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Friday, April 25, 2008

How leaders should manage failure?

Former President of India APJ Abdul Kalam : 'A Leader Should Know How to Manage Failure'

 

 

India Knowledge@Wharton: Could you give an example, from your own experience, of how leaders should manage failure?

 

 

 

Kalam: Let me tell you about my experience. In 1973 I became the project director of India's satellite launch vehicle program, commonly called the SLV-3. Our goal was to put India's "Rohini" satellite into orbit by 1980. I was given funds and human resources -- but was told clearly that by 1980 we had to launch the satellite into space. Thousands of people worked together in scientific and technical teams towards that goal.

 

 

 

By 1979 -- I think the month was August -- we thought we were ready. As the project director, I went to the control center for the launch. At four minutes before the satellite launch, the computer began to go through the checklist of items that needed to be checked. One minute later, the computer program put the launch on hold; the display showed that some control components were not in order. My experts -- I had four or five of them with me -- told me not to worry; they had done their calculations and there was enough reserve fuel. So I bypassed the computer, switched to manual mode, and launched the rocket. In the first stage, everything worked fine. In the second stage, a problem developed. Instead of the satellite going into orbit, the whole rocket system plunged into the Bay of Bengal. It was a big failure.

 

 

 

That day, the chairman of the Indian Space Research Organization, Prof. Satish Dhawan, had called a press conference. The launch was at 7:00 am, and the press conference -- where journalists from around the world were present -- was at 7:45 am at ISRO's satellite launch range in Sriharikota [in Andhra Pradesh in southern India]. Prof. Dhawan, the leader of the organization, conducted the press conference himself. He took responsibility for the failure -- he said that the team had worked very hard, but that it needed more technological support. He assured the media that in another year, the team would definitely succeed. Now, I was the project director, and it was my failure, but instead, he took responsibility for the failure as chairman of the organization.

 

 

The next year, in July 1980, we tried again to launch the satellite -- and this time we succeeded. The whole nation was jubilant. Again, there was a press conference. Prof. Dhawan called me aside and told me, "You conduct the press conference today."

 

 

I learned a very important lesson that day.

 

       When failure occurred, the leader of the organization owned that failure. When success came, he gave it to his team. The best management lesson I have learned did not come to me from reading a book; it came from that experience.

 

Boriska, boy from MARS, says that all Humans live eternally

A boy named Boris Kipriyanovich (above), or Boriska, lives in the town of Zhirinovsk of Russia's Volgograd region. He was born on January 11, 1996. Since he was four he used to visit a well-known anomalous zone, commonly referred to as Medvedetskaya Gryada – a mountain near the town. It seems that the boy needed to visit the zone regularly to fulfill his needs in energy.

 

Boriska's parents, nice, educated and hospitable people, are worried about their son's fascinating talents. They do not know how others will perceive Boriska when he grows up. The say that they would be happy to consult an expert to know how to raise their wunderkind.

Being a doctor, his mother could not help but notice that the baby boy could hold his head already in 15 days after his birth. He uttered the first word 'baba' when he was four months old and started to pronounce simple words soon afterwards. At one year and a half he had no difficulties in reading newspaper headlines. At age of two years he started drawing and leaned how to paint six months later. When he turned two, he started going to a local kindergarten. Tutors immediately noticed the unusual boy, his uncommon quickwittedness, language skills and unique memory.

However, his parents witnessed that Boriska acquired knowledge not only from the outer world, but through mysterious channels as well. They saw him reading unknown information from somewhere.

"No one has ever taught him," Boriska's mother said. "Sometimes he would sit in a lotus position and start telling us detailed facts about Mars, planetary systems and other civilizations, which really puzzled us," the woman said.

How may a little boy know such things? Space became the permanent theme of his stories when the boy turned two years old. Once he said that he used to live on Mars himself. He says that the planet is inhabited now too, although it lost its atmosphere after a mammoth catastrophe. The Martians live in underground cities, Boriska says.

The boy also says that, he used to fly to Earth for research purposes when he was a Martian. Moreover, he piloted a spaceship himself. It took place in the time of the Lemurian civilization. He speaks about the fall of Lemuria as if it occurred yesterday. He says that Lemurians died because they ceased to develop themselves spiritually and broke the unity of their planet.

When his mother brought him a book entitled "Whom We Are Originated From" by Ernest Muldashev, he got very excited about it. He spent a long time looking through the sketches of Lemurians, pictures of Tibetan pagodas, and then he told his parents of Lemurians and their culture for several hours non-stop. As he was talking, his mother noticed that Lemurians lived 70,000 years ago and they were nine meters tall… "How can you remember all this?" the woman asked her son. "Yes, I remember and nobody has told me that, I saw it," Boriska replied.

In Muldashev's second book "In Search of the City of Gods" he looked through pictures for a long time and recollected a lot about pyramids and shrines. Then he claimed that people would not find ancient knowledge under the Great Pyramid of Cheops. The knowledge will be found under another pyramid, which has not been discovered yet. "The human life will change when the Sphinx is opened, it has an opening mechanism somewhere behind the ear, I do not remember exactly," he said.

Boriska is one of so-called indigo children. They start to appear on Earth as a token of the forthcoming grand transformation of the planet.

The boy says that the displacement of Earth's poles will cause two catastrophes: in 2009 and 2013. Only a few people will survive, he said.

"No, I have no fear of death, for we live eternally. There was a catastrophe on Mars where I lived. People like us still live there. There was a nuclear war between them. Everything burnt down. Only some of them survived. They built shelters and created new weapons. All materials changed. Martians mostly breathe carbon dioxide. If they flew to our planet now, they would have to spend all the time standing next to pipes and breathing in fumes," Boriska said.

"If you are from Mars, do you need carbon dioxide?"

"If I am in this body, I breathe oxygen. But you know, it causes aging."

Specialists asked the boy why man-made spacecraft often crash as they approach Mars. "Martians transmit special signals to destroy stations containing harmful radiation," Boriska replied.

The boy has deep knowledge of space and its dimensions. He is also aware of the structure of interplanetary UFOs. He talks about that like an expert, draws UFOs on slates and explains the way they work. Here is one of his stories: "It has six layers. The upper layer of solid metal accounts for 25 percent, the second layer of rubber – 30 percent, the third layer of metal – 30 percent, and the last layer with magnetic properties – 4 percent. If we give energy to the magnetic layer, spaceships will be able to fly across the Universe."

Boriska has a lot of difficulties with school. After an interview he was taken to the second grade, but soon they tried to get rid of him. He constantly interrupts teachers and says that they are wrong… now the boy has classes with a private tutor.

 

Translated by Julia Bulygina
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Boriska : Indigo Boy from Mars

Moscow, Russia
October 2007

Boris Kipriyanovich is an Indigo Child, probably the most famous in Russia. Boriska, or 'little Boris', was featured in Pravda here and here, after Gennady Belimov, a university professor in the Volgograd region of Russia, witnessed Boriska, then aged just seven, astound an adult audience during a camping trip in which he held them spellbound for an hour and a half as he recounted tales of past lives on Mars and Lemuria, and warned of catastrophes due to affect the Earth in 2009 and 2013. Belimov had the presence of mind to record Boriska's monologue, and within a short time word was spreading within Russia about what this diminutive prophet had to say, especially once the story was picked by Moscow's premier newspaper.

Word gradually filtered to the west via a Pravda article that made it on to the internet. Meanwhile, there had been a short piece about him in Nexus Magazine which had stirred up a huge amount of interest.

On the trail of our documentary project on 2012, Project Camelot decided to travel to Russia to find Boriska and capture his testimony on camera. It seems we were the first westerners to have made the journey. On 8 October, we were privileged to interview him with his mother, Nadya, near Moscow where Nadya had brought him to attend a special school for gifted children. They live in a small one-roomed apartment. The father is absent. -- Bill Ryan

 

 

 

Thursday, April 24, 2008

POWER OF TAMIL

POWER OF TAMIL - Can you compare it with any other
languages??? ??????

1 = ONDRU -one
10 = PATTU -ten
100 = NOORU -hundred
1000 = AAYIRAM -thousand
10000 = PATTAYIRAM -ten thousand
100000 = NOORAYIRAM -hundred thousand
1000000 = PATTU NOORAYIRAM - one million
10000000 = KODI -ten million
100000000 = ARPUTHAM -hundred million
1000000000 = NIGARPUTAM - one billion
10000000000 = KUMBAM -ten billion
100000000000 = KANAM -hundred billion
1000000000000 = KARPAM -one trillion
10000000000000 = NIKARPAM -ten trillion
100000000000000 = PATHUMAM -hundred trillion
1000000000000000 = SANGGAM -one zillion
10000000000000000 = VELLAM -ten zillion
100000000000000000 = ANNIYAM -hundred zillion
1000000000000000000 = ARTTAM -?////
1000000000000000000 0 = PARARTTAM --anyboby know
1000000000000000000 00 = POORIYAM -<>?#%^&
1000000000000000000 000 = MUKKODI -&^*^%^#
1000000000000000000 0000 = MAHAYUGAM -??????????? ?????

One of the oldest and greatest languages in the World

Friday, April 18, 2008

Commitment!!!

Commitment

 

By Olehile Fischer Thataone

I will never forget what my old headmaster told taught me. Normally when you are only 15 years of age you do not remember most of the things that are preached by your teachers. But, this particular story is one such lesson that I will never forget. Every time I drift off course, I get reminded of this story.

It was a normal Monday morning at an assembly, and he was addressing the students on important things in life and about committing ourselves to what is important to us. This is how the story went:

An old man lived in a certain part of London, and he would wake up every morning and go to the subway. He would get the train right to Central London, and then sit at the street corner and beg. He would do this every single day of his life. He sat at the same street corner and begged for almost 20 years.

His house was filthy, and a stench came out of the house and it smelled horribly. The neighbors could not stand the smell anymore, so they summoned the police officers to clear the place. The officers knocked down the door and cleaned the house. There were small bags of money all over the house that he had collected over the years.

The police counted the money, and they soon realized that the old man was a millionaire. They waited outside his house in anticipation to share the good news with him. When he arrived home that evening, he was met by one the officers who told him that there was no need for him to beg any more as he was a rich man now, a millionaire.

He said nothing at all; he went into his house and locked the door. The next morning he woke up as usual, went to the subway, got into the train, and sat at the street corner and continued to beg.

Obviously, this old man had no great plans, dreams or anything significant for his life. We learn nothing from this story other than staying focused on the things we enjoy doing, commitment.

Let’s live our life for our own commitments not just for the sake of others!!

We should remain true to our course; which may mean committing yourselves to things that people around you would normally disapprove. Let nothing distract us from being happy, let nothing else determine our fate, but ourselves.

What makes us happy is what matters in the end, Not what we acquire

 

 

Thoughts For Bride & Groom!!!!!


Bride Groom Thoughts
 

 For those who are Married as well
as for those who will get Married.
- Sharing A Few Thoughts For Would Be Grooms -

 
- Rule No. 01 -
Never compare your amma's cooking with your wife's.
There is no faster way to dig your own grave than that.
Please understand that your mom's cooking has
the backing of 20 odd years of experience...
don't expect that from your wife whose
hardly into the process.
What if she were to compare your earning capacity
with her dad's.. So shshshhhhh..!

 
- Rule No. 02 -

Never go out of your way to please the lady with
flowers, chocolates and gifts during your engagement period.
If ever you do , please follow it up post-wedding too.
When you could cover 20kms in 15 minutes
when you are engaged just to spend some time with her,
how dare you forget her birthday post - marriage,
even after you are given the broadest of hints by her.

Remember expectations always double...
ever heard of them being halved?


- Rule No. 03 -

Do compliment her every now and then, verbally or with gifts!

What are those lovely Teddies and Archies gift cards for?
Don't sit there like the Lord Of The Rings
expecting to be waited upon!
Of course she will do it but everyone likes to be
appreciated and pampered.
- Rule No. 04 -

This is very important. Sulking or complaining about marriage
being a big mistake is a strict NO -NO.
You got into it with your eyes wide open, brimming with enthusiasm.
No one ever pushed you into it.
So why this drama now.

- Rule No. 05 -
Be Brave and take your own decisions

and stand up by them.

Consult your parents for advice but realise
that you are grown up enough to lead your life.

Respect your partner's views at all times!





Remember she has given up a lot more to make a life with you!!

 
 
 
- Sharing Thoughts For WouldBbe Brides -

[Don't know how many will take it in the right sense. But still]
- Rule No. 01 -

Don't expect too much from him.
Less the expectations lesser the disappointments.

- Rule No. 02 -
Don't ever dare to plan any outing or movie on a day
when there is an interesting cricket match going on.
REMEMBER SPORTS is more important to him than anything else.

U spoil his day n He spoils urs .

- Rule No. 03 -
Over Emotions, Sentiments... Woha... What are these?

Tears are not going to give any results either.
It's just a temp. attention tht u get.
No one likes Cry Babies m Whining Wifes.

- Rule No. 04 -
Never dare to cross with his mother.Even if he says "My Mom's cooking is the best.

U are nothing in front of her." take it easily with a smile.

Tell him tht u are learning from his mother and will try to do it better.

U are not gonna lose anything.

- Rule No. 05 -
Try to know his friends and understand that they are also part of his world.

Allow him to spend few weekends or occasional night out parties with his friends.

But at the same time make sure that u get u r due importance!

It must not be tht he roams arnd with his friends forgetting that you exist at home.


 

- Rule No. 06 -
Don't start fighting for silly things.Forgetting bthdays n Anniversaries is not a big mistake.

Men are not blessed with 2 GB RAM for storing everything in main memory.

If you are very particular abt present gifts n parties on u r bthdays n anniversaries.

make sure u remind them well in advance by some means
(I know it sounds stupid. But if u are so particular, Do it for u r own good)  

- Rule No. 07 -


Take him for your shopping only if he's interested.

If you are going for Window Shopping or for saree purchase,Better go with your friends/go alone.

He is better at office/home watching cricket.


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Rule No. 08 -
Give him importance always.

 

 

IF YOUR MANAGEMENT HAS DECIDED.........

 
Once PVNR (PV Narasimha Rao), L.K.Advani and Laloo Prasad Yadav were travelling in an autorickshaw. They met with an accident and all three of them died.

Yama Raja was waiting for this moment at the doorstep of death.

He asks PVNR and Advani to go to HEAVEN.

But, for Laloo, Yama had already decided that he should be sent to HELL.
Laloo is not at all happy with this decision.

He asks Yama as to why this discrimination is being made. All the three of
them had served the public. Similarly, all took bribes, all misused public
positions, etc.

Then why the differential treatment?

He felt that there should be a formal test or an objective evaluation before
a decision is made; and should not be just based on opinion or pre-conceived
notions.


Yama agrees to this and asks all the three of them to appear for an English
test.

PVNR is asked to spell " INDIA " and he does it correctly.

Advani is asked to spell " ENGLAND " and he too passes.

It is Laloo's turn and he is asked to spell " CZECHOSLOVAKIA ".

Laloo protests that he doesn't know English.

He says this is not fair and that he was given a tough question and thus
forced to fail with false intent.



Yama then agrees to conduct a written test in Hindi (to give another chance
assuming that Laloo should at least feel that Hindi would provide an equal
platform for all three).

PVNR is asked to write "KUTTA BOLA BHOW BHOW". He writes it easily and
passes.

Advani is asked to write "BILLY BOLI MYAUN MYAUN". He too passes.

Laloo is asked to write "BANDAR BOLA GURRRRRR.... ."
Tough one. He fails again.



Laloo is extremely unhappy..

Having been a student of history (which the other two weren't),he now
requested for all the 3 to be subjected to a test in history

Yama says OK but this would be the last chance and that he would not take
any more tests.

PVNR is asked: "When did India get Independence ?". He replied "1947" and
passed.

Advani is asked "How many people died during the independence struggle?".

He gets nervous. Yama asked him to choose from 3 options: 100,000 or 200,000
or 300,000.
Advani catches it and says 200,000 and passes.

It's Laloo's turn now.
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Yama asks him to give the Name and Address of each of the 200,000 who died in the struggle...
Laloo accepts defeat and agrees to go to HELL.

Moral of the story
: IF YOUR MANAGEMENT HAS DECIDED TO SCREW YOU, THERE IS NO ESCAPE!!!!!!
 

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Green Tip of the Day - TURN OFF your PC before Leaving OFFICE

To all those who do not TURN OFF their PC's before Leaving OFFICE -  Dr.A.P.J.Abdul Kalam
 


Most of us in the IT field, used to do one thing before leaving for the day from office,
Press Ctrl+Alt+ Del and leave to home happily. That means your PC is still on..

One normal PC in the sleeping mode (Hibernation) will consume 35 watts/hr.

Based on this we will do a small calculation.

 For one week 24 * 7 = 168 Hrs
Of this if we consider that we are working for 68 hours, then

the PC is in sleeping mode for 100 Hrs a week. For one month 4 * 100 = 400 Hrs

In a normal IT office, if we assume approximately 250 PCs are there,

 250 * 400 = 1,00,000 Hrs (Sleeping Mode)
So the power wasted in an office in a month is,
  100000 * 35 = 3500 KWH or units.
If the charge per unit is Indian Rs. 6, then totally the wastage value is approximately 21000 Indian rupees.


Here the sad thing is not the money loss to the company but the power loss to the country. (Hope no company is bothered about this procedure of keeping the system in sleeping mode)


Apart from the loss to the country we need to think of the efforts people are putting for producing the power in the Mines, Thermal Stations, Hydro electric Stations, etc. If this is to continue, the cost of unit power will go up & at one stage we will not get power even if we are ready to pay any cost.
So before leaving to home take some time to shut down the PC and do some favour to the country and the organisation.

If you feel that this point is to be considered forward this to all your friends.


*** Do it once it will become a Habit... Good Habit... be a good citizen of India .....


 
 
 
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Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Late sitting

 

Feb 21, 2008 10:55 am
Email from the boss


Mail sent by Narayan Murthy to all Infosys staff:


It's half past 8 in the office but the lights are still on...
PCs still running, coffee machines still buzzing...
And who's at work? Most of them ??? Take a closer look...

All or most specimens are ??
Something male species of the human race...

Look closer... again all or most of them are bachelors...

And why are they sitting late? Working hard? No way!!!
Any guesses???
Let's ask one of them...
Here's what he says... "What's there 2 do after going home...Here we get to surf, AC, phone, food, coffee that is why I am working late...Importantly no bossssssss!!!!!!!!!!!"

This is the scene in most research centers and software companies and other off-shore offices.

Bachelors "Time-passing" during late hours in the office just bcoz they say they've nothing else to do...
Now what r the consequences...

"Working" (for the record only) late hours soon becomes part of the institute or company culture.

With bosses more than eager to provide support to those "working" late in the form of taxi vouchers, food vouchers and of course good feedback, (oh, he's a hard worker... goes home only to change..!!).
They aren't helping things too...

To hell with bosses who don't understand the difference between "sitting" late and "working" late!!!

Very soon, the boss start expecting all employees to put in extra working hours.

So, My dear Bachelors let me tell you, life changes when u get married and start having a family... office is no longer a priority, family is... and
That's when the problem starts... b'coz u start having commitments at home too.

For your boss, the earlier "hardworking" guy suddenly seems to become a "early leaver" even if u leave an hour after regular time... after doing the same amount of work.

People leaving on time after doing their tasks for the day are labelled as work-shirkers...

Girls who thankfully always (its changing nowadays... though) leave on time are labelled as "not up to it". All the while, the bachelors pat their own backs and carry on "working" not realizing that they r spoiling the work culture at their own place and never realize that they would have to regret at one point of time.

So what's the moral of the story??
 
* Very clear, LEAVE ON TIME!!!
* Never put in extra time " unless really needed "
* Don't stay back unnecessarily and spoil your company work culture which will in turn cause inconvenience to you and your colleagues.


There are hundred other things to do in the evening..

Learn music...

Learn a foreign language...

Try a sport... TT, cricket.........

Importantly,get a girl friend or boy friend, take him/her around town...

* And for heaven's sake, net cafe rates have dropped to an all-time low (plus, no fire-walls) and try cooking for a change.

Take a tip from the Smirnoff ad: *"Life's calling, where are you??"*

Please pass on this message to all those colleagues and please do it before leaving time, don't stay back till midnight to forward this!!!

IT'S A TYPICAL INDIAN MENTALITY THAT WORKING FOR LONG HOURS MEANS VERY HARD WORKING & 100% COMMITMENT ETC.


PEOPLE WHO REGULARLY SIT LATE IN THE OFFICE DON'T KNOW TO MANAGE THEIR TIME. SIMPLE !


Regards,
NARAYAN MURTHY.  

 

TN State board books are online available

Dear All…..

Pls pass on this information to your friends / neighbors... whose children are studying in the Stateboards.

Now the TN State board books are online in PDF and downloadable.

From Std 1 to Std 12. All subjects...

Any  GOOD heart person can print this material & handover to some Poor people.

http://www.textbooksonline.tn.nic.in/ <http://www.textbooksonline.tn.nic.in/>  

Thursday, April 3, 2008

EIGHT LIES OF A MOTHER

I got this mail from Yahoo Group(Bringing People Together)

This story begins when I was a child: I was born poor. Often we hadn’t enough to eat. Whenever we had some food, Mother often gave me her portion of rice. While she was transferring her rice into my bowl, she would say ‘Eat this rice, son! I’m not hungry.’
This was Mother’s First Lie.

As I grew, Mother gave up her spare time to fish in a river near our house; she hoped that from the fish she caught, she could give me a little bit more nutritious food for my growth. Once she had caught just two fish, she would make fish soup. While I was eating the soup, mother would sit beside me and eat what was still left on the bone of the fish I had eaten; My heart was touched when I saw it. Once I gave the other fish to her on my chopstick but she immediately refused it and said, ‘Eat this fish, son! I don’t really like fish.’
This was Mother’s Second Lie.

Then, in order to fund my education, Mother went to a Match Factory to bring home some used matchboxes which she filled with fresh matchsticks. This helped her get some money to cover our needs. One wintry night I awoke to find Mother filling the matchboxes by candlelight. So I said, ‘Mother, go to sleep; it’s late: you can continue working tomorrow morning.’ Mother smiled and said ‘Go to sleep, son! I’m not tired.’
This was Mother’s Third Lie
When I had to sit my Final Examination, Mother accompanied me. After dawn, Mother waited for me for hours in the heat of the sun. When the bell rang, I ran to meet her. Mother embraced me and poured me a glass of tea that she had prepared in a thermos. The tea was not as strong as my Mother’s love, Seeing Mother covered with perspiration; I at once gave her my glass and asked her to drink too. Mother said ‘Drink, son! I’m not thirsty!

This was Mother’s Fourth Lie.
After Father’s death, Mother had to play the role of a single parent. She held on to her former job; she had to fund our needs alone. Our family’s life was more complicated. We suffered from starvation. Seeing our family’s condition worsening, my kind Uncle who lived near my house came to help us solve our problems big and small. Our other neighbours saw that we were poverty stricken so they often advised my mother to marry again. But Mother refused to remarry saying ‘I don’t need love.’
This was Mother’s Fifth Lie.

After I had finished my studies and gotten a job, it was time for my old Mother to retire but she carried on going to the market every morning just to sell a few vegetables. I kept sending her money but she was steadfast and even sent the money back to me. She said, ‘I have enough money.’
That was Mother’s Sixth Lie.

I continued my part-time studies for my Master’s Degree. Funded by the American Corporation for which I worked, I succeeded in my studies. With a big jump in my salary, I decided to bring Mother to enjoy life in America but Mother didn’t want to bother her son; she said to me ‘I’m not used to high living.’
That was Mother’s Seventh Lie

In her dotage, Mother was attacked by cancer and had to be hospitalized. Now living far across the ocean, I went home to visit Mother who was bedridden after an operation. Mother tried to smile but I was heartbroken because she was so thin and feeble but Mother said, ‘Don’t cry, son! I’m not in pain.’
That was Mother’s Eighth Lie.

Telling me this, her eighth lie, she died.
YES, MOTHER WAS AN ANGEL!

M - O - T - H - E - R
‘M’ is for the Million things she gave me, ‘O’ means Only that she’s growing old, ‘T’ is for the Tears she shed to save me, ‘H’ is for her Heart of gold, ‘E’ is for her Eyes with love-light shining in them, ‘R’ means Right, and right she’ll always be, Put them all together, they spell ‘MOTHER’ a word that means the world to me. For those of you who are lucky to be still blessed with your Mom’s presence on Earth, this story is beautiful. For those who aren’t so blessed, this is even more beautiful.

That’s why we say ” THERE IS HEAVEN UNDER THE MOTHER’S FEET

Thanks to Bringing People Together (Yahoo Group)

 

Feelings Album - Nothing More Than Feelings

Feelings, nothing more than feelings
Trying to forget my feelings
Teardrops rolling down on my face
Trying to forget my feelings

Feelings, for all my life I’ll feel it
I wish I’ve never met you, girl
You’ll never come again
Feeling, woo-o-o feeling
Woo-o-o, feel you again in my arms

Feelings, feelings like I’ve never lost you
And feelings like I’ll never have you again in my heart

Feelings, for all my life I’ll feel it
I wish I’ve never met you, girl; you’ll never come again

Feelings, feelings like I’ve never lost you
And feelings like I’ll never have you again in my life

- From Feelings Album

 

A Perfectly Good Heart Album

Why would you wanna break a perfectly good heart?
Why would you wanna take our love and throw it all apart,now?
Why would you wanna make the very first scar?
Why would you wanna break a perfectly good heart?

Maybe I should’ve seen the signs, should’ve read the writing on the wall.
And realized by the distance in your eyes that I would be the one to fall.
No matter what you say, I still can’t believe
That you would walk away.
It don’t make sense to me, but:

It’s not unbroken anymore.
How do I get it back the way it was before?

- From A Perfectly Good Heart Album

 

[Lyrics] மை நேம் இஸ் பில்லா…

மை நேம் இஸ் பில்லாவாழ்க்கை எல்லாம்….
மை நேம் இஸ் பில்லா வாழ்க்கை எல்லாம்
நானும் பார்க்காத ஆள் இல்லை
போகாத ஊர் இல்லை அய்யா
நல்ல நண்பன் இல்லை என்றால்
எங்கும் போனாலும் விடமாட்டேன்
நானாக தொடமாட்டேன் அய்யா ஓ ஓ

யாருக்கும் யாரும் சொந்தம் இல்லை
நட்பின் மேல் நம்பிக்கை இல்லை
நேரங்கள் வேதங்கள் கூட
தேவைகள் ஓய்ந்தாலே ஓடு
வாழ்வுக்கும் சாவுக்கும் நடுவில் தான் நான் செல்லும் பாதை
சரி என்ன தவறென்ன எவர்க்கும் எது வேண்டும் செய்வோம்

வந்தார்கள் போனார்கள் நேற்று
யாருக்கும் சுவடில்லை இன்று
நீ என்ன நான் என்ன பந்தம்
உறவில்லா உறவில்தான் இன்பம்
மனசுக்கும் அறிவுக்கும் தூரங்கள் இருந்தால்தான் நன்மை
இங்குள்ள எவருக்கும் இடமில்லை இதுதானே உண்மை

 

Positive Attitude

Once, there was this guy, who was in love with a gal. She
wasn’t the most beautiful and gorgeous but for him, she was everything.

He used to dream about her, about spending the rest of life with her. His friends told him, “why do you dream so much about her, when you don’t even know if she loves you or not?

First tell her your feelings, and get to know if she likes
you or not”.

He felt that was the right way. The girl knew from the
beginning, that this guy loves her.

One day when he proposed, she rejected him.

His friends thought he would take to alcohol; drugs etc. and ruin his life.

To their surprise, he was not depressed.

When they asked him how was it that he is not sad, he
replied…

“why should I feel bad?

I lost one who never loved me & she lost the one who really loved and cared for her.”

 

EIGHT GIFTS THAT DO NOT COST A CENT

 

1. THE GIFT OF LISTENING
But you must “really” listen. No interrupting, no daydreaming, no planning
your response. Just listening.

2. THE GIFT OF AFFECTION
Be generous with appropriate hugs, kisses, pats on the back and handholds.
Let these small actions demonstrate the love you have for family and
friends.

3. THE GIFT OF LAUGHTER
Clip cartoons. Share articles and funny stories. Your gift will say, “I love
to laugh with you.”

4. THE GIFT OF A WRITTEN NOTE
It can be a simple “Thanks for the help” note or a full sonnet. A brief,
handwritten note may be remembered for a lifetime, and may even change a life.

5. THE GIFT OF A COMPLIMENT
A simple and sincere, “You look great in red,” “You did a super job” or
“That was a wonderful meal” can make someone’s day.

6. THE GIFT OF A FAVOR
Every day, go out of your way to do something kind.

7. THE GIFT OF SOLITUDE
There are times when we want nothing better than to be left alone. Be
sensitive to those times and give the gift of solitude to others.

8. THE GIFT OF A CHEERFUL DISPOSITION
The easiest way to feel good is to extend a kind word to someone, really
it’s not that hard to say, Hello or Thank You. Friends are a very rare
jewel, indeed. They make you smile and encourage you to succeed. They lend
an ear, they share a word of praise, and they always want to open their
hearts to us

 

கண்கள் by அறிவுமதி

கடற்கரையின்
முகம் தெரியாத இரவில்
பேசிக் கொண்டிருந்த நம்மை
நண்பர்களாகவே
உணரும்
பாக்கியம்
எத்தனைக் கண்களுக்கு
வாய்த்திருக்கும் ???

-அறிவுமதி

இதன் பெயர் தான் தனிமை

Courtesy : http://cvrintamil.blogspot.com/

 

கண் சிமிட்டும் கணிணி
கை அருகில் பாடல் கருவி
குழுமியிருக்கும் மின் அணு சாதனங்கள்
ஆனாலும் அறை முழுதும் வெறுமை
இதன் பெயர் தான் தனிமை

குளிர்சாதன பெட்டியில்
உணவு வகைகளின் பட்டியல்
சமைக்க செல்லாத மனது
சுவர் ஓரத்தை வெறித்திருக்கும்,இமைக்காத விழி அது
இதன் பெயர் தான் தனிமை

ஆயிரம் நண்பர்கள் இணையத்தில்
மின் அரட்டை ஆரம்பிக்கலாம் நொடியில்
ஓசை கேட்காத பல நூறு குரல்கள்
பார்க்க முடியாத பல நூறு சினேகங்கள்
இதன் பெயர் தான் தனிமை

தலை மேலே அம்மாவின் ஸ்பரிசம்
திரும்பி பார்த்தால் காற்றுதான் முறைக்கும்
மூச்சை முட்டும் அளவு நினைவுகளின் கூட்டம்
ஆனால் கண்களில் மட்டும் கண்ணீர், துடைக்காமல் இருக்கும்
இதன் பெயர் தான் தனிமை

அழ வேண்டும் என்று இனம் புரியா ஆவல்
காரணம் இல்லாததால் அது மனதினுள் காவல்
அயல்நாட்டில் அடைந்திருக்கும் இளைஞர்களின் நிலைமை
தமிழ் என்ற தோழி மட்டும் துணையிருக்கும் கொடுமை
இதன் பெயர் தான் தனிமை

- CVR

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The Law of the Garbage Truck - Thought for the day.

 

How often do you let other people's nonsense change your mood?

Do you let a bad driver, rude waiter, curt boss, or an insensitive employee ruin your day?  However, the mark of a successful person is how quickly one can get back their focus on what's important. David J. Pollay explains his story in this way….

Sixteen years ago I learned this lesson. I learned it in the back of a New York City taxi cab. Here's what happened. I hopped in a taxi, and we took off for Grand Central Station. We were driving in the right lane when, all of a sudden, a black car jumped out of a parking space right in front of us. My taxi driver slammed on his breaks, skidded, and missed the other car's back end by just inches!

The driver of the other car, the guy who almost caused a big accident, whipped his head around and he started yelling bad words at us. My taxi driver just smiled and waved at the guy. And I mean…he was friendly. So, I said, "Why did you just do that? This guy almost ruined your car and sent us to the hospital!"

And this is when my taxi driver told me what I now call, "The Law of the Garbage Truck."

"Many people are like garbage trucks. They run around full of garbage, full of frustration, full of anger, and full of disappointment. As their garbage piles up, they need a place to dump it. And if you let them, they'll dump it on you.
When someone wants to dump on you, don't take it personally. You just smile, wave, wish them well, and move on. You'll be happy you did."

I started thinking, how often do I let Garbage Trucks run right over me? And how often do I take their garbage and spread it to other people: at work, at home, on the streets? It was that day I said, "I'm not going to do it anymore."

Life's too short to wake up in the morning with regrets. Love the people who treat you right. Forget about the ones who don't. Believe that everything happens for a reason.  Never let the garbage truck run over you...

 

ONE BEDROOM FLAT..........

 

 ONE BEDROOM FLAT...

WRITTEN BY AN INDIAN SOFTWARE ENGINEER..

A
  Bitter Reality


As the dream of most parents I had acquired a degree in

Software Engineering and joined a company based in USA, the

land of braves and opportunity. When I arrived in the USA, it

was as if a dream had come true.





Here at last I was in the place where I want to be. I decided I

would be staying in this country for about Five years in which

time I would have earned enough money to settle down in India.



My father was a government employee and after his retirement,

the only asset he could acquire was a decent one bedroom flat.





I wanted to do some thing more than him. I started feeling

homesick and lonely as the time passed. I used to call home and

speak to my parents every week using cheap international phone

cards. Two years passed, two years of Burgers at McDonald's and

pizzas and discos and 2 years watching the foreign exchange

rate getting happy whenever the Rupee value went down.



Finally I decided to get married. Told my parents that I have

only 10 days of holidays and everything must be done within

these 10 days. I got my ticket booked in the cheapest flight.

Was jubilant and was actually enjoying hopping for gifts for

all my friends back home. If I miss anyone then there will be

talks. After reaching home I spent home one week going through

all the photographs of girls and as the time was getting

shorter I was forced to select one candidate.





In-laws told me, to my surprise, that I would have to get

married in 2-3 days, as I will not get anymore holidays. After

the marriage, it was time to return to USA, after giving some

money to my parents and telling the neighbors to look after

them, we returned to USA.





My wife enjoyed this country for about two months and then she

started feeling lonely. The frequency of calling India

increased to twice in a week sometimes 3 times a week. Our

savings started diminishing.



After two more years we started to

have kids. Two lovely kids, a boy and a girl, were gifted to us

by the almighty. Every time I spoke to my parents, they asked

me to come to India so that they can see their grand-children.





Every year I decide to go to India… But part work part

monetary conditions prevented it. Years went by and visiting

India was a distant dream. Then suddenly one day I got a

message that my parents were seriously sick. I tried but I

couldn't get any holidays and thus could not go to India ... The

next message I got was my parents had passed away and as there

was no one to do the last rights the society members had done

whatever they could. I was depressed. My parents had passed

away without seeing their grand children.





After couple more years passed away, much to my children's

dislike and my wife's joy we returned to India to settle down.

I started to look for a suitable property, but to my dismay my

savings were short and the property prices had gone up during

all these years. I had to return to the USA...





My wife refused to come back with me and my children refused to

stay in India... My 2 children and I returned to USA after

promising my wife I would be back for good after two years.



Time passed by, my daughter decided to get married to an

American and my son was happy living in USA... I decided that

had enough and wound-up every thing and returned to India... I

had just enough money to buy a decent 02 bedroom flat in a

well-developed locality.





Now I am 60 years old and the only time I go out of the flat is

for the routine visit to the nearby temple. My faithful wife

has also left me and gone to the holy abode.



Sometimes



I wondered was it worth all this?



My father, even after staying in India,



Had a house to his name and I too have

the same nothing more.



I lost my parents and children for just ONE EXTRA BEDROOM.



Looking out from the window I see a lot of children dancing.

This damned cable TV has spoiled our new generation and these

children are losing their values and culture because of it. I

get occasional cards from my children asking I am alright. Well

at least they remember me.





Now perhaps after I die it will be the neighbors again who will

be performing my last rights, God Bless them.



But the question

still

remains 'was all this worth it?'



I am still searching for an answer.................!!!



START THINKING



IS IT JUST FOR ONE EXTRA BEDROOM???



LIFE IS BEYOND THIS …..DON'T JUST LEAVE YOUR LIFE ……...

START LIVING IT …….

LIVE IT AS YOU WANT IT TO BE …….

 

History Mystery of USA

 

 

 

History Mystery


 


Have a history teacher explain this----- if they can.



Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846.
John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946.

Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860.
John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960.

Both were particularly concerned with civil rights.
Both wives lost their children while living in the White House.

Both Presidents were shot on a Friday.
Both Presidents were shot in the head

Now it gets really weird.

Lincoln
's secretary was named Kennedy.
Kennedy's Secretary was named Lincoln

Both were assassinated by Southerners.
Both were succeeded by Southerners named Johnson.

Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln, was born in 1808.
Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908.




John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated Lincoln, was born in 1839.
Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated Kennedy, was born in 1939.




Both assassins were known by their three names.
Both names are composed of fifteen letters.

Now hang on to your seat.

Lincoln was shot at the theater named 'Ford.'
Kennedy was shot in a car called ' Lincoln ' made by 'Ford.'

Lincoln was shot in a theater and his assassin ran and hid in a warehouse.
Kennedy was shot from a warehouse and his assassin ran and hid in a theater.

Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials.

And here's the kicker...

A week before Lincoln was shot, he was in Monroe, Maryland A week before Kennedy was shot, and he was with Marilyn Monroe.



Creepy huh? Send this to as many people as you can, cause:
Hey, this is one history lesson most people probably will not mind reading!

 

 

 




WHO FIGURED THIS OUT?

INCREDIBLE


1) Fold a NEW PINK $20 bill in half...




2) fold again, taking care to fold it exactly as below



3) Fold the other end, exactly as before




4) Now, simply turn it over...




What a coincidence! A simple geometric fold creates a catastrophic premonition printed on all $20 bills!!!
COINCIDENCE  YOU DECIDE

As if that wasn't enough. Here is what you've seen...


Firstly
The Pentagon on fire...




Then The Twin Towers.


..And now... look at this!



TRIPLE COINCIDENCE ON A SIMPLE $20 BILL


It gets even better!! 9 + 11=$20!!


This is too interesting to pass up!

Pass it on to your friends who have nothing to do.