when narrating the first episode of the American television series -Curiosity, on the Discovery channel,

Hawking declared:  -"We are each free to believe what we want and it is my view that the simplest explanation is- there is no God. No one created the universe and no one directs our fate. This leads me to a profound realization. There is probably no heaven, and no afterlife either. We have this one life to appreciate the grand design of the universe, and for that, I am extremely grateful."
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Will you slap her ?

Note: Normally we don't publish fonder romance but this one is worthy of your free time

Like a crazy, I am missing you, my time is draining very slowly... Where are you now, I am wondering... I am looking for lost paradise inside my heart, the place hidden, where u and the memories of us sleep.... Memories of you and me every day like a new year, we would dance at nights Kissing on the street, like we are alone, like nobody's thinking about the end.... Memories of how we could do anything, only God knows Barefoot under the stars, the honey taste on our lips.... I fold my fingers into my palm before a new day dawns my only desire, Which you only know, you should know... I am saving you for myself only, am looking after you, not letting anyone touch you On my palm you are secret carved, my life line, my love.... My vision of you is with smile on your face, that is how i still see you Still i keep my heart whole so that when I meet you again I can give it back to you... I don't mind missing you because I know your tears and laughs For my soul are my gift, have always been my cure.... I am looking after you, wherever I go, I've got you....

We live in trying times. These days not just India, but much of the world is battling corruption and moral degradation, which have taken firm root across all levels of society. In such times, the following lesson from the life of Swami Vivekananda is especially pertinent, as it brings with it the much needed antidote to the wide-spread poison – namely, standing up for what is right, for what is the truth, even if one has to bear unfavorable consequences as a result. The following incident took place in the late 1800′s, when India was not a free democratic country; being divided into small princely states, which in turn came under the over-arching rule of the British crown. Hundreds of years of rule by profligate Maharajas, followed by ruthless colonial exploitation by the British, had pushed the Indian masses into the arms of mind-numbing poverty and frequent famines. With their spirits crushed, the common man’s mentality had become one of extreme fear and deference towards their Indian and British rulers. In those trying circumstances Vivekananda dared to boldly speak the truth, as recounted in this story by Swami Nikhilananda, in his must read book “Vivekananda a Biography” (page 107) (World, India). Once Swami Vivekananda was visiting the city of Bangalore, in the then princely State of Mysore. Greatly impressed by Vivekananda’s brilliance, charm and wide learning, the Maharaja invited him to be a guest at his palace.One day, in front of his high officials, the Maharaja asked the Swami, “What do you think of my courtiers?” “Well,” came the bold reply, “I think Your Highness has a very good heart, but you are unfortunately surrounded by courtiers who are generally flatterers. Courtiers are the same everywhere.” “But,” the Maharaja protested, “my prime minster is not such. He is intelligent and trustworthy.” “But, Your Highness, the prime minister is the one who robs the Maharaja and pays the political agent.” The Maharaja changed the subject, and afterwards warned the Swami to be more discreet in expressing his opinion of the officials; otherwise those unscrupulous people might even poison him. But the Swami burst out: “What! Do you think an honest sannyasin (sage) is afraid of speaking the truth, even though it may cost him his very life?” “I can never tell a lie.” “It was the great King Bhartrihari¹ who said – “Let the sages blame or let them praise; let the goddess of fortune come or let her go wherever she likes; let death come to-day, or let it come in hundreds of years; he indeed is the steady man who does not move one inch from the way of truth.” “So stand up men and women, dare to believe in the truth, dare to practice the truth!” Swami Vivekananda.


By-Sumana