My India

ADOPT

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There are so many reasons to adopt.  In fact there are approximately 147,000,000 to 210,000,000 reasons to adopt.  However, here are just a few statistics (keep in mind that this is an incomplete list and only barely begins to touch the depths of this issue) …

o       There are an estimated 600,000,000 children live in absolute poverty.

o       Every year more than 10,000,000 children die of hunger and preventable diseases – that’s over 30,000 per day and one every 3 seconds.

o       Every year nearly 11,000,000 children die before their fifth birthday.

o       It is estimated there are between 143,000,000 and 210,000,000 orphans worldwide.  The current population of the United States is just a little over 300,000,000… to give you an idea of the enormity of the numbers… (The current population of Russia is 141 million)

o       Of the 993 million children in Asia, approximately 65 million are orphans.

o       Of the 288 million children in Sub-Saharan Africa, approximately 34 million are orphans
Of the 162 million children in Latin America and the Caribbean, approximately 8 million are orphans

o       In CHINA there are more than 40,000 orphanages with an estimated 3 million orphans. Two in five babies entering the system die.

o       INDIA has more than 18 million children living on the streets. Orphanages are filled with the abandoned.

o       In AFRICA, every 15 seconds, another child becomes an AID’s orphan.

o       In the UNITED STATES there are approximately 500,000 children in the foster care system. Of those, 118,000 are currently available for adoption.

o       Every day 5,760 more children become orphans.

o       143,000,000 Orphans in the world today spend an average of 10 years in an orphanage or foster home.

o       Approximately 250,000 children are adopted annually, but…

o       At age 16 orphans age out of the system.  That means every 2.2 seconds another orphan ages out with no family to belong to and no place to call home.  That is 38,493 every day or 14, 505, 000 children per year.

o       In Russia and the Ukraine alone, studies have shown that 10% – 15% of these children commit sucide before they reach age eighteen.

o       These studies also show that 60% of the girls become prostitutes and 70% of the boys become hardened criminals.

  

 

May our hearts grow softer and our voices rise louder…

“Defend the cause of the weak and the fatherless;
Maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed.
Deliver the weak and the needy from the hand of the wicked.”

Proud to be an Indian

                                             
PROUD TO BE AN INDIAN.

 

Let the world know what we stand for.

There are 3.22 Million Indians in America.
38% of Doctors in America are Indians.
12% of Scientists in America are Indians.
36% of NASA employees are Indians.
34% of MICROSOFT employees are Indians.
28% of IBM employees are Indians.
17% of INTEL employees are Indians.
13% of XEROX employees are Indians.

You may know some of these facts. These facts were recently published in a German Magazine, which deals with 

WORLD HISTORY FACTS ABOUT INDIA. 

Ø  India never invaded any country in her last100000 years of history.

Ø  India invented the Number System.

Ø  Aryabhatta invented zero.

Ø  The World's first university was established in Takshila in 700BC.More than 10,500 students from all over the world studied more than 60 subjects. The University of Nalanda built in the 4th century BC was one of the greatest achievements of ancient India in the field of education.

Ø  Sanskrit is the mother of all the European languages. Sanskrit is the most suitable language for computer software reported in Forbes magazine, July 1987.

Ø  Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to  humans. Charaka, the father of medicine consolidated Ayurveda 2500 years ago. Today Ayurveda is fast regaining its rightful place in our civilization.

Ø  Although modern images of India often show poverty and lack of development, India was the richest country on earth until the time of British invasion in the early 17th Century

Ø  The art of Navigation was born in the river Sindh 6000 years ago.The very word Navigation is derived from the Sanskrit word NAVGATIH.

Ø  The Word navy is also derived from Sanskrit 'Nou'.

Ø  Bhaskaracharya calculated the time taken by the earth to orbit the sun hundreds of years before the astronomer Smart.; Time taken by earth to orbit the sun: (5th century) 365.258756484 days.

Ø  Budhayana first calculated the value of pi, and he explained the concept of what is known as the Pythagorean Theorem. He discovered this in the 6th century long before the European mathematicians.

Ø  Algebra, trigonometry and calculus came from India;

Ø  Quadratic equations were by Sridharacharya in the11th century; the largest numbers the Greeks and the Romans used were 10 6(10 to the power of 6) whereas Hindus Used numbers as big as 1053 (10 to the power of 53) with specific names as Early as 5000 BCE during the Vedic period. Even today, the largest used number is Tera 1012(10 to the power of 12).

Ø  According to the Gemological Institute of America, up until 1896,India was the only source for diamonds to the world.

Ø  USA based IEEE has proved what has been a century-old suspicion in the world scientific community that the pioneer of Wireless communication was Prof. Jagdeesh Bose and not Marconi.

Ø  The earliest reservoir and dam for irrigation was built in Saurashtra. According to Saka King rudradaman I of 150 CE a beautiful lake called 'Sudarshana' was constructed on the hills of Raivataka during Chandragupta Maurya's time.

Ø  Chess (Shataranja or AshtaPada) was invented in India.

Ø  Sushruta is the father of surgery. 2600 years ago he and health scientists of his time conducted complicated surgeries like cesareans, cataract, artificial limbs, fractures, urinary stones and even plastic surgery and brain surgery.

Ø  Usage of anesthesia was well known in ancient India.

Ø  Over 125 surgical equipment were used. Deep knowledge of anatomy, etiology, embryology, digestion, metabolism, genetics and immunity is also found in many texts.

Ø  When many cultures were only nomadic forest dwellers over 5000 years ago, Indians established Harappan culture in Sindhu Valley (Indus Valley Civilization)
The place value system, the decimal system was developed in India in 100 BC.

                            QUOTES ABOUT INDIA:

    Albert Einstein said: We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been   made.
Mark Twain said: India is the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend, and the great grand mother of tradition. Our most valuable and most structive materials in the history of man are treasured up in India only.
French scholar Romain Rolland said: If there is one place on the face of earth where all the dreams of living men have found a home from the very earliest days when man began the dream of existence, it is India.
Hu Shih, former Ambassador of China to USA said: India conquered And dominated China culturally for 20 centuries without ever having to send a single soldier across her border.

    All the above is just the TIP of the iceberg, the list could be endless. BUT, if we don't see even a glimpse of that great India in the India That we see today, it clearly means that we are not working up to our Potential and that if we do, we could once again; be an ever shining and Inspiring country setting a bright path for rest of the world to follow. I Hope you enjoyed it and work towards the welfare of INDIA.

PROUD to be an INDIAN.