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Neha Sadana said thank you to RAMAKRISHNAN. A for his/her reply to the topic Is Destruction necessary to bring peace?.
War cannot bring peace, though it destroys evils. Also, evils cannot be demolished by peaceful ways; otherwise there would have been no evils.…. Krishna was blamed that he did not prevent the war. Sure, he could have done it, but Krishna was not a God; he was a God-incarnate. That is, God incarnated as a human being. He cannot use divine powers to stop war. He had to follow the limitations of human being. He had to follow the passions and traits of human, the form in which he was incarnated. Within his limitations, he tried to prevent the war, but he did not succeed. He even felt that Gandhari was responsible for everything…. If a mother could not guide her sons through righteousness, how can a God-incarnate do?
10 years ago
Neha Sadana replied to the topic Is Destruction necessary to bring peace?.
You got the point SIR, why god didnt try to prevent that war as he is supposed to do anything? Lord Krishna was not God but a God incarnate and he had limitations to take decisions. This means every thing happens by its own karma and God has no role in our lives.
10 years ago
Lopamudra replied to the topic How about Instant Publishing of Articles?.
Yes, that would be really nice and highly appreciated. After submitting the articles I'm sure everyone waits eagerly for it to be published.The sooner it is done, the better it is for the authors .It motivates one to write more as well!
10 years ago
Renu Sharma answered the question Which planet is the smallest in our solar system?.
Pluto being regarded as a dwarf planet lacks the composition of planet hence, amongst the planets of our solar system the nearest planet to sun i.e Mercury is considered to be the smallest planet while Jupiter is regarded as the biggest/ largest planet.
10 years ago
Renu Sharma answered the question What is geology?.
Study of the composition of the soil of earth is termed as geology. It when combined with paleantology or the study of fossils help to determine the data and facts about the evolution of life on earth.
10 years ago
Kalyani Nandurkar said thank you to suni51 for his/her reply to the topic How about Instant Publishing of Articles?.
Kalyani Nandurkar wrote:
suni51 wrote:
Kalyani Nandurkar wrote:
Personally, I do not favour instant publishing much at this point of time. With the exception of a very members, most members are comparatively new to article writing and the articles submitted are not so mature and upto the mark that they can be published instantly. Even if the facility was extended to senior writers here, I can 100% assure that even their articles need proof reading and refining where grammar, punctuation and formatting is concerned. Until now, I have not come across even a SINGLE article which was 100% error free. In such a scenario, publishing an article instantly and then finding errors in it is not desirable, neither does it cast favorable light on the website's reputation. Instead, admin approval process must be expedited and a time frame of less than 48 hours implemented from submitting to actual publication of article.
The article will go online only after an editor has cleared it. The editor has the option to return it to author unless he/she is satisfied entirely.
Ok, you meant that, I thought that instant publishing would mean directly by authors as I read about some websites that allow their accomplished authors to do. If it has to through us without waiting for admin's approval, then no problem, I am for it!
Yes that's what I said in my opening post. That way the authors will feel motivated and write more articles.
10 years ago
suni51 said thank you to Neha Sadana for his/her reply to the topic This is Exclusively for Boddunan Members.
Hello,
Joined the website and fb page both today! Just looking around how to start connecting here...
10 years ago
Renu Sharma answered the question Who painted the famous work, 'The Birth of Venus'?.
Sandro Botticelli, began painting the 'Birth of Venus' or 'Nascita di Venere' in 1482 and completed it in 1486. This masterpiece can be seen in Florence, Italy.
10 years ago
rambabu said thank you to Kalyani Nandurkar for his/her reply to the topic Doing actions without expectations! Is this possible?.
rambabu wrote:
Kalyani Nandurkar wrote:
rambabu wrote:
Kalyani Nandurkar wrote:
rambabu wrote:
I beg to differ with you. If any work which I can do and my work, which doesn't involve any financial burden on me, and is useful to the other person, even if he uses for commercial purposes, I never mind doing any work without any compensation. For example I have donated blood many times to the needy. I refused to accept any money from them. Rather I advised them to use the money that they are offering for the rehabilitation of the sick person for whom my blood was transfused.
That is from the humanitarian point of view, many people are not involved and do not bother to ever get involved in such activities. Possibly what Manoj is alluding to is from only livelihood point of view. There are also many who expect to be paid for smallest of the jobs. But I feel in the current context, all we need to be is to be willing to offer help when someone is in trouble before our eyes and not turn a blind eye. We do not need to go out of way to do good deeds. We see an accident occur, we need to step forward to help the victim. We know someone is abusing and beating his wife, we step forward and try to put a stop to it. etc. There are many instances where we can just come forward and help without expecting any thing.
Exactly. When it comes to stretching my helping my hand to the really needy and are in distress, I do not hesitate to take the initiative. It may be seeing an old woman cross a busy road or calling an ambulance for the immediate medical aid for a person who is lying in a pool of blood unattended and uncared. But the irony is, in this process I earned many enemies. But I never cared.
That is the whole point, doing your job and not caring what others may think or what the outcome may be, as long as what you are doing is indeed the right thing to do. "Neki kar aur kue mein daal"
Quite encouraging. Do you know, even my friends and relatives abuse me for being nosy.
I can understand that, the reason why such people are disliked by others is because it puts pressure on them too, they fear that they too may have to emulate you at some point, hence the dislike.
10 years ago
rambabu liked a reply to the topic Doing actions without expectations! Is this possible?.
10 years ago
rambabu replied to the topic Doing actions without expectations! Is this possible?.
Kalyani Nandurkar wrote:
rambabu wrote:
Kalyani Nandurkar wrote:
rambabu wrote:
Kalyani Nandurkar wrote:
rambabu wrote:
I beg to differ with you. If any work which I can do and my work, which doesn't involve any financial burden on me, and is useful to the other person, even if he uses for commercial purposes, I never mind doing any work without any compensation. For example I have donated blood many times to the needy. I refused to accept any money from them. Rather I advised them to use the money that they are offering for the rehabilitation of the sick person for whom my blood was transfused.
That is from the humanitarian point of view, many people are not involved and do not bother to ever get involved in such activities. Possibly what Manoj is alluding to is from only livelihood point of view. There are also many who expect to be paid for smallest of the jobs. But I feel in the current context, all we need to be is to be willing to offer help when someone is in trouble before our eyes and not turn a blind eye. We do not need to go out of way to do good deeds. We see an accident occur, we need to step forward to help the victim. We know someone is abusing and beating his wife, we step forward and try to put a stop to it. etc. There are many instances where we can just come forward and help without expecting any thing.
Exactly. When it comes to stretching my helping my hand to the really needy and are in distress, I do not hesitate to take the initiative. It may be seeing an old woman cross a busy road or calling an ambulance for the immediate medical aid for a person who is lying in a pool of blood unattended and uncared. But the irony is, in this process I earned many enemies. But I never cared.
That is the whole point, doing your job and not caring what others may think or what the outcome may be, as long as what you are doing is indeed the right thing to do. "Neki kar aur kue mein daal"
Quite encouraging. Do you know, even my friends and relatives abuse me for being nosy.
I can understand that, the reason why such people are disliked by others is because it puts pressure on them too, they fear that they too may have to emulate you at some point, hence the dislike.
A pertinent point indeed. You exactly located what is the reason behind my being branded as nosy.
10 years ago
suni51 replied to the topic How about Instant Publishing of Articles?.
Kalyani Nandurkar wrote:
suni51 wrote:
Kalyani Nandurkar wrote:
Personally, I do not favour instant publishing much at this point of time. With the exception of a very members, most members are comparatively new to article writing and the articles submitted are not so mature and upto the mark that they can be published instantly. Even if the facility was extended to senior writers here, I can 100% assure that even their articles need proof reading and refining where grammar, punctuation and formatting is concerned. Until now, I have not come across even a SINGLE article which was 100% error free. In such a scenario, publishing an article instantly and then finding errors in it is not desirable, neither does it cast favorable light on the website's reputation. Instead, admin approval process must be expedited and a time frame of less than 48 hours implemented from submitting to actual publication of article.
The article will go online only after an editor has cleared it. The editor has the option to return it to author unless he/she is satisfied entirely.
Ok, you meant that, I thought that instant publishing would mean directly by authors as I read about some websites that allow their accomplished authors to do. If it has to through us without waiting for admin's approval, then no problem, I am for it!
Yes that's what I said in my opening post. That way the authors will feel motivated and write more articles.
10 years ago
Neha Sadana liked a reply to the topic Doing actions without expectations! Is this possible?.
10 years ago
Kalyani Nandurkar replied to the topic Doing actions without expectations! Is this possible?.
rambabu wrote:
Kalyani Nandurkar wrote:
rambabu wrote:
Kalyani Nandurkar wrote:
rambabu wrote:
I beg to differ with you. If any work which I can do and my work, which doesn't involve any financial burden on me, and is useful to the other person, even if he uses for commercial purposes, I never mind doing any work without any compensation. For example I have donated blood many times to the needy. I refused to accept any money from them. Rather I advised them to use the money that they are offering for the rehabilitation of the sick person for whom my blood was transfused.
That is from the humanitarian point of view, many people are not involved and do not bother to ever get involved in such activities. Possibly what Manoj is alluding to is from only livelihood point of view. There are also many who expect to be paid for smallest of the jobs. But I feel in the current context, all we need to be is to be willing to offer help when someone is in trouble before our eyes and not turn a blind eye. We do not need to go out of way to do good deeds. We see an accident occur, we need to step forward to help the victim. We know someone is abusing and beating his wife, we step forward and try to put a stop to it. etc. There are many instances where we can just come forward and help without expecting any thing.
Exactly. When it comes to stretching my helping my hand to the really needy and are in distress, I do not hesitate to take the initiative. It may be seeing an old woman cross a busy road or calling an ambulance for the immediate medical aid for a person who is lying in a pool of blood unattended and uncared. But the irony is, in this process I earned many enemies. But I never cared.
That is the whole point, doing your job and not caring what others may think or what the outcome may be, as long as what you are doing is indeed the right thing to do. "Neki kar aur kue mein daal"
Quite encouraging. Do you know, even my friends and relatives abuse me for being nosy.
I can understand that, the reason why such people are disliked by others is because it puts pressure on them too, they fear that they too may have to emulate you at some point, hence the dislike.
10 years ago
Neha Sadana said thank you to RAMAKRISHNAN. A for his/her reply to the topic Is Destruction necessary to bring peace?.
War cannot bring peace, though it destroys evils. Also, evils cannot be demolished by peaceful ways; otherwise there would have been no evils.…. Krishna was blamed that he did not prevent the war. Sure, he could have done it, but Krishna was not a God; he was a God-incarnate. That is, God incarnated as a human being. He cannot use divine powers to stop war. He had to follow the limitations of human being. He had to follow the passions and traits of human, the form in which he was incarnated. Within his limitations, he tried to prevent the war, but he did not succeed. He even felt that Gandhari was responsible for everything…. If a mother could not guide her sons through righteousness, how can a God-incarnate do?
10 years ago
Neha Sadana replied to the topic Is Destruction necessary to bring peace?.
You got the point SIR, why god didnt try to prevent that war as he is supposed to do anything? Lord Krishna was not God but a God incarnate and he had limitations to take decisions. This means every thing happens by its own karma and God has no role in our lives.
10 years ago
Lopamudra replied to the topic How about Instant Publishing of Articles?.
Yes, that would be really nice and highly appreciated. After submitting the articles I'm sure everyone waits eagerly for it to be published.The sooner it is done, the better it is for the authors .It motivates one to write more as well!
10 years ago
Renu Sharma answered the question Which planet is the smallest in our solar system?.
Pluto being regarded as a dwarf planet lacks the composition of planet hence, amongst the planets of our solar system the nearest planet to sun i.e Mercury is considered to be the smallest planet while Jupiter is regarded as the biggest/ largest planet.
10 years ago
Renu Sharma answered the question What is geology?.
Study of the composition of the soil of earth is termed as geology. It when combined with paleantology or the study of fossils help to determine the data and facts about the evolution of life on earth.
10 years ago
Kalyani Nandurkar said thank you to suni51 for his/her reply to the topic How about Instant Publishing of Articles?.
Kalyani Nandurkar wrote:
suni51 wrote:
Kalyani Nandurkar wrote:
Personally, I do not favour instant publishing much at this point of time. With the exception of a very members, most members are comparatively new to article writing and the articles submitted are not so mature and upto the mark that they can be published instantly. Even if the facility was extended to senior writers here, I can 100% assure that even their articles need proof reading and refining where grammar, punctuation and formatting is concerned. Until now, I have not come across even a SINGLE article which was 100% error free. In such a scenario, publishing an article instantly and then finding errors in it is not desirable, neither does it cast favorable light on the website's reputation. Instead, admin approval process must be expedited and a time frame of less than 48 hours implemented from submitting to actual publication of article.
The article will go online only after an editor has cleared it. The editor has the option to return it to author unless he/she is satisfied entirely.
Ok, you meant that, I thought that instant publishing would mean directly by authors as I read about some websites that allow their accomplished authors to do. If it has to through us without waiting for admin's approval, then no problem, I am for it!
Yes that's what I said in my opening post. That way the authors will feel motivated and write more articles.
10 years ago
suni51 said thank you to Neha Sadana for his/her reply to the topic This is Exclusively for Boddunan Members.
Hello,
Joined the website and fb page both today! Just looking around how to start connecting here...
10 years ago
Renu Sharma answered the question Who painted the famous work, 'The Birth of Venus'?.
Sandro Botticelli, began painting the 'Birth of Venus' or 'Nascita di Venere' in 1482 and completed it in 1486. This masterpiece can be seen in Florence, Italy.
10 years ago
rambabu said thank you to Kalyani Nandurkar for his/her reply to the topic Doing actions without expectations! Is this possible?.
rambabu wrote:
Kalyani Nandurkar wrote:
rambabu wrote:
Kalyani Nandurkar wrote:
rambabu wrote:
I beg to differ with you. If any work which I can do and my work, which doesn't involve any financial burden on me, and is useful to the other person, even if he uses for commercial purposes, I never mind doing any work without any compensation. For example I have donated blood many times to the needy. I refused to accept any money from them. Rather I advised them to use the money that they are offering for the rehabilitation of the sick person for whom my blood was transfused.
That is from the humanitarian point of view, many people are not involved and do not bother to ever get involved in such activities. Possibly what Manoj is alluding to is from only livelihood point of view. There are also many who expect to be paid for smallest of the jobs. But I feel in the current context, all we need to be is to be willing to offer help when someone is in trouble before our eyes and not turn a blind eye. We do not need to go out of way to do good deeds. We see an accident occur, we need to step forward to help the victim. We know someone is abusing and beating his wife, we step forward and try to put a stop to it. etc. There are many instances where we can just come forward and help without expecting any thing.
Exactly. When it comes to stretching my helping my hand to the really needy and are in distress, I do not hesitate to take the initiative. It may be seeing an old woman cross a busy road or calling an ambulance for the immediate medical aid for a person who is lying in a pool of blood unattended and uncared. But the irony is, in this process I earned many enemies. But I never cared.
That is the whole point, doing your job and not caring what others may think or what the outcome may be, as long as what you are doing is indeed the right thing to do. "Neki kar aur kue mein daal"
Quite encouraging. Do you know, even my friends and relatives abuse me for being nosy.
I can understand that, the reason why such people are disliked by others is because it puts pressure on them too, they fear that they too may have to emulate you at some point, hence the dislike.
10 years ago
rambabu liked a reply to the topic Doing actions without expectations! Is this possible?.
10 years ago
rambabu replied to the topic Doing actions without expectations! Is this possible?.
Kalyani Nandurkar wrote:
rambabu wrote:
Kalyani Nandurkar wrote:
rambabu wrote:
Kalyani Nandurkar wrote:
rambabu wrote:
I beg to differ with you. If any work which I can do and my work, which doesn't involve any financial burden on me, and is useful to the other person, even if he uses for commercial purposes, I never mind doing any work without any compensation. For example I have donated blood many times to the needy. I refused to accept any money from them. Rather I advised them to use the money that they are offering for the rehabilitation of the sick person for whom my blood was transfused.
That is from the humanitarian point of view, many people are not involved and do not bother to ever get involved in such activities. Possibly what Manoj is alluding to is from only livelihood point of view. There are also many who expect to be paid for smallest of the jobs. But I feel in the current context, all we need to be is to be willing to offer help when someone is in trouble before our eyes and not turn a blind eye. We do not need to go out of way to do good deeds. We see an accident occur, we need to step forward to help the victim. We know someone is abusing and beating his wife, we step forward and try to put a stop to it. etc. There are many instances where we can just come forward and help without expecting any thing.
Exactly. When it comes to stretching my helping my hand to the really needy and are in distress, I do not hesitate to take the initiative. It may be seeing an old woman cross a busy road or calling an ambulance for the immediate medical aid for a person who is lying in a pool of blood unattended and uncared. But the irony is, in this process I earned many enemies. But I never cared.
That is the whole point, doing your job and not caring what others may think or what the outcome may be, as long as what you are doing is indeed the right thing to do. "Neki kar aur kue mein daal"
Quite encouraging. Do you know, even my friends and relatives abuse me for being nosy.
I can understand that, the reason why such people are disliked by others is because it puts pressure on them too, they fear that they too may have to emulate you at some point, hence the dislike.
A pertinent point indeed. You exactly located what is the reason behind my being branded as nosy.
10 years ago
suni51 replied to the topic How about Instant Publishing of Articles?.
Kalyani Nandurkar wrote:
suni51 wrote:
Kalyani Nandurkar wrote:
Personally, I do not favour instant publishing much at this point of time. With the exception of a very members, most members are comparatively new to article writing and the articles submitted are not so mature and upto the mark that they can be published instantly. Even if the facility was extended to senior writers here, I can 100% assure that even their articles need proof reading and refining where grammar, punctuation and formatting is concerned. Until now, I have not come across even a SINGLE article which was 100% error free. In such a scenario, publishing an article instantly and then finding errors in it is not desirable, neither does it cast favorable light on the website's reputation. Instead, admin approval process must be expedited and a time frame of less than 48 hours implemented from submitting to actual publication of article.
The article will go online only after an editor has cleared it. The editor has the option to return it to author unless he/she is satisfied entirely.
Ok, you meant that, I thought that instant publishing would mean directly by authors as I read about some websites that allow their accomplished authors to do. If it has to through us without waiting for admin's approval, then no problem, I am for it!
Yes that's what I said in my opening post. That way the authors will feel motivated and write more articles.
10 years ago
Neha Sadana liked a reply to the topic Doing actions without expectations! Is this possible?.
10 years ago
Kalyani Nandurkar replied to the topic Doing actions without expectations! Is this possible?.
rambabu wrote:
Kalyani Nandurkar wrote:
rambabu wrote:
Kalyani Nandurkar wrote:
rambabu wrote:
I beg to differ with you. If any work which I can do and my work, which doesn't involve any financial burden on me, and is useful to the other person, even if he uses for commercial purposes, I never mind doing any work without any compensation. For example I have donated blood many times to the needy. I refused to accept any money from them. Rather I advised them to use the money that they are offering for the rehabilitation of the sick person for whom my blood was transfused.
That is from the humanitarian point of view, many people are not involved and do not bother to ever get involved in such activities. Possibly what Manoj is alluding to is from only livelihood point of view. There are also many who expect to be paid for smallest of the jobs. But I feel in the current context, all we need to be is to be willing to offer help when someone is in trouble before our eyes and not turn a blind eye. We do not need to go out of way to do good deeds. We see an accident occur, we need to step forward to help the victim. We know someone is abusing and beating his wife, we step forward and try to put a stop to it. etc. There are many instances where we can just come forward and help without expecting any thing.
Exactly. When it comes to stretching my helping my hand to the really needy and are in distress, I do not hesitate to take the initiative. It may be seeing an old woman cross a busy road or calling an ambulance for the immediate medical aid for a person who is lying in a pool of blood unattended and uncared. But the irony is, in this process I earned many enemies. But I never cared.
That is the whole point, doing your job and not caring what others may think or what the outcome may be, as long as what you are doing is indeed the right thing to do. "Neki kar aur kue mein daal"
Quite encouraging. Do you know, even my friends and relatives abuse me for being nosy.
I can understand that, the reason why such people are disliked by others is because it puts pressure on them too, they fear that they too may have to emulate you at some point, hence the dislike.
10 years ago