Meatless Day!

I just remembered that today is International Meatless Day!! It is Sadhu Vaswani's birthday today. I studied in Sadhu Vaswani School till class8 and I have very fond memories of it. I remember we took out rallys on road to create awareness among the mass about this day. We got pledge forms from school, on which we took signatures from individuals and making them pledge that they will not eat non-vegetarian food at least on 25th November. Four state governments in India - Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh - have issued instructions for the closure of slaughter-houses as well as butchers' shops on 25th November every year, in their respective states.

For more details, please visit : http://www.meatlessday.com/

And Go Meatless (at least) today!

My Wish List

At, 24 there are 2400 things which I want to do!! Then there are some things which I just cannot do but wish I could do them too.

So without wasting time, I will list those things (not in any particular order) which I have always wanted to do, but haven’t managed to do.. not yet!!

***WHISTLING

Not a very lady thing to do, I admit. But I still want to learn to whistle so that someday I can whistle on SRK's entry in a movie hall  Can anybody help me learn please?

***LEARNING TO PLAY FOOTBALL/RUGBY

Not that I am a sports freak. But there is something about a dozen mad men fighting. Still better if its raining and you splash mud and deliver some great shots. (Reminds me of SRK in DDLJ  I am a big SRK fan I tell you)

***GUITAR

I feel that guitar is the most romantic musical instrument. Had even started the classes but due to some unavoidable circumstances (Read : My date of joining for my first company), had to leave them in between Hope to restart them soon!

***KARATE/JUDO/MARTIAL ARTS/TAEKWONDO

As of now, they are the same for me (Go on, laugh), but some day I will make out the difference between them. I have been thinking to learn them since childhood, but I am only gaining weight and age and losing my flexibility 

***VISITING A DISCO

No, I have never visited a disco, and don’t be so shocked.  I don’t dance and I don’t drink but I want to see what do people get after spending such huge cash, getting drunk and dancing the whole night and tiring themselves out. Personally, I feel there are better things to do like eating from a refrigerator, reading a novel, listing to music, chatting with your loved ones or just snoring!

***VISITING THE SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD

There is something with these wonders. Every time I see them on TV or lappy, mere rongte khade ho jate hai!  I wanted (and still want) to visit the Eiffel Tower since eternity! J* are you listening? 

***SKY DIVING

I am an adventure loving and fearless person, so I do not fall into the stereotypical girlish category. Fearless in the sense, I am not afraid of heights, mountains, water, etc. I have already done snorkeling and scuba diving and enjoyed it thoroughly. There is a thrill in sky diving. I wanted to do it ever since it was on the cover page of Navneet notebooks when I was in class 5! 

***SWIMMING

J* (who is a very good swimmer) taught me to swim in the pool of our apartments when we were in Bangkok for a while. So I can swim to an extent but because of lack of time and practice, could not become a pro at it. Have to complete my swimming lessons as well.

***REMEMBERING THE ROADS

I am geographically challenged I just cannot remember the routes. It takes me going by that route at least a hundred times to remember it. My father gets very irritated by this and has to draw a map for me each time I go into an unknown (to me ) destination. I want to spare him all this hard work some day!

I want a job which pays a little more than the norm and makes me work a little less than the norm while currently, mine is just the opposite 

Till this date I have not done anything in my life for which I am proud of (apart from being a part of “Teach India” campaign by Times of India) or for which I am passionate about, however after 40, I would like to do something financially for the underprivileged. In this matter, I should not be saying things which I have not done yet, but this is something which I seriously want to do!

There are a million other things I can think of now like – parasailing, paragliding, bungee jumping, river rafting, skiing, starting my own restaurant and the list is endless.

Maybe I will start with learning to whistle in a tapori style  What say ?

Fun Facts About INDIA

Ø  The mobile users of India grows every month with about 2.5 million people!

Ø  There are over 1500 software companies in Bangalore India! 

Ø  The number of births that occur in India each year is higher than the entire population of Australia!

Ø  About 50% of the residents in India are under 25 years old making India the “youngest” country in the world!

Ø  The highest cricket ground in the world is Chail in Himachal Pradesh, India!

Ø  Indian Railways transport about five billion passengers annually!

Ø  The longest station name on the Indian Railways is Venkatanarasimharajuvariapeta!

Ø  Indian Railways is the largest employer in the world, about 1.6 million people!

Ø  The only country in the world that has a Bill of Rights for Cows is India!

Ø  India is the world’s largest mango producer!

Ø  India has more post offices than any other country!

Ø  The Taj Mahal was in the 1830′s scheduled to be torn down!

Ø  In India nearly 1200 species of birds can be found!

Ø  India produces more movies than any other country in the world and Bollywood is the largest film industry in the world!

Ø  Indians go out to the cinema about 3 billion times a year!

Ø  India has about 800 dialects and 15 major Languages!

Ø  India is the largest tea producer in the world!

Ø  The biggest ant in India is about an inch!

Ø  India used sugar before any other country!

Ø  India buys more gold than any other country!

Ø  Before 1896 India was the only diamonds producing country in the world!

Ø  India is home to about 200 million cows!

Ø  India is the world’s number one producer of vegetarian cheese!

Ø  Shampoo is derived word from Hindi!

Ø  The first bathrooms is said to have been built in India about 4500 years ago!

Ø  The first reservoir and dam for irrigation was built in Saurashtra India!

Ø  The value of pi was first calculated by Budhayana in 800 BC, India!

Ø  Algebra, Calculus, and Trigonometry comes from India!

Ø  In Takshashila, 700BC, the first university was established!

Ø  4 major religions has India as birthplace Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism! 

Phew! A long list already. I will keep the rest for next time.

Proud to be an Indian!!!