I went to a party Mom

I went to a party Mom,
I remembered what you said.
You told me not to drink, Mom,
So I drank soda instead.

I really felt proud inside, Mom,
The way you said I would.
I didn't drink and drive, Mom,
Even though the others said I should.

I know I did the right thing, Mom,
I know you are always right.
Now the party is finally ending, Mom,
As everyone is driving out of sight.

As I got into my car, Mom,
I knew I'd get home in one piece..
Because of the way you raised me,
So responsible and sweet.

I started to drive away, Mom,
But as I pulled out into the road,
The other car didn't see me, Mom,
And hit me like a load.

As I lay there on the pavement, Mom,
I hear the policeman say,
"The other guy is drunk," Mom,
And now I'm the one who will pay.

I'm lying here dying, Mom.....
I wish you'd get here soon.
How could this happen to me, Mom?
My life just burst like a balloon..

There is blood all around me, Mom,
And most of it is mine.
I hear the medic say, Mom,
I'll die in a short time.

I just wanted to tell you, Mom,
I swear I didn't drink.
It was the others, Mom.
The others didn't think.

He was probably at the same party as I..
The only difference is, he drank
And I will die.

Why do people drink, Mom?
It can ruin your whole life.
I'm feeling sharp pains now.
Pains just like a knife.

The guy who hit me is walking, Mom,
And I don't think it's fair.
I'm lying here dying
And all he can do is stare.

Tell my brother not to cry, Mom.
Tell Daddy to be brave.
And when I go to heaven, Mom,
Put "GOOD BOY " on my grave.

Someone should have told him, Mom,
Not to drink and drive.
If only they had told him, Mom,
I would still be alive.

My breath is getting shorter, Mom.
I'm becoming very scared.
Please don't cry for me, Mom.
When I needed you, you were always there.

I have one last question, Mom.
Before I say good bye.
I didn't drink and drive,
So why am I the one to die?

Someone took the effort to write this poem. So please, forward this
to as many people as you can.
People understand that don't mix drinking
and driving. 

When Insults Had Class

These glorious insults are from an era before the English language got boiled down to four letter words.

The exchange between Churchill & Lady Astor:
She said, "If you were my husband I'd give you poison."
He said, "If you were my wife, I'd drink it."

A member of Parliament to Disraeli: "Sir, you will either die on the gallows or of some unspeakable disease." 
"That depends, Sir," said Disraeli, "whether I embrace your policies or your mistress."

"He had delusions of adequacy." - Walter Kerr

"He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire." - Winston Churchill

"I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure."  Clarence Darrow

"He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary." - William Faulkner (about Ernest Hemingway).

"Thank you for sending me a copy of your book; I'll waste no time reading it." - Moses Hadas

"I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it." - Mark Twain

"He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.." - Oscar Wilde

"I am enclosing two tickets to the first night of my new play; bring a friend.... if you have one." - George Bernard Shaw to Winston Churchill
"Cannot possibly attend first night, will attend second.... if there is one." -  Winston Churchill, in response.

"I feel so miserable without you; it's almost like having you here." - Stephen Bishop

"He is a self-made man and worships his creator." - John Bright

"I've just learned about his illness. Let's hope it's nothing trivial" - Irvin S. Cobb

"He is not only dull himself; he is the cause of dullness in others." - Samuel Johnson

"He is simply a shiver looking for a spine to run up." - Paul Keating

"In order to avoid being called a flirt, she always yielded easily." - Charles, Count Talleyrand

"He loves nature in spite of what it did to him." - Forrest Tucker

"Why do you sit there looking like an envelope without any address on it?" - Mark Twain

"His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork." - Mae West

"Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.." - Oscar Wilde

"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts.. . for support rather than illumination. " - Andrew Lang (1844-1912)

"He has Van Gogh's ear for music." - Billy Wilder

"I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn't it." - Groucho Marx

(BLOG) RED - Buy (RED). Save Lives.: Join us in Lighting Global Landmarks (RED) this World AIDS Day - December 1st

(BLOG) RED - Buy (RED). Save Lives.: Join us in Lighting Global Landmarks (RED) this World AIDS Day - December 1st

December 1st is World AIDS Day and we’re illuminating the world’s most iconic landmarks (RED) to raise awareness of the goal of an AIDS Free Generation due in 2015. Last year nearly half a million babies were born with HIV. But with access to medication a pregnant mother can stop the transmission of HIV to her child. With continued funding to organizations like the Global Fund, the number of babies born with HIV could be zero by 2015 – creating the first AIDS Free Generation in 30 years.

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Wikileaks sets off a worldwide diplomatic crisis

WikiLeaks is sure to dominate diplomatic minds over the next few weeks!Several newspapers around the world have decided to release some of the content from the 250,000 documents released by the Wikileaks site. ( The Guardian in the UK , Der Spiegel in Germany and the New York Times in the US) .

US diplomats are scrambling fervently to protect the US from the fallout but with technology the way it is today there will be hundreds of thousands of articles across the web well before this day is out.

This is one of the major problems of the Information Age! The speed at which information travels has fundamentally changed the world that we live in.

Twitter will no doubt be trending very heavily on some of the admissions. Some of the highlights will include these 'allegations' ... (use hash tag #cablegate to see all the comments on twitter)


Saudi Arabia - One of the most damaging allegations was that Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah repeatedly urged America to attack Iran.The Saudi leader was recorded as having “frequently exhorted the US to attack Iran to put an end to its nuclear weapons programme”. The leak said he told the Americans to “cut off the head of the snake” at a meeting in 2008. The leaks also disclose how leaders in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt referred to Iran as “evil” and a power that “is going to take us to war”.


Pakistan - Grave fears in Washington and London over the security of Pakistan's nuclear weapons programme, with officials warning that as the country faces economic collapse, government employees could smuggle out enough nuclear material for terrorists to build a bomb.

China - How the hacker attacks which forced Google to quit China in January were orchestrated by a senior member of the Politburo who typed his own name into the global version of the search engine and found articles criticising him personally.


Russia & Italy - The extraordinarily close relationship between Vladimir Putin, the Russian prime minister, and Silvio Berlusconi, the Italian prime minister, which is causing intense US suspicion. Cables detail allegations of "lavish gifts", lucrative energy contracts and the use by Berlusconi of a "shadowy" Russian-speaking Italian go-between.


Afghanistan - Suspicions of corruption in the Afghan government, with one cable alleging that vice president Zia Massoud was carrying $52m in cash when he was stopped during a visit to the United Arab Emirates. Massoud denies taking money out of Afghanistan.


Russia - Allegations that Russia and its intelligence agencies are using mafia bosses to carry out criminal operations, with one cable reporting that the relationship is so close that the country has become a "virtual mafia state".


United Kingdom - Devastating criticism of the UK's military operations in Afghanistan by US commanders, the Afghan president and local officials in Helmand. The dispatches reveal particular contempt for the failure to impose security around Sangin – the town which has claimed more British lives than any other in the country.


Saudi Arabia & Yemen - The cables names Saudi donors as the biggest financiers of terror groups, and provide an extraordinarily detailed account of an agreement between Washington and Yemen to cover up the use of US planes to bomb al-Qaida targets. One cable records that during a meeting in January with General David Petraeus, then US commander in the Middle East, Yemeni president Abdullah Saleh said: "We'll continue saying they are our bombs, not yours."

France & Iran - The leaked memos also disclose how American diplomats compared Iran’s President Ahmedinejad with Adolf Hitler and labelled France’s President Nicolas Sarkozy as the “emperor with no clothes”.


Germany & Russia - In various cables from the US embassies the German Chancellor Angela Merkel was depicted as “risk aversive”, while the Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin was an “alpha dog”.

Key figures:

• 15, 652 secret
• 101,748 confidential
• 133,887 unclassified
  
• Iraq most discussed country – 15,365 (Cables coming from Iraq – 6,677)
• Ankara, Turkey had most cables coming from it – 7,918
• From Secretary of State office - 8,017

According to the US State Departments labeling system, the most frequent subjects discussed are:

• External political relations – 145,451
• Internal government affairs – 122,896
• Human rights – 55,211
• Economic Conditions – 49,044
• Terrorists and terrorism – 28,801
• UN security council – 6,532

There is so much that goes on in the background that 'joe public' doesn't know about as countries position themselves with and against each other to secure natural resources , business deals etc. Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, has put in motion an unstoppable force. The WikiLeaks site was being heavily targetted by a cyber attack yesterday and the virtual flames will continue for many months.

(Thanks : http://www.pocketinfo.net/)

Plein 2: There better be some Harry Potter jokes

Plein 2: There better be some Harry Potter jokes:

There better be some Harry Potter jokes

The US embassy cables give enough material to write about for weeks. The best thing is, they’ve only published 220 cables out of 251,287 so far. Any news? That depends. If you thought international politics was a game countries played by the rules, you’ll be shocked – the US is playing dirty. If you believe there’s an Arab conspiracy to ‘Islamize’ the world, you’ll be surprised – to put it mildly: Islamic countries do not have a particular liking for each other.

Now even if you did not think you that you lived in an ideal world, you might still be amazed. Basically, you have to be quite the cynic to have seen everything coming. Nevertheless, it’s not that unreasonable for the US to spy on the Secretary General of the UN, when you compare it to fabricating evidence to start a war. Nor that the Saudis wrote the lyrics for that John McCain song, ‘bomb Iran’ – Sunnis, Shiites; with that war in Iraq, al-Qaeda, Iran etc. one ought to have some insight in Middle Eastern relations by now.

What I personally find most amusing, are the comments about the ‘world leaders’. Some media find them offensive, but that depends just on how you look at them. They’re very close to the truth, or otherwise very close to our prejudices. All the same, let’s go over the most important ones and analyze them one by one.

At the end of 2008 someone remarked that Medvedev was “playing Robin to Putin’s Batman.” Say what you like, but that’s quite flattering. The first months of his presidency Medvedev was playing Peanut to Putin’s Jeff Dunham[1], so he’s moving up in the world quickly. Medvedev appears to be growing stronger the last years, so who knows: in two years Putin might playing B.A. Baracus next to Medvedev’s Hannibal.

An important advisor to the sultan of Oman said Muammar Gaddafi, the Libyan leader, is "just strange". I don’t know if anyone ever noticed, but we’re talking about a guy who takes a tent with him wherever he goes. Strange is an understatement.

The South African International Relations Minister branded Robert Mugabe “the crazy old man”. For someone who knows nothing about topography the “the” might be debatable (after all, there are many crazy old men in the world). However, Mugabe lives next door to the South Africans. This guy’s the boss of a country (Zimbabwe) that was once known as the granary of Africa. But, he threw out the farmers, gave their lands to people who knew nothing about farming, and was then surprised his people were starving. Not to mention that he’s literally done everything to remain in power, even though he’s well over eighty.

Apparently, Hamid Karzai, is "an extremely weak man who did not listen to facts but was instead easily swayed by anyone who came to report even the most bizarre stories or plots against him". Now we all knew Karzai was corrupt. We knew he does not have control over his country (and probably never will). Now we also know he would fit perfectly in a US Bible Belt town, where people believe Obama is (secretly) a Muslim, who wants to make America a socialist country and started Medicare to kill old people.

Now, Berlusconi is feckless, vain and parties too much. Anything new? Sarko’s style is authoritarian and thinned-skinned. Did you ever think differently? Ms. Merkel is ‘risk averse and rarely creative’. That’s not a crime: die Mannschaft won three World Championships that way.

It’s all not so bad. It’s worse not to be mentioned at all. Still, much is yet to come and that means fair chances for everyone. Now we’re going to see just how important our former Prime Minister, Mr. Balkenende of The Netherlands,[2] really was. After all we’ve done for the US and NATO, there better be some Harry Potter jokes as well.

TEN Important things about MARRAIGE

1. The woman always makes the rules
2. These rules are subject to change without notice
3. No man can possibly know all the rules
4. The woman is never wrong
5. If it appears the woman is wrong, it is because of a flagrant misunderstanding caused by something the man did or said.
6. The man must apologise immediately for causing the misunderstanding
7. The woman can change her mind at any time
8. The man must never change his mind without the proper consent of the woman
9. The man must read the mind of the woman at all times
10. At all times, what is important is what the woman meant, not what she said.

Boggledygook

Boggledygook: "The prime minister does not sit in a helpless office. He has the right to demand any file from any ministry. A note from him can stop any process till fuller examination. A phone call by a bureaucrat from his office will pour sand into any government wheel. Any decision that involves more than Rs 500 crore has to go through the Cabinet. Dr Singh knew every detail about the one thief who could have put 40 from Ali Baba to shame. What did he do about it? A whole lot of nothing.

It is fashionable to label every Opposition protest in Parliament unruly. When was the last time that a ruly Opposition has achieved anything? In fact, the Opposition has been terribly ruly about the spectrum scam for too long. This story began in UPA-I and is destined to continue into many more serials in UPA-II. The CAG exposé of Raja was known to government before the Opposition disrupted Parliament. Why did the prime minister ignore publicly evident condemnation until ruly turned unruly?

Dr Manmohan Singh’s government is scheduled to last for three-and-a-half years more, and possibly it will. It has however lost something vital. Mathematicians have not created enough digits to measure the loss of credibility."

Rotary Global History Fellowship (RGHF)

Rotary Global History Fellowship (RGHF)

"We must find a handful of Rotarians who will dedicate their lives to history, so that thousands more might dedicate their lives to Rotary."

— RGHF annual meeting, Montreal, Canada 2010

Rotary Global History

RGHF Mission: As an effort to serve others, RGHF offers history training for Rotary leaders. The fellowship accumulates and preserves the complete history, values, and philosophy of the Rotary movement, as well as encourages others to do the same at every level of the Rotary movement, and publishes those histories, values, and philosophies on the internet, as well as other forms of media as expedient.

The fellowship is an approved Rotary fellowship by the Board of Directors of Rotary International. To date, over 4,000 pages and in excess of 25,000 items of the Global History of Rotary have been compiled.

"I believe that knowledge of history is vital in developing the type of tolerance advocated by our founder, Paul Harris, and it is through such tolerance that Rotary effectively promotes international understanding, goodwill, and peace."

July 2010
President 10/11 Ray Klinginsmith, USA (in a July 2010 letter to RGHF.
President Ray is a member of RGHF)

Facebook | In Company of Parents of Major Sandeep Unikrishnan

Facebook | In Company of Parents of Major Sandeep Unikrishnan

Rotary/RGHF: Our Foundation Newsletter

Rotary/RGHF: Our Foundation Newsletter

Ishwar Allah Tere Naam

Ishwar Allah Tere Naam, Sab Ko Sanmati De Bhagwaan,
Sab Ko Sanmati De Bhagwaan, Sara Jag Teri Santaan,
Sara Jag Teri Santaan..Sara Jag Teri Santaan..

Is Dharati Par Basane Wale, Sab Hai Teri God Ke Paale,
Sab Hai Teri God Ke Paale, Koi Neech Na Koi Mahaan,
Sab Ko Sanmati De Bhagwaan, Sab Ko Sanmati De Bhagwaan,
Sara Jag Teri Santaan..Sara Jag Teri Santaan..
Naatho Nasalon Ke Bataware, Jhoot Kahaye Tere Dwaare,
Jhoot Kahaye Tere Dwaare, Tere Liye Sab Ek Samaan,
Sab Ko Sanmati De Bhagwaan, Sab Ko Sanmati De Bhagwaan,
Sara Jag Teri Santaan..Sara Jag Teri Santaan..

Janam Ka Koyi Mol Nahin Hai, Janam Manush Kaa Tol Nahin Hai,
Janam Manush Kaa Tol Nahin Hai, Karam Se Hai Sab Ki Pehechaan,
Sab Ko Sanmati De Bhagwaan,
Ishwar Allah Tere Naam, Sab Ko Sanmati De Bhagwaan,
Sab Ko Sanmati De Bhagwaan, Sara Jag Teri Santaan,
Sara Jag Teri Santaan..Sara Jag Teri Santaan..

NAYA RAASTA Movie Songs Lyrics

Ishwar Allah Tere Naam Lyrics Hindi Song Title: Ishwar Allah Tere Naam : NAYA RAASTA
Singer(s): MOHAMMAD RAFI

The Good, The Bad & The Ugly

The FCRA Bill 2010 

The Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Bill 2010 has recently been passed by both Houses of the Indian Parliament. It now merely awaits the assent of the President and a Gazette Notification to be enacted into Law. 

Let us examine the ‘Good’, the ‘Bad’ and the ‘Ugly’ aspects of this proposed legislation.

The Good

• Charitable organizations will be allowed to maintain multiple bank accounts for management and utilization of FCRA funds provided only one bank account is maintained for receiving all foreign contribution.
• Both, ‘Registration’ and ‘Prior Permission’ shall be granted or rejected within a period of 90 days from the date of receipt of application. Currently this time frame is stipulated only for applications for Prior Permission.
• Presently foreign contribution cannot be transferred to organizations which are not registered nor have prior permission under FCRA. FCRA 2010 will now allow such transfer with ‘Prior Approval’. However, the rules in this regard are yet to be framed

 The Bad

• Under FCRA 2010, ‘Foreign Company’ is defined and under the definition given u/s 2(g), Indian companies are not included. However, u/s 2(j) ‘foreign source’ includes an Indian company if more than 50% of its equity is held by foreigners. This dichotomy is confusing!
• The definition of ‘foreign contribution’ includes various types of foreign receipts. It does not distinguish between commercial receipts and voluntary contributions. In fact, Explanation 3 to section 2(h) excludes income from business, trade or commerce. This section states that any fee or cost against business, trade or commerce shall not be considered as foreign contribution. In other words, such receipts can be treated as local income. However this provision is in conflict with the amended section 2(15) of the Income Tax Act which prohibits trade or business related receipts above Rs.10 lakhs. NGO are therefore urged to exercise caution.
• Section 3 specifies persons who are ineligible to receive foreign contribution. To the existing list a few more have been added. Of particular concern is the inclusion of, “Organization of a political nature”. The term ‘Political Nature’ has not been defined.

 The Ugly

•  Section 8 states that the administrative expenses shall not exceed 50% and any expenditure of administrative nature in excess of 50% shall be defrayed with prior approval of the Central Government.
• Registration under FCRA will require renewal every 5 years! However, the Act has provided relief to all the existing NGOs for the first 5 years from the date of enactment. In other words, all existing NGOs will be required to renew their registration at the end of the period of 5 years from the date of enactment of FCRA 2010. According to Section 16 of the proposed Act, all NGOs should apply for renewal of the certificate within 6 months prior to the expiry of the 5 years period.
• Sweeping powers have been given to the authorities for rejecting applications for prior permission or registration. Take for example, under Section 12, “the applicant should not have been prosecuted or convicted for indulging in activities aimed at conversion or creating communal tension”. Inclusion of the term ‘prosecuted’ is of tremendous concern since it implies that even if there is a false or frivolous legal proceeding going on registration could be denied.
• Registration may be cancelled for various reasons including lack of activity for a period of 2 years. Currently NGOs have been enjoying the benefit of keeping their registered status alive by simply filing ‘Nil’ returns despite not receiving or utilizing foreign funds for many years.
• Also, any organization whose certificate has been cancelled / revoked shall not be eligible for registration or prior permission for a period of 3 years from the date of cancellation.
• FCRA 2010 further provides that after cancellation of registration certificate, all the foreign contribution and assets thereof (created since the inception of the organization) shall vest with such authority as may be prescribed. The government authorities shall take charge of the foreign contribution and the FC assets till the registration is restored.

Abhi Aik Khawab baqi hay.....!!!

abhi jugnoo nahin ruthay 
abhi aansoo nahin tutay 
abhi suraj nahin jaaga 
abhi taray nahin dubay 
abhi mehtab baqi hay 
abhi aik khawab baqi hay 

abhi manzil nahin aai 
abhi rasta nahin thehra 
abhi jangal nahin guzra 
abhi dariya nahin utra 
abhi gerdab baqi hay 
abhi aik khawab baqi hay 

abhi tufan nahin thehra 
abhi aankhon main jal thal hay 
abhi seenay main halchal hay 
abhi khirki main barish hay 
abhi kamray main badal hay 
abhi barfab baqi hay 
abhi aik khawab baqi hay 

abhi qissa adhura hay 
abhi puri kahani hay 
abhi sara burhapa hay 
abhi aadhi jawani hay 
abhi us paar jana hay 
abhi jheelon main pani hay 
abhi raste main daldal hay 
abhi payab baqi hay 
abhi aik khawab baqi hay 
abhi aik khawab baqi hay.....!!!

Only the English could have invented this language ???

We'll begin with a box, and the plural is boxes, 

But the plural of ox becomes oxen, not oxes. 

One fowl is a goose, but two are called geese, 

Yet the plural of moose should never be meese. 

You may find a lone mouse or a nest full of mice, 

Yet the plural of house is houses, not hice.

If the plural of man is always called men, 

Then shouldn't the plural of pan be called pen? 

If I speak of my foot and show you my feet, 

And I give you a boot, would a pair be called beet? 

If one is a tooth and a whole set are teeth, 

Why shouldn't the plural of booth be called beeth?

Then one may be that, and three would be those, 

Yet hat in the plural would never be hose, 

And the plural of cat is cats, not cose. 

We speak of a brother and also of brethren, 

But though we say mother, we never say methren. 

Then the masculine pronouns are he, his and him, 

But imagine the feminine: she, shis and shim!

Let's face it - English is a crazy language. 

There is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger; 

neither apple nor pine in pineapple. 

English muffins weren't invented in England . 

We take English for granted, but if we explore its paradoxes, 

We find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square, 

And a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.

And why is it that writers write but fingers don't fing, 

Grocers don't groce and hammers don't ham? 

Doesn't it seem crazy that you can make amends but not one amend. 

If you have a bunch of odds and ends 

And get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it?

If teachers taught, why didn't preachers praught? 

If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat? 

Sometimes I think all the folks who grew up speaking English 

Should be committed to an asylum for the verbally insane.

In what other language do people recite at a play and play at a recital? 

We ship by truck but send cargo by ship. 

We have noses that run and feet that smell. 

We park in a driveway and drive in a parkway. 

And how can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, 

While a wise man and a wise guy are opposites?

You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language 

In which your house can burn up as it burns down, 

In which you fill in a form by filling it out, 

And in which an alarm goes off by going on.

And, in closing, if Father is Pop, how come Mother's not Mop?

And if people from Poland are called Poles 

Then people from Holland should be Holes 

And the Germans, Germs.

And lets not forget the Americans, who changed s to z, but that's another story. 

Indian court convicts 7 in Bhopal gas tragedy

BHOPAL, India – An Indian court on Monday convicted seven former senior employees of Union Carbide's Indian subsidiary of "death by negligence" for their roles in the Bhopal gas tragedy that left an estimated 15,000 people dead more than a quarter century ago.

The subsidiary company, Union Carbide India Ltd., was convicted of the same charge but the company no longer exists.

The former employees, many of them in their 70s, face up to two years in prison. The judge has not yet announced sentences.

Large groups of survivors and relatives, along with rights activists, gathered in the city and chanted slogans saying the verdict was too little, too late.

Early on Dec. 3, 1984, a pesticide plant run by Union Carbide leaked about 40 tons of deadly methyl isocyanate gas into the air in the city of Bhopal in central India, quickly killing about 4,000 people. The lingering effects of the poison raised the death toll to about 15,000 over the next few years, according to government estimates.

Local activists insist the real numbers are almost twice that, and say the company and government have failed to clean up toxic chemicals at the plant, which closed after the accident.

The verdicts, which were in a local court and are likely to be appealed, came as the case crawled through India's notoriously slow and ineffective judicial system.

India's Central Bureau of Investigation, the country's top investigative agency, had originally accused 12 defendants: eight senior Indian company officials; Warren Anderson, the head of Union Carbide Corp. at the time of the gas leak; the company itself and two subsidiary companies.

One of the Indian officials has since died. Anderson, and Union Carbide and its subsidiaries, have never appeared in court proceedings.

Union Carbide was bought by Dow Chemical Co. in 2001. Dow says the legal case was resolved in 1989 when Union Carbide settled with the Indian government for $470 million, and that all responsibility for the factory now rests with the government of the state of Madhya Pradesh, which now owns the site.

Conquer Your Fear With Action

Nothing in life is to be feared. 
It is only to be understood.
When you dare to face the things that scare you; 
You open the door to freedom.
Most of your obstacles will melt away 
If instead of cowering before them or procrastinating 
About dealing with them 
You make up your mind to walk boldly through them.
Don't be afraid to take the step you need to take 
To make positive changes in your life.
To fight fear you must act.
Waiting, putting off, or postponing only increases fear. 
If you understood enough, you would never be afraid.

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