Jaago Re Jairam Ramesh!

The Dhamra port in Orissa is not only threatening the Olive Ridley sea turtles, it is also being constructed on forest land without permission from the Central government.

Based on letters issued by its own officials, a case was filed against the Ministry of Environment and Forest and the Orissa government in October last year for ignoring an ongoing violation of the Forest Conservation Act, 1980. Till now, neither have filed a response before the Supreme Court’s Central Empowered Committee. Are they hiding from the truth or bowing to powerful corporate interests?

Can you sign this petition telling environment minister Jairam Ramesh to take a stand on the violation of the Forest Conservation Act?

The petition says: “Jaago Re Mr. Jairam Ramesh! Take a stand and make your Ministry’s position known on the Dhamra forest violation before the Supreme Court”

www.greenpeace.in/turtle/sign-the-petition/

Helping hands are better than Praying Lips

Whenever we get bored with the regular meal of daal sabzi roti or rice, we think of ordering something delicious, something yummy. Our tempting mouth might name Pizza…o waao….or some mexican or Chinese food….yummm.

And when our belly’s are full with the mouth-watering food it, we often throw the left over. This might be in case of a small gathering or a large party.

Please DO NOT WASTE the food

If you have a function/party at your home in India and food gets wasted , don't hesitate to call 1098 (only in India ) - child helpline. They will come and collect the food. Please circulate this message which can help feed many children.

"Helping hands are better than Praying Lips"

THIRST

Having the gift of voice we can communicate what ever we want to. But what about those species who can't. Many Birds die in summer without water.Lets Save them. Please put water pots for thirsty birds at balcony/ window. You never know, you might save a life.

Everybody makes mistakes; that's why they put erasers on pencils.

I came across a nice story and felt like sharing it with everyone.

A group of children were playing near two railway tracks, one still in use while the other disused. Only one child played on the disused track, the  rest on the operational track.

 

The train is coming, and you are just beside the track interchange. You can make the train change its course to the disused track and save most of the kids. However, that would also mean the lone child playing by the disused track would be sacrificed. Or would you rather let the train go its way?    

 

 

Let's take a pause to think what kind of decision we could make................

  

 

Most people might choose to divert the course of the train, and sacrifice only one child. You might think the same way, I guess. Exactly, to save most of the children at the expense of only one child was rational decision most people would make, morally and emotionally. But, have you ever thought that the child choosing to play on the disused track had in fact made the right decision to play at a safe place?

 

Nevertheless, he had to be sacrificed because of his ignorant friends who chose to play where the danger was. This kind of dilemma happens around us everyday. In the office, community, in politics and especially in a democratic society, the minority is often sacrificed for the interest of the majority, no matter how foolish or ignorant the majority are, and how farsighted and knowledgeable the minority are. The child who chose not to play with the rest on the operational track was sidelined. And in the case he was sacrificed, no one would shed a tear for him.

 

The great critic Leo Velski Julian as well as Sourav who told the story said he would not try to change the course of the train because he believed that the kids playing on the operational track should have known very well that track was still in use, and that they should have run away if they heard the train's sirens... If the train was diverted, that lone child would definitely die because he never thought the train could come over to that track! Moreover, that track was not in use probably because it was not safe. If the train was diverted to the track, we could put the lives of all passengers on board at stake! And in your attempt to save a few kids by sacrificing one child, you might end up sacrificing hundreds of people to save these few kids.

 

While we are all aware that life is full of tough decisions that need to be   made, we may not realize that hasty decisions may not always be the right one.

 

  

'Remember that what's right isn't always popular... and what's popular isn't always right.'  

 

Everybody makes mistakes; that's why they put erasers on pencils.

10 things you don't know about NOKIA

Are you a fond of using Nokia phone or you believe that they are reliable phones. Then here some interesting facts about Nokia:

1) The ringtone "Nokia tune" is actually based on a 19th century guitar work named "Gran Vals" by Spanish musician Francisco Tárrega. The Nokia Tune was originally named "Grande Valse" on Nokia phones but was changed to "Nokia Tune" around 1998 when it became so well known that people referred to it as the "Nokia Tune."

2) The world's first commercial GSM call was made in 1991 in Helsinki over a Nokia-supplied network, by Prime Minister of Finland Harri Holkeri, using a Nokia phone.

3) Nokia is currently the world's largest digital camera manufacturer, as the sales of its camera-equipped mobile phones have exceeded those of any conventional camera manufacturer.

4) The "Special" tone available to users of Nokia phones when receiving SMS (text messages) is actually Morse code for "SMS". Similarly, the "Ascending" SMS tone is Morse code for "Connecting People," Nokia's slogan. The "Standard" SMS tone is Morse code for "M" (Message).

5) The Nokia corporate font (typeface) is the AgfaMonotype Nokia Sans font, originally designed by Eric Spiekermann. Its mobile phone User's Guides Nokia mostly used the Agfa Rotis Sans font.

6) In Asia, the digit 4 never appears in any Nokia handset model number, because 4 is considered unlucky in many parts of Southeast/East Asia.

7) Nokia was listed as the 20th most admirable company worldwide in Fortune's list of 2006 (1st in network communications, 4th non-US company).

8) Unlike other modern day handsets, Nokia phones do not automatically start the call timer when the call is connected, but start it when the call is initiated. (Except for Series 60 based handsets like the Nokia 6600)

9) Nokia is sometimes called aikon (Nokia backwards) by non-Nokia mobile phone users and by mobile software developers, because "aikon" is used in various SDK software packages, including Nokia's own Symbian S60 SDK.

10) The name of the town of Nokia originated from the river which flowed through the town. The river itself, Nokianvirta, was named after the old Finnish word originally meaning sable, later pine marten. A species of this small, black-furred predatory animal was once found in the region, but it is now extinct.