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Interviewer: How long will you have to work to buy BMW?

Doctor: I think I can buy one in 6 months of practice. 

MBA: I need about 9 months of work. 

Engineer: At least a year of work.

Marwadi: I think…about 5 years

Interviewer: Why so long?
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Marwadi: Well, its a big company!! 😁😁😁😁

Just for fun 😁😁

💁Sonia Gandhi met the Queen of England in her palace

💁Sonia: *"Your Majesty, any tips you can give me to stay in power, the way you have been for so long...?"*

👩 Queen, *"Well, the most important thing is to surround yourself with intelligent people."*

💁Sonia frowned, and then asked, *"But how do I know the people around me are intelligent.....?"*

👩The Queen: *"Easy; you just ask them to answer an intelligent riddle."*

👩The Queen pushed a button on her intercom. *"David Cameron, would u come in here, please....?"*

💂David Cameron walked into the room and said, *"Yes, ma'am..?"*

👩The Queen smiled and said, *"Answer me this please, David. Your mother and father have a child. It's not your brother and it's not your sister. Who is it...?"*

💂Without pausing for a moment, David Cameron answered, *"That would be me, ma'am."*

👩 *"Very good! Thank you, David ! Now U can go"* said the Queen. Then she turned to Sonia with a smile and said *"See.......!!!"*

💁Now its Sonia's turn to apply the same logic....Went back to India and asked Rahul.....!

💁 *"Rahul, answer this for me.Your mother and your father have a child. It's not your brother & it's not your sister.Who is it...?"*

👮 *"I'm not sure,"* said Rahul Gandhi . *"Let me get back to you on that one..."*

👮Rahul Gandhi went to his advisors and asked every one, but none could give him an answer...Finally, he ran into 👴Narendra Modi.

HE asked, *"Narendrabhai, can you answer this for me? Your mother & father have a child and it's not your brother or your sister. Who is it....?"*

👴Narendra Modi answered, *"That's easy, it's me....!"*

👮Rahul Gandhi said, *"Thanks!"* Then he went back to Sonia. *"I did some thinking and I have the answer to that riddle. It's Narendra Modi..."*

💁Sonia slapped him....
and shouted -
*"No..! You dumb idiot....!*

*"It's David Cameron"*
😂 😂! 😂😂!" 😂😂!" 😂😂!

Engineers day : Some key facts

• »»  Engineers day is observed in various countries on various dates of the year. 
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• »» In India 15th September is observed as Engineers Day every year.

• »» India celebrates 15th September as Engineers Day as it is the birth anniversary of Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya.

• »» He was an Indian engineer, scholar, statesman and the diwan of Mysore from 1912 to 1918.
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• »» He was a civil engineer, and he took his engineering degree from college of engineering Pune. 
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• »» He was the chief engineer responsible for the construction of theKrishna Raja Sagara dam in Mysore as well as the chief designer of the flood protection system for the city of Hyderabad.
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• »» He is a recipient of the Indian Republic’s highest honour, the Bharat Ratna. 
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• »» Each year, Engineers’ Day has a theme, and this year it is “Skill Development for Young Engineers to Reform the Core Sector: Vision 2025.”
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• »» Engineers day is not a public holiday in india.. :D

Cauvery water dispute : Things you need to know

The sharing of water of river cauvery has been source of conflict between two indian states, karnatak and tamilnadu from many years. 

1. course of river Cauvery

The river originated in Talakaveri in Kodagu district of Karnataka. It flows 800 km in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu and reaches the Bay of Bengal through Poompuhar in Tamil Nadu. The Cauvery basin covers about 81155 sq km area. Out of this 43,856 sq km is in Tamil Nadu, 34,273 sq km in Karnataka, 2866 sq km in Kerala and 160 sq km in Puducherry.

2. What is the dispute?

The initial dispute was between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu but later Kerala and Puducherry also entered the fray. The issue dates back to 1892 when an agreement was filed between Madras Presidency and Mysore for arbitration but led to a fresh set of disputes. Later, attempts were renewed to arbitrate between the two states under the supervision of Government of India and the second agreement was signed in 1924.

3. Dispute after independence

After independence, Kerala and Puducherry also claimed a share in the Cauvery water. The government of India set up a fact-finding committee in 1970 in this regard. The committee submitted its report in 1972. After some further studies were done by experts, the states reached an agreement in 1976. However, later, the new government in Tamil Nadu refused to give its consent to the terms of the agreement, fueling further dispute.

4. Request for Tribunal

In 1986, the Tamil Nadu government asked for the constitution of a tribunal for solving the conflict under the Inter-State Water Disputes Act, 1956. The tribunal was set up on June 2, 1990 after the Supreme Court took cognizance of the matter and ordered the Central government to do so.

5. 2007 verdict

The tribunal announced its final order in 2007 after 16 years of hearing and an interim order. As per the final order, 419 tmc water was given to Tamil Nadu and 270 tmc water to Karnataka. Kerala and Puducherry received 30 tmc ft and 7 tmc ft water respectively. However, both Karnataka and Tamil Nadu filed a review petition before the tribunal.

As chairman of Cauvery River Authority, then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh directed the Karnataka government to release 9,000 cusecs of water daily in 2012. The apex court slammed the state government as it failed to comply with the order. The Karnataka government offered an unconditional apology and started the release of the water leading to widespread violent protests.

6. Who called for the recent protests first?

As soon as the Supreme Court’s September 5 order became public, Cauvery Horata Samiti, the organisation which has been at the forefront of the issue in Karnataka, called for a statewide ‘bandh’. This led to violent protests across the state by farmers, affecting public transport facilities, schools, colleges and government offices in Mandya.

7. Why Karnataka doesn’t want to follow SC order now?

Tension over Cauvery water become intense when there is less rainfall. This had happened in 1991, 2001, 2012 and it is happening even now. Karnataka has faced continuous drought. For two seasons, farmers have not been able to grow rice. Shortage of water will put the standing crops in Karnataka’s Mandya district at risk, affecting everyone in Mandya, including some Tamils living in the district. At present, according to Karnataka government, the reservoirs in the Cauvery basin in Karnataka has only about 51 tmc of water. This may be sufficient only for the drinking water needs of people in south Karnataka and not enough for release to Tamil Nadu.

Krishna Raja Sagar dam – the primary reservoir in the Cauvery basin – had only 37 per cent of the reservoir capacity at 18.28 tmc till September 6. If Karnataka releases the water, the congress government in the state may face the ire of the farmers.

8. Recent developments

protests are being held up in bengluru and Mysore over the courts order. Final hearing is yet due in month of October. 

Swami Vivekanand's historic speech in chicago (1893)

On this day swami vivekanand introduced Hinduism at the Parliament of the World's Religions, Chicago in 1893. Here is full text of his 1st historic speech. 

Response to Welcome

Sisters and Brothers of America,

It fills my heart with joy unspeakable to rise in response to the warm and cordial welcome which you have given us. I thank you in the name of the most ancient order of monks in the world. I thank you in the name of the mother of religions, and I thank you in the name of millions and millions of Hindu people of all classes and sects.

My thanks also to some of the speakers on this platform who, referring to the delegates from the Orient, have told you that these men from far-off nations may well claim the honor of bearing to different lands the idea of toleration. I am proud to belong to a religion which has taught the world both tolerance and universal acceptance. We believe not only in universal toleration but we accept all religions as true.

I am proud to belong to a nation which has sheltered the persecuted and the refugees of all religions and all nations of the earth. I am proud to tell you that we have gathered in our bosom the purest remnant of the Israelites, who came to Southern India and took refuge with us in the very year in which their holy temple was shattered to pieces by Roman tyranny. I am proud to belong to the religion which has sheltered and is still fostering the remnant of the grand Zoroastrian nation.

I will quote to you, brethren, a few lines from a hymn which I remember to have repeated from my earliest boyhood, and which is every day repeated by millions of human beings:

As the different streams having their sources in different places all mingle their water in the sea, so, O Lord, the different paths which people take through different tendencies, various though they appear, crooked or straight, all lead to Thee. 

The present convention, which is one of the most august assemblies ever held, is in itself a vindication, a declaration to the world of the wonderful doctrine preached in the Gita:

Whosoever comes to Me, through whatsoever form, I reach them; all are struggling through paths which in the end lead to Me. 
Sectarianism, bigotry, and its horrible descendant, fanaticism, have long possessed this beautiful earth. They have filled the earth with violence, drenched it often and often with human blood, destroyed civilization and sent whole nations to despair. Had it not been for these horrible demons, human society would be far more advanced than it is now. But their time is come; and I fervently hope that the bell that tolled this morning in honor of this convention may be the death-knell of all fanaticism, of all persecutions with the sword or with the pen, and of all uncharitable feelings between persons wending their way to the same goal.