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Tuesday, March 5, 2013

SAVE WATER! ITS VERY PRECIOUS!

Hello all!

I am feeling delighted that finally My most awaited season of the year - Summers are here!!!

Was coming back home after some errand when I observed people washing their aangaan / verandaah and immediatly the thought popped up in mind.
Why not write something about the most discussed but often ignored thing!

Tips to save water

Herez what I do and I feel most of us can do..

1) DONOT keep the Tap open while brushing my teeth.

2) Keep a bucket full of water in the toilet rather than keeping tha tap constantly open. I refrain from using the flush because it uses up too much of water, and that doesnt make me feel good.
3) Use bucket filled with water instead of running on the Shower.

4) Instead of keeping the Pipe open for washing the car, I instruct my domestic help to take water in a bucket and use the same for cleaning the car

And Yes, that dirty water is used to water the plants outside home.

5) Instead of keeping the Pipe open to water the plants, Use a Bucket and a Mug.
This is a very good exercise too!

6) Keep a big vessel filled with water in the Kitchen to wash veggies and fruits and use the same to water plants.

7) The water remaining in the glasses after guests leave, goes to the indoor plants.

This is what I do to get a feel good factor - that I am doing my bit to save the most precious Liquid!
And Yes I teach the same to my Son.

¡Buena suerte! Siga haciendo sus esfuerzos para ahorrar agua!

(Good Luck! Keep doing your efforts to save Water!)

 

Saturday, February 9, 2013

Hindi poem that the kids would love to hear

I came across this poem just last week when my cousin Nani was teaching this to my son, all of a sudden I realised that these simple hindi poems are such an interesting stuff for the kids.. and helps learning as well, thats why am sharing this with you all.. hope you would like it..



होकर कौतुहल के वश में 

गया एक दिन मैं सर्कस में 

एक बड़ा सा बन्दर आया 

उसने झटपट लैंप जलाया 

डट कुर्सी पर पुस्तक खोली 

आ तब तक यूँ मैना बोली 

हाज़िर है हुज़ूर का घोड़ा 

चौंक उठाया उसने कोड़ा 

टट्टू ने भी किया सपाटा 

टट्टी फांदी चक्कर काटा 

फिर बन्दर कुर्सी पर बैठा 

मुह में चुरुट दबाकर ऐंठा 

माचिस लेकर उसे जलाया 

और धुआं भी खूब उड़ाया 

ले उसकी अधजली सलाई 

तोते ने आ तोप चलाई 

एक मनुष्य अंत में आया 

पकड़े  हुए सिंह को लाया 

किसे साहसी जन डरता है 

नर नाहर को वश करता है 

मेरा एक मित्र तब बोला 

भाई तू भी है बस भोला 

यह सिंही का जाना हुआ है 

किन्तु सियार बना हुआ है 

यह पिंजड़े में बंद रहा है 

नहीं कभी स्वछन्द रहा है।



PS: My Nani remembers the poem this way do tell me if you know some other version of the same or other Hindi poems 

Monday, December 31, 2012

Where to put a Ban and whom to stop?



Honey Singh the yo-yo one.. being slammed by Women activists for his lyrics..saying his lyrics are demeaning and derogatory for females...
Who all r we gonna stop!
Authors who are sexist.. well there are many who try n include such content in some or the other way in their Novels...Do I need to name!? Or we know enough of them! 

Film industry that runs on women exploitation ..or Advertisement industry in which almost every adv has a Semi-clad female.. even in the adv of Paints ! ! ! Here I should say ThankGod for whatever clothing she gets!
And the cherry on the cake is when those hardly clad females dance to raunchy numbers and in such a way that at times I feel we are directed to a site that serves pornography! Isn't this demeaning?

No I am not targetting someone or some company in particular.. it has been long since our world runs on 
showing skimpily clad females.. 

Internet, Print Media - Magazines, Newspapers...Aah that reminds me there is a brand of Newspaper very famous here in Bhopal..which for every single reason..
Be it the first showers of Rain or the Torturous Summer heat or the Chilly winters or the local Haat.. posts a pic of females enjoying them..
Why not Kids? 
Why not old aged couples?
Why not a family as a whole..?

No they cant do that .. Why cant they do that
Because we belong to a society that has a sick mindset..

A society who sings and dances to the tunes of the most raunchiest item numbers....with full happiness?!!

Who feels the advertisements which represent nudity n sexual content r normal.. I am just curious to know 
Where Exactly r we supposed to draw a line? and who all should be slammed or stopped from disrespecting women?!

Mind well here we r talking not just about Mindset change we are talking about a paradigm shift.. R we ready for this?!

न सिर्फ खुद बदलें बल्कि बदलाव लायें।