China's "identity" crisis !!

"What's in the name ?" - So goes the saying ! But Chinese might not agree to that. One cannot dispute the their protest as they have been sharing just 100 surnames among more than one billion people.

Intersting to note that a child should share surname of only mother or father. That has lead to the current situation. Officially the chinese govt has realeased a note saying that the surnaming trend is to be changed to suite current "Identity crisis" ! Proposal is a chinese surname can be choosen from a list of "Acceptable surnames", not just their parents.

The statistics which lead to the conclusion is worth noting :
(in Millions)

93 Million "Wang"
(Equivalent to Population of (gernamy-82 M+ greece 11M)

92 Million "Li"
(Equivalent to Population of UK 60M + Venezula 27 M)

87 Million "Zhang "
( Equivalent to Popuulations of Australia 20M + France 60M)

CNN further goes on :

"The Chinese Academy of Sciences has reported that at least 100,000 people share the name of "Wang Tao", the newspaper said, causing problems in daily life."

Well thats almost 0.3 billion people sharing just 4 surnames. Imagine for others ! Mind boggling.
NExt time u visit beijing before u call aloud ur friend Wang re-think !! Because u might have a million heads stare at you !

Will Fedrer fault this season ??

Very few tennis titans in history will be remembered for their aggressiveness, skill and tact of contemporary times. Even few out of those records would travel with time to threaten the contemporary players. Roger Fedrer might not let those spirits deter him . Every one of those records are being smashed by his magic , albeit the "French Open".

Wimbledon 2007 has begun. I am one of those million fans who would love to see him unravel more of his magic. One of the best known critics of The Hindu had mentioned that his failure in french open is the only proof of him being a human and not god ! Will he ever become god ?Will Fedrer ever fault ?? Anyway that question will have to wait for one more year.

Meanwhile one would want to see more of Fedrer on grass & marshy courts merciless to his opponents ! But he is on verge of being named the greatest ever tennis player ! Bjon Borg is waiting to watch this 25 yr old swiss walk away with another record at Wimbeldon. Not just him, but the whole tennis world !!

Are you a religious driver ??

In philospohical sense, religion is supposed to moderate the ever outpacing mind in sync with soul. Especially in today's fast world, religion would be outdated if not upgraded with new versions ! Vatican very well understands that !

Vatican in issuing its latest "Drivers 10 commandments " has higlighted that lives can be saved by being a little more alert, compassionate. I feel this is an excellent example how a religion should "Drive" its followers the to the moral lane.

So what really are the commandments. Here drive thro it :

1. You shall not kill.
2. The road shall be for you a means of communion between people and not of mortal harm.
3. Courtesy, uprightness and prudence will help you deal with unforeseen events.
4. Be charitable and help your neighbor in need, especially victims of accidents.
5. Cars shall not be for you an expression of power and domination, and an occasion of sin.
6. Charitably convince the young and not so young not to drive when they are not in a fitting condition to do so.
7. Support the families of accident victims.
8. Bring guilty motorists and their victims together, at the appropriate time, so that they can undergo the liberating experience of forgiveness.
9. On the road, protect the more vulnerable party.
10. Feel responsible toward others.

I hope this message reaches to millions of drivers who just are not responsible for their safety but to other's too ! Should we call this globalisation of traffic !?

India has all along been a bad victim to accident deaths !!!

So how about being more religiously religious driver, the next time you drive ??