Indian Railway Network

India is such a vast country that it is difficult to travel by air to all places and mingle with the locals. The Train journey is the best way to do it. When you travel by train, you can be with other people mostly Indians themselves, who travel from place to place on vacations, to meet their relatives, on business / work, for education purposes and many more. We Indians prefer to travel by train which is more comfortable than a flight.

Indian railways is the best way to explore India and also the second largest in the whole world with more than 4000 railway stations and  to provide excellent value for money. This enhances the charm and the enjoyment of their vacation in to India. There are various trains which have been arranged by the Indian Railways to provide the tourists with luxury facilities, comfortable accommodations like they are on a Royal Odyssey in India.
The first and the most famous one is the Palace on Wheels Train Tour, with which a new script has been written by the Indian Railways. The others are Deccan Odyssey Train Tour and Royal Orient Train Tour. Other than these there are Mountain Railways which passes through curved bends, tunnels, bridges over rivers and hills etc. The special packages have been carefully planned and arranged by the Railways.

How to read and understand the Indian Railways Time Table?
The main and fast moving trains namely Rajdhani, Shatapti, Janashatapti Sampark Kranti, Garib rath, Duranto and Super fast trains are indicated in blue in the Indian Railways Time Table.

Classes of accommodation in the trains
1A First Class AC and AC executive chair car
2A - 2 tier AC sleeper
3A - 3 Tier AC sleeper
FC - First Class
SL - Sleeper class
2S - Second class sitting reserved
II - Second class seat unreserved.

Days of Operation
M- Monday, T - Tuesday, W - wednesday, Th - Thursday, F - Friday, Sa - Saturday and S - Sunday

Luxury Trains of the Indian Railways
Palace on Wheels
Gems of India - Maharajas' Express
Pride of the South - The Golden Chariot
The Deccan Odyssey
The Indian Maharaja
Royal Rajasthan on Wheels
Rajdhani Trains in India

Top B Schools in India - 2

Continued from Top B Schools in India - 1

85. Universal Business School Karjat - Raigad
86. GL Bajaj Institute of management  and Research - Noida
87. Gian Jyothi Institute of Management and Technology - Mohali
88. Balaji Institute of Intenational Business - Pune
89. M S Ramaiah Institute of Management  - Bengaluru
90. Institute of Business management  and Research IPS Academy Indore
91. FLAME School of Business - Pune
92. School of Management Manipal University -Manipal
93. Acharya Bangalore B School - Bengaluru
94. Institute of Rural Management - Jaipur
95. MIT School of Business - Pune
96. Lala Lajpat Rai Institute of Management -Mumbai
97. Prestige Institute of Management - Dewas
98. Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship Development Vidyapeeth - Pune
99. Institute of Management Studies - Noida
100. Doon Business School  - Dehradun
101. Coimbatore Institute of Management and Technology - Coimbatore
102. IMS Unison University - Dehradun
103. Acharya Institute of Technology - Bengaluru
104. Department of management studies - Kongu Engineering College - KEC
105. Institute of business and computer studies - IBCS - Bhubaneswar
106. Jaipuria Institute of Management - Ghaziabad
107. Presidency Business School - Bengaluru
108. St Aloysius Institute of Management and Information Technology - Mangalore
109. The Oxford College of Management - Bengaluru
110. Chandigarh Business School- Mohali
111. Jaipuria Institute of Management - Jaipur
112. Central Institute of Business Management Research and Development - Nagpur
113. Tula's Institute, The Engineering and Management College -Dehradun
114. Mount Carmel Institute of Management - Bengaluru
115. Maharajah Agrasen Institute of Management and Technology - Yamuna Nagar
116. Faculty ofManagement Studies Manav Rachna International University - Faridabad
117. International Institute of Management Studies - Pune
118. Sona School Management - Salem
119. R V Institute of Management - Bengaluru
120. Dayananda Sagar College of Management and Information Technology - Bengaluru
121. Jaipuria Institute of Management - Indore
122. Vel Tech Business School, Vel Tech Dr RR and Dr SR Technical University - Chennai
123. Disha Institute of Management and Technology - Raipur
124. IIMT Management College - Meerut
125. Dhruva college of Management - Hyderabad
126. Dev Bhoomi Institute of Technology - Dehradun
127. Kristu Jayanthi College - Bengaluru
128. Vel Tech Multi Tech Dr Rangarajan Dr Sakunthala Engineering College - Chennai
129. School of Management  - Chennai
130. Nehru school of Management - Thrissur
131. CMR Institute of Management Studies - Bengaluru
132. CMR Institute of Technology - Bengaluru
133. Saintgits Institute of Management - Kottayam
134. Quantum School of Business - Roorkee
135. Saveetha School of Management - Chennai
136. GRG School of Management Studies - Coimbatore
137. Mar AthanasiosCollege for Advanced Studies MACFAST - Tiruvalla
138. Sahayadri College of Engineering and Management - Mangalore
139. K V Institute of Management and Information Studies - Coimbatore
140. Happy Valley Business School - Coimbatore
141. Sambhram Academy of Management Studies - Bengaluru
142. DC school of Management and Technology - Idukki
143. Suryadutta Institute of Management and Mass Communication - Pune
144. People's Institute of Management and Research - Bhopal
145. Jawaharlal Business School - Palakkad
146. CMR Centre for Business Studies - Bengaluru
147. Meerut Institute of Engineering and Technology - Meerut
148. Swayamsiddhi College of Managementand Research - Mumbai
149. S V Institute of Management - Kadi
150. Vel Tech High Tech Dr RangarajanDr Sakunthala Engineering College - Chennai
151. MEASI Institute of Management - Chennai
152. St Joseph's Degree and PG College - Hyderabad
153. Hallmark Business School - Trichy
154. Bharathesh Education Trust's Global Business School- Belgaum
155. Vidyasagar Institute of Management - Bhopal

Source
The Week Magazine 

Top B Schools in India - 1

1. Indian Institute of Management IIM - Ahmedabad
2. Indian Institute of Management IIM Bangalore
3. XLRI   Jamshedpur
4. Indian Institute of Management IIM Lucknow
5. Faculty of Management Studies FMS Delhi
6. Indian Institute of Management IIM Indore
7. Indian Institute of ManagementIIM Kozhikode
8. SP Jain Institute of Management and Research SPJIMR Mumbai
9. Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies NMIMS Mumbai
10. Management Development Institute MDI -Gurgaon
11. Indian Institute of Foreign Trade IIFT Delhi
12. Department ofManagement Studies IIT Delhi
13.Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management JBIMS Mumbai
14. National Institute of Industrial Engineering NITIE Mumbai
15. Institute of Management Technology IMT Ghaziabad
16. Shailesh J Mehta School of Management IIT Bombay Mumbai
17. Symbiosis Institute of Business Management SIBM Pune
18. Vinod Gupta School of Management IITKharagpur
19. Xavier Institute of Management Bhuvaneshwar
20  Indian Institute of Management Shillong
21. T A Pai Management Institute Manipal
22. Symbiosis Centre for Management and Human Resources Development SSMHRD  pune
23. International Management Institute Delhi
24. Department of Management Studies IIeT Madras  Chennai
25. Institute of Rural Management Anand IRMA
26. Goa Institute of Management GIM GOA
27. Indian Institute of Management IIM Ranchi
28. Institute of Management Nirma University Ahmedabad
29. Fore School Management Delhi
30. Birla Institute of Science and Technology BITS Pilani
31. K J Somaiah Institute of ManagementStudies and Research Mumbai
32. Birla Institute of Management and Technology BIMTECH Pilani
33. Prin L N Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research   - Mumbai
34. Lal Bahadur Shathri Institute of Management LBSIM Delhi
35. Amity Business School Noida
36. Bharathidasan Institute of Management Trichy
37. Loyola Institute of Business administration LIBA Chennai
38. Sydenham Institute of Management studies, reaserch and entrepreneurship education SIMSSREE Mumbai
39. Symbiosis Institute of International Business SIIB Pune
40. Institute for financial Management and reasearch IFMR Sri city
41. Deparment of Management Sciences PUMBA  Pune University
42. Xavier Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship XIME Bangalore
43. PSG Institute of Management Coimbatore
44. KIIT school of Management KIIT University Bhubaneshwar
45. Institute of Management Technology IMT Nagpur
46. Symbiosis Institute of Management Studies SIMS Pune
47. Balaji Institute of  Modern Management BIMM Pune
48. SIES College of Management SIESCOMS Mumbai
49. Insitute of Public Enterprise IPE Mumbai
50. Christ University - Bangalore
51. National Institute of Technology  Trichy
52. Jagan Institute of Management Studies  Delhi
53. AIMS School of Business - Bangalore
54. IFIM Business School Bangalore
55. Department of Management Studies Indian School of Mines ISM- Dhanbad
56. Institute of Management Studies  Ghaziabad
57. Jagannath International Management School - Delhi
58. Symbiosis Institute of Telecom Management - Pune
59. SDM Institute of Management Development SDMIMD -Mysuru
60. Amrita School of Business - Coimbatore
61. GITAM Institute of Management  - Vishakapatnam
62. Symbiosis Institute of Operations Management -SIOM - Pune
63. Prin L N Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research - Bangalore
64. Indian Institute of Management Pune
65. Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management  - Kolkatta
66. Institute of Management and ResearchBharathi Vidyapeeth University - Delhi
67. Prestige Institute of Management and Research - Indore
68. Department of Business Management Osmania University - Hyderabad
69. Indus Business Academy - Bengaluru
70. Balaji Institute of Management and Human Resource Development - Pune
71. VIT Business School Vellore
72. Thiagarajar School of Management  Madurai
73. Balaji Institute of Telecom Management BITM - Pune
74. Rajagiri Centre for Business Studies -Kochi
75. School of Communication and Management Studies SCMS - KOchi
76. Jaipuria Institute of Management - Noida
77. Siva Sivani Institute of Management - Secunderabad
78. Lovely Professional University - Phagwara
79. Regional College of Management - Bhubaneswar
80. International School of Management Excellance - Bengaluru
81. Prestige Institute of Management - Gwalior
82. Vignana Jyoti Institute of Management - Hyderabad
83. PES University - Bengaluru
84. Galgotia's Business School - Noida

Will be contd in Top B Schools in India - 2

Source
The Week Magazine 

Vandemaatharam lyrics and meaning in English

The song was written by  Shree Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay

Vande Maataram, Vande Maataram
sujalaam suphalaam malayaja shiitalaam
Sasyashyaamalaam maataram ||

Shubhrajyotsnaa pulakitayaaminiim
pullakusumita drumadala shobhiniim
suhaasiniim sumadhura bhaashhiniim
sukhadaam varadaam maataram || ( Vandemaataram )

Koti koti kantha kalakalaninaada karaale
koti koti bhujai.rdhritakharakaravaale
abalaa keno maa eto bale
bahubaladhaariniim namaami taariniim
ripudalavaariniim maataram || ( Vande Maataram)

Tumi vidyaa tumi dharma
tumi hridi tumi marma
tvam hi praanaah shariire

Baahute tumi maa shakti hridaye tumi maa bhakti
tomaara i pratimaa gadi mandire mandire ||

Tvan hi durgaa dashapraharanadhaarinii
kamalaa kamaladala vihaarinii
vaanii vidyaadaayinii namaami tvaam

Namaami kamalaam amalaam atulaam
Sujalaam suphalaam maataram ||   ( Vandemaataram )

Shyaamalaam saralaam susmitaam bhuushhitaam
Dharaniim bharaniim maataram |   ( Vandemaataram )



English Translation By Shree Aurobindo 

Mother, I bow to thee! 
Rich with thy hurrying streams, 
bright with orchard gleams, 
Cool with thy winds of delight, 
Dark fields waving Mother of might, 
Mother free. 

Glory of moonlight dreams, 
Over thy branches and lordly streams, 
Clad in thy blossoming trees, 
Mother, giver of ease 
Laughing low and sweet! 
Mother I kiss thy feet, 
Speaker sweet and low! 
Mother, to thee I bow. 

Who hath said thou art weak in thy lands 
When the sword flesh out in the seventy million hands 
And seventy million voices roar 
Thy dreadful name from shore to shore? 
With many strengths who art mighty and stored, 
To thee I call Mother and Lord! 
Though who savest, arise and save! 
To her I cry who ever her foeman drove 
Back from plain and Sea 
And shook herself free. 

Thou art wisdom, thou art law, 
Thou art heart, our soul, our breath 
Though art love divine, the awe 
In our hearts that conquers death. 
Thine the strength that nervs the arm, 
Thine the beauty, thine the charm. 
Every image made divine 
In our temples is but thine. 

Thou art Durga, Lady and Queen, 
With her hands that strike and her 
swords of sheen, 
Thou art Lakshmi lotus-throned, 
And the Muse a hundred-toned, 
Pure and perfect without peer, 
Mother lend thine ear, 
Rich with thy hurrying streams, 
Bright with thy orchard gleems, 
Dark of hue O candid-fair 

In thy soul, with jewelled hair 
And thy glorious smile divine, 
Lovilest of all earthly lands, 
Showering wealth from well-stored hands! 
Mother, mother mine! 
Mother sweet, I bow to thee, 
Mother great and free!

World Heritage Sites of India

Cultural Properties on the world heritage List
Agra Fort (1983)
Ajanta Caves (1983)
Buddhist Monuments at Sanchi (1989)
Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park (2004)
Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (formerly Victoria Terminus) (2004)
Churches and Convents of Goa (1986)
Elephanta Caves (1987)
Ellora Caves (1983)
Fatehpur Sikri (1986)
Great Living Chola Temples (1987)
Group of Monuments at Hampi (1986)
Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram (1984)
Group of Monuments at Pattadakal (1987)
Humayun's Tomb, Delhi (1993)
Khajuraho Group of Monuments (1986)
Mahabodhi Temple Complex at Bodh Gaya (2002)
Mountain Railways of India (1999)
Qutb Minar and its Monuments, Delhi (1993)
Red Fort Complex (2007)
Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka (2003)
Sun Temple, Konârak (1984)
Taj Mahal (1983)
The Jantar Mantar, Jaipur (2010)

Natural sites in the world heritage list
Kaziranga National Park (1985)
Keoladeo National Park (1985)
Manas Wildlife Sanctuary (1985)
Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Parks (1988)
Sundarbans National Park (1987)