In case you do not have a personal firewall blocking unwanted websites, or you do not have a plugin for your browser to block the advertisements coming along with the website you are browsing, an easiest way is to edit hosts file and redirect all those advertisement servers to a non existent local host [127.0.0.0].

In Vista, you may need to run your text editor as administrator to edit the file.

Another tip is to make the file read only after changing so that, its partially saved from malicious attacks.

I used the list of ad hosting server using a google, and here is the complete list. All you have to do, is download the file [Right click, save target as/control click - Download to disk], append the contents to your C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\ETC\Hosts file. [Open file named hosts in any text editor e.g Notepad, Ultraedit to edit it.]

May not need to restart the browser but if it does not work, restart your browser.

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Girte hain sheh-sawar hi maidan-e-jung mein
Woh tifl kya gire jo ghutnon ke bal chala karte hain


@ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8230230.stm

Well done! So what if the score card does not say perfect 10. It was a great job done.

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..Contd (From previous post )

Dilemma of Muslim world and its causes

*. kal aik shorida khab gah-e-Nabi (PBUH) per ro ro kay keh raha tha

    Kay Misr-o-Hindustan kau Muslim banay-e-Milat mita rahey hain

    Ye zairan-e-hareem-e-maghrib hazar rehber banain hamarey

    Hamain bhala un say wasta kya, jo tujh(PBUH) say na-ashna rahey hain

    Suney ga Iqbal, koun in ko, ye anjuman hi badal gayi hai

    Nayey zamaney main hum ko purani batain suna rahey hain

(Meanings: Shorida = Desperately in love; Khab gah-e-Nabi (PBUH) = Tomb of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH); Misr-o-Hindustan = Egypt and India; Banay-e-Millat = Unity of Muslim nation; Mita = To eliminate; Un say wasta = Concern with British; na-ashna= Not Familiar; Anjuman = System/thoughts; Nayey Zamaney = Modern Era (Connotatively, referring to secular thoughts); Purani = Old, outdated (Connotatively, a taunt on Muslims who ignored Islamic teachings and followed British traditions due to inferiority complex of being slave of British)

*    Masjid tou bana di shab bhar main, Iman ki hararat walon nay

      Mann apna purana papi hai, barson main Namazi ban na saka

      Kya khoob ameer-e-faisal ko sanawasi nay paigham diya    

      Tu naam-o-nasab ka Hijazi hai, per dil ka Hijazi ban na saka

       Iqbal bara updeshak hai, mann baton main mo leta hai

        Guftar ka ye ghazi tou bana, kirdar ka ghazi ban na saka

(Meanings: Masjid = Mosque; Shab bhar = Within a night; Iman ki hararat walon = Men with strong Faith; Papi = Sinner; Barson = Years; Namazi = Worshiper (referring to man of strong faith here); Ameer-e-Faisal = Leader of Muslims; Sanawwasi = Air; Paigham = Message; Naam-o-nasab = Race and Culture; Hijaazi = Muslim; Updeshak = Man with speaking power; mann mo lena = To impress; Guftar = Speeches Kirdar = Character)

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With Yahoo announcing the shutdown of geocities , I thought of creating my own copy of few of the selective verses of Allama, available on one of the geocities site, I had bookmarked.

Concept of Self Respect (Khudi)

*.    Nigah-e-faqr main shaan-e-sikandari kya hai?

       Khiraaj ki jo gada ho, wo qaiseri kya hai?

       Falaq nay ki hai ata un ko khaajgi kay jinhain

       Khabar nahin rawish-e-banda parwari kya hai?

       Kissey nahin hai tamanna-e-sarwari lekin

       Khudi ki mout ho jis main, wo sarwari kya hai?

       Buton say tujh ko umeedain, Khuda say no meedi

       Mujhey bata tou sahi aur kaafri kya hai?

(Meanings: Nigah-e-Faqr  main shan-e-sikandari kya hai = What is the worth of kingdom in eyes of a saint?; Khiraj ki jo gada ho, wo qeseri kya hai = Such a rule in which ruler is always worried about keeping it secure, is worthless; Falaq = Nature; Khaajgi = Ruling class; Khabar nahin = Ignored; rawish-e-banda parwari = Sense of serving humanity; tamanna-e-sarwari = Desires to rule; Khudi ki mout ho jis main wo sarwari kya hai = Such rule is insulting to gain which, self respect is required to be sacrificed; Buton = Idols (referring to fellow human beings here); umeedain = Expectations; no meedi = Disappointment; Kaafri = Non Muslim who donot believe in Oneness of God)

*.     Aey Tair-e-Lahooti, uss rizq say mout achi

        Jis rizq say aati ho, parwaz main kotahi

        Aain-e-jawanmardi, haq goi-o-bay baaqi

        Allah kay sheron ko, aati nahin rubaahi

(Meanings: Tair-e-Lahooti = Simile, addressing to Muslim youth; Rizq = food/income; Kotahi = Laziness, denotatively and connotatively referring to slavery here; Aain-e-Jawanmardi = Conditions to live with dignity; Haq goi = Honesty; Bay Baaqi = Bravery; Rubaahi = cunningness, hypocrisy)

*.    Hai Fikr mujhey misra-e-saani ki zyada

       Allah karey tujh ko ata Fuqr ki talwaar

       Jo haath main ye talwaar bhi aa jayey tou Momin

       Ya Khalid-e-Janbaaz hai, Ya Haider-e-Karrar

 (Meanings: misra-e-saani = proceeding verse; Fuqr ki talwar = Strong Faith; Khalid-e-Janbaaz = Khalid Bin Waleed (May Allah be pleased with him); Haider-e-Karrar= Ali Ibn-e-Abu Talib (May Allah be pleased with him))

*.    Wo kal kay gham-o-aish per kuch Haq nahin rakhta

       Jo aaj khud afroz-o-jigar soz nahin hai

       Wo qaum nahin laiq-e-hangama-e-farda

       Jis qaum ki taqdeer main imroz nahin hai

(Meanings: gham-o-aish = thick n' thin; khud afroz-o-jigar soz = A person with motivation and determination; Laiq-e-hangama-e-farda = worthy to survive anymore; imroz = Present)

*.    Paani paani ho gaya sun ker Qalander ki ye baat

       Tu jhuka jab ghair key aagey, na tann tera na mann

       Apney mann main dub kay pa ja suragh-e-zindagi

       Tu agar mera nahi banta, na ban, apna tou bann

(Meanings: paani paani ho gaya = ashamed of oneself; Qalander = Saint; Ghair = Stranger (British here); tann and mann = Body and Soul; suragh-e-zindagi = Connotatively referring to secrets to live prestigious life)

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This easter weekend, we finally zeroed in to visit Wien (Vienna). It was a last moment plan with no reservations in any of the fast trains, but who complains when you have budgeted groupe tickets available, both for Vienna, and Bayern Area. We decided to go using the cheapest possible option (recession time ).

The route we decided to follow was Munich-Salzburg-Linz-StValentine-Vienna.

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Our first destination was Salzburg, where you can reach anytime from Munich using a cheap group Bayern Ticket. We stopped at Salzburg for the brunch, and left for Wien. In Austria, they have this Einfach-Raus- Ticket   which allows for great savings and unlimited travel for groups of up to five persons on local regional trains run by Austrian Railways (ÖBB).

Since we decided for the cost saver option, we had to compromise on time factor (and comfort as changing trains at a number of destinations is not always a pleasing thing to do). There was no direct regio train to Vienna, and we were supposed to change at Linz, St Valentine.  But because of some maintenance work (?) going on, train connectivitity between Haag and Amstetten was broken.  ÖBB had arranged for a bus between the two stations. It was scenic all the way from Haag to Amstettan, and that minimsed our disappoitment a bit. 

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I slept and I cried, 
I wept and I tried,

Ibn-Rushd came to me and exclaimed “Son, what pains thee?”,
I cried “O’ holy saint you do not what ails me”.

I doubt my doubt, doubt itself is unsure,
I think, yet I think if my deed is pure,

Time and time again, I open my eyes,
I am astonished to find myself still kicking and alive,

How long will this journey continue?
Didn’t you promise that there would be a time of the selected few?

Ibn-Rushd hung his head and then there was a sigh,
Son, the promise is conditional; deed alone will reach the mighty high.

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