Can't use a DUSTBIN??

today i had been to a railway station. we had just finished shopping and we were very tired. So we got two cups of coffee and one cup of pepsi. There was a dustbin near the stall, and i was so happy that i can make use of it, because it is so hard to find a dustbin in my city (chennai). But i was angered beyond limits when the lady incharge of the stall ordered us not to use the dustbin; and the reason she gave was that if we used the dustbin, flies will hover around her stall. What a dumb woman! I was really flush with anger. How horrid can people get?? When dustbins are provided, WHY is a CITIZEN of India PROHIBITED from using a dustbin?? It just makes no sense. Still my anger hasn't subsided. It is so pathetic and this is injustice.

Two days back, a man came from EXNORA (Excellent Noval and Radical Ideas), a group that is doing a really good job of keeping our city green and clean and creating awareness among students. This man, presented many good ideas and thoughts how we can keep our land litter-free. He told us that we must use our spare dustbin, ie, our pockets, to store the candy wrappers and other papers and then throw them in a dustbin. He told this because there aren't many dustbins around these days. But today I was disgusted at the way that woman literally told me to litter. She told me not to use the dustbin!!! How could she? Where are her brains?

Then when I climbed the stairs of the railway bridge, I looked out. All along the railway tracks there were so many white plastic papers and plastic cups and all kinds of waste. If every person who threw that, had enough sense and used his "spare dustbin", just imagine how green that place would have been?? Grass would have thrived and we would have had a lovely lush green path all along the tracks. But now, the land looked dead. It was so dirty. Why this injustice? why isn't there a right to use even a dustbin????? This is plain madness, i would say... what do u folks out there say?

Rajiv Gandhi Memorial

Today our school's NSS unit went on a small camp.. we visited a small village school and had a wonderful and memorable time. On our return, we visited Rajiv Gandhi's memorial. It was a very quiet place and it was awesome. But when I read the stone tablets that spoke of him, I was moved... He had been such a good leader, and yet he was assasinated. I felt bad... all the good people are killed and cheaters are allowed to survive in our country. But I felt good that atleast, my countrymen had enough sense to build a respectable place in remembrance of this great personality.

I learnt from the info they had put up there, that Rajiv campaigned 20 hours a day & he didnt have his special security that day. He only had his normal security and was walking among the public. One lady, pretended to touch his feet and in a fraction, her human bomb exploded killing so many... I felt miserable... how can anyone possibly be a part of a human bomb?? I can hardly imagine.. How did she get the heart to do such a wicked thing? I have been so disturbed by this whole thing.... Why so much hatred against a mahatma?

AFTER SEEING THIS POST U WILL DEFINITELY FEEL PROUD TO BE AN INDIAN JAI HIND

I have copied this from another place...just take a look....

HEY THESE ARE SOME OF THE FACTS

HAVE A LOOK
Who is the co-founder of Sun Microsystems?
Vinod Khosla

Who is the creator of Pentium chip (needs no introduction as 90% of the today’s computers run on it)?
Vinod Dahm


Who is the founder and creator of Hotmail (Hotmail is world’s No.1 web based email program)?
Sabeer Bhatia

Who is the president of AT & T-Bell Labs (AT & T-Bell Labs is the creator of program languages such as C, C++, Unix to name a few)?
Arun Netravalli

Who is the GM of Hewlett Packard?
Rajiv Gupta

Who is the new MTD (Microsoft Testing Director) of Windows 2000, responsible to iron out all initial problems?
Sanjay Tejwrika

Who are the Chief Executives of CitiBank, Mckensey & Stanchart?
Victor Menezes, Rajat Gupta, and Rana Talwar.


We Indians are the wealthiest among all ethnic groups in America, even faring better than the whites and the natives. There are 3.22 millions of Indians in USA (1.5% of population). YET,

38% of doctors in USA are Indians.
12% scientists in USA are Indians.
36% of NASA scientists are Indians.
34% of Microsoft employees are Indians.
28% of IBM employees are Indians.
17% of INTEL scientists are Indians.
13% of XEROX employees are Indians.

You may know some of the following facts. These facts were recently published in a German magazine, which deals with WORLD HISTORY FACTS ABOUT INDIA.

01. India never invaded any country in her last 1000 years of history.

02. India invented the Number system. Aryabhatta invented ‘zero.’

03. The world’s first University was established in Takshila in 700BC. More than 10,500 students from all over the world studied more than 60 subjects. The University of Nalanda built in the 4th century BC was one of the greatest achievements of ancient India in the field of education.

04. According to the Forbes magazine, Sanskrit is the most suitable language for computer software.

05. Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to humans.

06. Although western media portray modern images of India as poverty striken and underdeveloped through political corruption, India was once the richest empire on earth.

07. The art of navigation was born in the river Sindh 5000 years ago. The very word “Navigation” is derived from the Sanskrit word NAVGATIH.

08. The value of pi was first calculated by Budhayana, and he explained the concept of what is now known as the Pythagorean Theorem. British scholars have last year (1999) officially published that Budhayan’s works dates to the 6th Century, which is long before the European mathematicians.

09. Algebra, trigonometry and calculus came from India. Quadratic equations were by Sridharacharya in the 11th Century; the largest numbers the Greeks and the Romans used were 106 whereas Indians used numbers as big as 1053.

10. According to the Gemmological Institute of America, up until 1896, India was the only source of diamonds to the world.

11. USA based IEEE has proved what has been a century-old suspicion amongst academics that the pioneer of wireless communication was Professor Jagdeesh Bose and not Marconi.

12. The earliest reservoir and dam for irrigation was built in Saurashtra.

13. Chess was invented in India.

14. Sushruta is the father of surgery. 2600 years ago he and health scientists of his time conducted surgeries like cesareans, cataract, fractures and urinary stones. Usage of anaesthesia was well known in ancient India.

15. When many cultures in the world were only nomadic forest dwellers over 5000 years ago, Indians established Harappan culture in Sindhu Valley (Indus Valley Civilisation).

16. The place value system, the decimal system was developed in India in 100 BC.


Quotes about India.

We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made.
Albert Einstein.

India is the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend and the great grand mother of tradition.
Mark Twain.

If there is one place on the face of earth where all dreams of living men have found a home from the very earliest days when man began the dream of existence, it is India.
French scholar Romain Rolland.

India conquered and dominated China culturally for 20 centuries without ever having to send a single soldier across her border.
Hu Shih.
(Former Chinese ambassador to USA)


ALL OF THE ABOVE IS JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG, THE LIST COULD BE ENDLESS. BUT,

if we don’t see even a glimpse of that great India in the India that we see today, it clearly means that we are not working up to our potential; and that if we do, we could once again be an ever shining and inspiring country setting a bright path for rest of the world to follow. I hope you enjoyed it and work towards the welfare of INDIA.

Say proudly, I AM AN INDIAN…
JAI BHARAT MATA KI JAI

स्वतंत्र दिवस, आपको मुबारक!!!

इस साल हम, भारतवासी अपनी ६०वि (60th) स्वतंत्रता दिवस मन रहे है, और हम बहुत अचि तरह से जानते है कि हिंदुस्तान ने पिछले ६० साल मे बहुत तरकी कि है।

well in english i can say AM PROUD TO BE AN INDIAN.

India has is developing a lott, but now now we have to set a base to be on the top and stand next, above of the now developed countries... There are so many people out there who disgracly admitt that they are an Indian. They have to realize that work for India, be an Indian and Halp India to be a Developed one!!

India Rocks, Will Rock, and Kepp Rocking!!!

शुक्रिया करो उन किसानो का जिनने हममे खाना परोसा

शुक्रिया करो उन शहीदों का जिनने हममे आजादी दी

शुक्रिया करो उन सब का जिनने हममे अभी, इस वक़्त जीने का हक दिया!!!

Long Live Indians, Long Live India!!!

*Jai Hind*

A Street Drama

I was walking down my street, heading home from school and on the main road, I saw a huge digital poster & wondered what was it about. It contained a big picture of some local politician, who's first death anniversary was being celebrated. And that was not all. A little ahead in the street, I saw 4 or 5 huge speakers with loud music and there was a shyamiyana too, on one of the roof-tops. And also, another huge poster. I was disgusted to see so much of money being wasted in making such huge unnecessary posters. I mean, it is good to remember people on their anniversaries, but don't u think it is outrageous to spend so much in speakers (sound system) and posters, where , in one corner of our land, millions of people are starving and in need. And I had one more thought... well, it is pretty hard to say it, but it is the truth... The street of which i am talking about is in ruins. I mean, after the rains, about 2 years back, the street has literally withered out. and the authorities haven't taken a single measure to mend it. And only for their anniversaries, they will spend hordes of the hard earned money of Indian citizens. They can't use the tax that sincere people pay, for the benefit of the society, instead they are bent on making all this fussy stuff for name and fame. Well to be really honest, I felt disgusted, really really bad and awful..

And also the speakers... One cannot imagine the noise they made.!! Don't they realize it is a residential area and there might be really sick people out there or students working hard?? Why cannot they think and use their brains? Is such loud music THAT necessary??

I know i have offended a few people, if so, i am terribly sorry.. But do touch ur heart and analyse the whole thing and think....I am sure u will agree with me.

What do u people out there think? are u with me??

Sixtyeith Year Of Freedom...

This year we will be celeberating 60th year of Independence...

Well, in 60 years apart from a basic development, everyday while going to school or whenever am out of my residential area, all I can see is that yuckieyy and shitty Naala, where there is a Garbage house, and next to it people have settled homes, I just hate it.
Freedom is for all of us... Not only you or me, or my friends or my family, etc etc. Wishing and hoping that it does come to an end... It should rather asap cause Common Weath Games, Next World CUp and many of the world championship are to be held here, in the Capital... *sigh*

Well and if you wanna look to the best of Indian Culture then it completely rocks... Metro in Delhi, 60 yrs of Indpendence *hehe*, rising Bangalore, developing *yet not in a balanced manner* , depleting bacwardness, Delhi has become far more safe, etc etc!!!

*Just yearing that one day the world will turn to East!*

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Rising and falling is a part of Game
But Falling and then Rising is Fate.

Naa, not a dust bin, I prefer a *letter box*

In my colony there are no DUSTBINS and I real hate it when I am forced to throw something on the road that is only when, when I am tired carrying the trash in my hand.
My friend and me eat ice cream and chocolates everyday and I always make sure that the wrappers either go into a dustbin or in my hand or in my pockets. And thanks to me now she has got a habit to hand me the wrappers and its upto me what to do... well since there is NO DUSTBIN I HAVE TO THROW THE STUFF on the periphery and the sides... I sometimes throw the trash in front of a park where there is big garbage bag. This bag has always been in front of the board saying "यहाँ कूडा न फेंके"...

Then it was one day, the I had this chocolate wrappers in my hand and was wondering where to throw.
There is a letter box in our colony which is not in use since a decade or few years less than that. I am so good *hehe* that I posted that wrapper... *U got it?* I threw the wraper into the letter box. *I made sure no one was watching me but if anyone did, then I still dont care... hehe* I did this twice...
But still, what else could I do!!! Now I am thinking something, that I should write a letter to our president, I mean president of my colony...
*hehe*

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The Indian Mintality, is Still Hidden yet Shown...

I was walking back with my two friends from tution and just next to us few kiddos about 8 or 10, were playing something and as we passed them, they started fighting on something and one of them about 10, said to the other "saale teri MC doonga, *blah-blah-blah*".

I was taken back by it. Back Struck-Struck-Struck.

Couldnt digest it AT ALL! I mean I might have learnt those words when I was 12-13 still I say between myfriends and no one else, though they are just KIDDOS. And If I say I know mah limits and say only when needed!*hehe*.

Well, we didnt learn this stuff from our parents, and in school you understand everything by time but these kiddos if go to school would not be in a senior school yet!

After passing them I just simply turend and in a shocked inntonation I said to one my friends 'Did ya hear that?' and guess what I was replied with 'haan! toh kya hua? what is such a big deal?'. GoddDammit. Cant there be an innocent living of innocence!!!!!!



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Cant help them, they are already helpless
Cant teach tham, they teach us better meanings...

Avaaz - The Global Voice

From Live Earth to Avaaz - The Global Voice
The Live Earth concerts on 7/7/07 were the first step towards a global solution to the climate crisis. Our goal is to turn commitment into action--with help from our partners at Avaaz.org, a global online advocacy group at the forefront of the climate change movement. (Avaaz means "voice" in many languages.
Click this link to add your name to the petition now.

Well, please join in here and for any info or FAQ, click anyof the links above and you'll get it!!!

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It wasnt enough, so we made another commitment
It was just reaching the point and finally won what it meant!!!

Still living backward...

Well, dont think I'm crticizing but yeah, I real dont like what is happening around here...

There is this girl belonging to ____ cast family. And according to that cast, the next generation should marry someone belongs to the same cast. And well, she is already engaged. She got engaged, when she was in 11. *his girl goes into mah van, is in mah school and is in 12*. And she is going to get marries as soon as she passes 12...

As she acts and everything, one can make out that she is mentally prepared for marrying and stuff with *nO DrEams* that is no ambition to do in family. She said today in van 'atleast am doing my 12'... She is not that great in studies and got promoted in 12 with much of difficulties. She had obtained abt 50% or less in her 10. I know her since I was in KG *kindergarden* as she used take care of me, when we had buses instead.

Anyways, *bac*. So, she has no ambition to be overcome aka fulfill. Even our driver was like, you have nothing to do? no fufture than raising kids and making food for the family. Now c'mon, you are in a modern living. If it would have been US, instead, I think we all can imagine what it would have been like. This is the time when women have their own life, their own achievements. Where we talk that man-woman are neck to neck, the example of this cast really discourage it.

I really dunno, if it really keep on like that then...

*they wanted to rise, they fell

they wanted to jump, they did dwell*

*PS*- as I have started with, that I aint criticizing anything. I have not even taken the name of the girl or the cast. It is just a post that reflects my opinions. If it really did hurt, then my apologizes.

Disgrace

Have a look at this

Salary & Govt. Concessions for a Member of Parliament (MP)

Monthly Salary: 12,000

Expense for Constitution per month: 10,000

Office expenditure per month: 14,000

Traveling concession (Rs. 8 per km):48,000 ( e.g. For a visit from Kerala to Delhi & return: 6000 km)

Daily DA TA during parliament meets: 500/day


Charge for 1 class (A/C) in train: Free (For any number of times) (All over India)


Charge for Business Class in flights: Free for 40 trips / year (With wife or P.A.)


Rent for MP hostel at Delhi: Free


Electricity costsat home : Freeup to 50,000 units


Local phone call charge :Free up to 1 ,70,000 calls.


TOTAL expense for a MP [having no qualification] per year : 32, 00,000 [ i.e. 2.66 lakh /month]


TOTAL expense for 5 years: 1, 60, 00,000

For 534 MPs, the expense for 5 years:
8,54,40,00,000 (nearly 855 cores)


AND THE PRIME MINISTER IS ASKING THE HIGHLY QUALIFIED, OUT PERFORMING CEOs TO CUT DOWN THEIR SALARIES.....


This is how all our tax money is been swallowed and price hike on our regular commodities.......

And the present condition of our country:

billions of people are not having sources to eat food incl kids

millions dont have homes to stay

855 cores could make their life livable!!
Think of the great democracy we have.............

I received this e-mail forward from a friend... If this is true, then it surely is a BIG disgrace... What is happening to India?

Better Indian schools...

It would be nice if each and every skool in India would become better...all these kind of skools suck!
It wud be better if, instead of being taught all the hard lessons and diff subjects, we can have only few major like English and science and then there can be a Music period.... A music room with all the diff kinds of instruments and those who know how to play can be given a card and allowed to play and thn the others can listen to others playing...then an art period...a huge hall with lotsa papers and paint and then a sports periods...evryone can play watevar they wanna play and then like...they can teach good manners and how to behave and how to keep the country clean and have classes bout how to improve our country and protest against corruption and littering.... (haf seen children of my skool littering..)
this system of education just seems so silly.... it just consists of mugging up and mugging up mugging up...Theres not much scope to increase our imagination or creativity.... newayz...wat are we gonna do learning bout History?? Instead we can be taught how to protect the monuments and we can learn gardening and more practical lessons other than theoritical... Whats the use of learning wats inside a frog and inside an onion and all?? Whats the use of learning bout the mosquitos and all... Instead we can learn how to stop mosquito breeding and start a campaign and go around doing somthing like social service...
Whats the use learning bout amoeba and all those unicellular animals and viruses when we can't even see them with our own eyes...they can't even proove anything... how can we believe the reproduction of Hydra when we haven't seen a real Hydra with out own naked eyes??
Girls can be taught cooking which wud really help... and then..all those kinda stuff..
And also they can maintain good wash rooms with showers and soap and tissues and all those stuff. there can also be real lockers where we can put our books evryday..Whats the use carrying loads and loads od books evryday... why dont they improve?
If only we, the ppl of India really have some kinda feeling to make India the top country in the world... being the citizens of India, dont u think we all must take some interest in making our motherland a better place to live??

The Real India...

If you are new to India oe have never seen the *Real India* then, I'll tell ya what exactly it is... The one we are now seeing, facing and going through is the predicted future of Indians... like adopting the western fashion, the new trends, the open-ness aka being broad minded... but the reality is that, that the real india is still neglected and not worked upon...


Bangalore is something relevant to that... is on Headlines Today, a program was started *Bangalore Beats*. It was a seven dayz program featuring that hoe Bangalore has turned into a metropolitan city... though i just saw only once, couldnot manage to see everyday... so the fact is, that it also highlighted that the Real Bangalore was neglected... and that is what I saw today... But a lil different from the Bangalore ones...

So here we are... COMPARE...

East India: Education is developing, the states, cities are well maintained.

South India: Education is 100% there. Even the shopkeepers understand english (my experience) and everything is well. Even the real India is not neglected till a ceryain limit!

West India: Is okay... or to be precise, I have no GOOD facts about it... so just let it be!!!

North India: Education is good enough, but the maintainence gettin worse n worse as each day passes!!!

Yeah... Here I am talking about North India. Delhi, the major city aka capital of the country is mah hometown and what everyday I go through is unbelieveable... If you wannna see real Delhi, rather to be precise, Real North India, then you should prefer walking.

Now, while walking if you pass by any narrow lane aka street, where you can listen and also see people shouting, or even saying "Saale BC, tere ko mein dekhta hoon... (blah-blah-blah)", then dont be scared or find it weird... Rather I'll say 'Walk in Dude'... This is real India, real Delhi. People know, no manners of anything. Women are still outcasted that is, ' Women should be at home.... n Blah-blah blah'... The place, which would be stinking to the hell... Children speaking those words. Garbage and waste especially plastic bags all over... People not in their homes (well, the houses they posses is equivalent to one average room we posess) cause they dont have enough space to fit them selves... Dogs, cows, pigs all over... and guess what, you might find a family owning a Goat as its pet... Ghosh!!!

well cant help it now...

This is something which we can uplift but-but-but, the question is "Who Will?"

'The sun didnt rise,The Hope was gone

Just lifted a gaze and found everything was Drowned...'

*PS* Hope You Got Mah Point

*PPS* Suggestions required of how can we put up a solution to it.

Supporting *SOS Live Earth* - The Concerts For a Climate In Crisis

It was a huge concert held on 7.7.7 Saturday, a 24hrs concert through radio, internet and on television (VH1). The concerts were held in NewYork, Sydney, Hamburg, etc. At 7 places... and were performed by the famous singers ov today! Shakira, Pcd, Rihanna, BlackEyedPeas, Madonna, Linkin Park and many more!!!

Millions n Millions of people supported it... took pledge that they will make efforts and the pessimistic future awaitin will be an optimistic one. The climate in crisis can be detucted and will be... and now, those who were'nt aware of it, still can make a pledge and mean it and BE a PART OF IT! You can also see the highlights at the website and make your own playlists, sharing with your friends!... Apart from making India a better place, THE WORLD is also our next goal, therefore, Take a Pledge here, and overcome it, thus, fulfill it!

"It is your country, the world belongs to US,

To save it,

To protect it,

It is a MUST!"

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www.liveearthpledge.org

AND PLEASE DONT FORGET IT TO PASS ON!!!

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Taj Mahal - a Wonder!

Taj Mahal has been elected! Taj Mahal has been selected out of 21 candidates.!!!!!!! I was really glad when i heard the news that Taj has been chosen!

I was pretty unsure if the Taj would be selected, coz it was a global polling & many Indians hadn't voted for Taj Mahal... I was also a little worried, wat would happen if the Taj wasnt selected. But then, I was jumping for joy when I saw on TV that Taj has been voted by the people of the WORLD, as one of the New Seven Wonders of the world.. It was an awesome feeling on the inside of me!

India is my country and I am thrilled tat the Taj Mahal, the symbol of india, is one among the top 7 greats! Long live India and everyone and everything related to India!!!!!

What an ugly sight ?

I wanna describe something that i saw happening, right in my own locality... and i am ashamed of it...

I was up on the terrace, right after a nice, refreshing shower... and the whole place was really pleasant and cool to my eyes and i felt happy and glad that my environment was so pleasant :)



But, i lifted up my eyes and looked on ahead, in the distance, just maybe two or three streets further down, there was some factory or something, which was giving out thick, very thick clouds of black smoke.. I felt sooooo irritated that they were spoiling the lovely smell of the rain, all around. It was happeneing right before my own eyes, very close to my house, still what was i able to do, but look at this ugly sight, in utter disappointment and with a heavy heart. :(


How awesome it was, when the surrounding was pure and clean and smelt good, of rain...until the smoke came and spoilt it all, it was not only spoiling that particular area alone, but instead, there was a breeze, as a result of which, the smoke was spreading quickly, & in 5 minutes, this black smoke had covered up alomst that whole stretch of area... and i was a little glad, that the wind was not towards the direction of my house, instead it was in another direction... so i wasnt directly affected. But anyhow , how can i rejoice when, this smoke had polluted my city? it doesnt make much difference if i am directly affected or not, all that matters to me, is that, my city was affected and i am affected due to this.

It was taking away the smell of rain and also making the whole place look black and dirty, and that too, immediately after the rains had made everything look greener... why is this happening? I am so powerless to do anything.. :(

When will i see an end to all this misery?

They still belive in being Faithful!

By they I mean the 'People'... Today in the morning I was kind of late to my tution. It was at 11:30 and the time I left was 11:25 and it takes 10 mins to reach the centre by walking... I took 5 buks and was thinking to take Rickshaw. My money wasnt not in my pocket by in my bag's fromt pocket, which was partly closed... I didnt get the rickshaw, so I preferred walking, and suddenly I heard someone shouting, 'Oo Bhai! Oo Bhai!'. He shouted many times and then I My turned and was like pointing towards meself, 'Mein?...me??' and he said yes! My reaction was a congused one cause I had know idea for what he was calling me! And then he asked that was that 5 buks of mine... I was confused looked into my bag and my money wasnt there and said yes that that coin was mine...
I was glad... I was happy... I was so satisfied that there are few humans, Indians who actually think that being faithful is better than being a theif... He could have had that money and enjoy himself but he didnt... That guy was about between his 40's-50's and according to his outfit looked like an average class man... But still there was something to be happy about because as we compare If it could have been a child instead or a kid could have kept it and have enjoyed eating something!

Hate India....?!?!?!

How Can any one Hate itz own country until you dont think something for it and then FAIL... I wont deny that even there was a time even I hated India, but realized until you do something for your nation you have no right to say that!
Here I tell you, I have pen pals and as I have been on a project to VOTE FOR TAJ MAHAL and have been asking people to do the same most of them have a same thing TAJ MAHAL doesnt deserves to be in 7 wonders or ' We wont vote for taj mahal, I have already voted for BLAH BLAH BLAH (but not taj mahal) because we hate India...' I mean c'mon, haveyou ever thought to do something for your country that you saying this...

I say Shame On All Of Those Who Said That or Even Thought Something Like That... I had just removed a text from the page saying 'If you think India is bad and stuff, then please dont read further...' and all... I removed it cause I was said that is very harsh butI think it would hardly matter to those who actually think like that because they are not Indians and they do not deserve to be in this Country n a children of this MotherLand... I really dont appreciate that... I hate it, COMPLETELY!!!

What is it?

Promoting doesn’t mean developing it is setting the base FOR the development of our Nation.
If it would have been “Developing” then, it would only for the “Privileged” class but what about the ones who are classified under “Poverty”? Would they have to sacrifice their lives, so we can live a better life? Will that mean that they have no right to live? .........
If it would have been “Developing” then it would be only high powered machines, tall buildings with 200 floors but same garbage and waste on the middle of the roads...
And this is what we are here to talk about!
We are here to discuss and figure out solutions to all these problems...