SUNDAY, MARCH 05, 2017 (PAGE-3) SACRED SPACE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY Why Bad days Nokia bounces back Sant Rajinder Singh Ji Maharaj stopped feeding them, and they are in pain to God. One is the gift of poverty. When we Yantragyan the glossy black will debut at Rs 21,000 used to seeing, with a familiar design. The Nokia 3 also features an 8- from the sharp edges cutting into their are rich and living in the lap of luxury, we ($315) approx . Both variants will be Our favorite mobile brand is megapixel camera at the front and rear, bodies. Then, the mother eagle even uses do not think about God. But when we sud- available worldwide including starting in back with 4 new devices including and a pure version of Android 7.1.1 Life is filled with many her beak to remove the soft material from denly lose all that we own, our stocks drop, Q2, or by June. legendery Nokia 3310. The new Nokia 5 Nougat. It feels nice enough as a basic the nest, leaving only the sharp objects. or we lose our home, we begin to think adversities. We struggle Nokia mobile devices launch are The second Nokia-branded Android budget smartphone, and still manages to The discomfort becomes so great that the about God. Another is the gift of ignominy. managed by HMD Global (The phone is Nokia 5. It's slightly smaller feel like the type of low-end Nokia phone with health problems, babies want to leave the nest. They then When we have name and fame, and people company formed by ex- Nokia than the Nokia 6 thanks to its 5.2-inch you'd expect to see in 2017. HMD will begin to fly away to get out of the nest. respect and praise us, we are happy and do financial problems, executives). HMD Global has display, and it's all powered by 2GB of also start shipping the Nokia 3 in Q2, It may seem that the mother eagle is not think about God. But when the tides brought license for the Nokia RAM, 16GB of storage, and Qual- priced at Rs 9,500 approx ($147) and relationship problems, and cruel in creating a painful environment turn and we are slandered, criticized, and branding. Now, coming whether comm's Snapdragon 430 processor. available in blue, silver, matte black, and for the baby eagles. But the lesson in vilified, suddenly we turn to God for help. emotional problems. We HMD Global has managed to do The main difference between the Nokia copper. adversity is that the pain causes them to Misfortunes have the power to make us justice to Legendery Nokia Brand. wonder why God does not want to escape from their comfortable turn to a higher Power for help. grant us a life of ease, existence. The mother eagle stirs up the A Wake Up Reminder from God Our Initial verdict is mostly opti- mistic. Let's look at the 4 new Nokia discontent so they can leave the nest and Sometimes if we become too compla- free of burdens. device which were launched recently. fly towards independence. cent, God may shake things up a bit to There is a beautiful example from Nokia 3: the low budget android phone , The Value of Adversity make us do our spiritual work. God wants nature that gives us a different perspec- Nokia 5: the sub mid- budget android This beautiful analogy from nature all of the baby eagles to soar. God wants us tive about adversity. The eagle finds the phone , Nokia 6: the mid- budget android explains the value of adversity in our to soar from this physical region to the tallest tree or the highest mountain phone and legendery Nokia 3310 with lives. If people were too happy and com- astral, from the astral region to the causal ledge to build its nest. Few people can new design. fortable in their physical existence, they region, from the causal region to the supra- see how the eagle builds its nest because What diffrentiates these Nokia would never seek God. Most people turn it is too high for most people. Some phones from rest of the phones. Solid to God only in times of trouble. When and sturdy body of the phone (confi- researchers found ways to observe the they are faced with intolerable pain, an dence of Nokia) and pure android expe- rience. Nokia will be providing android updtaes for full 2 yrs, this is great as most But when the tides of the companies fail to do so. Nokia 6 turn and we are HMD already unveiled its Nokia 6 slandered, criticized, smartphone earlier for the Chinese mar- ket, but it's now going global with a few and vilified, suddenly changes. The Nokia 6 is the biggest of all three of these Nokia-branded handsets, 6 and Nokia 5 is design. While the Nokia 3310 we turn to God for help. featuring a 5.5-inch display (1920 x Nokia 5 is also aluminum, it has curved The last one is the great Nokia 3310. 1080), 3GB of RAM, 32GB of storage, edges that make the display feel like it's 3310 is making a nostalgic return in the Misfortunes have the and all powered by Qualcomm's Snap- bleeding into its metal casing. As a form of a more modern variant, thanks dragon 430 processor. The forward-fac- result, it feels a lot nicer to hold. It to Nokia-branded phone maker HMD. power to make us turn ing camera (8-megapixel) is getting reminds me a lot of holding an iPhone, Like its predecessor, it will still be called upgraded with a wide-angle lens and and there are no sharp edges or ugly the Nokia 3310, but this time it's running Nokia's Series 30+ software, with a 2.4- to a higher Power auto-focus, and the regular camera bumps. "The Nokia 5 is the most inch QVGA display, a 2-megapixel cam- remains the same as the Chinese variant: impressive for the price." era, and even a microSD slot. for help. 16-megapixel with dual tone flash. This Just like the Nokia 6, the Nokia 5 is also powered by Android 7.1.1 Nougat. Those specs are still fairly basic by our probably isn't going to take amazing pho- eagle building the nest and were sur- incurable illness, a devastating loss, or a Nokia is once again relying on its hard- modern phone standards, but that's the tos like you'd expect from a premium prised by its unusual method. The eagle financial disaster, they find that life is not ware as the main selling point, with a beauty of such a basic featurephone. smartphone, but it seems capable lays the first layer of the nest with sharp as great as they thought it was. Suddenly, causal region, and from there to return to 13-megapixel camera at the rear and a Unlike the brick-like sturdiness of the enough.If you liked this article like objects such as thorns and jagged and life becomes difficult. All the ease and the highest spiritual realms. God may do wide-angle 8-megapixel forward-fac- old 3310, the modern variant is a little yantragyan on facebook. If you're plan- sharp stones. It is hard to believe that comfort they may have previously experi- whatever it takes to help all the eagles fly ing camera. Both will be sufficient for smaller, thinner, and lighter all round. ning to take a lot of photos, you'll also be the eagle finds these razor sharp objects enced is converted into a sense of dark- and return Home. average use, but this is another mid- It's also a lot more colorful this time as an appropriate nest for its young. ness and doom. It is during those times of If faced with adversity from which it able to expand storage thanks to a range Android phone so if you're not around, with glossy yellow and red col- Next, the eagle covers the layer of sharp pain and crises that we begin to wonder if seems there is nothing we can do to microSD slot. Nokia is also planning to going to get the best camera phone on ors, and matte grey and dark blue mod- objects with soft material, such as wood, life is as good as we thought. We start to relieve it, we should take it as a gift from launch it's Premium phone later this the market here. HMD will ship the els. It's instantly recognizable as a feathers, and animal fur. As the baby wonder if there is more to life. We begin God to remind us that this world is not year. Nokia 5 in Q2 across the world, priced Nokia,Nokia has even included a mod- birds hatch from their eggs, the soft to question if there is a God, and what is our true Home. It is a wakeup call to The Nokia 6 is manufactured from a at Rs 13,500 ($199) approx and avail- ern Snake game on the handset just to layer of the nest surrounds them. the purpose of this life. teach us that we should not be too com- block of aluminum with diamond cut able in blue, silver, matte black, and play on the nostalgia. After they grow a bit, the mother eagle Adversity turns our face to God. fortable in this physical world, as it is edges. In the hand it gives it a very indus- copper. Opera Mini is bundled for basic web takes the nest material and mixes it up. Without it, most people would not give actually a region of maya, of pain, and of trial metallic feel, with sharp edges that Nokia 3 surfing, but the real selling point is bat- The jumbled mass becomes a mixture of God a second thought. They would live suffering. We can wake up to the sharp- meet the matte aluminum body. Viewing The third and final new Nokia tery life. Just like most featurephones, the sharp objects and the soft ones. She and die without even thinking about ness of life so that we can rise from this angles of the display are good, and the Android phone is the Nokia 3, and it's the standby time on the Nokia 3310 is 31 takes her talons and then begins to point God. Suffering has the value of turning physical world and soar into spiritual 5.5-inch size feels just about right. HMD most basic of the trio. HMD has stepped days, alongside a talk time of 22 hours. the sharp objects towards the baby birds. our attention to the Lord. It makes us realms within. At times, God removes the is also offering up an Arte Black limited down to a 5-inch display for the Nokia 3, That's a massive amount of battery life. Some of the sharp edges even cut against pray to God to help us. When things soft coverings so we can be reminded that edition version of the Nokia 6. It's a paired with 2GB of RAM, 16GB of stor- HMD is planning to make the new the baby birds' skin. Soon, the mother become so rough, it causes us to ques- this life is painful and full of suffering. glossy version with 64GB of storage and age, and an MTK 6737 quad-core proces- Nokia 3310 available in Q2 (June) this stops putting the food from her mouth into tion what life is about and we begin to This realization will drive us to put in a 4GB of RAM. The main difference is gloss sor. Unlike the 5 and the 6, the Nokia 3 year for 49 euros ($52) or Rs 3500. the babies' mouths. Suddenly, their com- search for answers. greater effort to meditate more and to and price, as the matte black, silver, blue, features a polycarbonate back, with an So this was all about Nokia comeback. fortable world has become painful. They Saints and spiritual Masters have spo- soar to our Home of true peace, the lap of or copper versions of the Nokia 6 will aluminum frame. It feels more like one If you liked this article like yantragyan are hungry because the mother has ken of gifts that we may be given to turn us God. retail at Rs 16,500 ($242) approx , and of the lower end Lumia devices we're on facebook. HERITAGE BOOK REVIEW Spotlight on Sudhmahadev Varanasi: The Eternal City O.P. Sharma Aditi Kohli ual of Benaras, wants to see himself at an apex. Even though invisible, have their source inside Ganga. Name of book : Sudhmahadev: if he is facing troubles, he never complains. He has There are total 84 Ghats in Varanasi with their own An Introduction Varanasi is a city that holds a charm the courage to face the life. Chewing pan is the importance and different legends. When we talk Author : Ayodhya Nath Kerni all its own, unparallel, where spirituality nature of every Banarasi. He has the fair to use terms about Benaras and Ganga Ghats, it is impossible to Publisher : Kerni Publications, becomes synonymous with peace and like 'abey', jargon like 'arey raja'. Having rabri with skip the Mahashamshaan of the city i.e Manikarni- Udhampur. tranquility and rituals become a way of jalebi is a matter of pride. Here people speak in their ka and Harishchandra Ghats. life. Varanasi has also been known as native language but their demeanour is like that of These are not only the cremation centres, but the Kashi and Benaras, but is present name a pure Banarasi. So it is hard to distinguish between gateway to nirvana. Puranas mention that although The 136-page book entitled is a restoration of an ancient name hindus, muslims, Sikhs and christans. Today the whole Kashi is one big Mahashamshaan, it does “ Sudhmahadev: Ek Parchey” in meaning the city between two rivers- Varanasi is a centre of learning, especially for San- not mean that purposeful cremation can take place Hindi authored by Ayodhya Nath the Varauana and Asi. Besides being a skrit scholars and students flock here from all over anywhere in the city. Right from its journey from Kerni is an interesting and informa- the world. Varanasi has become the symbol of Hin- Gangotri to the Ganga Sagar, the mighty river is pilgrimage centre, it is considered an tive work on the famous spiritual du renaissance and has a special role in the devel- deemed to be 'mother', but the enthusiasm and feel- auspicious place to die, ensuring an spot in Chenani area of Udhampur instant routing to heaven. A city that opment of Hindi - the National Language of India. ing of ownership that people of Benaras seem to flaunts itself as a travel destination for The well known novelist Prem Chand and the liter- have with the Ganga is rare. The way the chants of district. This place with an old tem- people across the globe, one that ary figure Bhartendu Harischand have played their "Ganga Maiya Ki Jai", "Har Har Mahadev" , "Jai ple of Lord Shiva known as Sudhma- throws up the spectacle of confluence parts in this development. Tulsi Das the famous poet Kashi Vishwanath" echo through the holy city hadev attracts many devotees speaks volume. throughout the year but there is a The extent of Banaras is very big gathering on the occasion of vast. With Rs. 50/- sufficiency for a decent snaking session for three-day annual Sudhmahadev a couple, it doesn't cost much? Fair. Thousands of people from the The staple breakfast of Sambar- area around and far away places vada , Kachuri-jalebi comple- gather to celebrate the festival. ments "the united colors of food" Suitable arrangements for transport, of the city. A street with jostling accommodation are made and spe- works, numerous visits to the sites, studying crowds called the Vishwanath the major features of art and architecture of Gali - a perfect blend for women cial religious and cultural functions held. this spiritual temple and also the- adjoining to shop their favorite articles. places of religious importance. The writer, it Whether it is bangles, or items amply appears to me, is a devotee who has put made up of wood and clay every- This book gives an elaborate and authentic account of the spiritual significance of this holy in a lot of hard work to gather information and thing is present in the heart of the abode of Lord Shiva and his consort Parvati, sit- old traditions as also prayers to Lord Shiva. city. Multi storied houses, small uated in the sublime scenic splendour with salu- The writer has devoted one chapter on draw- shops in the same gali provides brious climate in the green forest hills. Adjoin- ing meaning of the “Takari, Sharda and other the visitors with the delicious Idli ing is the famous Mantalai resort which was scripts” which have not been deciphered so with sambar and hot and sweet developed by Yogguru late Dharendra Swami, far. It is worthwhile to mention that Mr Kerni chutney - a twist to your tongue. which added to the attraction of this place. The has contributed a lot in highlighting this reli- The shops of papad , pickles and main Shiva temple with Gaurikund and many gious place which has also full potential for meethi supari are also famous as other attractions of religious importance are the tourism development. If fully tapped this spir- souvenirs of Benaras. The world major sites for the visitors. This place is being itual place with immense natural charm holds key for socio-economic transformation of this famous drink Thandai is a sum- maintained and managed by the Dharmarth part of the State. mer drink made of Melon seeds Trust Council headed by Dr Karan Singh. Valuable Book and khas. It makes you refresh- Scenic Spot There are 23 chapters devoted to different It is worthwhile to mention that some ing even in 40' degrees. 'Khaike colour photographs of the main temple, sur- aspects of this famous holy place giving details pan benaras wala' - the popular rounding places of religious importance, of important features of the main Shiva tem- bollywood number of Amitabh works of art and architecture add to the value ple, its spiritual significance and many other Bachan has immortalized this of this book. Undoubtedly, the readers shall celebrated local delicacy. Talk- surrounding sites. The social and cultural life definitely go through this small book with of multi-currents of nationalities, reli- who wrote the hindi version of Ramayan known as ing about Benaras, so how one can forget the of the people in this area has also been high- pleasure and profit. It is a must reading book lighted by the writer in this book. Each chap- gions and beliefs. The mysticism and 'Ram Charit Manas', also lived here for many years. world famous Benarasi Sarees . There are numer- for those interested about the Jammu and ter gives specific information about its reli- ancient look and feel, the sheer aura Varanasi has also witnessed as the birth place of ous stores of silk articles here. Kashmir as part of the ancient and great spir- gious, social and historical importance. A Rani Jhansi Bai. The narrow alleys situated on the Suvidha Saree Camp, at Dasasumedh Road itual heritage. Mr Kerni has rendered a useful and a compelling environment of spiri- prayer to Lord Shiva is one with which the river side of Ganges are mesmerizing. Walking there Varanasi is one of the renowned stores of silk where service to the society and opened many aspects tuality envelops Varanasi. Banaras is book begins and also a background note by the not a city but is a personality itself that and over hanged tall buildings throw a beautiful pic- one can find the finest silk articles on reasonable e of this pilgrim centre and a tourist spot. When author pens the context and motivation for suitable infrastructural facilities are provided turesque. It's a fascinating area to wander around. prices. Benaras is a city of beliefs and belivers. has a charm, history and perfection in writing the accurate account of this presti- and well-publicized and aptly-managed cir- its own. Benaras is so interesting, as it One of the best ways to get oriented in Varanasi is Beliefs may believe rationale or reason, but connect to experience the most important " The gious pilgrim-cum-tourist place in Jammu cuits built up there is very vast scope of attract- seems to be a fiction character of a sto- direct to heart and soul. One & one doesn't make region of J&K State. ing thousands of pilgrims and tourists to ry. Dasaswamedh Ghat". According to a legend, it was eleven, but still people have their calculation right Brahma who did Dasavamedh Yagna here. The sec- Spiritual Significance charming Sudhmahadev and other adjoining It is amazing to see that in other parts of the world here. The magic of Benaras continues to cast spell ond one is Panchganga Ghat, it is said about Panch- The writer of this book has certainly under- spots. This book is worth the price and time the birth of a person is celebrated but Benaras rel- on us, it's impact & stories continue to hypnotize. taken an uphill task by consulting old records, spent on it and many readers should keep it as ganga Ghat that it is confluence of five rivers, which ishes the death as commemoration. Every individ- The city is best called "the City of Lights". going through the voluminous religious a prized possession.