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rambabu replied to the topic The splendor of Rural India.
People will be carried away by these Leaders' false claims. Because the Leaders give a rosy picture of rural India. Which is why, Sainath, the man behind the creation of this Web site thought, to display the real picture of Rural India so that reality surfaces. By this people will know how false are the claims of these politicians.
9 years ago
Kalyani Nandurkar replied to the topic The splendor of Rural India.
usha manohar wrote:
anil wrote:
Life in rural area is much hard in India. It is right that rural and urban area is equally important. But focus of most of governments are urban area. It is reason that most of village have not electricity, pure water, transport facilities, education facilities and health facllities.
It is a shame that after all these years of Independence , there i proper connectivity to some of the smaller villages here which are on islands ,cut off completely during monsoon months when the rivers are full. I have visited one such village which has about 30 odd families living there with school going children, who miss School during monsoon. Their only means of transport is country boats which cannot be used when the river is flowing full and with force.
So very true. In the rural areas, children have to miss school on most days because of lack of connectivity. At least the boys get to go more than girls to school, because sending young girls to far away schools is still not safe in our country at all. Just few days, in Ahmednagar district, a horrible incident happened where a 13-yr-old girl was returning home on her bicycle when she was accosted 3 drunkards from her village who dragged her to the roadside, raped her and killed her after mutilating her body horribly. they broke off all her limbs in addition to other nasty things! Now the local muscles are busy giving it overtones of dalit-high caste struggle which is not true at all. As a result, other girls from her school are now locked up in their homes. Their parents refusing to send them to school at any cost.
In contradiction, someone had shared a video of an extremely remote village in Japan. A single railway to that village was operating in losses for many years so the authorities decided to close the line down. But the local railway station master brought it to their attention that even they ahd losses, there was a single passenger in that railway each day who would suffer if the train was closed. THe passenger turned out to be a young girl whose sole means to reach her school was the train. As soon as the railway officials came to know about the girl, they have decided to keep running the train, no matter what losses they incur until the time the girl finishes her school. Such a glaring discrepancy in their outlook and the Indians' outlook.
9 years ago
Kalyani Nandurkar said thank you to usha manohar for his/her reply to the topic The splendor of Rural India.
Kalyani Nandurkar wrote:
usha manohar wrote:
Kalyani Nandurkar wrote:
usha manohar wrote:
Kalyani Nandurkar wrote:
Lovely pictures Usha!Do you own these fields?
Yes Kalyani,the fields are family owned close to my ancestral home at a place called Maroli on the outskirts of Mangalore, you can see part of it in one of the pics and now the cultivation season is on full swing..
Wow, lucky you! It must be so nice to be able to experience and get yourself involved in all the phases of rice cultivation! One of these years, I really might gatecrash your home for the experience! :) :)
Sadly Kalyani most of it is going , remember I had written about it a couple of years ago . The corporation is taking it over to build of all the things a bus stand since they could not find any other vast stretch of land that is just outside the city. Most farmers have either sold their fields or converted it into house sites.
We will have to hand it over once they send the notice and give compensation..we have appealed but I doubt it would yield any results.
Oh, that is really sad. I guess it is the same story everywhere in India. Development at the cost of loss of natural beauty, which is irreplaceable and irrevocable, but no one is least bit concerned about not making up for it or even seek other alternatives.
If the development is going to benefit a whole community it is ok but when politicians grab forest land and build resorts and nothing ever happens to them, it makes your blood boil esp when an agriculturists livelihood is being taken away from him..
9 years ago
usha manohar replied to the topic The splendor of Rural India.
Exactly! That's what happens when the chief ministers spend lavishly on things that are not absolutely essential but neglect what actually needs to be done...
9 years ago
rambabu replied to the topic Remembering Rajesh Khanna on his death anniversary.
I agree. What i wanted to drive home the point is One should be serious about his career without getting addicted to drugs or Drinks. yes, despite all this. Rajesh Khanna' place in Indian Movie History remains undisturbed. He will be remembered as the First ever Super Star of India.
9 years ago
rambabu replied to the topic The splendor of Rural India.
Even today, we have many such villages in AP. The school going children from these villages have to wade through knee deep waters, keeping their School Bags on their heads. Years passed. But the authorities did not care for an action to end the troubles of these children.
9 years ago
usha manohar replied to the topic Remembering Rajesh Khanna on his death anniversary.
Today Rajesh Khanna has becone a legend, so there is no dearth to his popularity nor fame. He will always be remembered as the first super star of Hindi cinema and had a long lasting career where he played every kind of role possible..
9 years ago
usha manohar replied to the topic The splendor of Rural India.
anil wrote:
Life in rural area is much hard in India. It is right that rural and urban area is equally important. But focus of most of governments are urban area. It is reason that most of village have not electricity, pure water, transport facilities, education facilities and health facllities.
It is a shame that after all these years of Independence , there i proper connectivity to some of the smaller villages here which are on islands ,cut off completely during monsoon months when the rivers are full. I have visited one such village which has about 30 odd families living there with school going children, who miss School during monsoon. Their only means of transport is country boats which cannot be used when the river is flowing full and with force.
9 years ago
rambabu replied to the topic Remembering Rajesh Khanna on his death anniversary.
Amitabh took career seriously and worked for it. Where as Rajesh Khanna took career for granted. Alcoholism spoiled the careers of many Movie actors. K. L Saigal is one of them.
9 years ago
usha manohar replied to the topic Remembering Rajesh Khanna on his death anniversary.
How is Amitabhs entry into politics different to that of Rajesh khanna? Let us not be pretty snd partial while speaking about issues . Rajesh Khanna may have been an alcoholic, but so were many others , some of who hav even mowed down people. Their popularity and public support still remaining intact ! One can only blame the times..
9 years ago
usha manohar replied to the topic Is pakistan paying back India in the same coin for its breakup of Pakistan in Kashmir.
I have been wondering about an aspect that is rarely discussed. In 1970 -71 special forces of the Indian army in the guise of the Mukti Bahni infiltrated into East Pakistan to help the local Mukti Bahni. The aim was simple to break Pakistan into two. They succeeded as it was the-the policy of the Indian government to break up Pakistan. I can tell friends that Pakistan and creation of Bangladesh would not have happened without Indian intervention militarily. Now Pakistan is paying India back in a revenge attack, in Kashmir by a similar modus operandi. What are the comments of the readers?
Of course Pakistan has never forgotten the interference of Indian govt and now we are paying for it. However, Pakistan is a rogue nation and I guess it is better to have attack from one side rather than be threatened from two sides, which would have been the case if East Pakistan still existed rather than Bangladesh
9 years ago
rambabu created new topic Munshi Prem Chand, the clebrated Hindi Writer by Google..
Google honors, one of the greatest Hindi writers of India Munshi Premchand. His works include Godaan and many short stories.
http://www.huffingtonpost.in/2016/07/30/google-honours-writer-munshi-premchand-with-a-doodle-inspired-by/?utm_hp_ref=in-homepage
9 years ago
rambabu said thank you to MG Singh for his/her reply to the topic Is pakistan paying back India in the same coin for its breakup of Pakistan in Kashmir.
rambabu wrote:
MG Singh wrote:
rambabu wrote:
I think so. It was definitely an action of revenge by Pakistan for breaking Pakistan in to two by India. The activities in Kashmir by Pakistan, certainly points out towards the revengeful nature of Pakistan.
Thus, one can expect the worst in the future. There WILL never be a Kashmir solution and Pakistan will not rest till Kashmir is with Pakistan. The fly in the ointment is China which backs Pakistan. I really wonder how things will go forward.
I agree. Kashmir is a burning problem that goes on and on forever. Modi Government doesn't have any solution for this.
In this connection, I would like to ask a question to you.
Can't India declare war on Kashmir ?
India cannot declare war in Kashmir as it is apart of India, but India can and should declare Martial Law and dismiss the present government. This means martial law regulations will come into force. This is the only solution
9 years ago
rambabu replied to the topic Is pakistan paying back India in the same coin for its breakup of Pakistan in Kashmir.
MG Singh wrote:
rambabu wrote:
MG Singh wrote:
rambabu wrote:
I think so. It was definitely an action of revenge by Pakistan for breaking Pakistan in to two by India. The activities in Kashmir by Pakistan, certainly points out towards the revengeful nature of Pakistan.
Thus, one can expect the worst in the future. There WILL never be a Kashmir solution and Pakistan will not rest till Kashmir is with Pakistan. The fly in the ointment is China which backs Pakistan. I really wonder how things will go forward.
I agree. Kashmir is a burning problem that goes on and on forever. Modi Government doesn't have any solution for this.
In this connection, I would like to ask a question to you.
Can't India declare war on Kashmir ?
India cannot declare war in Kashmir as it is apart of India, but India can and should declare Martial Law and dismiss the present government. This means martial law regulations will come into force. This is the only solution
Thank you Pal. Being a man from the Armed forces, i felt you are the best judge in this regard. Can Modi impose Martial law in Kashmir is my question and doubt. Be kind enough to air your views on this matter.
9 years ago
rambabu created new topic Run for Rio.
The greatest Sporting event Olympics is going to start from August 5. PM flagged off this event. The spirit of Olympics is, 'It's not the Win that matters. But participation matters.'
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/narendra-modi-flags-off-run-for-rio/article8924532.ece
9 years ago
MG Singh replied to the topic Is pakistan paying back India in the same coin for its breakup of Pakistan in Kashmir.
rambabu wrote:
MG Singh wrote:
rambabu wrote:
I think so. It was definitely an action of revenge by Pakistan for breaking Pakistan in to two by India. The activities in Kashmir by Pakistan, certainly points out towards the revengeful nature of Pakistan.
Thus, one can expect the worst in the future. There WILL never be a Kashmir solution and Pakistan will not rest till Kashmir is with Pakistan. The fly in the ointment is China which backs Pakistan. I really wonder how things will go forward.
I agree. Kashmir is a burning problem that goes on and on forever. Modi Government doesn't have any solution for this.
In this connection, I would like to ask a question to you.
Can't India declare war on Kashmir ?
India cannot declare war in Kashmir as it is apart of India, but India can and should declare Martial Law and dismiss the present government. This means martial law regulations will come into force. This is the only solution
9 years ago
rambabu replied to the topic What sets him apart.
Annadurai. Has some more specialties. On 'Mothers' Day, he will not charge a penny for traveling to both the Mother and Child. Similarly on Childrens Day, young school going children can avail his Auto free. Additionally, Anna has highest regard for Late Dr. Abdul Kalam, who devoted his life to the welfare of the people.
9 years ago
rambabu replied to the topic Modern inventions by Indians..
It's a matter of pride for all the Indians for these Indian inventors, whose inventions made the country self reliant.This is what exactly the Government wanted. Less reliance on other countries as far as possible.
9 years ago
rambabu replied to the topic The splendor of Rural India.
People will be carried away by these Leaders' false claims. Because the Leaders give a rosy picture of rural India. Which is why, Sainath, the man behind the creation of this Web site thought, to display the real picture of Rural India so that reality surfaces. By this people will know how false are the claims of these politicians.
9 years ago
Kalyani Nandurkar replied to the topic The splendor of Rural India.
usha manohar wrote:
anil wrote:
Life in rural area is much hard in India. It is right that rural and urban area is equally important. But focus of most of governments are urban area. It is reason that most of village have not electricity, pure water, transport facilities, education facilities and health facllities.
It is a shame that after all these years of Independence , there i proper connectivity to some of the smaller villages here which are on islands ,cut off completely during monsoon months when the rivers are full. I have visited one such village which has about 30 odd families living there with school going children, who miss School during monsoon. Their only means of transport is country boats which cannot be used when the river is flowing full and with force.
So very true. In the rural areas, children have to miss school on most days because of lack of connectivity. At least the boys get to go more than girls to school, because sending young girls to far away schools is still not safe in our country at all. Just few days, in Ahmednagar district, a horrible incident happened where a 13-yr-old girl was returning home on her bicycle when she was accosted 3 drunkards from her village who dragged her to the roadside, raped her and killed her after mutilating her body horribly. they broke off all her limbs in addition to other nasty things! Now the local muscles are busy giving it overtones of dalit-high caste struggle which is not true at all. As a result, other girls from her school are now locked up in their homes. Their parents refusing to send them to school at any cost.
In contradiction, someone had shared a video of an extremely remote village in Japan. A single railway to that village was operating in losses for many years so the authorities decided to close the line down. But the local railway station master brought it to their attention that even they ahd losses, there was a single passenger in that railway each day who would suffer if the train was closed. THe passenger turned out to be a young girl whose sole means to reach her school was the train. As soon as the railway officials came to know about the girl, they have decided to keep running the train, no matter what losses they incur until the time the girl finishes her school. Such a glaring discrepancy in their outlook and the Indians' outlook.
9 years ago
Kalyani Nandurkar said thank you to usha manohar for his/her reply to the topic The splendor of Rural India.
Kalyani Nandurkar wrote:
usha manohar wrote:
Kalyani Nandurkar wrote:
usha manohar wrote:
Kalyani Nandurkar wrote:
Lovely pictures Usha!Do you own these fields?
Yes Kalyani,the fields are family owned close to my ancestral home at a place called Maroli on the outskirts of Mangalore, you can see part of it in one of the pics and now the cultivation season is on full swing..
Wow, lucky you! It must be so nice to be able to experience and get yourself involved in all the phases of rice cultivation! One of these years, I really might gatecrash your home for the experience! :) :)
Sadly Kalyani most of it is going , remember I had written about it a couple of years ago . The corporation is taking it over to build of all the things a bus stand since they could not find any other vast stretch of land that is just outside the city. Most farmers have either sold their fields or converted it into house sites.
We will have to hand it over once they send the notice and give compensation..we have appealed but I doubt it would yield any results.
Oh, that is really sad. I guess it is the same story everywhere in India. Development at the cost of loss of natural beauty, which is irreplaceable and irrevocable, but no one is least bit concerned about not making up for it or even seek other alternatives.
If the development is going to benefit a whole community it is ok but when politicians grab forest land and build resorts and nothing ever happens to them, it makes your blood boil esp when an agriculturists livelihood is being taken away from him..
9 years ago
usha manohar replied to the topic The splendor of Rural India.
Exactly! That's what happens when the chief ministers spend lavishly on things that are not absolutely essential but neglect what actually needs to be done...
9 years ago
rambabu replied to the topic Remembering Rajesh Khanna on his death anniversary.
I agree. What i wanted to drive home the point is One should be serious about his career without getting addicted to drugs or Drinks. yes, despite all this. Rajesh Khanna' place in Indian Movie History remains undisturbed. He will be remembered as the First ever Super Star of India.
9 years ago
rambabu replied to the topic The splendor of Rural India.
Even today, we have many such villages in AP. The school going children from these villages have to wade through knee deep waters, keeping their School Bags on their heads. Years passed. But the authorities did not care for an action to end the troubles of these children.
9 years ago
usha manohar replied to the topic Remembering Rajesh Khanna on his death anniversary.
Today Rajesh Khanna has becone a legend, so there is no dearth to his popularity nor fame. He will always be remembered as the first super star of Hindi cinema and had a long lasting career where he played every kind of role possible..
9 years ago
usha manohar replied to the topic The splendor of Rural India.
anil wrote:
Life in rural area is much hard in India. It is right that rural and urban area is equally important. But focus of most of governments are urban area. It is reason that most of village have not electricity, pure water, transport facilities, education facilities and health facllities.
It is a shame that after all these years of Independence , there i proper connectivity to some of the smaller villages here which are on islands ,cut off completely during monsoon months when the rivers are full. I have visited one such village which has about 30 odd families living there with school going children, who miss School during monsoon. Their only means of transport is country boats which cannot be used when the river is flowing full and with force.
9 years ago
rambabu replied to the topic Remembering Rajesh Khanna on his death anniversary.
Amitabh took career seriously and worked for it. Where as Rajesh Khanna took career for granted. Alcoholism spoiled the careers of many Movie actors. K. L Saigal is one of them.
9 years ago
usha manohar replied to the topic Remembering Rajesh Khanna on his death anniversary.
How is Amitabhs entry into politics different to that of Rajesh khanna? Let us not be pretty snd partial while speaking about issues . Rajesh Khanna may have been an alcoholic, but so were many others , some of who hav even mowed down people. Their popularity and public support still remaining intact ! One can only blame the times..
9 years ago
usha manohar replied to the topic Is pakistan paying back India in the same coin for its breakup of Pakistan in Kashmir.
I have been wondering about an aspect that is rarely discussed. In 1970 -71 special forces of the Indian army in the guise of the Mukti Bahni infiltrated into East Pakistan to help the local Mukti Bahni. The aim was simple to break Pakistan into two. They succeeded as it was the-the policy of the Indian government to break up Pakistan. I can tell friends that Pakistan and creation of Bangladesh would not have happened without Indian intervention militarily. Now Pakistan is paying India back in a revenge attack, in Kashmir by a similar modus operandi. What are the comments of the readers?
Of course Pakistan has never forgotten the interference of Indian govt and now we are paying for it. However, Pakistan is a rogue nation and I guess it is better to have attack from one side rather than be threatened from two sides, which would have been the case if East Pakistan still existed rather than Bangladesh
9 years ago
rambabu created new topic Munshi Prem Chand, the clebrated Hindi Writer by Google..
Google honors, one of the greatest Hindi writers of India Munshi Premchand. His works include Godaan and many short stories.
http://www.huffingtonpost.in/2016/07/30/google-honours-writer-munshi-premchand-with-a-doodle-inspired-by/?utm_hp_ref=in-homepage
9 years ago
rambabu said thank you to MG Singh for his/her reply to the topic Is pakistan paying back India in the same coin for its breakup of Pakistan in Kashmir.
rambabu wrote:
MG Singh wrote:
rambabu wrote:
I think so. It was definitely an action of revenge by Pakistan for breaking Pakistan in to two by India. The activities in Kashmir by Pakistan, certainly points out towards the revengeful nature of Pakistan.
Thus, one can expect the worst in the future. There WILL never be a Kashmir solution and Pakistan will not rest till Kashmir is with Pakistan. The fly in the ointment is China which backs Pakistan. I really wonder how things will go forward.
I agree. Kashmir is a burning problem that goes on and on forever. Modi Government doesn't have any solution for this.
In this connection, I would like to ask a question to you.
Can't India declare war on Kashmir ?
India cannot declare war in Kashmir as it is apart of India, but India can and should declare Martial Law and dismiss the present government. This means martial law regulations will come into force. This is the only solution
9 years ago
rambabu replied to the topic Is pakistan paying back India in the same coin for its breakup of Pakistan in Kashmir.
MG Singh wrote:
rambabu wrote:
MG Singh wrote:
rambabu wrote:
I think so. It was definitely an action of revenge by Pakistan for breaking Pakistan in to two by India. The activities in Kashmir by Pakistan, certainly points out towards the revengeful nature of Pakistan.
Thus, one can expect the worst in the future. There WILL never be a Kashmir solution and Pakistan will not rest till Kashmir is with Pakistan. The fly in the ointment is China which backs Pakistan. I really wonder how things will go forward.
I agree. Kashmir is a burning problem that goes on and on forever. Modi Government doesn't have any solution for this.
In this connection, I would like to ask a question to you.
Can't India declare war on Kashmir ?
India cannot declare war in Kashmir as it is apart of India, but India can and should declare Martial Law and dismiss the present government. This means martial law regulations will come into force. This is the only solution
Thank you Pal. Being a man from the Armed forces, i felt you are the best judge in this regard. Can Modi impose Martial law in Kashmir is my question and doubt. Be kind enough to air your views on this matter.
9 years ago
rambabu created new topic Run for Rio.
The greatest Sporting event Olympics is going to start from August 5. PM flagged off this event. The spirit of Olympics is, 'It's not the Win that matters. But participation matters.'
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/narendra-modi-flags-off-run-for-rio/article8924532.ece
9 years ago
MG Singh replied to the topic Is pakistan paying back India in the same coin for its breakup of Pakistan in Kashmir.
rambabu wrote:
MG Singh wrote:
rambabu wrote:
I think so. It was definitely an action of revenge by Pakistan for breaking Pakistan in to two by India. The activities in Kashmir by Pakistan, certainly points out towards the revengeful nature of Pakistan.
Thus, one can expect the worst in the future. There WILL never be a Kashmir solution and Pakistan will not rest till Kashmir is with Pakistan. The fly in the ointment is China which backs Pakistan. I really wonder how things will go forward.
I agree. Kashmir is a burning problem that goes on and on forever. Modi Government doesn't have any solution for this.
In this connection, I would like to ask a question to you.
Can't India declare war on Kashmir ?
India cannot declare war in Kashmir as it is apart of India, but India can and should declare Martial Law and dismiss the present government. This means martial law regulations will come into force. This is the only solution
9 years ago
rambabu replied to the topic What sets him apart.
Annadurai. Has some more specialties. On 'Mothers' Day, he will not charge a penny for traveling to both the Mother and Child. Similarly on Childrens Day, young school going children can avail his Auto free. Additionally, Anna has highest regard for Late Dr. Abdul Kalam, who devoted his life to the welfare of the people.
9 years ago
rambabu replied to the topic Modern inventions by Indians..
It's a matter of pride for all the Indians for these Indian inventors, whose inventions made the country self reliant.This is what exactly the Government wanted. Less reliance on other countries as far as possible.
9 years ago