Business Opportunities Galore!!!

Posted on December 23, 2008 by admin

One of the reasons the United States of America is the richest nation in the world is because the people are highly enterprising and take every business opportunity that they come across and make profits out of it. Yes, right now the economy is on a downward spiral due to some mistakes of the ruling establishment, but I am sure within a matter of few years it will bounce back and people will be laughing all the way to the banks. The proof that enterpreneurship is still alive and kicking in the US can be seen in the numerous franchise opportunities that are available in the country even in this economy.

While looking for a new business opportunity, I visited this website and was surprised to see so many Franchise Opportunities in one place. I am pretty sure this is one of the largest online resources to find out information on the availability of franchise and business opportunities. Business concepts, ideas, plans and methods are listed in a well organized manner. Oh! don’t worry, you don’t need millions of $s to take up these opportunities. There are offers to suit every level of investment. There are so many opportunities that it may take loads of time to find the right one for you. But there are methods available on the website to find the opportunity that meets your specific investment criteria and interests. And then there is also the facility to search opportunities in an alphabetical manner.

Personally speaking I was looking for a low investment opportunity and I was pleasantly surprised to see a whole lot of business propositions available. I need to spend some more time on this site so I can soon be my own boss and own a business.

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Transformation of Minds for Harmony!!!

Posted on December 23, 2008 by admin

India and its people have always been renowned for its religious tolerance and acceptance of people irrespective of their ethnicity, religious affiliation, race, etc. This was for sometime detrimental of its own interests. It also resulted in the country being overrun by foreign powers who have time and again attempted to convert the nation from being an all-accepting one into a theocratic state. No ruler was ever successful in altering this innate philosophical bent of mind of Indians. But during the British rule the colonial rulers managed to divide the population on religious grounds and create near-permanent hatred between those belonging to different faiths. As a result the country was divided into three based on religion, two nations – Bangladesh and Pakistan – for Muslims and India for everyone. A division which made many Hindus unhappy and which resulted in a secular state in which Hindus continue to be persecuted by minority communities. Unable to bear any more persecution Hindus fought back and resulted in numerous communal riots. And Islamic terrorism which took birth in Afghanistan travelled to India, to once again attempt destroying the accepting and accommodating social fabric of the nation. But luckily this is not happening.

I recently read this news item on the website of Great Andhra titled “Muslim Marriage in Ramalayam”. According to the article two Muslim couples chose to have their wedding (nikah) in a Sri Ramalayam or temple dedicated to Lord Rama. Hindu Priests were only too happy to oblige and welcomed the couple and their relatives to perform the auspicious ceremony. While moulwi (Muslim priest) greeted the priest with namaskar, the priest responded with a traditional Islamic hugs. After the marriage ceremonies, a pure vegetarian feast was laid out for everyone. Meat and allied products are not cooked or consumed in a temple.

It is interesting to note that over 200 Muslims participated in this ceremony and everyone was of one opinion: “We wanted to say first we are Indians and then we are Muslims.”

“We have seen communal riots in Gujarat. But we know the people behind that. Lashkar E Toiba, Simi or any Taliban group! Just remember, we are Indians and your religious games will not shatter us. What religion you know? We teach you what Islam is. Come and learn with folded hands. Or learn looking at this nikah in Ramalayam”, said Saima Saddiqua, a relative from grooms side.

I hope this kind of religious exchange doesn’t end with Muslims coming to temples. I hope it transcends all religions and Muslims will welcome Hindus to hold their religious ceremonies accompanied by beating drums and trumpets blowing in the mosques. It is high time peace and prosperity reigned in India. We have suffered too much at the hands of conniving politicians, now it is time to take matters into our own hands and unite to form a vibrant, rich and strong India.

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Know your car before you buy!!!

Posted on December 23, 2008 by admin

A person who doesn’t own a car is almost like a cripple in most parts of the US. Cars begin to be a part of life when one turns 15 and then until very late in life they continue to be an integral part of one’s life. It is not uncommon to own upto 5 cars through one’s life. When cars are such an important part of life it is important that careful thought need to be put into the purchase decision of any car. Things like the look, build, mileage, cost per year of maintenance etc are important aspects to consider before making the purchase decision.

Every car maker advertises heavily about the merits of their products but none of them would tell you anything about the flaws or the possible pitfalls of owning one of their fancy set of wheels. One good resource to know about automobiles is through Car Reviews in reliable media. The reviewer should be unbiased, straightforward and honest about the car’s performance.

While looking around on the internet for a place where I could find such reliable New Car Reviews, I visited this beautifully created website which provides unbiased, independent, uninfluenced reviews about virtually every new car that would be likely to hit the market soon. They provide not detailed reviews, video views of the car’s exterior and interior and lots and lots of New Car Pictures. This is one comprehensive website to rely upon while planning a new car purchase.

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Vatican Looking Beyond Religion???

Posted on December 17, 2008 by admin

I read this article on MNSBC about how the Vatican Church had issued a set of ten guidelines for motorists about how to behave while on the road. The article titled “Vatican issues ‘10 Commandments’ for drivers” reveals that the church is concerned about roads becoming dangerous due to angry and arrogant motorists.

According to the document released by the Vatican, driving an automobile can be an occasion of sin – particularly when they are used for dangerous purposes. The document warned about the bad effects of road rage and how “primitive” part of human beings are brought out. Listed among the primitive characteristics included “impoliteness, rude gestures, cursing, blasphemy, loss of sense of responsibility or deliberate infringement of the highway code.”

The “Drivers’ Ten Commandments,” as listed by the document, are:1. You shall not kill.
2. The road shall be for you a means of communion between people and not of mortal harm.
3. Courtesy, uprightness and prudence will help you deal with unforeseen events.
4. Be charitable and help your neighbor in need, especially victims of accidents.
5. Cars shall not be for you an expression of power and domination, and an occasion of sin.
6. Charitably convince the young and not so young not to drive when they are not in a fitting condition to do so.
7. Support the families of accident victims.
8. Bring guilty motorists and their victims together, at the appropriate time, so that they can undergo the liberating experience of forgiveness.
9. On the road, protect the more vulnerable party.
10. Feel responsible toward others

I am happy to see this kind of social proactiveness on the part of the Vatican, this is perhaps the first global religion coming out with such diktats. I haven’t come across any other religion issueing any similar diktats.

Hinduism and related Indian and Asian religions which inherently preach respect, tolerance and non-violence don’t have to issue such diktats because the adherents have been primarily docile and accommodative road users.

But religions such as Christianity and Islam preach differently and they need to rein in their followers, who will otherwise wreck havoc on the earth.

It is a great step in the right direction by the Vatican.

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Antulay Consolidating his vote banks by blaming Hindus

Posted on December 17, 2008 by admin

One feature peculiar to Indian politics is the minority appeasement tactics which is followed by every political party in the country. In the name of “secularism” all political parties, media, and public bodies are biased against the Hindu majority population. And sometimes when elections are nearing politicians go to extreme lengths to prove their “secular” character and consolidate their minority vote banks.

A similar incident happened recently in Mumbai when A.R. Antulay, the current minister for minority affairs made a sweeping statement that Hindu Terrorists might be responsible for the death of Anti-Terrorist Squad chief Karkare during the recent Terror Attacks of Mumbai. This kind of statement made by a senior politician reeks of “vote bank” politics and anti-Hindu sentiment. From every angle it has been proven that those responsible for the recent Mumbai Terror attacks were Islamic terrorists originating from Pakistan, Antulay wants to accuse the Hindus.

He can do it and get away because Hindus are thoughtful and advanced. Hindus don’t go around burning buses and killing people for stupid mistakes by stupider people like Antulay. I wonder if Hindus and India will ever get free from the clutches of corrupt politicians, media and socialites. These exist both within the Hindu society and outside and their sole aim is to make more money, so what if the country goes to dogs, so what if Hinduism is wiped out of the world, so what if Islam reigns supreme over Indian soil.

I only hope this never happens and that their conspiracies will bite dust sooner and not later.

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Awakening of Hindu Identity

Posted on December 12, 2008 by admin

I read a news report titled “Hindu violence book lands writer in trouble” on Yahoo and was pretty impressed by the happenings in my home country. At last the predominantly docile and peaceful to the extent of asking for oppression, Hindu majority is waking up to the reality that they have let people walk all over them for far too long. Thanks to Hindu nationalistic organizations efforts, this awakening has been possible and I hope it continues.

Recently Swami Lakshmananda, an old Hindu saint, was murdered by Christian missionaries in Orissa, the eastern seaboard state of India. Quite unexpectedly for Christian missionaries, enraged Hindus went on a rampage killing christians, burning churches and expressing their outrage at the cold blooded murder of Swamiji.

But unfortunately for Hindus there are enough enemies within the community who will side with Christians or any enemy to gain a few minutes of fame or a few rupees more. And this time this role has been taken up by one Lenin Kumar, a journalist who took this opportunity to gain his three minutes of fame. He wrote a inflammatory book about the Orissa violence in which he skillfully placed the entire blame on Hindus. Of course the Hindu awakening which is slowly happening will not let such blatent maligning of the community go by silently. Hundreds of people wearing black armbands and badges congregated in Bhubaneswar in a silent protest against this atrocities.

Meanwhile police have arrested Lenin Kumar and quite predictably his cohorts in Communist parties are vehemently protesting the arrest and shouting for protection of freedom of speech. But the same communists became deafeningly silent when Salman Rushdie wrote The Satanic Verses, Taslima Nasreen wrote Lajja and when Danish newspaper printed cartoons of Mohammad. As usual Communists seem to want freedom of speech only when it is against Hindus and not any other religion. Hypocrites to the core.

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Some Recognition to Hindu Rights!!!

Posted on December 10, 2008 by admin

I was recently pointed to this article in The Hindu. The article reported a Hindu organization being chosen for the Suaram’s Human Rights Award 2008. Feeling kinda elated I read the article and came to know that Hindu Righta Action Force (Hindraf), a banned outfit in Malaysia was chosen for the award because of its fight for empowering Hindus in the Islamic nation of Malaysia. The award citation said that Hindraf has been chosen for the honr because it had worked towards “empowerng Malaysians of Indian origin to speak struggle against very powerful interests.”

Hindraf is the only organization which is working for the interests of Malaysia’s two million-plus ethnic Indians, a bulk of them Hindus, has been given the. The Suaram, which stands for Suara Rakyat Malaysia aka Voice of the Malaysian People in Malay, is a human rights organisation formed in 1987. Though the organization has been recognised and hailed by Suram, it is in no better shape. Five major leaders/ activists of Hindraf continue to be in jail under Malaysian authorities and face charges of obstruction police from performing duties, anti-national uprising etc, etc.

The five — M. Manoharan, S. Kengadharan, Vasanth Kumar, P. Uthaya Kumar and Ganabati Rau — were detained after they organised a protest rally in November last year to highlight the discrimination of ethnic Indians in jobs and education. And since then they have been sentenced to two years of imprisonment and are suffering more persecution than the other Indians living in the country.

This article is on one side happy because a Hindu rights organization has won an award for trying to protect human rights. But on the other hand it is extremely saddening because our people are suffering from untold amount of persecution at the hands of powerful and barbaric Islamic rulers in Malaysia. It is well known that Hindus are one of the most docile and timid people in the world; Hindus have never gone to war with any other nation during the past 3,500 years; Hindus are the only people who provided a safe and comfortable living space for Jews who were persecuted everywhere else in the world.

And if Hindus in Malaysia are rising in peaceful protests, that means they must have been discriminated, harassed and persecuted to the highest possible level. It is sad to hear about Hindu brothers and sisters suffering at the hands of intolerant rulers in far off lands.

I wonder why these Hindus continue to live in such conditions. Why don’t they just return to India and live a normal life. India has accommodated millions of illegal immigrants from Bangladesh who are nothing but scum and are causing trouble in the country, we can definitely accommodate our own people who have been persecuted elsewhere in the world.

Why slave for a Jihadi Islamic ruler, just come back home and live in harmony. India has enough for all, it is high time we all worked and achieved our goals.

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Shanti Homa @ DFW Hindu Temple

Posted on December 9, 2008 by admin

Last weekend the Sanatana Dharma Foundation (SDF) organized a unique programme: Shanti Homa. This was an interfaith program to pray for the peace of the martyred souls during the recent Mumbai terror attack and also for the greater good of humanity.

Personally speaking I don’t know how much good this homa would achieve in terms of providing solace for those departed souls… because I don’t even know where they have gone… or for those people who have lost their near and dear ones in India. Because the homa was performed in the US. But symbolically I believe this type of events provide a great opportunity for interfaith meetings and understanding.

According to the organizers, people of every major faith were invited to participate in the ceremonial worship. But only Hindus and Jews turned up in significant numbers. The Jewish Rabbi offered prayer for peace in the world and recalled how Jews and Hindus shared several things in common: ancient cultural heritage, historically persecuted by Muslims and Christians and partition of nations.

Two Muslims were present, but didn’t contribute anything significant to the event. One of the Muslims, Akram Syed, (president elect of India Association of North Texas) said that he was glad to be part of the “celebration”…. I wonder what he was celebrating. We were all gathered to mourn the dead and pray for the emancipation of their souls and here is this guy saying that he is “Celebrating”, I wonder what he was celebrating. The other Muslim Mike Ghouse, just said “Peace” in 10 different languages. Quite surprisingly neither of the muslims said anything to repudiate terror.

According to the organizers similar events were organized at the same time and same day in 8 locations across the US, Canada and New Zealand. Personally speaking I hope terrorists and people who sympathize with them should either be killed or should have a change of heart to lead simple normal lives with their families. Only then there will be peace in the world.

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God’s Plan for the world!

Posted on December 7, 2008 by admin

This is a joke that I received as a e-mail forward and thought it was absolutely applicable to the present day and age in this world.

God was in the process of creating the universe.
And he was explaining to his subordinates “Look everything should be in balance.:
For example, after every 10 deer there should be a lion.
Look here my fellow angels, here is the country of the United States.
I have blessed them with prosperity and money.
But at the same time I have given them insecurity and tension….

And here is Africa.
I have given them beautiful nature.
But at the same time, I have given them climatic extremes.

And here is South America.
I have given them lots of forests.
But at the same time, I have given them lesser land so that they would
have to cut off the forests…
So you see fellows, everything should be in balance.

One of the angels asked…
“God, what is this extremely beautiful country here?”

God said……. “Ahah…that is the crown piece of all.
“INDIA”
My most precious creation.
It has understanding and friendly People.
Sparkling streams and serene mountains.
A culture which speaks of the great tradition that they live.
Technologically brilliant and with a heart of gold…..
The angel was quite surprised:
“But god you said everything should be in balance.”

God replied –
“Look at the neighbours I gave them.”
BASTARDS…….

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Is this a Gesture of Sensitivity???

Posted on December 5, 2008 by admin

I was surprised to read this screaming headline in the Times of India: “Avoid cow slaughter on Eid-ul-Azha: Deoband to Muslims”. Frankly at first sight I was surprised and taken by curiousity I decided to read the article further.

According to the article one of the main Madrassas in the Muslim-majority state of UP, Dar-ul-Uloom has made a “suggestion” to Muslims in India to avoid slaughtering cows on Eid-ul-Azha “as a mark of respect to Hindus religious beliefs”. This has been seconded by the All India Organisation of Imams of Mosques (AIOIM). The Dar-ul-Uloom, established in 1866, is reportedly the most respected school of Islam in the subcontinent. This has been hailed as a great gesture by all “seculars”… in my opinion also this is indeed the first micro-milllimeter movement towards accepting the existence of Hindus in India.

But I would like to note here there is a keyword “Suggestion”. When Salman Rushdie published his book The Satanic Verses and Taslima Nasreen published Lajja, several Islamic organizations stepped in and passed Fatwas. But in this case it is only a “suggestion” and no fatwa has been issued. Puritanical Islamists will argue that a Fatwa is a legal document and there has to be a litigation to issue one. Well maybe, I don’t know the language properly so I wouldn’t be the best person to comment on the exactness of the meaning of a particular word. But instead of “suggesting” if the Dar-ul-Uloom had “ordered” all Muslims not to slaughter cattle… not only on Eid but throughout the year, I would have seen this a step towards acceptance of Hindus and Hinduism.

Let us see what the future unfolds.

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