<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?><rss version="1.0"><channel><title>Diary of Santosh K</title><link>http://skottikalapoodi.rediffiland.com/</link><description>Diary of Santosh K</description><language>en-us</language><item><title>Thoughts..Quotes</title><description><![CDATA[<P><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=#663333 size=5><EM>Hi All,</EM></FONT></P><P><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=#663333 size=5><EM>I have just gone through some of the nice motivational, love quotes.. i feel very touchy about these thoughts or quotes.... but I sometimes wonder is there a practically significance to these lines....A lot of times these of practical use... (some of which is realised in my real life)...</EM></FONT></P><P><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=#663333 size=5><EM>Also some times these quotes are contradictory to each others... viz.,  some quotes will say try hard to get want ..some will say that God has it own have doing things, when ever you tried some thing and failed...just let it be... may be some thing other is there for you.... like that...</EM></FONT></P><P><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=#663333 size=5><EM></EM></FONT> </P><P><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=#663333 size=5><EM>Hey friends, i just want to ASK you people what you think about this:</EM></FONT></P><P><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=#663333 size=5><EM>IS THESE REALLY INSPIRATIONAL..</EM></FONT></P><P><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=#663333 size=5><EM>SHOULD WE USE THESE IN REAL LIFE (OR CAN WE ABLE TO DO THESE)</EM></FONT></P><P><FONT color=#663333><EM></EM></FONT> </P><P><FONT color=#663333><EM></EM></FONT> </P>]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 03:35:10 +0530</pubDate><link>http://skottikalapoodi.rediffiland.com/blogs/2008/07/19/Thoughts-Quotes-1.html</link></item><item><title>Jokes</title><description><![CDATA[<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; COLOR: #3333ff; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old Style'">Once 3 Sardars decided to go on a picnic.<BR><BR>When they got there, they realized that they had forgotten the soda.<BR><BR>The youngest Sardar said he would go home &amp; get it if they wouldn't eat the<BR>snacks until he got back.<BR><BR>The other two agreed to wait patiently.<BR><BR><BR>An hour went by,<BR><BR>Then a Day,<BR><BR>followed by a week,<BR><BR>a month,<BR><BR>finally a year...<BR><BR><BR><BR>the 2 Sardars said<BR><BR>'oh, come on, let's eat the snacks'<BR><BR>....<BR><BR>...<BR><BR>...<BR><BR>...<BR><BR>...<BR><BR>...<BR><BR>....<BR><BR>....<BR><BR><BR><BR>....<BR><BR><BR><BR>....<BR><BR><BR><BR>....<BR><BR><BR><BR>....<BR><BR><BR><BR>....<BR><BR><BR><BR>....<BR><BR>....<BR><BR><BR><BR>....<BR><BR><BR><BR>....<BR><BR><BR><BR>....<BR><BR>....<BR><BR><BR><BR>....<BR><BR><BR><BR>....<BR><BR><BR><BR>....<BR><BR>....<BR><BR><BR><BR>....<BR><BR><BR><BR>....<BR><BR><BR><BR>....<BR><BR>....<BR><BR><BR><BR>....<BR><BR><BR><BR>....<BR><BR><BR><BR>....<BR><BR>....<BR><BR><BR><BR>....<BR><BR><BR><BR>....<BR><BR><BR><BR>....<BR><BR>....<BR><BR><BR><BR>Suddenly the Young Sardar popped up from behind a rock and said<BR><BR></SPAN><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" color=black size=4><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old Style'"><BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" color=red size=4><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; COLOR: red; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old Style'"><BR><BR><BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" color=fuchsia size=4><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; COLOR: fuchsia; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old Style'">'If you do like this, I won't go.'</SPAN></FONT>]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 04:36:02 +0530</pubDate><link>http://skottikalapoodi.rediffiland.com/blogs/2008/07/09/Jokes-1.html</link></item><item><title>Conversation with GOD</title><description><![CDATA[<DIV><P class=MsoNormal><B><I><FONT face=Verdana size=3><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><FONT color=#663333>God : Hello. Did you call me?<BR><BR>Me: Called you? No.. Who is this ?<BR><BR>God : This is GOD. I heard your prayers. So I thought I will chat.<BR><BR>Me: I do pray. Just makes me feel good. I am actually busy now. I am in<BR>the midst of something.<BR><BR>God : What are you busy at? Ants are busy too.<BR><BR>Me: Don't know. But I cant find free time. Life has become hectic. It's<BR>rush hour all the time.<BR><BR>God : Sure. Activity gets you busy. But productivity gets you results.<BR>Activity consumes time. Productivity frees it.<BR><BR>Me: I understand. But I still can't figure out. By the way, I was not<BR>expecting YOU to buzz me on instant messaging chat.<BR><BR>God : Well I wanted to resolve your! Fight for time, by giving you some<BR>clarity. In this net era, I wanted to reach you through the medium you<BR>are comfortable with.<BR><BR>Me: Tell me, why has life become complicated now?<BR><BR>God : Stop analyzing life. Just live it. Analysis is what makes it<BR>complicated.<BR><BR>Me: why are we then constantly unhappy?<BR><BR>God : Your today is the tomorrow that you worried about yesterday.You<BR>are worrying because you are analyzing. Worrying has become your habit.<BR>That's why you are not happy.<BR><BR>Me: But how can we not worry when there is so much uncertainty?<BR><BR>God : Uncertainty is inevitable, but worrying is optional.<BR><BR>Me: But then, there is so much pain due to uncertainty. .<BR><BR>God : Pain is inevitable able, but suffering is optional.<BR><BR>Me: If suffering is optional, why do good people always suffer?<BR><BR>God : Diamond cannot be polished without friction. Gold cannot be<BR>purified without fire. Good people go through trials, but don't suffer.<BR>With that experience their life become better not bitter.<BR><BR>Me: You mean to say such experience is useful?<BR><BR>God : Yes. In every terms, Experience is a hard teacher . She gives the<BR>test first and the lessons afterwards.<BR><BR>Me: But still, why should we go through such tests? Why cant we be free<BR>from problems?<BR><BR>God : Problems are Purposeful Roadblocks Offering Beneficial Lessons<BR>(to) Enhance Mental Strength . Inner strength comes from struggle and<BR>endurance, not when you! Are free from problems.<BR><BR>Me: Frankly in the midst of so many problems, we don't know where we are<BR>heading..<BR><BR>God : If you look outside you will not know where you are heading.Look<BR>inside. Looking outside, you dream. Looking inside, you awaken. Eyes<BR>provide sight. Heart provides insight.<BR><BR>Me: Sometimes not succeeding fast seems to hurt more than moving in the<BR>right direction. What should I do?<BR><BR>God : Success is a measure as decided by others. Satisfaction is a<BR>measure as decided by you. Knowing the road ahead is more satisfying<BR>than knowing you rode ahead. You work with the compass. Let others work<BR>with the clock.<BR><BR>Me: In tough times, how do you stay motivated?<BR><BR>God : Always look at how far you have come rather than how far you have<BR>to go. Always count your blessing, not what you are missing.<BR><BR>Me: What surprises you about people?<BR><BR>God : when they suffer they ask, "why me?" When they prosper, they never<BR>ask "Why me" Everyone wishes to have truth on their side, but few want<BR>to be on the side of the truth.<BR><BR>Me: Sometimes I ask, who am I, why am I here. I cant get the answer.<BR><BR>God : Seek not to find who you are, but to determine who you want to be.<BR>Stop looking for a purpose as to why you are here. Create it. Life is<BR>not a process of discovery but a process of creation.<BR><BR>Me: How can I get the best out of life?<BR><BR>God : Face your past without regret. Handle your present with<BR>confidence. Prepare for the future without fear.<BR><BR>Me: One last question. Sometimes I feel my prayers are not answered.<BR><BR>God : There are no unanswered prayers. At times the answer is NO.<BR><BR>Me: Thank you for this wonderful chat.<BR><BR>God : Well. Keep the faith and drop the fear . Don't believe your doubts<BR>and doubt your beliefs. Life is a mystery to solve not a problem to<BR>resolve. Trust me. Life is wonderful if you know how to live. "Life is<BR>not measured by the number of breaths we take but by the moments that<BR>took our breath away!<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></FONT></I></B></P></DIV><DIV><P class=MsoNormal><B><I><FONT face=Verdana size=3><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><FONT color=#663333> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></FONT></I></B></P></DIV><br><img src="http://ri.rediffiland.com/homepimages/home5/745/a43fc6d3afea72b1e1dacfa6eb76aa59/homep/images/1215124090">]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 03:51:11 +0530</pubDate><link>http://skottikalapoodi.rediffiland.com/blogs/2008/07/04/Conversation-with-GOD-1.html</link></item><item><title>Positive Attitude</title><description><![CDATA[<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'">Once there was loving couple traveling in a bus in a mountainous area. </SPAN><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"><BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=blue size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'">They decided to get down at some place. After the couple got<BR>down at some place the bus moved on........., <BR>As the bus moved on, a huge rock fell on the bus from the mountain and crushed the bus to crumbs. <BR>Everybody on board was killed. </SPAN></FONT><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"><BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=blue size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'">The couple upon seeing that, said, "We wish we were on that bus"   Why do u think they said that????????</SPAN></FONT><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT><BR><P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P><BR><P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P><BR><P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P><BR><P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"><BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=green size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: green; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'">Scroll down for answer</SPAN></FONT><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P><BR><P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P><BR><P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P><BR><P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P><BR><P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"><BR>think ....</SPAN></FONT><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P><BR><P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P><BR><P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P><BR><P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P><BR><P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P><BR><P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P><BR><P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P><BR><P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P><BR><P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>think again ......<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>try hard.....</SPAN></FONT><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P><BR><P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"><BR><BR><BR>------------ ------- Answer !!!! ------------ ------- <BR><BR>If they had remained on the bus instead of deciding to get down, <BR>the resulting time delay could have been avoided and <BR>the rock would have fallen after the bus had passed ..!!! <BR>  <BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#8000ff size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #8000ff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'">Think positive in life always and look for opportunities when u can help Others......</SPAN></FONT><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"><BR><BR>Many times in life, the opposite of Success is not Failure, its Quitting.<BR><BR>Winners never quit, quitters never Win .<BR><BR>Never expect things to happen. struggle and make them happen. <BR><BR>Never expect yourself to be given a good value...</SPAN></FONT><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"> C</SPAN></FONT><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'">reate a value of your</SPAN></FONT><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'">own.</SPAN></FONT><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P><br><img src="http://ri.rediffiland.com/homepimages/home5/745/a43fc6d3afea72b1e1dacfa6eb76aa59/homep/images/1215113590">]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:00:24 +0530</pubDate><link>http://skottikalapoodi.rediffiland.com/blogs/2008/07/04/Positive-Attitude.html</link></item><item><title>A Nice Article about Love</title><description><![CDATA[<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"><STRONG><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=4>It's Nice Article about Love from Swami Vivekananda</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></P><BR><P><STRONG><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><FONT size=4><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"></SPAN></FONT></FONT></STRONG> </P><P><STRONG><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><FONT size=4><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'">I once had a friend who grew to be very close to me. Once when we were sitting at the edge of a swimming pool, she filled the palm of her hand with some water and held it before me, and said this: "You see this water carefully contained on my hand?  It symbolizes Love."<BR><BR>This was how I saw it: As long as you keep your hand caringly open and allow it to remain there, it will always be there. However, if you attempt to close your fingers round it and try to posses it, it will spill through the first cracks it finds.<BR><BR>This is the greatest mistake that people do when they meet love...they try to posses it, they demand, they expect... and just like the water spilling out of your hand, love will retrieve from you.<BR><BR>For love is meant to be free, you cannot change its nature. If there are people you love, allow them to be free beings.</SPAN><BR><BR></FONT></FONT></STRONG><STRONG><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><FONT size=4><FONT color=blue><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"># Give and don't expect.<BR># Advise, but don't order.<BR># Ask, but never demand.<BR><BR>It might sound simple, but it is a lesson that may take a lifetime to truly practice.</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=blue><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"> It is the secret to true love. To truly practice it, you must sincerely feel no expectations from those who you love, and yet an unconditional caring." <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></STRONG></P><BR><P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=blue><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"><STRONG><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><FONT size=4> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></STRONG></SPAN></FONT></P><BR><P class=MsoNormal><STRONG><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=blue size=4><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'">Life is beautiful!!!  Live it!!!</SPAN></FONT><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></STRONG></P><br><img src="http://ri.rediffiland.com/homepimages/home5/745/a43fc6d3afea72b1e1dacfa6eb76aa59/homep/images/1215113000">]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:54:22 +0530</pubDate><link>http://skottikalapoodi.rediffiland.com/blogs/2008/07/04/A-Nice-Article-about-Love.html</link></item><item><title>Indians</title><description><![CDATA[<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic">FACTS TO MAKE EVERY Indian PROUD</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-style: italic"> <BR><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><BR>Q. Who is the GM of Hewlett Packard (hp) ?</SPAN> <SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><BR>A. Rajiv Gupta</SPAN></SPAN><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-style: italic"> </SPAN></STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-style: italic"><BR><BR><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><BR>Q. Who is the creator of Pentium chip (needs no introduction as 90% of the today's computers run on it)? <BR>A. Vinod Dahm </SPAN><BR><BR><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><BR>Q. Who is the third richest man on the world? <BR>A. According to the latest report on Fortune Magazine, it is Azim Premji, who is the CEO of Wipro Industries. The Sultan of Brunei is at 6 th position now. </SPAN><BR><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><BR>Q. Who is the founder and creator of Hotmail (Hotmail is world's No.1 web based email program)? <BR>A. Sabeer Bhatia</SPAN></SPAN><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-style: italic"> </SPAN></STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-style: italic"><BR><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><BR>Q. Who is the president of AT &amp; T-Bell Labs (AT &amp; T-Bell Labs is the creator of program languages such as C, C++, Unix to name a few)? <BR>A. Arun Netravalli </SPAN><BR><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><BR>Q. Who is the new MTD (Microsoft Testing Director) of Windows 2000, responsible to iron out all initial problems? <BR>A. Sanjay Tejwrika </SPAN><BR><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><BR><BR><BR><BR>Q. Who are the Chief Executives of CitiBank, Mckensey &amp; Stanchart? <BR>A. Victor Menezes, Rajat Gupta, and Rana Talwar. </SPAN><BR><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><BR>Q. We Indians are the wealthiest among all ethnic groups in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">America</st1:place></st1:country-region> , even faring better than the whites and the natives. <BR>There are 3.22 millions of Indians in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">USA</st1:place></st1:country-region> (15% of population). YET, <BR>38% of doctors in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">USA</st1:place></st1:country-region> are Indians.</SPAN></SPAN><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-style: italic"> </SPAN></STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic"><BR>12% scientists in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">USA</st1:place></st1:country-region> are Indians. <BR>36% of NASA scientists are Indians. <BR>34% of Microsoft employees are Indians. <BR>28% of IBM employees are Indians.</SPAN><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-style: italic"> </SPAN></STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic"><BR>17% of INTEL scientists are Indians. <BR>13% of XEROX employees are! Indians. </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-style: italic"><BR><BR><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><?xml:namespace prefix = v ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" /><v:shapetype id=_x0000_t75 stroked="f" filled="f" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" o:preferrelative="t" o:spt="75" coordsize="21600,21600"><v:stroke joinstyle="miter"></v:stroke><v:formulas><v:f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0"></v:f><v:f eqn="sum @0 1 0"></v:f><v:f eqn="sum 0 0 @1"></v:f><v:f eqn="prod @2 1 2"></v:f><v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth"></v:f><v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight"></v:f><v:f eqn="sum @0 0 1"></v:f><v:f eqn="prod @6 1 2"></v:f><v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth"></v:f><v:f eqn="sum @8 21600 0"></v:f><v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight"></v:f><v:f eqn="sum @10 21600 0"></v:f></v:formulas><v:path o:connecttype="rect" gradientshapeok="t" o:extrusionok="f"></v:path><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:lock aspectratio="t" v:ext="edit"></o:lock></v:shapetype><v:shape id=MA9.1146507098 style="WIDTH: 99pt; HEIGHT: 71.25pt" alt="" type="#_x0000_t75" o:spid="_x0000_i1025"></v:shape><v:shape id=MA10.1146507098 style="WIDTH: 99pt; HEIGHT: 71.25pt" alt="" type="#_x0000_t75" o:spid="_x0000_i1026"></v:shape><v:shape id=MA11.1146507098 style="WIDTH: 99pt; HEIGHT: 71.25pt" alt="" type="#_x0000_t75" o:spid="_x0000_i1027"></v:shape><v:shape id=MA12.1146507098 style="WIDTH: 99pt; HEIGHT: 71.25pt" alt="" type="#_x0000_t75" o:spid="_x0000_i1028"></v:shape><BR>Some of the following facts may be known to you. These facts were recently published in a German magazine, which deals with WORLD HISTORY FACTS ABOUT INDIA . <BR>1. <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region> never invaded any country in her last 1000 years of history. <BR>2. <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region> invented the Number system. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta. <BR>3. The world's first University was established in Takshila in 700BC. More than 10,500 students from all over the world studied more than 60 subjects. The <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Nalanda</st1:PlaceName> built in the 4 th century BC was one of the greatest achievements of ancient <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region> in the field of education. <BR>4. According to the Forbes magazine, Sanskrit is the most suitable language for computer software. <BR><BR>5. Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to humans. <BR>6. Although western media portray modern images of <st1:country-region w:st="on">India</st1:country-region> as poverty striken and underdeveloped through political corruption, <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region> was once the richest empire on earth. <BR><BR>7. The art of navigation was born in the river Sindh 5000 years ago. The very word "Navigation" is derived from the Sanskrit word NAVGATIH. <BR>8. The value of pi was first calculated by Budhayana, and he explained the concept of what is now known as the Pythagorean Theorem. British scholars have last year (1999) officially published that Budhayan's works dates to the 6 th Century which is long before the European mathematicians. <BR><BR>9. Algebra, trigonometry and calculus came from <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region> . Quadratic equations were by Sridharacharya in the 11 th Century; the largest numbers the Greeks and the Roma ns used were 106 whereas Indians used numbers as big as 10 53 <BR>10. According to the Gemmological Institute of America , up until 1896, <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region> was the only source of diamonds to the world. <BR><BR>11. <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">USA</st1:place></st1:country-region> based IEEE has proved what has been a century-old suspicion amongst academics that the pioneer of wireless communication was Professor Jagdeesh Bose and not Marconi. <BR>12. The earliest reservoir and dam for irrigation was built in Saurashtra. <BR><BR>13. Chess was invented in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region> <BR>14. Sushruta is the father of surgery. 2600 years ago he and health scientists of his time conducted surgeries like cesareans, cataract, fractures and urinary stones. Usage of anaesthesia was well known in ancient <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region> <BR>15. When many cultures in the world were only nomadic forest dwellers over 5000 years ago, Indians established Harappan culture in <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Sindhu</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Valley</st1:PlaceType> ( <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Indus Valley</st1:City> <st1:country-region w:st="on">India</st1:country-region></st1:place> in 100 BC. </SPAN><BR style="mso-special-character: line-break"><BR style="mso-special-character: line-break"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P><BR><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic">Say proudly, I AM AN INDIAN.</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Nov 2006 00:51:13 +0530</pubDate><link>http://skottikalapoodi.rediffiland.com/blogs/2006/11/10/Indians.html</link></item></channel></rss>