Questions to ask before Marriage

Suggested Questionnaire for a
Prospective Spouse Compatibility Check before Marriage.

This is a broad Questionnaire which should help you take a decision whether the prospective person for marriage is suitable for you or not. The answers from your prospective spouse will help you take a decision if that person is suitable for you or not. It is extremely important that whoever answers this should do it with TOTAL HONESTY. If a person cannot share honest replies with his/her prospective spouse then there is NO POINT in getting married.

• We do not claim that this is an exhaustive or comprehensive list. Please feel free to add to it or modify.

• We encourage you to answer these questions to yourself before you decide to get married. Remember if you ask these questions to your would be spouse, he or she can also ask you the same.

• We have tried to make this a Gender neutral document.

Values

1. What is the most important thing for you in life.

2. Why do you want to get married.

3. What do you want to do in life. What do you want to become.

4. What do you do in your free time. What are your hobbies & interests?

5. What is your definition of happiness.

6. What is your definition of honesty.

7. How do you define success?

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Free Office Software

OpenOffice

Everybody using a PC or a laptop requires an Office suite over and above the basic Operating system. One of the main applications you can use for creating Documents, Spreadsheets and Presentations is OpenOffice. It is a suite of products which include Writer, Calc and Impress. It has

• Document editor like Word - Writer
• Spreadsheet maker like Excel - Calc
• Presentation maker like PowerPoint - Impress

In addition there is a Flow chart maker, a Maths document maker and a Database engine. This product is supported by Sun (now Oracle) and the Open Source community. It is an equivalent of MS Office and is in many respects even better than its arch rival. It is free, small, efficient and you can install it on as many computers as you like without any obligations.

You can visit http://www.openoffice.org to download it and also read more about it. It is available for most of the common platforms like Windows and Linux.

WPS Office (Kingsoft Office)

Another great alternative is WPS Office. It also has all the features mentioned above like Document, Spreadsheet and Presentation editor. OpenOffice sometimes gives some formatting issues when a complex MS Office document is opened but WPS Office is 100% compatible. It has a Free version and a paid version.

WPS Office 2016 Business edition includes word processor Writer, spreadsheet tool and a presentation manager Presentation. WPS Office is committed to providing easy-to-use and efficient office software. Composed of Writer, Spreadsheets and Presentation, WPS Office is a full-featured office suite with small size and excellent compatibility.

Highlights of WPS Office

1. WPS Office is fully compatible with Microsoft Office in three aspects: user experience, document formats and API.
2. Paragraph Layout tool in WPS Writer enables users to easily edit the paragraphs, without changing settings in the menu bar.
3. When editing spreadsheet in WPS Writer, users can simply add new rows and columns by dragging and dropping the rows or columns.
4. Built-in Docer template gallery provides users with a wide range of Writer, Spreadsheets and Presentation templates. Users can download free and ready-to-use templates from the gallery when creating a new document.
5. Small-sized package gives users fast installation and upgrade experience.
6. Taking up only a small part of memory in your PC, WPS Office runs fast and seldom crashes.
7. Save documents as DOCX / XLSX / PPTX.

Advantages of OpenOffice:

• Small size: It includes all components like Writer, Calc and Impress in less than 200Mb.
• Free: Install freely on as many computers as you like. It is totally free.
• Saves in ODF format: Allows saving document to a standard Open Document Format (ODF) format.
• Platform independent: It is available on most of the Operating systems like Windows and Linux.
• PDF generation: Allows generation of PDF documents without any external tools.
• Open Source: OpenOffice software source code is Open for scrutiny.

We would like to urge you strongly to use OpenOffice for all your PCs and laptops. About a third of the cost of a PC/laptop is the cost of an Office suite if you choose to purchase licenses of MS Office. Why spend that precious money (in these times of unending recession) when a better, efficient and free solution is available. OpenOffice has nearly all of the functionality that highly priced commercial rivals possess. Even if you need to open or edit MS Office documents, spreadsheets or presentations, it can easily do that. It can open and edit Word, Excel and PowerPoint files and save them to their original format.

NGOs and Government organizations should mandatorily use OpenOffice (many of them all over the world already do), it would save precious money for the NGOs, Government and the country. We exhort you to adopt OpenOffice software as much as possible for building your company's and country's IT infrastructure. If you have apprehensions, try it out. Most of the organizations have a mental block that OpenOffice might not be able to suffice for their demanding needs but it is not true. It has all the complex functionality that you can dream off only a slightly different way of doing it in a few cases.

There are websites and articles which provide free training, tutorials and knowledge about these products. Here are a few of them:
http://www.tutorialsforopenoffice.org
http://www.learnopenoffice.org
http://documentation.openoffice.org/tutorials/index.html
http://plan-b-for-openoffice.org - Screencasts and Help on OpenOffice

If you need any help to adopt these technologies, let us know, we can help. This article is to help save money for you, your organization and to help spread the free software movement.

Water Disaster - Using Bottled water

Here is a presentation on how Harmful Bottled Water is for the us and the earth. We must avoid using bottled water as much as possible.

• Use Glass or Copper utensils to store water at home.
• Reuse the plastic bottle purchased once as much as possible.
• Fill filtered tap water in bottle and reuse the bottle rather than buying a new bottle.

Water Disaster Presentation (Download: 2.7Mb)

Shocking facts:

• 1,500 water bottles end up as garbage every second.
• 100 Billion dollars are spent by consumers on bottled water every year.
• For a fraction of that amount everyone on the planet could have safe drinking water and proper sanitation.

AVOID USING BOTTLED WATER

Leh – Ladakh on a Budget

If you are traveling solo without a vehicle or traveling in a group without any means of transport to Leh and are on a small budget then there are many options available to you. Most of these are not discussed much on the internet. You can avail these if you are travelling alone because there is nobody else to share your costs. Taxis are one of the costliest options in Leh-Ladakh, so avoiding them can save you a lot of money. If you are travelling without a vehicle then J&K State Road Transport (JKSRTC) buses are your best option. Contrary to popular belief there are consistent buses to sites like Pangong Lake, Nubra Valley etc. The frequency is low but its consistent. People in Tourism department accept unofficially that they are unable to increase the frequency because of low usage and pressure from the taxi lobby.

Firstly some General Tips to see Leh-Ladakh

We suggest you carry all the essentials including the ones suggested below with yourself from your home as Leh & Ladakh are very costly areas. As the tourist season is only for five-six months from May to Sept all the prices are based on the assumption that the local people earn for six months and survive with that earning for 12 months.

• Give yourself 24 to 36 hours of rest aftter you land in Leh to acclamatize. Drink lots of fluids and rest well. Do not do any strenous activity the first day.
• Start early: Wake up early and start early for any visit.
• Walk to go around in Leh & elsewhere: Walking can give you good physical exercise and also save you money.
• Use a cap or scarf: Keep a cap or scarf with you to cover you head & face to save your skin from sunburn.
• Use a Sunscreen cream: Purchase a 50spf sunscreen cream / lotion for your face, nose, hands etc as Sun is very sharp in Ladakh.

Helplines in Delhi

Here is a list of helplines in Delhi. Most of them are managed by Delhi government departments.

How to start Activism & take up a Cause(s)

We assimilated some observations from our experience with Activism and fighting for different causes. Here is a list of things you can do to become an activist and start taking up causes. This was also surmised by Shri Shailesh Gandhi in a FB post in June 2016. We have assimilated the thoughts:

Eight simple steps to be an Effective Active Citizen / Activist:

1. THINK - Think of some of the issues which you feel strongly about. Jot down your thoughts about them so that you are clear what is the exact issue, what is the solution, i.e. what do you plan to do about it.
2. MEET - Have small meetings with five to ten friends to discuss how to bring change / improvement. Take suggestions on solutions from them because they might have some better solution than what you envisaged.
3. INTERNET - Send emails to your email list on the issue with possible solutions. Post it on social media (Twitter / FB etc) or write a blog about it.
4. COMMIT - Pursue the matter yourself as if this was your job. You might or might not get actual help on the ground but you must diligently pursue it.
5. ENGAGE - At appropriate times interact with officers / political leaders if necessary.
6. MEDIA - Write emails to newspapers and try to draw the attention of reporters. Many news reports have emails of reporters.
7. OWN - If you have taken ownership of the problem you will get the solution.
8. HUMILITY - Respect those who disagree with you.

Transaction Charges for Online LPG Cylinder Payment

We observed the following Transaction charges for Online payment for LPG Cylinders of IndianOil - IOCL (Indane). This should be same for all the other providers like Hindustan Petroleum (HPCL) and Bharat Petroleum (BPCL). This can help you decide what mode you wish to choose to pay. These are extra charges in addition to the LPG Cylinder's official price.

The government gives a subsidy of Rs.5/- (0.75%) for online payment so some of these charges get offset. As you can see the best and cheapest option is to pay by Debit Card which will SAVE even MORE money than paying by Cash.

Important UPDATE: Debit card charges are now Zero as government has temporarily stopped charges for all card transactions below Rs.2000/-.

Information Updated on 4th Feb 2018 (earlier update 7th Sep 2017)

How to get EWS Certificate in Delhi

Economically Weaker Section (EWS) certificates are required for school admissions and to get many other benefits in Delhi. Delhi doesn't have the concept of EWS certificates. The Ration card works as a EWS Certificate as it is issued only to people who are economically weak, i.e. annual salary is below Rs.1 Lac per year. Citizens with a salary of less than Rs. 1 Lac per month are issued the Green Ration card in Delhi. As the number of Ration cards allowed is limited for each city / state as defined by the central government, they might be available to a limited number of citizens at any time . In fact, currently (since August/September 2016) no Ration cards are being made in Delhi because Delhi has exceeded the quota available to it. In this situation you can get a EWS Salary certificate or Income Certificate made from Delhi Government. To get this made you need the following documents (all three are required now a days):

• A salary certificate or a certificate on letterhead of the institution / organization where you work specifying your salary. Your salary should be less than Rs.8,000/- per month so that it doesn't exceed Rs.1 Lac per annum limit for EWS.
• Aadhaar Card
• Voter ID card of Delhi

Note: It is important that either of the Aadhaar or Voter ID card must be at least three year old.

With these documents you can visit your local Sub-Divisional Magistrate's (SDM) office and get a income certificate (salary certificate) made which is valid for six months.

Honest Media

It is important in these times of corruption, dishonesty, bias, falling journalistic values, paid news and businesses houses manipulating media that we identify some honest news providers in India. News providers who provide fact based news and are not influenced by their owners. We have compiled such a list and present it below for your perusal. We are constantly evaluating these channels and news portals to verify their honest reporting. Some of these are not purely news organizations but provide authentic political and apolitical information. In no particular order:

• thenewsminute.com
• thewire.in
• scroll.in
• moneylife.in
• newslaundry.com
• indiaspend.org
• thebetterindia.com
• jantakareporter.com
• indiatogether.org
• thequint.com
• newsgram.com
• prsindia.org
• adrindia.org

International Media

• icij.org
• fairobserver.com

Toll Free Directory India

Here is a comprehensive Toll Free Directory for India in alphabetical order including Indian Government Toll free numbers. These numbers have been accumulated from advertisements of various businesses over last few years. They are being constantly updated. Calling all these numbers is free of charge for the caller.

• Toll Free Numbers (A)
• Toll Free Numbers (B)
• Toll Free Numbers (C)
• Toll Free Numbers (D)
• Toll Free Numbers (E)
• Toll Free Numbers (F)
• Toll Free Numbers (G)
• Toll Free Numbers (H)
• Toll Free Numbers (I)
• Toll Free Numbers (J)
• Toll Free Numbers (K)
• Toll Free Numbers (L)
• Toll Free Numbers (M)
• Toll Free Numbers (N)
• Toll Free Numbers (O)
• Toll Free Numbers (P)
• Toll Free Numbers (R)
• Toll Free Numbers (S)
• Toll Free Numbers (T)
• Toll Free Numbers (U)
• Toll Free Numbers (V)
• Toll Free Numbers (W)
• Toll Free Numbers (Y)

India Government - Toll Free

Learn English for Free

Here are some important tips to learn English if you know some Indian language or any other language. Follow these diligently rather than just joining some course for English learning. If you are serious about learning English then work on these with dedication and you are sure to succeed.

• Subscribe to an English newspaper and read it daily. Read it aloud (low volume) without disturbing others in your house. Keep a dictionary alongside and use it whenever you find a word whose meaning you don't understand.
  
  
• Converse with your friends, colleagues or relatives in English who have good command on English. They can give you feedback, improve your confidence and it will help you improve faster. If somebody in your family or your friends knows English then ask them to help you by giving some time to answer your queries every day.

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Free Hospital in Rajasthan

Here is information about a totally FREE Hospital near Udaipur, Rajasthan. Its address and contact information is:
Pacific Institute of Medical Sciences
Ambua Road, Village - Umarda, Udaipur - 313015
Rajasthan
Phones: +91-294-2980077, +91-8696440666
info(AT)pacificmedicalsciences.ac.in

They have great infrastructure and everything is totally free for patient and a person who accompanies the patient including treatment, operation, tests, medicines, food and OPD. Kindly spread this information to your friends, relatives and colleagues.