Happy Journey..!!!

Nice short movie to watch out. Every Rickshawala must watch this.

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Ankush Shilimkar

The Girl and the Autorickshaw

An enterprising girl makes her mark on traffic signals. An interesting take on easy-money.

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Ankush Shilimkar

Lead India

Tum chalo to Hindustan chale...!!!

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Ankush Shilimkar

Watching TV

A couple watching an IPL match on the TV together. After five minutes:

Wife: Is that Bret Lee

Husband: No. He is Chris Gayle. Bret Lee is the bowler.

Wife: Bret Lee is smart. He should be in the movies like his brother.

Husband: He does not have an actor brother

Wife: What about Bruce Lee

Husband: No no, Bret Lee is an Australian

Wife: OK. Look. Another wicket in just two minutes.

Husband: No. It is called action replay.

Wife: Looks like India is going to win this one.

Husband: It is not India. It is Bangalore vs Kolkatta

Wife: Why is the umpire calling for a helicopter.

Husband: He is not calling for a helicopter. It’s a free hit.

Wife: Did the spectators not pay for the tickets? Why is it a ‘ free’ hit?

Wife: Now whom is he saying ‘HI’ to?

Husband: He is signalling a ‘Bye’.

Wife: Why is he saying ‘Bye’. Is the game over?

Wife: How many runs to win?

Husband: 72 in 36 balls

Wife: Ah. That is easy. Just 2 runs in 1 ball

Husband turns off the TV.

Wife turns it on and watches ‘Saraswasti Chandra’

Husband: Who is this Saraswati Chandra?

Wife: Don’t you dare disturb me . . .

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Ankush Shilimkar

THE 18th CAMEL

There was a father who left 17 camels as an asset for his three sons.

When the father passed away, his sons opened up the Will.

The Will of the father stated that the eldest son should get 1/2 (half) of total camels while the middle son should be given 1/3rd (one-third) and the youngest son should be given 1/9th (one-ninth) of the total camels.

As it was not possible to divide 17 into half or 17 by 3 or 17 by 9, the three sons started to fight with each other. So, the three sons decided to go to a wise man.

The wise man read the Will patiently. The wise man, after giving due thought, brought one camel of his own and added the same to 17. That increased the total to 18 camels.

Now, he started reading the deceased fathers Will.

Half of 18 = 9. So he gave the eldest son 9 camels

1/3rd of 18 = 6. So he gave the middle son 6 camels

1/9th of 18 = 2. So he gave the youngest son 2 camels.

Now add this up: 9 plus 6 plus 2 is 17 and this leaves one camel, which the wise man took back!

Moral:  The attitude of negotiation and problem solving is to find the 18th camel i.e. the common ground. Once a person is able to find the 18th camel the issue is resolved. It is difficult at times. However, to reach a solution, the first step is to believe that there is a solution. If we think that there is no solution, we wont be able to reach any!

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Ankush D Shilimkar

TOUCHING STORY

My mom only had one eye. I hated her… She

was such an embarrassment. She cooked for

students and teachers to support the family.

There was this one day during elementary

school where my mom came to say hello to

me. I was so embarrassed.

How could she do this to me? I ignored her,

threw her a hateful look and ran out. The next

day at school one of my classmates said, ‘EEEE,

your mom only has one eye!’

I wanted to bury myself. I also wanted my

mom to just disappear. I confronted her that

day and said, ‘ If you’re only gonna make me a

laughing stock, why don’t you just die?’

My mom did not respond… I didn’t even stop

to think for a second about what I had said,

because I was full of anger. I was oblivious to

her feelings.

I wanted out of that house, and have nothing

to do with her. So I studied real hard, got a

chance to go abroad to study.

Then, I got married. I bought a house of my

own. I had kids of my own. I was happy with

my life, my kids and the comforts. Then one

day, my Mother came to visit me. She hadn’t

seen me in years and she didn’t even meet

her grandchildren.

When she stood by the door, my children

laughed at her, and I yelled at her for coming

over uninvited. I screamed at her, ‘

'

How dare

you come to my house and scare my

children!’ GET OUT OFHERE! NOW!!!’

And to this, my mother quietly answered, ‘Oh,

I’m so sorry. I may have gotten the wrong

address,’ and she disappeared out of sight.

One day, a letter regarding a school reunion

came to my house. So I lied to my wife that I

was going on a business trip. After there

union, I went to the old shack just out of

curiosity.

My neighbours said that she died. I did not

shed a single tear. They handed me a letter

that she had wanted me to have.

‘My dearest son,

I think of you all the time. I’m sorry that I

came to your house and scared your children.

I was so glad when I heard you were coming

for the reunion. But I may not be able to even

get out of bed to see you. I’m sorry that I was

a constant embarrassment to you when you

were growing up.

You see……..when you were very little, you got

into an accident, and lost your eye. As a

mother, I couldn’t stand watching you having

to grow up with one eye. So I gave you mine.

I was so proud of my son who was seeing a

whole new world for me, in my place, with

that eye.

With all my love to you,

Your mother.’

MORAL LESSON:

Always LOVE your parents. They are a blessing

to you.

NOTE:

We only have one mom, so love her, you will

come to cry when she's gone.

If you love your Mom, press "LIKE"

and

write,"I LOVE U MOM" if you are proud of her

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Ankush D Shilimkar

Appreciation : The forgotten virtue in life

When someone feels unhappy because he is not being understood by others, that person lacks appreciation.
When two human beings speak to each other and none of them listens to the other, they lack appreciation.
When we would like for everyone to be the same, to think the same, to feel the same ; in that ideal there is lack of appreciation for variety.

Appreciation is not related with a person in particular but is the relationship, the setting, the person, the circumstance, the moment, that special time of being aware, of being thankful for life for having the chance to experience without expectations, without attachments. For when there is attachment, there cannot be appreciation.

Appreciation then, is to let things be, to allow things to happen, to live in continuous wonder to be in a thankful state without the word thanks in our minds.

We can appreciate a spiritual teaching which came to us through a book, a person, a situation, through any other means; but to fully appreciate that teaching, our state of detachment is important, for otherwise; we cannot see; we become engrossed in that teaching, closed minded, so there is no space for anything else, but that literal teaching.
Or we could become totally against it, reject it with our whole being, on those 2 extremes there is attachment.
We have attachment of an idea, a concept which we call our teaching. Rejecting everything else only demonstrates the extent of that attachment.

In that polarity of being engrossed or rejecting there cannot possibly be appreciation.

There is a butterfly flying. I can look at it, perceive its colors, perceive its singular way of flying, perceive the shiny day, the flowers around, the smile in my face; it is in that detachment, in that lack of expectation, when beauty could be felt. That beauty is love.

The moment a thought enters: I must possess that butterfly, there is no appreciation anymore. It is like caging the butterfly inside our house so we can see it forever. That is the extent of possessiveness that some have over others.
There are some who would rather pin the butterfly in a wooden wall, so they feel that this butterfly is theirs, that it cannot run away. The extent of that sickness is demonstrated in their attachment to ideas, concepts, ideologies, traditions, cultural biases, in such a way as to kill the beauty of the butterfly just to hold on to a concept: the butterfly is with me.

That sickness is attachment. Pinning the butterfly is not the way to appreciate it.

Many religions and philosophies teach about detachment. Be detached, when those words are mentioned to someone who has no experience of appreciation in life; that person will take detachment as another mental sickness: negligence.
Learn to appreciate and detachment will come automatically.

Learn to appreciate others and yourself and your mental sorrow will go away.
Learn to appreciate life, be thankful of it and you will learn to be spiritual.
For in that appreciation there is love and that dear friends; is all.

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Ankush D Shilimkar

The Magical Begging Bowl

When you desire something, your joy depends on that something. If it is taken away, you are miserable; if it is given to you, you are happy. But only for the moment! That too has to be understood. Whenever your desire is fulfilled it is only for the moment that you feel joy. It is fleeting, because once you have got it, again the mind starts desiring for more, for something else.

Mind exists in desiring; hence mind can never leave you without desire. If you are without desire, mind dies immediately. That's the whole secret of meditation.

A beggar knocks on the door of an emperor; it is early morning. The emperor was coming out for a morning walk in his beautiful garden; otherwise it would have been difficult for the beggar to have an appointment with him. But there was no mediator to prevent him.

The emperor said, "What do you want?" The beggar said, "Before you ask that, think twice!" The emperor has never seen such a lion of a man; he has fought wars, has won victories, has made it clear that nobody is more powerful than him, but suddenly this beggar says to him, "Think twice of what you are saying, because you may not be able to fulfill it!"

The king said, "Don't be worried, that is my concern; you ask what you want, it will be done!"

The beggar said, "You see my begging bowl? I want it to be filled! It does not matter with what, the only condition is that it should be filled, it should be full. You can still say no, but if you say yes, then you are taking a risk."

The emperor laughed. Just a beggar's bowl... and he is being given a warning? He told his premier to fill the beggar's bowl with diamonds, so that this beggar would know who he was asking.

The beggar again said, "Think twice." And soon it became apparent that the beggar was right, because the moment the diamonds were poured into his begging bowl they simply disappeared!

The word began to spread like wildfire in the capital; thousands of people arrived to watch. When the precious stones were finished the king said, "Bring out all the gold and silver, everything! My whole kingdom, my whole integrity is being challenged." But by the evening everything had disappeared and there were only two beggars left--one used to be the emperor.

The emperor said, "Before I ask your forgiveness for not listening to your warning, please tell me the secret of this begging bowl."

The beggar said, "There is no secret. I have polished it, made it look like a bowl, but it is a human skull. You go on pouring anything into it and it disappears."

The story is tremendously meaningful. Have you ever thought about your own begging bowl? Everything disappears--power, prestige, respectability, riches--everything disappears and your begging bowl goes on opening its mouth for more. And the "more" takes you away from this. The desire, the longing for something else takes you away from this moment.

There are only two kinds of people in the world: the majority are running after shadows; their begging bowls will remain with them till they enter their graves. And a very small minority, one in a million, stops running, drops all desires, asks for nothing--and suddenly he finds everything within himself.

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Ankush D Shilimkar

MAKING A DIFFERENCE

Each one of us is a wonderful being. Encourage bringing forth the hidden ability and wonder in an individual. Then depression would disappear. Telling others constantly that they are the dumps, useless, unintelligent, uncreative….only destroys the possibility of their improvement. But if we were to employ the encouragement technique and generous in our praises, chances are that we would make others realise their potential. Encouragement involves a little loving efforts.

Reflect on this incident.

An old man was busy picking fish from the shore and throwing them back into the sea. A young man observed this and said, `For the past two hours you are throwing fishes into the sea. But there are so many fishes around. Can you really make a difference to all of them?'

The old man smiled, picked up yet another fish, threw it into the sea and said, `I have made a difference to this fish.'

Constantly encourage yourself and encourage others. Let this be your vision and mission. Passionately believe in them. Life will have meaningful purpose. With such a purpose you will have no time to be depressed. The act of encouraging yourself and others will be tremendous source of joy.

`But I am so insignificant. Can I make a difference to the world?' Asked the man

It is said; `What a little lamp can do, the great Sun cannot; it can shine in the night.'

Reflect on this incident.

The pilot while flying realized that he lost direction. It was dark and difficult for him to land. The fuel was running out. There was a great danger. Suddenly he sighted a heavy truck on the high way; its head light beam helped him to make out the path of the highway. Using highway as runway, he landed. He said to himself `I am sure the truck driver would not have realized that the truck's head lights saved many lives.

In the same way we may not know how we can contribute to others. What is important is our intension to contribute.

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Ankush D Shilimkar

About Hepatitis

What Is Hepatitis?

Hepatitis  is a general term that means inflammation of the liver . It can be acute or chronic and has a number of different causes. It can be caused by a group of viruses known as the hepatitis viruses, including A, B, C, D and E. Other viruses may also be the culprit, such as those that cause mononucleosis (the Epstein-Barr virus) or chickenpox (the varicella virus).

Hepatitis also applies to inflammation of the liver caused by drugs  and  alcohol abuse  or toxins in the environment. In addition, people also can develop hepatitis from other factors, such as fat accumulation in the liver (called fatty liver disease), trauma or an autoimmune process in which a person's body makes antibodies that attack the liver.

Viral hepatitis is common. Thousands of cases are reported to the CDC each year, but researchers estimate that the true number of people in the United States who have the disease (acute and chronic) is much higher than the number reported.

Many hepatitis cases go undiagnosed because they are mistaken for the 
flu. Hepatitis can be serious because it interferes with the liver's many functions. Among other things, the liver produces bile to aid digestion, regulates the chemical composition of the 
blood, and screens potentially harmful substances from the bloodstream.

The five hepatitis viruses can be transmitted in different ways, but they all have one thing in common: They infect the liver and cause it to become inflamed. Generally, the acute phase of the disease lasts from two to three weeks; complete recovery takes about nine weeks. Many patients recover with a lifelong immunity to the disease, but a few hepatitis victims (less than 1%) die in the acute phase. Hepatitis B and C may progress to chronic hepatitis, in which the liver remains inflamed for more than six months. This condition can lead to 
cirrhosis and possibly death.

What Causes It?

Although their effects on the liver and the symptoms they produce can be similar, the various forms of hepatitis are contracted in different ways. In the case of viral hepatitis, the severity and duration of the disease are largely determined by the organism that caused it.

Hepatitis A, which is generally contracted orally through fecal contamination of food or water, is considered the least dangerous form of the disease because it almost always resolves on its own. Also, it does not lead to chronic inflammation of the liver. The hepatitis A virus commonly spreads through improper handling of food, contact with household members, sharing toys at day-care centers, and eating raw shellfish taken from polluted waters.

Hepatitis B can spread through sexual contact, blood transfusions, and needle sharing by intravenous drug users. The virus can pass from mother to child at birth or soon afterward; the virus can also travel between adults and children to infect whole families. In over half of all hepatitis B cases the source cannot be identified.

The majority of adults with hepatitis B recover completely, but a small percentage of them can't shake the disease and become carriers. Carriers can transmit the disease to others even when their own symptoms have vanished. A smaller percentage of patients who cannot fight off the virus will develop chronic hepatitis B. Like carriers, those with chronic hepatitis B are able to pass on the virus. Up to 25% of chronic hepatitis B patients die prematurely from the disease as a result of cirrhosis or 
liver cancer.

Hepatitis C is usually spread through contact with blood or contaminated needles -- including tattoo needles. Although hepatitis C may cause only mild symptoms or none at all, approximately 20% of those infected develop cirrhosis within 20 years. The disease can be passed on through blood transfusions, but screening, which started in the early '90s, has greatly reduced the number of such cases. In a third of all hepatitis C cases, the source of the disease is unknown.

Hepatitis D occurs only in people infected with hepatitis B and tends to magnify the severity of that disease. It can be transmitted from mother to child and through sexual contact. Although less common, hepatitis D is especially dangerous because it involves two distinct viruses working at once.

Hepatitis E occurs mainly in Asia, Mexico, India, and Africa; only a few cases are reported in the United States, mostly among people who have returned from a country where the disease is widespread. Like hepatitis A, this type is usually spread through fecal contamination, and it does not lead to chronic hepatitis. This form is considered slightly more dangerous than hepatitis A. It can cause severe disease and death in 
pregnant women.

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Ankush Shilimkar

A POUND OF BUTTER

There was a farmer who sold a pound of butter to the baker. One day, the baker decided to weigh the butter to see if he

was getting a pound and he found that he was not. This angered him and he took the farmer to court.

The judge asked the farmer if he was using any measure. The farmer replied,our œYour Honour, I am primitive. I dont

have a proper measure, but I do have a scale. The judge asked, Then how do you weigh the butter?

The farmer replied, Your Honour since long before the baker started buying butter from me, I have been buying a

pound of bread from him. Everyday, when the baker brings the bread, I put it on the scale and give him the same weight in butter. If anyone is to be blamed, it is the baker. 

The moral of the story: We get back in life what we give to others. Whenever you take an action, ask yourself this question: am I giving fair value for the

wages or money I hope to make? Honesty and dishonesty become a habit. Some people practice dishonesty

and can lie with a straight face. Others lie so much that they don™t even know what the truth is any more. 

But, who are they deceiving? Themselves more than anyone else. Honesty can be put across gently. Some people take pride in being brutally honest and, in the process, hurt others. It seems they get a bigger kick out of the brutality than the honesty. The choice of words and tact are important while expressing the truth.

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Ankush Shilimkar

Mistake

When someone has made a mistake, they are in pain. We feel they have done wrong, and we are in pain because of their mistake. Truth is they are in more pain than anyone else.

The one who has made a mistake creates guilt, low self confidence, low self esteem, fear of rejection and insecurity of future. If we create anger, hurt and hatred then we are increasing their pain many folds. They need love and acceptance to heal their pain.

A person goes towards any substance addiction because either they are deprived of love; or crisis in life; or low self esteem and seeking public approval for feeling good. Help them to heal the pain in order to give up the addiction.

The intention should be reformation not punishment. Anger gives punishment, depletes the energy of the one who has made a mistake.  Love empowers them and brings about reformation.

Perfect maturity is when a person hurts you and you try to understand their situation and don’t hurt them back.

When we respond to people in the same manner as they have behaved with us, we are copying them. When we keep copying each other, it is a continuous exchange of the same quality of energy.

Every time we copy negative behaviours of people, we are losing our own identity. We become an imitation of all the people we meet, and stop using our original sanskars of love, respect and harmony.

Irrespective of the other’s behavior, be your original self and radiate your qualities of love and humility. They will respond in the same way. We will be happy while creating and radiating the energy and also when we receive it from them. 

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Ankush Shilimkar

Amazing Blind People

1. The First Blind Athlete in the Olympics

When Marla Runyan was 9 years old she developed Stargardt's Disease, a form of macular degeneration that left her legally blind, but that never stopped her. In 1987 she went on to study at San Diego State University, where she began competing in several sporting events, and her career took off until she won four gold medals at the 1992 Summer Paralympics, and at the 1996 Paralympics in Atlanta she took silver in the shot put and gold in the pentathlon.

Her career as a world-class runner in able-bodied events began in 1999 at the Pan American Games, where she won the 1,500-meter race. The next year, she placed eighth in the 1,500-meter in the 2000 Sydney Olympics, making Runyan the first legally blind athlete to compete in the Olympics with the highest finish by an American woman in that event.

By 2001 she won her first of three consecutive 5000 metre National Championships. She also released her autobiography "No Finish Line: My Life As I See It". In 2002 she added the road 5K and 10K National Championships, and married her coach, Matt Lonergan.

2. The Blind Surfer

Derek Rabelo isn't your average surfer. Far from it, since Derek was born with congenital glaucoma. However, that didn't stop the 20-year-old Brazilian from learning to surf when he was just three years old.

"With God, everything is possible," he says, and religion does play a big role in his life: his church helped take him to Hawaii last winter, where the surf community took Rabelo under its wing. Relying on four out of five senses, Rabelo is the protagonist of the upcoming documentary "Beyond Sight." If Derek's example doesn't put trivial complaints like high tides or sideshore winds into perspective, not a lot of other stories will.

3. The Blind Painter

John Bramblitt lost his vision in 2001 when he was 30 years old due to complications from epilepsy. At first, John says he lost hope and was in a deep depression, but then he found an outlet: painting. Since John can't see colors, he has developed a process whereby he paints by touch. According to the artist, the colors feel different to him: white is thick and black is a little runny, so when he needs gray, he mixes the two until the texture is right. His art has been sold in over twenty countries and he has appeared internationally in print, TV, and radio. His work has received much recognition, including the "Most Inspirational Video of 2008" from YouTube and three Presidential Service Awards for his innovative art workshops.

4. The Blind NASCAR driver

On January 29, 2011, Mark Anthony Riccobono took the wheel of a Ford Escape and drove solo around the Daytona International Speedway, something that's not unusual except for one thing: Riccobono is blind.

Two technologies make it possible: DriveGrip, that consists of two gloves that send vibrations over the knuckles to tell the driver how much to turn the wheel, and SpeedStrip, a cushion down the back and legs of the driver which tell them how much to accelerate.

With only 10 percent of normal vision at age 5, Riccobono continued to lose vision throughout his life. But now, as part of a program from the National Federation of the Blind, he's working to demonstrate that blind people can adjust to society and drive safely with the aid of new technology. "It's going to be a lot of work to convince them that we can actually pilot a vehicle that is much more complex and has much more risk. Now we have to convince society that this demonstration is not just a stunt. It's real. It's dynamic research that's doing great things," said Mark.

5. The Blind Chef

Chefs rely heavily on their sense of taste and smell to cook – especially if they're blind, like the winner of the 2012 MasterChef TV Show, Christine Hà. In 2004 she was diagnosed with neuromyelitis optica and gradually started losing her vision, and was almost completely blind by 2007.

While she has never studied cooking, she has a large following on her food blog. She says, "I have to depend a lot more on the other senses to cook – taste, smell, how certain ingredients feel," adding that cooking without sight just involves "a lot of organization."

In the 19 episodes of the competition third season of MasterChef, Christine Ha won seven times in both individual and team challenges, an additional three times in the top 3 group, but she also finished two times in the bottom 2/3 group. On September 10, 2012, Christine Ha was pronounced the winner of the competition, taking away $250,000, the title of MasterChef, the MasterChef trophy, and a cookbook deal.

6. The Blind Photographer

Pete Eckert was trained in sculpture and industrial design. He had always been a visual person and planned to study architecture at Yale, but then he started to lose his sight because of a condition called retinitis pigmentosa. Amazingly enough, he embraced photography even more after becoming blind, shooting ethereal double exposures and vivid light paintings with his Mamiyaflex TLR. He visualizes the image he wants to create in his mind and uses his senses of sound, touch, and memory to make a photograph. "I am a visual person. I just can't see," he says.

7. The Blind Architect

Christopher Downey is an architect, planner, and consultant who lost his sight in 2008 after a tumor wrapped around his optic nerve. How was it possible to keep working as an architect? He works with a blind computer scientist who has devised a way to print online maps through a tactile printer. Today, he is dedicated to creating more helpful and enriching environments for the blind and visually impaired, and he also helps in crafting design processes that are more responsive to the needs of blind clients and end-users.

"Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are a good person is like expecting the lion not to attack you because you are a vegetarian. Think about it."

    

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Ankush D Shilimkar

Seeing Yourself In A Positive Light

Sit down in silence, relax, breathe deeply and create a space within you... Now feel yourself looking at your inner being, with your third eye, in a different light...  Instead of focusing on your weaknesses, failures, what you lack inside, what is lacking in your life, look out for what beautiful treasures, your qualities, specialties, talents, etc. you have inside you, look at the positive aspects of your life and bring them into your conscious awareness... Becoming 'self-aware' in this way, realize, you have so much to offer, so much to give to others... 

Now, create a beautiful image of yourself where you see yourself as free... free of negative feelings for yourself and others, with a pure heart and a peaceful mind... Feel and see your inner greatness, discover that you are special and unique...  Come back to being your own friend... Love yourself, accept yourself and respect yourself... Appreciate and value the qualities of others... 

Feel fine being yourself, in that space, in that room that there is within you, where you are secure and safe, where you can enjoy the marvelous thing that is your own company, the company of a positive being... 

Be awake and full of life... you are happy... at peace... feeling peace... sharing peace... feeling free... Having seen yourself in a positive light, prepare yourself to enter into action, maintaining your stage of self-esteem...

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Ankush Shilimkar

Love Quotes

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