I love my Dad Story Written By Nitin Sirsat

एक मुंबई मध्ये राहणार साधारण कुटुंब. कुटुंबा मध्ये नवरा त्याचे नाव नितीन बायको तिचे नाव श्रद्धा त्यांची ३ वर्षाची मुलगी तन्वी आणि त्याचे आई बाबा. नितीन एका मल्टि नॅशनल कंपनी मध्ये सॉफ्टवेअर इंजिनीरयर श्रद्धा गृहणी व त्याचे वडील रिटायर्ड सरकारी कारकून खूप जीवाचे हाल करून त्यांनी नितीन ला शिकवलं. नितीन ने त्याच्या मनाने लग्न केलं म्हणून त्याच्या आई च आणि श्रद्धा च पटत नव्हतं . नेहमी काही ना काही दोघी मध्ये सुरु असायचं. नितीन ला रोज लोकल चा प्रवास हा प्रवास त्याला खूप कंटाळवाणा वाटायचा त्या मुळे घरी आला कि चीड चीड सुरु व्हायची पण तन्वी जवळ आली कि सर्व विसरून तिच्या सोबत गप्पा गोष्टी हसन खेळणं सुरु असायचं.

नितीन ला त्याच्या कंपनी मध्ये बढती मिळाली आणि आता त्याचा पगार पण छान वाढला होता. नितीन ला नवीन कार घायची होती त्या साठी त्याने शो रूम ला विचारपूस केली आणि कार च फायनल झालं आणि बुकिंग केली.गाडीच फायनान्स पण पास झालं एका महिन्या नंतर नवीन कोरी करकरीत गाडी दारासमोर उभी होती सर्व आनंदी होते. नितीन ऑफिस ला जाण्याच्या अगोदर रोज तन्वी ला घेऊन कार धुवायचा आणि पुसायचा हा त्याच्या नित्यक्रम झाला होता. ऑफिस वरून घरी आला कि जेवणा नंतर सर्वाना फेरफटका आणि आईस्क्रीम. सर्व काही सुरळीत सुरु होत. जवळपास ६ महिने हा नित्यक्रम चालला.

रविवार दिवस होता सकाळी उठून तन्वी ला घेऊन गाडी स्वच्छ करायला निघाला त्याच्या लक्षात आला कि कार चा समोर चा टायर पंचर आहे तो घरा मध्ये गेला आणि टूल किट घेऊन आला तो टायर बदलवत होता आणि तन्वी पेचकस घेऊन गाडी मागे गेली. थोड्या वेडाने नितीन च्या लक्षात आले कि कर.. कर...कर.. आवाज येत आहे तो डाव्या साईड वरून उजव्या साईड ने गेला आणि बघतो तर काय तन्वी चक्क पेचकस ने काही तरी ओरखडत होती. त्याला खूप राग आला आणि हात मधली पकड त्याने फेकून मारली आणि चुकीने ती तन्वी च्या डाव्या हाताच्या करंगळी ला लागली. व तिच्या करंगळी मधून रक्त वाहू लागल. तो तिला घेऊन दवाखान्या मध्ये गेला सर्व जण जमा झालेत. सर्व जण रडत होते व मनातल्या मनात नितीन सुद्धा खूप रडत होता. १ तास झाला डॉक्टर बाहेर आले आणि म्हणाले कि तन्वी ची करंगळी आम्ही वाचऊ नाही शकत ती हातापासून ८० टक्के वेगळी झाली आहे. श्रद्धा जीवाचा आकांत करत होती आणि खूप रडत होती. नितीन ला खूप पच्छाताप झाला होता रागाने त्याच्या मुलीची करंगडी घेतली होती.

१ आठवडा नंतर तन्वी ला रजा मिळाली. या १ आठवड्या मध्ये नितीन ने कार कडे पाहले सुद्धा नाही. तन्वी नितीन ला पप्पा चला ना आपण कार क्लीन करू म्हणून हट्ट करायला लागली नाईलाजाने तो तिला घेऊन कार जवळ गेला कार साफ करू लागला डावी बाजू झाली आता उजव्या बाजूला साफ करू लागला त्याला ते ओरखडे दिसले त्याने ते क्लीन केले आणि बघतो तर काय तन्वी ला जवळ घेऊन खूप खूप रडू लागला तिला काही कडेना. कारण त्या ओरडखड्याने लिहले होते I love my Dad .

तात्पर्य असे आहे कि आपण काही काही गोष्टी ला आपल्या माणसा पेक्षा जास्त महत्व देतो. नितीन कार पुन्हा घेऊ शकतो पण तो त्याच्या मुलीची करंगडी वापस नाही आणू शकत. राग हा माणसा चा सर्वात मोठा शत्रू आहे. म्हणून रागा वर नियंत्रण करा.

Android Jelly 4.1 Bean rollout is underway


By Sarah Halzack, Published: July 11

Stephen Lam/Reuters - An Android 4.1 "Jelly Bean" mobile operating system logo is seen during Google I/O 2012 Conference at Moscone Center in San Francisco, Calif. June 27, 2012.

Less than two weeks after Google first showcased Android Jelly Bean at its annual I/O developers’ conference, the operating system is starting to make its way onto Android-powered smartphones and tablets.

Google announced the rollout Tuesday evening in a post on its Google+ social network. Galaxy Nexus HSPA+ devices, the post said, would be the first to get the update. Jelly Bean is slated to come to the Galaxy Nexus, Nexus S, and Motorola Xoom soon after, and it will be featured on the new Google Nexus 7 tablet.

Compared with its predecessor, Android Ice Cream Sandwich, Jelly Bean has improved photo sharing and viewing functionalities; packs a better keyboard and smarter predictive typing; and allows for more streamlined personalization of one’s home screen.

Jelly Bean, version 4.1 of the Android OS, also includes a redesign of how Google Search looks and works on mobile devices.

Google Nexus 7 obliterates every reason for buying the Kindle

July 12 (Bloomberg) — It’s the most-asked question by consumers about any new tech gadget: “Should I get this now or is something better coming along soon?”
For buyers of Amazon’s Kindle Fire, we now have the answer: You should have waited.
Google’s new Nexus 7 is aimed directly at the Kindle Fire, the seven-inch color tablet that was the runaway hit of the last holiday season. The Nexus 7 obliterates every reason for buying the current Kindle, and sets a high bar for whatever Amazon comes up with to replace it.
The Nexus 7 is Google’s first foray into selling a tablet under its own brand. It’s currently available for pre-order from Google Play, the company’s online store, with customer deliveries expected to begin next week. It costs $199 for a model with eight gigabytes of storage, same as the Kindle, or $249 for 16 gigabytes.
The device is manufactured by Taiwan-based Asustek, and Google chose its partner wisely. Asus makes some of the prettiest tablets and personal computers this side of Apple, and the Nexus 7 is as attractive and smooth as the Kindle Fire is chunky and clunky.
At 7.8 inches tall and 4.7 inches wide, the Nexus 7 is compact enough to slide into a jacket pocket. A rubbery, textured back makes it easy to grip. Like the Kindle Fire, it works only over a Wi-Fi connection; while the screens are the same size, the Nexus 7’s has a resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels, compared to the Kindle Fire’s 1024 x 600.
More and Better
The Google tablet also has a more powerful, quad-core processor from Nvidia, twice the internal memory and better battery. At four-tenths of an inch thick and 12 ounces, it’s also thinner and 18 percent lighter.
Go down the list of standard tablet features, and the Nexus 7 wins every one. Camera? None for the Kindle; the Nexus has a front-facing camera and microphone for video calls.
Bluetooth? The Kindle doesn’t have it; the Nexus 7 does.
GPS? Yes on the Nexus, along with a newly-enhanced Google app that lets you save maps for use even when you’re offline. The Kindle has nothing like it.
The Kindle has the Nexus beat in one significant area: the depth and breadth of the online stores that are designed to keep them stuffed with content. The Kindle is deeply integrated with Amazon’s shops for e-books, music, movies and videos, which are all far richer than the sparsely stocked Google Play store.
Amazon Alternatives
On the other hand, Amazon makes an excellent free app that allows you to buy and read Kindle e-books on the Nexus 7. And there’s always Netflix for movies and Spotify for music, among many others, as long as you’re willing to manage the various accounts and log-ins yourself. (With the Kindle Fire, a single Amazon password is all you need.)
The Nexus 7 marks the debut of yet another iteration of the Android operating system: version 4.1, which Google calls “Jelly Bean.” (Who knows why Google’s sweets-themed naming system seems so much sillier than Apple’s big cats for its Mac releases?)
Google’s constant Android updates can be maddening for consumers, who often find that even recently purchased devices won’t run the latest software.
Still, this new version is the most polished yet. It’s fast and smooth, without any of the herky-jerkiness in reorienting the device from landscape to portrait, or in transitions from one screen to another, that afflicted earlier releases.
Google Now
There is also a passel of new features, notably Google Now. This is a neat app that, with a single finger-swipe, supplies useful information about where you are and what you’re doing at any given moment.
Right now, for example, it’s telling me how long it would take to drive home given current traffic conditions, what the weather’s like, nearby mass-transit departure times and the closest restaurants. At an airport, it might show flight information; in a city, nearby places of interest.
Of course, Android wouldn’t be Android without a head- scratcher or two. For instance, you can’t view your home screen or display all your apps in landscape mode. Google says it will address that one by the time Jelly Bean shows up on larger, iPad-size tablets.
And that’s the real endgame here. There’s no doubt Apple is Google’s No. 1 enemy in its struggle to establish Android on tablets, but no Android device has yet gained any traction going head-to-head against the mighty iPad. So Google, which needs a hit device to convince developers to help it dent Apple’s enormous lead in tablet-specific apps, went smaller and cheaper.
Apple, meanwhile, isn’t standing still; if reports are to be believed, it is working on its own smaller, cheaper iPad.
As for the Kindle Fire, in its current form you’d have to consider it collateral damage.
(Rich Jaroslovsky is a Bloomberg News columnist. The opinions expressed are his own.)
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Satyamev Jayate: Why untouchability is still a tradition


New Delhi: Once again the team of ‘Satyamev Jayate’ was on target. It might be a hard fact to digest for urban Indians that the practice of untouchability is still prevalent in a nation that eyes to become one of the super-powers by the end of current decade, but shows like ‘Satyamev Jayate’ is a reality check for them.
The debate regarding the caste system is not a new thing; it’s been happening for years, and different pressure groups have come up with some solutions too, but these answers couldn’t curb the demon.
However, one thing has been done; people who were very open about their apparent superiority are not so extrovert now, especially in unfavourable conditions. But this has led to a silent discrimination which is much more effective than open boycott. At least, you know your opposition in the previous case.
Satyamev Jayate: Stars Aamir Khan has created
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Things have become nasty in the past due to the violent clashes between different mindsets towards the caste system. Those who have seen Stalin K’s documentary ‘India Untouched’ would understand that the film hints towards the origin of the issue, which as per the film is the control of resources. He says on the show that inter-caste marriages can be an answer to untouchability, but this seems to be a very simplified answer, because why would a resourceful person marry his or her daughter or son to someone who is not so resourceful, if there is no mutual love involved.
So, doesn’t the society and the government need to work on providing financial security to one and all in order to bring everyone on the same platform. This needs to happen before the marriage.
Justice Dharmadhikari might not be wrong in his stance about not revealing his ancestral identity, but this also fetches attention towards the so called superiority of certain sections of the society. Why can’t we simply stop taking the names (and surnames) seriously? The more Aamir mentions ‘Manvendra Singh Chauhan’ of the ‘same’ community, the more established will be the importance of being from a privileged class.
Bezwada Wilson’s anxiety needs to be addressed. Why do we consider living a life of dignity as something brave? Talk about it, discuss about it but don’t shed tears.
Believe it or not, but gone are the days when Sanskrit was associated with Brahmins only. The language is losing battle against commercial courses, so it would be better for existing patrons to accept teachers such as Dr Kaushal Panwar, if they want to preserve the inheritance.
‘Satyamev Jayate’ is a good show and there are no doubts about the makers’ intentions unless something drastically gets revealed but ‘tch tch’ and ‘OMG’ are not going to help in the longer run.
Balwant Singh was an IAS, after clearing an examination and training aimed at testing the candidate’s patience and depth of social understanding. Why did he separate himself from the system? Probably because he never wished for sympathy.
The tenth episode of ‘Satyamev Jayate’ tried to put emphasis on a topic which might have appeared like a done to death discussion for many, but fortunately that doesn’t make discussing ‘untouchability’ a crime.

Satyamev Jayate Episode 10 to deal with Corruption



Satyameva Jayate Aamir KhanSatyamev Jayate Episode 10 would deal with a thing of national importance, patriotism and if some guesses are allowed it is Corruption or Honesty.  In the Episode 10 Promo Aamir Says, Our country is touching new heights in the fields of cricket, films and science. No one can touch our country if we learn just one more thing. What is it? Watch Satyamev Jayate this Sunday at 11AM on STAR Plus and DD National, as we try to find an answer.
Watch the promo online  and guess yourself.
Aamir Khan’s  Debut TV  show would be  aired in 6 Languages and several local TV Channels. The show is also dubbed in several languages including three Indian southern languages viz., Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam, along with Marathi and Bengali. Apart from Star Plus, the show will also have simulcast on STAR World, STAR Utsav, STAR Pravah, STAR Jalsha, Asianet and STAR Vijay within the STAR Network and other channels including DD National and Eanadu TV.

Satyamev Jayate Episode 10 of on Untouchability – Dignity For All



The 10th episode of Satyamev Jayate which will air on 8th July will see Aamir Khan talk about the prevalent issue of untouchability in our Indian society. The caste system has been present in India for long where people are classified as “upper caste” and “lower caste”. The lower caste were often referred as “untouchables” in the past. Though things have changed, still a lot remains to be be done to make our society label free.
This 10th episode of Satyamev Jayate on “Untouchability – Dignity For All” will be a two hour special episode. Like every week, we look forward to what Aamir has to say about this. Have a look at the promo for the 8th July Episode of Satyamev Jayate in which the actor is asking us that “What will make our country invincible?”  Tune in at 11 AM on Star Plus on 8th July to watch this one!

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Satyamev Jayate - Aamir Goes 'LOL'!

Newspapers have often explained the presence of insecticides and pesticides on our food and its effect on humans in the long run. The infamous 'rail farms' of Mumbai - farms located alongside railway tracks where food is grown using drain water - has often made it to top news in our papers. However, not much is done in this regard. Until now! The eighth episode of Satyamev Jayate shall hopefully change things around as it created a tremendous impact with the startling facts and reports. Definitely one of the most hard-hitting episodes of Satyamev Jayate!

The jolt comes in the beginning itself when Dr Rashmi Sanghi revealed that the poisonous endosulfan was present in breast milk of certain mothers and that too, believe it or not, 800% more than the permissible limit! Obviously, the toxins made their way into the mother's body through the food she consumed - fruits, vegetables, food grains etc - which is deemed 'nutritious'! If the consumers are suffering, what about the farmers who grow these crops and also live near their farms? Aamir Khan then exposed the problems faced by inhabitants at Kasargod, Kerela where pesticides was sprayed on crops for 25 long years resulting in some of the most shocking cases among the inhabitants. Children were born with deformed limbs, eyes, cerebral palsy etc while the others suffered from chronic diseases, regular miscarriages (some women reportedly suffered it as many as 10 times) and even cancer. The culprit - endosulfan. 

In the northern part of the country, a passenger train runs from Bhatinda, Punjab to Bikaner, Rajasthan and is regularly boarded by sick farmers affected by the use of pesticides and who get cheap treatment in Rajasthan. Majority of the victims suffer from cancer and hence the name 'Cancer Train'. Both these instances have been widely reported by newspapers across the country but sadly didn't make an impact at all on governments and general public. 

Many farmers that were interviewed revealed that they don't use any toxins on a portion of farm land and use the food grown there for themselves and their families! The rest of the production, where toxins were sprayed, is sold to the dealers which make their way to our markets! A question that arises is - how will we protect the crops and plantations from pests if pesticides are not sprayed on them? How will our productivity increase, especially when our population is growing day by day? This was also echoed by Rajju Shroff who runs United Phosphorus Ltd, the largest pesticide company in India. However, he went on to claim that pesticide is indispensible and without its use, farmers might even commit suicide! He made many more such claims, which led Aamir to break into an unexpected guffaw, the first in these eight episodes! Also, this was the first time that disagreement cropped up between guests on the shows and even argued to prove their point. 

Shroff's points were obviously baseless and this was expected since he ran the biggest pesticide establishment and couldn't speak against its use. However, Aamir wonderfully proved that our food can be grown sans harmful toxins. Dr G V Ramanjaneyelu from Hyderabad explained his work in villages of Andhra Pradesh wherein crops were successfully grown without pesticides. The pesticides cost a bomb but Dr Ramanjaneyelu's Non-Pesticide Management (NPM) products cost as little as Rs 5-15! Towards the north-east, the state of Sikkim has put a ban on the pesticides and is in many ways the 'first organic state of the country'. In both Andhra Pradesh and Sikkim, productivity didn't suffer. Same goes for Kasargod, where endosulfan was banned in 2000 after which, production remained the same and health problems among the inhabitants too subsided. 

Sadly, awareness about NPM is negligible in our country. Subsidies need to be implemented on organic farming and use of insecticides need to be stopped on an immediate basis. There's anyways enough stress and other kinds of pollution that is harming us. We don't want our foods to be harmful as well. Let's all raise a voice!

About Nitin Sirsat


  
Working as a SEO Manager at Transparency Market Research, promoting in-house websites on major search engines through organic SEO & paid search, and detailed analysis of the website traffic to decide most beneficial strategies. An expert in Internet Marketing campaigns, specialising in Organic Search Engine Optimisation (SEO), Search Engine Marketing (SEM), Social Media Marketing, Article Marketing & Market Research. 

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SATYAMEV JAYATE episode 7: Aamir Khan handles domestic violence with sensitivity

SATYAMEV JAYATE episode 7: Aamir Khan handles domestic violence with sensitivity

The actor-turned-chat show host discussed the issue with a studio audience composed entirely of men

“Patriarchy has defined masculinity such that men can’t cry even when their mothers die,” says an activist on the seventh episode of Satyamev Jayate. Aamir Khan adds, “I cry a lot.” The studio audience, composed entirely of men – the only women present are the victims – laughs nervously. You laugh too but realise that there’s a huge truth hidden behind that one statement. You recall all the other episodes when Aamir would shed tears listening to a victim recall his or her plight. Suddenly it’s no more about just being a sympathetic host or a good actor. It’s become the basis of changing patriarchal thought, the same thought that leads to domestic violence against women.


The best thing about this episode – which dealt with domestic violence – is the way Aamir brought out the fact that men are not born aggressors and all men are not violent. Instead of taking the easy way out of demonising the men and deifying the women, Aamir took a more balanced approach. He brought forward the viewpoints of women who have stayed in abusive marriages for several years, men who happily admit to browbeating their women, a male police officer who is working hard to end this crime and admits that change has to begin from his own team, activists who work for empowering women, and the men in the studio audience who have their own take on masculinity. Patriarchal thought about masculinity and the role of women in society is what causes men to behave violently and women to take it quietly. Aamir insisted towards the end of the show that it’s that thought that needs to be changed, and the change has to begin with the men. It’s a huge statement to make and the fact that he had the guts to do it on national television will hopefully turn the tide in a few households at least.