100 Rupee Dam Note of Jaganathan

About Governer Jaganathan: 

S. Jagannathan was the 10th Governor of the Reserve Bank of India from 16 June 1970 to 19 May 1975.Jagannathan was a member of the Indian Civil Service, and had served with the Central Government. Prior to becoming the Governor of the RBI, he was India’s Executive Director at the World Bank.The oil shock of the 1970s was re-elected by a very active monetary policy during his tenure. Other achievement include an expansion of banking offices in pursuance of the objectives of the nationalisation of private banks.The Credit Guarantee Corporation of India, and State Level Bankers’ Committees were established during his tenure. Indian rupee notes of Rs. 20 and Rs. 50 denomination were introduced for the first time in India and these bore his signature.He relinquished office to take up the post of the India’s Executive Director at the IMF.

Time to stop and reflect

Thus the idea of moment of silence is for one to stop, breath in and reflect! Yes, reflect on who you are, your purpose in life, what you are going to do, how you are going to do it among others. Moments of silence also enable us to think of our friends, recall our past joys, recall those we need to forgive and just enjoy an interaction with our maker. It is also a time to plan and lay strategies for the future. Some of the times when we enjoy extreme moments of silence is when in the rest room, silent prayer, meditation, when eyes are closed during rest, among others.

Sacred moments

The significance of moments of silence is appreciated in various religious denominations. For example, moments of silence were sometimes used by the Buddha or other masters to express the inexpressible. These silences, however, often acquired special meaning and significance within the context they were used. It is part of wisdom to know when to speak and when to use silence to point the way. It is also part of wisdom not to say anything, either verbally or through silence, when people are not ready to listen. Even in normal communication, one uses words punctuated with silence to convey meaning. There are times when deep feeling is best conveyed through silence.

Remembering fallen heroes and heroines

At the political level, a brief silence, usually one or two minutes, characterizes many remembrance ceremonies throughout the British Commonwealth. The concept of a remembrance silence appears to have originated with an Australian journalist, Edward George Honey, who had served briefly in World War One with an English regiment before being discharged due to ill-health. Honey was born in St Kilda, Melbourne, in 1885 and died in England 1922. Apparently, Honey published a letter in the London Evening News on 8 May 1919 under the pen-name of Warren Foster, in which he appealed for a five-minute silence amid all the joymaking planned to celebrate the first anniversary of the end of the War. “Five little minutes only”, he wrote, “five silent minutes of national remembrance. A very sacred intercession . . . Communion with the Glorious Dead who won us peace, and from the communion new strength, hope and faith in the morrow. Church services, too, if you will, but in the street, the home, the theatre, anywhere, indeed, where Englishmen and their women chance to be, surely in this five minutes of bitter-sweet silence there will be service enough.”

To date the tradition of having a moment of silence in remembrance of the dead is practiced world wide. It is a time we take to remember the fallen heroes of our life. However, important and sacred as that remembrance is, it is vital in our daily lives to take time out from our daily routines and enjoy a moment of silence!

Have a nice moment of silence today and muse over all the great happenings in your life today and the future.