Trichy....Continue to be Hot city

Maha and myself reached Trichy yesterday night. Like anyone else, i have a strong connection with a city where i had spend most of my life thusfar and with its people. It was raining yesteday and for the first time, i had seen lot of traffic like never before in this city. Watched Avatar in our new LCD TV.

Had a great fun with my bro and his friends, and with my family. Homemade food with luv, relations and family frnds around, what else i can ask for to make a perfect vacation. But one think that had not changed is the heat..its hot.

Sad to know about that Sai baba had passed away. I m not a hardcore devotee of Sai, but what i hear and learnt about him, he had done lot of humanitary service through his trust, like schools, hospitals, colleges, railway station and spend lot of money to bring drinkable water to Ananthapur and Chennai. It looks like he had ran a private government. I repect Sai as a great human being. RIP.

Great India....

Today, Me and Maha watched the Republic day parade ..The President of India, who is also the Commander in Chief of the Indian Armed Forces, relishes the salute. The Chief Guest of the parade is the Head of State of another nation....I then thought of sharing some facts....

India......

Born with Indus Valley Civilization in such sites as Mohenjo-Daro, Harappa, and Lothal, and the coming of the Aryans....It is in the Vedic period that Hinduism first arose: this is the time to which the Vedas are dated. ...

Fifth Century...Ashoka...spread of Buddhism..

Eigth Century, Islam first visit to India...

The European presence in India dates to the seventeenth century..

The Rebellion of 1857-58, which sought to restore Indian supremacy..

Successive campaigns had the effect of driving the British out of India in 1947. ...

With 1,150,000,000 (1.15 billion) people, India is currently the world's second largest country. India crossed the one billion mark in the year 2000, one year after the world's population crossed the six billion threshold. India is home for 17% of Worlds population...22 Official languages...over 1000 spoken languages....Sanskrit and Tamil are the classical languages of India according to the Government.....great example for UNITY in DIVERSITY....

Why we celebrate Republic day on 26Jan every year ?

Although India obtained its independence on August 15, 1947, it did not yet have a permanent constitution; instead, its laws were based on the modified colonial Government of India Act 1935, and the country was a Dominion, with George VI as head of state and Earl Mountbatten as Governor General. On August 29, 1947, the Drafting Committee was appointed to draft a permanent constitution, with Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar as chairman.The Constitution of India came into effect only on January 26, 1950, 10.18 AM IST. Following elections on January 21, 1950, Rajendra Prasad was elected as the president of India. The Indian National Congress and other parties had been celebrating January 26th as a symbol of Independence, even before India actually became independent. Thus, signing the constitution on January 26, to mark and respect January 26 and the freedom struggle and the freedom fighters.

Great Journey of 60 years......we have struggled a lot to be in a place where we are today....Consititution is what govern the country.....does it need a revision....do we need to amend it as per the changing environment...is the consititution only prinicples upon which our laws are made....Lot of questions arise when we see the new age politics....

Long way to go, we have just started ...We, are the greatest, largest, youngest republic of the world....We, are proud INDIANS