Quotes(28-05-2012)

"The biggest tragedy in America is not the great waste of natural resources - though this is tragic; the biggest tragedy is the waste of human resources because the average person goes to his grave with his music still in him."

-- Oliver Wendell Holmes

"Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude."

-- Zig Ziglar

"Life is an opportunity, benefit from it. Life is beauty,
admire it. Life is a dream, realize it. Life is a challenge,
meet it. Life is a duty, complete it. Life is a game, play it.
Life is a promise, fulfill it. Life is sorrow, overcome it.
Life is a song, sing it. Life is a struggle, accept it. Life
is a tragedy, confront it. Life is an adventure, dare it. Life
is luck, make it. Life is too precious, do not destroy it.
Life is life, fight for it."

-- Mother Teresa

"Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are
the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most
patient of teachers."

-- Charles William Eliot

"Our imagination is the only limit to what we can hope to have in the future."

-- Charles Franklin Kettering

"Every great man of business has got somewhere a touch of the idealist in him."

-- Woodrow Wilson

"Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it."

-- Michael Jordan

"Create a definite plan for carrying out your desire and begin at once, whether you're ready or not, to put this plan into action."

-- Napoleon Hill

"The most important kind of freedom is to be what you really
are. You trade in your reality for a role. You trade in your
sense for an act. You give up your ability to feel, and in
exchange, put on a mask. There can't be any large-scale
revolution until there's a personal revolution, on an
individual level. It's got to happen inside first."

-- Jim Morrison

"If I had a flower for every time I thought of you... I could
walk through my garden forever."

-- Alfred Tennyson

"You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on
your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one
who'll decide where to go..."

-- Dr. Seuss

"Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by
smiles, not tears."

-- John Lennon

"You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, "I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along." . . . You must do the thing you think you cannot do."
-- Eleanor Roosevelt

Quotes(22-05-2012)

"If you don't fail now and again, it's a sign you're playing it safe."

-- Woody Allen, Director

"What keeps so many employees back is simply unwillingness to pay the price, to make the exertion, the effort to sacrifice their ease and comfort."

-- Orison Swett Marden, motivational expert

"Laughter gives us distance. It allows us to step back from an
event, deal with it and then move on."

-- Bob Newhart

"Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at
the end of your arm. As you grow older you will discover that
you have two hands. One for helping yourself, the other for
helping others."

-- Audrey Hepburn

"A warm smile is the universal language of kindness."

-- William Arthur Ward

"Once you surrender to your vision, success begins to chase you."

-- The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari

Quotes(14-05-2012)

"When you're riding, only the race in which you're riding is important."

-- Bill Shoemaker, Jockey

"You miss 100% of the shots you don't take. "

-- Wayne Gretzky

"Every day may not be good, but there's something good in
every day."

-- Author Unknown

"When you dare to dream, dare to follow that dream; dare to suffer through the pain, sacrifice, self-doubts and friction from the world."

-- Laura Schlessinger, talk-show host

"Feel the fear and do it anyway."

-- Susan Jeffers

"To see what is right and not do it is a lack of courage."

-- Confucius, philosopher

"Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones tend to take care of themselves. "

-- Dale Carnegie

"When you follow your bliss...doors will open where you would not have thought there would be doors; and where there wouldn't be a door for anyone else. "

-- Joseph Campbell

"Long term success is built on credibility and on establishing
enduring loving relationships with quality people based on
mutually earned trust. Cut all ties with dishonest, negative
or lazy people, and associate with people who share your
values. You become who you associate with."

-- Dave Kekich

"It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless
you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived
at all."

-- J.K. Rowling

"Children will not remember you for the material things you
provided but for the feeling that you cherished them."

-- Richard L. Evans

"The first part of success is "Get-to-it-iveness"; the second part of success is "Stick-to-it-iveness.""

-- Orison Swett Marden, Editor, Success Magazine

"Look at life through the windshield, not the rear-view mirror."

-- Byrd Baggett

"Envisioning the end is enough to put the means in motion."

-- Dorothea Brande

"To a child's ear, "mother" is magic in any language. "

-- Arlene Benedict

"Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas."

-- Marie Curie

"Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds."

-- Gordon B. Hinckley

शायरी (२३-०४-२०१२)

तकदीरें बदल जाती है, जब ज़िन्दगी का कोई मकसद हो;
वरना ज़िन्दगी तो कट ही जाती है, तकदीर को इल्जाम देते देते!

पास आपके दुनिया का हर सितारा हो;
दूर आपसे गम का हर किनारा हो;
जब भी आपकी पलकें खुलें;
सामने वही हो जो आपको दुनिया में सबसे प्यारा हो!

कुछ अमल भी ज़रूरी है, इबादत के लिए;
सिर्फ सजदा करने से, किसी को जन्नत नहीं मिलती!

मुलाकातें रह जाती है सुहानी यादें बनकर;
बातें रह जाती है कहानी बनकर;
पर प्यार तो हमेशा दिल के करीब रहता है;
कभी होंठों पे मुस्कान तो कभी आँखों में पानी बनकर!

खफा न होना हमसे, अगर तेरा नाम जुबां पर आ जाये;
इंकार हुआ तो सह लेंगे और अगर दुनिया हंसी, तो कह देंगे;
कि मोहब्बत कोई चीज़ नहीं, जो खैरात में मिल जाये;
चमचमाता कोई जुगनू नहीं, जो हर रात में मिल जाये;

ज़िदगी जाने कितने मोड़ लेती है, हर मोड़ पर नए सवाल देती है;
तलाशते रहते हैं हम जवाब ज़िन्दगी भर;
और जब जवाब मिल जाये तो ज़िन्दगी सवाल बदल देती है!

जाने उस शक्स को कैसा ये हुनर आता है;
रात होती है तो आँख में उतर आता है;
मैं उसके ख्याल से निकलूं तो कहाँ जाऊं;
वो मेरी सोच के हर रास्ते पर नज़र आता है!

प्यार आ जाता है, आँखों में रोने से पहले;
हर ख्वाब टूट जाता है, सोने से पहले;
इश्क है गुनाह, यह तो समझ गए हम;
काश कोई रोक लेता, ये गुनाह होने से पहले!

हमने तेरे बाद न रखी किसी से मोहब्बत की आस;
एक शक्स ही बहुत था जो सब कुछ सिखा गया!

तकदीरें बदल जाती है, जब ज़िन्दगी का कोई मकसद हो;
वरना ज़िन्दगी तो कट ही जाती है, तकदीर को इल्जाम देते देते!

The 7 Timeless Virtues of Enlightened Living

Extracted From "The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari" by Robin Sharma



Master your Mind


Follow your Purpose


Practice Kaizen


Live with Discipline


Respect your Time


Selflessly Serve Others


Embrace the Present

Original Bengali Version of India's National Anthem

Bengali script

জনগণমন-অধিনায়ক জয় হে.
ভারতভাগ্যবিধাতা
পঞ্জাব সিন্ধু গুজরাট মরাঠা
দ্রাবিড় উৎ‍‌কল বঙ্গ
বিন্ধ্য হিমাচল যমুনা গঙ্গা
উচ্ছল জলধি তরঙ্গ
তব শুভ নামে জাগে
তব শুভ আশিস মাগে
গাহে তব জয়গাথা
জনগণমঙ্গলদায়ক জয় হে
ভারতভাগ্যবিধাতা
জয় হে, জয় হে, জয় হে,
জয় জয় জয়, জয় হে॥

Bengali phonemic transcription

Jônogônomono-odhinaeoko jôeô he
Bharotobhaggobidhata
Pônjabo Shindhu Gujoraṭo Môraṭha
Drabiṛo Utkôlo Bônggo
Bindho Himachôlo Jomuna Gôngga
Uchchhôlo jôlodhi toronggo
Tôbo shubho name jage
Tôbo shubho ashish mage
Gahe tôbo jôeogatha
Jônogônomonggolodaeoko jôeô he
Bharotobhaggobidhata
Jôeo he, jôeo he, jôeo he,
jôeo jôeo jôeo, jôeo he

English Translation of India's National Anthem

Thou art the ruler of the minds of all people,
Dispenser of India's destiny.
Thy name rouses the hearts of Punjab, Shindhu,
Gujarat and Maratha,
Of the Dravida and Orisa and Bangla;
It echoes in the hills of the Vindhyas and Himalayas,
mingles in the music of Jamuna and Ganges and is
chanted by the waves of the Indian Ocean.
They pray for thy blessings and sing thy praise.
The saving of all people waits in thy hand,
Thou dispenser of India's destiny.
victory forever.

Amazing Facts about India

• India is the world's largest, oldest, continuous civilization.
• India is the world's Largest democracy.
• India never invaded any country in her last 1000 years of history.
• India invented the number system. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
• When many cultures were only nomadic forest dwellers over 5000 years ago, Indians established Harappan culture in Sindhu Valley (Indus Valley Civilization)
• There are 300,000 active mosques in India , more than in any other country, including the Muslim world
• Sanskrit is the mother of all the European Languages . Sanskrit is the most suitable language for computer software - a report in Forbes magzine July 1987.
• Chess (Shataranja or AshtaPada) was invented in India.
• India is one of the few countries in the world, which gain independence without violence.
• India has the second largest pool of Scientist and Engineers in the World.
• India is the largest English speaking nation in the world.
• India is the only country other than US and Japan, to have built a super computer indeigenously.
• India has the largest number of Post Offices in the world
• The largest employer in the world is the Indian Railways , employing over a million people
• India was one of the richest countries till the time of British rule in the early 17th Century. Christopher Columbus, attracted by India's wealth, had come looking for a sea route to India when he discovered America by mistake.
• The Baily Bridge is the highest bridge in the world. It is located in the Ladakh valley between the Dras and Suru rivers in the Himalayan mountains. It was built by the Indian Army in August 1982
• The Vishnu Temple in the city of Tirupathi built in the 10th century, is the world's largest religious pilgrimage destination. Larger than either Rome or Mecca, an average of 30,000 visitors donate $6 million (US) to the temple everyday.
• Varanasi, also known as Benaras, was called "the Ancient City" when Lord Buddha visited it in 500 B.C., and is the oldest, continuously inhabited city in the world today.
• Martial Arts were first created in India, and later spread to Asia by Buddhist missionaries.
• Yoga has its origins in India and has existed for over 5,000 years.
• The name 'India' is derived from the River Indus, the valleys around which were the home of the early settlers. The Aryan worshippers referred to the river Indus as the Sindhu.
• The Persian invaders converted it into Hindu. The name 'Hindustan' combines Sindhu and Hindu and thus refers to the land of the Hindus
• Algebra, Trigonometry and Calculus are studies, which originated in India.
• The world's highest cricket ground is in Chail, Himachal Pradesh. Built in 1893 after leveling a hilltop, this cricket pitch is 2444 meters above sea level
• Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to mankind. The Father of Medicine, Charaka, consolidated Ayurveda 2500 years ago.
• India exports software to 90 countries.
• Jainism and Buddhism were founded in India in 600 B.C. and 500 B.C. respectively.
• Islam is India's and the world's second largest religion.
• Jews and Christians have lived continuously in India since 200 B.C. and 52 A.D. respectively
• Sikhism originated in the Holy city of Amritsar in Punjab. Famous for housing the Golden Temple, the city was founded in 1577.

शायरी (०९-०४-२०१२)

तेरी बेवफाई ने मेरा ये हाल कर दिया है;
मैं नहीं रोती, लोग मुझे देख कर रोते हैं!

अगर कोई पूछे जिंदगी में क्या खोया क्या पाया?
तो बिना झिझक कह देना जो कुछ खोया वो मेरी नादानी है;
और जो पाया वो मेरे रब की मेहरबानी है!

तकदीर बनाने वाले, तूने भी हद कर दी;
तकदीर में किसी और का नाम लिखा था;
और दिल में चाहत किसी और की भर दी!

खो जाओ मुझ में तो मालूम हो कि दर्द क्या है?
ये वो किस्सा है जो जुबान से बयाँ नही होता!

हमसे बदल गये वो निगाहें तो क्या हुआ
जिंदा हैं कितने लोग मोहब्बत किये बगैर!

मरता नहीं कोई किसी के बगैर ये हकीकत है ज़िन्दगी की
लेकिन सिर्फ सांसें लेने को 'जीना' तो नहीं कहते!