Source….www.periva.proboards .com
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Message for the Day…” Conditions may Change and Times may alter But Divinity will never Change…”
What is seen by your eyes, what moves your mind, what awakens your body and what shapes your entire life is the creation around you. Gopala is well versed in tending the cows, caring for them and nurturing them. The word ‘Go’ refers to cow, earth, sensory organs, heaven, speech, etc. So Gopala can play with you and make you sing. He can move you and all others. He can protect you and make you happy. This is the aspect of Gopala, the Divine Incarnate. The act of creation and the creator are permanent and they go on forever. Conditions may change and times may alter but Divinity will never change. The most important aspect of the Divine(Paramatma) is to look after the cows (His creation), protect them and ultimately ensure they merge in Him. Hence make sincere efforts to promote the divinity that is present in you and enjoy bliss. You should persevere to elevate yourself and never let yourself slip down.
President Obama left a moving comment on a ‘Humans of New York’ photo from Iran…
A recent photograph of an Iranian father and his young son posted to the popular “Humans of New York” Facebook page caught the attention of US President Barack Obama.
And on Thursday, Obama — who is presiding over the biggest thaw in US-Iranian relations in decades — left a comment on the post, saying it “really resonated” with him.
In the original post, the Iranian father wrote about how he knew he was “raising a humanitarian” when he realised his then-5-year-old son had given away two pounds of fresh apricots on their walk home. In his subsequent comment, Obama called it an “inspirational story.”
“One of the most fulfilling things that can happen to you as a parent is to see the values you’ve worked to instill in your kids start to manifest themselves in their actions,” he said. “And this one really resonated with me.”
Obama’s comment from the White House account, signed “-bo,” is below:
Brandon Stanton, the photographer behind “Humans of New York,” is currently travelling in Iran, where he’s been posting the stories of ordinary Iranians. Obama’s comment on the post came a day after he secured enough vote commitments from Democratic senators to ensure that the deal on Iran’s nuclear program would sail through Congress unscathed.
Part of Obama’s gung-ho support for the nuclear deal is the bet that the country’s citizens will lead it down a more moderate path by the time its provisions expire 10-15 years down the road. Obama alluded to this sentiment in his post.
“I’m going to continue doing whatever I can to make this world a place where he and every young person like him can live up to their full potential,” Obama wrote.
The original post is below:
“Today’s his tenth birthday. He’s a very emotional young man. He likes to solve other people’s problems. One time when he was five years old, he came with me to the store and we bought two pounds of fresh apricots. I let him carry the bag home. He walked a little bit behind me the entire way. After awhile, I asked him to hand me an apricot. ‘I can’t,’ he said. ‘I’ve given them all away.’ I knew then that I was raising a humanitarian.”
(Tabriz, Iran)
Source….BRETT LOGIURATO ….www.businessinsider.com.au and http://www.facebook.com…Humans of Newyork site
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” Coffee… The Fuel For You to Start Your Day…” !!!
Some of us just can’t make it through a day without our cup of coffee, and I can’t say it’s hard to see why. People call coffee “the fuel of the modern man” as a joke, but it’s not really too far form the truth. Take a look at any office during the morning hours and the majority of people will be drinking coffee. While I also love tea, there is still much to be said about the benefits and the facts you never knew about coffee:
Your body doesn’t need coffee when you wake up.
| We naturally produce a hormone called cortisol which has a very similar effect to caffeine. This hormone is made at certain times of the day based on our circadian rhythm. It’s important to identify the best time to drink your coffee so you can enjoy its maximum efficacy.
Coffee isn’t as dehydrating as people think.
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This 12-Year-Old Indian Origin Girl Scored More than Einstein and Hawking in IQ Test …..
Lydia Sebastian is just 12, but she has already achieved something that hardly one percent of the people in the world can get. She has scored the highest possible points in the famous Mensa IQ test and has beaten the scores of geniuses like Einstein and Hawking.
When it comes to IQ and intelligence, we cannot skip talking about Stephen Hawking and Albert Einstein. But would you believe if we told you that a 12-year-old girl has beaten their IQ test scores?
Meet Lydia Sebastian, a 12-year-old Indian-origin girl from Langham, United Kingdom. She has attained a score of 162 points in the renowned mental agility test conducted by Mensa, the largest and oldest society for people with high IQs.
This is the highest score possible in the test. With this achievement, Lydia has beaten geniuses like Einstein and Hawking who had scored 160 points.
Photo: Twitter
Hailing from Kerala in India, Lydia had an interest in reading since a very young age and has always been a quick learner. When she was just a few years old, she started reading books that were meant for children several years older than her. She also started talking when she was just six months old. Not only this, she started playing violin since a tender age of four.
A student of Colchester County High School, Lydia took a year to prepare for the test and called it “easy”.
Her incredible score has put her in the top one percent of people with such high IQs. She is now applying for the membership of Mensa which is restricted to only those people whose IQ test scores are within the top two percent of all the tests.
Source……Shreya Pareek…….www.thebetterindia.com
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This Daughter of a Daily Wage Labourer in Odisha Is an IES Exam Rank Holder ……
The daughter of a daily wage labourer from Odisha, has secured the 13th rank in UPSC’s IES examination. Successful after fighting many financial constraints, Aparajita Priyadarshini Behera dedicates her success to her father. This is her story.
24-year-old Aparajita Priyadarshini Behera has set a perfect example to show that financial difficulties, daily hardships and a person’s background can never come in the way of achieving whatever we want to achieve in life.
The daughter of a daily wage labourer from Odisha, Aparajita has secured an all India rank of 13 in the reputed Indian Economic Service (IES) examination conducted by UPSC (Union Public Service Commission).
Background image credit: Flickr
A resident of Mahanangala village in Kendrapara district, Aparajita completed her schooling from Mohanangala Primary and Kapileswar High School in the village. She then moved on to Marshaghai college near Kendrapara for plus two, and degree courses. With an urge for learning more and to progress towards her dream, she completed her Post Graduation in Economics from Utkal University. As of now, she is pursuing a PHD from Jawaharlal Nehru University.
Aparajita gives the credit for her success to her father, who has been her inspiration and guide. “He sweated it out to financially support me in my studies. He never made me feel the pangs of poverty. Whatever I achieved today is only because of my father. I dedicate my all India job to him,” she was reported saying to PTI.
Her father, Amulya Kumar Behera is a 50-year-old labourer at a fertiliser plant of Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative (IFFCO). He works on a daily pay roll basis with an assignment which is completely contractual in nature. His monthly remuneration comes to less than Rs. 10,000. But in spite of financial difficulties, he never neglected the education of his children – a son and two daughters.
Aparajita, who believes that there are no shortcuts to success, read all the required material extensively as her preparation for UPSC’s IES examination. It is her motto to serve for the country with honesty. She was nervous about the final interview, but says that the panel was very supportive and gave her the confidence to reply to all their questions.
Her family, along with the entire village including her school teachers and friends, are overjoyed with the news of her success. “We all are on cloud nine,” said her mother Jemamani to The Indian Express.
Source…….Tanaya Singh…..www.thebetterindia.com
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India’s Successful Missile Testing Site, Wheeler Island Will Now Become Abdul Kalam Island …
Wheeler Island, which is considered the most advanced missile testing site in India, will be renamed after Late Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam. For the man who was fondly called the “Missile Man”, this seems like a fitting tribute.
It has been over a month since we lost our beloved Missile Man, Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam. And every now and then, we keep finding different ways to pay tribute to him and to keep him alive in our memories.
This time it is the Odisha government which has paid an extra ordinary tribute to Dr. Kalam, by naming the Wheeler Island after him.
Photo: www.abdulkalam.com
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik made an announcement about the decision on Monday. He said that the move will inspire youngsters to work passionately and dedicatedly in the field of science. The 2km long and 390 acres big island will now be known as Abdul Kalam Island. The island is located off the coast of Odisha and is approximately 150km from Bhubaneswar.
This is a fitting tribute to the great man since the island is considered to be the country’s most advanced missile testing site.
Wheeler Island was named after an English commandant, Lieutenant Wheeler and has been used to test many successful missiles of India including Akash Missiles, Agni Missiles, Astra Missile, BrahMos, Nirbhay, Prahaar Missile, Prithvi Missiles, Shaurya Missile, Advanced Air Defence (AAD), and Prithvi Air Defence.
Here are a few of them:
Akash Missile Launch from Integrated Test Range (ITR), Wheeler Island
Advanced Air Defence Launch
Shaurya Missile Launch
All pics: Wikipedia
Source….Shreya Pareek…..www.thebetterindia.com
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Most Unique Teachers … Hats off to Them …
This Teachers’ Day, we are honouring some of the most unique teachers from all over the country. They inspire, amaze, enlighten and motivate. In these pictures, have a look at them doing their brilliant jobs.
“The dream begins with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you to the next plateau, sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called ‘truth’.”
– Plato
It’s September again, and bringing back this famous quote by Plato is kind of necessary for an added dose of inspiration. Because it’s that time of the year when we celebrate some of the most important people of our lives. The day on which we remember all our teachers; those wonderful people who shape our lives and help us be all the things we want to be.
So here’s wishing a very happy teachers’ day to every person who has ever been a guiding light in someone’s life.
While Facebook walls and Twitter feeds have been flooding with messages of remembrance and gratefulness since midnight, here is another shout out for some of the most inspiring teachers from all over the country. These are people who have conquered extremely difficult odds, have innovated unique teaching methods and have unfailingly amazed the nation with their selflessness.
Babar Ali – because one can begin teaching whenever one wants to
21-year-old Babar Ali has been teaching since he was 9. At 15, he became the headmaster of his makeshift school which teaches about 300 students today and has 6 full time teachers.
“I believe that if you are passionate about something then you can achieve anything. Age, finances, other hurdles, they just don’t matter and eventually everything works out.”
– Babar Ali
Aditya Kumar – taking education to places where schools can’t reach –
Source: Facebook
Aditya Kumar, better known as ‘Cycle guruji’, rides about 60 to 65 km on a bicycle every day, and provides free education to children living in the slums of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. This inspiring man has been doing this since 1995.
“Where ever I got students, I would sit and teach — by the roadside, in parks, near slums. I had a board on the cycle, and students would just read it and stop me. I was one of them, I understood what it meant to be poor and without support.”
Arvind Gupta – when learning is all about having fun
Source: www.ted.com
Arvind Gupta is famous for creating toys from trash. What’s special is that he explains many different concepts of science in the process of making these toys. He also generously uploads videos of his techniques on YouTube, explaining the scientific stuff behind each one of them for students all across the world to learn.
“I work with children. Whatever I see that children can do, whatever I see that brings a gleam into the child’s eye, that’s the work I do.”
– Arvind Gupta.
Rajesh Kumar Sharma – because education does not require a building
Source: Facebook
Rajesh Kumar Sharma runs a school under a Delhi metro bridge, where he teaches students from the nearby slums. He calls it ‘Under the Bridge School’ and about 200 students attend it every day. Started in 2005, the school also hosts some exemplary personalities from different walks of life, who come in on various occasions as volunteer teachers.
“Knowledge increases when it is shared.”
Abdul Mallik – crossing all hurdles to be with his students on time
Source: YouTube
A primary school teacher in Malappuram district of Kerala, Abdul Mallik swims to work every day. Why? Because that is the shortest route to reach his school.
“If I go by bus, it takes me three hours to cover the 12-kilometer (7.5 miles) distance. But swimming through the river is easier, faster and I reach school on time.”
– Abdul Mallik.
Anand Kumar – training dreamers, teaching dreams
Source: Facebook
Well known for his Super 30 programme, Anand Kumar of Patna has been coaching students for IIT-JEE entrance exams since the last 14 years. By 2014, 308 of his 360 students had made it to the IITs.
“To crack the target, one should have thirst for achieving it, next come positive thoughts and passion.”
– Anand Kumar.
Roshni Mukherjee – unleashing the power of the internet to reach many
Roshni Mukherjee has an online education platform called ExamFear.com where she teaches students with the help of videos which she uploads on YouTube.
“I receive messages from so many people. Recently, a student messaged me that he has been following my videos for three years now, and they have helped him score well in his exams without having to join tuition classes. He has now got admission in NIT. Such examples keep me motivated.”
– Roshni Mukherjee
Professor Sandeep Desai – begging for an outstanding cause
Source: Facebook
Professor Desai boards local trains in Mumbai every single day asking people to donate money for his charitable organisation Shloka which develops and runs schools in rural Rajasthan and Maharashtra.
“Good Afternoon to everybody, donating for education is the ultimate form of charity.”
– Sandeep Desai is heard saying every day on the trains.
Vimla Kaul – because age is just a number
This 80-year-old teacher has been teaching children of a village called Madanpur Khadar in Delhi, since the past 20 years. Because of the lack of teachers in the village, she brought the students to the nearby area of Sarita Vihar. And since there was no proper building to teach, she used to move from one park to another to conduct classes for them in the city. She finally has a building where she teaches students up till class two now.
“These children are very talented. They just need support and guidance. If they are given the same opportunities and facilities like mainstream kids, they too can do wonders.”
– Vimla Kaul
Kamlesh Zapadiya – because education is the biggest gift
Source: Facebook
Kamlesh Zapadiya travels 20km each day from his village to a nearby cybercafé with the aim of making education a lot more interesting for students. He has developed a website called Edusafar, where he uploads the entire school syllabus from class 1 to 10, in the form of a quiz.
“It is like Kaun banega Crorepati.”
– Kamlesh Zapadiya
And this one? Well, is there anything better than learning from friends?
Picture Credit: ILO / Mondal Nitai (Flickr)
Source…….Tanaya Singh….www.the betterindia.com
Natarajan
” முப்பாட்டன் முண்டாசு கவிஞன் பாரதிக்கு …”
முப்பாட்டன் முண்டாசுக்காரனுக்கு!
‘தனியொரு மனிதனுக்கு
உணவில்லையெனில்
ஜகத்தினை அழித்திடுவோம்’
என்று மிரட்டினாய்
அரசு பயந்து அமைத்தது
அம்மா உணவகம்!
‘ஓடி விளையாடு பாப்பா’ என்றாய்
ஓயாமல் விளையாடுகிறோம்
வீடியோ கேம்!
‘ஜாதிகள் இல்லையடி பாப்பா’ என்றாய்
ஜாதிகள் இல்லாமல் போகவே செய்கிறோம்
கவுரவக் கொலைகளால்!
‘ஆடுவோமே
பள்ளு பாடுவோமே
ஆனந்த சுதந்திரம்
அடைந்து விட்டோமென்று’என்றாய்
ஆட்டமாய் ஆடி
பாடாய் படுத்துகின்றனர்
ஆட்சி, அதிகாரத்திலிருப்பவர்கள்!
‘மனதில் உறுதி வேண்டும்’ என்றாய்
நான்கு குவார்ட்டர் அடித்தாலும்
தள்ளாடாமல் நிற்பதற்கு தான்
டாஸ்மாக்கில் பயிற்சி எடுக்கிறோம்!
காணி நிலம் வேண்டும்’ என்று
ஆசை படச் சொன்னாய்…
புறம்போக்கு நிலங்களையும்
வளைத்து விட்டோம்!
‘சிங்களத் தீவினுக்கோர்
பாலம் அமைப்போம்’
என்றதை செய்து பார்த்து
சேது சமுத்திரத் திட்டத்தில்
பைசா பார்த்து விட்டோம்!
‘நெஞ்சு பொறுக்குதில்லையே’ என்று
பாடத் தான் முடிகிறது
பாலியல் வன்முறைகளைப் பார்த்து!
‘சொல்லடி சிவசக்தி…
எனை சுடர் விடும்
அறிவுடன்
ஏன் படைத்தாய்’ என்று
உன்னோடு சேர்ந்து
பாடி அழத் தான் முடிகிறது
வேறு வழியற்று!
— அ. யாழினி பர்வதம்,
சென்னை.
Source…www.dinamalar.com
Natarajan
” நான் அனுமனை சொல்கிறேன் …”
ராணி மைந்தன் எழுதிய, ‘சாவி – 85’ நூலிலிருந்து: பக்தவத்சலம் அப்போது தமிழக முதல்வராக இருந்தார். பதவியை துறந்து, கட்சி பணியாற்ற வேண்டும் என்ற, ‘காமராஜர் திட்ட’த்தின் கீழ், முதல்வர் பதவியில் இருந்து காமராஜர் விலகிய பின், முதல்வராக பொறுப்பேற்றார் பக்தவத்சலம். ‘தமிழக மக்களிடையே நல்ல பண்புகளும், பழக்க வழக்கங்களும் வளர வேண்டுமானால், நம் புராண இதிகாசக் கதைகளை கதாகாலட்சேபம், நாடகம் வாயிலாக, பட்டி தொட்டியெங்கும் பரப்பும் முயற்சிகளை மேற்கொள்ள வேண்டும்…’ என்ற யோசனையை, திருவையாற்றில் வெளியிட்டார் முதல்வர் பக்தவத்சலம்.
டில்லியில், காமராஜருடன் தங்கியிருந்த போது, பக்தவத்சலம் கூறிய இந்த யோசனை பற்றி சாவி குறிப்பிட்டு, ‘இதற்கு நீங்கள் தான் முயற்சி எடுக்க வேண்டும்…’ என்று கேட்டுக் கொண்டார். ‘என்ன செய்யலாங்கறீங்க?’ என்று கேட்டார் காமராஜர்.
‘நீங்க அனுமதி கொடுத்தால், தேனாம்பேட்டை காங்கிரஸ் மைதானத்தில், வாரியார் சுவாமிகளை வைத்து, ராமாயணக் கதை சொல்ல சொல்லலாம்; எஸ்.வி.சகஸ்ரநாமத்தை, அரிச்சந்திரா நாடகம் போடச் சொல்லலாம். அப்புறம், இதை தமிழகம் முழுவதும் கொண்டு போகலாம்…’ என்று, சாவி சொன்ன யோசனை, காமராஜருக்கு ரொம்பவும் பிடித்துப் போயிற்று.
‘சரி, நீங்களே செய்யுங்க; ஒரு கமிட்டி போட்டுக்குங்க…’ என்று, கணமும் தாமதியாமல் அனுமதி வழங்கி விட்டார் காமராஜர்.
சென்னை வந்ததும், இதற்கென ஒரு கமிட்டியை அமைத்தார் சாவி. ‘சத்திய சபா’ என்று பெயர் சூட்டப்பட்டது. அதன் தலைவராக இருக்கச் சம்மதித்தார் காமராஜர். செயலர் பொறுப்பை ஏற்றுக் கொண்டார் சாவி. வாசன் உபதலைவராகவும், ரத்னம் ஐயர், லிப்கோ சர்மா போன்றோர், கமிட்டி அங்கத்தினர்களாகவும் நியமிக்கப்பட்டு, அடுத்த நாளே வேலை வேகமாக ஆரம்பிக்கப்பட்டது.
திட்டமிட்டபடி, காங்கிரஸ் மைதானம் மேடு, பள்ளங்கள் திருத்தப்பட்டு, மின் விளக்குகள் பொருத்தப்பட்டு விழாக் கோலம் பூண்டது. ஏ.வி.எம்.செட்டியார், முகப்பு வாயிலை, பிரபல ஓவியர் சேகரை கொண்டு, அலங்கரித்துக் கொடுத்தார். அவ்வையார் படத்துக்காக உருவாக்கப்பட்ட, மிகப்பெரிய பிள்ளையார் சிலையை, ராமாயணக் கதை நடக்கும் இடத்தில் வைத்துக் கொள்ள அனுமதி வழங்கினார் வாசன்.
பக்தவத்சலம் கொடியேற்றி வைக்க, விழாவைத் துவக்கி வைத்தார், அப்போது சென்னை கவர்னராக இருந்த மைசூர் மகாராஜா. ராமாயணக் கதைகளை, கலகலப்பாக சொல்ல துவங்கினார் வாரியார். தொடர்ந்து, 40 நாட்கள்… இடையிடையே, சகஸ்ரநாமத்தின் நாடகங்கள், தினமும் கூட்டம் அதிகமாகிக் கொண்டே போய், மைதானம் நிரம்பி வழிந்தது. எவ்வளவு பேர் வந்தும் என்ன… கதை கேட்க, காமராஜர் வராமலிருக்கிறாரே என்ற குறை சாவிக்கும், வாரியாருக்கும், மற்ற கமிட்டி அங்கத்தினர்களுக்கும் இருந்தது.
ஒருநாள் திடீரென, ‘இன்று கதை கேட்க காமராஜர் வருகிறார்…’ என்று டெலிபோனில் தகவல் வந்தது.
இதை வாரியாரிடம், சாவி சொல்ல, வாரியாருக்கு மகிழ்ச்சி தாங்கவில்லை. அன்று, அனுமன் ஆற்றல் பற்றி, விஸ்தாரமாகப் பேசினார் வாரியார்…
‘தன்னிடம் எந்தக் காரியத்தை ஒப்படைத்தாலும், அதை வெற்றிகரமாகச் சாதிக்க கூடியவர் அனுமர். காரணம், அவர் ஒரு பிரம்மசாரி. பிரம்மசாரிகள் எப்போதுமே, தங்களிடம் ஒப்படைக்கப்படும் பொறுப்புகளை, வெற்றிகரமாக செய்யக் கூடிய ஆற்றலும், வல்லமையும் பெற்றவர்கள்…’ என்று, அவர் சொல்லிக் கொண்டிருந்த தருணத்தில், அரங்கத்துக்குள் நுழைந்தார் காமராஜர்.
காமராஜர் வரும் திக்கு நோக்கி ஆவலோடு திரும்பிப் பார்த்து, ஆரவாரித்தனர் கூட்டத்தினர். ‘நான் அனுமனைச் சொல்கிறேன்… நீங்கள் யாரை எண்ணி மகிழ்கிறீர்களோ…’ என்று வாரியார், தமக்கே உரிய பாணியில் ஒரு போடு போடவும், கூட்டத்தினர் செய்த ஆரவாரமும், எழுப்பிய கரவொலியும் அடங்க வெகு நேரமாயிற்று!
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