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Saturday Market - Morning Scenes

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Palakol has a traditional SANTA , a big market-place for agriculture and farm produce every week on Saturday for decades. Here are some early morning scenes from Palakol Saturday Market. The market is getting ready sleepily In preparation of shelter from hot Sun Let us have a look around Early customers Getting busy for the day Produce from agricultural farms being delivered Customers start arriving Wholesale onion market Cleaning onions Official Toll Collector - Still there is time Stocks being piled up - Early bargains Waiting for workers Looking for work

15 GREAT THOUGHTS BY CHANAKYA

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15 GREAT THOUGHTS BY CHANAKYA pic courtesy: sathyasaiwithstudents.blogspot.in     1) "Learn from the mistakes of others... you can't live long enough to make them all yourselves!!" 2)"A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and Honest people are screwed first." 3)"Even if a snake is not poisonous, it should pretend to be venomous." 4)"There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth." 5)" Before you start some work, always ask yourself three questions - Why am I doing it, What the results might be and Will I be successful. Only when you think deeply and find satisfactory answers to these questions, go ahead." 6)"As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it." 7)"The world's biggest power is the youth and beauty of a woman." 8)"Once you s...

Friends of Snakes

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This is taken from: The Better India. The site is very special because it gives positive news. I suggest readers to visit the site and know what is happening positive around us. You can access the original article at http://www.thebetterindia.com/3926/friends-of-snakes/ Friends of Snakes: Dispelling myths and reaffirming that snakes are not bad! An NGO based out of Hyderabad, “Friends of Snakes” is reinforcing the ancient Indian ethos of respect for all form of life, irrespective of whether it is human or animal. How often have you seen the mayhem which follows after a snake is sighted? Most often, after a frenzy of shouting, yelling and chasing, the snake ends up being smashed to death. Unless, of course, it is lucky enough to slither away to safety. Consider this: Of the 275 snake species that are found in India, approximately 70% of them are non-venomous. These non-venomous snakes help maintain the biodiversity balance by devouring on rodents...