A festival of
bonfire
Prof. (Dr) R D Gupta
The Lohri festival usually comes of
on 13th of January every year which coincides
with the last day of the Poh or Poush month of
Bikrami Era. However, in some years it either
falls on 14th or 12th of January. Whenever, the
Lohri festival comes on 14th of January it falls
on Makkar or Maghi Sankrant-first day of the Magh
month. Magh month is considered to be the month
of the deities (devdats).
‘‘Lohri’’ is an historical
festival which is believed to be celebrated since
Indus valley civilization. Lohri festival is held
with great pomp and show especially by the people
dwelling in North Indian States like Punjab,
Haryana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Uttranchal,
Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir. The Lohri
festival is also performed by the people of
Bihar, Jharkhand and parts of Rajasthan, and
parts of Maharashtra vis-a-vis Mumbai.
The Lohri festival usually comes of on 13th of
January every year which coincides with the last
day of the Poh or Poush month of Bikrami Era.
However, in some years it either falls on 14th or
12th of January. Whenever, the Lohri festival
comes on 14th of January it falls on Makkar or
Maghi Sankrant-first day of the Magh month. Magh
month is considered to be the month of the
deities (devdats).. .. .. .
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The
immortal singer
L. C. Kaul
 Nearly
one hundred and four years ago, on April
4, 1904, mother nature bestowed on India,
a priceless gift, a baby with a golden
voice, who was to fill the world with an
undying and ever growing joy for all
times.
Born in Jammu, the baby was to grow into
the immortal Kundan Lal Saigal who would
soon enter into every heart and home with
his divine gift, ever more sweet and
soothing voice.
Kundan Lal’s parents Amar Chand
Saigal and Kesar Kaur, originally hailing
from Jullunder, were of modest means,
living in a small house at a point in the
town where four bazars of Jammu mingled.
Amar Chand was a judicial clerk in the
local administration who in time rose to
the position of a Tehsildar in Ranbir
Singh Pora, at the court of Maharaja of
Jammu and Kashmir. Because his father had
a job in R S Pura and his uncle Girdhari
Lal Saigal was a teacher in Jammu, K. L.
Saigal had his early education at Ranbir
High School, Jammu and subsequently at
the then Prince of Wales College (now
known as GGM Science College) Jammu.
Saigal’s mother Kesar Kaur was a
deeply religious woman. She used to take
young Kundan to various religious
functions where Bhajans, Kirtans, Shabads
were sung in traditional styles based on
classical music. Kundan often accompanied
his father to the interior parts of the
State where he would drink deep into the
folk music of Punjab and Kashmir, from
shepherds and wandering minstrels. Saigal
was inspired by his mother who herself
sang Bhajans and in childhood by a sufi
peer named Salman Yusuf, who nurtured
Saigal’s voice with vigorous riaz.. ... .. ....more
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An actress of great
calibre
Sudhir Mishra's last film Khoya
Khoya Chand, in which he tried to re-create the
Golden era of Bollywood, received good reviews
for its style and realistic feel. Close on the
heels of his next film "Tera Kya Hoga
Johnny", Sudhir Mishra in a candid chat with
Sami JanSo, what do you have to say about the way
Khoya Khoya Chand was received?
Well, I'm glad that people loved the film for
which I had put in so much of research. It's
about being creative, it's about the various
problems, it's about sexual politics, it's about
being young and ambitious and it's about making
mistakes. We finally managed to re-create the
Golden era of Bollywood in such a convincing
style. I believe the credit for the films success
goes to all the people associated with it.
A lot of critics were of the opinion that the
film could have done better with a different star
cast.
I won't agree with that fact. I think Shiney and
Soha perfectly fitted the bill and their
performance has surely been one of the high
points of the film.
Why is it that you make films after such long
gaps? I mean your last film Hazaron Khawaishen
and Khoya Khoya had a long gap in between?
Well, I believe as a filmmaker I have to feel for
the subject before I start working on it. It took
me time to decide on my subject after Hazaron
Khawaishen and once Khoya Khoya came my way it
all just got started.
The movie was earlier titled Bahut Nikle Mere
Armaan. What made you change the title to Khoya
Khoya Chand? . . ......more
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Improving Public
Transport
A fortnight ago we had presented
before our readers the problem of public
transport in the city. The citizens have shared
their opinion about the status of public
transport. As the city has expanded beyond
imagination the problems of people have increased
due to poor status of public transport. In this
regard. It will be of interest to share with you
the opinion and aspiration of the citizens about
the public transport in the city.
Rajan Sharma of Greater Kailash is not satisfied
with the availability of public transport for
places like Greater Kailash. According to him,
Greater Kailash inhabits about twenty five
thousand people but for such a large area there
is no dedicated public transport available.
Matadors do not ply nor do any buses. The
transport authorities should soon do something in
this matter, he avers.
Sunita Mahajan a house wife is highly critical of
the autorikshaws in the city. She raises a
pertinent question that why the autorickshaws do
not charge as per meter. ‘‘Why are the
meters dead ? The administration,’’ she
opines, ‘‘is silent on the
issue’’. She expresses her
dissatisfaction with the autorikshaws.
‘‘They not only charge a hefty rate but
bully passengers. They should be more polite to
passengers,’’ she hopes.
Rajeshwar Gupta also express same sentiments.
According to him Autorikshaws take the passenger
for a ride. They charge more and agree to move
only as per their sweet will. He wants to have
dedicated autostand space alloted in every
locality. He also hopes that late night
Autorickshaws are a must. He hopes that the
authorities will ‘ .. ........more
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Treating
Prostate through Ayurveda
Dr. Shashidhar H.
Doddamani
 Ayurveda viewed
aging as graceful phase of life.
The human life span has been
divided in three phases like
Balya (young) Madhyam (middle)
and Vrudda (old), here old age
considered as 3rd phase of life.
Ayurveda considered old age as
Natural (Swabhavik) disease one
cannot escape from this phase but
old age related diseases are very
well managed through Ayurveda
along with healthy aging. In this
regard Ayurveda devotes special
branch called "Jarachikitsa
(Geriatrics)
Number of different diseases in
old age makes the life more
painful. Benign Prostatic
Hyperplasia (BPH) is one of them
in old aged men.
BPH is common part of aging as
grey hairs in old age. Men who
lead a western life style have a
much higher incidence of
symptomatic BPH then men who lead
a traditional or rural life
style.
Incidence: Incidence of BPH
increases with age, evidence of
BPH is present over 50% of men by
age of 60 years and 90% by age of
70 years and above. In Jammu and
Kashmir State also high incidence
of BPH is seen. Men over above
50-60 years are having high
incidence of I and II grade BPH.
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia BPH:
The prostate is a small, walnut
size male gland weighing about
average 20 gms in male adults
which sits below the urinary
bladder and opens into the
urethra and secrets an fluid that
makes the part of semen... ......more
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Be your own
financial Planner
Neha Aggarwal
Imagine a situation after 15-20
years, when you need some money for your medical
expenses, your child's education, or for some
retirement requirements, and you won't be able to
fulfill that just because you did not considered
your Financial Planning important around 15-20
years back……. That means, you are still
not too late. You have enough time even now to
plan for and meet your future requirements.
Financial Planning implies Identifying your
future needs for money, Converting these needs
into approximate numbers and then planning for
your savings and investments to meet those future
needs. Proper Financial Planning will also help
you to beat the effects of Inflation apart from
achieving your pre specified financial goals.
All these parameters (except Options available)
have to be thought about in detail because these
will be the first things that even Professional
Financial Planners will be interested in. That
means, if these things are clear, half the job of
a financial planner is done.
The most important part in anybody's financial
Planning consists of Insurance. Since each one of
us, during our lives are faced with numerous
risks - failing health, financial losses,
accidents and even fatalities, our instinct
drives us to cover ourselves against those risks.
Though an insurance cover can't protect you
against the emotional losses arising out of these
risks, it softens the economic crisis that
usually accompanies these losses. Insurance is a
kind of FORCED SAVING that also helps in
investment and retirement planning along with . . ..........more
Philosophy of
Success
Acharya Mahaprajna
The practice of Prekshadhyana is a
means to understand that truth, which is beyond
articulation, reasoning and thinking. After its
long practice in different camps, participants
are trained as teachers to propagate the practice
of Prekshadhyana to the general masses.
The question arises, "Why is sadhana
required in life?" It is so because
everybody wants to become successful in life.
Nobody wants to lead an unsuccessful or
meaningless life. The biggest philosophy of
sucess is to practise the state of awarness.
Those who are aware are successful, whereas those
who remain infatuated, are always unsuccessful in
life.
A man thought of leaving his town to get rid of
his poverty, which was responsible for failures
in his life. After deep meditation, he realised
that by going to a new place, his poverty or
inclination would not change. So he dropped his
plan of leaving the town.
Successful people sare always guided by their
awareness and they never get infatuated with
life. An infatuated person is not able to assess
a situation correctly, so he fails to take
appropriate timely decision, thereby failing
miserably at every step in his life. In the wake
of deep infatuation, his descretionary
consciousness and intellect become so clouded
that he cannot take proper decisions in life. His
third eye remains shut because of the dense
layers of illusions and ignorance. The philosophy
for a successful life is practice of awareness. ......more
Yoga in
modern life
Ishwar Singh
Jasrotia
In the changing
scenario of modern world and the life
style manifested with various
complications of disease, since we have
been deviating from physical exertion,
the importance of yoga by its regular
exercise has become the essential and
utmost part of our life. It is the
advantageous and desirable way to get
relief from mental worries, physical
disturbance and disease and attainment of
divinity and spirituality. The
personality of human being is manifested
by the physical fitness and sound mind
and other characteristics of life but
complexities of life, the prevailing
circumstances and environment have
complicated the whole life. The purpose
of yoga is to create the awareness and to
separate the negative from the positive-
negative to be rejected and positive to
be adopted.
The word yoga is derived from the
Sanskrit root ‘‘yuj’’
which means joining or union the main
purpose of practicing yoga is to reunite
the individual self (Jiva) with the
absolute or pure consciousness (Brahma).
According to Maharishi Patanjali,
‘‘Father of yoga’’,
‘‘Yogas chit vriti
Norodha’’ means yoga is the
inhabitation of the modification of mind.
Asthang Yog is treated as most effective
and practical aspect of yogic practice
consists with eight steps i.e.. .. .
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Living
living
Miss Kiran Kanchan
 No two individuals
are exactly alike. There are individual
differences in intelligence. Man is a
social animal and his way of living and
dealing with his fellow person’s is
influenced by the society. Man is in a
position to differentiate between the
good and bad. Intelligence is the ability
to discuss the qualities and find out the
relevant relation of objects or ideas
that are present before us. It is the
capacity for constructive thinking
directed to the attainment of some end.
We all are living in a society and are
having a very special position in it. Man
should have the capacity of making
controlled association. Controlled
association requires the capacity of
relational and constructive thinking
directed to the attainment of some end.
We should consider ourself the most
precious being and should try to polish
our intellect with the oil of hard work.
Our country is in the need of intelligent
men and women’s for increasing its
growth rate and for achieving prosperity.
In intelligence man tries to analyse the
situation and then he tries to come out
with some concrete solutions. The more
readily one is able to come out with some
fruitful result, the more intelligent he
is. Today we are living in a world of
science and technology and our way of
living has changed. In these changing
conditions .........
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