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Today is Independence day. The day some of us wait so eagerly for! The day, I as a child never missed the flag hoisting ceremony on TV. The day, I hoisted flag in my colony and distributed sweets among my neighbours.

अमर क्रांति की चिनगारी से

Do not ask what the country has done for you.
Ask what you can do for the country. Independence Day is round the corner

Himadri tung shring se, prabudh, shudh Bharti

Swayamprabha, samujjwala, swatantrata, pukaarti

Amartya veer putr ho, dridh pratigya soch lo

Prashata, punya pantha hai, badhe chalo, badhe chalo!

Are we on the way to find a cure for Dengue? Here is a news story of a recent medical research.

Duke University researchers have found that cells that play a role in triggering a response to bacteria and pathogens could also have a role in attacking dengue fever, a tropical disease for which there is no vaccine.

India and Bharat.. the two names our country.. its an old discussion.. 

I don't mind if our country is called by two names in two different language.. 

Obviously "Bharat" is the older name.. and english name "India" came very late.. We may co-related "India" with "Indus" or "Indoi" or "Sindhu". but is there a solid document why and how we got this name. I did not find one... 

Or its the fact that Britishers gave us the name... and its related to "Adiwasi" as being called in USA like "West-Indian", "Red-Indian", "American-Indian". 

Thalassemia patients often undergo a painful process of blood transfusion followed by chelation and other medications very regularly. If certain factors are in place, Thalassemia can be cured. Usually cord blood transplant or bone marrow transplant is used. For the first time in our country, a mixed therapy was used successfully to save a young life. Here is the article (reference Times of India) Five year old Moinam Pal, an e-beta Thalassemia patient, walked into medical history as first India patient to be cured by mixed stem cell therapy.

There is a lot of discussion going around the country about the extent to which the people involved in corruption should be penalised. I am shocked at the level of acceptance people have for corruption. I am shocked by the extent to which they believe that corruption is that just another thing happening around.