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MLSU : BCA Incomplete Examination

Mohan Lal Sukhadia University has become curse for the students these days. Studying in MLSU at 1970-80 was more like getting a good job and a good life but these days for MLSU taking examination has become difficult task rather than studying, for student.

Yes! One current case that comes across us is BCA INCOMPLETE EXAMINATION. Career of Final year students are on gamble these days’. Final year students who had put all their efforts from last 3 years to get B.C.A degree seems to have wastage of efforts in last few days of college.

With so many entrance examinations of M.C.A /M.B.A and GD/PI of several M.B.A colleges which are starting from 10 may onwards, University has not yet declared practical and project submission date. This may not only lead to late result but also spoil student career by stopping them to get into good TECHNICAL or MANAGEMENT COLLEGE.

The students demand their Exam as soon as possible before 10th May, 2012. We wish that authorities are listening and will take an immediate concern about this Issue.

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Child labour: A major problem of today’s world

child labour

Every city has its own good and bad things, we can’t ignore any of them, but being a resident of the city, our duty is to eliminate the bad ones. In the similar manner, Udaipur, the city of lakes, god has flourished it with immense natural beauty, one of the example is the Fatehsagar lake, it is the most wanted place of Udaipur, everyone finds his/her own way to enjoy the breeze of the lake, say with a cup of coffee, popcorns, chats. But this is also a place where one can easily find the small kids involved in laborous activities.

Every corner of Udaipur is having the child labours, it may be the fatehsagar pal, surajpol , udaipol, Delhi gate or any area, we can see the small kids in the super hot summer or chilly cold or in the rain, they work hard to earn just a small amount of money.

Besides these, these kids are being used as domestic servants and workers at hotels and restaurants. A lot many are engaged in making plastic toys, leather shoes and hand bags.

Childhood – the most precious age in one’s life that never return back. Games, comics, chocolates, cycle, school and home make their whole world. Far away from responsibilities and the constant race for survival, children are the most innocent creation of god. But, these creations of God are being destroyed. These are being exploited by child labour.

Child labour is a major problem of today’s world. According to the Child labour (prohibition and regulation) act 1986, a child labour is the one who is made to work (paid or unpaid), within or outside the family or is deprived of the right of education and childhood, belonging to the age less than fourteen years.

It is a form of child exploitation. The causes behind it are the illiteracy and poverty of parents, large families with additional need of food and money cause the child labour. Due to this, the child face health problems, their proper development of body and mind may suffer. And above all, their childhood is also suffering.

In 2007, the Supreme Court issued notices to the Federal Government, states and union territories, seeking a complete ban on child labour, which included children working as domestic servants, at eateries, restaurants, hotels, tea-shops, or in recreational centers.

The Ministry of Labour and Employment notified the ban on August 1 and it came into effect on October 10. The new provision in the Act made it mandatory for the government to rescue children from streets, restaurants and homes and produce them before the Child Welfare Committee before they are sent to shelter homes.

But, merely passing the Law is not the solution to the problem. The problem lies in the implementation of these laws and country has a poor track record in this regard. It is now up to we people to consciously take a decision to stop this practice and motivate others also, else the mission to eliminate the child labour will be fail.

Lets take a pledge to abolish Child Labour and complain if you find it happening… !!

 

Inputs by : Mujtaba R.G.    |    Photos By: Yash Sharma

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Vodafone customer ? You can be the next getting harassed

One of the largest telecom providers in India – Vodafone – announced 3G data services in India back in 2011.  These days, everyone is aware of the 3g data services and also fast internet data services like 3G are being used widely all over India. Let me introduce myself briefly, I am Lokesh Motwani from Udaipur and a Vodafone customer from last 5 months. I use internet at home and on my phone for social and professional purposes. I was using Vodafone’s 2G data services happily from several months and a little internet speed fluctuation revealed an ugly truth of Vodafone services.Vodafone_3g_Udaipur

From 6th of April my Vodafone 2G internet data pack was not working fine, the speed was too slow than usual so I made a call to the customer care at 198 and the customer care representative suggested and registered a complaint for my slow internet speed. I thanked him and hanged up the call.

Meanwhile i kept on waiting for the speed to improve..

On 9th April 2012 my internet was too slow and i was really pissed. I thought to give a try to Vodafone’s 3G data service which is obviously faster than 2G data services. At around 1 a.m I made a recharge of Rs. 1250 from Vodafone’s official website www.vodafone.in which provides a 5GB 3G data for 60 days. I called Vodafone’s customer care at around 3.00 am and asked for further formalities to activate the 3G data service etc on my number. The Vodafone representative advised to send a message at 111 and 144 which will activate 3G on my number and the service will be active in about 4 hours. Call ended.

7.30 am, I was very anxious to try the 3G data service before I go to sleep. It was 7.00 and I was too dizzy; but again made a call to Vodafone customer care to ensure my service is active before I sleep. After 2-3 attempts, I was successfully connected to a Vodafone customer associate who confirmed the service is not yet activated and himself asked to register a complaint in this regard. I Said Ok, and followed his instructions as he proceeded. He registered a complaint and promised that 3G data service will be activated by maximum 6.00 pm in the evening. I said thanks and hanged up the call.
It was 7.00 pm and the service was still not active. My patience was falling as time passed. I called the Vodafone customer care at 198 again and asked Vodafone’s customer care representative about the status of the complaint and they said it’s still active and in process and may take 24 hours more also he told me that the date for complaint resolving is 13 April and I will receive the follow up by a call from a customer care representative by 6.00 pm of 13 April. I debated with the representative about the promises made to me hours ago but he ended up telling that all I have to do is wait for 24 hours more. I was very angry but had no other option other than waiting.

10 April,2012 around 8.00 pm, Service still not active. I was pissed now and my patience was over and again i called the customer care. After many continuous attempts one of the representative attended my call, he put me on hold to check details and the call got disconnected. I called again and again many times continuously to get a solution explaining my problem to every one of them several times whenever my call was attended. I talked to around 5-6 people and shockingly, no one of them had a satisfactory answer, my call was even transferred to several different departments claiming their expertise in Data services etc. Sometimes they said the service is active and asked to get some silly settings or else told me the service is not active and exclaimed to message again at 111 and 144 to activate the service etc but nothing worked.
This went on for 3 more days on 11, 12 and 13 April. During these days I didn’t lose hope and kept on calling 7-8 times daily and every time I called, I had to hear several different answers from different customer care representatives. Every time either my call was hanged up (putting on hold and not getting back) whenever I asked for a refund or to activate my services as soon as possible.

13 April, 6.00 pm. The time of my complaint resolution was over and so far I didn’t received any call or follow-up from Vodafone customer care regarding my complaint. I again made a call to Vodafone customer care and after 3-4 attempts finally my call was attended and I was told to either wait for 24 more hours as the complaint I made was still in process else all I can go and pay a visit to the Nearest Vodafone store regarding this complaint.

 

14 April, 12.30 pm I visited the nearest Surajpole Vodafone store, I took a queue ticket for my number and waited for around 20 minutes. My number came and an attendant Azad Khan attended me. I told him about everything I went through he suggested to wait for 24 more hours as the complaint was still open and the case was presented to him just now. I was too pissed to wait even for an hour but all he told me to wait.I forced him to let me talk to his senior regarding this and finally he made a call and the next moment I was talking to Mr. Arun Jonus, Manager Surajpole branch. I was surprised and shocked at the same time, the way he talked to me. He was not only rude but also he wasn’t able to give me a satisfactory and responsible answer being a Branch Manager of the Vodafone store. I tried a hell lot of times that how he will proceed and how much time this will take? But again he was not able to tell me how much time he would need, he just asked for some time. I demanded a negotiable refund for the not yet active service. But he strongly disapproved, saying there is no such option available to him and ended up telling to wait for some time. Again I kept on asking what’s his sometime but he didn’t answered. I left the store and decided to give him time of an hour or two.
At around 2.30 pm, I again went to the Vodafone store Surajpole, Mr. Branch manager was still not there and when I insisted a call he just told me rudely that he has talked to the concerned department and will inform me in detail about this through a call soon.
Around 3.30 pm, I got a call from Mr. Arun Jonus and he told me that there is some technical issue in the IT department and the service may activate by 6.00pm or by Monday. His voice on the call shown a lack of confidence or maybe I felt it because I was not in a condition to wait or trust anymore on any Vodafone employees. It was more obvious because i had already waited a long for around 5 days, so I strongly alleged that I don’t want to wait anymore and I need a refund or need activation of my service right now. He told me all bulls*** again that there is no such option available. He even insisted to call the Nodal officer who will be available on Monday (16 April) and I was not in a mood to debate or discuss anymore regarding this on the call and I asked to either get me a refund or give me all his promises and commitments in written. He strongly disagreed to that, saying there is no such process available. Instantly, i had a plan in my mind and asked him to meet me on store in a while.
Around 4.10 pm, I made a call to one of my friends Yash Sharma (who is professionally a media person) to bring a camera to take Mr. Arun’s conversation in a movie for a proof to me, in case the service doesn’t get activated according to his promise.
Around 4.30 pm, We reached Vodafone store and waited for around 15 minutes for Mr. Arun to attend us. Finally, Mr. Arun came and again we started the discussion he told us that in no way (Audio, video, writing or any other means) he can give us what he was speaking and promising. When I offended he told me its not in his process, when I asked to show the process he changed the topic and at the end told us that they are a few things that can’t be shared with the customers. We finally left the store with nothing in hand but promises and waiting as recommended by Mr. Arun Jonus.

At around 6.15 pm, I got a all from Vodafone customer care asking me to check that my 3G services are active. I checked. Yes, the 3G data service was active and hanged up the call.
Now, let me summarize the story and share a lesson with all the UdaipurBlog readers who are still confused. First of all, Take care as even promising telecommunication giants such as Vodafone may not be able to fullfill their smallest of commitments and services or may lack customer service at times.
And Lastly, i would end up saying that in this cruel world today, sometimes, you don’t get things easily even after paying the cost for them. You may need to stand up , play a  media prank or even fight for things, else you may get harassed or hassled most of the times.

JAAGO INDIA JAAGO !!! JAAGO GRAAHAK JAAHO !!!

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Barricade in Shiv Colony: Public Angry!

Shiv Park Colony Udaipur

Today, most of the tuition-going students on the Durga Nursery faced a problem to turn back around from their regular Shiv Colony path.

A barricading has been done on one side of this generally used road to avoid vehicles enter the colony; the reason being the “disturbance” caused to the colony residents due to the ongoing vehicles.

The public was found very angry over this as it was the only alternative road to the mostly crowded Sikh Colony Choraha which sometimes even takes 10-15 minutes to be cleared; the students being the most-affected. This act of the colony members to hinder the way of a public path is not at all a proper conduct.

For it may worsen the traffic conditions of the Sikh Colony Choraha-Durga Nursery Road even more; moreover a complete silence on the one-side of this area may turn it into a place for illegal & immoral acts.

The barricade should be removed soon else the colony members must be facing a bigger opposition in a day or two. The hindrance looks really anger-arising; for a public way is not someone’s father’s property!

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Official Udaipur Website Should Get a Facelift

udaipur.nic.in
This is How the Official Website of Udaipur Looks like; It it in anyway Appealing ?

Heya Udaipies, I am back with a new post now this is regarding our Udaipur’s Official NIC maintained website: udaipur.nic.in
This site is among one of the Top Results on the Keyword ‘Udaipur’ in Google.co.in. This Official site of Collectorate of Udaipur is supposed to portray Details about the statistic, education, agriculture and business of Udaipur or maybe more. 😉

Anyways it has been more than 7 years I am seeing this website with the same design, no major changes… In this long-time span, I saw a lot major changes in the way how websites in the world are created, maintained and managed; and seriously this website implies nothing. It still looks like a website of 1990’s 🙁

mcdonalds site in 1990's
This is how McDonald's site looked in 1990's , Don't you think it resembles our Official City Site too ??

Even though Udaipur being the Hub of Tourism this website does not portray any good content related to Tourism. Again, that is what disappoints me the most; the official website of Udaipur has got nothing to do with TOURISM:| now here you can see the lack of interest of our government to promote tourism online. 🙁

The Left bar Navigation Menu Links us to:
• Home: The Main Page
• Administrative Set Up: Details of Administrative structure of Udaipur
• Distances: Distance of Udaipur from various other important cities
• Festivals: Festivals celebrated in Udaipur.
• Geographical Location: Geographical details of Udaipur (Last Updated on 2009)
• Deptmental Order/Circular: Departments of Collectorate
• Inspection (Absentee Government Employee)
• District Revenue Official (Mobile No CUG)
• Right to Information
• About NIC: Projects Undertaken At NIC – Unit Udaipur

 

My Suggestions:
1. Please get a ‘New Web Design’ – suiting the latest web standards other than basic HTML 🙁 . If your need some reference how a better NIC website from Rajasthan looks like, then, please check: jaipur.nic.in
2. At least focus on TOURISM – for which Udaipur is known.
3. Get some quality content associated with Udaipur and its places to visit.
4. Get a Photo Gallery of Udaipur, which shows all the important places of Udaipur.
5. Get better in terms of SEO (Search Engine Optimization) of the website. Add Meta Keywords, Meta Description in your website codes.
6. Go social, make your social presence on various websites likes Facebook or Twitter so that people can connect with you directly, share their problems and get answers to questions.

 

Jaipur City Website
This is how Jaipur City's Official Site Look Like.. Atleast Better Than our Black Coloured site 😐

I found an address on left bar menu of Udaipur.nic.in, and I am dropping them an Email let’s see how quickly they respond and serve us with their valuable comments related to Udaipur. (rajuda@nic.in)

Site Developed & Maintained by
National Informatics Centre,
District Unit, Udaipur (Rajasthan),
Phone: 91-294-2414118
e-mail:
rajuda@nic.in

Nodal Officer-Dr. Prabhat Kumar Singhal (Assistant Director – PR) 0294-2415077 (O)

 

I would also suggest you to checkout post of Fellow site of Udaipur (UdaipurTimes.com) which also described the same issues with udaipur.nic.in : A Beautiful City With Outdated Website. Recently, Rajasthan Patrika also made a post in Udaipur’s Edition for similar issues. I hope this time our Government of Udaipur, Collectorate and other officials will seriously listen and work over this issue and at least come up with something better. 😉

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कोई तो ध्यान दो इधर !! – The Dirty Pictures

Ugly state of Lake Pichola near Hotel Taj Lake Palace

दुनियाभर के पर्यटक उदयपुर क्यों आते है ?? जवाब आसान है. यूँ तो बहुत कुछ है उदयपुर में देखने, महसूस करने के लिए पर मुख्यतः यहाँ की झीलें निहारने के लिए विदेशी पर्यटक और हमारे अपने देशवासी भी बार बार उदयपुर का रुख करते है.  किन्तु आज अगर झीलों की दशा पर गौर करें तो पाएंगे कि शायद हम लोग हमारी विरासत संभाल नहीं पा रहे. मेवाड़ के महाराणाओ ने भी नहीं सोचा होगा कि उनके सपनो की कालांतर में हकीकत कुछ और होगी. अगर आप हमारी बात से इत्तेफाक नहीं रखते तो चलिए आज आपको शहर की झीलों का भ्रमण करा ही देते है.
शुरुआत करते हैं फतहसागर से. मुम्बईया बाजार में आपका स्वागत है.  आप आराम से किनारे पर बैठिये. ब्रेड पकोडे का आनंद लीजिए.. यहाँ की कुल्हड़ काफी का स्वाद स्वतः मुह में पानी ला देता है.  पर गलती से भी नीचे  झील में झाँकने की भूल मत कीजिये. आपको शहर की खूबसूरती पर पहला पैबंद नज़र आ जायेगा. जी हाँ.. इतनी गन्दगी.. पानी में इतनी काई. न तो नगर परिषद की टीम यहाँ नज़र आती है न ही झील हितैषी मंच.! वैसे आप भी कम नहीं है.. याद कीजिये, कितनी बार काफी गटकने के बाद आपने कुल्हड़ या थर्मोकोल गिलास कचरा  पात्र में डाला.. न कि झील में.. “अजी कुल्हड़ तो मिट्टी का है, पानी में मिल जायेगा...” बेहूदा जवाब नहीं है ये? आगे बढ़कर फतहसागर के ओवरफ्लो गेट को तो मत ही देखिएगा. यहाँ गन्दगी चरम पर है.

dirty lake fatehsagar
पिछोला घूमे है कभी ? सच्ची !! चलिए एक बार फिर पिछोला की परिक्रमा करते है . कितना खूबसूरत दरवाज़ा है. नाम चांदपोल. वाह ! बेहतरीन पुल. पर गलती से भी चांदपोल के ऊपर से गुज़रते वक्त दायें-बाएं पिछोला दर्शन मत कीजियेगा.. आपको मेरी कसम. अब मेरी कसम तोड़कर देख ही लिया तो थोडा दूर लेक पेलेस को देखकर अपनी शहर की खूबसूरती पर मुस्कुरा भर लीजिए, पुल से एकदम नीचे या यहाँ-वहाँ बिलकुल नहीं देखना.. वर्ना पड़ोस की मीरा काकी, शोभा भुआ घर के तमाम कपडे-लत्ते धोते वहीँ  मिल जायेगी. आप उनको पहचान लोगे, मुझे पता है. पर वो आपको देखकर भी अनदेखा कर देगी..! जैसे आपको जानती ही नहीं.  चलिए उनको कपडे धोने दीजिए. आप तब तक पानी पर तैर रही हरी हरी काई और जलकुम्भी को निहारिए.

Lake Pichola

lake Pichola
झीलों के शहर की तीसरी प्रमुख झील स्वरुप सागर की तो बात ही मत कीजिये. पाल के नीचे लोहा बाजार में जितना कूड़ा-करकट न होगा,उतना तो झील में आपको यूँ ही देखने को मिल जायेगा. याद आया! वो मंज़र..जब झीलें भर गयी थी और इसी स्वरुप सागर के काले किवाडों से झर झर बहता सफ़ेद झक पानी देखा था. पर फ़िलहाल पानी मेरी आँखों में आ गया.. न न झील के हालात को देखकर नहीं, पास ही में एक मोटर साइकिल  रिपेयरिंग की दूकान के बाहर से उठते धुएं ने मेरी आँखों से पानी बहा ही दिया.

Lake Swaroopsagar

Photo By Kailash Tak

कुम्हारिया तालाब  और रंग सागर. क्या … मैंने ठीक से सुना नहीं…आपको नहीं पता कि ये कहाँ है ! अजी तो देर किस बात की. अम्बा माता के दर्शन करने के पश्चात वहीँ  अम्बा पोल से  अंदरूनी शहर में प्रवेश करते है (शादी की भीड़ को चीरकर अगर पहुच गए तो) तो पोल के दोनों तरह जो  दिखाई दे रहा  है, वो दरअसल झील है. ओह..याद आ गया आपको. “पर पानी कहाँ है. !” कसम है आपको भैरूजी बावजी की. ऐसा प्रश्न मत पूछिए. ये झील ही है पर देखने में झील कम और “पोलो ग्राउंड ” ज्यादा लगते है. वजह साफ़, पानी कम है और जलकुम्भी ज्यादा. चलिए अच्छा है. अतीत मे

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Memories of Panache’12 – Singhania University Annual Fest

Panache 2012 Photos

Panache’2012 – ‘Iconoclastic Sixties’ is an Annual Techno-Cultural Festival of Sir Padampat Singhania University, Udaipur, celebrating the underlining nature of all human activities. That is the passion to improvise, the desire to excel which drives us all towards brilliance and distinction.

Panache is all about such Moments! It encapsulates within itself a series of conferences, world meets, workshops, technical competitions, presentations, exhibitions, cultural programs and much more.

The 4-day extravaganza started with a Inauguration ceremony by Her excellency, Governor of Gujarat, Dr. Kamla Beniwal. Starting with a Conference on VLSI and Embedded Systems, Cloud Computing and Mobile Technology followed by Management Conclave proved to be very enriching for students. Then a Classical Dance Performance by Rajesh Sharma and Group and a play ‘Ekla Chalo Re’ performed by ‘The Performers’ written by Dr Laique Hussain and directed by Anukampa Laique, based on the biography of Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore were enjoyed by the Audience.

As a part of its Social responsibility, it organized a Blood Donation drive by the Students and Faculty Members of SPSU. Various Events like Prop-Opp Parliamentary Debate, Speech Competition, Debate Competition proved to be a gamut of challenge. We also experiencd art in its most beautiful form through an Eye catching Painting Exhibition by artish Kamal Sharma.

We also witnessed a sense of ecstasy and hilarity in many informal Events like Salad Decoration Competition, Monochromatic Painting Competition, Slate-Creative Writing Competition, Paper Dance and much more. A sudden Flash Mob by final year Students left everyone astonished. We also enjoyed mouth watering dishes and Delicious icecreams at Food Fair from Happinezz’, ‘Chef’s Venture Fast-food Joint’ and The University Canteen.

The day ends with Cultural nights having sensational dance performances and Hysterical ever-rocking Band nights by Rudraksh, Evergreen and Parikrama Rock bands.

The 4 day adventurous journey of Panache Fest ended with a valedictory Function addressed by Dr. Girija Vyas, Member of Parliament, with a lot of reminiscences.

Indeed the experience at Panache’12 is one of those ecstatic Eureka moments which the students would cherish forever. With more events and bigger prizes than ever before, Panache 2012 was truly an extravaganza. 🙂

 

Panache 2012 Udaipur

Panache 2012 Pictures

Rudraksh Band Panache 2012

Rudraksh Band

A Post by : Riddhi Surana and Swapnil Bhatnagar

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National Workshop on Disaster Management in CTAE

Disaster management workshop in ctae udaipur

Drought & water-borne diseases in many parts of our state due to shortage & pollution of water should be tackled through disaster management policy. Special emphasis should be laid on fire control & earthquake resistance in multi-storey buildings and on the quality of roads, bridges & dams. Such were the thoughts that came up in the 5 day national workshop organized by NITTR, Chandigarh and CTAE, Udaipur.

The closing ceremony was held on Friday in the CTAE auditorium under the presidency of Dean Mr. N.S. Rathore, who kept his views over the utilization of renewable energy sources.

Dr. Changani, Dr. Suneja (RTU); Amit Goyal(NITTR); & Dr. Ravi Sharma(H.O.D. Civil Engg dept, CTAE ) also gave their opinions on proper civil designs & water treatments, highway networking & ecological disasters along with Dr. Swami & Dr, Chaudhary from MNIT and Mr. Anil Mehta (Vidhya Bhawan).
The programme was managed by Dr. Ravi Sharma & Trilok Gupta.

In the end, Jitendra Parihar of J.K. Lakshmi Cement told about the importance of cement quality in public as well as private constructions. Many engineers and faculty members of various engineering colleges took part in the workshop. In the end, students were informed about the reform programmes started by Seva Mandir in Delwara.

ctae udaipur

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Eid-ul-Zuha: Symbolizing Sacrifice

Id-ul-Zuha (Bakr-Id), also known as Eid al-Adha or Id-ul-Adha, is a tradition followed from centuries. This festival is celebrated every year and this year in 2011 it falls on 7 Nov. Many Muslims celebrate this festival with special morning prayers, greetings and gifts. This festival is symbolizes sacrifice. Eid al-Adha (Id-ul-Zuha or Bakr-Id), which is on the 10th to 13th days of the Islamic month of Dhul Hijja.
Eid Mubarak | UdaipurBlog Eid-ul-Zuha is a festival that is celebrated with traditional fervor and gaiety in India and the world. They may sacrifice a sheep or goat and share the part with family members, neighbors and the poor. Many Muslims feel that they have a duty to ensure that all Muslims can enjoy a meal during this holiday.

Being a gazette holiday, the national, state and local government offices, post offices and banks shall remain closed on Eid al-Adha. Islamic stores, businesses and other organizations may be closed or have reduced opening hours. Large scale prayer meetings may cause local disruption to traffic. And probably traffic to the Chetak Circle zone remain closed for the special prayer to hold in the morning.

Faith behind celebrating the festival:

Muslims around the world believe that Allah commanded Prophet Ibrahim (Abraham) to sacrifice his son Ishmael. Ibrahim in the way of God agreed to sacrifice his son but impressed by the faith of Ibrahim, a miracle happened, and Allah at the last moment replaced his son by a sheep.  Eid al-Adha is called Id-ul-Adha in Arabic and Bakr-Id in the Indian subcontinent, because of the tradition of sacrificing a goat or “bakr” in Urdu. The word “id” derived from the Arabic “iwd” means “festival” and “zuha” comes from “uzhaiyya” which translates to “sacrifice”.

Team UdaipurBlog wishes all our readers, a very happy and prosperous Eid 🙂

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Loads of Learning: The word LOL just got another meaning

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Greetings to All! India is a country with highest young population. They say India has got what no other country has; the Youth Power! But, how you think does the power come? Through being more in number? If that were the case, Pandavas would never have been able to conquer in the epic of Mahabharata. What we understand is that power comes from being united and the Indian youth, sorry to say, is not at all united. We are very much bothered about ourselves, and not the country. Yes, we are highest in numbers but we all are scattered, divided and unorganized and the reality is that this unorganized youth is taking India nowhere and someday or the other we will lose this advantage of being highest in numbers.

The energy that we have needs to be channelized in right direction and the leaders that we are witnessing are not organized themselves to guide us in the interest of nation. What can we do then? Should we sit and keep blaming our leaders for not doing enough to help us grow?  But we can’t afford to do this our whole life. So what can be done? Either accept the system which is very easy or try and bring about a change in the system, a change that is though small and slow but will allow us to breathe free. For once, let us all think that when people at the time of independence, without any resources, can create an excellent working system, then why can’t we overhaul it with so many resources and the tag of being ‘e- generation’ ?

When you go for a job interview, qualification will help you to get in the interviewer’s room. Then what? Then you struggle badly and fail to get a job just because you were educated, not learned. We have seen people thinking deeply when asked “What is the capital of Asia?” some of them even tried guessing that!! Sounds funny, isn’t it? But the truth is that there is lot more outside the social networking and course books. And the need of the hour is to keep ourselves aware of what is happening around in the world. You may find a lot more magazines on stands containing loads of information. But ask yourself the last time when you read a whole magazine? Most of you never did! And the reason behind was that there are very few or almost no magazines that are specifically designed for our generation, and we are too lazy to try to understand some of the excellent magazines and reading stuff available.

Keeping all this in mind, we are trying to create a 16 page reading material that is not only interesting but also very informative and suits all classes especially the badly informed youth. This magazine is our contribution to the small change that we are trying to bring in the present system. It is a non – profit venture started under a trust. This is our first interaction with you and we hope to bind ourselves with you all through a common cause of making this world, especially our own Mother India, a better place to live in.

 Here is the link of the Page of the Magazine LOADS.OF.LEARNING

by Siddharth Singhvi