Monday, June 11, 2012

Monsoon – Time For Fun Outing And With Friends


Enjoy the early days of Monsoon with hot chocolate, hot pakoras and chaats to pep up the mood and by visiting Hill stations and Village side picnic spots listed below near Mumbai city. These are the ideal monsoon picnic destinations to enjoy rain with friends and family with many scenic locations, waterfalls and lush greenery nature during weekend breaks...




Hill Stations For Monsoon Picnic
Lonavala : On the tongue of every Mumbai citizen, Lonavala and Khandala are the top ranked picnic spot for rainy days. The hill station has beautiful view of waterfalls and other attractions quite near to Mumbai, ideal for overnight picnic.

Matheran : The historic and heritage, Matheran has beautiful climate and a must go if you are looking for monsoon weekend break. The hill station being vehicle free and full of greenery is a sure destination to be during rain. 

Mahabaleshwar : Known for its beautiful spots, Mahabaleshwar is also a very nearby famous tourist spot for picnic. Monsoon here makes the jungle green and those huge mountain view attracts many romantic couples for honeymoon and other picnic groups in Monsoon.

Village Side Picnic Spots For Monsoon Season 

Dapoli Near Khed : Nothing can beat natural beauty in Monsoon, and dapoli being a comfortable overnight picnic spot located near khed village has many scenic locations, waterfalls and those beautiful mountain views one cannot miss if planning ofr your picnic.

Bhandardara : Monsoon attractions like Randha waterfalls, Wilson dam and mount kalsubai for monsoon trekking is what catches picnic groups attraction here.

Raigad Ropeway : Looking for some adventure in monsoon ? then goto raigad, the historic place in Maharashtra where shivaji maharaj stayed. The ropeway with rainy climate can make your day for sure.

Monsoon Trekking Places Near Mumbai : For those who love adventuring mountains near Mumbai, This are some of the ideal forts and mountains in Monsoon for trekking, hiking and rock climbing activities that can be a lovely overnight picnic during monsoon.


Malshej Ghat : Another exciting waterfall spot, an ideal one day picnic spot at just 140 kilometers from Mumbai city. It is a famous monsoon weekend gateway with accommodation options and adventures like monsoon trekking etc.. 

Friday, June 8, 2012

Father's Day History

Father’s Day is the day of celebrating fatherhood and honouring father. Many countries celebrate it on the third Sunday of June but it also celebrates on other days widely.
There is a saying “When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his father, both cry -William Shakespeare” 

Father's Day was founded in 1910 by Sonora Smart Dodd, born in Arkansas from Spokane, who was also the driving force behind its establishment Its first celebration was in Spokane, Washington on June 19, 1910. Her father, the Civil War veteran William Jackson Smart, was a single parent who reared his six children in Spokane, Washington. After hearing a sermon about Jarvis' Mother's Day in 1909, she told her pastor that fathers should have a similar holiday honoring them. Although she initially suggested June 5, her father's birthday, the pastors hadn't enough time to prepare their sermons, and the celebration was deferred to the third Sunday of June. 

It didn't have much success initially. In the 1920s, Dodd stopped promoting the celebration because she was studying in the Art Institute of Chicago, and it faded into relative obscurity, even in Spokane In the 1930s Dodd returned to Spokane and started promoting the celebration again, raising awareness at a national level. She had the help of those trade groups that would benefit most from the holiday, for example the manufacturers of ties, tobacco pipes, and any traditional present to fathers. Since 1938 she had the help of the Father's Day Council, founded by the New York Associated Men's Wear Retailers to consolidate and systematize the commercial promotion. Americans resisted the holiday during a few decades, perceiving it as just an attempt by merchants to replicate the commercial success of Mother's Day, and newspapers frequently featured cynical and sarcastic attacks and jokes. But the trade groups didn't give up: they kept promoting it and even incorporated the jokes into their adverts, and they eventually succeeded. By the mid 1980s the Father's Council wrote that "(...) [Father's Day] has become a 'Second Christmas' for all the men's gift-oriented industries."

A bill to accord national recognition of the holiday was introduced in Congress in 1913. In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson went to Spokane to speak in a Father's Day celebration and wanted to make it official, but Congress resisted, fearing that it would become commercialized.US President Calvin Coolidge recommended in 1924 that the day be observed by the nation, but stopped short of issuing a national proclamation. Two earlier attempts to formally recognize the holiday had been defeated by Congress. In 1957, Maine Senator Margaret Chase Smithwrote a proposal accusing Congress of ignoring fathers for 40 years while honoring mothers, thus "[singling] out just one of our two parents". In 1966, President Lyndon B. Johnson issued the first presidential proclamation honoring fathers, designating the third Sunday in June as Father's Day.Six years later, the day was made a permanent national holiday when President Richard Nixon signed it into law in 1972.

In addition to Father's Day, International Men's Day is celebrated in many countries on November 19 for men and boys who are fathers.


Source: Father's Day