Friends, Family and Relatives,

1.5 hours to go for the year 2011. I wish all a very happy and prosperous new year. My humble request - don't take resolution if you can't stand by it. And if you do, decide to do something for the betterment of our country, society and mankind. Try to enlighten the world. Our country desperately need young crowd to stand up and fight corruption, illiteracy, bureaucracy and red-tape. Don't let any more "1.76 Lakh Crore 2G Scam" happen. Stop selecting officials like Kalmadi who ate up billions of money that we paid in taxes.

Make yourself a better human being and the world will automatically become a better place to live.

Best,

S

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Fantastic answer by Dr Kalam to a question asked at the BBC, Define BIRTHDAY.......... Answer : The only day in your life, when you cried and your Mother was smiling.........

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Read it somewhere on web, liked it, shared it!

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Damn! I don't know why do I think so much sometimes. But thats me... I try a lot to flush out the irrelevant memories, but than I think... "Is it really irrelevant? If yes, then why did that happened?". I think of the bad part of my past more often, despite I know that this is what keeps me from moving ahead in life. But still, I do!

But then I thank life for teaching me somethings which I would have never learnt if few incidents have had not happened in my life... Or better to say if I wouldn't have done some mistakes. After all, people learn from their mistakes. Life has taught me to not do any such thing which will result in regret later. We generally will never realize at the time of doing something that what we are doing is wrong. So we should THINK multiple times before doing anything. From somewhere inside our heart, a voice will tell us that we are doing something wrong but we will let our evil curiosity dominate that voice and we will do what should have never been done!

Incomplete...

Goodnight.

S

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Recently I overheard a Father and daughter in their last moments together at the airport.  They had announced the departure.

Standing near the security gate, they hugged and the Father said, 'I love you, and I wish you enough.'

The daughter replied, 'Dad, our life together has been more than  enough.  Your love is all I ever needed.  I wish you enough, too, Dad.'

They kissed and the daughter left.  The Father walked over to the window where I was seated.  Standing there I could see he wanted and needed to cry.  I tried not to intrude on his privacy, but he welcomed me in by asking, 'Did you ever say good-bye to someone knowing it would be forever?'

'Yes, I have,' I replied.  'Forgive me for asking, but why is this a forever good-bye?'..

'I am old, and she lives so far away.  I have challenges ahead and the reality is - the next trip back will be for my funeral,' he said.

'When you were saying good-bye, I heard you say, 'I wish you enough.'  May I ask what that means?'

He began to smile.  'That's a wish that has been handed down from other generations.  My parents used to say it to everyone...'  He paused a moment and looked up as if trying to remember it in detail, and he smiled even more. 'When we said, 'I wish you enough,' we were wanting the other person to have a life filled with just enough good things to sustain them.'  Then turning toward me, he shared the following as if he were reciting it from memory. 

I wish you enough sun to keep your attitude bright no matter how gray the day may appear.

I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun even more. 
I wish you enough happiness to keep your spirit alive and everlasting.

I wish you enough pain so that even the smallest of joys in life may appear bigger.

I wish you enough gain to satisfy your wanting.

I wish you enough loss to appreciate all that you possess.

I wish you enough hellos to get you through the final good-bye.

He then began to cry and walked away.

They say it takes a minute to find a special person, an hour to appreciate them, a day to love them; but then an entire life to forget them.
* Only if you wish, send this to the people you will never forget .  TAKE TIME TO LIVE.... 

To all my friends and loved ones, I WISH YOU ENOUGH.

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During the Cold War, if USA launched a nuke-loaded missile, Soviet satellites would inform the Soviet
army in 3 seconds and in less than 45 seconds Soviet counter-missiles would d be on their way. Recent
studies commissioned by US department of Defense included one on nuclear war between India and Pakistan.
 
This was their scenario.................
 
The Pakistan army decides to launch a nuke-missile towards India. They don't need any permission from
their government, and promptly order the countdowns. Indian technology is highly advanced. In less than 8
seconds, Indian army detects the Pak countdown and decides to launch a missile in retribution.
 
But they need permission from the Government of India. They submit their request to the Indian President. The
President forwards it to the Cabinet.
 
The Prime Minister calls an emergency Lok Sabha session.
 
The LS meets, but due to several walkouts and severe protests by the opposition, it gets adjourned
indefinitely. The President asks for a quick decision. In the mean time, the Pak missile failed to take off
due to technical failure. Their attempts for a re-launch are still on.
 
Just then the Indian ruling party is reduced to a minority because a party that was giving outside
support withdraws it. The President asks the PM to prove his majority within a week. As the ruling party
fails to win the confidence vote, a caretaker government is installed.
 
The caretaker PM decides to permit the armed forces to launch a nuclear missile. But the Election Commission
says that a caretaker government can not take such a decision because elections are at hand. A Public
Interest Litigation is filed in the Supreme Court alleging misuse of power by the Election Commission.
 
The Supreme Court comes to the rescue of the PM, and says the acting PM is authorized to take this decision
in view of the emergency facing the nation.
 
Just then one of the Pak missiles successfully took off, but it fell
 
367 miles away from the target, on its own government building at 11.00AM.
 
Fortunately there were no casualties as no employee had reached the office that early. In any case, the
nuclear core of the missile had detached somewhere in flight.
 
The Pakistan army is now trying to get better technologies from China and USA. The Indian
Government, taking no chances, decides to launch a nuclear missile of its own, after convening an
all-party meeting. This time all the parties agree.
 
Its three months since the army had sought permission.
 
But as preparations begin, "pro-humanity", "anti-nuclear" activists come out against the Government's decision.
 
Human chains are formed and Rasta rokos organised.
 
In California and Washington endless e-mails are sent to Indians condemning the government and mentioning
"Please forward it to as many Indians as possible".
 
On the Pakistan side, the missiles kept malfunctioning. Some missiles deviate from target due
to technical failures or high-speed wind blowing over Rajasthan.
 
Many of them land in the Indian Ocean killing some fishes.
 
A missile (smuggled from USA) is pressed into service. Since the Pakistan army is unable to understand its
software, it hits it original destination: Russia.
 
Russians successfully intercepts the missile and in retaliation launches a nuclear missile towards Islamabad.
 
The missile hits the target and creates havoc. Pakistan cries for help.
 
India expresses deep regrets for what has happened and sends in a million dollars worth of Parle-G biscuits.
 
Thus India never gets to launch the missile.
 
Pakistan never gets it right.
 
And we live happily ever after!!!!

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Technology changes never ends........ ..  

 

Designer Jinsun Park from Korea has come out with a simple tool called Color Picker. Place the pen against an object and press the scan button, the color will be detected by the color sensor and the RGB cartridges in the pen will mixed the required inks to create the target color.

 

 

 

 

Thanks

Sharad Poddar

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