Voice of Silence 14 August Pics

15 August, 1947, the day India awakened to freedom….and the rest is history!


An appreciation mail from the Trust !

"The 63rd anniversary of India’s Independence was celebrated with full of zeal at Tarang chain of Balwadis on August 14, 2010. The special invitees included 12 hearing and speech impaired young students from Sai Swayam Society (NGO), Delhi accompanied by Dr. Meera Malhotra, a doctor voluntarily undertaking health check-ups of children at Tarang centres. Sai Swayam Society provides vocational training to the hearing and speech impaired, and assists in job placements too.

Ms. Priya Kanchanbaras, Project Manager from Sai Swayam Society was also present at the event. The high enthusiasm of young people infused abundant positive energy and motivation. The group immensely enjoyed interacting with children and teachers. They came forward for flag hoisting, stood beside children who got nervous while reciting songs, poems etc., thus boosting their morale. Among the highlights of the event was a dance performance at Tarang Farms by Sai Swayam Society students, synchronizing it with claps,that left us completely speechless!

The whole experience was amazing. The memories and encouragement compels us to do something more for the society. It was overwhelming when the group from Sai Swayam Society presented toys, stationery for underprivileged children at Tarang Balwadi centres.

Glimpses of the celebrations



Sai Swayam Society students and Dr. Meera at Tarang Farms centre



Dance by kids and Sai Swayam Society students at Tarang Farms centre



Hum Honge kamyab...children in their shanty at Tarang Farms centre



Sai Swayam Society youngsters during Flag hoisting at Tarang Farms centre



All smiles after Flag being hoisted



Tarang Pahadi Balwadi worker Jyoti with student from Sai Swayam Society



Tarang Farms Balwadi worker Saroj with students from Sai Swayam Society



Children at Tarang Pahadi centre



Children at Tarang Farms centre



Clap dance by Sai Swayam Society students at Tarang Farms centre



Sai Swayam boys with children at Tarang Pahadi centre

~INVICTUS~

This is a post I found on a random blog, I so much wished these lines were a part of my blog! Here it is with its due credit to someone else.

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'Inquilab Zindabad!' (Long live revolution)... An intense, passionate voice ... of young patriot Bhagat Singh. Since my school days I am inclined towards the extremists' struggle for Independence rather than the moderates. Thus like them I take the problems professionally or personally their way- Head on! Today is India's Independence day am writing about the the change which is going to catch up soon. Am a proud Indian and am satisfied with my current job more than anyone else. What I experienced today is something revolutionary? Something I have never felt before! People always crib about something or the other but today when two not so privileged sections met for the first time- the life long bond seemed to form!!!! Such ideas give birth to the fact that we all should be thankful for this life, for we can make a difference to someone's life.



For past couple of months I have been working for improving employment opportunities of hearing and speech impaired. The more time I spend with these students more determined I am to work towards the cause. Today was a prelude to the Independence Day, a day wherein I wanted the students to celebrate 'Freedom' and cherish it the most.

So around 11 of these differently able students along with me went to 3 study centers of under privileged kids between 2 to 5 years. The environment was ecstatic, the way they met each other was not meant to be heard or spoken about but only meant to be applauded and seen! The kids loved them and held their hands tightly. The Balwadi kids performed for the special kids with all their heart and soul ( the most heart felt thing was the NGO kids understood everything without me using Sign language for them). The environment was so enthusiastic that inspite of the rains, rough weather, muddy fields, broken roads, etc.the spirit was not dampen. You could never say if the two were meeting for the first time.

While leaving, the NGO Students gifted colors, paint books, nick nacks, stationary, etc. to the underprivileged kids. It was truly a perfect crescendo to the an event which was responded well by all the participants and the organizers.

What triggered this post is the fact I am still getting texts from my students about how good they felt about this whole event!!!!!


** In the past 4 years this is the best Independence day celebrations I have had!!! Its going to linger on for long time in my memories. Thought of sharing it with you :D

Messed up

After a long time this struck me while sleeping! Just got up to pen it down! Am getting weirder day by day!

Are you listening?
The things unsaid,
The innumerable tears not shed,
A heart that has stopped!

Why do we talk?
When what’s felt,
Is not said.
All is lost in deception!

Is everything calculated?
Emotions are laid out well,
Now I shall laugh,
Then shall I cry.

Why is it love?
When nothing really matters,
Every truth is buried deep,
Yet don’t know why we linger on……

I may have lost it,
So have you!
For there is nothing left common!
This is it. This is the end

I can see it……….. so why can’t you?

Cancer Update from Johns Hopkins

An effective way to battle cancer is to starve the cancer cells by not feeding it with the foods it needs to multiply.


WHAT CANCER CELLS FEED ON

a. Sugar is a cancer-feeder. By cutting off sugar it cuts off one important food supply to the cancer cells. Sugar substitutes like NutraSweet, Equal,Spoonful, etc are made with Aspartame and it is harmful. A better natural substitute would be Manuka honey or molasses but only in very small amounts. Table salt has a chemical added to make it white in colour. Better alternative is Bragg's aminos or sea salt.

b. Milk causes the body to produce mucus, especially in the gastro-intestinal tract. Cancer feeds on mucus. By cutting off milk and substituting with unsweetened soy milk, cancer cells are being starved.

c. Cancer cells thrive in an acid environment. A meat-based diet is acidic and it is best to eat fish, and a little chicken rather than beef or pork. Meat also contains livestock antibiotics, growth hormones and parasites, which are all harmful, especially to people with cancer.

d. A diet made of 80% fresh vegetables and juice, whole grains, seeds, nuts and a little fruits help put the body into an alkaline environment. About 20% can be from cooked food including beans. Fresh vegetable juices provide live enzymes that are easily absorbed and reach down to cellular levels within 15 minutes to nourish and enhance growth of healthy cells.

To obtain live enzymes for building healthy cells try and drink fresh vegetable juice (most vegetables including bean sprouts) and eat some raw vegetables 2 or 3 times a day. Enzymes are destroyed at temperatures of 104 degrees F (40 degrees C).

e. Avoid coffee, tea, and chocolate, which have high caffeine. Green tea is a better alternative and has cancer-fighting properties. Water--best to drink purified water, or filtered, to avoid known toxins and heavy metals in tap water. Distilled water is acidic, avoid it.

f. Meat protein is difficult to digest and requires a lot of digestive enzymes. Undigested meat remaining in the intestines become putrified and leads to more toxic buildup.

g. Cancer cell walls have a tough protein covering. By refraining from or eating less meat it frees more enzymes to attack the protein walls of cancer cells and allows the body's killer cells to destroy the cancer cells.

h. Some supplements build up the immune system (IP6, Flor-ssence, Essiac, anti-oxidants, vitamins, minerals, EFAs etc.) to enable the body's own killer cells to destroy cancer cells. Other supplements like vitamin E are known to cause apoptosis, or programmed cell death, the body's normal method of disposing of damaged, unwanted, or unneeded cells.


Cancer is a disease of the mind, body, and spirit. A proactive and positive spirit will help the cancer warrior be a survivor. Anger, unforgiveness and bitterness put the body into a stressful and acidic environment. Learn to have a loving and forgiving spirit. Learn to relax and enjoy life. Cancer cells cannot thrive in an oxygenated environment. Exercising daily, and deep breathing help to get more oxygen down to the cellular level. Oxygen therapy is another means employed to destroy cancer cells.

Cancer Update from Johns Hopkins

AFTER YEARS OF TELLING PEOPLE CHEMOTHERAPY IS THE ONLY WAY TO TRY AND ELIMINATE CANCER,
JOHNS HOPKINSIS FINALLY TELLS YOU THERE IS AN ALTERNATIVE WAY ...Since this got my attention am posting it here to help many who like me have no clue where to go from here.

FACTS ABOUT CANCER

1. Every person has cancer cells in the body. These cancer cells do not show up in the standard tests until they have multiplied to a few billion. When doctors tell cancer patients that there are no more cancer cells in their bodies after treatment, it just means the tests are unable to detect the cancer cells because they have not reached the detectable size.

2. Cancer cells occur between 6 to more than 10 times in a person's lifetime.

3. When the person's immune system is strong the cancer cells will be destroyed and prevented from multiplying and forming tumors.

4. When a person has cancer it indicates the person has multiple nutritional deficiencies. These could be due to genetic, environmental, food and lifestyle factors.

5. To overcome the multiple nutritional deficiencies, changing diet and including supplements will strengthen the immune system.

6. Chemotherapy involves poisoning the rapidly-growing cancer cells and also destroys rapidly-growing healthy cells in the bone marrow, gastro-intestinal tract etc., and can cause organ damage, like liver, kidneys, heart, lungs etc.

7. Radiation while destroying cancer cells also burns, scars and damages healthy cells, tissues and organs.

8. Initial treatment with chemotherapy and radiation will often reduce tumor size. However prolonged use of chemotherapy and radiation do not result in more tumor destruction.

9. When the body has too much toxic burden from chemotherapy and radiation the immune system is either compromised or destroyed, hence the person can succumb to various kinds of infections and complications.

10. Chemotherapy and radiation can cause cancer cells to mutate and become resistant and difficult to destroy. Surgery can also cause cancer cells to spread to other sites.

Movie time

Since Office is closed for renovation hence am busy downloading and watching movies that I missed all the while. I am a sucker for romantic flicks don't be surprised if most of them are romantic flicks. ( A little secret I had to get an 80GB hard disk installed for these.) Here is the list:



Love Story ( Based on one of the most talked about books when I was a teenager, Kind da knew the story but still worth a watch)

It Could Happen to you ( Good things happen to good people, that's all this movie is all about)

Little Women (One of the most intriguing movie about 4 sisters, truly made me nostalgic about my own sisters. Talks more about the character of the women and not the appeal. Loved this one.)

The Perfect Man ( A chick flick- kind of passe')

Valentine's Day ( My kind of romance coz everything goes fine in the end!!)

When a Man Loves a Woman ( I love Meg Ryan, I think I can watch Kate and Leopold, french Kiss, When Harry met sally, Prelude to the Kiss, Just a million times. The Movie is definitely romantic but i its unusual manner)



The Twilight Saga Eclipse ( The much awaited movie was hyped. I still droll over the first part and would only say this one was okay)

Gia ( Angelina Jolie at her best! One of the rare movies post Girl Interrupted that I liked of her)

Alex and Emma ( Silly)

I hate Valentine's Day ( Very Reel movie)

Invictus (Am inspired infact moved by the immense strength of Mr Mandela. He's truly a hero) It's High time I should find if there is a book on him! I think it will make for my next read.

Love Actually ( Only for Hugh Grant)

Music and Lyrics ( Only for Hugh Grant)

Out of these 2 make it to my favorites Little Women & no guesses for this one Invictus!

For tomorrow, I can't really wait as I have already downloaded Push and Unthinkable! Let's see how they go!

Hissy Fit

I may not be the right person to speak! But still I want to express my feelings about what is going on around me! There have been some major crises that our country is going through, to top it all, the media is spicing up these news! Can I truly see some sophistication about reporting a certain crime or slag on government's part or cops or even any common man? Is the whole idea behind a news and the soap opera same TO GET HIGHER TRP's!

My Distress started when I saw what happened to the milk tankers on the Pune highway! Media was busy covering the milk being wasted by some political party but no one dared to stop them or call the cops? The largest democracy of the world wherein the majority of population goes without eating, some goons had the ability to waste milk and not to forget gallons of it!

The agony was further aggravated when the Venue of Common Wealth Game; Nehru Stadium worth 80 CR was seeping water at various sights and the channels were showcasing Rahul Mahajan's hostility towards his wife. The only thing that brings pleasure for people is the grapevine- be it office, home or neighborhood, friends or celebrities. Someone’s pain is other’s pleasure. I mean the CWG is a concern of Nation's Pride. But no one is truly involved, everyone is busy blaming each other and making a hue and cry about the past. It's a shame that for once all the politicians cannot forget their differences and be one for an event which is just 2 months away. I agree the government is at fault that does not mean all you do is criticizing their action, it’s time to move on and be a wonderful host to the world. Am perturbed with the fact that we the people are governed by short sighted people.

Today, I just could not keep up to the shallowness of our educators and our protectors- the cops. 400 students of a premier educational institute were arrested for partying – the culprit ‘Alcohol’! Give me a break what century am I living in? Is this what we call liberalism? We talk about globalization and to my dismay 18 year old in this country are not even free to make choices but fit to vote! What’s even worse is that the university refused to take any responsibility. And for cops who know them better than the common man, they took 2000INR from each student and left them! What is happening to the freedom of choice? Honestly how many of us were coached by our parents to drink or to smoke? Or even when we did try, how many of us told our parents? I fail to understand why the preachers can’t follow what they preach or in this case can’t preach what they did when they were 18 yrs old? Just because today they hold powerful position does not mean they were saints.

Someday I think I will be refrained from writing as well coz am very strongly opinionated, Truly speaking I feel suffocated and chained.



I am worried, will this hypocrisy continue through the generations to come?!

Happy Birthday

This post is dedicated to my Boss who'd been a mentor, coach, much more than that, someone who left an strong impression on my heart. For he showed me the way to what I am today!! I owe him the "never say die" attitude. Thanks J! Wishing you Life's best today and forever.

For he let me listen to my heart and follow it as well. Am proud to have known you! One of my favorite song to keep me high when dreams shattered it let's me hope dedicated to you. A song

Pankhon Ko Hawa Zara Si LAgne Do
Dil bole Soya Tha Abhi Jagne Do
Dil Dil Mein hai Dil ki Tamanna Sa
To Sa Lau chalo zara si Tapne do

Udne do ho o Udne Do ho o

Hawa zara si Lagne Do
Soya tha abb Jagne Do ho o
Pankhon Ko Hawa Zara Si LAgne Do

Dhoop Khile Jism Garam sa hai
Suraj yahin Yeh Bharam sa hai
Bhikri hui rahein harazon Sau
Thamo koi Phir bhatanke Do

Udne do ho o Udne Do ho o

Hawa zara si Lagne Do
Soya tha abb Jagne Do ho o
Pankhon Ko Hawa Zara Si LAgne Do
Hawa Zara Si Lagne Do


diL ki patang Chahon mein gote khati hai
Dhil to do Dekho kahan pe jati hai
Uljhe Nahi to Kaise Suljhoge
Bikhre nahi to kaise Nihkroge

Udne do ho o Udne Do ho o

Hawa zara si Lagne Do
Soya tha abb Jagne Do ho o
Pankhon Ko Hawa Zara Si LAgne Do