Thought for the day

Love Poems No. 9 : WHO PULLS ME BACK?

WHO PULLS ME BACK?

Who calls me from behind?

I cannot move a step

As I am pulled to the centre

Though the wide world beckons me.

           

            What is it that makes me sad

Though all I have to give me joy?

What is it that holds me back

From seeking pastures ever anew?

I am destined to remain in place

In steadfast love and divine care

For it is his pleasure and will

And my life and gifts His alone.

Let me flow on the wings of time,

Though I don’t fly ahead of time

In supersonic jets around,

At last to reach the desired shore.

                                       Dr. Abraham Karickam

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District Camp of Bharath Scouts and Guides in KIPS

K. Lillykutty, AEO Kottarakkara inaugurating Scout and Guide District Camp at KIPS on 24th August, 2013

BHARATH SCOUTS AND GUIDES

The Boy Scouts Movement had a simple start in the year 1907 when a retired Army General Lord Baden Powell conducted an experimental camp in Brown sea Island in England with 20 boys. The successful conduct of the camp and publication of the Book “Scouting for Boys” in a fortnightly marked the start of the Boy Scout Movement.In the year 1910, Crystal palace Rally was held where Girls wearing the boy Scout uniform appeared and wanted to join the Scout Movement. Lord Baden Powell decided to start a movement for Girls with the help of his sister Agnes Baden Powell

Scouting started in India in the year 1909, when Captain T.H.Baker established the first Scout Troop in Bangalore and got it registered with imperial Headquarters, London.subsequently, Scout Troops were formed in Kirkee (Pune), Simla, Madras, Jabalpur,  Lonavla (Mumbai) and registered with the Imperial Headquarters during 1910 and 1911. These units were open to European and Anglo Indian Children only.The first Guide Company in India was started in Jabalpur, Central India  in 1911.As the Scout Movement was not initially open to the Indian boys, Nationalist leaders of India decided to offer Scouting activities to Indian Boys and Sewa Samiti Scout Association was formed with Headquarters in Allahabad by Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya, Pandit Hriday Nath Kunzru and Pandit Sriram Bajpai. Dr.Annie Besant with the help of  Shri G.S.Arundale started a seperate Scout Association for Indian Boys in Madras.

Efforts were made for unification of different scout groups existing in India during the visit of Lord Baden Powell to India in 1921 and 1937 but failed. Major reason for the failure in unification was the promise clause which included the word “Duty to King”. Our Patriotic sentiments of our Nationalist leaders did not approve the allegiance to the British Empire and instead it was insisted that allegiance  loyalty to the Country should be part of the Scout Promise.. 

Love Poems No. 8 : BECAUSE OF YOU AND YOU ALONE

BECAUSE OF YOU AND YOU ALONE

I was a lost sheep, You saved me,

I was a lost penny, You found me;

Because of you I am what I am

Because of You and You alone.

Wintry blows and stormy blasts

About to up root this feeble bud

 Heaved in vain because I was

Always under blessed care

Of thousand angles on command

To help me see the spring advance

With joyful colours all around,
Because of You and You alone.

                  Dr. Abraham Karickam

List of Indian Prime Ministers (1947-2013)

No	Name	Entered office	Left office	Date of Birth	Date of Death	Political party
1	Jawahar Lal Nehru	15-Aug-1947	27-May-1964	14-Nov-1889	27-May-1964	Indian NationalCongress
2	Gulzarilal Nanda	27-May-1964	9 June 1964 *	4 July 1898	15-Jan-1998	Indian NationalCongress
3	Lal Bahadur Shastri	09-Jun-1964	11-Jan-1966	02-Oct-1904	11-Jan-1966	Indian NationalCongress
4	Gulzarilal Nanda	11-Jan-1966	24 January 1966   *	4-July-1898	15-Jan-1998	Indian NationalCongress
5	Indira Gandhi	24-Jan-1966	24-Mar-1977	19-Nov-1917	31-Oct-1984	Indian NationalCongress
6	Morarji Desai	24-Mar-1977	28-Jul-1979	29-Feb-1896	10-Apr-1995	Janata Party
7	Charan Singh	28-Jul-1979	14-Jan-1980	23-Dec-1902	29-May-1987	Janata Party
8	Indira Gandhi	14-Jan-1980	31-Oct-1984	19-Nov-1917	31-Oct-1984	Indian NationalCongress
9	Rajiv Gandhi	31-Oct-1984	02-Dec-1989	20-Aug-1944	21-May-1991	Indian National Congress(Indira)
10	Vishwanath PratapSingh	02-Dec-1989	10-Nov-1990	25-Jun-1931	27-Nov-2008	Janata Dal
11	Chandra Shekhar	10-Nov-1990	21-Jun-1991	01-Jul-1927	08-Jul-2007	Samajwadi JanataParty
12	P. V. Narasimha Rao	21-Jun-1991	16-May-1996	28-Jun-1921	23-Dec-2004	Indian NationalCongress
13	Atal Bihari Vajpayee	16-May-1996	01-Jun-1996	25-Dec-1924	Alive	Bharatiya JanataParty
14	H. D. Deve Gowda	01-Jun-1996	21-Apr-1997	18-May-1933	Alive	Janata Dal
15	Inder Kumar Gujral	21-Apr-1997	19-Mar-1998	04-Dec-1919	Alive	Janata Dal
16	Atal Bihari Vajpayee	19-Mar-1998	22-May-2004	25-Dec-1924	Alive	Bharatiya JanataParty
17	Dr. Manmohan   Singh	22-May-2004	Incumbent	26-Sep-1932	Alive