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The Khushwant Singh “pre-obituary” from 1983…

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Reblogged from  the site Sans Serif of  churumuri   for the benefit of my friends …A Tribute to the Grandold  writer of India who passed away today at the age of 99…

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Khushwant Singh , the self-proclaimed “dirty old man of Indian journalism”, has passed away at his home in New Delhi, at the age of 99.

Exactly, 30 years ago, when Singh was 69, the journalist Dhiren Bhagat wrote a pre-obituary of the “sardar in the light bulb” for the now-defunct Sunday Observer.

Ironically, Dhiren Bhagat was to predecease Singh by 24 years, and Khushwant Singh ended up reviewing a collection of his work for India Today in 1990.

Below is the full text of Dhiren Bhagat’s “obituary”, written for the february 13, 1983 edition of The Sunday Observer.

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By DHIREN BHAGAT

I was saddened to read that Khushwant Singh passed away in his sleep last week. What a quiet end for so loud a man.

How the gods mock the mocking.

Contradictions surrounded Khushwant at every stage of his life. He strove to give the…

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Message For the Day…” You must have Self confidence as the Foundation…”

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Look at a beautiful building. How is it strong? It has walls, which gives it support. But how do the walls get the support? There is a foundation beneath it. The walls are able to stand strong because the foundation is solid. What is the use of the walls and foundation without a roof? You can live in a place, only when there is a roof. So too, to lead a happy life and accomplish Self-Realization, you must have Self-confidence as the foundation, Self-satisfaction as the walls and Self-sacrifice as your roof. So first and foremost, develop Self-confidence. Where there is faith, there is love. Where there is love, there is peace. Where there is peace, there is truth. Where there is truth, there is bliss. Where there is bliss, there is God. And where there is God, there is everything. Never forget this principle and develop Self-confidence.   

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Message For the Day…”Believe Whatever you are doing , You are doing Out of Love for God …”

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Some people ask, “If we spend all the time praying to God, then who will do our jobs? How can we run our family?” I will show you a very easy way – do your job, thinking that the job also belongs to God. Do not keep your mind on it thinking it is ‘my job’. Think that all the actions that you do, you are doing it for God. Offer everything at His Feet. Believe and tell yourself, “Whatever I am doing, I am doing it out of love for God”. Then, you need not give up anything. Face the examinations and do your work in a spirit of total devotion and dedication. When you do all your work as God’s work, then you will get the right reward. Never think, “This is my work and that is God’s work”; such mindset will deprive you of the right rewards. Realize that everything is God’s work.

Sathya Sai Baba

 

This is Not a Parrot …. But a Woman !!!

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Bird spotter

A picture that requires a double take: this parrot is in fact a female model who posed for ‘world bodypainting champion’ Johannes Stötter. The Italian artist – whose frog imagewas an Internet hit – spent weeks planning the transformation, taking four hours to paint his subject with ink. The model’s arm forms the parrot’s head and beak, and her legs form the wing and tail feathers.

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” பாரதி என்றாலே பிரமிப்பு …” !!!

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பாரதி அன்பர்கள் மத்தியில் பரவலாக எழும் ஐயப்பாடுகளில் ஒன்று, “வெள்ளிப் பனிமலையின் மீதுலாவுவோம்’ என்கிற பாடலில் வரும் “பள்ளித் தலமனைத்துங் கோயில் செய்குவோம்’ என்கிற வரி பற்றியது.

தமிழகத்தைப் பற்றிக் குறிப்பிடும்போது, “கல்வியிற் சிறந்த தமிழ்நாடு’ என்று குறிப்பிடுபவர் பாரதி. கலைவாணியைத் துதித்துப் பாடும் “வெள்ளைத் தாமரைப் பூவிலிருப்பாள்’ பாடலில் கூட,

bharathi“”வீதிதோறும் இரண்டொரு பள்ளி;
நாடு முற்றிலும் உள்ள வூர்கள்
நகர்களெங்கும் பலபல பள்ளி;
தேடு கல்வியிலாத தொரூரைத்
தீயி னுக்கிரையாக மடுத்தல்”
என்றும்,
“”அன்ன சத்திரம் ஆயிரம் வைத்தல்
ஆலயம் பதி னாயிரம் நாட்டல்
பின்ன ருள்ள தருமங்கள் யாவும்
பெயர்வி ளங்கி ஒளிர நிறுத்தல்,
அன்ன யாவினும் புண்ணியங் கோடி
ஆங்கோர் ஏழைக் கெழுத்தறி வித்தல்”-
என்றும் பாடிய மகாகவி பாரதி, எப்படி, எதற்காகப் பள்ளித் தலமனைத்தும் கோயில் செய்குவோம்’ என்று பாடினார்? இந்தக் கேள்விக்கு விடை தெரிந்தவர்கள் விட்டு விடுங்கள். தெரியாத பெருவாரியானவர்கள் மட்டும் மேலே படியுங்கள்.
இது குறித்து கவிஞர் வாலி கூறுகையில், தமிழ்ப்பா’வை மணந்த தமிழ்ப் பாவை என்று மகாகவி பாரதியின் மனைவி செல்லம்மா பாரதிக்குப் புகழாரம் சூட்டியிருக்கிறார் கவிஞர் வாலி.

“”ஒருத்தி, ஒரு, செருக்கனோடு வாழலாம்; தருக்கனோடு வாழலாம்; சினப் பெருக்கனோடு வாழலாம், கெட்டவருக்கனோடு வாழலாம்! ஆனால், எப்போதும் எதையேனும் கிறுக்கு கிறுக்கென்று கிறுக்கும் கிறுக்கனோடு வாழ்தலென்பது தலையைக் கிறுகிறுக்க வைக்கும் விஷயம்!” என்று தனக்கே உரித்தான வார்த்தை வித்தகத்தால் செல்லம்மா பாரதியின் சித்திரத்தை எழுத்தில் வடித்திருக்கும், கவிஞர் வாலியின் கரம் பிடித்துக்கை வலிக்க வலிக்கக் குலுக்க வேண்டும் போலிருக்கிறது!
நான் முதலில் எழுப்பியிருந்த கேள்விக்கு பதிலும் தந்திருக்கிறார் அந்த நடைச் சித்திரத்தில். “”அடியேன் அறிந்தவரை

அதற்கான அர்த்தம் யாதென்றுரைப்பேன். பாரதி – பள்ளித் தலமென்று பள்ளிக்கூடத்தைக் குறிப்பிட்டிருக்க மாட்டான். அது, ஏற்கெனவே கலைமகள் கொலுவிருக்கும் கோயில்தானே!

அவன் குறிப்பிட்டது யாதெனில், பள்ளரும் அவர்தம் பத்தினிமார்களான பள்ளிகளும் இருக்கும் சேரியைத்தான்!” என்று விளக்குகிறார் கவிஞர் வாலி.

“”அசிங்கமும் அருவருப்பும் பாராமல், ஊர்ப்பணி ஆற்றும் உத்தமர்தம் உறைவிடத்தை ஆலயமாக்க விரைந்த முதல் ஆசாமி – அந்த முண்டாசுக்காரன்தான்!”

பாரதி என்றாலே பிரமிப்பு!!!

 

source::::Vanishree Sivakumar in Dinamani blogspot.com

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” You Have Signed The Marksheet, But You did not Give me the Grade … ” !!!

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The father of our nation was too smart than this ‘gora’ chap

When Gandhi was studying law at the University College of London, there was a professor, whose last name was Peters, who felt animosity for Gandhi, and because Gandhi never lowered his head towards him, their “arguments” were very common.

One day, Mr. Peters was having lunch at the dining room of the University and Gandhi came along with his tray and sat next to the professor. The professor, in his arrogance, said, “Mr Gandhi: you do not understand… a pig and a bird do not sit together to eat “, to which Gandhi replies, “You do not worry professor, I’ll fly away “, and he went and sat at another table.
Mr. Peters, green with rage, decides to take revenge on the next test, but Gandhi responds brilliantly to all questions. Then, Mr. Peters asked him the following question, “Mr Gandhi, if you are walking down the street and find a package, and within it there is a bag of wisdom and another bag with a lot of money; which one will you take?”
Without hesitating, Gandhi responded, “the one with the money, of course”.
Mr. Peters, smiling, said, “I, in your place, would have taken the wisdom,

don’t you think?”
“Each one take

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 what one doesn’t have”, responded Gandhi indifferently.
Mr. Peters, already hysteric, writes on the exam sheet the word “idiot” and gives it to Gandhi. Gandhi takes the exam sheet and sits down. A few minutes later, Gandhi goes to the professor and says, “Mr. Peters, you signed the sheet, but you did not give me the grade.”   

source::::: input from a friend of mine
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” Everything Happens for a Reason…..”

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It is My special characteristic that I look always to, and provide for the welfare of those devoteeswho worship Me whole-heartedly with their minds ever fixed on Me.
May our Sadguru Sainath Shower his kind grace on our loved ones and bless them with all the love in the world, all the joy that a heart can hold, all the good health that can make our life much more precious than gold and prosperity that will make them go one step closer to bliss and God alone. 
Sai Bhakt,  
The Story of Life
Sometimes people come into your life and you know right away that they were meant to be there, to serve some sort of purpose, teach you a lesson, or to help you figure out who you are or who you want to become. You never know who these people may be (possibly your roommate, neighbor, coworker, long lost friend, lover, or even a complete stranger) but when you lock eyes with them, you know at that very moment that they will affect your life in some profound way.
And sometimes things happen to you that may seem horrible, painful, and unfair at first, but in reflection you find that without overcoming those obstacles you would have never realized your potential, strength, willpower, or heart.
Everything happens for a reason. Nothing happens by chance or by means of luck. Illness, injury, love, lost moments of true greatness, and sheer stupidity all occur to test the limits of your soul. Without these small tests, whatever they may be, life would be like a smoothly paved, straight, flat road to nowhere. It would be safe and comfortable, but dull and utterly pointless.
The people you meet who affect your life, and the success and downfalls you experience help to create who you become. Even the bad experiences can be learned from. In fact, they are probably the most poignant and important ones. If someone hurts you, betrays you, or breaks your heart, forgive them, for they have helped you learn about trust and the importance of being cautious when you open your heart. If someone loves you, love them back unconditionally, not only because they love you, but because in a way, they are teaching you to love and how to open your heart and eyes to things.
Make every day count!!! Appreciate every moment and take from those moments everything that you possibly can for you may never be able to experience it again. Talk to people that you have never talked to before, and actually listen. Let yourself fall in love, break free, and set your sights high. Hold your head up because you have every right to. Tell yourself you are a great individual and believe in yourself, for if you don’t believe in yourself, it will be hard for others to believe in you. You can make of your life anything you wish. Create your own life then go out and live it with absolutely no regrets.
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Flipkart… Answer to US Giant Amazon …Amazing Performance !!!

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Flipkart, India’s answer to US online giant Amazon, said Saturday its sales would cross the milestone $1 billion-mark this year, ahead of schedule, in the country’s exploding e-commerce market.

Founded in 2007 by two ex-Amazon.com employees and university friends, Flipkart.com has become India’s biggest shopping portal hit and has drawn backers such as New-York based venture capitalists Tiger Global Management LLC.

“In March 2011 we announced by 2015 we wanted to hit $1 billion” in sales when they stood at just $10 million, said founders Sanchin Bansal and Binny Bansal, who happen to share the same surname but are unrelated.

Now the privately held firm expects to hit $1 billion in sales “one year before our target” which means “we’ve grown 100 times in the last three years,” the pair, who pool operational responsibilities, said in a statement.

The figures reinforce Flipkart’s leadership position in the Indian e-retail market.

The founders, now both 32, said they were “happy and proud” at the progress of Flipkart in which they invested an initial $10,000.

The Bansals are seen as typical of the new risk-ready breed of entrepreneurs that has emerged in India amid years of fast economic growth, relying not on inherited wealth but their own-start up talents to launch businesses.

“E-merchandise retailing sales stood at $1.6 billion in 2013. By 2018, we think they will be $14 billion and in 2023 they will reach $60 billion,” Saloni Nangia, president of leading consultancy Technopak Advisors, told AFP.

While there were already Indian online sellers, Flipkart helped sales take off by allowing customers to pay cash-on-delivery, a move Nangia calls a “game-changer”.

An increasing number of Indians are going online but they are uncomfortable giving credit card details over the Internet. Others do not have a credit card and the Flipkart method allows them to place orders.

“This cash-on-delivery system helped consumers gain trust in online shopping — they saw products arrive,” Nangia said.

Flipkart began selling books but then expanded to mobile phones, televisions, cameras, computers and home appliances.

It has yet to report a profit in the fiercely competitive market with its nearest rival, eBay-backed Snapdeal, targeting $1 billion turnover by mid-decade. The world’s biggest online retailer, Amazon, also entered the market last June.

More retailers are seen going online as real estate is costly “so it makes it hard to have bricks-and-mortar stores”, said Nangia.

India’s vast young population, rapidly embracing the Internet, would “drive the e-tailing story”, she added.

Now, months after putting retail store plans in India on hold, the world’s largest retailer, Walmart, is readying a major e-merchandising push in the country based on the Amazon model, media reports say.

source:::::google news site

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