STREAMS

The God gifted you to nature
with many beautiful creatures
making all the way you pass
gay with your bass
fluttering in breeze
you make the air cool we wheeze
you starts your journey from mountains
making beautiful fountains
flowing over pebbles
you make the water in you trouble
then down the deep rock you go
splashing water as you flow
making rainbows in sun light
pleasing everyone those who fight
when you get on to plains
utter silence you gains
when you pass by fields
you zig-zag and glides
by the jutting soil
you look so fierce at the time
and snails coil
you go on and on
through the field of corn
at last i see
you merge in the sea
all your beautiful memories
are now my memorable summary.........

by Geethika Sathyanathan

50 YEARS AFTER THE FIRST ROCKET            LAUNCH IN INDIA          

It's 50 years today since India launched its first rocket from Thumba

Thursday, Nov 21, 2013, 14:10 IST | Place: THIRUVANANTHAPURAM | Agency: PTI

The Union Government took the first step in its space programme in August 1961 by entrusting the Department of Atomic Energy with the task of conducting space research and peaceful uses of outer space.

Source: Wordpress

India today entered the golden jubilee of the launch of its first rocket from the sylvan settings of the coastal hamlet of Thumba near here, marking the decisive step of the country's space odyssey which has witnessed landmarks like Chandrayaan and Mars mission. The sleepy palm-fringed village became part of modern India's quest to scale dizzying heights of scientific research when an American-built rocket Nike-Apache was fired on November 21, 1963.

The launch site in due course came to be known as Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launch Station (TERLS) and later became Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), a major centre of ISRO named after pioneer of Indian space programme Vikram Sarabhai.

It was Sarabhai who gathered a team of young scientists and engineers for the mission and sent them to the US for hands-on training in sounding rockets.His early recruits included former President APJ Abdul Kalam. According to scientists, Thumba was identified for locating the launch station as the magnetic equator passes through South Kerala making it an ideal spot for the launch.

The Union Government took the first step in its space programme in August 1961 by entrusting the Department of Atomic Energy with the task of conducting space research and peaceful uses of outer space.

In 1962, a national committee on space research was formed under the chairmanship of Sarabhai for carrying on the mission and the next year on November 21 the first sounding rocket, a US-built Nike Apache was launched from Thumba. The launch facility was prepared by shifting several fishermen families from Thumba to an adjacent coastal stretch with the then Catholic Bishop playing a vital role in persuading the villagers. A church in the locality has been retained as such and later converted into a space museum.

BY: DEVASOORYA

                                                        जवाहरलाल नेहरू 

पंडित जवाहरलाल नेहरु स्वतंत्रता संग्राम के अग्रणी नेता और स्वतंत्र भारत के प्रथम प्रधानमंत्री थे। उस्का जन्म १४ नवंबर ,सन १८८९ के इलहाबाद में हुआ ठसा।  उनका पिता का नाम पंडित मोतीलाल नरहरु था , जो अपने समय से         वकील और धनदाय व्यक्ति थे। उसका माता का नाम स्वरूपरानी था। नेहरूजी कि शिक्षा घर पर ही थी। उचित शिक्षा के लिए वे इंग्लैंड गए और बैरिस्टर बनकर भारत लौटे। उनका विवाह श्रीमती कमला से हुए। उनकी पुत्री इंदिरा गाँधी थी ,जो भारत कि प्रधानमंत्री बनी।  

SREELAKSHMI
VII

                                                     होली 

भारत में होली एक धार्मिक एवं सामाजिक पर्व माना जाता है। रंगोँ का त्योहार जीवन में उमंग भर देते है। यह त्योहार फाल्गुनी मास कि पूर्णिमा को मनाया जाता है। ऐसे माना जाता है कि हिरण्यकश्यप के बहन होलिका अपने भाई के कहने पर प्रह्लाद को अपने गोद में लेकर आग में बैठ गई थी। होलिका को वरदान मिला हुआ था कि अग्नि उसका कुछ नहीं बिगाड़ सकती। लेकिन वरदान का भी जब दुरुपयोग हो तो वह शाप में परिवर्तित हो जाता है। जब आग लगाई गई ,तो प्रह्लाद सकुशल बच गया और होलिका जल गई। प्रह्लाद कि बचने कि खुशी में अगले दिन रंगो कि फुहारो से उत्सव मनाया गया। तभी से होली का त्योहार धूमधाम से मनाया जाता है। 

SREELAKSHMI
VII

  

MOTHER

The first sight that I saw,

The first scent that I felt,

The first word that I spelled,

was you mother

A single tear drop in my eyes,

penetrate deep in your heart

one cute smile on my face,

make your heart jump out of pleasure

for you i am your treasure

you are my friend,

you are my companion,

but i don't want you as my shadow

that hides in the darkness

I want you as a firefly

that make my night glow as morning

My first step that i took,

was with your hands to support

and for whole of my life

this support will never withdrew

Mom you are goddesses

with thousand hands

managing everything 

within seconds,

you are an idol of mercy

you punishes me,

with a lot of love in your heart

Mom, you are truth

of this universe....

the whole world

bow the head before you

you are my cooler in summer,

you are my sweater in winter,

you are my umbrella in rains....

even the world change,

seasons change,

people change,

you never change

Mom, you are my confidence,

my energy, my soul.

you resides in my heart and I in yours

you are a gift for me from God

you are nature's finest creation

your one touch,

one word, one look

vanishes bitter memories from me

you really is a wonder

no words in this world 

can describe you mom 

nothing is there in this universe

to compare with you mom

you are magic

you are my heart

you are my soul

and you are my life

My soul want nothing 

other than you and

your love............


by Geethika...

 

                                         KALIDASA

 

Kalidasa  the greatest of the sanskrit dramatists, and the first great name in Sanskrit literature after Ashvaghoshha. In the intervening three centuries between Asvaghosha (who had a profound influence on the poet) and Kalidasa there was some literary effort, but nothing that could compare with the maturity and excellence of Kalidasa's poetry. Virtually no facts are known about his life, although colourful legends abound. Physically handsome, he was supposed to have been a very dull child, and grew up quite uneducated. Through the match-making efforts of a scheming minister he was married to a princess who was ashamed of his ignorance and coarseness. Kalidasa (Kall's slave), an ardent worshipper of Kali, called upon his goddess to help him, and was rewarded with sudden gifts of wit and sense. He became the most brilliant of the `nine gems' at the court of Vikramaditya of Ujjain. There is strong reason to believe that Kalidasa was of foreign origin. His name is unusual, and even the legend suggests that it was adopted. The stigma attaching to the suffix `dasa' (slave) was very strong, and orthodox Hindus avoided its use. His devotion to the brahminical creed of his time may betray the zeal of a convert. Remarkably enough, Indian tradition has no reliable data concerning one of its greatest poets, whereas there is a fund of information both historical and traditional about hundreds of lesser literary luminaries. Kalidasa was well acquainted with contemporary sciences and arts, including politics and astronomy. His knowledge of scientific astronomy was manifestly gleaned from Greek sources, and altogether he appears to have been a product of the great synthesis of Indian and barbarian peoples and cultures that was taking place in north-western India in his day. Dr S. Radhakrishnan says, `Whichever date we adopt for him we are in the realm of reasonable conjecture and nothing more. Kalidasa speaks very little of himself, and we cannot therefore be sure of his authorship of many works attributed to him. We do not know any details of his life. Numerous legends have gathered round his name, which have no historical value' (II, p. ii). The apocryphal story that he ended his days in Ceylon, and died at the hands of a courtesan, and that the king of Ceylon in grief burned himself to death, is not accepted by his biographers. Listed below are the chief works attributed to Kalidasa. Shaakuntal, with a theme borrowed from the Mahabharata, is a drama in seven acts, rich in creative fancy. It is a masterpiece of dramatic skill and poetic diction, expressing tender and passionate sentiments with gentleness and moderation, so lacking in most Indian literary works. It received enthusiastic praise from Goethe. Malavikaagnimitra (Malavika and Agnimitra) tells the story of the love of Agnimitra of Vidisha, king of the Shungas, for the beautiful handmaiden of his chief queen. In the end she is discovered to be of royal birth and is accepted as one of his queens. The play contains an account of the raajasuuya sacrifice performed by Pushyamitra, and a rather tiresome exposition of a theory on music and acting. It is not a play of the first order. Vikramorvashi (Urvashii won by Valour), a drama of the troTaka class relating how king Pururavas rescues the nymph Urvashii from the demons. Summoned by Indra he is obliged to part from her. The fourth act on the madness of Pururavas is unique. Apart from the extraordinary soliloquy of the demented lover in search of his beloved, it contains several verses in Prakrit. After many trials the lovers are reunited in a happy ending. Meghaduuta (Cloud Messenger): the theme of this long lyrical poem is a message sent by an exiled yaksha in Central India to his wife in the Himalayas, his envoy being a megha or cloud. Its beautiful descriptions of nature and the delicate expressions of love in which passion is purified and desire ennobled, likewise won the admiration of Goethe. Raghuvamsha (Raghu's genealogy), a mahaakavya, regarded by Indian critics as Kalidasa's best work, treats of the life of Rama, together with a record of his ancestors and descendants. There are many long descriptions, large parts of which are contrived and artificial. Only one king in this pious dynasty fails to come up to the ideal standard, namely, Agnivarna. Rituu-samhaara, (Seasonal Cycle), a poem describing the six seasons of the year in all their changing aspects. Kumaara-sambhava (Kumaara's Occasioning), usually translated `The Birth of the War-god', a mahaakavya relating how Parvati won the love of Siva in order to bring into the world Kumara (i.e. Karttikeya) the god of war to destroy the demon Taraka. The last few cantos are usually omitted from printed versions, being of an excessively erotic nature. This is especially true of Canto VIII where the embraces of the newly-wedded divine couple are dwelled upon in vivid detail. Great as Kalidasa was, it has been observed that he had his literary weaknesses. He showed no interest in the social problems of his day; his plays do not reflect the tumultuous times in which he lived; he felt no sympathy for the lot of the common man; his work is overburdened with description, and is sentimental, wordy and at times coarse. Within his range he was unsurpassed by any of the dramatists who wrote in the Sanskrit language, but this does not amount to much, for the general standard of Sanskrit drama is not on a par with the best elsewhere. Comparing his works with those of the Persians, Arabs, Greeks and Europeans, and by the same strict standards of criticism, Max Muller declares, `Kalidasa's plays are not superior to many plays that have been allowed to rest in dust and peace on the shelves of our libraries'.

 

                                                महात्मा गाँधी 

महात्मा गाँधी भारत के राष्ट्रपिता है। उसका पूरा नाम मोहनदास करमचंद गाँधी है। उनके पिता का नाम करमचंद गाँधी है। उनके माता का नाम पुतलीभाई है। उनका जन्म गुजरात के पोरबंदर में हुआ था। दक्षिण अफ्रीका जाने के बाद उनके जीवन में सत्य और अहिंसा का जन्म हुआ। इस सत्य और अहिंसा के द्वारा उन्होने सन १९१५ से लेकर सन १९४७ तक भारत कि स्वाधीनता का संग्राम लड़ा तथा और  उसमे विजय प्रार्पत किया। सेवा ही उनका धर्म रहा था। इसलिए जीवन का कोई क्षेत्र ऐसे नहीं था जिसमे वह पराजित रहा। गाँधी  जी भारत को अपना जीवन मानता था।  उन्होने हिन्दू ,मुस्लिम और एकता के लिए अपना जीवन लगा दिया था तथा भारत केलिए अपने   प्राप्त   दे दी। 

SREELAKSHMI.K.G

VII 

                             MY SISTER

( Dedicated to my sweet and lovely SIS!!!)

An innocent cute angel sent by the god

At the doors of mine

With love beyond limits

With care more than bonhomie

A boon sent to overcome any hex

An epitome of patience and sympathy

With cheeks chubbier than anything else

Protects me with Herculean strength.

Rejoys me with her innocent japes

Encourages me in my heydays

And is the best miracle with ever took place 

by Aditi Singh

केवि माहि साहित्य समिति में आपका स्वागत है।

         आज ब्लॉग के बारे में चर्चा हुई                

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