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Famous Indians In Silicon Valley…Part 2… Sundar Pichai….An Indian To Head Google”s Android Division !!!

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In continuation of my earlier blog post on the ” Famous Indians In Silicon valley ”  published on Dec 12 2012 wherein Mr. Sundar Pichai “s profile appeared,  i  am delighted to publish Part 2 of that Blog covering Mr. Sundar Pichai”s  yet another successful milestone in his career . We are all very proud of you Mr. Sundar Pichai…

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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Andy Rubin, the architect of Android, the world’s top-selling mobile operating system, has decided to step down as Google Inc combines mobile software divisions under one roof, the company said on Wednesday.

 

Sundar Pichai speaks during Google I/O Conference at Moscone Center in San Francisco, California June 28, 2012.Sundar Pichai, senior vice president of Google Chrome, speaks during Google I/O Conference at Moscone Center in San Francisco, California June 28, 2012. REUTERS/Stephen Lam                                        

 

Google appointed Sundar Pichai, the executive overseeing its Chrome web browser and applications like Google Drive and Gmail, to take over Rubin’s responsibilities, hinting at how the company with the dominant Internet search engine intends to address the rise of mobile devices.

In a blog post, Larry Page, Google’s chief executive and co-founder, credited Rubin for evangelizing Android several years ago and building it into a free, open-source platform that runs on nearly three-quarters of the world’s smartphones and is used by the world’s largest handset manufacturers, from Samsung Electronics Co Ltd to HTC Corp .

“Having exceeded even the crazy ambitious goals we dreamed of for Android – and with a really strong leadership team in place – Andy’s decided it’s time to hand over the reins and start a new chapter at Google,” Page wrote. “Andy, more moonshots please!

The merger of the Chrome and Android divisions helps resolve a longstanding tension in the Mountain View, California-based company’s corporate strategy, and reflects a convergence of mobile and desktop software.

When Google poured resources into launching the Chrome web browser five years ago, the company laid out a vision of the Internet and an ecosystem of Google apps based on the Web. But the Android operating system, acquired by Google in 2005, has also been a runaway success, enabling third-party handset makers like Samsung to overtake Apple Inc while also spawning a massive economy of third-party apps that are only loosely affiliated with Google.

Under Pichai’s direction, Google has released several netbook computers using the Chrome operating system. Last month, when Pichai unveiled the Chromebook Pixel, the first Chrome-based laptop with a touch-screen interface, analysts noted that Chrome and Android appeared to be on converging paths.

“You had this Chrome OS and this Android Group that were building in many overlapping products,” said Michael Gartenberg, an analyst at Gartner.

Gartenberg argued that despite Android’s overwhelming popularity, it is Chrome that remains at the core of Google’s strategy.

“For Google, it’s not about the platform, but the ecosystem,” Gartenberg said. “They’re more concerned long-term about Google Docs, Google Voice, Google Books, and less about helping Samsung sell more phones.”

Chrome, Gartenberg added, “is the purest expression of Google’s philosophy.”

“Sundar has a talent for creating products that are technically excellent yet easy to use – and he loves a big bet,” Page wrote. “So while Andy’s a really hard act to follow, I know Sundar will do a tremendous job doubling down on Android as we work to push the ecosystem forward.”

Android is now installed on roughly two-thirds of the world’s smartphones, supplanting Apple Inc at the pinnacle of the fast-moving mobile arena.

Android tablets are also expected to overtake Apple’s iPad in terms of shipments in 2013, IT research house IDC predicted on Tuesday.

But Android’s explosive growth – and the companies it has boosted – have also concerned Google’s leadership. Rubin himself has warned other Google executives that Samsung could use its heft to renegotiate its ad revenue-sharing deals with Google, the Wall Street Journal reported last month.

LEADING VOICE

The re-shuffle reinforces Pichai, a senior vice president, as one of the leading voices within Google.

Trained as an engineer at the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, before moving to the United States, Pichai holds degrees from Stanford University and the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School. He joined Google in 2004.

In 2008, Pichai aggressively pushed Google’s Chrome browser, when Microsoft Corp’s Explorer lorded over the market. Chrome now commands a roughly 35 percent market share according to Web traffic analyzers StatCounter.

He is also credited with the development of some of the company’s most successful cloud-based apps, such as Calendar and Gmail, and has also steered Google Drive.

“Today we’re living in a new computing environment,” Page wrote. “People are really excited about technology and spending a lot of money on devices.”

source:::: yahoo news

With Samsung Galaxy S4 launching, it wouldnt have been a better time for Sundar Pichai to take the reins of Android.

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Indian American Elected To Royal Society of Canada …

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Indian-American elected to Royal Society of Canada
Ponisseril Somasundaran, an Indian American member of the faculty of Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science, has been chosen as the sole foreign fellow of the prestigious Royal Society of Canada.

The only one from outside Canada to be elected this year, Somasundaran, who has been at Columbia since 1970 will be inducted in a ceremony on Nov 17 at the Ottawa Convention Centre in Ottawa with 70 other fellows.

“Somasundaran is recognized for his ground-breaking contributions towards unraveling complex nano-scale structures and energetics of surfactant self-assemblies and polymer-surfactant hybrids at interfaces,” according to the citation announcing his election.

“He pioneered the use of spectroscopic methods for probing surfactant self-assemblies. His work forms the backbone of many of the current practices in ultra-lean ores beneficiation, hazardous materials/waste water treatment and personal care industry,” it said.

“His seminal work continues to be vital for meeting today’s environmental and sustainability needs,” the citation added.

Founded in 1882, the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) comprises the Academies of Arts, Humanities and Sciences of Canada. Election to its academies is considered one of the highest honours a scholar can achieve in the Arts, Humanities and
Sciences.

Somasundaran was named La von Duddleson Krumb Professor in 1983 and was the chairman of the Henry Krumb School from 1988 to 1992 and of the Department of Chemical Engineering, Material Science and Mining from 1992 to 1997.

Somasundaran is currently Director of the National Science Foundation Centre for Advanced Studies in Novel Surfactants and Langmuir Centre for Colloids and Interfaces.

He was one of the youngest members to be elected in 1985 to the National Academy of Engineering, the highest possible distinction then in engineering in the US.

Somasundaran was also elected to the Chinese Academy of Engineering (1998), Indian National Academy of Engineering (1999) and the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences (2000) and Balkan academy of science/Mineral Technology.

He was honoured as the only 1989 Distinguished Alumnus and the first Brahm Prakash Chair in 1990 from the Indian Institute of Science.

Elected a Fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers in 2009, he was awarded Padma Shri civilian honour by the Indian Government in 2010.

source::::::siliconindianet

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Two Indian Americans among ‘Intel Science Talent Search’ Finalists…

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The recent high school research competition that was conducted by the Intel Science Talent Search has proved the capability of the young in the field of innovation these days. Indians too have a reason to celebrate here with the ninth and tenth place among the finalists being bagged by two Indians namely Akshay Padmanambha and Sahana Vasudevan. Let’s proceed to know more about them here.

 
Akshay Padmanambha, the son of Poombady Padmanambha and Asha Padmanambha was one of the finalists at the Intel Science Search this year. Originally from Karnataka, the young talent of sixteen years resides in Collierville.

 
His project mainly addressed the topic of bioengineering. A Vagus Nerve stimulator ( VNS ) can now be used in the treatment of those patients with seizure disorders, especially those with a resistance for surgery or drugs.  The treatment helps in delivering to the brain, a signal which is constant and of low voltage.

 
However, this is not free from its side effects namely a risk of heart disease and sleep apnea. However this can be avoided by the activation of the VNS with the use of an algorithm at the onset of the seizures. This has been developed by Akshay through the analysis of epileptic EEGs. The algorithm can get the oncoming seizures detected. The use of this algorithm has thus been simulated by Akshay into the triggering system of the VNS.

 
Akshay’s other hobbies involve playing the jazz and electric bassoon. He also served in Germantown’s Houston High School Band where he was the principle bassoonist. A player of the Ultimate Frisbee, he serves as the captain and founder of the Math Bowl team. He also leads the Horizon where the interactions between students with general needs and those with special needs are promoted.

 

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Having entered the mathematics project at the Intel Science Talent Search the sixteen year old Sahana Vasudevan from Palo Alto is another among the finalists at the event. The “carry” is an important aspect in arithmetic. It is usually handled by a carry bit in computing. She has here contributed a good result to “groups”, some mathematical structures. In this way she has proved a certain necessary condition

 
Originally from Tamil Nadu, Sahana now resides in Palo Alto in the U.S. She is also a violinist and a classical vocalist having won an award for her performance. Her singing began at the age of four and the playing of the violin at the age of seven. The daughter of Jayaraman Vasudevan and Vanaja Narayanaswamy, she was homeschooled at the Gnynam Academy.

 

source:::::siliconindia net

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12 Year Old Indian Girl Has Higher IQ Than Einstein !!!!

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 A 12-year-old Indian-origin girl in UK has stunned everyone after she scored an incredible 162 on her IQ test – even higher than Einstein and Stephen Hawkin.

Neha Ramu, daughter of an Indian doctor couple, achieved a score of 162 on a Mensa IQ test – the highest score possible for her age.

The score puts her in the top one per cent of brightest people in the UK and means she is more intelligent than physicist Hawking, Microsoft founder Bill Gates and scientist Albert Einstein, who are all thought to have an IQ of 160.

 
“Neha scored 162 on the Cattell IIIB test, putting her within the top one per cent of people in the country,” a spokesman for British Mensa said.

Neha’s parents lived in India before moving to Britain when their daughter was seven, ‘The Telegraph’ reported.

Neha had always performed well at school, but it was only when she took an entrance exam for her school, achieving a perfect score of 280/280, that they realised her potential.

She took the test for Mensa, a society for people with high IQs, two years later, and achieved the maximum possible score for someone aged under 18.

“At first I did not really realise what she was capable of as she wasn’t being stretched at school and when she joined primary school in the UK. We didn’t really understand the system,” her mother Jayashree said.

“I am so proud of her. Although she’s being doing well at these kind of tests for sometime now. This is just marvellous.

I can’t express the feeling,” she said.

Neha plans to follow her parents’ footsteps into a career in medicine. She has already set her sight on a place at Harvard after taking her SATs – the American equivalent of A-levels – and achieved a score of 740 out of 800 in a test designed for 18-year-olds.

A devoted Harry Potter fan and keen swimmer, Neha admitted to have found the Mensa test “quite hard”.

“I’m really, really happy because I found the test quite hard and I wasn’t really holding out much hope that I’d be a member of Mensa,” she said.

“We might have a little party or something sometime soon to celebrate. I haven’t told my friends yet but I’ve told some of my family and they are all very happy for me,” said Neha.

Einstein never took an IQ test as none of the modern intelligence tests existed when he was alive, but experts believe he had an IQ of around 160.
Source: silicon india net

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Indian Wonder Boy Gets into MENSA With IQ 132…..At The Age Of 3 !!!

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Bangalore: Arnav Dasyam is probably the youngest kid of Indian/South Asian descent to join the Mensa Club. Arnav, son of Anil and Navya Dasyam, an Indian couple and residents of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania, U.S. has become a member of the Mensa club at the age of 3 years and 2 months, reported TNN.

Mensa is an international society for bright people, and its members require possessing a high IQ. Candidates for Mensa must attain a score at or above the 98th percentile on a standard test of intelligence.

Arnav learnt the English alphabets by the time he was 18 months and 10 months later he could easily read a story book. This wonder boy was solving a 68 piece world map puzzle at a very young age.

As per the Mensa International website there are about 1.1 lakh Mensans in over 40 countries on every continent except Antarctica. Further, there are 2 to 100-year-old Mensans, but the majority belong to the age group of 20 to 60.

Anil was quoted by TNN, saying, “When Arnav was 2 years and 10 months old, we had him tested by a certified school psychologist on October 23, 2012. Arnav was found to have an overall IQ of 132.”

Anil got Arnav’s IQ score in the second week of January this year and submitted it to Mensa International a week later. He added that “We got the acceptance letter in the first week of February, 2013. Arnav’s age then was 3 years and 2 months.”

Anil said “It was in the late summer/early fall of 2012 when I saw some news reports of young children in the age group 3-4 years getting into Mensa. A common theme in them was that the kids could read early. Since Arnav could read sentences even before turning 2 and half years, we felt he was special and could take a shot at Mensa. We then started exposing Arnav to things that other Mensa kids were doing and he was easily grasping everything,” as reported by TNN.

Anil moved to the U.S. a decade ago after he did his MBBS from Hyderabad, while his wife Navya too is a doctor. The couple also has a 9-month-old son Nirmay. Anil talking of Arnav’s future, said “We have no fixed professions. We will ensure that he works hard to achieve what he wants to become.”

 

source:::::silicon india net

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Diary With a Difference… Standing out as A Guide To Value System !!!

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” We learn from the Best” is the theme of Diary 2013 brought out by VNC Group of industries , Tamilnadu .

IN The foreword, the Management Team of VNC …leading manufacturers of welding electrodes …..state ” At VNC, our lives are driven
by values. Values that we have risen with. Values that are the Best guide and also the Best measure of Success… Values which are best learnt from the stalwarts of Humanity, who inspire us Everyday !!!”

What an wonderful message conveyed thro their Annual Diary!!!

Team at VNC has zeroed in on the following great personalities and highlighted the respective individual ‘s core personal attribute in the Diary.

1. Charlie Chaplin…..What made Charlie Chaplin the greatest comedian ever was the HONESTY with which he essayed his roles.

2.Guru Gobind Singh …. Even today Guru Gobind Singh is reveredfor having provided PURPOSE to his followers by creating the” KHALSA”.

3.Thomas Edison…. The world thanks Thomas Edison for the lesson in PERSEVERENCE that he taught by failing and trying again and again several times before inventing the Light Bulb.

4.Adi Shankaracharya…. India is indebted to ADI SHANKARACHARYA for bringing about UNITY among the various schools of thought

and the revival of Hindusim..

5.Martin Luther King Jr…..Respect follows Martin Luther King Jr. in USA and the world because of his relentless fight for the

EQUALITY OF Human beings…

6. Saint Joan of Arc…. The warrior Saint Joan Of Arc won freedom for French people against all odds only because of the

CONVICTION..she had in her duty towards GOD..

To sumup, TEAM VNC has conveyed and reconfirmed their core values as under…

1. HONESTY

2. PURPOSE OR GOAL

3.PERSEVERENCE

4. UNITY and Uniformity

5. EQUALITY

6. CONVICTION towards ACCOMPLISHMENT OF SET GOAL

Next comes Iceing on the top of the Cake !!!! TEAM VNC has posed a question … ” What possibly can be common between a certain thin

HALF naked gentleman { MAHATMA GANDHI } who woke up a Great Nation India and “Best Wire” ? ”

Best Wire is one of the products of VNC…. The answer to the question is …INNER STRENGTH !!!

I must say that VNC diary is not a mere diary reflecting routine features ….It is a perfect guide for those who wish to follow the value system in whichever profession or business they pursue .

Last but not least, the Diary is a good Hand Book for the younger generation of today to understand and appreciate the value system in their life.

Source::: VNC Company Diary received from my Friend Shri.Vijayakumar of VNC

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Ref…www.vncgroup.com email to …info@vncgroup.com

Success is A State of Mind !!!!!

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An Incredible poem about success…..

This has been taken from a book that was originally published in 1926…YES 1926!!!!

“If you think you are beaten, you are;

If you think you dare not, you don’t;

If you’d like to win, but you think you can’t;

It’s almost a cinch you won’t;

If you think you’ll lose, you’ve lost,

For out in the world you’ll find,

Success begins with a fellow’s will,

It’s all in the state of mind.

Full many a race is lost,

Before even a race is run,

And many a cowards fail,

Before even his work’s begun.

Think big, and your deeds will grow,

Think small and you fall behind,

Think that you can, and you will,

It’s all in the state of mind.

If you think you are outclassed, you are,

You’ve got to think high to rise,

You’ve got to be sure of yourself before,

You can ever win a prize.

Life’s battle doesn’t always go,

To the stronger or faster man,

But sooner or later, the man who wins,

Is the fellow who thinks he can.”

Now if you can image that this kind of positive mind mentality was around in the late 1920’s, Just imagine what is possible for you Now!

source:::: siliconindianet

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Cooking Oil Powers TransAtlantic Flights !!!!!

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KLM cooking oil commercial flights Dutch airline KLM has begun powering some commercial flights on an eco-friendly fuel mix that includes 25% cooking oil and 75% jet fuel.

The same oil that fried up your lunch might be powering your next flight to Europe.

Dutch airline KLM has begun powering some commercial flights on an eco-friendly fuel mix that includes 25% cooking oil and 75% jet fuel. The cooking oil-fuelled Boeing 777 flights will be tested on 25 roundtrip transatlantic flights between New York’s JFK and Amsterdam’s Schiphol every Thursday for the next six months.

The leftover waste oil comes from restaurants in the southern US state of Louisiana, where it’s used to fry up cracklins, catfish and other Cajun treats before being refined at a plant near Baton Rouge and trucked to New York to fuel the flights.

Though some say the fuel smells like fast food, the cooking oil is safe for powering jumbo jets and provides exactly the same flying experience. Even better, it reduces carbon emissions by up to 80%.

It’s indistinguishable on a molecular level from regular kerosene jet fuel, Captain Rick Shouten, who piloted the maiden flight last week, told the New York Post. “For pilots, it’s totally transparent. It’s as if you’re flying a normal aircraft.”

KLM has been offering biofuel-powered flights for years, with its first demonstration flight fuelled by a mix of 50% biofuel made from camelina (an oily member of the mustard family) in November 2009. And while the Dutch airline started regularly using recycled cooking oil on some commercial flights between Amsterdam and Paris in June 2011, this latest usage represents the first time biofuels will be used on a regular weekly schedule on transatlantic flights.

What’s the future of cooking oil-fuelled flights?

In the near term, it’s more likely cooking oil will by frying up your French fries and falafels rather than fuelling your flight. That’s because biofuels made from recycled cooking oil are expensive – about $10 per gallon, or roughly three times the price of regular jet fuel – largely due to the costs of refining and preparing the oil for use on jumbo jets.

Most recycled cooking oil today is used to power diesel trucks or mixed with home heating fuel, a simpler conversion process. One innovative company,Grease Lightning, based in New York City, has been purchasing used cooking oil from local restaurants to convert into biodiesel fuel since 2011. And several Boston hotels, including the Saunders Hotel, Lenox Hotel, and Ramada Inn Boston, are using recycled vegetable oil to fuel their laundry trucks and hotel shuttle buses.

Although the sustainability of these alternative biofuels makes it an environmentally friendly option for progressive airlines, widespread adoption of recycled cooking oil requires that usage spreads, making the fuel more affordable for budget-strapped airlines.

The air travel community is hoping for financial support from the governments where major airlines are based in the form of subsidies, research grants and tax benefits.

“A lot still has to happen before biofuel will be available on a large scale and for it to be economically competitive in relation to fossil-fuel kerosene,” KLM said in a statement. “We cannot achieve this alone. We absolutely need the commitment and support of all the relevant parties: business, government and society.”

source:::::bbc.com.travel

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தமிழ் இலக்கியம் விளக்கும் ஓசோன் …Ozone!!!

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பிரமிப்பூட்டும் தமிழர்களின் விஞ்ஞானம் – வான்வெளி

இரண்டாயிரம் வருடங்களுக்கு முன்னர் வந்த தமிழ் இலக்கியங்களில் ஓசோன் !.

தற்கால அறிவியல் அறிஞர்களால் புவிக்கு மேலே இருக்கும் வான்வெளி ஆறு பகுதிகளாகப் பகுக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.

புவியில் இருந்து ஒன்றன் மேல் ஒன்றாக

ட்ரோபோஸ்பியர் (troposphere)
ஸ்ட்ரோட்ஸ்பியர்/ஓசோன் (stratosphere/ozone)
மீஸோஸ்பியர் (mesosphere)
தெர்மாஸ்பியர் (thermosphere)
எக்ஸோஸ்பியர் (exosphere)
நத்திங்னஸ் (nothingness) – நீத்தம்

என அவை அமைந்துள்ளன.

இவற்றுள் புவிக்கு மேலே முதலில் அமைந்திருப்பது ட்ரோபோஸ்பியர். இது வான்வெளியின் மொத்த கன அளவில் பதினேழில் ஒரு பங்குதான் (1/17). ஆனால், வான்வெளியில் உள்ள மொத்தக் காற்றின் அளவில் ஐந்தில் நான்கு பகுதி (4/5) இங்கு தான் இருக்கிறது.

இன்றைக்கு ஏறத்தாழ 2,000 ஆண்டுகளுக்கு முன் வாழ்ந்த தமிழர்கள் வான்வெளியை ஐந்து கூறுகளாகப் பிரித்துக் கூறி இருப்பதை அறியும்போது வியப்பும் மகிழ்வும், பெருமிதமும் ஒருங்கே உண்டாகின்றன.

“இருமுந்நீர்க் குட்டமும்
வியன் ஞாலத்து அகலமும்
வளிவழங்கு திசையும்
வறிதுநிலைஇய ஆகாயமும்.” (புறநா – 20)
என்னும் வரிகளில் புவிக்கு மேல் உள்ள மூன்று பகுதிகள் கூறப்பட்டுள்ளன.

“செஞ்ஞாயிற்றுச் செலவும்
அஞ்ஞாயிற்றுப் பரிப்பும்
சூழ்ந்த மண்டிலமும்
வளிதரு திசையும்
வறிதுநிலை காயமும்.” (புறநா – 30)
என்னும் வரிகளால் புவிக்கு மேல் ஐந்து பகுதிகள் குறிப்பிடப்பட்டுள்ளன.

“மயங்கிருங் கருவிய விசும்பு முகனாக
இயங்கிய இருசுடர் கண்ணெனப் பெயரிய
வளியிடை வழங்கா வழக்கறு நீத்தம்.” (புறநா – 365)
என்னும் வரிகளில் இரண்டு பகுதிகள் குறிப்பிடப்பட்டுள்ளன.

இவற்றுள் “திசை” என்னும் பகுதியில் காற்று இருக்கும். “ஆகாயம்”, “நீத்தம்” என்னும் பகுதிகளில் எதுவும் இருக்காது எனவும் கூறப்பட்டுள்ளது. “நீத்தம்” என்பது இன்றைய அறிவியலார் கூறும் “வெறுமை” (நத்திங்னஸ்) என்னும் பகுதி.

புவிக்கு மேல் இருக்கின்ற இரண்டாவது பகுதியான “ஸ்ட்ரோட்ஸ்பியர்” என்னும் பகுதியில் தான் “ஓசோன்” எனப்படும் காற்றுப்படலம் அமைந்துள்ளது. இப்படலம் கதிரவனிடம் இருந்து வரும் கடும் வெப்பத்தை, தான் தாங்கிக்கொண்டு புவியில் உள்ள உயிர்கள் துன்பம் உறாமல் காத்துவருகிறது. 20ஆம் நூற்றாண்டின் பிற்பகுதியில் கண்டுபிடிக்கப்பட்ட இந்த ஓசோன் படலத்தைப் பற்றி 2ஆம் நூற்றாண்டில் வாழ்ந்த தமிழ்ப் புலவர்கள் குறிப்பிட்டிருப்பது வியப்பை அளிக்கிறது அல்லவா?

“நிலமிசை வாழ்வர் அலமரல் தீர
தெறுகதிர் வெம்மை கனலி தாங்கி
காலுண வாக சுடரொடு கொட்கும்
அவிர்சடை முனிவரும் மருள.” (புறநா – 43)
என்னும் பாடல் வரிகளின் கருத்து, “புவியில் வாழும் மக்களின் துன்பம் தீர கதிரவனின் வெப்பம் மிக்க கனலைத் தாங்கிக்கொண்டு கதிரவனோடு சேர்ந்து சுழல்கின்ற முனிவர்கள்” என்பதாகும்.

மேலும், முருகக் கடவுளின் ஒரு கை,

“விண்செலல் மரபின் ஐயர்க்கு ஏந்தியது” என்று
திருமுருகாற்றுப்படை (107) யிலும்,

“சுடரொடு திரிதரும் முனிவரும், அமரரும் இடர்கெட அருளி நின் இணையடி தொழுதோம்” என சிலப்பதிகாரத்திலும் (வேட்டுவ வரி – 18) இக்கருத்து கூறப்பட்டுள்ளது.

முனிவர்கள் என்று கூறப்பட்டதாலேயே, மற்ற மதத்தினரும் பகுத்தறிவுவாதிகளும் இது அறிவியல் கருத்தன்று; கற்பகமரம், காமதேனு போன்ற கற்பனைகளுள் ஒன்று தான் என்று சொல்லக் கூடும்.

கதிரவனின் வெப்பத்தைத் தாங்கிக் கொள்ளும் ஒரு சக்தியைப் பற்றித் தமிழர்கள் (சங்கப் புலவர்கள்) சிந்தித்திருக்கிறார்கள் என்னும் செய்தி நாம் இரண்டாயிரம் வருடங்களுக்கு முன்னரே கூறிவிட்டோம் என்று நினைக்கும் போது, இந்த செந்தமிழ்நாட்டில் பிறந்ததை எண்ணி நாம் பெருமை கொள்ளவேண்டும் !.

source::::input from a friend of mine.

Natarajan