नेत्रहीनों का नाम आते ही लोगों के दिमाग़ में जो चित्र अंकित होता है, वह है "सहानुभूति और दया "। आमतौर पर लोग इनकी इसी सहानुभूति की ज़िन्दगी से परिचित हैं । नेत्रहीनों के बारे में अक्सर लोग यही सोचते है की इनकी ज़िन्दगी बड़ी कठिन है , नेत्र ना होने के कारण यह कैसे अपना काम करते होंगे। छोटी-से छोटी चीज़ के लिए हर पल ज़िन्दगी से और अपने आप से ज़ंग करते होंगे।यह इनकी ज़िन्दगी का एक पहलु है , दुसरे पहलु का सच कुछ और है।
मैं आपको जिस लड़की से परिचित करा रही हूँ , यह उत्तर-प्रदेश के बलिया जिले से हैं। इनका नाम चंदा सागर है। साढ़े तीन साल की उम्र में इन्होंने बीमारी में अपनी आखें खो दी। ज़िन्दगी में अनेक कठिनाईयों का सामना करते हुए , आज ये दिल्ली विश्वविद्यालय के प्रतिष्ठित कॉलेज मिरांडा हाउस में प्राध्यापिका पद पर हैं। इनके शौक फ़िल्म देखना , घूमना , नए-नए पकवान बनाना और सुडोको खेलना एक आम व्यक्ति की तरह ही हैं।
यह समाज से सहानुभूति की नहीं , सहारे की उम्मीद करती हैं। यह महिलाओं की जागरूकता के प्रति विशेष रुख रखती हैं , जिसका उदाहरण है इनकी एक कविता 'परिंदे उड़ना चाहते हैं । जिसकी कुछ पक्तियां इस प्रकार हैं .....
छोड़ दो आजाद हम परिंदों को ,
हम जी खोलकर आकाश में उड़ना चाहते हैं।
हम नहीं ओढेंगे इस समाज की ,
सडी-गली हुई मान्यताओं को।
इन अर्थहीन परम्पराओं को ,
मत लादो हम पर व्यर्थ में।
अब बहुत देर हो चुकी है ,
हम समय के संग पंख लगाकर उड़ना चाहते हैं ।

पढाना मेरा काम और शौक दोनों है

काम करने का आसान तरीका कंप्यूटर


आज की ज़रूरत मोबाइल फोन

How difficult is it to design hardware?
Designing hardware is as difficult as any other design form and sometimes more challenging. Hardware is important to our lives. It makes things around us functional. As a designer, I aim to create characters through design – be it towel rings or hangers. And we cannot forget that designs have to relate. A user has to connect with the product. At the end of the day, it reflects the different aspects of people's lives.

What are the new ranges of hardware that you are planning?
We are launching three new curtain hardware ranges. The decorative classical collection is called Tattva Classic. It offers a selection of finials, tiebacks, rings and decorative brackets in brass and copper. The accessories will be in hues of matt gold, matt nickel, antique brass, antique copper and antique nickel.

Tattva Utsav is about grandeur with bold yet clean looks. Even this collection offers a selection of finials, tiebacks, rings and decorative. Brass is used as the raw material while the finishes are in matt gold, matt nickel and antique brass.

Tattva Chrome is the third range at offer. This collection has a sleek and contemporary form. I have used stainless steel and chrome to create finials, tiebacks and rings.

There are plans for a fourth range. We plan to call it Tattva Prêt. This range would target the value segment. We hope to offer the same quality at a more affordable price.

सुल्तानपुर पक्षी अभयारण्य दिल्ली से 46 किमी की दूरी पर स्थित घरेलू और प्रवासी पक्षीयों के लिए एक किस्म का स्वर्ग है। हर साल सर्दियों के मौसम में प्रवासी पक्षी यहाँ आते है। यहाँ पर नील गाय, हिरन भी मौजूद है। यह बहुत ही सुंदर जगह है पिकनिक के लिए भी। यहाँ पर झील भी है। इस उद्यानं के पास ही लोगों के रहने एवं खान-पान के लिए होटल की भी व्यवस्था है।

भोजन की तलाश

Commentary By:Kunal Majumder
The defeat of Khalida Zia and her allies in the recently concluded Bangladesh elections once again proved that majority of Bengalis – either in the Indian state of West Bengal or the independent Bangladesh – don't believe in mixing religion with politics.
There were two key issues in the Bangladesh election this time. One was religion or as Zia and her Islamist friends called 'the protection of Islam'. The second issue, as promoted by Sheikh Hasina and her allies, was development and poverty eradication. Victory of Hasina and allies with a two third majority gives a clear indication about the preference of the Bangladeshi people.

The main right wing party in India – BJP has repeatedly failed to do well in West Bengal even though it was formed by a Bengali – Syma Prasad Mookerjee. In Bangladesh, Islam was adopted as the state religion only in 1988 under a military ruler. The Telegraph, based in Kolkata (the capital of Indian state of Bengal) called the election results 'the stunning Hasina cyclone'. It added that the win '"gives her the power to craft a new history for one of the poorest countries on the face of the earth, and prove that its culture overcomes religious fundamentalism."

The radical Islamist group Jamaat-e-Islami has been a major loser in this election. Jamaat's numbers has gone down to 2 from 18 in last parliament. The party, which was a part of Zia's alliance, has historically been pro-Pakistan. During 1971 struggle of independence, it had supported the anti-liberation forces. There have been demands to prosecute them as war criminals. Bangladesh's leading newspaper The Daily Stars calls Jamaat's defeat as "sweet revenge for Bangladeshis against the war criminals".
Jamaat along with other religious fanatics in Bangladesh have been vocal about their anti-India feeling. Indian intelligence has claimed Bangladeshi terrorist groups like Harkat-ul-Jihad-al Islami Bangladesh (HuJI-B) responsible for attacks on its cities. With Hasina at the realm, India expects such forces to be controlled. It has often been feared that Pakistan has been increasing its influence on the country. Pakistani intelligence organ – ISI is said to have been recruiting from the poverty-stricken villages of Bangladesh. However the uprooting of Jamaat and the win of Hasina clearly indicates that Bangladeshis are in no mood to allow their country to become another of ISI laboratories.

Indian Bengal overjoyed

The Indian state of West Bengal is overjoyed with the return of Hasina and her secular and liberal policies. Indian External Affairs Minister and a major leader from the state – Pranab Mukherjee would soon visit Bangladesh to personally convey India's good wishes.

Mukherjee hailed the return of democracy in Bangladesh and observed that "the massive participation of a large number of voters and the outcome is a clear demonstration and manifestation of people's confidence in multi-party democracy". Referring to the issue of terrorism, he said that India had raised the issue of terrorism emanating from the Bangladesh territory with the earlier Government, "…but unfortunately we have met with some denial. So at that point of time, we had most respectfully reminded them that if you simply deny the existence of a problem you will never solve the problem".
Veteran communist leader and former West Bengal chief minister Jyoti Basu recalled that during Hasina's earlier tenure as prime minister friendly ties between India and Bangladesh had improved. "I hope friendly relations between the two countries would be further strengthened following the victory of the Awami League-led alliance," Basu said in a statement.

Hasina shares a personal relationship with India. After the murder of her father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, who was the founder and the first Prime Minster of Bangladesh, Hasina and her sister took asylum in India. She returned to her country on 1981 to take charge of her father's party Awami League. During her first term in office (1996-2001), India and Bangladesh enjoyed an excellent relationship. One of the major highlights has been the 30 year-agreement of sharing of Ganges river water.

This election is not just about the return of democracy in this poverty-stricken-country after two years of military backed emergency rule. The result reflects a shift in the larger national mood in Bangladesh. As one of the poorest nations in the world, the key focus for the country is poverty. Hasina has already declared that one of her first steps would be to reduce essential goods' price. "Our lone enemy is poverty and we will work hard to eradicate poverty from the country."

A Bengali's footnote

"My Bengal of gold, I love you
Forever your skies, your air set my
heart in tune as if it were a flute…"
In 1971, Amar Shonar Bangla (My Golden Bengal) by Indian national poet Rabindranath Tagore was adopted as the national anthem of Bangladesh. Even as it struggles with poverty and religious fanaticism, Bengali philosophy of cultural oneness still prevails.

Barack Obama must give high priority to the Middle East conflict during the first year in office as the United States President, said Martti Ahtisaari after received this year’s Nobel Peace Prize at Oslo, Norway on December 10. The former Finnish president urged the international community to seriously commit itself for a result to the crisis in that region.
“Solution can be found to the crises stretching from Israel and Palestine to Iraq and Iran. If we want to achieve lasting results, we must look at the whole region. The credibility of the whole international community is at stake. We cannot go on, year after year, simply pretending to do something to help the situation in the Middle East. We must also get results,” he added.
He also rubbished claims that there is no possible solution to the crisis. “The tensions and wars in the region have been going on for so long that many have come to believe that the Middle East knot can never be untied. I do not share this belief. All crises, including the one in the Middle East, can be resolved. The solution would require a contribution from all the parties involved as well as the international community as a whole,” said Ahtisaari.
The man, credited to have resolved crisis in places like Kosovo and Indonesia, believes growing inequality within countries and between regions deepens the existing conflicts. Drawing a direct relationship between development and conflict, he said, “It is our task to create a future and hope for regions and countries in crisis where young people suffer from unemployment and have little prospects of improving their lives. Unless we can meet this challenge, new conflicts will flare up and we will lose another generation to war.”
He called for more humanitarian assistance and investment in poorer countries। According to him, hundreds of millions of young people will be out of work in countries that are in early stages of development। If nothing is done, such places will become breeding ground for crime, instability and war as young people lose all hope.