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Farmers' suicides in India In May 2017,The Govt. of India told the Supreme Court of India that over 12000 Farmers commit suicide every Year.  The National Crime Records Bure au reported,the highest number of farmer suicides were recorded in 2004 when 18,241 farmers committed suicide. The farmers suicide rate in India has ranged between 1.4 and 1.8 per 100,000 total population, over a 10-year period through 2005. India is an agrarian country with around 70% of its people depending directly or indirectly upon agriculture. Farmer suicides account for 11.2% of all suicides in India. Activists and scholars have offered a number of conflicting reasons for farmer suicides, such as monsoon failure, high debt burdens, government policies, public mental health , personal issues and family problems. Be-lagaam ki Awaaz    Be Zubaan ki Awaaz With regard to the recent farmer suicides, the Agriculture Minister of Haryana, Om Prakas h Dhankar, reportedly sug gest

'HUGE BLESSINGS IN SMALL VIRTUES'. Like a large percentage of secular Indians, I have an incident to share which may awaken the conscience of some of my fellow men. The incident goes back to nearly a year, and even now evokes poignancy in my heart. Last November, I was driving back to Dehradun from Chandigarh — a fascinating four-hour journey, with the added attraction of visiting Paonta Sahib Gurdwara. I had to break on the way to give myself and my car some rest. And what better than entering the abode of the Guru. Besides the soothing kirtan, it is the langar that one savours, seated on the floor among a multitude of people from all walks of life. Some partake of all meals as they have no means to satiate their hunger. Breaking bread with them gives an indescribable spiritual high, and to experience this, one doesn’t have to belong to any one religion. I, too, enjoyed the langar and came out to get on with my journey. I stopped to buy some knick-knacks

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A poor man asked the Buddha, “Why am I so poor?” The Buddha said, “you do not learn to give.” So the poor man said, “If I’m not having anything?” Buddha said: “You have a few things, The Face, which can give a smile; Mouth: you can praise or comfort others; The Heart: it can open up to others; Eyes: who can look the other with the eyes of goodness; Body: which can be used to help others.” N.B. Both the above Quotes attributed to Lord Budha are Fake. It appears that someone was making a little Buddhist-themed joke rather than trying to claim that this is actually a canonical quote.But the Message is loud and Clear! -Tejinder Kamboj

When I was a child,I was fascinated by  a few insects,like Butterflies,Jugnu (Glow worm-or firefly), Lady bug,and Beer bahuti(Brother's Bride-In Punjabi).The former two were out of reach of kids, Ladybirds and Beer Bahuti have long been of interest to children, as such I could play with the later Two. Now I learnt that both my favorites are somehow related to the cow! Surprised? I share my research  with you, as follows :- ladybugs/ lady birds called "God's cows" in some languages (such as Russian, French, Hebrew, etc.) The creature beloved in many countries. In Russian, we call it “God’s cow”. Yep, something like this. Ladybugs smell with their feet and antennae. The farmers began to call the Ladybugs “the Beetles of Our Lady” and eventually they were known as Lady Beetles. The Ladybug's red wings are said to represent the Virgin's cloak and the black spots her joys and sorrows. The Ladybug is widely

Rainbow carrots  Amazing Health Benefits of Rainbow Carrots The colour of carrot root is the result of various pigments that serve as intermediate products in the carotenoids pathway (Koch and Goldman 2005) . Six carotenes have been reported in carrots, as α-, β-, γ- and ξ-carotenes, lycopene and β-zeacarotene (Simon and Wolff 1987). The major pigments responsible for orange and yellow colour of the roots are α- and β-carotene. β-carotene often represent 50% or more of the total carotenoids content. The red colour of the carrot root is caused by lycopene and the yellow colour is affected by xanthophylls (Rubatzky et al. 1999) . White roots are low in total carotenoids (Buishand and Gableman 1979) . Purple carrots contain very high contents of phenolics, mainly anthocyanins, and are characterized by a higher antioxidant capacity than orange, yellow or white varieties (Alasalvar et al. 2005) . Differences in chemical composition, mainly among the phenolics, h

You have Right to Work,but never to the fruit of work,you should never engage in action for the  sake of Reward nor should you long for Inaction . -Lord Krishna "भाग्य" के दरवाजे पर सर पीटने से बेहतर है, "कर्मो" का तूफ़ान पैदा करे सारे दरवाजे खुल जायेंगे.! परिस्थितिया जब विपरीत होती है, तब "प्रभाव और पैसा" नहीं स्वभाव और सम्बंध काम आते है . Unknown! Karm ke teen  matlab hotey hai.n; Kismat, Action,aur Meherbani. Meherbani kar ke karam yogi banei.n,kismat ke bharosey mat rahe.n Haath hilaney se hi haath ki rekhaeei.n banti hain! Parmaatma bhi un ki maddat karta hai jo apni madad aap karte hai.n _Tejinder Kamboj "Karma is not fate, for humans act with free will creating their own destiny. if one sows goodness, one will reap goodness; if one sows evil, one will reap evil." - The Vedas, -Tejinder Kamboj

King Solomon’s Ring - A Short Story about Life One day, King Solomon, the wisest man in the world, wanted to test the integrity and wisdom of his faithful servant. The King summoned his servant and asked him to carry out a task, knowing that it could not be completed. King Solomon said: "The Feast of Tabernacles is in 6 months, and I would like to wear a magic ring for the holiday. Any person who is sad and looks at the ring will become happy and any happy person who looks at the ring will become sad.” The faithful servant immediately went on the journey in the search of the mysterious ring. A month passed, two months passed, and the servant, who visited every jeweler and peddler in the kingdom, remained without the ring. Two more months passed, and the servant reached the limits of the kingdom, but he had yet to find any one who had heard of such a magical ring. Over time, the faithful servant became frustrated. With all his might he wan

Ratan Tata: Germany is a highly industrialized country. In such a country, many will think its people lead a luxurious life. When we arrived at Hamburg , my colleagues walked into the restaurant, we noticed that a lot of tables were empty. There was a table where a young couple was having their meal. There were only two dishes and two cans of beer on the table. I wondered if such simple meal could be romantic, and whether the girl will leave this stingy guy. There were a few old ladies on another table. When a dish is served, the waiter would distribute the food for them, and they would finish every bit of the food on their plates. As we were hungry, our local colleague ordered more food for us.When we left, there was still about one third of un-consumed food on the table. When we were leaving the restaurant, the old ladies spoke to us in English, we understood that they were unhappy about us wasting so much food. "We paid for our food, it is none of