THE LIKES OF HIM ARE TRUE MARATHAS AND NOT THE POLITICIANS WHO TRY TO DESTROY THE VERY FABRIC OF A NATION. -------- quote Assistant Sub- Inspector Tukaram Omble: Ex-Army man Tukaram Omble was a casualty of the Mumbai attacks, giving his life to ensure the survival of his men and the capture of the sole, surviving gunman, Ajmal Kasab. Omble was on duty on the night of the attacks and was ordered into position on Marine Drive, following the attack on the popular Leopold Café nearby. Minutes after taking up his position, he and his team engaged the terrorists, who were attempting to make their escape in a hijacked car. Omble reportedly gave chase to them on his motorcycle, armed with only a lahti. As the attackers approached a barricade, Omble maneuvered his motorcycle to force the attacker to swerve and hit the dividers. With the terrorists distracted, Omble charged them down and attempted to wrestle Kasab`s weapon from him. During the struggle, Kasab managed to fire of several rounds which struck Omble in the abdomen. Collapsing, Omble used his body as a shield to prevent his team being shot. He managed to hold onto the gun and bought enough time for his colleagues to kill the other terrorist in the car and capture Kasab alive, thereby saving their lives and the lives of countless others. Assistant Sub-Inspector Tukaram Omble was posthumously awarded the Ashoka Chakra, India`s highest peacetime gallantry award for his services to the nation. unquote MSN ...

librawalla-Very good Quotable quotes and Words of Wisdom by Rami Belson,Oscar Wilde,Albert Einstein,Shing Xiong,John C. Maxwell,Unknown!!So thats very good!! ...

I have suffered huge loss in Shree Cements due to my own web of miscalculations and I vow not to repeat the same mistake in other stocks, as far as mid cap sector is concerned. Thanks. /TC/...

thanks for your good message......

Egypt v Algeria: why World Cup play-off is football`s most explosive match Algeria v Egypt: Now that`s what you call a grudge match! Why the African World Cup play-off match will be the must-watch event this week (from as far away as you can get...) Egypt may have won the battle but they haven’t won the war. Algeria midfielder Khaled Lemmouchia was not referring to military conflict when he spoke on Monday, but to a monumental World Cup play-off against Egypt in neutral Sudan on Wednesday. Rarely has such rhetoric been more appropriate for a football match. It is exactly 20 years since one of the most infamous chapters in the history of African football. Having lost out to Egypt for a place at the 1990 World Cup in Cairo on November 17, 1989, Algerian players and officials mobbed the referee and then began hurling plant pots into the crowd. Later, at a post-match reception, the Egyptian team doctor had his eye gouged out by an Algerian player wielding a broken bottle. Star striker Lakhdar Balloumi was convicted and sentenced to prison in his absence, although some say the culprit was actually a reserve goalkeeper. In April, Interpol agreed to drop Balloumi’s arrest warrant as attempts were made at the highest level to restore good relations ahead of two World Cup qualifiers between the teams in Group C, but events have only conspired to stoke up the rivalry even further. So, what happened? The game went in to stoppage time with Egypt 1-0 up before, in the 95th minute, Emad Moteab scored a header to make it 2-0. Emad Moteab’s goal deep into injury-time in Saturday’s 2-0 win over Algeria in Cairo left Egypt with an identical record to their old rivals, forcing a knock-out tie between the two. ‘People are saying it’s the biggest match in Egypt’s history but others think the rivalry has gone way out of proportion. It shouldn’t be a case of do or die, or life and death. But, with football, we tend to forget about good relations and it descends into a war zone.’ And, in Sudan on Wednesday, only one of these bitter rivals will be left standing. ...

Mumbai November 17, 2009 "Reliance Industries (RIL) plans to invest Rs 500 crore to set up a philanthropic entity called Reliance Foundation with plans to scale up its contribution to Rs 1,000 crore. "We envisage Reliance Foundation to become one of the foremost professional philanthropic organisations in the world. RIL is making an initial contribution of Rs 500 crore and rapidly scale it up to Rs 1,000 crore," RIL`s Chairman and Managing Director Mukesh Ambani, said here. More resources will be made available in the coming years as the foundation expands its activities, Ambani said. In its charter, The Reliance Foundation would address issues like formal and vocational education, affordable high-quality health care, meaningful rural development and urban renewal and protection and promotion of India`s heritage of arts and culture. Over the coming months, the foundation will develop specific programmes and projects that would address some of our most pressing challenges, he said." ...

“Mumbai belongs to India. That is how I look at it. And I am a Maharashtrian and I am extremely proud of that but I am an Indian first,” Sachin ...

It`s better to keep your mouth shut and give the impression that you`re stupid than to open it and remove all doubt.
- Rami Belson
We can have in life but one great experience at best, and the secret of life is to reproduce that experience as often as possible.
- Oscar Wilde
We have to do the best we can. This is our sacred human responsibility.
- Albert Einstein
In the end, it`s not going to matter how many breaths you took, but how many moments took your breath away.
- Shing Xiong
Learn to say `no` to the good so you can say `yes` to the best.
- John C. Maxwell
Sometimes the best way to figure out who you are is to get to that place where you don`t have to be anything else.
- Unknown
Let us do the best we can, let us think the best we can, let us wish to others the best we can, let us invest good thoughts and good deeds for the good of all !...

Aussie surgeons separated conjoined twins14:19 AEST Tue Nov 17 2009 -1 hour 21 minutes ago

Doctors attempting to painstakingly separate two conjoined twins say the pair are "going very well".
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Nov 16, 2009
Australian surgeons have separated conjoined twins Krishna and Trishna, after more than 27 hours of surgery.

Melbourne`s Royal Children`s Hospital head of surgery Leo Donnan said it was a "surreal" moment when the Bangladeshi girls, who had been joined at the head, were separated at 11am (AEDT) on Tuesday.

After more two years of planning for the complex surgery, Mr Donnan said his team of 16 doctors and nurses found it amazing to finally see the girls as two separate children.

Plastic surgeons have now moved in to work on the girls, aged two years and 11 months.

Krishna and Trishna will remain in the hospital`s intensive care unit for "a number of days", Mr Donnan said.

"And then they`ll be slowly woken up."

Mr Donnan praised his doctors, who he said had worked seamlessly to separate the girls.

"This is a once-in-a-lifetime operation that teams would do," Mr Donnan told reporters outside the hospital.

"There really still is a long way to go.

"The girls have a very difficult time ahead of them.

"For the hospital, it is an historic moment and for the girls, an even more historic moment."

The operation went for longer than would have been expected, Mr Donnan said.

He said the staff in the operating theatre had taken planned breaks and the twins were well nourished before the operation.

The mood inside the operating theatre had changed following the separation, Mr Donnan said.

"It`s been a very nice stage to move into," he said with a smile.

Shortly after their birth on December 22, 2006, their mother placed the twins in a Dhaka orphanage where two Australian volunteers, Danielle Noble and Natalie Silcock, realised the severity of their plight.

Ms Noble and Ms Silcock began fundraising and, along with Atom Rahman from the Children First Foundation, took the first steps to bring the sisters to Melbourne.

Margaret Smith from the Children First Foundation was trying to contain her joy at the separation of the twins.

"We are taking it step by step - we don`t want to get too excited but I must say it`s a very big step we have come to," Ms Smith said.

She said the girls` guardian Moira Kelly, the chief of Children First, was "absolutely amazed".

"It`s been a very stressful time ... we have the next step to go through, getting the girls into ICU and getting them stabilised.

"It`s a long process."

Ms Kelly broke down as she farewelled the girls with a kiss before the operation, one of the most complex and dangerous in the world, began as scheduled at 8.30am (AEDT) on Monday.

After several hours of positioning tubes to ensure there was no pressure on the eyes, surgeons made their first cut about 10 AM...

A distinguished looking young lady is on a flight returning from Switzerland. She finds herself seated next to a priest and asks" Excuse me father, may I ask a favour of you?" "Well of course Miss, what can I do for you?" he replies. "Here`s the dilemma, I purchased for myself, a superbly sophisticated electronic hair remover. I paid a lot of money for it. I really went well over the limits set forth by Customs, and I fear they will confiscate it from me. Could you perhaps secret it through Customs for me under your robes?" "I certainly could my dear, only I must warn you I really am not ever able to lie..." "You have such an honest face father, surely they will never ask any questions of you," and with that she hands him the hair remover. After landing they proceed through Customs and it becomes the father`s turn in line. "Father, do you have anything to declare?" asks the Custom`s officer. "From the top of my head to my waist I have nothing to declare my son." Finding this answer a little strange the custom`s officer proceeds to ask, "And from the waist to the floor, what do you have to declare?" The father replies, "I have a marvellous little instrument destined to be used on a woman, but which has never yet been used..." Roaring with laughter the Custom`s officer says, "Go right through father, Next!"
Hope you have enjoyed the episode.
It is a nice way of lying but at the same time speaking the truth which the Rev.Father wishes to uphold at all times !...

Dare to read it .. I bet you will mistake !

Esau Wood sawed wood. Esau Wood would saw wood. All the wood Esau Wood saw, Esau Wood would saw. In other words, all the wood Esau saw to saw, Esau sought to saw. Oh, the wood Wood would saw! And, oh the wood-saw with which Wood would saw wood! But one day, Wood?s wood-saw would saw no wood, and thus the wood Wood sawed was not the wood Wood would saw if Wood?s wood-saw would saw wood. Now, Wood would saw wood with a wood-saw that would saw wood, so Esau sought a saw that would saw wood. One day, Esau saw a saw saw wood as no other wood-saw Wood saw would saw wood. In fact, of allthe wood-saws Wood ever saw saw wood, Wood never saw a wood-saw that would saw wood as the wood-saw Wood saw saw wood would saw wood, and I never saw a wood-saw that would saw as the wood-saw Wood saw would saw until I saw Esau Wood saw wood with the wood-saw Wood saw saw wood. Now Wood saws wood with the wood-saw Wood saw saw wood.

Try,try,try till you succeed !
HAVE A GREAT WEEK END !...

Three things in life that, once gone, never come back

Time : Words : Opportunity

Three things in life that may never be lost

Peace : Hope : Honesty

Three things in life that are most valuable

Love : Self-Confidence : Friends

Three things in life that are never certain

Dreams : Success : Fortune

Three things that make a person

Hardwork : Sincerity : Commitments

Three things in life that can destroy a person
Alcohol : Pride : Anger

Three things in life that, once lost, hard to build-up

Respect : Trust : Friends

Three things in life that never fail

True Love : Determination : Belief
--Unknown.
KINDLY Think about these three things thrice !...

Nov 10 2009 11:11AM

India-IMF Deal: Tipping Point for Gold

Has a new floor been set at $1,000 per ounce?

India’s deal to buy 200 metric tons (6.4 million troy ounces) of gold from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is a huge deal – not just the fact that the New Delhi government is handing over $6.7 billion for the metal, but what it may mean for gold going forward.

India, the world’s largest gold jewelry market, is making a rational and bullish call on gold. The supply of gold continues to decline – the biggest supply is from governments with socialist policies that are selling their gold to pay for social welfare and bailout programs. The IMF is a classic case of this.

What`s particularly interesting in this case is that the buyer is a developing economy that’s the largest democracy in the world. I see this as another sign of the wealth shift away from the developed markets of North America and Western Europe toward the emerging world.


Energy analysts at Merrill Lynch came out with a research note predicting the price of gold will top $1,500 an ounce within the next 18 months. The rationale – a lack of confidence in major currencies will push investors toward gold as a hedge against competitive devaluation by the world’s largest economies.

The chart below lays out this scenario in a succinct way. Annual gold production is on a downward trend while the growth in money supply in both the United States and the Eurozone is bent almost straight up. Economics 101 – more money competing for a declining resource tends to drive up the price of that resource.



The note goes on to say that if gold prices rise, the price of energy and other commodities will rise as well. The chart below from Merrill Lynch shows the strong capital inflows into emerging markets starting in the second quarter of 2009 have both strengthened their currencies and boosted commodities demand.



You also see that dynamic at work in the relationship between gold and oil over more than a century. Historically there is a strong positive correlation between gold and oil, and with 2009’s global monetary expansion, that correlation is being further strengthened. We’ve been writing about this correlation for many years.

It’s significant that, on an inflation-adjusted basis, all of the natural resources except gold and silver have surpassed their previous all-time highs. Gold is only approaching the halfway mark to $2,300 an ounce, which would be its 1980 high when adjusted for inflation.



Just like in the U.S., money supply is exploding in China, as you can see in the chart above.

Greg Weldon, who analyzes money supply in the Weldon Money Monitor, had this to say recently: “September’s +29.5 percent year-over-year pace of monetary expansion represents the fastest ever recorded in China… Against a U.S.-focused macro-monetary backdrop that is defined by intensifying risk to reflation, the pressure on the (U.S. dollar) against the Chinese currency, in line with the highly expansionary monetary dynamic dominant in China, makes us more willing to explore the bullish side of global equities and commodities.”

Along with India, China has also been a major gold buyer – its reserves have nearly doubled since the start of 2003, when the price was about $345 an ounce. And, of course, now there’s talk that China may buy the remaining 203 metric tons that the IMF is seeking to sell.

Another thing about India or China is that their governments won`t be criticized for buying gold because as a nation, they have a strong cultural affinity toward it. It`s how they store their wealth, and they can wear it as jewelry.

If the U.S. government went out and spent nearly $7 billion for the IMF’s gold, there would be no end to the howling.



The disconnect amazes me – the U.S. holds virtually all of its foreign reserves in gold. We are the world’s largest gold holder, with more than double the amount as #2 Germany, but as a nation Americans are gold skeptics. Just this week, I was interviewed twice on television by two old-timers who are still clearly anti-gold. It appears they would prefer to live in a state of denial.

But in emerging Asia, the citizens get it. They say it`s a good move because they are buying gold, too – they believe in it.

And with this purchase from the IMF, India has gone from being a price taker as a jewelry consumer to being a price maker as an investor. This is the sort of change in government policy that we watch for in shaping and maintaining our investment models. It is significant that India, the second largest country in the world by population and the largest gold jewelry consumer, may have created a new floor for gold at $1,000 per ounce...

I`ve learned-
That you cannot make someone love you, all you can do is be someone who can be loved. The rest is up to them that no matter how much I care, some people just don`t care back.
I`ve learned-
That it takes years to build up trust, and only seconds to destroy it. That it`s not what you have in your life but who you have in your life that counts.
I`ve learned -
That you can get by on charm for about fifteen minutes. After that, you better know something. That you shouldn`t compare yourself to the best others can do. That you can do something in an instant that will give you heartache for life.
I`ve learned-
That it`s taking me a long time to become the person that I want to be. That you should always leave loved ones with loving words. It may be the last time you see them.
I`ve learned-
That you can keep going long after you can`t. That we are responsible for what we do, no matter how we feel.
I`ve learned-
That either you control your attitude or it controls you. That regardless of how hot and steamy a relationship is a first, the passion fades and there had better be something else to take its place.
I`ve learned-
That heroes are the people who do what has to be done when it needs to be done, regardless of the consequences. That money is a lousy way of keeping score.
I`ve learned-
That my best friend and I can do anything or nothing and have the best time. That sometimes the people you expect to kick you when you are down will be the ones to help you get back up.
I`ve learned-
That sometimes when I get angry I have the right to be angry, but it doesn`t give me the right to be cruel. That true friendship continues to grow over the longest distance, and the same goes for true love.
I`ve learned-
That just because someone doesn`t love you the way you want them to doesn`t mean they don`t love you with all they have. That maturity has more to do with what types of experiences you`ve had and what you`ve learned from them and less to do with how many birthdays you`ve celebrated.
I`ve learned-
That you should never tell a child their dreams are unlikely or outlandish. Few things are more humiliating, and what tragedy it would be if they believed it. That no matter how good your friend is, they`re going to hurt you every once in a while, and you must forgive them for that.
I`ve learned-
That it isn`t always good enough to be forgiven by others. Sometimes you must learn to forgive yourself. That no matter how bad a heart is broken; the world doesn`t stop for your grief.
I`ve learned-
That our background and circumstances may have influenced who we are, but we are responsible for whom we become. That just because two people argue, it doesn`t mean that they don`t love each other, and just because they don`t argue, it doesn`t mean they do.
I`ve learned-
That we don`t have to change friends, if we understand that friends change. That two people can look at the exact same thing and see something totally different.
I`ve learned-
That your life can be changed in a matter of hours by people who don`t even know you. That even when you think you have no more to give, when a friend cries out to you, you will find the strength to help.
I`ve learned-
That credentials on the wall do not make you a decent human being.
¢¾that the people you care about the most in life are taken from you too soon ¢¾
I`ve learned-
That it¡¯s hard to determine where to draw the line between being nice and not hurting someone¡¯s feelings or standing up for what you believe. That no matter what happens to me on earth or how much my faith falters, God`s faith in me never dwindles or fails.
I`ve learned-
That life`s lessons never end and wisdom can always be passed on.


- Susane Pieffer
We have to learn a lot in life. We cannot say for certain that we have learned everything. What we learned is just like a handfull of sand and what we have yet to learn is of all sands on all the sea shores of all the seas in the world !...

A distinguished looking young lady is on a flight returning from Switzerland. She finds herself seated next to a priest and asks" Excuse me father, may I ask a favour of you?" "Well of course Miss, what can I do for you?" he replies. "Here`s the dilemma, I purchased for myself, a superbly sophisticated electronic hair remover. I paid a lot of money for it. I really went well over the limits set forth by Customs, and I fear they will confiscate it from me. Could you perhaps secret it through Customs for me under your robes?" "I certainly could my dear, only I must warn you I really am not ever able to lie..." "You have such an honest face father, surely they will never ask any questions of you," and with that she hands him the hair remover. After landing they proceed through Customs and it becomes the father`s turn in line. "Father, do you have anything to declare?" asks the Custom`s officer. "From the top of my head to my waist I have nothing to declare my son." Finding this answer a little strange the custom`s officer proceeds to ask, "And from the waist to the floor, what do you have to declare?" The father replies, "I have a marvellous little instrument destined to be used on a woman, but which has never yet been used..." Roaring with laughter the Custom`s officer says, "Go right through father, Next!"
Hope you have enjoyed the episode.
It is a nice way of lying but at the same time speaking the truth which the Rev.Father wishes to uphold at all times !...

Dare to read it .. I bet you will mistake !

Esau Wood sawed wood. Esau Wood would saw wood. All the wood Esau Wood saw, Esau Wood would saw. In other words, all the wood Esau saw to saw, Esau sought to saw. Oh, the wood Wood would saw! And, oh the wood-saw with which Wood would saw wood! But one day, Wood?s wood-saw would saw no wood, and thus the wood Wood sawed was not the wood Wood would saw if Wood?s wood-saw would saw wood. Now, Wood would saw wood with a wood-saw that would saw wood, so Esau sought a saw that would saw wood. One day, Esau saw a saw saw wood as no other wood-saw Wood saw would saw wood. In fact, of allthe wood-saws Wood ever saw saw wood, Wood never saw a wood-saw that would saw wood as the wood-saw Wood saw saw wood would saw wood, and I never saw a wood-saw that would saw as the wood-saw Wood saw would saw until I saw Esau Wood saw wood with the wood-saw Wood saw saw wood. Now Wood saws wood with the wood-saw Wood saw saw wood.

Try,try,try till you succeed !
HAVE A GREAT WEEK END !...

"The road to success is not straight.
A loop called Confusion;
Speed bumps called Friends;
Red lights called Enemies;
Caution lights called Family.
You will have flats called jobs.
But, if you have a spare called Determination; an engine called Perseverance; Insurance called Faith, and a Driver called Almighty , you will make it to a place called Success!!""

- Unknown...

Don`t Quit

When things go wrong as they sometimes will,
When the road you`re trudging seems all up hill,
When the funds are low and the debts are high
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit,
Rest if you must, but don`t you quit.
Life is queer with its twists and turns,
As every one of us sometimes learns,
And many a failure turns about
When he might have won had he stuck it out;
Don`t give up though the pace seems slow--
You may succeed with another blow,
Success is failure turned inside out--
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt,
And you never can tell how close you are,
It may be near when it seems so far;
So stick to the fight when you`re hardest hit--
It`s when things seem worst that you must not quit.

- Edgar A. Guest...

We ,Hindus in India,celebrate Deepavali in a grand manner ,by lighting lamps everywhere inside the house
as well as in front of the houses,buildings etc on the eve of Deepavali and also on the next day.It is believed that by lighting lamps the darkness is driven away.Here the darkness is attributed to our evil thoughts,anger,jealousy,hatred,ill will,excess of kama,Khroda,loba(Lust) etc..These evils are to be driven out from our heart and mind so that we can live happily and get the blessings of the LORD.
It is said that our birth as a human being is itself a great gift of the LORD and we should conduct ourself as a worthy devotee of the LORD and reach HIS abode in due course of time after serving well our family, society and all the living beings around us.It is again said the LORD loves those who love others and of help to the needy,sick,poor and those in distress.Deepavali is the occasion to rededicate ourselves to the service of Humanity by driving away all our bad thoughts and by praying to the LORD for HIS GRACE.
According to the vedic culture the message of Tamaso ma jyotir gamaya (From darkness unto light) is given through the festival of Deepavali to all peoples of the world.It is a message "let us remove darkness from the face of earth" This cannot be done by one individual,it requires collective efforts.
The second message of the burning DIAS( A little clay lamp) is to destroy the difference between rich and poor-- the destruction based on poverty and wealth.These little clay lamps lit in the huts and bungalows will throw light everywhere and it is a symbol of unity of the rich and poor without any distinction.
The third message is to kindle the extinguished lights of our neighbours by going to help them in lighting their lamps.It is a symbol of a little charity which can bring joy to our neighbours and those in need.
The rowof lamps teach yet another lesson and that is of unity as exemplified in SATYAM,SHIVAM SUNDARAM--TRUTH,JOY,and BEAUTY.
The lights are lit both at the entrance of the houses and in the streets and lanes.This means that the inner spiritual Light of the individual must be reflected outside
The lights of the DIAS on earth beckon the lights in the firmaments to descend upon earth and establish the heavenly kingdom of the LORD for the welfare of the human race !
Feeding empty stomachs,lighting dias and providing joy to downtrodden is to enter the true spirit of Deepavali.This is the true prayer to Goddess Maha Lakshmi !
I wish all a very Happy and Prosperous and Bright Deepavali with the Abundance Grace of Laxmi Devi.!...