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ਜਪੁ | Jup
ਸੋ ਦਰੁ | So Dar
ਸੋਹਿਲਾ | Sohilaa
ਰਾਗੁ ਸਿਰੀਰਾਗੁ | Raag Siree-Raag
Gurbani (14-53)
Ashtpadiyan (53-71)
Gurbani (71-74)
Pahre (74-78)
Chhant (78-81)
Vanjara (81-82)
Vaar Siri Raag (83-91)
Bhagat Bani (91-93)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਝ | Raag Maajh
Gurbani (94-109)
Ashtpadi (109)
Ashtpadiyan (110-129)
Ashtpadi (129-130)
Ashtpadiyan (130-133)
Bara Maha (133-136)
Din Raen (136-137)
Vaar Maajh Ki (137-150)
ਰਾਗੁ ਗਉੜੀ | Raag Gauree
Gurbani (151-185)
Quartets/Couplets (185-220)
Ashtpadiyan (220-234)
Karhalei (234-235)
Ashtpadiyan (235-242)
Chhant (242-249)
Baavan Akhari (250-262)
Sukhmani (262-296)
Thittee (296-300)
Gauree kii Vaar (300-323)
Gurbani (323-330)
Ashtpadiyan (330-340)
Baavan Akhari (340-343)
Thintteen (343-344)
Vaar Kabir (344-345)
Bhagat Bani (345-346)
ਰਾਗੁ ਆਸਾ | Raag Aasaa
Gurbani (347-348)
Chaupaday (348-364)
Panchpadde (364-365)
Kaafee (365-409)
Aasaavaree (409-411)
Ashtpadiyan (411-432)
Patee (432-435)
Chhant (435-462)
Vaar Aasaa (462-475)
Bhagat Bani (475-488)
ਰਾਗੁ ਗੂਜਰੀ | Raag Goojaree
Gurbani (489-503)
Ashtpadiyan (503-508)
Vaar Gujari (508-517)
Vaar Gujari (517-526)
ਰਾਗੁ ਦੇਵਗੰਧਾਰੀ | Raag Dayv-Gandhaaree
Gurbani (527-536)
ਰਾਗੁ ਬਿਹਾਗੜਾ | Raag Bihaagraa
Gurbani (537-556)
Chhant (538-548)
Vaar Bihaagraa (548-556)
ਰਾਗੁ ਵਡਹੰਸ | Raag Wadhans
Gurbani (557-564)
Ashtpadiyan (564-565)
Chhant (565-575)
Ghoriaan (575-578)
Alaahaniiaa (578-582)
Vaar Wadhans (582-594)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸੋਰਠਿ | Raag Sorath
Gurbani (595-634)
Asatpadhiya (634-642)
Vaar Sorath (642-659)
ਰਾਗੁ ਧਨਾਸਰੀ | Raag Dhanasaree
Gurbani (660-685)
Astpadhiya (685-687)
Chhant (687-691)
Bhagat Bani (691-695)
ਰਾਗੁ ਜੈਤਸਰੀ | Raag Jaitsree
Gurbani (696-703)
Chhant (703-705)
Vaar Jaitsaree (705-710)
Bhagat Bani (710)
ਰਾਗੁ ਟੋਡੀ | Raag Todee
ਰਾਗੁ ਬੈਰਾੜੀ | Raag Bairaaree
ਰਾਗੁ ਤਿਲੰਗ | Raag Tilang
Gurbani (721-727)
Bhagat Bani (727)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸੂਹੀ | Raag Suhi
Gurbani (728-750)
Ashtpadiyan (750-761)
Kaafee (761-762)
Suchajee (762)
Gunvantee (763)
Chhant (763-785)
Vaar Soohee (785-792)
Bhagat Bani (792-794)
ਰਾਗੁ ਬਿਲਾਵਲੁ | Raag Bilaaval
Gurbani (795-831)
Ashtpadiyan (831-838)
Thitteen (838-840)
Vaar Sat (841-843)
Chhant (843-848)
Vaar Bilaaval (849-855)
Bhagat Bani (855-858)
ਰਾਗੁ ਗੋਂਡ | Raag Gond
Gurbani (859-869)
Ashtpadiyan (869)
Bhagat Bani (870-875)
ਰਾਗੁ ਰਾਮਕਲੀ | Raag Ramkalee
Ashtpadiyan (902-916)
Gurbani (876-902)
Anand (917-922)
Sadd (923-924)
Chhant (924-929)
Dakhnee (929-938)
Sidh Gosat (938-946)
Vaar Ramkalee (947-968)
ਰਾਗੁ ਨਟ ਨਾਰਾਇਨ | Raag Nat Narayan
Gurbani (975-980)
Ashtpadiyan (980-983)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਲੀ ਗਉੜਾ | Raag Maalee Gauraa
Gurbani (984-988)
Bhagat Bani (988)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਰੂ | Raag Maaroo
Gurbani (889-1008)
Ashtpadiyan (1008-1014)
Kaafee (1014-1016)
Ashtpadiyan (1016-1019)
Anjulian (1019-1020)
Solhe (1020-1033)
Dakhni (1033-1043)
ਰਾਗੁ ਤੁਖਾਰੀ | Raag Tukhaari
Bara Maha (1107-1110)
Chhant (1110-1117)
ਰਾਗੁ ਕੇਦਾਰਾ | Raag Kedara
Gurbani (1118-1123)
Bhagat Bani (1123-1124)
ਰਾਗੁ ਭੈਰਉ | Raag Bhairo
Gurbani (1125-1152)
Partaal (1153)
Ashtpadiyan (1153-1167)
ਰਾਗੁ ਬਸੰਤੁ | Raag Basant
Gurbani (1168-1187)
Ashtpadiyan (1187-1193)
Vaar Basant (1193-1196)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸਾਰਗ | Raag Saarag
Gurbani (1197-1200)
Partaal (1200-1231)
Ashtpadiyan (1232-1236)
Chhant (1236-1237)
Vaar Saarang (1237-1253)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਲਾਰ | Raag Malaar
Gurbani (1254-1293)
Partaal (1265-1273)
Ashtpadiyan (1273-1278)
Chhant (1278)
Vaar Malaar (1278-91)
Bhagat Bani (1292-93)
ਰਾਗੁ ਕਾਨੜਾ | Raag Kaanraa
Gurbani (1294-96)
Partaal (1296-1318)
Ashtpadiyan (1308-1312)
Chhant (1312)
Vaar Kaanraa
Bhagat Bani (1318)
ਰਾਗੁ ਕਲਿਆਨ | Raag Kalyaan
Gurbani (1319-23)
Ashtpadiyan (1323-26)
ਰਾਗੁ ਪ੍ਰਭਾਤੀ | Raag Prabhaatee
Gurbani (1327-1341)
Ashtpadiyan (1342-51)
ਰਾਗੁ ਜੈਜਾਵੰਤੀ | Raag Jaijaiwanti
Gurbani (1352-53)
Salok | Gatha | Phunahe | Chaubole | Swayiye
Sehskritee Mahala 1
Sehskritee Mahala 5
Gaathaa Mahala 5
Phunhay Mahala 5
Chaubolae Mahala 5
Shaloks Bhagat Kabir
Shaloks Sheikh Farid
Swaiyyae Mahala 5
Swaiyyae in Praise of Gurus
Shaloks in Addition To Vaars
Shalok Ninth Mehl
Mundavanee Mehl 5
ਰਾਗ ਮਾਲਾ, Raag Maalaa
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<blockquote data-quote="Astroboy" data-source="post: 116289" data-attributes="member: 4990"><p style="margin-left: 20px"> <span style="font-size: 10px"><a href="http://f5mail.rediff.com/bn/compose.cgi?login=sunigond&session_id=5L23PK1KUKAEIZRzwCqH6fooQfASYNe1&FormName=mail_to_individual&email=sageraj.bariya@*Please" target="_blank"><strong><span style="font-size: 22px"><span style="color: maroon"><span style="color: maroon"><strong>*Please</strong></span></span></span></strong></a></span><strong><span style="font-size: 22px"><span style="color: maroon"><span style="color: maroon"><strong> read this article by giving 10 minutes from your busy life. Really good.... ** * </strong></span></span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #004200"><span style="color: #004200"></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #004200"><span style="color: #004200"> </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #004200"><span style="color: #004200"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: blue"><span style="color: blue">* The President of India DR. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam 's Speech in Hyderabad . * </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: red"><span style="color: red"></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: red"><span style="color: red"> </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: red"><span style="color: red"> Why is the media here so negative?</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"> Why are we in India so embarrassed to recognize our own strengths, our achievements? We are such a great nation. We have so many amazing success stories but we refuse acknowledge them--- </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: red"><span style="color: red">Why?</span></span></span> </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> <strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: maroon"><span style="color: maroon"><strong>We are the first in milk production. </strong></span></span></span></span></strong></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: maroon"><span style="color: maroon"><strong> We are number one in Remote sensing satellites. </strong></span></span></span></span></strong></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: maroon"><span style="color: maroon"><strong> We are the second largest producer of wheat.</strong></span></span></span></span></strong></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: maroon"><span style="color: maroon"><strong> We are the second largest producer of rice. </strong></span></span></span></span></strong></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: maroon"><span style="color: maroon"><strong> Look at Dr. Sudarshan , he has transferred the tribal village into a self-sustaining, self-driving unit. </strong></span></span></span></span></strong></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"> </span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: maroon"><span style="color: maroon">There are millions of such achievements but our media is only obsessed in the bad news and failures and disasters. </span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"> </span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black">I was in Tel Aviv once and I was reading the Israeli newspaper. It was the day after a lot of attacks and bombardments and deaths had taken place. The Hamas had struck. But the front page of the newspaper had the picture of a Jewish gentleman who in five years had transformed his desert into an orchid and a granary. It was this inspiring picture that everyone woke up to. The gory details of killings, bombardments, deaths, were inside in the newspaper, buried among other news. </span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"> </span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"> In India we only read about death, sickness, terrorism, crime. </span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"> </span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> <strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: green"><span style="color: green"><strong>Why are we so NEGATIVE? </strong></span></span></span></span></strong></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"> </span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black">Another question: Why are we, as a nation so obsessed with foreign things? We want foreign TVs, we want foreign shirts, we want foreign technology.</span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"> </span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"> Why this obsession with everything imported. Do we not realize that self-respect comes with self-reliance? I was in Hyderabad giving this lecture,when a 14 year old girl asked me for my autograph. I asked her what her goal in life is. She replied: I want to live in a developed India . For her, you and I will have to build this developed India . You must proclaim: India is not an under-developed nation; it is a highly developed nation. </span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"> </span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> <strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: blue"><span style="color: blue"><strong>Do you have 10 minutes? Allow me to come back with a vengeance. </strong></span></span></span></span></strong></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: blue"><span style="color: blue"><strong> </strong></span></span></span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"> Got 10 minutes for your country? If yes, then read; </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black">otherwise, the choice is yours.</span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"> <strong><strong>YOU </strong></strong>say that our government is inefficient.</span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"> <strong><strong>YOU </strong></strong>say that our laws are too old. </span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"> <strong><strong>YOU </strong></strong>say that the municipality does not pick up the garbage. </span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"> <strong><strong>YOU </strong></strong>say that the phones don't work, the railways are a joke, </span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"> The airline is the worst in the world, mails never reach their destination. </span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"> <strong><strong>YOU </strong></strong>say that our country has been fed to the dogs and is the absolute pits. </span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"> </span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"> </span></span></span></span><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: purple"><span style="color: purple"><strong>YOU say, say and say. What do YOU do about it? </strong></span></span></span></strong></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"> Take a person on his way to Singapore . Give him a name - YOURS. Give him a face - YOURS. YOU walk out of the airport and you are at your International best. In Singapore you don't throw cigarette butts on the roads or eat in the stores. YOU are as proud of their Underground links as they are. You pay $5 (approx. Rs. 60) to drive through <em><em>Orchard Road</em></em> (equivalent of Mahim Causeway or <em><em>Pedder Road</em></em> ) between 5 PM and 8 PM. YOU come back to the parking lot to punch your parking ticket if you have over-stayed in a restaurant or a shopping mall irrespective of your status identity... In Singapore you don't say anything, DO YOU? </span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"> </span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black">YOU wouldn't dare to eat in public during Ramadan, in Dubai . </span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black">YOU would not dare to go out without your head covered in Jeddah .</span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black">YOU would not dare to buy an employee of the telephone exchange in London at 10 pounds ( Rs.650) a month to, 'see to it that my STD and ISD calls are billed to someone else.' </span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black">YOU would not dare to speed beyond 55 mph (88 km/h) in Washington and then tell the traffic cop, 'Jaanta hai main kaun hoon (Do you know who I am?). I am so and so's son. Take your two bucks and get lost.' </span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black">YOU wouldn't chuck an empty coconut shell anywhere other than the garbage pail on the beaches in Australia and New Zealand . </span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black">Why don't YOU spit Paan on the streets of Tokyo ? Why don't YOU use examination jockeys or buy fake certificates in Boston ??? We are still talking of the same YOU.. </span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black">YOU who can respect and conform to a foreign system in other countries but cannot in your own. You who will throw papers and cigarettes on the road the moment you touch Indian ground. If you can be an involved and appreciative citizen in an alien country, why cannot you be the same here in India ? </span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"> </span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"> Once in an interview, the famous Ex-municipal commissioner of Bombay , Mr. Tinaikar , had a point to make. 'Rich people's dogs are walked on the streets to leave their affluent droppings all over the place,' he said. 'And then the same people turn around to criticize and blame the authorities for inefficiency and dirty pavements. What do they expect the officers to do? Go down with a broom every time their dog feels the pressure in his bowels?</span></span></span></span> <span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black">In America , every dog owner has to clean up after his pet has done the job. Same in Japan . Will the Indian citizen do that here?' He's right. We go to the polls to choose a government and after that forfeit all responsibility. </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"> </span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black">We sit back wanting to be pampered and expect the government to do everything for us whilst our contribution is totally negative. We expect the government to clean up but we are not going to stop chucking garbage all over the place nor are we going to stop to pick up a stray piece of paper and throw it in the bin. </span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black">We expect the railways to provide clean bathrooms but we are not going to learn the proper use of bathrooms. </span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black">We want Indian Airlines and Air India to provide the best of food and toiletries but we are not going to stop pilfering at the least opportunity. </span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black">This applies even to the staff who is known not to pass on the service to the public. When it comes to burning social issues like those related to women, dowry, girl child! and others, we make loud drawing room protestations and continue to do the reverse at home. Our excuse? </span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black">'It's the whole system which has to change, how will it matter if I alone forego my sons' rights to a dowry.' So who's going to change the system? What does a system consist of ? Very conveniently for us it consists of our neighbours, other households, other cities, other communities and the government. But definitely not me and YOU. </span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black">When it comes to us actually making a positive contribution to the system we lock ourselves along with our families into a safe cocoon and look into the distance at countries far away and wait for a Mr.Clean to come along & work miracles for us with a majestic sweep of his hand or we leave the country and run away. Like lazy cowards hounded by our fears we run to America to bask in their glory and praise their system. When New York becomes insecure we run to England . When England experiences unemployment, we take the next flight out to the Gulf. When the Gulf is war struck, we demand to be rescued and brought home by the Indian government. Everybody is out to abuse and rape the country. Nobody thinks of feeding the system. Our conscience is mortgaged to money. </span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"> </span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"> Dear Indians, The article is highly thought inductive, calls for a great deal of introspection and pricks one's conscience too.... I am echoing J. F. Kennedy 's words to his fellow Americans to relate to Indians..... </span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"> </span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"> 'ASK WHAT WE CAN DO FOR INDIA</span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"> AND DO WHAT HAS TO BE DONE TO MAKE INDIA </span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"> WHAT AMERICA AND OTHER WESTERN COUNTRIES ARE TODAY' </span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"> </span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"> Lets do what India needs from us.</span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"> </span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"> Forward this mail to each Indian for a change instead of sending Jokes or junk mails. </span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"> </span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"> Thank you,</span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"> </span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"> <strong><strong>Dr. Abdul Kalaam</strong></strong></span></span></span></span><strong><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong> </strong></span></span></span></strong></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><strong></strong></span></span></span></strong></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> </p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Astroboy, post: 116289, member: 4990"] [INDENT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=2][URL="http://f5mail.rediff.com/bn/compose.cgi?login=sunigond&session_id=5L23PK1KUKAEIZRzwCqH6fooQfASYNe1&FormName=mail_to_individual&email=sageraj.bariya@*Please"][B][SIZE=6][COLOR=maroon][COLOR=maroon][B]*Please[/B][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/B][/URL][/SIZE][B][SIZE=6][COLOR=maroon][COLOR=maroon][B] read this article by giving 10 minutes from your busy life. Really good.... ** * [/B][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/B][SIZE=5][COLOR=#004200][COLOR=#004200] [/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=5][COLOR=blue][COLOR=blue]* The President of India DR. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam 's Speech in Hyderabad . * [/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=5][COLOR=black][COLOR=black] [/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=5][COLOR=red][COLOR=red] Why is the media here so negative?[/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=5][COLOR=black][COLOR=black] Why are we in India so embarrassed to recognize our own strengths, our achievements? We are such a great nation. We have so many amazing success stories but we refuse acknowledge them--- [/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=5][COLOR=red][COLOR=red]Why?[/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2] [/SIZE] [B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=5][COLOR=maroon][COLOR=maroon][B]We are the first in milk production. We are number one in Remote sensing satellites. We are the second largest producer of wheat. We are the second largest producer of rice. Look at Dr. Sudarshan , he has transferred the tribal village into a self-sustaining, self-driving unit. [/B][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=5][COLOR=maroon][COLOR=maroon]There are millions of such achievements but our media is only obsessed in the bad news and failures and disasters. [/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=5][COLOR=black][COLOR=black]I was in Tel Aviv once and I was reading the Israeli newspaper. It was the day after a lot of attacks and bombardments and deaths had taken place. The Hamas had struck. But the front page of the newspaper had the picture of a Jewish gentleman who in five years had transformed his desert into an orchid and a granary. It was this inspiring picture that everyone woke up to. The gory details of killings, bombardments, deaths, were inside in the newspaper, buried among other news. In India we only read about death, sickness, terrorism, crime. [/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=5][COLOR=green][COLOR=green][B]Why are we so NEGATIVE? [/B][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=5][COLOR=black][COLOR=black]Another question: Why are we, as a nation so obsessed with foreign things? We want foreign TVs, we want foreign shirts, we want foreign technology. Why this obsession with everything imported. Do we not realize that self-respect comes with self-reliance? I was in Hyderabad giving this lecture,when a 14 year old girl asked me for my autograph. I asked her what her goal in life is. She replied: I want to live in a developed India . For her, you and I will have to build this developed India . You must proclaim: India is not an under-developed nation; it is a highly developed nation. [/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=5][COLOR=blue][COLOR=blue][B]Do you have 10 minutes? Allow me to come back with a vengeance. [/B][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][SIZE=5][COLOR=black][COLOR=black] Got 10 minutes for your country? If yes, then read; [/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=5][COLOR=black][COLOR=black]otherwise, the choice is yours. [B][B]YOU [/B][/B]say that our government is inefficient. [B][B]YOU [/B][/B]say that our laws are too old. [B][B]YOU [/B][/B]say that the municipality does not pick up the garbage. [B][B]YOU [/B][/B]say that the phones don't work, the railways are a joke, The airline is the worst in the world, mails never reach their destination. [B][B]YOU [/B][/B]say that our country has been fed to the dogs and is the absolute pits. [/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][B][SIZE=5][COLOR=purple][COLOR=purple][B]YOU say, say and say. What do YOU do about it? [/B][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/B] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=5][COLOR=black][COLOR=black] Take a person on his way to Singapore . Give him a name - YOURS. Give him a face - YOURS. YOU walk out of the airport and you are at your International best. In Singapore you don't throw cigarette butts on the roads or eat in the stores. YOU are as proud of their Underground links as they are. You pay $5 (approx. Rs. 60) to drive through [I][I]Orchard Road[/I][/I][I][I] [/I][/I](equivalent of Mahim Causeway or [I][I]Pedder Road[/I][/I] ) between 5 PM and 8 PM. YOU come back to the parking lot to punch your parking ticket if you have over-stayed in a restaurant or a shopping mall irrespective of your status identity... In Singapore you don't say anything, DO YOU? [/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=5][COLOR=black][COLOR=black]YOU wouldn't dare to eat in public during Ramadan, in Dubai . [/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=5][COLOR=black][COLOR=black]YOU would not dare to go out without your head covered in Jeddah .[/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=5][COLOR=black][COLOR=black]YOU would not dare to buy an employee of the telephone exchange in London at 10 pounds ( Rs.650) a month to, 'see to it that my STD and ISD calls are billed to someone else.' [/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=5][COLOR=black][COLOR=black]YOU would not dare to speed beyond 55 mph (88 km/h) in Washington and then tell the traffic cop, 'Jaanta hai main kaun hoon (Do you know who I am?). I am so and so's son. Take your two bucks and get lost.' [/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=5][COLOR=black][COLOR=black]YOU wouldn't chuck an empty coconut shell anywhere other than the garbage pail on the beaches in Australia and New Zealand . [/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=5][COLOR=black][COLOR=black]Why don't YOU spit Paan on the streets of Tokyo ? Why don't YOU use examination jockeys or buy fake certificates in Boston ??? We are still talking of the same YOU.. [/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=5][COLOR=black][COLOR=black]YOU who can respect and conform to a foreign system in other countries but cannot in your own. You who will throw papers and cigarettes on the road the moment you touch Indian ground. If you can be an involved and appreciative citizen in an alien country, why cannot you be the same here in India ? Once in an interview, the famous Ex-municipal commissioner of Bombay , Mr. Tinaikar , had a point to make. 'Rich people's dogs are walked on the streets to leave their affluent droppings all over the place,' he said. 'And then the same people turn around to criticize and blame the authorities for inefficiency and dirty pavements. What do they expect the officers to do? Go down with a broom every time their dog feels the pressure in his bowels?[/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=2] [/SIZE][SIZE=5][COLOR=black][COLOR=black]In America , every dog owner has to clean up after his pet has done the job. Same in Japan . Will the Indian citizen do that here?' He's right. We go to the polls to choose a government and after that forfeit all responsibility. [/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=5][COLOR=black][COLOR=black]We sit back wanting to be pampered and expect the government to do everything for us whilst our contribution is totally negative. We expect the government to clean up but we are not going to stop chucking garbage all over the place nor are we going to stop to pick up a stray piece of paper and throw it in the bin. [/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=5][COLOR=black][COLOR=black]We expect the railways to provide clean bathrooms but we are not going to learn the proper use of bathrooms. [/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=5][COLOR=black][COLOR=black]We want Indian Airlines and Air India to provide the best of food and toiletries but we are not going to stop pilfering at the least opportunity. [/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=5][COLOR=black][COLOR=black]This applies even to the staff who is known not to pass on the service to the public. When it comes to burning social issues like those related to women, dowry, girl child! and others, we make loud drawing room protestations and continue to do the reverse at home. Our excuse? [/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=5][COLOR=black][COLOR=black]'It's the whole system which has to change, how will it matter if I alone forego my sons' rights to a dowry.' So who's going to change the system? What does a system consist of ? Very conveniently for us it consists of our neighbours, other households, other cities, other communities and the government. But definitely not me and YOU. [/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=5][COLOR=black][COLOR=black]When it comes to us actually making a positive contribution to the system we lock ourselves along with our families into a safe cocoon and look into the distance at countries far away and wait for a Mr.Clean to come along & work miracles for us with a majestic sweep of his hand or we leave the country and run away. Like lazy cowards hounded by our fears we run to America to bask in their glory and praise their system. When New York becomes insecure we run to England . When England experiences unemployment, we take the next flight out to the Gulf. When the Gulf is war struck, we demand to be rescued and brought home by the Indian government. Everybody is out to abuse and rape the country. Nobody thinks of feeding the system. Our conscience is mortgaged to money. Dear Indians, The article is highly thought inductive, calls for a great deal of introspection and pricks one's conscience too.... I am echoing J. F. Kennedy 's words to his fellow Americans to relate to Indians..... 'ASK WHAT WE CAN DO FOR INDIA AND DO WHAT HAS TO BE DONE TO MAKE INDIA WHAT AMERICA AND OTHER WESTERN COUNTRIES ARE TODAY' Lets do what India needs from us. Forward this mail to each Indian for a change instead of sending Jokes or junk mails. Thank you, [B][B]Dr. Abdul Kalaam[/B][/B][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][B][SIZE=2][COLOR=black][COLOR=black][B] [/B][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/B] [/INDENT] [/QUOTE]
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