TV Review - Reality show Bigg Boss Season Saath 7 and the housemates

- Harish Jharia

‘Bigg Boss Saath 7’ ...the one of the most popular reality shows is already running on Colors TV channel since 15th September, 2013. There were 15 contestants as the housemates in the Bigg Boss house, one out of whom Hazel Keech has been evicted from the house on 21 September 2013.  

Following are the contestants in the Bigg Boss House locked under a virtual confinement for the next three months: 

Anita Advani, 50; an Indian Business-woman claims to be Rajesh Khanna's live-in partner. She had even sent a legal notice to his family members claiming a legal share in his property, after the death of the super star Rajesh Khanna. A soft-spoken, down to earth and straight forward person. She pays respect to others and expects the same from them.

Arman Kohli, 41 is an Indian Actor who acted in many films like Virodhi, Qahar, Dushman zamana, Anaam, Kohra, Juaari, Veer, Jaani Dushman(2002) etc. He is the son of producer, director Rajkumar Kohli. He made his acting debut as a child actor in his father's films Badle Ki Aag (1982) and Raj Tilak (1984). Eventually he was launched as an actor in 1992 in Virodhi. 

Pratyusha Banerjee, 22 is an IndianTelevision Actress who is famous for her role as Anandi in the popular TV serial Balika Vadhu on Colors TV.  She was born and raised in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand and is now settled in Mumbai for the last 4 years. She is a short-tempered, and emotional person with reserved nature. 

Sangram Singh, 28 is an Indian Wrestler who came in limelight after he posed in his birthday suit with just a fig-leaf covering his body. He also heated up interactions on internet with a steamy photo-shoot along with Payal Rohatgi. Sangram Singh was born in Madina villageand later paralyzed for 8 years on a wheelchair. Nevertheless, with his will power has transformed him into a famous international wrestler. He won a Gold Medal in the Commonwealth Wrestling bout. He has also been a part of many TV reality shows like 100 percent, De Dhana Dhan, Big TOSS, Guinness World Records and Survivor India. He believes in "Efforts are never wasted" and "Nothing is impossible".


Elli Avram, 23 is a Swedish Actress, all set to make her Bollywood debut opposite TV anchor-turned-actor Manish Paul in Saurabh Varma’s upcoming flick, "Mickey Virus", a comic thriller. She is the daughter of the veteran Swedish actor Maria Granlund, who worked with Ingmar Bergman in Oscar winning film 'Fanny and Alexander'. Elli Avram has learned ballet, belly dance, Bollywood dance, kathak, Bharatnatyam etc. Elli feels attached to India and indian culture since her childhood and feels cofortable in Mumbai.

Rajat Rawail (Now Evicted), 42 is an Indian Film Producer, Actor and Director. He is the Producer of the Bollywood blockbuster movie 'Ready' and has also played a funny character of Tsunami Singh in 'Bodyguard'. He was born and brought up in Mumbai in a filmy family.

Kushal Tandon, 28 is an Indian Model turned Television Actor, known for his role as Virat Singh Vadhera in a television serial ‘Ek Hazaaron Main Meri Behna Hai’. He stood 6th in the ‘Eastern Eye’ a UK magazine's ‘The 50 sexiest Asian men 2012’ and was on the Top 20 in People Magazine. Kushal Tandon hails from Lucknow and is the runner's up of Grasim Mr.India contest. He has also walked on ramp for much fashion shows like  Provogue, Spykar, Giodarna and Lakme. He has featured in many ads with big brands such as Sony Ericsson, Skoda, Activa, Airtel, Dairy Milk, Reid & Taylor etc . Later on, he went to the United States for his studies in the New York Film Academy.

Kamya Punjabi, 35 is an Indian Actress, better known as Sindoora in a television show ‘Banoon Main Teri Dulhan’. She is in the industry for the last ten years. She acted in television shows like Kehta Hai Dil, Kyun Hota Hai Pyaar, Ret, Astitva-Ek Prem Kahani, Comedy Circus etc in addition to a few movies and music albums. 

Hazel Keech (Now Evicted), a British Actress better known for her supporting role in the Bollywood film Bodyguard. She grew up in a British & Indo-Mauritian home. She has always been attracted and attached to Indian culture. She has featured in a music video for the remix song 'Kahin Pe Nigahein' in 2007, remixed by DJ Shezwood.

Shilpa Agnihotri, 31 is an Indian actress / Event manager. She was a well-known face of television shows like Kyunki saas bhi kabhi bahu thi, nach baliye, saas vs bahu, pati patni aur woh, survivor India and many music videos. Being a naval officer's daughter she is an extrovert. When she was 15, she was spotted by someone at a mall outside her college who offered her an ad film that made her a famous Sunsilk face. She married Apurva Agnihotri at the age of 22 and living a happy married life. She is an actor by default, a housewife by choice and an activist working for animal cause. 

Apurva Agnihotri, 40 is an Indian Film and television Actor. He is considered as a shy and introvert person but sometimes thought to be arrogant by strangers. Apurva wants to be remembered as a creative professional behind the camera, creating wonderful films as a director and writer like his father.

Ratan Rajpoot, age not disclosed, is an Indian Television Actress, better known for her lead role in an Indian TV serial 'Agle Janam Mohe Bitiya Hi Kijo' as Laali and a reality aired television show 'Swayamvar Season 3' (Ratan Ka Rishta). She is girl from asmall town carrying  very big dreams.

Gauahar Khan, 30 is an Indian Actress, better known for her dance numbers 'Jhalla' and 'Chokra Jawaan' in Ishaqzaade and 'Parda Parda' from Once Upon a Time in Mumbai. She was also featured in a Bollywood movie 'Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year' opposite Ranbir Kapoor. Gauahar was the Miss India international 2002 and started her career as a model. She was widely appreciated for her variety of dance numbers performed in the reality show Jhalak Dikkhla Jaa. Gauahar and her sister were featured in a reality show 'Khan Sisters' on UTV Bindass which turned her image into a celebrity. She has completed her first film as the lead heroine opposite Rajev Khandelwal titled 'Fever', scheduled to be released in January 2014.

VJ Andy, 32 is a British TV Presenter and Choreographer. He earned fame as a VJ With Channel V for the shows viz Dare to Date, Date My Folks, U R Fired, Bollywood Non-Sunsex, Get Gorgeous 5 & 6, Beauty and the Geek and others. He is also the choreographer of the hit music Video ‘Kaliyon ka Chaman’ etc. Andy also did a small role in Bollywood's “Yet another love story” and 'Bachna-E-Haseeno'. He is also the costume designer for some films like Tahsan, Bachna-E-Haseeno and Ghajini. He worked with the top Indian designers for Fashion shows for films and fashion shows.

Tanishaa Mukherji, 35 is an Indian actress, better known for her role in the movie Neal N Nikki and followed by Sarkar, Sarkar Raj, Sssshhh, Tango Charlie etc. She is the daughter of Shomu Mukherjee and actress Tanuja and the younger sister of film star Kajol. She hails from a family that dominated Bollywood since the 1940s. Tanishaa is also acting in a Marathi film titled 'Adhantari'. She has also been the co-producer of the Bollywood movie ‘Son of Sardar’.

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Why girls and young women are gang-raped in India

                  Utter failure of the system

- Harish Jharia

In the recent times there has been a steep escalation in the cases of gang rapes against girls and women in India. Such cases depend on the sexual attitude of male population towards their female counterparts in a particular society, place and region. It also depends on the careless and unsecured venturing out by girls and women at late nights and in secluded places.  

Following are the categories of sexual offenders who are suspected to commit gang rapes on girls and women: 

1. The gang-rapists are usually found in the age group between 17 year to 35 year
2. These sex offenders are usually unmarried men, separated married men or widowers 
3. Most of these rapists are either illiterates or dropouts from schools 
4. Most of these rapists are either unemployed vagabonds or unskilled / skilled laborers like drivers, cleaners, daily wage workers etc 
5. These sex criminals usually hail from poor families living in slums 
6. The Rapists plan and execute sexual crimes at their favorite places vulnerable for girls and women 
7. Some of the sex criminals are suspected to be victims of child-abuse in their early lives
8. Some of the rapists are suspected to be mentally abnormal like being short-tempered, insensitive, cruel, criminal minded etc 

                                Risky location  

Following are the vulnerable situations and conditions for gang rapes on girls and women:

1. Girls and women who venture out all alone at late nights and to isolated places may fall prey to these molesters
2. Girls and women connected to discothèques, and night clubs are more susceptible to  gang rapes, if they commute all alone at late nights, especially on taxies and other public transports   
3. Gangs of sex offences also target romantic couples who find secluded places for their meetings. The goons first threaten the couple, overpower the male partner and then molest the female 
4. Girls and women boarding empty taxis  auto rickshaws, buses or train compartments at nights are also vulnerable to sexual offences committed by vagabonds 

                        Rave Parties in India 

What the government and society should do to eliminate sexual crimes against girls and women:

1. The local police should enforce law in such a way that girls and women become safe everywhere and every time, round the clock and no incident of molestation takes place
2. The police and local administration should attend to the victims, file FIR, arrest the culprits and initiate criminal proceedings immediately against them 
3. The society should develop a healthy social order that people stop treating girls and women as commodities for quenching their lust (हवस)
4. Girls and women should also follow some code of conduct for ensuring their own safety
5. Girls and women should not venture out to secluded places in day or night all alone or with a companion. 
6. Girls and women should avoid visiting or working in discotheques or night clubs in nightshifts if they do not have their own mode of transport. They should also avoid attending such programs if they are not in a group of 4-5 friends
7. Women organizations and overenthusiastic social workers should not criticize  intellectuals and senior citizens, calling them morale police,  who propose security precautions for girls and women 
8. Cheap item numbers, filthy dialogues, rustic songs and erotic exposure of female bodies in films and television definitely pollute people’s attitude towards girls and women. Films and television programs are required to be drastically refined and made much decent
9. Girls and women have recently started sporting western outfits like hot pants, skintight jeans and tops, thereby exposing cleavages, waistlines, legs and armpits. Indian common men are not used to watch such western avatars of Indian girls and woman 
10. The boys and young men hailing from poor and illiterate families look at the girls and women in western outfits, as if they are item girls of films and TV commercials. That is the reason why they stare at them, stalk them and try to touch them 
11. These vagabonds then set out for locating helpless girls or women after developing perverted sex desire and molest them on the first available opportunity

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Wish you a very happy Krishna Janmashami…

Happy Krishna Janmaashtami
Lord Krishna's Birthday

Today is the birthday of Lord Krishna. His colorful birthday is celebrated with all the fanfare, music dance and chanting songs in His honor. 

Lord Krishna is believed to have been born in 3112 BCE; therefore today, it is the 5125th birthday of Lord Krishna.  Lord Krishna has the rare distinction of being India’s most beloved divinity and at the same time a historical figure, who existed physically on this planet about 5000 years ago.

ऐसा विश्वास किया जाता है कि श्री कृष्ण का जन्म 3112 BCE में हुआ था; इस प्रकार आज  कृष्ण भगवान का 5125 वां जन्मदिन है. श्री कृष्ण को भारत भूमि पर एक दुर्लभ गौरव प्राप्त है. वह यह कि वे एक सर्वाधिक लोकप्रिय दिव्यपुरुष होने के साथ-साथ एक ऐतिहासिक विख्यात  ्यक्तित्व भी थे जो 5000 वर्ष पूर्व शारीरिक रूप से इस पृथ्वी पर मौजूद थे. 

Lord Krishna was a philosopher, warrior, and ruler and was eventually elevated to the highest level of sacred divinity- a God. 

I on behalf of ‘Discover Life’ and on my own behalf, wish all the devotees of Lord Krishna a very happy Krishna Janmashami… 

Jai Shri Krishna….

- Harish Jharia

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Film Riew Chennai Express - Shahrukh Khan, Deepika Padukone starrer comedy thriller

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‘Channai Express’ film has broken all the records of Bollywood box-office? To know why, read this film review wherein an analytic study of this film has been presented.

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- Harish Jharia 

Rating:  8/10

Chennai express is a comedy action thriller, starring Shahrukh Khan SRK and Deepika Padukone. It is produced by Gauri Khan, Ronnie Screwvala and Siddharth Roy Kapur. The credit for the success of this excellent creation goes to its director Rohit Shetty and the editor Steven H Bernard who eventually made a nonstop bonanza of multiple movie frames, filled with high voltage absolute entertainment. The next credit goes to its cinematographer Dudley who recreated the vibrant colors of nature, unbelievable bird’s-eye-views and breathtaking action shots on the silver screen. In all, it is a ‘complete in all respect’ film that is going to be written in the Indian film history with golden letters. 

Storyline: 

Rahul (Sahrukh Khan) is the grandson of a millionaire confectioner (Lekh Tandon). Rahul is a vagabond and remained a bachelor until 40 years of age because of consistent interruption in his affairs by his grandfather. The real film takes off with the death of his grandfather. He was assigned with the task to immerse his grandfather’s mortal remains in the waters of Indian Ocean at the southern tip of Indian peninsula at Rameshwaram. 

Rahul, along with his rogue friends planned to immerse the mortal remains at the shores of Arabian Sea at Goa, rather than going all the way to Rameshwaram. Nevertheless, Rahul had to change the rout to Goa because his grandmother decides to see him off at the railway station.  He buys a ticket and boards a train to Chennai after taking leave of his grandmother. He alighted from the train at the next station where his friends were waiting for him for onward pleasure drive to Goa. 

At the time of leaving the train, Rahul forgot to pick up the urn containing mortal remains of his grandfather and reached to his friends. On noticing his mistake he rushed back to his couch, picked up the urn and tried to leave the compartment. By that time the train started moving and he saw that a girl Meena was running on the platform to catch-up with the train and climb to board it. Rahul helped her in boarding the train followed by helping a gang of her kidnappers. 

Rahul and Meena along with her kidnappers went ahead on the train Chennai Express’. The film moves on with fast and multiple twists and turns in the story, keeping the viewers glued to the screen. I would like to leave the story here for the readers to watch the film and enjoy the humor and thrill.  

Review:

My first comment about this movie is that it is a neat and clean Bollywood film. There were many shots portraying hi-voltage interactions between the gangsters and the lead characters, where the common Hindi Bollywood abuses like ‘kutte’, ‘kamine’ were in fact expected to be spoken. But, to the surprise of everyone, no abuses or vulgar talks were found anywhere in the movie. 

The visual parts of the film are also kept neat and clean with no vulgar shots or scenes shown on the screen that would have embarrassed parent viewers to watch it along with their toddlers. Rohit Shetty has even changed the definition of ‘item number’ by presenting a graceful item by Priyamani as dancer. 

By watching this movie, it is proved that another blockbuster Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra’s ‘Bhag Milka Bhag’ could also have been made without the prolonged kissing scene between Farhan Akhtar and Rebecca Breeds. That would have saved the parent viewers from an abrupt embarrassment they were slapped with, while watching the movie with their kids. 

Shahrukh Khan was superb in this movie unlike his performance in ‘My name is Khan’; wherein he looked uncomfortable with the character he was playing. Nevertheless, in Chennai Express SRK has completely merged with his character and his own persona hardly overshadowed the character of Rahul. Yet, at a couple of shots he looked overacting when he displayed his trademark posture of bending back with outstretched hands. He should definitely have averted to do so; because, that act did not match with Rahul’s character in he film at all. 

Deepika Padukone has portrayed the character of Meena, the daughter of a local Don (Sathyaraj). Her performance is excellent who dominated the movie along with Shahrukh Khan whom she marries at the climax of the film. All other characters have been overshadowed by Shahrukh Khan and Deepika Padukone. 

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Cast: 
Deepika Padukone - Meena
Shahrukh Khan - Rahul
Sathyaraj - Meena's Father
Nikitin Dheer - Proposed groom for Meena
Kamini Kaushal - Rahul's Grandmother
Lekh Tandon - Rahul's Grandfather
Priyamani - item number 
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Crew: 
Directed by: Rohit Shetty
Produced by: Gauri Khan, Ronnie Screwvala, Siddharth Roy Kapur
Screenplay by: Yunus Sajawal
Story by: K. Subaash
Music by: Vishal–Shekhar
Cinematography: Dudley
Editing by: Steven H. Bernard
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Kedarnath Temple - a victim of human encroachment and abuse

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Have you ever wondered what was the government doing when thousands of pilgrims died at Kedarnath Shrine? What was the real reason for the abrupt devastation of the villages and carnage of human lives? Here are the answers for your questions on this natural disaster failure of government, in this article.   

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             The devastated Kedarnath shrine

- Harish Jharia

The Kedarnath Temple is located at a height of 3,583 m (11,755 ft), situated at 223 km from Rishikesh and is believed to be constructed on the shores of Mandakini River, a tributary of Ganges. Mandakini River has since changed its course and currently the temple is practically standing in the middle of the riverbed. The riverbed is situated at the bottom of huge valley with high mountains and a glacier at its sides. It received mammoth amount of water and silt as a result of prolonged heavy rains and melting of glacier snow, flowing along the huge mountain slopes.  

            Kedarnath temple 150 years back

Because of the above mentioned geographical conditions in the valley, the river might be flowing 6 to 10 foot deep in the rainy seasons. That might be the reason that the architects and builders of Kedarnath temple constructed it at a 15 to 20 foot high solid platform from the riverbed level. The plinth height of the temple is clearly visible in the photograph taken approximately 50 years back somewhere around 1950-60.  

        Kedarnath temple 50 years back

Kedarnath temple is an impressive stone structure constructed at some unknown period.  Some schools of thoughts believe that the structure was constructed in the 8th Century AD, when Adi Shankara visited this place. Some other scholars think that the Kedarnath temple was built by the Pandavas in Mahabharata period. 

               Kedarnath temple before floods 

Whosoever might have built the temple, but it is sure that it was definitely built exclusively for religious purpose. It was not built for tourism and with commercial motives.

              Kedarnath temple after floods 

Let us list out the ways Uttarakhand people, its governments and the governments of the erstwhile Uttar Pradesh of which Uttarakhand was a part, kept exploiting the Hindu religious shrine that ended up in the recent disaster and human massacre:

1. The Kedarnath shrine was left unattended and left free-for-all to buy land around the temple and construct various structures, making the shrine a crowded place.
2. All types of commercial activities were permitted in the structures constructed around the temple making it a market place. 
3. No free space was left around the temple and the buildings were constructed in close proximity of the temple, thereby, reducing the dominance of the highest seat of Hindu religion. 
4. The roads leading to the Kedarnath shrine were unprotected as there was no proper reinforcement provided at the edges and along the slopes down to the deep valleys. 
5. Even sufficient margins were not left between the road and the deadly edges of valleys for safety against falling of commuting vehicles and damages to the road due to landslides at the edges. 
6. The houses, shops, hotels and dharmshalas of Kedarnath town were built right at the edges of the river banks and that of the valleys making them vulnerable to devastation due to floods and landslides.  
7. No stone or concrete structures were built around Kedarnath temple that could have diverted the flow of water, stones, pebbles and rubbles away from the temple structure. 
8. The height of the base platform (15’ to 20’), on which the temple was built, had not been maintained through the last known 150 years. Resultantly, tons of silt was allowed to deposit on the earth / riverbed elevating its height almost equal to the base platform of Kedarnath temple. 

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Uttarakhand floods - Indian politicians reaping political advantages out of Kedarnath cloudbursts catastrphe

 

- Harish Jharia

Indian state Uttarakhand witnessed a nightmarish catastrophe on 16th and 17th June that started with heavy rains on Kedarnath Mountains, followed by cloudbursts, killing a thousand plus people and devastating billions of Rupees of properties of the holy shrine Kedarnath Dham and hundreds of villages in its vicinity. 

The Uttarakhand state government, the district administration and other self-governing bodies miserably failed to evacuate the stranded pilgrims from the devastated pilgrimage township. The authorities also ignored the widespread devastation across the hundred odd villages and the starving people of those villages of Gadhwal Hills. 

Indian Prime Minister Man Mohan Singh and the ruling alliance UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi went on an aerial survey of the devastated area of Kedarnath Mountains. Their aerial surveillance of the leaders resulted in huge deployment of army personnel including Indian Army, Indian Air force, ITBP, and other paramilitary forces. These armed forces and paramilitary personnel did exemplary services to the stranded people and saving lives of thousands of pilgrims in Kedarnath and elsewhere in the flood affected Himalayan valley. 

At the same time, the Indian politicians, especially from the ruling party in Uttarakhand and in the center, were busy in reaping political advantages by showing off their efforts in serving and helping the flood affected pilgrims. The most visible and widely publicized act was supplying food and relief material to the marooned people in the Himalayan pilgrimage. 

TV news channels beamed clips of trucks carrying relief material for the stranded pilgrims at Kedarnath hilly areas. It was declared that the relief material was sent by the government; at the same time, the trucks loaded with food and basic necessities were wrapped with huge banners displaying imaged of Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi. The banners also were carried captions of ‘Youth Congress’.  Some snaps of Sonia Gandhi flagging off truck fleets loaded with relief material along with her son Rahul Gandhi and other Congress leaders were also releases to the media. 

The chief minister of Uttarakhand refused permission to other state governments of Gujrat, Madhya Pradesh etc, when they offered to join the evacuation and relief operations in the Himalayan devastated hills. They even refused entry for trucks that were proposed to be sent by other state governments. The obvious reason for this arrogant refusal of humanitarian help was that the other chief ministers were heading non-congress governments. 

A couple of Congress spokespersons kept justifying Uttarakhand Chief Minister’s refusal of permission to other Indian states governments for the evacuation and rehabilitation mission. Nevertheless, the Uttarakhand government has accepted that they failed in saving the lives of thousands of pilgrims and billions of Rupees of properties. 

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Gobhi Manchurian Chinese Recipe - गोभी मंचूरियन चाईनीज़ व्यंजन

Gobhi Manchurian is one of the most popular Indo-Chinese dishes, cooked and eaten in India. This cuisine is an adaptation of Chinese seasoning and cooking techniques to suite Indian spices, herbs and the tastes of Indians. It is believed to have been discovered by the Chinese Indians settled in Kolkata, India, for over a century. Being extremely popular among urban Indians, it is widely cooked and sold in major Indian cities such as Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Pune etc.  

Ingredients for Gobhi Manchurian - गोभी मंचूरियन के लिए आवश्यक सामग्री

15 cauliflower pieces of lemon size - १५ नीबू की साईज के गोभी के टुकड़े 
3 tablespoons corn flour - ३ बड़ी चम्मच कार्नफ्लोर 
5 tablespoons all-purpose flour - ५ बड़ी चम्मच मैदा 
¼ cup water - १/४ कप पानी 
1 teaspoon black pepper powder - १ छोटी चम्मच पीसी काली मिर्च 
Salt to taste - नमक स्वादानुसार 
oil for deep frying - तलने के लिए तेल 

Cooking Method for Gobhi Manchurian - मंचूरियन बनाने की विधि 

• Heat up oil in a wok or in a deep fryer. - कढाई में तेल गरम करें. 
• In the meanwhile, dissolve the corn flour and all-purpose flour along with pepper and salt in water. - साथ ही, कार्नफ्लोर, मैदा, काली मिर्च और नमक को १ कप पानी में घोलें 
• Add the cauliflower pieces and mix until they get coated with the flour mixture. - गोभी के टुकड़ों को इस घोल में डाल कर अच्छी तरह मिश्रण में लपेट लें.
• Slide about 5 pieces at a time into the hot oil and fry them until golden brown. - इन लपेटे हुए गोभी कि टुकड़ों को तेल में सुनहरे होने तक ताल लें. 
• Remove from oil and drain them in paper towels. Keep aside. - तलने पर इन्हें निकालकर टिश्यू पेपर पर निथार लें और एक तरफ रखलें. 

Ingredients for Manchurian Sauce - सॉस के लिए आवश्यक सामग्री

½ cup chopped spring onions - १/२ कप कटी हरी प्याज 
1 tablespoon finely chopped garlic - १ बड़ा चम्मच बारीक कटा लहसुन 
2 teaspoons finely chopped green chillies - २ बड़ा चम्मच बारीक कटी हरी मिर्च 
2 teaspoons finely chopped ginger - १ छोटा चम्मच बारीक कटा अदरक
1 tablespoon corn flour - १ बड़ा चम्मच कार्नफ्लोर 
1 cup water or vegetable stock - १ कप पानी या वेजीटेबल स्टाक 
1 tablespoon soy sauce - १ बड़ा चम्मच सोया सॉस 
1 tablespoon tomato ketchup - १ बड़ा चम्मच टोमैटो कैचअप
1 teaspoon red chilli sauce (Asian style) - १ छोटा चम्मच रेड चिली सॉस 
1 tablespoon vegetable/sunflower oil - १ बड़ा चम्मच वेजीटेबल या सनफ्लावर आयल 
Salt to taste नमक स्वादानुसार 

Cooking Method for Sauce - सॉस बनाने की विधि

• Mix the corn flour with ¼ cup of water. - Add soya sauce, ketchup, chilli sauce and salt. कार्नफ्लोर को १/४ कप पानी में कार्नफ्लोर घोलें और ऊपर से सोया सॉस, चिली सॉस और नमक डालकर मिलाएं. 
• Heat oil in a wok or frying pan on high heat; add garlic, ginger, green chillies, spring onions and stir fry for a few seconds. - एक कढाई में १ बड़ा चम्मच तेल गरम करें. ऊपर से अदरक, लहसुन, हरी मिर्च और हरा प्याज डाल कर कुछ सेकण्ड तक ज़रा सा भूनें. 
• Add the corn flour mixture to the above and cook for a few minutes until thick and the corn flour is cooked. - ऊपर से कार्न्फलौर का मिश्रण डाल कर मिलाएं और गाढा होने तक और पकने तक पकाएं.
• Turn off heat. Toss the Fried Cauliflower with the Manchurian Sauce and serve. - पकने पर गैस बंद कर दें फ्राई किए हुए गोभी मंचूरियन इस गरम सॉस में डालें और खाने के लिए प्लेट में डालें. 
• Garnish with spring onion leaves and extra green chillies if you like it spicy. - ऊपर से हरी प्याज और हरी मिर्च से गार्निश करे और परोसें. 

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TV Review of Uttaran – how a Bengali family speaks UP dialect

Ichchha / Meethi (double role of Tina Dutta )

- Harish Jharia 

Story until now:

Uttaran is a story of a domestic maidservant Damini (Vaishali Thakkar) and her offspring Ichchha (Tina Dutta) who eventually transformed into the owners of the household where they were employed. Damini became the owner of a catering firm and Ichchha got married to a Bundela family. The story revolved around Ichchha who faced many adversities of her life and kept moving frequently from one place to the other. 

During one of her destinations, Ichchha happened to stay with a Bengali family of Chatterjees. In frequent turns of events Ichchha committed murder of Avinash Chatterjee who was a rogue and the only son of the Chatterjee family.  Avinash Chatterjee died leaving behind his wife Ekadashi Chatterjee (Krutika Desai) and a son who grownup into Akash Chatterjee (Mrunal Jain). These two characters appeared in the serial when the third generation began in the story and Ichchha’s daughter grew up into a young woman Meethi (double role of Tina Dutta ) . 

The story takes a dramatic turn when Akash Chatterjee (Mrunal Jain) fell in love with Meethi (double role of Tina Dutta as Ichchha and Meethi). At this juncture there are two lead families portrayed on the screen and they are Damini’s family and that of Ekadashi Chatterjee’s (Krutika Desai) Bengali family. 

Akash Chatterjee (Mrunal Jain) 

Observation and Review:

There is a serious fault in the story and that is the language spoken by the Chatterjee family. In spite of being a Bengali family the members of Chaterjee family speak a UP Hindi dialect rather than interacting in Bengali language. Bengalis basically feel pride in speaking in their own language ‘Bengali’. Therefore, it looks odd when a Chatterjee speaks a Hindi dialect like Bundeli, Awadhi or Braj Bhasha.

It appears that the makers of Utaran have resorted to use Hindi dialect with Chatterjees just to justify the aggressive attitude and revengeful cruel activities of that family. They might have used some twists in between the episodes; nevertheless, Chattejees speaking Hindi dialect like Bundeli, Awadhi or Braj Bhasha looks a dedicated attempt to hit higher TRP. 

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LK Advani’s resignation following Narendra Modi’s elevation and its effects on BJP’s 2014 election strategy

Harish Jharia

Lal Krishna Advani, the 85-year-old BJP veteran, resigned from all BJP posts on 4 June 2013. This is for the third time in last eight years, when BJP leader LK Advani has resigned from the top BJP posts. The three occasions of his resignations are as follows:

1. LK Advani, one of the founder members of BJP, had first resigned as party president on June 7, 2005, following stern objections from the RSS and right wing outwits against his praise for Pakistan founder Md Ali Jinnah. Advani described Jinnah as a "secular" leader during his six-day Pakistan visit. He had described Jinnah as one of the "very few who actually create history". Nevertheless, Advani, withdrew his resignation from the party chief's post after extensive negotiations, ending a emergent leadership crisis in the main opposition party of India.
2. However, after about six months he again stepped down as party president on December 31, 2005, in order to bring down the Jinna controversy to an end. He was then succeeded by the current party President Rajnath Singh.
   Note: The BJP veteran, who was appointed President in October 2004 for his 3rd inning, stood by his comments while submitting his resignation letter. Advani wrote in his resignation letter that "I have not said or done anything in Pakistan which I need to retract or review".
3. It was the third time when Advani resigned from all BJP posts, on June 4, 2013 following the elevation of Narendra Modi, on the occasion of BJP’s National Executive Meet in Goa, to the status of the Chairman of BJP's Election Campaign Committee for 2014 elections.  

Advani’s resignation was not a surprise to the people, as his dissatisfaction was obviously visible for the last many months, when BJP party organization was successively elevating Narendra Modi in Indian politics. Modi’s appointment to the coveted post of the Chairman of BJP's Election Campaign Committee for 2014 elections brought the final turmoil in the national politics of India. Nevertheless, people never expected a resignation from the BJP founder at a crucial time when the party was preparing for the historical election of 2014.  

The first negative reaction of Advani’s resignation was a horrifying scare of more resignations by other BJP leaders. BJP supporters were in fact waiting in shock for suspected resignations of other senior politicians from Advani group.  But, not a single BJP leader came forward to resign in support of Advani. On the other hand people at many places, rejoiced and celebrated the elevation of Narendra Modi and media gave extensive coverage to those celebrations.

Secondly, Advani’s resignation had sparked off the fuse of explosives blazing within the politicians and parties who opposed Narendra Modi from day one. These were a couple of NDA allies who watched with fear and envy, the dedicated projection of Narendra Modi as the future PM of India. Immediately after the Advani resignation episode, the main NDA ally Nitish Kumar led JDU, came forward to express their intentions of withdrawing as ally from NDA. JDU in fact, won the election in Bihar, with the support of BJP and formed government in alliance with BJP.  Nevertheless, now playing the pro-minority card, JDU is now dreaming of survival with support of new ‘secular’ allies, after the resignation episode.

In view of these fallouts, it is felt that Advani’s resignation was a mistake that has harmed the main Indian opposition party BJP. It is yet to be seen as to how much damage the resignation drama has done to the 2014 election strategy of BJP. However, this resignation episode has definitely reduced the weight of Advani’s persona. Advani, being one of the founder fathers of BJP was expected to take much more careful steps to express his displeasure about the states of affairs in BJP. A leader of his stature should have given priority to the interests of the party rather than putting them at stake.

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Editor’s page: Discover Life’s article hits the magic figure with 400 visitor’s comments

                        Sickle Cell Patient

New Delhi, 27 March 2013

Discover life’s Article titled “Health: 8 Foods for keeping Sickle Cell Patientshealthy” 
URL: http://harishjhariasblog.blogspot.in/2012/07/health-8-foods-for-keeping-sickle-cell.html, has received 400 comments between 12 July 2012 to 27 March 2013. We are feeling enchanted for the enormous response received by this article. The webpage has exceeded its capacity so much so that the page is not accepting my responses to the comments. 

The article is still receiving comments every hour of the day and night.

I sincerely thank Google for making this article so very Search Engine Optimized (SEO) that it is widely spotted by Internet browsing users. I offer my dedicated thanks and gratitude to the members and visitors who click on my links, arrive at my site ‘Discover Life’ and post wonderful comments.

Thanks indeed

Harish Jharia
Discover Life
27 March 2013

Discover Life wishes a joyful and colorful Holi to visitors and members

Holi is the festival of colors, joy and happiness 

We wish our visitors and members a Very Happy Holi and pray the God almighty to fill their lives with brilliant colors of happiness and joy.

God bless us all...

Harish Jharia

Discover life

27 March 2013

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Hindi translation of Lyrics: Michael Jackson’s “We are the world” USA for Africa

Written by: Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie

Translated exclusively for ‘Discover Life’ to Hindi by: Harish Jharia 

We Are the World 
(Click here for the Video)

There comes a time when we heed a certain call 
ऐसे पल भी आते हैं कभी, जब  सुननी होती है  हमें कोई  पुकार  
When the world must come together as one
जब हो जाना चाहिए सारी दुनियाँ को एकसाथ एकरूप 
There are people dying
कितने ही लोग हैं जो मर रहे हैं 
Oh, and it's time to lend a hand to life
आह..! लो आ गया है यह पल ज़िंदगी को सहारा देने का 
The greatest gift of all 
दुनियाँ की सबसे महान भेंट 

We can't go on pretending day by day
नहीं पाल सकेंगे हम और ढ़ोंग, दिन-ब-दिन 
That someone somehow will soon make a change
फिर लाएगा बदलाव कोई-न-कोई, किसी-न-किसी तरह  
We're all a part of God's great big family
हम सब अंग है ईश्वर के महान विराट परिवार के  
And the truth - you know love is all we need
और सच कहें, प्यार की ही है सबको ज़रूरत आज
…

We are the world; we are the children
हमी हैं दुनियाँ; हमी हैं संतान 
We are the ones who make a brighter day
हमी हैं वो जो ला सकते हैं उज्जवल दिन
So let's start giving
तो आओ शुरू करें कुर्बानी
There's a choice we're making
चुन रहे हैं हम स्वयं ही अपना रास्ता  
We're saving our own lives
बचा रहे हैं हम खुद ही अपनी जिंदगियां 
It's true we'll make a better day
सचमुच, बनाएंगे हम एक बेहतर दिन 
Just you and me
बस तुम और हम 
…

Well, send them you your heart
चलो, उन-तक दिल पहुंचाओ अपना
So they know that someone cares
ताकि, उन्हें महसूस हो कि किसी को परवाह है उनकी 
And their lives will be stronger and free
और उनका जीवन हो मज़बूत और आज़ाद   
As God has shown us
जैसा ईश्वर ने दिखाया था   
By turning stone to bread
पत्थर को रोटी में तब्दील करके 
And so we all must lend a helping hand
और ऐसे ही बढ़ाएँ हम भी उपकार का हाथ   
…

We are the world; we are the children
हमी हैं दुनियाँ; हमी हैं संतान 
We are the ones who make a brighter day
हमी हैं वो जो ला सकते हैं उज्जवल दिन
So let's start giving
तो आओ शुरू करें कुर्बानी
There's a choice we're making
चुन रहे हैं हम स्वयं ही अपना रास्ता  
We're saving our own lives
बचा रहे हैं हम खुद ही अपनी जिंदगियां 
It's true we'll make a better day
सचमुच, बनाएंगे हम एक बेहतर दिन 
Just you and me
बस तुम और हम 
…

When you're down and out
और जब हो तुम उदास और खिन्न 
There seems no hope at all
और ना बची हो उम्मीद की कोई किरण 
But if you just believe
पर अगर तुम में है विश्वास 
There's no way we can fall
तो कोई प्रश्न ही नहीं उठता हमारे पतन का 
Well, well, well, let's realize
सुनो, सुनो, सुनो, आओ महसूस करें 
That one change can only come
कि एक परिवर्तन तो आना ही है 
When we stand together as one
जब हम सब होकर एक, एकसाथ खड़े होंगे 
…

We are the world; we are the children
हमी हैं दुनियाँ; हमी हैं संतान 
We are the ones who make a brighter day
हमी हैं वो जो ला सकते हैं उज्जवल दिन
So let's start giving
तो आओ शुरू करें कुर्बानी
There's a choice we're making
चुन रहे हैं हम स्वयं ही अपना रास्ता  
We're saving our own lives
बचा रहे हैं हम खुद ही अपनी जिंदगियां 
It's true we'll make a better day
सचमुच, बनाएंगे हम एक बेहतर दिन 
Just you and me
बस तुम और हम 

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Michael Jackson - WE ARE THE WORLD - HD STEREO - USA for Africa: Video and Lyrics

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