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Author: Natarajan
A Bitter Battle Turns Sweet at the End …..
L. Ponnudurai
Dalit boy completes chemical engineering and lands job, despite all odds
Four years ago, L. Ponnudurai was cleaning tables at a restaurant in Rajapalayam bus depot. In a month from now, he will begin work in a reputed cement company, as a chemical engineer.
The story of this gritty Dalit boy from Gopalapuram village near Rajapalayam in southern Tamil Nadu is an inspiring one. When he was barely five years old, his mother had committed suicide. Soon after this, his father remarried and sent him away to his grandmother’s place.
A relative noted his keenness to learn and put him in a government Adi Dravidar hostel. “My relatives were mill labourers and earned very little. To avoid burdening them, I used to stay in the hostel even during holidays,” said Ponnudurai.
He scored 96 per cent in Class X, and friends suggested a vocational course at a polytechnic institute. But, Ponnudurai said, he was keen on studying further.
Scholarships helped him finish Class XII with 93 per cent. He, however, faced a roadblock when he wanted to pursue his dream of going to college, as he did not have money to buy a form and apply for engineering counselling.
One day, his former physics teacher spotted him working at Vasantha Bhavan in Rajapalayam. “The next day, all my teachers landed up there. They had pooled in money to send me to Chennai and apply for engineering,” said Ponnudurai.
But this was not the end of Ponnudurai’s struggle. He tried to apply for an education loan all on his own, but bank officials wanted his father to be present. “He came only after my school teachers pleaded with him and promised to pay for his travel,” he added.
Ponnudurai came to Chennai with Rs. 2,000 and two pairs of clothes, but these were not his concerns. “Having studied in Tamil, learning in English was very difficult,” he said. Taunts over his complexion or his trousers almost broke his will. “I ran away thrice from campus, vowing never to return, but friends persuaded me to go back. In the hostel, I kept to myself,” he said.
But now, life is looking up. He recently cleared a recruitment interview with Ramco Cements and has got a decent offer. “I cannot ask for more.They let me answer questions in Tamil. I did not want to work in an IT company. I studied chemical engineering and I really like the subject,” he said, smiling. He has other plans too. “In villages, even bright students are unaware of opportunities, admission procedures, and scholarships. I want to convince students there to finish college,” he said.
Message For The Day…Understand and Enjoy The Bliss Of Rama Thathwa !!!!
The Rama principle (Thathwa) is laden with many subtle secrets. The Rama story is of exemplary excellence ethically, spiritually and materially as well. Rama was the embodiment of the four cardinal principles: truth, righteousness, love, and peace. The story of Rama teaches us how one should live in the world and conduct himself in the family as well as in society. It also teaches us how one should retain one’s individuality and shape one’s personality. Only when we shape ourselves into a strong personality can we conduct ourselves ideally in the family and in society. He also enshrined in Himself the principles of equanimity, unity and bliss. This principle of bliss is latent in every human heart. Understand and internalize that each and every one of you have a right to realise and enjoy this principle of bliss, which is the real Rama Thathwa.
கடுகும் நெய்யும்…
Image For The Day !!!!!
This NASA handout image captured by Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield on board the International Space Staion(ISS) on April 1, 2013, shows that even in space the astronauts have a sense of humor on April Fool’s Day. This image shows a ‘Flying Saucer’ making a ‘visit’ to the Space StationPicture: NASA
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Questions Before All Airlines After Lion Air Crash …..
Indonesian rescue workers help remove a section of a Lion Air Boeing 737 four days after it crashed into the sea near Bali
For all the headline-grabbing stories about security breaches, intoxicated pilots and faulty equipment, sometimes a commercial plane’s worst enemy is Mother Nature.
That appears to be the case for a new Boeing 737, operated by Indonesian budget carrier Lion Air, that crashed into the shallow waters off the coast of Bali on 13 April, just short of the runway at Ngurah Rai Airport. At the helm was an experienced pilot who managed to save all 108 passengers and crew, but told Reuters it felt like his aircraft was “dragged” down by wind as he fought to regain control. The crash – and the pilot’s alarming comments – are renewing fears about the chilling phenomenon known as windshear.
A windshear or “microburst” is a sudden change in wind speed and direction that can cause planes to rapidly lose altitude. They are often caused by storms creating strong downdrafts of wind.
Airplanes rely on wind speed and direction to control takeoff and landing, typically doing so in the direction of the wind. But sudden shifts in wind speed and direction can cause planes to lose control, especially during takeoff and landing, when they are low to the ground and have reduced engine power and little room to manoeuvre.
How likely is it that Lion Air’s crash was caused by a windshear? Officials from a bevy of agencies – including Indonesian state officials, the US National Transportation Safety Board, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), theMeteorological and Geophysics Agency and Boeing – are investigating the incident and expect to release their findings within a month. But initial tests show that the pilot was experienced, was not under the influence of drugs or alcohol, and the plane, a brand new Boeing 737, had no technical issues, all of which rules out pilot or plane error.
What’s more, weather reports indicate a strong storm and driving rains were developing as the plane attempted to land, which lends support to the idea of windshear as the culprit.
But the surprising – and unnerving – point is that aviation officials consider windshear to be a problem that was solved long ago. Between 1964 and 1985 windshear was responsible for some 26 civil aircraft crashes in the US, leaving about 500 fatalities and about 200 injuries, according to NASA. The most famous incident involved a Delta Airlines Lockheed Tristar, which crashed in 1985, killing 134 passengers and crew near the Dallas-Fort Worth airport.
Since then, windshear-related incidents have dropped considerably, thanks to FAA- and NASA-developed technology that warns pilots of oncoming storms. The Predictive Windshear System, available below 700m, warns pilots some 10 to 40 seconds ahead of windshear to go around the bursts.
But for now, a lot of unknowns remain, including whether the Lion Air crash was caused by windshear, whether the windshear warning system was functioning on the aircraft and perhaps the biggest question for the airline industry – whether windshear may again become a serious concern.
” இது சரி இல்லை “…சொல்கிறார் மகாபெரியவர் ….
இது சரியில்லை!
மும்பை வேதரக்ஷண அறக்கட்டளைக் குழுவினர் மஹாபெரியவா ஜயந்தியையும் சிறப்பாகக் கொண்டாடினார்கள்.
சுப்ரமண்யம் என்ற பொறுப்பாளர் ஜயந்திக்குப் பின் பெரியவா தரிசனத்துக்குச் சென்றார்.
”இதோ பார் – இந்த நோட்டீஸை – இது நீங்கள் போட்டது இல்லை. வேறொரு சபையினர் போட்டது. இந்தமாதிரி நோட்டீஸ்களில் ஆதிசங்கரர் – வ்யாஸர் – ஆசார்யாள் படம் போடக்கூடாது. நோட்டீஸைப் பெற்றுக்கொண்டு போகிறவர்கள், பின்னர் தெருவில் எறிவார்கள். காலால் மிதிப்பார்கள்; குப்பைத் தொட்டியில் போடுவார்கள்! இது சரியில்லைதானே?”
இந்த அறிவுரை ஒரு சுப்ரமண்யத்துக்கு மட்டுமில்லை – எல்லா சுப்ரமண்யன்களுக்கும்தான்! கல்யாணப் பத்திரிகையில் மிக அழகாக ஸ்வாமி படங்களைப் போடுகிறார்கள். கல்யாணத்துக்கு மறுநாள் இந்த ஸ்வாமிகள் எல்லாம் எந்த இடத்தில் பூஜிக்கப்படுவார்கள்?
ஜெய ஜெய சங்கர! ஹர ஹர சங்கர!!
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Message For The Day…Anger is More Harmful than Sorrow….
Most Unusual Landings Of Aircrafts !!!!
A Lion Air plane is seen in the water after it missed the runway in Denpasar, Bali.
Navy officers and firemen work in the rescue of a private aircraft of aerial company Ocean Air which fell on Guanabara Bay upon landing at Santos Dumond airport on August 12, 2010 in Rio de Janeiro,
Emergency services attend to the scene of a Turkish Airlines Boeing 737-800 plane which crashed on landing at Schiphol airport on February 25, 2009 in Haarlem The Netherlands.
A Saha Airlines Boeing 707 is seen where it finished its skid after careering off the runway at Tehran Mehrabad Airport April 22, 2005 in Tehran, Iran.
A handout photo provided by Russian news agency Agentstvo-Novostei TV2 and taken on July 11, 2011 shows the wreck of Antonov-24 passenger plane, floating on the Ob River in Siberia shortly after the plane’s emergency landing. The plane belonging to the Angara airline was forced to make an emergency landing on the Ob River in Siberia on July 11,2011.
NEW YORK – JANUARY 15: Rescue boats float next to a US Airways plane floating in the water after crashing into the Hudson River in the afternoon on January 15, 2008 in New York City. The Airbus 320 flight 1549 crashed shortly after take-off from LaGuardia Airport heading to Charlotte, North Carolina.
A Falcon Grand Air cargo jet sits amid the tombstones of Mt. Olivet Cemetery after skidding off the runway at Detroit City Airport during an emergency landing August 28, 2001 in Detroit, Michigan.
Police and fire department personnel, including Hindustan Aeronautics Limited officials, gather near a Schweizer helicopter that made an emergency landing on the rooftop of a residential building in Bangalore on April 12, 2012. A trainee helicopter pilot made an emergency landing on the rooftop of an apartment building in a busy residential district in southern India on Thursday after developing engine trouble.
A Peruvian Navy helicopter which was transporting humanitarian aid for the victims of the 7.9-magnitude earthquake that rocked Peru on Wednesday, is seen on the roof of an uninhabited deposit in Ica, more than 400 km south of Lima, 17 August 2007, after it’s pilot made an emergency landing. The pilot looked for the safest place possible to attempt a landing, after the chopper apparently lost height.
A helicopter lands on the Tiradentes Avenue, after being forced to do so due to the heavy rain, on December 14, 2010 in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
A China Airlines aircraft Boeing 737 lies in ruins at Naha Airport August 20, 2007 in Okinawa, Japan. The aircraft’s left engine exploded after landing following it’s flight from Taiwan. Despite the resultant fire destroying the plane all 165 people on board escaped safely.
Picture taken 29 October 2007 shows the wreckage of a helicopter that crashed into a tanker as it was attempting an emergency landing at Rudskogen near Rakkestad, southeastern Norway, 29 October. A private helicopter with three people on board crashed into an oil lorry in southeastern Norway 29 October, narrowly avoiding disaster as it rammed the cabin and not the full tank, police said. No one was injured in the accident, which occurred as the pilot was trying to carry out an emergency landing.
A photo taken by a local resident, shows the wreckage of a helicopter next to the wall of the compound where according to officials, Osama bin Laden wss shot and killed in a firefight with U.S. forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan on Monday, May 2, 2011.
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15 Year Old Girl From Kerala Launches Web Designing Company !!!!!
Seven years ago at the age of eight, she created history by developing a website for her school. Now, at the age of 15, Shreelakshmi Suresh has hit the headlines for her decision to incept an IT firm at UL Cyberpark in Kozhikode, as reported by Deccan Chronicle.
A class 10 student of Presentation Higher Secondary School who will now be one of the youngest CEOs, will set her IT company – YGlobes, along with six other students as board members.
The firm is specialized in web designing and the intellects behind this new venture are students from schools, medical and engineering colleges. Most of them had met during an e-learning programme which resulted in forming a team of members with similar ideas, according to Shreelakshmi.
The board members are Nadir Hussain, a class 10 Indian Singer Celebrity from MES Indian School Doha, CK Ashhad from KMO ITI at Koduvally, Ameen Al Rahman of MAMO College at Mukkam, Shyni from Royal Dental College in Chalissery and Shabna and Shamila of AWH Engineering College.
The young brain’s web design had caught the world’s attention and she has received 30 awards, besides earning a membership in the Association of American Webmasters. She said that the company would function at Cyberpark by July and it would consist of 20 people to begin with.
Besides web designing the company will provide other services including web development, web hosting and domain registration. The report also stated that the investment is estimated to be 
50 lakh.
source:::: siliconindia net
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