IS THERE AN ENERGETIC FUTURE FOR US?

"Oil nears $126 a barrel"

--NEWS

The price rise in the world market is a worrying situation for us. The main reason for the hike is the steady depletion of the oil resources in the wells. Today, oil is considered one of the major energy resources. Without oil, it is very hard to go along with our daily activities.
Yet scientists had already forecasted this situation, and are working day and night in order to find a suitable replacement for oil. Though we have abundant solar energy, the efficiency is very poor. Hence it is high time that we start conserving our energy and utilise the available resources properly.
Even the oil rich nations have understood the situation, and have started showing their interests towards other fields of money making, such as tourism, IT etc.
Its unimaginable to think of the situation without oil. Want of resources should definitely not be an obstacle for developing nations like India. The so-called VETO nations, that includes the U.S.
can start thinking over this energy crisis in a scientific manner rather than enslaving nations and throwing blames on others.

Vande Mataram

ROAD TO CHINA

"OLYMPIC TORCH INCHES NEARER TO EVEREST SUMMIT"
---NEWS

The date for the next olympics game is approaching. The relay had already started its journey around the world and is now ready to conquer the highest peak in the world. Sportsmen all over the world are excited and the entire planet is expecting the game. But..
There were certain unwanted and unnecessary obstacles in the relay in the past one month. The torch relay was disrupted in London and Paris because of which high security was held in India.
It was very saddening to watch all the Indian players carry the torch amidst a group of security personnel rather than the cheers and applauds of the Indian people. China's stand on the political stature of Tibet is highly official. Its heartening to see politics being blended with sports.
Dalai Lama, the Tibetan leader , being the stimulant of all these protests ,should have acted as a matured leader. He chose this Olympics as the attention puller for their objective.
Sports is being played for universal brotherhood and friendship. But the same sports is being used to create a state of hatred between nations also.
Lets hope the games will be conducted without any embarrassments to the host.

Vande Mataram

PURPOSE OF EDUCATION

Today's way of education can be understood from the figure itself -- Books, Books and Books.
Bookish knowledge is what today's generation are acquiring. Its not their fault. The environment demands that. If a student gets I rank in the board examinations, he is considered a genius by parents, staffs, and relatives. Even the government lauds them. Definitely its sheer hardwork that had made that student to get that position. But is that hardwork done with a proper perspective? No.
Students just memorize concepts, theories, formulas and ..... Really a topper might be able to answer any questions from the book he learnt. But apart from that he will just be a watcher. Its because the educational pattern today is so vague and marks oriented. Practical knowledge is found in only a few students. They definitely are not toppers. Its a fact that Scientists are always the ones who were considered useless.
And our great government had recently scrapped the Entrance examinations. What a way to understand the feelings of the poor! The government feels by exempting that exam, poor students will come up in life. But will they be able to sustain in today's world? No.
Instead scrapping one of the talent testing examinations, the government should have taken steps to start coaching centers in the rural areas. Institutions like BITS are bringing in Entrance exams whereas our government is removing them.
Certainly this is a bad move. Admission based on 12th marks is another sad move. Only when the standard of the exam is increased, there will be some meaning in using those marks for admission.
"Revolution in Education" is the need of the hour. Lets hope the situation changes in the future.

Vande Mataram

MICROSOFT'S WITHDRAWAL

Its been hard time for Yahoo in the stock market as Microsoft withdrew its bid on the company earlier this week. Microsoft's bid of 44.6 billion dollar on Yahoo was one of the highly anticipated dealings in world business.
Well, if Microsoft had acquired Yahoo, then it would have used all its facilities to enhance its own message service , The Hotmail. However this withdrawal had affected Yahoo's stand in the stock market.Its shares were abated to about 16 percent on Monday. Yet Yahoo is confident of bouncing back and maintaining the status of the world's best web portal.
Such type of acquisitions is not a new one. This is also one of the new techniques of doing business in today's competitive world. The reason may be the changing environment. Companies which were established in the past cannot cope up with the current demands in the market. So they naturally sell themselves to bigger companies. But the above deal (Microsoft - Yahoo) is not of above said genre.
In the future we may see a lot of more bids and acquisitions that would decide the economic status of the world nations.

Vande Mataram

BUSH the Dictator

"The reason for the inflation in food prices in the world is India. Indian people eat a lot". This is what George W Bush commented on the price rise issue.

Certainly Dr.Manmohan Singh had made a grave mistake by signing U.S. Nuclear deal. This pact with the Americans had thrown the reins of the Indian horse into their hands.

India is a developing nation. The ever increasing population of the country needs to be fed with all the basic commodities. As our nation is in a growing path, money has started to flow in people's hands. This quite naturally may lead to increase in consumption of the basic commodities that includes food. These are good signs for our country. I don't understand how we inflate the prices of food. Its just throwing blame over others. It is Bush's habit to peep into other people's windows rather than staying inside his own house.

Under the pretext of terrorism eradication, he attacked the oil rich nations acquired them. His next target is of course our country. In order to show his power, he even commanded India not to sign any pacts with Iran. Yet India made a fitting reply straight into his faces by telling that "We know what to do"

Thus i would say that India needs to be cautious in all the ventures it undertakes from now on , because there are lot of envious eyes on us , trying to dismantle us, and suppress us.

Vande Mataram