AFSPA- Needs a Review?

Armed Forces Special Powers Act[AFSPA] is in the center stage of controversies once again.Omar Abdullah- Honourable Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir- has advocated for the revocation of this act from the three districts of the state.His proposal has got the mixed reactions from all the strata of the society.The Indian Army has strongly rejected this idea while many other sections of society have voiced positively.Those opposing it says that if this act is removed then it would act as a catalyst for the separatist forces present in Kashmir and aided by foreign powers and they can intensify their freedom propaganda.Those who want to see the end of this much debated act want to eliminate it on the grounds of Human Rights violation.
It is very important to know therefore the whereabouts of this controversial act.AFSPA was passed by the Indian Parliament in 1958.It was first applied to the North Eastern state of Assam and Manipur and was amended in 1972 to extend it to all the seven states of North East.In 1990 it was extended to Kashmir also.The Government has legitimized this act on the plea that it is required to stop the North East states from seceding from the Indian Union.The enactment of AFSPA has seen the innumerable incidents of arbitrary detention,torture,rape and looting by the security personnel.
AFSPA gives the armed forces wide powers to shoot,arrest and search all in the name of 'aiding civil power'. Under it,an army officer is entitled to fire upon or use force,even to the causing of the death, against any individual who is acting in contravention of the law in a 'disturbed area'. It is an absolute privilege of Central and State Government to declare an area "disturbed" which cant be challenged in a court.This provision has been widely criticized as it does not describe the circumstances under which an authority would be justified in making such a declaration.AFSPA also states that millitary must take an arrested person to the nearest police station with the least possible delay.But it is not clear that what time frame has been set in this 'least possible delay". This act also establishes that no legal action can be initiated against any army official acting under this act without the permission of the Central Government.All these sections have been widely condemned by the Human Rights Organizations who have been accusing the armed forces for the violation of human rights on a large scale in the name of establishing security.
AFSPA has been thrashed by the various sections of the society and they are demanding that this act be made unconstitutional.Various cases are pending before the Supereme Court of India which challenge the constitutionality of AFSPA.Various studies and researches say that AFSPA violates the Article 21-Right to Life and Article 22- Prevention against arbitrary arrest and detention.These articles are the Fundamental Rights given to every citizen of India by the Indian Constitution.
After facing the anger and resentment of the masses on a large scale the Union Home Ministry had formed the Justice Jeevan Reddy Committe in 2004 which recommended the complete repeal of AFSPA from the North East.The situation in Kashmir is on the boiling point since June,2010.Over 100 civilian deaths have been reported from their since then.The Iron Lady of Manipur- Irom Sharmila- has also been fasting since last 11 years in the protest.She is attracting the worldwide media attention now.
Situation is very sensitive now and the Central Government will have to take a very crucial decision keeping in view all the interests of all the concerned stakeholders.Peace and prosperity establishment should be the principle agenda of the authorities whatsoever decision the Government will take.

Time Management.

Hello friends, today I will talk to you about time. Firstly what is time? When we ask this question we get a lot of definitions about time.

‘Time is sought of resource’

‘Time is a scares resource that can be managed’

‘Time is free, but it’s priceless, you can’t own it, but you can use it. You can’t keep it but you can spend it, once you have lost it, you can never get it back’

‘Time is money’ etc etc.

In our day to day lives we are used to a very common phrase ‘don’t have time’. When we meet anyone and ask how are you? We get this frequently used reply ‘bohat busy hai, bas time nahi hai’. But do we ask this question to ourselves where are we busy? Or are we really managing our time? The answer to this question is a big NO.

Time Management is:

• doing the right thing, at right place and in right manner.

• working smarter is better than working harder.

• Self management and Self management is Life management.

• implementing management in your lives.

To know how you can manage your time you should first know about your time wasters. Time wasted should be time utilized.

Time waster identification can be done by following the given table

S. No.	Activity	Time Taken

• You should not merely be activity oriented, you should always be result oriented.

• Watch only those dreams that won’t let you sleep.

• Make your dreams your destination.

• Set your priorities in life.

1. Basement part: Neither urgent nor important. Eg. Excess T.V. viewing, more than 7hr of sleep.
2. Ground floor: urgent but not important.
3. First floor: urgent and important.
4. Top floor: important but not urgent.
   

So on this note I would like to say Organize yourself, have that Do it TODAY Do it NOW factor, Don’t postpone your activities, Be Punctual.

Waqt aayega, Waqt jaayega,
is Waqt ko sambhal ker rakhna, ye Waqt bewaqt yaad aayega.

Raj Mandir

Raj Mandir Cinema is a famous movie theater in Jaipur in Rajasthan . Situated on the Bhagwan Das Road, near M.I. Road, the meringue-shaped auditorium opened in 1976, and over the years has seen many movie premieres of Hindi films, and has become a popular symbol of Jaipur, it is often referred as the Pride of Asia..
It opened on 1 June 1976 with the film "Charas". It was designed by architect W.M. Namjoshi in Art Moderne style (Streamline Moderne or late Art Deco). Known for its large size as well as opulent and meringue interiors, Raj Mandir remains an important part of the tourist circuit, and thus usually remains full despite its size.
It was GREAT experince of watching Movie "ROCKSTAR" in RAJ MANDIR.

Birla Temple Jaipur

Birla Temple forms one of the major attractions of Jaipur. Birla Temple of Jaipur looks stunning, when it is brightly lit in the night. Birla Mandir, in pure white marble, dominates the skyline of southern part of Jaipur. The enormous temple was built during the year 1988, by Birla Group of Industries, one of the business tycoons of India. The Temple is dedicated to Lord Vishnu (Narayan), the preserver and his consort Lakshmi, the Goddess of wealth. Due to this reason, Birla Temple is also known as Laxmi Narayan Temple.
The Birla Mandir is situated just below the renowned Moti Dungri Fort. Built in a contemporary manner, Laxmi Narayan Mandir covers the vast lands of the city of Jaipur. The temple stands erect on a raised platform, at the footsteps of the Moti Dungri Hill. Birla Mandir is constructed in the finest quality of white marble. The three huge domes of the temple represent three different approaches to the religion. The beautiful white marble temple mesmerizes the onlookers, when it glows at night.
The attractive stained windows glass windows of the temple depict scenes from Hindu Mythology. The idols of the temple look so real as if, they would utter a word just now. Amongst all the idols, the marble idol of Ganesha is a masterpiece which looks almost-transparent. The idols of Lord Vishnu and his consort, Lakshmi attract the attention, being made out from one piece of marble. The temple also portrays great historical achievers, philosophers and religious saints such as Socrates, Zarathustra, Christ, Buddha, and Confucius.
The Laxmi Narayan Mandir is a modern architectural marvel, surrounded by lush green gardens. The fascinating exteriors of the temple are carved splendidly with beautiful sculptures based of mythological themes, while the interiors have a large marble panel portraying mythological events. The Birla Temple has a museum too, which showcases the ancestral valuables of the Birla family. Birla Mandir / Laxmi Narayan Temple is a masterpiece of art and tourists should not miss this architectural spiritual heritage on their trip to Jaipur.

City Palace Jaipur

City Palace of Jaipur is a brilliant work of Rajput Architecture.The beautiful palace was built by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh during his reign. Among the various forts and palaces of Jaipur, City Palace stands apart, with its outstanding art and architecture. City Palace complex covers a huge area, which is divided into a series of gardens, courtyards and buildings. Initially, Raja Jai Singh built the outer wall occupying a huge area. The additional grand buildings were constructed later by the succeeding rulers.
A part of the exquisite Palace still makes home for the former Maharaja/ King. The premises consists several buildings like Chandra Mahal, Mubarak Mahal, Mukut Mahal, Maharani's Palace, Shri Govind Dev Temple and the City Palace Museum. One would come across the Mubarak Mahal, as one enters the first square. Mubarak Mahal was built by Sawai Madho Singh in the 19th century to entertain his guests. Today, it has converted into a costume gallery, which displays royal attires of the Kings.
After crossing the first square, a beautiful gateway welcomes to Diwan-I-Khas, a hall meant for private audience. It has two sterling silver vessels on display and they are acclaimed to be the world's largest silver vessel. These vessels were made for Maharaja Sawai Madho Singh II to carry water from River Ganga to drink on his trip to England. Diwan-I-Aam, which was meant for public audience, forms the other attraction of this courtyard. At present, it makes an art gallery showcasing enthralling painted ceilings and rare ancient handwritten original manuscripts of Hindu scriptures.
In the series, Maharani's Palace, which was meant for royal queens, has been converted into a museum, showcasing weapons dated back to 15th century. Chandra Mahal is essentially regarded as the best part, out of the whole tour to City Palace. It has seven stories and each story is known by a different name. The topmost story is known as Mukut Mahal. The wonderful architecture of this Palace with delicate paintings, mirror work on walls and floral decorations, makes it a "must-see" for every visitor. In the present day, this palace serves as the residence of ex-ruler.
Badal Mahal stands opposite to Chandra Mahal and while crossing the path, one would find Govind Dev Ji Temple between them. Above all these, the Palace also offers delicacies in its multi cuisine restaurant. To sum up, the City Palace is a structure of historical importance and a souvenir of the regal past. The palace, with its royal grace stands as a symbol of magnificence. All these features of City Palace leave the tourists with no other option, but to visit it.

BHANGARH

There is a belief about Bhangarh that the place is haunted and no one dares to go after sunset there.

Bhangarh is a place between Jaipur and Alwar in Rajasthan state of India. Bhangarh is known for its ruins, but still worth a visit; the place is beautiful and tranquil. What remains though, is a shadow of a once beautiful kingdom.

The Bhangarh Story
The story (and the history) of the Bhangarh began in the year of 1573 when the fortress was established. Built by Raja Bhagawant Das, the ruler of the city of Amber, Bhangarh Fort has become the residence of Madho Singh, ruler's second son who fought alongside his father and brother in many wars. The decline of Bhangarh Fort started in 1630 after Chhatr Singh, son of Madho Singh got killed in a violent attack. The decline continued until 1783 when the fortress and the city were completely abandoned following that year's famine.
Bhangarh Myths
It is said that the city of Bhangarh was cursed by the Guru Balu Nath, causing the towns evacuation. Balu Nath sanctioned the establishment of the town but said: "The moment the shadows of your palaces touch me, the city shall be no more!" Ignorant of such foreboding, one ambitious descendant raised the palace to such a height that its shadowed Balu Nath's forbidden retreat and thus the town was devastated as prophesied. The small samadhi where Balu Nath is said to lie buried is still there.
The other myth is as follows: The charm of princess of Bhangarh Ratnavati was said to be matchless in all of Rajasthan. Being eighteen years old, the princess started getting matrimonial offers from other states. In the same region there lived a tantrik, a magician well versed in the occult, named Singhia who was desperately in love with the princess knowing that he would never be allowed to even see her, let alone meet her. One day, he saw the princess' maid in the market buying scented oil for her. Seeing this, he got an idea by which he could meet the princess. He used his black magic and put a spell on the oil which would hypnotize the princess by her merely touching the oil, and she would surrender herself. The princess foiled this plan though. She had seen the tantrik enchanting the oil, and she therefore threw it away, whereupon the flagon rolled over a stone. As soon as the oil touched the stone, it started rolling towards the wicked tantrik and crushed him. While dying, Singhia cursed the palace with the death of all who dwelt in it, without any rebirth in their destinies. The very next year there was a battle between Bhangarh and Ajabgarh and Ratnavati died.

Few laws related to child labor

Article 14- no child below the age of 14yrs shall be employed to working any factory or mine or engaged in any other hazardous employment.

Article 39E-the state shall direct its policy towards securing that the health and strength of workers, men and women and the tender age of children are not abused and that they are not forced by economic necessity to enter vocations unsuited to there are strength.

Article39f- children shall be given opportunities and facilities to develop in a healthy manner and in conditions of freedom and dignity and that childhood and youth shall be protected against moral and material abandonment.

Article 45- the state shall endeavor to provide within a period of ten years from the commencement of the constitution for free and compulsory education for all children untill they complete the age of fourteen years.

Hike in politics with hike in price

Mamata Banerjee is not going to take the hike in fuel prices lying down.

She has called an emergency meeting of the Trinamool Congress parliamentary party in Kolkata on Friday to decide its future course - whether to continue in the Congress-led UPA Cabinet.

According to sources, the Trinamool supremo has already hardened her stance.

"Mamata Banerjee is extremely displeased over the hike in petroleum prices. This is not the first time that the Union government took such a decision keeping the UPA partners in the dark," said Trinamool Congress chief whip in Parliament and Union MoS for health Sudip Bandyopadhyay.

The hike in petroleum prices has aggravated the rising discontent in Trinamool, often described as the first UPA ally by Union finance minister and Congress leader Pranab Mukherjee.

Mamata's displeasure on the hike in petroleum prices is being seen as a manifestation of a grouse building up for quite some time since the Congress-led UPA stopped short of bailing out the cash-starved Bengal government as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had promised.

Even if Mamata was given priority to explain the state's poor financial condition left behind by the Left Front government in the National Development Council meeting in New Delhi, funds have not started coming when she wants it badly.

The Trinamool chief thus wants to put pressure on the UPA government to extract the goodies that she has to deliver to the people in the villages before the panchayat polls, likely to be held by the end of 2012.

The fiery Trinamool chief has already held a meeting with the state officials starting from the district magistrates to the block development officers on Thursday to rejig the delivery mechanism.

Ideas for gym marketing

If you are looking for some great ideas for gym marketing then you may want to take your time and read through this article carefully. The importance of proper marketing for gym services is very high nowadays because of the sudden fitness consciousness among the masses.

People want to ‘hit the gym’ with never seen before zeal and drive. Some want to get in shape while others want to get in ‘perfect’ shape and be the proud owners of sculpted bodies! Whatever be the demand, if you own a gym, you stand to gain. Here are some great gym marketing ideas to help you get ahead of the competition.

You can use loyalty and referral programs to draw new clients as well as strengthen your ties with the existing ones. It is very important that members are well informed when you are trying to run a referral program, so that they can properly convey the benefits of your training programs to their contacts.

You can offer freebies such as gym-gear, massage and aroma therapy or weekend trips as rewards in a loyalty program. This may encourage the clients to renew their membership with you year after year.

You can also try gym marketing tactics such as free memberships and corporate memberships. Free memberships for a very limited period of time can help you gain clients for the long term. This is because after getting hooked on to the services in your gym, most will find it difficult to leave and thus may sign up with you.

Corporate memberships can be sold to companies who can avail ‘group discounts’ on the packages and can include them in the employee’s compensation as perks.

Linking weight loss targets to cash rewards is another great gym marketing idea. The thing to do here would be to announce a payment to the client for losing weight by availing your gym services. This may work in various ways.
One of the options may be to offer a ‘payment per pound lost’ reward. The other may be to offer the client a ‘cash-back’ or a refund of a percentage of the money he paid to join in. Yet another approach may be offering a refund in case the weight loss targets are not met.

Since there are chances of confusion in these plans thus it is imperative that clients are made to sign agreements and are also fully aware of the terms and conditions before they proceed to undertake any challenges.

Other than these you can make use of gym marketing tips such as branding and advertising. Branding can help your gym be recognized amongst the multitude. Also you may want to avail as many modes of advertising as your budget will allow. So in addition to conventional resources you can also use the internet to great effect.

Sense of Beauty - is like a Humming Fork, that hums, every time you stumble upon something beautiful.