What do you mean by a friend?

It can be defined in many ways. That is depends on person by person. But a friend is a aperson who helps you in your all needs and understand you well. A true friend never expect anything returns. Friends are always with us in all situations.

Why do we need a friend?

We have parents to be loved. We have relatives, brothers, sisters and so on to be loved. Then what is the role of a friend in life? The basic of friendshop resides in love. And this basic is starting from our own home only. As we growing we are seeing, learning, understanding many things. The understand creats many doubts. All our doubts can't be cleared by our parents, brother or sisters etc. And some time, we can't talk openly all things/matters to them also. Such kind of situationis, the importance of a friend is comes up. A good friend uderstands you and clear your doubts and guide you in a right direction.

Can a friend be a lover or vice versa?

The answer is many or may not be. But a lover can't be a friend. Because it depends on the each ones sex and depends on the deepness of friendship. The everlasting love starts always from friendship. I have a true friend. How we met and the relation continues is a big story. Even if we are in the long distance, we understood each other perfectly. The way keeping our friendship, misuderstood many people, even her relatives. Everybody told me, I must have loved her. Yeah, I do, but I put a limit. If you are putting a limit to everything and decides not to cross that limit, then friendship will never becomes a love. But this need, the strong mind.

Types of friends

Friends can be many types. In general I says, it is 5 types.
a). Hi-bye friends. b)Friends. c)Flirting friends. d)Best friends and the final one is e) True friends.

a)Hi-bye friends :-

These types are only keeps the relations, whenever they sees each other. Just says, hi how are you, and when we pass them, they forget about us.

b)Friends :-

Any known persons can be called as friends. In general conversation, when we introduce a person to others, we usually use this word,"it is my friend". Because, no other word will match their.

c)Flirting friends:-

This is the special type. The kind of peoples' keep in touch with others and their main intention is always to be flirted. They tries every option to flirt their friends. After a stage, they may avoid the person, who flirts, or may continue as their prey.

d)Best friends:-

This is a group, where we can share eveything to them. These are trustworthy peoples. But, some best friends' are only one way kind, they only hears them and may not advise them. But tries to keep the touch with their friends.

e)True friend:-

This is the ultimate group. They are really meant the word "True Friend". They can understand you, from the long distance, from your silence, from your body language. Even through telecon, they understands, how much you improved or decreased your level, how much you changed. These are a type of Best friends', but they are best of best friends. They keep intimating, finding the solutions to your problems and helps you to keep smile always.

Do we need to celebrate a special day for friends?

To me, there is no need to that. Because everyday I am happy about my friends, because, God give me "precious diamonds". I am proud of them. Some says, there is no thanks, no sorry between friends. But we have to keep this on practice with them. Otherwise, we will forget the basic respects to others.

Not very long but very touching and TRUE ???? Please read.........
ONE BEDROOM FLAT... A TYPICAL MIDDLE CLASS INDIAN

SOFTWARE ENGINEER'S LIFE... - A Bitter Reality

As the dream of most parents I had acquired a degree in Software Engineer and joined a company based in USA, the land of braves and opportunity. When I arrived in the USA, it was as if a dream had come true. Here at last I was in the place where I want to be. I decided I would be staying in this country for about. Five years in which time I would have earned enough money to settle down in India. My father was a government employee and after his retirement, the only asset he could acquire was a decent one bedroom flat. I wanted to do some thing more than him. I started feeling homesick and lonely as the time passed. I used to call home and speak to my parents every week using cheap international phone cards. Two years passed, two years of Burgers at McDonald's and pizzas and discos and 2 years watching the foreign exchange rate getting happy whenever the Rupee value went down.

Finally I decided to get married. Told my parents that I have only 10 days of holidays and everything must be done within these 10 days. I got my ticket booked in the cheapest flight. Was jubilant and was actually enjoying hopping for gifts for all my friends back home. If I miss anyone then there will be talks. After reaching home I spent home one week going through all the photographs of girls and as the time was getting shorter. I was forced to select one candidate. In-laws told me, to my surprise, that I would have to get married in 2-3 days, as I will not get anymore holidays. After the marriage, it was time to return to USA.

After giving some money to my parents and telling the neighbors to look after them, we returned to USA. My wife enjoyed this country for about two months and then she started feeling lonely. The frequency of calling India increased to twice in a week sometimes 3 times a week. Our savings started diminishing. After two more years we started to have kids. Two lovely kids, a boy and a girl, were gifted to us by the almighty.

Every time I spoke to my parents, they asked me to come to India so that they can see their grand-children. Every year I decide to go to India. But work part monetary conditions prevented it. Years went by and visiting India was a distant dream. Then suddenly one day I got a message that my parents were seriously sick. I tried but I couldn't get any holidays and thus could not go to India. The next message I got was my parents had passed away and as there was no one to do the last rights the society members had done whatever they could.

I was depressed. My parents had passed away without seeing their grand children. After couple more years passed away, much to my children's dislike and my wife's joy we returned to India to settle down. I started to look for a suitable property, but to my dismay my savings were short and the property prices had gone up during all these years. I had to return to the USA. My wife refused to come back with me and my children refused to stay in India. My 2 children and I returned to USA after promising my wife I would be back for good after two years. Time passed by, my daughter decided to get married to an American and my son was happy living in USAI decided that had enough and wound-up every thing and returned to India.

I had just enough money to buy a decent 02 bedroom flat in a well-developed locality. Now I am 60 years old and the only time I go out of the flat is for the routine visit to the nearby temple. My faithful wife has also left me and gone to the holy abode. Sometimes I wonder was it worth all this? My father, even after staying in India had a house to his name and I too have the same nothing more. I lost my parents and children for just ONE EXTRA BEDROOM. Even if i had earned millions what i would have done with that Today? Looking out from the window I see a lot of children dancing. This damned cable TV has spoiled our new generation and these children are losing their values and culture because of it. I get occasional cards from my children asking I am alright.

Well at least they remember me. Now perhaps after I die it will be the neighbors again who will be performing my last rights, God Bless them. But the question still remains \'was all this worth it I am still searching for an answer................!!!! Please pass on this message to as much as possible so that everybody should know their destiny,which is more important relation or money. Remember money isn't everything, it is only a means of happiness... it is up to you to decide..

Life is a beautiful gift of God, He has gifted it to you to live it.

What is common with the two movies 'Tickle my funny bone' (indian film of a lustfull Nun) and 'DaVinci Code'?

One is about the fornication of the flesh, the other the fornication of the Word of God.

Before I share with you information I got from a website with regards to DaVinci Code, I like to let you know something.

I asked the Lord why He is allowing this to happen, and he gave me this scripture.

Philippians 1:12,14
12Now I want you to know, brothers, that what has happened to me has really served to advance the gospel.
14Because of my chains, most of the brothers in the Lord have been encouraged to speak the word of God more courageously and fearlessly.

So do look as how to ban the movie but how to preach the true Gospel fearlessly to all people. Look at this as an opportunity and share the Word of God with every one.

People take part in email chains, hoping that some luck begets them. If you pass this to your friends and aquatints no luck will beget you, but surely you will sow a good seed and a good harvest will be there for you in the future.


Website :- http://www.charismamag.com/display.php?id=12860

20 Big Lies in the DaVinci Code
By James A. Beverley
Don’t be fooled. Here are just a few ways Dan Brown’s best-selling book twists and distorts the truth of the gospel.

1.The Bible was invented by Roman Emperor Constantine in the fourth century.The Da Vinci Code reports that "Constantine commissioned and financed a new Bible," one that left out the Gnostic texts and included the four traditional Gospels. In fact, Constantine had nothing to do with the making of the Christian canon. He is not even mentioned in the standard Cambridge History of the Bible. The traditional Gospels were recognized by virtually all Christians 150 years before Constantine.

2. The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Gnostic Gospels are the "earliest Christian records."Not so. The Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered in 1947 and date from 250 B.C. to A.D. 100. However, these documents have virtually nothing to do with Christianity but with various Jewish groups, rituals and ideas before and during the time of Christ.
The Gnostic Gospels offer a twisted and heretical version of the Christian faith, but they didn't come into existence until about a century or more after the death of Christ.
The earliest Christian records are the writings of the New Testament.

3. The Gnostic Gospels present a positive view of the feminine.The Gnostic texts are said to picture a human, sexualized Jesus who embraced the sacred feminine. Actually, the Jesus presented in the Gnostic material is often simply weird, and the underlying ideology tends to be radically anti-feminine. Consider this bizarre passage from the Gospel of Thomas: "Simon Peter said to them, 'Make Mary leave us, for females don't deserve life.' Jesus said, 'Look, I will guide her to make her male, so that she too may become a living spirit resembling you males. For every female who makes herself male will enter the kingdom of Heaven.'"

4. Early Christians did not believe Jesus was God's Son.This is a bizarre claim, rooted in either willful ignorance or blindness to the obvious. After 2,000 years, people continue to debate whether Jesus is the Son of God. But what has never been subject to doubt is that early Christians confessed that Jesus is God's Son, as the following Scriptures indicate: "Simon Peter answered and said, 'You are the Christ, the Son of the living God'" (Matt. 16:16); "But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son" (Gal. 4:4).

5. The Council of Nicea (A.D. 325) invented the divinity of Jesus.Contrary to Brown's claim, the famous church council met to clarify the divinity of Jesus, not create it. There are thousands of references to the divinity of Jesus in Christian literature and archaeology before the Council at Nicea. This includes the hundreds of claims in the New Testament and the witness of early church leaders through the second and third centuries.

6. Jesus was really a pagan or a witch.No standard reference works on witchcraft ever include Jesus as a witch or pagan. The novel attempts to argue that Jesus was a copycat figure of ancient pagan deities. This view depends on totally ignoring the Jewish context of the life and teaching of Jesus. If Jesus had been a pagan or a witch, this would have been noticed by the Jewish leaders who opposed Him.

7. Jesus was married to Mary Magdalene.The novel claims that there are "countless references" to their union in ancient history and that the topic "has been explored ad nauseam by modern historians." First, there is nothing in the New Testament or other first century material about such a marriage. Second, there is no explicit mention of the alleged marriage in the Gnostic material of the second and third centuries. All we have in the Gnostic material is one reference to Mary as the "companion" of Jesus. That word, however, does not usually mean "spouse" or "wife."

8. Jesus and Mary had a child named Sarah.The novel claims Mary was pregnant at the time of the death of Jesus. Joseph of Arimathea, her uncle, helped her move to France. There she gave birth to a girl she named Sarah. Mary and Sarah found refuge in the Jewish community in France. We are told that "countless scholars of that era chronicled Mary Magdalene's days in France." This is nothing but historical junk first made popular by the 1982 potboiler Holy Blood, Holy Grail. There are no ancient documents supporting any of these claims, and no scholars of that era chronicled these alleged events.

9. There was a smear campaign against Mary Magdalene in Catholic tradition.To the contrary, Mary Magdalene receives positive attention in the Bible and in Catholic tradition. In fact, she is regarded as a saint, and her Feast Day is July 22. As a close disciple of Jesus, she was one of the first witnesses of His resurrection. The mistaken view that she was a prostitute did not arise until A.D. 591 when Pope Gregory I confused her with a prostitute mentioned in Luke 7:36-50.

10. A secret society named the Priory of Sion started in 1099 and has protected the bones of Mary Magdalene and documents about the bloodline of Jesus Christ.This is one of the most significant blunders of The Da Vinci Code. The Priory of Sion was actually started in France on May 7, 1956, by a con artist named Pierre Plantard (1920-2000). The Priory was first a civic organization. In the 1960s Plantard created the mythology of a secret society led by figures such as Isaac Newton and Leonardo da Vinci.

11. Ancient documents about the Priory were discovered in the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris in 1975.The Da Vinci Code refers to these alleged parchments as Les Dossiers Secrets. These documents are not ancient but are actually forgeries done by Philippe de Chérisey (1925-1985), a co-conspirator with Plantard. They were not discovered by the French library in 1975 but were placed there by Plantard in 1967.
Both de Chérisey and Plantard admitted the hoax before their deaths. In fact, Plantard was forced to admit his fraud before Judge Thierry Jean-Pierre in a French court case in September 1993.

12. There are historical lists of the Grand Masters of the Priory of Sion.Actually, when Plantard invented the Priory of Sion he copied most of his list of Grand Masters from lists of alleged leaders of other groups, such as the Ancient and Mystical Order Rosae Crucis, a secret society founded in America in 1915. Plantard also changed his list of Grand Masters as he adopted different conspiracy theories about his Priory of Sion.

13. The Holy Grail is not the cup used at the Last Supper but the bones of Mary Magdalene.The novel states that "the quest for the Holy Grail is literally the quest to kneel before the bones of Mary Magdalene. A journey to pray at the feet of the outcast one, the lost sacred feminine."
The Holy Grail legends started about A.D. 1180 and continued through the 19th century. They never involved claims about the bones of Mary Magdalene. Isn't it amazing that no Priory of Sion member has ever given in to the temptation to reveal the location of the bones of Mary Magdalene?

14. The Knights Templar guarded the bones of Mary Magdalene and four huge chests of ancient documents about the bloodline of Jesus Christ and the French kings who descended from Him.The Knights Templar is a religious military order founded in the early 12th century. Hugues de Payens, a French Knight, led eight comrades in the campaign to protect pilgrims to the Holy Land.
It has never been argued in the historical material about the Templars that they protected either Mary Magdalene or documents about French kings. These claims are the inventions of Pierre Plantard, who declared at one point that he was the descendant of Jesus and the proper heir to the French throne.

15. Leonardo da Vinci was once the Grand Master of the Priory of Sion.The Priory started 437 years after the death of the great artist. Not one Leonardo da Vinci specialist in the entire world has supported the view that he once headed a pagan sex cult. James Beck of Columbia University calls this "total nonsense." Leonard da Vinci scholars have convened special conferences in order to debunk the novel's false claims about the famous artist.

16. Leonardo da Vinci placed Mary Magdalene next to Jesus in his famous painting The Last Supper.In da Vinci's time everyone believed that this person was John, the beloved disciple. Renaissance art specialists have always noted that John was painted in a rather effeminate manner. The painting was not meant to reveal the identity of a woman but the tension created among the apostles after Jesus says to them, "'One of you will betray Me'" (Matt. 26:21). Of course, even if da Vinci put a woman next to Jesus in his painting, this would not tell us anything about the real Last Supper more than 14 centuries earlier.

17. The Catholic Church killed 5 million women during the Witchcraft Inquisition. The women targeted as witches were freethinkers, scholars, priestesses, gypsies, nature lovers, mystics and midwives.
The novel radically misinterprets the nature and scope of the Inquisition. First, both men and women were targeted as witches. Second, the female victims were generally older and were not from any specific class or profession. Third, the deaths totaled no more than 100,000, counting both males and females. Most important, the Inquisition was rooted in the real belief that certain men and women actually worshiped Satan and performed diabolical acts of evil.

18. French President Francois Mitterand ordered 666 panes of glass in the pyramid at the front entrance to the Louvre.
The novel adopts a false rumor that circulated in French society two decades ago. Mitterand did not order 666 panes of glass to be in the pyramid. In fact, the public relations office at the Louvre informed me that the pyramid actually has 673 panes of glass.

19. Early Jewish as well as Christian tradition involved sex ritualism in worship.There is not a single hint in the entire Old Testament or in Jewish history that sex rites were part of temple worship. Jewish males did not engage in sex with priestesses in the temple. The word "priestess" is not even used in the Old Testament.
In the novel Jesus and Mary Magdalene are pictured as the ideal participants in an early Christian sex ritual. This wild claim has no basis in history, either in terms of early Christian tradition or even in reference to Gnostic documents.

20 True worship involves sex ritualism.The Da Vinci Code states that "historically, intercourse was the act through which male and female experienced God" and that "by communing with woman … man could achieve a climactic instant when his mind went totally blank and he could see God."
The Da Vinci Code will bring great harm to every innocent religious seeker who follows its endorsement of sex ritual as the path to God. Brown is surely bluffing in his rhetoric about sex in worship. It is impossible to imagine that he really believes his own novel's ideology.
Would he be willing to participate in the ancient ritual that The Da Vinci Code defends? Would he really recommend this ancient ritual to his wife, family and friends?
In both book and movie form The Da Vinci Code represents a threat as well as an opportunity for Christians. Its danger lies in its strident assertions of falsehoods that undermine basic teachings of the gospel.
Uninformed readers and moviegoers must be made aware of the historical blunders in Dan Brown's claims. At the same time, the novel and movie create an unprecedented opportunity for believers to witness about the reliability of the Bible and its central redemptive message—that the Son of God became flesh, died on the cross and rose again.

James A. Beverley is associate director of the Institute for the Study of American Religion in Santa Barbara and professor of Christian Thought and Ethics at Tyndale Seminary in Toronto. He is also the author of 10 books, including Counterfeit Code and Religions A to Z. For information on his writings, visit www.jamesbeverley.com.

Decoding The Da Vinci Code
It can be difficult to know how to separate the facts from fiction in Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code, first a novel and now a film. Here are a few of the numerous resources available to help decipher the code.
Darrell L. Bock, Ph.D., is the research professor of New Testament studies at Dallas Theological Seminary. His Breaking the Da Vinci Code (Nelson Books) provides "answers to the questions everyone's asking." He includes a glossary of the history of the ancient texts reviewed in the book, definitions and summaries.
James L. Garlow and Peter Jones offer Cracking Da Vinci's Code: You've Read the Fiction, Now Read the Facts from Cook Communications' Victor Books. Garlow, a pastor, has a Ph.D. from Drew University and has earned master's degrees in divinity and theology. Jones has earned two master's degrees of divinity, a master's of theology from Harvard Divinity School and a Ph.D. from Harvard. The pair expose the underlying agenda in Brown's novel. The new student edition, by Adam Palmer and Jeff Dunn, gives the younger generation answers to questions such as: Who wrote the Bible? What is the hidden code? Does the Holy Grail really exist?
Kenneth Boa and John Alan Turner recently released The Gospel According to the Da Vinci Code (Broadman & Holman). Boa has a Ph.D., a master's in theology and a doctorate of philosophy. He is the president of Reflections Ministries, which has a mission "to provide safe places for people to consider the claims of Christ." Turner has a master's of theology and is a writer, speaker and consultant for Reflections Ministries and churches.
The pair is concerned with the factual errors in the novel, but even more so with the worldview promoted in all of Brown's writings. The authors explain that Brown says he's a Christian, but "Christianity" means something different to everyone. Boa and Turner challenge Christians to be the ones influencing society and remind the church to stand up for truth and eradicate the "anything goes" Christianity worldview.
Richard Abanes is a nationally recognized researcher and award-winning journalist. He looks at Jesus, Mary Magdalene and Leonardo da Vinci in The Truth Behind the Da Vinci Code (Harvest House) and answers questions about the clues in da Vinci's paintings, Jesus and Mary, the Lost Gospels and the Holy Grail. Counterfeit Code by James A. Beverley (BayRidge Books) is a comprehensive reply to the theories of The Da Vinci Code. On his Web site Beverley says he wrote this book to "help Christians respond in the right way, with the right answers."
Investigative journalist Lee Strobel and Garry Poole offer to individuals the book Exploring the Da Vinci Code: Investigating the Issues Raised by the Book and Movie, which includes insights from an investigative trip to London and Paris as well as input from biblical and historical scholars. Discussing the Da Vinci Code, also from Strobel and Poole, is an interactive DVD and discussion package. These four sessions include Strobel's perspectives, interviews with experts, a discussion guide, questions, background material and more.
Even fiction authors take on the claims about Mary Magdalene. From Tyndale House, best-selling authors Karen Kingsbury and Angela Hunt offer two different approaches. In the contemporary parable Divine, Kingsbury demonstrates Mary's relationship with Jesus—as her Savior, not as her husband. Hunt, known for her historical research, takes readers back in time in the biblically based Magdalene.
For information about Pierre Plantard, the Priory of Sion, and Holy Blood, Holy Grail visit the Web site of Paul Smith (www.priory-of-sion.com). Tyndale offers the Web site www.davincideception.com for fiction, nonfiction and church resources, such as The Da Vinci Deception Experience. This seven-session series for churches or small groups is based on Erwin W. Lutzer's book The Da Vinci Deception. The kit includes a copy of the book, an event starter, six weekly segment overviews, tools and tips for organizing a community event, reproducible handouts, and more.
Sifting through Brown's assertions can be a daunting task. But the materials available can help anyone be successful in their search for the truth.

Yeah. The technology has such a good side for you. All celebrities are trying different kind of wedding ceremoney and their baby delivery, but it happened not in a celebrity wedding, not in U. S., London or other foreign countries. But it happened in India, that is also for a Muslim's marriage. So, they found a place in the history of marriage.

The situation was different for them. The full article you can read it from reuters. When they decided to marry and their parents fixed it, there was no problem. They got a good time from their preist. As the day came, there was riot, and a clash of Hindu-Muslim, that is in Vadodara, formerly known as Baroda. Curfew declared, everywhere fulled with militaries and police. Nobody can go out for such kind of ceremony. They wanted to marry on the date and time. So, they decided to use the technology. As the bride and groom, met before this riot ( wah, at least they could do that), their relatives discussed each other. Finally, the long distance marriage was solemnised and they made a new history.

Now, your naughty thougts are started. You may think, how they are planning their honeymoon. Hey, don't break your heads, there is new technology has come. Don't waste your time.

Indian railway made a remarkable profit under the administration of Mr. Laloo Prasad Yadav, the Union Railway Minister of India. This impressive achievement made some research firms and students to do a study material. But, as analysing this, or backtracking, how they made these kind of profit? The profit making run of railway makes the public in a big trouble.

There was a good time to the people, in the name of service, when Nitish Kumar was the railway minister. He introduced the "Tatkal scheme", for the emergency ticket reservation, with the confirmation of seats. Those who are providing the proof of identity with some fixed amount more than the normal charges, can occupy a reservation, a day prior to the date of journey. And these kind of "Tatkal people" have special coach, and the official make sure that no other persons are allowed to travel in that coach. This increased more security.

But the new minister, Mr. Laloo, taken out these schemes, but kept the name "Tatkaal", in which anybody can book the ticket, there is no need for proof of identity. But the person should pay the amount, from where the train starts and ends, plus 3 times more than the previous rate for Tatkaal. This schematic change made, a big benefit of agents and the seat allocation is like that, it may come in anywhere, sometimes with RAC (Reservation Against Cancellation) people. So, the difficulty of the travelling increased. Second, now, anybody can book the ticket, 5 days prior to the date of journey also, they are issuing the waiting list tickets for Tatkaal. At the beginning, this scheme doesn't have cancellation, or anybody cancells, don't get the amount back too. So, what is the use of Tatkaal? Making billioners to the company, prompting public to use other than railway for emergency cases. This made the travelling difficulty is very high. For booking the Tatkaal ticket, we may have to give additional price for the agents to give a public place to stand at reservation counter too.

Other "improvements" made by Laloo is, instead of using paper glass, he started pottery items. But, the difficulty of pottery items prompts the users, not to use it and now, it is only for literary, but nobody using it at all. Where the money for this improvements gone? No idea. In whose pockets? This is what the improvements of railways. In this democracy, people can't do anything.

I think we should have job reservations in all the fields. I completely support the PM and all the politicians for promoting this.

Let's start the reservation with our cricket team. We should have 10 percent reservation for muslims. 30 percent for OBC, SC/ST like that. Cricket rules should be modified accordingly. The boundary circle should be reduced for an SC/ST player. The four hit by an OBC player should be considered as a six and a six hit by a OBC player should be counted as 8 runs. An OBC player scoring 60 runs should be declared as a century.

We should influence ICC and make rules so that the pace bowlers like Shoaib Akhtar should not bowl fast balls to our OBC player. Bowlers should bowl maximum speed of 80 kilometer per hour to an OBC player. Any delivery above this speed should be made illegal.

Also we should have reservation in Olympics. In the 100 meters race, an OBC player should be given a gold medal if he runs 80 meters. There can be reservation in Government jobs also. Let's recruit SC/ST and OBC pilots for aircrafts which are carrying the ministers and politicians (that can really help the country.. ) Ensure that only SC/ST and OBC doctors do the operations for the ministers and other politicians. (Another way of saving the country..)

Let's be creative and think of ways and means to guide INDIA forward... Let's show the world that INDIA is a GREAT country. Let's be proud of being an INDIAN.. May the good breed of politicans like ARJUN SINGH long live...

So, what do you think, huh???

In India, everywhere, people would like to talk about the abroad activities. In Mumbai, they have only two things to talk, one is share market position, other about the Cricket match. The high popularity of MNC's are the target of youngsters now. All are looking only IT related jobs. They don't want to go for other jobs.

Recently, I had a talk with one of my classmate, who is in an IT company in Kerala. I asked, where were you working? He said a MNC, named Mattek. I told him, whenever you are telling to others, just tell them as a Java programmer, I am in a small company now. He said, what is the problem with my company. I told, this company may have an office at U. S., but it is not a MNC. Have you heard about Mastek, I asked. He said no. I told, all mallu's are doing this. They will change a letter of a MNC and will establish a company and for the attraction of malayalee's they will announce it is a MNC. You know, anybody can open an office at U. S and can say it is a MNC. If you are watching Mumbai local business, they all have an office at U. S, but they never said, we are MNC. Because MNC and U. S based company are the main purposeful attraction of Malayalees, not others.

As you know, South Indian's have high level of knowledge and experts in all fields. Specially, you may not realize, how Malayali will act. You cannot underestimate a Malayalee. If a big IT company is there they will find all the possibilities of new name with a malfunction of it's name. Like Microsoft, there is a Macrosoft at kerala. Now Mattek from Mastek. Malayalees are all concerned about the big letter of U. S. Based company, not about the background of the company. But those who knows about this, will join only for experience, then will run away from there.

You may be wondering about to see this title. It is a new kind of life, now-a-days people are leading. Recently, I read an article about the new city life. The level of on-time marriage is inversly proportional to the late marriage. People are more interested to get date than get into a relation like marriage. Here comes the title, clearly.

Loneliness

It is exactly defined as, those who doesn't have any kind of relation, but have some hi-bye relation. The loneliness for a human is the feeling coming from inside. In older days, there is something to mean that the word itself. It can be happened anybody by the act of God. It may be by loosing his / her parents, and have no friends and bad relatives or vice versa. Or it may be living in a different place for any other purpose for a time period and have no communication with anybody.

How come it be happy?

The life is changing and growing fast with the new gadgets ( I can call it as / say that). The people in india (especially those who are in cities) are blindly focusing / following to the west. But those in west are silently coming to taste the original indian culture. India is becoming a global dump yard and testing center.

Let's have a look on to new indian life. When a child born, parents don't have time to take care. He / she is becoming a spoon feeding baby. As he grows, he mingles with the outsides, but his parents feed him to make money, minimum of 5 numbers earning, when he becomes a grown up. He / she is completely surrounding with techy gadgets to play instead of normal toys. So? He/She becomes lonely, but thanks to be his parents for providing high efficient gadgets.

Here comes, the way of happiness. The internet. It is a sea with varieties. If you want happiness of any kind, it can provide. To date, have romance, fun chat, everything is possible by that. This is whayt "Happy lonely life".

The other part of this is highly wierd. The proffessionals are taking strategic decisions on their life. They are marrying on time (to stop public's mouth) and decide to date for life time (with anybody), instead of having kids and taking care of them. The reason they are saying is, the expense to take care a child is very high. So, they decided to make money for their child, then give birth (or make) to a child. But God knows, who will remain for taking care that child.

"Search your heart, search your soul. When you find me there, you will..............."

That is what I did, searched my heart. For what, is my heart beating? Rolled back to my path, which I travelled, and it is right from the beginning. I felt somany times, I wanted to be a soul-mate of somebody. But who is the right person? I couldn't find anybody. Now I have a doubt, whether I found somebody or it is just a break-time on the journey.

As I was something differ from others, I tried to keep my personality as its, and still. In school-days, some teachers pointed me as an example of good student. But wasn't me a bad student? Yes, I am. I could advise others on the right track; I kept my thoughts are closed ones and didn't try to reveal with anybody. I am not an open-hearted man.

The first pledge and still I could keep as it is, is the pledge, which I took in front of God. That is, "I will never try/touch the alcohol and smoking." When I was only 11, I took this pledge and could keep the same, even when my father prompted me a lot to try. If I said something, I will do it. I am always truth to my words.

I loved everybody blindly. I hadn't searched any good or bad on them. I tried to deliver my best to them. But, they simply utilized me, which I wasn't understood.

Lots of girls/ladies touched my life. But they haven't touched my heart/soul. When I liked somebody, they would be already engaged. I think, that is happening only because, I am waiting to understand them and finding them are a good match.

One girl, who touched my heart, is still beside me. That was the day, when I came to know, how much I am loving her. But I could see her as my friend and she is my "true-friend". I realized the exact meaning of friendship from her. Soon after, one more came. But I don't know, how long that would be?.........

Finally, I got "you". The similarities with you and me are so matching. But some obstacles still there. I don't know, whether you are loving me or not. But one thing I know, I love you as ..................... (left it for you to fill).

The love is always starting from heart. But most of the case, the first love is inspiring by friends' and community. Now, it is common and they have only one look on a girl and boy, who are living together or travelling together. If both have good views, those who are watching them will change the situations. Because, they are starting to imagine and that is spreading much faster like gas on atmosphere. For example, if you are using a body spray, once you press the button to spray; it produce the gas an will fill the fragrance in the air. Here button is their tounge. When they released the tounge, with words, the news is spreading and all will capturing the "fragrance".

I don't like to reveal, what was cause in my case and what is my strong feel about you. Sometime, one of my friend, who is knowing us ( much better than you) asks, is there anything in between you and me? I replies a smile or a big laugh.

She is my good friend. Everybody was looking keen to us and was waiting anything will happen. But I know, what happened and will go to happen. We take care about ourselves and met secretely.

I haven't belief any kind of future predictions by stars or something else. Recently, I read about me. I will be fall in love with someone, unexpectedly and is hard to believe about that person, who is loving me. I know clearly what will be going to happen in between you and me. What I felt will happen finally. Untill then, let me keep that secret, my dear, dearest.

Lt. Saurabh Kalia of 4 JAT Regiment of the Indian Armylaid down his life at the young age of 22 for the nation while guarding thefrontiers at Kargil. His parents, indeed the Indian Army and nation itself,lost a dedicated, honest and brave son. He was the first officer to detect andinform about Pakistani intrusion. Pakistan captured him and his patrol partyof 5 brave men alive on May 15, 1999 from the Indian side of LOC.

They were kept in captivity for three weeks and subjected to unprecedented brutal torture, evident from their bodies handed over by Pakistan Army on June 9, 1999. The Pakistanisindulged in dastardly acts of inflicting burns on the Indians with cigarettes, piercingtheir ears with hot rods, removing their eyes befor e! puncturing them and breakingmost of the bones and teeth. They even chopped off various limbs and private organsof the Indian soldiers besides inflicting unimaginable physical and mental torture.

After 22 days of torture, the brave soldiers were ultimately shot dead.A detailed post-mortem report is with the Indian Army. Pakistan dared to humiliateIndia this way flouting all international norms. They proved the extent to whichthey can degrade humanity.

However, the Indian soldiers did not break whileundergoing all this unimaginable barbarism, which speaks volumes of theirpatriotism, grit, determination, tenacity and valour - something all of India should beproud of. Sacrificing oneself for the nation is an honour every soldier would be proud of,but no parent, army or nation can accept what happened to these brave sons of India.

I am afraid every parent may think twice to send their child in the armed forces if we all fallshort of our duty in safeguar d! ing the PRISONERS OF WAR AND LET THEM MEETTHE FATE OF LT. SAURABH KALIA. It may also send a demoralizing signal to thearmy personnel fighting for the Nation that our POWs in Pak cannot be taken careof. It is a matter of shame and disgust that most of Indian Human RightsOrganisations by and large, showed apathy in this matter.

Through this humble submission,may I appeal to all the civilized people irrespective of colour, caste, region, religion andpolitical lineage to stir their conscience and rise to take this! as a NATIONAL ISSUE?International Human Rights Organisations must be approached to expose andpressure Pakistan to identify, book and punish all those who perpetrated thisheinous crime to our men in uniform.

If Pakistan is allowed to go unpunishedin this case, we can imagine the consequences.Below is the list of 5 other soldiers who preferred to die for the countryrather than open their mouths in front of enemy.
1. Sep. Arjun Ram s/o Sh. Cho k! ka Ram; Village & PO Gudi. Teh. & Dist.Nagaur, (Rajasthan)
2. Sep. Bhanwar Lal Bagaria h/o Smt. Santosh Devi; Village Sivelara;Teh.& Dist. Sikar (Rajasthan)
3. Sep. Bhikaram h/o Smt. Bhawri Devi; Village Patasar; Teh. Pachpatva; Distt. Barmer (Rajasthan)
4. Sep. Moola Ram h/o Smt. Rameshwari Devi; Village Katori; Teh. Jayal; Dist. Nagaur (Rajasthan)
5. Sep. Naresh Singh h/o Smt. Kalpana Devi; Village Chhoti Tallam; Teh.Iglas; Dist.Aligarh (UP)

Yours truly,
Dr. N.K. Kalia (Lt. Saurabh Kalia's father).
Saurabh Nagar, Palampur-176061
Himachal Pradesh Tel: +91 (01894) 32065

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