Salute to Mahatma Gandhi.

Salute to this great martyr, who laid down his his life for our country.
He was shot dead by the fanatic Nathuram Godse on 30th January 1948. The immediate motive for the assassination is usually ascribed to Gandhi's January 13, 1948 decision to fast to the death, a term of which was that the Indian central government reverse a decision to withhold the transfer of 55 crore (550 million) rupees to the government of Pakistan. The transfer had been specified in the partition agreement, but the Indian government had refused to complete it, complaining of the Pakistani military occupation of part of the Indian state of Kashmir. The Indian government immediately reversed its decision to withhold the funds, which infuriated Godse and his friends. 
Whatever may be his views, today, we Indians salute this great leader who had a major role in making India an independent country in a peaceful, but effective manner. He has altered the very outlook of the world towards India. 

Bharat Ratna for Sachin Tendulkar?

The list of numerous accolades won by Indian cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar might just swell up on Tuesday with its most precious possession till date. According to reports, Sachin is almost certain to be honoured with India's highest civilian award - the Bharat Ratna.

If he wins, like his numerous other achievements, would be another first as no other sportsperson has ever won the Bharat Ratna.

Government announces Padma Awards

The President of India has approved the conferment of Padma Awards for the year 2010. This year, the President has approved 128 awards including one duo case (counted as one) and 12 in the category of Foreigners/ NRIs/ PIOs/ Posthumous.

These comprise 13 Padma Vibhushan, 31 Padma Bhushan and 84 Pa...dma Shri Awards. There are 31 ladies among the awardees.

• Brajesh Mishra - Padma Vibhushan for Civil Services
• Shyam Saran - Padma Bhushan for Civil Services
• Montek Singh Ahluwalia - Padma Vibhushan for Public Affairs
• Azim Premji - Padma Vibhushan for Trade and Industry
• Chanda Kochhar - Padma Bhushan for Trade and Industry
• Kajol - Padma Shri for Art - Cinema
• Irrfan Khan - Padma Shri for Art - Cinema
• Mohammed Zahur Khayyam Hashmi - Padma Bhushan for Art - Cinema - Music
• Shashi Kapoor - Padma Bhushan for Art - Cinema
• Waheeda Rehman - Padma Bhushan for Art - Cinema
• Sushil Kumar - Padma Shri for Sports – Wrestling
• VVS Laxman - Padma Shri for Sports - Cricket
• Gagan Narang - Padma Shri for Sports - Shooting
• Krishna Poonia - Padma Shri for Sports - Discus Throw

26th January

WISH YOU ALL THE 62nd REPUBLIC DAY

Netaji not given due respect: Narayana Murthy

Infosys Technologies founder-chariman NR Narayana Murthy has expressed shock over the country's political leadership failing to pay due respect to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and said India would have become the second most powerful economy had the legendary freedom fighter been a part of post-Independence nation-building.


"We have not paid him due respect. It is time this is corrected," he said delivering the annual Netaji oration - "If only Netaji had participated in post-independence nation building" - on the leader's 114th birth anniversary.

The corporate patriarch said role models like Netaji can instil courage, confidence, discipline and inspire those in the upper echelons of society to wipe the tears of their suffering compatriots.

He said independent India would have benefited a lot in areas like economic progress, population control and adopting modern agricultural methods if Netaji had been a part of post-Independence leadership.

"I believe India would have been a powerful exporter much before China if only Netaji had a frontseat in our policy making along with (Jawaharlal) Nehru... India would have seized the opportunity the world offered and would have become the second most powerful economy in the world," Murthy said during the oration at the Netaji Research Bureau.

"Netaji was one of the most courageous leaders in India. Netaji was a real bold Indian leader who could have stood up to anyone... courage is one attribute which is more important in leadership than any other quality," he said.

Facts to make every Indian proud

Q. Who is the co-founder of Sun Microsystems?

A. Vinod Khosla

Q. Who is the creator of Pentium chip (needs no introduction as 90% of the

today's computers run on it)?

A. Vinod Dahm

Q. Who is the founder and creator of Hotmail (Hotmail is world's No.1 web

based email program)?

A. Sabeer Bhatia

Q. Who is the GM of Hewlett Packard?

A. Rajiv Gupta

Q. Who is the new MTD (Microsoft Testing Director) of Windows 2000,

responsible to iron out all initial problems?

A. Sanjay Tejwrika

Q. Who are the Chief Executives of CitiBank, Mckensey & Stanchart?

A. Victor Menezes, Rajat Gupta, and Rana Talwar.

We Indians are the wealthiest among all ethnic groups in America, even

faring better than the whites and the natives.

There are 3.22 millions of Indians in USA (1.5% of population). 


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