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To read the ancient history of Lord Puri Jagannatha, visit http://www.indiadivine.com/origin-of-lord-jagannatha1.htm

Could someone here tell me if there are any eggless cake products in walmart/albertsons or anyother store ?? TIA. -Prasad.

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http://headlines.sify.com/2222news4.html?headline=Indian~'guru'~baffles~NASA~scientists~ Kochi: US space agency NASA, baffled by a new age guru, 66-year old Hira Rattan Manek's feat of living without solid food for substantial period, has invited him for tests. Manek has not had any solid food for the past eight years, claims by his wife Vimlaben. She says he has been surviving "only on water and solar energy". Manek, who is already in Orlando in the US giving series of lectures on solar energy, visited Kozhikode recently to participate in a felicitation function. Vimblaben told PTI from Kozhikode that her husband required only two litres of water a day, had not taken a morsel of food since 1995, imbibing most of his energy from the sun. Manek gazes at the sun only during "safe periods": one hour after sunrise and just before sunset. It takes a person at least seven months to master this technique of gazing at the sun and imbibing energy through the eyes. As the body cells starts storing solar energy, gradually the hunger pangs vanish, Vimlaben claims. Manek has fasted for 211 days at Kozhikode in 1995, 411 days at Ahmedabad from January 2001 to February 12, 2002. Last year in the US, he fasted for 130 days surviving only on water, she claims. PTI

The Government of India wants all the devotees around the world to know that there will be extensive live coverage of Rathayatra in Puri via the Internet beginning on Tuesday, 1st July from 9 AM Indian Standard Time. This is the first time this service is being offered, and they say that the coverage will be much more extensive than what is available even through the live coverage on Doordarshan (Indian national television). Internet address: http://www.rathjatra.nic.in

It requires the latest version of Windows DirectX player. But this latest version is not compatible with windows NT. So, if you have a windows NT OS, you can only use the JPEG image viewer. For other MS operating systems, you can download the latest version here http://www.microsoft.com/windows/directx/default.aspx?url=/windows/directx/downloads/default.htm and watch the video.

Sorry for the delay. I grievously apologise for this oversight. Actually I recd this info about water therapy from my friend. I asked him about the source and the reason why it can also be done without brushing the teeth. He says he doesn't know the reason for this. Now that you've found some links on the web, let me tell you what I think is the reason for babhruji's question. May be this article assumes that people brush their teeth twice a day, i.e in the morning and before going to bed. Hence there'd be no food particles left inside the mouth. From this page http://www.animated-teeth.com/bad_breath/t2_causes_of_bad_breath.htm#dry.mouth , I conclude that the saliva thats produced by the body helps us swallow the bacteria and cleanse it and kill the oral bacteria. So same thing would occur by drinking water in the morning. I guess the dead bacteria won't have any harmful effect inside the stomach. So, I conclude that if you have brushed your teeth thoroughly before going to bed, you can follow this therapy before brushing your teeth in the morning. It is similar to this: when you fast for many hours, you normally have water or something without brushing your teeth. The condition of the mouth in this case is similar to the condition of the mouth in the morning wherein the person brushes his teeth thoroughly (and also cleans his tongue) before going to bed. I hope this reasoning helps. -Prasad.

...invent your own philosophy that is pleasing to each and every individual of the world and there you go. You cannot do this because it is the quality of the age to be in a state of non-equilibrium. Some will say "thank yu" but majority will say "damn you". Gracias muy mucho /images/graemlins/smile.gif

Bob's Appraisal ::: Bob Smith, my assistant programmer, can always be found hard at work in his cubicle. Bob works independently, without wasting company time talking to colleagues. Bob never thinks twice about assisting fellow employees, and he always finishes given assignments on time. Often, Bob takes extended measures to complete his work, sometimes skipping coffee breaks. Bob is an individual who has absolutely no vanity in spite of his high accomplishments and profound knowledge in his field. I firmly believe that Bob can be classified as a high-caliber employee, the type that cannot be dispensed with. Consequently, I duly recommend that Bob be promoted to executive management, and a proposal will be executed as soon as possible. Regards, Project Leader : : : : Shortly thereafter, the HR department received the following mail from the Project Leader: Sorry, but that idiot Bob was reading over my shoulder while I wrote the report sent to you earlier today. Kindly read only the odd numbered lines in the previous mail for my assessment. Regards,

WATER Amazing - Water Therapy Drink six [6] glasses of water (1.5 litre) everyday and avoid medicine, tablets, injections, diagnosis, doctor fees etc. You can never believe before practicing. Here is the list of diseases that can be cured by this water therapy: 1. Head Ache 2. Blood Pressure / Hypertension 3. Anemia ( Blood shortage) 4. Rheumatism (Pain in joints/muscles) 5. General Paralysis 6. Obesity 7. Arthritis 8. Sinusitis 9. Tachycardia 10.Giddiness 11 Cough 12.Asthma 13.Bronchitis 14.Pulmonary Tuberculosis 15.Meningitis 16.Kidney stones 17.Urogenital diseases 18.Hyper acidity 19.Gastro - entitis 20.Dysentery 21.Rectal Piodapse 22.Constipation 23.Hostorthobics 24.Diabetes 25.Eye diseases 26.Ophthalmic Hemorrhage& Opthalmia(Reddisheye) 27.Irregular Menstruation 28.Leukemia 29.Uterus Cancer 30.Breast cancer 31.Laryngitis HOW TO DO THIS WATER THERAPY ? 1. Early morning, after you get up from bed, ( without even brushing your teeth) drink 1.50 litters of water i.e. 5 to 6 glasses. Let us all know that ancient Indians termed this therapy as " USHA PAANA CHIKITSA ". You may wash your face thereafter. 2. Here it is very essential to note that nothing else, neither drinks nor solid food of any sort should be taken within 1 hr. before and after drinking these 1.5 litters of water. 3. It is also to be strictly observed that no alcoholic drinks shall be taken the previous night. 4. If required, boiled and filtered water may be used for this purpose. Is it possible to drink 1.50 litters of water at one time ? This is a BIG QUESTION ? To begin with, one may find it difficult to drink 1.50 litters of water at one time, but one will get used to it gradually. Initially, while practicing you may drink four glasses first and then the balance two glasses after a gap of 2 minutes. Initially you may find the necessity to urinate 2 - 3 times within an hour, but it will become normal after quite some time. By research and experience, the following diseases are observed to be cured with ihis therapy within the indicated days as below: Constipation -- 1 day Acidity -- 2 days. Diabetes -- 7 days. Cancer -- 4 weeks Pulmonary TB -- 3 months BP & Hypertension -- 4 weeks NOTE: It is advised that persons suffering from Arthritis or Rheumatism should practice this therapy thrice a day i.e. morning, mid day and night , 1 hour before breakfast, lunch and dinner for one week and twice a day subsequently until the disease disappears. HOW DOES PURE WATER ACT ? Consuming ordinary drinking water by the right method purifies human body. It renders the colonmore effective by forming new fresh blood, known in medical terms as Haematopaises. That the mucousal folds of the colon and intestines are activated by this method, is an undisputed fact, just as the theory that new fresh blood is produced by the mucousal fold. If the colon is cleansed then the nutrients of the food taken several times a day will be absorbed and by the action of the mucousal folds they are turned in to fresh blood. The blood is all important in curing ailments and restoring health and for this water should be consumed in a regular pattern. We make an earnest request that the above method should be read and practiced carefully. Please spread this message to your friends, relatives and neighbours.

Green leafy vegetables are also good sources in this regard. Its difficult to conclude the subjective experience of eating spinach and having healthy eyes because you eat a lot of other items along with its curry. -Prasad.

...all in all that "ek se badkar ek hai". /images/graemlins/smile.gif -Prasad.

Ok. I'd contradict this by taking some examples. I've seen many women who are mathematically intelligent than men (take the example of shakuntala devi) and there are many males who are verbally more intelligent than females (Eg. take the case of Mr. Sai who recently won the Spelling bee championship). So, based on these one would say males have more developed verbal brain and females have more developed mathematical brain. So what'd you conclude, enlightened? Would you say the society of neuroscience that made the conclusion you quoted is misleading people by using some scientific lingo about brain. For enlightened: munduvenuka anni loyale! -Prasad.

Welll, lets conclude that the test was on one aspect of intelligence and the results are not all in all. I've heard of Emotional Quotient test. Please post more about the remaining intelligence tests. Thanks, -Prasad.

Based on a nationwide survey carried by Fox, http://testonfox.com/ , Men have an avg IQ of 113 and Women have an avg IQ of 111. PS: No offense to any Woman seeing this thread.

Showers in Hyderabad bring hope... http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/html/uncomp/articleshow?msid=14861 HYDERABAD: The pre-monsoon showers which parts of the city witnessed on Monday held out hope on the march of the monsoon. The slight showers brought the mercury levels down from the 40 degree Celsius mark after 36 days. The temperature in the city on Monday was 39.1 degrees Celsius and the rainfall recorded 0.4 millimetres. In one of the longest heat spells which enveloped the city, the highest recorded temperature was 43.9 degrees Celsius on June 1. “The monsoon should hit the city in the next three or four days,” meteorological department director C V V Bhadram told The Times of India. And in what could be a comforting thought, “the temperature usually does not rise once pre-monsoon showers are experienced in a place,” he said. Parts of the state like Rayalaseema, Chittoor and Anantapur too have been receiving pre-monsoon showers for the last two or threedays. But in isolated places in Telangana and coastal AP, the heatwave conditions continue for couple of more days, he said. However, in spite of the pre-monsoon showers and drop in temperatures, the number of deaths due to sunstroke continued to rise and crossed the 1,400 figure with 84 fresh cases being reported on Monday.

I've been observing this parody of religion esp hinduism in many moviez since my childhood. The Major comedy part of many b/tollywood movies include making fun of religious things. For example, in a love song, the jubilant hero along with his junta come across some saffron clad young monks. After hearing their romantic song, these men join them immediately abruptly stopping their religious occupations. I hope some of you might have seen the movie "Anger Management". It also includes parody of buddhist monks to an extreme degree. My friends say it was cool and was full of fun. There may be many people who get a wrong impression about the religion by watching such things in films. The problem with hinduism is that everything that seems like a worship is included in it. Even witch craft is considered part of hinduism. What opinion do people get on hinduism and India by watching "Indiana Jones and the temple of doom"? and people esp antihindus start generalising this to be the tradition of hindus and perpetuate their hate campaign. Tollywood is also no different to imitating religious procedures and twisting it in any way the director likes for making comedy and earning revenue. Is the behaviour of people influenced by the media and films or is it vice versa- the quality of films is influenced by the taste of people? -Prasad.

Enjoy!!! When Bill Gates was in India, he had a chance 2 listen Ramayana from Atal Behari Vajpayee. After returning 2 US he wrote it in his personal Diary. A Tabloid in US got a copy of his writings. These are excerpts from his diary. Ramayana by Bill Gates... LAN, LAN ago, in the SYSTEM of I/O-dhya, there ruled a PROCESSOR named DOS-rat. Once he EXECUTED a great sacrifice PROGRAM after which his queens gave an OUTPUT of four SUNs--RAM, LSIman,BUG-rat and SED-rughana. RAM the eldest was a MICROCHIP with excellent MEMORY. His brothers, however, were only PERIPHERAL ICs. Once when RAM was only 16MB, he married princess 'C'ta. 12 years passed and DOS-rat decided to INSTALL RAM as his successor. However, Queen CIE/CAE(Kayegayee), who was once offered a boon by DOS-rat for a lifesaving HELP COMMAND, took this opportunity at the instigation of her BIOSed maid (a real plotter), and insisted that her son Bug-rat be INSTALLED and that RAM be CUT-N-PASTED to the forest for 14 years. At this cruel and unexpected demand, a SURGE passed through DOS-rat and he kollapsed, power-less. RAM agreed to LOG INTO forest and 'C'ta insisted to LOGIN with him.LSI-man also resolved on LOGGING IN with his brother. The forest was the dwelling of SPARCnakha, the TRAN-SISTOR of RAW-van, PROCESSOR of LAN-ka. Attracted by RAM's stature, she proposed that he marry her. RAM, politely declined. Perceiving 'C'ta to be the SOURCE CODE of her distress, she hastened to kill her.Weeping, SPARC-nakha fled to LAN-ka, where RAW-van, moved by TRAN-SISTOR's plight, approached his uncle MAR-icha. MAR-icha REPROGRAMED himself into the form of a golden stag and drew RAM deep into the forest. Finally, tired of chase, RAM shot the deer, who, with his last breath, cried out resperately for LSI-man in RAM's voice. Fooled by this VIRTUAL RAM SOUND, 'C'ta urged LSI-man to his brother's aid. Catching the opportunity, RAW-van DELINKED 'C'ta from her LIBRARY and changed her ROOT DIRECTORY to LAN-ka. RAM and LSI-man started SEARCHING for the missing 'C'ta all over the forest. They made friendship with the forest SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR SU-greev and his powerful co-processor Ha-NEUMAN. SU-greev agreed to help RAM. SU-greev ordered his PROGRAMMERS to use powerful 'SEARCH' techniques to FIND the missing 'C'ta. His PROGRAMMERS SEARCHED all around the INTER-NETworked forests. Many tried to 'EXCITE' the birds and animals not to forget the .'WEBCRAWLERS' (Insects) and tried to 'INFO SEEK' something about C'ta.Some of them even shouted YAA-HOO' but they all ended up with 'NOT FOUND MESSAGES'. Several other SEARCH techniques proved useless. Ha-NEUMAN devised a RISKy TECHNOLOGY and used it to cross the seas at an astonishing CLOCK SPEED. Soon Ha-NEUMAN DOWNLOADED himself into LAN-ka. After doing some local SEARCH, Ha-NEUMAN found 'C'ta weeping under a TREE STRUCTURE. Ha-NEUMAN used a LOGIN ID (ring) to identify himself to 'C'ta. After DECRYPTING THE KEY, 'C'ta believed in him and asked him to send a 'STATUS_OK' MESSAGE to RAM. Meanwhile all the raakshasa BUGS around 'C'ta captured Ha-NEUMAN and tried to DELETE him using pyro-techniques. But Ha-NEUMAN managed to spread chaos by spreading the VIRUS 'Fire'. Ha-NEUMAN happily pressed ESCAPE from LAN-ka and conveyed all the STATUS MESSAGES to RAM and SU-greev. RAW-wan decided to take the all-powerful RAM head-on and prepared for the battle. One of the RAW-wan's SUN (son) almost DELETED RAM & LSI-man with a powerful brahma-astra. But Ha-NEUMAN resorted to some ACTIVE-X gradients and REFORMATTED RAM and LSI-man. RAM used the SOURCE CODE secrets of RAW-wan and once for all wiped out RAW-wan's presence on earth. After the battle, RAM got INSTALLED in I/O-dhya and spreaded his MICROSOFT WORKS and other USER FRIENDLY PROGRAMS to all USERS and every one lived happily ever after. Cheers,

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/xml/uncomp/articleshow?msid=47888666 WASHINGTON: Call it Yoga Lite or Yoga Plus, McYoga or AmeriYoga. Americans are making the Yoga stand on its head with inventive innovations and marketing muscle in what appears to be the second coming in the United States of the ancient Indian practice. The number of Yoga practitioners in the US has trebled from five million in 1998 to 15 million now, according to a survey to be released next week by the California –based Yoga Journal. The rapid increase is powered not just by the resurgence of traditional Yoga, but also a variety of new “Yoga” forms ranging from Aqua Yoga to Acu Yoga, Dance Yoga to Power Yoga. There is even a Yin Yoga, which claims to integrate the “Taoist meridian and acupuncture theories of China with the yogic and tantric theories of India.” And in some cases, individuals are devising new yoga practices – as in “Bikram Yoga” (after the Indian guru Bikram Choudhury, who has patented doing Yoga in heated rooms) and “Baptiste Yoga” (after American Baron Baptiste, it combines position with power). “It’s not just plain old Yoga anymore although the original Hatha Yoga remains the most popular form,” says Dayna Macy, communications director of the California-based Yoga Journal, which has also seen its circulation treble to 300,000 during the past five years. “Yoga has gone from fringe to mainstream by melding it with popular American culture.” Typical of the culture is also relentless marketing of “Yoga products.” There are now specialized Yoga mats (basic mat, power mat, ultra mat, alignment mat, all from a company which, without prevarication, calls itself Hugger Mugger). There are also Yoga bags and even Yoga sarongs. There are also a variety of health products (many from a company called Aveda, “the art and science of pure flower and plant essences”) ranging from Yogi Tea to Tunisian olive oil to organic toothpaste to soy products (“enlighten your taste buds.”) According to Macy, most Americans are now accessing Yoga through their regular gyms and fitness centers. Some are combining Yoga with American dance forms like hip hop and disco, while others are now imparting specialized instructions to niche segments –Yoga for would be moms, Yoga for have-been moms, and even Yoga for breast cancer survivors. With so much Yoga in the air, there are now two major national Yoga magazines to cater to the resurgent fad -- Yoga Journal and the smaller Yoga International – besides smaller publications such as LA Yoga and Yoga in the Rockies. The serious practice is not without humour. Yoga Journal recently published a letter from one reader suggesting a new twist called the “Ardha-park asana,” otherwise known as the “Rearview twist in a car.” The U.S also has 24 registered Yoga associations, including a “Yogaversity” and “Phoenix Rising School of Yoga and Movement Therapy.” Among the thousands of Yoga studios that have sprouted in recent months is one in Toronto called the Downward Dog Yoga Center. Among the new shops, a “Beyondananda Boutique” that sells Yoga videos and CDs. With such far out ideas, Yoga -- first popularized in this country by the old Beatles guru Maharishi Mahesh Yogi -- has given the fab four number Twist and Shout an entirely new dimension.

If lord Allah is made the arbiter, would he favor the plaintiff or would he give judgement against her to prevent chances of unscrupulous people trying to take laws to their advantage and endanger the life of the people? tough to answer. They've put up the video of the trial. http://www.courttv.com/trials/freeman/052803_ctv.html The judge is going to have a tough time giving the judgement.

idols and Icons: The Misrepresentation of Hinduism in the Press By David Frawley (Vamadeva Shastri) There are a number of terms that are applied to Hinduism in the Press, not only in the West but in India itself, which foster a negative image of it. Hindus are routinely called worshippers of idols, polytheists, and various other denigrating stereotypes, which do not reflect any intelligent examination of the religion itself but what is often an intentional campaign of misrepresentation and distortion. All the religions of the world - with the general exception of Protestant Christians, Muslims and Jews - use some sort of images or statues in their religious worship. Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox churches abound with statues, paintings and pictures of various types. Hindu, Buddhist, Taoist and Shinto groups use them as well. Native American, African and Asian religions abound with them. The ancient religions of the entire world from Mexico to Greece, Egypt, Babylonia, Persia, India and China used images, as archeology so clearly reveals. The use of images appear as an integral part of human religious practices and no universal religion could be regarded as complete without them. Even many Protestant Christians have pictures of Jesus in their house or church, and Muslims often have pictures of their religious or political leaders, occasionally even depictions of Mohammed. However, there is a strange dichotomy in how such religious imagesare judged. When they are part of the Christian tradition they are called icons and classified as works of art and regarded as sacred in nature. When they are part of non-Christian or pagan traditions they are called "idols," which is a derogatory term that indicates not the sacred but mere superstition. In the case of native American and African images, even when done by a culture as advanced as the Mayas of Central America - which built great pyramids and had many great cities - they are lumped along with so-called primitive art. An image of Christ as the good shepherd is called an icon and viewed with respect. An image of Krishna as the good cow herder - which is a similar image of the Divine as watching over the souls of men - is called an idol, which encourages one to look down on it. This is prejudice and negative stereotyping in language of the worst order. What Christian would accept calling a depiction of Christ an idol? Would Christian religious leaders approve of it in the press of Christian countries? What Christians in India would accept it? And would not the govemment and news media of India change the language in their favor? Yet Hindus routinely accept that depictions of their deities - who represent as high a standard in consciousness and ethical behavior as Christ - are demeaned as idols. The news media of India does this commonly, which encourages the Western news media to continue in this practice, which is part of their negative depiction of Hinduism. To call such images as idols implies that those who worship them practice idolatry or take the image itself as a God. This adds yet more prejudice and error to this judgement. The use of an image - whether we call it an icon or an idol - does not imply belief in the reality of the image. That we keep a photograph of our wife and children at our work desk does not mean that we think our wife and children are the photograph. It is a reminder, not a false reality. Moreover, the use of the term idol inflames the sentiments of anti-idolatry religions like Christianity and Islam, as both the Bible and the Koran, at least in places, instruct their followers to oppose idolaters and smash their temples and images. The use of the term idol in the press, particularly in the Indian press, is thus careless, insensitive, inflammatory, and communal. It should be removed in an effort to promote greater understanding and good will between religious groups. The use of such terms indicates that the news media of India uncritically and unnecessarily uses terms that encourage anti-Hindu attitudes. It is a hold over from the British rule in the intellectual sphere, even though the British have long left the country. What majority community in the world is so unaware of its new media to allow such practices to continue? Yet this issue only reflects many other prejudicial terms like Hindu chauvinism, Hindu fundamentalism, and Hindu militancy which the often anti-Hindu Indian news media frequently uses, while at the same time not using them in regard to Islam and Christianity, even when they are much more appropriate relative to the exclusivistic attitudes and greater intolerance of these belief-oriented religions. Using such terms as idols, the news media is not fostering communication but promoting discrimination and violence. Such abuse of language should be challenged and replaced wherever it is found, whether relative to Hindus or anyone else.

A man went to a barber shop to have his hair and his beard cut as always. He started to have a good conversation with the barber who attended him. They talked about so many things and various subjects. Suddenly, they touched the subject of God. The barber said: "Look man, I don't believe that God exists as you say so.Why do you say that?" - asked the client. Well, it's so easy, you just have to go out in the street to realize that God does not exist. Oh, tell me, if God existed, would there be so many sick people? Would there be abandoned children? If God existed, there would be no suffering nor pain. I can't think of a God who permits all of these things." The client stopped for a moment thinking but he didn't want to respond so as to prevent an argument. The barber finished his job and the client went out of the shop. Just after he left the barber shop he saw a man in the street with a long hair and beard (it seems that it had been a long time since he had his cut and he looked so untidy). Then the client again entered the barber shop and he said to the barber: "You know what? Barbers do not exist.How come they don't exist?"-asked the barber. "Well I am here and I am a barber.No!" - the client exclaimed. "They don't exist because if they did there would be no people with long hair and beard like that man who walks in the street." "Ah, barbers do exist, what happens is that people do not come to me." "Exactly!"- affirmed the client. "That's the point. God does exist, what happens is people don't go to Him and do not look for Him that's why there's so much pain and suffering in the world." Jai Srimannarayana

<a href="http://headlines.sify.com/2230news5.html" target="_blank">http://headlines.sify.com/2230news5.html </a> Bandel (West Bengal): For them, the act of stealing is not something to be ashamed of. They are proud to carry on their ''ancestral profession'' but with ''ethics''. About 1000 people from Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala have settled in this quiet suburb of Hooghly district, about 40 kms from Kolkata on the banks of the Ganges, and have been eking out their living through ''kepmari,'' which means cheat or theif and describes the tribe so named, for two to three generations. What is most interesting about these people is that the members of ''Madrasi Para'', as their locality is commonly dubbed, are mostly engaged in stealing but outside West Bengal, their ''mother state''. When this correspondent met one of the group headmen, S K Debraj alias ''Junglee'', in one of the dingy lanes of ''Madrasi Para'', he expressed ''enormous pride'' in their ''community profession''. ''We are very pious people. We have a 'dharma' in our profession. We take advantages of people's carelessness and, most importantly, there is no bloodsign in our act. There is an 'ahimsa' in our act. There is a true professionalism,'' said Junglee, sporting a ''rudraksh mala'' around neck and chandan ''tilak'' on forehead. ''We do not operate in West Bengal as we are grateful to the land as it had once given our forefathers the shelter when they were driven out of Rangoon,'' Junglee added. Talking about their modus operandi, Junglee said they normally operated in long distance trains. ''We mostly start operation from areas along Bengal-Bihar and Bengal-Orissa borders. We buy rail tickets as far as to Mumbai, Delhi and other major cities. In the compartments, we identify the wealthy travellers and befriend them. Then we offer them a cup of tea or coffee." "We have several tea vendors at different railway stations who are working for us. The tea they offer contain some sedatives and after the passenger falls asleep, we take away his belongings,'' he said. ''Besides, we also take advantages of people's carelessness and escape with their valuables from the stations. Normally members of our group change compartments, after their act is over, at major railway junctions,'' Junglee said. ''However, we do not get into any venture where income can be lower than at least Rs 20,000.'' Arjan, Junglee's teenaged son, said guys of his age did not want to go to schools and join the mainstream as chances of earning were much more in their age-old profession. ''Several families have become really rich by this profession. They had nothing when they settled there. 'Par aaj woh saab shaan se ji raha hai'(Today they are living in style),'' Junglee said. He, however, added that some of the members of this generation were not following their forefathers' footsteps and setting up businesses of their own like idli shops, 'bindi' making units and fishing. Asked whether police ever raided their areas he said , ''The security people do their 'dharma'; we follow ours'. However, we have our lawyers to release us on bails and fight for our cases. After all, the maximum number of cases filed are against some unknown accused. Identifying us for any specific stealing is next to impossible.'' Asked why a lesser number of male members were seen in the locality, he said they remained out of the state most of the time. ''The menfolk come back during various festivals like Ganesh puja and Shiv puja. We are very religious. We always try to keep the gods happy to see our profession go steady,'' he said standing in front of a huge temple of Goddess 'Shitala', constructed by them. UNI

Thanks Avinash ji, that was informative. While I was preparing for JEE in my +2, our physics professor made us work on some equations relating to nuclear reactions and told us that it also releases some antimatter particles. Those classes were highly interesting to work on those energies & particles. Though I couldn't make it to those top IITs /images/graemlins/frown.gif (unlike intelligent beings like you!), I did acquire some knowledge in the process. Sometime I pondered over those antimatter particles and thought about their usage in spying. Imagine you have Television camera or any of the recording gadgets, made of antimatter particles. Assume they can record real matter particles. Imagine a Theist made of antimatter particles & working for FBI or CBI. No wonder he can go wherever he wants and observe the events without being noticed. Of course, as you said he shouldn't go to "Berlekeley" and meet our real Theist! LoL -Prasad.