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Muammar Gaddafi was born to a Bedouin herdsman in 1942 in a tent near Sirte on the Mediterranean coast. He abandoned university geography studies for a military career that included a short spell at a British army signals school. Muammar Gaddafi is the longest-serving leader in both Africa and the Arab world, having ruled Libya since he toppled King Idris I in a bloodless coup at the age of 27.
Muammar Gaddafi embraced the pan-Arabism and tried without success to merge Libya, Egypt and Syria into a federation. A similar attempt by him to join Libya and Tunisia also ended in acrimony.
In 1977 he changed the country's name to the Great Socialist Popular Libyan Arab Jamahiriyah (State of the Masses) and allowed people to air their views at people's congresses.
UN sanctions, imposed in 1992 to pressure Tripoli to hand over two Libyan suspects for trial for the 1988 Lockerbie airliner bombing over Scotland, crippled oil-rich Libya's economy, dampened Gaddafi's revolutionary spirit and took the sting out of his anti-capitalist, anti-Western rhetoric.
Gaddafi was shunned internationally because the West accused him of terrorism abandoned his programme of prohibited weapons in 2003 to return Libya into international mainstream politics.
n September 2004, US President George W. Bush formally ended a trade embargo as a result of Gaddafi's scrapping of the arms programme and taking responsibility for Lockerbie.
In August 2006, Gaddafi made a series of speeches scolding his nation for over-reliance on petroleum, foreigners and imports and telling them to start making things people need.
9. Gaddafi said in an interview that he feared the change of power in Tunisia was being exploited by foreign intervention.
10. He also denied that he had invited deposed Tunisian President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali to Libya. In a speech soon after Ben Ali's departure, Gaddafi said he was "pained" by the violent events in Tunisia, that people there had been too hasty in pushing Ben Ali out and that blood might have been shed unnecessarily.

REGARDING SADDAM Hussein EVERY ONE KNOWS WHY HE WAS KILLED.EVERY DARK CLOUD HAS SOME SILVER LINING.

CORRUPT COUNTRY CALLED INDIA

REALLY A CORRUPT /DOUBLE STANDARD COUNTRY CALLED INDIA:
MR.ANNA HAZARE/KIRAN BEDI AND THE TEAM’S EFFORT TO EXPOSE THE CORRUPT POLITICIANS HAVE MANY OBSTACLES AND ENEMIES.THE BIGGEST ONE IS THE MEDIA, NEXT IS THE CONGRESS CHAMCHAS OF THE PARTY PRESIDENT, POLITICIANS AND OF COURSE THE JUDICIARY.THE PUBLIC DO NOT LAG BEHIND AS THEY ARE THE PERSONS WHO HAS HELPED ALL THOSE POLITICIANS TO COME TO POWER.COMMON MAN ARE EXPERT IN GIVING BRIBE TO GET THEIR JOB THROUGH, BE IT DRIVING LICENSE, ELECTRICITY BILLS OR LAND TAX. THE NEW GENERATION ARE LEAST BOTHERED ABOUT BRIBING AS LONG AS THE MONEY IS FROM PARENT’S POCKET.MAJORITY SAY I JUST CAN’T TRAVEL BY INDIAN RAILWAYS IT’S-”SO BORING”.
THEY DO NOT KNOW HOW TO FILL UP A MONEY ORDER FORM OR HOW TO BOOK A TICKET IN A RAILWAY COUNTER, AS MAJORITY HAS A CREDIT CARD AND THEY DEPEND ON TRAVEL AGENTS.THEY HAVE ONE POINT PROGRAMME”HOW TO GO TO USA OR EUROPE FOR A JOB AND AWAY FROM OVER PROTECTIVE PARENTS.”
PARENTS DO NOT HESITATE TO PAY 25-50 LAKHS FOR A MBBS SEAT OR 50 LAKHS TO ONE CRORE FOR A PG SEAT!! AS SOON AS THEY PASS OUT THEY SUCK OUT THAT AMOUNT FROM THE INDIAN PATIENTS WHO ARE MOSTLY POOR.TUITION TEACHERS AND TUITION HAVE TAKEN AN EPIDEMIC FORM IN INDIA,ONE CAN SAY IT’S A STATUS SYMBOL FOR A COMMON MAN.THEY(TUITION MASTERS) HAVE AT LEAST TWO TO THREE HOUSES IN CITIES,WHERE THEY STAY BUT THE PUBLIC EYE IS ON DOCTORS DOING PRIVATE PRACTICE.WHEN A DOCTOR DO PRIVATE PRACTICE IT TAKES A HEAD LINE NEWS WHERE AS LECTURERS/READERS DOING THE SAME ESCAPE FROM PUBLIC AND MEDIA EYES.THE CORRUPTION IN INDIA IS VERY DEEP ROOTED, WHAT WE SEE IS THE TIP OF ICE BERG, NO NUMBERS OF ANNA HAZARE IS GOING TO CHANGE THIS UNLESS THE PEOPLE CHANGE THEM SELVES.THAT IS WHAT OUR POLITICIANS KNOW-- THAT THIS MOMENT WILL HAVE A PREMATURE DEATH.THE WHISTLE BLOWERS ARE PUT BEHIND THE BARS !! FOR EXPOSING THE POLITICIANS IN PARLIAMENT.IF THAT BE SO WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO A COMMON MAN IS ANY ONE’S IMAGINATION.
ONE CAN SEE AND FEEL FROM THE DAILY NEWS PAPERS, THAT THERE IS A CONSTANT CORRUPT POWER WORKING UNDERNEATH TO CONFUSE THE PEOPLE OF INDIA, WHO WANT TO DO JUSTICE TO THEIR MOTHER LAND BY DOING CERTAIN ACTIVITY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE NATION WITH OUT PERSONAL GAINS.AS LONG AS CORRUPTION CONTINUES OUR POLITICIANS BUSINESS MAN AND OUR COMMON MAN ARE ALL HAPPY DO NOT THINK THAT CORRUPTION WILL RUIN THIS COUNTRY ANY FURTHER,IT"S ALREADY RUINED ONE CAN SAY RAPED IN BROAD DAY LIGHT.

DOG'S DAY

RETURN WITH GRATITUDE:
Once upon a time a Jackal (England) was shouting for help as a bone had got stuck in his throat. He was rolling with pain. A Pelican (India) wanted to help him. The fish bone was taken out by the innocent but intelligent bird. They became friends there after (post IPL). So as an act of gratitude Jackal called his friend for lunch and offered her beef cutlet in a big plate. Pelican returned home with out food. Few days passed off and Jackal was called for lunch by his friend Pelican. She offered Sambar and dosa to her friend. Jackal returned home in empty stomach. The present India vs. England series is very similar to this episode. Every dog has his day.

WIFE'S GARDEN

My wife Kalyani is very fond of Flowers,with a very small gardening space she has planted so many flowering plants which surprises the onlookers.This red flower(a creeper) is known in Odiya as TAMALA(Diospyrus Tomentosa)other colors are blue and pink - 12 hours of flower life(6am to 6pm).The other one is morning glory that to blossom in the morning and fades in the evening.We have to learn many things from nature so also from these beautiful flowers-there is a message-do not bother about short time but make others happy during that small span of life.

KHICHIDI CULTURE

WRONG ODIYA CULTURE:
In last decade Odisha is going through a very bad cultural mix up. People have lots of money and that too black money and need avenue to spend them and show off their vulgar wealth. Worshiping of Hanuman was a culture of North Indians only but in last decade due to TV shows and inter caste marriages this has been added to the list of festivals. The poring of water on Lord Siva during the month of Sravana was not there in Odisha but has taken a gigantic nuisance step over the years, so much so that those four or five Mondays it’s a night mare for the train and bus travelers. The Kadua chout was not heard off some years back. The dandia dance is another show off business in odish capital city of Bhubaneswar. Rakhi purnima too has been commercialized; no more that sacred brother and sisters relationship is to be seen any where during that day. Over and above the other festivals of North India has slowly and surely spread to this poor state in last decade. May be this has some thing to do with our Odiya boys getting married to north Indian girls .The parents of brides from north Indians are too happy to give away their daughter to these meek and mike Odiya boys with minimum of dowry fees. So much so that I find Odiya people are talking in Hindi with their wife and children at home!!So much is the sacrifice with our Odiya culture by our Odiya boys. They do not talk in their mother tongue while traveling and speak in horrible Hindi or English with fellow passengers.
As such Odiya have 465 days festivals as if that was not enough they are now mixing culture of other states to make it a khichidi culture state of India. May be some one will award a Bhat ratna to Odisha for cultural remix!

DO NOT COMPARE

DO NOT COMPARE:
When one compares a 100 meters timing over the years then to some extent you are justified because the distance remains the same. Except for the surface on which the athlete run and the running boots others things remains the same over the years but in cricket it’s quite different scenario. Foot ball it’s the same surface and same weather for both the team where as in cricket there are so many variables hence I think it’s idiotic to compare Sachin with Bradman or Murali with Prassana.
The first hurdle for comparison is the ground size( i.e. boundary line) for example at Melbourne, the out field is quite big where as some grounds in India and west Indies have quite smaller boundary lines .The ICC has not made any fixed boundary line for international cricket. The pitch is not uniform. The coverings of pitch started in 1970 before that it was left to nature and dew over night. So one simply can not compare a batsman of 1950-70 with that of 1980-2010.Helmets came in 20th century before that with same cricket ball, pitch size and stronger fast bowlers batsman had difficult times. The LBW rule, the chucking rules, the no ball rules, the gadgets, the bat thickness, better technology, neutral umpires all made the game of cricket a different one from the Bradman era. Then how one can compare a player of 1950 with players of 2010??
With so many variables I do not think scientifically one can ever compare two players of different era. Earlier days a batting average of 50 was very difficult where as now you can find hundreds of batsman with 50+ averages.
The bowling rules have changed. For example some of the bowlers of present generation or just retired cricketers would not have been allowed to bowl in first class cricket in 1960-70! During those days if an established batsman complains about the bowling action then the bowler had to leave cricket or become a batsman instead. Then you have front foot rule and back foot rules.
With so many variables, let’s not compare present generation doctors, engineers, film stars, athletes, and sports persons with those of the past.

TOP TEN

The following criteria were taken by me to select my top ten Hindi movies> before 1975.
1.Story 2.Acting 3.Message 4.Entertainment value 5.Suspense 6.photography 7.Music
TOP TEN ARE
1:Mughal E Azam
2:Sahib Bibi aur gulam
3.Mother India
4.Pyaasa
5.Chori Chori
6:Madhumati
7.Guide
8:Safar
9:Teesri Manzil
10:Sholay

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

The recent concluded Nokia Champion League-T20 tournament might have been a fixed tournament and ICC president's team will be the winner was obvious from the beginning for some reasons.First out of ten teams six were outside India and four Indian teams.After the England debacle if any of those foreign team had own it then the public out cry and press heckling would have added further salt to the Indian cricket teams wounded ego.So any of the four teams had to win and BI was the obvious choice as per the book makers.Those bloody players do not play even 30% of their capacity/capability while playing for their country but are match winners for these clubs because money plays not the attitude.When ever you find any magazine or newspaper one will find foreign player roaming in Indian hotels or walking on the ramp. Naturally they do not say a word against India or BCCI. I think the best team to win this tournament was the NSW team and next best was T & T.
BI should not feel proud to win this league because it's due to one player from Srilanka(he has retired to play in India,,what a patriot player?)the other finalist had another unpatriotic player who single handedly took RCB to finals and would have won it but for that dubious LBW decision.Quite disgusting this masala cricket.

HOLIDAY MODE

HOLIDAY MODE:
Bhubaneswar the capital of Odisha is an unique place where you will come across beggars to billionaires, pious people to most corrupt ones. This was under Puri district when there were thirteen districts in the state but when Odisha developed to have thirty it came under Khordha district. So it has all the ingredients of Puri people, Tricky, litigant, corrupt, quarrelsome and intelligent. Remembering the Sherlock Holmes dialogue “If an intelligent man turns to crime it’s deadliest of them all.” The increasing crime rate at Bhubaneswar justifies this statement. Basically people are lazy but aggressive and do not like to follow rules and regulations, be it ATM counter or Traffic rules. Like any other place in India this place has many temples, mostly illegal and have puja festivals round the year.
The city is in HOLIDAY MODE most of the time of the year, even the courier people do not come to deliver your items and letters.The “MODE “list is as follows
1: Durga puja: 7days
2: Ratha jatra: 7to 10days
3: Siva Ratri: 7days
4: Holi: 2 to 3 days
5: Dewali + firecrackers: 3 to 5 days
6: Ganesh puja: 3 to 5 days
7: Saraswati puja: 2 days
8: Laxmi puja: 2 to 5 days
9: Kartika purnima: 3 days
10: Nua khaee: 2 days to 5 days.
11: Viswakarma: 3 days
This is just a sample, many more smaller festivals have this mode, actually office may be open but due to holiday mode, most of the office people may be absent or some where but your work will not be done, compelling you to go on holiday mood.
Recently I had a taste of this mode. First due to Ramzan month the car mechanic was on holiday mode for quite some time, on the line was Kartik puja (God of mechanics) followed by Durga puja as a result of which my car remained in the garage for more than a couple of months. When I went to bring back my car I found a huge cobra keeping her eggs warm on the back seat of my car. Puja is now more than few days old but still then my car has not been delivered. My wife says “sell it and do not bring it home as I will never board it again.”When last contacted with my mechanic he said “sir-one more has entered your car”.