"You cannot hope to build a better world without improving individuals."

The title of this post is a quote by Marie Curie, who dedicated herself for physics and more over donated herself to the mankind. She was not a mere scientist but a valuable human being.

She suffered a lot from the radiation from the radio active materials with which she was doing her research. Not only she, but, the whole family - Pierie, her husband, Irene and Eve, her daughters paid heavily for the radiation after effects.

The most important decision in Curies' life I felt was to give away the method of extracting radio active elements without patenting it, the time when radio active materials were in great demand. They would have become multi millionaires if they patented it.

There are countless people who dedicated their lives to the human race, but today in our country and in many other parts of the world, we are fighting each other, segregated by virtual walls like religion, state, caste and colour. Here comes the importance of history, people like our father, Mahatma Gandhi, lived and died for others; we are here quarrelling each other, selfish and greedy!

If you want to read more about Merie's life, go get it here http://www.hypatiamaze.org/marie/curie_bio.html.

49(0) - Caste your vote for no one

Rule No. 49(O) in the Conduct of Election Rules 1961 says:

"Elector deciding not to vote - If an elector, after his electoral roll number has been duly entered in the register of voters in Form 17 A and has put his signature or thumb impression thereon as required under sub-rule (1) of rule 49L, decided not to record his vote, a remark to this effect shall be made against the said entry in Form 17A by the presiding officer, and the signature or thumb impression of the elector shall be obtained against such remark."

Steps for doing this :
1. while registering the name at the time of voting, convey to the booth officials that you want to go for 49'O.
2. Fill the 49'O form available there.
Done.

Now, for the best part: If the number of 49'O count is larger than that of the winning candidate's total vote count, then a re-election is called there.

Here's an example. Say there's a candidate standing in City A.

Say out of 100 people only 40 people turn to vote and out of that the candidate recieves 30 votes. Then by rule, he's been declared as elected. But say, if out of the 100 people 70 turn to vote and 30 people vote for the candidate and the other 40 people use section 49(0), to say "i am not interested in any of the candidates" - then if the candidate's vote(30, in this case) is less than the vote against him (under section 49(0) - which is 40), then by rule he would not be elected as winner and in turn he would not be able to participate in any further elections. And the election for City A will be re-held with fresh candidates.

- received in an email from paritranaites group

Quotable quotes

"Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character" - Albert Einstien

"It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not"

"You are not responsible for what people think about you.
But you are responsible for what you give them to think about you" - Stanley Ferrad

"Write your Sad times in Sand, Write your Good times in Stone" - GB Shaw

"Without your involvement you can't succeed, but with your involvement you cant fail" - APJ Abdul Kalam

"You may get DELAYED to reach your target, But every step you take towards the target is equal to victory" - Karl Marx

"Don't make promises when you are in JOY, Don't reply when you are SAD, Don't take decisions when you are ANGRY.
THINK TWICE, ACT WISE"

What is the secret of SUCCESS? - Right Decisions
How do you make right decisions? - From EXPERIENCE
How do you get Experience? - From Wrong Decisions



The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next.
-Henry Ward Beecher

It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have education without common sense.
-Robert Green Ingersoll

Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value.
-Albert Einstein

There never was a good knife made of bad steel.
-Benjamin Franklin

Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.
-Abraham Lincoln


Chanakya's Quotes

"A person should not be too honest.
Straight trees are cut first
and Honest people are screwed first."

"The biggest guru-mantra is: Never share your secrets with anybody. If you cannot keep secret with you , do not expect that other will keep it. ! It will destroy you."

"Even if a snake is not poisonous,
it should pretend to be venomous."

"There is some self-interest behind every friendship.
There is no Friendship without self-interests.
This is a bitter truth."

"Before you start some work, always ask yourself three questions - Why am I doing it, What the results might be and Will I be successful. Only when you think deeply
and find satisfactory answers to these questions, go ahead."

"As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it."

"Once you start working on something,
don't be afraid of failure and
don't abandon it.
People who work sincerely are the happiest."

"The fragrance of flowers spreads
only in the direction of the wind.
But the goodness of a person spreads in all direction."

"A man is great by deeds, not by birth."

"Treat your kid like a darling for the first five years.
For the next five years, scold them.
By the time they turn sixteen, treat them like a friend.
Your grown up children are your best friends."

"Education is the best friend.
An educated person is respected everywhere.
Education beats the beauty and the youth."