Narendra Modi - English Speeches

Inaugural Speech for Solar Power Plant - April 2012
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September 2011 - At Chennai

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Narendra Modi - Hindi and English Interviews - 2014

9.5.2014
Interview with Arnab Goswami on Times Now
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Modi was a picture of complete confidence - Comments by Arnab Goswami on the above interview
http://www.rediff.com/news/interview/ls-election-arnab-modi-was-a-picture-of-complete-confidence/20140509.htm


Interview with ETV Gujarat - 8 May 2014
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India - The Networked Readiness Index 2014 - 83 in the World

The Global Information Technology Reports (series) have been published by the World Economic Forum in partnership with INSEAD since 2002.

The Report has accompanied and monitored ICT progress for more than a decade in the world. In the process, it raised awareness of the importance of ICTs for long-term competitiveness and well-being of individual economies.

Through the lens of the Networked Readiness Index (NRI), the driving factors and impacts of networked readiness and ICT leveraging have been identified, highlighting the joint responsibility of all social actors—individuals, businesses, and governments.

The Global Information Technology Report 2014 features the latest results of the NRI, offering an overview
of the current state of ICT readiness in the world. This year’s coverage includes a record number of 148
economies, accounting for over 98 percent of global GDP.

India is ranked at 83 in the 2014 report.






Read the full report

Global Information Technology Report 2014
http://global-indices.insead.edu/documents/GITR2014.pdf




Press Conference on 2012 Report
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Press Conference on 2011 Report
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2014 Lok Sabha Elections - West Bengal

BJP Mission 272+ - West Bengal Target 5 seats and Campaign Activities

State-wise  BJP Mission 272+ (Plus)  Seat Targets

Andhra Pradesh(5) - Arunachal Pradesh (1) - Assam (5) - Bihar (30) - Chattisgarh (10) - Delhi (5)
Goa (2) - Gujarat (26) - Haryana (5) -  Himachal Pradesh (4) - Jammu and Kashmir (2) - Jharkhand (10)   Karnataka (20) - Kerala (1) - Madhya Pradesh (25) - Maharashtra (20) - Manipur - Orissa (3)
Punjab (3) - Rajasthan (25) - Tamil Nadu (5) - Tripura - Uttara Khand (5) Uttara Pradesh (55)
West Bengal (5)      Total:  272

Andaman & Nicobar Islands - Chandigarh (1) - Daman and Diu (1) - Puducherry

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State in-charge
Shri Varun Gandhi, MP
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New Delhi-110003
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BJP West Bengal 2014 Lok Sabha Election Campaign Activities

May 2014
Narendra Modi campaigned extensively in West Bengal this time.  He campaigned in Asansol for Babul Supriyo.



4 March

An upswing in the BJP vote can upset poll calculations in as many as 10 Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal:

Kolkata North    -  Shri Rahul Sinha, State President
Barrackpore,
Barasat - Shri P.C. Sarkar Jr.
Dum Dum - Shri Tapan Sikdar, Ex-MP & Central Minister
Howrah - Shri George Baker

Krishnagore,  Shri Satyabrata Mukherjee, Ex-MP & Central Minister  (2009 SATYA BRATA MOOKHERJEE M 77 GEN BJP 175199)
Birbhum,
Malda Uttar - Shri Subashkrishna Goswami Elected Block Member
Serampore -
Alipurduar.   ( 2009  MANOJ TIGGA M 36 ST BJP 199763)

In each of these constituencies, the BJP's vote share was anything between 10% and a maximum of 21% in the 2009 Lok Sabha polls.

In a four cornered contest, the upswing will make a difference
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/BJP-looks-to-upset-LS-poll-calculations-in-West-Bengal/articleshow/31358299.cms

Also candidates for six of these seats were announced by BJP in the first list.

February 2014


A 23-year old MCA student, Dhiraj Nathani, a resident of Kalakar Street in Burrabazar area from Kolkata is walking 2,000 km from Kolkata to pray for Narendra Modi at the Hanuman temple in Parwa village in Bikaneer.
http://news.oneindia.in/india/kolkata-student-walks-2000-km-to-pray-for-modi-as-prime-minister-1387890.html

5 February 2014 - Narendra Modi Rally in Kolkata

January 2014

31 January
Bappi Lahiri joined BJP.
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/bappi-da-lahiri-tv-personalities-join-bjp/1/341022.html

30 Jan
Joined BJP
Former additional chief secretary Radha Kant Tripathy,
Former state chief electoral officer S K Magan,
Former chief of customs and excise department Bishwajit Dutta.
Industrialist Sushil Kumar Agarwal,
Former MD of Tata Group R N Das
Former CMD of Central Inland Water Transport Corporation Ltd S C Saxena
http://www.financialexpress.com/news/exbabus-industry-captains-join-bharatiya-janata-party-in-bengal/1221744/0

27 Jan

Vegetables at 'prices during Vajpayee government's tenure'.

BJP West Bengal State Unit selling vegetables at 'prices during Vajpayee government's tenure'.
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/west-bengal-bjp-sells-vegetables-to-pitch-for-modi/1/340178.html


BJP state membership goes up to 7 lakh.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/modi-factor-propels-the-rise-of-bjp-rss-in-west-bengal/448030-37-64.html

20 January 2014
CNN-IBN survey says 14% vote share to BJP. 0-2 seats. Maximum people support Narendra Modi for PM (around 18%).
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/poll-tracker-bjp-wave-in-bihar-jkhand-tmc-bjd-lead-in-wb-odisha/446715-37-64.html

13 Jan 2014

BJP's Prime Minister candidate Narendra Modi's Brigade Parade Grounds rally will  kickstart the saffron party's 2014 election campaign in the state. The ground could accommodate about 800,000 people BJP state unit is planning the rally carefully. BJP is making plans to half a million people. To encash Modi's humble background of being a tea-seller in early life, similar to Modi's Mumbai rally, about 50,000 tea-sellers across the state are being invited to join the rally. Also special passes for about 100,000 small traders are being given. All  booth level workers are asked to attend the rally. There are about 80,000 booths. Rahul Sinha the president of the state unit is very confident about the success of the rally.
http://www.business-standard.com/article/politics/modi-s-campaign-in-wb-to-begin-with-brigade-rally-on-feb-5-114011300674_1.html

7 Jan 2014
BJP Minority Morcha state president Shakil Ansari said BJP cadres will visit every Muslim household in the state in order to convince them to vote for the BJP in the parliamentary polls. They would highlight that Muslims living in BJP-ruled states such as Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat are far better off compared to those living in West Bengal.
http://echoofindia.com/coochbehar-bjp-wooing-muslim-voters-clinch-ls-polls-ansari-45847?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter


5 January 2014
316 applications have come for contesting for MP seats.  The number expected to go up to 500. Rahul Sinha - BJP State President. The primary membership has gone up to 2 lakh.
R.K. Mohanty - A Retired DGP joined BJP.
Total 12 former IPS officers joined BJP.
Former two-time Trinamul MP Bikram Sarkar, joined the BJP last month in Delhi,
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1140105/jsp/bengal/story_17753432.jsp#.UtEn2dKBni5


3 January 2014 - Online booking for Narendra Modi starts.

December 2013

29 December
BJP state General Secretary Bishwapriya Roy Choudhary inaugurated the new party office at Rangamati Road in Kalchini, Alipurduar district.
http://echoofindia.com/kalchini-bjp-inaugurates-new-party-office-kalchini-45099

28 December 2013
Modi Rally in Kolkata announced.   BJP will hold  99 public meetings in West Bengal
http://headlinesindia.mapsofindia.com/social-interest-news/leaders/narendra-modi-to-address-rally-in-kolkata-next-year-151814.html

16 December
BJP is approaching celebrities to contest on its ticket.  The news is that the  party has approached former Indian cricketer Sourav Ganguly, Kolkata Knight Riders’ (KKR) Lakshmi Ratan Shukla, who is also the Bengal cricket team captain, Tollywood actress Rituparna Sengupta and a senior IPS officer. Bengal BJP president Rahul Sinha said that there is time for them to respond

http://www.business-standard.com/article/politics/bjp-scouts-for-star-candidates-from-bengal-for-2014-elections-113121600778_1.html

2009 Lok Sabha Election Results

CONSTITUENCY : 2 . Alipurduars ( Total Electors 1229301 )
1 ELIAS NARJINARY M 56 ST BSP 14153 2 14155 1.15 1.52
2 PABAN KUMAR LAKRA M 56 ST AITC 271697 371 272068 22.13 29.14
3 MANOJ TIGGA M 36 ST BJP 199763 80 199843 16.26 21.40
4 MANOHAR TIRKEY M 54 ST RSP 384055 835 384890 31.31 41.22

CONSTITUENCY : 4 . Darjeeling ( Total Electors 1215464 )
1 JASWANT SINGH M 70 GEN BJP 496935 714 497649 40.94 51.50
2 JIBESH SARKAR M 55 GEN CPM 243766 594 244360 20.10 25.29

CONSTITUENCY : 12 . Krishnanagar ( Total Electors 1223082 )
1 JYOTIRMOYEE SIKDAR F 39 GEN CPM 365363 930 366293 29.95 35.03
2 TAPAS PAUL M 51 GEN AITC 442999 680 443679 36.28 42.43
3 DEBABRATA MAJUMDAR M 36 SC BSP 10729 4 10733 0.88 1.03
4 SATYA BRATA MOOKHERJEE M 77 GEN BJP 175199 84 175283 14.33 16.76


2004 Election

Ballurghat
RSP  RANEN BARMAN 415298
BJP MANOMOHAN RAY 344152

Joynagar
RSP  SANAT KUMAR MANDAL 450043
BJP ASIT BARAN THAKUR 219522

Dum Dum
CPM AMITAVA NANDY 619325
BJP TAPAN SIKDAR 521073

Arambagh
CPM  ANIL BASU 744464
BJP SWAPAN KUMAR NANDI 151962

Midnapore
CPI PRABODH PANDA 480034
BJP RAHUL ( BISWAJIT) SINHA 319274

Durgapore
CPM  SUNIL KHAN 505250
BJP SHIB NARAYAN SAHA 227742

Burdwan
CPM  NIKHILANANDA SAR 673091
BJP ANINDYA GOPAL MITRA 201740

12 May 2014 Lok Sabha Election Constituencies

State  Constituency Poll Date Counting Date


Bihar

Valmiki Nagar 12th May 16th May
Paschim Champaran 12th May 16th May
Purvi Champaran 12th May 16th May
Vaishali 12th May 16th May
Gopalganj 12th May 16th May
Siwan 12th May 16th May

Uttar Pradesh

Domariyaganj 12th May 16th May
Maharajganj 12th May 16th May
Gorakhpur 12th May 16th May
Kushi Nagar 12th May 16th May
Deoria 12th May 16th May
Bansgaon 12th May 16th May
Lalganj 12th May 16th May
Uttar Pradesh Azamgarh 12th May 16th May
Uttar Pradesh Ghosi 12th May 16th May
Uttar Pradesh Salempur 12th May 16th May
Uttar Pradesh Ballia 12th May 16th May
Uttar Pradesh Jaunpur 12th May 16th May
Uttar Pradesh Machhlishahr 12th May 16th May
Uttar Pradesh Ghazipur 12th May 16th May
Uttar Pradesh Chandauli 12th May 16th May
Varanasi 12th May 16th May  India Today Opinion Poll - Modi will bag 56% vote 9 May 2014
    http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/india-today-group-cicero-political-stock-exchange-narendra-modi-varanasi/1/359784.html
Uttar Pradesh Mirzapur 12th May 16th May
Uttar Pradesh Robertsganj 12th May 16th May

West Bengal

West Bengal Baharampur 12th May 16th May
West Bengal Krishnanagar 12th May 16th May
West Bengal Ranaghat 12th May 16th May
West Bengal Bangaon 12th May 16th May
West Bengal Barrackpore 12th May 16th May
West Bengal Dum Dum 12th May 16th May
West Bengal Barasat 12th May 16th May
West Bengal Basirhat 12th May 16th May
West Bengal Joynagar 12th May 16th May
West Bengal Mathurapur 12th May 16th May
West Bengal Diamond Harbour 12th May 16th May
West Bengal Jadavpur 12th May 16th May
West Bengal Kolkata Dakshin 12th May 16th May
West Bengal Kolkata Uttar 12th May 16th May
West Bengal Tamluk 12th May 16th May
West Bengal Kanthi 12th May 16th May
West Bengal Ghatal 12th May 16th May

Gopala Krishna Gokhale - Biography

Gopal Krishna Gokhale was born on May 9, 1866 in Kothluk village of Guhagar taluka in Ratnagiri district, in present-day Maharashtra (then part of the Bombay Presidency) in a Chitpavan Brahmin Family.

Gokhale received English education and obtained employment as a clerk or minor official in the British Raj. Gokhale graduated from Elphinstone College in 1884. Gokhale’s education tremendously influenced the course of his future career – in addition to learning English, he was exposed to western political thought and became a great admirer of theorists such as John Stuart Mill and Edmund Burke. The respect for English political theory and institutions that Gokhale acquired in his college years would remain with him for the rest of his life. Gopal Krishna Gokhale, was one of the founding social and political leaders during the Indian Independence Movement against the British Empire in India. Gokhale was a senior leader of the Indian National Congress and founder of the Servants of India Society. Through the Society as well as the Congress and other legislative bodies he served in, Gokhale promoted not only primarily independence from the British Empire but also social reform.


Gokhale became a member of the Indian National Congress in 1889, as a protégé of social reformer Mahadev Govind Ranade. Along with other contemporary leaders like Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Dadabhai Naoroji, Bipin Chandra Pal, Lala Lajpat Rai and Annie Besant, Gokhale fought for decades to obtain greater political representation and power over public affairs for common Indians. He was moderate in his views and attitudes, and sought to petition the British authorities by cultivating a process of dialogue and discussion which would yield greater British respect for Indian rights. Gokhale had visited Ireland and had arranged for an Irish nationalist, Alfred Webb, to serve as President of the Indian National Congress in 1894. The following year, Gokhale became the Congress’s joint secretary along with Bal Gangadhara Tilak. In many ways, Tilak and Gokhale’s early careers paralleled – both were Chitpavan Brahmins, both attended Elphinstone College, both became mathematics professors, and both were important members of the Deccan Education Society.

Gokhale’s difference with Tilak centered the Age of Consent Bill introduced by the British Imperial Government, in 1891-92. Gokhale and his fellow liberal reformers, wishing to purge what they saw as superstitions and abuses in their native Hinduism, supported the Consent Bill to curb child marriage abuses. The Bill sought to raise the age of consent from ten to twelve, Tilak took issue with it; he did not object per se to the idea of moving towards the elimination of child marriage, but rather to the idea of British interference with Hindu tradition. For Tilak, such reform movements were not to be sought under imperial rule when they would be enforced by the British, but rather after independence was achieved ,when Indians would enforce it on themselves. The bill however became law in the Bombay Presidency.

In 1905, Gokhale became president of the Indian National Congress. Gokhale refused to support Tilak as candidate for president of the Congress in 1906. By now, Congress was split: Gokhale and Tilak were the respective leaders of the moderates and the "extremists" (the latter now known by the term, "aggressive nationalists") in the Congress. Tilak was an advocate of civil agitation and direct revolution to overthrow the British Empire, whereas Gokhale was a moderate reformist. As a result, the Congress Party split into two wings and was largely robbed of its effectiveness for a decade. The two sides would later patch up in 1916 after Gokhale died.


In 1905,  Gokhale founded the Servants of India Society to specifically further the expansion of Indian education. For Gokhale, true political change in India would only be possible when a new generation of Indians became educated as to their civil and patriotic duty to their country and to each other.  In his preamble to the SIS’s constitution, Gokhale wrote that “The Servants of India Society will train men prepared to devote their lives to the cause of country in a religious spirit, and will seek to promote, by all constitutional means, the national interests of the Indian people.”  The Society took up the cause of promoting Indian education in earnest, and among its many projects organized mobile libraries, founded schools, and provided night classes for factory workers. The society still exists to this day and is managing number of educational institutions and facilities like hostels.

In 1899, Gokhale was elected to the Bombay Legislative Council. He was elected to the Council of India of Governor-General of India on 22 May 1903 as non-officiating member representing Bombay Province. He later served to Imperial Legislative Council after its expansion in 1909. He there obtained a reputation as extremely knowledgeable and contributed significantly to the annual budget debates. Gokhale developed so great a reputation among the British that he was invited to London to meet with secretary of state Lord John Morley, with whom he established a rapport. Gokhale would help during his visit to shape the Morley-Minto Reforms introduced in 1909. Gokhale was appointed a CIE (Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire) in the 1904 New Year's Honours List, a formal recognition by the Empire of his service.

Gokhale was a mentor to Mahatma Gandhi in his formative years. In 1912, Gokhale visited South Africa at Gandhi's invitation. As a young barrister, Gandhi returned from his struggles against the Empire in South Africa and received personal guidance from Gokhale, including a knowledge and understanding of India and the issues confronting common Indians. By 1920, Gandhi emerged as the leader of the Indian Independence Movement. In his autobiography, Gandhi calls Gokhale his mentor and guide. Gandhi also recognised Gokhale as an admirable leader and master politician, describing him as pure as crystal, gentle as a lamb, brave as a lion and chivalrous to a fault and the most perfect man in the political field.  Gokhale was also the role model and mentor of Mohammed Ali Jinnah, the  founder of Pakistan, who in 1912, aspired to become the "Muslim Gokhale". Even the Aga Khan ( the Spiritual Head of the Islamic sect of Ismaili Khojas & grandfather of the present Aga Khan) has stated in his autobiography that Gokhale's influence on his thinking was probably considerable.

Gokhale went to England in 1908. He also visited South Africa in 1912, where Gandhi was working to improve conditions for the Indian minority living there. Gokhale died on Feb 19, 1915 at an early age of forty-nine. Bal Gangadhar Tilak, his lifelong political opponent, said at his funeral: "This diamond of India, this jewel of Maharashtra, this prince of workers is taking eternal rest on funeral ground. Look at him and try to emulate him".


Gokhale's impact on the course of the Indian nationalist movement was very considerable. Through his close relationship with the highest levels of British imperial government, Gokhale forced India's colonial masters to recognize the capabilities of a new generation of educated Indians and to include them more than ever before in the governing process. Gokhale’s firm belief in the need for universal education deeply inspired the next great man on the Indian political stage, Mohandas K. Gandh.  Gokhale's faith in western political institutions was rejected by Gandhi but those institutions were adopted by an independent India in 1950.


His name is commemorated in the names of the Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics in Pune, the Gokhale Memorial Girls' College in Kolkata, the Gokhale Hall in Chennai, the Gokhale Centenary College in Ankola, the Gopal Krishna Gokhale College in Kolhapur, Gokhale Road in Mumbai, Gokhale Institute of Public Affairs in Bangalore,and Gokhale Hostel (of Motilal Vigyan Mahavidyalaya) in Bhopal .

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Moderates and Aggressive (Extremists) in Congress - Gokhale versus Tilak
Bharat Ek Khoj - Video
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History of Congress
http://www.ukpcc.org.in/?page_id=100

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gopal_Krishna_Gokhale


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Swami Chinmayananda - Biography

Swami Chinmayananda, was named Balakrishnan by his parents and  he was born  at Ernakulam (Kerala) on the 8th of May, 1916.

He was brilliant in his studies and emerged out of the Lucknow University as a Master of Arts. He studied the great works of Swami Vivekananda, Aurobindo and others, and found his way to his Master, Swami Sivananda. Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj entrusted him with conducting a Gita Committee, as Gurudev called it, which consisted of  Sri Balakrishna Menon (Swami Chinmayananda), Swami Krishnananda, a very learned philosopher from Bihar called Sri Nanda Kishore Srivastava, etc. He used to conduct classes in the Ashram, now and then. He was ordained into Sannyasa by Sri Gurudev on 25th February, 1949 to pursue further studies of scriptures under Swami Tapovanamji Maharaj, in Uttarakashi where he stayed with the great Master studying Panchadasi and other Vedanta Texts as well as Upanishads. Having mastered these texts, Swami Chinmayananda started his own Jnana Yajna Mission and moved from corner to corner of India conducting Gita Yajna classes, Upanishad classes and discourses on the scriptures. He was  an extraordinary orator and a masterly exponent of India’s culture, its literary heritage and scriptural lore. Swami Chinmayananda has also travelled to the West many a time.

He started Chinamya Mission with many centres in various places in India and also abroad.

He is one of the world-figures in the field of spirituality and especially he promoted and developed  India’s spiritual heritage in India as well as  in many other countries of the world.

Swami Chinmayananda returned to God’s heavenly abode on August 3, 1993 at San Diego, California, USA.

Swamiji with Children - Singing and Story Telling
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http://www.dlshq.org/saints/chinmaya.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinmayananda_Saraswati


Quotations of Swami Chinmayananda
http://guide-india.blogspot.in/2012/04/thoughts-on-quotes-by-swami.html

Vidoes - Swami Chinmayananda
http://guide-india.blogspot.in/2012/04/swami-chinmayananda-speeches-on-videos.html


Birthdays of Famous Indians - List