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SWAMI VIVEKANANDA:SPECIAL ON NATIONAL YOUTH DAY:

JAN, 12, the birthday of Swami Vivekananda is celebrated every year as the National Youth Day. Glimpses of his Thoughts and Teachings: See how much relevant he is after a long period of 120 years:   1. Love Is The Law Of Life: All love is expansion, all selfishness is contraction. Love is therefore the only law of life. He who loves lives, he who is selfish is dying. Therefore, love for love's sake, because it is law of life, just as you breathe to live. 2. It's Your Outlook That Matters: It is our own mental attitude, which makes the world what it is for us. Our thoughts make things beautiful, our thoughts make things ugly. The whole world is in our own minds. Learn to see things in the proper light. 3. Life is Beautiful: First, believe in this world - that there is meaning behind everything. Everything in the world is good, is holy and beautiful. If you see something evil, think that you do not understand it in the right light. Throw the burden on y...

THE GEOGRAPHY OF INDIA AND ITS ROLE IN INDIAN HISTORY

The Indian subcontinent is a well-defined geographical unit. It may be divided into three major regions: 1.       The Himalayan Mountains, 2.       The Indo-Gangetic Plains, and 3.       The Southern Peninsula. There are five countries in the subcontinent – India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan. India is the largest among them and it comprises Twenty-Eight States and Six Union Territories. The population of India is arround One Hundred Twenty Five Crores. The Himalayan Mountains The Himalayan Mountains are situated on the north of India. It has a length of nearly 2560 kilometres with an average breadth of 240 to 320 kilometres. The highest peak of the Himalayas is known as Mount Everest with its height being 8850 metres. It acts as a natural wall and protects the country against the cold arctic winds blowing from Siberia through Central Asia. This keeps the climate of northern India fairly warm th...

SAVE PAPER : SAVE TREES : SOME AMAZING FACTS:

SEE,  HOW WE CAN SAVE 840000 TREES DAILY BY SAVING ONLY ONE A4 SIZE PAPER!!! MATERIAL NEEDED FOR PREPARING ONE TON OF PAPER: ·          128 cubic ft wood ·          55000 gallon (208200 liter) water ·          46 kg sulphur ·          159 kg lime ·          1.2 ton coal ·          9 kg dye and pigment ·          49 kg starch and others. SOME FACTS ABOUT PAPER: ·          1 ton of uncoated virgin (non-recycled) printing and office paper uses 24 trees ·          1 ton of 100% virgin (non-recycled) newsprint uses 12 trees ·          A "pallet" of copier paper (20-lb. sheet weig...