can be more absurd than to increase our provisions for the road as we approach to our journey's end. M.T.Cicero
ADMIRATION is a very short - lived passion that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object. Joseph Addison
ADVICE is like snow; the softer it falls the longer it dwells upon, the deeper it sinks into mind. S.T.Coleridge
ANGER is warmth which lights itself. An African Saying.
ANXIETY is rust of life destroying its brightness and weakening its power.A childlike and abiding trust in Providence is its best preventive remedy.
APOLOGY is only egotism wrong side out- Nine times out of ten the first thing a man's companion knows of his shortcomings, is from his apology. O.W.Holmes
APPLAUSE is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim for weak ones. Charles Caleb Colton
ATHIESM is rather in life than in the heart of man. Francis Bacon
AVARICE, in old age is foolish; for what can be more absurd than to increase our provisions for the road as we approach to our journey's end. M.T.Cicero
Terror
Seems like these are going to be new kind of wars. Refelects the state of affairs in the world. Everything is without rhyme or reason, total chaos. Human life has no value. Ethics have taken a beating. Is it any different from what is happening in normal life around us. All I can say Is I dread the future , what it holds for us. Suddenly life is not so beautiful anymore.
Monday, November 17, 2008
Back Home
It seems like a dream now as I am back to routine. But it was a good trip. Thanks to everyone who managed to spring the surprise and all those who managed to keep it under wraps. Hope to post photos soon abouth the trip. I'll always remember my scoring my half century.And may we manage many more occasions like this. Hope to keep up my walking practice though it looks like a distant dream as by the time i get home its dark and will I ever manage to get up early enough.
Friday, October 10, 2008
Guru
Well I have renamed Simran boy on my phone as Guru as Simran boy and girl kept getting confused, As some of his friends used to call him that. The other day shireen thought I had a message from God as she read the meassage 'dont worry'.
Also he didn't like the look of my blog so he has changed it. I think I liked my orange and Red, But lets have every one's opinion.
Also he didn't like the look of my blog so he has changed it. I think I liked my orange and Red, But lets have every one's opinion.
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Gap
Well a lot has happend to keep me away from blogging. So I have sort of lost flow of my writing, Hope I'll regain it. First Dad caught a bout of viral fever which he insists it wasn't , only becuase there were chillies in food. So its completely boiled food now. Ofcourse now he says he has gained weight and is back to having apple for breakfast etc.etc. Where is my will in these matters. Then Mum hasn't been keeping well, it's difficult to watch her being confined to the house and everytime she falls , she loses more and more confidence. Hope atleast she will regain enough health to atleast move about on her own. And ofcourse my biggest surprise in life. Its left me speechless and I went blank for a while.Thanks everyone, I think i'll start another blog on full story, And I'll start writing after i get pics.As simran is away i'll start from beginning, so u guys will have to wait for that.Bye for now
Saturday, August 9, 2008
quit india movement
Today is 9th august . Dad remembered the day . he was in 6th class. and a rally was held in daresi ground and they also got down from their class which was on upper floor and shouted slogans of angrez bharat choro. Later around the same dates hiroshima and nagasaki were bombed. he missed out twice on 10th exams as riots would start and they lived on the other side of town from where his school was. His friend Om Joshi's father was hit by a stray bullet during one of these times while he was sitting inside the house and passed away, which was in old city. They have been friends since school days. Uncle was brilliant and had tooped Punjab Board. Dad says he would teach tution to the students of previous class. Lare on he taught in Simla and Sangrur before migrating to canada where he lives in Prince Edward Islands and retired as a school principle.
Monday, August 4, 2008
Village sangatpur
According to Mum she used to make cow dung cakes on the sly as she wasn't allowed to do so. Also she wanted to go to the well with others to bring water and she used to break earthen pot everyday so bapu ji bought her a brass pot to do so. She stayed with them, while rest of the family went back after world war 2 was over. I seems Bapu ji took retirement secretly ,didn't tell his wife and came back to India around 1940 or 41 because of world war II , he was scared tahat the japanese would come and take over the country. Only Bhapa ji, and Joga chacha ji satyed behind. recently when Joga Uncle came to India he told us, that they used to hide in a school nearby and he was fascinated by some poster paintings there and how he stole and hid them .Mum was sent back around 1947 back to Malaysia with friends beacuase of partition. There's another story how when went back she failed in each subject the first year because of change in teaching medium to English.Yesterday we went to have dinner at bhuaji's . she said they used to walk 1 1/2 mile to school. there were about four,five of them who were sent with an old lady. It was very difficult topersuade people to send girls to school as they were wanted home to do household chores. Boys school was even further . papa says they had a daily 5 mile walk to school when he was in village. he took us to see the school once.The govt school is still there. Recntly when we had his friends granddaughter from canada visiting , he took her to see their old school arya school in ludhiana where he and her grandfather used to sit together on the same bench. he was surprised to find that the same desk was still there. Probably had something written on it.
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Family tree (mums)
(help required with Names)
Hardit Udai Singh Sohanpal m rattan kaur
had three sons
*Niranjan Singh m Nirmal Kaur of Kot Badal Khan(Malaysia)
**Ranjit Kaur m Dhanwant Singh Bhogal(Ludhiana)(Mum And Dad)
***Aneetapreet (me)
****Mansharan Kaur m Akshat Seth(Lucknow)
****Gursimran Singh
***Parmeeta m Xavier Fernandez(Spain)
**** Naira
**** Mikil
*** Sunita m Anup Kapur(Delhi)
Uday
*** Vaneeta m Maneesh kaura(Germany)
**Balbir Singh m Hans Kaur (Malaysia)
***Hardeepak Singh
***Hardev Singh
**Rabinder(Puri) m Gomez (Malaysia)
***Rehan
***Danny
**Daljit Singh M Angela Ramkumari(Trinidad)
***Sumeet Sohanpal
***Simran Sohanpal
**Tejinder Singh m Rani (Malaysia)
***Jasdev singh
***Harveen Kaur
***Sandev Kaur
**Harbhajan Singh (Malaysia)
***Kirat
***Shashi
**Jasbinder m Surinder Singh Bhogal(Ludhiana)
***Rohanjeet Singh
***Randeep Singh m Simran Malhotra
**Surinder Kaur m Bhagwinder Singh(Malaysia)
***Harish
***Taswinder Kaur(tessie)
***Kishan
**Sachinder Kaur m Jasdev S. Aujla(Vancouver)
***Jaskiran Kaur
***Mankiran Kaur
***Navkiran Kaur
**Patwant Singh m Chris(Malaysia)
***Jaideep Singh
***Mandev Singh
***Jasleen Kaur
*Joga singh m Ajit Kaur of Baloki(England)
**Baby m
*** 2 sons
**Sajinder m Anil
*** 2 sons
**Kingy m Chris
** 2 sons and 1 daughter
*Harcharan Singh m Balwinder Kaur of Dakoha(England)
**Harinder Kaur m Rick
*** 1 daughter 1 son
**Meenu m Steven
*** 2 sons
**Sonia m Micky
** 1 son 1 daughter
Jagdeep m Harpreet
Grandmother Nirmal Kaur's side
Three brothers four sisters
*Sohan singh Birdi
*Gursharan S. Birdi
*Gyan Singh Birdi
*Nirmal Kaur m Niranjan S.Sohanpal
*Jamna m ?
*Harbans Kaur m Pritam Singh
*Dev Uncles's mother
Hardit Udai Singh Sohanpal m rattan kaur
had three sons
*Niranjan Singh m Nirmal Kaur of Kot Badal Khan(Malaysia)
**Ranjit Kaur m Dhanwant Singh Bhogal(Ludhiana)(Mum And Dad)
***Aneetapreet (me)
****Mansharan Kaur m Akshat Seth(Lucknow)
****Gursimran Singh
***Parmeeta m Xavier Fernandez(Spain)
**** Naira
**** Mikil
*** Sunita m Anup Kapur(Delhi)
Uday
*** Vaneeta m Maneesh kaura(Germany)
**Balbir Singh m Hans Kaur (Malaysia)
***Hardeepak Singh
***Hardev Singh
**Rabinder(Puri) m Gomez (Malaysia)
***Rehan
***Danny
**Daljit Singh M Angela Ramkumari(Trinidad)
***Sumeet Sohanpal
***Simran Sohanpal
**Tejinder Singh m Rani (Malaysia)
***Jasdev singh
***Harveen Kaur
***Sandev Kaur
**Harbhajan Singh (Malaysia)
***Kirat
***Shashi
**Jasbinder m Surinder Singh Bhogal(Ludhiana)
***Rohanjeet Singh
***Randeep Singh m Simran Malhotra
**Surinder Kaur m Bhagwinder Singh(Malaysia)
***Harish
***Taswinder Kaur(tessie)
***Kishan
**Sachinder Kaur m Jasdev S. Aujla(Vancouver)
***Jaskiran Kaur
***Mankiran Kaur
***Navkiran Kaur
**Patwant Singh m Chris(Malaysia)
***Jaideep Singh
***Mandev Singh
***Jasleen Kaur
*Joga singh m Ajit Kaur of Baloki(England)
**Baby m
*** 2 sons
**Sajinder m Anil
*** 2 sons
**Kingy m Chris
** 2 sons and 1 daughter
*Harcharan Singh m Balwinder Kaur of Dakoha(England)
**Harinder Kaur m Rick
*** 1 daughter 1 son
**Meenu m Steven
*** 2 sons
**Sonia m Micky
** 1 son 1 daughter
Jagdeep m Harpreet
Grandmother Nirmal Kaur's side
Three brothers four sisters
*Sohan singh Birdi
*Gursharan S. Birdi
*Gyan Singh Birdi
*Nirmal Kaur m Niranjan S.Sohanpal
*Jamna m ?
*Harbans Kaur m Pritam Singh
*Dev Uncles's mother
Friday, July 25, 2008
More on Bapu ji
A poem in his diary(i won't try to translate)
ik din satguru passon main prem surahi peeti,
bhai asade likhi fakiri so mastak par leeti,
pichli umar gunahi beeti har ki bhagat na keeti,
aggon samajh chalo nand lala jo beeti so beeti!
Also the meaning of what he wrote in front of his book of accounts.
If somebody wrongs you, it is better to forget and forgive. if you don't do that you suffer otherwise it is bliss.
ik din satguru passon main prem surahi peeti,
bhai asade likhi fakiri so mastak par leeti,
pichli umar gunahi beeti har ki bhagat na keeti,
aggon samajh chalo nand lala jo beeti so beeti!
Also the meaning of what he wrote in front of his book of accounts.
If somebody wrongs you, it is better to forget and forgive. if you don't do that you suffer otherwise it is bliss.
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
More on Bapu ji
His father's name was Hardit singh and he too was employed in Railways. They were posted at Nagpur and bapuji studied in King George school Nagpur. Later on he was posted at kharagpur.(Gyan singh Sohanpal the minister from kharagpur is a his cousin)
He was born in aprox(13-8-1889)acc. to diary and left for africa in 1911 acc. to one of his diaries. He reached Malaysia around or before 1918 to work in railways. and later on his wife rattan kaur and elder son Niranjan singh joined him in feb 1918.He took early retirement and came to settled in Sangatpur earlier named khusrapur.He used to write a lot not only to relations but govt., radio stations, and Gurudwara committee. And each letter was copied and documented. In the room on the first floor these letters filed a wire witha hook used to be hanging from the walls. All I did was look for stamps in these letters.Unfortunately we didn't realise what a treasure of history we were throwing away when we did away with most of the correspondence. All this information is from bits and pieces whioch we had kept. Also a lot of it was destroyed when the house was locked for a long time. More later..........
He was born in aprox(13-8-1889)acc. to diary and left for africa in 1911 acc. to one of his diaries. He reached Malaysia around or before 1918 to work in railways. and later on his wife rattan kaur and elder son Niranjan singh joined him in feb 1918.He took early retirement and came to settled in Sangatpur earlier named khusrapur.He used to write a lot not only to relations but govt., radio stations, and Gurudwara committee. And each letter was copied and documented. In the room on the first floor these letters filed a wire witha hook used to be hanging from the walls. All I did was look for stamps in these letters.Unfortunately we didn't realise what a treasure of history we were throwing away when we did away with most of the correspondence. All this information is from bits and pieces whioch we had kept. Also a lot of it was destroyed when the house was locked for a long time. More later..........
Saturday, July 12, 2008
More from Bapu ji's diary
No friend like health abounding;
And like disease, no foe;
No love like love of children;
Like hunger pangs , no woe.
And like disease, no foe;
No love like love of children;
Like hunger pangs , no woe.
Friday, July 11, 2008
From Bapu ji's diary
Sow desire, reap action
Sow action, reap habit
Sow habit and reap character
Sow character and reap destiny
Sow action, reap habit
Sow habit and reap character
Sow character and reap destiny
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Pala Singh Bhogal
He was our paternal great grandfather. To continue the story of bicycle he imported, papa says when he used to come down to village in hoshiarpur during winters months, people used to come to watch him ride it. It was said a two wheeled thing has come and it doesn't fall.
Sunday, July 6, 2008
village sangatpur
To santokh
My grandfather's name was hardit uday singh sohanpal also known as bauji in the village. as many villages in punjab have the same names , ours is near phillaur, on phillaur nurmahal road, the adjacent village being partapura, if i have the spellings right. my daughter tells me to check my spellings, but i am too lazy; also my english is not too perfect either , but i can be given a little leeway considering i studied in a hindi medium school(are u reading???). anyways to get back to the subject the railway station near our village was partapura, about 1 km away. when my mother was studying in phillaur, my great grandfather used to watch out for her coming home from a telescope which was installed on the roof of the house. In those times it was the only three storied pucca house in the village. I'll have to get back to my mother to find out about yours. By the way mostly people know her as matta
My grandfather's name was hardit uday singh sohanpal also known as bauji in the village. as many villages in punjab have the same names , ours is near phillaur, on phillaur nurmahal road, the adjacent village being partapura, if i have the spellings right. my daughter tells me to check my spellings, but i am too lazy; also my english is not too perfect either , but i can be given a little leeway considering i studied in a hindi medium school(are u reading???). anyways to get back to the subject the railway station near our village was partapura, about 1 km away. when my mother was studying in phillaur, my great grandfather used to watch out for her coming home from a telescope which was installed on the roof of the house. In those times it was the only three storied pucca house in the village. I'll have to get back to my mother to find out about yours. By the way mostly people know her as matta
cycles on mall
found this post on hindustan.net where one can interact with atal ji.
Milestones Hero’s success saga contains the element of courage, great, determination, enterprises and perseverance coupled with vision and meticulous planning : 1956 Hero Cycles Ltd. is established. The lndian Cycle Industry Bicycle was seen in India in the year 1890. Import of cycles, however, started in 1905 and continued for more than 50 years. Complete ban on imports was announced by the Government in July, 1953, but cycle kept on simmering in the country till 1961. In 1890, selling price of an imported bicycle was arround Rs. 45/-; in 1917, during the First World War the price jumped to Rs. 500/- but dropped considerably, month by month and came down to Rs. 35/- or so (U. K. makes) and Rs. 15/- or so (Japanese models). It would be interesting to mention that in 1919, five persons in Punjab imported cycles and used them on The Mall, Simla. These included one Bishop, Two military men and two contractors including S. Pala Singh Bhogal (Grand Father of Mr. M.S. Bhogal of Ludhiana). Under special permission of the Governor, they were allowed to use cycles on 'The Mall' only for one hour in a day. They imported B.S.A. Cross Bar Cycle from U.K. and it used to be a kind of Mela at that particular hour on the Mall in Simla, the scene watched by hundreds of people everyday. Later, a firm was formed under the name of Singh & Co. with shops on Railway Road, Jalandhar and Bazar Vakillan, Hoshiarpur, which imported bicycles in the year 1930 onwards.
Milestones Hero’s success saga contains the element of courage, great, determination, enterprises and perseverance coupled with vision and meticulous planning : 1956 Hero Cycles Ltd. is established. The lndian Cycle Industry Bicycle was seen in India in the year 1890. Import of cycles, however, started in 1905 and continued for more than 50 years. Complete ban on imports was announced by the Government in July, 1953, but cycle kept on simmering in the country till 1961. In 1890, selling price of an imported bicycle was arround Rs. 45/-; in 1917, during the First World War the price jumped to Rs. 500/- but dropped considerably, month by month and came down to Rs. 35/- or so (U. K. makes) and Rs. 15/- or so (Japanese models). It would be interesting to mention that in 1919, five persons in Punjab imported cycles and used them on The Mall, Simla. These included one Bishop, Two military men and two contractors including S. Pala Singh Bhogal (Grand Father of Mr. M.S. Bhogal of Ludhiana). Under special permission of the Governor, they were allowed to use cycles on 'The Mall' only for one hour in a day. They imported B.S.A. Cross Bar Cycle from U.K. and it used to be a kind of Mela at that particular hour on the Mall in Simla, the scene watched by hundreds of people everyday. Later, a firm was formed under the name of Singh & Co. with shops on Railway Road, Jalandhar and Bazar Vakillan, Hoshiarpur, which imported bicycles in the year 1930 onwards.
back again
Well, had a long break with papa being in hospital. He has a pacemaker maker now , which has been named milkha singh by him. he says now my heart will run at the pace set by him. Anyways today, saini uncle from patiala has come to visit so he is obviosuly feeling better.
more later.......................
more later.......................
Monday, June 16, 2008
Electricity
Funny how we take certain things for granted.
Some time ago my eldest bua told me , that when my grandfather went to meet the boy she was to marry , he saw an electric bulb hanging over the desk. He saw here and there but couls not find a wire leading to it. He asked him whether they had electricity in village, the reply was no, but he liked the look . So grand father came back and said , that the boy is shaukeen.
It made me wonder whether my parents had access to electricity all their lives. No , was papa's reply, only few people had the connection. Infact he and his friend, grewal rented a room with a bulb together to prepare for matric exams. No, mum said. There wasn't any when she lived in the village as child. That's why she said people in the evening used to eat dinner early and then light a lamp and sit and do embroidery or spin or knit and sing songs. The other day the scene was enacted in a punjabi show. it was known as tiranjan, which was where women got together in the evenings and did all that.
Some time ago my eldest bua told me , that when my grandfather went to meet the boy she was to marry , he saw an electric bulb hanging over the desk. He saw here and there but couls not find a wire leading to it. He asked him whether they had electricity in village, the reply was no, but he liked the look . So grand father came back and said , that the boy is shaukeen.
It made me wonder whether my parents had access to electricity all their lives. No , was papa's reply, only few people had the connection. Infact he and his friend, grewal rented a room with a bulb together to prepare for matric exams. No, mum said. There wasn't any when she lived in the village as child. That's why she said people in the evening used to eat dinner early and then light a lamp and sit and do embroidery or spin or knit and sing songs. The other day the scene was enacted in a punjabi show. it was known as tiranjan, which was where women got together in the evenings and did all that.
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
1943 Guide to Hiring Women
It’s a 1943 guide to hiring women!!! It was written by L.H. Saunders and appeared in the July 1943 edition of Mass Transportation.It’s funny and shocking at the same time but we have to remember that this was back in the day when men went to work and women stayed behind at home to raise children. World War II changed this balance. This was written for male supervisors of women in the work force during World War II.
Eleven Tips on Getting More Efficiency Out of Women Employees.”
There’s no longer any question whether transit companies should hire women for jobs formerly held by men. The draft and manpower shortage has settled that point. The important things now are to select the most efficient women available and how to use them to the best advantage.
Here are eleven helpful tips on the subject from Western Properties:
1.Pick young married women. They usually have more of a sense of responsibility than their unmarried sisters, they’re less likely to be flirtatious, they need the work or they wouldn’t be doing it, they still have the pep and interest to work hard and to deal with the public efficiently. 2. When you have to use older women, try to get ones who have worked outside the home at some time in their lives. Older women who have never contacted the public have a hard time adapting themselves and are inclined to be cantankerous and fussy. It’s always well to impress upon older women the importance of friendliness and courtesy.
3. General experience indicates that “husky” girls - those who are just a little on the heavy side - are more even tempered and efficient than their underweight sisters.
4. Retain a physician to give each woman you hire a special physical examination - one covering female conditions. This step not only protects the property against the possibilities of lawsuit, but reveals whether the employee-to-be has any female weaknesses which would make her mentally or physically unfit for the job.
5. Stress at the outset the importance of time. The fact that a minute or two lost here and there makes serious inroads on schedules. Until this point is gotten across, service is likely to be slowed up.
6. Give the female employee a definite day-long schedule of duties so that they’ll keep busy without bothering the management for instructions every few minutes. Numerous properties say that women make excellent workers when they have their jobs cut out for them, but that they lack initiative in finding work themselves.
7. Whenever possible, let the inside employee change from one job to another at some time during the day. Women are inclined to be less nervous and happier with change.
8. Give every girl an adequate number of rest periods during the day. You have to make some allowances for feminine psychology. A girl has more confidence and is more efficient if she can keep her hair tidied, apply fresh lipstick and wash her hands several times a day.
9 Be tactful when issuing instructions or in making criticisms. Women are often sensitive; they can’t shrug off harsh words the way men do. Never ridicule a woman - it breaks her spirit and cuts off her efficiency.
10. Be reasonably considerate about using strong language around women. Even though a girl’s husband or father may swear vociferously, she’ll grow to dislike a place of business where she hears too much of this.
11. Get enough size variety in operator’s uniforms so that each girl can have a proper fit. This point can’t be stressed too much in keeping women happy .
Eleven Tips on Getting More Efficiency Out of Women Employees.”
There’s no longer any question whether transit companies should hire women for jobs formerly held by men. The draft and manpower shortage has settled that point. The important things now are to select the most efficient women available and how to use them to the best advantage.
Here are eleven helpful tips on the subject from Western Properties:
1.Pick young married women. They usually have more of a sense of responsibility than their unmarried sisters, they’re less likely to be flirtatious, they need the work or they wouldn’t be doing it, they still have the pep and interest to work hard and to deal with the public efficiently. 2. When you have to use older women, try to get ones who have worked outside the home at some time in their lives. Older women who have never contacted the public have a hard time adapting themselves and are inclined to be cantankerous and fussy. It’s always well to impress upon older women the importance of friendliness and courtesy.
3. General experience indicates that “husky” girls - those who are just a little on the heavy side - are more even tempered and efficient than their underweight sisters.
4. Retain a physician to give each woman you hire a special physical examination - one covering female conditions. This step not only protects the property against the possibilities of lawsuit, but reveals whether the employee-to-be has any female weaknesses which would make her mentally or physically unfit for the job.
5. Stress at the outset the importance of time. The fact that a minute or two lost here and there makes serious inroads on schedules. Until this point is gotten across, service is likely to be slowed up.
6. Give the female employee a definite day-long schedule of duties so that they’ll keep busy without bothering the management for instructions every few minutes. Numerous properties say that women make excellent workers when they have their jobs cut out for them, but that they lack initiative in finding work themselves.
7. Whenever possible, let the inside employee change from one job to another at some time during the day. Women are inclined to be less nervous and happier with change.
8. Give every girl an adequate number of rest periods during the day. You have to make some allowances for feminine psychology. A girl has more confidence and is more efficient if she can keep her hair tidied, apply fresh lipstick and wash her hands several times a day.
9 Be tactful when issuing instructions or in making criticisms. Women are often sensitive; they can’t shrug off harsh words the way men do. Never ridicule a woman - it breaks her spirit and cuts off her efficiency.
10. Be reasonably considerate about using strong language around women. Even though a girl’s husband or father may swear vociferously, she’ll grow to dislike a place of business where she hears too much of this.
11. Get enough size variety in operator’s uniforms so that each girl can have a proper fit. This point can’t be stressed too much in keeping women happy .
More Memories
Well to continue with my great grandfather,
He was a droughtsman with Malaysian Railways from where he took early retirement to return to his native village Sangatpur, near Phillaur, in Punjab. The village was originally named as Khusrapur, which obviously was not a very nice name, so he campaigned with the govt. and managed to change it to Sangatpur.He used to come once month to Ludhaina and buy general medicines for cough cold,fever etc. and everyone in the village used to come to him for general illnesses. His father-in-law was a hakim, which explains all those formulas for home remedies written his dairies. Well now that I have started writing about him , I'll do proper research and write more later.
He was a droughtsman with Malaysian Railways from where he took early retirement to return to his native village Sangatpur, near Phillaur, in Punjab. The village was originally named as Khusrapur, which obviously was not a very nice name, so he campaigned with the govt. and managed to change it to Sangatpur.He used to come once month to Ludhaina and buy general medicines for cough cold,fever etc. and everyone in the village used to come to him for general illnesses. His father-in-law was a hakim, which explains all those formulas for home remedies written his dairies. Well now that I have started writing about him , I'll do proper research and write more later.
Monday, June 9, 2008
My sister Says
Well I finally told my sister about the blog.
Her Comments on my blog title
Throw in a little vinegar, pepper, jalopeno's etc.
Her Comments on my blog title
Throw in a little vinegar, pepper, jalopeno's etc.
Memories
My memories of my maternal greatgrandfather named Hardit Uday Singh Sohanpal
The one Which comes first is his carrying me and twirling me around sand saying oopey, so lot children used call him oopey baba ji. He used to come and visit my mother often from the village often. She was his first grandchild and first girl in three generations of family. So he really used to care for her. I remember going to village and sitting on his desk. As we were from town a folding table and chairs used to be laid out for us to dine. It was the tallest house in the village and one could see the whole village from the roof top. They lived on the first floor of the house with rooms around a courtyard.The downstairs area was various store rooms etc. There was an iron grill gate in the middle of courtyard which could be opened, but i had never seen it that way.On one side of the wall was a big iron pulley.I used to love walking over it and looking down a bit scary too. But the story is that when my geart grand mother became very ill and could not climb the stairs she used to be sent up and down in a basket through that gate with a rope which that pulley supported. I always imagined it. I don't remember my great grand mother . I was one when she died. Though I have a picture with her. They say i have inherited my flat nose from hers. More about all this another day......
The one Which comes first is his carrying me and twirling me around sand saying oopey, so lot children used call him oopey baba ji. He used to come and visit my mother often from the village often. She was his first grandchild and first girl in three generations of family. So he really used to care for her. I remember going to village and sitting on his desk. As we were from town a folding table and chairs used to be laid out for us to dine. It was the tallest house in the village and one could see the whole village from the roof top. They lived on the first floor of the house with rooms around a courtyard.The downstairs area was various store rooms etc. There was an iron grill gate in the middle of courtyard which could be opened, but i had never seen it that way.On one side of the wall was a big iron pulley.I used to love walking over it and looking down a bit scary too. But the story is that when my geart grand mother became very ill and could not climb the stairs she used to be sent up and down in a basket through that gate with a rope which that pulley supported. I always imagined it. I don't remember my great grand mother . I was one when she died. Though I have a picture with her. They say i have inherited my flat nose from hers. More about all this another day......
Sunday, June 1, 2008
GIRLS ?????????????
At an age when most women are settling down on their nest egg and knitting themselves a second house in Bournemouth, one woman and her partner headed to India to start a family.
A 59-year-old woman and her 72-year-old partner travelled to India for fertility treatment, being too old to qualify in the UK, the Times has reported. The two were born in India but are British citizens and live in Birmingham. (Initial reports in the Sun said the two had abandoned their newborn twin daughters because they weren't boys, which has been vigorously denied by the NHS.)
This story really highlights is the vast difference in fertility services people can get in different countries. Prospective patients can shop for services on websites such as this one, in countries across Europe, yet shouldn't finding an IVF provider be different from tracking down an affordable facelift surgeon?
What investment does a doctor or fertility team in the ultimately well-being of the client and offspring when they fly in and fly out from distant lands? Are doctors really so in love with scientific advances that they believe providing IVF to a 58-year-old and her 72-year-old partner is in the best interests of the couple and the children produced alike
A 59-year-old woman and her 72-year-old partner travelled to India for fertility treatment, being too old to qualify in the UK, the Times has reported. The two were born in India but are British citizens and live in Birmingham. (Initial reports in the Sun said the two had abandoned their newborn twin daughters because they weren't boys, which has been vigorously denied by the NHS.)
This story really highlights is the vast difference in fertility services people can get in different countries. Prospective patients can shop for services on websites such as this one, in countries across Europe, yet shouldn't finding an IVF provider be different from tracking down an affordable facelift surgeon?
What investment does a doctor or fertility team in the ultimately well-being of the client and offspring when they fly in and fly out from distant lands? Are doctors really so in love with scientific advances that they believe providing IVF to a 58-year-old and her 72-year-old partner is in the best interests of the couple and the children produced alike
Endangered Gender
STOP KILLING UNBORN DAUGHTERS
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has made an emotional plea to save the girl child. The "proud' father of three daughters has urged every citizen to come forward and empower the girl child in all possible ways. As he has rightly pointed out, the empowerment of girl child should begin at home. It is amtter of national shame that the number of girls born in India has been declining. The number of girls for every 1,000 boys slipped nationally to 927 in 2001, from 962 in 1981. Punjab has one of the worst records of only 798 girls. Hryana is marginally better at 819.Even the national Capital registers only 868 girls for every 1000 boys.
The Prime Minister has focused on the mindset issue, which is fundamental cause of this gender problem. There is no doubt that oppressive patruarchy and bias against girls account for the declining sex ratio, making women more vulnerable.Attitudenal change takes time and until that happens, the one tangib;e method of combating this 'inhuman, uncivilised and reprehensible act' is to enforce thr Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques Act rigorously. We have the law but there has been few convictions under it. With technology becoming cheaper, ultrasound machines, used by unscrupulous doctors and technicians to tell parents the gender of unborn child, are spreading wider. The machines themseleves are not to be blame. When used properly, they help save lives. Hoewever, the misuse of this technology must not be allowed and those responsible for misusing it must know that they can face the full might of the law.
The birth of a daughter is both a victory against prejudice and the beginning of a life-long struggle against negative mindsets. When girls are born, tehy face discrimination - in matters of education, food, security and mucch more. Socities and civilisations are judged by the way they treat their women.We in India must jointly fight to remove the blot of killing our unborn daughters lest we should stand condemned -- in our eyes, and those of the world.
Editorial by H.K.Dua ' The Tribune'
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has made an emotional plea to save the girl child. The "proud' father of three daughters has urged every citizen to come forward and empower the girl child in all possible ways. As he has rightly pointed out, the empowerment of girl child should begin at home. It is amtter of national shame that the number of girls born in India has been declining. The number of girls for every 1,000 boys slipped nationally to 927 in 2001, from 962 in 1981. Punjab has one of the worst records of only 798 girls. Hryana is marginally better at 819.Even the national Capital registers only 868 girls for every 1000 boys.
The Prime Minister has focused on the mindset issue, which is fundamental cause of this gender problem. There is no doubt that oppressive patruarchy and bias against girls account for the declining sex ratio, making women more vulnerable.Attitudenal change takes time and until that happens, the one tangib;e method of combating this 'inhuman, uncivilised and reprehensible act' is to enforce thr Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques Act rigorously. We have the law but there has been few convictions under it. With technology becoming cheaper, ultrasound machines, used by unscrupulous doctors and technicians to tell parents the gender of unborn child, are spreading wider. The machines themseleves are not to be blame. When used properly, they help save lives. Hoewever, the misuse of this technology must not be allowed and those responsible for misusing it must know that they can face the full might of the law.
The birth of a daughter is both a victory against prejudice and the beginning of a life-long struggle against negative mindsets. When girls are born, tehy face discrimination - in matters of education, food, security and mucch more. Socities and civilisations are judged by the way they treat their women.We in India must jointly fight to remove the blot of killing our unborn daughters lest we should stand condemned -- in our eyes, and those of the world.
Editorial by H.K.Dua ' The Tribune'
Saturday, May 24, 2008
LIFE --
Life is a Challange Meet it
Life is a Gift Accept it
Life is a Adventure Dare it
Life is a Sorrow Overcome it
Life is a Tragedy Face it
Life is a Duty Perform it
Life is a Game Play it
Life is a Mystery Unfold it
Life is a Song Sing it
Life is an Oppurtunity Take it
Life is a Journey Complete it
Life is a Promise Fulfil it
Life is a Love Enjoy it
Life is a Beauty Praise it
Life is a Spirit Realise it
Life is a Struggle Fight it
Life is a Puzzle Solve it
(GITA)
Life is a Gift Accept it
Life is a Adventure Dare it
Life is a Sorrow Overcome it
Life is a Tragedy Face it
Life is a Duty Perform it
Life is a Game Play it
Life is a Mystery Unfold it
Life is a Song Sing it
Life is an Oppurtunity Take it
Life is a Journey Complete it
Life is a Promise Fulfil it
Life is a Love Enjoy it
Life is a Beauty Praise it
Life is a Spirit Realise it
Life is a Struggle Fight it
Life is a Puzzle Solve it
(GITA)
FEELING STUCK ? TIMOTHY BUTLER
We all experience impasse, and we will experience impasse many times in our lives. The meaning of an impasse, although it's usually first expressed as a failure or an internalised notion of inadequacy, is a request for us to change our way of thinking about ourselves and our place in the world.Impasse means that we need to change our whole approach to the problem. We need to change our understanding of the problem. We have to change our repertoire of ways in which we we approach life's challanges.As to what sorts of experiences lead to impasse, they could be anything : perhaps a sudden , unanticipated change at work.There is much talk about change management, but the fact of the matter is, the "steady state" involves change as well. An impasse experience can unfold over a year or within twenty-four hours. Impasse is a psychological process:it is another word for a border taht is always there,beckoning.Our work at impasse helps us cross that border and live in a new territory. In this sense, impasse is the frontier of what needs to happen next for us if we are to live life as openly as possible. If we lived completely openly, we would probably not experience impasse, because we would face each moment without any evasions,excuses, or attatchment to old habits.Few of us are capable of living continually in such a fashion.An impasse crisis happens when we have been, for sometime, avoiding the work of living fully at our border.
Friday, May 23, 2008
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