Friendship is Life

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Friends Forever

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Friendship doesn't mean hanging out, rides, parties, girls, fights, time pass conversations, saying hi hello.

Having a good friend in life is really big asset.Can share our feelings,they will correct our mistakes and they are the moral guides in our life.People who have friends who give us strength and confidence in bad times are really lucky.There is a critic in the suggestion given by such friends.There will be analysis.When we recognize the sincerity and essence in such suggestions then the friendship will be more strong.We share what we can't at home with parents or siblings.

"We are friends" saying this is not enough,it should come deep down from your heart.His/Her company should give pleasant feeling.

Happiness Multiplied

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There should be good critic in a friend.Friends who wish good will not support what ever we do.They will say the good and bad and try to correct them.When happiness shared with friend it will multiply exponentially.In present days making a friend who will be there in all good and bad times of life is a challenge.What is will be the greatest gift in life if we have a friend as a company, our shadow, confidence and pride. But in present days i cant see such kind of friendship in many cases.Some feel its a great friendship if they have conversations over fairy tales, hanging out, for fun, shopping.

Friends need not meet often,it also doesn't mean that they should be beside us.Peace and intimacy can be achieved with one phone call or one sentence-don't worry am with you.

People having the quality of making friends are basically helpful in nature and others like them too.

All of us celebrate silver,golden,platinum jubilees in birthdays marriages jobs.How many of you celebrate in case of friendship? If there are any one of you doing so you are really lucky.

There should be sincerity in friendship with no Hippocracy.When there is no sincerity it means you are giving place to hippocracy.Your friendship should be the address in which there are no misunderstandings,letting your friend down in public or private, knife edged criticism, there is purity and sincerity.If we talk with friends by scanning him/her, it means you lost the belief in your friend.When you open the doors of jealousy by seeing your friend it means the essence of friendship is lost.When you reject the happy helping hand of your friend it means the foundation of your friendship is shaken.

There should be maturity in friendship.If their child does any mistake parents will first inquire about their friends.That is the power of friendship.

Dad:What are you doing?

Son(6 years of age):writing a letter to my friend

Dad:You don't know how to write,then what are you writing??

Son:that doesn't matter dad,even my friend don't know to read.

This is how deep the friendship is,even scribbling lines makes sense. And friendship values are laid down since childhood and grow over their life.The relation will mature by time.

Good friendship doesn't mean helping friend always,it means having good always.

Friendship Values

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Friend means a friend,need not be be a boy or girl.To recognize the importance of friendship,its bond to our daily life and to improve its relation among people American congress in 1935 have decided to celebrate 'Friendship day'. The founder of Hallmark greeting cards Joyce C. Hall suggested to celebrate friendship day for friends and as a result of America's decision the first Sunday of August is celebrated as friendship day.This spread worldwide.

Presently we(Indians) who celebrate friendship day came from western culture. But in Puranas like Mahabharata Lord Krishna has beautifully described the colors of friendship. He said Respect,Love,Protection,Guide,Intimacy and Teasing  are all seen in friendship.

Present days' friends like to spend their time with their closest friends remembering the happy moments of past.Due to career shifts friends become apart and it doesn't mean the intimacy of friendship is lost.To make the bond stronger friends need not be physically stay at same place. Try to have a get together at least once in a year. But due to advent of latest technology this is not that difficult. Exchanging greetings,greeting cards,friendship bands and parties are quite common today.But all these are commercial elements.Frankly there are many people who think that every day should be a friendship day. For this is it enough to have one day per year-To answer this its very difficult.In these busy days feeling to have the sweetness of friendship at least once in a day,remembering the past moments is good and is not a mistake.its a good thinking too.

There are no limits

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Giving simply a card or a band or a wish is not enough. Ask friends how was their life before. Spend time and experience the strength of the bond among you.Open your hearts. To spend a quality time means that these moments should be remembered for a very long time.Friendship with no hesitations will erase the limits and fills the body with pleasure and happiness.

Making a day in a year and celebrating for such a valuable relation is not enough. Protect the decreasing values of friendship,recognize the friends who are leading themselves in wrong track and guide them.Tell the morals of life and society.Then the friendship will be at a mountain peak in its values. Whether it is between girls or between  boys or between boys and girls friendship should be like friendship. There is no objection in saying "Friendship is life"

Having friendly nature is enough,making it as a part of life is enough. It will become an intimate asset of life,it will create lot of miracles and spreads lot of happiness. Then there will be no Friendship day once year,every day is Friendship day

Blu-ray Players

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What is Blu-ray?
Well many of you think in terms of quality blu ray is best. Yes ofcourse you are rite but not only in terms of quality but also in terms of data storage also blu ray is amazing.
Now a days with increase in demand of storage capacity gigabyte(GB) is now being replaced by terabyte(TB), intense use of multiple graphic cards, video cords, gaming realtime 3D experience etc are now in a phase of revolution. The same is true with blu ray(It is not called as Blue ray.It is Blu ray)
The blu ray disc(BD) commonly called as blu ray is an official product of Blu-Ray Disc Association along with their electronic partners like sony, apple, dell etc
Blu-ray has high storage capacity and one single disc can store up to 50GB. The recent advance in blu-ray is that Pioneer has produced a blu-ray disc of capacity 500GB. That's great. Most of the DVD's plays on a normal red laser which has a greater wavelength. Blu-ray disc plays on blue laser whish has lesser wavelength than red laser. Therefore the laser will have greater accuracy and data can be stored more tightly in lesser space. This makes them to hold upto 25 to 50 GB of data on a single disc.
Blu-ray gives the experiences of audio and video more precisely than HD DVD enhancing the quality of experience and vision.
OK!! I go for Blu-ray, then what???

Now the question which software supports blu-ray and what are the requirements??
Well there are many players and burning ROM's available in market that support blu-ray but the most popular are

• Power DVD
• Nero
• Divx

Although there are others but the main competitors are the above mentioned,so i will confine my discussion to them.
A review:
Now after knowing the best of many,we try to choose best among them. After looking into many features and supports i put forward my opinion about these.
POWER DVD ULTRA 3D:
One word i can say, the best!!! yeah power dvd has most features of all and comes with surplus options. You can convert DVD or 2D movie to real time theatrical 3D movies. Supports blu-ray and blu-ray 3D. It comes with video features like True Theater Display mode, hardware acceleration etc.
Audio features include true theater surround, Dolby pro-logic, Dolby theater, dts digital surround
Note:
If you enable hardware acceleration, true theater display will be disabled. This a major bug of power DVD
Pros:Very easy to use,easy to install and easy options and comes with wide variety of options
Cons:The major drawback of power DVD is that it will not support external subtitles and supports only for Divx type files. Needs lot of RAM,even your 1GB RAM will struck the player while you play blu-ray movie.

Nero Show Time
This player comes with ease and very handy if you find Power DVD requires some upgrade from your system. Nero also comes with Dolby pro-logic, dts sorround and their unique Nero sorround.
It will not freeze your system and 1GB RAM is enough to play a blu-ray movie.
Note:
Am mentioning about the Nero Show Time only not the Nero Multimedia Suite or Burning ROM.Since am talking about players and their options and not how to edit or create.
Pros:
Very easy to use and best alternative to Power DVD for low grade systems.
Cons:
Will not support 3D movie and there is no option to switch for it. No true theater or theatrical audio or video settings. That means custom options for video are very narrow or absent. When you wish to watch a blu-ray movie with Nero show time, you have to watch as it comes. You cannot select many custom options for video or audio playback as provided by power DVD
Note:
This review is for Nero Show time version 9. Now the Nero multimedia suite has changed the name of Nero show time and replaced completely with Media Hub.
Divx:
This is the fastest emerging competitor of all. Its ancillary features are almost equal to that of Power DVD and very easy to use. You can play the blu-ray movies,convert and burn. Contrasting feature of Divx and Power DVD is that Divx player supports any format of video and external subtitles.
Pros:
Very easy to install and watch. User friendly Interface and highly flexible player.
Cons:
There are no custom settings of audio and video for a free version of Divx. You have to buy to enable all the theatrical and 3D options. For simple homely guys free edition is enough but for maniacs who are doing research will try the upgraded version too.
The major drawback of Divx free version is that the audio enhancer comes for only 30days and after that the volume of the movie or song will very low and you can hardly hear the sound.
Others:
Windows media player and VLC media player are my last options coz they don't have many features and wide list of options as provided in Power DVD or Divx. You have to watch the movie as it is and with which you cannot have any custom changes.
Remember VLC can play any format and hence blu-ray too and it will not freeze your PC. If am given a choice between WMP and VLC, i would opt for VLC.

Tune Your Brain

• Some say my kid is poor in memory, some say our children don't have brain, some say our kids are subjected to tensions and depressions henceforth they are not performing well in school/college. This is not only a problem of children but also in employees, parents due various work loads and other reasons.

• Truly there will be about 10,000 Billion neurons in human brain nearly equal in both children and adults. How many of you know that one neuron is equal to a super computer.

• Human brain is equal to 10,000 Billion super computers. If everyone realizes this one can get over their depressions-according to Indian Memory Association Chairman Jaya Simha. When a person is in depression or pressure it will result in fear and sorrow. In this phase Brain will not be able to be in the capacity of 'storage and recall'. Hence to have a good memory power peace is necessary.



WHAT IS MEMORY??

The Human Brain will have alpha(α), beta(β), peta(P) and delta(δ) waves of current.



If a person is 90% awake then it is beta state. At this phase there will be 14-21 cycles of current will pass through the brain. At this point the memory power will be low. The person will be in a state of selfishness, jealousy, vengeance etc



Deep breaths, yoga, meditation or being calm and pleasant by not talking to anyone, listening to your favorite music....When you are in nature,you will go to alpha state.At this point the speed of current waves is between 7 and 14.At this stage you will be out of depressions and you will be at peace resulting in increase of your memory power. Try most of your time to be in this phase,learn how to be.

MUST DO BRAIN GYM

Most of the successful students and employees presently say that 'brain gym' is the reason beyond my success.



• There will be two halves in the brain, right and left called has cerebral hemispheres.Both together is called as Cerebrum. Right hemisphere controls left part of the body and left hemisphere controls right part of the body. So if you use your right hand left hemisphere works and when you use left hand right hemisphere works.

• Most of you are right handers,use your right hand and leg. Try to use your left hand and left leg too...it means you are using both parts of the cerebrum and you work with more concentration and activity. It simply means do some work outs with both hands and legs. For example try to practicing drawing and writing with your minor hand

• Ears are called as 'Brain Caps'. They need exercise. Massage them regularly. The important organs of human body eyes,ears,nose and tongue need to be active always. Doing some work with closed eyes gives exercise to eyes, recognizing the voice on a phone, identifying smell are all important

• In these present days,running around clock,work load,competition,corporate life all will decrease your memory power. To overcome this do workouts a least 15minutes a day. Children for 30 minutes. Come out of beta stage to alpha stage. For this you have to set the target,involve in it,remember it. Workouts,aerobics or gym are very important means for this.

• Parents should not scold their children often. You should recognize what words you are using before scolding your children or else you yourself will push your child into troubles. Encouraging your children is the only way that helps them

TRY THIS

To remember every lesson especially for school children try to follow this simple 5R method



• R-read

• R-revise

• R-review

• R-recall

• R-remember

Am sure this will help you. If you read a new chapter, first read it thoroughly then re-read it(revise). Now close the book and write a review of the topic you read briefly as a synopsis or summary. Now close your eyes and recollect(recall) what all you did until now...ultimately you will remember



Good Luck

Thank you all

Shashi

Watch your kid grow

If lightening blazes in sky, rainbow shows her beauty.. They think its for them.


But this innocence will last for the first 5 or 6 years. After that their world will change to an extent which parents cannot even estimate its boundary. Their thoughts will expand. Their surrounding environment, people, society will show a huge impact on them. That means children will silently slip away from parents’ eyes. Convincing their child so that they can understand easily is a challenge to a parent.



Both physical and mental fitness are important to the kid. Parents play key role how to develop them. Before you teach the moral ethics to your children you should follow it. In present days it’s very sad to say that moral ethics are gradually falling down in their importance. For society to be responsible, first children should be educated from childhood. What is rite and wrong, basic life principles which they learn in early childhood will be carved in their minds lifelong. Children between 9-12 years of age some times break parents trust. It might be regarding grades, small fights, teasing their friends etc. To do rite thing at a rite time is one of the main skill in life. But this point is very weak in present societies. But this requires time both for children and parents. Learn to follow moral ethics along with your children. By this personally, socially and completely your child will be moral fit.





Accept your mistake

We are all humans not gods. We will commit mistakes. Accept them with ease and with your heart. You educate this to your child. They will imitate you, they will follow you. You are their role models.

When you pretend to be ill though you are healthy, when you bribe some one, when you let down others status, don’t forget your child is watching you. You shout at your driver or maid at home at times when your mood is not well. After your anger come down “I should not have done like that” you feel it and when you accept it as a mistake at your child they will learn to accept their mistakes. When you don’t do that kids will feel yelling at driver or maid is correct, justified and natural. So at times when they are in pressure at school they may present their frustration on driver or maid.



Identify their body language

It’s important to educate your children regarding the signs their body shows. Hunger, rapid heart beat which indicates that they are in depression or tension. Children or parents cannot act properly when their physical state is not well. When you shout at some one at this situation don’t hesitate to come outside that place. Have a walk and it will give you relief. Like when you compose a big mail don’t send it as soon as you finish take a deep breath and wait for 5 min then send it.



Not only doing like this let your children know about it. Then your child knows what is depression or pressure and how you act to overcome it.



Don’t help in wrong deeds

When you catch your child doing a wrong thing or cheating, don’t act in such a way that your kid feels better rather make your child feel embarrassed or to regret it. It is the teacher which helps your child. In such situations again, don’t say that you are happy now, tell them that “you took the responsibility for your actions and the impact of your behavior on others”. Experts say that it is more important.



Embarrassment is good

Realizing their mistake is not the enemy of their self confidence. Rather it helps in child’s development. They will know how their actions and deeds will affect themselves and others. At the same time express your feelings too.

For instance if you come know that your kid copied in exam, say that you felt very bad by that. If he/she is not willing to talk with you then approach the person to whom they listen express your feelings through them. If head of school announces this in assembly then ask him/her how they feel. Then they will think the ill effects of all their mistakes and will not dare to do it again.



Tell the importance of family

Some values cannot be compared with any thing. We can’t leave them. We can’t win anything at the cost of values. As a family what values you believe, let them be written by your child like don’t lie, don’t steal, and accept mistakes…. Everything… By this you and your child will understand how the values are important in bonding you and your family. These values will be passed on from generation to generation. The properties like house, money, business may slowly cease but the moral property you give to your children will never.



If your child hurts some one physically or mentally, don’t question them in front of every one. Take your kid to aside and ask the reason behind it. Did they do that willingly or accidentally or without any thought. Ask their meaning behind their action. Question them how do they feel if they are in that position. By doing this though they have done a mistake accidentally they will think about it. They will slowly think whether its correct or not. Saying many a times “what you have done is wrong” is not needed. Asking few questions will make them to think, will create awareness. They will realize rite and wrong. Parents should do that only. By this children will think that their parents are good friends and will maintain healthy relationship.



Group activity will increase children’s moral values. Working in social organizations will generate immense awareness among them. They will not think what is the use for me by doing social welfare activities instead they think that what is the use of them to others by their deeds.



There is no short path to victory

Children will expect quick results and quick actions. Hence they will try to find out shorter paths. So it is important to educate a child, in order to attain higher position in life and achieve milestones it will take few years. Focus on the hard work of your kid. How they are achieving their short term goals. Then they will understand hard work is important not the result. Victory will not come as an avalanche rather as small parts; your child will understand this.

Recognize their good

Concentrating on your child when they commit a mistake is not good. Encourage their good by giving small gifts. Experts say, by doing this children will learn to get through their lives even at the time obstacles. Convey how proud you feel when they do things on their own. By this for certain things to do you need not decide always, they can decide on their own. They will gain their confidence. To make their dreams and thoughts come true they will gain confidence.





Some common mistakes committed by children unknowingly

Though some moral mistakes look small they will grow big without parents’ knowledge



• Children’s activities are uncertain since their brain will not expand completely. They will not think the results of their actions. As soon as a thought comes in their mind they will do it.

• Children have more freedom. At present days kids know more technology than parents. Online values are the new concept. Parents should think and educate about them.

• Many parents think that their children must be perfect in all things. They will forget that it’s not possible. Viewing this demand, child to impress their parents start lying, cheating. Hence parents should not force them beyond the facts

• During financial troubles, taking wrong paths is easy. At these moments parents should hold their hearts strongly

• What ever your kid does, their soul should question them ‘is it rite or wrong’ and they must be able to hear it. “Mom or dad will feel bad if I do this” they must think like this and must be able to correct themselves. How this is possible for your kid is in your hands. You should educate your child to question themselves regarding their actions then they can hear what their soul says!!!!

 

THE GREATNESS OF INDIAN DANCE

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The exact origin of Indian dance is still uncertain. To analyze and summarize widely available data completely and to give a common opinion is not possible for researchers. It is found in all areas of Poetry, literature, paintings, sculptures and old relics.



There are beautiful descriptions of dance are found in Vedas. Lord Indra, Maruthi, Ashwani and angels were described in dancing. It has gained importance as social campaign and one of the important part of every livelihood.



Prince’s used to practice traditional dances. Lord Rama, Arjuna were experts in dance. Lord Krishna expertised dance.



Modern Indian traditional dances are Bharata natyam, Khatakali, Manipuri, Odissi, and Khattak. These are known to develop in the medieval age around 1300A.D and 1800A.D along with Kuchipudi. These dances represent one of the great asset of Indian tradition and culture.



In olden days

Bharata natyam is the oldest of all these. The word “Bharata” reveal its origin. Not only relating to dance, it is also related to literature, idols, historical and there is evidence for this. Approximately 2000 years old, to rebuild this dance is not possible easily. The evidence is in the form of idols of 5th century to 10th century. After 10th century this dance confined to south India and now is confined to Tamil nadu.



Kings of Cholas and Pallava were very fond of Bharata Natyam. With the help of idols and symbols of Sarangapani Temple in Kumbhakonam, four altars of Natraj Temple in Chidambaram, Kanchipuram temples we can understand the importance given to this dance by the rulers and kings of that time. In telugu, tamil and kannada literatures the descriptions of this dance became more popular and gave a vital evidence. Poets and music experts on south India gave immense contribution in development of this dance. They gave life to this dance by their music and lyrics.



Out of all traditional dances which are wide spread throughout India, Bharata Natyam is major dance in solo version. In olden days there were dancers in kings’ court as well as temples. The difference is court dancers used to praise the kings, on the other hand dancers of temple praised god.



In 17,18,19 centuries in Tanjore’s court Bharata Natyam developed into another version. The perfect shape of Sadir dance developed in their presence. In contributing to today’s form of Bharata Natyam, we owe the credit to four brothers of Tanjore court namely Chinnaya, Ponnaya, Vadi velu and Sivanandam. They worked in court of King Tula Raja and educated many of them in music and stage shows. Tula Raja wrote in Sanskrit about the divinity of dance and the perfect shape for this dance was given by these four brothers.



Bharata Natyam is particularly performed in two main aspects, moves and expressions. Every part of the body is involved. Face plays a major role here. There are different names to various poses are given accordingly depending on the body part involved. Movement involving ankles, thighs, fore hands, knees, hands, neck, head, eyes called as “ADAVU”. depending upon various families and traditions Adavu is classified into classes. Most of the part is family tradition and divided into 9 major groups and each group is again divided into many units.



When we see performance of Bharata Natyam, we will observe either it will be a solo performance or group dance. Presently most of them are solo performances only. Keeping the basis of old relics and revising periodically Bharata Natyam is moving forward in a healthy way and these changes are always invited. Now it is gaining more and more importance day by day.





Expanding process

There is perfect difference regarding dance style and dance-drama style between Bharata Natyam and Khattak. But in balanced Khatakali to create such boundaries is not easy coz this art is an expanding process and a mixture of various relations in drama.



Khatakali will be in dance-drama mode. The outfits will depict gods, evils, kings and rulers. Khatakali will take us into olden traditional days by their outfits. It originated from various arts of stage from south west India. Kerala was home place for many performing arts.



Outfits made of coconut leaves, facial paints and mesmerizing facial expressions are the key features of Khatakali. The individual performer is called as “THEYYAM”. The forms of Kuttu, Attam, Bhagavathi and Kaali are very famous in Kerala. Facial paints and masks on head for facial expressions are features of this art. It gained popularity in 17th century. With individual new themes, personal acting it is perpetuating itself. The temples in Kerala depict features of this art.



Walking style, movement of eyes in pace with hands and fingers and sudden avalanche of facial expression are the important parts to be learnt here. Since there will be huge masks on head facial expressions have so much of importance. There will be 24 prints in relation to movement of hands. Depending on the importance one print can be used with other. The language of hand is used as aid in expressing thousands of words, feelings, situations and languages. The tales of Hyndava Purana form the basis of Khatakali. Though there were many varieties of this art, in past 150-200 years it is confined to 6 types. Makeup is the key point in this dance. The role which the performer is playing should be depicted clearly for the audience. The paints are used according to the mood of the role. Depending on the requirement the use of beard is called as “THADI” and the masks on head called as “MUDI”. They vary according to the need.









Traditional dance

On the basis of researches made on old relics and literatures they say Odissi is the oldest mod of dance in India. The main evidence for this is Rani Gumpha Caves of 2nd century B.C. Irrespective of the dancing style, on the basis of positions of the idols and pictures of this cave it was established that this dance originated as an important art in east India. This art was previously known as “ODHAMGRATHA” which taught about dance of various regions. This art now emerged as Odissi. The caves in Udaygiri and Kandagiri of stone age form the first records.



Orissa is a place for many kingdoms. During 2nd century B.C. to 5th century A.D Buddhists, Jains, Shaiva’s and others have ruled it. The altars of Buddhists found in excavations done in present Ratnagiri and Lalithagiri showed that many dancing symbols bearing on them.



In a span of 300 years about 500 temples were built in Orissa. This depicts that the rulers of that time gave high importance in preserving the treasure of dance in the form of idols. The major temples to be noted here are Mukteshwara Temple, King-Queen Temple and Lingaraju Temple.



There were many dancers in King’s court as well as in temples. They mainly dedicate their dance to Lord Shiva or Lord Vishnu. There are surplus of poses in the temple of Konark of 13th century and they reflect the art of Odissi. The origin and methods of Odissi is found in book Abhinaya Chandrika. The movements of various body parts is written in Sangeetha Ratnaakara.



According to historical proofs the female dancers known as “Maharis” were know to dance inside and outside the temple. The first group is called as “Beethar gaanis” and the second group is called as “Bahar gaanis”. The male dancers known as “Gopi pas” were used to dance as females outside the temple and this tradition was continued upto 20th century.



During the festivals in Jagannath temple annually, many of them get chance to perform Odissi. During Dol yatra, Janmashtami, Ratha yatra there is importance to dance and music. There is practice of tribal dance in Orissa and it forms a major part of life in people of Orissa. Many of the rural people have expertised themselves in their relavant dances.



The present form of Odissi is a reconstruction of traditions from Maharis to Gotipav, Bandhan Ritya tradition, martial arts and Chauha tradition. The new reconstructed form is very young and originated in 1950’s.



Odissi follows the basic principles of dance exactly and as they are. There are three major parts of body in this dance-head, hip and buttocks. Similar to Bharata Natyam and Khatakali, Odissi also uses movements of hands. The initial move in Odissi is called as “KHANDI”. There are many changes in present form of Odissi. Tulasi Das gave many literatures regarding the acting part of Odissi.





Literature is important

Once it is called as the oldest of all traditional dances and once it is called as the youngest of them. The history of Manipuri dance is yet to be written. At the borders of east India there are beautiful mountain ranges. They attracted many people, in them the important group is ‘Nagas’ and the other group is ‘cookeys’. There is a description of these groups in Mahabharata. The present group of ‘Mythis’ are known for their beautiful livelihood, basket making, wood work and many skills. There is no comparison for their dancing skills. Their dance is called as Manipuri.



Mythis are divided into 7 types. Their festivals are unique. When they sow and reap their crops i.e. between April-may months they celebrate long festivals. Goddesses are settled in four directions and they give more importance to dance at this time.



After the emergence of Vyshnava tradition Manipuri gained much importance. As there are 16 stages in Hyndava tradition, in Manipuri for every stage of life there is a lullaby. Birthday, first education, marriage etc for every stage there is a lullaby and they form the basement of all Manipuri taraditions.



There are many traditions on Manipuri. It’s a mixture of passion. Many of them feel this is confined to females only but in Manipuri its not. The information is stored in book “Sangeeth Leela Vikas”.



Along with pure tradition of Manipuri there is mixture of Sri Mad Bhagavad traditions in it. Hence Manipuri is different from other dances. The body is divided into 8 parts and will bend according to it. The movements in dance are called as “CHALI”. There is no rule of place in movements; it can be forward or backward. Romantic and passion forms of dance are very popular.





An era of new trend

Subjected to various changes throughout the history and ages, the expanded dance is Khattak. The foundation of this dance lies at the time Mughalai. History of Khattak reveals 3 miniature paintings. Paintings of Jains, which depicted the dancing positions. Particularly between 1475A.D and 1500A.D there are several dancing positions in Kalpa Sootra, Simhadri Sootra and Deva Sampada. Some of them term these as Odissi and some as Khattak. The main proof of Khattak is Rajasthani paintings. The union of Mughaalai courts, Rajasthani courts, temples and princes’ resulted in formation of Khattak.



There have been changes in dancing styles. In 16th century female dancers used to wear tight chudidars and pyjamas. In 17th century dancers used to expose only their heels. They used to wear manjeeras. Sometimes they used to carry pots in hands and on their heads. They also dance on the edges of a plate. Researchers found pictures that in early 18th century female dancers used to wear tabala, dol and drums. The north Indian Vyshnava tradition not only affected Khattak but also destined its fate and direction. Khattak also follows two distinct styles. It follows the rhythm. Dancer should follow Rhythmic movements and metrical cycle. There is importance to movement of hip. Hands are also moved accordingly. It is called as “HAMSASWAHASTYA” (Swan movements). The routine moves seen are ‘Chandrakala’ and ‘Alapadma’. Moving round on foot is the specialty of Khattak. It is called as ‘Chakkara’. Movement of eyebrows in Laasyanga is the important mark of Khattak. Bending neck moves is called as ‘Sundari’



Traditionally Khattak dancer is solo female dancer.





Dance of Andhra Pradesh

Another old form of dance is Kuchipudi. It is the dance of south India, Andhra Pradesh. It is also called as Kuchipudi Bhagavatam, Kuchipudi Yakshagaanam, and Kuchipudi Bharatam.



Vyshnava Brahmins of Andhra practiced this dance as an aid to impress gods. They used to travel for 8 months in a year and perform in various places with an aim to provide education and awareness among rural people. Villagers felt as an honor to host them. The basis of Kuchipudi lies in Kuchipudi village in Krishna district.



According to religious relics, Bharata muni(saint) along with his 100 sons tried to bring the art of dance from heaven to earth. He started this dance only with male dancers. There is belief that he introduced this dance along with his son or with one of his follower. Both roles, male and female were caste by males only.



The Buddhist artifacts found in the excavations at Nagarjuna Konda, Amaravathi, Ghantasala, Jaggayapeta, Bhattiprolu and the temple of Ramappa in Warangal form evidence of Kuchipudi in Andhra Pradesh.



Various kings have encouraged the development of Kuchipudi. During 1672A.D and 1689A.D. Kuchipudi village came under the rule of Golconda Nawab. When he saw a Brahmin boy performing Kuchipudi he sanctioned 600 acres of land to that village. Since then Brahmins have mastered this profession. Like other dances Kuchipudi was also performed in temples. To gain particular posture they used to keep their body in condition by doing exercise.



The union of movements between hands and legs is called as “KAARANA”. Kuchipudi proceeds with movement of 108 parts of body. There will be 9 classes of movements for head. In that 8 sight differences, 6 eyebrow movements, 4 neck movements are present. The dance will begin with Ganapathi sthuthi.



Kuchipudi is a balance between ‘Thandava’ and ‘Lasya’. Thandava is performed by males and Lasya by females. The music for Kuchipudi should be strictly traditional.





After 18th century there is an increase in dancing types. And in this 21st century in between many western dances there is a need to remember about the historic dance of India



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BRUSHING TIPS

Teeth give beauty. There are many uses of teeth, to chew the food mainly but sometimes for defense also!!! LOL



Teeth affect our speaking ability. There is an important role of teeth in sex too. Healthy teeth helps in having wonderful sexperience.. oh sorry experience in sex 

Poor oral hygiene results in foul odor and will result in other deleterious results. So there is a need to take care of your teeth daily. So here I present you few tips



Select appropriate tooth brush



There are several kinds of tooth brushes in market. Long, small, variety of designs, variations in arrangement of bristles. And in bristles are long, short, crisscross.. but choosing one among them is difficult. The length of the brush must be 25.4 to 31.8 milli meters, width 7.9 to 9.5 milli meters. Bristles should be at least in 2 to 4 rows and in every row there should be cluster of 12 bristles.



How bristles will be?



Brushing is done with the help of stiff bristles standing on the head of the brush. So the ends of these bristles may be rounded or may vary in their heights. If you use bristles which vary in their heights, constant using make them rounded. Some bristles change their color after using for a period of time. This indicates to change your brush



Soft bristles



The bristles of the tooth brush must be smooth. Hard bristles will harm your teeth. But you should not use too soft bristled tooth brush. Too soft bristles will clean the in between the spaces of adjacent teeth (inter dental gingiva) but they cannot clean or remove plaque on the tooth surface. So use a normal or medial soft bristled tooth brush.



Shape of the brush

Tooth brush has mainly two parts(mainly), the portion containing bristles is called “head” and the part with which we handle the brush is called “handle” so this is the main out outline of the tooth brush and the contour of your tooth brush is your choice. Should the handle be bent or straight is dependent on the comfort of use. Straight brushes will be handy to use. People think if the handle is bent then the brush can reach inner surfaces of the teeth. But its wrong.



Duration of brushing



There is no particular time for how long you can keep on brushing and it doesn’t mean that you can brush for ages or lightening fast. Generally brushing for two minutes will remove majority of the plaque on surfaces of teeth but this is true in people who have their teeth in a normal line without crowding or any mal occlusion. For those who don’t have teeth in normal smile line this brushing time may be prolonged. Depending on the teeth alignment and to reach all the areas of the oral cavity it may take time.



Should we brush with tons of force?



Some people brush in such a way that they are waging a war against them. There is no need to brush with lot of force. The criteria of brushing is to remove plaque from the teeth not cleaning the floor of your house.



Special brushes



There are few brushes which are unique in the arrangement of their bristles. Crisscross bristles, bristles with unique shape in the middle help to clean the teeth more efficiently.



Brushing technique



For every work to be done there is particular procedure for that. In the same way there is a unique method for brushing also. Generally inner aspects and posterior teeth are not cleaned properly. So learning how to clean all the aspects of your teeth may take time and helps in improving your oral hygiene. Don’t keep on rubbing your teeth in a single direction, either horizontally or vertically. Follow circular motion for more cleaning efficiency.

Electric brushes



There are brushes which run through batteries. These brushes are not required for healthy people. People with disability in brushing their teeth require these kind of brushes.



Which brush? Which tooth paste?



Many patients ask their dentists exactly this question. Which company’s tooth brush should I use or which company’s tooth paste should I use? This is what people ask. No one has perfect answer for this. No one can say that a particulars company’s Brush or paste is always perfect or good. With very minor differences almost all tooth pastes are same. So to choose a particular brush and paste it’s a subjective criteria. Choose depending on your comfort. Many companies publicize that their tooth paste is the best in market, but there in no truth in that.



When to change brush



When the morphology of the bristles change you should change. If bristles don’t bend for a long time then it indicates your brushing force is too tender which is not good for you. If they bend too soon then your brushing force is too heavy. Generally brushes get damaged in one or two months. There are brushes in market with indicator colors that show color change which signify its time to change your brush.



Time pass brushing



Some people don’t brush in bathrooms rather they keep the brush in mouth and roam or have a walk, read news papers, watch tv. This is not good. Brushing will not be up to the mark.





So fellas keep your teeth clean, maintain good oral health impress with your broad shining smile and fresh breath.

10 TIPS FOR A HAPPY MARRIED LIFE

A good society’s foundation depends on the intimacy of wife and husband.


To eliminate clumsy signs like selfishness, narrow mindedness, harassment etc and help in expanding the human relationships everyone must play their own significant role.

Marriage is a reflection of social, financial and cultural relationships. Wife and Husband should know what they want. Should listen to each other carefully and clearly. Then they can understand their likes and dislikes. They can understand each other which results in strengthening their bond.

We watch so many couples in our daily life of all age groups. Many long term marriage relations summarize their life time experiences and thoughts to help the coming generations to lead a happy married life. But when one of them asks in the saga of their married life “have you spent every instant of your happily?”… Most of you wont ask this question and if you, then you can expect the answer.

CONVERSATION SHOULD NOT LEAD TO COMPLICATION:

Anger is a part of felling which is expressive type. If things go wrong or not according to your expectation or irritated by a person’s behavior people generally express their anger. It is a human tendency. When you know what is the reason behind your anger you should know how to control it. When your spouse is erupting like a volcano in anger, silence is the best policy you can opt for. When both of you are so short tempered then the condition of the couple is same, so where can be the solution?

In married life small misunderstandings, misconcepts, small fights, anger, compromise etc are quite common. If there are no such things a married life will be too boring.

Sometimes a very small issue may burst out the anger inside you, hurt you. Situational conversation may lead to complication. You may hurt your self respect by trying to satisfy your ego during a small issue and make it a big one. Like drop by drop collects to make a big rain..

ANGER MANAGEMENT:

Wife and Husband should not be in anger mood at the same time. “Your anger is your enemy” When one of you remains silent while other is angry, situation can be controlled. When both of you yell at each other you will become worthless for your neighbours and you will be hot topic for them.

“Don’t be angry” saying is easy rather than following it coz no sweet home is exception for small irritations. You can forget the pain but controlling the time is difficult.

For instance if wife spends the money for her shopping which was saved by husband for car loan or house loan, he will burst in anger. Wife should be as much silent as possible coz he is rite at that time. This might be common, then how will anger be controlled?? When one of you is bursting out in anger and other remains silent and smiles, anger might come down or may reach to peaks.


CRITICISM MUST BE GENTLE, ENCOURAGING AND SHOULD TOUCH HEART:

When one of you is not angry, shouting at each other can be prevented. In a romance filled couple criticism, misunderstandings will begin. Your voices become sharp and hard. Spears of words will be exchanged. Will criticize each other and you will loose your stability.

Is this all necessary..?? Think once. If you criticize your partner you should do it with love. Mood offs; compromising, teasing and requesting are quite common between wife and husband. Word for a word will result into a fight. Respecting each other rather than cheap criticism is good for both of you. Any big fight is very small in front of relation of wife and husband.

Don’t dig the past. Small fights are quite common and they won’t last long in a married life. What lasts long in your life is love, passion and care. If you wish to continue your married life with these both of you should contribute from your part.

WATCH HOW WORLD IS RUNNING:

Instead of neglecting each other watch how the world is running. Watch how young couples are spending their lives. Multiple careers, entertainment, tours, future plans, education of their children, their performance in class room etc are the multiple tasks. Are you taking care of your wife who is watching all these around the clock 24x7

“Don’t think that you are the only one who is earning here. Am also earning and along with this house hold work”. If any one of you says this, there will be silence on your partner’s lips.

Little bit of concentration and care will make your relation sweet. To have happiness, name and fame, financial stability, success in your field etc life Partners Company and support are must. Some of you think to change multiple companies or going abroad to different countries for a better prospect. In that instance you should consider your partner’s opinion.

She says “we should be careful and slow regarding this”

He will say “no, it should be done now”

Both of will suffer from sleeplessness. Sleep only when you find a solution for a situational argument. Postpone the issues when there is no common idea among yourselves for few issues. You can’t get solution in a single night.

Discuss peacefully regarding your life and career. Wife and husband doesn’t mean both of you should think the same, it means thinking together and taking decisions together.

GIVING COMPLIMENTES IS A MUST:

Be loving, greet each other warmly at least once in a day. Have interesting gossips. Praise her life style and express your love for her with your actions and words. You should recognize that misunderstandings, misconcepts are very small in your life.

Small mistake happened, words exchanged, temper crossed its limits, hurted each other.. then a silent atmosphere between both of you. In this situation there is no big cure than saying a simple SORRY.

She started the issue she should apologize first… don’t go for such a hasty decisions. You can say sorry by yourself and saying sorry will not let you down. Though its her mistake, keeping it aside if you say sorry to her it will give her a lot of relief and gives her a feeling that she is secured under your care.

LIMIT YOUR WORDS:

Word for word will lead to fight. “Talk less, listen more”. But we behave opposite to this. Who talk more will commit most of the mistakes. So be reserved. Complete silence is absurd. Use your words limitedly rather than being completely silent.

Some words may hurt but some of them will find a cure, they will give peace of mind. There is no happiness in life greater than to know how to solve the issues of life peacefully.

SUMMARY:

1) Both of you should not be angry at the same time

2) When the atmosphere at home is fragile don’t shout at each other

3) Both of you are wife and husbands. So who ever wins in argument it means you’ve also won

4) Don’t dig the past

5) It doesn’t matter if you don’t bother about the world but you should not neglect each other

6) Appreciate each other at least once in a day. Is there any person who dislikes appreciations???

7) Criticism should be loving and friendly

8) Accept if you commit a mistake and ask for apology

9) Word for word will lead to fights. Be reserved, use your words limitedly.

10) Don’t sleep until you find a solution for an issue or when there is no common opinion regarding an argument.


There is no great teacher than life. It will teach us everything. But sometimes things slip away from our hands by the time life teaches us and we can’t turn back the things. By knowing our simple mistakes and defects we can make lead a happy, loving and wonderful life. No one cares to study an article like this if we learn everything from life.

HOW TO ADD SUBTITLES IN VLC MEDIA PLAYER WITH SCREEN SHOTS

This article is the continuation of my previous post regarding how to add subtitles to a movie file.
VLC media player supports subtitles for formats like VOBSUB,SUBRIP,SUBVIEWER,SSA,SAMI.

The simplest way to add subtitles is simply get the .srt file for your desired movie from any of the website as i mentioned in my previous post and extract it to the movie containing folder.

Now open the vlc media player go to preferences from tools tab>select advanced preferences>click on video tab>click on "subtitle/osd"  Now select enable subtitles,enable on screen display,enable sub-pictures.You can manually add subtitles to the movie by selecting the file from the browse option in the same menu or enable auto detect subtitles.

The another way is just drag the subtitle file on to the screen of the player while playing the movie and you can see subtitles.But you don't like it to drag always so go for the first method.

Thank you

please comment and share your ideas and other alternative solutions

HOW TO ADD SUBTITLES TO A MOVIE(SIMPLE METHOD)

Most of them search how to add external subtitles to a movie to understand the movie better.Many of them search internet how to add and download some softwares which manually or automatically add subtitles to the movie from the subtitle source file.




In order to know how to add external subtitles for a movie file you have to know what format will be the subtitle file.A subtitle file is shortly knows as .SRT file or simply an SRT extension file which means SubRip.when this file is integrated into a movie file subtitles will appear on the movie.



Now the question is how to integrate the srt files to a movie.Most of them rely on downloading softwares like Directvobsub,vidmex,virtualdub,ffd show,divx subtitles etcwhich add subtitles to the movie file.



After knowing this you don't know how to add or how it will add subtitles to the movie.So first you have to download srt file for your concerned movie from various sites which offer you for free like

www.moviesubtitles.org

www.opensubtitles.org

www.mysubtitles.com



Download the concerned movie subtitle from any one of these sites and add just copy the srt file into the movie folder.



Ok now which software to choose??My better suggestion is to download FFDshow decoder which is very easy and simple to install and it automatically adds the subtitles to the movie file and playbacks the movie supporting the subtitles in any player.It supports wide range of video formats.It is very good alternative to divx.



So,

Step 1)Download the FFDshow decoder from here and install it.

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Step 2)Download external subtitles from any of the websites mentioned above and extract the srt file(since  most of them will be in zip format) to the file consisting your video.

Thats it now when you play the video using windows media player or nero show time or even divx player,subtitles will appear on the movie and you can see ffd show decoder icon in the system tray.

If you have any suggestions or any other simpler methods than this please reply.

NOTE: Most of them find difficult in how to install FFD show since it comes with wide variety of options.So here is the guide in installing it.

After downloading the setup file,run it and select the language

Now click next

Select the destination folder to install and click next

Videos for windows(VWF) is a media frame work which will predict the Direct show and to my knowledge is the only current use for transcoding.The other options are more advanced and is beyond the scope of this guide.If you decide to use ffd show for transcoding leave thr box checked or else uncheck the box and select next.

Now click on next after your desired settings

Now the install process is little leechy.You will be shown with several codec options which the ffd show will support.Its easy to reconfigure if you do any mistake or if you want to change later.Click on decode the following video formats and clcik on next.

You may need some other codecs like MPEG or Cam studio.If you would prefer to select everything and use merit to control ffdshow that's aslo a good approach,we will cover setting ffdshow's merit in a bit.

Use "decode the following audio formats in ffdshow"

Enable most of the audio formats.Note that DTS-MA is not on the list(will talk about that in audio decoder configuration)if you want to decode it you must enable DTS.Also note that AC3 and Dolby TrueHD are given as separate options,AC3 must be enabled for Dolby TrueHD decoding

Some more audio codecs.Add your choice

If you want to bitstream AC3 or DTS select the appropriate option and click next

If you want sound mixer then select the appropriate ones and click next.Generally some movies have very good audio clarity and the selection of the mixer may effect the sound.So if you want the original playback audio select on disable the mixer and click next.

Now clcik install

Now uncheck both "run audio decoder configuration" as well as "run audio decoder configuration" and click on finish.

Now click on start button>all programs> open the video decoder configuration present in the ffdshow option.Select the direct show control,and you will see merit slider will be set to default.Its better to change it to normal or unlikely by dragging it back.

There will be several codes supported with massive options and its more than enough for a basic install to demonstrate regarding their settings and decodings.

Now the main frame of adding subtitles automatically is select the "subtitles" option in the video configuration and check "Heuristic search".Check "accept embedded subtitles", "accept SSA,ASS and ASS2 Subtitles" "support SSA tags in SRT subs and HTML tags in SSA subs", "decode closed captions"
Now you can configure your subtitles font,appearance and position from the options in the subtitles section.

Now lets move to audio decoder configuration.Select the audio configuration from the same menu you followed in selecting video decoder configuration.Select the direct show control and preferably drag the merit slider to normal.

Like the video codes there will be several audio codecs.You can click on the "Decoder" column to select which OSS library will handle the format.Click on OK.

If you have changed your mind or if you want to change any other options click on "mixer" and select it if you disabled it before and configure your desired settings.

Finally the output.Here you can toogle between S/PDIF and PCM control formats and you can encode PCM to AC3 for bitstreaming.Now click OK to save the settings.

That's it.Now you can see subtitles on all video formats with ffdshow.Since ffdshow will support wide variety of codecs(audio and video) you can play most of the video files with it.
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