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These martyrs gave their life's for us and we gave them nothing...we abandon them...felt worthless after watching...I hate Indian nepotism...Indian democracy can just offer garland to gandhi only who is the only visible freedom fighter for them while the irony is that almost 85 % of people who lost their lives for independence were from Punjab...and still our community is blacklisted on papers ..

Yuvraj’s Village Waits For Him

Their excitement knows no bounds. The day India won the World Cup, they danced, bursted firecrackers and raised toast in honour of one of their own who had played a pivotal role in winning the cup for the country after a gap of 28 years.

An ancestral Haveli of Yuvraj singh in Kanech village nr.Ludhiana.

The man, who has brought glory to this otherwise sleepy village, is Yuvraj Singh, who won the man of the tournament award owing to his rocking performance at the world cup. The village is basking in its new-found glory.

“The World Cup semifinal and then the final was a big event for all of us because our son was seen in action,” said Rajpal Singh Bhandal, a relative of Yuvraj Singh. “We relished every moment of the semifinal and the final, but the ultimate moment came when Yuvraj was declared ‘Man of the Tournament’. We all felt on the top of the world,” Rajpal said. He has made arrangement for a wet party at his home to celebrate the occasion.

Though villagers are proud of Yuvraj Singh, but no one remembers when was the last time the cricketer had visited his ancestral village, where his grandfather’s haveli still stands. “His father, Yograj Singh, often comes to the village, but Yuvraj has not come here as far I remember,” said a villager.

“This time we believe that Yograj will bring Yuvraj to the village. We want to meet him and honour him,” said Rajpal Singh.

The village has many NRIs. With their efforts, a project worth Rs 2.78 crore has been initiated to lay new water supply and sewer system in the village. Of the total amount, Rs 72 lakh will be contributed by the village and remaining amount will be paid by the government.

“We are facing no dearth of money. About 70 per cent work of laying water supply system has been completed. After it, the work to lay sewer line would be taken up,” said Rajpal Singh, who has come from Canada to help in the execution of the project.

Census of India 2011: Literacy rises by 9.2 per cent, now 74.04 per cent

India's effective literacy rate has recorded a 9.2 per cent rise to reach 74.04 per cent, according to provisional data of the 2011 census released Thursday.

Effective literacy rate in the 2001 census was 64.83, which improved to 74.04, said Registrar General of India and Census Commissioner C. Chandramauli.

Interestingly, literacy rate improved sharply among females as compared to males. While the effective literacy rate for males rose from 75.26 to 82.14 per cent marking a rise of 6.9 per cent, it increased by 11.8 per cent for females to go from 53.67 to 65.46 per cent.

According to provisional totals of the latest census, literates constitute 74 per cent of total population aged seven and above.

Chandramauli said it was encouraging to note that out of total 217,700,941 literates added during the decade, females at 110,069.001 outnumbered males at 107,631,940.

He said a significant milestone reached in 2011 census was the decline of illiterates by 31,196,847.

Ten states and union territories, including Kerala, Lakshadweep, Mizoram, Tripura, Goa, Daman and Diu, Puducherry, Chandigarh, National Capital Territory of Delhi and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, have attained literacy rate of above 85 per cent, the target set by the Planning Commission to be achieved by 2011-12.

The gap of 21.59 per centage points recorded between male and female literacy rates in 2001 census reduced to 16.68 per centage points in 2011. The Planning Commission had set up a target of reducing this gap to 10 per centage points by 2011-12.

Kerala has the highest literacy rate at 93.91 per cent followed by Lakshadweep at 92.28 per cent. Bihar is at the bottom of the ladder with literacy rate of 63.82 followed by Arunachal Pradesh at 66.95.