A woman in Bangalore chased and beat a man who was harassing her in a park, and then posted the video on Facebook for 'women to see and know that change will happen only when they want it to.
Monday, August 11, 2014
Monday, August 4, 2014
Guidance for LG Automatic Washing Machine (Hindi) (1080p HD)
Feature of LG Automatic Washing Machine
LG washing machine is a top loader where clothes are loaded vertically through the top of the machine. With a huge load capacity, this washing machine is capable of holding 6.5 Kg of laundry per load. The LG washing machine is designed with a fuzzy logic control.
The fuzzy logic control integrates a built-in load sensor that detects laundry load and a microprocessor that enhances the washing process by providing an ideal water level and washing time.
The stainless steel interior of the LG washing machine not only makes it rust-free but also augments the durability of the device. This LG washing machine sports LCD screen that makes operation easy and simple. The LCD screen displays the wash time, washing programs and the errors we may make by pressing the wrong buttons. The internal washing mechanism that drives this machine to complete washing process comprises of LG's patented Punch +3 Pulsator and Turbodrum.
With the Turbodrum, we get fresh and clean clothes with minimal entanglement as it rotates in a clockwise and anti-clockwise motion.
The Punch +3 Pulsator works to propel detergent-rich water enabling it to penetrate deep into the clothes. The two components move in opposite directions and work in conjunction with each other to provide efficient and quality results.
Facilitated with a 3-Step Wash, this process provides proper detergent distribution, washing, rinsing and drying.
The washing machine features different programs like Fuzzy, Wool, Quick Wash and Jeans, giving the preference to pre-set the programs according to cloth-types and fabric. By setting these programs, the machine will sense the appropriate washing method in accordance to our choice. Apart from these programs, the LG washing machine has special programs like Extra cleaning, Tub clean, Silent and Favourite. We can use the programs pertaining to our needs.
The LG washing machine comes with an Air Dry system that dries clothes efficiently, leaving clothes free from bad odour and bacteria. The washing machine is also designed with 10 water level selections. We can choose the water level depending on the amount of clothes, we want to wash.
The Auto Balance System in the LG washing machine enhances convenience. This feature ensures that clothes stay balanced throughout the wash cycle, thereby eliminating the need for manual adjustment. With the Turbo soak function, stained and soiled clothes can be washed and cleaned without any hassle.
With child lock function, we can lock the control panel while the washing machine is being operated, thus preventing children from pressing the buttons and hindering the washing process.
The LG washing machine has Memory Backup function that becomes very useful in times of power failure. We don't have to restart the entire wash cycle from the beginning as this function enables to continue the washing process from the time we left.
The deep clean waterfall makes it very convenient as it effectively mixes detergent and water and sprays water throughout the wash cycle, enabling proper penetration of water in clothes.
With the delay start function, we can load this LG washing machine with our clothes and set the device to start the washing process at a later time according to our convenience.
Specifications of LG Automatic Washing Machine
- Model : LG Top Load 6.5 Kg Washing Machine
- Type : Automatic Washer Dryer with Top Loading
- Capacity : 6.5 kg (Washing)
- Special Features : Digital Display
- Body Interior : Stainless Steel
- Other Body Features : Transparent Window Display
- Water Level Settings : 10 Levels
- Fuzzy Logic : Available
- Other Washing Features : Punch plus 3 Pulsator
- Other Wash Modes : Woolens, Quick Wash, 3-Step Wash, Fuzzy and Jeans Program, Silent, Extra Cleaning, Favorite Special Programs
- Convenience Features : Memory Backup
- Additional Features : Delay Start, TurboDrum, Air Dry, Tub Clean
- Child Lock : Available
- Other Safety Features : Auto Balance System
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Female Infanticide
An Angel stepped on earth that day,
Bringing happiness and brightness to my life.
I closed my eyes and knelt down to pray,
Save my angel from their ruthless knife.
She’s a girl, but it’s not her fault,
Why does she have to fear the world?
Why should her life come to a halt?
These demons around me have whorled.
“Please make them stop looming over my baby girl,”
I beg God with tearful eyes.
In her crib asleep peacefully, she’d twist and twirl,
Before they burned her alive, with hearts as cold as ice.
They killed an angel today, those wretches!
Inflict them with pains that make their stomachs flip.
Make them beg for mercy yet not find water for stretches,
May they walk to the world’s end, and slip from a cliff.
How could you create such brutal beasts,
Who make one’s heart cringe?
On innocent, tender soul they feast,
Callous, without even a faint human tinge.
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
How to get Rid of Blackheads and Whiteheads
Maintaining a clear and beautiful skin, takes time,
consistency and effort. Dermatologist may recommend lots of products, but some
of them can be expensive and may actually take a long time to work. You can, however,
incorporate some home remedies for blackheads and whiteheads into your daily
beauty regimen and in a few weeks, you will experience a drastic reduction
or even total elimination of the problem.
- Toothpaste : Toothpaste is an effective blackhead and whitehead remover. Apply a thin paste to your infected areas and let it sit on your face for at least 25 minutes. You will probably feel a burning sensation when you apply the toothpaste, but this is normal and will pass. Once you remove the toothpaste, the top of your blackheads and whiteheads will disappear, but you still need to thoroughly wash your face to remove the buildup underneath. Repeat this home remedy every other day for two weeks.
- Tomato : Tomatoes have natural antiseptic properties that dry up whiteheads and blackheads. Peel and mash a small tomato. Apply the tomato pulp to your blackheads and whiteheads before going to bed. Leave the tomato pulp on your face while you sleep and then wash your face in warm water in the morning.
- Lemon : Wash your face in warm water. Then, squeeze the juice of one lemon into a bowl. Add in a pinch of salt and stir the mixture. Apply the mixture to your blackheads and whiteheads. Leave the mixture on for approximately 20 minutes and then wash your face with warm water again.
- Lime : You can also use equal parts of lime juice and cinnamon powder and apply this mixture to blackheads. Leave it on overnight and rinse it off in the morning.
- Cornstarch : Mix about a three-to-one cornstarch to vinegar ratio into a paste. Apply it to your problem areas and let sit for 15 to 30 minutes. Remove the paste with warm water and a washcloth.
- Yogurt : Mix three tablespoons of plain yogurt with two tablespoons of oatmeal. Add one teaspoon of olive oil and one tablespoon of lemon juice to the mixture. Stir the mixture thoroughly and apply it to the effective area of the face. Let the mixture sit for five to seven minutes then rinse off with cold water.
- Almond or Oatmeal : Mix either oatmeal or almond powder with just enough rose water to make a spreadable paste. Apply it to your problem areas with your fingertips first and then apply it to the rest of your face. Let it set for about 15 minutes and then rinse your face with cold water.
- Rice : Soak rice in milk for 5 hours and then grind this in a blender until it is paste-like in consistency. Use the paste as a scrub on affected areas of the body.
- Potatoes : Grate raw potatoes and then rub the area with the mixture. Wash it off after 15 minutes.
- Fenugreek Leaves : Crush some fenugreek leaves and mix with water to form a paste. Put this on the face for 15 minutes and then remove it. Do this every night to keep your face free of blackheads.
- Coriander Leaves : Mix some coriander leaves and a little turmeric powder with water and form a paste. Use this as a mask to eliminate blackheads.
- Oatmeal : Grind oatmeal into a powder in a blender and then add some rose water. Use this on affected areas for 15 minutes and then wash it off with cold water.
- Baking Soda : Prepare a mixture of equal parts of baking soda and water and rub it onto your face or other body areas prone to blackheads. Leave it on for 15 minutes and then rinse it off with warm water.
- Honey : Honey is also good for removing blackheads. Spread honey on the affected area and remove it after 15 minutes.
Friday, February 22, 2013
Touching a Girl with her Consent doesn't make you a Man.
Touching a Girl with her consent doesn't make you a man. It makes you a Coward.
If a Person can not control his sexual needs, He is not
being distinct from an Animal. He can not be a real human too. ~ Sukhdev
Taneja
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Tuesday, January 1, 2013
Amitabh Bachchan's poem for 'India's Daughter'
Actor Amitabh Bachchan wrote and
recited a poem for the 23-year-old medical student who died in a Singapore
hospital on 30 December 2012 .
He uploaded it on his official Facebook page.
Monday, December 17, 2012
Great Scarifies of the Mother for her Child
Mother undoubtedly is the most sacred person to everyone. Her love and sacrifice know no bounds. She carries the child for ten months in her womb, goes through excruciating pain and discomfort while giving life to the child, nurses, feeds, teaches, imparts values, knowledge and everything good to her loving child. Mother does everything for the child; nothing is left out, with least expectations of goodness. She is the most vociferous advocate in favour, when the whole world goes against, her love, compassion, overflowing goodness and kindness have no parallels in history. Mother is God Incarnate in every sense of the term.
Taking care of mother at old age is our sacred duty, no one should ignore. Mother is so precious, words cannot describe her. I bow to my mother and all mothers of my family and my world.
Mother is above everything in the world. Running after the material world, many of us forget to take care of our beloved parents. Irrespective of busy schedule/ status/ money, kindly spare some time for them, love them, be with them, please take care of them, as we realise the value of their pure love once they are not with us. Please do not forget their sacrifice to make what we are today and please do not ignore them, especially in their old age. Love, love and love our parents as they are the living Gods.
Let us all love, respect and take every care of our mother, let every word convey our feelings.
Sunday, October 14, 2012
A Heart Touching Words by a Doctor on the Abortion
A worried woman went to her gynecologist and said :
"Doctor, I have a serious problem and desperately need your help! My baby
is not even 1 year old and I'm pregnant again. I don't want kids so close
together.”
So the doctor said: “Ok and what do you want me to do?”
She said: “I want you to end my pregnancy, and I'm counting on your help with this.”
The doctor thought for a little, and after some silence he said to the lady: “I
think I have a better solution for your problem. It's less dangerous for you
too.”
She smiled, thinking that the doctor was going to accept her request.
Then he continued: “You see, in order for you not to have to take care of 2
babies at the same time, let's kill the one in your arms. This way, you could
rest some before the other one is born. If we're going to kill one of them, it
doesn't matter which one it is. There would be no risk for your body if you
chose the one in your arms.”
The lady was horrified and said: “No doctor! How terrible! It's a crime to kill a child!”
'I agree', the doctor replied. “But you seemed to be OK with it, so I thought
maybe that was the best solution.”
The doctor smiled, realizing that he had made his point.
He convinced the mom that there is no difference in killing a child that's
already been born and one that's still in the womb. The crime is the same!
Love says, “I sacrifice myself for the good of the other person.” Abortion says,
“I sacrifice the other person for the good of myself.”
Saturday, July 14, 2012
Outrage over Guwahati molestation
The shocking video of a teenager being molested by a mob of around 50 men on a busy road in Guwahati has shamed the nation. The shocking video of a teenager being molested by a mob of around 50 men on a busy road in Guwahati has shamed the nation.
Thursday, June 21, 2012
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
माँ ममता त्याग तपस्या और बलिदान है !
माँ ममता त्याग तपस्या और बलिदान है !
माँ जिंदगी की किताब और अनंत ज्ञान है !!
माँ से सभ्यता संस्कृति और संस्कार है !
माँ से मानवता अपनत्व और संसार है !!
माँ है तो बचपन है स्कूल है हाँथ में दूध की कटोरी है !
माँ है तो ममता है दुलार है निदिया की लोरी है !!
माँ जीवन सवांरती है उसके असंख्य रूप होते है !
माँ जिनके साथ नहीं होती वो ममता के लिए रोते है !!
जबतक बच्चे घर नहीं आते माँ को नींद नहीं आती !
माँ सीने से लगाती है थपकी देकर सुलाती है !!
माँ बच्चो पर आती विपदा सहर्ष हर लेती है !
भूख गरीबी कुटिया में भी जीवन गुजार देती है !!
माँ मरियम फातिमा पन्नाधाय में नजर आती है !
माँ गीता बाईबल और कुरान में नजर आती है !!
इस भौतिकता की आभा में हम परछाई पकड़ने जाते है !
घर में बूढ़े माँ-बाप के लिए कुछ काम सौप के जाते है !!
वो सेवा वो सत्कार कहाँ अहंकार हमारी बाड़ी है !
हम माँ की ममता भूल चुके घर-घर की यही कहानी है !!
माँ के दूध का कर्ज चुकाया नहीं जा सकता !
माँ- बाप का स्थान दूसरा ले नहीं सकता !!
माँ-बाप के आशीषों से लोग जिंदगी की ऊँचाईया छूलेते है !
वो लोग अज्ञानी अहंकारी है जो माँ-बाप से मुंह मोड़ लेते है !!
माँ-बाप का सम्मान करो उन्हें असहनीय शब्द मत बोलो !
माँ-बाप के लिए ब्रिधा-आश्रम के नहीं अपने घर के दरवाजे खोलो !!
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
A Heart Touching Message by a Woman
Someone asked Me... Are you a Working Women or a House-Wife?
I said : Yes I'm a full time working House-Wife.
I work 24 hours a day.
I'm a "Mom", a Wife, Daughter, and a Daughter in Law.
I'm an Alarm Clock, a Cook, a Maid, a Teacher, a Waiter, a Nanny, a Nurse, a Handyman, a Security Officer, a Counselor and a Comforter.
I don't get Holidays, sick, leave or days off...
I work through Day and Night...
I'm on call all hours and get paid with a sentence.
"What You Do All Day at Home"
Dedicated this message to all Mothers, Wives, Daughters and Sisters.
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
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माँ की व्यथा
मेरी व्यथा
अनकही सही
अनजानी नहीं है
मुझ जैसी
हज़ारों नारियों की
कहानी यही है
जन्म से ही
खुद को
अबला जाना
जीवन के हर मोड़ पर
परिजनों ने ही
हेय माना
थी कितनी प्रफुल्लित मैं
उस अनूठे अहसास से
रच बस रहा था जब
एक नन्हा अस्तित्व
मेरी सांसों की तार में
प्रकृति के हर स्वर में
नया संगीत सुन रही थी
अपनी ही धुन में
न जाने कितने
स्वप्न बुन रही थी
लम्बी अमावस के बाद
पूर्णिमा का चाँद आया
एक नन्हीं सी कली ने
मेरे आंगन को सजाया
आए सभी मित्रगण, सम्बन्धी
कुछ के चहरे थे लटके
तो कुछ के नेत्रों में
आंसू थे अटके
भांति भांति से
सभी समझाते
कभी देते सांत्वना
तो कभी पीठ थपथपाते
कुछ ने तो दबे शब्दों में
यह भी कह डाला
घबराओ नहीं, खुलेगा कभी
तुम्हारी किस्मत का भी ताला
लुप्त हुआ गौरव
खो गया आनन्द
अनजानी पीड़ा से यह सोचकर
बोझिल हुआ मन
क्या हुआ अपराध
जो ये सब मुझे कोसते हैं
दबे शब्दों में
मन की कटुता में
मिश्री घोलते हैं
काश! ममता में होता साहस
माँ की व्यथा को शब्द मिल जाते
चीखकर मेरी नन्हीं कली का
सबसे परिचय यूँ कराते
न इसे हेय, न अबला जानो
'खिलने दो खुशबू पहचानो'
- दीपा जोशी
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
New World’s Smallest Woman from India
1. Born on 16 December, 1993, in Nagpur. Jyoti measures 61.95 cm (2 ft) tall, making her shorter than the average two-year-old child.
2. She weighs just 11lb (5 kg).
3. Jyoti is 6.2 cm shorter than the former world's shortest woman, 22-year old American Bridgette Jordan who stands at 69 cm (2 ft 3 in).
4. Jyoti has a form of dwarfism called achondroplasia and will not grow any taller than her current height.
5. Due to her size, all of Jyoti's clothes and jewelry are custom made. Even plates and utensils are specially made, as normal-sized silverware is too big.
6. Jyoti has attended regular school since she was 4 and, other than a small desk and chair; she is treated like any other pupil.
7. Just like most other teenage girls, Jyoti loves fashion, make-up and talking on the phone.
8. Her dream of becoming a Bollywood actress is set to come true next year as she is due to star in two movies in 2012.
9. She is set to release an album with her favorite Bhangra/Rap Star Mika Singh next year.
10. Despite her tiny stature, Jyoti Amge is not the shortest woman in history. This title continues to be held by Pauline Musters (Netherlands, 1876-1895) who measured just 61cm (24in).
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
History of Mother Day
Observed by Many countries
Type Commercial, Religious
Date Varies regionally
Type Commercial, Religious
Date Varies regionally
The modern Mother's Day is celebrated on various days in many parts of the world, most commonly in March, April, or May as a day to honor mothers and motherhood.
Historical antecedents
Celebrations of mothers and motherhood occur throughout the world; many of these have histories can be traced back to ancient festivals, like the Greek cult to Cybele or the Roman festival of Hilaria. The modern US-celebration of Mother's Day is not directly related to these.
Modern Antecedents
One of the early calls to celebrate a Mother's Day in the United States
International Women's Day was celebrated for the first time in 28 February 1909 , in the US US
Mother's Day in the Netherlands in 1925
As the US holiday was adopted by other countries and cultures, the date was changed to fit already existing celebrations honouring motherhood, like Mothering Sunday in the UK or, in Greece, the Orthodox celebration of the presentation of Jesus to the temple (February 2). In some countries it was changed to dates that were significant to the majority religion, like the Virgin Mary day in Catholic countries, or the birthday of the daughter of the Prophet Muhammad in Islamic countries. Other countries changed it to historical dates, like Bolivia
In most countries, Mother's Day is a recent observance derived from the holiday as it has evolved in America
Some countries already had existing celebrations honoring motherhood, and their celebrations have adopted several external characteristics from the US
The extent of the celebrations varies greatly. In some countries, it is potentially offensive to one's mother not to mark Mother's Day. In others, it is a little-known festival celebrated mainly by immigrants, or covered by the media as a taste of foreign culture
Religious :
In the Catholic Church, the holiday is strongly associated with reverencing the Virgin Mary.
In Hindu tradition it is called "Mata Tirtha Aunshi" or "Mother Pilgrimage fortnight", and it is celebrated in countries with Hindu population, especially in Nepal
Some Islamic scholars have published fatwas against dedicating a single day to honor mothers, which detracts from honoring them year round as ordered by the Quran.
Countries
African Countries
Many African countries adopted the idea of one Mother's Day from the British tradition, although there are many festivals and events celebrating mothers within the many diverse cultures on the African continent that long pre-date the colonization of Africa by European powers.
Arab World
Mother's Day in most of Arab countries is celebrated on March 21. It was introduced in Egypt the 21st of March 1956 . The practice has since been copied by the other Arab countries.
When Mustafa Amin was arrested and imprisoned, there were attempts to change the name of the holiday from "Mother's Day" to "Family Day" as the government wished to prevent the occasion from reminding people of its founder. These attempts were unsuccessful and celebrations continued to be held on that day; classic songs celebrating mothers remain famous to this day.
In Afghanistan, Mother's Day was celebrated on June 12, 2010 , on the second Saturday in June.
In Australia, Mother's Day is celebrated on the second Sunday in May. It is not a public holiday, nor is it known as a holiday.
The tradition of gift giving to mothers on Mother's Day in Australia
In Bangladesh, Mother's Day is celebrated on the second Sunday of the month of May. In observance of the day discussion programs are organized by government and non-governmental organizations. Reception programs, cultural programs are organized to mark the day in the Capital city. Television channels aired special programs and newspapers published special features and column to mark the day. Greeting cards, flowers and gifts featuring mother’s specialty to the children were on high demand at the shops and markets. 8 May
In Bolivia, Mother's Day is celebrated on May 27. The Dia de la Madre Boliviana was passed into law on November 8, 1927 , during the presidency of Hernando Siles Reyes. It commemorates the Battle of Coronilla, which took place on May 27, 1812 , during the Bolivian War of Independence, in what is now the city of Cochabamba
In Brazil, Mother's Day is celebrated on the second Sunday of May.
The first Mother's Day in the country was promoted by Associação Cristã de Moços de Porto Alegre (Young Men's Christian Association of Porto Alegre), on May 12, 1918. In 1932, the then-President Getulio Vargas made official the date on the second Sunday of May. In 1947, Archbishop Jaime de Barros Chamber, Cardinal-Archbishop of Rio de Janeiro
It's considerated an unofficial holiday
In Bulgaria, Mother's Day is celebrated on March 8, as part of the International Women's Day.
Mother's Day in Canada Australia United Kingdom United States
The day is becoming more popular in China China
In recent years the Communist Party member Li Hanqiu began to advocate for the official adoption of Mother's Day in memory of Meng Mu, the mother of Mèng Zǐ, and formed a non-governmental organization called Chinese Mothers' Festival Promotion Society, with the support of 100 Confucian scholars and lecturers of ethics. They also ask to replace the Western gift of carnations with lilies, which, in ancient times, were planted by Chinese mothers when children left home. It remains an unofficial festival, except in a small number of cities.
In France, alarmed by the low natality, there had been attempts in 1896 and 1904 to make a national celebration honoring the mothers of large families. American WWI soldiers fighting in France US
In 1941, by initiative of Philippe Pétain, the wartime Vichy government celebrated it as part of their policy to encourage larger families; but all mothers were now being honored, even the ones who had small families. The law of 24 May 1950 required that the Republic pay official homage to French Mothers on the last Sunday in May as the "Fête des Mères" (except when Pentecost fell on that day, in which case it was moved to the first Sunday in June). A budget was provided for the celebration in 1956, and responsibility was transferred to the Minister responsible for Families in 2004.
During the 1950s the celebration lost all its patriotic and natalist ideologies, and it became heavily commercialized.
In the 1920s Germany Europe , and it was still declining. It was attributed to women's participation in the labor market. At the same time, all influential groups in society (politicians in both Left and Right, churchwomen and feminists) thought that mothers should be honored, but they couldn't agree on how to do it. All those groups agreed strongly in the promotion of the values of motherhood. This resulted in the unanimous adoption in 1923 of the Muttertag, the Mother's Day holiday as imported from America Norway Germany
The holiday was now seen as a means to get the women to bear more children, and nationalists saw it as a way of rejuvenating the nation. The holiday didn't celebrate the individual women, but an idealized standard of motherhood. The progressive forces resisted the implementation of the holiday because it was backed by so many conservatives, and because they saw it as a way to cut the rights of the worker women. Die Frau, the newspaper of the Federation of German Women's Associations, refused to even recognize the holiday. Many local authorities made their own interpretation of the holiday: it would be a day to support economically larger families or single-mother families. The guidelines for the subsidies had eugenics criteria, but there is no indication that social workers ever implemented them in practice, and subsidies were given preferentially to families in economic needs rather those families with more children or with "healthier" children.
With the Nazi party in power during 1933–1945, this all changed radically. The propaganda for Mother's Day had increased in many European countries, including England France
The Nazis quickly declared Mother's Day an official holiday and put it under the control of the NSV (National Socialist People's Welfare Association) and the NSF (National Socialist Women Organization). This brought conflicts with other organizations that resented Nazi control of the holiday, like the Catholic and the Protestant churches and local women organizations. Local authorities continuously resisted the guidelines from the Nazi government and kept assigning resources to families that were in economical need, much to the dismay of the Nazi officials.
The government started issuing in 1938, an award called Mother's Cross (Mutterkreuz), with different categories depending on the number of children. The cross intended to encouraging having more children, and recipients had to have at least 4 children. For example, a gold cross recipient (a level one) had to have eight children or more. Since having fewer children was a recent development, the gold cross was awarded mostly to elderly mothers with grown children. It promoted loyalty among German women and it was a popular award even if it had little material awards and it was mostly empty praise. The recipients of honors had to be examined by doctors and social workers according to genetic and racial values that were considered beneficial to the volk. The friends and family were also examined for possible flaws that could disqualify them, and they had to be racially and morally fit. They had to be "German-blooded", "genetically healthy", "worthy", "politically reliable", and they couldn't have vices like drinking. Criteria against honors were, for example, "family history contains inferior blood", "unfeminine" behaviour like smoking or doing poor housekeeping, not being "politically reliable", or having family members that had been "indicted and imprisoned". There were instances where a family was disqualified because a doctor saw signs of "feeble-mindedness." Even contact with a Jew could disqualify a potential recipient. Social workers had become disillusioned from the Weimar Republic
The holiday is now celebrated in the second Sunday of May, in a manner similar to other nearby European countries.
Mother's Day in Greece Temple Temple Jerusalem
In Hungary, Mother's Day is celebrated on the first Sunday of May.
Mother's Day is celebrated on the second Sunday of May. It is quite famous in urban areas, where gift giving to mothers is observed.
The festival of Pâthâre Prabhu is celebrated on the same day only in Mumbai (previously Bombay India Western Ghats ). The Pathare prabhu caste always celebrates this holiday. It is based on a legend about a mother whose children kept dying after only one year of living and it has a very remote origin. Although it's also called "Mother's Day", it is unrelated to the modern celebration, which is copied from the US
Mother's day (Indonesian: Hari Ibu) is celebrated nationally on December 22. It is the day of the first Indonesian Women Congress (Indonesian: Kongres Perempuan Indonesia December 22 to 25, 1928 . The meeting happens in a building called Dalem Jayadipuran now functioned as office of Center of History and Traditional Values Preservation (Indonesian: Balai Pelestarian Sejarah dan Nilai Tradisional) in Brigjen Katamso Street, Yogyakarta. It was attended by 30 feminist organizations from 12 cities in Java and Sumatra . In Indonesia
The idea to make the day official was started during the third Indonesian Women Congress in 1938. It was signed by president Soekarno under the Presidential Decree (Indonesian: Dekrit Presiden) no. 316 year 1959. The day was originally aimed to celebrate the spirit of Indonesian women and to improve the condition of the nation. Today, Mother's Day is celebrated by expressing love and gratitude to mothers. People present gifts to mothers, such as flowers, hold surprise parties and competitions such as cooking competition or kebaya wearing competition. People also allow mothers to have their day off from doing domestic chores.
Celebrated on 20 Jumada al-thani, the birthday anniversary of Fatimah, Muhammad's daughter. It was changed after the Iranian revolution, the reason having been theorized as trying to undercut feminist movements and promoting role models for the traditional model of family. It was previously 25 Azar on the Iranian calendar during the Shah era
Israel
It is celebrated on Shevat 30, which falls anywhere between January 30 and March 1. It was set to the same day as the birthday of Henrietta Szold. Henrietta had no biological children, but her organization Youth Aliyah rescued many Jewish children from Nazi Germany and took care of them, and she also fought for several rights of Jewish children. She is considered the "mother" of all those children, and that's why her birthday was set as Mother's Day. It has evolved over time, becoming a celebration of mutual love inside the family and it's called Family Day. It's only celebrated by children at kindergartens, there are no longer mutual gifts among members of the family, and there is no longer any commercialization of the celebration. It's not an official holiday either.
Israeli Arabs (about 20% of the population) celebrate Mother's Day on 21 March, similar to other Arab countries.
Mother's Day in Italy May 12, 1957 , in the city of Assisi Italy
Mother's Day in Japan Union was organized. In 1937, the first meeting of "Praise Mothers" was held on 8 May, and in around 1949 Japanese society adapted to celebrate Mother's day on the second Sunday of May, the same as many other countries. Nowadays it is rather a marketed holiday, and people typically give flowers such as red carnations and roses as gifts.
The first mention of Mother’s Day in Malta Malta
The government of Álvaro Obregón imported the holiday from the US
In the mid-1930s the government of Lázaro Cárdenas promoted the holiday as a "patriotic festival". The Cárdenas government tried to use the holiday as a vehicle for various efforts: stressing the importance of families for national development, benefiting from the loyalty that Mexicans had towards their mothers, introducing new morals to Mexican women and reducing the influence that the church and the Catholic right had on them. The government sponsored the holiday in the schools. However, the theater plays ignored the strict guidelines from the government and they were filled with religious icons and themes, and the "national celebrations" became "religious fiestas" despite the efforts of the government.
Soledad Orozco García, the wife of President Manuel Ávila Camacho, promoted the holiday during the 1940s, making it into an important state-sponsored celebration. The 1942 celebration lasted a whole week, including an announcement that all women could reclaim their pawned sewing machines from the Monte de Piedad at no cost.
The catholic National Synarchist Union (UNS) started paying attention to the holiday around 1941, due to Orozco's promotion. The members of the Party of the Mexican Revolution (nowadays PRI) that owned shops had a custom where women from humble classes could go to their shop in mother's day, pick a gift for free, and bring it home to their families. The Synarchists worried that this promoted both materialism and the idleness of lower classes, and in turn reinforced the systemic social problematics of the country. While nowadays we see those holiday practices as very conservative, the 1940s' UNS was viewing the holiday as a part of the larger debate on modernization that was happening at the time. This economic modernization was inspired by US models and was sponsored by the state, and the fact that the holiday was originally imported from the US
Also, the UNS and the clergy of the city of León
There is a consensus among scholars that the Mexican government abandoned its revolutionary initiates during the 1940s, including efforts to influence Mother's Day. Nowadays the holiday in Mexico
Nowadays the "Día de las Madres" is an unofficial holiday in
"Mata Tirtha Aunshi", translated as "Mother Pilgrimage fortnight", falls in the month of Baishak dark fortnight (April/may). This festival falls in the dark moon’s time, which is why this called "Mata Tirtha Aunshi" derived from words: "Mata" meaning mother; "Tirtha" meaning pilgrimage. This festival is observed in the commemoration and respect of the mother, which is celebrated by worshipping and gifting living mother or remembering mothers who have become immortal and are resting in peace. Going to Mata Tirtha Pilgrimage located towards the Kathmandu valley’s eastern side at Mata Tirtha Village Nepal
There is a legend regarding this pilgrimage. In ancient times Lord Krishna’s mother Devaki walked out her house to sight-see. She visited many places and delayed a lot to return back at her house. Lord Krishna became very unhappy because of his mother’s disappearance. So he went out in search of his mother to many places without success. Finally, when he reached "Mata Tirtha Kunda", he happened to see his mother taking bath there in the spouts of that pond. Lord Krishna was very happy to find her there and narrated all of his tragedies in the absence of his mother. Mother Devaki said to lord Krishna that "oh! Son Krishna let then, this place be the pious rendezvous of children to meet their departed mothers". So legends believe that since then this place had become a noted holy pilgrimage to see back a devotees’ deceased mother. Also legend believes that a devotee saw his mother’s image inside the pond and he happened to die falling there down. So still there is a small pond fenced by the iron rods in the place even on this present day as well. After the worship the pilgrimage enjoy there singing and dancing throughout the day in the festive mood. There is not evidence of happening of this legend as these are coming from elders based on ancient readings.
In New Zealand, Mother's Day is celebrated on the second Sunday in May. It is not a public holiday.
In Nicaragua
In Pakistan, Mother's Day is also celebrated on the second Sunday of May. On this day, individuals who have lost their mother pray and pay their respects to their loved ones lost. Mother's day is not only the mothers who have been gone, but alive too.
In Panama Panama
According to other account, the Rotary Club of Panama asked in 1924 that Mother's Day be celebrated on May 11 to honor mothers, but a politician called Aníbal D. Ríos changed the proposal, so that it would be held on December 8, and he made it into a national holiday.
In Paraguay Paraguay 14 May 1811 that led to Paraguay
In 2008 the Paraguayan Minister of Culture, Bruno Barrios, lamented this coincidence because Mother's Day is so much more popular in comparison that the independence celebration goes unnoticed; he asked that the celebration was moved to the end of the month. A group of young people was trying to gather 20,000 signatures to ask the Parliament to move Mother's Day. The Comisión de festejos (Celebration Committee) of the city of Asunción
Mother's day in the Philippines
But most of the family, typically, they celebrated in home. The children helps to clean their house, washing the dishes and other helpful things that mother can do each day. They can also prepare foods, and some are just spend time together with their moms.
Mother's day in Thailand Thailand
In Romania, since 2010, Mother's Day is celebrated in the first Sunday of May. Law 319/2009 also made Father's Day official in Romania Romania
In Sweden, Mother's Day was first celebrated in 1919, by initiative of the author Cecilia . It took several decades for the day to be widely recognized though. Those born in the early nineteen hundreds typically did not celebrate the day, as the common opinion was that it had been invented strictly for commercial purposes. Same thing was said about Father's day, and only since the late 1970s has the practice found common acceptance. Mother´s Day in Sweden
In the United Kingdom Ireland Mother Church
By 1935 Mothering Sunday was less celebrated in Europe . There were efforts to revive the festival in the 1910s–1920s by Constance Penswick-Smith, but it wasn't revived until US World War II soldiers brought to the UK UK UK Ireland UK
Mothering Sunday can fall at the earliest on 1 March (in years when Easter Day falls on 22 March) and at the latest on 4 April (when Easter Day falls on 25 April).
The United States celebrates Mother's Day on the second Sunday in May. Julia Ward Howe first issued her Mother's Day Proclamation in 1870 as a call for women to join in support of disarmament. In the 1880s and 1890s there were several further attempts to establish an American Mother's Day, but these didn't succeed beyond the local level. The current holiday was created by Anna Jarvis in Grafton , West Virginia Philadelphia United States
Commercialization
Nine years after the first official United States Mother's Day, commercialization of the holiday became so rampant that Anna Jarvis herself became a major opponent of what the holiday had become and spent all her inheritance and the rest of her life fighting what she saw as an abuse of the celebration
Later commercial and other exploitations of the use of Mother's Day infuriated Jarvis and she made her criticisms explicitly known throughout her time. She criticized the practice of purchasing greeting cards, which she saw as a sign of being too lazy to write a personal letter. She was arrested in 1948 for disturbing the peace while protesting against the commercialization of Mother's Day, and she finally said that she "wished she would have never started the day because it became so out of control ...”
Mother's Day continues to be one of the most commercially successful U.S. United States
For example, according to IBISWorld, a publisher of business research, Americans will spend approximately $2.6 billion on flowers, $1.53 billion on pampering gifts—like spa treatments—and another $68 million on greeting cards.
Mother's Day will generate about 7.8% of the U.S.
It's possible that the holiday would have withered over time without the support and continuous promotion of the florist industries and other commercial industries. Mother's Day is also prominent in the Sunday Funnies of the United States
Sunday, January 15, 2012
All about a Girl
- When she is quiet, millions of things are running in her mind.
- When she is not arguing, she is thinking deeply.
- When she stares at you, she is wondering why you are lying.
- When she calls you everyday, she is seeking your attention.
- When she message you everyday, she wants you to reply atleast once.
- When she says I love you, she means it.
- When she says I miss you, no one in this world can miss you more than her.
Girls are always special. She is said to be 8th wonder. She is always a priceless treasure. Never hurt her or take her wrong. To every girl to make her smile and to every boy to make them realize.
Why do Boys need a Friend who's a Girl?
Why do boys need a friend who's a girl?
Because...
Because...
- She'll never leave him alone when he is sad.
- She'll see to it that he does his work on time.
- She'll make sure that he doesn't skip meals to play matches.
- She'll ask him to leave his bad habits everyday, everytime.
- She'll fight with him on small matters but won't keep the anger for long.
- She'll make him money-wise.
- She'll say, "Don't worry", even if there's a lot to worry.
- She'll make him punctual.
- She'll help him restrain his anger...
This to all boys to realize the importance of a girl as a friend !!
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