रक्षाबंधन कब से प्रारम्भ हुआ (पौराणिक इतिहास )

रक्षाबंधन कब से प्रारम्भ हुआ (पौराणिक इतिहास )

स्कन्ध पुराण, पद्मपुराण और श्रीमद्भागवत में वामनावतार नामक कथा में रक्षाबन्धन का प्रसंग मिलता है। कथा कुछ इस प्रकार है- दानवेन्द्र राजा बलि ने जब 100 यज्ञ पूर्ण कर स्वर्ग का राज्य छीनने का प्रयत्न किया तो इन्द्र आदि देवताओं ने भगवान विष्णु से प्रार्थना की। तब भगवान ने वामन अबतार लेकर ब्राह्मण का वेष धारण कर राजा बलि से भिक्षा माँगने पहुँचे। गुरु के मना करने पर भी बलि ने तीन पग भूमि दान कर दी। भगवान ने तीन पग में सारा आकाश पाताल और धरती नापकर राजा बलि को रसातल में भेज दिया। इस प्रकार भगवान विष्णु द्वारा बलि राजा के अभिमान को चकनाचूर कर देने के कारण यह त्योहार बलेव नाम से भी प्रसिद्ध है। कहते हैं एक बार बाली रसातल में चला गया तब बलि ने अपनी भक्ति के बल से भगवान को रात-दिन अपने सामने रहने का वचन ले लिया। भगवान के घर न लौटने से परेशान लक्ष्मी जी को नारद जी ने एक उपाय बताया। उस उपाय का पालन करते हुए लक्ष्मी जी ने राजा बलि के पास जाकर उसे रक्षाबन्धन बांधकर अपना भाई बनाया और अपने पति भगवान बलि को अपने साथ ले आयीं। उस दिन श्रावण मास की पूर्णिमा तिथि थी। विष्णु पुराण के एक प्रसंग में कहा गया है कि श्रावण की पूर्णिमा के दिन भगवान विष्णु ने हयग्रीव के रूप में अवतार लेकर वेदों को ब्रह्मा के लिये फिर से प्राप्त किया था। हयग्रीव को विद्या और बुद्धि का प्रतीक माना जाता है।
महाभारत में भी इस बात का उल्लेख है कि जब ज्येष्ठ पाण्डव युधिष्ठिर ने भगवान कृष्ण से पूछा कि मैं सभी संकटों को कैसे पार कर सकता हूँ तब भगवान कृष्ण ने उनकी तथा उनकी सेना की रक्षा के लिये राखी का त्योहार मनाने की सलाह दी थी। उनका कहना था कि राखी के इस रेशमी धागे में वह शक्ति है जिससे आप हर आपत्ति से मुक्ति पा सकते हैं। इस समय द्रौपदी द्वारा कृष्ण को तथा कुन्ती द्वारा अभिमन्यु को राखी बाँधने के कई उल्लेख मिलते हैं। महाभारत में ही रक्षाबन्धन से सम्बन्धित कृष्ण और द्रौपदी का एक और वृत्तान्त भी मिलता है। जब कृष्ण ने सुदर्शन चक्र से शिशुपाल का वध किया तब उनकी तर्जनी में चोट आ गई। द्रौपदी ने उस समय अपनी साड़ी फाड़कर उनकी उँगली पर पट्टी बाँध दी। यह श्रावण मास की पूर्णिमा का दिन था। कृष्ण ने इस उपकार का बदला बाद में चीरहरण के समय उनकी साड़ी को बढ़ाकर चुकाया। कहते हैं परस्पर एक दूसरे की रक्षा और सहयोग की भावना रक्षाबन्धन के पर्व में यहीं से प्रारम्भ हुई।

Why the UID project poses a danger to our sovereignty

Nandan Nilekani and his UID/Aadhaar project appear quite complicit in unconstitutional act of surrendering the country’s interest in favour of a global system led by ungovernable and undemocratic business enterprises not by democratic legislatures, says Gopal Krishna

"The cameras were all around. We've got you taped; you're in the play.

Here's your ID (ideal for identifying one and all.)

Invest your life in the memory bank; ours the interest and we thank you."

                                                                                   Jethro Tull: A Passion Play (1973)

Did anyone hear the chief of the world’s biggest database project take the oath of office for a cabinet minister?

What will be the consequences if Nandan Nilekani subverts the Constitution?

Four years have passed, Nilekani has refused to reveal whether or not he has himself enrolled for biometric unique identification (UID)/Aadhaar number. Can we expect him and his bosses Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Dr Manmohan Singh, Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Pranab Mukherjee and cabinet ministers to enroll before his terms expires next year?  This information has been denied under the Right to Information Act.   

How will Nilekani and likes of him be penalised if they formally hand over the Central Identities Data Repository of UID/Aadhaar numbers to foreign governments and companies?

What will happen to him if he does the same in the name of awarding contracts to biometric technology companies for de-duplication of CIDR?

His counterpart in Pakistan did offer the entire record of the National Database and Registration Authority to the United States as has been revealed by the diplomatic cables leaked by Wikileaks. 

India China comparison

India China comparison – An eye opener

Below is a really nice comparison of India and China. Where we stand in terms of population, income, industry and many other.

China started their family planning policy in 1970, India in 1952

In 2001 our birth rate was nearly 3 times more than China. 27 births per 1000 as against 8.8 for China! India is adding 18 million people per year, against 9 million per year in China. Total addition to population is a function of total births minus total deaths.

India’s per capita earning is US$440 per year against US$990 per year in China

As per the World Bank, the poverty line definition is US$1 per person per day or US$365/person/year, for underdeveloped countries like India, China etc. As per the official data from both governments, China has 3% population below the poverty line, compared to India’s 26 to 29%! Only better governance can help.

China attracts 87 million tourists per year (this is expected to reach 90 million in 2002) against 2.5 million per year to India.

The international Tourism Industry is [7 times the size of I.T. or software] about, US$3700 billion per year. India, in spite of its old history and 21 cultures and languages, seems to have ‘missed the bus’, in Tourism. Tourism is a very big employment generator. It is estimated that every one tourist generates 2 to 4 jobs. Tourism promotes International trade and understanding.
How will we provide additional 10 million jobs per year?

The Public Sector and State/Central Government, which is already overstaffed, has a total of 18.7 million employees, therefore offers very little scope for new employment. We have to look outside the government for new employment. The unorganized sector and the SME’s (SSI is not SME) offer the maximum scope for employment, like in all other countries of the world, including China. SME’s account for nearly 75% of employment and 80% of trainees!

The Government can only facilitate jobs; they cannot provide jobs for the 300 million partly or fully unemployed in India!

At 10 million jobs per year it will take us 30 years to remove unemployment, at 5 million jobs for year it will take us 60 years! The present Indian ‘mind set’ will require rethinking and reorganization of the existing perceptions about Public Sector enterprises, and the actual role they are supposed to play! Only efficient organizations can deliver results and growth. Only better governance and efficient administration can deliver results!

In Foreign Direct investment, FDI, China + Hong Kong received US$106 billion last year [US$70billion from NRC's] vs US$3.6 billion [US$0.2b from NRI's] for India! Only better Governance can attract FDI and Tourists. In exports, China is nearly +700% of India

Taking the exports of Hong Kong + Macau into account, China’s exports would be +1000% of India! China’s GDP is 50% in manufacturing or $ 650 billion per year. India’s GDP is 25% in manufacturing or $110 billion per year. China’s manufacturing base is nearly 6 times of India’s.

Major Health Problems in India.

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Major health problems in india communicable disease problem population problem environmental sanitation problem medical care problem nutritional problem

COMMUNITY NUTRITION PROGRAMMES: 

INTEGRATED CHILD DEVELOPMENT SERVICE (ICDS) SCHEME : 
Integrated Child Development Service (ICDS) scheme was launched on 2nd October, 1975 (5th Five year Plan) in pursuance of the National Policy For Children started in 33 experimental blocks Success of the scheme led to its expansion to 2996 projects by the end of March 1994. Now the goal (Ninth Five Year Plan ) is universalization of ICDS throughout the country.

Beneficiaries : 
Beneficiaries 
1. Children below 6 years
2. Pregnant and lactating women
3. Women in the age group of 15-44 years
4. Adolescent girls in selected blocks

Objectives : 
1. Improve the nutrition and health status of children in the age group of 0-6 years 
2. Lay the foundation for proper psychological, physical and social development of the child
3. Effective coordination and implementation of policy among the various departments
4. Enhance the capability of the mother to look after the normal health and nutrition needs through proper nutrition and health education.

The Package of services provided by ICDS : 
1. Supplementary nutrition, Vitamin-A, Iron and Folic Acid
2. Immunization
3. Health check-ups
4. Referral services
5. Treatment of minor illnesses
6. Nutrition and health education to women
7. Pre-school education of children in the age group of 3-6 years
8. Convergence of other supportive services like water supply, sanitation, etc

VITAMIN A PROPHYLAXIS PROGRAMME(1970) :
Programme launched by Ministry of H&FW Component of National programme for control of blindness.1968,1976 Single massive dose of oily preparation of Vitamin A containing 200000 IU orally to all preschool children in the community every 6 months through peripheral health workers

Lok Sabha-In INDIA-Powers and functions

Powers and functions 

of 

Lok Sabha-In INDIA?

The Lok Sabha has certain powers that make it more powerful than the Rajya Sabha.

• Motions of no confidence against the government can only be introduced and passed in the Lok Sabha. If passed by a majority vote, the Prime Minister and the Council of Ministers resigns collectively. The Rajya Sabha has no power over such a motion, and hence no real power over the executive. However, the Prime Minister may threaten the dissolution of the Lok Sabha and recommend this to the President, forcing an untimely general election. The President normally accepts this recommendation unless otherwise convinced that the Lok Sabha might recommend a new Prime Minister by a majority vote. Thus, both the executive and the legislature in India have checks and balances over each other.
• Money bills can only be introduced in the Lok Sabha, and upon being passed, are sent to the Rajya Sabha, where it can be deliberated on for up to 14 days. If not rejected by the Rajya Sabha, or 14 days lapse from the introduction of the bill in the Rajya Sabha without any action by the House, or recommendations made by the Rajya Sabha are not accepted by the Lok Sabha, the bill is considered passed. The budget is presented in the Lok Sabha by the Finance Minister in the name of the President of India.
• In matters pertaining to non-financial (ordinary) bills, after the bill has been passed by the House where it was originally tabled (Lok Sabha or Rajya Sabha), it is sent to the other house, where it may be kept for a maximum period of 6 months. If the other House rejects the bill or a period of 6 months elapses without any action by that House, or the House that originally tabled the bill does not accept the recommendations made by the members of the other house, it results in a deadlock. This is resolved by a joint session of both Houses, presided over by the speaker of the Lok Sabha and decided by a simple majority. The will of the Lok Sabha normally prevails in these matters, as its strength is more than double that of the Rajya Sabha.
• Equal Powers with the Rajya Sabha in initiating and passing any Bill for Constitutional Amendment (by a majority of the total membership of the House and at least two-thirds majority of the members present and voting).
• Equal Powers with the Rajya Sabha in initiating and passing a motion for the impeachment of the President (by two-thirds of the membership of the House).
• Equal Powers with the Rajya Sabha in initiating and passing a motion for the impeachment of the judges of the Supreme Court and the state High Courts (by a majority of the membership of the House and at least two-thirds majority of the members present and voting).
• Equal Powers with the Rajya Sabha in initiating and passing a resolution declaring war or national emergency (by two-thirds majority) or constitutional emergency (by simple majority) in a state.
• If the Lok Sabha is dissolved before or after the declaration of a National Emergency, the Rajya Sabha becomes the sole Parliament. It cannot be dissolved. This is a limitation on the Lok Sabha. But there is a possibility that president can exceed the term to not more than 1 year under the proclamation of emergency and the same would be lowered down to six month if the said proclamation ceases to operate.

Know your Wife via Numerology

Know your Wife via Numerology

Anxiety to know each other through occult sciences is gaining momentum in the modern times though all these sciences, astrology, palmistry, numerology etc. existed in olden times also. Life continues to be a mystery and nobody knows its origin and end and the leading questions 'what you are and from where' you have come' continue to be an unanswered though many theories have come to stay. Be that as it may, this write-up is exclusively on knowing your wife from date of birth. It may be mentioned that the traits of each date are different and you must not form any opinion about your wife merely on the basis of these general characteristics of the number.

The whole world exists on numbers and all facets of life of an individual or a nation or company or of any organisation can be converted into numbers and thus one can know about the beneficial and auspicious number for a particular person. Normally, persons born with repetition of a particular number are more lucky. For example, persons born on 1.11.1911 would be more lucky as compared to persons born on other dates. This is also for the reasons that number is repeated at times though normally such repetition would be only for 3-4 times. Further, number 1 is represented by the planet Sun-source of all energy. Without dwelling on various aspects of numerology, it would, be apt to say that the whole science of numerology is founded on the digits 1 to 9 as all the names etc. shall get ultimately converted into these basic numbers.

Every dayhas its auspicious and inauspicious moments. Without discussing the claim of numerology as a science, it is stated that the experience has shown that life conditions can be improved by the inter-play of particular number selected with reference to one's lucky number and that number becomes auspicious for the native in all matters of life. This is practically a good Mahurta in astrology. Finally, I would say that most of our ambitions can be realised and many failures and misfortunes can be averted if actions of the native are suited to the association of certain numbers. Indian philosophers and sages had made significant contributions to numerology and practically we have , birth number, spiritual number, name number and year number. The following characteristics of your wife are only with reference to birth number:

No.1 wife (born on 1st , 10th, 19th and 28th is a fine partner, intelligent, adaptable and talented but in few cases they may have much ego and for that husband must adjust. Her interests are wide and she does like to watch the where-abouts of her husband: Aristocrat by temperament and has the capacity to attract others. She has love for beauty and nature and would like to get to some holiday resorts. If born in February, on these dates she would prove to be remarkably adaptable to family and would be devoted, kind and sympathetic house wife. By and large such ladies are lovable, have their grace, dignity and social status. No body should hurt the feelings of these ladies.

No.2 Wife (born on 2nd, 11th, 20th and 29th), subject to modifications given by the stars and month of birth, such ladies are found to be affectionate, devoted and sympathetic. Such a wife is satisfied with anything provided by her husband. Briefly, she is a fine companion; capable, adaptable but at times moody, changeable and sensitive in given circumstances. She has a good sense of decorating the house though if born in March would be a lazy lady and would while away her time in idle pursuits. Some of such ladies have been found to have interest at home as well as outside i.e. earning with house-hold- affairs. Husbands should honour their emotions and must not misuse their simplicity and honesty.

No.3 Wife (born on 3rd; 12th, 21st and 30th)- Number 3 is governed by the benefic planet Jupiter: She is the best companion. She should not be taken as an intruder. She is capable of taking deep interest in the business/professional activities of her husband. Efficient in house-keeping and has a balanced outlook towards all, specially children. Her love is full of passions, joy and highly refined and inspiring. Some of such ladies get to social life and get to busy schedule and at times. at the cost of their family life. She likes tidiness and wants to command. Doctor/ lawyer/teacher/wife is found on such date. She is practical type and wants returns for the services rendered even 'thanks' from her husband.

No. 4 Wife (born on 4th, 22nd and 31st)- Number 4 persons have more ups and downs in their lives. Revolutionary but disappointed. Some consider this number as negative part of Number 1. Number 4 wife is smart and attractive. She knows how to dress herself and has strong will power but some of them, depending ,on their birth chart, have been found to be nervous and timid and some of such ladies are dictatorial and moody. Thus the husband needs to adjust. She likes interior decoration but has no capacity to work hard. Such disappointed ladies find some shelter among the friends.

No. 5 Wife (born on ,5th, 14th and 23rd In general, number 5 persons are shrewd/business minded but quick and follow scientific pursuits, industry/ marketing etc. Receptionist wife may be born on this date having an interest at home as well as outside. She is capable of managing many activities at a time. She likes tidiness but seldom does her own work and wants to get it done from others. Some of such 'ladies turn out to be 'independent'- 'no interference from husband even. It would depend on this lady as to how she wants to make her married life attractive and happy.

No. 6 Wife (born on 6th, 15th and 24th) Number 6 is governed by the planet Venus known for love, beauty and romance. Among number 6 wives it is seen that such ladies shall not resort to divorce/separation and prefer to suffer extreme hardships. She can be termed a devoted mother and a loving wife. She is intelligent, good host, adaptable and talented. Her house can be termed as a social centre on account of her social and friendly manners. She would like suffer herself than to create a situation which " would make others hurt and feel unhappy.

No. 7 Wife (born on 7th, 16th and 25th) the Number 7 is governed by Neptune and some of the qualities of number 2 (the Moon) come in this number. She would be fond of sea and visit to foreign countries, a ambitions and would be interested in pomp and show. Most of such ladies are moody and behaviour would be unpredictable. Husband must take care in all matters as she would be uneasy and disturbed on small matters. Few of such ladies are found inviting friends (not relatives) for tea party/dinner etc. She would expect husband to look after her all the time and few of such wives feign illness and others would show 'look busy and do nothing' specially when their husbands are at home.

No.8 Wife (born on 8th, 17th and 26th) Saturn is the ruler of number 8 persons and as a wife it is seen that such ladies are hard working and active in participation in their husband's business etc. Such ladies want luxurious life and desires b have houses of their own may separate from in laws after marriage or kitchen may be separated. She is systematic, fond of interior decoration and few of such ladies have masculine body. She enjoys her family life if husband does not disturb her plans. Some of such ladies are found to lack the needed warmth and delicacy.

No.9 Wife (born on 9th, ,18th and 27th) Mars being the ruler indicate aggressive attitude, resistance, courage, dashing and stubborn and few are quick. No. 9 wife would be wonderful wife specially for an ambitious man including in military/police/ navy/air force etc. She will assist her husband in all aspects. She may also be working lady and adding to the family's income. She will be happy if married to a passionate and possessive man. Be that as it may, some type of marital pitfals cannot be ruled out. The only way for the husband to have marital bliss is to recite Hunuman Chalisa or consult the Astrologer.