✔Continuing Superstitions in 21st Century is a Universal Problem. It is not just limited to India. Whenever superstitious incidents take place, we can only derive some happiness, from audio-visuals they distribute to us. It appears that Websites, TVs and Newspapers from Islamic countries such as Khaleej Times have tried to highlight the News of India's Defence Minister performing a traditional worship while taking delivery of the first Rafale Aircraft, as if he has committed some sacrilege. (Note: I am not a BJP supporter). While many Indians have shifted to a relative non-violence by offering fruits and vegetables to Gods/goddesses instead of goats, sheep and cattle, Islamic and Christian countries still continue their barbaric ways. This may be as a result of shift to Buddhism from North European, South European and Persian Aryanism. Anyway, that is an improvement from a larger savage of beheading wailing sheep and goats. So, what is the use of pinpointing the errors of neighbor countries by the Islamic Media, when the Islamic countries themselves have relatively more savageous superstitions? Buddhism, a better religion is more ancient when compared to both Christianity and Islam. I am not a Buddhist. Nor am I, its propagandist. Buddhism had/has its own flaws. Yet, if at all religions and customs are absolutely unavoidable, probably Buddhism seems to be a better choice. For this reason only, probably late B.R. Ambedkar might have shifted to Buddhism. Nevertheless, I sincerely wish that Islamic Media do some introspection.
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS TEST No. 9101000
Here is a 10 Multiple Choice Question Test on your favorite subject. Some Qs are actual Examination Questions, ABRIDGED & EDITED for brevity, and to facilitate easier comprehension. Actual Exam. Qs were lengthy and circumlocutive. Qs can be answered online, and score can be checked by clicking ~showprogress~ box at the end of any Q. There are minus marks of 0.25 (quarter mark) for each wrong answer. If any Qs are left out, there will be no change in score. Answers for each Q can also be checked by moving your mouse on the word `mouse` at the end of each Q. You can try and retry any number of times.
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LIQUOR BOTTLES: are being distributed free in Andhra Pradesh, today i.e. 30th Sept. 2019
:♛In the past, liquor addicts used to complain that liquor was being sold in Wineshops at rates exceeding MRP (Maximum Retail Price). Today 30th Sept. 2019 is different.♝
♛Today is the last day for Private Wineshops. From 1st Oct. 2019, Government of Andhra Pradesh will run the Wine Shops.♝
♛From 1st Oct. 2019, all the Private Shops have to surrender all their stocks to Govt. free of cost (Govt. will not pay anything). Private Dealers cannot keep more than 6 bottles with them because that is the maximum limit for a person to hold in possession.♝
♛Dealers, instead of surrendering the stocks to the Government, are preferring to distributing them free to Public, probably to get some popularity.♝
♛One dealer is reported to have said: I had excess stock. I can't keep more than six bottles. Why I should give them to Govt.? I am giving them free to my friends and relatives.♝
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EURACANZ (Europe, America, Canada, Australia, New Zealand): Are they fighting a war against China, in Hong Kong?
:♛The present unrest in Hongkong started when the Hongkong Government introduced a bill for extraditing criminal-accused-persons to Mainland China. The Hongkong Administration withdrew the Extradition Bill. But the Unrest in Hongkong is continuing, and aggravating. Why? ♝
♛According to ybrao-a-donkey's perception, the latent reason appears to be a September 2019 attempt of Hongkong and China, to purchase the London Stock Exchange for $39 billion. ♝
♛Unable to bear this Financial Markets invasion, EURACANZ countries seem to be instigating the Hongkong Street Demonstrators to rebel, by providing financial support, and by misleading Youth. This is only a suspicion.♝
♛If Hongkong and China are going to succeed in their capturing the London Stock Exchange, next on the guillotine will be New York Stock Exchange.♝
♛Chinese Rulers may have poor memory. But, the Rest of the World should not have a poor memory. In October 1962, Chinese Army pounced at midnight on the Unsuspecting Indian Territories of Ladakh and NEFA (now Arunachal Pradesh) and occupied approx. 36,000 sq.km. of Indian Territory. If China is going to prefer a Financial Invasion on India, instead of a military Invasion, Hongkong Stock Exchange may try to buy out BSE or NSE. (91003)♝
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YSRC PARTY, the Ruling Party in Andhra Pradesh seems to be repeating the mistakes of its Predecessor Telugu Desam Party.
:♛YSRCP MLA from Rural Nellore Constituency Shri Kotamreddy Sridhar Reddy is alleged to have abused Ms. Sarala, Mandal Parishad Development Officer of Venkatachalam Mandal.♝
♛He is alleged to have in a drunken state, along with YSRCP Official Spokesperson Shrikanth Reddy visited the house of Ms. Sarala when she was not at her home, and threatened her mother of dire consequences.♝
♛They are reported to have got her electric meter disconnected, and water pipeline. ♝
♛Ms. Sarala is reported to have gone to Nellore Rural Police Station that night. As there was only one constable at the Station, she had to wait there for five years, just for booking an FIR. ♝
♛People are recalling the TDP Rule days, when Denduluru MLA Mr. Chintamaneni Prabhakar was reported to have manhandled a Lady Mandal Revenue Officer of Kaikaluru Mandal, and the TDP Govt. dilly dallied.♝
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BANGLA DESH unlikely TO ACCEPT ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS FROM THEIR COUNTRY. NRC IN ASSAM WILL BE A WILD GOOSE CHASE
:♛HASINA TAKES UP NRC WITH MODI, news Headlines indicate.♝
♛Common Sense also indicates that no country, howsoever friendly its relations with its neighbor may be, will accept "return" of illegal immigrants even if the illegal immigrants belong to their own religion.♝
♛Bangla Desh would have not accepted even ROHINGYAS from India, had India tried to send the Burmese (Former Bangla Deshi) Rohingyas to Bangla Desh, even if Rohingyas are Muslims.♝
♛This unwillingness of countries to take back illegal immigrants highlights one important basic principle: COUNTRIES CANNOT BE FORMED AND/OR RUN ON THE BASIS OF RELIGION.♝
♛Mr. DONAL TRUMP, howsoever, noble or cruel he may be, apparently knows this. Hence Mr. Trump wants to divert every fund for construction of a wall on Amercian Boundary with Mexico. ♝
♛As a Marxist, I can only say that "Workers of all countries Unite. For workers, there can be no boundaries.♝
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GDP GROWTH RATE: Is 5% too high or too low?
:♛As ybrao-a-donkey I do not feel GDP growth rates are irrelevant for the poor and common people in India.
♛Viewing from the point of view of an Egalitarian Society, which India used to long to become, we may have to be more interested in measures such as 'How many meters of cloth India is producing? How many meters of cloth India is importing?
♛If cars are made in India for exports, probably their inclusion in Growth rate may make sense. If private cars are made for mainly for domestic consumption, and if Public Transport facilities become moribund, Fuel import bill will go up. Roads will be crowded with cars, with no space for a pedestrian for walk.
♛Most of the Metro, Urban and semi-urban lands have gone into the hands of Speculators. Consequently, Citizens are forced to buy rickety Apartments at high rates from Realtors. If Growth of Real Estate Businesses are included in Growth Rate Determination, we shall be ignoring the loot being made by Realtors at the cost of Banks financing Apartments. Of course, the Government will get its Stamp Duty Income, Registration Fee income, GST, etc. on the rickety houses. (99823)
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JUDICIAL AFFAIRS: Resignation of Chief Justice of Madras High Court
:♛As Supreme Court Collegium has rejected the representation of Ms. Vijaya Tahilramani, Chief Justice of Madras High Court, is reported to have decided to resign in protest.
♛If it is the intention of the Collegium that there should be rotation of Judges and Chief Justices between good centers and bad centers, then the Collegium has to design a Transfer Policy of Rotation and adhere to it meticulously. What is the Collegium's Transfer Policy?
♛Mrs. Vijaya Tahilramani is reported to be the Seniormost Chief Justice of all the High Courts. She is reported to have about only 1.5 years of service, for her retirement.
♛Collegium's reply is said to be 'it is not possible to accede to her request'. At least, the ratio decidendi for the decision ought to have been communicated to her, at least confidentially.
♛It is an established Judicial Principle that Transfers cannot be used as disguised punishments. If there are any serious allegations against Justice Vijaya Tahilramani, Supreme Court can inquire into the nature and veracity of the allegations. Thereafter, it can send a Report to the President for further Constitutional Review. Transfer is not a solution.
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MONEY LAUNDERING IN INDIA
:♛Commonly done by Indian Politicians of all parties.
♛Enforcement Directorate in India seems to be digging up and pursuing only the crimes committed by Leaders of Opposition Parties. This part is welcome.
♛But, Enforcement Directorate and CBI are supposed to be autonomous and independent organisations acting on their own.
♛There is a maxim, "Justice should not only be done, but should also appear to have-been/is-being done.
♛We may have to wait till Ruling Party becomes Opposition Party, and vice versa. (9911)
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CHANDRAYAN-2, no need to worry about partial failure of Chandrayan-2
:♛Not receiving signals, as per news reports, may be owing to engulfing of the Vikram and Pragnan by dust, and once the dust things down, we may get signals.
♛Even if landing on moon is a failure, it is only a temporary set back. In Chandrayan-3, we can trace out errors, correct them, and succeed in full.
♛Landing on moon is not our priority. It may be a priority for vote catching,vote-hunting politicians.
♛Today, tribals are carrying pregnant women and sick persons on doli like structures for 15 to 30 kms. to reach hospitals. This is really abominable for a $5 trillion Economy. (99824)
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EVMS tamperabilities, views of Mr. Kannan Gopinathan, Resigned IAS Officer
:♛The following newsreport from TelegraphIndia.com is worth reading: https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/paper-machine-chink-in-evm-officer/cid/1707423.♝
♛It gives a bird's eyeview of what is done to Electronic Voting Machines used in India, before they are sent to Polling Stations.♝
♛Mr. Kannan Gopinathan was Returning Officer in Dadra Nagar Haveli Lok Sabha Constituency in the 2019 April Lok Sabha Elections. Hence, his observations may be considered as first hand experiences.♝
♛He is reported to have tweeted: "So, you might remember my spirited defence of EVMs. I still stand by it, except that my first election with VVPAT has taken away my trust. VVPAT has created a hole in the EVM armour & made the process amenable to hacking…"♝
♛Another: "...Unlike before, the Ballot Unit (BU) is not connected to Control Unit (CU — Memory of EVM) directly any more. It is connected through VVPAT. Means what you press on that blue button in the BU is not registering the vote in the CU anymore. But what VVPAT communicates to CU is!...". A spokesperson of ECI has responded to the observations of Shri Gopinathan. We shall take up those things some other time, because some waiting is necessary to view how Shri Gopinathan responds to the ECI's Response. (9926)♝
TODAY'S BHARTRUHARI:
■sringARA SATAKAM OF BHARTRUHARI: NO MAN can be free from temptation from Women ♞:♛9. Kumkuma pamka kaLamkita dEhA
Gaura payOdhara kampita hArAha
NUpura hamsa raNat pada padmA
Kam na vaSI kurutE bhuvi rAmaha.♝
♛Which man will not be tempted by lasses with bodies applied with vermillon all over, the gold colored breasts vibrating with laces (of pearls etc.), the dancing feet resonating with the sounds of anklets? (Implied answer: Every human will be tempted.)
♛REM: Bhartruhari had seen both the worlds. The world of beauty, passion and temptation. And his culmination is in detachment and renunciation.♝
TODAY'S ENGLISH GRAMMAR: :
■ENGLISH grammar: NOUNS, PRONOUNS, RELATIVE PRONOUNS, IMPORTANCE OF CASE IN THEIR choice ♞:♛The case ( nominative - accusative ) is important while choosing between ~who and ~whom.♝
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ENGLISH-FRENCH-ENGLISH, based on CASSELLS DICTIONARY, EDITED BY Yb
✔unscarred : pron: Anskaid, a. Sans cicatrices, ♝
✔without scars: Sans cicatrices.♝
✔Example: Aucun politicien ne peut continuer dans la politique sans cicatrices. English: No politician can continue in politics without scars. ♝
TODAY'S QUOTE FROM KARL MARX: :
■Karl Marx & ENGELS♞:♛Is your wife also active in the German ladies' great emancipation campaign? I think that German women should begin by driving their husbands to self-emancipation.♝
TODAY'S QUOTE FROM VYASA MAHABHARATA ENGL. TRANSL.: :
■VYASA MAHABHARATA TRANSLATED BY Ganguli, BOOK3, BOOK OF FOREST/m03 118.♞:♛The Mahabharata, Book 3: Vana Parva: Tirtha-yatra Parva♝
♛Janamejaya said, "O thou of ascetic wealth! when the sons of Pandu and the Vrishnis reached the holy spot Prabhasa, what did they do and what conversation was held there by them, for all of them were of mighty souls, proficient in all the branches of science and both the Vrishnis and the sons of Pandu held one another in friendly estimation.♝
♛Vaisampayana said, "When the Vrishnis reached the holy spot Prabhasa, the sacred landing-place on the coast of the sea, they surrounded the sons of Pandu and waited upon them.♝
♛ Then Valarama, resembling in hue the milk of the cow and the Kunda flower and the moon and the silver and the lotus root and who wore a wreath made of wild flowers and who had the ploughshare for his arms, spake to the lotuseyed one, saying, 'O Krishna, I do not see that the practice of virtue leads to any good or that unrighteous practices can cause evil, since the magnanimous Yudhishthira is in this miserable state, with matted hair, a resident of the wood, and for his garment wearing the bark of trees.♝
♛ And Duryodhana is now ruling the earth, and the ground doth not yet swallow him up.♝
♛ From this, a person of limited sense would believe a vicious course of life is preferable to a virtuous one.♝
♛ When Duryodhana is in a flourishing state and Yudhishthira, robbed of his throne, is suffering thus, what should people do in such a matter?— This is the doubt that is now perplexing all men.♝
♛ Here is the lord of men sprung from the god of virtue, holding fast to a righteous path, strictly truthful and of a liberal heart.♝
♛ This son of Pritha would give up his kingdom and his pleasure but would not ♝
♛swerve from the righteous path, in order to thrive.♝
♛ How is it that Bhishma and Kripa and the Brahmana Drona and the aged king, the senior member of the house, are living happily, after having banished the sons of Pritha? Fie upon the vicious-minded leaders of Bharata's race! What will that sinner, the chieftain of the earth, say to the departed forefathers of his race, when the wretch will meet them in the world to come? Having hurled from the throne his in-offensive sons, will he be able to declare that he had treated them in a blameless way? He doth not now see with his mind's eye how he hath become so sightless, and on account of what act he hath grown blind among the kings of this entire earth.♝
♛ Is it not because he hath banished Kunit's son from his kingdom? I have no doubt that Vichitravirya's son, when he with his sons perpetrated this inhuman act, beheld on the spot where dead bodies are burnt, flowering trees of a golden hue.♝
♛ Verily he must have asked them, when those stood before him with their shoulders projected forward towards him, and with their large red eyes staring at him, and he must have listened to their evil advice, since he fearlessly sent away Yudhishthira to the forest, who had all his weapons of war with him and was borne company by his younger brothers.♝
♛ This Bhima here, whose voracious appetite is like that of a wolf, is able to destroy with the sole strength of his powerful arms, and without the help of any weapons of war, a formidable array of hostile troops.♝
♛ The forces in the field of battle ♝
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