Bekaar India
India - As we don’t know
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Draw backs of the government
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They are not willing to be together and fight the govt and instead are too busy fighting amongst themselves.
Current India is lead by leaders who hardly know what mean, median and mode. They are being advised by our the officers, who too have nil knowledge.
We have great leaders who had given their life to free india from British raj.
With 75% of the population in the politics is under the age of 35,Y would anyone would call India a young nation???
The youth does not identify with the so-called young achievers in politics and businesses as most of them are successors to their parents’ achievements.
The policies of the Governments have been ‘old’ in their nature, have had very little to offer to the young generation.
Our governments are more interested to borrow the fund from the World Bank rather than approaching our people who have savings deposited in the Indian Banks.
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Falaknuma Palace
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The palace is laid out in the shape of a scorpion with two stings spread out as wings on the north. The middle part is occupied by the main building and the kitchen and harem quarters stretch to the south. The Nawab being an avid traveller, varies influences show on the palace architecture. Louis XIV-style decor with a lavish Mughal ambience, Italian marble staircases and ornate fountains. Its glass stained windows throw a spectrum of colours into the rooms.
Built by Nawab Vikar-ul-Umra.Falaknuma(Star of Heaven).
It has many as 220 lavishly decorated rooms and 22 spacious halls. It has some of the finest treasures collections of the Nizam.Falaknuma houses a large collection of rare treasures collected by the Nizam including paintings, statues, furniture, manuscripts and books.Made with Italian marble and it covers a total area of 9,39,712-sq-metre,the Jade collection of the Palace is considered to be unique in the world.
The library is made walnut carved roof, a replica of the one at Windsor Castle and consists of one of the finest collections of the holy Quran in India.
The telephone and electrical system was introduced in 1883 by Osler and the palace has one of the largest electrical switchboards in India.
Falaknuma Palace is located 5 kilometers due south of Charminar. The palace is located on a 2000-foot-high hill. Nawab Vikar-ul-Umra built this palace and Nizam VI purchased this palace from Nawab Vikar-ul-Umra in 1897. The latter used this palace as a royal guest house. The grandson of Nizam VII, Nawab Mukarramjah Bahadur, owns this palace now.
It took 9 years to complete the construction and furnishing the Palace.
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Purani haveli
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The palace also consists the Nizam's museum, which is dedicated to the last Nizam of Hyderabad state.
Purani Haveli was the official residence of the Nizam.Also known as Haveli Khadeem(old mansion) was constructed for Sikander Jah, Asaf Jah III (1803-1829) by his father Ali Khan Bahadur, Asaf Jah II.
The Haveli is “U” shaped in plan, with two oblong wings running parallel to each other and the residential palace located perpendicularly in the middle. The main building resembles 18th-century European palaces.
Longest Wardrobe in the Whole world.The sixth nizam never used to wear a dress twice.
A unique feature of this palace is the world’s longest wardrode, built in two levels with a hand-cranked wooden lift(elevator) in place. This occupies the entire length of one wing of the palace.
Purana Haveli is the main residence of Mahbub Ali Pasha, the Nizam VI. One of the neo-classical structures, it is a sprawling complex built during the mid-nineteenth century. That the Nizam lived a lavish life can be seen from the Massarat Mahal, situated on the eastern wing of the building. It houses the Nizam’s wooden wardrobe, a giant 73-square-meter room having two closets and an elevator. The two closets are of two levels, and the mechanical elevator is used to reach the top level of the closets.
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Chowmahalla Palace
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This is one of the Nizam’s Palace Chowmahalla Palace, also known as Khilwat Palace was once the centre of Hyderabad, India. It was the seat of the Asaf Jahi dynasty where the Nizam entertained his official guests and royal visitors.The palace is unique for its style and elegance. Building began in the late 18th Century and over the decades a synthesis of many architectural styles and influences emerged.
The palace originally covered 45 acres but only 14 acres remain. This complex today consists of two courtyards with elegant palaces, the grand Khilwat (the Durbar Hall), fountains and gardens.
The oldest part of the complex comprises of 4 palaces (Chow meaning char in Hindi i.e. four)Its special clock (i found it very interesting) above the main gate to Chowmahalla Palace is affectionately called as Khilwat Clock. It has been ticking away for around 250 years. An expert family of clock repairers winds the mechanical clock every week.
Chowmahalla is near the Charminar. It comprises of four palaces. The Asif Jahi dynasty made this palace as their seat. The official guests as well as royal visitors were entertained here. The heart of the Chowmahalla Palace is called Khilwat Mubarak, and houses the Clock Tower, Council Hall and Roshan Bungalow. Roshan Bungalow was named after the sixth Nizam’s mother, Roshan Begum.
The palace was restored and opened to public in January 2005. After five years of documentation and restoration work, the first courtyard regained its former glory.
The palace is open to visitors between 10 am and 5 pm. It is closed on Fridays and on national holidays. Entry fee is Rs 25 for Indians and Rs 150 for foreigners.
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Makkah Masjid
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Makkah Masjid:
The Makkah Masjid just beside it is also great.It is one of the oldest mosques and the biggest mosque located in Hyderabad, India. The mosque is believed to contain sacred relics, one of which is a hair of the Prophet Muhammad(PBUH).Part of the mosque has bricks brought from holy city of Makkah (saudi arabia) which are part of the central arch. The mosque is adorned with Belgian crystal chandeliers.When the foundation stone (1617) was been laid,Sultan Muhammad Qutub Shah (Nawab) invited all the religious leaders of the city and announced that the foundation stone will be laid by one who had never missed his prayers. None came forward, therefore Sultan Muhammad himself laid the foundation, for he had never missed a prayer since the age of 12.It took 77 years to be completed.
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Hyderabad-Charminar
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Charminar:
An excellent blend of the Indo-Islamic architecture, is one of the places that will come to mind when one plans to visit Hyderabad.Mohammed Quli Qutb Shah, the founder of Hyderabad, built Charminar in 1591 at the centre of the original city layout. It was said to be built as a charm to ward off a deadly epidemic raging at that time.Its each minaret having double balconies. The balconies offer a breathtaking view of the surrounding.It is marvellous and It’s awesome .On the top floor is located a small mosque. There are 45 prayer spaces and people throng to this mosque for the Friday prayers.There many fancy retail stores and coffee shops lining the streets downtown.One can get almost everything,clothes,wedding dresses(shahara,sherwani)matching sets,sandles ,very pretty bangles… ,every thing from furniture to utensiles can be founf here.
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Indian kids snake charmers,to keep tradition alive!
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Children in India captured on camera as they train to become snake charmers. Sitting less than a metre away from a poisonous cobra, these kids show no signs of fear and do not flinch when faced with one of the deadly snakes.
The nomadic Vadi tribe, which lives in the south of the Indian state of Gujarat, take great pride in their association with the deadly snakes .In this tribe babies are first introduced to snakes at the age of two & complete a ten-year initiation ritual that culminates in the boys becoming fully-fledged performing snake charmers.
The act of snake charming with a traditional flute is the role of the men, while the Vadi women care for the snakes and handle them when their husbands or brothers are not around. Aged twelve the children know everything that they can know about snakes. They are then ready to continue the traditions of the Vadi tribe which can be stretched back over 1,000 years to India’s great Rajas (kings).”
The Vadi’s never stay in one place for more than six months, they have an almost mythical attachment to snakes and especially cobras. “We explain to the children how we only take a snake away from its natural habitat for a maximum of seven months. Any more is disrespectful to the snake and especially after the charmer and snake have worked together so closely and so intimately. Both are trusting their lives to the other one”
“At night, as we sit around our huts in the open desert and explain to the pact that our descendants made with Naga, the snake god,” says Madari. ”We live 25km away from the town of Rajkot at the moment, and every time we try to enter the village for food or even bottle of water, the villagers chase us away,tells the madari.The rich of India have no time for the poor,they claim.
The cobras are fed a herbal mixture which Madari says renders the snake’s deadly poison useless.
They do not cut the fangs off the snakes as that would be cruel,says the tribal chief. They are not harmed because they are like children.”In all my years with snakes, from my childhood to now, I have only heard of one man to have been bitten. This was because he kept the snake longer than seven months.” Claims a madari.
Since snake charming was made illegal in 1991, the Vadi have come under huge pressure from the state and national governments of India. “The police routinely search and take their snakes whenever they cross paths,this is considered as injustice for them.
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Why go abroad and get attacked?
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Racial attacks have been common in the UK,USA and now Australia,its just that people have started noticing now.
The growing number of attacks on Indian students in Australia has become a big cause for concern at the Indian High Commission every were.There have been 500 cases of assault on Indian students, registered by the police authorities across Australia in the last six months.
There are fears that such incidents of muggings, theft, racial abuse, car jackings and even murder are on the increase because of the economic meltdown and loss of jobs.
According to the web site www.news.com.au , seventeen foreign students have died in Victoria in the past year from boarding home fires, murders, car crashes and drowning.
We prefer to call it a non-cooperation movement because we feel what is happening in Australia is painful and shameful says bollywood.Will this work??? i guess not.Can’t our own country provide better education and jobs here? The government needs to take an action for these steps,no human is safe any were!!!
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Buddha poornima
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Buddha poornima-The festival of peace
Buddha Poornima, which falls on the full moon night in the month of April or May,9th May on Tuesday in year 2009,is the birth anniversary of Lord Buddha, founder of Buddhism. Buddha Poornima is celebrated in remembrance Lord Buddha.He is said to be the ninth avatar of Vishnu. They say,it was on Buddha Poornima that the three important events of Buddha’s life took place i.e. his birth, his enlightenment and his death (nirvana).This time is mostly summer,the temperature touches 45 degrees C, pilgrims come from all over the world to Bodh Gaya to attend the Buddha Poornima celebrations.
The day is marked with prayer sermons and non-stop recitations of Buddhist scriptures resonate in monasteries, religious halls and homes,group meditation, processions, worship of the statue of Buddha.On this day the Buddhists bathe and wear only white clothes. People offer incense, flowers, candles and fruits to the statue of Lord Buddha. They spend their entire day listening to discourses on the life and teachings of the Buddha The Mahabodhi Temple wears a festive look and is decorated with colorful flags and flowers.
VaisakaBuddha Purnima is celebrated especially in Boddha Gaya, Lumbini and in Kushinara as they are the holy places that were connected with the blessed ones birth, enlighten and the Parinirvana. Buddhists in Sri Lanka, Burma, Thailand, Tibet, China, Korea, Laos, Vietnam, Mongolia, Bhutan, Cambodia, Nepal, Japan and quite a number of western Buddhists participate ‘Vaisaka’ Purnima Day religious activities in a festive mood. Sarnath the capital of Buddhism celebrates Vaisaka Purnima day in a grand way.About Buddha:
Buddha was originally born as Siddhartha Gautama in 563 BC. He was a prince of the Shakalyas,a small state bordering modern India and Nepal. He lived in a time of prosperity and social up heal. At the age of 16, Siddhratha married and had a son.The turning point in his life came when Siddhartha was 29 and he ventured outside the palace grounds. He was caught by the sufferings of the world,he later left his wife, son and riches to become a wandering ascetic in the search for enlightenment.Buddha’s philosophical analysis of the basic problem of human suffering and misery helped to hold before the common man a purified and simplified Eight-Fold Path of Salvation, i.e., the right type of life-view, of intention, of speech, action, livelihood, effort, frame of mind and of concentration.
Buddha,denounced the animal sacrifices in the yajnas and yagas and himself stood as the very embodiment of compassion to all living beings.He wandered to many places and ultimately at the age of 35 he arrived at Bodh Gaya, where he sat beneath a tree. He swore that he would not rise until he had found enlightenment. After forty-nine days of solitary meditation he attained nirvana, the state of permanence. He thus became the Buddha “One who is fully Awake.”
The effect of Buddha’s teachings not only influenced the Hindu people in general but contributed decisively in elevating spiritually several races spreading over a vast region of the globe, including areas such as the present-day Syria, Egypt, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Brahmadesh, Siam, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Annam, Cochin, China, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Malaya, China, Korea, Japan, Tibet and Khotan in Central Asia.Many people look upon Buddha as their supreme spiritual leader.
He won the hearts of the people because he dealt with their true feelings. He advised them not to accept his words on blind faith, but to decide for themselves whether his teachings are right or wrong, then follow them. He encouraged everyone to have compassion for each other and develop their own virtue, “You should do your own work, for I can teach only the way.”
He never became angry or impatient or spoke harshly to anyone, not even to those who opposed him. He always taught in such a way that everyone could understand. Each person thought the Buddha was speaking especially for him. The Buddha told his followers to help each other on the Way.Basic teachings:
Nothing is lost in the universe
Everything Changes
Law of Cause and Effect
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How can we improve India?
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What were and how do we need to improve and what are our weakness???First we need to think and customize our problems and then think of the solutions.We being the public of India its our duty to think!!!
If we don’t no one will,forget the Politicians.Politicians are government servants they are here for our service,if we don’t think our country as our home why will anybody else??? Let us be committed for the national growth, whether we apparently gain anything personally or not - though ultimately it is going to be everyone’s gain. In what ever small way we can contribute positively and regularly, we must do.
What are our problems???
Let’s unite our minds and think of all that can be improved in our country. Any solutions for what you feel is yet to change and HOW TO change it?
I agree it is not that easy to improve India immediately.By reducing the usage of the foreign products in India…that is by increasing the products made in India will automatically increase the economy…and so on by making products in India with international standards and exporting it will improve India rapidly…
As most Indians experience that gov. works better only during elections.They keep on announcing various policies but they don’t work.
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