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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE MEGASTAR BIG B

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  THE TRUTH ABOUT THE LIFE OF A MAN IS NOT WHAT HE DOES, BUT THE LEGEND WHICH HE CREATES AROUND HIMSELF.   THE WORLD KNOWS THIS MEGASTAR AMITABH BACHCHAN BUT HE IS BORN AS  INQUILAAB SRIVASTAVA TO THE GREAT INDIAN POET HARIVANSH RAI BACHCHAN AND THE INDIAN SOCIAL ACTIVIST TEJI BACHCHAN IN ALLAHABAD. AMITABH ROSE TO FAME DURING 1970s - 1980s AS THE MOST DOMINANT ACTOR IN THE INDIAN CINEMA WHERE HE WAS CALLED "ONE-MAN INDUSTRY" AS HE WON THE HEART OF MILLIONS AROUND THE GLOBE.  HE GAINED DIFFERENT TITLES LIKE 'ANGRY YOUNG MAN" , "SHANENSHAH OF BOLLYWOOD", "SADI KA MAHANAYAK", "BIG B", "STAR OF THE MILLENNIUM"AND "ASIA's SEXIEST VEGETARIAN" .  HE HAS APPEARED IN MORE THAN 200 INDIAN FILMS SPANNING MORE THAN FIVE DECADES AND WON NUMEROUS ACCOLADES IN HIS CAREER.  IT IS INTERESTING TO KNOW AT THE AGE OF 78 HE IS STILL WORKING HARD. THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA AWARDED AMITABH  THE PADMASRI IN 1984.  IN 1991 HE WAS THE FIRST...

REKHA THE QUEEN OF INDIAN CINEMA

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REKHA WAS BORN IN MADRAS (CHENNAI) TO TAMIL ACTOR GEMINI GANESAN AND TELUGU ACTRESS PUSHPAVALLI.  HER FATHER DID NOT ACKNOWLEDGE HIS PATERNITY DURING HER CHILDHOOD,  THE FINANCIAL STATE OF HER FAMILY COMPELLED HER TO QUIT SCHOOL AND START A CAREER IN ACTING. SHE DID NOT SPEAK HINDI AND STRUGGLED TO COMMUNICATE WITH HER CO-WORKERS,  BOMBAY (MUMBAI) DURING THOSE DAYS WAS LIKE A JUNGLE TO HER AND THE MOST FRIGHTENING PHASES OF HER LIFE .  SHE WAS PUSHED, LITERALLY DRAGGED FROM ONE STUDIO TO ANOTHER AT THE AGE OF 13 AND SHE WAS TOTALLY IGNORANT OF THE WAYS OF CINEMA WORLD.  SHE HAD TO LEARN HINDI FOR THE MOVIE SAWAN BHADON WHICH MARKED A HIT FILM IN 1970 AND SHE BECAME A STAR OVERNIGHT.   REKHA  STARTED PAYING ATTENTION TO HER MAKE-UP, DRESS SENSE AND WORKED TO IMPROVE HER ACTING TECHNIQUE AND PERFECT HER HINDI-LANGUAGE SKILLS,  TO LOSE WEIGHT, SHE FOLLOWED A NUTRITIOUS DIET, LED A REGULAR, DISCIPLINED LIFE, AND PRACTISED YOGA.  SHE ALSO REC...

INDIAN AIR FORCE DAY - 8 OCTOBER - know about IAF

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  The Indian Airforce or Bhartiya Vayu Sena was established on October 8, 1932 by the British Empire under the Indian Air Force Act to aid the Army that was fighting on land.  It's first flight came into being on 1st April 1933.  After Independence of India in 1947, Indian Air Force was named Royal Indian Air Force.  When India turned Republic in 1950 the prefix Royal was removed and it is now known as Indian Air Force.   The celebration day of IAF is attended by the Chiefs of all the defence services namely Indian Airforce, Army and Navy.  At present the Indian Air Force is the fourth largest air force in the world after the United States, Russia and China.  It is also  the seventh strongest air force in the world.    The Hindon Air Force Station of the Indian Air Force is the largest in Asia and 8th largest in the world.  Its motto 'NABHA SPARSHAM DEEPTHAM' is taken from the eleventh chapter of the Bhagavad Gita The four...

WORLD ANIMAL WELFARE DAY OCT 4

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ANIMALS OF ALL SHAPES AND SIZE PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE MAINTENANCE OF BALANCE IN THE ECOSYSTEM.  THEY ARE ALSO AN IMPORTANT FACTOR IN THE MAINTENACE OF SOIL QUALITY AND CLIMATE REGULATION IN THE ENVIRONMENT. WORLD ANIMAL WELFARE DAY 2020 THEME IS  ' SUSTAINING ALL LIFE ON EARTH" ENCOMPASSING ALL WILD ANIMAL AND PLANT SPECIES AS KEY COMPONENTS OF THE WORLD'S  BIODIVERSITY.  ANIMAL WELFARE IS A COMPLEX ISSUE WHICH INVOLVES STUDY AND UNDERSTANDING ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR AS WELL AS THE CHALLENGE OF ACCESSING THE EMOTIONS OF ANIMALS.  THEY SHOULD HAVE FREEDOM AS AGAINST HUNGER, DISCOMFORT, PAIN, INJURY, DISEASE, FEAR, DISTRESS AND EXPRESS.. FRESH WATER AND PROPER DIET IS ALSO A REQUIREMENT FOR ANY ANIMAL.  SHELTER AND A COMFORTABLE RESTING AREA IS NECESSARY.  PROPER DIAGNOSIIS AND TREATMENT SHOULD BE GIVEN TO ANY ANIMAL FOUND IN INJURY , PAIN OR DISEASE.  THEY HAVE THE FREEDOM TO LIVE ON THIS EARTH, SHARE SUFFICIENT SPACE, MINGLE IN THE COMPANY OF THEI...

MAN OF THE MILLENNIUM - MAHATMA GANDHI

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  Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the Indian Lawyer, the Father of the Nation universally recognized as Mahatma in the eyes of millions was born on 2nd October 1869 in Porbandar.  A worshiper of God Vishnu, follower of Jainism, leader of India's independence movement, believer in non-violence, fasting, meditation and a vegetarianism shook the world in his own gentle way.   Gandhiji  came across many injustice done to him and to Indians . He vowed to root out the deep disease of color prejudice and suffer hardships to fight against discrimination.  He wrote to the British Viceroy Lord Irwin "My ambition is no less than to convert the British people through non-violence and thus make them see the wrong they have done to India".   His life and teachings inspired activists including Martin Luther King Jr and Nelson Mandela. In 1930 Time's Magazine named him "Man of the Year" In 2007 the UN declared Gandhiji's birthday 2nd Oct as The International Day of Non Vi...

KNOW INTERNATIONAL TRANSLATION DAY SEPT 30

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EVERY COUNTRY IS UNIQUE  CONSIDERING THE VALUES OF CULTURE, HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY, LANGUAGE AND SO ON.  LANGUAGES VARY BETWEEN HUMAN CULTURE BUT ARE LEARNED AND CULTURALLY TRANSMITTED OVER GENERATIONS .  A TRANSLATOR IS SOMEONE WHO CONVERTS THE WRITTEN WORD FROM ONE LANGUAGE TO ANOTHER. HE IS NOT THE ORIGINAL WRITER OF THE TEXT BEING TRANSLATED BUT IT READS AS THOUGH IT WAS ORIGINALLY WRITTEN IN THE TARGET LANGUAGE.  THIS NEEDS A LARGE AMOUNT OF CONCENTRATION AND EXPERTISE . TRANSLATORS ARE LANGUAGE PROFESSIONALS AND COMPETENT WRITERS.  THEY COMMUNICATE WITH THE CLIENT AND KNOW WHEN TO ASK QUESTIONS.  THE MAIN ROLE OF A LANGUAGE TRANSLATOR IS TO AUTHOR A PIECE OF WRITING.  THERE ARE PROFESSIONALS WHO WORK ON PROJECTS OF INTERNATIONAL IMPORTANCE.  THESE RANGE FROM NEGOTIATIONS AND CONTRACTS ENTERED INTO BY HUGE MULTINATIONAL COMP[ANIES . BUSINESSES AROUND THE GLOBE IS IMPOSSIBLE UNLESS YOU KNOW OR SPEAK THEIR LANGUAGE. WHEN BUSINESS FLOURISH THE ECONO...

आइए, आज 29 सितंबर 'विश्व हृदय दिवस' पर जानते हैं दिल से जुड़े कुछ रोचक तथ्य :

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  दिल के बारे में हमने कितना कुछ सुना हैं।   लोगो ने तो काफी गाने या शेरो शायरी दिल के ऊपर बनाये हैं।    दिल चीज़ क्या हैं आप मेरी जान लीजिये  ,बस एक बार मेरा कहा मान लीजिये ।   दोस्तों दिल  हृदय या हार्ट के मायने अलग-अलग मिजाज के लोगों के लिए अलग हो सकते हैं। लेकिन इस बात से कोई इंकार नहीं कर सकता कि सीने के बाईं ओर धड़कता पान के आकार का यह छोटा-सा अंग, शरीर में खून साफ करने का काम करता है। दिल रुबा मैंने तेरे प्यार में क्या क्या न किया दिलबर दिल दिया दर्द लिया । दिल का तात्‍पर्य केवल प्यार और रोमांस ही नहीं है, अपने दिल से सिर्फ किसी और को ही प्यार न करें बल्कि अपने दिल को भी प्यार करें। यह जीवनभर आपका साथ निभाता है। दिल ऐसा किसी ने मेरा तोडा बर्बादी की तरफ ऐसे मोड़ा   ।  दिल की हिफाजत  की जरूरत तो हर कोई समझता है, लेकिन इसके लिए प्रयास करने वाले लोग कम ही हैं। यही वजह है कि एक समय वृद्धावस्था में घेरने वाली दिल की बीमारी आज छोटी उम्र के लोगों को भी अपना शिकार बना रही है। आज की भागदौड़ भरी जिंदगी में हर व्यक्ति तनाव से घिरा ...