People & Society

HIV-AIDS Awareness Society

noreply@blogger.com (peaceofmind) — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 07:27:00 +0000

HIV/AIDS - Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. In India this disease has attacked thousands of the population. People here have very limited knowledge about HIV/AIDS. Reason for this incognizance is that impoverished people in India are living under poverty line and are mostly illiterate one's to understand the causes of AIDS.

People who get infected are often excluded from their own family's. In India, various organizations are working to improve HIV/AIDS awareness. The goal of such organizations is to encourage people to change their attitudes and behavior towards life.

These organizations are involved following worthy activities:

Blood testing
Counseling HIV-positive people and their families
Treatment for HIV-positive patients
Demonstrating and training about
HIV/Aids awareness activities
Some vocational program for the patients

Volunteers working with such organizations educate people about:

Awareness activities
Demonstrating of contraceptives; condoms, etc
Counseling activities
Preparing and presenting educational programs

Wildlife of India

noreply@blogger.com (peaceofmind) — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 10:46:00 +0000

The Republic of India is a sovereign country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second most populous country. Being a pluralistic, multi-lingual, and multi-ethnic society, India is also home to a diversity of wildlife which consists of around 7.6% of mammals, 12.6% of avian, 6.2% of reptilian, and 6.0% of flowering plant species. Overall, 33% of Indian plant species are endemic.

India's forest cover ranges from the tropical rainforest of the Andaman Islands, Western Ghats, and Northeast India to the coniferous forest of the Himalaya. Between these extremes lie the sal-dominated moist deciduous forest of eastern India; teak-dominated dry deciduous forest of central and southern India; and the babul-dominated thorn forest of the central Deccan and western Gangetic plain. Important Indian trees include the medicinal neem which is used in Indian herbal remedies.
In recent decades, the system of national parks and protected areas is established and in 1935 it was substantially expanded.

In 1972, India enforced the Wildlife Protection Act to safeguard crucial habitat. India now hosts over 500 wildlife sanctuaries, 14 biosphere reserves, four of which are part of the World Network of Biosphere Reserves.

PAWS – Progressive Animal Welfare Society

noreply@blogger.com (peaceofmind) — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 09:02:00 +0000

PAWS is an animal welfare society, protecting animals since 1967. The Society shelters homeless animals, rehabilitates injured and orphaned wildlife, and empowers people to show compassion for animals.

PAWS' Mission
PAWS mission is to adopt measures like providing education, raising voices for making friendly laws and spreading awareness about various animals.

PAWS' Vision
PAWS, the voice for animals in Washington, is a recognized society in the nation for its progressive education programs, wildlife rehabilitation and companion animal services. PAWS is trying to make world a better place for animals to survive.

PAWS foresee this world to be a place where all people recognize the essential value of animal life and choices on animals, and consistently demonstrate their compassion towards them.

PAWS' Values

The importance of animal life.
The capability of animals to express their natural behaviors.
Animals should be free from cruelty, neglect, and abuse.
Wild species and their habitats should be preserved.
The caring guardianship of animals.
Animals to experience best possible life.
The role of humans maintaining the environmental and ecological balance of the earth.
How best PAWS' resources can be allocated.

Child Welfare Society - CRY

noreply@blogger.com (peaceofmind) — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 11:06:00 +0000

CRY - Child Rights and You amplifies the voice of children. CRY believe childern are very special and consider them as the citizens in their own right. Also, CRY do not believe in charity.

CRY says changing the life of children is not an impossible task but the only thing is that the children, their parents and communities should be well informed about their rights. They should also be in touch with the local government bodies to explain the root causes of the problems, they are facing in their daily lives.

We at CRY believe that the "child rights" approach is the most effective way to increase awareness and enlist greater support for children, as opposed to the 'relief' approach which treats children as objects of sympathy.

Cry found the following in India:

46% of children in India are underweight, 38% stunted and 19% wasted their fate [National Family Health Survey, 2007]

53% children in India reported having faced sexual abuse [Ministry of Women and Child Development, 2007]

There are 17 million child laborers in India [Government of India Census, 2001]

180 out of 581 districts in India have seen primary school enrolments fall [DISE, compiled by NUEPA]

8% of schools still do not have a blackboard [2007 Survey by HRD Ministry, UNICEF and NEUPA]

In just over 4 years, CRY has transformed the lives of more than 80,000 children by supporting 16 not-for-profit organizations all over the world. Thanks to the organization's emphasis on child rights.

Association of Black Social Workers

noreply@blogger.com (peaceofmind) — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 08:57:00 +0000

The black social worker association basically judge and speak to the people about major social issues which can impact the welfare of the Black community. Black social workers have both national and private association.It is designed to encourage the welfare, survival, and liberation of the Black Community; and to support social change at the national, state, and local level.They play a vital role in providing education and culturally enriching the people.

These associations basically do the following work:

• To look for education of children.
• To stop unnecessary out of home placement of child.
• To reunify the children with parents.
• They place children of African ancestry with relatives or unrelated families of the same face and culture for adoption.
• They have setup an office for student affairs to exemplify the significance and value of developing young professionals.
• Black children are taught, from the beginning highly sophisticated coping techniques to deal with chauvinistic practices perpetrated by individuals and institutions.

Their basic goal was Black people freedom, better social work practice and service delivery. They establish the firm place of black children in black families where they belong physically, psychologically and ethnically in order that they receive the total sense of themselves and to develop a bright future.

Indian Press – Are They Providing Biased Coverage?

noreply@blogger.com (peaceofmind) — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:58:00 +0000

In recent few years, Indian press has been criticized for their biased approach. It is mainly because of the fact that they only cover sensational news for getting free publicity. Also, stories from the metro cities are given preferences while news catering to smaller towns and villages are rather ignored. Aarushi and Nitish Katara murder case can be taken as examples of this so-called sensational journalism.

It is sad that, news coming from rural areas is ignored quite often. Resultantly, many Indians do not know what the reality is. Do you know how many farmers die everyday in Vidharbha? What makes them to take their own life? There are many questions which you do not know or media does not want to reveal.

Also, entertainment news is given priority these days. Everyday more than half of the newspaper is filled up with core gossip about celebrities. I wonder where we are heading towards.

Black Entrepreneurs Society

noreply@blogger.com (peaceofmind) — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:24:00 +0000

Black entrepreneurs is a society of people who have created their prominent place in this world. These people are very innovative and possess the quality of grasping latest emerging technologies. They are pretty intelligent people and are born with a winning attitude.

Black entrepreneurs is a new emerging entrepreneur society due to the formation of which the evident gap between the Blacks and the White Americans has reduced to some extent.

Even the Black women have made a remarkable existence in international business over a few decades. No doubt black people are pretty hard working, focused and committed towards their goal.

There are few black women entrepreneurs who have established their names in different aspects of life and proved that the black society is not meant to be ignored such as Oprah Winfray, Kedar Massenburg, Sylvia Rhone etc. After all “Nothing is impossible in this world.”

Barack Obama

noreply@blogger.com (peaceofmind) — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 10:41:00 +0000

Barack Obama was born in Hawaii on August 4, 1961, to Barack Obama, Sr. and Ann Dunham. He lived in Indonesia for a time before returning to Hawaii to live with his grandparents. He later moved to New York, where he graduated from Columbia University in 1983.

True to the values of empathy and service that his mother instilled in him, Barack put law school on hold after college and moved to Chicago, where he became a community organizer with a church-based group that was dedicated to improving living conditions in poor neighborhoods. It was here that he realized it would take changes in our laws and politics to truly improve the lives of the people in these impoverished neighborhoods.

Obama earned his law degree from Harvard in 1991, where he became the first African-American president of the Harvard Law Review. Soon after, he returned to Chicago to practice as a civil rights lawyer and teach constitutional law.

A little more then two years since being elected to U.S .Senate, Barack Obama is widely consider a frontrunner for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination. The United States presidential election of 2008, scheduled for Tuesday, November 4, 2008, will be the 56th consecutive quadrennial United States presidential election and will select the President of the United States and Vice President of the United States. Barack Obama, the junior United States Senator from Illinois, for the Democratic Party.

For more information on Black Entrepreneurs visit www.blackengineer.com

A Saint who ruled the Hearts - Mother Teresa

noreply@blogger.com (peaceofmind) — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 11:17:00 +0000

Agnes Gonxha better known as Mother Teresa, renowned Social worker was born on August 20, 1910. She arrived in India in 1929 and took her first religious oath as a nun on May 24, 1931. In 1937, she served as a teacher at the Loreto convent school in eastern Calcutta. Mother founded the Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta, India in 1950. With her constant endeavors, the foundation spread all around India and the world as well. For over forty years she worked whole heartedly for the poor, sick, orphan, and dying people.

During 1970s, she became an international humanitarian and advocate for poor and helpless human beings. Prestigious Nobel Peace Prize was conferred to her in 1979 for her gentle and kind work. Meanwhile, Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity continued to expand globally.

At the time of her death, Missionaries of Charity was operating around 610 missions in 123 countries, including hospices and homes for people with HIV/AIDS, leprosy and tuberculosis, soup kitchens, children's and family counseling programs, orphanages, and schools. On September 5, 1997, she succumbs to death after working endlessly and selflessly for fellow human beings just to provide them a better life.

Facts & Figures about India.

noreply@blogger.com (peaceofmind) — Fri, 30 May 2008 12:33:00 +0000

India is a vast and traditional country; here people of different communities and religions live together with unity. The total geographical area of the country is 3,287,590 sq. km with the total population of more than one billion.

In India people from diverse communities and religion live with harmony. The statistics states that the country has 80% Hindu, 14% Muslim, 2.4% Christian, 2% Sikh, 0.7% Buddhist, 0.5% Jain, Zoroastrian and others 0.4%

Ethnically Indians speak various languages though Hindi is the National Language of the country. However the constitution of India has accepted 18 regional languages. The country enjoys the benefit of the English Language which is being spoken widely.

India has adopted Federal Republic mode of governance where the President is declared the head of the state. The person is the supreme commander of the Indian armed forces. Currently, Mrs. Pratibha Devisingh Patil is the President of the country.

Indian People & Society

noreply@blogger.com (peaceofmind) — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:21:00 +0000

India is a diverse and fascinating country. Culture and traditions are preserved in Indian blood which can be seen in the rich glories of the past. In India people of many different communities and religions live together with unity despite of having distinctive manners, habits, tastes, clothing, most importantly language. Here language changes after every 10 miles. Indian lifestyles clearly glorify the geography.

Deep-rooted family values exist in Indian families. Till date men are considered as the head of a family, although they are no longer the single breadwinner. Women have become so apparent that they go hand in hand with men in every aspect. Children give respect to their Parents and are financially supported by them throughout their education.

Indian people believe in sharing their happiness as well as sorrows with their family friends and relatives. Any celebration is never constrained to a family only. Rather the neighborhood, friends and relatives all are involved in making the occasion a happier one.

Besides being so diverse in culture and trends there still exists richness in Indian arts which is incomparable throughout the world.

The beauty of the Indian people lies in the spirit of tolerance, give-and-take of respect in maintaining relations can be compared to a garden of flowers having different colors and shades and all this lend harmony and beauty to the beautiful garden - India!

The Man Who Writes his Destiny: Chris Gradner

noreply@blogger.com (peaceofmind) — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 09:28:00 +0000

We all follow what fate writes for our lives but there are some people who dare to write their own destiny to realize the purpose of their lives and make them different from the rest. Chris Gradner, the successful stockbroker is one of those people who struggled their way to achieve the sunshine and establish his strong statement in the world.

Being raised by a single mother, Gradner knew what it meant to be poor and lack of strong family. In 1982, he had just an income of $1,000 (from his training program), no home to live on and a 20-month son to be raised. For a complete year, he and Chris Jr. slept where they could - cheap hotel rooms in West Oakland, a shelter at a church in the Tenderloin, under his office desk, even, on occasion, the bathroom at the Bay Area Rapid Transit MacArthur station. Slowly he struggled hard to get more for him and his son. In today’s world, Gradner is a known owner of stock broking firm and earning in millions.

His endeavors are filmed in 2006 motion picture called “The Pursuit of Happiness.” Chris has also published his memoir and continued to get popular with each passing day.

Ancient Mesopotamia Civilization

noreply@blogger.com (peaceofmind) — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 12:13:00 +0000

Mesopotamia civilization is one of the oldest civilizations in the history of mankind, flourished in Mesopotamia between the Tigris and Euphrates. Believed to be started around 4,000-3,500 BC, this civilization is supposed to be ended around 2334 BC. Being believed to be the first civilization in the history, Mesopotamia civilization or modern day Iraq gave the first written language to the world.

The major stepping stone of Sumerian civilization were found in Eridu, believed to be of the proto-civilized Ubaid period. This old place was considered as the temple city of the great civilization. However, in 4th millennium BC, a conduit built of bricks and other evidences were found in Nippur. Later many evidences were found to describe the outlook of the great civilization.

Role and Responsibilities of Youth in Society

noreply@blogger.com (peaceofmind) — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 04:31:00 +0000

Youth reflects the future of the world. Due to their tender age and immature understanding, youths are always in search of genuine ideal and values to get inspiration and basis for their life. However, today’s youth has attained a greater vision of the purpose of their life and what role they can play to broaden their horizon. Furthermore, new generation youth has more aware of their responsibility towards the development of the society. There are certain issues, which have always been in focus for modern youth such as voting rights, child labor laws, drinking age, driving age, educational rights, jobs security and others.

In order to sort out these issues, the modern youth has raised its voice. They have come out with many progressive and forward looking ideas and opinion to justify their rights. Due to their constant participation in lawmaking policies, good solutions have come out. Youth has become a great force and an indispensable part of the society that sets their own rules and regulations. They decide their goal and strive to attain it as soon as possible.

The Indus Valley Civilization

noreply@blogger.com (peaceofmind) — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 04:30:00 +0000

The Indus Valley Civilization which flourished from 2600-1900 BCE in the western South Asia, in the Indus valley extended to Balochistan region of the Modern Pakistan. However, the some parts of the Indus valley civilization are also found in the modern Indian Union. In 1842, Charles Masson first described about the excavation of an ancient city in Balochistan. However, in 1856, British engineers John and William Brunton took archeological interest in the area. Later in 1912, Harappan seals were discovered by J. Fleet.

Formation of Cities in Indus Valley Civilization
Cities of Mohenjo-daro and Harappa reflected the one of the best planned structure in the ancient age. Emphasis was given on proper sanitation and hygiene and houses were protected from noise, odors and thieves. A classic system of sewerage and drainage was also found in these cities. The remnants of dockyards, granaries and warehouses described the growth of the advance architecture in that era.

Indus valley civilization also gives evidences of scientific development, growth of art and culture, competitive trade and transportation, agricultural advancement, beginning of writing or symbol system, and deep believes in religion.

Civilization – A Growth Journey

noreply@blogger.com (peaceofmind) — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 04:28:00 +0000

Civilization is generally understood by the society or culture. It conceptualizes the idea of a complete framework where human beings are divided into groups such as religion, work interests and others and putting their efforts for the development of the human race as their common aim. Civilizations differ on different scale including the modernity basis, way of living and others. To be clearer, the concept of different civilizations can be understood as the level of their development. Like in some civilization, agriculture was the main source of livelihood whereas in others trading occupied the main business activity. So, one can find a point of distinction in every civilization. Further, civilizations say more about the growth story of the human race. It records each and every change or development of our life. There are many civilizations in the world, which evident of our growth journey. Indus Valley Civilization in Asia, Mesopotamian civilization in Iran, African civilization, Canaan civilization, Chinese civilization, Greek Civilization and Incas Civilization are the classic examples of civilization growth of human race.

Importance of Aim in Life

noreply@blogger.com (peaceofmind) — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:13:00 +0000

An aimless life is living like an animal who just can’t speak and put efforts to improve his life. So, I believe aims and goal setting should be a constant part of part lives. Furthermore, setting goals are important for getting success in life too. Without setting goals, a person may face some distractions and impediments to achieve a better life and living. Aim for anything, making money, earning a good educational degree, success in business venture, pursing your social aspirations to make your life better and meaningful. Yes, goals give the meaning to our lives. Goals and aims help in taking some of the crucial decisions of our lives. You can actually decide what do you want and chalk out a plan to achieve it. Lack of an organized planning or aim, one may wander aimlessly and time might take decisions for us. Aims infuse meaning and hopes in our lives, it create a target to achieve and inspire and motivates us to get it. However, aims and goals differ from time to time and it is correct also. Our priority changes and to cope with these changes, we may alter our aims and goals. It also depends upon the maturity level of a person, which reflects in our action also. So, if you want to achieve something in your life, set your goals and aims because life is meaningless without it.

Society & Human Race

noreply@blogger.com (peaceofmind) — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 10:55:00 +0000

The word “society” is a compressed meaning of a diversified group or entity representing a common interest. This particular set of people tends to work for a common goal or have common aspiration. Earlier, society mirrored people having common religious beliefs and ethnic groups. However, with the time, the traditional meaning of the society has changed drastically. Nowadays, society has greatly affluent by the persuasion of common interest rather their cultural identity and ethnic race. Thus, the format of society has come a long way.

The society has a deep role to play in the development of human race. A budding child needs enough background to learn the basics of the life. In a way, family is a small unit of a large society. Members of the family stay together and share a close bond of trust, love and commitment in order to attain maximum satisfaction in their lives. Thus, in short we can say, the development of the society leads to the development of the human race.

Famous personality - JRD Tata

noreply@blogger.com (peaceofmind) — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 07:53:00 +0000

Some people affect others’ life but rare affects the life of an entire nation. Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata, commonly known as JRD Tata dared to affect the nerves of India. Born on July 29, 1904 in Paris to Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata and a French mother, JRD was mild, thoughtful and intelligent. He spent most of his childhood in Paris as his mother was a French national. He returned to India in 1922 to resume its grandfather’s business and from there his love for the country began. A pioneer in aviation industry in the country, JRD flew the first commercial plane. He was the first licensed British pilot.

In 1926, he was appointed as the director of the Tata Sons Ltd. After his father’s death JRD became the chairman of the group in 1938. During his regime as the chairman, the group saw its golden time. He led the company into the major industrial areas including ironworks and steelworks, hotels, chemicals, engineering and others to make it the largest industrial house of that time. He even promoted Tata Engineering and Locomotive Company or Telco to manufacture locomotives for the Indian railways.

A pilot by choice, JRD was the first licensed British pilot. He was the founder of “Tata Airlines” in 1932, which became “Indian Airlines” by 1956. A man of vision, JRD was a strong supporter of family planning and floated programs to fight the war against increasing population. To bring the international standard at home, JRD established hotels, which are still considered as the epitome of hotel services. He also brought new technologies and innovation in India to give a competitive edge with Western world. Due to his valuable contribution, the government of India conferred JRD with its highest civilian honor “Bharat Ratna” in 1991. At the age of 90, JRD passed away leaving behind the quest of innovation, technological developments and vision of hope. But his charm and exclusive style will be deeply missed always.

Pen Vs Sword

noreply@blogger.com (peaceofmind) — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 08:17:00 +0000

Every body of us knows the meaning, value & importance literacy. So, it’s our duty to make people aware about education and purse them to study. Out of us many people lack of public understanding and we all believe that most of our social ills both are the result of nothing other than illiteracy. We need to grow the awareness in people and society the power of PEN.” It distributes information in all public areas, gives you freedom to write because “PEN is mightier then sword”.

Reaping solar energy is cost effective

noreply@blogger.com (peaceofmind) — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 09:27:00 +0000

Solar energy is a clean way of generating energy. Today, there is increasing concern over climate change and our role in changing the climate towards deterioration. By harnessing solar power and converting it into energy, we can at least pay back a little of much that we can taken away from mother nature.

There is some cost associated with installing a solar energy harnessing system. Initially this cost was high, but nowadays the cost has reduced significantly over the years, and you can save substantially in a short term over your energy bills if you serious reap this free energy.

People are also making their own solar cells and panels from manuals distributed by anxious environmental protagonists. This makes it even cheaper to setup. However, it is debatable whether the homemade solar cells would be as efficient as the professional solar cells.

Guru Gobind Singh

noreply@blogger.com (peaceofmind) — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 07:23:00 +0000

Guru Gobind Singh Ji, the 10th guru of Sikh was born on 22 December, 1666 at Harimandir, Patna Sahib and survived in an awfully perilous time. It was at the time when all the reign was under Mughal emperor Aurangzeb.

His father, Guru Teg Bahadur, for the sake of Hindu religion, had given up his own head. Kidnapping of women and stealing of goods were uncontrollable, but the people were too fearful and frightened to oppose. Then Guru Gobind Singh took his position and stood up against the injustice and cruelty. with a great stature as both saint and warrior. He was a leader of rigid religious ethics and strong affection to God.

Additionally, Guru Gobind Singh was a talented intellectual. He was encouraged to write down the different strong pious compositions which include Jaap Sahib.

At the time he was passing away, he taught his Sikhs to consider the Guru Granth Sahib as their educator.

Fear, the beast within

noreply@blogger.com (peaceofmind) — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 13:17:00 +0000

Fear has always been the strongest ally of the strong and the worst enemy of the weak. The history of world is amassed with people who, by virtue of their fearless attitude, have deliberately made the weaker (the people who are always afraid to challenge something or someone) follow them. This unfortunate behavior is everywhere to be found, the only reason why the society of today is divided into two categories-the strong and the weak. Fear of standing, fear of standing for your right, fear of standing up to the conviction are something that we are so used to nowadays…This fear factor has a significant contributing in giving our society an undesirable look. Our society is a society build on high human interference. Here most of children are dependable on their parents even some times after crossing their young hood. I have seen many of friends who are employed and are earning well but they are still not able to take their independent decisions. For the fear of ending up doing something wrong and for the fear of failure. This is not what should happen, There are many ways to drive away the beast within. Just take the courage and be ready to face failure. After all it has been rightly said, the only difference between one courageous and one fearful soldier is that the courageous soldier had the courage to withstand for some few more seconds.

Barriers to Communication

noreply@blogger.com (peaceofmind) — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 11:48:00 +0000

“You’re wrong. I m right"

This is one the most rigid stances you can have, because it leaves no room for understanding or appreciation for the other person's experience. The only outcome of this devastating attitude is the feeling of defensiveness and rigidity. Instead of taking a firm stand and doing everything to prove the other wrong, try to show how much you care. You will surely notice that they have started to share what they felt was important and what made them perform the act. The real fun is in trying to erase what's been said and use their words as a tool for deeper understanding. Be present with what has been said and notice how you react. Are you okay with it? do you need more explanation? Are you worried? Start being honest…you both will be the victors.

Global warming

noreply@blogger.com (peaceofmind) — Fri, 18 May 2007 13:40:00 +0000

The Earth's average temperature has increased by about 1 degree Fahrenheit. Evidence of this are the spring ice thaw, which occurs now 9 days earlier in the Northern Hemisphere than it did 150 years ago. Similarly, the fall ice freeze begins 10 days later than it used to.

A significant portion of Earth's fresh water supply comes from melting glaciers. With global warming and dilapidating glaciers, it wont be long that fresh water supply will severely be hampered. For example, Montana's Glacier National Park had 150 glaciers in 1910; and now it has less than 30 greatly shrunken glaciers. The same is the case in the tropics. Mount Kilimanjaro has melted by around 80% since 1912 and could be totally gone by 2020.