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"Developed country" the missing part of puzzle

[From wikipedia, April-29,2012] A  developed country  can be defined through economic growth and security. Most commonly the criteria for evaluating the degree of development is to look at gross domestic product (GDP), the per capita income, level of industrialization, amount of widespread infrastructure and general standard of living. [ 1 ] " Yes, per capita income is surely a good criteria for measuring certain aspects of society. "Jahan sumati, tahan sampaty nana,  jahan kumati tahan vipati nidhana" - Saint Kabeerdas Where there is goodwill wealth is multifold,  where there is ill-will, problems are multifold. But is this wealth as simply translatable to GDP for making index. Isn't something missing in this index.  If a person is very simple and doesn't need much, is honest and loving. I he not developed 'enough'. But the clarity came when I read through "Living with the Himalayan Masters" by Swami Rama. p18,  "In the vill...

State polls 2012 : whats good about it and what remains to be done

While other things will get clear, one thing is clear. Election commission executed very well. The results instill faith in execution of EC. For this we all should be very happy and grateful. Improvements remain though regarding - - Right to reject, - upper age limit (60) for candidates, (should not be in office after 65) - number of maximum parties at any place (5 or lesser), - no-vote options with some clear impact on results, etc. Because even after excellent and timely execution, results are leaving a major population "unrepresented".

Typing in Hindi on Windows 7

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Enabling Hindi language typing support in Windows 7 PC/laptop Navigate to : Control Panel -> Region and Language In this screen select thirdt tab at top “Keyboards and Languages” Select “Change keyboards” Now add Hindi -> Select Devanagari INSCRIPT layout. Press OK/Apply. That’s it, done !!! Now the usability aspects: The Selected language will show up in Taskbar at right corner bottom. This would be in most cases EN. For typing in Hindi, just click on this text and select HI layout. For regular users, the hotkey combination is left Alt+Shift to switch between the two languages. Now you can type using the Devanagari layout. See the above picture for key layout on top of English QWERTY keyboard.