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” அது ஒரு காலம் …” !!!

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💥ஒரு காலம் இருந்தது.

💥மனிதாபிமானத்தையும்
மனச்சாட்சியையும்
எம்மில் பெரும்பாண்மையினர்
நேசித்த ஒரு காலம் இருந்தது.

💥கடவுளுக்கு பணிந்த காலம்.
💥சத்தியத்தை மதித்த காலம்.
💥நம்பிக்கையை காப்பாற்றிய காலம்.
💥வாக்குறுதிகளை பறக்கவிடாத காலம்.
💥அகிம்சைக்கு அடிபணிந்த காலம்.
💥பெண்களை போற்றிய காலம்.
💥நீதியை நிலைநாட்டிய காலம்.
💥நியாயத்தை துணிந்து கேட்ட காலம்.
💥பணத்துக்கு மதிப்பிருந்த காலம்.
💥பாசத்துக்கு கட்டுப்பட்ட காலம்.

💥நாடகக்கலை வளர்ந்த காலம்.
💥நடிப்புக்கு இலக்கணமிருந்த காலம்.
💥பயபக்தி என்ற சொல்லையே வணங்கிய காலம்.
💥சுவாமிமாரை கடவுள்களாய் பார்த்த காலம்.
💥வானொலிப் பாடல்களில் சுகித்திருந்த காலம்.
💥பழஞ்சோற்று உருண்டையை ருசித்த காலம்.
💥பனம்பாயில் படுத்துறங்கிய காலம்.

💥ஆறுகளில் எப்போதும் நீர் இருந்த காலம்.
💥முழுநிலவை சனங்கள் ரசித்த காலம்.

💥பத்திரிகைகைள் உண்மைகளை மட்டுமே சொன்ன காலம்.
💥கட்சிகள் மக்களுக்காய் உழைத்த காலம்.
💥கோயில்கள் சேவை செய்த காலம்.
💥மழை தவறாமல் பொழிந்த காலம்.
💥மலிவு விலையில் எல்லாம் கிடைத்த காலம்.
💥ஊழல் என்ற சொல் அறியாத காலம்.
💥தண்ணீர் விற்கப்படாத காலம்.
💥வயல்களில் கட்டிடங்கள் எழுப்பப்படாத காலம்.
💥கடிதங்கள் மட்டுமே இருந்த காலம்.

💥மீதிப் பணத்திற்கு மிட்டாய்களைத் தராத காலம்.
💥ஆபாசங்களை நம்பியிராத நடிகைகளின் காலம்.
💥பாடகிகள் நிலைத்து நின்று பாடிய காலம்.
💥மருந்தில் பழுக்காத மாம்பழங்கள் கிடைத்த காலம்.
💥நகைக்கடன் கடைகள் அதிகமிராத காலம்.
💥இராப் பிச்சைக்காரர்கள் வீடுதேடி வந்த காலம்.
💥விபத்துக்கள் அரிதாக இருந்த காலம்.
💥வீட்டு வாசல்களில் குடிதண்ணீர் வைத்திருந்த காலம்.

💥எல்லோரையும் கள்வர்களாய் பார்க்காத காலம்.
💥மருந்துக் கடைகள் குறைவாய் இருந்த காலம்.
💥புற்றுநோய் அதிகம் உயிரெடுக்காத காலம்.
💥உடலுழைப்பு அதிகமாய் இருந்த காலம்.
💥மின்வெட்டு பற்றி யாருமறியாத காலம்.
💥வண்ணத்துப் பூச்சிகளை இலகுவாய் பிடித்த காலம்.
💥வழுக்கல் இளநீரை மிகமலிவாய் குடித்த காலம்.

💥சிட்டுக்குருவிகள் முத்தத்துக்கு வந்த காலம்.
💥வாகன நெரிசல் இல்லாத காலம்.
💥இலவசங்கள் ஏதும் தரப்படாத காலம்.
💥அர்த்தமுள்ள பாடல்கள் எழுதப்பட்ட காலம்.
💥வார்த்தைகள் விளங்கும் சங்கீதம் வாழ்ந்த காலம்.
💥கலப்பில்லாத அழகுத் தமிழ் பேசிய காலம்.
💥வேப்பமரங்களும்,குயில்களும் நிறைந்திருந்த காலம்.
💥எல்லோருக்கும் நேரமிருந்த காலம்.
💥ஊர்கூடி தேர் இழுத்த காலம்.

💥இனிமேல் யாருக்கும் கிடைக்கவே கிடைக்காத
ஒரு காலமிருந்தது
ஒரு காலமிருந்தது.

💥அது நாங்களெல்லோரும்
அன்பில் திளைத்திருந்த காலம்.

Source….. input from a friend of mine

Natarajan

joke of the Day…”How much money do you make a week …” ?

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General Motors, feeling it was time for a shake-up, hired a new CEO. The new boss was determined to rid the company of all slackers.
On a tour of the facilities, the CEO noticed a guy leaning on a wall. The room was full of workers and he wanted to let them know that he meant business.
He walked up to the guy leaning against the wall and asked, “How much money do you make a week?”
A little surprised, the young man looked at him and replied, “I make $400 a week. Why?“
The CEO then hands the guy $1,600 in cash and screams, “Here’s four weeks’ pay, now GET OUT and don’t come back!”
Feeling pretty good about himself, the CEO looked around the room and asked, “Does anyone want to tell me what that bloody slacker did here?”
From across the room came a voice: “That was the pizza delivery guy from Domino’s.“
Source…www.ba-bamail.com
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Few commonly mispronounced words in English … !!!

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20 commonly mispronounced English words!
In India most of our languages are pronounced differently at various places across our nation with their native slang. 
But very rarely we get info about the correct pronunciation of each word.
You can find 20 common words in this message.

20 commonly mispronounced English words!

If using English properly interests you, and you are afraid you might be mispronouncing some words, you can check this list of commonly mispronounced words…

  1. Cabin: This word for a private office area is often heard mispronounced as kay-bin. It should be pronounced as Cab-in(cab as in taxicab). In offices around the country you can find people at all levels using this massive distortion, but once you get used to the proper spelling it’s an easy transition. 
  2. Data: should be day-ta not daa-taa which is also usually heard in offices. Surprisingly people from the IT sector and database consultants also sometimes also mispronounce this word which is so fundamental to their work.
  3. Dengue: This disease is pronounced as Deng-ee(pronunciation of ‘gee’ as in geese). It is not Deng-goo. People all over the world mispronounce this word – after all it is not indigenous to most of us. But there have been so many cases in India recently (unfortunately) that this is good to know.
  4. Dessert: It is pronounced dizz-urt, (pronunciation of u as in sun). You would order dessert at a restaurant. It sounds different from desert (with one s) which is the pronounced dez-ert (as in Thar desert).
  5. Bowl: It is pronounced bol (rhyming with pole). Not asba-ool which sounds very funny (and in fact sounds too much like bowel).
  6. Truth: It is pronounced true-th and not tru-th (long ‘oo’ not short ‘u’). The same actually goes for the word tooth (it’s not tu-th)
  7. Epitome: The correct pronunciation is ep-i-tummy, instead of what people, and again this is people everywhere, usually end up saying, epi-tome (rhyming with Rome).
  8. Executive: Should be pronounced eggs-eck-uh-tiv, notexe-cute-tiv which is commonly heard. If you especially want to be a top executive at a major corporation – saying this word correctly would seem quite important.
  9. Develop: The correct pronunciation is dih-vel-up, and not as day-vuh-lupp. Extending that to
  10. Pizza: The correct pronunciation is peed-zuh, (peed pronounced as in weed). And not pi-za.
  11. Wednesday: wen’s day is the correct way of saying the name of this day (the D is usually silent).
  12. Opposite: Instead of uh-pose-it it should be pronouncedawp-uh-zit. The emphasis is on the first syllable ‘opp’. The same goes for the word ‘opportunity’ which is notup-port-unity but awp-urt-tune-ity
  13. Biology: Once again, the first syllable ‘bi’ gets emphasis. Where we usually say bio-logy, it is instead more proper to say bai-awe-lojy. Other ‘ology’ words are the same – geology is jee-awe-logy, cosmology is cos-maw-logy, even the made-up word fakeology or phekologyshould be pronounced phek-awe-logy, not pheko-logy.
  14. Monk: It should be pronounced munk (rhyme with drunk). It is often mispronounced mawnk (rhyme with donk from donkey).
  15. Genre: The correct pronunciation has a soft j, like the French say it. jon-ruh, (j is the sound as in vision). It is often mispronounced as jen-ner.
  16. Quote: The correct pronunciation is kwo-te. It is often pronounced as coat.
  17. Salon: It should be pronounced as sa-lawn, (sa as in apple, lon as in John) It is often pronounced as suh-loon which is incorrect.
  18. Police: The correct pronunciation is puh-leece. It is often mispronounced as pu-liss. Like Chulbul Pandey is a pu-liss wallah.
  19. Gauge: The correct pronunciation is gay-j. It is often mispronounced as gauj.
  20. Pronunciation : Ironically, the word ‘pronunciation’ itself is often mispronounced as pro-noun-ciation (the second syllable should be ‘nun‘ not noun).


Interestingly, I read somewhere the only English word understood and used universally across the world is ‘taxi’. I wonder where that came from… but now you know wherever in the world you end up you will always be able to get a taxi.

In the meanwhile if you want to hear any of the pronunciations of these words my favourite website to listen to them is www.howjsay.com, a free online dictionary for English pronunciations.
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Source……….input from a friend of mine

Natarajan

Quotable Quotes….”The most beautiful thing is to see a person you love smiling. And even more beautiful is knowing that you are the reason behind it.”

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All About Relationship- 30 Quotes

1. In life you’ll realize there is a purpose for everyone you meet. Some will test you, some will use you, and some will teach you. But most importantly, some will bring out the best in you.
2. Keep people in your life who truly love you, motivate you, encourage you, enhance you, and make you happy. If you know people who do none of these things, let them go.
3. Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring – all of which have the potential to turn a life around.
4. The most beautiful thing is to see a person you love smiling. And even more beautiful is knowing that you are the reason behind it.
5. Choose your relationships wisely. It’s better to be alone than to be in bad company.
6. Being alone does not mean you are lonely, and being lonely does not mean you are alone.
7. Fall in love when you’re ready, not when you’re lonely.
8. Love means giving someone the chance to hurt you, but trusting them not to.
9. You know you’ve found true love when you catch yourself falling in love with the same person over and over again.
10. Don’t wait for the right person to come into your life. Rather, be the right person to come to someone’s life.
11. The one who is meant for you encourages you to be your best, but still loves and accepts you at your worst.
12. Never allow someone to be your priority while allowing yourself to be their option.
13. Some relationships are like glass. It’s better to leave it broken, than to hurt yourself more by trying to put it back together.
14. Just because one person doesn’t seem to care for you, doesn’t mean you should forget about everyone else who does.
15. Someone else doesn’t have to be wrong for you to be right.
16. It is okay to be angry. It is never okay to be cruel.
17. Never do something permanently foolish just because you are temporarily upset.
18. Silence is often the loudest cry. Pay attention to those you care about.
19. We don’t always need advice. Sometimes all we need is a hand to hold, an ear to listen, and a heart to understand.
20. It’s not so much what you say that counts, it’ how you make people feel.
21. A silent hug means a thousand words to the unhappy heart.
22. Don’t mess with someone’s feelings just because you’re unsure of yours.
23. True happiness comes from within, not from someone else.
Don’t make the mistake of waiting on someone or something to come along and make you happy.
24. Don’t choose the one who is beautiful to the world, choose the one who makes your world beautiful.
25. If you feel like your ship is sinking, it might be a good time to throw out the stuff that’s been weighing it down
26. Let go of people who bring you down, and surround yourself with those who bring out the best in you.
27. Just because it didn’t last forever, doesn’t mean it wasn’t worth your while.
28. Say what you mean and mean what you say. Don’t expect others to read your mind, and don’t play games with their heads and hearts. Don’t tell half-truths and expect people to trust you when the full truth comes out. Half-truths are no better than lies. And don’t ignore someone you care about, because lack of concern hurts more than angry words.
29. Lies help no one in the long run. So… 1) Don’t say “I love you” if you don’t mean it. 2) Don’t say “I understand” if you have no clue. 3) Don’t say “I’m sorry” if you’re not. 4) Be honest with yourself and your loved ones.
30. Tell the truth, or eventually someone will tell it for you.
Source….unknown….input from a friend of mine
Natarajan