In Case of Emergency!!!

Recently, the concept of "ICE" has caught up quickly. It is a
simple, yet an important method of contact during emergency situations.

As cell phones are carried by majority of the population, all you
need to do is store the number of a contact person or persons who should be contacted at during emergency as "ICE" (meaning In Case of Emergency).

The idea was thought up by a paramedic who found that when they went to the scenes of accidents, there were always mobile phones with patients, but they didn't know which numbers to call. He therefore thought that it would be a good idea if there was a nationally recognized name for this purpose.

Following a disaster in London, the East Anglican Ambulance Service has launched a national "In case of Emergency (ICE)" campaign.

In an emergency situation, Emergency Services personnel and hospital staff would then be able to quickly contact your next of kin, by simply dialing the number stored as "ICE".

It really could save your life, or put a loved one's mind at rest.

For more than one contact name simply enter ICE1, ICE2 and ICE3 etc.
A great idea that will make a difference !

Vasudeo Balwant Phadke - father of the armed struggle

Phadke is called father of armed struggle in India's fight for indepandance. He was one of the earliest freedom fighters, who thought about the future of india far before. He made a group of fighters called Ramoshis to kick the British people out of India.


Phadke was born on 04/11/1845 in Shirdhon village in Raigad district, Maharashtra. He used to play many bravery games in his childhood, and he became expert in them soon. Then he did many jobs, left the school for it. In 1870, he joined a public agitation in Pune that aimed at addressing 'jan-jagruti'. Phadke then founded an institution, the Aikya Vardhini Sabha, to educate the youth.

In 1875, after that Gaikwad, ruler of Baroda was deposed by the British, Phadke launched protest speeches against the government. He tried hard for getting people awre about British people's strategies, but he was unable to get support from the educated classes. So, he turned to the Ramosis, Kolis, Bhils and Dangars, and organised around 300 men into an insurgent group. He established a secret organization called 'Ramoshi sanghatana'.
He and his groups attacked on many british treasury, looted money from many british people and used them to help poor people of India like farmers, workers etc. Phadke came into the limelight when he attacked the city of Pune itself and caught the British soldiers off guard. He had a complete hold on Pune for few days.
However, Phadke's plans to organize several simultaneously attacks across the country met with very limited success. He once had a direct face to face battle with the British army in the village of Ghanur whereafter the government offered a bounty for his capture. Not to be outdone, Phadke in turned offered a bounty for the capture of the Governer of Bombay announced a reward for the killing of each European, and issued other threats to the government. He then fled to Hyderabad State to recruit Rohilla and Arabs into his organisation. The British move to offer a bounty for his capture met with success: someone betrayed Phadke, and he was captured after a fierce fight at Hyderabad on 21 July 1879.

His own diary and autobiography provided evidence to have him sentenced for life. Phadke was incarcerated at Aden and hanged on 17 February 1885 for having committed high treason against the crown.

Why it is called 'Mother'tongue...?

Hi,

Yesterday I was thinking on a thing, which I thought I should share with people, so that I can examine myself from your reactions! So, please reply to this topic whether I am write or wrong.

Everyone of us have his/her own mothertongue. I think the 'mother'tongue for everyone is really very special. I know now-a-days English is the official language everywhere. I also want to mention here that I don't have any kind of 'Problem' with English. It is a global language and It has that power to convey any message globally, no question about that!

But my point here is that, in India we've many beautiful languages. Every language of them is special in one manner or the other. Every language has a certain depth, that conveys a message more clearly when the person in front of you also knows that language. It is a good practice to always talk in English, so that you can face the globe more easily. But, when you get hurt, will you say the first word in English coz you've Englishmen around? I don't think so. You'll definitely shout or say something (like in my mothrtongue marathi, we say 'Aai ga!' means 'oh-my mother') . You don't even realize your speaking in your mothertongue, it's just that obviouse.

Let me give another example, if you neighbour 'Aunty' is the secretary of the society. Everyone knows her and respects her. But for that reason only, if someone tell you to eat your food made by her only and don't it the food made by your own mother, will you listen that? A mother is always a mother. No-one in the world can take her place. Think for a sec why your language is called your 'Mother'tongue!!!

Again for technical people, let me give a technical example...
Assume there are two men seating next to each other. They want to communicate. They have computers in front of them. We all know how much power Internet have. We can communicate with a person seating at the other end of the world. So, for this reason only, will those two men communicate through internet or will they simply talk to each other? The more obvious ans is, they'll talk only, why should they use internet?

Everybody agrees that English have lots of flaws in it. eg. We know the example of 'cut', 'shut', 'but' & 'put'. Also of 'home' & 'come'. Why these words are pronounced differently when they have same spelling? Many people have allready critisized English for that. Anyways, we are not discussing here about short-comes of English, but about richness of regional languages. You know, I've one philosophy...If some segment in English will touch you, same in your national language will touch your heart and if you translate it in your 'Mothertongue' , it'll touch the bottom of your heart! Because, the richness and depth of that will be so much that English won't reach that height ever. Also there always are different words of same meaning for different moods in regional languages, but English won't have that power. Basically, why we insist on this 'global' language is because, british people have ruled on most of the countries on the earth and left an effect of English on them, so everybody knows this language. But it doesn't mean that, you must use that each & every time. Use it whenever it is necessary, but when possible, use your 'own' language.

We know that, 'SANSKRIT ' is the mother of all languages. I think it is the richest language on earth. As it is not used now-a-days, we should use the languages which are at least born from it. English is NOT born from sanskrit, but actually it is a mixture of sanskrit, roman and greek. That's why it is complete, yet insufficient. Hindi, which is a national language of India, is more close to Sanskrit. Also, many regional languages of India are born directly from Sanskrit.Those are the richest languages, coz they have everything that is required to express human emotions. That's why I am saying, in office, where emotions have no place, you can use English, but for other purpose, don't forget your Mothertongue....Will you forget your Mother ?

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