100th Birth Anniversary

Its 100th Anniversary of Mother Theresa. We have a small English lesson during our schooling on Mother.. I wondered how a girl have so much determination to do according to her will at such small age.. I still remember she just have Rs.5/- when she left home with gr8 intention to serve the poor and needy. In our day to day life every one will come across people who need help, but we all think whether to do or not. She is the only person to take immediate action for the ppl who are in need without even thinking what to do or how to do....  On this very spl day of her 100th Birth Anniversary we just remember a few remarkable things done my our Mother -

             Mother Teresa was born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu on August 26, 1910. She died on September 5, 1997. She was a Catholic nun of Albanian ethnicity and Indian citizenship who founded the Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata, India in 1950.She was renowned for her great compassion and works of charity. For over 45 years, she served the poor, sick, orphaned, and dying.She was also a Nobel peace prize winner. After her death, Pope John Paul II beatified her and gave her the title "Blessed Teresa of Calcutta."

By the 1970s, she was internationally famed as a humanitarian and advocate for the poor and helpless, due in part to a documentary and book Something Beautiful for God by Malcolm Muggeridge. She won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 and India's highest civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna, in 1980 for her humanitarian work. Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity continued to expand, and at the time of her death it was operating 610 missions in 123 countries.

Missionaries Of Charity

On 10 September 1946, Teresa experienced what she later described as "the call within the call" while traveling to the Loreto convent in Darjeeling from Calcutta for her annual retreat. "I was to leave the convent and help the poor while living among them. It was an order. To fail would have been to break the faith." She began her missionary work with the poor in 1948, replacing her traditional Loreto habit with a simple white cotton sari decorated with a blue border, adopted Indian citizenship, and ventured out into the slums. Initially she started a school in Motijhil; soon she started tending to the needs of the destitute and starving. Her efforts quickly caught the attention of Indian officials, including the prime minister, who expressed his appreciation.

• In 1978, she inaugurated the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Home for the Sick & Dying Destitute) in Tayuman, Tondo, Manila.
• In 1986, the Home of Joy (Home for the Sick & Malnourished Children) was completed in Tayuman, Tondo.
• Similar centers of the Missionaries of Charity were also put up in the Archdioceses of Lingayen-Dagupan, Caceres, Cebu, Davao, Tuguegarao and Palo, and the dioceses of Antipolo, Iba, Kalibo, Bacolod, Calbayog, and Imus.

"Her tireless efforts to love the poor, the sick and the dying brought her to all corners of the world where she met with leaders and royalty clad in her blue and white sari-like habit and, sometimes, in her rubber slippers " - Manila Archdiocese

Hats Off to you Mother for your invaluable service to poor and needy... You have been inspiration to many people. Though physically you were not present in this world, we always feel your presence through unconditional service you offered ... We see you in all missionaries Run by you and which were started with your inspiration... We remember you for ever... 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR MOTHER

Khudiram Bose…first Indian to throw bomb on Britishers

Got to post this on August 15 itself, but  I missed it :(
Courtesy : indialegacy.com

Born On 3 Dec 1889, he was admitted to Hamilton school. As a boy, he was interested in reading detective novels & loved to play the flute.



On 16 Oct, 1905 , when Bengal was divided by Lord Curzon, it further infuriated the activists. Aurobindo Ghosh & Barin ghosh, along with Raja Subodh Malik together formed a secret revolutionary outfit called the Yugantar.


Khudiram was an active member of the Yugantar outfit in Medinipur. He came to be known in those parts for kidnapping a police officer & escaping after being arrested for disturbing a nationalist propaganda called Sonar Bangla. He also robbed mailbags to accumulate funds for the society’s operations.


In 1907, the British passed “The Black Law”. Under that law, thousands of patriots, publishers and activists were imprisoned. The atrocious judge Kingsford had passed the judgement.


Yugantar decided to kill Kingsford & Khudiram & Prafulla Chaki were chosen to execute him.


On 30 April, 1908, they saw a carriage approaching, thinking it was Kingsford they threw bombs & destroyed it. Alas it was Mrs. & Miss Kennedy and not Kingsford. A massive manhunt followed and while Khudiram was arrested on 1 May, 1908, Prafulla evaded arrest by shooting himself. When the judge announced Khudiram’s execution & asked what was his last wish.


Khudiram said he wished to teach other Indians how to make bombs, as he was the first Indian to throw the bomb.


Khudiram was hanged to death on 11 Aug, 1908. When the British officials saw him walking to the Gallows with a smile they asked him if he was not scared of death. The teenager showed the Geeta Book and said “Read this and you would also attain fearlessness”.