Ten things I love about my school Manasarovar Pushkarini Vidyashrama

:-) No foul language used by Teachers. This makes it easy for me to approach them.

:-) Saturday is a HOLIDAY.

:-) Fewer Exams and no projects which are usually done by parents, like in my friend's school in JSS.

:-) Green and Well kept school. I love the atmosphere.

:-) Most teachers are good. RK Sir is special as he keeps tight control on the boys. No unruly behavior allowed.

:-) My teachers encourage me to compete in Quiz, Debates and Pick and Speak.

:-) Very well organized extra curricular activities in school.

:-) Huge grounds to play.

:-) Nice uniform. Color is good, exclusive and quality of shirt and pant cloth is great.

:-) Our school annual day conducted during the third week of December is one of the best with everyone getting to participate.

Do you agree ? If yes, Digg the page, and post your additions.

Posted by : Vamsi.K

Dated : 24 - 10 - 09

School : Manasarowar Pushkarini Vidyashrama

Contact : vamsikaredla@gmail.com

Indian National Congress - Parthenium

The Parthenium weed is a notorius weed as it can spoil Crops, Health and Appearence of any place it grows. Common places of growth are : India, Africa and Australia (Surprised?).

Yesterday, i was talking to a villager near Mysore regarding this weed and he said that it is called Congress simply because it is difficult to clear and clean just like the Congress party. I asked him was he serious ?. Absolutely.

And here is a Wikipedia entry about Parthenium which is amusing to read - check out this link:

Why Parthenium is called 'Congress'

You have more such info ? Pass it on..

Hagalkai - Kakarkai Gojju

Hagalkai (kannada), Kakarakai (telugu), Bitter Gourd (Eng) is a very interesting vege. Firstly, nutritional value. It is high in Magnesium, Vitamin K, Phosphorus and Vitamin A. Being rich in nutrition it takes time to digest.

Now, how to make Hagalkai - Kakarkai Gojju.

What is required

Kakarakai - Hagalkayyi : 1 piece

Dry Cocconut grated : 1 small cup

Mustard Seeds (spoon full)

Jaggery small pieces

Hing

Red Chillis (hot variety)

Thick tamarind paste : 3 spoons

Coriander seeds (spoon full)

Split chick peas (one small cup)

Cumin seeds (spoon full)

Heat kadai, pour a spoon full of oil, add mustard, add bitter gourd and roast. Separately, dry roast Red Chillis (hot variety), Coriander seeds, Split chick peas, Cumin seeds and grind it to a coarse paste. Make sure all ingredients are in small quantities. Chick peas can be more.

Add this paste to the fried bitter gourd, and add dry coconut powder and tamarind paste and let it boil for 10 min. Add the coconut powder at the very last. Add salt. Best eaten with rice.

Enjoy and Relish !

Please comment after preparing and tasting.

The crab story

Back in 1977, my physics teacher Mr. L. Hanumantiah, at Vijaya High School, Bangalore, had told us about a world crab exhibition, and how the Indian stall had a peculiar situation. All crabs were at the bottom, and the reason was each crab pulling the other. At that time i could not comprehend the true meaning of his narrating the particular incident. Thankfully, my parents never taught us to react adversly to other's success or riches. However, this is not so with our nation.

This typically signifies our situation. Kalam being pulled down by another scientist, each party going all the way to pull down the other. The most glaring and shameful happening on a daily basis is that the party in power today, treats the main opposition party, more viciously than it treats the constant and long time foe - Pakistan. No wonder, the nation does not have a cohesive response to Pak's frequent terror attacks and proxy war.

YSR - Did anyone predict his death?

I was curious whether anyone predicted YS Reddy's unfortunate accident and death. I logged on to the Cyberworld and searched. No one had predicted his death or any kind of suffering in the near future. However, one gentleman from Agra, a hi-tech astrologer had predicted his death some 19 hrs before Sonia came to know. (Sonia herself said that around 8.30 am on Friday she came to know Y S Rajasekhar Reddy had died, and incidentally this was the earliest time anyone mentioned). We guessed the inevitable, at around 10.00 am when a meeting of PM, Sonia, Chidambaram and Anthony was reported by NDTV on Twitter.

One question i would like to ask Shri. Punit Pandey, is how could he predict Shri. Rajasekhar Reddy's death when the Helicopter was carrying 4 more people. After all, were all their horoscopes irrelevant ? Would they all have died at the same time if YS Reddy had died normally?

On Sunday i watched an interview by Deepak Thimaya of Ganesh Venkataramaiah. I found that there were no convincing answers coming forth. What came out was that an astrologer needs to know the person before predicting ! If an astrologer has to know the person in detail before predicting, then the whole process of prediction carries a ring of doubt around it.

People with a curiosity of knowing why predictions are a good pastime and predictions by Astrologers is pastime and misleading to say the least. In fact, it can give a sense of legitimacy to unscruplus polictians who can take Astrologers predictions as a vindication of their efforts.

This article on Astrology Astrology fraud or superstition is a must for every person who wishes to understand the one dimension of our thinking.

Other's misery is our fortune..

I was watching NDTV the other day and i felt News channels particularly are adopting a business motto - "Other's misery is our Fortune".

They reported Swine flune cases day to day, now they have completly stopped. Take the reporting of BJP crisis involving Jaswant, Arun Shourie, Brajesh Mishra and Yashwant Sinha - all of them were interviewed in rapid succession, the objective seeming to be to highlight BJP 's misery.

Along with unsruplus politicians, and inefficient babus, we the citizens have another burden to bear - the News channels - particularly the English ones.

Should Dasara 2009 be skipped..

Should Dasara 2009 be skipped ? It seems so. Given the rapid growth of the virus H1N1 the Govt. of Karnataka should skip this year's Dasara. While it may seem to be an over reaction, the scenerio of hundreds of tourists coming to Mysore, from Bangalore which is already reeling under the rapid growth of the virus and the climbing deaths, and the resulting spread of the virus in Mysore and surrounding villages and the strain it puts on the Hospitals has to be considered.

It might bring a bad name to the Govt. of the day and if the situation goes out of hand Mysoreons may never forgive this Govt.