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Newsletter December 2009

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Sravanthi

Newsletter of Telugu Association of Australia, Melbourne


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President:Gopal Tangirala

Mob: 0413 307 347

Vice-President: Vijaya Tangirala

Ph: 03 9802 6451

Secretary: Krishna Betanabhatla

Ph: 03 8802 8741

Treasurer: Srinivasa Rao Gangula

Mob: 0418 398 252

Member: Lakshmi Peri

Ph: 03 9578 5027

Mob: 0421 101 999

Member: Mallikeswara Rao Konchada

Mob: 0422 116 542

Merry Christmas&A Happy New Year2010

Were on the Web!

See us at:

www.taai.org.au

Disclaimer: Articles in this newsletter are contributed by individual writers' and TAAI will noway be responsible for this content.


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xqssLi Page 4 of 30 Dear TAAI members and supporters,

Welcome to the last edition of Sravanti in year 2009.

Judging by the feedback received by your committee, Rasa Raga Sudha program held onSaturday 5th December was an unqualified success. The venue was packed and more, withparticipants enjoying immensely the songs and Kavithalu presented by some of the besttalent in our community. I like to take this opportunity to thank all attendees for theirsupport of this function and in turn demonstrating once again that our local artistic talentenjoys strong support from the community.

Sometimes, it can happen that we experience unexpected hardship. This can happen to anyof us, at any time. I draw your at t ent ion to t he plight of Kir an Pabba, a 23 year oldTelugu st udent current ly on a scholar ship here in Melbourne. Kiran at a very young agebecame fully bli ndand a short summary of how this happened, published inside is heartwrenching. Please do take time to read his story and if you can help him in any way,contact myself or t he edit or of Sravant i, Mr. Rao Konchada.

Recently a number of new members asked me, the purpose of our Association and theactivities we undertake. I like to dwell on this in this column briefly, not only for thebenefit of our new members but also to remind ourselves of what TAAI as an organisationstands for.

TAAI is essentially a community organisation for Telugu speaking and Telugu origin peopleof Victoria with a family focus. It is a secular organisation with a clear charter to promoteTelugu Language, literature, culture and traditions specifically among the Victorian Telugucommunity and more broadly within the Victorian population. TAAI as an organisationbrings together all Telugu speaking people in Victoria under one umbrella, fosteringtogetherness, belonging and a strong sense of community. TAAI foundation is firmly basedon such values as friendliness, inclusiveness, equality, mutual respect, honesty,accountability, understanding based on sensitivity, generosity to the less fortunate andsocial service to the needy among others. The activities undertaken by TAAI reflect thenature and purpose outlined above.

It is important to recognise and celebrate excellence in the community. Please join me tocongratulate Dr (Mrs) Rama Rao Guduru and Mr Ramprasad Vemula from our community forbeing presented with Excellence award by Victorian Multicultural Council (VMC) recently.These awards were given in recognition of the outstanding achievements by theseindividuals in the area of community work.

We are well and truly in to the holiday season here in Australia. On behalf of TAAImanagement committee, I wish you all safe, pleasant holiday period, Merry Christmas anda very happy, prosperous New Year 2010.

CheersGopal Tangirala

PresidentTAAIOnBehalfofManagementCommittee

TAAI president Mr. GopalTangirala and Vice PresidentMrs Vijaya Tangiralapresenting a cheque for INRRs1,50,000.00 toHonourable Sri. D. SridharBabu, Minister of Andhra

Pradesh for HigherEducation and NRIs.


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A REQUEST

My name is Kiran Pabba and I am 23 years old. I study and work part time and tillrecently lived in a shared house in Hoppers Crossing. I was on a scholarship tostudy bio technology at Deakin University. Life was good.I was a regular sort of guy till about 6 months ago when my life changed forever. Iwas driving to my cleaning job when I got pulled over by a police car at the HoppersCrossing round about. The policeman said I hadnt seen his car and was not drivingstraight. The policeman let me off with a strong warning on my careless driving. Iwas shaken by the incident but put it out off my mind. That night I was studying withfriends when one of them remarked on my posture. He said I was leaning so far

forward that my nose was almost touching the laptop screen. They all laughed at meand I joined in too, not thinking this was unusual.

I normally wear glasses and thought I needed a stronger prescription. This was alsoaround the time when I started to lose my jobs cleaning and washing dishes as thepeople said I wasnt doing a good enough job. I started to find that while I could see,I couldnt make out any detail. I also had no money to see a doctor. I was frightenedand decided I couldnt keep up with my bio technology course and I swapped to aprivate college.

One day at college I couldnt see what the teacher had written on the board at all. Ifelt helpless but didnt tell anyone. The next day I was driving and couldnt see whatthe speed sign said. This freaked me out. What was happening to me? I went to the

college counsellor and he said I should immediately go to a doctor. The doctorreferred me to an eye specialist. The specialist examined my eyes and said Youhave macular dystrophy. I didnt know what that meant. The doctor was verysympathetic and said Your vision acuity is 6/60 which means you are legally blind.There is also no cure, no treatment and we cannot predict if you will get worse or staythe same.

I started crying and suddenly everything that had happened to me made sense. Thenext weeks and months were a blur. I didnt confide in anyone and I was a messpsychologically, emotionally and financially. I had no money, no support and possiblyno future, and I was all of 23. There were days when I felt suicidal what sort of lifecould I have without my eye sight? In desperation I registered on the MacularDegeneration Foundation website to get more information. The next day my phone

rang and it was Julie Hegarty the CEO of the Foundation. Julie probably got the earbashing of her life that day when I told her everything. But she understood. TodayI am being helped by Julie and other people she has connected me with.

I now have some good days and some bad days. I sometimes think about what Iwant from life? I want like most people to be able to live independently and withdignity. Completing my education and finding work will let me do that. Canyou help me complete my education, and live with dignity? Julie and the MDFhave set up a Kiran Pabba Life with Dignity Scholarship Fund to support me.Thanks for taking the time to read about me and for your support.
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Page 8 of 30xqssLiThe Telugu Association of Australia Inc. (TAAI) thanks all sponsors,volunteers, participants and members for making RASA RAGASUDHA a successful and memorable event.

Rasa Raga Sudha Photos

All the photographs of RASA RAGA SUDHA function will be uploaded on TAAIwebsite soon.


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xqssLi Page 12 of 30BOAT IS MIGHTIER THAN A BOOK

The topic of the boat people is one that attracts the most interest and criticism.This is a topic that has divided Australians into two clear and distinct groups: onewanting a more humanitarian approach toward refugees, while the others demanding

far stricter immigration policy.

The political unrest in countries such as Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Iraq etc. and last Junesloosening of the Immigration policy by the Rudd government has contributed to amassive influx of asylum seekers into Australia.

These people do not stop and are willing to risk even their lives on a leaky, woodenfishing vessel at a supposed chance at a new life and for the promise of a safe haven.

In recent days, the boat people from Sri Lanka, now in Indonesian waters, issuingvarious threats including hunger strikes and blowing up their vessel, continue to makehead lines in Australia.

One can certainly sympathise with the fact that in general, most refugees haveundergone a great deal of suffering in their country and have risked their lives to reachour shores, however certain questions rise in my mind specifically in relation to the lastlot of the Srilankan boat people.

Why have these refugees failed to land in Indonesia and get processed via the normalchannels just like the other refugees in detention centers still waiting to be assessed?

Why do these refugees want to land only in Australia and in no other country, while theprimary motive should have been to touch any country other than Srilanka?

Why do these refugees issue threats of hunger strikes and blowing up their vessel,

while their reaction should have been to thank the Australian and IndonesianGovernment for saving their lives and trying to find a solution to their problems?

Media, Government, NGOs and the wide public all have their own interpretations fortheir actions. Is this a border protection issue or is this is a humanitarian challenge?

Internationally, it is a pitiful situation that each year only a handful of visas areprocessed, there are thousands of people in camps still waiting to be processed. Campliving conditions are in compassionate and compared to prisons.

It is very hard to sympathize and accept these refugees as they come, without theGovernment being perceived as a weak Government giving in to their threats anddemands, the people smugglers get the wrong message and more refugees seeking toarrive into Australia via boats assuming automatic acceptance rather than apply in thestandard process.

If you are thinking about the topic of this essay, Is boat mightier than book, I putforward for your appraisal the following.

International students pay a fortune to get into a university here, contribute millions tothe Australian economy even while they study, and when completed, they turn out tobe skilled and responsible citizens of the society. Some of them are keen to attainpermanent residency status in Australia. Hence they carefully pick their subjects,successfully finish their education and cope with many a difficulty in this new country.They bear numerous struggles like sub standard accommodation, unscrupulous

employers etc, At the minute they finish their studies and hope for a residency, theimmigration requirements change again. Not only that, they have a tough time provingtheir competency in English (after a life long education in the language), job readytests, and an ever changing sea of policy changes that they cannot keep up with.

Can any Governmentget the right mix so asto enable a fair, firm,

reasonable yetcompassionate

migration policy? Orwill there be manymore disillusioned

youth who think that aboat is indeed mightier

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I went to the airport to send off a friend to India the other day. He had completed hisMasters in Public Health in Australia.. a highly regarded qualification. He was going backas he was not eligible to permanently reside in Australia as his qualifications were notenough. Sipping coffee, we were watching the daily news at the airport caf, when hesuddenly blurted out, Dont you think that the boat people are better than us,

students? They pay less, dont have to prove that they know English, and sometimes caneven demand how and where there visas would be processed and can predict their fateto a certain extent, unlike us.

I felt a mix of emotions and thoughts about what he said. Can any Government get theright mix so as to enable a fair, firm, reasonable yet compassionate migration policy? Orwill there be many more disillusioned youth who think that a boat is indeed mightierthan book?

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Please update your Telugu Directory with the corrections and new members list

Members Name & Spouse Phone Address ChildrenExisting Members - CorrectionsRaghu VissamrajuJessy

03-9802 6648 449, Burwood HighwayBurwood East 3149

NishitaNikhil

Sitarama Raju KanumuriRama

03-9798 4062 23 Cornwall AveKeysborough 3173

PriyankaRoshni

Venkateswara Rao TanneeruRupa

03-9707 2369 79 Neasham DriveDandenong 3175

Narasimha Rao KolanuMadhuri

03-9890 51360437 566 167

2/32 Peter StreetBox Hill North 3129

Srikar

Mohan Rupangudi

Suvarna

03-9574 8817 1/6 Victoria Street

Glen Waverley 3150

Sanjana

ShreyaMukesh S ReddyBharathi

03-9404 4792 81 Telopea CrMill Park 3082

NitinPujita

New MembersPrabhakar Rao MamidpelliwarHima Bindu Rao

03-9762 24830409 501 007

Unit 9, 317 Dorset RoadBoronia 3155

RanveerRao

Sarveswara RaoSoujanya

03- 9569 9497 13A Ames AvenueCarnegie -3163

HarikaAneesh

Uday Kadiyala 0450 450 660 Apt 7/16 - 18 Dene AveMalvern East 3145

Subbaraju V Thotakura 03-9898 50180411562146

1/4 Stanhofe StMont Albert 3127

Krishna Prasad Vanguri 03-9435 5215 19 Woodland Grove

Briarhill 3028Deepika Yannam 03-5996 0712 Cranbourne NthAchyuta Reddy Anantha 03-9702 2610 16 North cote Drive

Berwick 3806Ramakrishna AndeJyothi

03-9575 9917 5/30 Katandra RoadOrmond 3204

Pranai Sai

Madhu Mohan NadikotaSujatha

0425 819 284 18 Copeland CresPoint Cook 3030

Himabindu MyadaraboinaNataraj Kandi

03-8361 62530405 519 607

8 Sarkis MewsHillside 3037

Satish Chandra KomaliGeetha

03-9363 29640431 083 855

12 Bill Carn AveCairnlea 3023

Badrinath ThungathurtiPanitha

03-9469 2283 2 Bluebell PlaceReservoir 3073

KaushikNirangna

Name misspeltRaghunadh GantiVaralakshmi

03-9511 5412 21 Farnham AveWheelers Hill 3150

BhargavBhavana


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xqssLi Page 16 of 30 Lt. Shri Pingali Venkayya, the man behind the

tricolour

Our National Flag, was born on July 22,1947, with Nehrujis words, Now Ipresent to you not only the Resolution,but the Flag itself. This flag was firsthoisted at the Council House on August15, 1947. The man who designed Tirangawas a versatile genius Lt. Shri PingaliVenkayya.

Sri Pingali Venkayya was born on the 2ndof August, 1876 in Bhatlapenumarru, nearMasulipatnam or the present dayMachilipatnam of Andhra Pradesh, Indiato Hanumantharayudu andVenkataratnamma. Not many know thathe was also a prolific writer, a Japaneselecturer and geophysicist. PingaliVenkayya was a gifted child. Afterfinishing primary education in Challapalli,and schooling at Hindu High School inMachilipatnam, Venkayya went abroad toColombo, Sri Lanka for his senior degree.Soon after, he enlisted for the Boer War

in South Africa in 1899 at nineteen yearsof age. Here he met MohandasKaramchand Gandhi who participated inthe Boer War as a volunteer in theAmbulance Corps. On his return to IndiaPingali Venkayya worked as a railwayguard at Bangalore and Madras andsubsequently joined the governmentservice as the Plague Officer at Bellary.His patriotic zeal, however, did notpermit him to stagnate in a routine job.His thirst for knowledge, took him toLahore where he joined the Anglo-Vedic

College to learn Japanese and Urdu. He became active in politics during 1901to 1906 in Lahore. Here he met manyrevolutionaries and planned differentstrategies to overthrow the BritishColonial Rule. At the Calcutta session ofthe Congress in 1906 he met the veteranleader of India Dadabhai Naoroji. Fromthen on, Pingali Venkayya becamevigourously involved in our struggle forNational Freedom.

In 1906, he met the famousphilanthropist, the Raja of Munagala. Inthe next five years, he spent his time inMunagala in Nalagonda District of Andhra

Pradesh researching on agriculture anddifferent varieties of commercial crops.For his pioneering study on the specialvariety of Cambodia cotton, he came tobe called Pathi Venkayya. His esteem wasso high that even the British consultedhim and conferred on him honorarymembership of the Royal AgriculturalSociety of Britain.

In 1914, he turned his agricultural landinto an estate and named it

Swetchapuram. Eventually, he went back to

Machilipatnam to start the NationalSchool where he taught students a widerange of subjects from basic militarytraining to the history of nature and soil.Not being content with this however, in1916 he started researching differenttypes of flags and conceived the design ofthe one we have today.

The years from 1921 to 1931, marked aheroic chapter in Pingali Venkayyas life.The proposal for a tricolour National Flagwas discussed at the historic Session ofthe AICC at Bezwada in 1921. (31 March -1 April, 1921). It was at this session thatthis frail middle aged gentleman, PingaliVenkayya, approached Mahatma Gandhiwith the flag he had designed for India.Pingalis flag was made of two colours,red and green representing the two majorcommunities of the country. Thus the

Indian flag was born but it was notofficially accepted by any resolution ofthe All India Congress Committee until1931. Gandhis informal approval made itpopular and it was hoisted at all Congresssessions. Hansraj of Jalandhar suggestedthe representation of the charkha,symbolising progress and the commonman. Gandhi amended the flag proposedby pingali venkayya, insisting on theaddition of a white strip to represent theremaining minority communities of india.Finally a consensus on the tri-colour flag

was reached at the AICC meet at Karachiin 1931.

The flag or tricolour as it is commonly

For his pioneering

study on the special

variety of Cambodia

cotton, he came to be

called Pathi

Venkayya. His esteem

was so high that even

the British consulted

him and conferred on

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Pingali Venkayya thefamous visionary, thedesigner of the nationalflag died unhonoured on

July 4, 1963 in conditions

of poverty.

referred to is made up of three stripes the importance of justice in life. The flag(saffron, white and green) with an Ashok was unfurled for the first time as that of anChakra in the middle. By interpreting independent country on August 15 1947.the flag, we can gain an insight into the

It is sad to say Pingali Venkayya the famousideas that went into its making. Thevisionary, the designer of the national flagsaffron represents courage, sacrifice,died unhonoured on July 4, 1963 inpatriotism, and renunciation and theconditions of poverty. Its only a few yearsHindu people. Meanwhile. the greensince his daughter Ghantasalastands for faith, fertility and the land; itSeethamahalakshmi (born in 1922) startedis the color of the Islam religion. Thereceiving pension from the Government.white is in the center, symbolizing theThere is not even a memorial in hishope for unity and peace. In the center ofhometown Machilipatnam to the man whothe white band is a blue wheel with 24brought such glory to Andhra. Even thespokes. This is the Ashoka Chakra (ororiginal house has been razed to theWheel of Law). The Chakra representsground.the continuing progress of the nation and

The evolution of our national flag can be traced back to the stirring days of the great SwadeshiMovement Vande Mataram movementin Bengal in 1905.

THE HISTORIC DATES AND LANDMARKS:

1906 This flag was proposed by some Indians in England and France who thought of an Indian

National Flag. Not recognized in India.

1916 Red and green, with five red and four green stripes. Emblem of Great Bear. Union Jack at top left. In

vogue during Home Rule Days'1921 Sponsored by Mahatma Gandhi (i ns tead o f tw o co l ou rs p roposed by P inga l i

Venkayya ) at the Bezwada Session of the Indian National Congress (this flag wasinformally used at all sessions of the Congress till 1931, though not o ff ic ia ll y

accepted/ adopted by the Congress).

1931March Saffron with chakra at top left. The flag was proposed by a Committee appointed byWorking committee after Karachi Congress. This flag was not approved by theWorking Committee.

1931 Aug Saffron, white and green, Charkha isn blue colour in middle across white Working

Committee. Form of Flag suggested by Mahatma Gandhi retained with slight changes inor-der of colours and posi-tion of Chakra. Accepted by AICC of f ic ia ll y in Bombay in

August 1931.

15 AUGUST, 1947: THE PRESENT TRI COLOUR NATI ONAL FLAG WA S ADOPTED. This flag

was unfurled for the first time as that of an independent country on August 151947.

Compiled by Pratyusha Konchada


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xqssLi Page 18 of 30 - Science and SpiritualityThe Story of Ramdas a Great Devotee

A wonderful discourse by Enlightened Master Paramahamsa Nithyananda Swamy- This is a beautiful story and I just love to narrate this story all the time

There was a man in Varanasi. He was living in the banks of Ganga. Varnasi is the religiouscapital of India, per day floating population is 300,000 people. This flood of people entersinto Varanasi every day, just to touch and have darshan of Lord Shiva. You will besurprised, in the whole city there is no other industry and the only income for the wholecity, and the only reason for the development of the whole is few temples of the citythats all. If you go there you will see this, all these things can happen only in India(Swamiji Smiles). The cities grow around the temples. Even the city I was born(Thiruvannamalai) and brought up, you will see the value or amount of money, time andenergy spent in building the temple and the amount of money Vs time and energy spenton building the whole remaining village, it is not even 10% of what was spent on buildingthe whole temple. You will be shocked it is 25 acres stone (Granite) built up area and allthe rest of the houses and city is made of wood or mortar (Cement or brick).

In this beautiful/great city of Varanasi, there was a Man, very simple and uneducatedman. He wants to have initiation from a priest. This innocent man thought that the priestwas enlightened and somehow he devoted himself to that priest. Offcourse, it was notonly that the priest was not enlightened; he was not even interested to accept thisilliterate man as his disciple. But this mans devotion was strong and pure. He was atypical village person and his name was actually Ramdas. He decides that he should takeinitiation from this priest and thought of doing something to achieve his goal. He finallycomes to know the initiation process. Initiation means, the disciple will touch the feetof the master, the master will put the feet on the head of the disciple and give himmantra which means holy/sacred words to repeat. This is what is called initiation.Now the disciple decides to go and lie down on the banks of Ganges, as he knows that thepriest will come to take bath early morning 4o Clock before the Sunrise. Ramdas thinks, if

he lies down on the steps of the banks, the priest is bound to put his feet on his head as itwas dark and the priest cannot see him in pitch dark and he will somehow step on him.So it was a blessing for him he thought. One more thing, in India there was a habit, astrange habit. If you step or do some mistake, people tend to utter the words Ram,Ram, Krishna, Krishna, not Shit! (Swamiji laughs meaningfully). Swamji says thatthe words that we repeat are very powerful.

So it was expected of any devoted/spiritual person to use God/Sacred words even if theydo something unconsciously or do something wrong. So this Ramdas also expected hiswould be the same with his Guru, he being a great spiritual person and naturally whenhe steps on him accidentally, he would utter the words Ram-Ram!! Or Krishna-Krishna.He decides to take those uttering as Mantra. A very intelligent Plan indeed. The priestwill put his feet on my head accidentally and naturally he will slip and he would sayRam! or Krishna! or some Gods name and I will take it as Mantra he thinks.Ramdas goes to Ganga riverbank steps at early morning 4o clock and he was lying onthose steps, the same path in which the priest used to walk. Almost everything was

Ramdas was such asincere person, he

decides whatever mymaster utters is my

mantra and I will repeatthis word Buffalo as

my mantra and he starts.You will be shocked, that

he starts repeating theword Buffalo,

Buffalo, Buffalo,Buffalo continuously

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working as planned, but for one thing, one thing missed. The priest came in the sameroute and he accidentally put his feet on Ramdas, but because he was not enlightened asRamdas thought, instead of uttering Rama or Krishna he shouted Oh! Buffalo! (SwamijiLaughs Loudly). But this Ramdas was such a sincere person, he decides whatever mymaster utters is my mantra and I will repeat this word Buffalo as my mantra and hestarts. You will be shocked, that he starts repeating the word Buffalo, Buffalo,Buffalo, Buffalo continuously non-stop. Just because of his devotion, the story says, theDevi really appeared and gave darshan to him in the form of Buffalo. If it were just a storywe would not believe naturally. There was a historical incident that happened. It is astory we would feel that it is just a story forget about it. But there was a history throughwhich you will understand the power of devotion.

The next year, they were trying to bring Devi in a procession in the temple. When theywere trying to bring the Devi in the procession, it was noticed that the doorframe of thetemple was 10 feet high and the Devi moorti (Statue) was only 3 feet in height. But whenthe priests were trying to bring the moorti of Devi out of the doorframe, it was not comingout it was just stuck there. Physically there was nothing that was blocking the moorti, butactually the Devi moorti was not coming out through the doorframe, there was somethingthat was blocking/hitting the moorti. All the priests were trying their best to move, thepriest who initiated Ramdas (Who initiated him with Buffalo mantra) was also amongstthe group and was desperately trying to bring Devi out. The Ramdas who was also in thefestival crowds shouts Hey! Dont you see the horns of Devi hitting the walls/frame, justlower the altar a little bit and she will come out. Ramdas was able to see that, Devi wasappearing to him in the form of Buffalo and horns of that Buffalo hitting the doorframe.That is the reason the moorti was not coming out. It is very difficult to believe logically allthese things are possible. (Swamiji says that he will tell few more happenings through thishistorical incidents then a logical human mind may be able to understand)

Ramdas shouts Oh! Guru dev! Why dont you lower the statue a little bit, the horns of Deviis hitting/blocking on the wall. Then the priest was annoyed at him and said Fool! Dontyou have eyes? What are you talking? Where Devi has got horns! Keep quiet, you are beingallowed in this place itself is too much get out! All the priests were annoyed andshouted at Ramdas. Then they were again trying their best but Devi was not coming out,finally, Ramdas felt disturbed that the priests were hitting Devi on the horns on thedoorframe, he just went and lowered the Devi half a feet with force, immediately Devimoorti came out of the doorframe.

The story says that Ramdas had Darshan of Buffalo, in which he was meditating. Not onlyshe gave darshan, she proved to the whole world that whoever, meditates in whateverform or whatever name, she/the divine appears in the same form or in the same way.

In memory of this beautiful incident, even now, they have a beautiful buffalo embroideredon a silk carpet that is hanging next to the Devi temple. Even now you go to Varanasi onthis festival day, you will see that they will hang a big silk curtain embroidered with a

Buffalo. The pooja is performed to this as well. Just in memory of Ramdas, great devoteewho meditated on Devi in the form of Buffalo and got enlightened, just in the same form.Not just one, thousands of incidents of this sort, one more thing, the person Ramdas tookthe mantra from, the priest was not enlightened, he never had the darshan of Devi. Butthe devotee, Ramdas, just because of his devotion, not only had darshan but also couldable to communicate with the ultimate. Let you be very clear, do not bother whether themaster is enlightened or not, the very devotion, very surrender, sincerity leads you throughthe path. The sincerity itself has got the power to liberate you and to enlighten you. Thesweetness, beauty of this type of stories is that it creates so much of life, it creates somuch of devotion, it creates so much of Joy in your being. When we, just relax for fewminutes from our logic, which is constantly lagging us, which is constantly torturing us.Relax your being with this kind of stories. This few things can create devotion, which canstraight away help you to know the knower.

Discourse by Paramahamsa Nithyananda Swamy

Contributed by Raghu Vissamraju

Let you be veryclear, do not bother

whether the master isenlightened or not,the very devotion,

very surrender,

sincerity leads youthrough the path. Thesincerity itself has gotthe power to liberateyou and to enlighten

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Hey guys,

Its December! Schools out! Christmas and the New Year around the corner. This yearhas been incredible and Id like to thank all those who wrote for The Great Quibble thispast year. For this edition, Id like to acknowledge Zainab for her great description ofHalloween and becoming our youngest writer, Kireethi for his Sports Roundup and Tarunfor his article on the Nobel Prize. Have a great holidays! Feel free to give feedback byemail [email protected].

Hari Konchada

Indian Traditions Festoon (Toranam)

Halloween is a festival that originated from two major festivals, Samhain and the holyday of All Saints.

On Halloween, many people go trick-or-treating, wear costumes and attend costumeparties, carve jack-o-lanterns, go on ghost tours, watch bonfires, visit hauntedattractions, pull pranks, tell scary stories, and watch horror films.

Halloween is an annual holiday on October 31. It is related from the Celtic festival ofSamhain and the Christian holy day of All Saints.

Our ancestors celebrated New Years Eve on 31st October and New Years Day on 1stNovember. New Years Eve was celebrated by a festival called Samhain. Samhain markedthe end of the season of the sun (summer) and the beginning of the season ofdarkness and cold (winter).

In the year 835AD the Roman Catholic Church made 1st November a church holiday tohonour all the saints. Even though it was a joyful holiday, it was also the eve of all SoulsDay, so in those times it became customary to pray for those dead on that date. Another

Decorating the door of a house, temple or any other sacred place with a festoon (Toranamor a string of mango leaves) is part of our Indian culture. They are quite common duringfestivals or holy occasions, however the reason behind their use is much more scientificthan decorative.

The air around thefestoon when placed atthe front of a doorway

allows the circulation ofair, ridding it of carbondioxide and purifying it

immediately.

The festoon is made up of fresh, green mango leaves. As we know plants absorb carbondioxide and give out oxygen by way of photosynthesis, thus helping the air become cleanand hygienic. The air around the festoon when placed at the front of a doorway allows thecirculation of air, ridding it of carbon dioxide and purifying it immediately. The scent also

attracts insects, stopping them front entering the room. The leaves eventually becomedry, but are still of further use. In villages, the ash from the leaves is used to treat cutsand fresh wounds after mixing it with coconut oil providing adequate first aid treatment.It is also scientifically established fact that the green colour keeps a person mentally fresh.
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xqssLi Page 21 of 30name for All Saints Day is All Hallows Eve.

Here are some facts on Halloween:st

Halloween has always been celebrated on the 31 of October.

Halloween is one of the oldest celebrations in the world, dating back to over2000 years to the time of the Celts who lived in Britain. Halloween can also be known as All Hallows Eve, Samhain, All Hallow tide, The

Feast of the Dead and The Day of the Dead. Halloween is actually spelt like Halloween Black cats were originally believed to protect witches powers from evil forces. About 99% of pumpkins sold are used as Jack-o-Lanterns for Halloween. The very first Jack-o-lantern was made out of a hollowed out Turnip. Ringing a bell scares evil spirits away.

Compiled by Zainab SayedaYear 4, Mt.View Primary School.

If interested

World Vision- VisionGeneration Have you ever felt like you wanted to help people thatwere impoverished or not as lucky as we are? But dont know how to do it? VisionGeneration is a passionate group of young individuals that aim to fight global poverty andinjustice. Some new events are coming up shortly: http://stir.org.au/stir/

Blood DiamondAre mobile phones the new blood diamond?

If youre familiar with the movie Blood Diamond, youll know of the atrocities and warsand suffering that have occurred in the name of these pink stones. In the same vein,Coltan- a simple ore is a must have ingredient of the modern world of mobile phones, laptops, game consoles. Its used as a capacitor allowing devices to become eversmaller, more complex, more versatile and more fun. Despite the abundance in Africa,Coltan is better likened to a curse there than an opportunity. Many of the mines arecontrolled by violent militia and they fund their fighting by controlling the extraction ofthe ore and taking a fat slice of the sales. With many of the inhabitants working at themines out of desperation and oppression in bad working conditions, Coltan is fast

becoming the new blood diamond.

Is our insatiableappetite for the latest

electronic gadgetsactually fuelling

despair, deprivationand oppression in

another part of theworld ?

The continued rise to prominence of these stones is forcing large companies such asApple and Sony to deny they are receiving the minerals from Congo although this cant bejustified. Jason Stearns who investigated the coltan trade for the UN had his say on thecase: I think as long as you have militias in the eastern Congo taxing these mines theywill find a way of getting these minerals onto the international market. Theunderground activities which have sparked these events have lead to the destabilisationof Congo, sparking regional war and will only grow due to the insatiable appetite ofhumans and their technological assets.

The only other country with large reserves of the mineral is Australia. The WesternAustralian mine, Talison has closed down as its unable to compete with cheap African

exports. So, are we funding a war we know next to nothing about?Hari Konchada
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xqssLi Page 22 of 30Nobel PrizeThe Nobel Prize was first established by Swedish man named Alfred Nobel in 1895. It wasfirst award in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Peace in 1901. In

1901, these awards were given to: Physics: Wilhelm Conrad Rntgen, Chemistry: JacobusH. Van't Hoff, Physiology or Medicine: Emil von Behring, Literature: Sully Prudhomme,Peace :Henry Dunant & Frdric Passy

The first ever Indian (British) to receive one of these prestigious awards was Ronald Ross.He received this award in 1902 in the category of Medicine for his work on malaria. Fromthen onwards eight other Indians received these awards. These people were: RudyardKipling (British) - Literature 1907, Rabindranath Tagore - Literature 1913, C. V. Raman -Physics 1930, Har Gobind Khorana Medicine 1968, Mother Teresa Peace 1979,Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar Physics 1983, Amartya Sen Economics 1998, andVenkatraman Ramakrishnan Chemistry 2009.

The latest Nobel Prize awards were awarded in September for Year 2009.

Elizabeth. H. Blackburn, Carol. W. Greider and Jack. W. Szostak.Elizabeth Blackburn is from Hobart, Australia. They received thisaward for the discovery of how chromosomes are protected bytelomeres and the enzyme telomerase.

Elizabeth H. Blackburn

Charles. K. Koa received half of the Nobel Prize for Physics for groundbreakingachievements concerning the transmission of light in fibres for optical communication.Willard. S. Boyle and George E. Smith received a quarter of the award each for theinvention of an imaging semiconductor circuit the CCD sensor.

An Indian named Venkatraman Ramakrishnan received the Nobel

Prize for Chemistry. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan was born in TamilNadu, but did all his schooling in Gujarat. He studied in variousUniversities in both India and USA. He has a PhD in Physics. His co-recipients were Thomas A. Steitz and Ada E. Yonath. These threereceived the award for studies of the structure and function of theribosome.

Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

Herta Mller from Germany received the Nobel Prize for Literature who, with theconcentration of poetry and the frankness of prose, depicts the landscape of thedispossessed.

Elinor Ostrom and Oliver E. Williamson received the Nobel Prize for Economics. Theyreceived this award for the analysis of economic governance, especially the commons andthe boundaries of the firm.

Lastly, the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize was none other thanthe current President of USA, Barack Obama. Obama was given theaward for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen internationaldiplomacy and cooperation between people.

Tarun Rajupalem

Barack Obama

Feedback:If you have any feedback, or want to put in your own opinion about

an article, or you would like to submit a piece of writing/picture forthis section: feel free to do so. Just email me on: [email protected]

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As the year draws to a close, I guess its time for another Sports Roundup.

The cricket season has now gained full-fledged momentum, with various tournaments andmatches being played. Sri Lanka is currently touring India and the first meeting betweenthe cricketing powers was a Twenty20 Match in Nagpur. The likes of Kumar Sangakkara andChamara Kapugedera, scoring 78 (facing 37 balls) and 47 respectively, were the key driversof the Sri Lankan batting side and in the end were the force behind their 29-run victory.India can now look forward to another chance to redeem themselves in the next T20match, followed by another four One Day International Matches. Back at home, the WestIndies are touring Australia in a Test Series. The first of these matches was won byAustralia convincingly (a West Indies innings defeat) and the second a far more lively andequal footed game resulted in a draw. We can look forward to the last Test in a weekstime, as well as the four ODIs and two T20 matches that follow. Currently, the IndianCricketing Team is ranked first in Test Rankings and the Australian Team is leading the racein ODI rankings.

Back at home, theWest Indies are touring

Australia in a TestSeries. The first of

these matches was wonby Australiaconvincingly (a West

Indies innings defeat)and the second a farmore lively and equal

footed game resulted

Currently in the world of Tennis, there arent any Grand Slams taking place, but of course,keep an eye out for the Australian Open to be played in Melbourne in January 2010. In theDavis Cup, the Spanish Team consisting of world champions like Raphael Nadal, DavidFerrer, Fernando Verdasco and Feliciano Lopez led an assault against the CzechRepublic Team in the finals, winning 3-0.

Soccer is currently dominating the Sporting Headlines due to the Champions League, aswell as the release of the Pool Draws for the 2010 South African World Cup. The Soccerooshave a tough journey ahead, having to compete against Ghana, Serbia and the all-mightyGerman soccer teams in their group. In the English Premier League, Chelsea is in the lead,despite a string of injuries, closely followed by Manchester United. Meanwhile, Inter Milanand Barcelona FC have eased their way into the knockout stages of the Champions leaguewith 2-0 and 2-1 wins respectively. Arsenals remain on the top of their group, whileManchester Uniteds Michael Owen scored a hattrick as he took apart Wolfsburgs defence.Other teams to have made it to the next stage include Milan, Real Madrid, Chelsea, Porto,Sevilla, Bayern, Fiorentina and Lyon to leave a disheartened Liverpool to contend for theEuropa League.

Turning to golf, Adam Scott recently won the Australian Open with a five shot victoryagainst Stuart Appleby. Having been out of form for so long, his grit and determinationwere enough to drag him out of his slump and a spot on the US Masters next year.

Kireeti Chigurala

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HOUSE HOLD TIPS

Keep the ants away Get rid of Ants with ground coffee. Ants dislike the smell ofground coffee (acidity of the coffee). If you have an ant problem and some spare time,spread your coffee grounds around your house to keep them out. It works!!!

Meat tenderizer Dont throw away the leftover coffee in the bottom of the pot(decoction), use it as a meat tenderizer; soak your steak in it to make the meat moretender and add a great new flavor at the same time! You can also add fresh grounds tochocolate cakes and brownies for a richer flavor.

ENVIRONMENT FRIENDLY Eco tips

Dress up or dress down

Dress appropriately for the weather - put on a jumper before turning on a heater and takeoff excess clothes before using an air-conditioner. Adjust your thermostats to save energy a setting of 1820C in winter or 26C in summer is usually comfortable. Did you know, anextra 1C difference in temperature between indoors and outdoors can add around 10 percent to heating or cooling costs and greenhouse gas emissions.

- Coconut ice

Dangerously easy All it takes is a little mixing and an hour in the fridge.

Makes 40 pieces

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400gm condensed mitk300gm desiccated coconut2 cups (320gm) pure icing sugar, sifted

1/z tsp vanitta extractPink or red food colouring

MethodGrease a pan and line with bakinq paper.Place the condensed milk, coconut, icing sugar and vanila extract in a bowl and mix with ametalspoon or using your hands until well combined (it will be quite stiff). Divide the mixturein half and add pink food colouring to one portion. Knead the food colouring through until itis evenly coloured. Press the pink mixture over the base of the pan and smooth the surfacewith your hand. Top with the remaining white mixture, press down and smooth the surfacewith your hand. Refrigerate the coconut ice for 1-2 hours or until firm. Cut into pieces andserve.

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WISH YOU ALL VERY HAPPY CHRISTMAS & NEW YEAR2010 Annual Fundraising event

December

Christmas: Friday 25-12-2009

Muharram: Sunday 27-12-2009

January

Bhogi: Wednesday 13-01-2010

Makara Sankranti: Thursday 14-01-2010

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February

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