895 (First of 10 series) FREE things which are illusory and imaginary in Capitalism can become REAL only with GREAT EFFORTS AND FORESIGHTED PLANNING

We come across Presidents, Prime Ministers, Provincial Governors, Governors of States in India, Chief Ministers of States in India, Collectors (District Administrators) of approx. 800 Districts in India, who else not, giving banquets, lunches, dinners to hundreds and thousands of guests, at Public Expense inviting VIPs (Very Important Persons) as guests. In such feasts and parties, there may be several courses, can be even a 1000 in number, and nobody cares about their expenses, both in affluent countries, and poverty-stricken countries. In India, we may not be able to get information on such lavish expenditures from the concerned Government Offices, even under Right to Information Act.

In United States, there seems to be some transparency in such matters. Here is a link to a beautiful report in Times of India dated Barack Obama's dinner for PM Manmohan Singh most expensive since 2009: Report PTI 13th Feb. 2014 Click here to go to http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Barack-Obamas-dinner-for-PM-Manmohan-Singh-most-expensive-since-2009-Report/articleshow/30298497.cms. This was before the 2014 Parliament Elections in India, i.e. when Mr. Manmohan Singh was Prime Minister, and Mr. Narendra Modi was still awaiting in queue for PM gaddi (seat).

In response to a Freedom of Information request to which it took the state department 13 months to respond, CBS News has obtained the Office of Protocol's expense calculations for the first five state dinners of the Obama presidency.

The Obama administration spent $572,187.36 for the State Dinner for PM Manmohan Singh at the White House on November 24, 2009.

Obama hosted Mexican President Felipe Calderon on May 19, 2010 at a cost of $563,479.92.

He held his third State Dinner on January 19, 2011 for Chinese President Hu Jintao at a cost of $412,329.73.

Obama held the fourth State Dinner on June 7, 2011 for German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the cost was $215,883.36.

The fifth State Dinner was held on October 13, 2011 for South Korean President Lee Myung-bak at a cost of $203,053.34, the CBS report said.

ybrao-a-donkey's personal views which are not intended to be imposed on others

How much Mr. Manmohan Singh might have, in reciprocation, spent on dinners to various visiting international functionaries, during his tenure as PM, between 2004 and 2014? Nobody knows. Amounts can also vary on method of computation, question of-- whether any particular item of expenditure is to be included/counted under varios heads.

Many people hailed Mr. Barack Obama as a sort of messiah, when he got elected twice, as a 'Black' President, who has taken an incarnation to resurrect the suffering masses, particularly the blacks. Mr. Obama as a President of United States, led with a charismatic personality. But his eight years rule, might not have brought any significant change in the lives of poor Americans. By and large, a status quo ante was maintained.

Now, Mr. Donald Trump has come as the New President. How much he is going to spend on State banquets, lunches, and dinners, tea parties? Considering the flamboyance of Mr. Trump, I cannot think of any tangible figure in advance. We have to wait and see.

To continue. सशेष. ఇంకా ఉంది.

571 On whose behalf of and against whom Dr. Deepak Pental and Ms. Vandana Siva are fighting? किस के तरफ और किसके खिलाफ डा. दीपक पॆंटाल, और वंदना शिवा लड रहे हैं? డా. దీపక్ పెంటాల్ మరియు వందన శివ గారలు ఎవరి తరఫున మరియు ఎవరికి వ్యతిరేకంగా పోరాడుతున్నారు?

Photos courtesy DeccanChronicle.com, Nottingham.edu.my. Photos modified by me.
Ms. Vandana Siva and Mr. Deepak Pental seem to be at conflicting ends. What for they are fighting? ON whose behalf they are fighting? Who is right? Who is wrong? How the Government is going to handle this? Whose side will the Govt. take? Or does the Govt. has its own prompters? The subject matter is genetic modification of mustard seeds. The subject of oilseeds is very crucial both from the point of view of burgeoning imports of oilseeds, skyrocketing of prices of edible oils, need for import substitution, impact of imported edible oils on the health of Indians, impact of genetically modified oil seeds on the health of INdians.

HAPPY NEWS संतोष वार्ता సంతోష వార్త

In the adjacent side bar you can see a search window for searching in Telugu Script Vyasa Mahabharata Epic of Sanskrit Language. This has been prepared with great pains, spending a number of days on the laptop. ఈ ప్రక్కన ఉన్న కిటికీలో మీరు సంస్కృత వ్యాస మూల గ్రంధం భారతం లక్ష శ్లోకాలలో అన్వేషణ (కావలసిన పదాలను వెతకటం) ఏర్పాటు చేయటం జరిగింది. దీనని ఎంతో శ్రమతో ఏర్పాటు చేయటం జరిగింది. సద్వినియోగం చేసుకోవలసిందిగా ప్రార్ధన. ఇది ఇంటర్నెట్ లో లభించిన మూలగ్రంధం ఆధారంగా దీనిని తయారు చేయటానికి ఎన్నో రోజులు పట్టింది ఎందరో మహానుభావులు, వారికి వందననులు, అన్నట్లుగా మూల గ్రంధాన్ని నెట్ లో పెట్టిన వారికి నా ధన్యవాదాలు. దయయుంచి దీనిని కమర్షియల్ గా వాడవలదని ప్రార్ధన.

Here is an important contradicting article by Dr. Deepak Pental, Retd. Vice Chancellor of Delhi University, and an expert on Genetically Modified Seeds, in Deccan Chronicle dated 26th Aug. 2015. Click to go to http://www.deccanchronicle.com/150826/commentary-op-ed/article/gmo-your-mustard-good.


Mr. Deepak Pental in his above linked article observes:

Personalities that aspire to be cult figures often resort to hyperbole and lies and Vandana Shiva has done exactly this in her piece, GMO in my mustard, which appeared in this newspaper on August 12, 2015. Before misinformations are pointed out and deliberate distortions are nailed, it is important to look at the issue both from scientific and developmental perspective.

One plagiarism case is apparently pending against Shri Deepak Pental

The following link shows that a case of plagiarism filed against him by a Delhi University Professor, is pending against Shri Deepak Pental. Click to go to http://www.ndtv.com/delhi-news/court-grants-exemption-to-former-delhi-university-vice-chancellor-in-plagiarim-row-743309.

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Identify the word with a different meaning: a) yummy b) sumptous c) scrumptious d) yucky

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HEALTH NOTES

Is Yogurt and curd same? कया योगर्ट और कर्ड एक है या अलग अलग? యోగర్ట్ మరియు కర్డ్ ఒకటేనా వేరు వేరా ?

All these days I am under the impression both yogurt and curd are synonymous and intersubstitutable. But the following link of TimesofIndia shows that yogurt and curd have different bacterial strains and different methods of preparation. For those who wish to read this Timesofindia article which is quite informative:-

अभी तक मै यह राय में हूँ कि, योगर्ट और कर्ड, दोनों एक ही है, एक शब्द के जगह में दूसरे शब्द को हम उपयोग कर सकते हैं। लेकिन, टैम्स् आफ इंडिया के निम्न लिंक यह दिखाती है कि, योगर्ट और कर्ड दोनों भिन्न भिन्न पध्धतियों से बनते हैं, और दोनों के बेक्टीरियल स्टरेयिन अलग रहते हैं। टैम्स आफ इंडिय आर्टिकिल पढने चाहे पाठकों के लिये यहाँ है लिंक:-

నేను ఇప్పటి దాకా ఏ అభిప్రాయం తో ఉన్నానంటే, యోగర్టు మరియు కర్డ్ రెండూ పెరుగు యొక్క రెండు పేర్లని, ఒక దాని స్థానంలో మరొక పదాన్ని వాడచ్చనీ. కానీ ఈ క్రింద ఇవ్వ బడిన టైమ్స్ ఆఫ్ ఇండియా లింకు లోని వ్యాసం, యోగర్టు మరియు కర్డ్ రెండు భిన్నమైన పధ్ధతులతో తయారవుతాయనీ, వాటిల్లో ఉండే బాక్టీరియా వేరు వేరనీ, సూచిస్తుంది. టైమ్స్ ఆఫ్ ఇండియా వ్యాసాన్ని చదవాలనుకునేవారికి ఇదిగో లింకు.
Click to go to http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/health-fitness/diet/How-is-yogurt-different-from-curd/articleshow/46702468.cms.

The article though mentioned that yogurt is more an industrial product, it has also given the recipe for making yogurt, which is not different from making home curd. However, since the article is asking us to first buy commercial yogurt, and reuse it in future also, we have to presume that the bacterial strains will be different.

यह टैम्स आफ इंडिया व्यास यह भी सूचित कर्ती है कि, योगर्ट औद्योगिक उत्पत्ति होती है, और कर्ड घरेलू उत्पत्ती होती है। लेकिन इस व्यास में दिया हुआ योगर्ट बनाने के रेसिपी में सूचित पध्धती हम घरों में दही बनाने के पध्धती से अधिकांश भिन्न नहीं है। लेकिन इस व्यास यह भी सूचन दिया है, पहली बार कमर्षियल योगर्ट खरीद कर, उस से गृह योगर्ट बनाना और उसको पुनः विनियोग करना उचित है। या ने, बैक्टीरिया फरक के बारे में हम और खोज करना चाहिए।

ఈ టైమ్స్ ఆఫ్ ఇండియా వ్యాసం, మనకు సూచించే మరొక అంశం ఏమిటంటే, యోగర్ట్ ప్రాధమికంగా పారిశ్రామిక, వాణిజ్య ఉత్పత్తి కాగా, కర్డ్ గృహ ఉత్పత్తి. కానీ ఈవ్యాసంలో ఇవ్వబడిన ఇంట్లో యోగర్ట్ తయారు చేసుకోటానికి ఇవ్వబడిన పధ్ధతిలో యోగర్ట్ తయారీకీ, ఇంట్లో పెరుగు తయారీకి నాకేమీ తేడా కనిపించటం లేదు. అయితే మొదటిసారి యోగర్ట్ తయారు చేసుకునేటపుడు, బజారులో కొన్న వాణిజ్య యోగర్టును వాడి, తరువాత దానిని మరల మరల ఉపయోగించమని సలహా ఇవ్వటం జరిగింది. కనుక బాక్టీరియా భిన్నంగా ఉంటుంది అని మనం భావించ వచ్చు. అయితే, యోగర్ట్ మరియు ఇంటి పెరుగు రెండిటి మధ్య ఉండే బాక్టీరియా భేదాలను గురించి మనం అధ్యయనం చేయటం అవసరం.

(To continue. और लिखने का है। ఇంకా వ్రాయాల్సింది ఉంది.