Horoscope

Secret of an Eye

From the starting edge to the end point of my eye,
From the white ocean to the black darkness of my eye,
From the big eyelashes to the closed cap of my eye,
There is something which I can feel and
Something flows out of my eye.
This something, sometimes
I want to make dry.
And its the secret of my eye.

Amit Kour

My Family

I love my dadi,
Because she calls me Jasmine flower
I love my dadu,
Because he calls me little baby.
I love my papa,
Because he calls me jasu.
I love my mamma,
Because she calls Jasmine.
I love my didi,
Because she calls me butterfly.
I love my chachu,
Because he calls me tiny,
I love my chachi
Because she calls me barbie dol.
I love my family
Because they love me,
A lot.

Jasmine Kour Sasan
Presentation Convent School,
G. N. Gagar, Jammu.

Treasure Trove

Land is base that grows and yields
Land is the bed of corn and cereals
Land is the chain of plain and fields
Land is the treasure trove that conceals
The immense of wealth in its deep
Brooks and rivers herbs and the trees
Sand and sleep uphold and keep
The unseen stores of the honey bee
The precious metals beneath thy chest
The fossils, the gases in her hold
Hidden treasure troves of the earthern nest
And serves the purpose from ages old
The friend and pattern of the surviving race
Of bread and butter and a resting place.

Mohammad Akhtar Dev,
Seripura,Gool

Fashion of today

The life is fast,
The social value are lost
The favoritism is prevailing
The justice is failing
The patience is decreasing
The anger is increasing
The women are raising
The gents are praising
The youth is gaining
The old is losing
The shrewd is received,
The polite is deceived
The ganerous is neglected
The clever is selected
The cruel is respected,
The honest is dejected
Simplicity is deluded
And truth is eluded
An approach is preferred,
But blackness is deferred,
The lazy surpasses,
While the industrious lapses
The simple is suspected
Where rude is respected
Lust is loose,
While love is loyal.
Conscious is guilty,
But belief is a show
Critics are common.
Character is a curse
The vice is repeated,
While virtue is defeated
Always welcome to notorious
But the tactful is victorious
We should pray to 'God'
Only be can snub the fraud.
-

Vidya Rattan Sharma

Unfailing Love

Love is ever lasting
What a comfort to know
When life's obstacles turn against you
And your feeling down and low...
Loves kindness will surround you
Always waiting with open arms
To give you strength
And cheer you with its charms....
Love is standing there beside you
Reaching for your hand
Waiting to hear your troubles
Always eager to understand.

ReeSun, Kathua

Dear contestants, before proceeding further here is our message. Write a paragraph not more than one hundred words on the topic “Indian hockey team’s failure to qualify for Beijing Olympics for the first time”. Send your answers to Quiz No 634 at our below given address
QUESTIONS FOR THE WEEK:
1.By what margin Great Britain beat India in the final to crush their hopes to qualify for Olympics?
2.How many Test matches South Africa will play in India?
3.What is the full form of JKFA?
4.In which country were the 1992 Olympic Games were held?
5.The term “Birdie” is associated with which game?
6.Tennis legend Stefan Edberg belongs to which country?
7.Which cricketer is often referred to by his nick-name “Haryana Hurricane?
8.Who scored the first triple century in Indian Cricket?
Answers to Quiz No 633
1.9 runs
2.91
3.Jammu and Kashmir Billiards and Snooker Association.
4 South Africa
5.Lawn Tennis
6.USA
7.29
8.Uruguay
Do You Know?
1. China first participated in the Tehran Asian Games in 1974.
2. Stephie D’ Souza was the first Indian woman to win an Asian Games gold medal.
3. Dilip Bose was the first Indian to be selected at Wimbledon.
4. The game of Snooker was originated in 1875 in India.
5. Qusaim Feroze was the first Asian to qualify for the Candidates’ round in World Chess.
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ROHINI K GUPTA, REHARI
Q: Every child comes with a message that God is not yet discouraged. Please comment?
A: Your perception holds enough of weight, because every new-born bring with him or her a new fortune for him or herself as also the family members concerned, which speaks volumes that God is still great and prevails upon all the worldly happenings.
PAARAS KOTWAL, PUNEJA
Q: My uncle says that poverty is not a major problem in our State as compared to other states, but unemployment is a big problem in Jammu and Kashmir. Is it true?
A: The observation of your uncle is very much true, because unemployment is one biggest problem that is haunting the State taking into consideration the prevailing unrest amongst the educated unemployed youth.
ASHRAF KATOCH, PARISTAN
Q: If you want to be happy, first of all decide to remain happy. How far this is correct?
A: Happiness is something which emerges from our inner-self. To attain happiness one is required to change his or her mindset and start thinking positively, because if one wants to live happily, there is no place for pessimism.
SHEIKH SAQIB, BHADERWAH
Q: The atmosphere gets sur-charged when examination days approach in the months of March and April. How should a student prepare himself to face these exam phobia, and how should a student prepare himself to face this exam phobia with a calm posture and emerge victorious?
A: The answer to your question is very simple. A student should remain a student and do all the activities which are required from the student. It would be the concentration level of any candidate which would decide his or her future. Hence a student must remain a student.
BALBIR KUMAR, SHIV NAGAR
Q: A game is said to have perfect information, if at each stage of the play, every player is aware of all past moves by himself and others as well as all future choices that are allowed. Please comment?
A: Your question revolves around the game of chess, where before making a move the concerned player is required to see the mind-set of his opponent and accordingly play his or her game. It is generally said that those who play good chess turn out to be good politicians.
SAHIL BHAT, PALOURA
Q: Quality is preferred to quantity in the field of education. Is not the present Government bent upon upgradation and opening up of more and more institutions without looking for quality education?
A: For obvious reasons the State Government has come out with a plan of opening up more and more educational institutions least caring about providing qualitative education. Upgradation of schools no doubt is a welcome step, but without infrastructure and the required teaching staff, the exercise of the Government seems to be something else that doing something better towards imparting quality education to the students.
WANI SHAKEEL, ALINBASS
Q: Life is a tragedy for those who feel but a comedy for those who twinkle. Comment?
A: Life is a span of period wherein every individual is required to enjoy every bit of it, may be tragic moments or for that matter deriving comedy, but as of me each and every moment should be enlivened with full glory of life so that any element of repentance could be warded off.
MANOJ KUMAR, DODA
Q: At the time of declaration of result, maximum students get failed but after re-evaluation they are declared passed, which means that Jammu University was fully responsible for their failure. Same is the case with me. Where should I file a case against Jammu University?
A: Filing a case against such a big institution would not serve any purpose, but at least you should consider yourself lucky enough that you got declared passed. At best you can knock the doors of State Accountability Commission, which has the power to provide justice to all those who stands denied of the same.
SANAA REHMAN, DODA
Q: The world has enough for everyone’s need, but not enough for every ones greed. As per my view point the corruption the root cause of arising out of greed to get more and more money, may be through odd means. Your comment?
A: Not the world but the earth has enough of everything to feed a person living on it but may fail to fulfill the greed of anybody to seeks to grab more than his needs.
SONY, KAMORE
Q: What is the best way to solve problem between two persons, to remain mute spectator or to conversate genuinely?
A: Mediation is the better way to solve any problem between two persons, but the person going for mediation must possess enough of courage to prevail upon the circumstances to reach at a resolve of the problem.
DEEPAK SINGH, JANIPUR
Q: The teacher is known as builder of nation, then why people and even the student don’t pay due respect to their teachers?
A: The reason is very simple. The teachers have also started thinking about materialistic worth, which they could amass merely by indulging in tuition practice. Gone are the days when the Government teachers used to conduct open air classes even during summer vacations in Jammu that too without seeking any pecuniary benefits from the students. I feel pride of having been taught by such teachers, whose main object was to teach.
NARINDER KUMAR, DODA
Q: I want to propose a girl who has migrated to Jammu from Doda and at the same time time I don’t know her where-abouts. What should I do?
A: It would be better advised you to concentrate on your studies rather than indulging in love affairs, because to take such a bold initiative one should be self-sufficient to have means of sustenance and a broader vision to carry on with liabilities coming in the way of life.
DIKSHA KOTWAL, BHADERWAH
Q: Why majority fathers love their daughters and most of mothers like their sons?
A: The answer us very simple. Like poles repel each others and unlike poles attract each other.
TARIQ JAVED, DODA
Q: Why some people especially women are unable to control their tears?
A: Because tears are the weapons, which the female of species put to use, when their spoken words fail them to express their thoughts before all.
CHANKYA, KATHUA
Q: Why despite supremacy of Indian constitution, our politicians are not capable of fulfilling essential characteristics and most of them are involved in anti-social activities to earn ill gotten money?
A: Gone are the days when the people used to join politics with a mission to serve the common people. Now-a-days the criminals have made intrusion in politics so such an extent and no gentle person would like to even think of entering into politics. There may be a few politicians with good moral character, but their number of very less.
J K KAUL, JAMMU
Q: Should the real estate be given the status of industry?
A: Real Estate in itself is a fast grooming industry and people have started giving preference to invest in this sector for faster gains. This sector must be given status of an industry.
SUNJAY DHAR, SARWAL
Q: What is the difference between a.m. and p.m.?
A: The a.m. starts from the mid of night and p.m. begins from noon.

DEAR PATRONS,
The CNC stands for Computerised Numerical Control. Through draw of lot from amongst the correct replies the prize for the week goes to Miss Tarni Mahajan, a 12th class student of Presentation Convent. Congratulations Miss Tarni for once again becoming lucky winner. Keep up your spirits. You are required to pay a visit to the office of Daily Excelsior, Janipur, Jammu, on any working day alongwith your credentials to obtain the prize money in cash.
QUESTION FOR YOU:
What is autocracy?

1. To all from Asha Raina: ‘‘ A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it when you have forgotten the words”.
2. From Gurpartap Singh to all: ‘‘ It is with our passion, as it is with fire and water, they are good servants but bad masters ’’.
3. To all from Veenu Pandit: ‘‘ A respect for time is a great qualification for success”.
4. From K K Gupta all: ‘‘ We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give”.
5. To all from J N Bhat: ‘‘ We should act upon the social reforms because cases like dowry deaths are a cause of worry for the parents of young girls ’’.
6. From Mohnish Digra to all : ‘‘The reason many people fail to recognize opportunities is because it comes disguised as hardwork’’.
7. To all from Abdul Humid: ‘‘ Success is sweet but its secret is sweat, so the path to success is best with a pinch of struggle”.
8. From Raman Gupta to all: ‘‘ Discourage is a kind of retreat where you escape from reality and land yourself in self pity”.
9. To all from Neeraj Gupta: ‘‘ There is no substitute of hard work”.
10. From Gulshan Gupta to all: ‘‘ On the path of success never ignore the common people because you pick great things from small”.
11. From R K Raina to all: ‘‘ Obstacles are those frightful things we see when we take our eyes off our goal ’’.
12. To all from Arun K Gupta: “A good book is the best of friends, the same for today and for ever” .
13. From Subash Magotra to all: ‘‘ Jealousy makes us smaller in the heart of our friends, weaker in eyes of our adversaries and defenseless in the hands of our enemies ’’.
BEST MESSAGE
The award of rupees 100 for this week’s best message has gone to Usha Rani R/o Postal Assistant Rehari Post office JAMMU for message to all: ‘‘ It Is better to bite your tongue than to make a biting remarks”.
Congrats.You have to collect the prize money from the EXCELSIOR office within week’s time.

Haresh Singh