Monday 28 December 2015
Sunday 27 December 2015
True happy
👍 Inspiring Story👍 👍
A famous writer was in his study room. He picked up his pen and started writing :
**Last year, I had a surgery and my gall bladder was removed. I had to stay stuck to the bed due to this surgery for a long time.
**The same year I reached the age of 60 years and had to give up my favourite job. I had spent 30 years of my life in this publishing company.
**The same year I experienced the sorrow of the death of my father.
**And in the same year my son failed in his medical exam because he had a car accident. He had to stay in bed at hospital with the cast on for several days. The destruction of car was another loss.
At the end he wrote: Alas! It was such bad year !!
When the writer's wife entered the room, she found her husband looking sad & lost in his thoughts. From behind his back she read what was written on the paper. She left the room silently and came back with another paper and placed it on side of her husband's writing.
When the writer saw this paper, he found his name written on it with following lines :
**Last year I finally got rid of my gall bladder due to which I had spent years in pain....
**I turned 60 with sound health and got retired from my job. Now I can utilize my time to write something better with more focus and peace.....
**The same year my father, at the age of 95, without depending on anyone or without any critical condition met his Creator.....
**The same year, God blessed my son with a new life. My car was destroyed but my son stayed alive without getting any disability......
At the end she wrote:
This year was an immense blessing of God and it passed well !!!
The writer was indeed happy and amazed at such beautiful and encouraging interpretation of the happenings in his life in that year !!!
Moral : In daily lives we must see that its not happiness that makes us grateful but grate-fulness that makes us happy.
To all my lovely friends ....
Think positive.....
Be happy...
Stay Blessed.
😃😃
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A.Siva.
Monday 14 September 2015
Sunday 13 September 2015
Monday 11 May 2015
Saturday 11 April 2015
Leading from within
- Jyoti Devi, a Dalit student of std. V and President of the Bal Panchayat, conducts a student council meeting in her primary school. Photo: Natasha Badhwar
- A mid-day meal of chappatis and a curry of soya nuggets and potatoes in the school verandah. Photo: Natasha Badhwar
- Morning Assembly in the Primary School, Village Bada Lewa, Hamirpur, Uttar Pradesh. Photo: Natasha Badhwar
The application of the 2010 RTE Act leaves much to be desired. But the initiatives at the primary school in Bada Lewa village, Uttar Pradesh, inspires optimism.
They call it tracking. A
group of 12-year-old students of the Primary School in Village Bada
Lewa, Hamirpur, walk into their village during school hours, looking for
children who are enrolled but have not been coming to school regularly.
They will counsel the parents and get the children to attend school
regularly and offer support and solutions where required. The word
‘tracking’ is now part of their everyday vocabulary.
On
one such tracking mission, Jyoti, Dharam, Gomti and three others have a
list of five absentee students whose homes they will visit. They run
into seven-year-old Anjali, wearing her school shirt and balancing her
younger sister on her hip. Jyoti takes the lead in confronting Anjali’s
grandfather who is sitting in the verandah.
“Dadaji, why haven’t you sent Anjali to school today?”
“It is harvesting month. Anjali’s mother is away in the fields. She has to look after her younger sister.”
“Dadaji,
Anjali will miss too much in school and then she won’t be able to catch
up. Why don’t you handle the baby till the mother returns?”
“I can’t handle the baby.”
“You
are our elder, Dadaji,” Jyoti reasons. “Anjali is still a small child.
She needs to be regular in school. Please help her to go.”
“Whose child are you?” the old man asks, trying to place Jyoti.
She
names her father. She tells him where her home is. One of the boys in
the group is patting the buffalo. Eventually the elderly man asks his
grandchild to run along to school. He nods approvingly at the children,
who seem to be ushering in a new age in the village. The children move
on to the next home on their list.
This
government-run Primary School in Hamirpur district in Uttar Pradesh is
one of the eight per cent of schools in India that comply with most of
the norms and standards stipulated in the RTE Act. The RTE Act that came
into being on April 1, 2010, casts a legal obligation on the Central
and State Governments to implement the fundamental right of children to
free and compulsory education. It lays down detailed guidelines for the
development of curriculum, training of teachers and pupil-teacher
ratios. Furthermore, it emphasises child-centric and child-friendly
learning and an environment that is free of fear, trauma and anxiety for
children. It has been exactly five years since the RTE Act came into
being, and only a fraction of its promise has been fulfilled across the
country.
Even that fraction throws up impressive
statistics: 110 million children are served meals in the mid-day meal
scheme making it the world’s largest school-feeding programme; 199
million children are in schools and studying. A study by the Azim Premji
Foundation, quoted in the report released by the RTE Forum recently,
shows that in semi-urban and rural areas, the belief that private school
education is better than government schools is a myth. This was
reflected in the experience of the parents in this village in Hamirpur
too.
Gurudayal is the President of the School
Management Committee in the Bada Lewa school. This committee comprises
parents, teachers, elected members of local government and educationists
or NGO workers from the area. They meet once a month to oversee the
infrastructure and administrative needs of the school.
Gurudayal
contrasts the present scene in the school where children of all castes
sit together, as they are served meals, to a decade ago when the Dalit
teacher in the school was not even allowed to sit on a chair throughout
the day. He reiterates that parents in the village have taken their
children out of local private schools and enrolled them in the
government school because the quality of education has improved
tremendously. “Don’t even ask me about the time when I was studying in
this school,” he says. “Times have changed dramatically now.”
Just
like the School Management Committee is a voluntary body of adults, all
the children of the primary school are members of a Bal Panchayat that
meets once a month to discuss their issues. The students who go tracking
in the morning are leaders of the Bal Panchayat. Aided by their
teachers and trained in workshops conducted by Samarth Foundation, an
NGO based in Hamirpur, these children are encouraged to be assertive and
proactive about addressing and fulfilling their needs.
Jyoti
Devi and Gomti Devi are President and Vice President respectively of
the Bal Panchayat. They have travelled to Lucknow to attend workshops
organised by Oxfam where they learnt how to set agendas and follow up
issues when they conduct meetings. Other posts include Education
Minister, Cleanliness Minister and Mid-day Meal Minister.
The
students make a list of infrastructural needs like a broken tap and an
open window that needs the panes restored. They reiterate the four
rights of children as laid down by the Convention for the Rights of
Children and talk about the duties and responsibilities of students in
the school.
Spending time in the school and village
of Bada Lewa inspires an optimism for the outcomes that are possible
when parents, teachers, local authorities, non-government and state
agencies come together on a small scale to invest in making quality
education a reality for their own children. Almost everyone in Bada Lewa
village has a version of the before and ever since RTE norms have been
enforced in this primary school.
The nationwide
scorecard on implementing the RTE Act leaves much to be desired. Six
million children are still out of schools and 75 per cent of them belong
to Dalit, tribal and Muslim communities. The most deprived and
marginalised communities have received the least benefits. Half the
children who enrol in schools still drop out before Std. X.
Deepak
Xavier leads the Haq Banta Hai Campaign at Oxfam India that is
campaigning for full implementation of the RTE Act along with the RTE
Forum. “Education is the greatest equaliser against inequality. By
ensuring full implementation of the RTE Act, we can achieve both quality
education for all children and a reduction in inequality,” he says.
India
is going to be the world’s youngest country by 2020. The Kothari
Commission recommended in 1966 that public spending on education needs
to be at least six per cent of the GDP in 20 years. Today, nearly after
50 years of accepting this recommendation, public spending on education
has been stagnant at three per cent for the last 15 years.
The
RTE Act is substantial and well thought out but it needs the will of
the state and sustained resources to be implemented to its full
potential. The children of Bada Lewa village, tucked away between the
Yamuna and Betwa in Bundelkhand, are a fine example of how empowering
and well received the benefits of the RTE Act are.
When
asked if they are scared of speaking up before their teachers,
12-year-old Dharam Singh, says in a small voice, “Yes, I am.” After a
pause, he adds, “But our teacher says, ‘Don’t be scared of me. I have no
right to hurt you. I will not hurt you’.”
Natasha Badhwar is a film-maker and a columnist. natasha.badhwar@gmail.com.
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For Students wellfare...
Loving a.siva...
Wednesday 11 February 2015
Obituary: K. Balachander
Popularly
referred to in the Tamil film industry as ‘Iyakunar Sigaram,’
Balachander received the Dadasaheb Phalke award, the highest recognition
for excellence in cinema in the country, in 2010. The veteran filmmaker
has directed over 100 films and is revered for being a talent-spotter
both among artistes and technicians.
The two greatest
talents he has nurtured are Kamal Hassan and Rajinikanth, a fact that
both the actors have repeatedly acknowledged over the years.
1930-2014
The journey
- › Also known as Iyakunar Sigaram, he entered the film industry as a scriptwriter.
- › He was also a producer, actor and play-writer.
- › He has directed over 100 films in various languages in his 45-year career span.
- › KB established himself as a director with Neer Kumizhi. The film won a National Award.
- › The director has introduced over 100 actors to the industry.
- › Superstar Rajinikanth was introduced by the Iyakunar Sigaram in his film Apoorva Ragangal.
- › KB also gave a break to Kamal Haasan and starred him as supporting actor in Arangetram, Aval Oru Thodarkathai and Naan Avan Illai.
He took Tamil cinema beyond hero-centric creationsThe intro of an unkempt Rajini in Aboorva Ragangal would come to be talked about for years to come.Read more » | |
A powerful portrayer of middle-class predicament in playsThe predicament in middle class values and their constant clash with modernity were so beautifully essayed in his playsRead more » | |
Celebrities pay tributes to K. BalachanderActors, leaders from various political parties paid tributes to the veteran film director "Iyakunar Sigaram" K. Balachander.Read more » | |
End of an era: K. Balachander (1930-2014)KB established himself as a director with Neer Kumizhi.Read more » |
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LOVE YOU MUST ! ...
Don't be hard- hearted
But learn to love
Does not matter , whom you do love
Only remember this :
When you love your near and dear
That si ignorance.
When you love objects of
Enjoyment that is infatuation.
When you love the poor,
And the needy, that is compassion.
When you love God
And the prophets that is devotion.
When you love the whole world as
your family that is wisdom.
Swami Srikantananda....
For my well wishers....
With Love
a.siva...
DO YOU REALLY LOVE !.....
Those who say " I love"
Know not what love is
Those who love out of fear
Can never love their near and dear
Those who love for selfish gain
Must get only sorrow and pain
Love that will never expect
In return gets love and respect.
Love that embraces one and all
Alone can hear the divine call
When it transcends the limited self
It gets lost in the Supreme Self.
Swami srikantananda....
for my well wishers....
With Love
a.siva....
SILENCE IS YOGA...
Talkking to a fool is gossip
talking t a Sadhu is satsang
Talking to a friend is chat
Talking to a boss is communication
Talking to a student is teaching
Talking to a voter is canvassing
Talking to the depressed is counselling
Talking to an enemy is anger
Talking to oneself is brooding
Talking to God is prayer
Talking to none is silence
And Silence is Yoga.
talking t a Sadhu is satsang
Talking to a friend is chat
Talking to a boss is communication
Talking to a student is teaching
Talking to a voter is canvassing
Talking to the depressed is counselling
Talking to an enemy is anger
Talking to oneself is brooding
Talking to God is prayer
Talking to none is silence
And Silence is Yoga.
Swami
Sri kantananda....
for my well wishers...
with Love
a.siva....
Monday 2 February 2015
Microsoft launches new Outlook app for iOS, Android users
Taking Gmail and other email apps head on, Microsoft has launched a new Outlook app for iOS and Android devices.
The new app is basically a replacement for San Francisco-based email startup Acompli that was acquired by Microsoft for $200 million in December last year,New York Daily News reported.
Outlook will support Office 365, Exchange, Outlook.com, Yahoo Mail, Gmail, iCloud and other key email services.
The app will also help users manage calendar and fetch attachments within the same app.
Users will be able to attach files from Dropbox, Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive or the user’s mailbox right from the app.
“Our mission is to bring the best mobile email experience across platforms, in a way that is as familiar and functional as Outlook itself,” Javier Soltero, Outlook general manager and former CEO of Acompli said in a statement.
The new Outlook app will be a similar experience to the Acompli.
Microsoft also announced that it is removing the “preview” tag from its Office for Android apps.
with Love
a.siva.
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Mathematics: Love it or hate it, you can’t escape it
We asked you to tell us why you like or dislike the subject and received a flood of responses!
I DON'T LIKE IT
I dropped mathematics after Class 10 and that, I think, has been one of the easiest decisions I’ve ever made. While I scored about 85 in most other subjects, I always managed only 60 in maths. The formulas continue to scare me even today and the thought of an upcoming maths class used to give me jitters. Now, I feel like an unpleasant journey has come to an end.
Harsh Gopal Daga
Class XI, Chennai Public School, Thirumazhisai
***
Maths has always been about problems, and I always had problems learning it. My mother was an arts teacher but she always had a fondness for maths, which unfortunately never passed on to me. Maths was nice to me in my primary classes, but then it decided to get serious with algebra and trignometry. Maths was also the one of the reasons I chose commerce stream rather than science. Still, it continues to pop up here and there. The bitter truth is that I hate maths but it loves me.
Shibin C. Baby
Class XII, St.Raphael's Cathedral School, Palakkad
***
I used to score well in mathematics, but once I failed with just 2 marks out of 25 when I was in grade VI and that is the end of the story. I started hating maths and that hatred eventually developed into a fear. I tried in vain to overcome that fear but now I am in grade 12 in PCB (Physics, Chemistry, Biology) stream and am doing well. I also would like to accept the fact that I was a bit lazy in practising maths at times as a result I used to score average marks which further damaged my confidence.
Sivani KMS
Class XII, Delhi Public School, Vijayawada
***
The thought of dealing with numbers for the rest of my life freaks me out. It’s a subject in which I have no confidence in. People say practice makes you perfect , but I don't think that applies to me in maths as how much ever I practice math it's not enough and I just go blank when I'm writing an exam related to math. I'm grateful that I had a choice of not choosing math.
Mahee
***
From grade 1 to my grade 10 the only classes where I fell asleep were my math classes because I found them too boring and I would not understand the concept. My math grades were always low compared to the other subject grades because of which my hatred towards this subject increased. My math teachers always used to tell my parents that I was scared of math and obviously numbers. I agree. Every time before my math exam I would shiver. I used to like math before they started including the alphabets. I'm in the 11th grade now and I opted for C.E.C. (Commerce, Economics, Computer Science) because I did not want math to spoil my grades this year.
Rashi Toshniwal
***
How much ever hard I tried to get good marks in math, I never did. I decided to concentrate more on maths, even went for tuition etc. but it was of no use. As usual, I got less marks. Now I have understood that maths is not my forte.
V. Harshitha Preethi
Class XI, P.Obul Reddy Public School, Hyderabad.
***
Till class 10, maths was compulsory and we had to manage it somehow. I managed to do a little well and satisfy my parents. Still, I decided not to take math in eleventh because I knew I cant manage and didn't want to put myself in trouble.
Latha N.,
Class XI, AMS p Obul Reddy Public School, Hyderabad.
I LOVE IT
I never see how tough the problems are. I just take the problem as a challenge and find the solution. And when I find the solution I feel as if I am the happiest person in this world.
M. Shruthi
Class IX, Holy Angels Anglo Indian HSS, Chennai
***
Maths is the most easiest and high-scoring subject as it doesn't change according to the situation unlike English or any other languages. Maths also increases the horizon of thinking as there are many ways to answer the same problem.
Ishita Sanjay Hiremath
Class IX, Jindal Vidya Mandir, Bellary
***
Math always gives me extra energy to boost up and gives me lots of satisfaction in my studies. I want to become a mathematician or a charted accountant. It is the one and only subject with which any student can score full marks.
Madhurika Saraniyan
Class IX, Sunshine Chennai Senior Secondary School
***
Thanks to our teacher, Mrs. Beena, mathematics is the first priority for me. All my classmates think the same too. We can spend hours on mathematics without being bored! For us, mathematics is a battle. The first person who completes a chapter wins an assured reward and everyone in my class strives for that single prize.
Abhishek.S.Peter,
Class X, Excel Central School, Thiruvattar.
***
In maths we don't learn 10-page long answers. Instead we only learn short formulae. In maths we need not mug up anything. We ourselves can derive the formulae.
R.R.Yogasanthoshi
Class VIII, R.S.K.Higher Secndary School, Trichy
***
I am very good at algebra and logic. I also suck at reading/writing so Without maths, I would have nothing!
Ashbinth,
Class X, Excel Central School, Thiruvattar
***
Each problem in mathematics looks like a challenge to face. I like to be in a situation where anything can go wrong and you have to analyse every step to get the right answer. It feels like a "level of achievement" when you get the answer of the problem correct. Mathematics is absolute, it's beyond doubts, and it's always right.
Varun Sujal Shah,
Class IX, GD MHSS, Coimbatore
***
Maths helps me to do calculations in other subjects. The other reason is a bit funny, it helps me count the number of words in the essays and opinions which I write and send.
Sidharth B. Pai
Class VIILoyola School, Trivandrum
***
I am a sceptic and I like to find practical logics and solution behind every problem. Also, I believe all mathematics problems have an answer to the question “Why so?” Maths also help us concentrate and think out of the box.
Akshat Jain
Class VII, Bluebells School International, New Delhi
***
I get an A1 grade because I love it. Sometimes people praise me when I apply maths outdoors; for example, when I go to a shop, I calculate the total bill without a calculator, before they calculate it. .
Vineel Pentrala
Class VII, Maharishi Vidya Mandir, Hyderabad.
MIXED FEELINGS
I like maths only when I like the concept. Then I will be excited. The only thing that makes us weak in matha is the calculator. When I understand the properties I feel that I can do any sum in my mind.
J.Kailaash Jeevan
Class VII, Excel Central School
***
Most students dread the word math. Once or twice an occasional nutcase pops up who loves math. And all of us math loathers shun the math lover classifying that unfortunate kid a nerd. But then you use math everywhere. So then why do so many of us hate it? Well, the reason is simple. Basic math is easy. Then as we move up each class, we are bullied by algebra, geometry, odd formulas and lots more. And then we enter high school where the torture gets even worse. Here we are taught about factorising stupid polynomials, finding x, hunting for parallel lines, proving lots of stuff which some old bearded brainy maniac figured out aeons before we were born. In my opinion, math would be a lot more enjoyable if we were taught stuff in an interesting manner and laying emphasis on topics that we will require in our adult life.
Neha Maria Antony
Class IX, Toc-H Public School, Vytilla
***
Mathematics is known as the black beast of studies by the students. Though I also hate it, I score maximum marks in this subject. I sometimes wish to eliminate maths from the portion, but a second later I feel that my aggregate percentage will decrease.
Praveen Neshvi
Class VIII, Jindal Vidya Mandir, Bellary
***
Maths always went over my head. But as I've grown up now and become wiser I can now see mathematics as a wonderful and interesting subject. We can discover a new thing, a new law or a theorem, any moment, any time.
Oshin Upadhyaya
Class X, AECS-2, Anushaktinagar, Mumbai
***
Mathematics has always been a subject of frustration to me but lately since I have been practicing a lot of mathematics it appears to me as a subject of fascination! It's fun to solve all those problems. To me mathematics is the only subject that gives me a reason to hope that "every problem has a solution".
K. Subhashri
Class IX, Sindhi Model Senior Secondary School
***
Sometimes, I get stressed out when I have to spend hours on just one problem. Despite the stress and frustration (and loads of homework) that comes with every math course, I really and truly enjoy studying math.
A life lesson that I've learned from studying math is that it is perfectly okay to ask for help. Math is hard. Like, really hard. Sometimes, it's easy to get so caught up in how difficult the work is that you forget that there's always a way to get help. All the professors I've had are intent on helping the students as much as they can. Sometimes I my pride makes it hard to admit that I am struggling to understand a concept . But every time I've gone to ask for help it has paid off.
Raghav Agarwal
Class XI, P Obul Reddy Public School
***
Maths must be made more practical. For example, if we are learning about perimeter then we must be taken outside and maybe told to measure the perimeter of the school fence in teams to make it more fun. The paper version of math must be accompanied with a more practical one so that students understand the use of maths in real life better.
Suchitra.S
Class IX, Shemford school, Hosur.
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