Horoscope

Bravo Jammu

Jammu only multi cultured city in country and world.
In spite of number of invasions on the culture city
has maintained.
Identity and repelled the invaders.
Culture of Jammu is deeper than sea.
All the invaders has been dealt calmly and repelled.
Number of turmoil or confusions has been absorbed smilingly.
Message of the Jammu culture has started spreading loudly.
Not only in our country but abroad also.
Jammu has started gaining its respect in leaps and bound.
Whosoever came mixed with the people and culture.
None could impose their culture on people and city.
Those who came adopted the culture of Jammu city
and people
And they went back by adding some good in their personality.
Jammu a city it has welcomed every guest with open arms.
Jammu city has remained pollution free of the dirty politics.
It is all because of the blessings from the Vaishno Devi Shrine.
Invasion from the neighboring cities and country
Could not break the well knitted thread among Jammu people.
People from all country and abroad throng to have glimpses,
Of Mata aboard in Trikuta hills.
Migrants has been absorbed with out any hue and cry.
People got mix up with each other and sharing good points among themselves.
Now the example of Jammu city is spreading in country and abroad
Other cities are envoy of Jammu and some envy.
People are raising their heads with proud.
Bravo Jammu Bravo Jammu.

S. P. Gandotra,
Trikuta Nagar.

Life

Life is a colourful gift
It has to go to
The white heat of furnace
To become porcelain
It is a rainbow
One of the most
Beautiful sights in nature
Reflection of Sun rays
Mixture of primary with Tertiary colours
Red, Orange, Yellow, Green
Blue, Indigo and Violet,
A sense of purpose may be seen
As stars reflected in waters
Their weaving can be seen
Shining up in the sky
It also contains
Shades of words
Torches and fragrances
Colours are digital
Worlds life have different fonts
Colour contains pictures
Torches contains recognitions
Fragrances contains invitations.
In this cool breeze
To let dew drops in our hearts
Always brimful to stand and see
Light on the other side of Tunnel
A precipice of hope.

Dr. Kirat Singh

Do it

You can do it,
What you think you can't do.
But still you can do it.
You can fulfill your aim,
You can also get fame.
You can make the bright,
Your good name.
You can also fly,
Even you can go high
But what you need,
Is only a little try.
You are a human being,
So live like a king
You will get everything,
Without any magic ring
You can shine like the sun,
Without using any gun.
To enjoy your life,
You can have fun.
You can get success,
You can achieve goal
But you need only
A very strong soil.
To start any work,
You should have interest,
To get the good results,
You should do your best.
You should thank God,
For everything you have,
Because it is the God,
Who makes you glad?

Gurvinder Kour Raina
(Mussa Chak) R S Pura

My love for you

My love for you is deep and true
No matter what you do
I'll always be there for you
No matter where you go
I'll always be there beside you
Till the day I die
My love will always stay true to you!

Tsewang Nubu (Sabu)
Ladakh

To My friend

Let each flower that blossom
Blossoms for you
Let each star that shines
Shine for you
Let every drop of rain
Rains for you
Let each heart that pumps
Dies for you
Let each one you love
Be your friend.

Ankush Singh Chandail

Dear contestants, before proceeding further here is our message. Write a paragraph not more than one hundred words on the topic "J&K’s ouster in the Santosh Trophy Football tournament". Send your answers to Quiz No 646 at our below given address

QUESTIONS FOR THE WEEK:

1.How many runs Gautam Gambhir scored against Bangladesh in the ongoing tri-series being played in Bangladesh?

2.Name the four semifinalist teams of 62nd edition of Santosh Trophy Football tournament?

3.By what margin Turkey defeated hosts Switzerland in a league match in the ongoing Euro Cup football Championship?

4.What is the full form of NSW?

5.To whom Rafael Nadal of Spain defeated to clinch French Open title for the fourth consecutive time?

6.Who won the recently concluded All India Open International Rating Chess Championship held at Nand Palace, Udhampur?

7.Tennis legend Jim Courier belongs to which country?

8.Which Australian cricketer had recently announced his retirement from international cricket?

Answers to Quiz No 645

1.2 wickets

2.Yousuf Pathan

3.3-1

4 World Anti Doping Agency

5.2-1

6.Pakistan

7.Herb Elliot

8.12

Do You Know?

1.India get its first gold medal in tennis in the 1994 Asian Games.

2.The oldest existing polo club in the world is located at Kolkata.

3.Roger Banister was the first man to run a mile in under four minutes.

4.Archery was first included in the Olympic Games in 1900.

5.The first radio commentary or a test match was broadcasted in 1930.

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MUKESH KUMAR, VIA e-mail
Q: Bill Gates has said that if you are born poor, it is not your fault, but if you die poor, it is your fault. Do you fully agree with him?
A: I don’t fully subscribe to the statement of Bill Gates. Because along with hard work with dedication and determination, the element of “luck” is also needed to excel in life,which al poor people don’t possess. A coolie remains a coolie throughout his life and dies as such. You should always bear in mind that if you are destined to achieve something big, you will become one and if you are not destined to achieve any milestone in life, though born in a rich family, you may end up in shambles.
UMESH PADHA, TALAB TILLO
Q: Why do we feel great satisfaction when we unlock our creativity?
A: Creating something with perfection and then unfolding your creation with others really gives immense pleasure and satisfaction to atleast the person whose creation gets unlocked.
YOGESHWAR SHARMA, VIA e-mail
Q: Is there any need of friendship during teen-age?
A: Friendship can occur in any stage of life may be even in a very younger age. So I don’t find that parameters should be fixed regarding age or sex for friendship, which I am of the view, that it is a love without wings.
DHEERAJ DEUNIA, VIA e-mail
Q: Why do people make use of others?
A: Not all but a few wicked persons are there in the society, who make use of others to get their own axe grinded at the cost of exertion of others. All should bear in mind that they would never get provoked at biddings of others, so that their personal identity remains intact in all the times.
SANDEEP KUMAR, JAMMU
Q: Despite tall claims, our Jammu and Kashmir Government has no policy for employment of educated youth. Your comment?
A: Who says that Jammu and Kashmir Government has no plan for educated unemployed youth? The J&K Government has a vast plan of employing REHBARS, the messiahs, in all the Government departments, but by making mockery of their qualification and extra-ordinary achievements in their respective fields. When an unskilled labourer gets atleast Rs 120 to Rs 140 per day, our Government provides an educated unemployed youth on a paltry sum of Rs 50 per day and then proclaims that it has provided jobs to so many thousands of youth, which system is un-heard of any where in India and abroad.
SURESH GUPTA, VIA e-mail
Q: Making moral education compulsory can eradicate many evils from the society. Your comment?
A: In the era of so-called English medium schools, the element of moral education has been diminishing with every passing day, while missionary schools lay stress on a very specific religion. The moral education, if I am correct, should start from the homes, when the young ones try to learn each and every thing by making queries from the parents especially their mothers. The educational institutions do owe a moral responsibility to teach moral education, but the element of moral education seems to be missing as far as private schools are concerned and in Government run schools the moral education has remained limited to prayers only.
PURSHOTAM, CHANDIGARH
Q: I am PG in Science and posses good fluency in English and Hindi. I want to become AIR Cricket commentator. Please tell me what should I have to do next?
A: First of all you are required to pass audition as an announcer in any station of All India Radio. If get selected, there would be many doors getting opened up for you,. but you should bear in mind that no magic wand make you that over-night. Patience and hard work could become handy for you to achieve your cherished desire.
FAIZAN TRAMBOO, NEW DELHI
Q: Those who fail to read history are destined to suffer the repetition of mistakes. Comment?
A: Your point of view is very much correct, because those who don’t read or understand history, are bound to suffer because the history repeats itself and exposes all those who wanted to create history through odd means but during their efforts they got exposed in the public.
SAKSHI RAINA, VIA e-mail
Q: In Shrimat Bhagwat Gita it has been given that ‘Bhagwan’ will take a new Avtar somewhere in Bihar. Do you think, this will happen?
A: As far as my knowledge goes, I have not read anywhere that the God would take ‘Avtar’ in Bihar. The present era is Mechanical Era (Kalyug) and advancement in this field so far have been enormous including nuclear weapons, which have enough of power to destroy the entire world and supposedly if nuke war erupts, what would Bhagwan do even after talking Avtar, when there would be no life on the planet Earth. You should remain content that the God Almighty lives everywhere including in our soul and act accordingly.
SUNNY THUSOO, VIA e-mail
Q: A life spent with some one for a life-time may be meaningless, but a few moments spent with some one whom you really miss means more than life itself. Please comment?
A: One moment is enough to live a life with some one special, provided that moment is enlivened in a decent manner which may leave a lasting impact on your life for ever. That way your assertion is very much true.
GOPAL VISHIST, VIA e-mail
Q: Today every parents want their child to become a doctor, engineer or MBA, but none allows them to join politics. If this be the condition, then people have no right to criticize the politicians of the country. Comment?
A: The politics is not a profession but a zeal to serve the people from core of the heart. And I am of the belief that only such people join politics whose bread and butter are secured through their family business because “Bhookhe Bhajan Naa Hoye Gopala”. As far as criticism of politicians is concerned, only such politicians are criticized, whose behaviour remains under clouds through their actions etc.
MUHAMMAD ASHRAF, VIA e-mail
Q: What are your predictions about the forthcoming elections in Jammu and Kashmir?
A: None can predict about the happenings in the future. This is only the guess work of a few zealots who claim to have powers to predict anything. The real power at the battle of hustings has been vested with electorates who hold the key to the issue.
SAGAR KOUL, VIKAS LANE
Q: The youth in India are dead and have been so for the past over 10 centuries, because had not been the case so, India would not have remained as slave by the foreigners. While at the same time these are the same youth who come out voluntarily to fight against religion, may be any community. Comment?
A: The youth of India had never been on their feet, be it era of slavery or the era at present. The youth at present want a secured job instead of finding a job vista for themselves in some other sphere. It is a general notion that each and every parent wants his ward to become a doctor, engineer etc but none wants their child to become a motor mechanic or any other job which could lead to their means of sustenance in the long run. The youths are same but their exploiters are also there to mislead them on the name of religion or for that that matter the community related issues.
RAJU BHASIN, NOWSHERA
Q: Why the modern leaders are misleading the innocent people?
A: The leaders of all the times have always been exploiting the innocent people on one pretext or the other barring a few leaders like Lal Bahadur Shastri. The fault also lies with the innocent people as to why they allow themselves to be exploited, when they have the power of ballot to elect the person of their choice.

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QUESTION FOR YOU: What do you about Boston Tea Party?

1. To all from Deepak Singh: ‘‘ Knowledge of what is possible, is the beginning of happiness".

2. From S K Gupta to all: ‘‘ Confidence comes naturally with success, but success comes to those who are confident".

3. To all from Rishab Raina: ‘‘ Be strong to accept the challenges of life. Dont say to God why me? Instead say "try me" that’s the spirit of life".

4. From Shyam Lal Mehra to all: ‘‘ You are not obligated to win. You are obligated to keep trying to do the best you can do everyday".

5. To all from Rahul Sharma: ‘‘ The good ended happily and the bad unhappily.That is what fiction means ’’.

6. From Sunil Bhat to all: ‘‘ Many a well educated man fails in the practical affairs of life, while many a man of limited knowledge achieves an outstanding success".

7. To all from Sanjay Dhar: ‘‘ The life does not lie in holding the triumph cards. It lies when you play well with a poor hand".

8. From K K Gupta to all: ‘‘Prosperity is no just scale, adversity is the only balance to weigh friends ’’.

9. To all from Nadeem Shah: ‘‘It is not miserable to be blind, but it is miserable to be incapable of enduring blindness ’’.

10. From Sudhir Kumar Gupta to all:

‘‘Someone who thinks logically is a nice contrast, in the real world".

11. From Muneesha Kumari to all: ‘‘ It is not somebody’s fault that he is born poor, but it is his own fault if he does not work and earn".

12. To all from Rohini Kumar Gupta: "Man knows how to cry from birth but laughter takes some learning".

13. From Raman Gupta to all: ‘‘ Don’t ever think that success comes to intelligent people, but it is about what you do with your intelligence present within yourself".

BEST MESSAGE

The award of rupees 100 for this week’s best message has gone to SAHIL BHAT, MANDLEK NAGAR, PALOURA, JAMMU for message to all: ‘‘ God had made man, man had made money, money had made man ‘mad’. Congrats.You have to collect the prize money from the EXCELSIOR office within week’s time.

Haresh Singh