Budhal - Hill Station of
Rajouri
K D Maini
Proper Budhal is a small town
containing about 100 shops, Police Station and
about 300 houses. It is situated on the mound
near Gabbar Nallah in between 33 degree 23 mnts
latitude and 74 degree 41 mnts longitude. The
town falls on the Southern range of Peer Panchal
which is connected with motorable road with
Rajouri. Another road from Budhal to connect Gool
Gulabgarh is also under construction. This
beautiful spot is existing on enroute to Budhal
pass or Sedhu pass which leads towards the valley
while the Sedhu pass is about 24 kms from Shopian
(Kashmir) and 25 kms from Budhal town.
Budhal is a beautiful valley located in between
the main Peer-Panchal Range of mountains. The
geography of the area is comprised of snow capped
attractive peaks, thick forests, gushing streams,
crystal clear lakes, meadows and pastures. No
doubt that the area could not be developed
properly and no tourism activity is available,
but keeping in view the natural scenic beauty,
this area easily be compared with the terrain of
valley and can be developed for tourism purposes
by constructing huts/touist sarais at Koteranka.
By this way, the condition of the people can also
be improved.
Proper Budhal is a small town containing about
100 shops, Police Station and about 300 houses.
It is situated on the mound near Gabbar Nallah in
between 33 degree 23 mnts latitude and 74 degree
41 mnts longitude. The town falls on the Southern
range of Peer . . .. .
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Home, the
castle
Anju Munshi
 In
today's fast -paced life, the home is
turning to be the most relaxing space. To
create a cosy atmosphere around the
house, the market offers a variety of
accessories, finds Anju Munshi
A few quick questions
Are you in love with your house? Or is it
just a night- stand after a hard day's
work when you shove your clothes and
briefcase in the closet, wake up next
morning to hurriedly tidy up the place
and hide the most unflattering things -
old newspapers and shoes, dirty clothes
and kids' toys by slamming them in ?
If it is the latter, you need to do some
introspection for, experts today feel
that the home is not just four walls and
you, but a therapy centre too. You need
time for retreat and your home is
potentially your best shot. Think about
what you can do to make your house,
apartment or room more comfortable and
then spend extra time there to recharge
your batteries.
With many lifestyle programmes in the
electronic media filming celeb homes and
showing their designing skills or
displaying how the professional interior
designers do wizardly things the
'tell-it-like-it-is' storyline attracts
viewers greatly. Look, the TV screens
goads, how a dull dilapidated study has
been transformed into a plush room!
It does plague one with an
'interior-anxiety', so to say, for you
sure don't want to lag behind in this
house-beautiful era.
A good point to keep in mind is that
ostentation, ornate interiors and
opulence are on their way out.
Relaxation, convenience, and comfort are
the buzz words today and if these three
combine to create beauty and style then
you have mastered the art of home decor.... .. ....more
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Medicos in Hindi
movies
A C Tuli
The story of this film has a close
resemblance to the story of the film
‘‘Dil Apna Aur Preet
Parayee’’ (1961) in which Rajkumar was
the director, Meena Kumari his nurse, and the
domineering Nadira the woman whom the doctor had
to marry. But there is a huge difference between
the two films. Whereas the Kishore Sahu-directed
‘‘Dil Apna Preet Parayee’’
dealt with the medical profession in an
elementary manner, in the Honey Irani-scripted-
‘Armaan’ the medical profession is
presented in a far more sophisticated and
knowledgeable way.
In real life, a doctor is perhaps never so blunt
and categorical in telling his patient, who is
suffering from a terminal illness, as to how long
he is going to live. But in real life a doctor
can afford to be brutally matter of fact while
dealing with his patients. In Zeher Emran Hashmi
takes the young girl he is madly in love with to
a doctor for medical check-up. The doctor, who
has already conducted some tests on her, tells
her that she is pregnant.
The girl is obviously thrilled by this good news.
But in the very next breath the doctor also tells
her that she is suffering from cancer. The girl,
of course, is very nearly paralyzed with shock on
hearing this. With tears in her eyes, she asks
the doctor how long can she expect to live. The
doctor, like an oracle, then predicts that she
has not more than three months to live. Perhaps a
real-life doctor would not make . . ......more
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Adieu Indian
Hockey!
Krishna Mohan
In a matter of just a few days the
headline writers in the country have exhibited a
full range of emotions. The victory in the
triangular one-day cricket international series
in Australia sent them into ecstasy with some
gloating headlines raising visions of a
'resurgent' youthful Indian cricket team becoming
number one in the world! Even before this
euphoria had died down came the abysmal news of
the defeat of the Indian hockey by Great Britain
in Olympic qualifying round matches in far way
Chile. The defeat eliminated India from
participating in the hockey event at the Beijing
Olympics. It was an unprecedented humiliation for
Indian hockey.
The defeat was unanimously described as
'shameful', which would perhaps erroneously lead
some to believe that the Indian hockey team that
played in the qualifying rounds in Chile was
capable of winning. The 'shameful' chapter had
indeed begun a few days prior to the final
surrender before Britain when the same country
had handed a drubbing to the Indian team. The
fact is that the Indian team that participated in
the Olympic qualifying round matches was ranked
lower than Great Britain.
There was no dearth of head-hunters in India
after the decisive defeat in Chile. The media was
at its carping best and the hockey fans were
dumbfounded. The politicians joined the two in
demanding heads-of the bosses of the long
discredited Indian Hockey Federation,
particularly its chief, aged 'super cop' K.P.S.
Gill. The latter arrogantly refused to step down,
saying "IHF is not a coffee machine that
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Counselling
Institutions needed
H.C. Katoch
One vital aspect has
been ignored in the education
system. Although some
institutions the Private or Army
educational institutions have
engaged psychologists to assist
both the parents and the students
for regular interaction with the
psychologist, yet the Government
has overlooked the need for
positioning the psychologists in
the institutions where the
younger generation has to be
groomed for becoming successful
in their career as well as good
components of the society. Our
present day life is full of
stress because of severe
competition for survival and also
for better living. During this
course some of the students
collapse, while some others drop
out from the study. Some dropout
cases are because of poverty,
while most of the cases are due
to other psychological reasons
unknown to the parents and the
teachers.
The Government tries to enroll
the students for achieving 100%
literacy rate and devises ways
and means to overcome this
situation, but the rate of drop
out continues to be in its place.
Despite the provision of
scholarships to the economically
weaker sections or socially
disadvantaged groups, the drop
out rate continues. Our study of
the rural area on sample basis
has indicated that it is not the
poverty, but other psychological
or social customs or family
rigidity that plays the role for
the dropouts. The reasons for
dropouts have never been appeared
to be studied seriously by the
Government institutions to my
knowledge. Even if studied, the
solution in . . ... ......more
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Story of Struggle
O P Sharma
 Name of book:
Sadra-i-Bazggasht in Urdu
Author : Khawaja Abdul Ghani Goni Nizami
Publisher: Asrartareen-Tareenvila, South City,
Ludhiana
Pages: 120
Haji Abdul Ghani Goni, belonging to
Bhaderwah, played pivotal role in politics and
has left some indelible imprints on social and
political spheres in Jammu and Kashmir. His
memories, thoughts and some deeds still live in
hearts of many of his colleagues, large circle of
friends and even the common people fondly
remember him.
Mr Goni held some very important political
positions as Cabinet Minister, MLA and also as
Speaker of legislative Assembly during crucial
period of 1975 when the Indira-Sheikh Accord was
implemented. Mr Goni was also one of the
architect of this historical agreement.
This youth, who graduated from Prince of Wales
College in 1942 ( called now Govt Gandhi Memorial
College, Jammu), did LL.B from Banaras Hindu
University in the year 1984. He did qualify KCS
(Judicial) in 1948 but did not join the service
as the fate had something else in store for him
with some crucial role to play.
Tough Journey
The author has vividly sketched in merely 120
pages the glimpses of his life and contribution
to the society in Jammu and Kashmir. Berefit of
details the main activities and achievements have
been given in the book in an interesting and
informative story-telling style.
One feature is that bare facts have been detailed
in a straight-forward mannger without attempts at
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Don’t worry
Relax and Enjoy
Dr T K Munshi
A renowned Indian spiritual teacher,
Mehar Baba (1894-1969) often used the expression
“Don’t worry be happy” with his
followers. After 20 years of Baba’s death
singer Bobby McFerrin won a Grammy for his song
based on this simple quote. Who wouldn’t
want to live a more relaxed worry-free life?
In our busy world it’s not unusual to feel
worried from time to time. However, too much
worrying can lead to daily anxiety,
sleeplessness, fatigue, headaches and feelings of
dread. Worry clouds vision, deflates the spirit,
plagues the emotional body, ages us with furrowed
brows, graying hair and stooped shoulders.
What are you worrying about?
Did you ever know that more than 95% of the
things we worry about never actually happen? Some
people spend a good part of their life worrying
about all the things that could go wrong. This is
called “What if ’’ thinking when
you engage in this type of thinking
(‘‘What if I never find a good
job?” “What if I never met someone and
opened my life alone?” Your body generates
adrenalin, which increases the amount of anxiety
you feel.
A healthier approach is to remind yourself that
most often the things you worry about will never
occur. In order to live your life fully and
creatively, you must accept that there will be
inevitable risks.
How much control do you have?
There are two types of situations in life: Those
that you can change and those that you cannot.
Worrying about what you cannot change wastes
valuable energy you could be using to move your
life in a more positive direction for those
situations you can change, try taking a more
active role in resolving them. Once we go forward
and face our fears head on, our self-esteem
skyrockets and our worries and anxieties
diminish.
Worry springs from taking life too seriously. Are
we being irresponsible if we don’t worry?
To worry about friends/family doesn’t help
them all. We’re not taking care of them by
worrying only projecting fear towards . ......more
Process of
Self-Purification
Acharya Mahaprajna
 What
is self-purification and what are its
principles? The spiritual practitioners
and self-realized souls made many
important discoveries in this sphere and
fortunately these were preserved and are
available to us today.
The first step is Kayotsarga. Kayotsarga
means- total relaxation of the body.
Through it, old habits are changed,
refined.
The sadhak resolutely says to himself:
" I practice Kayotsarga to purify or
sublimate an undesirable habit or
disposition to undertake penance, to
cleanse and purify the heart, to heal up
the wound inflicted by addiction to
remove the thorn thereof and to
annihilate the sinful atoms of attachment
and illusion, and of karma, which on
account of bad habits, permeate the body
and mind from all sides".
Kayotsarga ('Self-awareness of
relaxation') removes all ills, purifies
character. He who does not know the
technique of kayotsarga cannot change his
nature.
The specialists of self-hypnotism have
enumerated four canons. The first canon
is: " auto-relaxation". It
means self-relaxation. It is the very
process of kayotsarga. Without the
technique of kayotsarga the process of
changing one's habit is not completed.
Whether it is the matter of changing
one's disposition or curing a disease,
the first essential step is kayotsarga.
The second axiom of changing one's
disposition is - "self
analysis"- anupreksha. We must
analyze the habit, the disposition that
we want to change. One has to practise
anupreksha-self-observation and
self-analysis. Self- analysis is the
second rule of hypnotism. The second rule
of the technique of kayotsarga
is-anupreksha. Both run parallel to each
other. If I want to get rid of anger, I
must do some self-analysis as to why
anger is bad. Why do I want to get rid of
it? If there is nothing wrong with it,
the question of abandoning anger does not
arise. Is anger bad? I must reflect upon
it. I must dissect it, practice
anupreksha, go deep into it, and reach a
state of perceptual judgement and
reflective analysis. The second victim of
anger is the heart. The moment a man is
assailed by wrath, the heartbeat
registers a sudden increase. The heart
palpitates ...
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Open and
distance Learning
Sadaket Malik
 The open and
distance learning has not only provided
assess to information to the needy areas,
but has enriched the life of millions of
rural poor inhibiting in developing
countries of Asia.
The phenomenal growth of distance and
open learning systems all over the world
has drastically changed the educational
scenario everywhere today. The
conventional notions about
teaching-learning are being replaced very
fast by new ideas and strategies, thanks
to the revolutionary changes continuously
taking place in the media and
communication. Since the concept of
education as investment is also steadily
gaining ground, even the poorest
countries are slowly turning their
attention to the educational needs of
their respective populations in order to
survive and develop. Distance education
has been viewed by many as a viable
strategy to achieve the national
educational goals quickly and at low
costs. The subsidied education at the
poor steps of student has by and large
bridged the gap between rural and urban,
conventional and non conventional
university system.
At present, there are 1300 distance and
open learning institutions of different
types and sizes located in 127 countries.
The number of distance learners is
approximately 90 million at the higher
education level. It was expected to reach
90 million by 2000 AD and 120 million by
2025 AD (Dhanarajan 1996), but the
available data pertains mostly to
institutions funded and/or recognized by
the Governments and the public bodies.
In India alone as per the latest data
available in 2001, there are about 70
distance teaching units called
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