Creativity

Well, I have a bunch of pretty creative friends and where else do you see the creativity apart from Gtalk status messages and Twitter updates...

Last week when Sachin Tendulkar was busy scoring runs for his amazing knock of 200*, people were busy putting up some really creative status messages...

Check out a few of them

Ankit Govil: GAWWWDDD

Rajesh Bhasin: God's last name is not Dammit !.... looks like its Tendulkar

Nimit Mehra: God is sachin not the other way round!

RT @vvkchandra: God wanted to play cricket. Sachin was born!!!

Kartik Chaturvedi: In real.....terms only god can bat better than the maestro himself....!
 
Kazi: Sachin -> The Rajnikanth of the modern world. There is nothing he cant do

Abhay Murarka: Rajnikanth is the sachin of film industry, not the other way round - a friend

Abhay Murarka RT: @virajturakhia: RT @VascoZ Sachin Tendulkar - Reducing the number of atheists in India since 1989


VishrutShukla : A spl award shld be given to Amla for saving Dhoni's boundary in the 49th ovr. W/o Amla we wld hav had a 199* and a dead captain ;)

Pranav Jawale RT @delhidreams: Boss to me: "it is perfectly acceptable that u watched d last 15 overs. now please get back to work."

Abhinav Pophali took a break from office to witness the miracle!!

Nita Chandrasekhar: And just when u start thinking there are no records left to be broken, he breaks one more! Hail Sachin!!


Manu Vats: Sachin 10dulkar not nly brings smile on millions of faces bt also solves various problems like reducing traffic on roads , keep ur boss hppy,saves ur phone bill.....He is a true genius nd an inspiration 4 me nd all.


Kushal Agarwal: Moksha mil gaya aaj :) Sachinnnn :')

About Sachin, I need not say anything. Period.

The Spirit of Living

I recently came across an article in Hindustan Times about two blind men who run a shop in North Campus area in New Delhi...

Intrigued, I read further...

The shop called ‘Andhein Ki Dukaan’ (Blind person’s shop) is run by two visually impaired men, Pradeep and Umesh. The shop stands next to the Hostel For College Going Blind Students (Louise Braille Bhawan), Kingsway Camp and the shop has been selling snacks such as chips, biscuits and eggs and soft drinks since 1995.

It is very hard to even imagine two visually impaired men running a shop, even harder to believe that these men can now distinguish different products and money by touch alone. But Pradeep and Umesh can now distinguish a bottle of one cola brand from another; a fake note from the original..

I am sure that when Pradeep and Umesh must have thought of opening a shop, people would have mocked them, telling them that it will impossible, people would steal from them and they would be unsuccessful...It has been 15 years since that point and by God's grace, they have managed to survive and manage well.

These two men have shown that nothing is impossible if a person is willing to try...and it is this spirit of living that I salute..




P.S: I had blogged about another visually impaired man whom I used to meet on my way to office. Check out that post here...

P.P.S :Check out this news article in HT here...

Save our tigers

Aircel “Save Our Tiger” is the latest campaign where it intends to draw attention towards dwindling numbers of tigers across the planet and bring forward the seriousness of losing tigers from our planet.

Tiger, the national animal of India, has been on key target of poachers and in 2009 alone India lost 86 tigers. From around 40,000 at the turn of the last century, there are just 1411 tigers left in India. The national animal is on the verge of extinction and if serious efforts are not undertaken Tigers will only reside in our history books.

In the international market, a tiger fetches at least $10,000, but broken into body parts, the value can soar to $50,000. Every bit of a tiger is in demand—the brain as cure to pimples and laziness, its whiskers for toothaches, the nose and eyes for epilepsy and malaria, the humerus bone for ulcers, rheumatism and typhoid.

The Penalty...
If an offence is committed against the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972, there is a maximum sentence of three years imprisonment or a fine which may extend to Rs. 25,000 or both.

For an offence against a Schedule I or Schedule II (part 2) animal, or for an offence committed within a sanctuary or natural park, there is a mandatory prison term of three years, which may extend to seven years. There is also a mandatory fine of at least Rs. 10,000. For a subsequent offence, the mandatory prison remains same, while the mandatory fine is at least Rs.25, 000.

For an offence committed inside the core area of a Tiger Reserve, there is a mandatory prison term of three years, extendable to seven years and a fine of Rs. 50,000 extendable to Rs. 2 lakhs. In case of a subsequent conviction, there is an imprisonment of at least seven years and a fine of Rs. 5 lakhs which may extend to Rs. 50 lakhs.

Despite these penalties, the laws are difficult to enforce and to date, in spite of hundreds of cases, only 16 people have ever been convicted of killing a tiger.
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If a person can earn upto $50K, would they even care for a fine of Rs. 25k or a jail term (bailable) and the bribe amount which would amount to nothing, but guarantee a safe passage for poachers??


What can you do?

There are various credible organizations working towards the conservations of Tigers in India. You can support them by donating the amount of your choice. Head over here to make a donation.

If you have a blog similar to this, you can write about the urgent importance that is required in this regard. If you have a social networking profile, update your statuses’ (or the likes..) to show your concern (every bit of word helps spread the message).

If you see or know any one in your village hurting Tigers, be it for any reason, educate them and if possible bring them to the law.

And finally, if your want to show your concern on tigers virtually, head over here to make
a mark.


Its time we raise awareness and force the government take steps to increase the guards and
forest rangers to reduce the ease through which poachers helped by local villagers can get to a tiger. Until we can't stop that..we can't stop the killing of wild animals- not just tigers..