Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Anna Hajare

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
From a tenacious soldier to a social reformer, and a right to information crusader, Anna Hazare’s journey of four decades has been unprecedented in terms of a non-violent yet effective campaign of resurrecting a barren village into an `ideal village’ model and empowering the faceless citizen through pioneering work on Right to Information. His efforts to empower grampanchayats, protect efficient government officers from frequent transfers and fight against the red tapism in government offices have also received accolades.

His tryst with the army came when many Indian soldiers became martyrs in the Indo-China War of 1962 and the Government of India had appealed to young Indians to join the Indian army. Being passionate about patriotism, he promptly responded to the appeal and joined the Indian Army in 1963. During his 15-year tenure as a soldier, he was posted to several states like Sikkim, Bhutan, Jammu-Kashmir, Assam, Mizoram, Leh and Ladakh and braved challenging weathers.
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Thursday, November 22, 2012

Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam



Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, is an Indian scientist and administrator who served as the 11th President of India. Kalam was born and raised in Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu, studied physics at the St. Joseph's College, Tiruchirappalli, and aerospace engineering at the Madras Institute of Technology (MIT), Chennai.

Before his term as President, he worked as an aerospace engineer with Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). Dr. Kalam is popularly known as the Missile Man of India for his work on the development of ballistic missile and launch vehicle technology.He played a pivotal organizational, technical and political role in India's Pokhran-II nuclear tests in 1998, the first since the original nuclear test by India in 1974. 

 President Kalam advocated plans to develop India into a developed nation by 2020 in his book India 2020. Books authored by him have received considerable demands in South Korea for the translated versions.He has received several prestigious awards, including the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honour. Kalam is known for his motivational speeches and interaction with the student community in India. He launched his mission for the youth of the nation in 2011 called the What Can I Give Movement with a central theme to defeat corruption in India. Kalam was also criticized for inaction as a president on the pending mercy plea petitions, that delayed prosecution of the convicts.

Good Books written by Dr. Kalam 
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1.Wings of Fire: An Autobiography of APJ Abdul Kalam 
2.Turning Points: A Journey Through Challenges
3.Target 3 Billion: Innovative Solutions Towards Sustainable Development
4.Inspiring Thoughts
5.Ignited Minds: Unleashing the Power Within India


About US President Obama




President Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii on August 4th, 1961, to a father from Kenya and a mother from Kansas. Growing up, he was also raised by his grandfather, who served in Patton’s army, and his grandmother, who worked her way up from the secretarial pool to become vice president at a local bank.
After working his way through school with the help of scholarship money and student loans, President Obama moved to Chicago, where he worked as an organizer to help rebuild communities devastated by the closure of local steel plants.
He went on to Harvard Law School, where he was elected the first African-American president of the Harvard Law Review. After graduating, President Obama went on to lead one of the most successful voter registration drives in state history, and continued his legal work as a civil rights lawyer and a professor teaching constitutional law at the University of Chicago.
Barack Obama was first elected to the Illinois State Senate in 1996. During his time in Springfield, he passed the first major ethics reform in 25 years, cut taxes for working families, and expanded health care for children and their parents. Elected to the U.S. Senate in 2004, he reached across the aisle to pass the farthest-reaching lobbyist reform in a generation, lock up the world’s most dangerous weapons, and bring transparency to government by tracking federal spending online.
Barack Obama as sworn in as president on January 20th, 2009. He took office in the middle of the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, at a time when US economy was losing 800,000 jobs a month. He acted immediately to get US economy back on track.
In his first term, the President passed the landmark Affordable Care Act, helping to put quality health care within reach for more Americans. He ended the war in Iraq and is working to responsibly end the war in Afghanistan, passed historic Wall Street reform to make sure taxpayers never again have to bail out big banks, and cut taxes for every American worker—putting $3,600 back in the pockets of the typical family. He’s fought for equal rights and a woman’s right to make her own health decisions. And he’s made a college education more affordable for millions of students and their families.
The President believes an economy built to last starts with a strong and growing middle class—that’s why he has a plan to create jobs and restore economic security to working families.
[ source : http://www.barackobama.com]
The Best Books Authored by  Barack Obama, read online this books or download books or get from book   store ( book shop) :
1. Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance
2. The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream (Vintage)
3. Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters
4. Change We Can Believe In: Barack Obama's Plan to Renew America's Promise

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life


Warren Edward Buffett  is an American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist. He is widely considered the most successful investor of the 20th century. Buffet is the chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathawayand consistently ranked among the world's wealthiest people. He was ranked as the world's wealthiest person in 2008 and as the third wealthiest person in 2011. In 2012,

Buffett is called the "Wizard of Omaha", "Oracle of Omaha", or the "Sage of Omaha"and is noted for his adherence to the  investing philosophy and for his personal frugality despite his immense wealth.
In June 2006, Buffett made an announcement that he would be giving his entire fortune away to charity, committing 85 percent of it to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. This donation became the largest act of charitable giving in United States history.




Books must read to know more about  Warren Buffett :
[Read online this books or download books or get one from book store ( book shop) ]

1. The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life

2. The Intelligent Investor: The Definitive Book on Value Investing. A Book of Practical Counsel (Revised Edition)

3. Warren Buffett's 3 Favorite Books: A guide to The Intelligent Investor, Security Analysis, and The Wealth of Nations

4. The Essays of Warren Buffett: Lessons for Corporate America, Second Edition