Celebs

This was sent to me by someone about two years back. Thought it is worth sharing. 😎 *It is wonderfully written.* I never understood one thing that what do these film actors or actresses do that they get 50 crores or 100 crores for each film? In a country where top scientists, doctors, lawyers,engineers, professors, officers etc. get 10 lakh to 20 lakh rupees per year, in that country a film actor earns 10 crore to 100 crore rupees per year. *What does he do after all? What is their contribution in the development of the country?* After all, what does he do that he earns so much in just one year that it might take 100 years for the top scientist of the country! _Today, the three areas which have fascinated the new generation of the country are cinema, cricket and politics._ The earning and prestige of the people belonging to these three fields is beyond all limits. These three areas are the ideals of modern youth, while their credibility is currently under question. So it is useless for the country and the society. _Drugs and prostitution in Bollywood, match fixing in cricket, hooliganism and corruption in politics. Money is the main reason behind all this and it is we who bring this money to them._ We are doing our own harm by burning our own money. This is the height of stupidity. Till 70-80 years back, famous actors used to get normal salary. Till 30-40 years ago, the earnings of cricketers were also not special. Till 30-40 years ago, there was not so much loot in politics. *Slowly they started robbing us and we kept robbing ourselves happily.* By getting caught in the clutches of these mafia, we are destroying the future of our children and our country. _Till 50 years back, movies were not made so vulgar and sloppy. Cricketers and politicians were not so arrogant. Today he has become our God (?). Now there is a need to lift them from the head and slam them so that they can know their status._ Once , when the then Vietnamese President Ho-Chi-Minh came to India, in a meeting with Indian ministers, he asked - _"What do you guys do?"_ These people said - "We do politics." He could not understand this answer, so he asked again - "I mean, what is your profession?" These people said - _"Politics is our profession."_ Ho-Chi Minh got a little annoyed and said - *"Maybe you people do not understand my meaning. I do politics too, but by profession , I am a farmer and I do farming. Farming makes my livelihood. In the morning and evening I go to my fields. I work. I do my responsibility for the country as President during the day."* _When Ho-Chi-Minh asked the same thing again, a member of the delegation shrugged and said - "Politics is our profession."_ It is clear that Indian leaders had no answer to this. Later a survey revealed that the livelihood of more than 6 lakh people in India was supported by politics. Today this number has reached in crores. _Just a few months ago, when Europe was being devastated by Corona, the doctors were not getting even a little leave for several months in a row, then a Portuguese doctor said angrily - "Go to Ronaldo, to whom you would give millions of dollars to watch. I only get a few thousand dollars."_ I firmly believe that in a country where the ideals of young students are not scientists, researchers, educationists, but actors, politicians and sportsmen, they may have their own economic progress, but the country will never progress. Socially, intellectually, culturally, strategically, the country will always remain backward. The unity and integrity of such a country will always be in danger. The country in which the dominance of unnecessary and irrelevant sector continues to grow, that country will be weakening day by day. _The number of corrupt and anti-nationals will continue to increase in the country. Honest people will be marginalized and nationalists will be forced to lead a difficult life._ *We need to create an environment to groom and promote talented, honest, conscientious, social worker, belligerent, patriot citizens..*

Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Show respect to people even when they don't deserve it. Respect is a reflection of your character, not theirs. Don't be disappointed if people refuse to help you. Remember the words of Einstein - I am thankful to all those who said no. Because of them, I did it myself. You don't have to tell everyone everything. Not because it is a secret, but because it is none of their business. There is a difference between somebody who wants you and somebody who would do anything to keep you. If you don't leave your past in the past, it will destroy your future. Live for what today has to offer, not what yesterday has taken away. The golden rule of all relationships is to correct each other in private and defend each other in public.

Lucknow

The grand finale Ramzan Food walk on Saturday night in old Lucknow.After couple of Ramzan outings, we,a group of friends decided to explore the streets,food,lights,people,shops and festivities as Ramzan is coming to finale and Eid about to come.As Navratri is starting so we decided to go on Saturday night. We started the walk with newly constructed Hussainabad Food Court near Clock Tower.The Food court had newly placed shops like Wahid Biryani,Kabeers but the highlight was legendary Haleem from Hyderabad famed Pista House.The mutton Haleem was lip smacking with chunks of meat,hearty mixture of spices, pulsed and also had few small bones in it.A bit spicy as compared to the Haleems available by other online restaurants here,yet I can safely say the Haleem was excellent and was available only for Ramzan.The Hussainabad street was lighted with Food shops,some temporary stalls,loads of people,vehicles and all making the festivities look grand. There was a festival mela also going on next to Ghanta Ghar with giant wheel and other rides. Our next destination was Paatnala at the famous Lucknow Idrees Biryani where we had the Pulav and mutton qorma, they were also baking fresh kulchas and the crowd there ensured that there was no sitting place available so we finished the yum dish standing. The entire street till Nakhaas was full of people,restricted traffic and several temporary shops selling clothes,footwear and other stuff. Even the regular shops were open in late night and customers were doing last minute purchasing for Eid. The lovely weather added to the walk mood and we headed to Mandu Shikanji towards Raja Bazaar from Paatnala lanes.This famous shop in tiny lane served excellent Pudina Shikanji ,though there were several flavours available and hordes of youth quenching thirst post midnight. As we headed more towards Nakhaas,the newly grand Mubeen with all Tikkas,Tandoori items looked great but we were full till that time. The walk continued in Akbari Gate where more crowd was there shopping and eating at legendary Raheems,old Mubeens and also some temporary shops selling Biryani and other. We took the inside lane from there which heads towards Gol Darwaza and entire shopping area had shops of caps,kurtis and others with people enjoying Ramzan mood. As we reached Gol Darwaza we saw the preparations starting for Chaitra Navratri with the decor.There were stalls of Kulfi open till late and we had the Makhan Malai milk to end this beautiful journey. The overall walk till late night was a complete one not only Food wise, but also capturing the entire essence of festivities and our city and will be long remembered!!!

THE PURE IN HEART

THE PURE IN HEART Around the Year with Emmet Fox March 31 Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God” Matthew 5:8 This is one of those wonderful gnomic sayings in which the Bible is so rich. It is a summing up in a few words of a whole philosophy of religion. Let us begin by considering what the promise in this Beatitude is. It is nothing less than to see God. To "see" in the sense referred to here, signifies spiritual perception, and spiritual perception is just that capacity to apprehend the true nature of Being that we all so sadly lack. We live in God's world, but we do not in the least know it as it is. Heaven lies all about us— but because we are lacking in spiritual perception, we are unable to recognize it, to experience it, and, therefore, so far as we are concerned, we may be said to be shut out of Heaven. We are very much in the position of a color-blind man in a beautiful flower garden. All around him are glorious colors; but he sees only blacks, whites, and grays. If we suppose him to be also devoid of the sense of smell, we shall see what a very small part of the glory of the garden exists for him. Yet it is all there, if he could but sense it. Our task is to surmount these limitations as rapidly as may be, until we reach the point where we can know things as they really are— experience Heaven as it really is. That is what is meant by "seeing God." To see God is to apprehend Truth as it really is, and this is infinite freedom and perfect bliss.

83 Noble prize winners are from Stanford University till now

A lady in a faded grey dress and her husband dressed in a home made suit walked in timidly without an appointment into the Harvard University President's outer office. The secretary could tell in a moment that such backwoods individuals had no business at Harvard and probably did not even deserve to be in Harvard. "We want to see the President" the man said softly. "He will be busy all day" the lady secretary snapped. "We will wait" the lady replied. For hours the secretary ignored them hoping that the couple would finally become discouraged and go away. They did not and the secretary grew frustrated and finally decided to disturb the president. "Maybe if you see them for a few minutes, they will leave" she said to him. The president. stern faced and with dignity strutted towards the couple. The lady told him "We had a son who attended Harvard for one year. He loved Harvard. He was happy here. But about a year ago he was accidentally killed. My husband & I would like to erect a memorial for him, somewhere on the campus". The president was not touched, in fact he was shocked. "Madam" he said gruffly "We cannot put up a statue for every person who attended Harvard and died. If we did, this place would look like a cemetery". "Oh No..No.." the lady explained quickly. "We do not want to erect a statue. We thought we would like to give a building to your Harvard in his fond memory". The president rolled his eyes. He glanced at the lady's dress and man's suit and then exclaimed: "A Building?" Do you have any earthly idea how much a building costs? We have over seven and a half million dollars in the physical buildings here at Harvard. For a moment the lady was silent. The president was pleased. Maybe he could get rid of them now. The lady turned to her husband and said quietly "Is that all it costs to start a University? Why don't we just start our own?" Her husband nodded. The president's face wilted in confusion and bewilderment. Mr. & Mrs. Leland & Jane Stanford got up and walked away, travelling to Paolo Alto, California where they established the University that bears their name: Stanford University - a memorial to a son that Harvard no longer cared about. Most of the time we judge people by their outer appearance which can be misleading. And in the impression, we tend to treat people badly by thinking they can do nothing for us. Thus we tend to lose out potential good friends, employees or customers. Though, it may not be convenient for you, but still do your best to always be supportive. Especially to those even if you think they can't offer you anything. Arrogance is a killer .... a soft word turns away wrath! Humility is a virtue, so, please continue with it. *By the way, 83 Noble prize winners are from Stanford University till now !!!*

Stave of Depressing Thoughts and Emotions

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