I think it wouldbe a good idea

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born at Porbandar, Kathiawad,India on this day in 1869. From his early career in law tohis assassination while preparing to pray in 1948 the Mahatma(Sanskrit for "great soul") preached nonviolence, and to thesurprise and consternation of the South African and colonialIndian governments he changed his world.

Once asked what hethought of Western civilization he replied, "I think it wouldbe a good idea."

Father's Day Quotes

The fundamental defect of fathers is that they want their
children to be a credit to them.
- Bertrand Russell, 1872 - 1970

My father didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me
watch him do it.
- Clarence Buddinton Kelland

One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.
- George Herbert, 1593 - 1633

It's clear that most children suffer too much mother and too
little father.
- Gloria Steinem

A king, realizing his incompetence, can either delegate or
abdicate his duties. A father can do neither. If only sons
could see the paradox, they would understand the dilemma.
- Marlene Dietrich, 1901 - 1992

Life was a lot simpler when what we honored was father and
mother rather than all major credit cards.
- Robert Orben

"The great province of Maabar* know too that it is trully the noblest and richest province in the whole world "
Marco Polo (AD 1200s)

*Maabar - Malabar - Kerala - India

Nairs

"These Nairs rarely laugh.... They are born in noble families and are adept warriors. They come out with the sword on one hand and shield on the other. They are a proud and arrogant people .... - John Nieuhoff (1661)
John Nieuhoff was a 17th century European traveller

man of value

Try not to become a man of success but rather to become a man of value.

Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955)

Work & Success

If A is success in life,

then A = x + y + z.

x= work; y=play & z=keeping your mouth shut.

Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955), Observer, Jan. 15, 1950

Life's Speed

There is more to life than increasing its speed
Mahatma Gandhi (1869 - 1948)

forgive your enemies

Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

Oscar Wilde
Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 - 1900)

Kerala - 50 PLACES OF A LIFETIME -

Statistically Kerala stands out as the Mount Everest of social development; there’s truly no place like it.
—Bill McKibben
Kerala - 50 PLACES OF A LIFETIME
READ FULL ARTICLE BY Bill McKibben about Kerala

forming convictions.

One needs to be slow to form convictions, but once formed they must be defended against the heaviest odds.

Mahatma Gandhi
Indian ascetic & nationalist leader (1869 - 1948)

freedom of expression

Laws alone can not secure freedom of expression; in order that every man present his views without penalty there must be spirit of tolerance in the entire population.

--- Albert Einstein