Friday, January 31, 2020
Thursday, January 30, 2020
GREAT LIVES: 'BHARAT RATNA' C. SUBRAMANIAM
Birthday of Chidambaram Subramaniam (commonly known as CS) (30 January 1910 – 7 November 2000), was an Indian politician and Independence activist. He served as Minister of Finance and Minister of Defence in the union cabinet. He later served as the Governor of Maharashtra.
As the Minister for Food and Agriculture, he ushered the Indian Green Revolution, an era of self-sufficiency in food production along with M. S. Swaminathan, B. Sivaraman and Norman E. Borlaug.
He was awarded Bharat Ratna, Indian's highest civilian award, in 1998, for his role in ushering Green Revolution.
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GREAT LIVES: FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT
Birthday of Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945), often referred to by his initials FDR, was an American politician who served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945.
A member of the Democratic Party, he won a record four presidential elections and became a central figure in world events during the first half of the 20th century.
Roosevelt directed the federal government during most of the Great Depression, implementing his New Deal domestic agenda in response to the worst economic crisis in U.S. history.
As a dominant leader of his party, he built the New Deal Coalition, which realigned American politics into the Fifth Party System and defined American liberalism throughout the middle third of the 20th century.
His third and fourth terms were dominated by World War II, which ended shortly after he died in office. He is rated by scholars as one of the three greatest U.S. presidents, along with George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, but has also been subject to substantial criticism.
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GREAT LIVES
GANDHI MEMORIAL DAY:
JANUARY 30
Observed as MARTYRS' DAY in India.
Gandhiji means many things to many people. He is hated, loathed, ignored, violently criticized and made fun of. But there are people who not only love him but also adore and worship him. I belong to this category. One can easily pick up from his life adorable principles to follow and practice. His life is replete with them.
I have taken out the following guiding principles with a view to emulate him:
1. TRUTHFULNESS IN THOUGHT, WORD & DEED
2. NON-VIOLENCE IN THOUGHT, WORD & DEED.
3. UNIVERSAL LOVE
4. SIMPLE LIVING & HIGH THINKING
5. NON-COVETOUSNESS & NON-POSSESSIVENESS
6. SELFLESS LIFE & SELFLESS SERVICE.
The practice part of it is not only very, very difficult but also almost impossible. Attempts to follow these noble principles were futile even for a few days and made me realize that he is really a Mahatma.
With all my failings, I still remind myself of these noble virtues frequently and dream at least in some future birth, I may realize them at least to a small extent.
GOD BLESS HIS MEMORY!
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Rasipuram Krishnaswami Iyer Laxman was an Indian cartoonist, illustrator, and humorist. He was best known for his creation The Common Man and for his daily cartoon strip, You Said It in The Times of India, which started in 1951.
He passed away on this day, Jan.26, in the year, 2015.
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