Salute To The True Poet Who Wrote For Mother India........

Today We Celebrate Birthday Of Shri Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay ...






(Bengali: বঙ্কিমচন্দ্র চট্টোপাধ্যায় Bôngkim Chôndro Chôţţopaddhae) (26 June 1838 – 8 April 1894) was a Bengali writer, poet and journalist. He was the composer of India’s national song Vande Mataram, originally a Sanskrit stotra personifying India as a mother goddess and inspiring the activists during the Indian Freedom Movement. Bankim Chandra wrote 13 novels and several ‘serious, serio-comic, satirical, scientific and critical treaties’ in Bengali. His works were widely translated into other regional languages of India as well as in English.


Bankim Chandra was born to an orthodox Brahmin family at Kanchrapara, North 24 Parganas. He was educated at Hoogly College and Presidency College, Calcutta. He was one of the first graduates of the University of Calcutta. From 1858, until his retirement in 1891, he served as a deputy magistrate and deputy collector in the Government of British India.


Chatterjee is widely regarded as a key figure in literary renaissance of Bengal as well as India. Some of his writings, including novels, essays and commentaries, were a breakaway from traditional verse-oriented Indian writings, and provided an inspiration for authors across India.


When Bipin Chandra Pal decided to start a patriotic journal in August 1906, he named it Bande Mataram, after Chatterjee's song. Lala Lajpat Rai also published a journal of the same name.

The only novel of Chatterjee that can truly be considered historical fiction is Rajsimha (1881, rewritten and enlarged 1893). Anandamath (The Abbey of Bliss, 1882) is a political novel which depicts a Sannyasi (Hindu ascetic) army fighting the soldiers of the Muslim Nawab of Murshidabad. The book calls for the rise of Hindu nationalism to uproot the foreign Turko-Afghan Muslim rule of Bengal and put forth as a temporary alternative the East India Company till Hindus were fit for Self Rule. The novel was also the source of the song Vande Mataram (I worship the Motherland as Mother) which, set to music by Rabindranath Tagore, was taken up by many Indian nationalists, and is now the National Song of India. The novel is loosely based on the time of the Sannyasi Rebellion, however in the actual rebellion, Hindus sannyasis and Muslim fakirs both rebelled against the British East India Company. The novel first appeared in serial form in Bangadarshan.

Yet Today Very Few People Remember "Vande Mataram" And Forget To Honour The Legend And The Poet Who Wrote For Mother India And Not To Welcome Some Britisher.......

True Fans??????

What Is Today ?


Today Is 25th June And Yes Today Is Saturday As It Was 28 Years Back When India Won Its First Cricket World Cup!!!!!




So All Those Who Say They Are Big Cricket Fans Go And Rot In Hell Because If None Of You Remembered This Day Then You Dont Deserve To Call Yourselves A Fan And Give F***ing Updates On How Well Someone Played Or Didnt Play ........

Heaven On Earth

Longest And Darkest Total Lunar Eclipse Of Century Today.......

What Is Lunar Eclipse?




A lunar eclipse occurs when the moon passes behind the earth so that the earth blocks the sun's rays from striking the moon. This can occur only when the Sun, Earth, and Moon are aligned exactly, or very closely so, with the Earth in the middle. Hence, there is always a full moon the night of a lunar eclipse. The type and length of an eclipse depend upon the Moon's location relative to its orbital nodes. The most recent total lunar eclipse occurred on December 21, 2010, at 08:17 UTC.[1] The next total lunar eclipse on Today June 15, 2011 will be a central eclipse, visible over Europe and south America after sunset, over Africa and most of Asia, and Australia before sunrise.


Unlike a solar eclipse, which can only be viewed from a certain relatively small area of the world, a lunar eclipse may be viewed from anywhere on the night side of the Earth. A lunar eclipse lasts for a few hours, whereas a total solar eclipse lasts for only a few minutes at any given place. Some lunar eclipses have been associated with important historical events.



















The longest and darkest total lunar eclipse of the century will occur today, giving sky enthusiasts all over the country an opportunity to witness the event.


An unusually long lunar eclipse with the Moon immersed deeply inside the umbral (darker) shadow of the Earth will occur today, Nehru Planetarium Director N Rathnasree said.


"The total phase of this lunar eclipse will last 100 minutes. The last eclipse to exceed this duration was in July 2000," she said.


The next such eclipse will only take place in 2141.


The total lunar eclipse will begin at 00:52:30 IST and end at 02:32:42 IST. The partial eclipse, meanwhile, will begin at 23:52:56 IST and end at 03:32:15 IST.


The eclipse will be visible completely in Africa and Central Asia. It will be visible rising over South America, Western Africa and Europe, and seen setting over Eastern Asia, and Australia, C B Devgun from Science Popularisation Association of Communicators and Educators (SPACE) said.


The magnitude of one of the relatively rare total lunar eclipse will be 1.70, N Sri Raghunandan Kumar of Planetary Society of India said.


The next lunar eclipse to be viewed in India will be in December this year.
Also, a star named 51 Ophiuchi will be occulted during the eclipse.


Sky enthusiasts can witness the whole sequence of the occultation in the zodiacal constellation of Ophiuchus.


At 11:29 PM today, the Moon will occult (hide) behind the star 51 Ophiuchi. The star will reappear after 90 minutes at 01:01 AM of June 16, Kumar said.


A lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth, in course of its orbit around the Sun, comes between the Moon and Sun in such a way that Moon is hidden in the shadow cast by Earth.


This can occur only when the Sun, Earth, and Moon are aligned in a straight line.


Vigyan Prasar, Department of Science and Technology, along with the Nehru Planetarium and the Children's Resource Centre of the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library will be organising an all-night lunar eclipse 'Moon Carnival' for all interested sky enthusiasts in the Capital today.


Scientific groups are gearing up students, space enthusiasts and tourists for today's cosmic event."The lunar eclipse on June 15 is the longest and darkest total lunar eclipse that will occur in the 21st century, and will not be surpassed in duration until 2141. So, we are trying our best to popularise the event," Nehru Planetarium Director N Rathnasree told PTI.


Moon observation will start well ahead of the eclipse, she said, adding participants will be encouraged to learn and identify lunar features.


This will help them determine precise timings of the immersion of the various lunar craters in the umbral shadow of the Earth, during the eclipse, she added.


The enthusiasts will also witness some of the brighter stars of the constellation Ophiuccus being occulted by the Moon, before and during the eclipse, she said.


Science Popularisation Association of Communicators and Educators (SPACE), an NGO, is working to break the myths and superstitions associated with the celestial phenomenon.


Many people still believe that eating food during eclipse harms the body. SPACE will encourage eating during the eclipse and then reporting the condition of your health before and after the phenomena. This cumulative report will be sent to UNESCO, SPACE PRO Mila Mitra told PTI.


Avid photographers will capture the celestial treat on camera and contribute the images to a collective pool. A live webcast of the eclipse will be shown on the SPACE website.

Pyaar Kiya Toh Darna Kya..........

Feeling Really Proud Of Such A Song Whose Filming Was A Battle In Itself For Legendary K. Asif To Shoot………..

 It Costing  Rs. 1 Million At A Time When A Film Would Be Made For Less Than A Million; It Was Written And Re-Written 105 Times By The Lyricist, Shakeel Badayuni, Before The Music Director, Naushad, Could Approve Of It; It Was Shot In The Renowned Sheesh Mahal (Palace Of Mirrors); And In Those Days Of Sound Recording, Editing And Mixing, As There Was No Way To Provide The Reverberation Of Sound, Naushad Had Lata Mangeshkar Sing The Song In A Studio Bathroom. Prithviraj Kapoor Would Look Into A Mirror As Tall As Himself Before Each Shot. When Asif Asked Him Why He Did So, He Replied, "I Do So To Get Under The Skin Of The Character."

Pyaar  Kiya To Dakna Kya  Sequence Takes Place In The Sheesh Mahal (Palace Of Mirrors) Of The Lahore Fort, Where Anarkali Dances For The Mughal Emperor And His Court, Singing Pyar Kiya To Darna Kya, "I Have Loved, So What Is There To Fear?" This Song Was One Of Three Sequences Shot In Technicolor, While The Rest Of The Movie Was In Black And White. The Singing Is, Of Course, Playback Singing By Lata Mangeshkar And Lip-Synched By Madhubala.

This Song Has More To It, Than Actually Appears. It Is Said That The Small Engraved Mirrors In The Area Where The Song Was Shot, Would Sparkle Under The Camera's Intense Lights And Made It Impossible To Shoot. Even Consultants From Hollywood Told Director K. Asif To Give Up On The Idea Provided The Impossible Task Of Shooting Against Such Intense Glare. Asif Thought Of An Idea: All Those Small Mirrors, Roughly In Thousands, Would Be Covered In A Very Very Thin Covering Of Wax, So That They Did Not Reflect Any Light And Still You Can See As Clean As It Can Be Without Any Blur. One Version Of The Story States That Asif Confined Himself To The Set For Days On End In Various Standing, Sitting And Lying Down Positions Until He Could Find That Single Spot Where The Problem Was Rectified And The Immortal Pyar Kiya Tau Darna Kya Was Filmed………..

Nuclear-capable Prithvi-II test-fired

India test-fired its indigenously developed nuclear-capable Prithvi-II ballistic missile from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur as part of the user trial by the Army.

With a maximum striking range of 350 km, the missile is capable of carrying a pay-load of 500-1000 kg warhead.

350 km in just 485 Seconds....target neutralized.

Jai Hind

Celebrated painter M.F. Husain is dead. His final rites to be performed in London.

M.F. Husain, the Indian artist. For the grandson of Prophet Mohammad, see Husayn bin Ali. For the late king of Jordan, see Hussein of Jordan.

M.F. Husain
MF Husain at Museum of Islamic Art, Doha
Birth name	Maqbool Fida Husain
Born	17 September 1915 (age 95) Pandharpur, Maharashtra, India
Died	9th June, 2011 London, United Kingdom
Nationality	Qatari[1]
Field	Painting, Drawing
Training	Sir J. J. School of Art
Website	http://www.mfhussain.com/

Maqbool Fida Husain, (born September 17, 1915,Pandharpur, India - died June 9,2011,London,United Kingdom ) popularly known as MF, was an artist of Indian origin.
According to Forbes magazine, he has been called the "Picasso of India".^[2] In 1996 controversy arose over paintings originally painted in the 1970s which were interpreted as anti-Hindu. After legal cases and death threats in his home country, he was on a self imposed exile from 2006. In January, 2010, he was offered the citizenship of Qatar, which he accepted.
As of now, he has not responded to summons from an Indian district court in Haridwar, his properties in India are therefore attached as per court orders and a bailable warrant is issued against him in the said court^[3].