SPECIAL WISHES

Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti  As we all know, his full name was Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, who was born on 2nd October, 1869, at Porbandar, Gujarat. He was an Indian lawyer. After having completed, Bachelor of Laws, he was practicing  law in South Africa. But he decided to come back to India, his motherland, that was in need of strong will power, support and leadership of many such figures like him to fight against the British rule. His role as an anti-colonial nationalist, and political leader, who employed non-violent resistance, to lead the successful campaign for India's independence from British Rule. and inspire movements for civil rights and freedom across the world.                                       ମହାତ୍ମା ଗାନ୍ଧୀ ଜୟନ୍ତୀ      ଜାତିର ପିତା , ମହାତ୍ମା ଗାନ୍ଧୀଙ୍କ ବିଷୟରେ ଯେତେ କହିଲେ ବି  କଥା ସରିବନାହି | ତାଙ୍କର ପ୍ରକୃତ ନାମ ଥିଲା, ମୋହନଦାସ କରମଚାନ୍ଦ ଗାନ୍ଧୀ; ଗୁଜରାତର ପୋରବନ୍ଦର ଠାରେ, 1869 ମସିହା, ଅକ୍ଟୋବର ମାସ ୨ ତାରିଖରେ, ସେ ଜନ୍ମଗ୍ରହଣ କରିଥିଲେ ଓ ୧୯୪୮ ମସିହା ଜାନୁୟାରୀ ମାସ ୩୦ ତାରିଖରେ,

  BIRTHDAY What a moment of great joy and celebration, a birthday is for a family, birthday boy/girl and their friends and relatives who live in a society together? After all, man is a social animal. He/she cannot live without society. Because, they share their happiness and sorrow with the fellow members in the society. Thus arises the importance of celebrating someone's birthday, along with others. In a family, members feel happy to celebrate their kid's birthday; invite their friends and neighbors and throw a party. Some may choose to celebrate within themselves. In workplaces/offices, everyone tries to celebrate or at least wish 'HAPPY BIRTHDAY' to the employer/boss or to the employees/staff members. It depends on person to person, organization to organization or institution to institution, as to the way they feel like celebrating a birthday.  Some celebrate with cake cutting ceremonies, whereas others simply  prefer to wish verbally or through w

                       Navaratri/ Dussehra                                            What is 'Navaratri'?   Literally,' nava' means number nine and 'ratri' means night. Thus, 'Navaratri ' signifies a festival, which is celebrated for a period of nine nights. In certain areas, people fast on these days to worship the nine different incarnations of Maa Durga. They believe in each particular color dress/saree as good to be worn on each day of this 'Navaratri' festival, such as the following: What is 'Dussehra'? 'Dus'  stands for the number ten. That means it's a ten day festival.  It starts from 'pratipada', according to the Hindu calendar, the first day of the 'sukla' fortnight of 'Aswin' month, to the tenth day, that is 'dasami' or popularly known as 'Vijaya dasami'. It has been named 'Vijaya Dasami' to signify the importance of (vijay meaning victor