Diary of Raguramhttp://ragupage.rediffiland.com/Diary of Raguramen-usLove is NothingI have seen so many blogs about LOVE.

According to me, there would be two reasons for a 'writer' to write about a 'Topic'

1. The writer is experiencing / facing the 'Topic'
or
2. The writer had big success or (some times failure) in the the 'Topic'

If you apply the same logic for why we have so many blogs for love;
There would be two reasons;

1. If the writer is in LOVE
or
2. If the writer had married a girl who loved him or had a love failure.

Apart
from Love, we have so many topics here to discuss, share, view to our
iLand friends. Love is a feeling like hungry,etc. Dont give too much
importance to LOVE and waste our time by the way of sending the arrows
to heart.

Moreover, Heart is an important component of our
body and Rose is a normal flower as like other flowers. Where is the
relevence between these symbols with Love?

The point is not to
waste our time by doing R&D in the feeling so called LOVE. Let us
try to send or share different entities which will useful to whom read
our blogs.







]]>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 19:36:12 +0530http://ragupage.rediffiland.com/blogs/2008/04/23/Love-is-Nothing.htmlU Want to be a Rich Person - This is for UWanna to share a nice thought which I came across recently.

The concept has been illustrated with the beautiful story.

Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room. One man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon to help drain the fluid from his lungs. His bed was next to the room's only window. The other man had to spend all his time flat on his back.

The
men talked for hours on end. They spoke of their wives and families,
their homes, their jobs, their involvement in the military service,
where they had been on vacation. Every afternoon when the
man in the bed by the window could sit up, he would pass the time by
describing to his roommate all the things he could see outside the
window.

The man in the other bed began to live for those one
hour periods where his world would be broadened and enlivened by all
the activity and color of the world outside. The window
overlooked a park with a lovely lake. Ducks and swans played on the
water while children sailed their model boats. Young lovers walked arm
in arm amidst flowers of every color and a fine view of the city
skyline could be seen in the distance.

As the man by the
window described all this in exquisite detail, the man on the other
side of the room would close his eyes and imagine the picturesque scene. One warm afternoon the man by the window described a parade passing by. Although
the other man couldn't hear the band - he could see it. In his mind's
eye as the gentleman by the window portrayed it with descriptive words.

Days and weeks passed. One
morning, the day nurse arrived to bring water for their baths only to
find the lifeless body of the man by the window, who had died
peacefully in his sleep. She was saddened and called the hospital
attendants to take the body away. As soon as it seemed
appropriate, the other man asked if he could be moved next to the
window. The nurse was happy to make the switch, and after making sure
he was comfortable, she left him alone.

Slowly, painfully,
he propped himself up on one elbow to take his first look at the real
world outside. He strained to slowly turn to look out the window beside
the bed. It faced a blank wall.

The man asked the
nurse what could have compelled his deceased roommate who had described
such wonderful things outside this window. The nurse responded that the man was blind and could not even see the wall. She said, "Perhaps he just wanted to encourage you."

Epilogue:
There is tremendous happiness in making others happy, despite our own situations. Shared grief is half the sorrow, but happiness when shared, is doubled. If you want to feel rich, just count all the things you have that money can't buy.


]]>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 19:12:44 +0530http://ragupage.rediffiland.com/blogs/2008/04/23/U-Want-to-be-a-Rich-Person-This-i.htmlFresh WeekendsWe know Saturday and Sundays are really heaven in this machinary life. Everyday morning we are waking up with mobile alarms and sleeping with mobile songs!!!


Everyone have different plans for their weekends. Why dont we try a different weekend which will give us the real VALUE to our life and our family !!!!!!!!!


Let us have a different weekend this week. (Atleast Try once this week!!!)



  • Instead of wake up at 11AM, Why dont we wake up early and have a nice walking with better half or old parents or kids!!!!!
  • Instead of waiting for a bedcoffee to reach us, Why dont we prepare the same and provide to your loved ones!!!!
  • Instead of Wasting our timings infront our televisions by watching the ready made faces, Why don we play cards with oour whole family and make our family very live!!!!
  • Instead of wasting our money on Pizza's and Burger', Why dont we prepare our favorite dish in our kitchen!!!
  • Instead of wasting our valuable money and time in Multiplexers and Malls, Why don we spend the same valuable money and time in Old age home and orphanages!!!
  • Instead of going theaters and watching other family problems, Why dont we have a one to one meeting at your favorite place with (y)our better half and discuss about future, family, dreams, etc...
  • Instead of going to bed late night at Sunday night, Why dont we plan for next week actions!!!

I know its not easy to follow everything listed here especially on Weekends. But if you consider the listed points from general perspective, all are very easy to implement in our normal life but our bottleneck is time. We dont have enough time to do this with our family, that is the real FACT.


Spend some valuable time for your family and LIVE EACH AND EVERY MOMENT OF YOUR OWN LIFE.


Have a nice week end and go to office on next MONDAY with full satisfaction that you had spent enough time with your FAMILY.






]]>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 20:57:11 +0530http://ragupage.rediffiland.com/blogs/2008/03/14/Fresh-Weekends.htmlFourtune HereHere another feather in our golden crown



Its very proud that our teenagers fetched the Under 19 world cup.



I don't know how our media has given less importance to this news. They are our tomorrow team players and they made the miracle in our Indian cricket history.



Media has to give importance to all the news's and not only money making news's. Why don't any govt announced any rewards or prizes to this young champs who made the achievement.


What does it mean? Who will answer for this kind of social issues?
]]>Thu, 06 Mar 2008 19:58:26 +0530http://ragupage.rediffiland.com/blogs/2008/03/06/Fourtune-Here.htmlNot a Histaric VictoryIndian cricket team once again made Indians to proud.


News papers and TV Shows criticized this victory as "Historic Victory". If somebody wins Australia then is it become Historic Victory? Dont position them upper side by the way of giving these kind of captions which underestimate our team performance. Its a great victory to India but not a historic victory. Then it become if India wins then its a 'hostoric victory'. So it's an ordinary victory to India and we are CAPABLE to beat any strong team in World.


Australians deserve this DIRTY gift from Indian for what they have done for us. You would have noticed our Monkey Symonds reaction once he has been taken by Harbajan. That doesnt show the professionalism in the game.


Overall, the worse gift has been given in a nice way to the 'head weight' team and everybody would have noticed that other than India all other countries also enjoyed this victory.


Would like to remember a proverb


'Nobody is perfect at all times'



]]>Thu, 06 Mar 2008 19:38:58 +0530http://ragupage.rediffiland.com/blogs/2008/03/06/Not-a-Histaric-Victory.htmlHighlights of Budget 2008Budget Highlights




  • No change in coporate income tax rate. Short term Capital Gains Tax increased.


  • Income Tax exemption rates raised from 1.1 lakhs to 1.5 lakhs across the board. Exemption limit for women raised to 1.8 lakhs.


  • Prices of non-filter cigarettes to go up.


  • Excise duty cut on wireless data cards.


  • Excise on small cars down to 14%.


  • Reduction of excise duties on anti-AIDS drugs.


  • Duties on convergence products slashed to 5%.


  • Full exemption of duties on Set Top boxes .


  • Duties reduced on steel melting scrap, aluminum scrap .


  • Cut in duties on sports goods from 7.5 % to 5%.


  • Revenue Deficit will be 1.4 % against the Budget estimate of 1.5% .


  • 6th Pay Commision will meet employee expectations.


  • Rs 624 cr allocated for Commonwealth Games.


  • Defence allocation raised Rs 1,05,600 cr.


  • Rs 5,000 cr fund for enhanced re-finance operations.


  • Commercial banks advised to have 250 rural accounts every year.


  • Completion rate of Golden Quadrilateral project is 98.3%.


  • Rs 12,970 cr allocated for National Highways.


  • Govt to provide Rs 303 cr as debt support to PSUs.


  • Loan waiver will discourage fresh lending.


  • Rescheduled agricultural loans are also eligible for waivers.


  • At least 4 cr farmers to be benefited by debt waiver.


  • The waiver amounts to 4% of total loans, is worth Rs 60,000 cr and is to be completed by June 2008.


  • Waiver of loans for small farmers holding up to 1-2 hectares.


  • Uproar in the Lok Sabha over PC's proposal on farmers.


  • All loans for farmers due up to 31 Mar 2007, have been waived.


  • Rs 75 cr for mobile soil-testing labs in 260 districts.


  • Banks to disperse agricultural credit of Rs 2,80,000 cr.


  • Rs 16,202 cr for schemes with 30% women representation.


  • Urban infrastucture spending raised to Rs 6,870 cr.


  • Allocation of Rs 1000 cr to Ministry of Minority Affairs.


  • Rs 650 cr for model school programmes, 6000 new schools.


  • Health insurance of Rs 30,000 for BPL families.


  • Rs 195 cr for ST development programmes.


  • Rs 164 cr for OBC developement programme.


  • Rs 804 cr towards SC development programmes.


  • Rs 500 cr for the development of NE regions.


  • Rs 1,200 cr for sanitation programmes.


  • Rs 750 cr will be allocated towards 1 lakh scholarship.


  • Rs 70,200 cr allocated for drinking water mission.


  • All knowledge bodies to be connected via broadband.


  • Remuneration of Anganvadi workers to be increased to Rs 1,500 pm.


  • Total plan spending allocated Rs 2lakh 40 thousand cr.


  • Health spending to increase by 15 %.


  • Secondary education Scheme Rs 4,554 crore.


  • Upgraded mid day meal scheme to help 2.5 cr children.


  • Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana for every worker under BPL category.


  • Rs 100 cr for setting up National Knowledge Network.


  • Age limit for Science scholarship raised.


  • Mid day meals extended to upper primary classes


  • 16 central universities and 3 IITs will be set up.


  • Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan gets Rs 13,100 crore.


  • Agricultural credit poised to reach 2lk 40,000 cr by Mar 2008.


  • 2008-09 should be the year of consolidation.


  • Education allocation has been increased by 20 %.


  • Govt will closely monitor capital inflows.


  • Rs 31,280 Crores allocated for Bharat Nirman programme. Mid day meal scheme the largest in the world.


  • Determined to become self sufficient in food grains.


  • Estimated output of food grains at 219.32 mln tonnes.


  • Growth will be led by services and manufacturing sector.


  • Manufacturing sector to grow by 9.4%.


  • Services sector to grow by 10.8%.


  • Confident of maintaining average growth rate of 8.8%.


  • Agricultural growth pegged at 9.2%.

Taxes




  • Direct tax proposals to be revenue neutral.


  • Banking transaction tax to be removed.


  • Short term capital gains tax to be hiked to 15%.


  • Commodities Transactions Tax to be introduced.


  • 5-yr tax holiday for all hospitals.


  • Women exemption threshold extended from Rs 1,45,000 to 1,80,000.


  • No change in coporate income tax rate, surcharge stays.


  • Income tax exemption limit raised to Rs 2,25,000 for senior citizens.


  • Exemption limit increased from Rs 1,10,000 to Rs 1,50,000 for all assesses.


  • Tax to GDP ratio of 9.2%.

Prices




  • Excise duty of Rs 4.6/litre on unbranded diesel


  • Excise duty of Rs 1.35/litre on unbranded petrol


  • Two and three wheelers to cost less


  • NO FBT on creche, employee sports facilities


  • Excise on small cars cut to 14%


  • Prices of non-filter cigarettes to go up


  • Reduce excise duties on anti-AIDS drugs


  • Excise duty cut on wireless data cards


  • Reduce duties on steel melting scrap, aluminum scrap


  • Fully exempt duties on Set top boxes


  • Duties on convergence products slashed to 5%


  • Keeping inflation under check is the cornerstone of our policy:


]]>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 14:11:20 +0530http://ragupage.rediffiland.com/blogs/2008/02/29/Highlights-of-Budget-2008.htmlShameless IPL Francisee


Somedays back he was critizied as villain of India due to the racism
issue with Harbajan. See, how things are getting changed day by day.
A person who was catagarized as a "Taboo" by the whole country before
couple of months, has been purchased by the same country Franchisee
worth of USD 1.35 million.



Really we are very proud to be live in a such a country. We knew how
many times our players have been insulted in their soil and the one
test match has clearly shows how they threaten the umpire and made them
to win the match. Even though they have done all these things, our
franchisee's are purchasing these buggers.



I would like to ask only one question to the franchisee of IPL (who ever may be), they are having SALT in their FOOD or not?



This is the country which made them as rich as possible to become a
franchisee of IPL and now they are making such a foolish decision by
purchasing Australian players which is truly against for our Nation.
We dont want to pledge our self respect.



I dont know whom to blame for this?



They can do anything to get the money?



By

A angry Indian








]]>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 14:17:32 +0530http://ragupage.rediffiland.com/blogs/2008/02/21/Shameless-IPL-Francisee.htmlFood Wastage from IT People


I
am working as a IT consultant in a leading MNC. Everyday we used to
have our lunch in our food court, I have seen lot of foods being wasted
in the dustbin. The worst part is the food in the dustbin will not be
used for not even dogs. The same will be sent to the ditch directly.



The problem
here is nobody has realized the value of the food, how it is being
manufactured, how many people in our country is straved to death
without having this food.



Today the
country has a tremondous growth rate in GDP but what about the food for
our poor people? Does this GDP help poor people to increase their
number of food times per day? Nothing..



We are
living in a country where the population is growing day by day. We, as
a key element of this nation let us have some self responsbility and
wide & broad vision of our country.



The TREND is the main factor here. Now a days we are forced to follow some stupid habits in the name of "FASHION"
. So while eating, we are supposed to left some quantity of food items
in our plates as a table manners. Though if you are very hungry and
the food is very tasty also sometimes we used to do the same.



Friends, its
my humble request to everyone of you, pls dont waste your food. Try to
have as much as possible and pls remember the amount of wastage would
be serverd then it would erase the 50% amount of staveness in the
country.



Let us be a
'TRENDSETTER' for some valuable TRENDS which will really add some value
to our life but for these kind of useless trends.






















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