INDIA WINS THE BORDER GAVASKAR TROPHY

Indian cricketers have rubbished the notion of everyone around the world that they can play 20-20 and win 20-20 and are only fit for it. Men in blue after winning the the Border Gavaskar Trophy have set many new records also proved that this test series won with (2-0) is indeed a very special one.
(1) India won their first series under Mahendra Singh Dhoni's captaincy.
(2) Indian Team won this match 2-0 against Australia for the first time since 1979.
(3) Indian Team team becomes the first country to win 4 series against Australia in last 2 years.

Neither the Australian media nor the team is taking this defeat lightly, instead Ponting is under scanner and his efficacy to lead the team and his decision of giving chance to part time bowlers to bowl in such a crucial match is being doubted.

It was a huge disappointment to millions of cricket fans across the country, Sourav Ganguly was out on the first ball duck out in the last innings of his career. But Ganguly felt,"I don't know whether one duck made my career more dramatic. it was dramatic in any case".

Aravind Adiga wins The Man Booker Award

Aravind "the man who made it big"..he at 33 ,won the 40th Man Booker prize on oct 14 for his debut novel,THE WHITE TIGER.
Adiga said his book was an "attempt to catch the voice of the men you meet as you travel through INDIA-the voice of the colossal underclass."The Man Booker prize is best known ,most hotly debated and eagerly sought literary award in Britain.

Adiga's work is a tribute to the man on the street . -The New York Times

The tale of an indian servent who kills his boss,it's written with wit and panache and crackles with a kind of joyfully subversive energy.A shocking protrait of indian corruption and social injustice at a time when the media has tended to focus on sunniertales of the nation's economic transformation. -Time

new home for TATAs NANO

After a controversial stay in West Bengal, Tatas on Tuesday shifted their Rs 1 lakh car Nano project to Sanand near Ahmedabad at an investment of Rs 2,000 crore, promising that efforts will be made to bring the world's cheapest car to meet the deadline.

Tata Motors' plans to produce cheapest car ever made!
An Indian car may soon earn a parking place in history alongside Ford's Model T, Volkswagen's Beetle and the British Motor Corp.'s Mini, all of which put a set of wheels within reach of millions of customers after they rolled onto the scene. Tata Motors is developing a car it aims to sell for about $2,500 the cheapest, by far, ever made.

Most of all, it would give millions of people the chance to drive cars.The Tata Nano is a proposed city car — a small, affordable, rear-engined, four-passenger car aimed primarily at the Indian market — first presented by India's Tata Motors at the 9th annual Auto Expo on January 10, 2008 at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi, India.

DIWALI CELEBRATIONS AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE

All that is good in mankind is concentrated in the deeds of the god-king Ram, the ruler of Ayodhya. Lord Rama, the moral man with his moral way of life are the reasons for celebrating India's popular festival of Dussehra and Diwali. Diwali comes exactly 20 days after Dussehra on Amavas (new moon), during fortnight of kartik, some time in October or November.

On the day of Dussehra, Ram, killed the great demon Ravan, who had abducted Ram's wife Sita to his kingdom of Lanka. Ram, along with his brother Lakshman and devoted follower Hanuman, and an army of monkeys fought a great battle to rescue his lovely wife Sita. The war against Ravan lasted for ten days. Sita had been returned to her husband Ram and they now make their way to Ayodhya in triumph and glory. Thus, it is on the Diwali day that Lord Ram, the incarnation of Lord Vishnu in the Treta Yug, returned to his capital Ayodhya after the exile of fourteen years.

Consequently, to commemorate the return of Ram, Sita and Lakshman to Ayodhya, people celebrate Diwali with the bursting of crackers and by lighting up their houses with earthen diyas. This grand style of celebration have continued, year after year. To this day, the whole of Ramayana is enacted in dramas staged in huge pandals and maidans, in cities, towns and villages, on the occasion of Dussehra and Diwali.

The festival of Diwali reminds us of the festive season of joy, splendor, enthusiasm and happiness. It is the festival of lights and is celebrated with great excitement by all Indians all over the world. The uniqueness of the festival is that it is celebrated for five days and each of the days has a special significance and importance. Each of the five days is based of five varied philosophies, with each day to a special thought or ideal. The first day of Diwali is called the Dhanteras, Dhanwantari Triodasi or Dhantryaodashi, which falls on the thirteenth day of the month of Ashwin. On this day, Lord Dhanwantari came out of the ocean with Ayurveda for mankind. This day marks the beginning of Diwali celebrations. On this day at sunset offerings are made of sweets during worship time to Lord Yama (the Lord of Death) for the protection from untimely death. It is mainly done near a Tulsi tree (basil tree) or any other sacred tree.

The second day is called the Narak Chaturdasi. It is the Choti Diwali celebration. On this day Lord Krishna killed the demon Narakasur and made the world free from evil power. It falls on the fourteenth lunar day of the dark fortnight of the month of Kartik and the eve of Diwali. The third and the most important day of Diwali is marked with Lakshmi Puja. It is the main day of celebration. On this day Goddess Laxmi is worshipped. All the Hindu family clean their house and themselves and join with their families and relative the puja of divine Goddess Lakshmi to achieve the blessings of wealth and prosperity, the triumph of good over evil and light over darkness. Diwali marks the last day of financial year in traditional Hindu business and businessmen perform Chopda Pujan on this day on the new books of accounts. Any new business or venture starts with Diwali puja. The fourth day of Diwali is called Padwa or VarshaPratipada and Govardhan Puja, that marks the coronation of King Vikramaditya and Vikaram-Samvat was started from this Padwa day. On this day, Govardhan Pooja is performed. Many thousands of years ago, Lord Krishna caused the people of Vraja to perform Govardhan Pooja. From that time onwards every year Hindus worship Govardhan. This day is also observed as Annakoot and prayers are offered in the temples. The fifth day of Diwali is celebrated as Bhai Duj or Bhratri Dooj. This is the day after Goverdhan Pooja is performed and normally two days after Diwali. It is a day dedicated to brothers and sisters. The rituals are more or less like Raksha Bandhan where the sisters pray for the well being of their brothers. The celebration of Bhai Dooj marks the end of the five days of Diwali celebrations. This is also known as Bhai fota among Bengalis. Bhai fota is an event especially among Bengalis when the sister prays for her brother's safety, success and well-being.

http://www.festivalsinindia.net/diwali/celebrations/index.html
http://www.diwalifestival.org/importance-of-dussehra.html

Saurav ganguly announced retirement..

Today was a historic day indeed..Saurav ganguly ex-Indian cricket captain and one of India's finest left handed batsmen announced his retirement from international cricket after the series to be palyed with Australia..ya it is painful...coz his mere name is enough to identify the indian cricket team..

Today dada in his press conference in bangalore said that, "I have spoken to my teammates and hopefully I will go out on a winning note."

well i really doubt why suddenly he took this decision also jounalists are in shock ...also rumours say that he got 2 threat letters to kidnap his daughter..also questions arising that whether BCCI and he involved in a deal regarding this..

All this a part but we all indians will definitely miss this "GOLDEN BOY" the name given to him when he started playing international cricket..for us simply he was face of indian cricket.

Sourav Ganguly played 109 tests for India and scored 6,888 runs at an average of 41.74. He scored 15 centuries in test cricket. He scored 11,363 runs in 311 matches at an average of 41.02. He scored 22 centuries in ODIs.

Best wishes dada for these ODIs ....

30 mins 5 blasts ROCK DELHI on sept 13

PLACE ,TIME, CASULATIES ,PLANTED IN

GAFFAR MARKET ,6:08 pm 13 dead ;40 injured , autorikshaw
(karol bagh)

BARAKHAMBA ROAD ,6:29 pm 1 dead;19 injured , dust bin
(CP)

M-BLOCK MARKET ,6:30 pm, 4 injured, dust bin
(GK-1)

CENTRAL PARK 6:34 pm 4 dead; 30 injured, dust bin
(CP)

M-BLOCK MARKET 6:38 pm four injured dust bin
(GK-1)


Soon after 5 blasts delhi police diffused 3 bombs -one at east regal cinema hall,central park and India gate -saving several lives.

TERROR FIGURES :
580 People killed in terror attacks in India since last Delhi serial blasts in 2005

1500 people injured in blasts across the country since last 2005 delhi blast.

13 blasts in India since october 2005,including saturday's blast in delhi.

8 cities HIT by terror strikes -Ahmedabad,Bangalore,Jaipur,Malegaon,Mumbai,New delhi and varanasi.

800 Terror modules are belived to be operating in the country with external support.
Above information taken from MAIL TODAY news paper.
Considering all these figures which are facts one strong determination each "Indian have to make strict determination and that is self help and to be vigilant"....that is because we no more have trust on our jurisdiction because they have never been vigilant nor paid any heed to threats by terror groups .Of course all this is a joke on Indian jurisdiction because their investigation regarding these kind of blasts have never reached to success...their investigation gets prolonged for years..sometimes these blasts hint us to a very fact that probably these are political gimmicks .Because no one is ready to take the responsibility of common public.and also MR. UNION HOME SECRETARY irresponsible comment " that with every blast we are gaining experience"If there is a blast in state then it throws the blame on central govt on its strategies to cope with terroism and vice-versa.What kind of feeeling do a delhi-ite or a Indian carry in his pocket that will he reach safely home today?...Also bomb blasts of this year in b'lore and gujrat were not less than a joke..

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FLOODS IN BIHAR A REALITY CHECK......

YA...government gave rs.1000 crores of relief fund to bihar ,to cope with the situation which arised due to floods.Also many state governments gave immpressive relief funds..to bihar govt and thats it.Government has played its part.No one is bothered about what is the actual situation in bihar .Are the funds reaching the flood victims or not Government and any political party is least bothered about..coz they have many other "tasks "to finish..left has to continually pull UPA's leg on nuke deal..in SINGUR the NANO row,and in maharastra Raj thakrey and JAYA BACCHAN have their own ego problems..IF news channel's toll is to be believed OVER 25 LAKH population is affected due to the floods, which is much much more than what it was in TSUNAMI..but why BIHAR this particular state always left in lurch by everyone..With this so called "ghotala state"can any thing ever go right ..and will any government or political party pay any heed.I am really looking forward when will INDIA together handle any disaster.
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