Express You B'day Wishes

Language How to say "Happy Birthday" Afrikaans Veels geluk met jou verjaarsdag! Albanian Urime ditelindjen! Alsatian Gueter geburtsdaa! Amharic Melkam lidet! Arabic Eid milaad saeed! or Kul sana wa inta/i tayeb/a! (masculine/feminine) Armenian Taredartzet shnorhavor! or Tsenund shnorhavor! Assyrian Eida D'moladukh Hawee Brikha! Austrian-Viennese Ois guade winsch i dia zum Gbuadsdog! Aymara (Bolivia) Suma Urupnaya Cchuru Uromankja! Azerbaijani Ad gununuz mubarek! -- for people older than youAd gunun mubarek! -- for people younger than you Basque Zorionak! Belauan-Micronesian Ungil el cherellem! Bengali (Bangladesh/India) Shuvo Jonmodin! Bicol (Philippines) Maogmang Pagkamundag! Bislama (Vanuatu) Hapi betde! or Yumi selebretem de blong bon blong yu! Brazil Parabéns a você!Parabéns a você, nesta data querida muitas felicidades e muitos anos de vida. Breton Deiz-ha-bloaz laouen deoc'h! Bulgarian Chestit Rojden Den! Cambodian Som owie nek mein aryouk yrinyu! Catalan Per molts anys! or Bon aniversari! or Moltes Felicitats! Chamorro Biba Kumplianos! Chinese-Cantonese Sun Yat Fai Lok! Chinese Fuzhou San Ni Kuai Lo! Chiness-Hakka Sang Ngit Fai Lok! Chinese-Mandarin qu ni sheng er kuai le Chinese-Shanghaiese San ruit kua lok! Chinese-Tiociu Se Jit khuai lak! Chronia Polla NA ZHSHS Croatian Sretan Rodendan! Czech Vsechno nejlepsi k Tvym narozeninam!! Danish Tillykke med fodselsdagen! Dutch-Antwerps Ne gelukkege verjoardach! Dutch-Bilzers Ne geleukkege verjoardoag! Dutch-Drents Fellisiteert! Dutch-Flemish Gelukkige verjaardag! or Prettige verjaardag! Dutch-Frisian Fan herte lokwinske! Dutch-Limburgs Proficiat! or Perfisia! Dutch-Spouwers Ne geleukkege verjeurdoag! Dutch-Twents Gefeliciteard met oen'n verjoardag! Dutch Hartelijk gefeliciteerd! or Van harte gefeliciteerd met je verjaardag! English Happy Birthday! Esperanto Felichan Naskightagon! Estonian Palju onne sunnipaevaks! Euskera Zorionak zure urtebetetze egunean! Faroes ( Faroe island ) Tillukku vid fodingardegnum! Farsi Tavalodet Mobarak! Finnish Hyvaa syntymapaivaa! French (Canada) Bonne Fete! French Joyeux Anniversaire! Frisian Lokkiche jierdei! Gaelic (Irish) Lá breithe mhaith agat! Gaelic (Scottish) Co` latha breith sona dhuibh! Galician (Spain) Ledicia no teu cumpreanos! Georgian Gilotcav dabadebis dges! German-Badisch Allis Guedi zu dim Fescht! German-Bavarian Ois Guade zu Deim Geburdstog! German-Berlinisch Allet Jute ooch zum Jeburtstach! or Ick wuensch da allet Jute zum Jeburtstach! German-Bernese Es Muentschi zum Geburri! German-Camelottisch Ewllews Gewtew zewm Gewbewrtstewg. Mew! German-Frankonian Allmecht! Iich wuensch Dir aan guuadn Gebuardsdooch! German-Lichtenstein Haerzliche Glueckwuensche zum Geburtstag! German-Moselfraenkisch Haezzlische Glickwunsch zem Gebordsdach! German-Plattdeutsch Ick wuensch Di allns Gode ton Geburtsdach! German-Rhoihessisch Ich gratelier Dir aach zum Geburtstag! German-Ruhr Allet Gute zum Gebuatstach! German-Saarlaendisch Alles Gudde for dei Gebordsdaach! German-Saechsisch Herzlischen Gliggwunsch zum Geburdsdaach! German-Schwaebisch Aelles Guade zom Gebordzdag! German-Wienerisch Ois Guade zum Geburdsdog! German Alles Gute zum Geburtstag! Greek Eytyxismena Genethlia! or Chronia Pola! Greenlandic Inuuinni pilluarit! Gronings (Netherlands) Fielsteerd mit joen verjoardag! Gujarati (India) Janma Divas Mubarak! Gujrati (Pakistan) Saal Mubarak! Guarani (Paraguay Indian)] Vy-Apave Nde Arambotyre! Hawaiian Hau`oli la hanau! Hebrew Yom Huledet Same'ach! Hiligaynon (Philippines) Masadya gid nga adlaw sa imo pagkatawo! Hindi (India) Janam Din ki badhai! or Janam Din ki shubkamnaayein! Hungarian Boldog szuletesnapot! or Isten eltessen! Icelandic Til hamingju med afmaelisdaginn! Indonesian Selamat Ulang Tahun! Irish-gaelic La-breithe mhaith agat! or Co` latha breith sona dhut! Or Breithla Shona Dhuit! Italian Buon Compleanno! Italian (Piedmont) Bun Cumpleani! Italian (Romagna) At faz tent avguri ad bon cumplean! Japanese Otanjou-bi Omedetou Gozaimasu! Javaans-Indonesia Slamet Ulang Taunmoe! Jerriais Bouon Anniversaithe! Kannada (India) Huttida Habba Subashayagalu! Kapangpangan (Philippines) Mayap a Kebaitan Kashmiri (India) Voharvod Mubarak Chuy! Kazakh (Kazakstan) Tughan kuninmen! Klingon Quchjaj qoSlIj! Korean Saeng il chuk ha ham ni da! Kurdish Rojbun a te piroz be! Kyrgyz Tulgan kunum menen! Latin Fortuna dies natalis! Latvian Daudz laimes dzimsanas diena! Lithuanian Sveikinu su gimtadieniu! or Geriausi linkejimaigimtadienio progal Luganda Nkwagaliza amazalibwa go amalungi! Luxembourgeois Vill Gleck fir daei Geburtsdaag! Macedonian Sreken roden den! Malayalam (India) Pirannal Aasamsakal! or Janmadinasamsakal! Malaysian Selamat Hari Jadi! Maltese Nifrahlek ghal gheluq sninek! Maori Kia huritau ki a koe! Marathi (India) Wadhdiwasachya Shubhechha! Mauritian Kreol mo swet u en bonlaniverser! Mbula (Umboi Island, Papua New Guinea) Leleng ambai pa mbeng ku taipet i! Mongolian Torson odriin mend hurgee! Navajo bil hoozho bi'dizhchi-neeji' 'aneilkaah! Niederdeutsch (North Germany) Ick gratuleer di scheun! Nepali Janma dhin ko Subha kamana! Norwegian Gratulerer med dagen! Oriya (India) Janmadina Abhinandan! Papiamento (lower Dutch Antilles) Masha Pabien I hopi aña mas! Pashto (Afganistan) Padayish rawaz day unbaraksha! Persian Tavalodet Mobarak! Pinoy (Philippines) Maligayang kaarawan sa iyo! Polish Wszystkiego Najlepszego! or Wszystkiego najlepszego zokazji urodzin! wszystkiego najlepszego z okazji urodzin Portuguese (Brazil) Parabens pelo seu aniversario! or Parabenspara voce! or Parabens e muitas felicidades! Portuguese Feliz Aniversario! or Parabens! Punjabi (India) Janam din diyan wadhayian! Rajasthani (India) Janam ghaanth ri badhai, khoob jeeyo! Romanian La Multi Ani! Rosarino Basico (Argentina) Feneligiz Cunumplegeanagonos! Russian S dniom razhdjenia! or Pazdravliayu s dniom razhdjenia! Sami/Lappish Lihkos Riegadanbeaivvis! Samoan Manuia lou aso fanau! Sanskrit (India) Ravihi janmadinam aacharati! Sardinian (Italy) Achent'annos! Achent'annos! Schwyzerduetsch (Swiss German) Vill Glück zum Geburri! Serbian Srecan Rodjendan! Slovak Vsetko najlepsie k narodeninam! Slovene Vse najboljse za rojstni dan! Sotho Masego motsatsing la psalo! Spanish Feliz Cumpleaños! Sri Lankan Suba Upan dinayak vewa! Sundanese Wilujeng Tepang Taun! Surinamese Mi fresteri ju! Swahili Hongera! or Heri ya Siku kuu! Swedish Grattis på födelsedagen Syriac Tahnyotho or brigo! Tagalog (Philippines) Maligayang Bati Sa Iyong Kaarawan! Taiwanese San leaz quiet lo! Tamil (India) Piranda naal vaazhthukkal! Telugu (India) Janmadina subha kankshalu! Telugu Puttina Roju Shubakanksalu! Thai Suk San Wan Keut! Tibetan Droonkher Tashi Delek! Tulu(Karnataka - India) Putudina dina saukhya! Turkish Dogum gunun kutlu olsun! Ukrainian Mnohiya lita! or Z dnem narodjennia! Urdu (India) Janam Din Mubarak Urdu (Pakistan) Saalgirah Mubarak! Vietnamese Chuc Mung Sinh Nhat! Visayan (Philippines) Malipayong adlaw nga natawhan! Welsh Penblwydd Hapus i Chi! Xhosa (South Afican) Imini emandi kuwe! Yiddish A Freilekhn Gebortstog! Yoruba (Nigeria) Eku Ojobi! Zulu (South Afican) Ilanga elimndandi kuwe!

Supporters of casteism

a r t i c l e s o n h i n d u i s m Caste and Bhagawat Gita - Contributed to this site By Ambassador O P Gupta Supporters of casteism oftenly quote two slokas viz. (IV.13) and (XVIII.41) of Shrimad Bhagwat Gita to support four castes by birth. Let us examine. In sloka (IV.13) Lord Krishna says: "Chaturvarnyma mayaa sristam gunkarma vibhagsah" i.e. four orders of society created by Me according to their Guna (qualities/behaviour) and Karma (profession/work/efforts). Lord Krishna does not say guna and karma of previous life. In sloka (XVIII.41) Lord Krishna says "Brahmana Kshatriya visham sudranam cha paramtapa, karmani pravibhaktani svabhavaprabhavaigunaih." It means people have been grouped into four classes according to their present life karma (profession/work) and svabhava (behaviour). `The division of labour into four categories - Brahman, Ksatriya, Vaishya and Sudra - is also based on the Gunas inherent in peoples’ nature`. Had this division been based on birth, Lord Krishna would have naturally used phrase 'Janmani pravibhaktani' in the very shloka (XVIII.41). In sloka (XVIII.42), Lord Krishna prescribes duties (karma) which one must do in order to qualify as a Brahman i.e. among other duties (karma), he must have studied Vedas and must teach Vedas to others. Thus, if a person has neither studied Veda, nor teaches Veda to others, he is not a Brahman. Brahman categorisation is an acquirement through efforts like present day degrees of MA, MBBS etc. A teacher’s son cannot be called a teacher by birth, a General’s son is not a general by birth, son of an engineer is not an engineer by birth, son of an IFS officer cannot be called an IFS officer by birth. Can he? Readers may note here Lord Krishna has clearly commanded that Hinduism is a missionary religion as sloka (XVIII.42) casts a duty on Brahmans to teach & propagate Vedas to others. Baba Saheb Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar is the first writer who struck me asserting that Hindusim is a missionary religion (Dr. Ambedkar: Life and Mission, Dhananjay Keer, page 270). In slokas (XVIII.68) and (XVIII.69) Lord Krishna has again cast missionary duties on his devotees to preach His gospel all over the globe. RV (X.191) and AV (III.30) also impose missionary duties on Hindu priests to bring all under harmony i.e.under one flag. Under Islamic law, anyone who attempts to convert a Muslim into a Kafir has to be killed. Feroz Shah Tughlak (1351-88) ordered to burn alive those Brahmans who tried to convert Muslims into Hinduism. In view of this Islamic capital sentence, Hindu priests perhaps permanently gave up missionary zeal. It was restarted by Arya Samaj but during the British rule as 'suddhi.' Following are the two missionary shlokas of Gita: (Gita: XVIII.68) He who, offering the highest love to Me, preaches the most profound gospel of the Gita among My devotees, shall come to Me alone; there is no doubt about it. Gita: XVIII.69: (Among men there is none who does Me a more loving service than he; nor shall anyone be dearer to Me on the entire globe than he.) In sloka (X.20) Lord Krishna says 'ahamatama gudakesa sarvabhutaa sayasthitah' i.e. `Arjuna! I am the universal self seated in the hearts of all beings.` Here, Lord neither excludes sudra from `all beings` nor excludes Himself from being in hearts of sudra. In sloka (XVIII.61) Lord says `eshwarah sarvabhutaanaam hraddesearjuna tisthati` i.e. Arjuna! God abides in the heart of all living beings. Again, sudras are not excluded. In sloka (XIV.4) Lord Krishna says 'of all embodied beings Arjuna, prakrti or nature is the conceiving Mother, while I am the seed giving Father.' Thus, Lord Krishna says that he is as much Father of sudras as he is Father of any other Hindu. In sloka (XVI.18) Lord Krishna says: "Given over to egotism, brute force, arrogance, etc. they hate Me dwelling in their own bodies as well as those of others." Thus, Lord Krishna instructs that a Hindu must not hate others Hindus as he is there in bodies of all Hindus so Gita prohibits untouchability. In sloka (XVI.19) Lord says "These haters, sinful, cruel and vilest among men, I cast (them) again and again into demonical yonies (wombs)." In sloka (XVI.20) Lord again curses Manu supporters that such Hindus never attain Me (i.e. moksha): "Failing to reach Me, Arjuna, these stupid souls are born life after life in demoniac wombs (asura yoni) and then verily sink down to a still lower plane." Gita: XVIII.71: In sloka (XVIII.71), Lord Krishna opens His gates for all Hindus including sudras when he says "The man who hears holy Gita with reverence, he too shall reach happy world (shreshtha ewam shubh lok) of the virtuous (punyatmas). So how can Manusmriti or Gautam sutra or anything ban Sudras from listening to Vedas and Gita? In sloka (V.18) Lord says "The wise (who desire to achieve moksha) look with the same eye (samadarshi) on a Brahmana endowed with learning and culture, a cow and pariah (chandal) too." Therefore, those who look down upon sudra are neither wise nor can they achieve moksha. Shrimad Valmiki Ramayan also says whosoever including sudra reads it will achieve greatness and get rid of all sins. Valmiki Ramayana: 1.1.98-100) Thus, Vedas, Ramayana and Gita confer authority on sudras to possess and read these. In Ramayan, Lord Rama has Himself set following two lessons for all Rambhaktas Hindus which we witness every year in Ramlilas but never follow in our practical lives so we were defeated by foreigners. (For a comparision, see how steadfastly muslims adhere to and follow examples set by Prophet in Sunnah). Ravana was a grandson of risi Pulatsya. He was an expert on Vedas too. So, he was a Brahimin by birth under Manu definition as well as a Brahimin (educated) by qualification (veda-gyata) but he and most of his family members were killed by Lord Rama for their wrong doings. So, the first lesson of Ramayana is that everyone (irrespective of his caste) is equal before law. Lord Rama visited Shabri, called her a mother (mata); ate food from her hands and washed feet of Nisadraj. Lord Rama lived for years among vanvasi (tribals). So, the second lesson of Ramayana is that a true Rambhakta should never discriminate against SC/ST/Dalit Hindus, should never hesitate to visit and dine with them. See, Mahatma Gandhi always followed mansa, vacha and karmana both these two lessons of Ramayana and he became a Yug Purus. Many SC/ST/Dalit Hindus are not even aware of rich contributions made by their ancestors to the three supreme Hindu scriptures. To cite just a few: (i) Risi Kavas Ilusu was revealed Suktas (X.30) (X.31) (X.32) and (X.33) of Rigveda and sloka 453 of Samveda. Risi Ilusu Aksova mojvan was revealed Sukta (X.34) of Rigveda. Both, under current Manusmriti definition were sudra. (ii) In Tandya Brahman (14.66) risi Vatsa has been called a sudra-putra. Revelations to risi Vatsa are there in Rigveda, (VIII.6) (VIII.11), Samveda (8,20,137,143, etc) and Yaj (IV.16-36), (VII.40), (XXVI.15). (iii) Risi Kaksivat was son of risi Dirghatamas by a sudra maid servant (Brihaddevata IV.24.25). Risi Kaksivat was revealed many richas in RV (I.119 to 125). (iv) Maharisi Vedvyas compiled all richas into four Vedas in the format currently available. He also composed Mahabharat, Shrimad Bhagwat Gita and all the Puranas. He was born to Satyawati daughter of a fisherman by risi Parasar. He was of dark complexion (Krishna Dwaipayan). Thus, as per Manusmriti definition, he was a dalit Hindu/Varna-sankar by birth. As we know, Kauravas and Pandavas were descendants of this Satyawati through Vedvyasa. But, Kauravas and Pandavas are accepted as Kshatriyas not on basis of birth but on the basis of their occupations (as rulers/kings). (v) Maharishi Mahidasa Aitereya, a Maharastrian Sudra (perhaps a Mahar), composed Aitereya Brahman and chapters I, II & III of Aitereya Aryanaka. His mother was a maid named Itara. (vi) Maharisi Valmiki who composed Valmiki Ramayan was not a Brahimin by birth. Thus, no one has right to deny free access to SC/ST/Dalit Hindus to what their ancestors have contributed, nor, should one give up or run-away from his ancestral heritage on teasings by others. One does not give up his ancestral properties on false presentations/forged documents. The writer is currently Ambassador of India to Finland. The article are personal views of the author; and, not that of the Govt. of India. http://sify.com/news/othernews/fullstory.php?id=13167991

FACTS - Hypocrisy

A train blast in Mumbai kills approximately 200 Indians and injures hundreds others. The reaction from the apparent Superpower (The great USA) is that India must show restraint in its actions and urges for a political solution to the Kashmir problem. On the other hand of the globe in the same evening 6 Israeli soldiers are killed and 2 captured by Islamic terrorists. Israel prepares for a full front attack on Lebanese settlements and the same superpower says that the terrorists should be dealt with a firm and iron hand. Is it true that just because the population of India is more than 1 billion, the value of a human life in India is that much less as compared to an American, British, Israeli or any other European life? North Korea test fires a missile and the US moves a Battle Carrier group to the Pacific Ocean !!!!!!!!!!!. The right to self defend should lie with every individual and country. It is high time that all of us as patriotic Indians do not take this thing lying down and ensure that each of us in their individual capacity spread this message of injustice across the world. For the death of 45 British citizens in a similar bomb blast last year, it was a world wide tragedy on CNN, while for yesterdays event the quote on CNN was "in their fight over disputed Kashmir" the two countries ( Pakistan & India ) should look for a political solution. May we all ask where was the political solution when the IRA wanted a separate homeland, and closer to the date where is the political solution in Iraq. Kashmir was, Kashmir is and Kashmir will continue to be an integral part of our motherland. Let us all Indians pledge not to be governed by vested interests in US Foreign Policy and take our own destiny in our hands. *Please pass this message to as many Indians as you can across the globe and let the message of injustice spread. Not passing the message will not bring any bad luck or misfortune to any individual, just will speak volumes about your commitment towards the motherland* Jai Hind.