Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Beauty in various countries

Here i m describing about the unique things in various countries which i had come to know from conversation club.People from different countries shared their experiences and knowledge about other countries.Some had visited these places,some spend few years there and some belongs to that places.I am describing in brief:-



Indonesia-This country name is quite interesting as its name is a combination of India country and Asia continent.One man told us that this country has many Hindu temples like Vishnu temple,Brahma temple.In India there are three main lords Brahma,Vishnu and Shiva.Lord Brahma is the first member of the Hindu Trinity,he is called as the creator of universe.The major thing is that in India there is only one temple of Brahma that is situated in Pushkar (Rajasthan). The only temple of its type, the Brahma temple is an important pilgrim centre for the Hindus. The Brahma temple, built with marble, is decorated with silver coins and there is a silver turtle on the floor of the temple.




In Indonesia there are several temples like Vishnu temple,Brahma temple,Nandi temple and lots more.The size of Brahma Temple is 20 x 20 meters square and 23 meters high. Similar to visnu Temple which is very beautiful,its made-up of stones and its famous for its traditional look.

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Discussions in conversation club

I really spent nice time in conversation club as this place gave me a platform to know about the culture,life-style,customs,religion of different countries that itself was a overwhelming .We usually discussed different topics which encouraged people to speak,not just speak but enhance their knowledge about this beautiful world.I am sharing some of my discussions here in brief:-

1)FREEDOM-People were discussing this topic as this simple word is difficult to explain as this word is taken in different manner by different countries and their citizens.In our conversation,each person defined it according to one's country laws.Its a fact that an individual is always influenced by his surroundings,so everyone has different perceptions about freedom.
We were discussing here in context of America that some major things describing in points:-

a) Here minority people have freedom to choose their religion,region,culture and lots more.This country give rights to every individual to live life in his own way.

b) This country doesn't put restriction on kids to wear uniforms in schools( except in some schools as dress code is there) which is not allowed in some other countries.As they think its child right to feel comfortable or feel like home in that places.

c) In America,professional people like to wear formal clothes for four days of a week and on the 5th day they like to wear casual clothes as its America culture.

d) America is a cosmo-politian country. People from different countries has right to live with their culture,lifestyle,religion,language etc.But due to different languages people face the problem to communicate with each other which can be sort out by these conversation clubs.

So we discussed the word freedom in context of America which helped people to know more about America.

Sunday, October 19, 2008

Montogomery Library

A school is like a education temple in a child life.One enters in this temple to start their knowledge phase of life.Then they spend time in school library to concentrate ,discipline and to acquaint with the books.Now i m talking about a public library which is known as Montogomery county public library in Maryland(U.S.),it has varies branches in all over the Maryland.Its located in front of Cider Mill and near to Lake Forest Mall.

VISION
Montgomery County Public Libraries are the gateway for easy and equitable access to information, ideas and enrichment; where the lifelong learning needs of people are met by a diverse staff through traditional library services and new methods of information delivery; and where community needs and interests are understood in the planning and provision of all types of library services.

VALUES
Montgomery County Public Libraries believes in the right of all individuals to learn and to grow. We value intellectual freedom, quality service, diversity, fairness, professional ethics, and respect for our customers, our community, and ourselves.

We can see people from different countries like Spain,South Korea,India,Pakistan,Turkey,Iran,Columbia,China and so on.This library gives a platform to all individuals to exchange their ideas,opinions with people of different cultures.As America is a cosmopolitan society so people are living here from different countries.People like to visit or live here due to job opportunities,good life style,lots of attractions to visit and lots more.So the language problem arises here,which somehow sort out by the library's different conversation club.Here we can participate in Spanish conversation club,English conversation club and Chinese conversation club.This place gives you a feeling of unity in diversity as people from different region come together to communicate each other so they can develop themselves more.
Here the teachers are volunteers and they are really not like a strict teacher but a friend who show you the right path.I attended 2-3 classes there and i enjoyed a lot.

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Presidential debate between Obama and McCain

As we know Barack Obama and McCain are nominated for presidential election so they are visiting some states of U.S.A. Here they are discussing different issues of this country and suggesting their opinion before live audience.One co-ordinater is also there to judge them or to continue the query session.Its really different with our Indian political conversation talk.Here both parties were behaving peacefully.They were not abusing,fighting with each other.Even it seem like that they would not suppose to talk with each other but just putting their opinion to the public and its really nice way to interact with the audience, it would help the people to know how each one of them will take the country into the next decade.
We can also see these kinds of debate session in India such as "Barkha's show" which is quite interesting.But sometimes it makes so irritating because parties starts blaming each other for their past performances.So how would they get the solution?

Recently in one episode,the main issue was serial bomb blast.The live audience were blaming to the cops and politicians and its the fact they are responsible for our national security.But its not complete truth.Suddenly a 12year boy replied that its not right to blame them. As we are part of democratic country and we are selecting them so we are also responsible to select the right/wrong man.That was the complete truth.We are not even aware about our basic rights so its also individual's responsibility.A man replied that when there was an attack on U.S.A. known as 9/11 which shook that country.But after that the citizens,police system and political parties did work together to avoid that situation and they prove themselves as no. one in whole world.I really enjoyed to watch their presidential debate as the candidates were presenting their ideas to solve the nation problems.There were mainly three issues:-

HEALTH CARE,SOCIAL SECURITY,ENERGY RESOURCES

First issue was health care as its mandatory for an individual but doctors consultancy fees and treatments are expensive here and to resolve this so many health insurance policies are available here. People are insured here but the main problem is the high value of premiums which put extra burden on their pockets.So the solution given by both parties are mentioned below:-
1) Govt. will give $5000 tax rebate to each individual which make them economically strong and govt. will regulate their control on insurance companies.
2) Govt. will take steps to reduce the value of premiums which encourage them to take insurance policies in their budget.We will not regulate the insurance companies.

Second issue was social security as an individual enter into his old age life cycle,he/she needs money for their livelihood and for safety purposes.Here people also has retirements plans which are similar to our provident fund plans.But the problem is that here old generation people are more than young generation,it means people who are ready to redeem the money this time are higher than deposit the money so there may be less funds for the upcoming generation.So there is need to raise the funds but country expenses are already very high for their national security expenses.
U.S.A. Govt. is already spending $10billion every month on their security policies like America army forces is living in Iraq from 5years and 7years in Afghanistan as they are neither winning nor losing.Govt. is facing life and money loss.So both parties were suggesting their opinions how will they overcome with that situation and put more efforts for the welfare of country and their citizens.

Third issue was energy resources as petrol prices are hiking rapidly which affecting the whole world.U.S.A. is consuming 25% of total petrol oil consumption and now this is big problem for this country as yet its just importing all oil.America has its own oil fields which are not digging currently by them as they want to keep it reserve for their upcoming generation but that's just 3% So how would they manage in future?The solution given by both the parties are below:-

1) Govt. will start dig their oil fields.
2) Govt. will start dig their oil fields but its not sufficient as its consumption level is higher than its reserves.So we will start find or search new resources like solar gas,hybrid cars and so on which is the exact solution of this problem.

So this is the right way to express your ideas,opinions as you are going to become president of a country and its your responsibility to provide nation security and work for welfare of the citizens.