The time table for the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary & Higher Secondary Education examinations for H.S.C.(STD XII) (M.C.V.C.) March 2010 are given here. The H.S.C.(STD XII) (M.C.V.C.) exams are scheduled to begin on Tuesday 23rd February 2010. Please click on read more to read the time table
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October 7th is Karwa Chauth in India, a festival celebrated by married women for the well being and signifies extreme love and devotion to the husband. The women fast for a full one whole day, don’t even drink water, to signify the length of suffering they are prepared to go for their spouse’s well being and long life.
Karwa Chauth is derived from two words, Karwa and Chauth. Karwa means a clay pot and Chauth means the fourth night after a full moon or a new moon. In this instance it means the fourth day after the full moon in the month of Kartik, based on the hindu calendar system.
The fasting, which is considered of real importance amongst the married women of India, begins with the moon rise on the third night after the full moon of Kartik month. This fasting is started in the presence of the husband and the women do not partake of any food or drink until the next moon rise.
On the fourth night after the full moon of the Kartik month, the women wait eagerly for the moon to rise. They wear their best clothing and jewelery, which is mostly provided by the parents or siblings of the wife. As soon as the moon is visible the festivities begin and the fast is broken by the wife.
The wife first prays to the moon and seeks blessings and then looks towards the moon though a “Channi”, sieve. The wife then looks at the husband through the sieve and the husband offers the wife with some sweet or any other food to break her fast. The wife then touches the husbands feet and seeks blessings from him that she will be her wife forever and ever, in this life and other lives to come.
In the world, one single rule applies to the men:
Make the Woman happy
Do something she likes, and you get points. Do something she dislikes and points are subtracted. You don’t get any points for doing something she expects. Sorry, that’s the way the game is played.
Here is a guide to the point system:
SIMPLE DUTIES
Waiting
Desperately, helplessly, longingly, I cried;
Quietly, patiently, lovingly God replied.
I plead and I wept for a clue to my fate
And the Master so gently said, “Wait.”
“Wait? You say wait?”, my indignant reply.
“Lord, I need answers, I need to know why!”
Is Your hand shortened? Or have You not heard?
By faith I have asked, and I’m claiming your Word.
My future and all to which I relate,
Hangs in the balance, and You tell me to wait?
I’m needing a ‘yes’, a ‘ go-ahead’ sign.
Or even a ‘ no’ to which I’ll resign.
You promised, dear Lord, that if we believe,
We need to but ask, and we shall receive.
Lord, I’ve been asking, and this is my cry:
I’m weary of asking! I need a reply.
Then quietly, softly, I learned of my fate,
As my Master replied again, “Wait.”
So I slumped in my chair, defeated and taut,
And grumbled to God, “So I’m waiting. For what?”
He seemed then to kneel, and His eyes met with mine.
And He tenderly said “I could give you a sign.”
I could shake the heavens and darken the sun.
I could raise the dead and cause the mountains to run.
I could give you all you seek and pleased you would be.
You’d have what you want, but you wouldn’t know Me.
You’d not know the depth of My love for each saint.
You’d not know the power that I give to the faint.
You’d not learn to see through the clouds of despair;
You’d not learn to trust just by knowing I’m there.
You’d not know the joy of resting in Me,
When darkness and silence are all you can see.
You’d never experience the fullness of love,
When the peace of My spirit descends like a dove.
You would know that I give, and I save, for a start,
But you’d not know the depth of the beat of My heart.
The glow of My comfort late into the night,
The faith that I give when you walk without sight.
The depth that’s beyond just getting what you ask,
From an infinite God who makes what you have last.
You’d never know should your pain quickly flee,
Wait. It means that My grace is sufficient for thee.
Yes, your dearest dreams overnight would come true,
But oh, what a loss, if I lost what I’m doing in you.
So, be silent, My child, and in time you will see,
That the greatest of gifts is to truly know Me.
And though often My answers seem terribly late,
My most precious answer of all is still “WAIT”
Yes, I am still waiting.
But wish to know the period of “WAIT”
In 1883, a creative engineer named John Roebling was inspired by an idea to build a spectacular bridge connecting New York with the Long Island. However bridge building experts throughout the world thought that this was an impossible feat and told Roebling to forget the idea. It just could not be done. It was not practical. It had never been done before.
Roebling could not ignore the vision he had in his mind of this bridge. He thought about it all the time and he knew deep in his heart that it could be done. He just had to share the dream with someone else. After much discussion and persuasion he managed to convince his son Washington, an up and coming engineer, that the bridge in fact could be built.
Working together for the first time, the father and son developed concepts of how it could be accomplished and how the obstacles could be overcome. With great excitement and inspiration, and the headiness of a wild challenge before them, they hired their crew and began to build their dream bridge.
While at the park one day, a woman sat down next to a man on a bench near a playground.
“That’s my son over there,” she said, pointing to a little boy in a red sweater who was gliding down the slide.
“He’s a fine looking boy” the man said. “That’s my daughter on the bike in the white dress.”
Then, looking at his watch, he called to his daughter. “What do you say we go, Melissa?”
Melissa pleaded, “Just five more minutes, Dad. Please? Just five more minutes.”
The man nodded and Melissa continued to ride her bike to her heart’s content. Minutes passed and the father stood and called again to his daughter. “Time to go now?”
Again Melissa pleaded, “Five more minutes, Dad. Just five more minutes.”
The man smiled and said, “OK.”
“My, you certainly are a patient father,” the woman responded.
I don’t contemplate the future
I can’t recollect the past
Lost in the land of limbo
In a time that may not last
The days now pass before me
In an alternating blur
Confusion reigns within me
For a past that’s lost somewhere
I know I am, for I exist
The photographs don’t lie
Pictures of a life now lost
But I don’t remember why
I see a new life every hour
In a place that’s not the same
No hint of recognition
For turmoil is to blame
I write these words upon this page
For others now to see
But don’t ask me if I wrote them
As I can’t remember me.
No matter what happened
Between me and you
You were always there
And showed me our love was true
I made you seem perfect
But you did hurt me before
I never told anyone
About that time you broke my heart
But no matter what you did
I always did forgive
I still believe in your loving words
That took away all my pain and hurt
Three years, five months
We were engaged
Even if I was young
For the future we could wait
So many times we lost our place
But it’s hard to be together
When we’re miles away
So maybe it was fate
Many nights I cried
And got on my knees
Making sure God listened
That I needed you next to me
Today I still love you
More than I ever did
But I guess the love you had
For me took a scary twist
I guess you found another
That is near you
It hurts because you didn’t say Goodbye
But I remember..
The last words you said were..
I Love You