Real Heroes

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neerja_Bhanot
Neerja Bhanot'(September 7, 1963 – September 5, 1986 ^[1]), was a flight attendant for Pan Am airlines, based in Bombay, India, who died while saving passengers from terrorists on board the hijacked Pan Am Flight 73 on September 5, 1986, she went on to become the youngest recipient of India’s highest civilian award for bravery, the Ashoka Chakra.^{[2]................................}

QUOTES ABOUT INDIA

QUOTES ABOUT INDIA

a.. Albert Einstein said:

We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, without
which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made.

b.. Mark Twain said:

India is, the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech,
the mother of history, the grandmother of legend, and the great
grand mother of tradition. Our most valuable and most structive
materials in the history of man are treasured up in India only.

c.. French scholar Romain Rolland said:

If there is one place on the face of earth where all the dreams of
living men have found a home from the very earliest days when man began the
dream of existence, it is India.

d.. Hu Shih, former Ambassador of China to USA said:

"Many of the advances in the sciences 
that we consider today to have been made in Europe 
were in fact made in India centuries ago."

- Grant Duff
British Historian of India


"India was the motherland of our race 
and Sanskrit the mother of Europe's languages. 
India was the mother of our philosophy, 
of much of our mathematics, of the ideals embodied in christianity... of self-government and democracy. 
In many ways, Mother India is the mother of us all."
- Will Durant
- American Historian 1885-1981

India's 65th Independence Day!

31 States,
1618 Languages,
6400 Castes,
6 Religion,
6 Ethnic Groups,
29 Major festivals
1 Country!
Be Proud to be an Indian!..
Happy Independence Day……… 

 Albert Einstein said:We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, withoutwhich no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made.

 India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.

 The World's first university was established in Takshila,India in 700BC

 Although modern images of India often show poverty and lack of
development, India was the richest country on earth until the time of
British invasion in the early 17th Century.

The art of Navigation was born in the river Sindh 6000 years ago.
The very word Navigation is derived from the Sanskrit word NAVGATIH.

Sanskrit is the mother of all the European languages. Sanskrit is
the most suitable language for computer software - a report in
Forbes magazine, July 1987.

 Bhaskaracharya calculated the time taken by the earth to orbit the
sun hundreds of years before the astronomer Smart.

 The value of "pi" was first calculated by Budhayana

 Algebra, trigonometry and calculus came from India.

 According to the Gemological Institute of America, up until 1896,
India was the only source for diamonds to the world.

 USA based IEEE has proved what has been a century old suspicion in
the world scientific community that the pioneer of wireless
communication was Prof. Jagdeesh Bose and not Marconi.

 The earliest reservoir and dam for irrigation was built in
Saurashtra.

 Chess (Shataranja or AshtaPada) was invented in India.

 The place value system, the decimal system was developed in
India in 100 BC.

 India is.......the Largest democracy in the world

 The game of snakes & ladders was created by the 13th century poet saint Gyandev. 

 The Baily Bridge is the highest bridge in the world.It was built by the Indian Army in August 1982.

 38% of Doctors in America are Indians.

 12% of Scientists in America are Indians.

 36% of NASA employees are Indians.

 34% of MICROSOFT employees are Indians


 

 13% of XEROX employees are Indians

 28% of IBM employees are Indians 17% of INTEL employees are Indians

 The technique of manufacturing crystal (sugar)cane sugar by India

Technique of  the making of camphor 

 First democracy to elect a woman Prime Minister.

 Kung Fu is a derivation of Yoga---taught to the Chinese by an Indian Bhuddist Monk known as Bodidharma

 India is the 7th nuclear power in the world

 India is the 5th largest economy in the world 

 India is the 4th nation in the world to have developed/or developing a nuclear submarine

 India is the 5th nation in the world to be in the multi billion dollar space commerce business.

 India is the 3rd nation in the world, to be able to develop land based and sea based cruise missiles.

All the above is just the TIP of the iceberg
HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY
15 August 2012
Regards
Raghav

Lesson for Bollywood celebrities

Mega sporting events such as the Olympics or the Commonwealth Games are a matter of prestige for host nations. This is precisely why the  British celebrities  performed at the ceremony of the  2012 London Olympics for just a symbolic 1.57 $ each is truly commendable. 

Paul McCartney got paid around 85 INR for opening the 2012 London Olympics.

Mike Oldfield, Dizzee Rascal and Emeli Sande, also received the nominal fee.

They have all chosen to put their country before their personal gain.

This is in stark contrast to Bollywood celebrities, who can demand enormous sums of money to perform at events of national importance for India.

Bollywood stars demanded a whopping Rs 40 crore for an 11-minute performance at the Melbourne handing over ceremony of the Commonwealth Games was greedy and vulgar. 

Rahman charged Rs. 50million (5 crore) for composing the anthem for the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games

While celebrities have every right to demand their due at regular events, there`s a strong case for making an exception where the nation`s image is at stake

TRUE FRIEND

Celebrate this Friendship Day with
God,
A friend who will never leave you in
any situation.
who is waiting for you embracing his
arms,
who will be with you whenever you
need him,
who will walk with you every step of
your life,
who will show you the right path in
your life,
A friend who will never ditch you.
Come make God your FRIEND,
who is your TRUE FRIEND..

Happy Friendship Day...:)