Shant niwant shishir sarala.
Salsalata hirwa vasant aala.
Kokilechya suravatee sobat, chaitra"PADVA" dari aala.
"Nutan Varshabhinandan "
Vasant Rutuchya agmani, Kokila Gayi Manjul Gani
Nav varshya Aaj Shubh Dini,
Sukh Samrudhhi Nando Jeevani.
GUDDHI PADVYACHYA
ANI
NUTAN VARSHACHYA HARDIK
SHUBHECHHA
Rang-gandhachya utsavat,
Samil hou ya sarejan,
Gudhipadvyachya shubhecha deun,
Sajra karu ya navvarshacha san.
Nutan Varshachya Hardik Shubheccha .
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Sunday, January 11, 2009
New Year SMS 2009
God Bless U N Keep U Safe
Not Only Today But Throughout Life
That is coming In Ur Way.
May Year To Follow
Be Among The Best U ve Ever Spend.
Sunehri dhoop barsaat k bad,
thori si hansi her baat ke baad,
usi tarah ho mubarak aap ko 2008, 2007 k baad.
Wish u a Happy new year.
Apne 2009 k gunah dhonay k liye 99
bar is mantar ka wird karain
“East or west, Saqib is the best”
Ab edit ker k is msg mein
apna naam dal k aur gunah mat karna:p
May this new year bring many opportunities to your way,
to explore every joy of life
&
may your resolutions for the days ahead stay firm,
turning all your dreams into reality
and all your efforts into great achievements.
Happy New Year to you & your loved ones.
Not Only Today But Throughout Life
That is coming In Ur Way.
May Year To Follow
Be Among The Best U ve Ever Spend.
Sunehri dhoop barsaat k bad,
thori si hansi her baat ke baad,
usi tarah ho mubarak aap ko 2008, 2007 k baad.
Wish u a Happy new year.
Apne 2009 k gunah dhonay k liye 99
bar is mantar ka wird karain
“East or west, Saqib is the best”
Ab edit ker k is msg mein
apna naam dal k aur gunah mat karna:p
May this new year bring many opportunities to your way,
to explore every joy of life
&
may your resolutions for the days ahead stay firm,
turning all your dreams into reality
and all your efforts into great achievements.
Happy New Year to you & your loved ones.
Thursday, December 27, 2007
Funny New Year Resolutions!!
Everywhere people keep resolutions, but my resolutions are not 1024*768 or 800*600, but still more than that and is as follows:
Spend more time watching TV / movies.
Chat more over phone / Internet.
Read less.
I want to gain weight. Put on at least 15 Kgs more.
Stop exercising. Waste of time.
Procrastinate more. Being lazy allows brain to take more rest!
Drink more coffee,tea and some more coffee!
Start being superstitious.
Spend more less time at work.
Start bringing lunch from home: But I should eat outside.
Take up a new habit: Catching Sponsors to take me to new movies every weekends!
Moreover always my bank account gets credited ALL the days throughout the year!
Sleep at least 12 hrs/day.
Advice whoever comes and listens!
Get confused and make also others to get confused.
Totally a year without risk,fear,sorrow but full of happiness,health and good luck.
Wish you ALL a HAPPY YEAR NEW 2008 ......
Spend more time watching TV / movies.
Chat more over phone / Internet.
Read less.
I want to gain weight. Put on at least 15 Kgs more.
Stop exercising. Waste of time.
Procrastinate more. Being lazy allows brain to take more rest!
Drink more coffee,tea and some more coffee!
Start being superstitious.
Spend more less time at work.
Start bringing lunch from home: But I should eat outside.
Take up a new habit: Catching Sponsors to take me to new movies every weekends!
Moreover always my bank account gets credited ALL the days throughout the year!
Sleep at least 12 hrs/day.
Advice whoever comes and listens!
Get confused and make also others to get confused.
Totally a year without risk,fear,sorrow but full of happiness,health and good luck.
Wish you ALL a HAPPY YEAR NEW 2008 ......
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Tuesday, December 25, 2007
10 Commandments for upcoming Happy New Year 2008
I . Face and accept the reality of getting old, its consequences and the limitations which growing old brings. Act and behave your age.Quit fooling yourself by trying to look like you were in your youth.
II . Focus on enjoying people, not on indulging in or accumulating material things.
III . Plan to spend whatever you have saved. You deserve to enjoy it and the few healthy years you have left. Travel if you can afford it. Don't leave anything for your children or loved ones to quarrel about. By leaving anything, you may even cause more trouble when you Are gone.
IV . Live in the here and now, not in the yesterdays and tomorrows. It is only today that you can handle. Yesterday is gone, tomorrow may not even happen
V . Enjoy your grandchildren (if you are blessed with any) but don't be their full time baby sitter. You have no moral obligation to take care of them.
Don't have any guilt about refusing to baby sit anyone's kids, including your own grandkids. Your parental obligation is to your children.After you have raised them into responsible adults, your duties of child-rearing and babysitting are finished.
Let your children raise their own off-springs.
VI . Accept physical weakness, sickness and other physical pains. It is a part of the aging process. Enjoy whatever your health can allow.
VII . Enjoy what you are and what you have right now. Stop working hard for what you do not have. If you do not have them, it's probably too late.
VIII . Just enjoy your life with your spouse, children, grandchildren and friends. People, who truly love you, love you for yourself,not for what you have.
Anyone who loves you for what you have will just give you misery.
IX . Forgive and accept forgiveness. Forgive yourself and others. Enjoy peace of mind and peace of soul.
X . Befriend death. It's a natural part of the life cycle. Don't be afraid of it. Death is the beginning of a new and better life.
So, prepare yourself not for death but for a new life for upcoming Happy New Year 2008
II . Focus on enjoying people, not on indulging in or accumulating material things.
III . Plan to spend whatever you have saved. You deserve to enjoy it and the few healthy years you have left. Travel if you can afford it. Don't leave anything for your children or loved ones to quarrel about. By leaving anything, you may even cause more trouble when you Are gone.
IV . Live in the here and now, not in the yesterdays and tomorrows. It is only today that you can handle. Yesterday is gone, tomorrow may not even happen
V . Enjoy your grandchildren (if you are blessed with any) but don't be their full time baby sitter. You have no moral obligation to take care of them.
Don't have any guilt about refusing to baby sit anyone's kids, including your own grandkids. Your parental obligation is to your children.After you have raised them into responsible adults, your duties of child-rearing and babysitting are finished.
Let your children raise their own off-springs.
VI . Accept physical weakness, sickness and other physical pains. It is a part of the aging process. Enjoy whatever your health can allow.
VII . Enjoy what you are and what you have right now. Stop working hard for what you do not have. If you do not have them, it's probably too late.
VIII . Just enjoy your life with your spouse, children, grandchildren and friends. People, who truly love you, love you for yourself,not for what you have.
Anyone who loves you for what you have will just give you misery.
IX . Forgive and accept forgiveness. Forgive yourself and others. Enjoy peace of mind and peace of soul.
X . Befriend death. It's a natural part of the life cycle. Don't be afraid of it. Death is the beginning of a new and better life.
So, prepare yourself not for death but for a new life for upcoming Happy New Year 2008
Happy Holidays & A Very Happy New Year
Wishing you all a Happy Christmas and a Very Happy New Year
see you all in next year, till then Happy Holidays.
see you all in next year, till then Happy Holidays.
New Year’s Blog Resolutions as IT Professional
Do you make New Year’s Resolutions? I usually don’t because I find them so difficult to keep. But, as I we get close to 2008, I’ve been thinking about them as they relate to blogging. Here are some blog resolutions that should be easy to keep and that will go a long way towards ensuring a successful year.........
1. De-clutter: Get rid of all the junk in your sidebar. Toss those silly widgets that promised to send thousands of new visitors to your site and never really delivered. Get rid of all blinky things unless they’re making you a ton of money in ad revenue. Go through your blogroll and delete blogs that are now nothing but “zomblogs”. As
" Just like the cliché that a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, a cluttered blog sends a big message. Many messages. And excuses for not cleaning it up. "
2. Clean out your feed reader: Just like the list of blogs I’m subscribed to, there are probably some in your list that you get very little value from. Time to stop wasting valuable time on them — unsubscribe.
3. Upgrade: If you use a blog system that provides regular upgrades, have you been been putting off doing it for fear your blog will come crashing down? This is the perfect time - people are busy with holiday stuff and you’ll probably be seeing a drop in traffic. Nothing else to do New Year’s Eve while you’re waiting for the clock to hit midnight? Celebrate by finally doing the upgrade you’ve been putting off for so long. Just be sure to back up your blog first.
4. Back up more regularly: Speaking of backing up your blog now is a good time to put in place a regular schedule for backups. Just imagine what would happen if it were suddenly all gone. All those posts you’ve put hours and hours into… lost forever.
5. Focus on SEO: This is one of those things that I always put off, as something I really need to take some time to improve upon, but never quite get around to it. There are several basic things we can do to improve our overall SEO and there’s just no excuse for putting it off any longer.
6. Spend more time [genuinely] commenting on other blogs: This one is easy to forget in the push to create more unique, quality content, but it’s not something to lose sight of, no matter how successful your blog becomes. Building relationships with other bloggers is important, no matter what your Technorati rank is. And, when you comment, stop using those keywords you’re trying to rank for like “Las Vegas Real Estate”, and instead use your name. The Google juice you get from doing this on blogs that have turned off no follow is really not gaining you as much as you think it is, no matter how high the page rank is because the page rank passed to your blog is divided up among all the links on the page. Plus, it is really annoying to the blog owner and might even get you blacklisted.
1. De-clutter: Get rid of all the junk in your sidebar. Toss those silly widgets that promised to send thousands of new visitors to your site and never really delivered. Get rid of all blinky things unless they’re making you a ton of money in ad revenue. Go through your blogroll and delete blogs that are now nothing but “zomblogs”. As
" Just like the cliché that a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, a cluttered blog sends a big message. Many messages. And excuses for not cleaning it up. "
2. Clean out your feed reader: Just like the list of blogs I’m subscribed to, there are probably some in your list that you get very little value from. Time to stop wasting valuable time on them — unsubscribe.
3. Upgrade: If you use a blog system that provides regular upgrades, have you been been putting off doing it for fear your blog will come crashing down? This is the perfect time - people are busy with holiday stuff and you’ll probably be seeing a drop in traffic. Nothing else to do New Year’s Eve while you’re waiting for the clock to hit midnight? Celebrate by finally doing the upgrade you’ve been putting off for so long. Just be sure to back up your blog first.
4. Back up more regularly: Speaking of backing up your blog now is a good time to put in place a regular schedule for backups. Just imagine what would happen if it were suddenly all gone. All those posts you’ve put hours and hours into… lost forever.
5. Focus on SEO: This is one of those things that I always put off, as something I really need to take some time to improve upon, but never quite get around to it. There are several basic things we can do to improve our overall SEO and there’s just no excuse for putting it off any longer.
6. Spend more time [genuinely] commenting on other blogs: This one is easy to forget in the push to create more unique, quality content, but it’s not something to lose sight of, no matter how successful your blog becomes. Building relationships with other bloggers is important, no matter what your Technorati rank is. And, when you comment, stop using those keywords you’re trying to rank for like “Las Vegas Real Estate”, and instead use your name. The Google juice you get from doing this on blogs that have turned off no follow is really not gaining you as much as you think it is, no matter how high the page rank is because the page rank passed to your blog is divided up among all the links on the page. Plus, it is really annoying to the blog owner and might even get you blacklisted.
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Origin Of New Year
New Year is the world's most popularly celebrated festival. Perhaps, everybody would like to know how these celebrations began, from where it originated and what is so important about the festival. Let's give you an insight to the origin of this grand event in a brief form.
Origin of New Year dates back to the era of emperors. They thought of celebrating a special day which should dot a day for beginning and end of the year. First New Year celebrations were noticed in Mesopotamia around 2000 years. It was celebrated at the time of Equinox in mid-March by the Egyptians, Persians and Phoenicians while Greeks celebrated it on winter solstice.
Ancient New Year Calendar
First New Year celebrations were noticed in Mesopotamia around 2000 years. It was celebrated at the time of Equinox in mid-March by the Egyptians, Persians and Phoenicians while Greeks celebrated it on winter solstice.
As per the ancient Roman calendar New Year fell on March 1. This calendar just had ten months and March was the first month of the year. The calendar originated by the cycles of the moon, beginning in spring and ending with autumn planting.
Inclusion of Two Calendar Months
It was Numa Pompilius, the second king of Rome who divided the year into twelve lunar months by adding the months of January and February. The New Year was shifted to January as it marked the beginning of the civil years in Rome. But this was not fully accepted by the people of Rome and they continued celebrating in the month of March only.
January 1- an Official Date of New Year Celebrations
The Roman emperor Julius Caesar officially declared January 1 to be a New Year in 46 B.C. Romans worshiped God Janus who had two faces, one looking forward and the other looking backward. The month of January was named after this Roman God and it gave an idea to the emperor to establish January as a gate to the New Year. It is said Caesar celebrated January 1 - New Year by ordering the revolutionary Jewish forces to route back.
People began New Year celebrations on January 1 after many years. They ritualized the beginning of the year by acting and re-enacting the world of the past before peace proliferated. People learned January as first month of the year and with this the tradition of following Julian calendar.
Abolition of Roman New Year Date
In the medieval period, pagan festivals were given more importance and March 25 was announced as the beginning of the New Year. March 25 was called the Annunciation Day as on this day Mary got the news that she should be impregnated.
Later, the King of England ensured that Jesus' birth December 25 should be commemorated as New Year.
Gregorian Calendar
About 500 years later, Pope Gregory XIII abolished the old Julian calendar and introduced Gregorian calendar which comprised of a leap year after every four years to maintain balance between seasons and calendar. Finally, in 1582, Gregorian calendar was set to celebrate New Year on the first day of January.
Origin of New Year dates back to the era of emperors. They thought of celebrating a special day which should dot a day for beginning and end of the year. First New Year celebrations were noticed in Mesopotamia around 2000 years. It was celebrated at the time of Equinox in mid-March by the Egyptians, Persians and Phoenicians while Greeks celebrated it on winter solstice.
Ancient New Year Calendar
First New Year celebrations were noticed in Mesopotamia around 2000 years. It was celebrated at the time of Equinox in mid-March by the Egyptians, Persians and Phoenicians while Greeks celebrated it on winter solstice.
As per the ancient Roman calendar New Year fell on March 1. This calendar just had ten months and March was the first month of the year. The calendar originated by the cycles of the moon, beginning in spring and ending with autumn planting.
Inclusion of Two Calendar Months
It was Numa Pompilius, the second king of Rome who divided the year into twelve lunar months by adding the months of January and February. The New Year was shifted to January as it marked the beginning of the civil years in Rome. But this was not fully accepted by the people of Rome and they continued celebrating in the month of March only.
January 1- an Official Date of New Year Celebrations
The Roman emperor Julius Caesar officially declared January 1 to be a New Year in 46 B.C. Romans worshiped God Janus who had two faces, one looking forward and the other looking backward. The month of January was named after this Roman God and it gave an idea to the emperor to establish January as a gate to the New Year. It is said Caesar celebrated January 1 - New Year by ordering the revolutionary Jewish forces to route back.
People began New Year celebrations on January 1 after many years. They ritualized the beginning of the year by acting and re-enacting the world of the past before peace proliferated. People learned January as first month of the year and with this the tradition of following Julian calendar.
Abolition of Roman New Year Date
In the medieval period, pagan festivals were given more importance and March 25 was announced as the beginning of the New Year. March 25 was called the Annunciation Day as on this day Mary got the news that she should be impregnated.
Later, the King of England ensured that Jesus' birth December 25 should be commemorated as New Year.
Gregorian Calendar
About 500 years later, Pope Gregory XIII abolished the old Julian calendar and introduced Gregorian calendar which comprised of a leap year after every four years to maintain balance between seasons and calendar. Finally, in 1582, Gregorian calendar was set to celebrate New Year on the first day of January.
New Years Resolutions For Kids
New Year's Resolutions for Preschoolers
New Year's Resolutions for School Age Kids
New Year's Resolutions for Teens
Here are some New Year's Parenting resolutions for Moms and Dads who want to be a more effective parent in the coming year.
I will be a Good Role Model for my Child...
Parents have profound influence on the way their children grow up. This New Year give up your bad habits like procrastinating, smoking etc and be a role model for your children.
I will make efforts to Understand my Child...
Instead of cribbing over your child's tantrums and unhealthy habits try and understand why he is behaving in that peculiar manner. This will help you understand and resolve the issue in a much better manner. This not so easy goal can be achieved by spending quality time and being patient with child.
I will Teach my Child to Eat Healthy...
Encourage your child to develop healthier eating habits which includes consuming fruits, milk and vegetables and giving up junk food. Of course, you need to practice this before you preach.
I will encourage my Child to take Regular Physical Activity...
Obesity in children is rising because of their sedentary lifestyles. It is extremely important to make your children realize the benefits of regular physical activity. Enrolling them in the sports class of their choice will be a good idea.
I will Reward My Child for His Good Behavior...
For the proper personality development of your child, it is important to praise and reward his achievements and good behavior. Besides, it is also important to show a calm and patient behavior when your child misbehaves or is in trouble. This helps him become a cool and level-headed person.
- I will brush my teeth twice a day.
- I will wash my hands after going to the bathroom and before eating.
- I will clean up my toys.
New Year's Resolutions for School Age Kids
- I will do my homework in time.
- I will sleep in time.
- I will drink milk and water, and limit aerated drinks.
- I'll never give out personal information such as my name, home address, school name or telephone number on the Internet or to strangers.
- I'll be nice to other kids. I'll be friendly to kids who need friends - like someone who is shy, or is new to my school
- I will wear my seat belt every time I get in a car. I'll sit in the back seat and use a booster seat until I am tall enough to use a lap/shoulder seat belt.
- I will apply sunscreen before I go outdoors.
- I will try to stay in the shade whenever possible and wear a hat and sunglasses, especially when I'm playing sports.
- I will try to find a sport (like basketball or soccer) or an activity (skipping rope, dancing or horse riding) that I like and do it at least three times a week!
New Year's Resolutions for Teens
- I will eat at least one fruit and one vegetable every day, and I will limit the amount of soda I drink.
- I will take care of my health through physical activity and nutrition.
- I will resist peer pressure to try cigarettes, drugs and alcohol.
- I will wipe negative "self talk" (i.e. "I can't do it" or "I'm so dumb") out of my vocabulary.
- I will choose non-violent television shows and video games, and I will spend only one to two hours each day - at the most - on these activities.
- I will be nice to my parents, teachers and elders and show respect to them.
- I will help out in my community - through volunteering, working with community groups or by joining a group that helps people in need.
- When I feel angry or stressed out, I will take a break and find constructive ways to deal with the stress, such as exercising, reading, writing in a journal or discussing my problem with a parent or friend.
- When faced with a difficult decision, I will talk with an adult about my choices.
- I will be careful about whom I choose to date, and always treat the other person with respect and without coercion or violence.
Here are some New Year's Parenting resolutions for Moms and Dads who want to be a more effective parent in the coming year.
I will be a Good Role Model for my Child...
Parents have profound influence on the way their children grow up. This New Year give up your bad habits like procrastinating, smoking etc and be a role model for your children.
I will make efforts to Understand my Child...
Instead of cribbing over your child's tantrums and unhealthy habits try and understand why he is behaving in that peculiar manner. This will help you understand and resolve the issue in a much better manner. This not so easy goal can be achieved by spending quality time and being patient with child.
I will Teach my Child to Eat Healthy...
Encourage your child to develop healthier eating habits which includes consuming fruits, milk and vegetables and giving up junk food. Of course, you need to practice this before you preach.
I will encourage my Child to take Regular Physical Activity...
Obesity in children is rising because of their sedentary lifestyles. It is extremely important to make your children realize the benefits of regular physical activity. Enrolling them in the sports class of their choice will be a good idea.
I will Reward My Child for His Good Behavior...
For the proper personality development of your child, it is important to praise and reward his achievements and good behavior. Besides, it is also important to show a calm and patient behavior when your child misbehaves or is in trouble. This helps him become a cool and level-headed person.
Funny New Year Resolutions
Check out these funny and innovative New Year's Resolutions! Enjoy these and make some for yourself...Surely you will enjoy!!
For those who are scared of making resolutions here are some resolutions they would actually be tempted to keep!!
- Just for today, I will not sit in my living room all day in my nightdress. Instead, I will move my computer into the bedroom.
- I will no longer waste my time relieving the past, instead I will spend it worrying about the future.
- I will not bore my boss by with the same excuse for taking leaves. I will think of some more excuses.
- I will do less laundry and use more deodorant.
- I will avoid taking a bath whenever possible and conserve more water.
- Assure my lawyer that I will never again show up drunk at a custody hearing.
- I will give up chocolates totally. 100%. Completely. Honestly....
- I will try to figure out why I *really* need nine e-mail addresses.
- I will stop sending e-mails to my wife (husband).
- I resolve to work with neglected children -- my own.
- I will stop sending e-mail, ICQ, Instant Messages and be on the phone at the same time with the same person.
- I will spend less than one hour a day on the Internet. This, of course, will be hard to estimate since I'm not a clock watcher.
- I will read the manual... just as soon as I can find it.
- I will think of a password other than "password."
- I will not tell the same story at every get together.
- I won't worry so much.
- I will cut my hair.
- I will grow my hair.
- I will stop considering other people's feelings when they so obviously don't consider mine - if that unwashed fellow sits next to me again, I'll tell him he stinks!
- I will be more imaginative.
- I will not hang around girls - they think you love them and that sucks.
- I will not ring the stewardess button on airplanes just to get her phone number.
For those who are scared of making resolutions here are some resolutions they would actually be tempted to keep!!
- Spend more time watching TV / movies.
- Chat more over phone / Internet.
- Read less.
- I want to gain weight. Put on at least 30 pounds.
- Stop exercising. Waste of time.
- Procrastinate more.
- Drink. Drink some more.
- Start being superstitious.
- Spend more less time at work.
- Stop bringing lunch from home: I should eat out more.
- Take up a new habit: Maybe smoking!
New Year Prayers
A New Year's Prayer
Dear Lord, please give me
A few friends who understand me and remain my friends;
A work to do which has real value,
without which the world would be the poorer;
A mind unafraid to travel, even though the trail be not blazed;
An understanding heart;
A sense of humor;
Time for quiet, silent meditation;
A feeling of the presence of God;
The patience to wait for the coming of these things,
With the wisdom to recognize them when they come.
Amen.
Unknown
Dear Lord, please give me
A few friends who understand me and remain my friends;
A work to do which has real value,
without which the world would be the poorer;
A mind unafraid to travel, even though the trail be not blazed;
An understanding heart;
A sense of humor;
Time for quiet, silent meditation;
A feeling of the presence of God;
The patience to wait for the coming of these things,
With the wisdom to recognize them when they come.
Amen.
Unknown
New Year Poems
New Year's Eve
Another full-orbed year hath waned to-day,
And set in the irrevocable past,
And headlong whirled long Time's winged blast
My fluttering rose of youth is borne away:
Ah rose once crimson with the blood of May,
A honeyed haunt where bees would break their fast,
I watch thy scattering petals flee aghast,
And all the flickering rose-lights turning grey.
Poor fool of life! plagued ever with thy vain
Regrets and futile longings! were the years
Not cups o'erbrimming still with gall and tears?
Let go thy puny personal joy and pain!
If youth with all its brief hope disappears,
To deathless hope we must be born again.
Mathilde Blind
Another full-orbed year hath waned to-day,
And set in the irrevocable past,
And headlong whirled long Time's winged blast
My fluttering rose of youth is borne away:
Ah rose once crimson with the blood of May,
A honeyed haunt where bees would break their fast,
I watch thy scattering petals flee aghast,
And all the flickering rose-lights turning grey.
Poor fool of life! plagued ever with thy vain
Regrets and futile longings! were the years
Not cups o'erbrimming still with gall and tears?
Let go thy puny personal joy and pain!
If youth with all its brief hope disappears,
To deathless hope we must be born again.
Mathilde Blind
New Year Quotes
Inspirational New Year Quotes
The object of a New Year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul.
G. K. Chesterton
Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each new year find you a better man.
Benjamin Franklin
Year's end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us.
Hal Borland
The Old Year has gone. Let the dead past bury its own dead. The New Year has taken possession of the clock of time. All hail the duties and possibilities of the coming twelve months!
Edward Payson Powell
Cheers to a New Year and another chance for us to get it right.
Oprah Winfrey
Ring out the old, ring in the new,
Ring, happy bells, across the snow:
The year is going, let him go;
Ring out the false, ring in the true.
Alfred, Lord Tennyson, 1850
For last year's words belong to last year's language
And next year's words await another voice.
And to make an end is to make a beginning.
T.S. Eliot, "Little Gidding"
We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year's Day.
Edith Lovejoy Pierce
Glory to God in highest heaven,
Who unto man His Son hath given;
While angels sing with tender mirth,
A glad new year to all the earth.
Martin Luther
A happy New Year! Grant that I
May bring no tear to any eye
When this New Year in time shall end
Let it be said I've played the friend,
Have lived and loved and labored here,
And made of it a happy year.
Edgar Guest
We spend January 1 walking through our lives, room by room, drawing up a list of work to be done, cracks to be patched. Maybe this year, to balance the list, we ought to walk through the rooms of our lives... not looking for flaws, but for potential.
Ellen Goodman
The object of a New Year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul and a new nose; new feet, a new backbone, new ears, and new eyes. Unless a particular man made New Year resolutions, he would make no resolutions. Unless a man starts afresh about things, he will certainly do nothing effective.
G.K. Chesterton
New Year Resolutions Quotes
Many people look forward to the new year for a new start on old habits.
Author Unknown
A New Year's resolution is something that goes in one year and out the other.
Author Unknown
Never tell your resolution beforehand, or it's twice as onerous a duty.
John Selden
The new year begins in a snow-storm of white vows.
George William Curtis
New Year's Day: Now is the accepted time to make your regular annual good resolutions. Next week you can begin paving hell with them as usual.
Mark Twain
Good resolutions are simply checks that men draw on a bank where they have no account.
Oscar Wilde
But can one still make resolutions when one is over forty? I live according to twenty-year-old habits.
Andre Gide
One resolution I have made, and try always to keep, is this: To rise above the little things.
John Burroughs
May all your troubles last as long as your New Year's resolutions.
Joey Adams
He who breaks a resolution is a weakling;
He who makes one is a fool.
F.M. Knowles
I think in terms of the day's resolutions, not the year's.
Henry Moore
I made no resolutions for the New Year. The habit of making plans, of criticizing, sanctioning and molding my life, is too much of a daily event for me.
Anaïs Nin
New Year's Resolution: To tolerate fools more gladly, provided this does not encourage them to take up more of my time.
James Agate
New year, same goal.
Joe King
Selected New Year Quotations
New Year's Day is every man's birthday.
Charles Lamb
The merry year is born
Like the bright berry from the naked thorn.
Hartley Coleridge
For last year's words belong to last year's language and next year's words await another voice. And to make an end is to make a beginning.
T. S. Eliot
Each age has deemed the new born year
The fittest time for festal cheer
Walter Scott
Youth is when you're allowed to stay up late on New Year's Eve. Middle age is when you're forced to.
Bill Vaughnv
An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves.
Bill Vaughan
No one ever regarded the First of January with indifference. It is that from which all date their time, and count upon what is left. It is the nativity of our common Adam.
Charles Lamb
The proper behavior all through the holiday season is to be drunk. This drunkenness culminates on New Year's Eve, when you get so drunk you kiss the person you're married to.
P.J. O'Rourke
People are so worried about what they eat between Christmas and the New Year, but they really should be worried about what they eat between the New Year and Christmas.
Author Unknown
Drop the last year into the silent limbo of the past. Let it go, for it was imperfect, and thank God that it can go.
Brooks Atkinson
Each age has deemed the new-born year
The fittest time for festal cheer.
Walter Scott
We meet today
To thank Thee for the era done,
And Thee for the opening one.
John Greenleaf Whittier
Of all sound of all bells... most solemn and touching is the peal which rings out the Old Year.
Charles Lamb
It wouldn't be New Year's if I didn't have regrets.
William Thomas
Time has no divisions to mark its passage, there is never a thunder-storm or blare of trumpets to announce the beginning of a new month or year. Even when a new century begins it is only we mortals who ring bells and fire off pistols.
Thomas Mann
New Year's is a harmless annual institution, of no particular use to anybody save as a scapegoat for promiscuous drunks, and friendly calls and humbug resolutions.
Mark Twain
Every man regards his own life as the New Year's Eve of time.
Jean Paul Richter
The only way to spend New Year's Eve is either quietly with friends or in a brothel. Otherwise when the evening ends and people pair off, someone is bound to be left in tears.
W.H. Auden
The object of a New Year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul.
G. K. Chesterton
Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each new year find you a better man.
Benjamin Franklin
Year's end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us.
Hal Borland
The Old Year has gone. Let the dead past bury its own dead. The New Year has taken possession of the clock of time. All hail the duties and possibilities of the coming twelve months!
Edward Payson Powell
Cheers to a New Year and another chance for us to get it right.
Oprah Winfrey
Ring out the old, ring in the new,
Ring, happy bells, across the snow:
The year is going, let him go;
Ring out the false, ring in the true.
Alfred, Lord Tennyson, 1850
For last year's words belong to last year's language
And next year's words await another voice.
And to make an end is to make a beginning.
T.S. Eliot, "Little Gidding"
We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year's Day.
Edith Lovejoy Pierce
Glory to God in highest heaven,
Who unto man His Son hath given;
While angels sing with tender mirth,
A glad new year to all the earth.
Martin Luther
A happy New Year! Grant that I
May bring no tear to any eye
When this New Year in time shall end
Let it be said I've played the friend,
Have lived and loved and labored here,
And made of it a happy year.
Edgar Guest
We spend January 1 walking through our lives, room by room, drawing up a list of work to be done, cracks to be patched. Maybe this year, to balance the list, we ought to walk through the rooms of our lives... not looking for flaws, but for potential.
Ellen Goodman
The object of a New Year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul and a new nose; new feet, a new backbone, new ears, and new eyes. Unless a particular man made New Year resolutions, he would make no resolutions. Unless a man starts afresh about things, he will certainly do nothing effective.
G.K. Chesterton
New Year Resolutions Quotes
Many people look forward to the new year for a new start on old habits.
Author Unknown
A New Year's resolution is something that goes in one year and out the other.
Author Unknown
Never tell your resolution beforehand, or it's twice as onerous a duty.
John Selden
The new year begins in a snow-storm of white vows.
George William Curtis
New Year's Day: Now is the accepted time to make your regular annual good resolutions. Next week you can begin paving hell with them as usual.
Mark Twain
Good resolutions are simply checks that men draw on a bank where they have no account.
Oscar Wilde
But can one still make resolutions when one is over forty? I live according to twenty-year-old habits.
Andre Gide
One resolution I have made, and try always to keep, is this: To rise above the little things.
John Burroughs
May all your troubles last as long as your New Year's resolutions.
Joey Adams
He who breaks a resolution is a weakling;
He who makes one is a fool.
F.M. Knowles
I think in terms of the day's resolutions, not the year's.
Henry Moore
I made no resolutions for the New Year. The habit of making plans, of criticizing, sanctioning and molding my life, is too much of a daily event for me.
Anaïs Nin
New Year's Resolution: To tolerate fools more gladly, provided this does not encourage them to take up more of my time.
James Agate
New year, same goal.
Joe King
Selected New Year Quotations
New Year's Day is every man's birthday.
Charles Lamb
The merry year is born
Like the bright berry from the naked thorn.
Hartley Coleridge
For last year's words belong to last year's language and next year's words await another voice. And to make an end is to make a beginning.
T. S. Eliot
Each age has deemed the new born year
The fittest time for festal cheer
Walter Scott
Youth is when you're allowed to stay up late on New Year's Eve. Middle age is when you're forced to.
Bill Vaughnv
An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves.
Bill Vaughan
No one ever regarded the First of January with indifference. It is that from which all date their time, and count upon what is left. It is the nativity of our common Adam.
Charles Lamb
The proper behavior all through the holiday season is to be drunk. This drunkenness culminates on New Year's Eve, when you get so drunk you kiss the person you're married to.
P.J. O'Rourke
People are so worried about what they eat between Christmas and the New Year, but they really should be worried about what they eat between the New Year and Christmas.
Author Unknown
Drop the last year into the silent limbo of the past. Let it go, for it was imperfect, and thank God that it can go.
Brooks Atkinson
Each age has deemed the new-born year
The fittest time for festal cheer.
Walter Scott
We meet today
To thank Thee for the era done,
And Thee for the opening one.
John Greenleaf Whittier
Of all sound of all bells... most solemn and touching is the peal which rings out the Old Year.
Charles Lamb
It wouldn't be New Year's if I didn't have regrets.
William Thomas
Time has no divisions to mark its passage, there is never a thunder-storm or blare of trumpets to announce the beginning of a new month or year. Even when a new century begins it is only we mortals who ring bells and fire off pistols.
Thomas Mann
New Year's is a harmless annual institution, of no particular use to anybody save as a scapegoat for promiscuous drunks, and friendly calls and humbug resolutions.
Mark Twain
Every man regards his own life as the New Year's Eve of time.
Jean Paul Richter
The only way to spend New Year's Eve is either quietly with friends or in a brothel. Otherwise when the evening ends and people pair off, someone is bound to be left in tears.
W.H. Auden
Monday, November 19, 2007
List of New Year's Recipes
Gajar ki Kanji
Ingredients
250 gm: Carrots-preferably the dark variety (called kaali gajar)
3 tbsp: Powdered mustard seeds
6 cups: Water
2 tbsp: Salt
Method
Malpua
Ingredients
250 ml: Yoghurt
3 tbsp: Flour
1 tsp: Roasted Fennel Seeds
3-4 tbsp: Ghee / oil for frying
For Sugar Syrup
200 gm sugar
200 ml water
Rind of 1 sweet lime
Method
Ingredients
250 gm: Carrots-preferably the dark variety (called kaali gajar)
3 tbsp: Powdered mustard seeds
6 cups: Water
2 tbsp: Salt
Method
- Peel the carrots, and cut them into approx. 7 cm / 3" pieces, not too thin (about finger size).
- Boil the water and add the carrots to it. When the water comes to a boil again, shut off the heat and leave to cool.
- Add the salt and the mustard powder, and transfer into a jar with a lid, and keep this in the sun, to mature.
- In sunny weather, it takes 3-4 days, for the taste of the mustard to become strong.
- Do not keep the jar in the sun, after it is ready.
Malpua
Ingredients
250 ml: Yoghurt
3 tbsp: Flour
1 tsp: Roasted Fennel Seeds
3-4 tbsp: Ghee / oil for frying
For Sugar Syrup
200 gm sugar
200 ml water
Rind of 1 sweet lime
Method
- Mix yoghurt, flour and fennel seeds.
- Stir until a smooth batter is formed.
- Heat ghee / oil in a pan and make dumplings by frying a spoonful of the batter at a time over a gentle flame.
- Remove from the pan and drain.
- Prepare the syrup with sugar, water and rind. Dip the malpuas into the syrup.
- Garnish with sweet lime segments and cream. Decorate with silver leaf.
- Serve hot / cold.
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