American World War I last veteran Frank Buckles Died at age 110 – What About Indian War Heroes?

American World War I last veteran Frank Buckles Died at age 110
– What About Indian War Heroes?

Reality Views by sm –
Tuesday, March 01, 2011

A total of 4,734,991 Americans served in the military during World War I.

On Nov. 11 the 90th anniversary of the signing of the armistice — Buckles was recognized by the secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs as “our last living link” to World War I.


Frank Buckles, the last surviving American World War I veteran, passed away at the age of 110.

Frank Buckles marked his 110th birthday on February 1.
He was born Feb. 1, 1901 on a farm near Bethany, Mo.

“I always knew I’d be one of the last because I was one of the youngest when I joined,” Buckles, then 107, told the New York Daily News. “But I never thought I’d be the last one.”

Susannah Buckles Flanagan age 55 said her father Mr. Buckles, a widower, died of natural causes on his West Virginia farm, where she had been caring for him.
At 12:15 a.m. Sunday, he summoned his live-in nurse to his bedroom. As the nurse looked on, Flanagan said, Mr. Buckles drew a breath, and his eyes fell shut.

Buckles was the living history book of World War I, he saw everything, and he experienced everything.

In April 1917 United States entered in WWI.
At the tender age of 16, Buckles left his school, to join American forces.
But he was rejected by Marine and Navy recruiters

Then he decided join Army, when the recruiter asked to see his birth certificate, Buckles said Missouri didn’t keep birth records when he was born and the only record was what was written in the family Bible.
Buckles lied to join army about his age and he became successful in that.
Buckles enlisted on Aug. 14, 1917, serial number 15577 and went through basic training at Ft. Riley, Kan.

At the age of 16, he witnessed the European theatre of World War I, serving in the United States Army as an ambulance driver.
In World War II, he became a Prisoner of War in the Philippines and was imprisoned for 39 months.


Buckles family has a tribute site to him at http://www.frankbuckles.org/

What about our Indian War Heroes who fought for India.
Do you know few names of Indian war heroes?
Everyone remembers Border, Karma, and Cricket Players
But what about real heroes.

Who is responsible for this?
Our History Books, Our school History Lessons?
Our Indian Society

Think for a second about our Indian War Heroes and their families.

All Gave Some, but Some Gave All
For You and Me and All

Reality Views by sm –
Tuesday, March 01, 2011

(RTI) activist Jabbardan Gadhvi commits suicide .What is the Reward for doing and Using Right to Information Act for benefit of India

(RTI) activist Jabbardan Gadhvi commits suicide .

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Saturday, February 26, 2011

Names, List of JPC committee members who will investigate 2G scam

JPC Formed – Here is the List of JPC committee members
who will investigate 2G scam
Names, List of JPC committee members who will investigate 2G scam

The Congress-led United Progressive Alliance Government, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee moved the motion in the Lok Sabha for setting up of the JPC to look into the telecom policy pursued from 1998 to 2009 and to investigate 2G spectrum scam.


The report will be submitted at the end of Monsoon Session in September.
The Committee will make recommendations to ensure formulation of appropriate procedures for implementation of laid down policy in the allocation and pricing of telecom licences.

The JPC will consist of 30 members out of which 15 will be from the UPA and 15 from the Opposition.
The Committee will have 20 members from the Lok Sabha and 10 Rajya Sabha MPs.

Among the Lok Sabha MPs who will be part of the committee, eight are from Congress and four from BJP.

Following is the list or Names of JPC Committee members who will investigate 2G scam.

1.V Kishore,
2.Chandra Deo,
3.Paban Singh Ghatowar,
4.Jai Prakash Agarwal,
5.Deepender Singh Hooda,
6.P.C Chacko,
7.Manish Tewari,
8.Nirmal Khatri,
9.Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury from Congress.
10.T.R Baalu (DMK),
11.Kalyan Banerjee (Trinamool Congress),
12.Jaswant Singh,
13.Yashwant Sinha,
14.Harin Pathak,
15.Gopinath Munde from BJP.
16.Sharad Yadav (JD-U),
17.Dara Singh Chauhan (BSP),
18.Akhilesh Yadav (SP),
19.Gurudas Dasgupta (CPI),
20.Arjun Charan Sethi (BJD)
21.M Thambi Durai (AIADMK)

Speaker Meira Kumar will nominate one among the members as chairman of the JPC.

Reality Views by sm –
Thursday, February 24, 2011

More Reading –
Know and understand what Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) is?
Powers, Functions of JPC

http://realityviews.blogspot.com/2010/11/know-and-understand-what-is-joint.html

Gang Rape Criminals Get Freedom – Crime of Rape compromised Supreme Court of India agrees rapist can pay to victim for freedom

Gang Rape Criminals Get Freedom – Crime of Rape compromised
Supreme Court of India agrees rapist can pay to victim for freedom
Please remember Offence of Rape is not compoundable.

What is the meaning of compoundable offence or crime?
Compounding in simple terms understand it means compromise.
The compounding of the offence signifies that the person against whom the offence has
Been committed has received some gratification, to act as an inducement for his desiring to abstain from a prosecution.
A criminal offence is regarded as a crime against the state, and the victim or the complainant has no right to withdraw the complaint.
But certain offences which are not of serious nature are allowed to be compounded.
Compounding has same effect as acquittal from the charges.



Suresh Baboo V/s State of U.P. 1947 (2) JT (SC) 361 in which permission to compound in non-compoundable offence was granted.

Nowadays 498A is also declared as compoundable by SC

Criminal Procedure Code –
Section 320 - Compounding of offences.
The offences punishable under the sections of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) specified in
The first two columns of the Table next following may be compounded by the persons mentioned in the third column of that Table.

(2) The offences punishable under the sections of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) specified in
The first two columns of the table next following may, with the permission of the Court before
Which any prosecution for such offence is pending, be compounded by the persons mentioned in
The third column of that table:—

(3) When any offence is compoundable under this section, the abetment of such offence or an
Attempt to commit such offence (when such attempt is itself an offence) may be compounded in
Like manner.

(4)(a) When the person who would otherwise be competent to compound an offence under this
Section is under the age of eighteen years or is an idiot or a lunatic, any person competent to
Contract on his behalf, may, with the permission of the Court compound such offence.

(b) When the person who would otherwise be competent to compound an offence under this
Section is dead, the legal representative, as defined in the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of
1908) of such person may, with the consent of the Court compound such offence.

(5) When the accused has been committed for trial or when he has been convicted and an appeal
Is pending no composition for the offence shall be allowed without the leave of the Court to
Which he is committed, or, as the case may be, before which the appeal is to be heard.

(6) A High Court or Court of Session acting in the exercise of its powers of revision under
Section 401 may allow any person to compound any offence which such person is competent to
Compound under this section.

(7) No offence shall be compounded if the accused is, by reason of a previous conviction, liable
Either to enhanced punishment or to a punishment of a different kind for such offence.

(8) The composition of an offence under this section shall have the effect of an acquittal of the
Accused with whom the offence has been compounded.

(9) No offence shall be compounded except as provided by this section.

On March 5, 1997 the convicts Baldev Singh, Gurmail Singh and Hardeep Singh
Gang raped the victim in Punjab's Ludhiana district.

After that the session’s court had awarded 10 years imprisonment to the convicts.
Under Section 376(G) of the IPC, the minimum sentence to the gang rapists is 10 years, which may extend even to life imprisonment.

The Punjab and Haryana High Court had dismissed the convicts' appeal, following which they appealed in the Supreme Court.

After this the 3 rapist appealed in the Supreme Court of India.


This is not new Supreme Court of India has in past also allowed to compound the offences which were not mentioned in the list of offences.


But this is a Gang rape, rape how can it be compounded?

A bench of justices Markandeya Katju and Gyan Sudha Mishra reduced to three and half years the 10-year sentence awarded to three gang rapists who took the plea that both the convicts and the victim were now happily married to different people and "wanted to live peacefully."

Supreme Court agreed to let them off provided the convicts paid Rs 50,000 each to the victim.
Supreme Court ordered that "the amount shall be paid to the victim within three months", failing which the same shall be recovered under the Land Revenue Act from the trio and paid to the victim.

The offence of Gang Rape was committed 15 years back,

Justice Delayed Is Justice Denied.

Do not know but I did not like the idea of letting go of criminals, rapist by paying money and compromising the crime with the victim.

Normally the verdicts, judgment given by the Supreme Court of India are followed by lower courts of India.

Now the question is suppose tomorrow session court also starts to grant the compounding in offences of Gang Rape?

Is it not possible?

Does the crime of Gang Rape become Compoundable offence after this judgment of Supreme Court?


Reality views by sm –
Thursday, February 24, 2011

CWG Corruption - Lalit Bhanot, VK Verma, Reddy and Bakshi Arrested. Who is Next Suresh Kalmadi?

CWG Corruption - Lalit Bhanot, VK Verma, Reddy and Bakshi Arrested.
Who is Next Suresh Kalmadi?

former Commonwealth Games Organizing Committee general secretary Lalit Bhanot and former director general VK Verma were arrested by the CBI in connection with irregularities in the Rs 107 crore time-keeping contract awarded to Swiss company Omega for the Games.


Swiss company Omega provided equipments which were used to keep time during different sports events in October 2010.

Both men have been charged with the intent to cheat and criminal conspiracy.
Bhanot has been booked by the probe agency under sections 120B (criminal conspiracy) and 420 (cheating) of IPC and various sections of Prevention of Corruption Act, along with Switzerland-based firm Swiss Timing Ltd and other unknown persons.

The Organizing Committee got bidding from two companies, Omega and MS Spain
Organizing Committee chose to go with Omega even though the price quoted by the Swiss company Omega was almost double the price from other bidders.

"It is alleged that the accused officers abused their official position and entered into criminal conspiracy with a Switzerland-based company and other unknown persons to cheat the government in awarding contract to the said company for acquiring Timing, Scoring and Result (TSR) System at exorbitant rates of Rs. 107 crore thereby causing huge loss to the government," a CBI spokesperson said.

In another development
K U K Reddy, s senior official of the Commonwealth Organizing Committee and Praveen Bakshi, Director of a private company, was today sent to five days of CBI custody by a Delhi court in connection with alleged irregularities in overlays supply.

Reddy, Additional Director General of Commonwealth Games Organising Committee and Bakshi, Director of ESA JV, was booked on the charge of bribery.

CBI submitted Bakshi has paid a huge bribe to the officials of the organizing committee in return for getting contracts at exorbitant rates.

"I am satisfied that the prayer for 5-day police custody remand of both the accused is just. Accordingly, both the accused are remanded to police custody till February 28," Special CBI judge O P Saini said.

Media has reported that Suresh Kalmadi will be arrested after the conclusion of National Games in Jharkhand on February 26.

Reality views by sm –
Thursday, February 24, 2011

Baba Ramdev, His Properties and Politics

Baba Ramdev, His Properties and Politics -

As per Reports Patanjali Yogpeeth Trust has property worth more than Rs 1,000 crore in Hardwar alone.

These include a 300-bed multi specialty hospital, a yoga research centre, a university, an ayurvedic pharmacy, a food park and a cosmetics manufacturing unit.


Swami Ramdev is even reported to have acquired a Scottish isle for about £ 2 million a few years ago to set up a wellness retreat.
According to unconfirmed reports, Patanjali Yogpeeth has also acquired major stakes in the Aastha TV channel.

Ramdev's business empire includes hospitals, wellness centres, colleges, and of course herbal products. His trusts are worth Rs 1,100 Crore (Rs 11 billion).

The centre at Haridwar is spread over 600 acres and includes a university.

Ramdev has a sales revenue Rs 25 Crore (Rs 250 million) every month from the sale of medicines.
According to business standard the sale of books and CDs amount to Rs 2 to 3 Crore (Rs 20-30 million)

The 500-acre food park at Haridwar has been set up with an investment of Rs 500 Crore (Rs 5 billion).

Ramdev Baba has been gifted 95 acres of land near Houston in the United States.



As per Baba Ramdev he has never got any land from government of India.

India needs more People like Baba Ramdev who talk about Politics.

Every Indian Saint needs to become like Baba Ramdev, interested in politics and interested in growth of India.

A true saint is one who talks freely and openly about his king.
In democracy Prime Minister and ruling party enjoys the status of King.

Congress should bring the good laws, good amendments then automatically everyone will start to praise the government and ruling party.

Any educated man will say and accept
If compared Baba Ramdev with any politician, Baba Ramdev is superior to any politician of India.

I hope very soon Baba Ramdev and his trust will declare all the properties owned by their trust.

India needs more people like Baba Ramdev, think for a second what Baba Ramdev openly says, we common people can not even dare to say it in public.

So you may or may not like Baba Ramdev, but we have to support him.
For the national cause.
For India.

Now again what will happen,
Our politicians know the trick of divide and rule, now Saints good or bad will start fight with Baba Ramdev and they will not stay united.

Thus power of Saints will get reduced. And who will be beneficiary,
Beneficiary will be a politician and political parties.

We have to support any person who talks about bringing new good laws, new good amendments to our law.

Bring Black money, Make strict laws against corruption, and stop the use of currency notes of 500 and 1000 Indian Rupees

Nothing is wrong in above demands; in past I have also written articles regarding not to use the currency notes of 500 or 1000.

Every Educated person knows whenever black money is found it’s in form of 500 or 1000 Rs. Notes.

The problem is now Baba is talking about forming Political party and he is getting huge support.

Thus everyone is afraid of Baba.

I Hope more and more Babas, Gurus and Sadus and Saints good or bad everyone enters into Politics.

We need to increase competition among politicians and political parties.

Suggested Reading –
Rs. 1100 Crore property declared by Ramdev Baba
http://realityviews.blogspot.com/2011/06/rs-1100-crore-property-declared-by.html


Reality Views by sm –
Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Short History, Invention of Cereal Foods

Short History, Invention of Cereal Foods
Cereals were invented as a Healthy Food.

What is the meaning of Cereal?
Which food is called as cereal?

Cereal is defined as
Grass such as wheat, oats, or corn, the starchy grains of which are used as food. The grain of such a grass. A food prepared from any of these plants, especially a breakfast food made from commercially processed grain.
Any grass that produces an edible grain, such as oat, rye, wheat, rice, maize, sorghum, and millet


A grass, such as corn, rice, sorghum, or wheat, whose starchy grains are used as food. Cereals are annual plants, and cereal crops must be reseeded for each growing season.

In short Cereal is a type of breakfast food prepared from such grain.
Cereal or grain is a member of the grass plant family, with starchy seeds used for food. Common cereals are: wheat, rice, rye, oats, barley, corn (maize), and sorghum.

Cereals are used for both human and animal food.
Breakfast cereal is given or served with milk early in the morning before sending kids to extra classes or school.
Cereal is very popular breakfast food in America and has started to become very popular around the globe.

A breakfast cereal is usually eaten cold as a ready-to-eat meal and mixed with a liquid, such as milk or water exception to the rule are cereals such as oatmeal and porridge, which are eaten hot.

Short History or Invention of Cereal food –

CEREAL is a 6 letter word that starts with C.
First Cereal was invented in year 1829 by clergyman Sylvester Graham, the cereal was called as Graham cracker.
Graham cracker is a slightly sweet, usually rectangular cracker made with whole-wheat flour.

The first packaged breakfast cereal Granula was invented in the United States in 1863 by James Caleb Jackson operator of the Jackson Sanitorium in Dansville, New York
The cereal never became popular; it was far too inconvenient, as the heavy bran nuggets needed soaking overnight before they were tender enough to eat.

The names “Granula” (trademarked by Jackson) and “Granola” (trademarked by Kellogg) were trademarked for foods consisting of “natural herb products crumbled and then baked until crispy.”


In 1860 Seventh-Day Adventists, who also believed in vegetarianism, founded the Western Health Reform Institute in Battle Creek, Michigan.
The Institute was later renamed the Battle Creek Sanitarium after its location in Battle Creek, Michigan.
At this institute, physician John Harvey Kellogg invented several grain-based meat substitutes.
In 1877, John Harvey Kellogg, invented a biscuit made of ground-up wheat, oat, and cornmeal for his patients suffering from bowel problems.
The product was initially also named "Granula", but changed to "Granola" after a lawsuit.
The bookkeeper and manger of the Battle Creek Sanitarium was John's brother, Will Keith Kellogg.
The brothers worked together to develop more grain-based vegetarian options

Accidental Invention of Famous Cereal by Kellogg Brothers –
1894 – Brothers used to make wheatmeal for patients.
To make it, they would run boiled wheat through rollers to create a very thin cracker-type sheet. They would then roast the sheet and grind it into meal.
One night that the brothers left a batch of boiled wheat out and forgot about it.
The next day, they ran it through the rollers to see if the stale wheat would be salvageable once it was ground.
Instead of a unified flat sheet, the wheat came out as flakes
They roasted the flakes and served them to their patients. They had an immediate success on their hands.
Kellogg had invented corn flakes.

In 1894 - Charles William Post started La Vita Inn.
There, he set to work on creating his own chicory coffee substitute and breakfast cereals.
1897 - Later he started to sell his own Granula - we know it today as Grape-nuts - an easier to chew derivative of Dr. James Caleb Jackson's original cereal.
Later he introduced own brand of corn flakes, which he called "Elijah's Manna". The cereal was a big seller... once he changed the name to Post Toasties.

In 1906, Will bought out his brother's portion of the cereal patents and went on to create the Kellogg Company.
Rice Krispies were introduced by Kellogg in 1929.

To avoid confusion with his competitors products, WK Kellogg had his name and signature scripted on each package of Kellogg’s® Corn Flakes along the explanation “The original has this signature"

In 1953, Kellogg's introduced Sugar Smacks, aptly named because it contained 56 percent sugar.

In the 1930s, the first puffed cereal, Kix, went on the market.

1941 - The introduction of the seven-ounce box of Cheerioats was a major event for General Mills."

Quaker Oats man became the first registered breakfast cereal trademark in 1877, breakfast cereals have been synonymous with characters like Tony the Tiger of Kellogg’s, the Trix Rabbit, and Post's Sugar Bear.

Because of Kellogg and Post, the city of Battle Creek, Michigan is nicknamed the "Cereal Capital of the World"

Cereal food means a healthy food, healthy breakfast.



Cereal Food and India –

Do you know which traditional Indian food is Cereal type of food?

Answer is Poha and milk, Dalia, idli, sambar, and vada
Poha is flattened rice flakes or wheat flakes and mixed with hot milk, sugar or jaggery
Dalia is made from whole wheat grits. Some people like sweet Dalia, and some people like salty Dalia.

Record shows that from 2300 to 1750 AC, wheat, barley, and rice were grown by inhabitants of northern India.
History of Every nation is great no one is superior to other.
Always compare present not past.

Reality views by sm –
Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Congress Accepted Demand of JPC to investigate 2G scam –

Congress Accepted Demand of JPC to investigate 2G scam –

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced the formation of a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) to investigate the multi-crore 2G spectrum scam



The Government is fully cooperating with the investigations into the 2G scam. The Government also agrees to setting up of JPC," said Singh

Requesting Speaker Meira Kumar to proceed with the formation of the JPC, the Prime Minister said that a formal motion will be moved soon.
The motion for the formation of the JPC will be moved in the Lok Sabha on February 24
Four hours have been set aside for a debate on JPC formation after the motion is moved.
Now the question is what if A Raja wants to participate in this debate?

Terms of Reference of JPC are not fix yet but soon the terms will be fixed.

This is the victory of Honesty and Democracy.

Reality Views by sm –
Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Suggested Reading –
Know and understand what Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) is?
Powers, Functions of JPC –

http://realityviews.blogspot.com/2010/11/know-and-understand-what-is-joint.html

Bombay High Court upholds Kasab Death Punishment – When Kasab will get Death Punishment

Bombay High Court upholds Kasab Death Punishment –
When Kasab will get Death Punishment

Calling Kasab's case the "rarest of rare", the two-judge bench comprising justices Ranjana Desai and RV More dismissed an appeal filed by Kasab challenging the death sentence by Special Judge ML Tahaliyani in May 2010.

Kasab made his fourth appearance in the High Court through teleconferencing on Monday.


The entire proceeding lasted for just a few moments before the court pronounced its verdict.

Special Judge ML Tahaliyani on May 6, 2010 gave 22-year-old Kasab death sentence on five counts of murder, conspiracy to murder, waging war against the country, abetting murder and indulging in terrorist activities.

The Bombay High Court upheld the lower court's order completely and found Kasab guilty of seven murders including the killings of senior Mumbai Police officials Hemant Karkare, Ashok Kamte and Vijay Salaskar.

"This is rarest of rare matter so he should face capital punishment. Kasab and Abu Ismail together killed 56 people," the two-judge division bench comprising justices Ranjana Desai and RV More observed while dismissing an appeal filed by Kasab challenging the death sentence by Special Judge ML Tahaliyani in May 2010.

the High Court also dismissed Maharashtra Government's appeal against acquittal of Fahim Ansari and Sabauddin Ahmed. Fahim and Sabauddin were accused of preparing maps of Mumbai and giving them to alleged Lashkar-e-Toiba operatives.

Now what will happen –?

Now again Kasab will file appeal in Supreme court of India.

Reality Views by sm –
Monday, February 21, 2011

Suggested Reading – Read and know Exactly when
Terrorist Kasab Gets Death Punishment, Know When Kasab Will Get Death Punishment

http://realityviews.blogspot.com/2010/05/terrorist-kasab-gets-death-punishment.html

Nutritional Importance of Millets – Jowar or Bajra Bhakri – Indian Common mans food

Nutritional Importance of Millets – Jowar or Bajra Bhakri
– Indian Common mans food

Main food - Africa and Asia
In Sri Lanka, Finger millet is called Kurakkan
Grown and consumed in Rajasthan, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra and Goa.

Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh Ragi Balls are made and consumed with Sambar.
Maharashtra and Karnataka – Bhakri or Roti
Goa - satva, pole (dosa), bhakri, ambil (a sour porridge)

Fermented millet is used to make a beer and the mash is distilled to make liquor


Using Ragi even dosa, laddu and idly is prepared. But our Indian politicians are planning to make beer or liquor using Millet before constructing schools and medical collages.

MILLETS are small- seeded variety of cereal crops.
Millet looks like little yellow pearls
From ancient times we humans are using millet in our food.
Millet is also fed to birds and used as cattle food.
Millet is gluten free grain.



There are many varieties of millet, but the four major types are Pearl, which comprises 40% of the world production, Foxtail, Proso, and Finger Millet.

Millets are more nutrient dense than wheat and rice.
Normally one can use Millets in different ways while preparing food, but best option is in form of Rotis or Bread.

There are different types of Millets are available.

Sorghum (jowar),
Pearl millet [bajra]
RAGI (FINGER MILLET)

RAGI (FINGER MILLET) –
Used mainly in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh
Calcium content in finger millet (ragi) is nearly 350mg for 100g whereas in wheat and rice it is even below 50mg.
The average protein content of ragi is 9.8 per cent with well balanced essential amino acids composition along with Vitamin A, Vitamin B and phosphorous.
Ragi is also good for diabetics because of slow release of sugars to the body.
Because of High Fiber content Ragi helps person to tackle constipation, high blood cholesterol and intestinal cancer.


Pearl millet [bajra] –
Used mainly in Rajasthan, Gujarat and Haryana
Bajra Roti is very famous.
Bajra Roti contains iron, phytochemicals that lower cholesterol, folate, magnesium, copper, zinc, and vitamins E and B-complex. It packs an additional punch since it contains all 13 essential amino acids
Bajra is good for bones and has higher energy content than other flours. It is also rich in calcium and unsaturated fats which are good for the body
It’s good to eat Bajra Rotis in winter.

Sorghum (jowar),
Used Mainly in Karnataka, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Haryana.
Jowar is rich in potassium and phosphorus and also has good amount of calcium with small amounts of iron and sodium.
Jowar helps to maintain heart, body weight and arthritis.

In short good points of Millet are
1. Low in saturated fat
2. No cholesterol
3. Very low in sodium
4. No sugar
5. High in manganese
6. Prevent Heart Failure Use Daily

Eating foods high in insoluble fiber, such as millet, can help women avoid gallstones, shows a study published in the American Journal of Gastroenterology.

Increasing consumption of whole grains and fish could reduce the risk of childhood asthma by about 50%, suggests the International Study on Allergy and Asthma in Childhood (Tabak C, Wijga AH, Thorax).

Eating or Serving Millet 6 times week helps postmenopausal women with high cholesterol, high blood pressure or other signs of cardiovascular disease (CVD).

If you got money to spend on always purchase Organic Millet.
Reason - more nutritional value

Bhakri and Pitla is a famous recipe in Maharashtra and Gujarat

How to make Jowar Roti –

Ingredients –
1. 1 and half cup of water
2. 1 cup Jowar flour
3. Salt as per taste

How to Prepare Bhakri –
Heat water
Add salt
When water starts boiling add the jowar flour
Then keep stirring and mixing it until water is absorbed.
Then knead into firm dough, make balls, use flour and make round or circle shape bhakri.
Using hands spread them give them round shape.
Then fry them on the heated tava.

Reality Views by sm –
Sunday, February 20, 2011

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Recipe by Usha
Grain Enriched Methi Roti
http://sizzlingindianrecipes.blogspot.com/2008/09/grain-enriched-methi-roti.html

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List of Scandals, Scams, Corruption from 1948 to 2011
Corruption is not in for Indians or not for this world.
So today I will be remembering and writing here the list of corruption which happened in India since Indian Independence.

If you find any facts wrong please let me know.


British throne passed the Indian Independence Act after that India got the freedom.
Not like Egypt where President Mubarak ran away.

After Independence British people left the India and Indian Throne was empty.
Our Indian people sat on that throne and started to rule India using the same rules and books which were made for the slave colony of India by the British king.



Difference between American and Indian scam corruption cases is that in America rich or politician both go to Jail and India if you are rich and politician you will not go to jail in your prime age.

Suppose Mr. P robs the bank at the age 20 and he goes to jail at the age of 50 what is the use of such justice?

If Mr. P gets the kickbacks at between age 30 to 45 and then he goes to jail at the age of 70 or 75 what is the use of such justice.

Thus there is no justice in India, Indian democracy is failed and we are living in Mobocracy.
Let’s start our Journey of knowing famous important Indian corruption and scam cases starting from Year 1948.



1.
1948 Jeep Scandal
- V K Krishna Menon was India’s commissioner in London His name was linked with the scam, the name of the scam was Jeep Scam. Indian government had placed an order for 2,000 jeeps with a London-based firm that had false credentials. While most of the money was paid upfront, just 155 jeeps landed. Later Krishna Menon became Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru's trusted ally and the defense minister.

2.
Year 1949 - Industry minister Rao Shiv Bahadur Singh, father of Arjun Singh, was jailed for three years for taking a bribe of Rs 25,000 from gemstone trader Sachendubhai Baron for renewing his diamond mining lease

3.
1958 – Indira Gandhi’s Husband Firoz Gandhi exposed the scam. Finance minister T T Krishnamachari, finance secretary H M Patel, LIC chairman L S Vaidyanathan, are some of the names were linked to this LIC scam or scandal.

4.
In 1959 Ramakrishna Dalmia, chairman, Bharat Insurance Company, was arrested for misappropriating around Rs 2.2 crore from the company and sent to jail for two years.

5.
In 1960, businessman Dharma Teja managed to get Rs 22 crore loan from the government to start a shipping company, and then siphoned the money out of the country. He was arrested in Europe and jailed for six years.

6.
In 1965, Orissa chief minister Biju Patnaik (chief minister Naveen Patnaik's father) was forced to resign after it became known that he had favored his privately owned company, Kalinga Tubes, in awarding a government contract.

7.
1970 – Nagarwala Scandal – Regarding this scandal information is not clear and everything is hidden or unexplained. It is said that Nagarwala impersonated the prime minister on the phone and got State Bank of India to give him Rs 60 lakh. Both Nagarwala and the police officer who investigated the case died in mysterious circumstances soon after.

8.
1974 –Maruti Scandal – name of Indira Gandhi is linked. It was reported that her son was favored with a license to make passenger cars in the then highly restrictive-environment

9.
1976 – Oil Scam – The scam is linked to Indira Gandhi and Sanjay Gandhi. A $200-million contract was awarded to the Hong Kong-based Kuo Oil Co to take future deliveries at current prices. The government lost Rs13 crore. It was reported that indirectly money went to Indira and Sanjay.

10.
1980 – THAL Vaishet project scam - In 1980 petroleum secretary H N Bahuguna, N N Kapadia, petroleum minister P C Sethi and K P Unnikrishnan were accused in a scandal where a consultancy contract for the Thal Vaishet project was awarded to a subsidiary of Italian Snamprogetti in violation of laid down-norms.

11.
1981 – Maharashtra Cement Scam Scandal – Maharashtra Chief Minister A R Antulay linked - It was reported that Maharashtra Chief Minister A R Antulay gave Public consumption Cement to Private builders , companies favored them. How much profits which company and who made I did not find information. Did he got the kicksbacks?

12.
1986 – German Submarine Scam – Person linked was Indira Gandhi. It was alleged and reported that Indira Gandhi government got the kickbacks in buying two submarines from German firm HDW

13.
1987 - Bofors Scam – Person Linked Rajiv Gandhi - Rajiv Gandhi and others were accused of receiving Rs 64 crore in payoffs for the 155mm howitzer deal from the Swedish-firm-Bofors.

14.
1991 – Jain hawala case - L K Advani, V C Shukla, C K Jaffer Sharief, Arif Mohammed Khan, Madan Lal Khurana, Kalpnath Rai, N D Tiwari and many others were accused in the Rs 64-crore Jain hawala case.

15.
1991 – Harshad Mehta Scam – Using the Loopholes of law Mehta, SBI, NHB, Grindlays, Citibank and Stanchart were all accused of having played a part in the Rs 10,000 crore securities scandal.

16.
Fodder Scam - Bihar chief minister Laloo Prasad Yadav and other state politicians and bureaucrats were alleged to have siphoned off Rs 950 crore from funds meant for the state animal husbandry department

17.
1996 - M Gopalakrishnan, former chairman and managing director of Indian Bank, and others were accused of having sanctioned huge loans totaling Rs 1,500 crore to companies without obtaining adequate-collateral-security.

18.
1996 – Telecom Scandal - Sukh Ram was charged with accepting kickbacks from a number of telecom companies in exchange for special favors. About $1 million in small-denomination rupee notes was found in the homes of Sukh Ram. Runu Ghosh, a senior official in the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), was arrested on corruption charges, including having allegedly favored telecom equipment manufacturer Advanced Radio Masts Ltd (ARM) in purchase contracts.

19.
1996 - owners of several large shoe companies in Mumbai were arrested on charges of having floated bogus cobbler co-operatives to get low-interest loans from the Maharashtra government

20.
Chain Roop Bhansali's CRB – 1000 crore Rs. Mutual Fund, Banks he got licenses. He got good credit ratings and audit ratings. CRB created a pyramid based on high cost financing, which finally collapsed. But no one was punished.

21.
Tree Plantation Scam – Invest in one teak tree and become crorepati, earn 1000 times more were the advertisements but today all the companies are vanished and common man lost the money. Do you know any one who got paid for investing in Tree, Do you even know any one went to Jail for doing this scam.

22.
Mutual Fund Scam or Scandal – In beginning all mutual funds made the losses and their parent companies bailed them out. One of the famous one is UTI. In 1999 Unit Trust of India got problems and Indian taxpayers paid for this ,bail amount was Rs 4,800 crore

23.Year 2002 – Ketan Parekh Share scam – Manging stock and share prices.

24.Satyam Scam - Rising of small firm into empire

25.Aadarsh Scam

26.Common wealth Scam

27.2 G spectrum Scam

28.S band Scam

29.Cooperative Banks Scam

30.Fake election votes

31.Passport scam

32.Black money scam

33.Escort Scam

34.Ration Card Scam

35.SEZ scam

36.Government land scam

37.Army Land Scam

38.Toll Scam

39.Road Construction Scam

40.Slum Scam

41.Government Housing society Scam

42.Food waste scam

43.Food export scam

44.Illegal construction scam

45.BRT scam

46.Metro Scam

47.Sari and Jewellery Scam

48.Pam Oil Scam

49.Light Scam

50.Arms,purchase,bullet jacket purchase Scam


51. Coalgate Scam  - coal mining scam loss of Rs 185,591 crore

52.Tatra truck  Scam - The scam was estimated at Rs 750 crore.

53. Antrix Devas deal

54.Stamp Paper and Telgi Scam

55. Bellary mining scam

We Indians behave like the 3 monkeys of Gandhi.
Mera Bharat Mahan


The above list is not complete .

Suggested Reading –

Photo showing List of Corruption Scams and total amount of money we Indians lost to these corrupt people

http://realityviews.blogspot.com/2011/07/photo-showing-list-of-corruption-scams.html
Reality views by sm –
Saturday, February 12, 2011

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Officially President Mubarak Resigns – Egypt is Free Power of People wins

Officially President Mubarak Resigns –
Egypt is Free Power of People wins
After 30 Years of rule, Today President Mubarak resigns from his post of President
Of Egypt.
For this freedom for 18 days People of Egypt fought the fight of democracy where dictator lost the battle against the will of people of Egypt.


It’s reported that Mubarak leaved the Egypt still in which country he went its not clear and not declared.

Egypt's Vice President Omar Suleiman, in a statement on state television, said a military council has been appointed to run affairs.

Al Arabiya television reported that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and his family had left Cairo to an unknown destination from a military airbase


As per my own view he will go to Saudi Arabia.
Suggested Reading –
Time Line and Biography of Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak –
A winner of Jawaharlal Nehru Award –

http://realityviews.blogspot.com/2011/02/time-line-and-biography-of-egypts.html

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Friday, February 11, 2011

CBI arrested Shekhar Deorukhkar Personal Secretary of Suresh Kalmadi in connection with CWG scam

CBI arrested Shekhar Deorukhkar Personal Secretary of
Suresh Kalmadi in connection with CWG scam

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested former Commonwealth Games Organizing Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi's personal assistant Shekhar Deorukhkar in Pune in connection with the Commonwealth Games scam.


CBI has registered fresh case under various sections of law for award of contracts for overlays at different venues for Commonwealth Games at exorbitant rates

Shekhar has been Personal Assistant to Kalmadi for over 15 years,

Deorukhkar has been produced before the Shivaji Nagar court with the CBI seeking his transit remand.
Shekhar, arrested under IPC 420 (cheating), 120 (b) (criminal conspiracy), was picked up from his residence in Kothrud area of Pune by a CBI team from Delhi.

He was produced before district judge S Sardesai who granted transit remand of the accused to the CBI, directing it to produce him in a Delhi court by February 14

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Friday, February 11, 2011

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Aero India 2011 - Best Fighter Planes will be on display in Bangalore

Aero India 2011 - Best Fighter Planes will be
on display in Bangalore –

What is Aero India 2011?

Aero India 2011 is the Asia’s largest air show, Aero India is held at Yelahanka Air Force Station, Bangalore, India from 9-13 February 2011.

Global Manufacturers of war planes will display their best planes to in this air show and will try to impress and win the India’s Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) tender.


This is the first time ever that all six contenders for the contract are participating at an Aero India show —
1. Boeing’s F/A-18 Super Hornet,
2. Lockheed Martin’s F-16 Super Viper (both from USA),
3. MiG Corporation’s MiG-35 (Russian),
4. Dassault’s Rafale (French),
5. EADS’s Euro fighter Typhoon (European Union’s)
6. SAAB’s Grippen (Swedish).

All six participants of a tender to supply 126 light fighter jets to the Indian air force will showcase full flight displays at Aero India 2011 air show to win the $11 billion tender.

The air show is organized by Defence Exhibition Organization and the Ministry of Defence, it is held in collaboration with the Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO), the Indian Air Force (IAF), the Department of Space and the Union Ministry for Civil Aviation.

In this Air show nearly 675 exhibitors and around 100 types of civilian and military aircraft’s would be on display
Civil and military aerospace manufacturers from 30 countries, including the US, Britain, Russia, France, Germany, Italy, Israel, Belgium, Brazil, Spain, Ukraine and the Netherlands, will participate in the show.

250 American companies will participate in this show.
The USA is leading the list with 250 companies participating at the show, Germany with 35, Italy with 10 and 9 from Israel.

Russia will be represented by 35 companies, including MiG, Sukhoi, Almaz-Antei and Engineering Design Bureau.
Russia will traditionally promote MiG-35 and Su-35 fighter jets, the Yak-130 combat trainer, two versions of Il-76MD transport plane (with different engines), the Il-78MK aerial tanker and MiG-29K and MiG-29KUB naval fighters.
Russia will exhibit over 80 types of weaponry



Israel Military Industries Ltd. (IMI) will participate in the 8th International Exhibition on Aerospace
During the exhibition, IMI will display
1. DELILAH Ground Launched (GL), loitering guided missile,
2. MPR500, Multi-Purpose Rigid Bomb, same like MK-82 Bomb.
3. IFB500, Improved Fragmentation Bomb
4. SPECTRAL IR FLARES,RED SKY 2, Very Short Range Air Defense System, offered as an upgrade to existing Man Portable Air Defense Systems,
5. Multi-Purpose Rifle System (MPRS) designed to provide infantry troops increased lethality and enhanced target incapacitation capabilities

World class fighters like the F-16 Fighting Falcon, F/A-18 Super Hornet, C-17 Globemaster III, C-130J Hercules (recently procured by India) and KC-135 Stratotanker will be on display

India will display its indigenously built supersonic light combat aircraft and light combat helicopter, which will be on the display for the first time.

IAF’s Surya Kiran aerobatic team and Sarang helicopter display team will display their skills.
The Czech Flying Bulls Aerobatics Team will be performing at the Aero India 2011 with their fleet of four Zlin 50 LXes.
The Flying Bulls’ 17-minute performance will include the box formation and the mirror flight.

Watch the video showing FLYING BULLS(RED BULL TEAM) performing in Aero India 2011






Reality views by sm –
Wednesday, February 09, 2011

USA, Texas – MISD Schools will be making compulsory for students to learn Arabic Languages – is it waste of American tax payers money?

USA, Texas – MISD Schools will be making compulsory for students to
learn Arabic Languages – is it waste of American tax payers money?

The school district wants students at select schools to take Arabic language and culture classes as part of a federally funded grant.
Mansfield ISD says in addition to language, the grant provides culture, government, art, traditions and history as part of the curriculum.


Project 21CL2: 21st Century - Languages for 21st Century Learners

What is the Arabic Foreign Language Assistance Program Grant?

This grant is a wonderful opportunity for the students in MISD.
We have been selected as one of only five districts across the country to participate in the grant that provides Arabic studies.
Arabic studies include language acquisition, culture, government, art, traditions and history.
MISD has been awarded a total of $1.3 million over a five year period to promote learning.
Mansfield ISD graduates will possess the language proficiency and cross cultural communication skills to compete in the 21st century.
Our students will be at an advantage in an increasingly diverse and economically global society.

Overview of Project 21CL2 -

1. 5 year grant award
2. Total federal funding approximately $1.3 million
3. Serving the following schools: K. Davis
4. Elementary, Cross Timbers Intermediate, T.A.
5. Howard Middle School and Ben Barber Career
6. Tech Academy

Project 21CL2 Goals

1. Promote the sequential study of Arabic for grades K-16
2. Establish standardized Arabic instruction through Social Studies content mapping in grades K-6, and Leveled Arabic in grades 7-12
3. Increase students’ proficiency in Arabic
4. Provide professional development training on language acquisition, foreign language methodology and distance education technology

Project Objectives

1. Develop K-6 Arabic Curriculum Maps aligned to National and State standards aimed to provide Arabic instruction to K-6 students through the Social Studies content
2. Provide sequential Arabic instruction to middle school students and Leveled Arabic to high school students Increase the number of certified foreign language teachers and native Arabic language staff through the hiring of 3 Arabic instructors/native language associates
3. Improve the quality of teaching for MISD staff through intensive professional development
4. Promote cross-cultural communication and two-way language learning through
5. parent/community partnership activities Build partnerships with local, state, national and international organizations with expertise in Arabic language and culture
6. Build partnerships with University of Texas and William Penn University as required by OELA (Office of English Language Acquisition) to provide support to MISD


After reading this news I started to think, what they will be teaching to kids as a part of Arabic language and culture?

1. Wearing Burkha, Naqab,
2. How it is good to have 4 wives
3. How it is good to murder a person with stones,
4. Triple divorce
5. Why it is necessary to give holiday on Friday

"Through learning language, we learn about culture. Through learning about culture,
We learn respect for others. Through learning respect for others, we can hope for
Peace. “

Who said Arabic is going to become world language, and students will need it.
Future language is English and only Chinese language can challenge this position of English in the future also.

I feel that the grant money is going to be wasted. Future will tell after learning Arabic how many male students what learned?
How many boys got the job in future for learning Arabic?

People will say Hindi is growing, but I do not think so Hindi can not replace the Status and position of English Langugage.

Updated on –
Wednesday, February 09, 2011

Mansfield backs away from Arabic studies program

The Mansfield school district has backed off plans to implement an Arabic studies program after almost 200 people showed up with questions at a parents meeting at Cross Timbers Intermediate School on Monday night.
Superintendent Bob Morrison apologized for not communicating with parents and invited them to be part of developing the curriculum.
"Nothing will be taught in the classroom until the curriculum is rolled out," said Richie Escovedo, Mansfield district spokesperson.

A plan to make lessons in Arabic and Arab culture mandatory for students in some Texas schools has been put on hold, following feedback from parents.

Reality Views by sm –
Wednesday, February 09, 2011

Source –
http://www.mansfieldisd.org/index.htm

President Obama’s Plan and Vice President Biden unveils $53 Billion High Speed Rail 6 Year Plan –

President Obama’s Plan and Vice President Biden unveils
$53 Billion High Speed Rail 6 Year Plan –

Vice President Biden Announces Six Year Plan to Build National High-Speed Rail Network and it says that Plan Lays Out Vision for Long Term Infrastructure Investments Needed to Win the Future

To create more jobs in America President Obama has decided to start infrastructure spending which will help creation of Jobs in USA.



In beginning from American Budge President will allocate $ 8 Billion towards this cause.
For this also he will need the approval of congress.

This money will be spending on improving, developing trains that travel up to 250 miles per hour and existing rail tracks, lines will be connected to the new project that is new rail lines, tracks.

President Obama has dream that in next 25 years 80% American population should get and enjoy access to high speed rails.

Last Year Obama Administration allotted $10 billion in federal grants for high-speed rail

And last year also Obama laid out a plan of $50 billion spend on infrastructure but congress did not approve it.

In order to achieve a truly national system, these investments will focus on developing or improving three types of interconnected corridors:


1. Core Express: These corridors will form the backbone of the national high-speed rail system, with electrified trains traveling on dedicated tracks at speeds of 125-250 mph or higher.
2. Regional: Crucial regional corridors with train speeds of 90-125 mph will see increases in trips and reductions in travel times, laying the foundation for future high-speed service.
3. Emerging: Trains traveling at up to 90 mph will provide travelers in emerging rail corridors with access to the larger national high-speed and intercity passenger rail network.

This system will allow the Department – in partnership with states, freight rail, and private companies – to identify corridors for the construction of world-class high-speed rail, while raising speeds on existing rail lines and providing crucial planning and resources to communities who want to join the national high-speed rail network.

By clarifying the long-term federal role in passenger rail, this six-year program will provide states and cities with the certainty they need to make long-term transportation plans for their communities. It will provide businesses the confidence they need to hire American workers.

Great thinking and excellent plan by President Obama and his team.

While writing this article, just a thought came our leaders put the plan to build statue and idols when farmers are committing suicide as they do not have money to buy food, have no future for their kids.

And they say India is going to become super power with empty stomach.

Reality views by sm –
Wednesday, February 09, 2011

Source –
http://www.whitehouse.gov

Blogger from Kuwait Sued by Benihana restaurant for writing bad Review on his blog

Blogger from Kuwait Sued by Benihana restaurant for
writing bad Review on his blog

Mark Makhou, a Lebanese national working in Kuwait wrote a negative review about Benihana restaurant branch which is in Kuwait on his 248am.com blog.

What he wrote about this Benihana restaurant on his blog I will reproduce here important parts in short.


Mark wrote on his blog that,

1. The service wasn’t too bad for a restaurant that’s just been open for a few days and the staff were really friendly.

2. The problem with my experience last night though was with the food, it was disappointing to say the least.

3. The negimaki arrived looking good and was probably the best thing we had there even though I prefer Maki’s negimaki which has a richer teriyaki sauce.

4. The Orange Blossom was very ordinary, wouldn’t order it again.

5. Now the Hibachi chicken which is basically grilled chicken that was the worst. The chicken was very chewy (I could swear it was undercooked if not raw) and tasted terrible.

6. Nat only ate one piece of chicken and left the rest

7. I needed my protein since I’m on a strict diet and forced myself to eat my whole plate (I can do that) but the after taste was really bad. Even the rice and the veggies that came with it tasted bad AND were under cooked.

8. Would I go back to Benihana? No I wouldn’t. Their sashimi and maki’s are pretty cheap (KD1.5 for 5 pieces of Salmon sashimi for example) but there are two other Japanese restaurants at the Avenues, Wasabi and Maki, and I would prefer either one of those to Benihana.

After this Benihana filed suit.

Mark received the court order which is in Arabic and he got the court date in March.

Here I will be producing English Translated Court order in short.

In his company said that Mark has used bad language, has published offensive review for unidentified reasons.
He visited restaurant with his wife, has taken photos and videos without permission from any one and he has published them on his website, blog.

He has given bad review for the benefit of other hotels as he has mentioned names of other hotels in this review.
He has published fabricated news about hotel and to get fake popularity.

He has insulted hotel as his website is read by hundreds of people daily.
The facts mentioned in his article are not true; otherwise our hotel would have been inspected and shut down by authorities.

Thus they have demanded KD 5000 for damages.
They will even try to close down his website through court order.
The article has damaged the reputation of hotel.

The local company representing the Benihana franchise in Kuwait has filed claims against the blogger in excess of 5000 Kuwaiti Dinars (approx 18000$).

This case is important for Kuwait bloggers as well as all the Middle East bloggers and all blogger community.

This is related with our Freedom of speech.
Mark has done nothing wrong, what he felt he said that.

If Mark gets punished by Kuwait court then what will happen with other blogger we can imagine?

By suing the Blogger, by suing the customer the restaurant has clearly shown that, we do not think Customer is God.

Mark claims his review was balanced and highlighted both positive and negative aspects of his experience at Benihana.

Mark has done nothing wrong, I am sure he will win the case, and the this company act of suing the blogger will stop other customers to visit their hotel.

The problem with Mark is that he has posted the video about Hotel without their permission, I am not aware about the Kuwait laws, thus only this will give him problem.
Court may tell him to remove the video.

While writing this I thought about a joke –

Wife says, honey I am tired please can we go to hotel, but
Husband loves home made food and he know what will happen if he says, No,
But while they are talking he sees that his beautiful wife is reading about the blogger and hotel news, so he cleverly says
Promise me I will choose the hotel and if you say No, you will prepare the dinner at home. Wife becomes happy and says Yes.

Thus husband says lets go to New hotel on Avenue road, Hotel B.

Immediately wife says no
she do not want to receive court order from Hotel,
I will cook at home but you must help me through out cooking.
Thus they both go to kitchen.

On his blog Mark has mentioned that he will fight the case.

Will you visit the Hotel which will send you a court order for your thinking?

It’s a human nature one person may like domino pizza other may like pizza hut,

I just hope the hotel will discuss the matter with Mark and will withdraw their damages suit against Mark.


Below are the videos which Mark has posted on his blog .





Reality views by sm –
Tuesday, February 08, 2011

Corruption in ISRO – S band Scam – Scam Amount 2 Lakh Crore – CAG Expose

Corruption in ISRO – S band Scam –
Scam Amount 2 Lakh Crore – CAG Expose

Updated on Thursday, February 17, 2011 –

Everyday we have sunset with a new Scam and new information about Corruption.
And this congress government has not brought a single new law or amendment to stop this Corruption.


The CAG was probing the ISRO and looked into an agreement between ISRO's commercial company Antrix and Devas Multimedia.
The company is headed by Dr MG Chandrasekhar, former scientific secretary at ISRO.

Firstly the agreement was made for or related to launching two satellites by ISRO for Devas.
In this contract the Hidden benefit was given to Devas regarding scare S band.
The use of 70 MHz of the scarce S-band spectrum over a 20-year period.
S-band spectrum was given at throwaway prices to Devas in 2005.

It’s reported that the 70MHZ spectrum was sold at only 1000 Crore.
And estimated price of this S band spectrum is Rs. 2 Lakh Crore

In India only total band available is 190 MHz of the S-band
Currently 150 MHz is with the Department of Space
And 70 MHz of this was allotted to Devas multimedia.

As per Reports Under the deal, Devas Multimedia is to get access to 70 MHz of broadband spectrum in the 2500 MHz band. This was once used by Doordarshan to deliver programmes by satellite to all parts of the country.

According to the report, the CAG wants to know -

1.Why was Devas Multimedia allotted S-band spectrum, without inviting any bids?

2.Why resources were were diverted from ISRO's budget to private satellites?

3.Why regulators were not informed of the implications of the deal?

The CAG estimated that not auctioning off the S-band spectrum caused the exchequer losses of at least Rs 2 lakh crore.

Again Government property was sold without auction.
This is reason we need to change law or amend law and need to introduce the law,

Law – No one is allowed to sale government property without open auction with 1 month of notice to Indian Public.

The Department of Space is part of Prime Ministers office.
Department of space comes directly under the PM
ISRO reports to the Department of Space (DoS), which in turn reports to the Prime Minister's Office.

"The agreement entered by Antrix, the commercial arm of ISRO, and M/S Devas on January 28, 2005 is already under review by the Department of Space and a decision on the matter will be taken soon".

I hope that agreement will be cancelled for the benefit of India.

Updated on Friday, February 11, 2011 –

In 2005, the commercial arm of ISRO, Antrix, signed a contract with Devas Multimedia
Devas says it is totally unaware of this.

In a statement today, the company stressed, "Devas has never been informed by DOS/ISRO/Antrix at any time prior to February 8, 2011 that the Agreement was under review since December 8, 2009 and even to date we have received no official notices.

On the contrary Devas was provided written confirmation that all required approvals had been obtained from the highest levels for giving effect to the Agreement and repeatedly assured that the delays in delivery of the satellite capacity were only on account of technical issues."

The Cabinet Committee on Security decided to terminate the controversial deal between ISRO's commercial wing Antrix and Devas citing national security.

"The deal between the Devas and Antrix shall be annulled. We concluded that this deal can be annulled. Government cannot afford to grant the S-Band to any one including Antrix because of strategic reasons," said Law Minister Veerappa Moily.


Reality views by sm –
Monday, February 07, 2011

Egypt Muslim Brotherhood – Will it be good option for World and Females of Egypt? Where are the Egyptian Female Leaders?

Egypt Muslim Brotherhood – Will it be good option for World
and Females of Egypt?
Where are the Egyptian Female Leaders?
In Egypt for decades Muslim Brotherhood was banned by the Ruling parties or say presidents.

But as the citizens of Egypt started revolution against corruption, poverty and to remove the current President Mubarak from power and to establish democracy in the country
Now Vice President of Egypt has accepted Muslim Brotherhood into political negotiations:


In Cairo, in the talks with Mr. Suleiman, Muslim Brotherhood representatives joined others from secular opposition parties, as well as independent legal experts and a business tycoon Naguib Sawiris.

Past experience of Muslim Religious parties or leaders is not good, if you look back one can understand it.

Before getting into power Muslim Religious leaders talk sweetly, they will talk and say they want freedom and democracy, and once they get into power, immediately they will apply the Muslim Laws or Sharia law.

Every legal expert can say that and know that Muslim laws are against Democracy and are age old.

Sharia Law is very dangerous and punishments deter the common man so much he will never come on the Roads to protest them or demand again Democracy.

The laws are good for males and are very bad for females, thus Majority Males support them.
Who do not want easy divorce, 4 wives, with full freedom to keep extra girls?
And complete obedience from female,
In democratic nations this is impossible, females are equal to male and both work as partners no one is superior to other. Or females got the options open.

Here USA has to work hard and see that proper democracy is established in Egypt and even United Nations and European Union should see that Egypt moves toward Democracy and not in the direction of Religious Nation.

As Egypt is moving towards democracy, it is the duty of American leaders and America that as a World leader to see that, Females of Egypt also participate in rule making,
Making of New constitution of Egypt.

Reality views by sm –
Monday, February 07, 2011

Know about Roboearth - World Wide Web for Robots – Internet for Robots – Terminator Skynet a concept from Movie towards becoming reality –

Know about Roboearth - World Wide Web for Robots – Internet for Robots – Terminator Skynet a concept from Movie towards becoming reality –

I hope you have seen the movie Terminator.
In the Terminator series, Skynet is the main character an artificially intelligent system which became self-aware and revolted against its creators.

Skynet is rarely seen onscreen and its actions are often performed via other robots and computer systems; usually a Terminator.


The RoboEarth project was initiated by a multi-disciplinary partnership of robotics researchers from academia and industry.

In December 2009, the group received four-year funding from the European Commission's Cognitive Systems and Robotics Initiative to develop RoboEarth’s open-source network database platform and develop a series of demonstrators to prove the concept.
The demonstrators include using the RoboEarth platform to:

1. create and execute action recipes
2. integrate localization and mapping
3. perform 3D sensing
4. learning control
5. track objects dynamically
6. mine data from RoboEarth past data

What is RoboEarth?

RoboEarth is an Internet for robots: a world-wide, open-source platform that allows any robot with a network connection to generate, share and reuse data.

At its core, RoboEarth is a World Wide Web for robots: a giant network and database repository where robots can share information and learn from each other about their behavior and their environment.

Bringing a new meaning to the phrase "experience is the best teacher", the goal of RoboEarth is to allow robotic systems to benefit from the experience of other robots, paving the way for rapid advances in machine cognition and behavior, and ultimately, for more subtle and sophisticated human-machine interaction.

The RoboEarth World-Wide-Web style database will be implemented on a Server with Internet and Intranet functionality.

It stores information required for object recognition (e.g., images, object models), navigation (e.g., maps, world models), tasks (e.g., action recipes, manipulation strategies) and hosts intelligent services (e.g., image annotation, offline learning).

In simple language I will say,
Roboearth will be internet of the Robots,
Robots will download information from Roboearth and then they will complete the task reducing the need of human.
Today when we have any problem we use WWW and get the information and solve our problem.
Same way Robots will contact Roboearth and will get the details and they will complete the given task.

Currently scientist have got success in basic activity this guarantees that Scientist in future will build the something like skynet for robots, currently which we are calling it Roboearth.
Again it will depend on us humans if we want to use them for peaceful purpose or destruction and I am sure governments will use them for both.

What is the vision, object, motivation behind Roboearth?

The aim of RoboEarth is to use the internet to create a giant open source network database that can be accessed and continually updated by robots around the world.
Allow robots to encode, exchange, and reuse knowledge to help each other accomplish complex tasks.

Before this Robots were firstly told or configured to do certain task in certain way.
Their systems have relied on knowing in advance the specifics of every possible situation they might encounter.
Each response to a contingency has had to be programmed in advance, and systems have had to rebuild their world model from sensor data each time they had to perform a new task.

But what will happen if Robots can update their database according to environment or need or on the fly learn the new task, and methods, way to do that task, this is where Roboearth comes.

Imagine –
Hospital Room 1 robot is serving the coffee or giving the medicine to the patient.
Robot does this activity, while doing this robot monitors everything, automatically data is sent to Roboearth, with problems which robot faced.
Then some human will configure it or adjust the data and procedure etc.

Now this first robot goes repair, and on his place 2nd Robot comes
Now what will happen?

2nd robot which does not know how to complete the same task, this time 2nd Robot will contact the Roboearth for help and his software will be updated and he will do the same task without error.
Thus this 2nd time no training is required, Robot learned it automatically.
Robot asks to Roboearth?
How can I do this task to Roboearth?
Roboearth = Robot wait updating your software solution found.
Or it may happen,
Robot – I do not know how to do this, search the Roboearth database and get the solution, found the solution and download it, learn it and complete the task.

Watch the video - The video shows a proof-of-concept: A service robot in a hospital room downloading a map of its environment, object recognition models and task descriptions from RoboEarth, and successfully serving a drink to a patient.



In the above video we can see that scientist have achieved the first goal, after 1 year of hardworking.
As you can see in the video above, RoboEarth has a way to go. One year into the project, can download task descriptions from RoboEarth and execute a simple task. We can also upload simple things, like an improved map of the environment.
But for now we are far from using or creating the rich amount of prior information described in the scenario above, or addressing potential safety or legal challenges.

With this now I am sure one can imagine lot of stuff, like killing enemy, murder or enjoying or having fun hope you got it.


Reality views by sm –
Monday, February 07, 2011

More Reading
Source - http://www.roboearth.org

Thunder – Love walked in Lyrics with Video

Thunder – Love walked in Lyrics with Video
Below the lyrics of the song Love walked in, watch the video of the song loved walked in
Category – Hard Rock Song

So tired of waiting I walked an empty land,
I was looking for something to help me understand,
But bad luck kept turning,
My dreams into sand,


I didn’t want pity,
I had my share of friends,
I wanted somebody,
More special than the rest,
I was aching inside,
Like I was approaching the end,

Just about that moment,
The timing was so right,
You appeared like a vision,
Sent down to my life,
I thought I was dreaming,
When I saw you that night,

That’s when love walked in through my door,
That familiar feeling I had once before,
Love walked in through my door,
And it felt so strange,

It’s hard to remember being on my own,
That kind of loving makes a hard man lose control,
But I sleep so much better,
Now I’m not alone,

So promise me baby,
You’re always gonna stay,
I don’t think I could take it,
Seeing you walk away,
You don’t need to doubt it,
I remember that day,

That’s when love walked in through my door,
I found just what I wanted,
But I got so much more,
Love walked in through my door,
And it felt so strange,
Like a long lost friend that hadn’t changed,
Giving me hope again,
Love walked in,
Love walked in,
Love,

Just about that moment,
The timing was so right,
You appeared like a vision,
Sent down to my life,
I thought I was dreaming,
When I saw you that night,

That’s when love walked in through my door,
That familiar feeling I had once before,
Love walked in through my door,

Love walked in through my door,
That familiar feeling I had it once before,
Love walked in through my door,
And it felt so strange,
Like a long lost friend that hadn’t changed,
Giving me hope again,
Love walked in,
Love walked in,
Love,
Love walked in,
Love walked in.

Watch the video of the song love walked in by Thunder –



Short Biography of Thunder –
Thunder – Hard Rock Band Formed in year 1989
Origin - London, England
Genres - Hard rock, Blues rock
Year’s active - 1989 - 2000, 2002 - 2009
Thunder Band Members - Danny Bowes, Luke Morley, Ben Matthews, Chris Childs, Gary 'Harry' James

Reality Views by sm –
Sunday, February 06, 2011

Kochi IPL Owners Got the Bank Accounts in German, LGT Bank of Leichenstein HT exposed – Kochi IPL owners own and involved in Black Money

Kochi IPL Owners Got the Bank Accounts in German, LGT Bank of Leichenstein
HT exposed – Kochi IPL owners own and involved in Black Money

Friday the names of the people were known to Indians, Now HT has gone ahead and found out that, the owners of Kochi IPL team figure in the list of Indian account holders provided by the German authorities to the Indian government.


In this list of criminal black money account holder’s names comprises the owners of Kochi IPL franchisee -- Dilip, Arun and Harshad Ramnik Lal Mehta -- who are among the biggest diamond merchants in the world.

Mehta own the 12% share stake in Kochi IPL.
A Headlines Today investigation has revealed that the Mehta’s, who own 12 per cent stake in Kochi IPL, have secret accounts in LGT Bank of Leichenstein.

How these fraud transactions were done or happened?
As per HT investigation HT found out that Diamond firm Rosy Blue, in which the Mehta’s hold shares, was used to park funds abroad.
Shell companies controlled by secretive trusts in Guernsey were also used to siphon off funds.
Pine Trust and Beech Settlement used Deutsche Bank as trustees to illegally park money.

Headlines Today has uncovered LGT Bank documents which reveal that $1.5 lakh was transferred from Panamanian accounts to Gamble’s Prabodh Mehta.
Gembel is amongst the oldest and most trusted names in global diamond trade.

The Enforcement Directorate and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) confirmed to Headlines Today that three trusts held by the Mehta’s were under scanner for money laundering and Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) violations.

Nearly Euros 4.4 million used for estate planning was transferred to Leichenstein and the $1.2 billion dollar Rosy Blue headquarters in Antwerp paid no tax in 2009.

Reality Views by sm –
Saturday, February 05, 2011

Source - http://headlinestoday.intoday.in/

Suggested Reading
Reference –
Know the 16 names of Indians who kept their money in LGT Bank
http://realityviews.blogspot.com/2011/02/know-16-names-of-indians-who-kept-their.html

Know and Understand Islamic banking System – Kerala Government Planning to start Islamic Banks in Kerala.

Know and Understand Islamic banking System –
Kerala Government Planning to start Islamic Banks in Kerala.

Know and understand Islamic banking.
Easy approach to understand Islamic banking.

What is Islamic banking system?

A banking system which is based on Sharia Muslim law and principles is called as Islamic banking system.

This banking system do not allow to pay interest. Islamic banking system do not allow to invest money in the business which are contrary to Islamic principles and law, the term is harram is used in Islam for this.


Islamic banks currently operate in Muslim community mainly.

The first Islamic bank was started, savings bank based on profit-sharing in the Egyptian
town of Mit Ghamr in 1963.

The first modern commercial Islamic bank, Dubai Islamic Bank, opened its doors in 1975.

The basic principle of Islamic banking is the sharing of profit and loss and the prohibition of riba (usury).

Islamic or Shariah-compliant banking provides and uses financial services and products that Conform to Islamic religious practices and laws, which, in particular, prohibit the payment and receipt of interest at a fixed or predetermined rate.

In practice, this means that instead Of loans, Islamic banks use profit-and-loss sharing arrangements (PLS); purchase and Resale of goods and services, and the provision of services for fees form the basis of Contracts

In an Islamic bank, the rate of return on a deposit is directly dependent on the quality of the Bank’s investment decisions.
If the bank records losses as a result of bad investments, depositors may lose some (or all) of their deposits.
The contractual agreement between depositors and the Islamic banks does not predetermine any rates of return; it only sets the ratio according to which profits
And losses are distributed between the parties to the deposit contract.

Understand the Islamic banking through example:
Suppose Mr John wants a loan to purchase a car or say house and he goes to Islamic bank, then bank will purchase the car and keep the ownership with the car and give that car to
Mr. John .
The ownership remains with the Bank until Mr. John pays the loan amount to the bank. Same rule is applied to nearly everything just they use different names for transactions.
There are no late fees, penalites etc if john is not able to pay on time.

And finally, Islamic banking is restricted to islamically acceptable deals, which exclude
Those involving alcohol, pork, gambling, sex, movies, etc.

When Islamic bank is smaller it works very well as depositors and management of bank
Can watch, monitor every activity very closely.

But when Islamic bank becomes bigger crosses the state borders it becomes very difficult
To monitor.

Current banking system is good but what happened in USA and fallout of all
Economies is a result of greediness of politicians, bankers, executives.

To over this problem there should be international monitoring bank or body which will watch and detect the frauds, greedyness.laziness of banks.

Islamic Banking system is very popular in West Asia and in predominantly Muslim nations such as Malaysia and Indonesia. Leading international banks such as HSBC and Standard & Charted have exclusive Islamic banking windows.

India and Islamic Banking System –

Few weeks back The Kerala High Court dismissed a petition that said an Islamic bank violates the principle of secularism as laid out in India's constitution.
The petition had been filed by former Law Minister Subramanian Swamy.

Just for the Muslim Votes , Kerala Government has decided to start the Islamic Banking in Kerala. The sanction for the Islamic bank comes three months ahead of elections in Kerala. Muslims constitute 25 per cent of Kerala's vote bank

The Congress has not taken a stand on the issue, while the BJP has voiced its opposition.

The Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation will hold 11 per cent stake in the bank.
The bank plans to raise an initial capital of 500 crore rupees from NRIs and will avoid all interest-linked business activities.
It will provide interest-free loans for those looking to start new businesses and small-scale ventures.
It will also invest in the infrastructure sector.
The activities of the bank will be supervised by a Shariah Supervisory Board which will include Islamic scholars.

Opening Banks on religious grounds is not good for India.
This will again divide India, Hindu and Muslims population will get divided.

The good thing for India is nothing should be based on religion, caste and creed, every Indian should get as per his family status like reservation or anything.

This is the total wrong doing by politicians I will appeal to Muslims do not vote for such people, demand better schools and collages , good roads etc.

If this Bank is based on Islamic system, then do you think they will follow Islamic punishment of Hand cutting, or stone death in matters of such Bank.

This again proves that India is secular nation on the papers only to fool the world.
Where is democracy and equality?

Reality views by sm –
Saturday, February 05, 2011