Telangana mantra at 'Sita Rama Kalyanam'

Telangana mantra at 'Sita Rama Kalyanam': "

Our Colony Association members planed to perform "Sita Rama Kalyanam" , An elderly person Yesterday came to Invite me for the same. Me being Agnostic wanted to say 'No I wont' , but ended up saying 'Yes I will'. This morning he again reminded me , I was in two minds, whether I should stick to the WORD, I gave him or following my Agnostic path, should stay away from Kalyanam??? Somehow I felt I shud keep up my WORD and went to attend the Kalyanam . Doest it make me Theist ??? ;););)

Pran Jaaye, Par Vachan Naa Jaaye !!! :) :)

The best thing I liked at Kalyanam is , the Brahman who was performing the Sita Rama Kalayanam was chanting all Vedic mantras and also said 'శిగరమే తెలంగాణా రాష్ట్ర ప్రాప్తిరస్తు' (May Telangana State be formed). I was so amused to hear that .

I'am told in all the Telangana temples while doing daily Archana to the Deity , the temple Poojari's are chanting ' ఆంధ్ర ప్రదేశ్ రాష్ట్ర విచ్చినమస్తూ , తెలంగాణా రాష్ట్ర ఏర్పాటు సిద్దిరస్తూ ' ( May Andhra pradesh State disintegrate , May Telangana State be formed )along with other Vedic Mantras. Thus the temple poojaris are requesting the Hindu God's & Goddesses to bless and support the formation of Separate Telangana state.

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Distorted sex ratios in India: Haryana's lonely bachelors | The Economist

• Distorted sex ratios in India: Haryana's lonely bachelors | The Economist
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  • Struggling to cope with a dearth of brides
  • NANDGAON, HARYANA

• • BALJEET SINGH dandles his baby daughter on his knee, a picture of contented fatherhood. Last year the 37-year-old Hindu truck driver became the envy of his friends when he married a 16-year-old Muslim from Assam, in India’s north-east. The unorthodox marriage suited both. Mr Singh’s romantic life had become a casualty of India’s preference for boy babies, which in his state, Haryana, has led to the most skewed sex ratio in India: 116 to 100, according to the 2001 census, compared with a national average of 108. By the age of 30, says Mr Singh, he had given up hope of finding a girl from his own village, Nandgaon, or from his state. His wife, Sona Khatum, comes from an impoverished family in one of India’s poorest states, though village rumour mutters that she may be an illegal migrant from Bangladesh. Mr Singh paid handsomely. “Here, I’ve always been made comfortable,” she says shyly, from beneath her veil.

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मोबाइल,इंटरनेट के दौर में हिन्दी लिपि को खतरा :: सहारा समय

• मोबाइल,इंटरनेट के दौर में हिन्दी लिपि को खतरा :: सहारा समय
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  • हर हाथ में मोबाइल फोन और हर घर तक इंटरनेट की पहुंच बनाने की कंपनियों की कोशिश के बीच हिन्दी भाषा के समक्ष नयी प्रौद्योगिकी ने उसकी लिपि देवनागरी के लोप का खतरा पैदा कर दिया है। यह मानना है विशेषज्ञों का,जो इस बात से चिंतित हैं कि मोबाइल फोन से एसएमएस करने और इंटरनेट से चिट्ठी लिखने में अंग्रेजी भाषा की रोमन लिपि का इस्तेमाल हिन्दी लिखने में किया जा रहा है।