J L Nehru is one of the leaders I respect despite of all his socialist leanings.He was an idealist and a dreamer through and through, a trait, many of today's youngsters take to be a weakness. But one can't deny that whatever his failings may have been, he was the architect of our nation.He supplied the ideals that we could live upto and which is still present in the form of our lengthy constitution.Here is a master speech that was given on the midnight of 14th august in the Constituent Assembly.
Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny, and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge, not wholly or in full measure, but very substantially.
"At the stroke of midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom. A moment comes which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new, then an age ends, and when the soul of a nation, long suppressed, finds utterance. It is fitting that at this solemn moment we take the pledge of dedication to India and her people and to the still larger cause of humanity.
At the dawn of history India started on her unending quest, and trackless centuries are filled with her striving and the grandeur of her successes and her failures. Through good and ill fortune alike she has never lost sight of that quest or forgotten the ideals which gave her strength. We end today a period of ill fortune and India discovers herself again.
The achievement we celebrate today is but a step, an opening of opportunity, to the greater triumphs and achievements that await us. Are we brave enough and wise enough to grasp this opportunity and accept the challenge of the future?
Freedom and power bring responsibility. That responsibility rests upon this assembly, a sovereign body representing the sovereign people of India. Before the birth of freedom we have endured all the pains of labour and our hearts are heavy with the memory of this sorrow. Some of those pains continue even now.
Nevertheless, the past is over and it is the future that beckons to us now.
That future is not one of ease or resting but of incessant striving so that we might fulfill the pledges we have so often taken and the one we shall take today. The service of India means the service of the millions who suffer. It means the ending of poverty and ignorance and disease and inequality of opportunity. The ambition of the greatest man of our generation has been to wipe every tear from every eye. That may be beyond us but so long as there are tears and suffering, so long our work will not be over.
And so we have to labor and to work, and work hard, to give reality to our dreams. Those dreams are for India, but they are also for the world, for all the nations and peoples are too closely knit together today for any one of them to imagines that it can live apart. Peace has been said to be indivisible, so is freedom, so is prosperity now, and so also is disaster in this one world that can no longer be split into isolated fragments.
To the people of India whose representatives we are, we make appeal to join us with faith and confidence in this great adventure. This is no time for petty and destructive criticism, no time for ill-will or blaming others. We have to build the noble mansion of free India where all her children may dwell."
Saturday, August 15, 2009
Friday, August 7, 2009
Facebook's Farm Town : Levels
Facebook is officially the fourth most visited site after google,microsoft and yahoo. It has most probably attained the critical mass and will only continue to grow further. Well I for one joined the phenomenon a few days back and will say this : it is something different & something very entertaining.
So it was yesterday that i came across the game Farm Town and from the first second I was hooked. You are a virtual landowner in the game and you have to extend your farm against the odds. The game is a feel good game and real time chat at the marketplace and at someone's farm make it a bit more interesting. You can meet new friends this way. It works on the community principle where you are better off taking help from others. It is not so much a strategy game as a game of patience and perseverance.
Interestingly i played a similar game by the name of Farmville but was turned off from it after playing Farm Town. It's a fun game.
So after wasting my yesterday night, i reached level six and after a few hors spend today i am struck at level 9. So how many levels are there in the game? Well the answer to this question is:
Level 1 - Getting Started
Level 2 - Just Moved In - 20 exp points
Level 3 - Learning the Ropes - 50 exp points
Level 4 - Apprentice - 100 exp points - Buy strawberry seeds and send pear trees
Level 5 - Farmer - 250 exp points - Send Puppies as gifts & buy the Cart
Level 6 - Adept - 500 exp points - Buy wheat seeds & send banana trees
Level 7 - Promising Farmer - 750 exp points - Send pigs & buy Waterwells
Level 8 - Green Thumb - 1000 exp points - Buy sunflower seeds & send plum trees unlocked
Level 9 - Popular Farmer - 1500 exp points - Send Cows and buy Silos
Level 10 - Superb Farmer - 2000 exp points - Buy coffee seeds & send peach trees
Level 11 - Talented Farmer - 2500 exp points - Send horses & buy Windmills
Level 12 - Talk of the Town - 3000 exp points - Send Cherry Trees
Level 13 - Distinguished Farmer - 3500 exp points - Send Mango Trees
Level 14 - Specialist - 4000 exp points - Send Coconut Trees
Level 15 - Inspiring Farmer - 4500 exp points - Buy Barn
Level 16 - VIP - 5000 exp points
Level 17 - High Achiever - 6000 exp points
Level 18 - Master Farmer - 7000 exp points
Level 19 - Influential Farmer - 8000 exp points
Level 20 - Expert Farmer - 9000 exp points
Level 21 - Eminent Farmer - 10000 exp points
Level 22 - Mighty Farmer - 11000 exp points
Level 23 - Gifted Farmer - 12500 exp points
Level 24 - Green Ace - 15000 exp points
Level 25 - Acclaimed Farmer - 20000 exp points
Level 26 - Just Brilliant - 25000 exp points
Level 27 - Extraordinary Farmer - 35000 exp points
Level 28 - 45,000 exp points - Virtuoso
Level 29 - 55,000 exp points - Green Prodigy
Level 30 - 70,000 exp points - Awe Inspiring
Level 31 - 85,000 exp points - Force of Nature
Level 32 - 100,000 exp points - Green Genius
Level 33 - 120,000 exp points - Tycoon
Level 34 - 150,000 exp points - Green Wizard
Lets see how far it holds my attention and how far i progress. If you want to visit my farm please do so: It's under the name kewlsage.
So it was yesterday that i came across the game Farm Town and from the first second I was hooked. You are a virtual landowner in the game and you have to extend your farm against the odds. The game is a feel good game and real time chat at the marketplace and at someone's farm make it a bit more interesting. You can meet new friends this way. It works on the community principle where you are better off taking help from others. It is not so much a strategy game as a game of patience and perseverance.
Interestingly i played a similar game by the name of Farmville but was turned off from it after playing Farm Town. It's a fun game.
So after wasting my yesterday night, i reached level six and after a few hors spend today i am struck at level 9. So how many levels are there in the game? Well the answer to this question is:
Level 1 - Getting Started
Level 2 - Just Moved In - 20 exp points
Level 3 - Learning the Ropes - 50 exp points
Level 4 - Apprentice - 100 exp points - Buy strawberry seeds and send pear trees
Level 5 - Farmer - 250 exp points - Send Puppies as gifts & buy the Cart
Level 6 - Adept - 500 exp points - Buy wheat seeds & send banana trees
Level 7 - Promising Farmer - 750 exp points - Send pigs & buy Waterwells
Level 8 - Green Thumb - 1000 exp points - Buy sunflower seeds & send plum trees unlocked
Level 9 - Popular Farmer - 1500 exp points - Send Cows and buy Silos
Level 10 - Superb Farmer - 2000 exp points - Buy coffee seeds & send peach trees
Level 11 - Talented Farmer - 2500 exp points - Send horses & buy Windmills
Level 12 - Talk of the Town - 3000 exp points - Send Cherry Trees
Level 13 - Distinguished Farmer - 3500 exp points - Send Mango Trees
Level 14 - Specialist - 4000 exp points - Send Coconut Trees
Level 15 - Inspiring Farmer - 4500 exp points - Buy Barn
Level 16 - VIP - 5000 exp points
Level 17 - High Achiever - 6000 exp points
Level 18 - Master Farmer - 7000 exp points
Level 19 - Influential Farmer - 8000 exp points
Level 20 - Expert Farmer - 9000 exp points
Level 21 - Eminent Farmer - 10000 exp points
Level 22 - Mighty Farmer - 11000 exp points
Level 23 - Gifted Farmer - 12500 exp points
Level 24 - Green Ace - 15000 exp points
Level 25 - Acclaimed Farmer - 20000 exp points
Level 26 - Just Brilliant - 25000 exp points
Level 27 - Extraordinary Farmer - 35000 exp points
Level 28 - 45,000 exp points - Virtuoso
Level 29 - 55,000 exp points - Green Prodigy
Level 30 - 70,000 exp points - Awe Inspiring
Level 31 - 85,000 exp points - Force of Nature
Level 32 - 100,000 exp points - Green Genius
Level 33 - 120,000 exp points - Tycoon
Level 34 - 150,000 exp points - Green Wizard
Lets see how far it holds my attention and how far i progress. If you want to visit my farm please do so: It's under the name kewlsage.
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