Life & Happiness

“Your life is an island separated from all other islands and continents. Regardless of how many boats you send to other shores or how many ships arrive upon your shores, you yourself are an island separated by its own pains, secluded in its happiness”

-Kahlil Gibran

[Pic : Shilpi Pandey]

Bill to clean

We clean our premises, whether it’s in door or spread up to outdoor. But, we seldom bother about outside our house or office. We generally depend on those who pick up and drop garbage at some other place. If the garbage picker failed to turn up we do nothing, instead wait. The Maharashtra government has taken an initiative in this regard. The government has brought a bill which will ensure the cleansing of Mohalla or wards with the help of its residents.

A report appeared in DNA says:

The Nagar Raj Bill has the provision to form an Area Sabha to deal with the problems of various residential areas. It will come into force once the legislative council passes the bill and the governor approves it, following which it will be known as the Maharashtra Municipal Corporations and Municipal Councils (Amendment) Act, 2009.

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The members will have several rights and duties. They can suggest priority of schemes and development programmes to be implemented in the area, as also the location of street lights, street or community water taps, public wells, public sanitation units and such other public amenities. They can also identify deficiencies in the water supply, sewage disposal, public sanitation etc and suggest remedial measures.

Good Efforts. Keep it up.

The Bamboo Revolution

Bamboos are sweet and hard. It offers both flute & sticks. Now, it's going high-tech. Eco-friendly bamboo Note Books are on cards. [Pic, Courtesy : The Hindu] A report appeared in The Hindu says:

The track pad is also made of bamboo. Each touch of the bamboo laptop brings you closer to nature. The entire panelling of the ASUS U6V and the mouse bundled along with it are made of bamboo. Every piece can be further enhanced with treatments that yield different colours, or by laser-etching distinctive designs on the bamboo-clad cover.

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The notebook uses super hybrid engine that reduces the yearly carbon dioxide emission by 12.3 kg a piece. The company has so far shipped approximately six million notebooks a year. This works out to a massive reduction of 73.8 million kg of CO2 emission per year, equal to saving 36 million trees annually.

Hurrah! Not to worry for eWastes, bamboos will handle it, alone.

Wake up with a smile

“You've got to get up every morning with a smile on your face, And show the world all the love in your heart, Then people gonna treat you better, You're gonna find, yes you will, That you're beautiful as you feel”

-Carole King