MUNICIPAL ELECTION OF DELHI.

Elections to the trifurcated Municipal Corporation

The people have experienced 5 years of BJP rule in MCD. There are two main parties and 15 parties along with 1,176 independent candidates in the fray 3 new civic bodies will replace the 54 year old Municipal Corporation of Delhi .

The Congress party says vote for development and the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) asks for vote against corruption.

For the past couple of weeks the lonely back lane of my house is teeming with activity …Jeeps and cars full of youth come here every morning chalking out the day’s itinerary with their banners flags and scarves etc. rehearsing their street plays in favour of the party/candidate they are canvasing for .There is so much of enthusiasm, din and bustle in the back lane .My favourite pastime is sitting glued to my window watching Democracy being played Live!

Around 1.15 crore people should vote today .However with Baisakhi festival on Friday we have had a long weekend perhaps quite a few of Delhites might be off on a vacation. These youngsters have been shouting themselves hoarse spreading awareness that   Delhi is yours ,participate in its progress by casting your vote etc.

Now for some facts

·         Rakesh Mehta is Delhi state Election Commissioner.

·         Around 2,400 candidates are contesting for 3 municipal bodies North

·         South and East .There are 904 candidates in South,885 in North and 634 in East.

·         There are 11,543 total polling stations.55 of them identified as  hyper-sensitive ,

·         275 declared as sensitive.

·         138 seats reserved for women.

Counting of votes on Tuesday …let’s see who wins!

TREMENDOUS POWER OF THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND

Your subconscious mind is always working even when you are sleeping or not concentrating!
Hence beware of the thoughts that you harbour.
Whatever you think during your waking hours i.e. by your conscious mind -is a feeder to your subconscious thoughts .
Therefore it's important that you feed your subconscious  mind with positive thoughts.
Things work out the way you think!
Swallow your pride and weed out all sorts of negative thoughts!
Warning!
REMEMBER...
WHAT YOU PERCEIVE
IS WHAT YOU BELIEVE
AND WHAT YOU BELIEVE
H A P P E N S!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
                  B      A+   PERSON!
HAPPINESS WILL COME TO YOU!!

THE FIRST EVER U.N. WORLD HAPPINESS REPORT!!!!!

 I opened yahoomail to check for an e mail from my Dad and I came across this ...GNH(GROSS NATIONAL HAPPINESS) . I went on to read all about it and thought its not a bad idea after all to base all economic activities on variables that will keep mankind happy  .One I feel should be to keep strife both external and internal at bay...a very difficult proposition...right?!The word Happiness caught my attention . Is n't that the most important endearing wish for our near and dear ones?Great someone thought it important enough to put it down as a world report !
The report was released at the U.N. Summit in New York was convened by Bhutan -the tiny Himalayan Nation which made headlines 30 years ago for using the term (GNH) Gross National Happiness.GNH was coined in 1972 by the then king of Bhutan Jigme Singye Wangchuck .He said 'GNH is more important than GNP'
Economist Jeffery Sach who edited the WHR(World Happiness Report)said that Happiness could be achieved independent of economic welbeing as measured by the  Gross National Product(GNP)
The purpose of development must be to create conducive conditions through public policy for the pursuit of the ultimate goal of happiness by all citizens .
Social factors such as 1.strength of social support 2. absence of corruption 3.degree of personal  freedom ... are more important than wealth.
The report entitled Happiness and Well being -defining a new Economic Paradigm ,rellects on a new world wide demand for more attention to happiness and absence of misery as criteria for government policy .
It also listed suggestions for the government to follow in order to promote happiness...
1...helping people meet their basic needs
2...reinforcing the social system.
3...implementing  active labour policies
4...limiting the scale of green house gas emissions.
5...improving mental health system
6...promoting physical health 
7... helping public resist hyper commercialisation
8...promoting compassion,altruism honesty

The Happiest country is Denmark
2. Finland
3.Norway
4.Netherlands
5.Canada
6.Switzerland
7.Sweeden
8.New Zealand
9. Australia
10.Ireland
11.U.S.A.
18th is Britain and 156th is Togo
Well ! it's high time that we overcome our basic instincts that of  giant sized ego ,hatred,anger ,jealousy,mine and thine.Believe me happiness will be just round the corner!

OXYMORON

A figure of speech that combines contradictory terms .The most common forms of oxymoron involves an adjective -noun combination of two words. They can be devised in the meanings of sentences too.
Some examples...
Dark light
Open secret
Original copy
Bright shade
Pretty ugly
Anxious patient
Alone together
Act naturally
Serious joke
Deafening silence
Free rent
Clever fool
Dry lake 
Fresh sour cream 
Bitter sweet 
A little big
Just war 
....there are so many find more and add to your list!

Redundancy defined!

re·dun·dan·cy

An example:

It is a word with five letters...
Take away the last four letters of this word...
The pronunciation of the word still remains the same!!!!!

Thats English!

BE FIT NOT THIN!

I read Bipasha’s piece on the HT city and liked it.

It is all about being fit and not just thin. Exercising and

Gymming is all about being fit and not thin.Anorexia is not

an answer to ape your favourite stars /models.

 Believe in the philosophy ‘love yourself ’And if you are desirous of living for a good 100 years it is important to invest in your health.

Just as we invest in property ,relationships, and a career one should invest in health too!Otherwise other investments won’t matter.

It all boils down to nothing if one is not healthy. And if at all  for some reason one is subject to illhealth,one must fight tooth and nail because you live only once. Do not indulge in unhealthy food and drink. Make a distinction between ‘Eat to live and live to eat ’make your choice and discipline yourself and enthusiastically work your way to getting    a fit body  which will in turn get you an alert mind and your heart and soul shall be delighted in unison!

WORLD WATER DAY!!!!!!

At the 1992 United Nations conference  on Environment and Development an international day to celebrate fresh water was recommended .The United Nations General Assembly responded by designating March 22 1993 as the first World Water Day .From then onwards ,World Water Day annually highlights a specific aspect of fresh water. In addition a number of NGOs promoting clean water and sustainable acquatic habitats have used World Day for Water as an occasion to focus public attention on the critical water issues of our era.

The World Water Day in 2012 is intented to draw the international attention on the relationships between water and food security.

Today there are over 7 billion people to feed on the planet and this number is expected to reach 9 billion by 2050. We need water for food production .We must find ways to produce more food using less water,reduce food wastage and losses,and move towards more sustainable diets.

Water is the most important resource for sustaining ecosystems,which provide life-supporting services for people,animals and plants.

Lack of safe water and poor management of of human wastes can spread diseases such as diarrhea, cholera, dysentry, typhoid, hepatitis, polio,trachoma and tapeworms also malaria and filariasis.

Clean water and adequate sanitation are a must  for solving the stated health problems. With the Greenhouse gases (mostly carbon di oxide,methane and ozone) on the increase .Temperatures will increase leading to increase evaporation from the oceans and will speed evaporation from land leading to scarcity of water.

Public participation is crucial for resolving the water crises. Every household must join hands and get into the act of saving water say by turning off taps while brushing teeth , washing utencils ,re-using the water from washing vegetables to water plants , re-using the water discharged from the washing machines for cleaning the washrooms etc.

Kitchen and toilet appliances should be made keeping water conservation in mind. The local water bodies should be protected.

Rain water harvesting(RWH)system should be popularised in the urban areas . Waste water treatment systems should be set up .The ingenious system recycles toilet excrements in a safe manner ,converting faecal matter into manure and passing the liquid through micro filters and reusing it for flushing. Vinod Tare ,a IIT professor has  contributed his bit in this field.

Lets get up and be about doing our bit towards conservation of this juice of hydrogen and oxygen an elixir of life indeed!The need of the hour!