Friends are the greatest possession of life. A true friend is like a guiding light like who becomes the motivational force behind your success in life. So, in order to commemorate this wonderful relationship, we celebrate ‘friendship day’. Quite often people miss out on this wonderful day just because they don't know the exact date. Since there is no fixed date of Friendship Day, people tend to keep wondering as when is the ‘Friendship Day’ in this year? If you have been confused about the correct Friendship Day date, the information provided below shall be helpful to you. Read further to know about Friendship's Day in 2011.
Friendship Day is all about showing your dearest friends how much they mean to you. This special day falls on the first Sunday of August every year. In 2011, Friendship Day falls on August 7th. So don't forget to celebrate it with your dearest friends. Make the day absolutely special for your friend and keep the positive feeling of friendship alive. Present your friends with wonderful gifts and express your love towards them. If you don't have a friend, make a new one. There is no better day or anything nobler than making a new friend on Friendship Day.
So this year on the 7th of August make sure that you show appreciation and love that you have always had for your friend but never had the time to lavish it. Friendship day is all about showing how much you care. Even if you don't gift your friend anything, it doesn't matter as long as you spend time with each other and leave happy. This is the time to make your friends realize how much they mean to you and how life would have been dull without them around. So go ahead and enjoy this day to the fullest!
Tips For Friendship Day Celebrations
Tuesday, 30 August 2011
All About Onam
Onam is a very famous south festival. The festival often falls around the malayalam month chingam. The biggest and the most happening day in the carnival of Onam is Thiruvonam. There are a lot of activities that takes place all over the state on Onam. The Onam Celebration of the first day is marked by intricate floral carpets called Onam Pookalam.
Onam Pookalm is a colourful collection of flowers like a Rangoli on the floor. Tradition of decorating Onam Pookalm is extremply populr in South India especially in Kerala. Commenly used various flowers are used in Onam Pookalm designs include Kakka Poovu, Chemparathy, Thumba. Hanuman Kireedam, Mukkutti, Aripoo or Konginipoo and Chethi etc...
Here are the beautiful Onam Pookalm designs and photos and Onam Festival wallpaper for you. You can set this amazing and latest Onam festival wallpapers and Onam Pookalam designs on desktop.
Kerala Onam Festival Songs
Onam Festival Songs is normally released with the festival of onam which is celebrated in Kerala state of India. The above king (Mahabali) said to have received a blessing from Lord Vishnu which enabled him to visit his people once in a year even after his time, as long as the world exists. So the Kerala people started celebrating that day with lot of food, games and cultural activities to welcome their beloved king.
This is one of the popular songs is regularly sung over Kerala Onam Festival:
“maveli nadu vaneedum kalam,
manusharellarum onnupole
amodhathode vasikkum kalam
apathangarkkumottillathanum
kallavum illa chathiyumilla
ellolamilla polivachanam
kallapparayum cherunazhiyum
kallatharangal mattonnumilla
adhikal vyadhikalonnumilla
balamaranangal kelppanilla”
amodhathode vasikkum kalam
apathangarkkumottillathanum
kallavum illa chathiyumilla
ellolamilla polivachanam
kallapparayum cherunazhiyum
kallatharangal mattonnumilla
adhikal vyadhikalonnumilla
balamaranangal kelppanilla”
Sunday, 14 August 2011
Independence Day (India)
Independence Day of INDIA is celebrated on Fifteen of August (8/15/47) to commemorate its independence from British rule and its birth as a sovereignnation in 1947. The day is a national holiday in India. All over the country, flag-hoisting ceremonies are conducted by the local administration inattendance. The main event takes place in Delhi, the capital city of India, where the Prime Minister hoists the national flag at the Red Fort and delivers a nationally televised speech from its ramparts. In his speech, he highlights the achievements of his government during the past year, raises important issues and gives a call for further development. The Prime Minister also pays his tribute to leaders of the freedom struggle.
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Background
In 1946, the Labour government in Britain, its exchequer exhausted by the recently concluded World War II, and conscious that it had neither the mandate at home, the international support, nor the reliability of native forces for continuing to control an increasingly restless India,[2][3] decided to end British rule of India, and in early 1947 Britain announced its intention of transferring power no later than June 1948.
As independence approached, the violence between Hindus and Muslims in the provinces of Punjab and Bengal continued unabated. With the British army unprepared for the potential for increased violence, the new viceroy,Louis Mountbatten, advanced the date for the transfer of power, allowing less than seven months for a mutually agreed plan for independence. In June 1947, the nationalist leaders, including Pandit Nehru, Abul Kalam Azad,Mohammed Ali Jinnah, B. R. Ambedkar and Master Tara Singh agreed to a partition of the country along religious lines. The predominantly Hindu and Sikh areas were assigned to the new India and predominantly Muslim areas to the new nation of Pakistan; the plan included a partition of the provinces of Punjab and Bengal.
Many millions of Muslim, Sikh, and Hindu refugees trekked across the newly drawn borders. In Punjab, where the new border lines divided the Sikh regions in half, massive bloodshed followed; in Bengal and Bihar, where Gandhi's presence assuaged communal tempers, the violence was more limited. In all, anywhere between 250,000 and 500,000 people on both sides of the new borders died in the violence.[4] On 14 August 1947, the new Dominion of Pakistancame into being, with Muhammad Ali Jinnah sworn in as its first Governor General in Karachi. At the stroke of midnight, as India moved into August 15, 1947,Jawaharlal Nehru, read out the famous Tryst with destiny speech proclaiming India's independence.India, now a smaller Union of India, became an independent country with official ceremonies taking place in New Delhi, and with Jawaharlal Nehru assuming the office of the first prime minister, and the viceroy, Louis Mountbatten, staying on as its first Governor General.
Celebrations
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The Prime Minister of India hoists the Indian flag on the ramparts of the historical site, Red Fort (लाल क़िला), Delhi, on August 15. This is telecasted live on the National Channel Doordarshan and many other News Channels all over India. Flag hoisting ceremonies and cultural programs take place in all the state capitals. In the cities around the country the national flag is hoisted by politicians in their constituencies. In various private organisations the flag hoisting is carried out by a senior official of that organisation. All over the country, flags are given out to citizens who wear them proudly to show their patriotism towards India. Schools and colleges around the country organize flag hoisting ceremonies and various cultural events within their premises, where younger children in costume represent their idols of the Independence era.
[edit]See also
- Republic Day (India)
- History of India
- Public Holidays in India
- independence day
- Dwight Howard
Saturday, 6 August 2011
Friendship Day
When Is Friendship Day
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- As friendship day is the only day on which you can reciprocate the love of your dear friend, take out time for a hang-out together.
- If you are creative enough express your feeling of thankfulness and love in a poem and gift it to your best friend.
- Make sure you do not forget to at least wish 'Happy friendship day' to anyone of your friends.
- If your college is over and you are busy with your office, make the first Sunday of August every year, a day of rejuvenation and enjoyment with your friends.
- If some of your dear friend is living far away, felicitate his friendship by sending a token of love (any gift) along with a sweet note.
- Friendship day can also be the best day to sort out your differences with some dear friend.
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