Donor's Speak
Submitted by ritika on Wed, 2007-06-06 22:05
This is a place for blood donors to share their experiences and reasons for donating blood.
Submitted by Lisha on Sat, 2009-05-09 12:41
 The early history of British expansion in India was characterised by the co-existence of two approaches towards the existing princely states. The first was a policy of annexation, where the British sought to forcibly absorb the Indian princely states into the provinces which constituted their Empire in India. The second was a policy of indirect rule, where the British assumed suzerainty and paramountcy over princely states, but conceded some degree of sovereignty to them. ..
Submitted by Lisha on Mon, 2009-02-02 15:38
 India, a nation that has undergone complete transformation after it got independence from the British Rule. But somehow the influence from the West never ceased to affect our culture and the growth of the Nation. The three major transforms taken from the entire lot is the way Mobiles, Cars and Malls have brought to the India nationality.
Submitted by Lisha on Thu, 2008-09-18 20:43
The story before: The positive role that dairying could play in providing income and employment opportunity was clear to policy-makers long time back and a set of measures were put in place to develop and protect the dairy industry. Immediately after India gained independence, the Milk Control Board was set up which controlled the supply and distribution chains.
Submitted by Lisha on Tue, 2008-08-05 17:30
 India and space laws: A millennium perspective
THE LAUNCH of Sputnik 1 by the former Soviet Union in 1957, followed by a similar feat by the U. S., within a few months, heralded the birth of the space age. The development and application of space technology has since made a tremendous global impact in diversified fields including social, economic, cultural and scientific.
Submitted by Lisha on Wed, 2008-04-30 20:24
 India is a country with a diversity of languages. Out of more than one thousand mother tongues, only eighteen languages are included in the eighth schedule of the Indian Constitution. Development of a particular state or region, to a very great extent, depends on the development of its regional language. This was an important reason given at the time of the formation of linguistic states, though many criticized such a linguistic “division” or “re-organization”.
Submitted by rajat on Fri, 2008-03-28 11:19
 Past two decades have seen an unprecedented rise in the number of farmer suicides in our country. Across the nation, lacks of farmers have taken their lives in these years. Though this process is on for almost 2 decades, but it is only now that the nation is getting to know the seriousness and the extent of it. We are going through the worst ever farm crisis in the history of our nation.
Submitted by Lisha on Wed, 2008-03-12 18:16
 3rd December 1984 Shortly after midnight poison gas leaked from a factory in Bhopal, India, owned by the Union Carbide Corporation. There was no warning, none of the plant's safety systems were working. In the city people were sleeping. They woke in darkness to the sound of screams with the gases burning their eyes, noses and mouths. They began retching and coughing up froth streaked with blood. Whole neighbourhoods fled in panic, some were trampled, others convulsed and fell dead. People lost control of their bowels and bladders as they ran. Within hours thousands of dead bodies lay in the streets.
Submitted by Lisha on Tue, 2008-02-19 18:14
It is hard to imagine today that there existed a time in independent India when the then Prime Minister of the country, Sw. Lal Bahadur Shastriji had to appeal to the nation to skip one meal a day. Our nation saw one of the darkest era when we faced acute shortage of food in the 60s. Ships from America brought in bad quality grain as charity to feel us and the Nation battled with the problems of rising prices and hunger.
Submitted by rajat on Tue, 2008-01-29 00:31
 The Emergency in India denotes the 21-month period between June 25, 1975 and March 21, 1977 when President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, upon advice by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, declared a State of Emergency in India under Article 352 of the Constitution of India, effectively bestowing on her the power to rule by decree, suspending elections and civil liberties. It is one of the most controversial periods in the history of independent India. During the Emergency, many opposition leaders were jailed, freedom of press was suspended and powers of the judiciary were curtailed
Submitted by rajat on Mon, 2007-12-31 15:07
 The Ancient Legend
In India there is an ancient legend about a girl, Amrita Devi, who died trying to protect the trees that surrounded her village. The story recounts a time when the local Maharajah's tree cutters arrived to cut the villager's trees for wood for his new fortress. Amrita, with others, jumped in front of the trees and hugged them. In some versions of the tale their dramatic efforts prevented the forest's destruction; in others Amrita dies in her valiant attempt.
Submitted by aurora on Thu, 2009-10-22 18:23
 The All India Muslim League (AIML) was formed in Dhaka in 1906 by Muslims who were suspicious of the Hindu-majority Indian National Congress. They complained that Muslim members did not have the same rights as Hindu members. A number of different scenarios were proposed at various times. Among the first to make the demand for a separate state was the writer/philosopher Allama Iqbal, who, in his presidential address to the 1930 convention of the Muslim League said that a separate nation for Muslims was essential in an otherwise Hindu-dominated subcontinent.
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Feels good!
The first time I donated blood was for my friends uncle (who had to undergo heart surgery and the hospital required 4 donors), Second time was when Sankalp organized a blood donation drive in ITPL campus. Both these times there was something which I felt, I felt nice...
In this so called busy world, if you get any opportunity to do something for your existence, then I would recommend “Donate Blood”, cause you never know someone is in need of blood somewhere in the city and that’s the least one can do without any harm. Maybe that “someone” is some close friend of yours. Don’t think just Donate….
me tooooooooooo............
it was great had fun there.....
as i donated in apheresis so spent a lots of time wth blood bank staff n the chief ........
maja aaya unse baat karke
aur sabse accha laga mere saath wala bed ka donor mujhe dekh kar aur relax ho gaya bola abe kya kar raha hai maine kaha are kuch khas nahi bas aise hi....
bed par hi use blood donation k baare me bata raha pakata raha and he felt really comfortable...
overall it was a great experiance...
specially as it was my 1st donation (an apheresis one...)
Feel Proud..
When a person donates blood more than once i think he will be proud when he will be telling others the number of times he has donated.. even the listener is awed.. this is a personal experience.. when i had heard a person tell me that he has alread donated 25 times in his life and is looking forward for more i was stunned.. he must have been proud saying that.. even now when people ask me have u donated blood i feel satisfied when i tell them i have donated:-)
I am not losing anything
Look friends to be more practical and logical I would say by donating blood I am not losing anything but instead adding up new freah blood.
As we all know blood donation is medically suggested every six month. Our body keeps on producing new blood, so whats the harm donating blood and getting fresh in return.
And moreover person like me with all bad habits should be doing quite often.
There is always a personal cause behind every good deeds.
Confused????
Friends that cause can be anything. From greed to personal happiness to satisfaction bla bla bla............
I always say things in this world are relative. It depends on how we take it.
Listen to your heart always.
Reason
Bangalore houses thousands of companies. Lakhs of students come here to study. It is home to over a crore of people.
If only one percent of these donate blood, there will never be blood shortage in the city.
I Feel Happy
Every time i get a chance to donate blood , I get excited. It is the inner happiness that drives me to donate. I would love to donate every 3 months all through my life.
I have seen people struggling for blood. Run here and there when the blood is rare to find. My donation in some respect would help in alleviating this problem.
Call it service or help for others. What matters is the inner satisfaction that i get whenever i donate.
It's in my blood
My grandfather had donated blood about 40 years back. AT that time blood donation was a very big thing. But he did donate.
When I was a young child, I knew my father goes to the blood bank every 6 months to donate blood. Whenever I crossed that blood bank I used to stop for a moment and try to imagine the various blood bottles and other stuff that was inside.
There were times when someone in my family required blood. Many units at a time. I was too young.. and helpless.. But I could see my elders travel 300 km to the hospital where the relative was admitted. And this only to give blood.
By the time I was in my teens, I was waiting very keenly for the day when I would get a chance to donate blood.
It was a family tradition for me.
But after the first donation, it has become an addiction. It has become a stubbornness. The feeling which compels me to take up a face to face fight with the static and the pain.
Someone somewhere will need it
I do not think too much before giving blood. Actually, I give blood because I know that somewhere someone will require it and it will be useful.
I have seen what blood shortage is like. When my brother was born, my mother had internal bleeding and she required many units of blood. We saw a very difficult time then. We saw how people turn their back on you at the time of problem.
And moreover the Bejois that we get at the end of the donation is worth the unit of blood!