Are we really republic?

The word 'republic' means a state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, and which has an elected or nominated president. I know that all of us Indians had a wonderful time on 26th of Jan, celebrating our Republic day but on the same day I had an experience which actually questioned as to how much republic we really are. Probably not only w.r.t India, even some other countries might have the same issue.

 

I was walking on the pavement and I found this guy selling corn. He looked pretty young to me. Somewhat I felt that I needed to talk to him. I went near him and asked him as to how much of corn does he sell in one single day. He replied 6-7kg initially and then said that yesterday he was able to sell 10kg since it was a holiday because of republic day as well as a weekend. Then when I asked him as to how much he earns per day. His answer was a shocking "Rs.3000/month!" I went into bit of mathematics at that time. Even if he sells 100gm of corn for Rs.20, he is going to sell 1kg of corn at Rs.200 which effectively yields Rs.40000 for 200kg sold in one month assuming an average of 7kg sold per day. When I went back to him to ask as to how many hours a day he works, he replied "10 hours". A guy who works for 10 hours continuously each day of a month is earning just Rs.3000.

 

Even more disheartening fact was to know that he had just passed 8th std and didn't continue his education as he was disinterested in it and hence took up this job at Bangalore though his native place is Bihar. When the present generation which is suppose to be going to school is working on roads for such mean jobs, how can we expect this generation to be capable enough to elect a representative or President for our country as the word republic says. So my dear friends, it's very important for us to join hands to make sure that we pass on our nation to safe hands and that can happen only when such children are motivated and helped to continue their education. In this regard I would like to congratulate the campaign of "IUY2C" through which the college youth of our nation are taking initiative to go and talk to school children about the importance of education and helping them realise the value of it. Register yourself on www.iuy2c.org if you're interested to be a part of it.

Food donated is hunger killed

Food, clothing and shelter are three basic necessities of life. Everyone of us on this earth are struggling through life to fulfil these three constraints of life. Be it a multi millionaire or a person who earns every meal of his day on that day, no doubt that all of us are in a pursuit to satisfy our basic needs and probably man could have survived even without clothing and shelter but not food for sure. This is the reason food stands at the top of the priority list. It was indeed a great eventful day today when a group of youth woke up to a social call on a Sunday morning when most of the rest were enjoying their cozy sleep on a weekend.


A group of twenty youths studying in different courses and young professionals working in different MNCs got together this morning to be a part of an exciting event of meals donation. I was glad and surprised to be a part of this super happening. This was not just a normal meals donation in an orphanage or an old age home where you just go, donate and feel satisfied for doing the good deed. Today's generation looks for adventure in everything and that is what exactly happened. There were twenty enthusiastic Indians who were grouped into ten teams of two each and were asked to explore random areas of Bangalore, find the needy people in that area and serve them meals as an initiative of IU cares under the banner of 36meals.com. The best part was that people had to take buses to new places. Also this entire task had to be completed within just 120 minutes. 


After the entire adventuristic task people came to share their feelings and experience of donating meals. We search around different places to buy things for us but this was the first time for many of us when we searched for someone who needed our service. It was a sense of accomplishment after we had killed the hunger of close to hundred genuinely needy people. It was a reinforcement in us that good deeds can be done in an enjoyable way and that's why I feel that I want to share this event with all of you. An amazing feeling to see a hunger free world set in all of us today. Are you also with us to make this dream realise into reality???


For further information I'm sure that you'll check out www.Facebook.com/36meals

Welcome to Bangalore!!!!!

Hello! Welcome to Bangalore. Bangalore is known as the Garden City as well as the Silicon Valley of India. You have various places to chill out, for shopping, for business meetings, fun, adventure and everything. The best part about Bangalore is that it offers all these facilities to every kind of a visitor to Bangalore.

First of all you might land at BIAL (Bangalore International Airport) at Devanahalli. From the airport to any part of the city VOLVO buses are available which are of pretty affordable costs. No need to go for a cab which might cost almost 4 times more. If you are arriving to bangalore by rail still you have the prepaid auto facility and nearby main bus stands like magestic, market and Sivajinagar which will help for commute to any part of the city.

For accommodation generally you will find lot of lodges near majestic which are for general public. If you are looking for some posh hotels to check-in you have 3-star hotel options like Hotel Nandhini - St Marks Road, Ramada Hotel - No. 11, Park Road, Shivajinagar, TAPGold Crest - No - 37, MTB Road, Opposite Nandani Hotel Road, Parallel To JC Road, Near Minerva Circle, the Infantry Hotel - 66, Infantry Road, 4-star hotels like IRIS hotel near brigade road, ROYAL Orchid - Dickenson road, The Pride -Richmond Road, Regaalis - Lavelle road, 5-star hotels like The Park- MGRoad, Taj Westend- Race course road, The Gateway Hotel- Residency road, The Chancery Pavillion- Residency road, The Oberoi- MG road, The Lalit Ashok- Kumara Krupa highgrounds, Le Merdien- Sankey road, Leela Galleria (Leela Palace)- Old airport road.

For shopping you have some of the best malls such as Mantri Mall in malleshwaram, Phoenix City Mall in Mahadevapura, Garuda Mall near brigade road, FORUM in Koramangala, LIDO mall in Ulsoor, UB City on Vittal Mallya road. Also if you are interested you can visit MG road, Brigade Road, Commercial Street for shopping. The Malls also have facilities for multiplexes where you can chill out with your friends and family for cinema.

If you are interested in parks and gardens you can visit Cubbon Park, LalBagh, Ulsoor lake for boating, Lumbini gardens near hebbal, new parks in sadashivnagar. You can also visit Bangalore Palace, Tippu Sultan Palace near market, Isckon temple in chord road rajajinagar, Bull temple in basavangudi,  if they match your interests. Wonderla near bidadi and Fun World near Frazer town are places of fun, game and adventure which include water games as well. Resorts are pretty far away from the centre of the city. So be thoughtful of time.

Also the traffic in bangalore is pretty high. So plan your trip to bangalore and the places you want to visit much ahead of time. You can check out the cost, availability, timings of all the places that I have mentioned above on net. I have tried my best to give you the utmost necessary information for your stay in bangalore. I hope it will be useful.

I wish you a very happy and enjoyable stay in bangalore. For any clarifications you can contact me on is.mohanbn@gmail.com

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