Google doodles satyajithrays birthday

Google posted a black and white doodle on its homepage as a tribute to the veteran Indian film maker Satyajit Ray on his 92nd birthday on Thursday. The doodle describes a scene, carved in the minds of every movie lover across the world, from the popular film Pather Panchali. Born into a Bengali family on 2nd May, 1921, Satyajit Ray directed many feature films, short films and documentaries. His first film Pather Panchali, released in 1955, gathered wide acclamation nationally and internationally. The Government of India honoured him with Bharat Ratna in 1992.As an eminent director in Indian cinema who tried to bring a unique feature in his movies, celebrities from Malayalam industry remembers a few films of Satyajit Ray. The famous cinematographer and director, Amal Neerad, was a student of Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute in Kolkata. He speaks about Charulatha, released in 1964.“ Charulatha, a film directed by Satyajit Ray, is one of my favourite movies. Its a love story with an unhappy ending,” Amal Neerad said. Charulatha, an upper middle class wife, establishes a friendship with one of her relatives. When the friendship turns love the two decides to separate for a good cause.“I felt it was an ethically right decision,” adds Amal. Another popular film director in Malayalam, Lal Jose, agreed that Pather Panchali was always close to his heart.The movie pictures the impoverished family life of Apu. “ Setting in the rural life of Bengal in 1920s, the narration of the film was heart touching,” added Lal Jose.John Paul, who has penned script for many films, said he could relate Rays film Pratidwandi to his life. “It was a story of unemployment. I watched the movie when I finished my graduation. I felt the films story was close to the life of the unemployed youth like me at that time.” Despite the film making, Satyajit Ray has contributed well to the literary world with many of short stories and fictions. The renowned film maker breathed his last on April 23, 1992.

Workshop On Free Software

Kochi: A full-day workshop on computer hardware and GNULinux installation and configuration was organised by the Swathanthra Software Learning Institute (SSLI) at Sadhana Yoga Centre in Aluva the otherday. Training on hardware assembly and GNULinux installation and trouble-shootinge were provided with an objective give basic understanding and hands-on training to the beginners.

Bharathi Airtel has reported fall in its profit

New Delhi: Telecom major, Bharti Airtel, has reported a fall in its profit.The firm said that its standalone net profit had dropped by 31.1 per cent to Rs 1,084.4 crore for the fourth quarter ended March 31, 2013, mainly due to higher expenses. The company's standalone net profit stood at Rs 1,574.3 crore in the year-ago period. In a regulatory filing, the firm said that total expenses increased by 11.76 per cent to Rs 9,816.3 crore during the reported quarter from Rs 8,782.9 crore in the corresponding period of the previous fiscal.Total income from operations of Bharti Airtel on a standalone basis, increased by 7.35 per cent to Rs 11,548.3 crore in the last quarter of 2012-13 compared to Rs 10,757.2 crore in the same period a year ago. For the full fiscal ended March 31, 2013, the company's standalone net profit fell by 11.05 per cent to Rs 5,096.3 crore from Rs 5,730 crore in 2011-12. Income from operations (revenues) on standalone basis during 2012-13 increased by 9 per cent to Rs 45,350.9 crore from Rs 41,603.8 crore in 2011-12.

DR. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam's Inspirational & Motivational Speech

DR. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam's Inspirational & Motivational Speech

Hi All!

please take out your valuable 10 mins to read this speech by our Honourable President. It will leave all of thinking about our country.

Dear friends ,

I am proud to forward this speech...... I am sure you will agree with every suggestion he has made........
*Please read this article by giving 10 minutes from your busy life. Really good.... ** *
* The President of India DR. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam 's Speech in Hyderabad . *

Why is the media here so negative? Why are we in India so embarrassed to recognize our own strengths, our achievements? We are such a great nation. We have so many amazing success stories but we refuse to acknowledge them. Why? We are the first in milk production. We are number one in Remote sensing satellites. We are the second largest producer of wheat. We are the second largest producer of rice. Look at Dr. Sudarshan , he has transferred the tribal village into a self-sustaining, self-driving unit. There are millions of such achievements but our media is only obsessed in the bad news and failures and disasters. 

I was in Tel Aviv once and I was reading the Israeli newspaper. It was the day after a lot of attacks and bombardments and deaths had taken place. The Hamas had struck. But the front page of the newspaper had the picture of a Jewish gentleman who in five years had transformed his desert into an orchid and a granary. It was this inspiring picture that everyone woke up to. The gory details of killings, bombardments, deaths, were inside in the newspaper, buried among other news.

In India we only read about death, sickness, terrorism, crime. Why are we so NEGATIVE? Another question: Why are we, as a nation so obsessed with foreign things? We want foreign T. Vs, we want foreign shirts. We want foreign technology.

Why this obsession with everything imported. Do we not realize that self-respect comes with self-reliance? I was in Hyderabad giving this lecture, when a 14 year old girl asked me for my autograph. I asked her what her goal in life is. She replied: I want to live in a developed India . For her, you and I will have to build this developed India . You must proclaim. India is not an under-developed nation; it is a highly developed nation. Do you have 10 minutes? Allow me to come back with a vengeance.

Got 10 minutes for your country? If yes, then read; otherwise, choice is yours. YOU say that our government is inefficient. YOU say that our laws are too old. YOU say that the municipality does not pick up the garbage. YOU say that the phones don't work, the railways are a joke, The airline is the worst in the world, mails never reach their destination. YOU say that our country has been fed to the dogs and is the  absolute pits.

YOU say, say and say. What do YOU do about it? Take a person on his way to Singapore . Give him a name - YOURS. Give him a face - YOURS. YOU walk out of the airport and you are at your International best. In Singapore you don't throw cigarette butts on the roads or eat in the stores. YOU are as proud of their Underground links as they are. You pay $5 (approx. Rs. 60) to drive through Orchard Road (equivalent of Mahim Causeway or Pedder Road) between 5 PM and 8 PM. YOU come back to the parking lot to punch your parking ticket if you have over stayed in a restaurant or a shopping mall irrespective of your status identity... In Singapore you don't say anything, DO YOU? YOU wouldn't dare to eat in public during Ramadan, in Dubai . 

YOU would not dare to go out without your head covered in Jeddah . YOU would not dare to buy an employee of the telephone exchange in London at 10 pounds ( Rs.650) a month to, 'see to it that my STD and ISD calls are billed to someone else.'YOU would not dare to speed beyond 55 mph (88 km/h) in Washington and then tell the traffic cop, 'Jaanta hai main kaun hoon (Do you know who I am?). I am so and so's son. Take your two bucks and get lost.' YOU wouldn't chuck an empty coconut shell anywhere other than the garbage pail on the beaches in Australia and New Zealand .

Why don't YOU spit Paan on the streets of Tokyo ? Why don't YOU use examination jockeys or buy fake certificates in Boston ??? We are still talking of the same YOU. YOU who can respect and conform to a foreign system in other countries but cannot in your own. You who will throw papers and cigarettes on the road the moment you touch Indian ground. If you can be an involved and appreciative citizen in an alien country, why cannot you be the same here in India ?

Once in an interview, the famous Ex-municipal commissioner of Bombay , Mr.Tinaikar , had a point to make. 'Rich people's dogs are walked on the streets to leave their affluent droppings all over the place,' he said. 'And then the same people turn around to criticize and blame the authorities for inefficiency and dirty pavements. What do they expect the officers to do? Go down with a broom every time their dog feels the pressure in his bowels?

In America every dog owner has to clean up after his pet has done the job. Same in Japan . Will the Indian citizen do that here?' He's right. We go to the polls to choose a government and after that forfeit all responsibility. We sit back wanting to be pampered and expect the government to do everything for us whilst our contribution is totally negative. We expect the government to clean up but we are not going to stop chucking garbage all over the place nor are we going to stop to pick a up a stray piece of paper and throw it in the bin. We expect the railways to provide clean bathrooms but we are not going to learn the proper use of bathrooms. We want Indian Airlines and Air India to provide the best of food and toiletries but we are not going to stop pilfering at the least opportunity.

This applies even to the staff who is known not to pass on the service to the public. When it comes to burning social issues like those related to women, dowry, girl child! and others, we make loud drawing room protestations and continue to do the reverse at home. Our excuse? 'It's the whole system which has to change, how will it matter if I alone forego my sons' rights to a dowry.' So who's going to change the system? What does a system consist of ? Very conveniently for us it consists of our neighbours, other households, other cities, other communities and the government. 

But definitely not me and YOU. When it comes to us actually making a positive contribution to the system we lock ourselves along with our families into a safe cocoon and look into the distance at countries far away and wait for a Mr.Clean to come along & work miracles for us with a majestic sweep of his hand or we leave the country and run away. Like lazy cowards hounded by our fears we run to America to bask in their glory and praise their system. When New York becomes insecure we run to England . When England experiences unemployment, we take the next flight out to the Gulf. When the Gulf is war struck, we demand to be rescued and brought home by the Indian government. Everybody is out to abuse and rape the country. Nobody thinks of feeding the system. Our conscience is mortgaged to money.

Dear Indians, The article is highly thought inductive, calls for a great deal of introspection and pricks one's conscience too.... I am echoing J. F. Kennedy 's words to his fellow Americans to relate to Indians.....

'ASK WHAT WE CAN DO FOR INDIA
AND DO WHAT HAS TO BE DONE TO MAKE INDIA
WHAT AMERICA AND OTHER WESTERN COUNTRIES ARE TODAY'