Monday, July 13, 2020
HISTORY NOT TO BE FORGOTTEN!
Some history not to be forgotten
(..as received from Rahul Banerjee)👇
Thought provoking....*From a FB post by Rahul Banerjee*
“If India pokes its nose in Pakistan, US will not keep its trap shut. India will be taught a lesson”
- Richard Nixon.
“India regards America as a friend. Not a boss. India is capable of writing its own destiny. We know and are aware how to deal with each one according to circumstances”
- Indira Gandhi
The year was 1971 and the month November.
Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi articulated these exact words sitting with the U.S. President Richard Nixon in the White House, while maintaining an eye-to-eye contact.
The said event was narrated by the then Secretary of State and NSA, Henry Kissinger in his autobiography.
That was the day when the Indo-U.S. joint media address was cancelled by Indira Gandhi who walked away from the White House in her own inimitable style.
Kissinger, while ushering Indira Gandhi into her car, had commented, "Madam Prime Minister, don't you feel you could have been a little more patient with the President".
Indira ji replied, "Thank you, Mr. Secretary, for your valuable suggestion. Being a developing country, we have our backbones straight - & enough to fight the atrocities. We shall prove that days are gone to rule any nation far from thousands of miles”
Thereafter.. as soon as the Air India Boeing touched the Palam runway in Delhi, Indira Gandhi summoned the leader of opposition, Atal Behari Vajpayee to her residence immediately.
Post an hour of discussion behind closed doors, Vajpayee was seen hurrying back. It was thereafter known that Atal Ji would be representing India at the United Nations.
Donald Paul of BBC had jumped in with a question to Vajpayee, "Indira ji regards you as a staunch critic. In spite of that, are u sure you'd be at the United Nations shouting your throat (voice) out in favour of the Incumbent Government?”
Vajpayee had a repartee.. "A rose adorns a garden, so does a Lily. Each is beset with the idea that they are individually the most beautiful. When the garden falls in a crisis, it's no secret that the guarden has to safeguard its beauty as one. I have come today to save the garden. This is called Indian Democracy."
The resultant history is all known to us.
America sent 270 paton tanks to Pakistan. They called the world media to demonstrate that these tanks were produced under exclusive technology, and are/were thus indestructible. The intention was very clear. This was a warning signal to the rest of the world that no one should help India.
America did not stop here.
Burma-Shell the only U.S. company supplying oil to India, was told to stop. They were sternly told by U.S. not to deal with India anymore.
India's history thereafter was only about fighting back.
Indira Gandhi's incisive diplomacy ensured oil came in from Ukraine.
A battle that lasted just a day destroyed these 270 paton tanks. The destroyed tanks were brought into India for demonstration. The hot deserts of Rajasthan still stands as a witness where U.S. pride was decimated.
A war that lasted eighteen days thereafter culminated into capturing 1.5 lakhs POWs from Pakistan.
Mujibar Rahman was released from Lahore Jail.
The month was March - Indira Gandhi recognized Bangladesh as an independent nation in the Indian Parliament.
Vajpayee addressed Indira Gandhi as “Maa Durga”
These events had a packet of long lasting manifested fallouts.
—India's own oil company, viz. Indian Oil came into being.
—India expressed itself as a nation of strength in the eyes of the world.
—India led the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) from the front.
Its leadership was unquestioned.
Times and events of such strength did get submerged into the great depths of yore.
Truthful history till date remains as a baton.
India has treaded fifty years hence. There is a sense of tiredness.
Democracy finds itself lonely as a word in the lexicon.
The opposition is no longer part of democracy anymore.
The voices, if not in toe, are regarded as voices of evil.
BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS
Very truly said -
Martina Navratilova was once asked, “How do you maintain your focus, physique and sharp game even at the age of 43?"
She gave a humble reply, “The ball doesn’t know how old I am”.
You need to stop yourself from stopping yourself. Every game in life is actually played on a 6 inch ground – the space between your two ears.
We don't live in bungalows, duplexes or flats. We live in our mind which is an unlimited area. Life is great when things are sorted and uncluttered there.
Keeping the mind messy with hatred growing on the table, regrets piling up in corner, expectations boiling in kitchen, secrets stuffed under the carpet and worries littered everywhere ruins this real home.
The key factor to performing well in life and in every arena, is the ability to control the quality and quantity of your “internal dialogue”. Performance is potential minus internal interference.
Live in peace, not in pieces.
JOKE OF THE DAY!
Joke of the Day........
One day, in my hurry to leave,
I couldn't find the lock, so I wrote "COVID 19 POSITIVE" on the door and left.
😄
When I came back, I saw that the inside was empty, my Corona notice has disappeared.
And instead, hung another notice: *Disinfection done. Everything cleaned.*
😁😁😂😂
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Sunday, July 12, 2020
TODAY IN HISTORY : JULY 12
TODAY IN HISTORY FOR JULY 12
905 views•Jul 12, 2019
ASSOCIATED PRESS
1.28M subscribers
Highlights of this day in history: Julius Caesar born; Walter Mondale taps
Geraldine Ferraro as the first woman to run on a major party ticket for the
White House; Boris Yeltsin quits the Soviet Communist Party; Comedian Bill
Cosby born. (July 12)
Grateful thanks to ASSOCIATED PRESS and
YouTube.
SCIENCE WATCH : WHAT IS LIFE?
WHAT IS LIFE?
272,759 views•Dec 5, 2017
STATED CLEARLY
357K subscribers
We often think of aliens as space monsters or
little green men with laser guns, but what might alien life actually be like?
Here we take a look at NASA's definition of
life, and see how it's being used in the exploration of the cosmos, as well as
in the chemistry lab as researchers search for the possible pathway from simple
chemistry to living cells.
SUPPORT US:
https://www.patreon.com/statedclearly
This animation was funded by the Center for
Chemical Evolution, the National Science Foundation, NASA, and our viewers on
Patreon
Grateful thanks to STATED CLEARLY, all the
people who wokred for this and YouTube.
MY DREAM PLACES : MUNNAR, KERALA, INDIA
MUNNAR KERALA
WATERFALLS | TEA GARDEN | DAM | FOG | SPICE
GARDEN
4,077,170 views•Jun 20, 2016
NIMO RAILWORLD
44.5K subscribers
#kerala #munnar #kochi
Munnar is a town and hill station located in
the Idukki district of the southwestern Indian state of Kerala. Munnar is
situated at around 1,600 metres (5,200 ft) above sea level, in the Western
Ghats range of mountains.
The nearest major railway stations are at
Ernakulam and Aluva (approximately 140 kilometres (87 mi) by road).and nearest
major airport is Kochi.
In this video you can enjoy Munnar tea
estate/valley, Rose garden, Dams, Waterfalls. Road trip from Kochi to Munnar
and some pics from spice garden.
It was nice experience to with family and
friends.Keep 2 days reserved for Munnar while visiting Kerala.
P.S. please read waterfall name at 1:32 as
Cheeyappara waterfalls and at 2:43 as Valara waterfalls.
Grateful thanks to NIMO RAILWORLD and
YouTube.
FANTASTIC FACTS : WHY ARE 96,000,000 BLACK BALLS ON THIS RESERVOIR?
WHY ARE 96,000,000 BLACK BALLS
ON THIS
RESERVOIR?
46,816,008 views•May 10, 2019
VERITASIUM
7.17M subscribers
I took a boat through 96 million black
plastic balls on the Los Angeles reservoir to find out why they're there. The
first time I heard about shade balls the claim was they reduce evaporation. But
it turns out this isn't the reason they were introduced.
Huge thanks to LADWP for arranging this
special tour for me. Next time let's put the GoPro on the submersible!
The balls are made of high density
polyethylene (HDPE) which is less dense than water so they float on the surface
of the reservoir even if they break apart. They are 10cm (4 inches) in diameter
and contain about 210ml of water. So the main reason they are on the reservoir
is to block sunlight from entering the water and triggering a chemical reaction
that turns harmless bromide into carcinogenic bromate. This effect occurs with
prolonged exposure to bromate so regulators insist that levels be kept below 10
microgram per liter on average over a 12 month period.
Grateful thanks to VERITASIUM, all the people
in making this video and YouTube.
SELF-IMPROVEMENT : IKIGAI - HOW TO LIVE A LONG AND HAPPY LIFE
IKIGAI - HOW TO LIVE A LONG AND HAPPY LIFE
289,744 views•Oct 14, 2019
PHILOSOPHIES FOR LIFE
282K subscribers
In this video we will be learning about
Ikigai and other things people of Okinawa do to live a long and happy life from
the book of Ikigai - Japanese secret to a long and happy life by Hector Garcia
and Francesc Miralles.
Grateful thanks to PHILOSOPHIES FOR LIFE and
YouTube.
EXCITING TRAIN JOURNEYS : ALASKA RAILROAD THROUGH WHITTIER TUNNEL
ALASKA RAILROAD THROUGH WHITTIER TUNNEL
4,157,981 views•Jul 16, 2016
ERIC JACOBI
12.2K subscribers
Alaska Railroad's Glacier Discovery Train
proceeds east into the Whittier Tunnel in Whittier, AK. This video has been
shortened by request and the shorter video can be viewed here:
https://youtu.be/bhbH-hVlHe4
Grateful thanks to ERIC JACOBI and YouTube.
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