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hindi song database
Believe it or Not! This master database has 19,000 Hindi songs, right from the old Binaca days -circa 1953, to the present, all from Bollywood...
19000 SONGS SUNG BY OVER 40 FAMOUS SINGERS WITH MOVIE VIDEO
All those who love or like listening to Hindi songs will cherish this collection. God bless the beautiful lady who developed and made possible this database on the US H1 Visa work-time !! Thanks to Hillary Clinton too!
Man of the Millennium
Mr.Kalayanasundaram worked as a Librarian for 30 years. Every month in his 30 year experience(service), he donated his entire salary to help the needy. He worked as a server in a hotel to meet his needs. He donated even his pension amount of about ten lakh rupees to the needy.He is the first person in the world to spend the entire earnings for a social cause. In recognition to his service, the American government honoured him with the ‘Man of the Millennium’ award. He received a sum of Rs 30 crores as part of this award which he distributed entirely for the needy as usual.Moved by his passion to help others, Super Star Rajinikanth adopted him as his father. He still stays as a bachelor and dedicated his entire life for serving the society. You can read more about him here.See the attachment also.All our Politicians, Film stars, Business magnets, cricketers Press and we all Indians should be PROUD of Kalayanasundaram. American Government has honored him but we Indians even don't know that such a personality exist amongst us.Atleast have the courtesy to pass this on and on till the whole world comes to know about this Great Good Samaritan.Hat's off Kalayanasundaram.. We Indians are extremely proud of you and proudly say "THIS HAPPENS ONLY IN INDIA"
"The future doesn't happen, It's yours to create"
"The future doesn't happen,
It's yours to create"
As the above quote says, It is in your hands to create a future that not only inspires you but also gives you power, freedom and joy in achieving it. we are conducting a one day workshop REINVENTION for Businessmen & Professionals and students (above 18 years) who aspire a career to Create a brand new future in a way they truly want.
It's yours to create"
As the above quote says, It is in your hands to create a future that not only inspires you but also gives you power, freedom and joy in achieving it. we are conducting a one day workshop REINVENTION for Businessmen & Professionals and students (above 18 years) who aspire a career to Create a brand new future in a way they truly want.
Some time in Life, we need to pause and reflect. When we realize where we are, we can know where we want to go. When we know where we want to go, we focus on what we need to do.
We welcome you to a space to get your own insights in creating a future while our conversation keeps triggering your mind, heart and spirit. Break free from a life that is somewhat happy, somewhat satisfying, and somewhat successful. As the renowned management guru Peter f Drucker says "The best way to predict the future is to create it."
సంక్రాంతి లేదా సంక్రమణము అంటే మారడం అని అర్థం. సూర్యుడు మేషాది ద్వాదశ రాశులందు క్రమంగా పూర్వరాశి నుంచి ఉత్తరరాశిలోకి ప్రవేశించడం సంక్రాంతి. అందుచేత సంవత్సరానికి పన్నెండు సంక్రాంతులు ఉంటాయి. అయినా పుష్యమాసంలో, హేమంత ఋతువులో, శీతగాలులు వీస్తూ మంచు కురిసే కాలంలో సూర్యుడు మకరరాశిలోకి మారగానే వచ్చే మకర సంక్రాంతికి ఎంతో ప్రాముఖ్యం ఉంది. ఇది జనవరి మాసంలో వస్తుంది. మకర సంక్రాంతి రోజున, అంటే జనవరి 15 తేదీన సూర్యుడు ఉత్తరాయణ పథంలో అడుగుపెడతాడు. ఈరోజు నుంచి స్వర్గద్వారాలు తెరచి ఉంటాయని పురాణాలు పేర్కొన్నాయిsun భోగి, మకర సంక్రమణం, కనుమ, - ఈ మూడు రోజులూ పండుగే కనుక, దీన్ని పెద్ద పండుగ అంటారు. నిజానికి ధనుర్మాసారంభంతో నెల రోజులు మూమూలుగానే సంక్రాంతి వాతావరణం చలిచలిగా తెలుగునాట ప్రారంభమవుతుంది. ఆ నెల రోజులు తెలుగు పల్లెలు ఎంత అందంగా, ఆహ్లాదకరంగా అలరారుతూ ఉంటాయో చూసి తీరవలసిందే. బుడబుక్కలవాళ్లు, పగటివేషధారులు, రకరకాల జానపద వినోద కళాకారులు తయారవుతారు. ఈ పండుగకు దాదాపు నెలరోజుల ముందునుంచే - అంటే ధనుర్మాసం ఆరంభం నుండే - ప్రతీ రోజు తమ ఇళ్ళ ముంగిళ్ళను రంగవల్లులు, గొబ్బెమ్మ లతో అలంకరిస్తారు. ముగ్గులు వేయటానికి ప్రత్యేకంగా బియ్యపు పిండిని వాడతారు. కళ్లం నుంచి బళ్ల మీద ధాన్యం బస్తాలు వస్తూ ఉంటాయి. భోగినాడు భోగిమంట విధిగా వేయవలసిందే. ఆ సాయంత్రం పేరంటంలో పిల్లలకు భోగిపళ్లు తప్పవు. ఈ పెద్ద పండుగకు కొత్త అల్లుడు తప్పనిసరిగా అత్తవారింటికి వస్తాడు. మరదళ్ల ఎకసెక్కాలకు ఉడుక్కుంటాడు. కోడి పందాలు, ఎడ్ల బళ్ళ పందాలు జరుగుతాయి. ఇవన్నీ సంక్రాంతి పండు
సంక్రాంతి లేదా సంక్రమణము అంటే మారడం అని అర్థం. సూర్యుడు మేషాది ద్వాదశ రాశులందు క్రమంగా పూర్వరాశి నుంచి ఉత్తరరాశిలోకి ప్రవేశించడం సంక్రాంతి. అందుచేత సంవత్సరానికి పన్నెండు సంక్రాంతులు ఉంటాయి. అయినా పుష్యమాసంలో, హేమంత ఋతువులో, శీతగాలులు వీస్తూ మంచు కురిసే కాలంలో సూర్యుడు మకరరాశిలోకి మారగానే వచ్చే మకర సంక్రాంతికి ఎంతో ప్రాముఖ్యం ఉంది. ఇది జనవరి మాసంలో వస్తుంది. మకర సంక్రాంతి రోజున, అంటే జనవరి 15 తేదీన సూర్యుడు ఉత్తరాయణ పథంలో అడుగుపెడతాడు. ఈరోజు నుంచి స్వర్గద్వారాలు తెరచి ఉంటాయని పురాణాలు పేర్కొన్నాయిsun
భోగి, మకర సంక్రమణం, కనుమ, - ఈ మూడు రోజులూ పండుగే కనుక, దీన్ని పెద్ద పండుగ అంటారు. నిజానికి ధనుర్మాసారంభంతో నెల రోజులు మూమూలుగానే సంక్రాంతి వాతావరణం చలిచలిగా తెలుగునాట ప్రారంభమవుతుంది. ఆ నెల రోజులు తెలుగు పల్లెలు ఎంత అందంగా, ఆహ్లాదకరంగా అలరారుతూ ఉంటాయో చూసి తీరవలసిందే. బుడబుక్కలవాళ్లు, పగటివేషధారులు, రకరకాల జానపద వినోద కళాకారులు తయారవుతారు. ఈ పండుగకు దాదాపు నెలరోజుల ముందునుంచే - అంటే ధనుర్మాసం ఆరంభం నుండే - ప్రతీ రోజు తమ ఇళ్ళ ముంగిళ్ళను రంగవల్లులు, గొబ్బెమ్మ లతో అలంకరిస్తారు. ముగ్గులు వేయటానికి ప్రత్యేకంగా బియ్యపు పిండిని వాడతారు. కళ్లం నుంచి బళ్ల మీద ధాన్యం బస్తాలు వస్తూ ఉంటాయి. భోగినాడు భోగిమంట విధిగా వేయవలసిందే. ఆ సాయంత్రం పేరంటంలో పిల్లలకు భోగిపళ్లు తప్పవు. ఈ పెద్ద పండుగకు కొత్త అల్లుడు తప్పనిసరిగా అత్తవారింటికి వస్తాడు. మరదళ్ల ఎకసెక్కాలకు ఉడుక్కుంటాడు. కోడి పందాలు, ఎడ్ల బళ్ళ పందాలు జరుగుతాయి. ఇవన్నీ సంక్రాంతి పండుగకు శోభ చేకూర్చే సర్వసామాన్య విషయాలు. రైతులు చెమటోడ్చి పండించిన పంటలు చేతికొచ్చే సమయంలో సంక్రాంతి పండుగ వస్తుంది కాబట్టి రైతుల పండుగగా దీన్ని అభివర్ణిస్తారు.
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Sunday, 20 January 2013
Tallest buildings in India
61-floored Imperial Tower (I & II)
Palais Royale
Lodha Bellissimo
Vivarea (Towers 1, 2 and 3) in Mumbai
Planet Godrej
Shangri La
Saturday, 27 October 2012
Wednesday, 24 October 2012
NOKIA
Nokia has around 122,000 employees across 120 countries, sales in more than 150 countries and annual revenues of around €38 billion As of 2012 it is the world's second-largest mobile phone maker by unit sales (after Samsung), with a global market share of 22.5% in the first quarter Nokia is a public limited-liability company listed on the Helsinki, Frankfurt, and New York stock exchanges It is the world's 143rd-largest company measured by 2011 revenues according to the Fortune Global 500.
Nokia was the world's largest vendor of mobile phones from 1998 to 2012. However, over the past five years it has suffered declining market share as a result of the growing use of smartphones from other vendors, principally the Apple iPhone and devices running on Google's Android operating system. As a result, its share price has fallen from a high of US$40 in 2007 to under US$3 in 2012. Since February 2011, Nokia has had a strategic partnership with Microsoft, as part of which all Nokia smartphones will incorporate Microsoft's Windows Phone operating system (replacing Symbian). Nokia unveiled its first Windows Phone handsets, the Lumia 710 and 800, in October 2011.
Pre-telecommunications era:
The predecessors of the modern Nokia were the Nokia Company (Nokia Aktiebolag), Finnish Rubber Works Ltd (Suomen Gummitehdas Oy) and Finnish Cable Works Ltd (Suomen Kaapelitehdas Oy).
Nokia's history started in 1865 when mining engineer Fredrik Idestam established a groundwood pulp mill on the banks of the Tammerkoski rapids in the town of Tampere, in southwestern Finland in the Russian Empire and started manufacturing paper. In 1868, Idestam built a second mill near the town of Nokia, fifteen kilometres (nine miles) west of Tampere by the Nokianvirta river, which had better resources for hydropower production. In 1871, Idestam, with the help of his close friend statesman Leo Mechelin, renamed and transformed his firm into a share company, thereby founding the Nokia Company, the name it is still known by today.
Toward the end of the 19th century, Mechelin's wishes to expand into the electricity business were at first thwarted by Idestam's opposition. However, Idestam's retirement from the management of the company in 1896 allowed Mechelin to become the company's chairman (from 1898 until 1914) and sell most shareholders on his plans, thus realizing his vision. In 1902, Nokia added electricity generation to its business activities.
The seeds of the current incarnation of Nokia were planted with the founding of the electronics section of the cable division in 1960 and the production of its first electronic device in 1962: a pulse analyzer designed for use in nuclear power plants. In the 1967 fusion, that section was separated into its own division, and began manufacturing telecommunications equipment. A key CEO and subsequent Chairman of the Board was vuorineuvos Björn "Nalle" Westerlund (1912–2009), who founded the electronics department and let it run at a loss for 15 years.
LOGOS:
First mobile phones
The technologies that preceded modern cellular mobile telephony systems were the various "0G" pre-cellular mobile radio telephony standards. Nokia had been producing commercial and some military mobile radio communications technology since the 1960s, although this part of the company was sold some time before the later company rationalization. Since 1964, Nokia had developed VHF radio simultaneously with Salora Oy. In 1966, Nokia and Salora started developing the ARP standard (which stands for Autoradiopuhelin, or car radio phone in English), a car-based mobile radio telephony system and the first commercially operated public mobile phone network in Finland. It went online in 1971 and offered 100% coverage in 1978.
In 1979, the merger of Nokia and Salora resulted in the establishment of Mobira Oy. Mobira began developing mobile phones for the NMT (Nordic Mobile Telephony) network standard, the first-generation, first fully automatic cellular phone system that went online in 1981 In 1982, Mobira introduced its first car phone, the Mobira Senator for NMT-450 networks
Nokia bought Salora Oy in 1984 and now owning 100% of the company, changed the company's telecommunications branch name to Nokia-Mobira Oy. The Mobira Talkman, launched in 1984, was one of the world's first transportable phones. In 1987, Nokia introduced one of the world's first handheld phones, theMobira Cityman 900 for NMT-900 networks (which, compared to NMT-450, offered a better signal, yet a shorter roam). While the Mobira Senator of 1982 had weighed 9.8 kg (22 lb) and the Talkman just under 5 kg (11 lb), the Mobira Cityman weighed only 800 g (28 oz) with the battery and had a price tag of 24,000Finnish marks (approximately €4,560). Despite the high price, the first phones were almost snatched from the sales assistants' hands. Initially, the mobile phone was a "yuppie" product and a status symbol
Nokia's mobile phones got a big publicity boost in 1987, when Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev was pictured using a Mobira Cityman to make a call from Helsinkito his communications minister in Moscow. This led to the phone's nickname of the "Gorba".
In 1988, Jorma Nieminen, resigning from the post of CEO of the mobile phone unit, along with two other employees from the unit, started a notable mobile phone company of their own, Benefon Oy (since renamed to GeoSentric)] One year later, Nokia-Mobira Oy became Nokia Mobile Phones.
AMAZING FACTS
The Industrial Revolution in Europe first saw the beginning of air pollution, which gradually became a major global problem.
The major air-polluting industries are iron, steel and, cement.
Of the 35-40 million tonnes of flyash generated annually by thermal power plants in India, only 2-3 percent is productively utilized.
The worst industrial disaster in India, occurred in 1984 in Bhopal the capital of Madhya Pradesh. A deadly chemical, methly isocyanate leaked out of the Union Carbide factory killing more than 2500 and leaving thousands sick. In fact the effects of this gas tragedy is being felt even today.
Every year some 50million cars are added to the world’s roads. Car making is now the largest manufacturing industry in the world.
In India the number of motorized vehicles have increased from 0.2 million in 1947 to 36.3 million in 1997.
Major contributor to Delhi's air pollution are vehicles.
Nearly three-fourths of India's population, which is rural, bears 84% of the burden of exposure to air pollution.
Growing population, poverty, and inadequate access to clean fuels in rural areas have perpetuated the use of biomass, thereby condemning more than 90% of rural households and more than 35% of urban hoseholds to high levels of indoor air pollution.
One of the most important measure to counter pollution is planting trees. With neem and peepal being the largest emitters of oxygen, planting them in the gardens purifies the surrounding air and helps in maintaining hygienic conditions. While champa, mogra and chameli have better chances of surviving pollution in summer, bulbous varieties do better in winter.
The first kind of PENCIL was a bunch of GRAPHITE sticks held together by string. Then someone decided it would be better to push the graphite into the inside of a hollow wooden stick.
JOSEPH RECHENDORFER was the first person to think of putting a piece of rubber onto the top of a pencil which makes it real easy to rub out mistakes.
Did you know that the average lead pencil can draw a line that is almost 35 miles long or you can write almost 50,000 words in English with just one pencil? Amazing fact! Now imagine an eraser that could match it !!!
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| This is what an old airplane looked like. The Wright Brothers invented one of the first airplanes. It was called the Kitty Hawk | |
| Did you know the first bicycle that was made in 1817 by Baron von Drais didn't have any pedals? People walked it along | |
| The first metal bicycle was called the High-Wheel or Penny Farthing. People had a hard time keeping their balance on this type of bicycle |
Did you know the first toy balloon, made of vulcanized rubber, was thought of by someone in the J.G.Ingram company in London, England in 1847.
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| 9pin bowling was made up in Germany during the Medieval ages |
Karl Benz invented the first gas powered car. The car had only three wheels. The first car with four wheels was made in France in 1901 by Panhard et LeVassor.
| The first pick-up truck in the world was made by Gottlieb Daimler in 1886. Gottlieb produced the world's first motorcycle in 1885. |
Gottlieb Daimler also built the world's first taxi in 1897. It was called the Daimler Victoria and had a taxi meter. On 16 June of that year the taxi was delivered to Stuttgart transportation entrepreneur Friedrich Greiner who used it to start the world's first motorized taxi company.
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| The first steam powered train was invented by Robert Stephenson. It was called the Rocket. |
Wednesday, 13 June 2012
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