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(c) 2008 Puja GoyalMagazine: Live ITMonth of Publication: February 2009New trends are taking on social networking websites. There was also an array of friendly websites like batchmate.com, orkut.com etc; which attempted to connect lost friends. Yet others let you connect to new ones. There are some emerging social networks on the internet which are revolutionizing trends in connecting, and

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digitalLEARNING at the ICT Summit 08 ]


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I reached New Delhi at around 10.30am on 31st July 08, and immediately took a taxi to Pragati Maidan. It turned out to be a big event with all sorts of people attending it. Although the event was organized on a massive scale only a few attended. By few I mean the general public was sparse and only the top notch, individuals involved in technological developments and others who would market these developments like school principals, marketers, other product manufacturers, competitors and those types of individuals attended. As such, the real individuals whose lives would be impacted with decisions made by the higher ups or so- called decision makers were negligent.

However, I was disappointed by many things which I shall mention as the letter proceeds. The positive aspect to the disappointment is that it gave me clarity about how decision makers think.

Anyhoo, I was on time for my session, and the mother of all technological failures at a technological event. My presentations which was on the PPT refused to work. It wasn't my fault really. They hadn't updated their software. I was glad that I had checked on it before the seminar started. I wasn't the only one. There were a couple of others who wanted to use their own laptops resulting in delays. However, my presentation was finally working when someone ran all over the place and got it fixed.

I was the first speaker, but due to the frenzy, they pooled me as the last one. We were told earlier that we had ten minutes each, but as the presentations proceeded, I was allowed only about 6 minutes. Why? The presenters before did not confirm to their time.

Unlike us the other presentations were not so subtle. They spoke about their company and what they had to offer to the public. As such, there was no such discussion on what needs to be done about digital learning and how it can actually help youngsters gain perception and at the same time help educators better their skills in imparting education.

In a gist, everyone lost the point!!

The guy who was proceeding through our session was an idiot. He didn't know who to cut short and who to allow going on. He didn't encourage audience participation and allowed for only two questions from the audience. I don't really remember the first question: but the second question was a very valid and important one, "how can digital learning help bridge the gap between rural and urban education?" No one could answer that and since everyone was against social – networking, they didn't think it could be answer to any technological developments.

I don't imply to sound peeved or resilient, but the session I was put in really didn't make any point.

It seemed to me that what was discussed was irrelevant and outdated. The first few speakers spoke of their products, like an e-scholarships portal they had to offer, a language learning tool developed by a company (I would still like to go to an institute and talk to real humans instead of virtual people, when it comes to learning a language, but that's besides the point) and few other educational instruments created by them. There was another science educational tool by this company (ah I forget), who say that you can conduct experiments and combine chemicals online to see their results instead of working on it manually. (What would be the point of it, I don't know) They also spoke of how progressed students have become. They like to cut and paste pictures and Google notes, and teachers can also partake in it to make class interesting by cutting and pasting pictures. The teachers can now use the cutting and pasting technology in class to make projects. One speaker then showed us 100 photos of Dubai, the developments taking place and how Dubai will look in the next 10 to 15 years. It was of course a PPT we had to sit through, and was combined with streaming music composed by Mozart.

The impression I got was that everyone was against social – networking; they didn't think it could be an answer to any technological development. The truth is that they completely abhor it; they don't realize that it is a result of technological development. The only picture they have of it is of teenagers, whiling away their parents' money whilst chatting with strangers on the internet, commenting and scrapping friends unnecessarily and watching porn. This point was reiterated not once but four times in the next session; the speakers had sat through my session and therefore didn't quite buy the idea I suppose.

The point of the discussion really should have been how to use technology effectively so that it can be beneficial to the masses in general.

Like I said, everyone lost the point really.

The second session was a mess really. It started off with this Koshy Lady who showed us an advertisement. The advt. showed a priest running a school, a kid comes for admissions and he is not able to enroll her due to lack of space, he feels sad and prays at the church. He is struck with the idea that he could educate more with the help of a mobile phone. So, he gives every village a mobile phone and the students come to class to listen to a teacher teaching on a mobile phone. Koshy went on to elaborate how useless technology is in connecting people; and how futile it is to be taught through a mobile phone.

The speakers of that session ended up taking potshots at each other; citing instances of how isolated technology can make you. They also defined "DIGITAL LEARNING" ten times in their own words, and slammed educational software manufacturers for taking the cake out of the educators hand by restricting their creativity. A few seemed to be completely against technology. Chatting is of no consequence, I guess… because they were pretty peeved by the idea, and kept mentioning Orkut and Chatting all the time.

In the end, everyone had bad feelings for each other. They seemed to hate each other, I think. What should have been a healthy discussion about what the next step in technological developments should be, turned into total heartburn.

In retrospect, we had an extremely valid point of discussion. Only that, they couldn't see beyond Orkut. It was another form of a generation gap. The speakers, participants, panelists and perceivers had entered the arena with fixed ideas and thoughts; they were not willing to embrace a possibility of using a tool (social networking) which was readily available to the youth. The movers and shakers of the technological world couldn't see beyond what they thought. In the end Internet meant chatting; nothing more and nothing less.

I'm not a biggie when it comes to technology. I don't create technology; but from what I see around me, I don't think anything new will be developed right now for the next how many ever years. The real challenge will not be in creating something new, but how effectively we use the one's we already have.

Speaking of which, I did meet a principal from Jharkhand. He has been granted some funding (by the government of India), to organize a proper educational structure for children; but unfortunately he is not being able to organize manpower. Why? The area is dangerous to live… what with shooting happening everyday. No one wants to teach over there. He was exploring possibilities in working with us to do something about it.

We finished our sessions etc, and left around 4.30 pm. I headed straight to the Airport after that….




Related to country: India

I though I should share this conversation with one of my friends, with you.. it would make some sense I guess. I have been stupid in the past and now they come to haunt me. People should realise that a no is a no apparently India men like to pursue even if its a no for some odd reason thiinking its a yes.

puja says: what happened was a few years back in 2002, apparently i was stupid so I was going through this website and decided that I liked it.. so I left a comment on the site. it required an email id so without thinking I left my email there too..after a few months.. this dude added me to his messenger.

puja says: i thought he was one of my friends so i did.. i introduced and asked who he was and he said i had left a comment on his website and that he wanted to make friends. i told him that it was only a comment and that it is not required that everyone who leaves a comment should be approached for friendship and that a comment does not mean i wanna make friends with everyone who visits the page. then he went on his own trip.. and started absing me saying i'm taking it personally and that im not a sport and that i am thinking of him as some evil thing.. and stuff like that he even started saying stuff like he was my friend and all.. i was like hell.. you are not my friend

Evenflow says: men and their ego

puja says: and he's like but he is cos he has been sending me forwards.. and stuff.. which he was, he was sending me stupid junk mail. and a part of the reason why i communicated with him was because i wanted him to stop sending them. i had blocked his emil id twice but i still got junk i dont know why

puja says: he called me a bitch and stuff for it.. he threatened to hack my account and all ... you know what happened after this? after this i actually started thinking maybe i am over reacting and stuff..

Evenflow says: and

puja says: and then after a while.. i got over it and shook myself up and thought.. i dont even know this guy i dont give a shit about him!!! why should i bother

Evenflow says: thats the problem with me too

puja says: but it was mentally draining then.. he was encroaching upon me.. the problem is we dont even realise this is happening..

Evenflow says: i also thot if i was over reacting

puja says: yeah.. we always end up thinking that maybe something is wrong with us.

Evenflow says: ya even if the guy means good, i dont want to know him . thats what matters right what we want not what that guy wants

puja says: i checked my msn now and guess what.. after all the nonsense and me telling him that i wil ltake him to the police and he should remove me from his lst.. he

hasn't removed me

Evenflow says: some psycho

puja says: yeah what matters is what we want.. but the problem is we do not get what we want

Evenflow says: i guess we have to be assertive, more assertive abt what we want

puja says: and i do not even wanna think about it.. but now i am extremely paranoid about it and dont even want to be a part of any orkut community anymore

Evenflow says: I am not , i deleted many at the same time i have given an email id which i dont use

puja says: i was assertvie shubha.. very assertive. i told him it was a mistake.. it was only a coment i do not want to contnue communications and he said.. why?

Evenflow says: so i know that even if i am spammed, i know. those why's are difficult to answer

puja says: this is the page on which is my comment http://pub26.bravenet.com/guestbook/2147624852/4, yeah these are the questions you cannot answer.. its a stupid question.. what do you mean why..? cant you take a no?

Evenflow says: men cant

puja says: http://www.stormloader.com/haresh/mypage.html is the stupid site.

Evenflow says: they think they rule over the world

puja says: i'm very scared shubha i hate the intenret.. you dunno .. i'm damn paranoid about this thing. and its funny that we have to make all our conversations through this

Evenflow says: which one is ur comment

puja says: i have deleted so many accounts so many times.. and remade them because i should not run away i should be confident.

puja says:
Name: Puja
Where are you from? Bangalore
What did u like the best about this site?? Its cool it Rocks
Do you love me?? I dont know you.....cant say
What do u hav to say buddy?????? Hey, I dunno who you are, I liked your website. I checked it out cos I got your mail, I dunno if it was default or not. I like making friends and hanging out in general. I wanted to make a website for a long time but didnt know how. And was wondering if you'd like to help me out make one for mine. (i have later retracted this statement when he communicated with me. I told him I was no longer interested but he persisted saying that I commented so I was obliged to talk to him and make friends)

Evenflow says: ok

puja says: i fucked it big time right?

Evenflow says: naah i guess its ok to appreciate someone abt their blog but at the same time its wrong for the person to think that he can rule over u bcos u left a comment

puja says: i know, thats what i thought.. its a stupid comment.. you leave because you appreciate something.. that does not give you the right to start a coomunication with them and harass them to talk to you. if a girl says no politely move on dude

Evenflow says: yup

puja says: the problem is we as girls are scared about even informing the police cos these guys take it the wrong way.. then i'm worried what if they do something drastic to take revnge.. we have more to loose

so what should I do now?

MORAL OF THE STORY DON'T EVER LEAVE YOUR EMAIL IDS ON SOMEONE'S WEBSITE LEST THEY HARASS YOU FOR EBING BEST FRIENDS. AND BETTER STILL DON'T EVER LET PEOPLE KNOW IF YOU LIKE WHATEVER IT IS.

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Indian women fighting sexual harassment
January 19, 2007 @ 01:20 PM

I wanted to know what everyone else in the world thinks about eve teasing, which has become one of the serious factors of India..

Indian women fighting sexual harassment
By Amrit Dhillon
THE OBSERVER, NEW DELHI
Sunday, Sep 03, 2006, Page 9

"Men here are totally uninformed about women ... They don't realize what is acceptable or what the boundaries are."
Laura Neuhaus, a 23-year-old American who works for a multinational in Bangalore

A man on a New Delhi street has a quick grope of a young British woman's breast before running off. Were it not for the fact that she was the daughter of a British diplomat, it's unlikely the event would have even been reported to the police, let alone made the news.

For millions of women in India, "eve-teasing" -- the Indian euphemism for men sexually harassing women in public with leers and gropes -- is a fact of life when they venture outside their homes or use public transport.

Now though, some women are fighting back with a project dubbed "Blank Noise," inspired by the blog of artist Jasmeen Patheja, 26, where pictures of men who'd assaulted her on the street had been uploaded.

Recently some Blank Noise women -- there are male members -- were in South Extension, a busy shopping center in New Delhi, involved in a hybrid of street action and performance art aimed at turning the tables on men who leer at women in public. When a man stares, they move toward him, surrounding him silently and stare right back. Faced with a dozen pair of eyes boring into them, all retreat.

As if to underline the point, the women's clothes were daubed with the words "Y R U Looking At Me," while leaflets explaining how sexual harassment violates a woman's self-respect and dignity were handed out to onlookers.

Patheja's powerful ideas stem from her own experience, as a victim of sexual assault and as someone who's had to curb her behavior and style of dress as a result of men leering and groping in public. Her latest project is a display of 1,000 items of clothing worn by women at the time of their sexual assault that will go on display this month and show there's no link with immodest dress.

Other outreach work involved reading out on public transport the postings of victims of sexual harassment on the Blank Noise Web site. One tells of how three friends went out for dinner one evening, only to be groped on a bus. Another one from Bangalore speaks of the fear someone will randomly "grab me and rape my space."

"The men are shell-shocked when they hear [the readings]. Sometimes women jump up and say we've described their experiences exactly and want to join," says Nirmala Ravindran, a journalist who's been at a bus reading.

The background to the situation is a sad indictment on India's ability to fully tackle the huge question of female inequality. Here, sexual harassment is a fact of life, with surveys showing 90 percent of female college students claiming to have suffered. These incidents be confused with what many women the world over would recognize as low-level hassle. Government figures, which many say barely scratch the surface of the problem, released last month show that a woman is raped in India every half an hour.

Foreign women are particularly vulnerable as some Indian men think Western women are sexually available, a situation aggravated by exposure to Western pornography. The son of a politician was jailed recently for raping a German tourist in Rajasthan.

Commentators give various explanations for the situation, not least that India is a sexually repressive society which segregates the sexes from childhood onward, forbidding even innocent contact.

"Because they've had so little interaction, men here are totally uninformed about women. There is a deep-seated awkwardness. They don't realize what is acceptable or what the boundaries are," says Laura Neuhaus, a 23-year-old Texan who works for an information technology multinational in Bangalore.

Bollywood movies are also blamed.

"The hero chases the woman and she acts all coy, spurning his advances. He keeps teasing her and being suggestive and in the end she responds. Men think women like that," says Uday Prakash, a software engineer in Bangalore and a male member of Blank Noise.

Another factor is that India does a bad job at preparing its daughters to defend themselves. Few would stare back at a stranger and shout at them to stop or go away. Cultural conditioning teaches them to be docile and compliant. Merely meeting a man's gaze can make women blush.

Men are losers too though in eve-teasing. One posting suggests that perhaps any overture by a man might be construed negatively. In one case, a man's picture is on the site for asking a woman at a bus stop to join him for a cup of coffee.

A visitor to the site remarked: Just shows how conservative a country India is and how big losers Indian girls are. A stranger accosts for coffee and they say it's eve-teasing.

But for Patheja this is not an example of a gray area. "Every culture has its rules and we all know them. It's not accepted in India for a random stranger to start talking to a woman unless she's been introduced," she says.

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The vision must be followed by the venture.
It is not enough to stare up the steps -
We must step up the stairs.

- Vance Havner

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This is inspired by something I read a while ago... I hope it makes sense
to you as you guys drop in and ardently read my blog.

I know that at times, for whatever reason, things hold me back... and when
I think about it in my quite moments after a long while... analysing,
dissecting the reasons I stayed away from taking action. I realise it was
nothing. I can never basically pin point any genuine reason for holding back.
This time around though, I will work hard and attempt not to do so, unless
well.. someone is gonna die or the world war three is on the dice.. hehe.

There is also somethin I read a while ago that somehow makes sense too..
I do not know who the writer is tho, but I would like to mention it here.
"It not the things we did that we regret the most in the end, but the things
that we did not attempt that we wanted most to do, that we regret."

(what I read)
"Deep down inside, you know what is holding you back -- even if you don't
want to admit it. But the universe lets you know that it is time to face up to
it and get rid of it. You may get a glimpse of what will happen if you don't
move on, or you may be shown the possibilities of what can happen to your
life if you do. It can be difficult to accept when something is over, but if you
hold on too long, you won't be doing yourself any favors."

LOVE THIS..

Forget past mistakes. Forget failures. Forget everything except
what you're going to do now and do it.

- William Durant, founder of General Motors
(write more about this later, got loads of stories and philosophies to share)

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Happy Holidays!!

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This quote keeps coming back to me in some form or the other, and everytime I read it, I feel new. I thought I should share this... you never know who might need it...

Perhaps it has sometimes happened to you in a dream that someone says something which you don't understand, but in the dream it feels as if it has some enormous meaning - either a terrifying one which turns the whole dream into a nightmare or else a lovely meaning too lovely to put into words, which makes the dream so beautiful that you remember it all your life and are always wishing you could get into that dream again.

-- CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe

love,

V

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Some day, in years to come, you will be wrestling with
the great temptation, or trembling under the great sorrow
of your life. But the real struggle is here, now, in these
quiet weeks. Now it is being decided whether, in the day
of your supreme sorrow or temptation, you shall miserably
fail or gloriously conquer. Character cannot be made except
by a steady, long continued process.

- -- Phillips Brooks

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My name is Sarah
I am but three,
My eyes are swollen
I cannot see,

I must be stupid,
I must be bad,
What else could have made
My daddy so mad?

I wish I were better,
I wish I weren't ugly,
Then maybe my Mommy
Would still want to hug me.

I can't speak at all,
I can't do a wrong
Or else I'm locked up
All the day long.

When I awake I'm all alone
The house is dark
My folks aren't home.

When my Mommy does come
I'll try and be nice,
So maybe I'll get just
One whipping tonight.

Don't make a sound!
I just heard a car
My daddy is back
From Charlie's Bar.

I hear him curse
My name he calls
I press myself
Against the wall.

I try and hide
From his evil eyes
I'm so afraid now
I'm starting to cry.

He finds me weeping
He shouts ugly words,
He says its my fault
That he suffers at work.

He slaps me and hits me
And yells at me more,
I finally get free
And I run for the door.

He's already locked it
And I start to bawl,
He takes me and throws me
Against the hard wall.

I fall to the floor
With my bones nearly broken,
And my daddy continues
With more bad words spoken.

"I'm sorry!", I scream
But its now much too late
His face has been twisted
Into unimaginable hate.

The hurt and the pain
Again and again
Oh please God, have mercy!
Oh please let it end!

And he finally stops
And heads for the door,
While I lay there motionless
Sprawled on the floor.

My name is Sarah
And I am but three,
Tonight my daddy
Murdered me.

There are thousands of kids out there just like Sarah. And you can help. Please pass this poem on as a Blue Ribbon Against Child Abuse because, as crazy as it might sound, it might just indirectly change a life. Hey, you NEVER know.

Please forward if you are *~*~*AGAINST CHILD ABUSE *~*~

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Nothing will sustain you more potently than the power to recognize in your humdrum routine, the true poetry of life.

- -- Sir William Osler

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Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but rather we have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
- -- Aristotle

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Face your deficiencies and acknowledge them; but do not let them master you. Let them teach you patience, sweetness, insight.

-- Helen Keller

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Do not miss any line of this story..............

Once there were three trees on a hill in the woods.

They were discussing their hopes and dreams when the first tree said, "Someday, I hope to be a treasure chest. I could be filled with gold, silver and precious gems and be decorated with intricate carvings.

Everyone would see my beauty."

The second tree said, "Someday, I will be a mighty ship. I will take kings and queens across the waters and sail to the corners of other world.

Everyone will feel safe in me because of the strength of my hull."

Finally, the third tree said, "I want to grow to be the tallest and straightest tree in the forest. People will see me on top of the hill and look up to my branches, and think of the heavens and God and how close to them I am reaching. I will be the greatest tree of all time, and people will always remember me."

After a few years of praying that their dreams would come true, a group of woodsmen came upon the trees. One came to the first tree and said, "This looks like a strong tree, I think I should be able to sell the wood to a carpenter," and he began cutting it down. The tree was happy, because he knew that the carpenter would make him into a treasure chest.

At the second tree, one of the other woodsman said, "This looks like a strong tree. I should be able to sell it to the shipyard." Then a second tree was happy, because he knew he was on his way to becoming mighty ship.

When the woodsmen came upon the third tree, the tree was frightened, because it knew that, if it was cut down, its dreams would not come true.

One of the woodsmen said, "I don't need anything special from my tree, so I'll take this one," and he cut it down.

When the first tree arrived at the carpenter's, he was made into a feed box for animals, placed in a barn and filled with hay. This was not at all what he had prayed for.

The second tree was cut and made into a small fishing boat. His dreams of being a mighty ship and carrying kings had come to an end.

The third tree was cut into large pieces and left alone in the dark. The years went by, and the trees forgot about their dreams.

Then one day, a man and woman came to the barn. She gave birth, and they placed the baby in the hay in the feed box that was made from the first tree. The man wished that he could have made a crib for the baby, but this manger would have to do. The tree could feel the importance of this event and knew that it hadheld the greatest treasure of all time.

Years later, a group of men got in the fishing boat made from the second tree. One of them was tired and went to sleep. While they were out on the water, a great storm arose, and the tree didn't think it was strong enough to keep the men safe. The men woke the sleeping man, and he stood and said "Peace," and the storm stopped. At this time, the tree knew that it had carried the King of Kings in its boat.

Finally, someone came and got the third tree. It was carried through the streets, and the crowd mocked the man who was carrying it. Finally, the man was nailed to the tree and raised in the air to die at the top of a hill.

When Sunday came, the tree came to realize that it was strong enough to stand at the top of the hill and be as close to God as waspossible, because Jesus had been crucified on it.

When things don't seem to be going your way, always know that God has a plan for you. If you place your trust in Him, He will give you great gifts. Each of the trees got what they wanted, just not in the way they had imagined. We don't always know what God's plans are for us. We just know that His ways are not our ways, but His ways are always best. Keep it moving... pass it on, so it could inspire more people. Sometimes the heart sees what the eyes can't.

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Some day, in years to come, you will be wrestling
with the great temptation, or trembling under the
great sorrow of your life. But the real struggle
is here, now, in these quiet weeks. Now it is being
decided whether, in the day of your supreme sorrow
or temptation, you shall miserably fail or gloriously
conquer. Character cannot be made except by a
steady, long continued process.

-- Phillips Brooks

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Cause, the wicked carried us away captivity,
required from us a song, but
How can we sing King Alpha's song
inner strange land? (repeat)
(The Melodians on Psalm 137)

Plead my cause, O Lord, with them that strive with me;
fight against them that fight against me.
Take hold of the shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help.
Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me. . .;
Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul;
let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt. . .
(Ps. 35:1-4)

Because of the voice of the enemy,
because of the oppression of the wicked:
for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me. . .
Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues:
for [we] have seen violence and strife in the city.
Wickedness is in the midst thereof;
deceit and guile depart not from her streets.
(Ps. 55: 3, 9, and 11)

Open your eyes and look within
Are you satisfied with the life you're living?
We know where we are going,
We know where we are from
We're leaving Babylon
We're going to our Father's land.
("Exodus," 1977)

We refuse to be what you want us to be
We are what we are
and that's the way it's going to be
You can't educate I for no "equal opportunity"
Talking about my freedom, people
Freedom and liberty.
(Survival, 1979)

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Shallow men believe in luck, believe in circumstances -- it was somebody's name, or he happened to be there at the time, or it was so then, and another day would have been otherwise. Strong men believe in cause and effect.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

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I was just thinking about how often I get hyper and jittered over small things.. about how no one cares sometimes or how no one stops to drop in a hi... sometimes get the feeling that people tlak only they want something from you.... you know all sorts of stuff going through the head and all.

... and then one of my friends sent these words to me, and it sort of gave me some relief and uplifted me.. I know that maybe there is someone out there who needs help in the form of words of encouragement. Often we all do,nomatter how strong we are. We need to be told that we are cared for, and loved and appreciated.. and thats why this is something I am posting for anyone who needs this.

Well, these words helped me, and I hope they help you.. who ever you are and you need it the most..


READ ON


Never tell your problems to anyone...20% don't care and the other 80% are glad you have them. -Lou Holtz

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Never explain yourself. Your friends don't need it and your enemies wont believe it. -Belgicia Howell

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Forgive your enemies, but never, never forget their names. -John F Kennedy

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You must experience and accept the extremes. Because if the contrast is lost, you lose appreciation; and when you lose appreciation, you lose the value of everything. -Philippos

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The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good. -Ann Landers

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Being sad with the right people is better than being happy with the wrong ones. -Philippos

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Throughout life people will make you mad, disrespect you and treat you bad. Let God deal with the things they do, cause hate in your heart will consume you too. -Will Smith

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If your problem has a solution then...why worry about it? If your problem doesn't have solution then...why worry about it? -Chinese Proverb

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Laugh when you can, apologize when you should, and let go of what you can't change. Kiss slowly, play hard, forgive quickly, take chances, give everything and have no regrets. Life's too short to be anything but happy

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The ultimate measure of man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. -Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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Pain never really goes away; you just elevate and get used to it by growing stronger. -Philippos

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You have to take the good with the bad, smile with the sad, love what you've got, remember what you had, learn from your mistakes, but never regret, people change, things go wrong, but remember life goes on!

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Always put yourself in the other's shoes. If you feel that it hurts you, it probably hurts the person too.

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Sometimes the people who hurt us the most are people who were hurt more than us. -Philippos

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Our tears are what happens when it rains deep inside our hearts and we cannot hold the rain any longer. -Philippos

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I like to pretend that everything's alright. Because when everybody else thinks you're fine, sometimes you forget for a while that you're not.

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"Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us." -Thomas Paine

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The things that made me stronger are the ones that didn't let me sleep at first. -Anonymous

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The fatwa that wasn’t...
Islamic body denies threat to Sania

Kolkata, dhns:

The Jammat-e-Ulema-e-Hind, a city-based Islamic group, has denied having issued a threat to Sania Mirza for playing in skimpy outfits. “There is no truth in the report quoting us that we have issued a threat to Sania against playing in the city in the Sunfeast tennis tournament," Siddiqullah Chowdhury, the chief of Jammat-e-Ulema-e-Hind, told DHNS here. “Also, we did not ever say that we would not allow Sania to play here; what we did say and like to reiterate is that we have strong reservations about the dress she wears while playing tennis," Choudhury contended.

"Her attire is not befitting the cultural tradition she represents. It is only in the fitness of things that she desists from wearing a dress that triggers controversy," he said. Asked whether such remarks could affect Sania’s concentration in the game, he conceded that it could, but pleaded helplessness as the organisation had been “fighting for a cause.”

http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/sep182005/index2028592005917.asp

Outlaw fatwas, demands BJP

DH News Service Chennai:

The BJP session was silent on the Jinnah issue. The spokesperson said she was unaware of Advani’s plan to step down in December.

The BJP national executive on Saturday demanded amendment of personal laws of all communities, pending a uniform civil code, to outlaw fatwas issued against Muslim women by “reactionary clerics” emboldened by the UPA government’s policy of minority appeasement.

A political resolution adopted by the executive said the fatwas “are aimed at intimidating women and imposing regressive social agenda on the entire community.”

It referred to the edict issued against Imrana, a rape victim, to treat her husband as her son, the direction to tennis star Sania Mirza to dress according to “Islamic norms” and another that Muslim women should not contest elections and if they did, they should cover in burqas.

The resolution said the aim of these “self-appointed guardians of Muslim conduct” was to keep Muslim women in permanent subordination. Such fatwas complimented the move to set up parallel courts and extra-judicial bodies.

Party spokesperson Sushma Swaraj, who released the resolution, said in reply to a question that the Jinnah issue was not raised at the meeting.

Answering another question, she said “I have no knowledge” about party President L K Advani’s plan to step down in December following his face-off with the RSS over his praise for Jinnah’s secular vision for Pakistan. She also said no one called for his resignation.

The BJP demanded that the government take stern action against all fatwas, extra-judicial tribunals and religious courts and amend personal laws of all communities to uphold gender justice and to ensure that they corresponded to prevailing ethical norms.

http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/sep182005/index202802005917.asp

TIMES OF INDIA

Women's jamaat bats for Sania
SWATI DAS

TIMES NEWS NETWORK[SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2005 12:54:48 AM ]

CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu Muslim Women’s Jamaat Committee of Pudukottai has decided to take on fellow jamaat groups that have slapped a fatwa on tennis player Sania Mirza for her on-court "un-Islamic" attire.

"If Islamic law says a woman is not supposed to wear such clothes, then they should know the same law also forbids dowry, alcoholism and incest. Yet the jamaat promotes dowry and even guns for a share in it. Why don’t they stop it first if they’re living by the Islamic law? They’re not bothered about a girl earning pride for the country. They are making an issue out of a stupid matter," said committee coordinator Daud Sharifa Khanam from Pudukottai.

The committee has called a meeting of Muslim women on September 23 in Tuticorin to highlight the plight of about 500 Muslim women affected by the tsunami. The fatwa against Sania will be discussed as well.

Khanam said jamaats aren’t worried so much about women as about their dress code. "Jamaats are worried less about Muslim women seeking alms in front of mosques and dargahs than about whether they’re doing so with purdah on. They kept mum when actress Mumtaz acted in films in sensational clothes. But when she had to go out, she perforce had to wear a burkha. It’s sheer hypocrisy." The BJP, too, condemned the fatwa issued by some Muslim clerics against Sania’s sport attire.

"It is the aim of these self-appointed guardians of Islam to keep Muslim women in a state of permanent subordination," said the party in its resolution.

Support for Sania came from another quarter: the National Commission for Women. It said: "Our advice to everyone is..., they should give their blessings to the young girl, who is winning accolades in the global arena and making India proud."

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KOLKATA,UNI:

Indian tennis star will receive extra security at the Sunfeast Open, commencing here on Monday, following threats by some Islamic clerics to stop her from playing in the city unless “she is properly dressed”.

Kolkata’s Jamaet-e-Ulema-e-Hind has allegedly threatened to stop Sania from playing here if she wears dresses, which are against “Islamic traditions”.

Additional Commissioner of Police, Kolkata, Gautam Mohan Chakraborty said here on Friday that police personnel would always guard Sania Mirza in view of a threat issued by an Islamic body over her “skimpy attire”.

“We are not leaving anything to chances. All possible precaution would be taken,” Mr Chakraborty said. spectators would be frisked and strong vigil maintained to prevent any untoward incident.

Sania begins her Sunfeast Open campaign on September 19 in the main draw. Earlier, Sania Mirza had refused to be drawn into a controversy over her dress and denied she faced any racial discrimination while on tour.

A religious scholar had reportedly issued a fatwa about her dress code saying that Islam did not permit a woman to be so “skimpily-clad”.

Source: http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/sep172005/index2036462005916.asp

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