India is the world's largest, oldest, continuous civilization.
India never invaded any country in her last 10000 years of history.
India is the world's largest democracy.
Varanasi, also known as Benares, was called "the ancient city" when Lord Buddha visited it in 500 B.C.E, and is the oldest, continuously inhabited city in the world today.
India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
The World's first university was established in Takshashila in 700BC. More than 10,500 students from all over the world studied more than 60 subjects. The University of Nalanda built in the 4th century BC was one of the greatest achievements of ancient India in the field of education.
Sanskrit is the mother of all the European languages. Sanskrit is the most suitable language for computer software - a report in Forbes magazine, July 1987.
Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to humans. Charaka, the father of medicine consolidated Ayurveda 2500 years ago. Today Ayurveda is fast regaining its rightful place in our civilization.
Although modern images of India often show poverty and lack of development, India was the richest country on earth until the time of British invasion in the early 17th Century. Christopher Columbus was attracted by India's wealth.
The art of Navigation was bornin the river Sindhu 6000 years ago. The very word Navigation is derived from the Sanskrit word NAVGATIH. The word navy is also derived from Sanskrit 'Nou'.
Bhaskaracharya calculated the time taken by the earth to orbit the sun hundreds of years before the astronomer Smart. Time taken by earth to orbit the sun: (5th century) 365.258756484 days.
The value of pi was first calculated by Budhayana, and he explained the concept of what is known as the Pythagorean Theorem. He discovered this in the 6th century long before the European mathematicians.
Algebra, trigonometry and calculus came from India. Quadratic equations were by Sridharacharya in the 11th century. The largest numbers the Greeks and the Romans used were 106 whereas Hindus used numbers as big as 10**53(10 to the power of 53) with specific names as early as 5000 BCE during the Vedic period. Even today, the largest used number is Tera 10**12(10 to the power of 12).
IEEE has proved what has been a century old suspicion in the world scientific community that the pioneer of wireless communication was Prof. Jagdish Bose and not Marconi.
The earliest reservoir and dam for irrigation was built in Saurashtra.
According to Saka King Rudradaman I of 150 CE a beautiful lake called Sudarshana was constructed on the hills of Raivataka during Chandragupta Maurya's time.
Chess (Shataranja or AshtaPada) was invented in India.
Sushruta is the father of surgery. 2600 years ago he and health scientists of his time conducted complicated surgeries like cesareans, cataract, artificial limbs, fractures, urinary stones and even plastic surgery and brain surgery. Usage of anesthesia was well known in ancient India. Over 125 surgical equipment were used. Deep knowledge of anatomy, physiology, etiology, embryology, digestion, metabolism, genetics and immunity is also found in many texts.
When many cultures were only nomadic forest dwellers over 5000 years ago, Indians established Harappan culture in Sindhu Valley (Indus Valley Civilization).
The four religions born in India, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism, are followed by 25% of the world's population.
The place value system, the decimal system was developed in India in 100 BC.
India is one of the few countries in the World, which gained independence without violence.
India has the second largest pool of Scientists and Engineers in the World.
India is the largest English speaking nation in the world.
India is the only country other than US and Japan, to have built a super computer indigenously.
Famous Quotes on India (by non-Indians)
Albert Einstein said: We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made.
Mark Twain said: India is, the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend, and the great grand mother of tradition. Our most valuable and most instructive materials in the history of man are treasured up in India only.
French scholar Romain Rolland said: If there is one place on the face of earth where all the dreams of living men have found a home from the very earliest days when man began the dream of existence, it is India.
Hu Shih, former Ambassador of China to USA said: India conquered and dominated China culturally for 20 centuries without ever having to send a single soldier across her border.
Facts to make every Indian proud
Q. Who is the co-founder of Sun Microsystems?
A. Vinod Khosla
Q. Who is the creator of Pentium chip (needs no introduction as 90% of thetoday's computers run on it)?
A. Vinod Dahm
Q. Who is the third richest man on the world?
A. According to the latest report on Fortune Magazine, it is Aziz Premji,who is the CEO of Wipro Industries. The Sultan of Brunei is at 6thposition now.
Q. Who is the founder and creator of Hotmail (Hotmail is world's No.1 webbased email program)?
A. Sabeer Bhatia
Q. Who is the president of AT & T-Bell Labs (AT & T-Bell Labs is the creatorof program languages such as C, C++, Unix to name a few)?
A. Arun Netravalli
Q. Who is the GM of Hewlett Packard?
A. Rajiv Gupta
Q. Who is the new MTD (Microsoft Testing Director) of Windows 2000,responsible to iron out all initial problems?
A. Sanjay Tejwrika
Q. Who are the Chief Executives of CitiBank, Mckensey & Stanchart?
A. Victor Menezes, Rajat Gupta, and Rana Talwar.We Indians are the wealthiest among all ethnic groups in America, evenfaring better than the whites and the natives.
Also there are 3.22 millions of Indians in USA (1.5% of population).
So.....???? Just feel good and proud to be in that clan??? and thats it???whats your contribution?
This is the history. Our ancestors were great and we are normal and the generations to come will be less than that?
or...Our ancestors were great , we shal try to be the best and outsmart atleast our own expectations then our descendents will change the face of the world, create the utopia! How abt this/
Please.... start with self, complacency is the evil that kills you while you are alive. Try and do all you can to better yourself, your family, your friends, your community, your region, your nation!
A revolution begins with just one step... its yours... dont just pass the buck and be a looser saying can't/ atleast try//// just till you succeed.
Hope is more powerful than love and faith at times. Dont ever loose hope. Have faith and Love the way you live - Live the way you fall in love over and over again with yourself.
Friday, July 11, 2008
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Warren Buffet's .....
There was a one hour interview on CNBC with Warren Buffet, the second richest man who has donated $31 billion to charity.
Here are some very interesting aspects of his life:
1. He bought his first share at age 11 and he now regrets that he started too late!
2. He bought a small farm at age 14 with savings from delivering newspapers.
3. He still lives in the same small 3-bedroom house in mid-town Omaha, that he bought after he got married 50 years ago. He says that he has everything he needs in that house. His house does not have a wall or a fence.
4. He drives his own car everywhere and does not have a driver or security people around him.
5. He never travels by private jet, although he owns the world's largest private jet company.
6. His company, Berkshire Hathaway, owns 63 companies. He writes only one letter each year to the CEOs of these companies, giving them goals for the year. He never holds meetings or calls them on a regular basis. He has given his CEO's only two rules.
Rule number 1: do not lose any of your share holder's money. Rule number
2: Do not forget rule number 1.
7. He does not socialize with the high society crowd. His past time after he gets home is to make himself some pop corn and watch Television.
8. Bill Gates, the world's richest man met him for the first time only 5 years ago. Bill Gates did not think he had anything in common with Warren Buffet. So he had scheduled his meeting only for half hour. But when Gates met him, the meeting lasted for ten hours and Bill Gates became a devotee of Warren Buffet.
9. Warren Buffet does not carry a cell phone, nor has a computer on his desk. His advice to young people : "Stay away from credit cards and invest in yourself and Remember:
A. Money doesn't create man but it is the man who created money.
B. Live your life as simple as you are.
C. Don't do what others say, just listen to them, but do what makes you feel good.
D. Don't go on brand name; just wear those things in which you feel comfortable.
E. Don't waste your money on unnecessary things; just spend on things that you really
need.
F. After all it's your life, then why give others the chance to rule your life." "No
one can make you feel inferior without your permission,
remember they are no better. "
Isn't #9 worth giving a try? sure it is for me.
Learning from others experience's is a better option than waiting for your own! Think Differently! It sure is going to make a lot of difference to yourself and to the world around you. Its a one liner I read somewhere "Well behaved women never made history" Its not funny, its serious! Why are there some predefined rules or behaviour for either women or men? We are most of the time compelled to think the way people want us to think. Why is it so? I do not want to generalize but I am very sure that most of the people I know have their influences. Not all the decisions are taken by them, they are somebody else's decisions in disguise of our own will.
Whenever I get to the point of " O god, nobody I know have ever done anything like this, what will I answer to the questions by them, will I be looked at differently and will I be treated the same" I flinch. But then only dead fish go with the flow!!! So did I many a time infact 80% of the time either to please somebody or with a clause of "what if".
After more than 20 years of my life I realised the 80-20 rule. 80% of what we do is of 20% value or worth and only 20% of what we do is worth 80%. It certainly is true in my case. Working upon this made a hell lot of difference!
We are what we think! and do have your signature on it! dont always borrow thoughts! Create your unique identity coz........... just one very simple reason...... you are worth it!
Explore yourself, who know you might be someone the world will remember till the end of times.
Live LIFE ! "After all its your life, why give others the chance to rule your life"(Warren Buffet)
Here are some very interesting aspects of his life:
1. He bought his first share at age 11 and he now regrets that he started too late!
2. He bought a small farm at age 14 with savings from delivering newspapers.
3. He still lives in the same small 3-bedroom house in mid-town Omaha, that he bought after he got married 50 years ago. He says that he has everything he needs in that house. His house does not have a wall or a fence.
4. He drives his own car everywhere and does not have a driver or security people around him.
5. He never travels by private jet, although he owns the world's largest private jet company.
6. His company, Berkshire Hathaway, owns 63 companies. He writes only one letter each year to the CEOs of these companies, giving them goals for the year. He never holds meetings or calls them on a regular basis. He has given his CEO's only two rules.
Rule number 1: do not lose any of your share holder's money. Rule number
2: Do not forget rule number 1.
7. He does not socialize with the high society crowd. His past time after he gets home is to make himself some pop corn and watch Television.
8. Bill Gates, the world's richest man met him for the first time only 5 years ago. Bill Gates did not think he had anything in common with Warren Buffet. So he had scheduled his meeting only for half hour. But when Gates met him, the meeting lasted for ten hours and Bill Gates became a devotee of Warren Buffet.
9. Warren Buffet does not carry a cell phone, nor has a computer on his desk. His advice to young people : "Stay away from credit cards and invest in yourself and Remember:
A. Money doesn't create man but it is the man who created money.
B. Live your life as simple as you are.
C. Don't do what others say, just listen to them, but do what makes you feel good.
D. Don't go on brand name; just wear those things in which you feel comfortable.
E. Don't waste your money on unnecessary things; just spend on things that you really
need.
F. After all it's your life, then why give others the chance to rule your life." "No
one can make you feel inferior without your permission,
remember they are no better. "
Isn't #9 worth giving a try? sure it is for me.
Learning from others experience's is a better option than waiting for your own! Think Differently! It sure is going to make a lot of difference to yourself and to the world around you. Its a one liner I read somewhere "Well behaved women never made history" Its not funny, its serious! Why are there some predefined rules or behaviour for either women or men? We are most of the time compelled to think the way people want us to think. Why is it so? I do not want to generalize but I am very sure that most of the people I know have their influences. Not all the decisions are taken by them, they are somebody else's decisions in disguise of our own will.
Whenever I get to the point of " O god, nobody I know have ever done anything like this, what will I answer to the questions by them, will I be looked at differently and will I be treated the same" I flinch. But then only dead fish go with the flow!!! So did I many a time infact 80% of the time either to please somebody or with a clause of "what if".
After more than 20 years of my life I realised the 80-20 rule. 80% of what we do is of 20% value or worth and only 20% of what we do is worth 80%. It certainly is true in my case. Working upon this made a hell lot of difference!
We are what we think! and do have your signature on it! dont always borrow thoughts! Create your unique identity coz........... just one very simple reason...... you are worth it!
Explore yourself, who know you might be someone the world will remember till the end of times.
Live LIFE ! "After all its your life, why give others the chance to rule your life"(Warren Buffet)
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