"I CAN" IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN "I.Q."

Sunday, November 11, 2012

DIWALI.....!!!


Glass lamp with kundan work
I have to tell you that the last thing on my mind is Diwali because it's toward the end of the year and many projects are due at school and at work. Also, I usually pour all my energy and creativity into Navaratri and Diwali is an afterthought. I know that's surprising but I have friends that take Diwali very seriously and the party just moves there for me (and minus all the work). But we do spruce up the house and put out the diyas to mark the occasion. I want to share with you pictures from previous years  and maybe in a day or two, from this season. I think the style reflects my Eastern roots peppered with the Western influences of the last 15 years.
Festive season 2011
Festive season
The colors that traditionally grace India are reds, greens and browns and these are such autumnal colors that they match not only Diwali but nature outside.
Fall 2011: Browns, red, green
Festive season

Info. about Gujarat..!!

Gujarat.....
Situated in western India and bordering Pakistan, Gujarat is among India's most prosperous states. Its per capita GDP is 2.4 times the Indian average.
Gujarat 's GDP growth rate is 10.6% and India can not achieve 8 percent Growth rate without Gujarat getting closer to 12% growth rate.
If it was a nation it would have been 67th richest nation in the world above many European and Asian economies like Taiwan and Ukraine .
Gujarat holds many records in India for economic development:
· 20% of India 's Industrial Output
· 80% of India 's Diamond Production
· 9% of India 's Mineral Production
· 50% of India 's Natural Gas Production
· 54% of India 's Crude Oil Production                                                                           
· 22% of India 's exports
· 24% of India 's textile production
· 45% of India 's pharmaceutical products
· 35% of India 's Sponge Iron Production
· 47% of India 's petrochemical Production
The world's largest ship breaking yard is in Gujarat near Bhavnagar at Alang.
Reliance Petroleum Limited, one of the group companies of Reliance Industries Limited founded by Dhirubhai Ambani operates the oil refinery at Jamnagar which is the world's largest grass roots refineries.
Gujarat ranks first nationwide in gas-based thermal electricity generation with national market share of over 8% and second nationwide in nuclear electricity generation with national market share of over 1%.
Over 20% of the S&P CNX 500 conglomerates have corporate offices in Gujarat
Over 35% of the stock market wealth of India is with Gujarati People.
In recent Forbes magazine list of 10 richest Indian people four are Gujarati - Mukesh Ambani, Anil Ambani, Azim Premji and Tulsi Tanti Over 60% of Indian Population in North America is Gujarati.
An average income of a Gujarati family in North America is three times more than the average income of an American family.
Gujarat is having the longest sea shore compared to any other Indian state
Gujarat is having the highest no. of operating airports in India (Total 12).
India's 16% of Investment are from Gujarat ..
Gujarat is having highest no. of vegetarian people compared to any other state in India ..
The first ALL VEG PIZZA-HUT was opened in Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad – the commercial capital of Gujarat is the seventh largest city in India ..
Surat is the fastest growing city in the world.
Gandhinagar is the Greenest Capital City in whole Asia
Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad(IIMA) is Asia's 1st and world's 45th ranked management college located in Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Gujarat is the safest state as the Crime rate of it is 8.2 which is the least in India even after considering 2002 communal riots, stated by India Today 2005 report.
Gujarat is having least crime against women among all Indian states (excluding Goa ) where AP is 1st, Delhi is 2nd , Bihar is 3rd , Zarakhand is 4th and UP is 5th.
Ahmedabad which is the seventh largest city in India is the lowest in crime rate among all Tier-I and Tier-II cities of India as per National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report.
Ahmedabad is ranked 2nd in Real Estate - Ahead of Bangalore ,Chennai, Hyderabad , Mumbai & Delhi.
Ahmedabad is ranked 3rd in Policy Initiatives - Ahead of Bangalore, Chennai, Calcutta , Mumbai & Delhi.
Ahmedabad is ranked 4th in Manpower - Ahead of Bangalore ,Chennai, Mumbai & Delhi.
Percent of man-days lost in Gujarat due to labor strike are lowest in country - just 0.52%
It is the first state to implement the BOT law for encouraging private sector participation
The first state to have to fully functional LNG terminal
Gujarat has 33 approved SEZs
Gujarat is the first state to interconnect 20 rivers
It is the first state to provide uninterrupted 24hr 2 phase electricity to all villages
It is the only state with statewide gas grid
It is currently implementing statewide water distribution grid that will connect all 14,000 villages and all cities)
It has largest e-governance network in Asia Pacific
Its agricultural production has been increased four-fold in five years (from USD 2 Billion in 2001-2002 to 7.5 Billion in 2005-2006)
In every corner of Gujarat, within the range of 25 KMs there is a development going on.
Operation WHITE FLOOD (MILK) was initiated in Gujarat by Dr. Kurien which took India in 1998 (may be 1999) to become highest milk producer in the world.
Consumption of GOLD in Gujarat is highest in India ..
Largest number of immigration & emigration is done from Gujarat . Also highest Numbers of passports are issued from Gujarat.Baroda gas project - bringing natural gas to every home - More than 35 years ago they installed pipelines to bring natural gas to every kitchen. I think that was an amazing feat.
AMUL - NDDB & Dr. Kurian - another achievement for Gujarat - it was just fantastic to see how they collected milk early morning from every village in Gujarat . The villagers would line up at 3 in the morning at the milk collection centers!!! What a sight! According to a recent study by the Reserve Bank of India, the country's central bank, Gujarat stood first in the country with investments of US$17.8 billion in 2006-07 or 25.8% of India 's total investment of $69 billion during the year.
The southern state of Andhra Pradesh stood a distant second having attracted $6.1 billion in 2006-07.
Gujarat moved up from second place in 2005-06 having tripled its investments in a year.
A report in Times of India describes the Gulf of Kutch as India's " Gulf of Riches". Four top business houses - Reliance Industries, Essar Group, Adani Group and Tata Group, have invested about $34 billion along the Gulf of Kutch's 700-kilometer long coastline. Other corporate, which had invested over $3.26 billion since the 2001 earthquake have investments worth another $19.5 billion in the pipeline. Ten special economic zones (SEZs) near Jamnagar , a 4000-megawatt power project and five private shipyards are coming up. And massive expansion is being undertaken of the Mundra and Kandla ports.
Gujarat's 41 ports handle 80% of India's port traffic and 20% of its cargo. It is estimated that by 2015, Gujarat's ports will handle 39% of India 's cargo.
Not only has Gujarat unseated Maharashtra as India 's number one investment destination but also, it is threatening to dislodge Mumbai, Maharashtra 's capital and the financial and business capital of India, as the trade gateway to the country.
Mundra port where Indian Oil Corporation and Hindustan Petroleum are setting up giant oil storage capacities has already emerged as India's largest private oil storage tank farm.
Sixty percent of India's coal imports enter via Mundra port. Mundra's importance is likely to soar further with the completion of mega power plants being set up by Adanis and Tatas.
The volume of cargo handled by Mundra and Kandla ports alone has outstripped that handled by Mumbai's ports - the Mumbai Port Trust and the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust.
And now Gujarat is nursing ambitions of dislodging Mumbai as India 's financial hub. Its government recently announced the setting up of an international financial services center, the Gujarat International Finance Tech-City with an investment outlay of $6 billion in Ahmedabad. Forbes Magazine published list of Top 20 Self-Made Business-Men from Asia. The list includes 6 men from India and out of 6 three are Gujarati - Tulsi Tanti, Gautam Adani and Uday Kotak.
India's wealthiest man, Mukesh Ambani of Reliance, is Gujarati. Forbes says he is the world's fifth richest man, worth   $43 billion.
Azim Premji of Wipro, is Gujarati. He is the world's 21st richest man, worth $17 billion.
Ten of the 25 richest Indians are Gujarati.
Some of the best business communities in India -- Parsis,Jains, Memons, Banias, Khojas and Bohras -- speak Gujarati.
The two great leaders of the subcontinent, the Mahatma and the Quaid, were both Gujaratis from trading communities. One a Bania, the other a Khoja.
Gujaratis number 55 million, five per cent of India's population living on six per cent of surface area, but hold 30 per cent of all Indian stock.
They account for 16 per cent of all Indian exports and 17   per cent of GDP.
On August 8, the National Council of Applied Economic   Research published a report.
The richest city in India is now Surat, ahead of Bangalore and Madras, with an average annual household income of Rs0.45 million (over $11,000). 80 per cent of all diamonds sold anywhere in the world are polished in Surat's 10,000 diamond units
The only non-Jews in the Tel Aviv and Jerusalem diamond bourse are Gujjus.
Between 2004-5 and 2007-8 Surat's middle class doubled in size and its poor reduced by a third.
The fifth richest city in India is now Ahmedabad, ahead of Bombay and Delhi, and miles ahead of Calcutta.
The percentage of man-days lost in Gujarat due tolabour unrest is 0.42 per cent, the lowest in India. Of Gujarat's 18,048 villages, 17,940 have electricity.
Under Modi the face of industrial Gujarat is changing. The world's largest oil refinery is coming up in Jamnagar. Owned by Reliance, it already refines 660,000 barrels of oil a day and will double that this year.
Thirty per cent of India's cotton is grown in Gujarat, 40 per cent of India's art-silk is manufactured in Surat, employing 0.7 million people.
The world's third largest denim manufacturer is Ahmedabad's ArvindMills.
A KPMG report says 40 per cent of India's pharmacy   industry is based in Gujarat with companies like Torrent, Zydus Cadila, Alembic, Dishman and Sun Pharma.
The state's GDP has been growing at 12 per cent a year for the last 12 years, as fast as China's.
History
Scholarships to Gandhiji & Veer Savarkar for further studies in England were awarded by another Gujarati leader Shyamji Krishna Verma,who established India House in London, which was a hostel for Indian students and a meeting place for all our freedom fighter evolutionaries.
Sardar Patel & Mahatma Gandhi were the two Dynamic Leaders of Gujrat
Business/Industry:
The city of Mumbai was established by Parsis & Kutchi Bhatia community (who are also Gujaratis), who established early textile mills in Mumbai. Institutes like the Bombay Stock Exchange and Cotton Stock Exchange were also established by Gujarati Traders.
Some of the best business communities in India -- Parsis, Jains, Memons, Banias, Khojas and Bohras -- speak Gujarati.
According to the August 8 report of the National Council of Applied Economic Research, the richest city in India is now Surat , ahead of Bangalore and Madras , with an average annual household income of Rs0.45 million (over $11,000 per year).
80 per cent of all diamonds sold anywhere in the world are polished in Surat 's 10,000 diamond units
The only non-Jews in the Tel Aviv and Jerusalem diamond bourse are Gujjus.
The fifth richest city in India is now Ahmedabad, ahead of Bombay and Delhi , and miles ahead of Calcutta .
Of Gujarat 's 18,048 villages, 17,940 have electricity.
The world's largest oil refinery is coming up in Jamnagar . Owned by Reliance, it already refines 660,000 barrels of oil a day and will double that this year.
Thirty per cent of India 's cotton is grown in Gujarat , 40 per cent of India 's art-silk is manufactured in Surat , employing 0.7 million people.
The world's third largest denim manufacturer is Ahmedabad's Arvind Mills.
A KPMG report says 40 per cent of India 's pharmacy industry is based in Gujarat with companies like Torrent, Zydus Cadila, Alembic, Dishman and Sun Pharma.
The state of Gujarat's GDP has been growing at 12 per cent a year for the last 12 years, as fast as China's.
India's wealthiest man, Mukesh Ambani of Reliance, is Gujarati (world's fifth richest man, worth $43 billion).
Ten of the 25 richest Indians are Gujarati. Gujaratis hold 30 per cent of all Indian stock.
Gujaratis account for 16 per cent of all Indian exports and 17 per cent of GDP.
Now TATA's with their NANO Venture will be Impacting the Gujrat Growth.
Spirituality
The maximum spiritual literature thats available after sanskrit in any Indian Language is in Gujarati
Most Spiritual Leaders have found Gujjus to be most receptive community amongst the Indian states.
Pandurang shastri athawale and Dongre maharaj though being non gujjus made it their Head quarters.

Saturday, October 27, 2012

Imagination of Love..!!!

˙·٠•ღ♥ Kab Tak Raho Ge Aakhir Yun Door Door Humse..?
Milna PadeGa Aakhir Ek Din Zaroor Humse..!

Daman Bichaane Wale Ye Be-Rukhi Hai Kesi..?
Keh Do Agar Hua Hai Koi Qasoor Humse..!


Hum Cheen Lenge Tumse Ye Shan-e-Benayazi, Tum Mangte firoge Apna Garoor Humse..♥ღ•٠·˙ 
 
 

જાતીવાદ એ બુદ્ધિમાન વ્યક્તિનું જ સર્જન

જાતીવાદ એ બુદ્ધિમાન વ્યક્તિનું જ સર્જન હોઈ શકે છે જે તમારામાં જ ભાગલા પાડીને તમારો ફાયદો ઉઠાવે છે..
એક ઉદાહરણ લઈએ...
જાતીવાદ ના સ્ટેપ:-
૧) પેહલા જુદા જુદા ધર્મો રચ્યા...હિંદુ, મુસલમાન, ખ્રિસ્તી...
૨) પછી તેમાં જુદી જુદી જાતિ રચી ... હિંદુ માં... બ્રામ્હણ, પટેલ વગેરે વગેરે...

૩) તેનાથી પણ સંતોષ ના થયો તો તેમાં પણ નવીન ભાગલા પડ્યા.... પટેલમાં... લેઉવા, કડવા, ચરોતરી, મેહાસાની...
૪) છતાં પણ સંતોષ ના થયો તો એમાં શાખ નાખી ..(અટક - સરનેમ) ....અરે કેટ કેટલી....!!!

આમાં ફાયદો કોને થયો ....?... અરે ભાગલા પાડવા વાળા ને...!!!!
ના તો હિંદુ ને ના તો મુસલમાન ને..
ના તો બ્રહ્માન ને ના તો પટેલ ને...
ના તો લેઉવા ને ના તો કડવા ને.....!!!!

માત્ર દુરિયા વધી અને ઝઘડાઓ વધ્યા....!!!

ચાલો જોડાઈ એ એક જાતી એક માટી.... માણસાઈ અમારી જ્ઞાતિ...!!!!
ઉલ્લેખ કરેલા નામો ( અટક કે જ્ઞાતિ) માત્ર ઉદાહરણ પુરતી છે...
બંધ બેસતી પાઘડી પેહરી લેવાની જરૂર નથી....!!!
 

જીંદગીમાં ઉતાવળ ન કરવા જેવી અગિયાર બાબતો

* સંબંધ બાંધવામાં ઉતાવળ ન કરશો અને સંબંધ તોડવામાં પણ ઉતાવળ ન કરવી સંબંધને ધીમે ધીમે વિકસવા દેવો.
* ક્રોધ કરવામાં કયારેય ઉતાવળ ન કરવી, લડાઈ- ઝઘડામાં પણ ઉતાવળ ન કરવી.
* કોઈ વિશે ઉતાવળે અભિપ્રાય ન બાંધવો કે ન જાહેર કરવો. ધીમે- ધીમે વ્યક્તિનું મૂલ્યાંકન કરતા રહેવું.
* ઉતાવળે વિશ્વાસ પણ ન કરવો અને ઉતાવળે શંકા કે અવિશ્વાસ પણ ન કરવો. અતિ વિશ્વાસ ખતરનાક પણ નીવડીશકે એટલે ધીરે ધીરે, અનુભવને આધારે વ્યક્તિને વિશ્વાસપાત્ર ગણવી.
* ઉતાવળે અમર બની જવાના ખ્વાબમાં ન રાચવું કે ઉતાવળે સાહસિકતા ન દાખવવી. સમસ્યા, સંજોગો, પરિસ્થિતિ, પરિબળો અને સાધનોનું મૂલ્યાંકન કરી નિર્ણય લેવો.
* સંજોગો વિપરીત હોય ત્યારે હિંમત હાર્યા સિવાય ધૈર્યપૂર્વક ઉચિત સમયની રાહ જોવી. બેબાકળા બનવું નહિ.
* કોઈએ કહેલી વાત ઉતાવળે સાચી માની લેવી નહીં. કોઈના પર ઉતાવળે કશો આક્ષેપ કરવો નહિ.
* પ્રેમ, મૈત્રી કે વિવાહમાં ઉતાવળ કરી પાછળથી પસ્તાવાનો વારો આવે એવી પરિસ્થિતિ ઉત્પન્ન ન થવા દેવી.
* ઉતાવળે કોઈને ગુરૂ ન બનાવવા કે ઉતાવળે કોઈના શિષ્ય ન બનવું
* કોઈ પ્રશંસા કરે એટલે ઉતાવળે ખુશ ન થવું કે ફૂલાઈ ન જવું પણ એવી પ્રશંસા કરવા પાછળનો ઉદ્દેશ તપાસી જવો.
* ઉતાવળે ન ખરીદી કરવી, ન વેચાણ કરવું, ઉતાવળે દેવું ન કરી બેસવું (વગર વિચાર્યે) ઉતાવળે ન કોઈને નોકરીએ રાખવો કે ઉતાવળે તેને જાકારો આપવો. ઉતાવળે ન પોલીસ ફરિયાદ કરવી કે ન ન્યાયાલયના દ્વાર ખટખટાવવા.
*જીંદગી મૂલ્યવાન છે, એને ઉતાવળે જીવી લેવાની લ્હાયમાં ધમપછાડા કરી જીંદગીની મૂલ્યવાન
ક્ષણોને વેડફી દેનારને કોઈ શાણો કહે. ખરું ?

પ્રેમ નો અનુભવ

કૃષ્ણ હોય કે પછી કોઈ પણ સામાન્ય માણસ પ્રેમમાં દરેક એક સરખું જ અનુભવે છે, મિલન ના અવસરે કદાચ અલગ અલગ રીતે તે પોતાનો પ્રેમ રજુ કરે છે પરંતુ વિરહની વેદના તો દુનિયાનો દરેક પ્રેમી 'આંસુ'ની ભાષામાં જ રજુ કરે છે. આજે મેં એક કવિતા સ્વરૂપે તેને રજુ કરવાનો પ્રયત્ન કર્યો છે. આશા છે તમને બધાને પસંદ આવશે. હમેશની જેમ તેનો પ્રત્યુતર માટે આતુર રહીશ.

પેહલા હતો યમુનાનો કિનારો,
આજે છે કોલેજનો સહારો.

રેલાતા હતા વાંસળીના સુર,
વાગે છે ડી.જે. ભરપુર.

વનમાં રમાતી એ સંતાકુકડી,
રમે છે આજે સંગીત ખુરશી.

માટલું તોડીને ખાતા માખણનો લોંદો,
આજે ક્યારેક કોફી તો ક્યારેક કોકો.

હોળી અને વસંતોત્સવમાં થતા એ પ્રેમના નાચ,
આજે છે ફ્રેન્ડશીપ અને વેલેન્ટાઈન ખાસ.

મળવા માટે થતા માણસોના મેળા,
આજે કોફી કાફેમાં ઉભરતા ટોળા.

દરરોજ થતી એની રાસલીલા,
આજે થાય છે ડિસ્કો અંને દાંડિયા.

ત્યારે વિરહમાં એના રેલાતા હતા આંસુ,
આજે પણ 'નીશી.'ની આંખમાં છે એક આંસુ...!!!

Friday, October 12, 2012

Toll Free Numbers in India....!!!

Toll Free Numbers in India
 
Airlines
Indian Airlines - 1800 180 1407
Jet Airways - 1800 22 5522
SpiceJet - 1800 180 3333
Air India -- 1800 22 7722
KingFisher - 1800 180 0101

Banks
ABN AMRO - 1800 11 2224
Canara Bank - 1800 44 6000
Citibank - 1800 44 2265
Corporatin Bank - 1800 443 555
Development Credit Bank - 1800 22 5769
HDFC Bank - 1800 227 227
ICICI Bank - 1800 333 499
ICICI Bank NRI - 1800 22 4848
IDBI Bank - 1800 11 6999
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Automobiles
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Home Appliances
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Cell Phones
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Thursday, October 11, 2012

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GUJARATI LITERATURE....!!!

Gujarati Literature
By-ND Bhalodiya



GUJARATI LITERATURE

WRITERS



Padmanabh

Narasinh Mehta
Akho
Dalpatram
Narmad
Govardhanam Madhavram Tripathi
Kakasaheb Kalelkar
K.M Munshi
Rasiklal Parikh
Harindra Dave
Umashankar Joshi
Pannabhai Patel
Rajendra Shah
Bhagavati Kumar Sharma





Padmanabh (1296-1300):

Padmanabh is the composer of Kanhadde, a historical poem of epic dimensions. Padmanabh was a court poet of Akheraj Chauhan, ruler of Jhalor in Rajasthan. The poem is an eulogy of Kanhadde, the great grand father of the master of the poet who fought for 12 years without any respite against the Muslim invaders and became a martyr. Kanhadde is the only poem in medieval Gujarati literature which gives graphic descriptions of war and heroism in an enchanting manner.

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Narasinh Mehta (1408-80): Mehta is generally acknowledged as the father of Gujarati poetry. He wrote poetry of Bhakti and Jnana and erotic mysticism and Advaita philosophy. His principal works are Harsamenang Pado (Songs of the Garlandtime), Prabhatiyaug (The Morning Hymns), Vaishnava Jana to Tene Re Kahie (Him We May Very Well Call a Vaishnav). Mehta continues to be the inspiring figure in Gujarati literature.

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Akho (17th century): Akho, a major poet of the medieval period in Gujarati literature wrote in the tradition of the Bhakti movement. He was a goldsmith by profession and the disciple of a saintly figure of the times named Gokulnath. In the years 1645 and 1649 he composed two of his major works, namely Panchikiran (Mixture of five elements) and Akhegita (Gita by Akho). Among his other works are Chittavichar Samvad (A Dialogue between Mind and Thought), Gurushishya Samvad (A Dialogue between Teacher and a Pupil) and Anubhav Bindu (A Drop of Experience). Besides being a poet of great metaphysical experience, Akho displays a strong streak of satire in his works.

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Dalpatram (1820-'98):

Dalpatram won the title of Kavishwar (God of Poets) from the people of Gujarat.. He is the author of the play Mithyabhiman (False Pride). His poem Bipani Pinpar (Pipal Tree of Fathers Time) is hailed as the first shot of modernity. His poems are collected in the anthology Buddhiprakash. His first play Laxmi is based on the Greek play Plutus.

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Narmad (1833-'86): Narmad is known for inducting Western literary forms and expressions in Gujarati literature..He has been called the Arun (harbinger of Dawn) of modern era. his Mari Hakikat (My Reality) is the first literature in modern Gujarati literature.

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Govardhanam Madhavram Tripathi (1855-1907): Considered as the greatest novelist of Gujarati, Tripathi is also a distinguished poet. His novel Sarasvatichandra occupies an important place in the history of Indian literature. An epic novel, its four parts were published as Buddhidhan-no-Karbhar (The Administration of Buddhidhan), Gunasundari-nun-Kutumbajala (The Family World of Gunasundari), Ratnanagari-no-Rajyakarbhara (The Political Administration of Ratnanagari) and Sarasvati-nun-Manorajya (The Fancy of the Goddess of Learning). The central issue of the novel is essentially love and its evolution, love which ultimately transends despair and tragic consciousness.

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Kakasaheb Kalelkar (1885-1981): Kalelkar is considered as the master of prose in Gujarati. His forte was travelogue and essays. Himalayano Pravas (A Pilgrimage to the Himilayas), his magnum opus is a classic in Gujarati literature. His other travelogues are Bhrahmdeshno Pravas (A Pilgrimage to Burma), Purva Africaman (In the East Africa) and Ugamano Desh (The Country of the Rising Sun). Jivanno Anand (The Joy of Life) and Rakhadvano Anand (Wanderlust) contain the best specimens of his essays.
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K.M Munshi (1887-1971): K.M Munshi was a litterateur with a wide range of interests. He has enriched genres like the novel, short story, biography, autobiography,etc. He was the founder of the Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan. He is specially known for his historical novels in Gujarati. His trilogy Patanni Prabhuta (The Greatness of Patan), Gujaratno Nath (The Ruler of Gujarat) and Rajadhiraj (The Emperor) is considered significant in the literature of Gujarat.
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Rasiklal Parikh (1897-1982): A renowned Gujarati poet, short story writer and literary critic Parikh came to be known as a veteran scholar of Indian Culture, History and Sanskrit Poetics. He founded a school of drama called the Natya Vidya Mandir which gave rise to the famous Nat Mandal.. His plays include Shivilak and Mena Gurjari

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Harindra Dave (1903-'95): Harendra Dave was an outstanding poet, fictionist and essayist of the post-Independence period. His book Krishna Ane Manav Sambhando (Krishna and Human Relations) is a monumental research work on the Krishna theme. He was the recipient of Sahitiya Academy Award, Ranjitram Gold Medal, Kabir Award of the Madhya Pradesh Government, Gujarat Sahitya Parishad and Goenka award for Journalism.

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Umashankar Joshi (1911-1988): Joshi is an eminent poet, scholar and writer who received the Jnanpith Award in 1967 for his contribution to Indian literature.He is also the winner of the Soviet Land Nehru Award and Ranajitram Suvarna Chandrak. He was also the president of the National Sahitya Academy for five years from 1978. His works are Gangotri, Vishwashanti (World Peace), Nishith (The God of Night), Mahaprashtan (Great Departure) Abhijna (Recognition) and Satapada (Seven Poems)

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Pannabhai Patel (1912-'89): A Jnanpith Award winner, Pannabhai Patel is one of the foremost fictionists in Gujarati. He has written more than 200 short stories and about 50 novels among which include Manavini Bhavai (Of Human Drama), Valamanan (The Send-off), Malela Jiv (The United Souls), Bhangyanan Bheru (Companions in Crisis), Pachhale Barane (From the Backdoor), Vatrakane Kanthe (At the Shore of Vatrak).
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Rajendra Shah (1913): Rajendra Shah's first collection of poems Dhwani (Cosmic Sound) came out with a bang in 1951. He is known by his other literary works like Andolan (Resonance), Sant Kolahal (Quiet Noise), Ksana Je Cirantan (The Eternal Moment), Sankalit Kavita (Collected Poems) and Aranyak (Forest-dweller).
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Bhagavati Kumar Sharma (1934): Sharma received the Sahitya Academy Award as well as the Gujarat Government Award for Asuryalok (The World sans the Sun). A journalist by profession, he started his literary career by writing poems but switched over to novels, short stories and essays.
 
                        --Er. ND Bhalodiya

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

GUJARATI WEBSITES LIST

http://www.gujaratilexicon.com/
http://www.gujaratibooks.com/
http://vicharvalonu.com/
http://www.uddesh.org/
http://www.mitixa.com/
http://www.vasantiful.com/
http://urmisaagar.com/
http://gujaratisahityasarita.org/
http://aksharnaad.com/
http://vmtailor.com/
http://www.forsv.com/guju/
http://www.bhagwadgomandal.com/
http://www.readgujarati.com/gujaratiweb/www.gujaratilexicon.com
http://tahuko.com/
http://layastaro.com/
http://www.readgujarati.com/gujaratiweb/
http://www.gujaratis.org/

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

પથ્થર






(ભૂલા પડવાની મજા...)

મારી દુઆ સાચી હશે તો કોક દિ' ફળશે તને,
મારો પ્રણય સાચો હતો એની સમજ પડશે તને;
પથ્થર છું છો તુજ રાહનો, ઠોકર નથી, ના...ના...નથી,
પગ મૂક, ઊંચાઈ પગથિયાની સદા મળશે તને.
 ---Er. ND Bhalodiya

Monday, September 17, 2012

એક એન્જીનિયર....!!!!!

જીંદગીથી હરેલો છે, પણ ‘બગ’થી હાર નથી માનતો,
પોતાના ‘પ્રોજેક્ટ’ના બોજ હેઠળ દબાઇ જઇ રહીયો છે,

પોતાની ‘એપ્લીકેશન’ની એક એક લીટી યાદ છે,
પણ આજે પગમાં ક્યા રંગના મોજા છે તે યાદ નથી,

દસ હજાર લીટીનાં ‘કોડ’માં ‘એરર’ શોધી લે છે,
પણ મજબૂર મીત્રોની આંખમાં આંસુ દેખાતા નથી,

‘કોમ્પ્યુટર’માંહજારો ‘વિન્ડો’ છે,
પણ દિલની બારી પર કોઇ દસ્તક સંભળાતી નથી,


‘કૉડીંગ’ કરતા કરતા ખબર જના રહી,

‘બગ’ની ‘પ્રાયોરીટી’ ક્યારે માતા-પિતા કરતા વધી ગઇ,


પુસ્તકોમાં ગુલાબ રાખવાવાળો ‘સિગારેટ’ના ધુમાડામાં ખોવાઇ ગયો,



દિલની જમીન પરથી ઇછ્છાઓની વિદાઇ થઇ ગઇ,

શનિ-રવિ પર દારુ પીને મજા કરી રહીયો છે,


ખર્ચા વધી રહ્યા છે, વાળ ઓછા થઇ રહીયા છે,

આ જુઓ પાછી ‘બસ’ છૂટી ગઇ ને ‘રિક્શા’થી આવી રહીયો છે,


‘પીત્ઝા’ ગળે નથી ઉતરતા તો સાથે ‘કોક’ના ઘૂંટડા લઇ રહીયો છે,

સરસ ભેળ મળે છે છતાં મફતનો નાસ્તો ખાઇ રહીયો છે,


‘ઓફિસ’ની થાળી જોઇ મોઢુ બગાડે છે,

માઁના હાથનું જમવાનું યાદ આવી રહીયુ છે,


હજારોના પગારવાળો ‘કંપની’ના ખિસ્સામાં કરોડો ભરી રહિયો છે,

આ જુઓ એક એન્જીનિયર જઇ રહીયો છે

Sunday, September 9, 2012

i_nishith Says,

i_nishith  Says,


Always be Good with the Good,

But never be Bad with the Bad....



Because,,,



You can wash Tears with water,

But You can not wash Blood with Blood...!!!
 

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Be Positive...!!

Two basic steps of Happiness....!!!!


1) Minimum Requirements

2)Maximum Adjustments with Situation

Monday, May 28, 2012

MOM I Love YOU !!

When I was a small child.
you held my hand and smiled.
When I got hurt I would cry.
you would giggle and dry my eye.
life has difficult decisions and you were my guide.
you taught me how to decide.
you told me that the bad should be denied.
and that family should never be put aside.

when I was a small child.
I was a little wild.
as I grew I've done a few wrong things and it's true.
there's a lot of things I've wanted to tell you.
and when we have problems we always make it through.
but one thing that I want you to know is that
I LOVE YOU.

Monday, January 2, 2012

સંસારમાં કેમ કરીને રેહવું ?…

‘મનુષ્યજન્મ’ કે જે દરેક માટે દુર્લભ છે, જે માનવજીવનનો આપણો ઉદ્દેશ શું?…. આ સુંદર વાત શ્રીરામકૃષ્ણ મિશન આશ્રમ, કરિમગંજ, ખાતે ૧૯૫૭ અપ્રિલ., (સત્પ્રસંગ) માં સ્વામી વિશુદ્ધાનંદજીએ -રજુ કરેલ. પૂજ્યપાદ સ્વામી વિશુદ્ધાનંદજી મહારાજ શ્રી શ્રીમા શારદાદેવીના મંત્રશિષ્ય હતા.  તેમના જ શબ્દોમાં, લેખને સંકલન કરી આપ સર્વે પાઠક મિત્રો માટે અત્રે રજુ કરવાની નમ્ર કોશિશ કરેલ છે.

દુર્લભં ત્રયમેવૈતત્ દેવાનુગ્રહહેતુકમ્ |

મનુષ્યત્વં મુમુક્ષુત્વં મહાપુરુષસંશ્રય: ||

સંસારમાં આ ત્રણ વસ્તુઓ દુર્લભ છે- મનુષ્યજન્મ*, મુમુક્ષુતા અને મહાપુરુષનો આશ્રય. મનુષ્યજન્મ મળવો દુર્લભ; મુમુક્ષુતાની પ્રાપ્તિ તેનાથી પણ વધારે મુશ્કેલ. ‘મુમુક્ષુતા’ એટલે શું? -સંસાર એક મોટુ બંધન છે, તેનાથી મુક્ત થવાની ઈચ્છા. વિવેક ન આવે ત્યાં સુધી મુક્તિ માટે ઈચ્છા પણ જાગે નહીં.
આપણે માનવજીવનનો ઉદ્દેશ ભૂલી ગયા છીએ -લક્ષ્ય્ભ્રષ્ટ થઇ ગયા છીએ.- આ સંસારમાં સુખ ક્યાં છે? શાંતિ ક્યાં છે? -આ જાણવાની ઈચ્છા ન જાગે ત્યાં સુધી મુમુક્ષુતા આવે નહીં.- તેથી મુમુક્ષુતા દુર્લભતર. અને વળી એક મોટી વસ્તુ – મહાપુરુષનો આશ્રય.- આ ત્રણે એકસાથે મેળવવાં હોઈ તો ભગવાનનો અનુગ્રહ જોઈએ.
સંસારમાં કેમ કરીને રેહવું, એ પ્રશ્ન છે.- ઉપાસનાને બાકાત રાખી આપણે કર્મ કરીએ છીએ, તેથી ફળ કંઈ આવતું નથી; ઉપાસના અને કર્મ એકસાથે જ થવાં જોઈએ.
બધા ધર્મશાસ્ત્રોમાં નિષ્ઠાની વાત કેહવામાં આવી છે. મહાભારતમાંની એક સતીસાધ્વી સ્ત્રીની વાત સાંભળો.
એક યોગીએ બાર વર્ષ યોગાભ્યાસ કરી કંઈક શક્તિ મેળવી હતી. એક દિવસ તે ઝાડ નીચે બેઠો હતો; એ ઝાડ પર એક કાગડો બગલા સાથે ઝઘડો કરતો હતો. કેટલાંક સુકાયેલાં પાંદડાં યોગીના માથા પર પડ્યાં. તેણે ગુસ્સામાં આવી ઉપર નજર કરી. જેવી નજર કરી કે તરત જ કાગડો અને બગલો ભસ્મ થઈ ગયા. પોતાની શક્તિ જોઈ યોગી બહુ ખુશી થયો. થોડીવાર પછી તે ભિક્ષા માટે શહેરમાં ગયો. એક ઘરને બારણે જઈ તેણે કહ્યું -’માં! ભિક્ષા આપો’. તે ઘરમાં સતીસાધ્વી સ્ત્રી રેહતી હતી. તે સંસારમાં બધાં કર્તવ્યોનું સારી રીતે પાલન કરતી હતી. અંદરથી જ તેણે યોગીને કહ્યું -’બેટા! જરા થોભજે! લાંબો વખત ઊભા રેહવું પડ્યું તેથી યોગી ગુસ્સે થયો. મનમાં ને મનમાં તેણે વિચાર્યું ?’બાઈ જાણતી નથી કે મારી કેટલી શક્તિ છે.’ તે આવો વિચાર કરતો હતો, એટલામાં તે સતી બોલી -’ઠાકુર! આ કંઈ તમારા કાગડાબગલાને ભસ્મ કરવાની વાત નથી.- મારા પતિની સેવા પૂરી થયા પછી જ હું ભિક્ષા લઈને આવું છું.’ યોગી આ સાંભળી એકદમ આભો બની ગયો.- સતી બહાર આવતાં જ તે યોગી એને પગે પડ્યો અને દીનભાવે તેણે પૂછ્યું- ‘તમે આ બધું કેવી રીતે જાણ્યું?’- સતીએ કહ્યું -’નિષ્કામભાવે સંસારનાં કર્તવ્યોનું પાલન કરું છું; સ્વામીસેવા જ મારી સાધના; એમાં મારી કંઈ સ્વાર્થબુદ્ધિ નથી. હું આનાથી વધારે બીજું કંઈ જાણતી નથી. વારાણસીની બજારમાં એક વ્યાધ (કસાઈ) છે, તમે તેમની પાસે જાઓ. તે તમને ઉપદેશ કરશે.’ યોગી વ્યાધાની પાસે ગયો, તેણે જોયું તો તે એ વખતે કસાઈના કામમાં રોકાયેલો હતો.- પોતાનું કામ પૂરું કરી ઘેર જઈ માબાપની સેવા કરી તેણે પૂછ્યું – ‘શું જોઈએ છે?’ તે પછી યોગી ઉપદેશ માટે આવ્યો છે એમ જાણી તેણે કહ્યું- ‘વત્સ ! કોઈ પણ કર્મ અસત્ નથી; કોઈ પણ કર્મ અપવિત્ર નથી. પોતાની અવસ્થાને સંગત સંગત કર્તવ્યનું અને ગાર્હસ્થયધર્મનું નિષ્કામભાવે પાલન કરવાથી મને આ જ્ઞાન થયું છે.’
આમ જુઓ કે આ જગતમાં રેહવાનું થાય તો આપણે ઉપાસના સમજીને નિષ્કામભાવે કર્મ કરવાં જોઈએ.