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    Mumbai & Rains have a never ending love affair. This part of the world,  rains are always a welcome change.  It is heartening to see even trees sways their branches acknowledging the arrival of rains, which shows even they are desperately waiting for them. Everyone enjoys the start of monsoon here as it b rings a much needed respite from the  long tropical & humid climate, each Mumbaikar passed by.  We, the Mumbaikars never waste an opportunity to celebrate. For them, even the first drop of rain is also a celebration time. Children splashing water around....drenching & dancing in the rain by youngsters.....h ousewife's rushing out to pull dry clothes of the clothesline.... motorists, without rain coats and jackets occupying  flyover underneaths.... p eople without protections scurrying for cover....t hese are few of the lively images, one could witness during monsoon.   Raining time is considered as a time of understanding and compromising. Mumbai is

The Origin:    Fathers day....is believed to have originated in 1908.  Some historians honor Mrs. Charles Clayton of West Virginia, as the Founder of Father's Day.  The tale is linked to   1907's Monongah mining disaster, in West Virginia. This is one of the worst calamity in US mining history which killed 362 local men. Their deaths widowed 250 women and orphaned more than 1,000 children. Mrs. Clayton wanted to pay tribute to all the dead fathers. Finally a day is born,  honoring fathers & their influence in society... a day was born to mark special bond between fathers & their children.  Still some countries including US were not so keen about this day. The real importance for fathers day finally arrived in the year 1957, when Senator Margaret Chase Smith wrote to Congress & insisted for immediate implementation  like this   "Either we honor both our parents, mother and father, or let us desist from honoring either one. But to single out just one of

Dear Friends, Never count this as yet another day in your life. This day is crucial to 170 millions of child laborers across globe. Yes; you heard it right... There are 17 crores (170 million) child labours in the world. This means 1 in every 10 children in this world is a child labour.   Let's get in to some semantics: They work for average 12-14 hours/day & more than half of them are working in hazardous atmosphere which directly impacts their health, safety & even moral development. It is really shocking to see that, in addition to agriculture, manufacturing & construction; children at very early ages were deployed at life threatening fields like mining, armed conflicts & even sold to sex slavery in brothels. Will you believe there are over 3,00,000 child soldiers forced in to armed combat (Source: UNICEF). The most disturbing news is that, an average of 22000 kids die in the work-field each year, which clearly proves that either most of them are fo

As a responsible human being, what we should do on this special day Gratitude for our ancestors: Let us start with this .  We are enjoying this planet because our ancestors did their level best to protect it. They gave us a wonderful platform to work with.  Clean up: Do whatever you can to clean up our climate. Raise your voice: Whenever your see our planet is being misused, raise your voice Concern for future :  let our future generations too enjoy the sublime beauty of our planet.  Let us make more sacrifices so that we can handover a better world to our followers.  Cheers... Anil Panicker

This blog is not for those who keeps an extraordinary aversion to ageing.  Respect ageing.... Respect aged people. Age is just a concept that humans created. That's why some are old at 20's & some are young even at 90's.  We have never seen old age in Mother Teresa... what we have seen is only peace and wisdom. We have never seen old age in Capt. Harland Sanders... but always we have seen passion with a positive attitude (Remember, Capt. Sanders started KFC when he was 62) The right attitude should be to see " old age is always twenty years older than I am ". Remember,  a  man growing old becomes a child again...  People who are older, behaves as same as children. They pay less attention to what others say. They just watch what they do. You are turning out to be a good observer & a better listener, the 2 good qualities most of us miss when we were young.  The behavioral study proves that l ife is all about knowing, suspecting & believing.

As per me, the first thing one should do in the morning is to " smile"  We often smile when something happens to others. Many a times those are of wry nature, which is neither good for the received nor the giver. I am talking about the  Smile, which occurs when something   happens well within you.  Now let us discuss why to start the day with a smile:  Are you aware the fact that 1 million out of 700 crores who goes to bed, never gets up to a next day morning.  You are not a part to it. Means the almighty has given you 24 hours of extension to your life. This could be the first reason to smile.  Assuming 10 close relatives to those 1 million, means on daily basis, 10 million people are loosing their dear & near ones .  I am sure, you haven't received a bad news today. You have ample reason to smile again Look out through your window. Could you see the Sun right up. Means the epitome of energy came up even today.  What will happen if sun doesn&