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A Happy Independence day and best wishes for the

coming Onam festival.

As we nish the holy month of Ramayana

Masacharnam, our spirits have been raised and occasion

of Independence day comes with great festivities in the

celebration of our freedom and our emergence as a nation

that can no longer be ignored,

Our freedom did not come to as a coincidence, like

taught to us on many occasions. Like any organism in

this universe, as human beings, we also fought oppressionand inequality to attain our freedom. Many people gave

their life for the hard earned freedom that we enjoy this

day every year. The continuous process to preserve the

fruits of our hard earned freedom is still a part of our

daily life.

After 65 years, it is a time for us to introspect if we

have achieved the values for which our freedom ghters

struggled and gave their life. Though we have been able

gain political freedom to choose our leaders and run

our country efciently, have we been able to preserve

our identity has a unique country where the worlds

oldest civilization dwells? Every year as we celebrateIndependence Day we need to look at our way of life to

realize if we have been a part of the process in supporting

our nation and fullling our social responsibility as its

faithful citizen.

Our social reformers these days argue that political

power is essential to make a positive change in our

country, but we have had many examples like Swami

Vivekananda, Narayana Gurudevan and many such

leaders who have showed us otherwise. The society needs

inspiration to unite and work towards the upliftment ofour nations glory. This need not come from a political

platform alone. Politics simply unites a group of people

committed towards a specic ideology or a specic goal.

But politics is not able to provide the sustained energy

needed to guide an efcient nation. Our society still

needs great personalities to lead our nation. Persons

who pledge to serve the cause of the nation keeping away

from isms and personal agendas. It is imperative that as

a nation we strive to attain our materialistic and personal

aspirations on a strong foundation built on spiritualism

and nationalism. Our actions and aspirations living inthis foreign land must be for the upliftment of our nation

and to ensure the prestige of our nation is always held at

the highest honor bound by our actions and by living as

an example that will teach the world.

Festivals like Onam and Raksha Bandhan, remind us of

the unity our glorious nation stands for. While we witness

violence across our nation by people who have illegally

occupied our land and create disturbances amongst the

citizen of our nation, we must remember that we are all

children our motherland. In the name of regionalism and

religion successive elected establishments have been

trying to segregate our nation into vote banks and hate

groups. We must effectively ght this trend.

Like festivals, achievements by our citizens around

the world make us proud and give us reasons to celebrate.

This time our athletes at the Olympics have given us

every reason to hold our head high. We hope many more

inspired youngsters come forward to compete in the

same spirit.

Sopanam wishes you all a very Happy Onam and

wish to thank all the people who have spared time to

contribute to this edition of the magazine.

Sopanam - August 2012



Spiritualism

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A Very Happy Onam to all the readers. The fth ava-tar of Maha Vishnu is the Vamana Avatar, which has aconnection to the festival of Onam. In the previous edi-tion we read about Narasimha Avatar rescuing Prahaladafrom his father Hiranyakashapu. The Vamana avatar isthe rst ever human avatar of Lord Vishu. This avatarhappens in the Treta Yuga or the second age of the Uni-verse. Mahabali was the son of Devamba and Virochana

and the grandson of Prahalada. He grew up in the tutelageof Prahalada who instilled in him the habits of devotionand righteousness. With his valor he had conquered thewhole world. He was a very mighty and a valorous asuraand there was peace and prosperity as he ruled the world.The Indira and the other gods were defeated by Mahabalithey pleaded Maha Vishnu to protect the Devas and theUniverse from the hands of Mahabali.

Shukhracharya was the guru of Mahabali. He oncetold Mahabali that as he has conquered the three worlds,he can become the King of the three worlds. For this heasked Mahabali to perform 100 Aswamedha Yagnas. Un-

der the guidance of his guru, Mahabali had started pre-paring for the Yagna. The people were happy and lead aprosperous life during the rule of Mahabali. Indira wasvery jealous of Mahabali as his reign was far better thanthat of Indira. Once the dejected Indira went to his moth-

er Aditi and told her about his worries. Aditi who tookpity on her son told him that she would do her best tohelp him.

Aditi started worshiping Maha Vishnu. Satised bythe penance of Aditi, He appeared before her and askedher what boon she wanted. She requested Maha Vishnuto be born as her son and put an end to Mahabali. LordVishnu admitted to her that Mahabali was a worthy rulercompared to her son, but promised her that he would take

care of Indira and the other gods. He promised her thathe will be born as the son of Aditi and Kashyap. SoonAditi gave birth Vamana. He was a short boy of a darkcomplexion and a very intelligent boy.

In the meantime Mahabali had performed 99 Yagnasand was performing the 100th Ashwamedha Yagna. Just

before the completion of the Yagna, Vamana approachedMahabali. Attracted by the radiance of Vamana, Ma-habali offered his throne to Vamana and bowed beforehim. He told Vamana that he will be giving alms to any

person and asked Vamana what he would like to haveas alms. Sukhracharya understood it was the Lord Him-

self who had disguised as Vamana and appeared in frontof Mahabali to interrupt the 100th Yagna. Sukracharyatook Mahabali to a side and warned him that it was LordVishnu who had come to protect Indira and the gods. Ma-habali was an ardent devotee of Maha Vishnu and was sohappy and excited that Lord Vishnu had appeared in theYagna and he desired to give away whatever Lord askedfor.

Despite the warning from his guru he went to Vamanaand asked what he wanted. To this Vamana replied that hewanted three steps of land measured by his feet. Mahab-ali readily accepted Vamanas request and asked him tomeasure the three steps of land. Vamana out grew in sizesuch that only his feet could be seen. He measured theentire earth with His one step and with the next step Hemeasured the entire sky. He then asked Mahabai aboutthe third step. Mahabali replied that He can place thethird step on his head. The Vamana placed the third stepon Mahabalis head and he was pushed down to Pathala.Thus he was stopped from the completion of the 100thYagna and so could not become the King of the threeworlds.

The Vamana Avatar is also called the Trivikrama Ava-tar of Lord Vishu. It is believed that Mahabali asked for a

bon before he was pushed to patala. He asked Lord Vish-

nu for the boon that he be allowed to visit his kinsmenon earth once a year to know about their well being. Ma-habali readily granted to boon to Mahabali and then onthe return of Mahabali is celebrated as Onam is Kerala.

Vamana Avatar of

Maha Vishnu



SpiritualismCultural

From ancient times, India has been a land that is

known for its rich diversity, knowledge, culture

and heritage. The traders from other countries were

amazed to see such a land, a land where man and

nature coexisted peacefully and harmoniously. Now,

after 66 years of independence of India, I am proud

to say that we have managed to hold on to our cul-

ture and heritage. But slowly, this culture of ours is

facing its most dangerous threat- the threat of being

forgotten by our coming younger generation. With

westernization, our younger generation is embracing

the western ideas, while at the same time leaving be-

hind the principles and values that have been passed

down through generations. I am not saying that we

should not be modern, but we should not be modern

by leaving behind and forgetting our motherlands

rich culture and diversity.

India is a country that has gone through many types

of governments and has gathered and accumulated

the rich culture and heritage they had offered. Our

civilization is regarded as one of the largest civiliza-

tions, along with the Egyptian, the Mesopotamian,

the Roman and many others. Our country was known

as the Aryavratha the land of Gods chosen people.

Even though we have been attacked by many foreign

invaders, from the Mughals to the Portuguese and

the British we have kept our core principles and val-ues alive and protected. We have a lot of things that

none of the other countries have. Our country fosters

many languages and people and each of these people

have their unique culture and heritage. The monu-

ments and buildings build by our ancestors make

us wonder how they could have made such things.

Take for example the iron pillar of Delhi. Till now

the scientists are unable to explain the reason how

this pillar of iron has manage to survive this long

without rusting. The knowledge in India too was in-comparable. Aryabatta had discovered the existence

of planets and other celestial bodies much before the

Greeks and the Romans. Our greatest epics, such as

the Mahabharata, the Vedas, and the Ramayana have

continued to guide us till today. The Mahabharata is

not only religious book; it rather provides us with

a moral compass on how to take decisions in very

tough situations. Many great thinkers, visionaries

and people of different religions and nationalities

have found answers to their questions related to life

from these books. Nature was another very impor-

tant part in their lives. They worshipped nature and

lived with nature. They only took what was neededand let nature grow. Do you know that India is the

only country which has not conquered another land

despite its immense military strength? We believed

guests to be par with god as the famous verse says

Athithi Devo Bhava. Even though it proved to be

our weakness, by letting the British people in our

country as traders and later they became rulers, we

have still held on to this.

That is why tourism is so popular in India. But thatdoesnt mean that India was not militarily powerful,

rather we had one the strongest armies in the world

too. That is the reason why Alexander did not attack

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India, for he knew he could not win. But we were

people who professed and practiced ahimsa. This is

the reason why Mark Twain, American author said

about our motherland: "India is, the cradle of the

human race, the birthplace of human speech, the

mother of history, the grandmother of legend, and

the great grandmother of tradition. Our most valu-

able and most instructive materials in the history of

man are treasured up in India only." But what we do

is try to copy what the western civilization does, for-

getting the treasures, as Mark Twain said, that our

country holds.

The coming generation must hold on to the princi-

ples, values and cultures that have been passed over

through generations in our country. A country which

had revered nature is now causing immense destruc-

tion to it. The number of trees been cut, animals

been killed and forest being cleared is affecting the

climate of our country. Rains are becoming scare,

droughts and heat waves are striking our country.

Nature gives us many things but we should make an

effort to keep this nature alive for the coming gen-erations to enjoy. Isnt that what our ancestors have

taught us, by giving us the vast amount of forests in

our country?

Another problem nowadays is the treatment of

our parents in our country. Mata, Pita, guru Devo

that is the ideology that is present in our country

since generations but now it is completely different.

The numbers of old age homes are increasing rap-

idly. Parents, when old, are being sent to these old

age homes without even considering that they havespent half of the lifetimes taking care of the chil-

dren. Where have our moral values gone? Where are

we upholding our principles?

Other main problem that has gripped our younger

generation is the usage of life threatening things

such as drugs, alcohol and many other such activi-

ties which are against our principles. The addiction

to drugs, alcohol and smoking is one of the major

reasons for younger generation being spoilt and

these are the habits that lead directly to their death

and destruction of the career and life. Is this what

our ancestors have taught us over generations?

We have now heard the number of scams in our

country. The amount of money that is stored in the

Swiss bank, popularly called black money, is

enough for buying every poor family meal for life.

The money got from taxes given by us to the gov-

ernment is being taken away by those in power for

their own selsh needs. Is this what our moral val-

ues tells us to do, taking the money from the poor

for fullling the selsh needs of a few people?

In pursuit of being a person who wants to be capa-ble for living in the world, we have forgotten to learn

something that is important- our mother tongue. Par-

ents are eager to teach their children other languages

but hesitate to teach their mother tongue. I am not

saying that learning other languages is bad, rather it

is good to know different languages, but it should

not be in the expense of not learning our own moth-

er tongue and culture. Who will keep our plethora of

languages alive for the coming generations?

In summary, I would like to tell all the young read-ers and the leaders of the younger generation to

be guided by the moral values passed down to us

through generation. The culture, the values and tra-

ditions should be the moral compass for us to lead a

good life. It is up to us to keep the traditions and our

culture alive. We should be modern but at the same

time our core principles should always be there to

guide us always. For we are Indians, and we should

keep the ag of our country ying high and should

not let it be stained by these problems. Jai Hind.





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Finance

The Olympic Games have kept us awake this sea-

son. Our sportsmen have brought us joy and made

given us many proud moments for us to cherish

for a long time. There have been disappointments

too which are part of the sporting spirit.

Competitive sports are not new to India. Right

from the time of the oldest scriptures and the ve-

dic period, we have had competitive sports men-

tioned in many places. Some of the greatest wars

have been fought over the result of a game. Sita

Swayamvaram was held as a sporting event to

see who could break the bow of the mighty Lord

Shiva. The Panchali Swamvar is another example

where a competitive sport was held to choose the

right bridegroom for a princess. The greatest sym-

bol of Guru Devotion, Ekalavya, learnt the skill

of competitiveness simply due to his eagerness

to learn and compete. So many various examples

can be quoted which would show that one point

of time Indians were very athletic and competedrigoursly to achieve. As we watch Spanish bull run

today with wonder we look at our ancient compe-

tition of Jalikattu where instead of running from

the bull our ghters face them. Legends talk of fa-

mous martial arts warriors who competed all over

India. The Dahi Handi festival of Maharastra that

just got over last Friday during Janmashtami is an-

other example. All this was done with a clear sense

of competition and with rules laid down by our an-

cestors. Many modern games like chess, snake and

ladders and polo originated in India.As time passed and our lifestyle changed we

have adopted many new life styles that have often

brought our physical endurance level to low. For

many years during the invasion of the British and

the Mughals before them, the spirit of sportsman-

ship and competition almost faded away from our

culture. Our priorities have also changed consider-

ably in life that has made us shun sports or keep-

ing physically t. This has also led to the increase

in medical problems in the country,The 1982 Asian Games saw a major boost to

sports in our country. The games saw many sports

facilities being developed around the country. But

the spirit didnt remain for long and slowly we

lost the steam in developing sports scenario in the

country.

Though cricket is a widely celebrated sport in

India, it is not a national game in the country. Awide variety of sports like kabbadi, kho is played

throughout the country. Hokey is the ofcial game

of the country though in the recent years the sport

has been neglected and our players are performing

below standards at many venues. The advent of

visual media and the high stakes involved in the

game boosted the image of cricket and its players

throughout the country. The players are accorded a

heros status by many. With the money and glamour

also came corruption and immoral activities often

tarnishing the nations image. Government lethar-gy and bureaucratic red tapism along with corrup-

tion has demoralized the sportsmen who have been

training and competing with passion. Many people

complain of lack of proper practicing venues and

funds for them to develop and excel in the eld

though they have the instinct for it. Even the re-

cent Olympics saw selected candidates complain-

ing they havent even been contacted by the sports

authority of their states despite their achievement.

Shanti, 800 meter gold medalist of the Common

Wealth Games works in a brick factory for Rs 200

daily wages. The hands that held the medal is to-

day blistering now. Narin Singh, the wrestler who

reached the quarter nal Olympics lives in a small

Its not just another Game

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room in Mumbai.

Like other countries India needs to rethink itsstrategies to develop sports other than cricket. We

must do our bit of study to identify able athletes

from a very young age, We need to explore our

resources even in the tribal belt where people with

natural genes of strong physical endurance levels

live. They need to be trained from a very young

age. Along with basic education, they should be

given the opportunity to choose sports as a major

elective to decide their career. As long as sports

in not patronized by the nation, no parent would

be ready to let their children concentrate on it asa future career. There must be world class sports

academies and training centers around the coun-

ties charging minimal fee. Currently the govern-

ment cannot spend such huge funds and only the

wealthy are able to afford the expensive private

coaching centers. This destroys the opportunity of

the naturally talented achievers. Often the people

enrolled at these private coaching centers fail to

perform for lack of instincts and passion. Even at

the government educational institutions we are not

able to provide efcient sports instructors and fa-

cilities. Most of the private schools are concentrat-

ing their efforts only on obtaining higher grades.

Many schools dont even have a proper playground

for the students. When brought up in such an at-

mosphere, we cannot expect children with some

natural talents to get inspired and perform. We lack

the resources to spot talent in children and devel-

op them. Like art, now sports education is mainly

encouraged for money and publicity alone. Many

of our sports personalities dont even have enoughfunds to travel to sporting events around the world.

Thus they lose the opportunity to compete with

world athletes.

Our state bureaucracies handling the sports min-

istry often are persons with no background in the

eld and have no talent themselves. International

sporting events are often used as a chance for a

mere holiday. The current sports minister himself

was a trade union leader. Indian corporates need to

come forward to sponsor spotted talents around the

country rather than cricket players alone.Over and above all this, our athletes must per-

form with a passion for the game and with a pa-

triotic feeling to win and showcase our nation to

the world. Even if they dont win, the full effort in

trying to do so is what matters. Patriotism is notsimply a matter of waving ags and wearing the

tricolor on your costume. Along with it, should

come the mental composure to try ones best and

to train for it. A committed athlete should not be

disturbed by the activities that surround him and

his growth.

Even if sports are not a natural talent in all people,

our children must be made aware of the importance

of exercising regularly to maintain a healthy phy-

sique. It is often said the children get their exercise

while they play. But the new generation children areoften conned to their studies and whatever spare

time they get is utilized in front of their TVs and

PlayStations. Compulsory physical education must

be introduced for at least one hour. Many NGOs

and organizations have daily one hour game and

physical exercises to keep their members healthy,

strong and alert. Many deserving athletes have also

been groomed this way. The best way is to intro-

duce our own yoga from a very small age for chil-

dren. This will naturally also bring out the sporting

talents in them. Surya Namaskar is now being ac-

cepted world over as the perfect technique that can

be easily followed daily by people of all age.

We can sincerely hope that the near future will see

many more Koms, Sainas and Gangans. While

the government extended a mere promotion and

job promise, our nation stands and salutes these

great talents who will inspire the coming genera-

tion to try even harder.

Sopanam congratulates India on a great win at

the Olympics 2012 and thanks its representativesfor their wonderful achievement.

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Our national ag is a symbolic representation of

Bharat, our motherland. It is with utmost pride thatour ag is unured on the Independence Day and

also on the Republic Day. Also when an Indian

wins any medals at international level it is with

pride that the ag is unured and National anthem

sung.

There are so many great souls who sacriced their

life and paved way to Indias freedom. Unfortu-

nately now most of us have forgotten the brave past.

After 66 years of freedom the patroitic feeling in us

have melted down. It is indeed pathetic to see the

ways our National Flag is insulted nowadays. The

day soon after ag hoisting, the ags are strewn on

the roads or seen in dust bins. Many people try to

exhibit the so called patriotism by painting their

faces in tricolour or prepare cakes and dresses in

the same manner. All this accords to insult to the

ag and to our nation.

Even children now a days seem to enjoy indepen-

dence day as any other holiday. Since no compul-

sion is there in schools or colleges students seem

to enjoy the day by visiting theatres, or outing withfamily. Somewhere down the years the true parti-

otic spirit has gone down and we seem to have for-

gotten the sacrice of our great freedom ghters.

Respect ourNational Flag

Do's and Don'ts

Hoist the Flag at a height in a suitable manner.

Do not let small children use the National Flag

as a toy.

Do not use or buy plastic Flags. Do not use paper Flags to pin up on shirt pockets,

etc.

Take care to see that the Flag does not get crum-

pled.

Do not use the Flag as a banner or for decora-

tion.

Take care to see that the National Flag is not

trampled upon or torn.

Do not let the Flag fall on the ground.

Do not join cloth pieces to resemble the NationalFlag.

What I can do?

You can participate in this campaign by doing as

much ever possible.

1. Be Proactive: In order to prevent any of the

mentioned untoward incidents, you can circulate

this information among your friends, relatives.

2. Collect spoilt ags and respectfully dispose them

by burning or burial.

3. Circulate the information to schools by putting

these dos and donts on their notice boards.4. You can try and educate maximum number of

people you come in contact with and fulll your

duty towards the motherland.

BharathDharshan

A Skaka

VANDE MATARAM



BharathDharshan

Shri. Pranab Kumar Mukherjee is the thirteenth

President of India. On behalf of the readers and writ-ers of Sopanam we wish him on his appointment,

A seasoned politician, Shri. Pranab Mukherjee (af-

fectionately called Pranab Da) was a senior leader

of the Indian National Congress party till his elec-

tion as President.

Born in 1935 he hails from Mirati in Bengal. He

has a Masters degree in Political Science and His-

tory as well has a Law degree. Before entering poli-

tics he worked as a clerk and taught Political science

in a college. He even worked as a journalist with a

local newspaper.

In 1969, he joined the INC. He was their Rajya

Sabha member in 1969,1975,1981,1993 and 1999.

He was a staunch supporter of Smt. Indira Gandhi

during her tenure. He was very active in the Indian

cabinet during the Emergency. Subsequent commis-

sions like the Shah commission also pointed to his

extensive role during that period against the peopleand organizations which opposed the Emergency.

But he remained unaffected by these accusations.

His roles as the Finance Minister in 1982 saw a

great deal improvement in Indias nances helped

improve his image.

His fall out with Rajiv Gandhi saw him quit the

party and oat a new party called the Rashtriya Sa-

majwadi Congress in 1986. This was merged with

the Congress three years later. Even after Rajiv

Gandhis assassination, his ambition to become the

Prime Minister of India bore no fruit though he wasthe senior most experienced person in the party.

During the current tenure of Sonia Maino as party

president he had become the partys most effective

trouble shooter. Even when she turned down the

Prime Ministership, he was sidelined for Shri. Man-

mohan Singh. But Pranab Mukherjee became an in-

dispensable part of the UPA government. During the

tenure of the UPA, he has become Defence, Finance

and External Affairs minister.

Following his nomination as President, he re-

signed from the party and retired from active poli-

tics. Some would say this was a calculated move by

vested interests in the party. Due to his experience

and long term in politics, he has been at the head

of many committees of Ministers on various issues.

He was also heading many institutions in the coun-

try. One of these also became a point of discontent

when his opponent accused him of holding an ofce

of prot while contesting. His name has often beenmentioned in connection with various high prole

cases but other than accusations, no evidence has

been brought forward.

The President of India is the rst citizen of the

country and our representative all over the world.

The Presidents loyalty is to the constitution of In-

dia. Today we have a person well known for his po-

litical leanings and his strong character. We are sure

Shri. Pranab Mukherjee will keep the prestige of the

position he is holding today by upholding the Con-stitution and as rst citizen lead us Indians, in the

prosperity of our Nation.

India has a new President



On 23th of July, Bharat lost a leading revolution-

ary of the Indian Independence movement, Captain

Lakshmi Sahgal. She was an ofcer of the INA anda Minister in the Azad Hind Government.

Born into a well to do family, Lashmi Sahgal was

the daughter of a criminal lawyer, Swaminathan and

a well-known social worker, A.V.Ammukutty. She

became a gynecology doctor in 1938 and worked in

Madras. As a child she rebelled against the caste op-

pressions in Kerala and this changed her outlook.

Her family became staunch supporters of the Con-

gress agitation and this inuenced her life to a great

extent.

Captain Lakshmi SahgalIn 1940 she moved to Singapore where she got

acquainted with member of Netajis Indian Nation-

al Army. After she established her clinic there she

became an active member of the Indian Indepen-

dence League. When Netaji arrived in Singapore,

she formed the womens regiment called the Rani

of Jhansi Regiment and became its Captain. They

marched with the Japanese till Burma she was ar-

rested and send to India to face trial.

In 1971 she joined the Communist Party of India

(Marxist) and became a Rajya Sabha member. She

has been in the fore front of many relief activities

across India, Even during her old age she ran her

clinic in Kanpur regularly for the poor people. In

2002, she was the sole opponent to Dr. A. P.J. Abdul

Kalam for the presidential elections. She was also a

founding member of the AIDWA.

She had been an atheist all her life and lived herlife as a social worker for the cause of the Indian

people in distress. The role she played in helping riot

victims and victims of natural disastors in unforget-

table. She even prominently courted arrest during

the agitation against the Miss World competitions.

After her death, her body was donated for medi-

cal research and her organs for transplant as per her

wish.

BharathDharshan



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As I was born and bought up in Kuwait, I did

not know what actually Onam was and what the

real taste of Onam was. I and my family used to

celebrate Onam every year either in Kuwait or in

Kerala. But I only have a clear picture of Onam

celebrations since seven years.

During my summer vacations I would try to stay

with my grandparents and cousins until Onam. We

thoroughly enjoy the ten days of Onam. The cele-

brations start from the rst day, Atham and lasts till

the tenth day of Thiruonam. We used to get up early

in the morning. We have our bath and begin our job

i.e. start collecting owers from our neighborhood

so that on Thiruonam we could make a much bigger

and beautiful Pookalam. At the tenth day of Onam,

as usual we get up early, have our bath and to ournearby temple. On such important and prestigious

days, its must that we pray to God and seek their

blessings. We also get the opportunity to wear new

bright clothes. And I still remember what I wore last

year. It was Golden Kurtha and Mundu. It was for

the rst time that I wore such kind of a dress. Even

though during our vacation we meet each other, we

still nd a bit bored as sometimes we fail to see every

of our relatives. But its not the same at the time of

Onam. All of our relatives and family friends cometo our home maybe in one day itself. And those mo-

ments are really exiting. We children are free from

responsibilities and we dont have any barriers. And

we utilize that piece of time to its maximum. Also

we too dont forget to visit their home. When talk-

ing about Onam theres one thing which we can-

not avoid to miss, Onasadya. And I think thats one

of the factors which distinguish Onam from other

festivals. Payasam, a special dessert is one of the

main highlight of the Onasadya. Moreover its a

fact that many of us will love to have it and theresno doubt about that when it comes to me. And this

nds colorful to my eyes as I nd many of my fa-

vorite items when served on the Banana leaf.

Yet its not over. There are more celebrations to

come. Vallamkali, snake boat race is one of the

main attractions of Onam. Last year I got a chance

to witness the Aramulla Vallamkali along with myfamily. It was just simply awesome. An interest-

ing thing what I found there was there were many

foreigners to see that spectacular event. From that

I understood one thing, the government has taken

keen interest on festivals like Onam in making

them much of touristic importance. Thereby tour-

ism will increase which indeed leads to the rise of

our National Income. And this will too make the

festival o Onam more popular. We also see one

more attracting factor about Onam in television,

Pulikali. In these thousands of people paint their

body with spots and lines of bright colors like red,

yellow, orange and black resembling the body of

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a tiger and perform down the streets. In between

all these we still dont forget to burn crackers. In

my locality our local youngsters waits for the days

evening. From then onwards then the people living

nearby can only hear the sound of crackers.

What I found more interesting among all these

was the concept of Onam because no matter who-

ever they were, to which religion they belong to,

how wealthier they were etc. they considered all

among them equal.

These are the celebrations which takes place in

Kerala. But these are not the same when it comesto middle-east. TheThiruonam day celebrations is

entirely different from that in Kerala. Since Onam

also has great importance like other festivals, our

schools give us a holiday. Here also we get up early

in the morning, have our bath and wear our new

dress. But we dont go to temples since there arent

any. But because of that dont think that we dont

pray. Of course, we do it within our home. Due to

shortage of space we also cant put Pookalam in

our home. I think most of the Onam celebrationsin the middle-east are very much associated with

the media. Most of the Malayalam TV channels

telecast various programs related with Onam. They

also telecast many newly released movies. And I

nd that very interesting. The thing which I nd a

bit difcult among these is the time in which they

will be shown. Why is that because there will be

many lms which Ill want to see but its not pos-

sible to watch two or three lms at a time. Then its

time for the Onasadya. Nowadays many restaurantsoffer Onasadya at reasonable price and I think that

the bachelors completely make use of them. For

this there wont be any complain. We also invite

some of our friends to have this. We then phone our

grandparents and cousins back in Kerala and wish

them a Happy Onam. These are the celebrations

which takes place in our home.

Beyond all these there are many Malayalee As-

sociations. They enjoy festivals like Onam, Id and

Christmas joyfully. No matter whichever religion

they belong to, they thoroughly enjoy these festi-

vals. In Kerala, I think the Onam celebrations may

last for 10-12 days. But here its not the same. As

the celebrations can be only conducted only dur-

ing the weekends, Onam celebrations here last for

months.

Even though I wrote about all of these, I still re-

main a bit sad because this year I couldnt go to my

home back in Kerala. So I miss my grandparents

and few others.

My parents have told me that at the time of their

childhood their Onam was much different from

nowadays. They said that at their time no one in

their house would simply. Everyone would be do-ing something or the other. They were a group and

they celebrated the festival like that itself. But

nowadays I dont think so its the same everywhere.

In order to make the processes easier people may

order Sadya from restaurants and all. Then every-

things is in the hands of associations. Over, the

celebrations of Onam which comes once in a year

has an end. Is that what we want? This is a kind

of festival which has to be celebrated as a group.

And we should follow that. Nowadays all aroundthe world its just one thing, violence. We all want

to see a peaceful world. Its must that brotherhood

and harmony spreads around the world. Isnt it?

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the very earliest days when man began the dream of existence, it is India.

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er of our philosophy; mother, through the Arabs, of much of our mathematics; mother, through the Bud-

dha, of the ideals embodied in Christianity; mother, through the village community, of self-government

and democracy. Mother India is in many ways the mother of us all

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Whenever I have read any part of the Vedas, I have felt that some unearthly and unknown light illumi-

nated me. In the great teaching of the Vedas, there is no touch of sectarianism. It is of all ages, climbs,

and nationalities and is the royal road for the attainment of the Great Knowledge. When I read it, I feel

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2. At which place Athachamayam, the cultural procession, takes place on the day

of Atham to mark the beginning of Onam celebrations?

3. What is the distance of Marathon race in Olympics?

4. Who wrote the book Freedom at Midnight?

5. Montreal protocol is related to the protection of ----------------?

6. Who designed the new symbol for Indian Rupees?

7. Who directed the Malayalam movie Agnisakshi?

8. Which state is known as Jewel of India?

9. Who composed the famous patriotic song Sare Jahamse Acha?

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The thought of service enters the mind when we

have the thought of the Bliss of Divinity, when we

understand the hearts of other people, and religious

tolerance. When we help the poor lives, it gives a

meaning and importance to ones life. As Swami

Vivekananda says if we ask God how to live in

peace, HE shows us the way to help others.

Service can be done in innumerable ways. Manypeople prefer to do service is by donating money to

the penniless lives. But, service can be done even

with a heart full of love and mind full affection.

Like Shri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa quotes that,

The goal of life is not about the earning of money,

but the service to the needy.

In the schools, students can do service by helping

their friends who nd it difcult to co-op up with

others. Even this can be considered as service as

Martin Luther King, Jr said that Everybody can be

great, because anybody can serve. You dont haveto have a collage degree to serve. You only need a

heart full of grace, a soul generated by love.

There are countless school children who try to

bring in the concept of service worldwide. For in-

stance, the school children in Agra, India work on

Design For Change [DFC], keeping in mind the

notion of- One idea, one week, one billion lives

to change. This idea is on process for spreading

throughout World. Design for Change is the larg-

est global movement aimed at giving children anopportunity to express their own ideas for a better

world and put them into action said the movement's

founder Kiran Sethi. Through this DFC challenge,

people learn that I Can is the two powerful words a

human can and should believe. This movement has

reached about 34 countries and 300,000 schools in-

spiring lakhs of beings that Change is possible only

if one can lead the Change.

There are more than 860 seva sadans in India.

One can initially start by serving such sadanams.

We should see them as our brothers and sister andgo forward in assisting them. Having such children

to be away from sickness and keeping them in ro-

bustness can give a huge satisfaction to a human. As

Lord Buddha says A generous heart, a kind speech

and a life of service are the things that renew hu-

manity.

There are several villages in India which lack

basic necessities. Such villages should be identied

and should try their best to fulll their requirements.

There are also schools lacking proper sanitation and

sports facilities. Citizens of our nation must try to

lend a helping hand to such on-going problems.The next main aspect to ponder upon is that the

strength in the Vrdhaashram (Old age homes) is in-

creasing rather. This is a very wrong thing which

youngsters do. I hope the government of India tries

to band the increase of such Homes. Or even if there

is no response, people should come forward to help

them.

Cherishing the thought of oneness or serving is

the true spiritual life. God loves those who do good

to mankind as His own children. This IndependenceDay, I request all the reader to offer nancial assis-

tance and support to the needy to encourage them to

come up in oife. Theyll need it more than us.

Nobody Can Do Everything, ButEveryone Can Do Something.

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As the sun rises to a new beginning,The season of harvest, a new beginning.Flowers of different colors are everywhere,

Not a rain cloud to be seen anywhere.There are people all around, talking and laughing,In different clothes, bright and shinyYes everyone,Onam is here,

The season of joy is here.

In Gods own country we celebrate,This festival with great joy we celebrate.Colorful designs with owers are laid,Like the eyes of nature, beautifully laid.Prayers are offered early in the morning,Temples are decorated with owers since morning.Yes everyone,Onam is here,The festival of color is here.

As I see my brothers and sisters happy,We all are together, that makes us happy.For even though we live far away from our roots,But we never forget them, in all years and youth.For it is said that this day the great king arrives,To each and every house, amid eager eyes.Yes everyone, Onam is here,The festival of kings is here.

But now I miss those fruitful days,When I saw everyone, enjoying for days.The gathering of friends and relative-

from here and there,The delicious food that is now not there.Those beautiful moments with my grandparents,

Now it is just memories that are remnants.Yes everyone,Onam is here,But where do I celebrate it here,

We try to celebrate it in our way,With a few friends, near and away.We create an illusion in our minds of the festivities,For in reality we miss those real festivities.

Away from my motherland I miss the joyful moments,The beautiful owers, the temple and it-decorated ornaments.

Yes my friends,

Onam is here-vk uksa

Malavika Krishna

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