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Archive for January, 2014

“You must be respectable, if you will be respected.”

Lord Chesterfield –

‘Remember the five simple rules to be happy:

1. Free your heart from hatred.

2. Free your mind from worries.

3. Live simply.

4. Give more.

5. Expect less.

Old age is like a bank account. You withdraw from what you’ve put in.

So, my advice to you would be to deposit a lot of happiness in the bank account of memories!

Saying “No” Is Part of Success

Success is often built on a reflexive habit of saying “yes” to opportunities that come your way. Eventually, as you succeed, you must prioritize the many opportunities that present themselves, or else you’ll be overwhelmed, overcommitted, and ineffective. These steps can help you say “no” more comfortably:
Slow down. Feelings of anxiety generated by the possibility of saying “no” can escalate into an emotional state in which we have diminished capacity to process information and consider options. Slowing down the pace of an interaction or a decision-making process can allow us to catch up and make the choice that’s right for us, not merely the choice that alleviates our anxiety in the moment.
Practice. Saying “no” is like any other interpersonal skill — it feels clumsy and awkward at first, and we improve only with repeated effort.

Adapted by HBR from “Learning to Say “No” Is Part of Success” by Ed Batista.

Which country is the epicentre of the most heinous crime on earth i.e., gang-rape of women? India..!

Which country is the epicenter

Myanmar mobs killed at least 40 Muslims: Rights group

A Times of India Report. Why news papers of Muslim countries are silent and their media is not reporting genocide of Muslims in Myanmar?

READ MORE Rohingya Muslims|Myanmar Violence Against Muslims|Myanmar Violence|Human Rights Group

The reported deaths in Du Char Yar Tan would bring to more than 280 the number of people killed, most of them members of the country’s long-persecuted Rohingya Muslim community.

YANGON: Buddhist mobs killed at least 40 Muslims when they stormed a village in western Myanmar last week, hunting down residents with knives, a human rights group said, citing witness testimony and a wide network of local sources.

The government has vehemently denied any deaths, except that of a police sergeant attacked by Rohingya Muslim villagers, but evidence of a massacre is mounting.

Matthew Smith, executive director of Fortify Rights, called on the government today to give humanitarian aid workers, independent observers and journalists unfettered access to Du Char Yar Tan village in Northern Rakhine state, which has been emptied and sealed off since the January 14 incident. He said as of yesterday, there were still some bodies in abandoned homes.

He also called for an end to mass arrests of Rohingya men and boys, some as young as 10.

“These arbitrary detentions broaden the scope of the human rights violations in the area and should be immediately brought to an end,” Smith said. “There needs to be accountability for this wave of horrific violence … but mass arrests of Muslim men and boys are not the way.”

Myanmar, a predominantly Buddhist nation of 60 million people, has been grappling with sectarian violence for nearly two years. The reported deaths in Du Char Yar Tan would bring to more than 280 the number of people killed, most of them members of the country’s long-persecuted Rohingya Muslim community. Another 250,000 people have fled their homes.

The state home to 80 per cent of the country’s 1 million Rohingya runs along the Bay of Bengal and is cut off from the rest of the country by a mountain range.

It is off-limits to foreign journalists and access for humanitarian aid workers is severely restricted, adding to the difficulties of confirming details about the violence.

The numbers reported by Fortify Rights, however, appear to be gaining support.

Estimates by the United Nations, which sent investigators to the region last week, also reach in the dozens, according to embassy officials and aid workers, following briefings on the violence. They asked that they not be named, saying the UN was expected to issue its own statement on the incident.

Security forces surrounded Du Char Yar Tan on January 14 after Rohingya Muslim residents allegedly abducted and killed a police sergeant.

Fearing reprisals, most of the men fled, but rights groups and residents of neighbouring villages said revenge-seeking Buddhist mobs entered with knives and guns and started attacking women and children.

In the hours that followed, riot police started arresting all male Rohingya, including children over the age of 10, in surrounding areas, sending hundreds into hiding, Smith said.

Work like you don’t need the money.
Love like nobody has ever hurt you.
Dance like nobody is watching.
Sing like nobody is listening.
Live as if this was paradise on Earth.

If your parents are still alive and still married,
you’re a rare individual.

If someone sent you this message,
you’re extremely lucky,
Because someone is thinking of you
and because you don’t comprise one of those 2 billion
people who can’t read.

If you currently have money in the bank, in your wallet and a few coins in your purse, you are one of 8 of the privileged few amongst the 100 people in the world.