My Trip(21st Nov 2009) to Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti’s Dargah in Ajmer, Rajasthan, INDIA
Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti’s Dargah
Sultan-ul-Hind, Hazrat Shaikh Khwaja Syed Muhammad Mu’īnuddīn Chishtī (Ajmeri) (Persian/Urdu: خواجہ سیّد محمد معین الدین چشتی اجمیری ) was born in 1141 and died in 1230 CE. Also known as Gharīb Nawāz (غریب نواز), or ‘Benefactor of the Poor’, he is the most famous Sufi saint of the Chishtī Order ofSouth Asia. He introduced and established the order in South Asia. The initial spiritual chain or silsila of the Chishti order in India, comprising Mu’īnuddīn Chishtī, Bakhtiyar Kaki, Baba Farid and Nizamuddin Auliya (each successive person being the disciple of the previous one), represents the initial great Sufi saints of Indian history.[1]
He was born in 536 A.H./1141 CE, in Sijistān, in Persian Khorasan, modern Iran[2]. He is also known as Sultān-e-Hind (The Sultan of India). He is a descendant of Muhammad through Ja‘far aṣ-Ṣādiq.
Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti’s Dargah in Ajmer Entrance of the Dargah
Shops on the sides of Dargah Entrance of the Dargah
Nikz at rh Kwaja ji’s Dargah.. It’s me..:-)
dONKEY ON dONKEY…… poor Horse….
Jeep Driver n his son’s Niku n his new friend ( R to L)
The dabha where we had evening TEA B’full Sun Set ……….
Elevates, Noida,INDIA
>>>>>TONIGHT 20th Nov 2009 <<<<<<
GABS J ( UK ) LIVE..
9PM -4AM
ELEVATE , Noida ….
>>>>> TOMORROW 21st NOV 2009<<<<<<<
BALLY SAGOO LIVE >>>>>>>
AFTER THE MASSIVE SUNBURN PARTY WE BRING U –THE KING OF THE UK BHANGRA>>>> BALLY SAGOO <<<<<LIVE @ ELEVATE 21ST NOV SATURDAY
WILL SPIN SOME OF HIS NEW TRACKS FROM HIS UPCOMIN ALBUM ….
OPENING ACT — GABS J (UK) MC ,DJ ,RAPPER
AND OUR IN HOUSE DJ’S PRATIK AND NIEL
THEME NIGHT —-Girls and Boys, its time! It’s time for a rather hilarious night, if u must say, although an intriguing one in our view, where we break the barriers to clubbing and add a little extra to the tunes and alcohol. So put on your party HATS or WIGS if you will and if that’s not your style then just ruffle your hair till you get something FUNKY for Elevate presents to you an exclusive themed night:
WIGS, HATS AND FUNKY HAIRDOS!!
Support the theme and you may be lucky enough to procure free entry and if you do not wish to support but find yourself envying the cool kids around we will be so very generous to provide you with the accessories ourselves.
Hope to see you all there in your funky gear, this Saturday, ready to dance to the beats of BALLY SAGOO from 9:00 PM onwards.
9PM -5AM
ELEVATE
NOIDA
I love Sachin’s intensity: Aamir Khan
The first time I met him was in 1990 when he came to the sets of Raj Kumar Santoshi’s Andaz Apna Apna. I don’t know how many people will recall this but it was Sachin who gave the clap for the mahurat shot at Mehboob Studios in Bandra. We met briefly and over the years we have been meeting off and on. We have been to each other’s homes.
I have shown him all my movies, even Andaz Apna Apna which took three years to make. He came along with members of the Mumbai Ranji team to Bandra’s Gem theatre in the G-7 complex where I had organised a preview for them.
Whenever we meet, we talked about both cricket and films. He saw Ghajini at the test screening in my Khar office. He saw Taare Zameen Par also at the test screening. We stay in touch through SMS and when he plays really well, I promptly send him a text congratulating him — like when he smashed 175 in Hyderabad.
What’s so attractive about Sachin’s game is the joy and passion with which he approaches the game. There is a lot of intensity in his game whether he is batting, bowling or fielding. For me, everything he does is perfect. I like to watch him open the innings in the ODIs. It gives me a high.
The Berlin Wall, 20 years gone
10 of the World’s Most Bizarre Laws
Tibetan monks need permission to reincarnate
In one of history’s most absurd acts of totalitarianism, China bannedBuddhist monks
in Tibet from reincarnating without government permission. According to a statement
issued by the State Administration for Religious Affairs in 2007, the law, which strictly
stipulates the procedures by which one is to reincarnate, is “an important move to
institutionalize management of reincarnation.” (Link)
Yellow margarine is illegal in Missouri, US.
Did you know that if you buy yellow margarine in Missouri you’re committing a crime?
A 19th century state law banned the sale of yellowmargarine, though “it’s been years
since any violator was ordered to spread them.” Most of Missouri’s restrictions on
imitation butter date to 1895, and they were last amended in 1939. Although the state
no longer enforces them, the penalties could still make dealers in contraband dairy
product toast: up to a month in jail and a $100 fine for first-time offenders and six
months in jail and a $500 fine for repeat offenders.
Enforcement of the law falls to the state Agriculture Department, and officials there
didn’t know when someone was last prosecuted under it. Case records from the late
19th and early
20th century show that Missouri courts upheld the constitutionality of the restrictions
in several appeals.Agriculture Department spokeswoman Misti Preston said it’s likely
that the Legislature restricted margarine and other imitation butter products
to protect Missouri’s dairy industry, which was a key business for the state in the
early 20th century. (Link | Photo)
It’s illegal to die in the Houses of Parliament in England
The reason people are banned from dying in parliament is that it is a Royal palace.
Anyone who dies there is technically entitled to a state funeral. So if they see you
looking a bit sick they carry you out quickly. However, a spokesman for the House
of Commons said: “The people who know about these things here say there is no basis
for such a law, not to say it does not exist somewhere in writing.” (Link)
Brazilian men allowed to return non-virgin brides
You could expect it in a Muslim country, but actually in Brazil, the country famous
for its hot carnivals, from 1916 until 2002, men were able to obtain an annulment up
to ten days after the wedding if they discovered that their wife was not a virgin before
marriage. I bet Brazillian men probably expected that these fine ladies stamped in Rio’s
postcard were all virgins. (By the way, a recently law in Brazil has for
bidden Brazilian postcards featuring women in bikini, shame on them) . (Link)
It’s illegal to sell sex toys in the state of Alabama
In Alabama, the justice is not only blind but sexually frustrated. Alabama’s
anti-obscenity law, enacted in 1998, bans the distribution of “any device
designed or marketed as useful primarily for the stimulation of human
genital organs for anything of pecuniary value.” The law does not ban the
possession of sex toys; residents may legally purchase sex toys out of state
for use in Alabama. Be aware, five minutes of pleasure can cost you a lot,
since the law has strong penalties: Up to a year in jail and a $10,000 fine
for a first offense. A second offense carries a prison sentence of one to 10 years.(Link)
In the Netherlands, you are allowed to smoke cannabis
but not tobacco (in public places)
The bizarre Dutch policy of allowing smokers to puff away on pure cannabis
but not tobacco has perplexed police in the Netherlands, who have fined a man
for mixing the two substances. Zero tolerance to tobacco smoking in Dutch
cafes and restaurants is being exercised since a ban came into force in 2008.
The man was not fined for smoking a cannabis joint but for smoking. You
can smoke cannabis but not tobacco in coffee shops. The unnamed
27-year-old man was caught lighting a hand rolled cannabis joint during a
routine police check, and fined because officers found tobacco mixed with
the soft drug. (Link)
Carpooling is not allowed if you live in Canada
PickupPal is a Google Maps-based networking site, with about 15,000 registered
users in Ontario, that helps people find carpool buddies. Sounds pretty useful,
right? Only problem is… most of the carpooling going on at PickupPal is illegal.
You see, in Ontario it is illegal to carpool or rideshare with someone unless you
meet ALL of the following criteria:
– You can only travel from home to work (no rides to schools, hospitals, daycare, etc.)
– You cannot cross municipal boundaries (nor driving to the adjacent municipality
for a GO station, TTC subway, airport, etc.)
– You must ride with the same driver each day (no exceptions, sorry).
– You must pay the driver weekly only (bring a calculator).
Ergo, if you arrange to have your boyfriend pick up your cousin Louis at the
airport — you have broken the law. If you travel with a friend and give her $5
for gas money — you have broken the law.
Here’s an excerpt of the current law, off the “Save PickupPal” blog: “No person
shall arrange or offer to arrange transportation of passengers by means of a
public vehicle operated by another person unless that other person is the
holder of an operating licence authorizing that other person to perform the
transportation.”
NOTE: some readers wrote to us to tell that this is not accuratte. u are totally
allowed to carpool, those criteria must be met ONLY when you want to drive
in the Carpool Lane on major highways, such as the Don Valley Parkway in
southern Ontario. If you do not meet the criteria you mentioned, you cannot
drive in the designated carpooling lanes. You are allowed to carpool anywhere
anytime. (thanks Officer Ryan and Katie!) (Link)
The head of any dead whale found on the British coast
automatically becomes the property of the King, and the tail
of the Queen
The Royal Prerogative 1324 decrees that any whale or sturgeon found on
the British coast belongs to the monarch. The law is very much still in place,
as fisherman Robert Davies found out in 2004 when he was investigated by
police in Plymouth. He had faxed the Royal Household to tell them he had
caught a sturgeon, and was told to keep it, but did not realize it was still
illegal to try and sell it. (Link 1 | Link 2)
In Finland, traffic fines are calculated as a percentage of
the offender’s income
In Finland, traffic fines are calculated as a percentage of the offender’s
most-recently-reported income. In January 2002, Anssi Vanjoki, 44,
a director of the Finnish telecommunications giant, Nokia, received
what is believed to be the most expensive speeding ticket ever
— $12.5 million — for driving his Harley at 75 km/h (47 mph) in a
50km/h (31 mph) zone. Mr Vanjoki appealed the fine because his
reported income dropped significantly about five days after the
incident; because of the new data, the fine was dropped to $103,600,
still the most expensive speeding fine in history. (Link 1 | Link 2)
In Swaziland, teenager girls were forbidden to have sex
for 5 years to prevent AIDS
President Obama sent a special message of thanks to veterans
Friend —
Today, on Veteran’s Day, my message to you is simple: Thank you. Thank you for your selfless service, for your valor, and your strength of purpose that make all of us proud to be Americans.
Today, Americans will pause amidst a great conversation about the future of our nation to take a moment and recognize your service to our democracy — a service that guarantees us all the liberty to engage freely in that conversation, no matter what our views may be.
We know that we owe you a debt which cannot be repaid. But we can and will fulfill our nation’s promise to stand by you and your loved ones. That is why we’ve worked hard for better care for our veterans, and why we provided the largest increase in Veterans Administration funding in history.
Today, we honor those Americans past and present who’ve served on battlefields from Lexington to Antietam, Normandy to Manila, Inchon to Khe Sanh, Ramadi to Kandahar. You have defended our freedom on land, and at sea, and in the air.
You reflect the diversity that makes this America. You share a patriotism beyond question. And you share the same unflinching courage, selfless compassion, and uncommon camaraderie that — when faced with the tragedy of a despicable and heartbreaking attack last Thursday — the soldiers and civilians of Ft. Hood humbly revealed to the world.
You and your loved ones are the patriotic men and women we honor today, Veterans Day. And you are the men and women we shall honor every day, in times of war and times of peace, so long as our nation endures.
Thank you.
President Barack Obama
Roads of New Delhi,INDIA
These are few pics i took on the roads of New Delhi, INDIA
Khel Gaon Marg, New Delhi, INDIA
Dangerous way for School Kids to go back Home....
Mahindra Scorpio
Mercedes E330
This is pretty strange – A toilet and urinal waterfall – WSJ
This is pretty strange – A toilet and urinal waterfall
Visitors take photographs of a waterfall made of recycled toilet bowls and urinals at a park in Foshan, Guangdong province October 18, 2009. The art piece which measures 100 metres (329 feet) long and 5 metres (16.5 feet) tall is part of a local tradeshow for pottery and porcelain products, according to China Daily.
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