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steps to second partition: and these people raised a bogey of Hindu domination in 1947
- There is a chorus of Pakistani voices opposing Islamabad's latest plan to sell vast tracts of agricultural land to Saudi Arabia. Yet, the weak civil society next door may not prevail over the ties that bind the Pakistan's ruling elite to the House of Saud.
In the recent past, there had been reports that the military government led by Gen Pervez Musharraf was considering the sale or lease of land to the Chinese and Gulf investors. That policy appears to have acquired a new momentum.
- Many Indians would wonder at the Pakistan's elite's seemingly casual approach to land and territoriality. The reality, however, is that Pakistan's politics are not a mirror image of ours. Pakistan's affirmation of sovereignty tends to be only in relation to India.
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Wednesday, September 23, 2009
steps to second partition: and these people raised a bogey of Hindu domination in 1947
Unplugged - Anything Anywhere!!: Illu & Rangoli - A Very Rare Form of Art That Finally Became Extinct
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- People who haven't seen the Illumination and the Rangoli competition on Diwali in IIT Kharagpur have absolutely no idea what's it about.
- It's an excellent example of a mammoth team work, unparalleled intricate project planning & management - accurate to the minutest level, timely delivery of the highest quality with more than 6 sigma precision (it never failed ever) and finally a very high quality of art that you would see no where else in the world.
- But what's indeed unique is the size. Generally the common rooms of the hostels were used to create these huge Rangolis which used to be at least 20'x20' or even more.
- Next let me explain the most unique thing - that's the illumination or more commonly known as Illu in the KGP lingo.
- The interesting thing here is that the complete lighting was done with earthen lamps - holding a small quantity of oil which can burn a small piece of cloth dipped in it only for a few minutes. Huge structures, called chatai, stitched out of flattened pieces of bamboo - sized at least 20'x20' - were put up against the walls of the hostels covering the complete front elevations. The three storied hostel buildings stretching some 100 or 200 ft were completely covered with these chatais.
- Now let's come to the monumental task required to put up the Illu and the Rangoli. It required serious planning and meticulous execution. I don't think I would ever get to see such levels of project planning and execution ever in my life. The corporates need to take lessons of leadership and team work from this. The entire event required a hierarchical team with an over all project manager, team-leads for various teams, a very detailed project planning with task breakdown to the minutest levels, regular tracking of the project for 2 weeks and finally a fully motivated team of few hundred residents of each hostel working almost round the clock without any grievance and grudge.
- The climax was the few minutes before the troupe of judges came for inspection. As the lamps would burn only for 5 minutes in the normal scenario, they had to be lit only when the judges came. We had a team of people giving latest information about the coordinates of the judges. When the judges were just 1-2 minutes from our hostel we started the task of lighting the lamps - the task that required the maximum coordination and involvement. Around 20000 lamps had to be lit in 1 or 2 minutes of time by some 150-200 people. This meant each person lighting 100 lamps in less than 2 minutes - that's at the rate of almost 1 lamp a second.
- Sadly... this tradition of Illu and Rangoli has come to an end. 2007 was the last time that KGP saw the Illu. We heard that the participation had dwindled down a lot gradually. I feel this had to happen sometime.
- But with time, every room in the hostel had internet connection - which opened up unlimited entertainment within the four walls of your room. Also I'm sure the seclusion would have ended in the last few years. The very tradition of Illu and Rangoli which used to be our life line became an obligation in later times. Professional competition also increased fiercely. The two weeks spent on the preparation were gradually seen as sheer wastage of time and resources.
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Deshbandhu : News, India, VHP, Ayodhya अयोध्या, नेपाल, हिन्दू, विहिप,पूजन, जनकपुर अयोध्या मुद्दाः शिलापूजन बाद रामबारात लेकर नेपाल जायेगी विहिप
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- नेपाल में माओवादियों की बढी ताकत का माकूल जवाब देने और हिन्दूवादी संगठनों को एकजुट करने के लिये विश्व हिन्दू परिषद (विहिप) सवा तीन लाख पूजित शिलाओं का दोबारा पूजन करने के दूसरे ही दिन 14 नवम्बर को राम बारात लेकर जनकपुर(नेपाल) जायेगी।
- बारात 21 नवम्बर को जनकपुर पहुंचेगी जहां रामलला जानकी संग सात फेरे लेंगे। राम बारात अयोध्या से निकलकर आजमगढ, बक्सर, आरा, छपरा और पटना होते हुये 21 नवम्बर को जनकपुर पहुंचेगी। सन् 2004 में इसी तरह निकली बारात का तात्कालीन नेपाल नरेश ग्यानेन्द्र ने स्वागत किया था। उस समय नेपाली जनता ने भी इसमें बढ चढ कर हिस्सा लिया था।
- जानकारों के अनुसार विहिप इस आयोजन के जरिये भारत नेपाल की सांस्कृतिक विरासत को अक्षुण्ण रखना चाहती है। विहिप चाहती है कि पौराणिक विरासत पुनर्जीवित हो साथ ही वह नेपाल में माओवादियों का प्रभाव भी कम करना चाहती है।
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हिंदू लड़की ने 999 फुट कागज पर लिखी कुरान
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हिंदू लड़की ने 999 फुट कागज पर लिखी कुरान
- आंध्रप्रदेश की राजधानी हैदराबाद की एक हिंदू लड़की ने 999 फुट कागज पर कलात्मक लेखन कैलियोग्रैफी में पूरी कुरान लिखकर हिंदू, मुस्लिम एकता और भाईचारे की मिसाल कायम की है।
- तेजश्री ने कहा कि उसे धर्म के नाम पर लोगों को लड़ते देखकर बहुत खराब लगता है।
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गुजरात में नहीं है विसर्जन की परम्परा
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- उदयपुर
- मेलड़ी माता मन्दिर में अहम मंथन होने के बाद अब शहर में गरबा समितियों को अपील पत्र देकर उनसे आग्रह किया जाएगा कि वे देवी प्रतिमा का झीलों में विसर्जन नहीं करें।
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सभी गरबा मण्डल इस बार नवरात्रि पश्चात माताजी की प्रतिमाओं को जल में विसर्जन नहीं करें अपितु उन प्रतिमाओं को सवीना बाईपास पर स्थित मेलड़ी माता मंदिर परिसर में गाजे बाजे के साथ लावें एवं वहां पर प्रतिमाओं को विराजमान कर देवें ताकि उनकी पूजा अर्चना, धूप, ध्यान निरन्तर हो सके और अगले वर्ष आप फिर उस प्रतिमाओं को वापस ले लेवें।
अपील पत्र में यह भी जिक्र किया गया है कि सर्वविदित है कि गरबा का चलन गुजरात से प्रारम्भ हुआ है और गुजरात में कहीं पर भी माताजी की प्रतिमा का जल विसर्जन नहीं किया जाता है। अपितु ९ दिवस पश्चात उसे विधि विधान से पुन: किसी मंदिर अथवा धार्मिक स्थल पर रख दी जाती है।
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