Black TajMahal☻²

Do you know that Shah jahan wanted to make another Taj Mahal in Black Marble ?

                   It was planned just opposite the bank of river Yamuna. This was to act as his burial place, as his own mausoleum. Shah jahan had planned to connect the two Taj Mahal white and black with a beautifully decorated bridge. People who would have come to see Taj Mahal would have felt the love and pangs of separation (signified by the separate burial of their bodies and still connected by a bridge) even many centuries after their death.

What a sight it would have been had Shah jahan completed the Black Taj Mahal!

Unfortunately he couldn't complete due to the war of succession with his son Aurangzeb.
He spend the remaining eight years of his life under imprisonment looking at the Taj Mahal and brooding over his incomplete dream.
Ultimately he was buried besides his wife Mumtaj Mahal in the Taj Mahal itself .
The Black Taj Mahal existed as a soul without body...

The Project

                   The Black Taj Mahal Project aims to complete the Black Taj Mahal Project. A smaller version of how the original one would have looked! It is in perfect scale, down to the minutest details of the inlay work, relief carving, filigree work and intricate calligraphy.

                  According to the Black Taj myth, Shah Jahan had planned to build mirror image of the Taj Mahal he built for Mumtaz, albeit in black, on the other side of the river and connect the two by a bridge. This Black Taj was to be dedicated to Shah Jahan himself.




                  A European traveler by the name of Jean Baptiste Tavernier who visited Agra in 1665 first mentioned the idea of Black Taj in his fanciful writings.
The writings of Tavernier mention that Shah Jahan began to build his own tomb on the other side of the river but could not complete it as he was deposed by his own son Aurangzeb.
Fuel to the fire is further added as some scholar suggests that the blackened marbles in Mehtab Bagh that lie on the other side of the river are actually grim remains and foundations of an abandoned plan. On the other hand, other section of scholars totally dismiss the theory of Black Taj as it was discovered that the black marble remains in the Mehtab Bagh are not natural black but have become black over the course of time due to staining and wear and tear. Also, Mehtab Bagh was built by the first Mughal Emperor Babur, years before construction of Taj Mahal even started. The theory is once again dismissed by some scholars who believe that if Shah Jahan wanted to build a Black Taj Mahal, he would have started working on it immediately after completion of the first Taj Mahal in 1653, after which he had 5 years before he got arrested. While historians continue to argue over it, the idea of a Black Taj standing in front of the White Taj certainly keeps the anticipations and imaginations on a high.→....

Today

Petrodollar pumping US policy on Iran, backfire looms:

                    As tensions between the US and Iran heat up, author Michael T. Winter believes the main reason behind America’s harsh stance is Tehran’s move to seek an alternative to the dollar as an oil currency.

Assange makes last-ditch attempt to remain in UK: 

                   The founder of WikiLeaks has appealed his extradition to Sweden at Britain’s Supreme Court. Julian Assange is accused of committing sex crimes against two women in 2010, though he insists the charges against him are politically motivated.

Assange is presenting his case in front of seven judges who will be looking at a number of key questions. First is whether the European arrest warrant that was issued for him by the Swedish prosecutor is valid.
Julian Assange's defense is attempting to argue that the warrant is invalid because it was issued by a prosecutor rather than a neutral judge. 
The Swedish prosecutor is a party in the case, so she cannot be a judicial authority, Dinah Rose, speaking for Assange, has argued.

Calls to stop Syria 'killing machine' at UN as Russia, China slam sanctions:

              A major diplomatic battle over the fate of Syria has begun at the United Nations, with Russia and China the only permanent Security Council members challenging the UN's right to ‘meddle’ in sovereign states’ internal problems.

                   Syrian regime of unconscionable violence, with the Qatari PM emphasizing that if the Syrian 'killing machine' is not stopped, it may come to commit 'crimes against humanity.'

UN resolutions 'pour fuel onto the fire'

Jacob Hornberger, the founder and president of the Future of Freedom Foundation, told RT that the only thing UN resolutions can do is “pour fuel onto the fire.”
“That is the whole idea of these resolutions,” he explained. The real thrust of any resolution on Syria would be regime change, he added: “It begins with sanctions. It goes into embargoes, blockades. But ultimately, the quest is to remove a dictatorship, and install a US regime even if it happens to be a dictatorship.”.................

 

Chinese Military.!⌂♣

On January 11, J-20 made its first flight, lasting about 15 minutes, in Chengdu, southwest China. J-20 is a fifth generation stealth, twin-engine fighter aircraft prototype. China has become the third nation in the world to "develop and test-fly a full-size stealth combat aircraft demonstrator", after the United States and Russia.


The 16th meeting on the PLA military academies was
held in Beijing. The meeting made clear the guidance, basic principles, major tasks, specific measures, and implementation methods and steps of the adjustment and reform of the PLA military academies and training institutions. The reform will improve the training system of commanding officers with emphasis on four levels, namely elementary command of officer candidates, arms (professional) command, combined operation command and joint operation command.

The People's Liberation Army Air Force announced the formation of two aerobatic demonstration teams, named the Flying Wings and Red Eagles. The Flying Wings are affiliated with the Aviation University of the Air Force, the alma mater of Yang Liwei, the first Chinese astronaut. The Red Eagles are affiliated with the No 3 Aviation College of the People's Liberation Army, which trained Zhai Zhigang, the first Chinese man to walk in space.

India announces135 scholarships for SL students

India's High Commission in Colombo has announced 135 undergraduate and post- graduate scholarships for meritorious Sri Lankan nationals to study in India under the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) scholarship scheme.

           while Rajiv Gandhi Scholarship Scheme offeres 25 slots for undergraduate courses in the field of 'Information Technology' leading to a B.E or B.Tech Degree.
All scholarships cover full tuition fees for the entire duration of the course, in addition to a monthly sustenance allowance.
The scholarship also covers accommodation allowance and an annual grant for books, stationary. All ICCR scholars in India are provided full healthcare facilities, first class train fare and an annual grant for educational tours to various parts of the country, apart from several other auxiliary benefits.
Selection of candidates is done in consultation with the Sri Lanka Ministry of Higher Education, to pursue undergraduate, postgraduate and PhD Degrees in some of the leading universities in India.
The Ministry of Higher Education has invited applications from eligible candidates. The last date for submission of duly filled up application forms is Feb 06, 2012.
The application forms can be downloaded from the website of Ministry of Higher Education at www.mohe.gov.lk. Interested candidates can also visit the website of High Commission of India for further details on the scholarships. 


                                                     What..India!!!

▄Hirudo medicinalis▄

Its range extends over almost the whole of Europe and into Asia as far as Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. The preferred habitat for this species is muddy freshwater pools and ditches with plentiful weed growth in temperate climates.

This species is now considered vulnerable by the IUCN, and European medicinal leeches are legally protected through nearly all of their natural range. They are particularly sparsely distributed in France and Belgium, and in the UK there may be as few as 20 remaining isolated populations (all widely scattered). The largest (at Lydd) is estimated to contain several thousand individuals; 12 of these areas have been designated Sites of Special Scientific Interest. There are small, transplanted populations in several countries outside their natural range, including the USA.

Medicinal leeches are now making a comeback in microsurgery. They provide an effective means to reduce blood coagulation, to relieve venous pressure from pooling blood (venous insufficiency), and in reconstructive surgery to stimulate circulation in reattachment operations for organs with critical blood flow, such as eyelids, fingers, and ears.The therapeutic effect is not from the blood taken in the meal, but from the continued and steady bleeding from the wound left after the leech has detached.
Because of the minuscule amounts of hirudin present in leeches, it is impractical to harvest the substance for widespread medical use. Hirudin (and related substances) are synthesized using recombinant techniques. Devices called "mechanical leeches" that dispense heparin and perform the same function as medicinal leeches have been developed, but they are not yet commercially available.

Indian Black Money

Accesses the black list that has been kept away from Indians for two years..

It is almost two years since the German Government had passed on the names and bank account details of eighteen Indians who had stashed their alleged ill-gotten wealth in the LGT bank of Liechtenstein, a well-known tax haven nation, 190 km from Munich, Germany.

Germany had officially handed over the list to the Indian Government on 18 March 2009. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee have since said more than once that this list cannot be disclosed to the Indian people. Opposition parties like the BJP and the Left Front have repeatedly said the names must be disclosed. The BJP has been accusing the government of shielding the names of the tax evaders and not doing enough to bring back the crores of rupees stashed away in tax havens. 

Accessed 16 of the 18 names, of which we are putting out 15 right now. These names include individuals as well as trusts. At this point, we are putting out 15 names without disclosing details like their addresses, the businesses they are involved in and the total money they have stored away in Liechtenstein , approached each of these individuals involved and is awaiting their response. 

Once these individuals respond, we shall share the full details of who these people are and what they do. We shall also put out their responses. This, then, is the list.

1. Manoj Dhupelia

2. Rupal Dhupelia

3. Mohan Dhupelia

4. Hasmukh Gandhi

5. Chintan Gandhi

6. Dilip Mehta

7. Arun Mehta

8. Arun Kochar

9. Gunwanti Mehta

10. Rajnikant Mehta

11. Prabodh Mehta

12. Ashok Jaipuria

13. Raj Foundation

14. Urvashi Foundation

15. Ambrunova Trust 

The government has been claiming so far that a detailed investigation into all the bank account details provided by Germany is underway and making the names public would violate the agreement between two sovereign countries, India and Germany. 

However, once the government launches prosecutions, the name would be made public, he had said.

These 18 names are part of the list of 1,400 clients, which were stolen from the databank of LGT Group, the Liechtenstein bank owned by the principality's ruling family, and passed on to German tax authorities in 2008.

The German government had paid as much as €5 million, or $7.4 million, for information on German account holders in Liechtenstein on a disk provided by an informant to the German Federal Intelligence Service, or BND.

After this, Germany and England had launched massive investigations into the suspected tax evasions and have since prosecuted dozens of their citizens on charges of tax evasion and concealment of income.

The German Government alone had initiated action against over 600 of its tax payers.

Besides taking action against its own citizens, the German Government had also shared this information with other countries including India. 

But the Indian names figuring in LGT Bank list are only a tip of the iceberg. Experts estimate that Rs 65 lakh crores of ill-gotten wealth earned by Indians is stored in Swiss banks alone.

According to R Vaidyanathan, Professor of Finance at the Indian Institute of Management, Bengaluru, the average amount stashed away by Indians in offshore tax havens between 2002 and 2006 was $136.5 billion. “These illegal funds lying in tax havens are not just related to the issue of tax evasion. It is capital flight from India and part of a corrupt nexus between politicians, bureaucrats and corporate companies,” says Vaidyanathan.

Different Indian governments over the past 20 years have done little to bring this money back by making necessary changes in existing Indian taxation and foreign exchange management laws. 

India enters into (Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement)DTAAs with other countries to encourage flow of foreign capital and technology, and also to check tax evasion. The purpose of a DTAA is to mitigate the hardship caused by dual taxation on the same source of income. Double taxation on a single source earned by an individual is possible under income tax, as taxation depends not on citizenship, but on residential status.

To date, India has signed comprehensive double taxation avoidance agreements with 77 countries. 

                      

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Nibiru ¿

What Is the Planet Nibiru and Is It Approaching?

Also known as The Twelfth Planet or Planet X, some are warning that the wandering body of Nibiru is quickly nearing the Earth - and could cause global devastation. Should you worry?
In 1976, the late Zecharia Sitchin stirred up a great deal of controversy with the publication of his book, The Twelfth Planet. In this and subsequent books, Sitchin presented his literal translations of ancient Sumerian texts which told an incredible story about the origins of humankind on planet Earth - a story far different and much more fantastic than what we all learned in school.
The ancient cuneiform texts -- some of the earliest known writing, dating back some 6,000 years -- told the story of a race of beings called the Anunnaki. The Anunnaki came to Earth from a planet in our solar system called Nibiru, according to the Sumerians via Sitchin. If you've never heard of it, that's because mainstream science does not recognize Nibiru as one of the planets that revolves around our Sun. Yet it is there, claims Sitchin, and its presence holds great importance not only for humankind's past, but our future as well.
Nibiru's orbit around the Sun is highly elliptical, according to Sitchin's books, taking it out beyond the orbit of Pluto at its farthest point and bringing it as close to the Sun as the far side of the asteroid belt (a ring of asteroids that is known to occupy a band of space between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter). It takes Nibiru 3,600 years to complete one orbital journey, and it was last in this vicinity around 160 B.C.E. As you can imagine, the gravitational effects of a sizable planet moving close to the inner solar system, as it is claimed for Nibiru, could wreak havoc on the orbits of other planets, disrupt the asteroid belt and spell big trouble for planet Earth.
Well, prepare for yet another possible apocalypse because, they say, Nibiru is once again heading this way - and will be here soon.╚▌....