Kotak Jifi Account

I had attended the indiblogger meet at Saket ,Delhi where kotak launched it's jifi account for the first time.Jifi is a new age digital account that offers unparalleled convenience. Easy & anytime access, hassle-free transactions and numerous benefits, that is what Jifi is all about. What’s more, banking is now social with it as you receive banking account updates through Twitter, gain reward points for transacting online and adding friends to your Jifi network. No minimum balance, non interest bearing current account Auto Term deposit...

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RELIGION IS OPIUM FOR THE PEOPLE.

"Religion is the opium of the people" is one of the most frequently paraphrased statements of German economist Karl Marx and i truly believe in it.The foundation of irreligious criticism is: Man makes religion, religion does not make man. Religion is, indeed, the self-consciousness and self-esteem of man who has either not yet won through to himself, or has already lost himself again. Vladimir Lenin, speaking of religion in clearly alluded to Marx's earlier comments (emphasis added): Religion is one of the forms of spiritual...

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My Dream Library.

These are times of information technology and fast paced life and it is very difficult to get time for relaxing and studying  while sitting in a library.Since of late there is so much development in gadgets i want my ideal library to be E-Library,so that i can search my book by just click of a button and there is no need to sit in one place and we can read and save illustration on the same gadgets while travelling in a bus,metro, car or anywhere...

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Half Stories - Madhubani Paintings.

I belong to madhubani district of bihar and it is famous for its paintings. Madhubani painting or Mithila painting is a style of Indian painting, practiced in the Mithila region of Bihar state, India.] Painting is done with fingers, twigs, brushes, nib-pens, and matchsticks, using natural dyes and pigments, and is characterized by eye-catching geometrical patterns. There are paintings for...

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Appendix.

I used to have great pain in my stomach once in a while since my early childhood but my parents used to think that i might have eaten something which i am not able to digest and my mother used to give me massage with oil and after a while i used to get relief from pain but one day the pain got unbearable,it was like somebody is hurting you with knife and seeing my discomfort my father took me to nearby clinic.After seeing my condition doctor immediately realised that i have appendix ( extra growth like tumour )which needs operation at the earliest...

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PETS.

I will not do justice to my childhood memoires if i fail to mention the different type of pets who were part of our childhood.In our Grandfather village whenever we used to go there which was mostly in summer vacations,then we used to play with our dog whose name was Moti and he used to lord over other dogs of that area and we were really proud of him.Apart from dog we had cows,bullocks ( who used to till our fields ) & buffaloes.In the early morning when we used to wake up,we used to find most of the farmers going to fields with their bullocks...

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New Beginning.

As i have told you in my last blog that we came to delhi from bhopal on my father getting transferred. We have to start our lives all over again and slowly we started making new friends but there was no big ground and so we have to play in a park which was not very big.But it was at this time (1976 ) Television came to our lives.Our immediate neighbour had a TV in his house and from our drawing room it was visible and we brothers were quite excited to see the TV from our window specially the cricket.And one day our father to our utter surprise...

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Catastrophe.

While we were enjoying our stay in bhopal,one day our father broke the news that he has been transferred to delhi.This news came as a catastrophe to us since for nearly 4 years bhopal had became our home and it was unimaginable to think getting separated from friends and from a community which was like an extended family.There was gloom all over since not only it was a bad news for us but it was for everyone.Our house maid Sapru wept like a child,even our Land-lord was sad since we have built a beautiful Garden which was full of flowers but we...

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Holi in bhopal.

Holi is one of the main festival of India and it is a festival of colours.This used to be the busiest time for us because preparation of this festival used to get started month in advance.One day before the actual holi of colours is celebrated there is a tradition of lighting bonfire of  wood which signifies victory of good over evil and we used to collect wood in advance from where ever we could collect it from. We used to steal bamboo and shuttering wood from nearby construction sites.It used to be so much fun & exciting experience since...

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GANESH PUJA.

Ganesh puja ( A ten day festival of Hindu Lord Ganesha ) is the biggest festival in Maharashtra & Madhya Pradesh ( States of India ). We in bhopal used to start the preparation for this festival months in advance.We used to collect money from each and every household in the colony for the festival.As i told you in my earlier blogs that i was quite a mischievous person and a sort of rebel in my childhood and till today i continue to be so.Once one of the family refused to give money for the festival and i got very angry about it and coming out...

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RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE.

Taking a break from my regular blogs today i am writing on a subject of Religious Intolerance for Indiblog's subject of Knowledge is Great.Religious intolerance is the cause of unrest,deaths of thousands,political upheaval,jehad and terrorist attacks all over the world .In fact it is the root cause of 9/11 & 26/11 terror strikes.This intolerance is prevalent in  all the religion of the world whether it is Catholic v/s Protestant in Christianity,Sunni v/s Shias in muslim religion,Digambar v/s Shwetamber in jainism, and in Hindu religion...

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SANCHI & BHOJPUR.

Our school took us for picnic trip to Sanchi ( A place of religious importance for Buddhists ) which is few hours drive from bhopal.There was round shaped structures  which are called stupas and structure like gate with some sorts of scriptures engraved on it.The whole journey was full of excitement and after reaching the place we played various games but the best part was when we all sat together and opened our tiffin boxes and shared food with each other because everybody got to eat so many delicacies at the same time.I till today remember...

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FATHER'S V/S SON'S

Continuing from my earlier blog about cricket now i want to tell you that one day one of  our friend Kartik proposed that we should fix a match between father's and son's.All of us welcomed his idea but very few of us were optimistic that father's will agree for this sort of match.But he said that he will talk to his father who was ex-first class cricketer.His father not only agreed for the match but also pushed his friends who were good cricketers to play and slowly some of other friends father's agreed and formed their team.It was decided...

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Cricket and Bhopal.

Although Hockey is the National Game of India but actually for general public Cricket is truly the national game in fact it is considered a religion now-days in India.So although we played all sorts of game but cricket was like a passion for all of us.There was a big ground in our colony and we prepared the pitch by digging the ground 22 square yards as prescribed by international law of cricket and we dug it deep approx. 2 foot. After that we put small pebbles of brick in the pitch area,after that one layer of badarpur ( Mixture of coarse sand...

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Kite Flying

Kite flying season used to be quite exciting and very hectic for us.Preparation for it used to start days in advance because first we used to buy white plain thread  for kite flying and then we used to boil one product called Sares and used to mix it with different colours and then glass pieces which we used to grind like fine powder and then boil the mix in high temperature and after it cooling down we used to apply on the plain thread by using cloth and tieing the plain thread from one pole to another pole in both side of the ground.By applying...

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JAI SANTOSHI MAA

In 1975 there was a hindi film released by the name of jai santoshi maa,who is a hindu Goddess and the film became a cult film and became super hit.People used to go to theatres without wearing shoes and whenever the goddess  used to appear on the screen public used to throw coins and flowers on the screen.The moral of the story was that if you fast for 16 Fridays continuously without eating any food or fruit containing citric acid such as lemon or oranges then the goddess will fulfil all your wishes and it spread like wild fire.Most women...

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Trekking in the hill.

After spending few days in our village we came back to bhopal but our vacation was still on since its 2 month holiday in summers.In bhopal the whether used to be nice even in summers also so we were able to spend time outdoors.As i told you in my earlier blog that we had hills in backside of our house and one day we all friends decided to explore the hills and decided to go there.We were going to an unknown territory but we were all very excited.After walking for half an hour we entered the hills and started going upwards and on the way we found...

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Mango Orchards.

Continuing from my last blog where i told you about reaching our village during summer vacation and taking bath in the pond and after taking breakfast we all used to go to our own mango orchards which was just 100 mts. in front of our house and most of the day was spent there relishing different varieties of mangos,Jamuns from the trees or playing cards etc.In the mango orchard villagers used to built temporary small hut made of bamboo and roof was made of rice husk and sitting space was around 2 to 3 feet hight because there were lot of snakes...

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Village Life.

In my last blog i told you that we reached our village in summer vacation.In village people wake up quite early in the morning around 5a.m and since our house is facing east sun light come directly to our house.Early in the morning farmers used to take their bullocks to the field with bells ringing from their necks and their mouth capped with cap made of thin wooden bamboo.There we get to feel unique smell of smoke coming out from burning wood which was used to light earthen stove ( chulha ) and some of the utencils used for making food & vegetables...

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Summer Vacation

During summer vacation we used to go to our village in madhubani district of Bihar. Those  days trains were run by steam engine and heavy black smoke used to come out from it and whistle of train was also different from today's train.It used to be a journey of 24 hours approximately and we used to go by first class which was without A.C at that time.My father used to get this facility from his office only once in a year.He is very fond of eating and used to make preparation for packing namkeen,biscuit,fruit,apart from prepared food and vegetables...

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Gardening.

Going back to my childhood days in bhopal i remember that gardening became a big passion for us.As i had told you in my earlier blogs that we got a big house with big courtyard.Initially when we occupied the house it was a barren land and the earth of that area is of black colour and it is very fertile.My eldest brother is very fond of gardening since childhood and we the younger ones used to assist him.Within a year we turned our courtyard into a beautiful garden with lot of beautiful flowers like marigold,jasmine,mogra,different colour of roses,sunflower,Raat...

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25th Wedding Anniversary.

Today i am taking a break from childhood memories because yesterday was a special day in my life . Yesterday on 27th January i have completed my 25 years of married life and most of the family was present except my younger brother family to celebrate the occasion.My younger was not able to come as he was unwell.Actually he was the one who reminded everyone that this year is going to be my silver jubilee of marriage but unfortunately he was not able to make it.We all gathered at our family residence and cut the Cake and whole was decorated with...

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Sports Galore

As i told you in my earlier blog that we made lots of friends and we are four brothers.My eldest brother is 5 year older then me and the elder one is 2 year old and younger one is 2 years young so our friends were also in the same age group.We used to play lots of game like cricket,football,volleyball,table-tennis,)etc.But apart from these sports we also used to play Marbles,kite-flying,latoo( Wooden toy of conical shape with nail below)which is tied with thin rope and when we throw it down on the floor and it start spinning on the floor.These...

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Bhopal-1

As i told you in my earlier blog that we got shifted to bhopal and started a new chapter in my life.But within few days we started making new friends in our neighbourhood.And within months there were lots of friends and i remember some of them till date such as two brothers Tom & Tunnu,Four brothers with unique names like Goodluck,Welcome,Bubble and Lucky.Then we had a freinds called Bhayyu and he had a Table Tennistable installed in his house,another friend were maheshwari ,kartik,Dabboo.And those were the days when there was no T.V,Mobile...

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BHOPAL ( GOLDEN PERIOD ).

After a year in dehradun my father again got transferred to Bhopal the capital of madhya pradesh. Frequent transfer take a heavy toll on children's since it means going to new school,losing out to your friends and going to a unknown place.So we reached bhopal and we went to our house there we all went overjoyed to see that it was a big house consisting of 8 bedrooms, big courtyard and there was a water fountain also inside the courtyard.There was hill on the backside of our house and it was in Arera Colony which is one of the posh area of city.This...

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SAHASTRADHARA

There is another beautiful place called Sahastradhra ( 100 water Falls ) near dehradun.When we reached there the view of hundreds of water falls falling from top of the mountains and the massive sound of falling water and water colour was milky white, can not be described in words.There was greenery all around and in the centre milky white  water coming down with roaring sound and downstage people were enjoying the bath but we were quite afraid to take the bath.There was a hot spring also where hot was coming naturally and we were told that...

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Mussoorie

As i told you that hill station mussoorie was visible from our house so there was great curiosity among us that how it will be from nearby? So one Sunday we went to hill station which is not very far from dehradun in our station wagon car.The entire journey was of scenic beauty and full of greenery.  But as we started going upwards some of the family members felt uneasiness because car was going round and round upwards and that is why some members also vomited.But after reaching on the top there is a place called lal dibba.It is the highest...

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Dehradun

My father got transferred to dehradun and we shifted there.It is beautiful city surrounded by hilly resort masooriee.We got residence in cannaught place.It was a spacious house and famous Ghantaghar was at walking distance.There was three cinema halls in row on one side of road and another one at other side of the road.So it was a happening place.Our school was also just few feet away from our house.But the most fascinating part of this house was amazing view of masooriee hills and in night when lights were on it was like thousands of jugnus( A...

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KOLKATTA

After spending first five years of childhood in delhi my father got transferred to Calcutta in 1971.We have taken up residence in lake garden area.I was in 3rd class and was studying in Hope Hall school.We used to go to the lake nearby which was at walking distance from our residence and there we(my brothers) used to get quite exited seeing very big fish in the lake and while returning home we used to relish phoochka (Gol Gappe).Another childhood memories is of big Durga Puja celebration of Calcutta with all the cities getting lighted with huge...

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Early Childhood.

As i old you in my earlier blog that my father is a civil engineer and after completing his engineering he came to delhi in around 1960.My father are also four brothers like us and he is third in line like me.In delhi his elder brother was employed in Hotel Ashok and he was very active in social circle of our mithila community.We are maithils from land of Sita.One of of her other name is maithily.My uncle was brought to delhi by one of our villager Late Ratikant Jha who was employed in Darbhanga House by princely family of Darbhanga in delhi.In...

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JOINT FAMILY

Dear Readers,In today's time when joint family system is fast disappearing, i want to share my life experience with you about my life living in joint family system.My father is a civil engineer and he has four sons and i am his third son.We originally belongs to madhubani district of bihar.My father was employed in Govt.Undertaking and he had a transferable job.So our early childhood was spent in several cities.Now i will share my childhood memories with you in my next blog.   &nb...

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The magic of Sunsilk - way to great hair

Recharging your hair - what does this exactly define? When I heard this line for this contest on IndiBlogger, I was very confused. How can one recharge their hair? What exactly is it! After giving it a good thought, I realized what 'recharging your hair' interprets here. Usually during summers, my mother says to me 'baal thake thake lag rahein hain' - I never get how my hairs can be tired! Having said that, it does frustrate me when my hair is not...

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We Chat, We Debate, We #VoteForIndia

We Chat, We Debate, We Vote. India currently finds itself standing on the crossroads. We can either opt for the right path, which may have certain obstacles which we can collectively overcome OR we can opt for the wrong path, a path that will devastate our future, jeopardize the future of the next generation and make our progress stand still.The youth of India needs to utilize this opportunity and be part of something special. If it wasn't for US,...

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