INDO-PAK RELATIONS....A SOFT APPROACH IS NEEDED

New Delhi, May 26 -- Doctors at New Delhi's Sir Ganga Ram Hospital performed India's first unrelated stem cell transplant on a one-year-old Pakistani boy on March 15. Shaheer Imran had familial HLH, a rare disorder where the body's immune system over reacts and starts eating up its own defence cells.

The baby was in immediate need of a bone marrow transplant. But since he did not have any siblings and had no donor in the family who matched his profile, doctors approached the Reliance Cord Bank in Mumbai.

Two cord blood units matching his profile were procured from the bank. Cord blood is obtained from the umbilical cord of a newborn and is used to treat various blood-related and genetic disorders, as it contains stem cells.

First unit, with a 5/6 match, did not have adequate cell dose, which means there were not enough cells capable of reproducing. To remain on the safe side, the doctors transplanted the other unit (with 4/6 match) as well.

"We just wanted to ensure that if one unit doesn't work, the other one did," said Dr Anupam Sachdeva, senior consultant, department of paediatrics, Ganga Ram. It took Rs 2.5 lakh to procure each cord blood unit, and the entire procedure cost the family Rs 17 lakh. In the United States, the same procedure will cost around Rs 2.5 crore.

IPL TURMOIL- CHIRAYU AMIN AS THE NEW IPL COMMISSIONER

IPL 3 which brought out the face of so called cricketing bonanza to bring out the hidden talent in India.The real story behind this cricketing event of not just cricket but the shackles of money, power and night parties was exposed with the people from the world of politics that is Shashi Tharoor and related to him Sunanda Pushkar, playing the big money games under the shahdow and support of thrilled cricket audience which wanted only entertainment to the fullest.
Lalit Modi is nowhere in the scene now and the responsibility now heads on the shoulders of Chirayu Amin to make this event as transparent and viable without the spots of corruption and hidden but harmful facts for the people of this largest adult franchise so that ipl can live long !!!!

PHOTOGRAPHY WORK

WAS READING THIS MESMERISING BOOK- NOTICED THAT THE COLOR SCHEME OF MY PEN MATCHES WITH THE BOOK AND TRIED A SHOT.

INDIAN HOCKEY BACK TO PAVILION

March 12, 2010 was the day when the Indians were being watched upon by the whole world in the two major sporting extravaganzas. One was our national game and the other for which whole nation dies for. One was something more than just a game which gives the magic of money and power and the other was an effort to prove its worth of calling it a ‘national game’ in front of the whole world. Talking to the people and switching the news channels on the very next day brought my mind to one straight fact – Hockey is back to its pavilion. With people and media going berserk on the exciting win of Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan’s IPL team Kolkata Knight Riders over the defending champions Deccan Chargers, we the Indians simply forgot to cheer or just even notice the effort of our hockey team which was fighting for 7th place in the World Cup against Argentina.
The spirit which our countrymen showed in the hockey match against Pakistan was completely dampened with consecutive losses in the following matches. But we cannot sideline the fact that how well 12th ranked team of the world, India performed against the world’s top ranked hockey teams. Rather it needs appreciation because who can forget the past years of controversies related to hockey, be it the black day of Indian hockey when it failed to qualify for the world cup or the sting operation which exposed the hockey officials taking bribe for selection of players or the recent strike of our players on monetary issues, the way Indian team came out of the whole fiasco and performed in the world cup is worth praising. Although the movie ‘Chak de India’ did played a part in reviving the love for our national game in the heart of every Indian but the fact that the World Cup is being hosted by India gave it the that extra cinch of edge and pride for our national game. As expected large number of spectators turned out in the Indo-Pak clash and the stadium was jam packed but as the tournament progressed the sale of tickets dropped down like the remaining balls in an exciting cricket match.
Although India hosting the World Cup was a big boost for the hockey fraternity and hockey lovers but the fact remains that it is still a fade show in front of the money and glamour in cricket which gives cricket a X-factor. It will not be a bad idea if hockey in India to revive Premiere Hockey League (PHL) to redefine its audience and gather the national support. `

Don't you feel so???? We are making God comparable or equal to humans by limiting them just to one religion......
THINK.....BIG...

BOOND BOOND MEIN VISHWAAS...........WORLD WATER DAY- 22nd March

KOI RANG NAHI....AAKAAR NAHI ...
teri boond boond..........TERI BOOND BOOND..........
SAVE WATER....SAVE LIFE......

DON'T LET WATER TO MOVE OUT OF OUR WORLD....B'COZ THEN THERE WILL BE NO WORLD......

SIMPLIFYING 'TWITTER' FOR YOU..... MY READERS

''What is this 'twitting'? Too much 'twitting' will lead to quitting'' was Rajya Sabha MP Venkaiah Naidu's rhyming remark for our 'Twitter Minister' Shashi Tharoor, whose tweets are often picked upon to create a controversy. However, the message told in a serious tone, caused more laughs than to serve the purpose of wanting to probe the minister's tweeting activity.

The MP could have well avoided this awkward situation if only he knew how to make his point using an apt Twitter term. We simplify some oft-used Twitter terminologies for you, with examples:

Tweeple: Twitter people, Twitter
FOR EXAMPLE-Pleasantly surpised seeing IPL and KKR as globally trending topics on twitter. Looks like Indian Tweeple are assuming global proportions

Tweeter/Twitterer: A Twitter user
FOR EXAMPLE: One of my followers is an Indian Recipes Tweeter. I get why I might follow the recipes (sure, why not?) but why would the recipes follow me?

Tweetheart: A special tweeter who makes your heart skip a beat

FOR EXAMPLE: Having sweet chit chat wif my tweetheart! Hooooooh... What a beautiful morning!

Twitterati: Top-tier Twitterers

FOR EXAMPLE: Hia Twitterati - any of you guys own a campervan? Seriously considering one instead of a car. Advice, prices, pros and cons welcome!

Tweetup: A Twitter meet-up in person
FOR EXAMPLE : @ Bangalore airport, en route Delhi. Tight two-day schedule, so no tweetup possibility this time round.

Co-twitterer: A partner who tweets on your Twitter account

FOR EXAMPLE: Stressing for my co-twitterer @at0me... She has to finish her thesis for tomorrow. :-/

Tweet-dropping: Eavesdropping on Twitter

FOR EXAMPLE: @DoctorOHM 10 piercings? Ouch. (Tweet dropping, lol)

Twaiting: Twittering while waiting

FOR EXAMPLE: @sgBEAT:twaiting for NR7 at the bus stop outside TANGS. Lol. It's quite a wait.

Tweeps: Short for Tweeple (Duh.)

FOR EXAMPLE: Help me tweeps! I need 9 more followers! Just 9 more! Thanks & I'll give my new followers a shoutout & I'll follow them back (no random ppl)

Mistweet: A tweet mistake, which one may regret later

FOR EXAMPLE: Of course the problems with a couple of accounts is keeping up with potentially 2 lists of friends. And the chance of a mistweet.

Tweetaholic: A problem of Twitter addiction

FOR EXAMPLE: @cubicile_blues Do you work 24x7 by any chance?? :) you seem like workaholic + tweetaholic :D

Now if only we'd collated this before Naidu made his now infamous comment, he would have probably said - ''Being a tweetaholic and a minister, it's time you avoided the odd mistweet.'' Or is that wishful thinking?

And oh, there are lots more-twittastic (Twitter fantastic), twugs (Twitter hugs), twuddies (Twitter buddies) to mention a few.

KEEP TWEETING...AND SING MY HEART GOES TWEET, TWEET, TWEET