5 EASY WAYS TO SAVE YOUR HOME

We,the fruit of the 21st century,are effortless wasters.Tats a misapplication,coz by sayin effortless,it is implied that effort has to be taken by somebody to do the same task.NO,nobody alive today is a non-waster!!

We waste mindlessly and carelessly!Can't blame us right,we get everything we want wid the snap of our finger that there is no value for anything around us anymore.Look at me!I cannot for God's sake finish everything in my plate.I have to leave it half full always by the time I finish my meal,be it even at gun point!But do I for even a micro fraction of a second feel guilty [You got to be kiddin me] ofcourse not. I leave the air conditioner switched on 24 * 7 and mind you,in a room I know very well I will not enter for the next 18 hours or so!!!And the list goes on.The sad thing is,I'm not the only black sheep around!

Oh oh!Bad news for Mother Earth!She is being brutally,savagely and inhumanely exploited by billions of us everyday,every hour and every second!HELP!!

Take a decision this EARTH DAY [I have,hope you do too ] - SAVE YOUR PLANET,save your home for your kids and grandkids.

Here are 5 easy ways to cut down on your share of torturing our Mother

1.DON'T WASTE FOOD. How simple is it to refrain from filling your plate,when you know you cannot dump all that stuff into your tummy!

Fact : Food researchers and analysts have concluded that,with the continuously declining food resources,by 2050 half of the world will be left with just one meal a day!

2.STORE RAIN WATER.This mannah from heaven has to be stored!The day is not far,when we will be left saying - "Water,water everywhere but not a drop to drink!"
Take a look at this pic!



That brings me to the next one,
3.DON'T DUMP GARBAGE EVERYWHERE.It may be as small as your chocolate wrapper but remember there are a billion wrappers out there!

4.SAVE ELECTRICITY.Switch off appliances if you know you will not be using them for over 30 minutes.Unplug your cell phone chargers,hair dryers,laptops etc,they are electricity suckers!They suck up tons of energy even when they are switched off and plugged!

5.SWITCH OFF YOUR ENGINES when you are stuck in traffic for more than 5 minutes.It saves you your cash too![That's a bonus!:) ]

Go ahead take your decision today.Try to incorporate these simple tasks in your life [ yeah,I agree it is indeed a herculean task for us born-wasters! ] But,after all we have but one Earth to live in!!Do take that extra step!

ELECTIONS

Its election season here at home and election news is rampant!!!You hear BJP this,Congress that and the like news left right and centre everyday,in fact every hour!!But where does that leave me and lots of other people like me who have no clue about Indian politics!!I don't know a word [well,I didn't know a word till before my research for this post] about Lok Sabha itself then how the hell will I ever understand what all these news channels are getting at?So wid a lil help from my dad [he's into this stuff big time!] I've decided to help the people out there like me.Go on guys dig in,it sure will help:)

INDIAN PARLIAMENT :

It is a bicameral one with two houses,the Rajya Sabha or the Upper House and the Lok Sabha or the Lower House.Any bill can become an act only after it is passed by both the houses and assented by the President.

LOK SABHA :

It is also known as the " House of the people ".Almost all of its members are directly elected by the citizens of India.It is more powerful of the two houses and can precede or overrule the Rajya Sabha (upper house) in certain matters.

COMPOSITION :

The Lok Sabha can have up to 552 members as envisaged in the constitution of India.Up to 530 members can be elected from the states,20 from the union territories and no more than 2 can be nominated by the President [from the Anglo-Indian community if the President feels its not adequately represented in the House.]

RESERVATIONS :

79 seats are reserved for the Schedule Caste community and 41 seats are being reserved for the Schedule Tribe community.

CONSTITUENCY :

Population is the basis of allocation of seats to each state.There are 543 parliamentary constituencies in India,demarcated by the delimitation committee based on the census data of the year 2001.These constituencies are drawn to make sure,that there are,as near as practicable,the same number of people in each of them.Each constituency elects one member [MP,Member of Parliament] into the Lower House.For the list of constituencies....

TERM :

The Lok Sabha has a term of 5 years,currently elections are being held for the 15th Lok Sabha as the term of the Sabha formed in 2004 expires on 1,June,2009.Although the President can dissolve Lok Sabha and call a general election before five years is up, if the government can no longer command the confidence of the Lok Sabha, and if there is no alternative government available to take over.

CONTESTANTS :

Any Indian citizen who is registered as a voter and is over 25 years of age is allowed to contest elections to the Lok Sabha.There are catches to this though,as per Section 8 (3) of R. P. Act, 1951, if a person is convicted of any offence and sentenced to an imprisonment of 2 years or more, this will be disqualification to contest elections.Even if is a person is on bail, after the conviction and his appeal is pending for disposal, he is disqualified from contesting an election as per the guidelines issued by the Election Commission of India.

WHO CAN VOTE :

Any citizen over the age of 18 can vote in an election (before 1989 the age limit was 21). The right to vote is irrespective of caste, creed, religion or gender. Those who are deemed unsound of mind, and people convicted of certain criminal offences are not allowed to vote.

POLITICAL PARTIES AND ELECTIONS :

Political parties are an established part of modern mass democracy, and the conduct of elections in India is largely dependent on the behaviour of political parties. Although many candidates for Indian elections are independent, the winning candidates for Lok Sabha elections usually stand as members of political parties, and opinion polls suggest that people tend to vote for a party rather than a particular candidate.If a political party is recognised in four or more states, it is considered as a National Party.

That was tha basic!I will come back with more stuff about the parties,their manifestos,alliances etc....HOPING TO QUENCH YOUR THIRST!!

AN ANGRY OUTBURST!!

DATE---Friday,April 03,2009

HEADLINES--- A 17 year old girl is flogged brutally in public by the Taliban.

REASON--- Alleged to be having an illicit relationship with a married man.


Well,the whole world knows about the moral policing that goes on in the Taliban,and this is definitely not the first of its kind.Then why am I furious???

I'm furious not because of the fact that the girl was punished in such a way,whatever her crime may be![Well,tats a different issue in itself.]

I'm furious because of the damned married man!Whatever happened to him?Was his punishment just as beastly?Was he even punished at all?

REALITY--- There has been no word ever of that man!He was let scot-free!He must most probably be doing one of his other mistresses right now,or then again maybe not.[I do give people the benefit of doubt.]The point I want to make is,that while the girl was so savagely beaten,the guy was let go!!!

Does it not take two to clap?Then why such different treatment for the accused?

Don't get me wrong.I want to make myself very clear by saying my anger is not directed to the Taliban nor it's men.I'm infuriated with the women of that society!!!They have brought this upon themselves.

It is those women who have succumbed and let their daughters also succumb to the bullying of those mean jerks!

There is a saying in tamil - "Every child born on this Earth is a good one,it is because of his mother that he becomes a saint or a sinner. "

Why didn't those women teach their sons to respect their mothers,sisters and daughters?What were they doing?Were they busy teaching their daughters how inferior they were to their brothers instead?

I personally don't blame men at all, for all the different ways they find to ill-treat women.But when I come across such stories , I want to whip their mothers.[ Yeah , I know that is harsh!But imagine the number of women , this one rotten guy can go around raping/abusing/disgracing during his lifetime.]

To all you mothers , to-be-mothers or going-to-be-mothers-someday reading this,for God's sake please do teach your sons to be a respectful and thereby a respectable man someday.And let also your daughters know that they are worth respecting,teach them to demand what is rightfully theirs wherever they go in life.