Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Behind the new gold rush
The Hindu : Opinion / Lead : Behind the new gold rush: "- Sent using Google Toolbar"
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Tuesday, November 09, 2010
Banta Singh Letter To "Bill Gates"
Dear Mr. Bill Gates,
This letter is from Banta Singh from Punjab. We have bought a computer for our home and we found problems, which I want to bring to your notice.
1. After connecting to Internet we planned to open e-mail account and whenever we fill the form in Hotmail in the password column, only ****** appears, but in the rest of the fields whatever we typed appears, but we face this problem only in password field. We checked with hardware vendor Santa Singh and he said that there is no problem in keyboard. Because of this we open the e-mail account with password. *****. I request you to check this as we ourselves do not know what the password is.
2. We are unable to enter anything after we click the 'shut down '
button.
3. There is a button 'start' but there is no 'stop' button. We
request you to check this.
4. We find there is 'Run' in the menu. One of my friend clicked 'run
' has ran upto Amritsar! So, we request you to change that to 'sit',
so that we can click that by sitting.
5. One doubt is that any 're-scooter' available in system? As I find
only 're-cycle', but I own a scooter at my home.
6. There is 'Find' button but it is not working properly. My wife
lost the door key and we tried a lot for tracing the key with this '
find', but unable to trace. Is it a bug??
7. Every night I am not sleeping as I have to protect my 'mouse' from
CAT, So I suggest u to provide one DOG to kill that cat.
8. Please confirm when u are going to give me money for winning
'HEARTS' (playing cards in games) and when are u coming to my home to
collect ur money.
9. My child learnt 'Microsoft word' now he wants to learn 'Microsoft
sentence', so when u will provide that?
Best regards,
Banta Singh
This letter is from Banta Singh from Punjab. We have bought a computer for our home and we found problems, which I want to bring to your notice.
1. After connecting to Internet we planned to open e-mail account and whenever we fill the form in Hotmail in the password column, only ****** appears, but in the rest of the fields whatever we typed appears, but we face this problem only in password field. We checked with hardware vendor Santa Singh and he said that there is no problem in keyboard. Because of this we open the e-mail account with password. *****. I request you to check this as we ourselves do not know what the password is.
2. We are unable to enter anything after we click the 'shut down '
button.
3. There is a button 'start' but there is no 'stop' button. We
request you to check this.
4. We find there is 'Run' in the menu. One of my friend clicked 'run
' has ran upto Amritsar! So, we request you to change that to 'sit',
so that we can click that by sitting.
5. One doubt is that any 're-scooter' available in system? As I find
only 're-cycle', but I own a scooter at my home.
6. There is 'Find' button but it is not working properly. My wife
lost the door key and we tried a lot for tracing the key with this '
find', but unable to trace. Is it a bug??
7. Every night I am not sleeping as I have to protect my 'mouse' from
CAT, So I suggest u to provide one DOG to kill that cat.
8. Please confirm when u are going to give me money for winning
'HEARTS' (playing cards in games) and when are u coming to my home to
collect ur money.
9. My child learnt 'Microsoft word' now he wants to learn 'Microsoft
sentence', so when u will provide that?
Best regards,
Banta Singh
Saturday, October 23, 2010
CRUELTY IN THE NAME OF ALLAH
MAY GOD HAVE MERCY ON US!!!
No religion can ever justify such hideous crimes.... What sort of monsters are these?
No religion can ever justify such hideous crimes.... What sort of monsters are these?
Why should we study the sacred scripture ?
An old farmer lived on his farm in the mountains with his young grandson. Each morning he got up early, sat at the kitchen table, and read His Bhagavad-gita. His grandson wanted to be just like his grandfather, so tried to emulate him in every way he could.
One day the grandson asked, “Grandpa, I try to read the Bhagavad-gita just like you do, but I don’t understand most of it, and whatever I do understand I forget as soon as I close the book. So what good is it doing me to read the Bhagavad-gita?”
The grandfather, who was putting coal on the fire, quietly turned and said, “Take this coal basket down to the river and bring me back a basket of water.”The boy did as he was told, but the water leaked out before he could get the basket home.
The grandfather laughed and said, “You will have to move a little faster next time,” and he sent the boy back to the river to try again. This time the boy ran faster, but again the basket emptied before he was able to return home. Out of breath, he told his grandfather that it was impossible to carry water in a basket, and he went to get the bucket. But the old man said, “I don’t want a bucket of water; I want a basket of water. You are just not trying hard enough.” He stepped out the door to watch the boy try for the third time.
At this point the boy knew what he was trying to accomplish was impossible, so he decided to show his grandfather that even if he ran as fast as he could, the water would leak out before he got back to the house.
The boy dipped the basket into river and ran as hard as he could. When he reached his grandfather the basket was empty. He gasped, “See grandpa? It is useless !”
“So you think it is useless?” the old man asked. “Then look at the basket.” The boy looked and saw for the first time that the basket was different. It had been washed clean of the dirty coal stains and was now clean inside and out.
What is the moral of this event ?
The grandfather replied :
01) “Grandson, that is what happens when you read the Bhagavad-gita.
02) You might not understand or remember everything you read, but the words will change you inside and out.
03) That is the work of Lord Krishna in our lives.”
How can we apply this in our own lives ?
01) We should cultivate the required inquisitiveness, like the boy in this story,
to know the things and also sincerely strive for it.
02) To understand the things in the right perspective and to progress in our
devotional life, we must be submissive to our own authorities – just like
the grandson was submissive and followed exactly as the grandfather has
instructed him although he was not convinced to get a basket of water.
That submissiveness alone has brought him the right realization in the
last.
03) Like the grandfather, we need to be regular in our spiritual practices like
chanting and reading the scriptures etc – on daily basis.
04) We must have genuine appreciation for the sincere questions that
neophytes ask us.
05) We must have genuine sympathy for the ignorance of the neophyte
devotees.
06) We must strive our best to answer all their genuine questions as simply as
possible and in the language in which they can understand – just like the
grandfather did in this story.
07) We need to recognize and openly acknowledge that whatever good that
happens, it is nothing but the causeless mercy of Krishna in our life – as
was recognized by the grandfather in this story.
08) Sincerely pass on all the credit to our own Guru and Krishna for all Their
blessings and mercy – as was done by the grandfather in this story.
My humble request to you, please !
Dear Prabhu Jee/Maathaa Jee,
Hare Krishna !
share these wonderful stories with little children so that it would have deep impact on them all through their lives.
With my humble obeisances,
Your servant,
Adbhuta Gauranga Das
One day the grandson asked, “Grandpa, I try to read the Bhagavad-gita just like you do, but I don’t understand most of it, and whatever I do understand I forget as soon as I close the book. So what good is it doing me to read the Bhagavad-gita?”
The grandfather, who was putting coal on the fire, quietly turned and said, “Take this coal basket down to the river and bring me back a basket of water.”The boy did as he was told, but the water leaked out before he could get the basket home.
The grandfather laughed and said, “You will have to move a little faster next time,” and he sent the boy back to the river to try again. This time the boy ran faster, but again the basket emptied before he was able to return home. Out of breath, he told his grandfather that it was impossible to carry water in a basket, and he went to get the bucket. But the old man said, “I don’t want a bucket of water; I want a basket of water. You are just not trying hard enough.” He stepped out the door to watch the boy try for the third time.
At this point the boy knew what he was trying to accomplish was impossible, so he decided to show his grandfather that even if he ran as fast as he could, the water would leak out before he got back to the house.
The boy dipped the basket into river and ran as hard as he could. When he reached his grandfather the basket was empty. He gasped, “See grandpa? It is useless !”
“So you think it is useless?” the old man asked. “Then look at the basket.” The boy looked and saw for the first time that the basket was different. It had been washed clean of the dirty coal stains and was now clean inside and out.
What is the moral of this event ?
The grandfather replied :
01) “Grandson, that is what happens when you read the Bhagavad-gita.
02) You might not understand or remember everything you read, but the words will change you inside and out.
03) That is the work of Lord Krishna in our lives.”
How can we apply this in our own lives ?
01) We should cultivate the required inquisitiveness, like the boy in this story,
to know the things and also sincerely strive for it.
02) To understand the things in the right perspective and to progress in our
devotional life, we must be submissive to our own authorities – just like
the grandson was submissive and followed exactly as the grandfather has
instructed him although he was not convinced to get a basket of water.
That submissiveness alone has brought him the right realization in the
last.
03) Like the grandfather, we need to be regular in our spiritual practices like
chanting and reading the scriptures etc – on daily basis.
04) We must have genuine appreciation for the sincere questions that
neophytes ask us.
05) We must have genuine sympathy for the ignorance of the neophyte
devotees.
06) We must strive our best to answer all their genuine questions as simply as
possible and in the language in which they can understand – just like the
grandfather did in this story.
07) We need to recognize and openly acknowledge that whatever good that
happens, it is nothing but the causeless mercy of Krishna in our life – as
was recognized by the grandfather in this story.
08) Sincerely pass on all the credit to our own Guru and Krishna for all Their
blessings and mercy – as was done by the grandfather in this story.
My humble request to you, please !
Dear Prabhu Jee/Maathaa Jee,
Hare Krishna !
share these wonderful stories with little children so that it would have deep impact on them all through their lives.
With my humble obeisances,
Your servant,
Adbhuta Gauranga Das
Friday, October 15, 2010
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
No Shortcut for Success..
A jobless man applied for the position of "office boy" at Microsoft.
The HR manager interviewed him then watched him cleaning the floor as a test.
"You are employed."
He said." Give me your e-mail address and I'll send you the
application to fill in, as well as date when you may start."
The man replied "But I don't have a computer, neither an email."
I'm sorry", said the HR manager, "If you don't have an email, that
means you do not exist. And who doesn't exist, cannot have the job."
The man left with no hope at all. He didn't know what to do, with only
$10 in his pocket. He then decided to go to the supermarket and buy a
10Kg tomato crate.
He then sold the tomatoes in a door to door round. In less than two
hours, he succeeded to double his capital. He repeated the Operation
three times, and returned home with $60. The man realized that he can
survive by this Way, and started to go everyday earlier, and return
late Thus, his money doubled or tripled every day. Shortly, he bought
a cart, then a truck, then he had his own fleet of delivery vehicles.
5 years later, the man is one of the biggest food retailers in the US .
He started to plan his family's future, and decided to have a life insurance.
He called an insurance broker, and chose a protection plan. When the
conversation was concluded, the broker asked him his email. The man
replied, "I don't have an email". The broker answered curiously, "You
don't have an email, and yet have succeeded to build an empire. Can
you imagine what you could have been! if you had an email?!!"
The man thought for a while and replied, "Yes, I'd be an office boy at
Microsoft!"
Moral of the story:
M1 - Internet is only a tool to your life.
M2 - If you have internet, and do not work hard, you cant be a millionaire.
The HR manager interviewed him then watched him cleaning the floor as a test.
"You are employed."
He said." Give me your e-mail address and I'll send you the
application to fill in, as well as date when you may start."
The man replied "But I don't have a computer, neither an email."
I'm sorry", said the HR manager, "If you don't have an email, that
means you do not exist. And who doesn't exist, cannot have the job."
The man left with no hope at all. He didn't know what to do, with only
$10 in his pocket. He then decided to go to the supermarket and buy a
10Kg tomato crate.
He then sold the tomatoes in a door to door round. In less than two
hours, he succeeded to double his capital. He repeated the Operation
three times, and returned home with $60. The man realized that he can
survive by this Way, and started to go everyday earlier, and return
late Thus, his money doubled or tripled every day. Shortly, he bought
a cart, then a truck, then he had his own fleet of delivery vehicles.
5 years later, the man is one of the biggest food retailers in the US .
He started to plan his family's future, and decided to have a life insurance.
He called an insurance broker, and chose a protection plan. When the
conversation was concluded, the broker asked him his email. The man
replied, "I don't have an email". The broker answered curiously, "You
don't have an email, and yet have succeeded to build an empire. Can
you imagine what you could have been! if you had an email?!!"
The man thought for a while and replied, "Yes, I'd be an office boy at
Microsoft!"
Moral of the story:
M1 - Internet is only a tool to your life.
M2 - If you have internet, and do not work hard, you cant be a millionaire.
CAN YOU GUESS WHAT THIS IS ?
It's a
5 MB hard disk
in 1956....
In September 1956 IBM launched the 305 RAMAC, the first computer with a hard disk drive (HDD).
The HDD weighed over a ton and stored 5MB of data.
Let us start appreciating our 4 GB finger-size flash drives.
Some information in Tamil related to Thirupathi Balaji
திருப்பதி ஸ்ரீ ஏழுமலையான் திருவுருவச் சிலையில் சிலிர்க்க வைக்கும் ரகசியங்கள் உள்ளன
அவைகளில் சில.........
1. திருப்பதி ஆலயத்திலிருந்து 1 கிலோமீட்டர் தொலைவில் "சிலாதோரணம்" என்ற அபூர்வ பாறைகள் உள்ளன. உலகத்திலேயே இந்த பாறைகள் இங்கு மட்டும் தான் உள்ளன.இந்த பாறைகளின் வயது 250 கோடி வருடம். ஏழுமலையானின் திருமேனியும், இந்த பாறைகளும் ஒரே விதமானவை.
2. ஏழுமலையான் திருவுருவச்சிலைக்கு பச்சைக்கற்பூரம் சார்த்துகிறார்கள். இந்த பச்சைக்கற்பூரம் ஒரு இரசாயனம். அரிப்பைக் கொடுக்கும் ஒருவகை அமிலம். இந்த இரசாயனத்தை சாதாரணக்கருங்கல்லில் தடவினால் கருங்கல் வெடித்துவிடும். ஆனால், சிலாதாரணத்தில் உள்ள பாறைகளில் இதைத் தடவினால் அந்தப்பறைகள் பெடிப்பதில்லை. ஏழுமலையாக் திருவுருவச்சிலைக்கு 365 நாளும் பச்சைக்கற்பூரம் தடவுகிறார்கள். ஆனாலும்வெடிப்பு ஏற்படுவதில்லை.
3. எந்தக் கருங்கல் சிலையானாலும் எங்காவது ஒர் இடத்தில் சிற்பியின் உளிபட்டிருக்கும் இடம் தெரியும்.. உலோகச்சிலையானாலும் உலோ கத்தை உருக்கி வார்த்த இடம் தெரியும். ஏழுமலையான் திருவுருவச்சிலையில் அப்படி எதுவும் அடையாளம் தெரியவில்லை. எந்த கருங்கல் சிலையை எடுத்துக்கொண்டாலும் சுரசுரப்பாக இருக்கும். ஆனால் ஏழுமலையான் திருமேனியில் நுணுக்க வேலைப்பாடுகள் எல்லாம் மெருகு போடப்பட்டது போல் இருக்கின்றன. ஏழுமலையான் விக்ரகத்தில் நெற்றிச்சுட்டி, காதணிகள், புருவங்கள், நாகாபரணங்கள் எல்லாம் நகைக்கு பாலீஷ் போட்டது போல் பளபளப்பாகஇருக்கின்றன.
4. ஏழுமலையான் திருவுருவச்சிலை எப்போதும் 110 டிகிரி ஃபாரன்கீட் வெப்பத்தில் இருக்கிறது. திருமலை 3000 அடி உயரத்தில் உள்ள குளிர்பிரதேசம். அதிகாலை 4.30 மணிக்கு குளிர்ந்த நீர், பால் மற்றும் திரவியங்களால் அபிஷேகம் செய்கிறார்கள். ஆனால், அபிஷேகம் முடிந்தவுடன் ஏழுமலையானுக்கு வியர்க்கிறது.பீதாம்பரத்தால் வியர்வையை ஒற்றி எடுக்கிறார்கள். வியாழக்கிழமை அபிஷேகத்திற்கு முன்னதாக, நகைகளைக் கழற்றும் போது, ஆபரணங்கள் எல்லாம் சூடாகக்கொதிக்கின்றன
திருப்பதி ஆலயம், அதன் வழிபாடு, உண்டியல் வசூல், பூஜை முறைகள், சரித்திர சம்பவங்கள் அனைத்தும் அதிசய நிகழ்வுகளாகஇருக்கின்றன
1. திருப்பதி திருக்கோயில் சமையல்கட்டு மிககூம் பெரியதாகும். பொங்கல், தயிர்சாதம்,புளிச்சாதம், சித்ரான்னம், வடை, முறுக்கு, ஜிலேபி, அதி ரசம், போளி, அப்பம், மெளகாரம், லட்டு, பாயசம், தோசை, ரவாகேசரி, பாதாம்கேசரி, முந்திரிப்பருப்பு கேசரி போன்றவை தினமும் பெரிய அளவில் தயார் செய்யப்படுகின்றன
2. ஏழுமலையானுக்கு தினமும் ஒரு புதிய மண்சட்டி வாங்குகிறார்கள். இதில் தயிர்சாதம் தவிர வேறு எந்த நைவேத்தியமும் கோவில் கர்பக்கிருகத்திற்குக் குலசேகரப் படியைத் தாண்டாது. வைரம், வைடூரியம், தங்கப்பாத்திரங்கள் எதுவும் குலசேகரப்படியைத் தாண்டச் செல்லாது. ஆண்டவனுக்கு நைவேத்தியம் செய்யப்பட்ட எச்சில் மண்சட்டியும், தயிர்சாதமும் ஒரு பக்தனுக்குக் கிடைக்கப் பெற்றால் அது மிகப்பெரிய பாக்கியமாகும்.
3. ஏழுமலையான் உடை 21 முழ நீளமும் 6 கிலோ எடையும் கொண்ட புடவை பட்டு பீதாம்பரமாகும். இந்த ஆடையை கடையில் வாங்க முடியாது. திருப்பதி தேவஸ்தான அலுவலகத்தில் 12500 ரூபாய் செலுத்த வேண்டும்.வாரத்தில் ஒரு முறை வெள்ளிக்கிழமை அன்று மட்டும் தான் வஸ்திரம் சாத்துவார்கள். இது மேல் சாத்து வஸ்திரம். பணம் செலுத்திய பிறகு வஸ்திரம் சாத்துவதற்கு மூன்று வருடங்கள் காத்திருக்க வேண்டும்.
4. உள் சாத்து வஸ்திரம் ஒரு செட் இருபதாயிரம் ரூபாய் கட்டணமாகும்.ஒவ்வொரு வெள்ளிக்கிழமையும் 15 வஸ்திரங்கள் சார்த்துவதற்கு சமர்ப்பிக்கப்படும். பணம் செலுத்திய பிறகு வஸ்திரம் சாத்துவதற்கு பத்து வருடங்கள் காத்திருக்க வேண்டும்.
5. பக்தர்கள் சமர்பிக்கும் வஸ்திரங்கள் தவிர அரசாங்கம் சமர்பிக்கும் சீர் வஸ்திரங்கள் ஆண்டுக்கு இரண்டு முறை சாத்தப்படுகிறது.
6. ஏழுமலை ஆண்டவனுக்கு அபிஷேகம் செய்ய இன்று கட்டணம் செலுத்தினால் மூன்று ஆண்டுகள் காத்திருக்க வேண்டும்.
7. அபிஷேகத்திற்காக ஸ்பெயினில் இருந்து குங்குமப்பூ, நேபாளத்திலிருந்து கஸ்தூரி, சைனாவிலிருந்து புனுகு, பாரிஸ் நகரத்திலிருந்து வாசனை திரவியங்கள் முதலிய உயர்ந்த பொருட்கள் வரவழைக்கப்பட்டு, தங்கத்தாம்பாளத்தில் சந்தனத்தோடு கரைக்கப்படும் 51 வட்டில் பால் அபிஷேகம் செய்யப்படும். பிறகு கஸ்தூரி சாத்தி, புனுகு தடவப்படும், காலை 4,30 மணி முதல் 5,30 மணி வரை அபிஷேகம் நடைபெறுகிறது. அபிஷேகத்திற்கு சுமார் ஒரு லட்ச ரூபாய் செலவு ஆகும்
8. ஐரோப்பாவில் உள்ள ஆம்ஸ்டர்டாமில் இருந்து பக்குவப்படுத்தப்பட்ட ரோஜா மலர்கள் பக்தர்களால் திருப்பதிக்கு விமானத்தில் அனப்பி வைக்கப்படுகின்றன. ஒரு ரோஜா மலரின் விலைசுமார்80ரூபாய்.
9. சீனாவிலிருந்து சீனச்சூடம், அகில், சந்தனம், அம்பர், தக்கோலம், இலவங்கம், குங்குமம், தமாலம், நிரியாசம் போன்ற வாசனைப் பொருட்கள் ஏழுமலையான் திருக்கோயிலுக்காக அனுப்பப்படுகின்றன.
10. ஏழுமலையானின் நகைகளின் மதிப்பு ரூ.1000 கோடி, இவருயை நகைகளை வைத்துக்கொள்ள இடமும் இல்லை. சாத்துவதற்கு நேரமும் இல்லை. அதனால் ஆண்டிற்கு ஒரு முறை உபரியாக உள்ள நகைகளை செய்தித்தாட்களில் விளம்பரப்படுத்தி ஏலம் விடுகிறார்கள்.
11. ஏழுமலையானின் சாளக்கிராம தங்கமாலை 12கிலோ எடை. இதை சாத்துவதற்கு மூன்று அர்ச்சகர்கள் தேவை. சூரிய கடாரி 5 கிலோ எடை. பாதக்கவசம் 375 கிலோ. கோவிலில் இருக்கும் ஒற்றைக்கல் நீலம் உலகில் யாரிடமும் கிடையாது. இதன் மதிப்பு ரூ.100கோடி.
12. மாமன்னர்களான இராசேந்திர சோழர், கிருஷ்ண தேவராயர், அச்சதராயர் போன்றோர் .ஏழுமலையானுக்கு பல காணிக்கைகளையும், அறக்கட்டளைகளையும் செய்து அவற்றை கல்வெட்டுகளிலும், செப்பேடுகளிலும் பொறித்துள்ளனர். சோழ அரசியும் இங்கு வந்து காணிக்கை சமர்பித்து இருக்கிறார்.
13. ஆஜானுபாகுவாக இருக்கும் மூலவர் ஏழுமலை ஆண்டவனைப்போலவே, அபிஷேக அலங்காரம் செய்து பார்க்க ஒரு சிறிய விக்கிரகம் கி.பி.966 ஜுன் 8ஆம் தேதி வெள்ளியால் செய்யப்பட்டது. இந்த விக்ரகத்திற்கு பல்லவ குறுநில மன்னன் சக்தி விடங்கனின் பட்டத்து அரசி காடவன் பெருந்தேவி நகைகளைத்தந்து, பூஜைக்கு அறக்கட்டளையும் வைத்தார். முதலாம் குலோத்துங்க சோழன் திருமலை தேடிவந்து காணிக்கைசெலுத்திஉள்ளார்.
14. திருப்பதி ஓவியங்கள் 300 ஆண்டுகள் பழமையானவை.
15. வெள்ளிக்கிழமைகளில் வில்வ இலை அர்ச்சனைக்கு உபயோகப்படுத்தப்படுகிறது. மார்கழிமாத அர்சனைக்கும் உபயோகப்படுத்தப்படுகிறது.
16. சிவராத்திரி அன்று க்ஷேத்ர பாலிகா என்ற உற்சவம் நடைபெறுகிறது. அன்று உற்சவப்பெருமானுக்கு வைரத்தில் விபூதி நெற்றிப்படடை சாத்தப்பட்டு திருவீதி உலா நடைபெருகிறது. தாளப்பாக்கம் அன்னமய்யா, ஏழுமலையானை பரப்பிரம்மமாகவும், சிவாம்சம் பொருந்திய ஈஸ்வரனாகவும், சக்தி ஸ்வரூபமாகவும் பாடி, அந்த பாடல்களை செப்பேடுகளில் எழுதிவைத்துள்ளார். திருப்புகழ் பாடிய அருணகிரிநாதப் பெருமான் திருப்பதிக்கோயிலுக்கு வந்திருக்கிறார். அவரும் அன்னமய்யாவும் சமகாலத்தவர்கள். சங்கீத மும்மூர்த்திகளில் ஒருவரான முத்துசாமி தீட்சிதர் சிறந்த வித்யா உபாசகர், மந்திர சாஸ்திரம் தெரிந்தவர், நூற்றுக்கணக்கான தெய்வங்கள் மீது பாடியுள்ளார். ஏழுமயைான் மீது சேஷசல நாமம் வராளி ராகத்தில் பாடியுள்ளார்.
17. அபிஷேகத்தின் போது ஏழுமலையான் தனது மூன்றாவது கண்ணை திறக்கிறார் என்ற ஐதீகம் உள்ளது.
18. ஏழுமலையானின் ஸ்தல விருட்க்ஷம் புளிய மரம்
19. எந்த சாத்வீக, சாந்தமான தெய்வத்தின் திருவுருவச்சிலையிலும் கையில் ஒரு ஆயுதமாகிலும் இருக்கும். ஆனால் ஏழுமலையான் திருவுருவச்சலையில் எந்த ஆயுதமும் கிடையாது. அவர் நிராயுதபாணி. அதனால்தான் தமிழ் இலக்கியத்தில் நம் முன்னோர்களால், வெறுங்கை வேடன் என்று அழைக்கப்பட்டார்
20. 1781 ஆம் ஆண்டு பிரிட்டிஷ் பீரங்கிப்படை தக்கோலம் என்ற இடத்தில் முகாமிட்டிருந்தது. அப்படையின் 33 ஆவது பிரிவைச்சேர்ந்த லெவெல்லியன் என்ற போர் வீரர் படுகாயம் அடைந்தார். அவர் குணமடைய ஏழுமலையானை பிராத்தித்திருகிறார். குணமடைந்ததும் ஓர் இந்து சிப்பாய் மூலம் நேர்த்திக்கடன்செலுத்தியிருக்கிறார்
21. ஆங்கிலேயர்கள் சர் தாமஸ் மன்றோ, கர்னல் ஜியோ ஸ்டிராட்டன் போன்றவர்கள் ஏழுமலையானின் பக்தர்கள் ஆவர்
22. திருமலையின் புனிதத்தன்மை கருதி 1759 முதல் 1874 வரை எந்த ஆங்கிலேயரும் மலை ஏறவில்லை. ஆங்கிலப்பாதிரிகள் மலையில் ஏதாவது ஒரு பகுதியில் ஒரு சிலுவை நட விரும்பினார்கள். ஆனால் அதற்கு ஆங்கிலேயத் தளபதிகளே அனுமதி அளிக்கவில்லை. திருமலை திருக்கோயிலில் நித்யபடி பூஜைகள் நடக்க வேண்டும் என்று ஆங்கிலேயர்கள் விரும்பினார்கள். பூஜைகள் சரிவர நடக்காவிட்டால் தங்கள் ஆட்சிக்கு பங்கம் வரும் எனக் கவலைப்பட்டார்கள்
23. திருப்பதி அலமேல்மங்கைக்கு உள்பாவாடை கத்வால் என்ற ஊரில் பருத்தியில் தயார் செய்யப்படுகிறது. செஞ்சு இனத்தைச்சேர்ந்த நெசவாளர்கள் இதை பயபக்தியுடன் நெய்கிறார்கள். உள் பாவாடை சீமாட்டியின் திருமேனியில் படுவதால், இதை நெய்யும் போது நெசவாளர்கள் மூன்று வேளை குளிப்பார்கள். அவர்கள் மது, மாமிசம் உண்ணமாட்டார்கள். வெள்ளிக்கிழமை அபிஷேகத்திந்கு பரிமள அறையில் வியாழன் இரவு அறைத்து தயார் செய்யப்படுகிறது. குங்குமப்பூ கலவையும் அபிஷேகத்திக்கு சேர்கப்படுகிறது. வெளிநாடுகளிலிருந்து வாசனை திரவியங்கள் பக்தர்கள் அனுப்பிய வண்ணம் உள்ளனர். ஒரு வாரத்திற்கு ரூ,50000 மதிப்புள்ள வாசனை திரவியங்கள் வருகின்றன.
24. ஏழுமலையான் வாரத்தில் நான்கு நாட்கள் அம்பாளாகவும், 2 நாட்கள் விஷ்னுவாகவும், ஒரு நாள் சிவனாகவும் கருதப்பட்டு பூஜை நடைபெற்று வந்துள்ளது.
25. ஏழுமலையானின் அபிஷேக நீர் குழாய் மூலம் புஷ்கரணியில் கலக்கிறது. ஆகவே இது புனிதமான நீராகும். இங்கே குளித்துவிட்டு நீரில் நின்ற படியே இரு கைகளாலும் தண்ணீரை எடுத்து குளத்திலேயே விடவேண்டும். இது விசேஷ வழிபாடாகும்
25. வெள்ளிக்கிழமை அதிகாலை அபிஷேகத்திற்கு முன்பு ஒரு விசேஷ சாத்து முறை நடக்கும்.வடகலை சம்பிரதாயத்தில் '' வேங்கடமெனப்பெற்ற" என்ற பாசுரமும், தனியன்களும் இடம் பெறும். சாத்துமுறையின் போது பூ, வஸ்திரம் இல்லாமல் ஏழுமலையான் திருமேனியுடன் இருப்பார். முதலில் ஒரு தீபாராதனை எடுக்கப்படும். பிறகு தென் கலை சாத்து முறை சேவிக்கப்படும். பிறகு நைவேத்தியம் செய்யப்படும். பிறகு ஒரு தீபாராதனை செய்யப்படும். ஏழுமலையான் அந்த தீப ஒளியில் கண்ணைப் பறிக்கும் அழகோடு இருப்பார்.
26. கி.பி.1543ல் விஜயநகர மாமன்னர் அச்சுதராயர் பத்மாவதிதாயாருக்கு திருக்கோயில் எழுப்பி கும்பாபிஷேகம் செய்துள்ளார். கி.பி.1764ல் நிஜாம் தெளலா என்பவனின் தலைமையில் வந்த முஸ்லீம் படைகளால் இடித்து தரைமட்டமாக்கப்பட்டன. இதன் இடிபாடுகள் இன்றைக்கும் உள்ளன.
27. திருவில்லிப்புத்தூர் கோவிலில் இருந்து ஸ்ரீ ஆண்டாள் அணிந்த மாலைகள் திருபதி கொண்டு வரப்பட்டு ஏழுமலை ஆண்டவனுக்கு சாத்தப்படுகிறது. ஸ்ரீ ஆண்டாள் ஏழுமலையானை கடவுளாக வழிபட்டு வாழ்த்தி வணங்கிணார்
28. திருமலை திருக்கோவிலில் 1180 கல்வெட்டுக்கள் உள்ளன. இதில் 236 பல்லவ, சோழ, பாண்டியர் காலத்தவை. 169 கல்வெட்டுக்கள் சாளுவ வம்ச மன்னர்கள் காலத்தவை. 229 கிருஷ்ண தேவராயர் காலத்தவை. 251 அச்சுதராயர் காலத்தவை. 147 சதாசிவராயர் காலத்தவை. 135 கொண்டை வீடு அரசர் காலத்தவை. நந்திவர்மன் (பல்லவர்) ஆண்ட கி.பி.830 தொடங்கி 1909 வரை உள்ளன. கல்வெட்டுகளில் 50 கல்வெட்டுக்கள் தான் தெலுங்கு, கன்னட மொழிகளில் உள்ளன. மீதம் 1130 கல்வெட்டுக்கள் தமிழில் தான் உள்ளன
நன்றி: ஸ்ரீ ஆஞ்சநேயர் விஜயம்(செப்டம்பர் 2009).
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
From studying under the streetlights to CEO of a US firm!
From studying under the streetlights to CEO of a US firm!
Here is the rags-to-riches story of an extremely talented boy from a small village in Tamil Nadu who has risen to be the chief executive officer of a company in Seattle, USA.
It is also the story of how Kalyana Raman Srinivasan, who was so indigent that he had to study under a streetlight, but then managed to score excellent marks, rose in life and became today's Kal Raman.
At every turn in his life, he took the difficult path and it turned out to be the right one and in the right direction. His rise to the top is more dramatic than a thriller. Today, he is a very successful entrepreneur and the founder-CEO of GlobalScholar.
Read his extraordinary story of triumph and determination . . .
Difficult childhood
Kal Raman was born and brought up in a small village called Mannarakoil in Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu. It was a comfortable normal middle class life for him and his siblings as his father was a Tahasildar there.
But the sudden death of his father at the age of 45 changed everything overnight.
Kal was 15 then. "My mother got a pension of Rs 420 a month and you can imagine how tough it is to educate four children and feed five mouths with Rs 420?"
Hi life changed dramatically after his father's death. The family moved from the rented house to a hut that had no proper water supply or electricity. Kal Raman remembers, "All of us used to study under the streetlight and, thank god, the streetlights used to work those days! MGR (M G Ramachandran) was the chief minister then. We had to sell the plates to buy rice to eat and my mother used to give us rice in our hands. That bad was our situation."
But his mother, who had studied till the 8th standard, was very particular that her children studied. "All our relatives wanted my elder brother to stop studying and take up the small job offered by the government but my mother wanted him to continue studying."
"Then they wanted me to learn typewriting and shorthand so that I could get some job after the 10th standard. But mother said, 'My children are going to get the best education I can offer. Education is our salvation.' She was my hero for her vision and she still is my hero."
What kept the family going? "We were sad but because we accepted our fate, we were at peace with whatever that happened to us. We knew our father would not come back to lift us up from poverty. We also knew our salvation was a long way away."
He didn't know why he used to tell his mother, "One day I will give you so much money that you will not know what to do with it!" Years later, he did exactly that!
First turning point in life
Kal Raman believes that God played a hand in all the major turning points in his life. The first turning point in life was after his 12th standard. He got good marks in both the engineering and medicine entrance exams, and for engineering, he got admission at the Anna University in Chennai while for medicine, it was in the Tirunelveli Medical College.
"While going in the bus with my mother to join the medical college, I told her, "If I join for medicine here, the high probability is that my life may begin and end in Tirunelveli. I really want to see the world.' She agreed with my decision to go to Chennai and join Anna University and study Electrical Engineering and Electronics."
So, he stepped into a new world outside Tirunelveli, and that was Chennai. Though he had got merit scholarship and a lot of good people helped him pay the initial fee, the scholarship amount never used to reach him regularly or on time.
"The mess fee was Rs 250 a month and I used to be a defaulter in the mess at least six months in a year. Till you pay the mess fee, you cannot eat in the mess. So, I used to live on day scholars' lunch boxes and also use to fast. That is when I learnt to fast ! I must say a lot of friends helped me with money and food."
Scarcity of money was so bad that he had no money to buy food just before the final semester exams. When he gave his final semester exams, he had not eaten for a day-and-a-half. "After finishing the exam, I almost fainted."
The day after the exams came all the scholarship money that was due and it was around Rs 5,000. "So, I went home a rich man and that helped us repay some loans."
First job
Like opting for Chennai and joining Anna University instead of a college in Tirunelveli, Kal Raman took another risk with his first job also. His first job was with Tata Consulting Engineers (TCE), and he had a choice of joining either Chennai or Mumbai.
Although he knew nobody in Mumbai, he chose the capital of Maharashtra.
He remembered the first day. "It was interesting. With bag and baggage, I went to the TCE office after taking a shower at the railway station as I had no money to go to any hotel. After the first introduction at the office, the manager noticed that I was wearing slippers to the office. He called me and said, "I don't care which college you are coming from but this is not acceptable. You should come in shoes tomorrow."
I said I couldn't come in shoes the next day and this the manager construed as arrogance. "How could you talk like this?" he asked me. I said, "Sir, it is not that I don't want to, but I can't afford to buy shoes. Only after I get my first pay cheque, can I buy shoes. Sir, I request you not to terminate my job because of this. I and my family need this job."
Shocked to hear the explanation, the manager asked, "Where are you staying?" and the reply was, "Dadar Railway Station."
So distressed was the manager to hear Kal speak that he immediately released a month's salary in advance and also arranged for him to be at his friend's place till he could find a place to stay.
"He bought me a pair of shoes and those were my first shoes. The next day, I sent Rs 1,500 from the advance to my mother."
From electrical engineering to programming
Kal's rise in career was meteoric in a short span of time. Within a month, he got a chance to move to Bengaluru (then Bangalore) and also to programming.
Soon, he was in Chennai with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS). Within a few months, he was sent to Edinburgh, UK.
From Edinburgh, his next stop was the United States. In 1992, he went to the US as an entry level contractor with Wal-Mart. In two years, he was a director running a division.
When he left Wal-Mart after six years, he was a man running the information systems for the International Division of the retail giant.
In 1998, he joined drugstore.com Online Pharmacy as the chief information officer and in 2001 at the age of 30, he was the CEO of the company.
He was at the right place at the right time. "God was there at every step guiding me to take the right decisions. I was also willing to take risks and tread new paths," Kal says.
Starting GlobalScholar
Philanthropist Mike Milken who had donated more than a billion dollars to education, wanted to use technology so that high quality education was accessible to ordinary people.
Milken convinced Kal to join him. That was the time Kal was building schools in his village for poor students.
In October 2007, GlobalScholar was launched targetting both teachers and students by acquiring four companies -- National Scholar (USA), Classof1 (India), Excelsior (USA), and Ex-Logica (USA) -- that were into education.
"Three months after the launch, I travelled all over the US, India, Singapore and China talking to teachers and companies and the public. I found that the only way to impact education was by impressing teachers. The biggest scarcity in the world is good teachers. We decided to help teachers with teaching practices and kids, learning practices."
Kal Raman decided to concentrate on the US market as the US is more advanced in using technology. "They are also willing to pay money for technology. At present, schools buy the material which can be used by teachers, students and parents."
Today, they have 200 people working for GlobalScholar in Chennai and 150 in the US. The study material is prepared in the Chennai office.
The company that was started with $50 million will have in excess of $32 million and will generate $5 million of profits. In 2008, the turnover of the company was Rs 40 crore (Rs 400 million) and in 2009, it was Rs 80 crore (Rs 800 million). In the current year it will be 150-160 crore (Rs 1.5-1.6 billion).
"GlobalScholar is growing at 200 per cent every year. We have 1,000 schools and 10 million students, which is one out of 10 kids in the US, using our study material. This is almost 18 per cent of the US population. We are the fastest growing education company in the US."
GlobalScholar will soon introduce a pilot project in India and China. In the course of all this, Kalyana Raman became Kal Raman. "The country gave me everything and took half my name."
Giving back to society
Kal Raman is in India now for the Kumbhabhishekam of the temple at his village Mannarkoil. "It is taking place after 500 years. It is the culmination of two-and-a-half years of work. I have spent more than one and a half crore rupees (Rs 15 million) to renovate the temple and do the Kumbhabhishekam. More than anything else, I have given jobs to all my friends in the village who are masons and carpenters."
Other than this, he has also adopted all the orphanages around his village and he takes care of around 2,000 kids, some of whom are physically handicapped.
"I feel if I can educate these children, eventually we can make a difference in the society. We also help 100 children in their higher education. Around my village, everyone knows that if a kid who studies well cannot afford to pay fees, he has to only come to my house; his education will be taken care of."
"I do not do this as charity; its my responsibility. I am giving something back to the society that fed me, taught me, and took care of me and gave me hopes. "
Here is the rags-to-riches story of an extremely talented boy from a small village in Tamil Nadu who has risen to be the chief executive officer of a company in Seattle, USA.
It is also the story of how Kalyana Raman Srinivasan, who was so indigent that he had to study under a streetlight, but then managed to score excellent marks, rose in life and became today's Kal Raman.
At every turn in his life, he took the difficult path and it turned out to be the right one and in the right direction. His rise to the top is more dramatic than a thriller. Today, he is a very successful entrepreneur and the founder-CEO of GlobalScholar.
Read his extraordinary story of triumph and determination . . .
Difficult childhood
Kal Raman was born and brought up in a small village called Mannarakoil in Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu. It was a comfortable normal middle class life for him and his siblings as his father was a Tahasildar there.
But the sudden death of his father at the age of 45 changed everything overnight.
Kal was 15 then. "My mother got a pension of Rs 420 a month and you can imagine how tough it is to educate four children and feed five mouths with Rs 420?"
Hi life changed dramatically after his father's death. The family moved from the rented house to a hut that had no proper water supply or electricity. Kal Raman remembers, "All of us used to study under the streetlight and, thank god, the streetlights used to work those days! MGR (M G Ramachandran) was the chief minister then. We had to sell the plates to buy rice to eat and my mother used to give us rice in our hands. That bad was our situation."
But his mother, who had studied till the 8th standard, was very particular that her children studied. "All our relatives wanted my elder brother to stop studying and take up the small job offered by the government but my mother wanted him to continue studying."
"Then they wanted me to learn typewriting and shorthand so that I could get some job after the 10th standard. But mother said, 'My children are going to get the best education I can offer. Education is our salvation.' She was my hero for her vision and she still is my hero."
What kept the family going? "We were sad but because we accepted our fate, we were at peace with whatever that happened to us. We knew our father would not come back to lift us up from poverty. We also knew our salvation was a long way away."
He didn't know why he used to tell his mother, "One day I will give you so much money that you will not know what to do with it!" Years later, he did exactly that!
First turning point in life
Kal Raman believes that God played a hand in all the major turning points in his life. The first turning point in life was after his 12th standard. He got good marks in both the engineering and medicine entrance exams, and for engineering, he got admission at the Anna University in Chennai while for medicine, it was in the Tirunelveli Medical College.
"While going in the bus with my mother to join the medical college, I told her, "If I join for medicine here, the high probability is that my life may begin and end in Tirunelveli. I really want to see the world.' She agreed with my decision to go to Chennai and join Anna University and study Electrical Engineering and Electronics."
So, he stepped into a new world outside Tirunelveli, and that was Chennai. Though he had got merit scholarship and a lot of good people helped him pay the initial fee, the scholarship amount never used to reach him regularly or on time.
"The mess fee was Rs 250 a month and I used to be a defaulter in the mess at least six months in a year. Till you pay the mess fee, you cannot eat in the mess. So, I used to live on day scholars' lunch boxes and also use to fast. That is when I learnt to fast ! I must say a lot of friends helped me with money and food."
Scarcity of money was so bad that he had no money to buy food just before the final semester exams. When he gave his final semester exams, he had not eaten for a day-and-a-half. "After finishing the exam, I almost fainted."
The day after the exams came all the scholarship money that was due and it was around Rs 5,000. "So, I went home a rich man and that helped us repay some loans."
First job
Like opting for Chennai and joining Anna University instead of a college in Tirunelveli, Kal Raman took another risk with his first job also. His first job was with Tata Consulting Engineers (TCE), and he had a choice of joining either Chennai or Mumbai.
Although he knew nobody in Mumbai, he chose the capital of Maharashtra.
He remembered the first day. "It was interesting. With bag and baggage, I went to the TCE office after taking a shower at the railway station as I had no money to go to any hotel. After the first introduction at the office, the manager noticed that I was wearing slippers to the office. He called me and said, "I don't care which college you are coming from but this is not acceptable. You should come in shoes tomorrow."
I said I couldn't come in shoes the next day and this the manager construed as arrogance. "How could you talk like this?" he asked me. I said, "Sir, it is not that I don't want to, but I can't afford to buy shoes. Only after I get my first pay cheque, can I buy shoes. Sir, I request you not to terminate my job because of this. I and my family need this job."
Shocked to hear the explanation, the manager asked, "Where are you staying?" and the reply was, "Dadar Railway Station."
So distressed was the manager to hear Kal speak that he immediately released a month's salary in advance and also arranged for him to be at his friend's place till he could find a place to stay.
"He bought me a pair of shoes and those were my first shoes. The next day, I sent Rs 1,500 from the advance to my mother."
From electrical engineering to programming
Kal's rise in career was meteoric in a short span of time. Within a month, he got a chance to move to Bengaluru (then Bangalore) and also to programming.
Soon, he was in Chennai with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS). Within a few months, he was sent to Edinburgh, UK.
From Edinburgh, his next stop was the United States. In 1992, he went to the US as an entry level contractor with Wal-Mart. In two years, he was a director running a division.
When he left Wal-Mart after six years, he was a man running the information systems for the International Division of the retail giant.
In 1998, he joined drugstore.com Online Pharmacy as the chief information officer and in 2001 at the age of 30, he was the CEO of the company.
He was at the right place at the right time. "God was there at every step guiding me to take the right decisions. I was also willing to take risks and tread new paths," Kal says.
Starting GlobalScholar
Philanthropist Mike Milken who had donated more than a billion dollars to education, wanted to use technology so that high quality education was accessible to ordinary people.
Milken convinced Kal to join him. That was the time Kal was building schools in his village for poor students.
In October 2007, GlobalScholar was launched targetting both teachers and students by acquiring four companies -- National Scholar (USA), Classof1 (India), Excelsior (USA), and Ex-Logica (USA) -- that were into education.
"Three months after the launch, I travelled all over the US, India, Singapore and China talking to teachers and companies and the public. I found that the only way to impact education was by impressing teachers. The biggest scarcity in the world is good teachers. We decided to help teachers with teaching practices and kids, learning practices."
Kal Raman decided to concentrate on the US market as the US is more advanced in using technology. "They are also willing to pay money for technology. At present, schools buy the material which can be used by teachers, students and parents."
Today, they have 200 people working for GlobalScholar in Chennai and 150 in the US. The study material is prepared in the Chennai office.
The company that was started with $50 million will have in excess of $32 million and will generate $5 million of profits. In 2008, the turnover of the company was Rs 40 crore (Rs 400 million) and in 2009, it was Rs 80 crore (Rs 800 million). In the current year it will be 150-160 crore (Rs 1.5-1.6 billion).
"GlobalScholar is growing at 200 per cent every year. We have 1,000 schools and 10 million students, which is one out of 10 kids in the US, using our study material. This is almost 18 per cent of the US population. We are the fastest growing education company in the US."
GlobalScholar will soon introduce a pilot project in India and China. In the course of all this, Kalyana Raman became Kal Raman. "The country gave me everything and took half my name."
Giving back to society
Kal Raman is in India now for the Kumbhabhishekam of the temple at his village Mannarkoil. "It is taking place after 500 years. It is the culmination of two-and-a-half years of work. I have spent more than one and a half crore rupees (Rs 15 million) to renovate the temple and do the Kumbhabhishekam. More than anything else, I have given jobs to all my friends in the village who are masons and carpenters."
Other than this, he has also adopted all the orphanages around his village and he takes care of around 2,000 kids, some of whom are physically handicapped.
"I feel if I can educate these children, eventually we can make a difference in the society. We also help 100 children in their higher education. Around my village, everyone knows that if a kid who studies well cannot afford to pay fees, he has to only come to my house; his education will be taken care of."
"I do not do this as charity; its my responsibility. I am giving something back to the society that fed me, taught me, and took care of me and gave me hopes. "
Aspect of life.
The 90/10 Principle
10% of life is made up of what happens to you. 90% of life is decided by how you react. What does this mean?
We really have no control over 10% of what happens to us. We cannot stop the car from breaking down. A driver may cut us off in traffic. We have no control over this 10%. You determine the other 90%. How? By your reaction.
You cannot control a red light, but you can control your reaction. Don't let people fool you; YOU can control how you react. Let's use an example.
You are eating breakfast with your family. Your daughter knocks over a cup of milk onto your business shirt. You have no control over what just happened. What happens next will be determined by how you react. You curse. You harshly scold your daughter. She breaks down in tears. After scolding her, you turn to your wife and criticize her for placing the cup too close to the edge of the table. You storm upstairs and change your shirt. Back downstairs, you find your daughter has been too busy crying to finish breakfast and get ready for school. She misses the bus.
You rush to the car and drive your daughter to school. After a 15-minute delay you arrive at school. After arriving at the office 20 minutes late, you find you forgot your briefcase. When you arrive home, you find small wedge in your relationship with your wife and daughter.
Why? Because of how you reacted in the morning. Why did you have a bad day?
A) Did the cup of hot milk cause it?
B) Did your daughter cause it?
C) Did you cause it?
The answer is “C".
You really do not have any control over 10% of what happens. The other 90% was determined by your reaction. A wrong reaction could result in losing a friend, getting stressed out etc.
The 90-10 principle is incredible. Very few know and apply this principle. The result? Millions of people are suffering from undeserved stress, trials, problems and heartache. Next time you react to any situation, remember the 90-10 principle.
10% of life is made up of what happens to you. 90% of life is decided by how you react. What does this mean?
We really have no control over 10% of what happens to us. We cannot stop the car from breaking down. A driver may cut us off in traffic. We have no control over this 10%. You determine the other 90%. How? By your reaction.
You cannot control a red light, but you can control your reaction. Don't let people fool you; YOU can control how you react. Let's use an example.
You are eating breakfast with your family. Your daughter knocks over a cup of milk onto your business shirt. You have no control over what just happened. What happens next will be determined by how you react. You curse. You harshly scold your daughter. She breaks down in tears. After scolding her, you turn to your wife and criticize her for placing the cup too close to the edge of the table. You storm upstairs and change your shirt. Back downstairs, you find your daughter has been too busy crying to finish breakfast and get ready for school. She misses the bus.
You rush to the car and drive your daughter to school. After a 15-minute delay you arrive at school. After arriving at the office 20 minutes late, you find you forgot your briefcase. When you arrive home, you find small wedge in your relationship with your wife and daughter.
Why? Because of how you reacted in the morning. Why did you have a bad day?
A) Did the cup of hot milk cause it?
B) Did your daughter cause it?
C) Did you cause it?
The answer is “C".
You really do not have any control over 10% of what happens. The other 90% was determined by your reaction. A wrong reaction could result in losing a friend, getting stressed out etc.
The 90-10 principle is incredible. Very few know and apply this principle. The result? Millions of people are suffering from undeserved stress, trials, problems and heartache. Next time you react to any situation, remember the 90-10 principle.
Thursday, September 02, 2010
வாழ்க்கை
வயல்வெளி பார்த்து
வறட்டி தட்டி
ஓணாண் பிடித்து
ஓடையில் குளித்து
எதிர்வீட்டில் விளையாடி
எப்படியோ படித்த நான்
ஏறிவந்தேன் நகரத்துக்கு !
சிறு அறையில் குறுகிப் படுத்து
சில மாதம் போர்தொடுத்து
வாங்கிவிட்ட வேலையோடு
வாழுகிறேன் கணிப்பொறியோடு !
சிறிதாய்த் தூங்கி
கனவு தொலைத்து
காலை உணவு மறந்து
நெரிசலில் சிக்கி
கடமை அழைக்க
காற்றோடு செல்கிறேன்
காசு பார்க்க !
மனசு தொட்டு
வாழும் வாழ்க்கை
மாறிப் போகுமோ ?
மௌசு தொட்டு
வாழும் வாழ்க்கை
பழகிப் போகுமோ ?
வால்பேப்பர் மாற்றியே
வாழ்க்கை
தொலைந்து போகுமோ ?
சொந்த பந்த
உறவுகளெல்லாம்
ஷிப் பைலாய்
சுருங்கிப் போகுமோ?
வாழ்க்கை
தொலைந்து போகுமோ
மொத்தமும்!
புரியாது
புலம்புகிறேன்
நித்தமும்!
தாய் மடியில் தலைவைத்து
நிலவு முகம் நான் ரசித்து
கதைகள் பேசி
கவலைகள் மறந்த காலம்
இனிதான் வருமா ?
இதயம் நனைத்த
இந்த வாழ்வு
இளைய தலைமுறைக்காவது
இனி கிடைக்குமா ?
சொந்த மண்ணில்
சொந்தங்களோடு
சோறு திண்பவன்
யாரடா ?
இருந்தால் அவனே
சொர்க்கம் கண்டவனடா!
philosophy of life
A boat docked in a tiny Mexican fishing village.
A tourist complimented the local fishermen on the quality of their fish and asked
how long it took him to catch them.
" Not very long." they answered in unison.
"Why didn't you stay out longer and catch more?"
The fishermen explained that their small catches were sufficient to meet their needs and those of their families.
"But what do you do with the rest of your time?"
"We sleep late, fish a little, play with our children,and take siestas with our wives.
In the evenings, we go into the village to see our friends, have a few drinks, play the guitar, and sing a few songs.
We have a full life."
The tourist interrupted,
"I have an MBA from Harvard and I can help you!
You should start by fishing longer every day.
You can then sell the extra fish you catch.
With the extra revenue, you can buy a bigger boat."
"And after that?"
"With the extra money the larger boat will bring,
you can buy a second one and a third one and so on until you have an entire fleet of trawlers. Instead of selling your fish to a middle man,
you can then negotiate directly with the processing plants and maybe even open your own plant.
You can then leave this little village and move to Mexico City , Los Angeles , or even New York City !
From there you can direct your huge new enterprise."
"How long would that take?"
"Twenty, perhaps twenty-five years." replied the tourist.
"And after that?"
"Afterwards? Well my friend, that's when it gets really interesting, " answered the tourist, laughing. "When your business gets really big, you can start buying and selling stocks and make millions!"
"Millions? Really? And after that?" asked the fishermen.
"After that you'll be able to retire,
live in a tiny village near the coast,
sleep late, play with your children,
catch a few fish, take a siesta with your wife
and spend your evenings drinking and enjoying your friends."
"With all due respect sir, but that's exactly what we are doing now. So what's the point wasting twenty-five years?" asked the Mexicans.
And the moral of this story is:
Know where you're going in life....
you may already be there J
A tourist complimented the local fishermen on the quality of their fish and asked
how long it took him to catch them.
" Not very long." they answered in unison.
"Why didn't you stay out longer and catch more?"
The fishermen explained that their small catches were sufficient to meet their needs and those of their families.
"But what do you do with the rest of your time?"
"We sleep late, fish a little, play with our children,and take siestas with our wives.
In the evenings, we go into the village to see our friends, have a few drinks, play the guitar, and sing a few songs.
We have a full life."
The tourist interrupted,
"I have an MBA from Harvard and I can help you!
You should start by fishing longer every day.
You can then sell the extra fish you catch.
With the extra revenue, you can buy a bigger boat."
"And after that?"
"With the extra money the larger boat will bring,
you can buy a second one and a third one and so on until you have an entire fleet of trawlers. Instead of selling your fish to a middle man,
you can then negotiate directly with the processing plants and maybe even open your own plant.
You can then leave this little village and move to Mexico City , Los Angeles , or even New York City !
From there you can direct your huge new enterprise."
"How long would that take?"
"Twenty, perhaps twenty-five years." replied the tourist.
"And after that?"
"Afterwards? Well my friend, that's when it gets really interesting, " answered the tourist, laughing. "When your business gets really big, you can start buying and selling stocks and make millions!"
"Millions? Really? And after that?" asked the fishermen.
"After that you'll be able to retire,
live in a tiny village near the coast,
sleep late, play with your children,
catch a few fish, take a siesta with your wife
and spend your evenings drinking and enjoying your friends."
"With all due respect sir, but that's exactly what we are doing now. So what's the point wasting twenty-five years?" asked the Mexicans.
And the moral of this story is:
Know where you're going in life....
you may already be there J
Same place at different seasons…
You cannot judge a tree, or a person,
by only one season,
and that the essence of who they are
and the pleasure, joy, and love that come
from that life can only be measured at the end,
when all the seasons are up.
If you give up when it's winter,
you will miss the promise of your spring,
the beauty of your summer, and fulfillment of your fall.
Don't let the pain of one season destroy the joy of all the rest.
Don't judge life by one difficult season.
Samudra Manthan - At Thailand Airport
Samudra Manthan - At Thailand Airport
In Bangkok , Thailand , there is new international airport called Suvarn-bhoomi.
Very interesting to know that country surrounded by other major religion has such a huge displayfrom the scripture of Devi Bhagavat and Vishnu Puran.
As is well known - majority of the population in Malaysia , Indonesia , Thailand , Cambodia etc., etc., are not Hindus - but they have the culture of respecting their forefathers who were Hindus - and also the Hindu Sanatan Dharma which is unique and has no comparison.
Please see this beautiful exhibit - which is very meaningful and has a message to the Society. When asked: Can we imagine putting up this kind of things in our Air Ports in India ?
In Bangkok , Thailand , there is new international airport called Suvarn-bhoomi.
Very interesting to know that country surrounded by other major religion has such a huge displayfrom the scripture of Devi Bhagavat and Vishnu Puran.
As is well known - majority of the population in Malaysia , Indonesia , Thailand , Cambodia etc., etc., are not Hindus - but they have the culture of respecting their forefathers who were Hindus - and also the Hindu Sanatan Dharma which is unique and has no comparison.
Please see this beautiful exhibit - which is very meaningful and has a message to the Society. When asked: Can we imagine putting up this kind of things in our Air Ports in India ?
Saturday, May 01, 2010
Rajnikanth facts
• Rajanikanth makes onions cry.
• Rajanikanth can delete the Recycle Bin.
• Ghosts are actually caused by Rajanikanth killing people faster than Death can process them.
• Rajanikanth can build a snowman..... out of rain..
• Rajanikanth can strangle you with a cordless phone.
• Rajanikanth can drown a fish.
• When Rajanikanth enters a room, he doesn't turn the lights on,......... . .... he turns the dark off.
• When Rajanikanth looks in a mirror the mirror shatters, because not even glass is stupid enough to get in between Rajanikanth and Rajanikanth.
• Brett Favre can throw a football over 50 yards. Rajanikanth can throw Brett Favre even further.
• The last digit of pi is Rajanikanth. He is the end of all things.
• Rajanikanth does not know where you live, but he knows where you will die.
• Bullets dodge Rajanikanth.
• A Handicap parking sign does not signify that this spot is for handicapped people. It is actually in fact a warning, that the spot belongs to Rajanikanth and that you will be handicapped if you park there.
• Rajanikanth' calendar goes straight from March 31st to April 2nd, no one fools Rajanikanth.
• If you spell Rajanikanth wrong on Google it doesn't say, "Did you mean Rajanikanth? " It simply replies, "Run while you still have the chance."
• Rajanikanth can do a wheelie on a unicycle.
• Once a cobra bit Rajanikanth' leg. After five days of excruciating pain, the cobra died.
• When Rajanikanth gives you the finger, he's telling you how many seconds you have left to live.
• Rajanikanth can kill two stones with one bird.
• Rajanikanth was once on Celebrity Wheel of Fortune and was the first to spin. The next 29 minutes of the show consisted of everyone standing around awkwardly, waiting for the wheel to stop.
• Leading hand sanitizers claim they can kill 99.9 percent of germs. Rajanikanth can kill 100 percent of whatever he wants.
• There is no such thing as global warming. Rajanikanth was cold, so he turned the sun up.
• Rajanikanth can set ants on fire with a magnifying glass. At night.
• Rajanikanth has a deep and abiding respect for human life… unless it gets in his way.
• It takes Rajanikanth 20 minutes to watch 60 Minutes.
• Rajanikanth once shot down a German fighter plane with his finger, by yelling, "Bang!"
• In an average living room there are 1,242 objects Rajanikanth could use to kill you, including the room itself.
• Behind every successful man, there is a woman. Behind every dead man, there is Rajanikanth.
• Rajanikanth destroyed the periodic table, because Rajanikanth only recognizes the element of surprise.
• Rajanikanth got his drivers license at the age of 16 Seconds.
• With the rising cost of gasoline, Rajanikanth is beginning to worry about his drinking habit.
• The square root of Rajanikanth is pain. Do not try to square Rajanikanth, the result is death.
• When you say "no one's perfect", Rajanikanth takes this as a personal insult.
• Want some more????
• Rajnikant is so fast, he can run around the world and punch himself in the back of the head.
• Rajnikant gave Mona Lisa that smile.
• Rajnikant can slam a revolving door.
• There are no races, only countries of people Rajnikant has beaten to different shades of black and blue.
• Rajnikant's house has no doors, only walls that he walks through.
• Rajnikant can divide by zero.
• Newton's Third Law is wrong: Although it states that for each action, there is an equal and opposite reaction, there is no force equal in reaction to a Rajnikant turnaround kick.
• When taking the GRE, write "Rajnikant" for every answer. You will score over 1600.
• Rajnikant has 12 moons. One of those moon s is the Earth.
• An old English dictionary dating back to 1236... It defined "victim" as "one who has encountered Rajnikant"
• If you Google search "Rajnikant getting kicked" you will generate zero results. It just doesn't happen.
• Rajnikant can drink an entire gallon of milk in thirty-seven seconds.
• The Bermuda Triangle used to be the Bermuda Square, until Rajnikant kicked one of the corners off.
• There are no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, because Rajnikant lives in Chennai.
• Thousands of years ago Rajnikant came across a bear. It was so terrified that it fled north into the arctic. It was also so terrified that all of its descendants now have white hair
• Rajanikanth can delete the Recycle Bin.
• Ghosts are actually caused by Rajanikanth killing people faster than Death can process them.
• Rajanikanth can build a snowman..... out of rain..
• Rajanikanth can strangle you with a cordless phone.
• Rajanikanth can drown a fish.
• When Rajanikanth enters a room, he doesn't turn the lights on,......... . .... he turns the dark off.
• When Rajanikanth looks in a mirror the mirror shatters, because not even glass is stupid enough to get in between Rajanikanth and Rajanikanth.
• Brett Favre can throw a football over 50 yards. Rajanikanth can throw Brett Favre even further.
• The last digit of pi is Rajanikanth. He is the end of all things.
• Rajanikanth does not know where you live, but he knows where you will die.
• Bullets dodge Rajanikanth.
• A Handicap parking sign does not signify that this spot is for handicapped people. It is actually in fact a warning, that the spot belongs to Rajanikanth and that you will be handicapped if you park there.
• Rajanikanth' calendar goes straight from March 31st to April 2nd, no one fools Rajanikanth.
• If you spell Rajanikanth wrong on Google it doesn't say, "Did you mean Rajanikanth? " It simply replies, "Run while you still have the chance."
• Rajanikanth can do a wheelie on a unicycle.
• Once a cobra bit Rajanikanth' leg. After five days of excruciating pain, the cobra died.
• When Rajanikanth gives you the finger, he's telling you how many seconds you have left to live.
• Rajanikanth can kill two stones with one bird.
• Rajanikanth was once on Celebrity Wheel of Fortune and was the first to spin. The next 29 minutes of the show consisted of everyone standing around awkwardly, waiting for the wheel to stop.
• Leading hand sanitizers claim they can kill 99.9 percent of germs. Rajanikanth can kill 100 percent of whatever he wants.
• There is no such thing as global warming. Rajanikanth was cold, so he turned the sun up.
• Rajanikanth can set ants on fire with a magnifying glass. At night.
• Rajanikanth has a deep and abiding respect for human life… unless it gets in his way.
• It takes Rajanikanth 20 minutes to watch 60 Minutes.
• Rajanikanth once shot down a German fighter plane with his finger, by yelling, "Bang!"
• In an average living room there are 1,242 objects Rajanikanth could use to kill you, including the room itself.
• Behind every successful man, there is a woman. Behind every dead man, there is Rajanikanth.
• Rajanikanth destroyed the periodic table, because Rajanikanth only recognizes the element of surprise.
• Rajanikanth got his drivers license at the age of 16 Seconds.
• With the rising cost of gasoline, Rajanikanth is beginning to worry about his drinking habit.
• The square root of Rajanikanth is pain. Do not try to square Rajanikanth, the result is death.
• When you say "no one's perfect", Rajanikanth takes this as a personal insult.
• Want some more????
• Rajnikant is so fast, he can run around the world and punch himself in the back of the head.
• Rajnikant gave Mona Lisa that smile.
• Rajnikant can slam a revolving door.
• There are no races, only countries of people Rajnikant has beaten to different shades of black and blue.
• Rajnikant's house has no doors, only walls that he walks through.
• Rajnikant can divide by zero.
• Newton's Third Law is wrong: Although it states that for each action, there is an equal and opposite reaction, there is no force equal in reaction to a Rajnikant turnaround kick.
• When taking the GRE, write "Rajnikant" for every answer. You will score over 1600.
• Rajnikant has 12 moons. One of those moon s is the Earth.
• An old English dictionary dating back to 1236... It defined "victim" as "one who has encountered Rajnikant"
• If you Google search "Rajnikant getting kicked" you will generate zero results. It just doesn't happen.
• Rajnikant can drink an entire gallon of milk in thirty-seven seconds.
• The Bermuda Triangle used to be the Bermuda Square, until Rajnikant kicked one of the corners off.
• There are no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, because Rajnikant lives in Chennai.
• Thousands of years ago Rajnikant came across a bear. It was so terrified that it fled north into the arctic. It was also so terrified that all of its descendants now have white hair
DAILY SURVIVAL KIT
*D**A**I**L* *Y **S**U**R**V* *I**V**A* *L **K**I**T*
*to help you each day......... ...*
*Toothpick** ... to remind you to pick the good qualities in everyone,
including yourself.*
*Rubber band** ... to remind you to be flexible. Things might not always go
the way you want, but it can be worked out.*
*Band-Aid** ... to remind you to heal hurt feelings, either yours or someone
else's.*
*Eraser** ... to remind you everyone makes mistakes. That's okay, we learn
by our errors.*
*Candy Kiss** ... to remind you everyone needs a hug or a compliment
everyday.*
*Mint **... to remind you that you are worth a mint to your family & Me.*
*Bubble Gum** ... to remind you to stick with it and you can accomplish
anything.*
*Pencil** ... to remind you to list your blessings every day.*
*Tea Bag** ... to remind you to take time to relax daily and go over that
list of God's blessings.*
*This is what makes life worth living every minute, every day*
*Wishing you love, gratitude, friends to cherish, caring, sharing, laughter,
music, and warm feelings in your** **heart.***
God gives cloth, wood and fire even to a dead man,
It is so sad that the living man keeps worrying...
"Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing
it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned."-Buddha
A good way to change someones attitude is to change our own, because the
same sun that melts butter, also hardens clay!
Life is as we think it, so think beautifully.
*to help you each day......... ...*
*Toothpick** ... to remind you to pick the good qualities in everyone,
including yourself.*
*Rubber band** ... to remind you to be flexible. Things might not always go
the way you want, but it can be worked out.*
*Band-Aid** ... to remind you to heal hurt feelings, either yours or someone
else's.*
*Eraser** ... to remind you everyone makes mistakes. That's okay, we learn
by our errors.*
*Candy Kiss** ... to remind you everyone needs a hug or a compliment
everyday.*
*Mint **... to remind you that you are worth a mint to your family & Me.*
*Bubble Gum** ... to remind you to stick with it and you can accomplish
anything.*
*Pencil** ... to remind you to list your blessings every day.*
*Tea Bag** ... to remind you to take time to relax daily and go over that
list of God's blessings.*
*This is what makes life worth living every minute, every day*
*Wishing you love, gratitude, friends to cherish, caring, sharing, laughter,
music, and warm feelings in your** **heart.***
God gives cloth, wood and fire even to a dead man,
It is so sad that the living man keeps worrying...
"Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing
it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned."-Buddha
A good way to change someones attitude is to change our own, because the
same sun that melts butter, also hardens clay!
Life is as we think it, so think beautifully.
YOUR LIFE IS AT RISK
No wonder more folks are dying from cancer than ever before. We wonder where this stuff comes from but here is an example that explains a lot of the cancer causing incidents. Hmmm. Many people are in their cars first thing in the morning and the last thing at night, 7 days a week. As I read this, it makes me feel guilty and ill. Guess its not too late to make some changes.
Car A/C (Air Conditioning) MUST READ!!!
Please do NOT turn on A/C as soon as you enter the car.
Open the windows after you enter your car and turn ON the AC after a couple of minutes.
Here's why:
According to a research, the car dashboard, sofa, air freshener emit Benzene, a Cancer causing toxin (carcinogen - take time to observe the smell of heated plastic in your car).
In addition to causing cancer, Benzene poisons your bones, causes anemia and reduces white blood cells.
Prolonged exposure will cause Leukemia, increasing the risk of cancer.
Can also cause miscarriage.
Acceptable Benzene level indoors is 50 mg per sq. ft. A car parked indoors with windows closed will contain 400-800 mg of Benzene.
If parked outdoors under the sun at a temperature above 60 degrees F, the Benzene level goes up to 2000-4000 mg, 40 times the acceptable level.
People who get into the car, keeping windows closed will inevitably inhale, in quick succession, excessive amounts of the toxin.
Benzene is a toxin that affects your kidney and liver.. What's worse, it is extremely difficult for your body to expel this toxic stuff.
So friends, please open the windows and door of your car - give time for interior to air out -dispel the deadly stuff - before you enter.
Thought:
'When someone shares something of value with you and you benefit from it, you have a moral obligation to share it with others.'
Car A/C (Air Conditioning) MUST READ!!!
Please do NOT turn on A/C as soon as you enter the car.
Open the windows after you enter your car and turn ON the AC after a couple of minutes.
Here's why:
According to a research, the car dashboard, sofa, air freshener emit Benzene, a Cancer causing toxin (carcinogen - take time to observe the smell of heated plastic in your car).
In addition to causing cancer, Benzene poisons your bones, causes anemia and reduces white blood cells.
Prolonged exposure will cause Leukemia, increasing the risk of cancer.
Can also cause miscarriage.
Acceptable Benzene level indoors is 50 mg per sq. ft. A car parked indoors with windows closed will contain 400-800 mg of Benzene.
If parked outdoors under the sun at a temperature above 60 degrees F, the Benzene level goes up to 2000-4000 mg, 40 times the acceptable level.
People who get into the car, keeping windows closed will inevitably inhale, in quick succession, excessive amounts of the toxin.
Benzene is a toxin that affects your kidney and liver.. What's worse, it is extremely difficult for your body to expel this toxic stuff.
So friends, please open the windows and door of your car - give time for interior to air out -dispel the deadly stuff - before you enter.
Thought:
'When someone shares something of value with you and you benefit from it, you have a moral obligation to share it with others.'
Dedicated to all the helpless employees!!!!!!!!!!!
Mistakes and Mistakes
If a barber makes a mistake,
It's a NEW STYLE
If a driver makes a mistake,
It is a New Path
If an engineer makes a mistake,
It is a NEW VENTURE
If parents makes a mistake,
It is a NEW GENERATION
If a politician makes a mistake,
It is a NEW LAW
If a scientist makes a mistake,
It is a NEW INVENTION
If a tailor makes a mistake,
It is a NEW FASHION
If a teacher makes a mistake,
It is a NEW THEORY
If our boss makes a mistake,
It is a New idea
If an employee makes a mistake,
It is a Mistake Only
From
EMPLOYEE
Mistakes and Mistakes
If a barber makes a mistake,
It's a NEW STYLE
If a driver makes a mistake,
It is a New Path
If an engineer makes a mistake,
It is a NEW VENTURE
If parents makes a mistake,
It is a NEW GENERATION
If a politician makes a mistake,
It is a NEW LAW
If a scientist makes a mistake,
It is a NEW INVENTION
If a tailor makes a mistake,
It is a NEW FASHION
If a teacher makes a mistake,
It is a NEW THEORY
If our boss makes a mistake,
It is a New idea
If an employee makes a mistake,
It is a Mistake Only
From
EMPLOYEE
CRACKED POT
An elderly Chinese woman had two large pots, each hung on the ends of a pole which she carried across her neck.
One of the pots had a crack in it while the other pot was perfect and always delivered a full portion of water.
At the end of the long walks from the stream to the house, the cracked pot arrived only half full.
For a full two years this went on daily, with the woman bringing home only one and a half pots of water.
Of course, the perfect pot was proud of its accomplishments.
But the poor cracked pot was ashamed of its own imperfection, and miserable that it could only do half of what it had be! en made to do.
After two years of what it perceived to be bitter failure, it spoke to the woman one day by the stream.
'I am ashamed of myself, because this crack in my side causes water to leak out all the way back to your house.'
The old woman smiled, 'Did you notice that there are flowers on your side of the path, but not on the other pot's side?'
'That's because I have always known about your flaw, so I planted flower seeds on your side of the path, and every day while we walk back, you water them.'
'For two years I have been able to pick these beautiful flowers to decorate the table.
Without you being just the way you are, there would not be this beauty to grace the house.'
Each of us has our own unique flaw. But it's the cracks and flaws we each have that make our lives together so very interesting and rewarding.
You've just got to take each person for what they are and look for the good in them.
SO, to all of my crackpot friends, have a great day and remember to smell the flowers on your side of the path!
And send this to any or all of your Crack Pot friends within 5 minutes and see what happens! Don't forget the
Crack Pot that sent it to you!!
One of the pots had a crack in it while the other pot was perfect and always delivered a full portion of water.
At the end of the long walks from the stream to the house, the cracked pot arrived only half full.
For a full two years this went on daily, with the woman bringing home only one and a half pots of water.
Of course, the perfect pot was proud of its accomplishments.
But the poor cracked pot was ashamed of its own imperfection, and miserable that it could only do half of what it had be! en made to do.
After two years of what it perceived to be bitter failure, it spoke to the woman one day by the stream.
'I am ashamed of myself, because this crack in my side causes water to leak out all the way back to your house.'
The old woman smiled, 'Did you notice that there are flowers on your side of the path, but not on the other pot's side?'
'That's because I have always known about your flaw, so I planted flower seeds on your side of the path, and every day while we walk back, you water them.'
'For two years I have been able to pick these beautiful flowers to decorate the table.
Without you being just the way you are, there would not be this beauty to grace the house.'
Each of us has our own unique flaw. But it's the cracks and flaws we each have that make our lives together so very interesting and rewarding.
You've just got to take each person for what they are and look for the good in them.
SO, to all of my crackpot friends, have a great day and remember to smell the flowers on your side of the path!
And send this to any or all of your Crack Pot friends within 5 minutes and see what happens! Don't forget the
Crack Pot that sent it to you!!
Stages in Life
We have 3 stupid stages of life………..
Teen age:
Have Time + Energy …but No Money
Working Age:
Have Money + Energy …but No Time
Old age:
Have Time + Money …but no Energy
Teen age:
Have Time + Energy …but No Money
Working Age:
Have Money + Energy …but No Time
Old age:
Have Time + Money …but no Energy
The Art of Appraisal
The Art of Appraisal
Big Boss: This year your performance was good, excellent and outstanding. So, your rating is "average".
Kumar: What? How come 'average'?
Big Boss: Because...err...uhh...you lack domain knowledge.
Kumar: But last year you said I am a domain expert and you put me in this project as a domain consultant.
Big Boss: Oh is it? Well, in that case, I think your domain knowledge has eroded this year.
Kumar: What???
Big Boss : Yes, I didn't see you sharing knowledge on Purchasing domain.
Kumar: Why would I? Because I am not in Purchasing, I am in Manufacturing.
Big Boss : This is what I don't like about you. You give excuse for everything.
Kumar: Huh? *Confused*
Big Boss: Next, you need to improve your communication skills.
Kumar : Like what? I am the one who trained the team on "Business Communication", you sat in the audience and took notes, you remember?
Big Boss: Oh is it? Errr...well..I mean, you need to improve your Social Pragmatic Affirmative Communication.
Kumar: Huh? What the hell is that? *Confused*
Big Boss : See! That's why you need to learn about it.
Kumar: *head spinning*
Big Boss: Next, you need to sharpen your recruiting skills. All the guys you recruited left within 2 months.
Kumar : Well, not my mistake. You told them you will sit beside them and review their code, and most resigned the next day itself. Couple of them even attempted suicide.
Big Boss :*stunned* (recovers from shock) Err...anyway, I tried to give you a better rating, but our Normalization process gave you only 'average'.
Kumar: Last year that process gave me 'excellent'. This year just 'average'? Why is this process pushing me up and down every year?
Big Boss : That's a complicated process. You don't want to hear.
Kumar: I'll try to understand. Go ahead.
Big Boss : Well, we gather in a large room, write down the names of sub-ordinates in bits of paper, and throw them up in the air. Whichever lands on the floor gets 'average', whichever lands on table gets 'good', whichever we manage to catch gets 'excellent' and whichever gets stuck to ceiling gets 'outstanding'.
Kumar: (eyes popping out) What? Ridiculous! So who gets 'poor' rating?
Big Boss: Those are the ones we forget to write down.
Kumar : What the hell! And how can paper bits stick to ceiling for 'outstanding'?
Big Boss : Oh no, now you have started questioning our 20 year old organizational process!
Kumar: *faints*
Big Boss: This year your performance was good, excellent and outstanding. So, your rating is "average".
Kumar: What? How come 'average'?
Big Boss: Because...err...uhh...you lack domain knowledge.
Kumar: But last year you said I am a domain expert and you put me in this project as a domain consultant.
Big Boss: Oh is it? Well, in that case, I think your domain knowledge has eroded this year.
Kumar: What???
Big Boss : Yes, I didn't see you sharing knowledge on Purchasing domain.
Kumar: Why would I? Because I am not in Purchasing, I am in Manufacturing.
Big Boss : This is what I don't like about you. You give excuse for everything.
Kumar: Huh? *Confused*
Big Boss: Next, you need to improve your communication skills.
Kumar : Like what? I am the one who trained the team on "Business Communication", you sat in the audience and took notes, you remember?
Big Boss: Oh is it? Errr...well..I mean, you need to improve your Social Pragmatic Affirmative Communication.
Kumar: Huh? What the hell is that? *Confused*
Big Boss : See! That's why you need to learn about it.
Kumar: *head spinning*
Big Boss: Next, you need to sharpen your recruiting skills. All the guys you recruited left within 2 months.
Kumar : Well, not my mistake. You told them you will sit beside them and review their code, and most resigned the next day itself. Couple of them even attempted suicide.
Big Boss :*stunned* (recovers from shock) Err...anyway, I tried to give you a better rating, but our Normalization process gave you only 'average'.
Kumar: Last year that process gave me 'excellent'. This year just 'average'? Why is this process pushing me up and down every year?
Big Boss : That's a complicated process. You don't want to hear.
Kumar: I'll try to understand. Go ahead.
Big Boss : Well, we gather in a large room, write down the names of sub-ordinates in bits of paper, and throw them up in the air. Whichever lands on the floor gets 'average', whichever lands on table gets 'good', whichever we manage to catch gets 'excellent' and whichever gets stuck to ceiling gets 'outstanding'.
Kumar: (eyes popping out) What? Ridiculous! So who gets 'poor' rating?
Big Boss: Those are the ones we forget to write down.
Kumar : What the hell! And how can paper bits stick to ceiling for 'outstanding'?
Big Boss : Oh no, now you have started questioning our 20 year old organizational process!
Kumar: *faints*
Friday, March 19, 2010
Where you Working
A man is flying in a hot air balloon and realizes he is lost. He reduces height and spots a man down below. He lowers the balloon further and shouts: “Excuse me, can you tell me where I am?”
The man below says: “Yes, you’re in a hot air balloon, hovering 30 feet above this field.”
“You must work in Information Technology,” says the balloonist.
“I do,” replies the man. “How did you know?”
“Well,” says the balloonist, “Everything you have told me is technically correct, but it’s no use to anyone.”
The man below says, “You must work in Management.”
“I do,” replies the balloonist, “But how did you know?”
“Well,” says the man, “You don’t know where you are, or where you’re going, but you expect me to be able to help. You’re in the same position you were before we met, but now it’s my fault.”
The man below says: “Yes, you’re in a hot air balloon, hovering 30 feet above this field.”
“You must work in Information Technology,” says the balloonist.
“I do,” replies the man. “How did you know?”
“Well,” says the balloonist, “Everything you have told me is technically correct, but it’s no use to anyone.”
The man below says, “You must work in Management.”
“I do,” replies the balloonist, “But how did you know?”
“Well,” says the man, “You don’t know where you are, or where you’re going, but you expect me to be able to help. You’re in the same position you were before we met, but now it’s my fault.”
NASA Space Pen
When NASA first started sending up astronauts, they quickly discovered that ballpoint pens would not work in zero gravity. To combat the problem, NASA scientists spent a decade and $12 Million to develop a pen that writes in zero gravity, upside down, underwater, on almost any surface including glass and at temperatures ranging from below freezing to 300 C.
The Russians used a pencil.
The Russians used a pencil.
Hi-Tech Chat
Husband: Hi Dear, I am logged in.
Wife: Would you like to have some snacks?
Husband: Hard disk full.
Wife: Have you brought the stuff which i asked for?
Husband: Bad command or file name.
Wife: But I told you about it in the morning!
Husband: Syntax error, abort, retry, cancel.
Wife: Oh my God! Forget it, where’s your salary?
Husband: File in use, read only. try after some time.
Wife: At least give me your credit card, I can do some shopping.
Husband: Sharing violation, access denied.
Wife: I made a mistake in marrying you!
Husband: Data type mismatch.
Wife: You are useless!
Husband: By default.
Wife: Who was there with you in the car this morning?
Husband: System unstable. Press ctrl, alt, del to reboot.
Wife: What is my value in your life?
Husband: Unknown virus detected.
Wife: Do you love me or your computer?!
Husband: Too many parameters.
Wife: I will go to my dad’s house!
Husband: Program performed illegal operation, it will close.
Wife: I will leave you forever!
Husband: Close all programs and log out for another user.
Wife: It’s worthless talking to you!
Husband: Shut down the computer.
Wife: I am going!!!
Husband: It is now safe to turn off your computer.
Wife: Would you like to have some snacks?
Husband: Hard disk full.
Wife: Have you brought the stuff which i asked for?
Husband: Bad command or file name.
Wife: But I told you about it in the morning!
Husband: Syntax error, abort, retry, cancel.
Wife: Oh my God! Forget it, where’s your salary?
Husband: File in use, read only. try after some time.
Wife: At least give me your credit card, I can do some shopping.
Husband: Sharing violation, access denied.
Wife: I made a mistake in marrying you!
Husband: Data type mismatch.
Wife: You are useless!
Husband: By default.
Wife: Who was there with you in the car this morning?
Husband: System unstable. Press ctrl, alt, del to reboot.
Wife: What is my value in your life?
Husband: Unknown virus detected.
Wife: Do you love me or your computer?!
Husband: Too many parameters.
Wife: I will go to my dad’s house!
Husband: Program performed illegal operation, it will close.
Wife: I will leave you forever!
Husband: Close all programs and log out for another user.
Wife: It’s worthless talking to you!
Husband: Shut down the computer.
Wife: I am going!!!
Husband: It is now safe to turn off your computer.
Fly in a Coffee
If A Fly Falls In A Cup Of Coffee:
1. Englishman: Throws his cup away and walks out
2. American: Takes the insect out and drinks the coffee
3. Chinese: Eats the insect and throws the coffee away
4. Japanese: Drinks the coffee with insect as it is coming free
5. Palestinian: Sells the coffee to the American and insect to the Chinese and gets new cup of coffee.
6. Israeli: Accuse the Palestinian for throwing insect into his coffee. Relates the issue to violence. Asks the American for Military aid. Takes loan from America to buy one more cup of coffee.
1. Englishman: Throws his cup away and walks out
2. American: Takes the insect out and drinks the coffee
3. Chinese: Eats the insect and throws the coffee away
4. Japanese: Drinks the coffee with insect as it is coming free
5. Palestinian: Sells the coffee to the American and insect to the Chinese and gets new cup of coffee.
6. Israeli: Accuse the Palestinian for throwing insect into his coffee. Relates the issue to violence. Asks the American for Military aid. Takes loan from America to buy one more cup of coffee.
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Wednesday, March 03, 2010
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
We Need Real Leaders Now, Not Hypsters
Our current slate of leaders all over the world are highly incompetent and unqualified to guide the human society because they do not understand the basic principles of existence, how the human society can live in a state of perfect harmony with the source of its existence and thus enjoy universal peace and prosperity. There is one thing however that they very expert in. And that is the art of hype. So what we need now more than ever on this planet is leaders, not hypsters, because when the blind lead the lead there is only one place where they will all end up. And that is in the ditch. So this then is our mission. We want to train a class of leaders all over the world who are fully conversant with the ultimate self realization science and are thus fully competent to guide the human society how to live in perfect harmony with the source of all existence, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Sankarshan Das Adhikari
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Answers According to the Vedic Version:
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Question: Why Do People Say that Their God is the Only Real God?
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I really love whatever you tell us about Lord Sri Krishna. I also understand that we have to obey the spiritual rule of surrendering to Him. Why do the members of all the religions in the world say that their God is the only real God? Secondly. why don't we claim ourselves to be good human beings rather then claiming ourselves as Hindus, Muslims, Christians, etc.
The smallest servant,
Vijay S.
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Answer: Because They are Lacking in Common Sense
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Even though God is indeed one, many people who claim to be religious think that only someone in their religion can approach Him. This really does not make any sense because God is the father of all living beings. Whether I address Him in English as God, in Sanskrit as Krishna, or in Arabic as Allah, I am still praying to the same person. It never ceases to amaze me that so many people do not understand that God is multilingual. They must think that He only understands their language and nobody else's. If even an ordinary human being can be multi-lingual, why can't God be multi-lingual? Anybody with a little common sense can understand this. It is obvious then that these wranglers who think that God can be only by addressed by the name they call Him, are completely lacking in common sense.
You mentioned the "good human beings", but I do not see where are the good human beings nowadays when practically everyone is engaged in all varieties of sinful activities such as cow killing, baby killing, and torturing Mother earth by destroying the environment. Although they try to hide behind the cloak of "I'm a Hindu", "I'm a Muslim", "I'm a Christian", etc their sinful activities are being observed by higher authorities and they will be held accountable for them at the time of death. The way to our becoming good and perfect human beings is by identifying ourselves instead as servants of God and striving diligently to becoming perfect in our service to Him.
Sankarshan Das Adhikari
All inquiries are welcome. Feel free to call or email us.
Contact Information:
phone: 1-512-835-2121
Email: questions@backtohome.com
Sankarshan Das Adhikari
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Answers According to the Vedic Version:
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Question: Why Do People Say that Their God is the Only Real God?
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I really love whatever you tell us about Lord Sri Krishna. I also understand that we have to obey the spiritual rule of surrendering to Him. Why do the members of all the religions in the world say that their God is the only real God? Secondly. why don't we claim ourselves to be good human beings rather then claiming ourselves as Hindus, Muslims, Christians, etc.
The smallest servant,
Vijay S.
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Answer: Because They are Lacking in Common Sense
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Even though God is indeed one, many people who claim to be religious think that only someone in their religion can approach Him. This really does not make any sense because God is the father of all living beings. Whether I address Him in English as God, in Sanskrit as Krishna, or in Arabic as Allah, I am still praying to the same person. It never ceases to amaze me that so many people do not understand that God is multilingual. They must think that He only understands their language and nobody else's. If even an ordinary human being can be multi-lingual, why can't God be multi-lingual? Anybody with a little common sense can understand this. It is obvious then that these wranglers who think that God can be only by addressed by the name they call Him, are completely lacking in common sense.
You mentioned the "good human beings", but I do not see where are the good human beings nowadays when practically everyone is engaged in all varieties of sinful activities such as cow killing, baby killing, and torturing Mother earth by destroying the environment. Although they try to hide behind the cloak of "I'm a Hindu", "I'm a Muslim", "I'm a Christian", etc their sinful activities are being observed by higher authorities and they will be held accountable for them at the time of death. The way to our becoming good and perfect human beings is by identifying ourselves instead as servants of God and striving diligently to becoming perfect in our service to Him.
Sankarshan Das Adhikari
All inquiries are welcome. Feel free to call or email us.
Contact Information:
phone: 1-512-835-2121
Email: questions@backtohome.com
Wednesday, February 03, 2010
Great Spiritual Masters are Persecuted
Throughout world history it has been repeatedly seen that those who realize the Supreme Truth manifest great kindness upon the suffering souls of this world and thus powerfully broadcast the message of the Supreme Truth as far and as wide as possible to as many people as possible. And sadly such great spiritual masters are too often criticized and persecuted. The notable examples in this connection are Lord Jesus Christ and Hari Das Thakur. In an attempt to put him to death Lord Jesus was crucified. And in a similar attempt Haridas Thakur was severely beaten in twenty-two different market places. But in both cases these great devotees were protected by the Lord and could not be killed.
So we can similarly expect that sometimes in our efforts to share Krishna consciousness with those who are not so fortunate as to have it yet that we may sometimes be criticized, harassed, and persecuted. When this happens to us it is a real test of how serious we actually are to do whatever it takes to please our most beloved Lord Krishna, even if we have to be put into displeasing and difficult situations.
Sankarshan Das Adhikari
Answers According to the Vedic Version:
My Dear Guru Maharaja,
In a Gurukula class one of the students asked, "Why do the Japa beads have 108 beads and not any other figure?"
Your humble Servant,
Answer: 108 Upanisads and 108 Gopis
We have 108 beads because there are 108 Upanisads. By this chanting on the 108 beads we have surpassed the study of 108 Upanisads by realizing the conclusion of the 108, namely to be absorbed in the devotional service of Lord Sri Krishna.
Also there are 108 gopis in Vrindavan who are especially dear to Krishna. So by chanting on these 108 beads we are serving those 108 chief gopis. Serving Krishna's devotees is essential because becoming a devotee of Krishna means to become a devotee of the devotees of Krishna.
Sankarshan Das Adhikari
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phone: 1-512-835-2121
Email: questions@backtohome.com
Friday, January 29, 2010
A Man Living with Half of a Body..
Awesome Photos and Information. .
Peng Shuilin had half of his body amputated after being run over by a truck. But he never gave up! His recovery has amazed surgeons after almost two years undergoing a series of operations.
The vice-president of the hospital where this 37-year old Chinese man has been treated said: He is amazing and the only person in the world to survive having so much of his body amputated.
He's doing well now and has opened his own bargain supermarket
- called the Half Man-Half Price Store. That's incredible. It seems nothing can get him down
It's all about attitude. Not what happens to you but what you after that determines where you will be in life
Peng Shuilin had half of his body amputated after being run over by a truck. But he never gave up! His recovery has amazed surgeons after almost two years undergoing a series of operations.
The vice-president of the hospital where this 37-year old Chinese man has been treated said: He is amazing and the only person in the world to survive having so much of his body amputated.
He's doing well now and has opened his own bargain supermarket
- called the Half Man-Half Price Store. That's incredible. It seems nothing can get him down
It's all about attitude. Not what happens to you but what you after that determines where you will be in life
Answers According to the Vedic Version:
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Question: Is Krishna Bhakti Supported in the Original Four Vedas?
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I and a few devotees are preaching to some of our Muslim friends. They have asked some questions. Can you please answer them?
1. According to them only the Rig Veda, Sama Veda, Yajur Veda, and Atharva Veda are the original Vedas and are thus authoritative, while other scriptures such as the Upanishads are manmade and are not divine and authoritative. Can you please tell how to explain that all the Upanishads including the primary Vedas come under same category?
2. We quoted some verses from the Bhagavad-gita and the Brahma samhita where it is stated that Krishna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. (They think that Krishna is human). But as they believe only the primary four Vedas are authoritative, they are not believing what we are saying. Can you please give me evidence from the original four Vedas that support Krishna's supremacy?
3. They also say that Vedas were written down because the sudras and vaisyas were not even allowed to look into it. Can I have your clarification, Gurudeva?
Regards,
Vishnu C.B.
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Answer: Krishna Bhakti is Advocated There.
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I am very happy to hear that your Muslim friends accept the authority of the original four Vedas. Therefore they should note this mantra from the Rig Veda:
oṁ tad viṣṇoḥ paramaṁ padaṁ sadā paśyanti sūrayah
"Those who are actually learned in the Absolute Truth look to the abode of and worship only the Vishnu form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead in any of His various forms such as Krishna, Rama, etc."
--Rig Veda (1.22.20)
Therefore if they really accept the authority of the original four Vedas they will now have to surrender themselves unto Lord Vishnu in any one of His various forms. Let's see if they are not hypocrites and will do that.
And if your Muslim friends say that only the original four Vedas are authoritative Vedic truth, then we have to ask them where is it stated in the four original Vedas that only the four original Vedas are authoritative truth. The four original Vedas: Sama, Yajur, Rig, Atharva were compiled by Vedavyasa, who then explained them in the 108 Puranas, summarized them in the Vedanta-sutra, and further explained the Vedanta-sutra in the Srimad-Bhagavatam. So if we accept the authority of the original four Vedas, we must also accept the authority of the supplementary literatures since they are compiled by the same person, Vedavyasa.
While it is fact that the Vedic wisdom can only be understood by those who have been elevated to the higher status of transcendental knowledge, in the Vedic system of education everyone is given an equal opportunity to become elevated in knowledge by submissively inquiring from and serving a bona fide spiritual master.
Sankarshan Das Adhikari
All inquiries are welcome. Feel free to call or email.
Contact Information:
phone: 1-512-835-2121
Email: questions@backtohome.com
Question: Is Krishna Bhakti Supported in the Original Four Vedas?
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I and a few devotees are preaching to some of our Muslim friends. They have asked some questions. Can you please answer them?
1. According to them only the Rig Veda, Sama Veda, Yajur Veda, and Atharva Veda are the original Vedas and are thus authoritative, while other scriptures such as the Upanishads are manmade and are not divine and authoritative. Can you please tell how to explain that all the Upanishads including the primary Vedas come under same category?
2. We quoted some verses from the Bhagavad-gita and the Brahma samhita where it is stated that Krishna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. (They think that Krishna is human). But as they believe only the primary four Vedas are authoritative, they are not believing what we are saying. Can you please give me evidence from the original four Vedas that support Krishna's supremacy?
3. They also say that Vedas were written down because the sudras and vaisyas were not even allowed to look into it. Can I have your clarification, Gurudeva?
Regards,
Vishnu C.B.
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Answer: Krishna Bhakti is Advocated There.
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I am very happy to hear that your Muslim friends accept the authority of the original four Vedas. Therefore they should note this mantra from the Rig Veda:
oṁ tad viṣṇoḥ paramaṁ padaṁ sadā paśyanti sūrayah
"Those who are actually learned in the Absolute Truth look to the abode of and worship only the Vishnu form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead in any of His various forms such as Krishna, Rama, etc."
--Rig Veda (1.22.20)
Therefore if they really accept the authority of the original four Vedas they will now have to surrender themselves unto Lord Vishnu in any one of His various forms. Let's see if they are not hypocrites and will do that.
And if your Muslim friends say that only the original four Vedas are authoritative Vedic truth, then we have to ask them where is it stated in the four original Vedas that only the four original Vedas are authoritative truth. The four original Vedas: Sama, Yajur, Rig, Atharva were compiled by Vedavyasa, who then explained them in the 108 Puranas, summarized them in the Vedanta-sutra, and further explained the Vedanta-sutra in the Srimad-Bhagavatam. So if we accept the authority of the original four Vedas, we must also accept the authority of the supplementary literatures since they are compiled by the same person, Vedavyasa.
While it is fact that the Vedic wisdom can only be understood by those who have been elevated to the higher status of transcendental knowledge, in the Vedic system of education everyone is given an equal opportunity to become elevated in knowledge by submissively inquiring from and serving a bona fide spiritual master.
Sankarshan Das Adhikari
All inquiries are welcome. Feel free to call or email.
Contact Information:
phone: 1-512-835-2121
Email: questions@backtohome.com
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Wish you a Happy New Year 2010
I wish you 12 months of Happiness, 52 wks of joy, 365 days of success, 8760 hrs of goodhealth, 525600 mins of blessings and 31536000 sec of love. Happy New year!! Naren
Thursday, January 14, 2010
BENEFITS OF DRINKING WATER ON EMPTY STOMACH
DRINK WATER ON EMPTY STOMACH
It is popular in Japan today to drink water immediately after waking up every morning. Furthermore, scientific tests have proven its value. We publish below a description of use of water for our readers. For old and serious diseases as well as modern illnesses the water treatment had been found successful by a Japanese medical society as a 100% cure for the following diseases:
Headache, body ache, heart system, arthritis, fast heart beat, epilepsy, excess fatness, bronchitis asthma, TB, meningitis, kidney and urine diseases, vomiting, gastritis, diarrhea, piles, diabetes, constipation, all eye diseases, womb, cancer and menstrual disorders, ear, nose and throat diseases.
METHOD OF TREATMENT:
1.As you wake up in the morning before brushing teeth, drink 4 x 160ml glasses of water
2. Brush and clean the mouth but do not eat or drink anything for 45 minute
3. After 45 minutes you may eat and drink as normal.
4. After 15 minutes of breakfast, lunch and dinner do not eat or drink anything for 2 hours
5. Those who are old or sick and are unable to drink 4 glasses of water at the beginning may commence by taking little water and gradually increase it to 4 glasses per day.
6. The above method of treatment will cure diseases of the sick and others can enjoy a Healthy life.
The following list gives the number of days of treatment required to cure/control/reduce main diseases:
1. High Blood Pressure (30 days)
2. Gastric (10 days)
3. Diabetes (30 days)
4. Constipation (10 days)
5. Cancer (180 days)
6. TB (90 days)
7. Arthritis patients should follow the above treatment only for 3 days in the 1st week, and from 2nd week onwards – daily.
This treatment method has no side effects, however at the commencement of treatment you may have to urinate a few times.
It is better if we continue this and make this procedure as a routine work in our life. Drink Water and Stay healthy and Active.
This makes sense…The Chinese and Japanese drink hot tea with their meals not cold water. Maybe it is time we adopt their drinking habit while eating!!! Nothing to lose, everything to gain...
For those who like to drink cold water, this article is applicable to you.
It is nice to have a cup of cold drink after a meal. However, the cold water will solidify the oily stuff that you have just consumed. It will slow down the digestion.
Once this 'sludge' reacts with the acid, it will break down and be absorbed by the intestine faster than the solid food. It will line the intestine.
Very soon, this will turn into fats and lead to cancer. It is best to drink hot soup or warm water after a meal.
A serious note about heart attacks:
• Women should know that not every heart attack symptom is going to be the left arm hurting,
• Be aware of intense pain in the jaw line..
• You may never have the first chest pain during the course of a heart attack.
• Nausea and intense sweating are also common symptoms.
• 60% of people who have a heart attack while they are asleep do not wake up.
• Pain in the jaw can wake you from a sound sleep. Let's be careful and be aware. The more we know, the better chance we could survive...
A cardiologist says if everyone who gets this mail sends it to everyone they know, you can be sure that we'll save at least one life.
Please be a true friend and send this article to all your friends you care about
Hope it will be of benefits to you & others.
It is popular in Japan today to drink water immediately after waking up every morning. Furthermore, scientific tests have proven its value. We publish below a description of use of water for our readers. For old and serious diseases as well as modern illnesses the water treatment had been found successful by a Japanese medical society as a 100% cure for the following diseases:
Headache, body ache, heart system, arthritis, fast heart beat, epilepsy, excess fatness, bronchitis asthma, TB, meningitis, kidney and urine diseases, vomiting, gastritis, diarrhea, piles, diabetes, constipation, all eye diseases, womb, cancer and menstrual disorders, ear, nose and throat diseases.
METHOD OF TREATMENT:
1.As you wake up in the morning before brushing teeth, drink 4 x 160ml glasses of water
2. Brush and clean the mouth but do not eat or drink anything for 45 minute
3. After 45 minutes you may eat and drink as normal.
4. After 15 minutes of breakfast, lunch and dinner do not eat or drink anything for 2 hours
5. Those who are old or sick and are unable to drink 4 glasses of water at the beginning may commence by taking little water and gradually increase it to 4 glasses per day.
6. The above method of treatment will cure diseases of the sick and others can enjoy a Healthy life.
The following list gives the number of days of treatment required to cure/control/reduce main diseases:
1. High Blood Pressure (30 days)
2. Gastric (10 days)
3. Diabetes (30 days)
4. Constipation (10 days)
5. Cancer (180 days)
6. TB (90 days)
7. Arthritis patients should follow the above treatment only for 3 days in the 1st week, and from 2nd week onwards – daily.
This treatment method has no side effects, however at the commencement of treatment you may have to urinate a few times.
It is better if we continue this and make this procedure as a routine work in our life. Drink Water and Stay healthy and Active.
This makes sense…The Chinese and Japanese drink hot tea with their meals not cold water. Maybe it is time we adopt their drinking habit while eating!!! Nothing to lose, everything to gain...
For those who like to drink cold water, this article is applicable to you.
It is nice to have a cup of cold drink after a meal. However, the cold water will solidify the oily stuff that you have just consumed. It will slow down the digestion.
Once this 'sludge' reacts with the acid, it will break down and be absorbed by the intestine faster than the solid food. It will line the intestine.
Very soon, this will turn into fats and lead to cancer. It is best to drink hot soup or warm water after a meal.
A serious note about heart attacks:
• Women should know that not every heart attack symptom is going to be the left arm hurting,
• Be aware of intense pain in the jaw line..
• You may never have the first chest pain during the course of a heart attack.
• Nausea and intense sweating are also common symptoms.
• 60% of people who have a heart attack while they are asleep do not wake up.
• Pain in the jaw can wake you from a sound sleep. Let's be careful and be aware. The more we know, the better chance we could survive...
A cardiologist says if everyone who gets this mail sends it to everyone they know, you can be sure that we'll save at least one life.
Please be a true friend and send this article to all your friends you care about
Hope it will be of benefits to you & others.
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Green Tea?
25 Reasons Why You Should Start Drinking Green Tea Now.
Green tea has increasingly become a very popular drink worldwide because of its immensely powerful health benefits.It is extraordinarily amazing what green tea can do for your health.
1. Green Tea and Cancer
Green tea helps reduce the risk of cancer.
The antioxidant in green tea is 100 times more effective than vitamin C and 25 times better than vitamin E. This helps your body at protecting cells from damage believed to be linked to cancer.
2. Green Tea and Heart Disease
Green tea helps prevent heart disease and stroke by lowering the level of cholesterol. Even after the heart attack, it prevents cell deaths and speeds up the recovery of heart cells.
3. Green Tea and Anti-Aging
Green tea contains antioxidant known as polyphenols which fight against free radicals. What this means it helps you fight against aging and promotes longevity.
4. Green Tea and Weight Loss
Green tea helps with your body weight loss. Green tea burns fat and boosts your metabolism rate naturally. It can help you burn up to 70 calories in just one day.
That translates to 7 pounds in one year.
5. Green Tea and Skin
Antioxidant in green tea protects the skin from the harmful effects of free radicals, which cause wrinkling and skin aging. Green tea also helps fight against skin cancer.
6. Green Tea and Arthritis
Green tea can help prevent and reduce the risk of rheumatoid arthritis.
Green tea has benefit for your health as it protects the cartilage by blocking the enzyme that destroys cartilage.
7. Green Tea and Bones
The very key to this is high fluoride content found in green tea.
It helps keep your bones strong. If you drink green tea every day, this will help you preserve your bone density.
8. Green Tea and Cholesterol
Green tea can help lower cholesterol level. It also improves the ratio of good cholesterol to bad cholesterol, by reducing bad cholesterol level.
9. Green Tea and Obesity
Green tea prevents obesity by stopping the movement of glucose in fat cells.
If you are on a healthy diet, exercise regularly and drink green tea, it is unlikely you'll be obese.
10. Green Tea and Diabetes
Green tea improves lipid and glucose metabolisms, prevents sharp increases in blood sugar level, and balances your metabolism rate.
11. Green Tea and Alzheimer's
Green tea helps boost your memory. And although there's no cure for Alzheimer's, it helps slow the process of reduced acetylcholine in the brain, which leads to Alzheimer's.
12. Green Tea and Parkinson's
Antioxidants in green tea helps prevent against cell damage in the brain, which could cause Parkinson's. People drinking green tea also are less likely to progress with Parkinson's.
13. Green Tea and Liver Disease
Green tea helps prevent transplant failure in people with liver failure. Researches showed that green tea destroys harmful free radicals in fatty livers.
14. Green Tea and High Blood Pressure
Green tea helps prevent high blood pressure.
Drinking green tea helps keep your blood pressure down by repressing angiotensin, which leads to high blood pressure.
15. Green Tea and Food Poisoning
Catechin found in green tea can kill bacteria which causes food poisoning and kills the toxins produced by those bacteria.
16. Green Tea and Blood Sugar
Blood sugar tends to increase with age, but polyphenols and polysaccharides in green tea help lower your blood sugar level.
17. Green Tea and Immunity
Polyphenols and flavenoids found in green tea help boost your immune system, making your health stronger in fighting against infections.
18. Green Tea and Cold and Flu
Green tea prevents you from getting a cold or flu. Vitamin C in green tea helps you treat the flu and the common cold.
19. Green Tea and Asthma
Theophylline in green tea relaxes the muscles which support the bronchial tubes, reducing the severity of asthma.
20. Green Tea and Ear Infection
Green tea helps with ear infection problem. For natural ear cleaning, soak a cotton ball in green tea and clean the infected ear.
21. Green Tea and Herpes
Green tea increases the effectiveness of topical interferon treatment of herpes.
First green tea compress is applied, and then let the skin dry before the interferon treatment.
22. Green Tea and Tooth Decay
Green tea destroys bacteria and viruses that cause many dental diseases. It also slows the growth of bacteria which leads to bad breath.
23. Green Tea and Stress
L-theanine, which is a kind of amino acids in green tea, can help relieve stress and anxiety.
24. Green Tea and Allergies
EGCG found in green tea relieves allergies. So, if you have allergies, you should really consider drinking green tea.
25. Green Tea and HIV
Scientists in Japan have found that EGCG (Epigallocatechin Gallate) in green tea can stop HIV from binding to healthy immune cells. What this means is that green tea can help stop the HIV virus from spreading.
Green tea has increasingly become a very popular drink worldwide because of its immensely powerful health benefits.It is extraordinarily amazing what green tea can do for your health.
1. Green Tea and Cancer
Green tea helps reduce the risk of cancer.
The antioxidant in green tea is 100 times more effective than vitamin C and 25 times better than vitamin E. This helps your body at protecting cells from damage believed to be linked to cancer.
2. Green Tea and Heart Disease
Green tea helps prevent heart disease and stroke by lowering the level of cholesterol. Even after the heart attack, it prevents cell deaths and speeds up the recovery of heart cells.
3. Green Tea and Anti-Aging
Green tea contains antioxidant known as polyphenols which fight against free radicals. What this means it helps you fight against aging and promotes longevity.
4. Green Tea and Weight Loss
Green tea helps with your body weight loss. Green tea burns fat and boosts your metabolism rate naturally. It can help you burn up to 70 calories in just one day.
That translates to 7 pounds in one year.
5. Green Tea and Skin
Antioxidant in green tea protects the skin from the harmful effects of free radicals, which cause wrinkling and skin aging. Green tea also helps fight against skin cancer.
6. Green Tea and Arthritis
Green tea can help prevent and reduce the risk of rheumatoid arthritis.
Green tea has benefit for your health as it protects the cartilage by blocking the enzyme that destroys cartilage.
7. Green Tea and Bones
The very key to this is high fluoride content found in green tea.
It helps keep your bones strong. If you drink green tea every day, this will help you preserve your bone density.
8. Green Tea and Cholesterol
Green tea can help lower cholesterol level. It also improves the ratio of good cholesterol to bad cholesterol, by reducing bad cholesterol level.
9. Green Tea and Obesity
Green tea prevents obesity by stopping the movement of glucose in fat cells.
If you are on a healthy diet, exercise regularly and drink green tea, it is unlikely you'll be obese.
10. Green Tea and Diabetes
Green tea improves lipid and glucose metabolisms, prevents sharp increases in blood sugar level, and balances your metabolism rate.
11. Green Tea and Alzheimer's
Green tea helps boost your memory. And although there's no cure for Alzheimer's, it helps slow the process of reduced acetylcholine in the brain, which leads to Alzheimer's.
12. Green Tea and Parkinson's
Antioxidants in green tea helps prevent against cell damage in the brain, which could cause Parkinson's. People drinking green tea also are less likely to progress with Parkinson's.
13. Green Tea and Liver Disease
Green tea helps prevent transplant failure in people with liver failure. Researches showed that green tea destroys harmful free radicals in fatty livers.
14. Green Tea and High Blood Pressure
Green tea helps prevent high blood pressure.
Drinking green tea helps keep your blood pressure down by repressing angiotensin, which leads to high blood pressure.
15. Green Tea and Food Poisoning
Catechin found in green tea can kill bacteria which causes food poisoning and kills the toxins produced by those bacteria.
16. Green Tea and Blood Sugar
Blood sugar tends to increase with age, but polyphenols and polysaccharides in green tea help lower your blood sugar level.
17. Green Tea and Immunity
Polyphenols and flavenoids found in green tea help boost your immune system, making your health stronger in fighting against infections.
18. Green Tea and Cold and Flu
Green tea prevents you from getting a cold or flu. Vitamin C in green tea helps you treat the flu and the common cold.
19. Green Tea and Asthma
Theophylline in green tea relaxes the muscles which support the bronchial tubes, reducing the severity of asthma.
20. Green Tea and Ear Infection
Green tea helps with ear infection problem. For natural ear cleaning, soak a cotton ball in green tea and clean the infected ear.
21. Green Tea and Herpes
Green tea increases the effectiveness of topical interferon treatment of herpes.
First green tea compress is applied, and then let the skin dry before the interferon treatment.
22. Green Tea and Tooth Decay
Green tea destroys bacteria and viruses that cause many dental diseases. It also slows the growth of bacteria which leads to bad breath.
23. Green Tea and Stress
L-theanine, which is a kind of amino acids in green tea, can help relieve stress and anxiety.
24. Green Tea and Allergies
EGCG found in green tea relieves allergies. So, if you have allergies, you should really consider drinking green tea.
25. Green Tea and HIV
Scientists in Japan have found that EGCG (Epigallocatechin Gallate) in green tea can stop HIV from binding to healthy immune cells. What this means is that green tea can help stop the HIV virus from spreading.
EATING FRUIT
We all think eating fruits means just buying fruits, cutting it and just popping it into our mouths.. It's not as easy as you think. It's important to know how and when to eat fruit.
What is the correct way of eating fruits?
IT MEANS NOT EATING FRUITS AFTER YOUR MEALS! * FRUITS SHOULD BE EATEN ON AN
EMPTY STOMACH.
If you eat fruit like that, it will play a major role to detoxify your system, supplying you with a great deal of energy for weight loss and other life activities.
FRUIT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT FOOD.
Let's say you eat two slices of bread (ie in a sandwhich) and then eat a slice of fruit.
The slice of fruit is ready to go straight through the stomach into the intestines, but it is prevented from doing so.
In the meantime the whole meal rots and ferments and turns to acid.
The minute the fruit comes into contact with the food in the stomach and digestive juices, the entire mass of food begins to spoil.
So please eat your fruits on an empty stomach or before your meals!
You have heard people complaining - every time I eat water-melon I burp, when I eat a banana I feel like running to the toilet etc - actually all this will not happen if you eat the fruit on an empty stomach.
The fruit mixes with the putrefying other foods and produces gas and hence you will feel bloated!
Graying hair, balding, nervous outbursts, and dark circles under the eyes: all these will not happen if you take fruits on an empty stomach.
There is no such thing as some fruits, like orange and lemon are acidic, because all fruits become alkaline in our body, according to Dr. Herbert Shelton who did research on this matter.
If you have mastered the correct way of eating fruits, you have the secret of beauty, longevity, health, energy, happiness and normal weight.
When you need to drink fruit juice - drink only fresh fruit juice, NOT from the cans.
Don't even drink juice that has been heated up.
Don't eat cooked fruits because you don't get the nutrients at all.
You only get to taste the flavor.
Cooking destroys all the vitamins.
But eating a whole fruit is better than drinking the juice.
If you should drink the juice, drink it mouthful by mouthful (ie slowly), because you must let it mix with your saliva before swallowing it.
You can go on a 3-day fruit fast to cleanse your body.
Just eat fruits and drink fruit juice throughout the 3 days and you will be surprised when your friends tell you how radiant you look!
KIWI: Tiny but mighty. This is a good source of potassium, magnesium, vitamin E & fiber. Its vitamin C content is twice that of an orange.
APPLE: An apple a day keeps the doctor away! Although an apple has a low vitamin C content, it has antioxidants & flavonoids which enhances the activity of vitamin C thereby helping to lower the risks of colon cancer, heart attack & stroke.
STRAWBERRY: A Protective Fruit. Strawberries have the highest total antioxidant power among major fruits & protect the body from cancer-causing, blood vessel-clogging free radicals.
ORANGE: Sweetest medicine. Eating 2-4 oranges a day may help keep colds away, lower cholesterol, prevent & dissolve kidney stones as well as lessening the risk of colon cancer.
WATERMELON: Coolest thirst quencher. Composed of 92% water, it is also packed with a giant dose of glutathione, which helps boost our immune system. It is also a key source of lycopene - the cancer fighting oxidant. Other nutrients found in watermelon are vitamin C & Potassium.
GUAVA & PAPAYA: Top awards for vitamin C. They are the clear winners for their high vitamin C content. Guava is also rich in fiber, which helps prevent constipation. Papaya is rich in carotene; which is good for your eyes.
Drinking Cold water after a meal = Cancer!
Can you believe this??
For those who like to drink cold water, this article is applicable to you.
It is nice to have a cup of a cold drink after a meal. However, the cold water will solidify any oily stuff that you have just consumed. It will slow down the digestion. Once this 'sludge' reacts with the acid, it will break down and be absorbed by the intestine faster than the solid food. It will line the intestine.
Very soon, this will turn into fats and lead to cancer.
It is best to drink warm soup or warm water (coffee, tea, etc.) after a meal.
A serious note about heart attacks
HEART ATTACK PROCEDURE': (THIS IS NOT A JOKE!)
Women should know that not every heart attack symptom is going to be the left arm hurting.
Be aware of intense pain in the jaw line.
You may never have a chest pain during the course of a heart attack.
Nausea and intense sweating are also common symptoms.
Sixty percent of people who have a heart attack while they are asleep do not wake up.
Pain in the jaw can wake you from a sound sleep.
Let's be careful and be aware.
The more we know the better chance you have to survive....
A cardiologist says if everyone who gets this mail sends it to 10 people, you can be sure that we'll save at least one life.
Read this...It could save your life!!
Let's say it's 6.15 pm and you're driving home.
Suddenly you start experiencing severe pain in your chest that starts to radiate out into your arm and up into your jaw.
You are only about five miles from the hospital nearest your home.
Unfortunately you don't know if you'll be able to make it that far.
You have been trained in CPR, but the guy that taught the course did not tell you how to perform it on yourself.
'HOW TO SURVIVE A HEART ATTACK WHEN ALONE':
Since many people are alone when they suffer a heart attack, without help,
The person whose heart is beating improperly and who begins to feel faint, has only about 10 seconds left before losing consciousness.
However, these victims can help themselves by coughing repeatedly and vigorously.
A deep breath should be taken before each cough, deep and prolonged, as when producing sputum from deep inside the chest.
A breath and a cough must be repeated about every two seconds without let-up until help arrives, or until the heart is felt to be beating normally again.
Deep breaths get oxygen into the lungs and coughing movements squeeze the heart and keep the blood circulating.
The squeezing pressure on the heart also helps it regain normal rhythm.
This allows the heart attack victim to get to a hospital.
Tell as many people as possible about this.
It could save their lives!!
Live a happy Life
What is the correct way of eating fruits?
IT MEANS NOT EATING FRUITS AFTER YOUR MEALS! * FRUITS SHOULD BE EATEN ON AN
EMPTY STOMACH.
If you eat fruit like that, it will play a major role to detoxify your system, supplying you with a great deal of energy for weight loss and other life activities.
FRUIT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT FOOD.
Let's say you eat two slices of bread (ie in a sandwhich) and then eat a slice of fruit.
The slice of fruit is ready to go straight through the stomach into the intestines, but it is prevented from doing so.
In the meantime the whole meal rots and ferments and turns to acid.
The minute the fruit comes into contact with the food in the stomach and digestive juices, the entire mass of food begins to spoil.
So please eat your fruits on an empty stomach or before your meals!
You have heard people complaining - every time I eat water-melon I burp, when I eat a banana I feel like running to the toilet etc - actually all this will not happen if you eat the fruit on an empty stomach.
The fruit mixes with the putrefying other foods and produces gas and hence you will feel bloated!
Graying hair, balding, nervous outbursts, and dark circles under the eyes: all these will not happen if you take fruits on an empty stomach.
There is no such thing as some fruits, like orange and lemon are acidic, because all fruits become alkaline in our body, according to Dr. Herbert Shelton who did research on this matter.
If you have mastered the correct way of eating fruits, you have the secret of beauty, longevity, health, energy, happiness and normal weight.
When you need to drink fruit juice - drink only fresh fruit juice, NOT from the cans.
Don't even drink juice that has been heated up.
Don't eat cooked fruits because you don't get the nutrients at all.
You only get to taste the flavor.
Cooking destroys all the vitamins.
But eating a whole fruit is better than drinking the juice.
If you should drink the juice, drink it mouthful by mouthful (ie slowly), because you must let it mix with your saliva before swallowing it.
You can go on a 3-day fruit fast to cleanse your body.
Just eat fruits and drink fruit juice throughout the 3 days and you will be surprised when your friends tell you how radiant you look!
KIWI: Tiny but mighty. This is a good source of potassium, magnesium, vitamin E & fiber. Its vitamin C content is twice that of an orange.
APPLE: An apple a day keeps the doctor away! Although an apple has a low vitamin C content, it has antioxidants & flavonoids which enhances the activity of vitamin C thereby helping to lower the risks of colon cancer, heart attack & stroke.
STRAWBERRY: A Protective Fruit. Strawberries have the highest total antioxidant power among major fruits & protect the body from cancer-causing, blood vessel-clogging free radicals.
ORANGE: Sweetest medicine. Eating 2-4 oranges a day may help keep colds away, lower cholesterol, prevent & dissolve kidney stones as well as lessening the risk of colon cancer.
WATERMELON: Coolest thirst quencher. Composed of 92% water, it is also packed with a giant dose of glutathione, which helps boost our immune system. It is also a key source of lycopene - the cancer fighting oxidant. Other nutrients found in watermelon are vitamin C & Potassium.
GUAVA & PAPAYA: Top awards for vitamin C. They are the clear winners for their high vitamin C content. Guava is also rich in fiber, which helps prevent constipation. Papaya is rich in carotene; which is good for your eyes.
Drinking Cold water after a meal = Cancer!
Can you believe this??
For those who like to drink cold water, this article is applicable to you.
It is nice to have a cup of a cold drink after a meal. However, the cold water will solidify any oily stuff that you have just consumed. It will slow down the digestion. Once this 'sludge' reacts with the acid, it will break down and be absorbed by the intestine faster than the solid food. It will line the intestine.
Very soon, this will turn into fats and lead to cancer.
It is best to drink warm soup or warm water (coffee, tea, etc.) after a meal.
A serious note about heart attacks
HEART ATTACK PROCEDURE': (THIS IS NOT A JOKE!)
Women should know that not every heart attack symptom is going to be the left arm hurting.
Be aware of intense pain in the jaw line.
You may never have a chest pain during the course of a heart attack.
Nausea and intense sweating are also common symptoms.
Sixty percent of people who have a heart attack while they are asleep do not wake up.
Pain in the jaw can wake you from a sound sleep.
Let's be careful and be aware.
The more we know the better chance you have to survive....
A cardiologist says if everyone who gets this mail sends it to 10 people, you can be sure that we'll save at least one life.
Read this...It could save your life!!
Let's say it's 6.15 pm and you're driving home.
Suddenly you start experiencing severe pain in your chest that starts to radiate out into your arm and up into your jaw.
You are only about five miles from the hospital nearest your home.
Unfortunately you don't know if you'll be able to make it that far.
You have been trained in CPR, but the guy that taught the course did not tell you how to perform it on yourself.
'HOW TO SURVIVE A HEART ATTACK WHEN ALONE':
Since many people are alone when they suffer a heart attack, without help,
The person whose heart is beating improperly and who begins to feel faint, has only about 10 seconds left before losing consciousness.
However, these victims can help themselves by coughing repeatedly and vigorously.
A deep breath should be taken before each cough, deep and prolonged, as when producing sputum from deep inside the chest.
A breath and a cough must be repeated about every two seconds without let-up until help arrives, or until the heart is felt to be beating normally again.
Deep breaths get oxygen into the lungs and coughing movements squeeze the heart and keep the blood circulating.
The squeezing pressure on the heart also helps it regain normal rhythm.
This allows the heart attack victim to get to a hospital.
Tell as many people as possible about this.
It could save their lives!!
Live a happy Life
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