Message from Dr APJ Kalam Spend 10mts must read

H e l l o F r i e n d s..

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.

Do you have 10 minutes?

Allow me to come back with a vengeance.

Got 10 minutes for your country? If yes, then read; otherwise, choice is yours.

* YOU say that our government is inefficient.
* YOU say that our laws are too old.
* YOU say that the municipality does not pick up the garbage.
* YOU 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.
* YOU say that our country has been fed to the dogs and is the absolute pits.
* YOU say, say and say. What do YOU do about it? 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 Orchard Road(equivalent of Mahim Causeway or Pedder Road) between 5 PM and 8 PM.
* YOU comeback to the parking lot to punch your parking ticket if you have over-stayed, identity. In Singapore you don’t say anything, DO YOU?
* YOU wouldn’t dare to eat in public during Ramadan,in Dubai.
* YOU would not dare to go out without your head covered in Jeddah.

* 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.”
* 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.
* YOU wouldn’t chuck an empty coconut shell anywhere other than the garbage pail on the beaches in Australia and New Zealand. 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.

* YOU can respect and conform to a foreign system in other countries but cannot in your own. You throw papers and cigarettes on the road the moment you touch the 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?

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. 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 pickup a stray piece of paper and throw it in the bin. We expect the railways to provide clean bathrooms but we are not going to learn the proper use of bathrooms.

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. This applies even to the staff that 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? “It’s the whole system which has to change, how will it matter if I alone forego my son’s 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.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 American 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” Let’s do what India needs from us.

Forward this mail to each Indian for a change instead of sending Jokes or junk mails.

Thank You, Dr. Abdul Kalaam –

 

Charles Schulz’s Philosophy About Life

Charles Schulz’s Philosophy About Life

If you haven’t seen this before, enjoy!
If you have, you’ll probably enjoy it just as much the second time around!
The following is the philosophy of Charles Schultz,
the creator of the “Peanuts ” comic strip.
You don’t have to actually answer the questions.
Just read the e-mail straight through,
and you’ll get the point.

1. Name the five wealthiest people in the world.
2. Name the last five Heisman trophy winners.
3. Name the last five winners of the Miss America.
4. Name ten people who have won the Nobel or Pulitzer Prize.
5. Name the last half dozen Academy Award winner for best actor and actress.
6. Name the last decade’s worth of World Series winners.

How did you do?
The point is, none of us remember the headliners of yesterday.
These are no second-rate achievers. They are the best in their fields.
But the applause dies. Awards tarnish. Achievements are forgotten.
Accolades and certificates are buried with their owners .

Here’s another quiz. See how you do on this one:
1. List a few teachers who aided your journey through school.
2. Name three friends who have helped you through a difficult time.
3. Name five people who have taught you something worthwhile.
4. Think of a few people who have made you feel appreciated and special.
5. Think of five people you enjoy spending time with.
Easier?

The lesson: The people who make a difference in your life
are not the ones with the most credentials, the most money,
or the most awards. They are the ones that care.

 

Birds, Animals and Trees facts

Birds, Animals and Trees facts

SNAILS have 14175 teeth laid along 135 rows on their tongue.

A BUTTERFLY has 12,000 eyes.

DOLPHINS sleep with 1 eye open.

A BLUE WHALE can eat as much as 3 tonnes of food everyday, but at the same time can live without food for 6 months.

The EARTH has over 12,00,000 species of animals, 3,00,000 species of plants & 1,00,000 other species.

The fierce DINOSAUR was TRYNOSAURS which has sixty long & sharp teeth, used to attack & eat other dinosaurs.

DIMETRODON was a mammal like REPTILE with a snail on its back. This acted as a radiator to cool the body of the animal.

CASSOWARY is one of the dangerous BIRD, that can kill a man or animal by tearing off with its dagger like claw.

The SWAN has over 25,000 feathers in its body.

OSTRICH eats pebbles to help digestion by grinding up the ingested food.

POLAR BEAR can look clumsy & slow but during chase on ice, can reach 25 miles / hr of speed.

KIWIS are the only birds, which hunt by sense of smell.

ELEPHANT teeth can weigh as much as 9 pounds.

OWL is the only bird, which can rotate its head to 270 degrees.

 

24 hours an average human

In a period of a day or 24 hours an average human:

HEART beats 1,03,689 times.
LUNGS respire 23,045 times.
BLOOD flows 16,80,000 miles.
NAILS grow 0.00007 inches
HAIR grows 0.01715 inches
Take 2.9 pounds WATER (Including other liquids)
Take of 3.25 pounds FOOD.
Breathe 438 cubic feet AIR.
Lose 85.60, BODY TEMPERATURE.
Produce 1.43 pints SWEAT.
Speak 4,800 WORDS.
During SLEEP move 25.4 times

 

40 Things You Might Not Know

1. Money isn’t made out of paper; it’s made out of cotton.

2. The 57 on Heinz ketchup bottle represents the varieties of pickles the company once had.

3. Your stomach produces a new layer of mucus every two weeks otherwise it will digest itself.

4. The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp paper.

5. The dot over the letter ‘i’ is called a “tittle”.

6. A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top.

7. Susan Lucci is the daughter of Phyllis Diller.

8. A duck’s quack doesn’t echo … no one knows why.

9. 40% of McDonald’s profits come from the sales of Happy Meals.

10. Every person has a unique tongue print

11. 315 entries in Webster’s 1996 Dictionary were misspelled.

12. The ’spot’ on 7UP comes from its inventor who had red eyes. He was albino.

13. On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily.

14. During the chariot scene in ‘Ben Hur’ a small red car can be seen in the distance
.
15. Warren Beatty and Shirley MacLaine are brother and sister.

16. Chocolate affects a dog’s heart and nervous system; a few ounces will kill a small sized dog.

17. Orcas (killer whales) kill sharks by torpedoing up into the shark’s stomach from underneath, causing the shark to explode.

18. Most lipstick contains fish scales.

19. Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn’t wear pants.

20. Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine.

21. Upper and lower case letters are named ‘upper’ and ‘lower’ because in the time when all original print had to be set in individual letters, the upper
case’ letters were stored in the case on top of the case that stored the smaller, ‘lower case’ letters.

22. Leonardo Da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.

23. Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.

24. There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos.

25. The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan, there was never a recorded Wendy before!

26. There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with: orange, purple and silver!

27. Leonardo Da Vinci invented scissors. Also, it took him 10 years to paint Mona Lisa’s lips
.
28. A tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion will make it instantly go mad and sting itself to death
.
29. The mask used by Michael Myers in the origina “Halloween” was a Captain Kirk mask painted white.

30. If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies, you have $1.19 You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar.

31. By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you can’t sink in quicksand (and you thought this list was completely useless).

32. The phrase “rule of thumb” is derived from an old English law, which stated that you couldn’t beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.

33. American Airlines saved $40,000 in ‘87 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first class.

34. The first product Motorola started to develop was a record player for automobiles. At that time, the most known player on the market was the Victrola, so they called themselves Motorola

35. Celery has negative calories! It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with. It’s the same with apples!

36. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying!

37. The glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified kosher.

38. Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from Public Libraries.

39. Back in the mid to late 80’s, an IBM compatible computer wasn’t considered a hundred percent compatible unless it could run Microsoft’s
Flight Simulator game..

40. Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into space because passing wind in a space suit damages them.

 

Warren Edward Buffett

Warren Edward Buffett
The Second Richest Man in the world.

Some interesting and must read facts abt him.

There was a one hour interview on CNBC with Warren Buffet, the second richest man who has donated $31 billion to charity. Here are some very interesting aspects of his life:

1) He bought his first share at age 11 and he now regrets that he Started too late!

2) He bought a small farm at age 14 with savings from delivering newspapers.

3) He still lives in the same small 3 bedroom house in mid-town Omaha, That he bought after he got married 50 years ago. He says that he has Everything he needs in that house. His house does not have a wall or a fence.

4) He drives his own car everywhere and does not have a driver or Security people around him.

5) He never travels by private jet, although he owns the world’s largest private jet company.

6) His company, Berkshire Hathaway, owns 63 companies. He writes only One letter each year to the CEOs of these companies, giving them goals for The year. He never holds meetings or calls them on a regular basis.

7) He has given his CEO’s only two rules. Rule number 1: do not lose any Of your share holder’s money. Rule number 2: Do not forget rule number 1.

He does not socialize with the high society crowd. His past time After he gets home is to make himself some pop corn and watch television.

9) Bill Gates, the world’s richest man met him for the first time only 5 years ago. Bill Gates did not think he had anything in common with Warren Buffet. So he had scheduled his meeting only for half hour. But when Gates met him, the meeting lasted for ten hours and Bill Gates became a devotee of Warren Buffet.

10) Warren Buffet does not carry a cell phone, nor has a computer on his desk.

11) His advice to young people: Stay away from credit cards and invest In yourself. Remember money doesn’t create man but it is the man who Created money

• Live your life as simple as you are
• Don’t do what others say, just listen them , but do what you feel good.
• Don’t go on brand name , just wear those things in which u feel Comfortable
• Don’t waste your money on unnecessary things , just spend on them who Are really in need .
• After all it’s your life then why we give chance to others to rule our life .

Reference:
Warren Edward Buffett (b. August 30, 1930, Omaha, Nebraska) is an American investor, businessman and philanthropist.

Nicknamed the “Oracle of Omaha” or the “Sage of Omaha”, Buffett has Amassed an enormous fortune from astute investments, particularly through the company Berkshire Hathaway, of which he is the largest shareholder and CEO. With an estimated current net worth of around US$46 billion, he is ranked by Forbes as the second-richest person in the world, behind only Microsoft chairman Bill Gates.

In June 2006, he made a commitment to give away his fortune to charity, with 85% of it going to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation .

Buffett’s donation was the largest act of charitable giving in United States history.

Despite his immense wealth, Buffett is famous for his unpretentious and frugal lifestyle. When he spent $6.7 million of Berkshire’s funds on a corporate jet in 1989, he jokingly named it “The Indefensible” because of his past criticisms of such purchases by other CEOs . He continues to live in the same house in the central Dundee neighborhood of Omaha Nebraska that he bought in 1958 for $31,500 (although he also owns a mansion in Laguna Beach, California).

His annual salary of $100,000 is tiny by the standards of senior Executeve remuneration in other S&P 500 companies, which averaged about $9 million in 2003. Recently, in an interview with CNBC TV on October 25, 2006, he revealed that his salary is tied to the price of Berkshire Hathaway Class A stocks, joking that this was part of the reason why he chose to never split the stock.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Buffet

 

Astonishing facts

Longest English Word:
Praetertranssubstantiationalistically has 37 letters.

2) Book Without Letter “e”:
GADFY, written by Earnest Wright in 1939 is a 50,000+ word book, which doesn’t contain a single word with ‘e’ in it

3) Word without Vowel:
Rhythm
Sky
Fry
Cry

4) Human Brain:
Organ of body which has no sensation when cut.

5) Crocodile:
Only animal & reptile which sheds tear while eating.

6) No of Alphabets, which SOUND AS WORDS:They are
** **B* Bee *
** **C* Sea*
** **G** * Zee*
** ** I* Eye *
** ** Q* Queue*
** ** R* Are *
** ** S* Yes *
** **T* Tea* **
** ** U* You *
** ** Y* Why

Fascinating Animals, Birds, Trees:

1) SNAILS have 14175 teeth laid along 135 rows on their tongue.
2) A BUTTERFLY has 12,000 eyes.
3) DOLPHINS sleep with 1 eye open.
4) A BLUE WHALE can eat as much as 3 tones of food everyday, but at the same time can live without food for 6 months.
5) The EARTH has over 12,00,000 species of animals, 3,00,000 species of plants & 1,00,000 other species.
6) The fierce DINOSAUR was TYRANNOSAURS which has sixty long & sharp
teeth, used to attack & eat other dinosaurs.
7) DEMETRIO was a mammal like REPTILE with a snail on its back. This acted as a radiator to cool the body of the animal.
8) CASSOWARY is one of the dangerous BIRD, that can kill a man or animal by tearing off with its dagger like claw.
9) The SWAN has over 25,000 feathers in its body.
10) OSTRICH eats pebbles to help digestion by grinding up the ingested food.
11) POLAR BEAR can look clumsy & slow but during chase on ice, can reach 25 miles / hr of speed.
12) KIWIS are the only birds, which hunt by sense of smell.
13) ELEPHANT teeth can weigh as much as 9 pounds.
14) OWL is the only bird, which can rotate its head to 270 degrees.

What are They :

1) If we say ‘MUMMY’, they come together & go apart when we say DADDY’:
LIPS
2) What goes up & never comes down:
AGE
3) Patches over patches but no stitches:
CABBAGE
4) What is that we cannot see, but is always before you:
FUTURE
5) What goes up & down a hill, but never moves: ROAD
6) You can never wet it:
SHADOW
7) What belongs to You, but used by your friends more often you do:
YOUR NAME

In 24 Hours Average Human:

1) HEART beats 1,03,689 times.
2) LUNGS respire 23,045 times.
3) BLOOD flows 16,80,000 miles.
4) NAILS grow 0.00007 inches
5) HAIR grows 0.01715 inches
6) Take 2.9 pounds WATER (including all liquids)
7) Take of 3.25 pounds FOOD.
8) Breathe 438 cubic feet AIR.
9) Lose 85.60, BODY TEMPERATURE.
10) Produce 1.43 pints SWEAT.
11) Speak 4,800 WORDS.
12) During SLEEP move 25.4 times

 

Interesting facts on Bill Gates

On July 7, 1998 Bill Gates, the richest man on the planet, was worth _56.8 billion (Rs.2.39 lakh crore) This is 15.9 per cent of India’s 1996 gross national product (GNP) of _357.8 billion (Rs.15 lakh crore), or more than 60 per cent of India’s total external debt (_93 billion). Singlehandedly, Gates could wipe out India’s Rs.86,350 crore fiscal deficit- and still have 64 per cent of his wealth intact.

His wealth is more than the GNPs of 85 nations, which is nearly half the number of countries in the world. In fact, it is more than the combined GNP of the 29 poorest nations, of which the three richest are zambia(GNP _3.4 billion, Cambodia (_3.1 billion), and Angola (_3 billion).

There are 5.93 billion people on the planet. If all of Gates’ wealth was distributed equally to the citizens on th earth, each person – including Bill Gates – would get Rs.402.29. If the money was divided among Indians only, every Indian would be righer by Rs.2,511.16, which is approximately twice India’s per capita monthly income.

If Gates gave away Rs.1 crore every day, he would have to live for another 653 years to give it all away.

If the money was distributed over every gram of Gates’ body (assuming Gates weighs 80 kg), each gram would be worth Rs.2.98 crore – enough to buy 6,000 sq.ft. of property in New Delhi’s posh Vasant Vihar area, with Rs.34 lakh left over to furnish it. A pound of Gates’ flesh is worth Rs.1,355 crore – 73 per cent of the A-group shares on the Bombay Stock Exchange, and 98 per cent of the 4,799 companies traded there, have a lower market capitalisation.

He could buy 4786 listed companies with his _56.8 billion. Starting from the top, he would be able to buy all the shares of the 33 most capitalised companies in India – Hindustan Lever, ONGC, Indian Oil, ITC and Reliance included – but would find it difficult to buy the 34th company; for that he would have to shell out another Rs.1083 crore – or gain 364 grams! Assuming, of course, that prices remain stable when Gates starts buying up the shares.

One of the most expensive properties available in India today is a 6,000 sq.ft. apartment at Kemp’s Corner in Mumbai on offer for Rs.10.5 crore. Gates could buy 22,720 such apartments – if they existed.

The source of Gates’ wealth, we all know, is his 21.9 per cent holding in Microsoft, a company which contributes 60 per cent to the market capitalisation of the world’s software companies. Since Microsoft went public on March 13, 1986 at _21 a share te stock has split seven times. Had it not done so, the value of each share would have been _7798.50 (Rs.3.2 lakh), instead of the current _108 (Rs.4,536). Since Microsoft went public, Gates has been increasing his
wealth at the rate of 61.65 per cent per annum. That is _388,001 (Rs.1.63 crore) per minute, or _145.77 (Rs.6122) per second. If he maintains this rate of growth, he will become a trillionaire (1 followed by 12 zeros) on June 26, 2004.

If all of Gates’ money were in Re.1 notes, and if they were placed end to end, they would stretch for 229,017,600 km. That means 298 round trips to the moon. Or enough to go to Mars, plus a return trip to the moon, plus Rs.3.5 lakh to spare. If you could travel on these notes at the speed of sound, it would take you more than 21 years to reach the end; at the speed of light, it would take you almost 13 minutes (it takes eight minutes for light to travel from the sun to the earth). If you spread the notes out instead of laying them end to end, they would cover 400,806 sq.km or about 12.2 per cent of the area of India.

If Gates liked making expensive movies, he could make Titanic – the most expensive film ever made – 284 time.

source: Inteligent Investor

Amazing, isn’t it?

 

Abraham Lincoln Didn’t quit

Probably the greatest example of persistence is Abraham Lincoln. If you want to learn about somebody who didn’t quit, look no further.

Born into poverty, Lincoln was faced with defeat throughout his life. He lost eight elections, twice failed in business and suffered a nervous breakdown.

He could have quit many times – but he didn’t and because he didn’t quit, he became one of the greatest presidents in the history of our country.

Lincoln was a champion and he never gave up. Here is a sketch of Lincoln’s road to the White House:
1816 His family was forced out of their home. He had to work to support them.
1818 His mother died.
1831 Failed in business.
1832 Ran for state legislature – lost.
l832 Also lost his job – wanted to go to law school but couldn’t get in.
1833 Borrowed some money from a friend to begin a business and by the end of the year he was bankrupt. He spent the next 17 years of his life paying off this debt.
1834 Ran for state legislature again – won.
1835 Was engaged to be married, sweetheart died and his heart was broken.
1836 Had a total nervous breakdown and was in bed for six months.
1838 Sought to become speaker of the state legislature – defeated.
1840 Sought to become elector – defeated.
1843 Ran for Congress – lost.
1846 Ran for Congress again – this time he won – went to Washington and did a good job.
1848 Ran for re-election to Congress – lost.
1849 Sought the job of land officer in his home state – rejected.
1854 Ran for Senate of the United States – lost.
1856 Sought the Vice-Presidential nomination at his party’s national convention – get less than 100 votes.
1858 Ran for U.S. Senate again – again he lost.
1860 Elected president of the United States.

 

Indian Languages State Wise

Here is a list of Indian states/UTs with predominant languages:

1. Jammu & Kashmir (Dogri, Kashmiri, Ladakhi, Punjabi, Urdu, Hindi, Baltistani, Dardi)

2. Himanchal Pradesh (Hindi, Pahadi)

3. Punjab (Punjabi, Hindi and Urdu)

4. Haryana (Hindi, Haryanvi, Predominantly Muslim – Urdu)

5. Rajasthan (Hindi, Rajasthani, Marwadi, Predominantly Muslim – Urdu)

6. Uttar Pradesh (Hindi, Brijbhasha, Pahadi, Avadhi, Bhojpuri, numerous others, Pred. Musl. – Urdu)

7. Madhya Pradesh (Hindi, Marathi, numerous others, pred. Muslim – Urdu)

8. Gujarat (Gujarati)

9. Maharashtra (Marathi, Vidarbha region – Hindi and Marathi, Konkan region – Konkani and Malwani)

10. Karnataka (Kannada, Tulu, Konkani)

11. Goa (Konkani)

12. Kerala (Malayalam)

13. Tamil Nadu (Tamil)

14. Lakshadweep (small chain of islands – Malayalam (?) )

15. Andaman & Nicobar Islands (Andamanese)

16. Andhra Pradesh (Telugu, Hyderabad city – Telugu plus Urdu)

17. Orissa (Oriya)

18. Bihar (Hindi, Bhojpuri, Maithini, Santhali, Angika, numerous others, Bengali, Pred. Muslim – Urdu)

19. West Bengal (Bengali)

20. Sikkim (Nepali, Lepcha, Bhutia)

21. Assam (Assamese, others)

22. Meghalaya (Garo, Khasi)

23. Arunanchal Pradesh (I plead ignorance!)

24. Mizoram (Mizo)

25. Nagaland (Naga)

26. Tripura (Tripuri, Bengali, Kuki)

27. Delhi (Capital City and sorrounding area – given quasi-statehood recently)

Other languages – Sindhi, SanskritOther Indian languages which are not represented in the “leftover” India -Baluchi, Pashto (in Pakistan now)