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” Better to be Paranoid Than Careless … ” Woman”s Safety Guide Tip …

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‘As I sat down in the cab, I forwarded details of the cab number, driver’s name and phone number to a family member.’

‘I also switched on the GPS on my phone.’

Upasna Pandey, who travels at odd hours in taxis every 15 days, reveals how she stays safe.

Delhi at night

I’m both, a novice and expert on Delhi roads. I am a novice because I have travelled to all parts of Delhi, but cannot give directions if the need arises.

I’m an expert because I have used all possible modes of public transport — from the Delhi Metro to a cycle rickshaw.

When I need to travel long distances at odd hours and have to select a cab service, which may happen at least once in 15 days, the decision is usually a quick one, based on earlier experiences.

I am sharing with you one such experience at night.

It started with a trip to Dwarka for a family event which was to end post dinner. I requested a cab to take me from Dwarka to Noida opting for 10 pm as the pickup time.

Dwarka is one of the biggest residential hubs in Delhi, located close to the Indira Gandhi International Airport. It is densely populated and well-connected through a deep reach of public transport. So when I decided to use a private cab, I was confident it was a safe decision.

The driver turned up at the designated time. He was a middle aged man, heavy built, tall with a heavy voice. This is important to share as I am the opposite of this in size, so an immediate sense of intimidation is almost natural.

As I sat down in the cab, I forwarded the details of the cab registration number, driver’s name and phone number to a family member for reference. I also switched on the GPS on my mobile phone to understand the most suitable route to reach Noida.

There is one more thing which I have been doing for many years, almost instinctively: As soon as I board a cab, I remove all expensive jewellery in case I am wearing any.

We were on our way when I realised that the route shown on the GPS was actually a deserted stretch and my instinct was to move on to the busier roads which may have taken much longer.

Some panic had set in as I worried over this while the driver continued to drive on the GPS route; he also assured me that we would be reaching a busy road soon.

I called up my family member to share the exact location and seek an opinion on whether it was safe to continue on it or to deviate to a busy road.

I noticed that the driver was speaking to someone in Punjabi on his phone. I understood the language so was at ease to know it was his personal call, and nothing with reference to me. It did bother me when he chose to speak in his native language, I would have preferred if he spoke in Hindi or English.

The 5 to 10 minutes drive on a deserted stretch was enough to give me goosebumps; I resolved not to commit myself to any such engagements which would require me to travel alone at night in cabs.

I was waiting anxiously to see a busy road and some streetlights, which are also missing in many parts of Delhi, regardless of these being well developed areas.

Soon we hit a busy National Highway and then the Ring road which is the lifeline of Delhi, heading for Noida. I had the option of taking one more relatively lonely stretch which would help enter Noida via Mayur Vihar or taking a toll road which required payment, I chose the latter.

I was not consistently on the phone with my family member but making repeated phone calls, so I could remain attentive and alert to the route and the driver’s behaviour; this is crucial.

Keeping myself rooted in the reality of being alone with a stranger for a short span on the road made more sense for me instead of talking over the phone with a loved one, as an escape to comfort.

I saw a couple of police patrol vehicles en route, which was also comforting but I was praying I wouldn’t need to reach out for any help.

I reached home in almost an hour, paid the cab fare, and thanked the driver for a service which was more about safety than about distance.

I knew if there is one learning for me from this experience, it was simple: It’s better to be paranoid than be casual and careless.

The driver would normally be a good person, but the risk is too high if he isn’t. It is better to be slightly aloof than being friendly and being misunderstood.

Let’s not take a chance.

SOURCE:::: http://www.rediff.com

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Meet the Lesser Known Malalas …

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Image: Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai (centre) poses for a photo with young activists she invited to accompany her in Oslo. From left to right: Amina Yusuf of Nigeria, Kainat Soomro of Pakistan, Shazia Ramzan of Pakistan, Malala, Mezon Almellehan of Syria and Kainat Riaz of Pakistan. Photograph: Suzanne Plunkett/Reuters

“I am Shazia.”

“I am Kainat Riaz.”

“I am Kainat Somro.”

“I am Mezon.”

“I am Amina.”

“I am those 66 million girls who are out of school,” said Malala Yousafzai after she was conferred the Nobel Prize on Wednesday in Oslo. The five names mentioned by the world’s youngest laureate in her Nobel lecture are her friends from across the world and what united them is the campaign for education for every child.

Rediff.com profiles Malala’s five extraordinary young friends and fellow activists.

Kainat Riaz

Kainat Riaz was sitting next to Malala in the same bus when a gunman appeared and opened fire on them. Kainat was shot in the upper right arm, while Malala received a bullet injury in her head on October 9, 2012.

“When you are educated, you are able to do everything,” Riaz said. “If you are not educated, you can’t do anything,” she told the media after the ceremony. “The Malala mission is our mission. She’s my friend. And she inspired us. We will always support her,” she said.

Shazia Ramzan

Shazia, then 13, was sitting in front of Malala and Kainat when the gunman barged in and asked, “Who is Malala?”

The brave identified herself; the gunman shot her. He then turned his gun at Shazia.

He shot Shazia twice — below her collarbone and in her left hand. Finally, he shot Kainat and then jumped off the bus.

Both Shazia and Kainat are now studying in Wales at the UWC Atlantic College and both want to become doctors.

Kainat Soomro

She was only 13 when she was gang-raped in Pakistan’s Mehar. Her struggle to obtain justice drew global attention in 2007.

Soomro’s father was ridiculed by the police. The conservative community in Pakistan said that she should be “killed for honour”; her family stood by her and rejected it outright. Fearing the subsequent backlash, the family left for Karachi.

Defying all norms, she took her alleged perpetrators to court, and has worked tirelessly since then to bring them to justice. The alleged rapists are still at large.

Mezon Almellehan

This 16-year-old Syrian refugee, who lives with her family in a camp in Azraq, Jordan champions for girls’ education within the camps.

She met Malala earlier this year at the large Syrian refugee camp, Za’atari, where Almellehan was living at the time.

Amina Yusuf

Amina Yusuf, 17, is a girls’ education activist from northern Nigeria where the terror group Boko Haram abducted more than 200 schoolgirls during a raid in April 2014.

SOURCE::: http://www.rediff.com

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Interesting Facts of Human Brain !!!

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Facts About Human Psychology

The human brain is an interesting and powerful organ, but understanding why it does what it does is a process that we’re still studying. The conscious mind and the subconscious mind, psychological effects on our decisions, our habits, etc’, all occur in the brain, yet most of us aren’t aware when these processes take place. This list encompasses 15 of the more interesting facts about our behavior.
1. We blame a person’s behavior on their personality, unless it’s us
15 Things Psychology Tells Us
One classic examples is driving – how many times have you seen someone cut you off on the road, and the first thing on your mind was “What a crazy *#%&#@”, but 15 minutes later, you tell yourself it’s OK to cut another person because you’re “in a hurry, and it’s just this one time”. We tend to attribute our decisions to external forces, and other people’s bad behavior on their internal attributes. Sadly, it’s a very difficult behavior to stop…
2. We overestimate how we would react to future events
15 Things Psychology Tells Us
How many times were you sure that your reaction to future events would be one way, only for that event to arrive, and your reaction is significantly different? The reason behind this is that most of us are bad at predicting the future. You think that getting the job of your dreams or marrying that special person will make you happy, but when you do – you’re pretty much the same. Studies show that an individual’s level of happiness will almost always revert to an average level.
3. Our strongest memories are usually inaccurate
15 Things Psychology Tells Us
We feel like the memories of traumatic events “burn” themselves into our minds, to remain there forever (this is known as “Flashbulb Memories”). Studies have shown that the stronger the emotional state you were in during that event, the more the memory is inaccurate.
4. We can only sustain a high level of concentration for 10 minutes
15 Things Psychology Tells Us
Do you think you can concentrate on a task for more than 10 minutes? Studies indicate otherwise. On average, a person’s attention span peaks after 10 minutes and then the mind will start wandering.
5. Our brains wander for about 30% of the day
15 Things Psychology Tells Us
On average, we spend about 30% of our day daydreaming (though some people do it more). On the up side of this, researchers point out that people who tend to daydream more are better at solving problems and tend to be more creative.
6. Humans can’t multitask!
15 Things Psychology Tells Us
You may hear people claiming that they’re natural multitaskers, and you even see it in some job requirements, but humans simply cannot multitask. Sure, you can listen to music while you work, but your brain can only process one higher-function task at a time. That means that you’ll either be doing work and mainly ignore the music or listen to the music and ignore your work. People simply cannot think about two things at once.
7. Most of your decisions are made subconsciously
15 Things Psychology Tells Us
Do you think about all the decisions you make, weighing all the options and calculating the impact of each outcome? You might think so, but you’re wrong. The majority of your decisions are made in your subconscious because otherwise – your conscious mind would be overwhelmed with information, and you’ll probably get mentally frozen. The reason for this is that your brain receives over 11 million bits of information every second, and there’s simply not enough “brain power” to go through all of it consciously.
8. We can only store between 5 and 9 bits of information at once
15 Things Psychology Tells Us
The average human can only keep an average of 7 bits of information at once in their short-term memory. Each of the 7 bits of information can be comprised of several pieces of relevant data. The best example is remembering a phone number – it can be anywhere between 9 and 14 digits long, so we break it into segments like country code, area code, and a set of numbers we split (usually to 3-4 digit groups).
9. We prefer shorter lines of text, but read longer ones better
15 Things Psychology Tells Us
Sounds counterintuitive, but while we might prefer to read narrow columns, we’ll read the same information faster if it’s spread to the width of the page. The only reason you don’t notice that is because you visually prefer the shorter layout.
10. We want more choices, but choose better with fewer options
15 Things Psychology Tells Us
Professor Dan Ariely tells in his book “Predictably Irrational” about an experiment he and his colleagues performed: They set up two booths that offered jam for sale. One booth had 24 different kinds of jams while the other only had six kinds of jam. The table with fewer options managed to sell six times more jams than the one with more options. This reverts us back to #8 – our brain just cannot process too many options.
11. We think other people are more easily influenced than us
15 Things Psychology Tells Us
We can see the effect advertising has on other people more clearly than its impact on ourselves – this is known as the “Third Person Effect”. We can tell how an ad affects our peers, but deny its effects on ourselves, and it gets worse when it’s an ad for something we have no interest it. You have likely not realized it, but all the advertisements you see every day have a subconscious effect on your mood, desires and even attitude.
12. Your brain doesn’t stop working when you sleep
15 Things Psychology Tells Us
Your brain is just as active when you sleep as it is when you’re awake. Scientists have discovered that the only time your brain clears out toxins and waste is when you sleep. It is also believed that during the sleep cycles, your brain sorts out all the data from the previous day and creates new associations.
13. “Wisdom of the Crowd” is not very wise
15 Things Psychology Tells Us
Psychologists refer to this as “Groupthink” – the larger the group of individuals, the more likely it is to make choices based on emotions rather than logic and common sense.
14. Crowds are easily swayed 15 Things Psychology Tells Us
People with a dominant or charismatic personalities can easily affect crowd opinions and maneuver groups to do their bidding. They appeal to the group’s emotions, taking advantage of the effect in #13. (Oddly enough, research proves that two heads are still better than one)
15. It takes a person 66 days to form a habit
15 Things Psychology Tells Us
There is a lot of research data that suggests that following a pattern for 66 days will make it habitual. If, for example, you want to be better about cleaning your home or going to the gym – make a conscious effort to do it for 66 days, after which it will become a habit and will be easier to persevere. (This also works for breaking habits)

 

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Few Natural Remedies to cure Chapped Lips …

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Winter season is here, which means many of us will suffer from chapped lips. It seems that no matter how much we bundle up, our lips constantly remain exposed to the harsh winter winds. It’s important to keep a scarf wrapped around your mouth as a preventative measure.
Chapped lips, also referred to as dry lips, occurs when the lips aren’t properly moisturized or due to certain illnesses. There are a number of external factors that can cause your lips to crack and peel. Here are a few of the most common causes and symptoms:
Causes:
  • Dehydration
  • Malnutrition
  • Excessive Licking of Lips
  • Cheilitis
  • Exposure to Sun
  • Allergic Reaction
  • Smoking
  • Kawasaki Disease
Symptoms:
  • Redness
  • Dryness
  • Swelling
  • Flaking
  • Sore Lips
  • Cracking
  • Bleeding
10 Natural Remedies to Treat Chapped Lips:
1) Honey – Honey can cure almost anything, including chapped lips. Honey acts as a natural lip balm, and moisturizes your lips with its powerful antibacterial properties. Dab a little honey on your lips a couple of times during the day, and an extra dose before bed to prevent chaffing.
2) Sugar – Sugar might not be great for your teeth, but it’s certainly an effective treatment for chapped lips! The sugar helps exfoliate dead cells, while restoring them back their natural state. Here’s a quick recipe on how to prepare a natural sugar lip balm:
How to Prepare It:
  • Mix 1 teaspoon of honey with 2 teaspoons of sugar.
  • Apply the sugary sweet lip balm mixture to the damaged areas and allow it to sit for several minutes.
  • Gently rub the mixture around on your lips to loosen the dead skin cells.
  • Wash the mixture off with lukewarm water.
3) Water – One of the most common causes of cracked lips is dehydration. It’s extremely important to keep yourself properly hydrated during the day to prevent dry mouth. Try to drink at least 6-8 glasses of water a day. Make sure you carry a large water bottle when you leave the house, so you can stay fully hydrated no matter where you go.
4) Petroleum Jelly – A little Vaseline can cure those dry lips. The petroleum jelly moisturizes your lips, and helps to repair the dead cells. Vaseline also lasts for a long time, and comes available in tiny tubes that fit inside your pocket. Alternatively, you can also apply a bit of honey to your lips, wait for it to dry a few seconds, and add a light smear of petroleum jelly. Remove the substance with a cotton ball dipped in warm water.
5) Aloe Vera Gel – Aloe vera is a multi-purpose skin treatment. It can be used to get rid of chapped lips as well. Place a small amount of the gel to the damaged lips a few times during the day. The aloe vera keeps your lips fully hydrated, which allows the dryness to heal much quicker. The taste may be a bit unpleasant, but the results are worth it.
6) Coconut Oil – The minerals found within the coconut oil helps to moisturize the uncomfortable dryness, and softens the cracked areas of your lips. Here is a step-by-step guide on how to apply the coconut oil:
How to Prepare It:
  • Mix a teaspoon of coconut oil together with a teaspoon of sea salt into a bowl.
  • Apply the mixture all over the chapped lips, by gently using your fingers in a small circular motion.
  • Continue the circular motion for about a minute, before rinsing with a warm washcloth.
7) Castor Oil – Did you know that castor oil can actually be used to nourish and repair dry lips? Castor oil stops the peeling, and works like magic too. Place a dab of the oil over the chapped lips, and cover it with a thin layer of petroleum jelly. Glycerin may be used in place of Vaseline, and here’s how to prepare the mixture:
How to Prepare It:
  • Mix one teaspoon of castor oil, with a teaspoon of glycerin and a few drops of lemon juice into a small bowl.
  • Apply the mixture over your dry lips before going to sleep, and wash it off in the morning with a cotton ball dipped in warm water. -Repeat this treatment daily until your lips are smooth again.
8) Cucumber – Sliced cucumbers can reduce puffiness in the eyes, and work wonders for flaky or dry lips. Cucumbers are high in ascorbic acid, which stimulates the production of collagen. Here’s how to prepare a cucumber lip balm to treat the chapped lips:
How to Prepare It:
  • Take a small cucumber slice and gently rub it on your dry lips.
  • Let the cucumber juice sit on your lips for around 15 to 20 minutes, and then wash your lips with lukewarm water.
  • Repeat this process a periodically throughout the day to allow your lips to heal quicker.

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9) Rose Petals – Rose petals contain natural oils that provide instant relief against cracked lips. The natural astringent properties of the rose petals offer a soothing effect on the capillaries beneath the skin surface. They also give your lips beautiful color, while kissing the dryness and inflammation goodbye!
How to Prepare It:
  • Grab a handful of rose petals, and clean them thoroughly in water.
  • Allow the petals to soak in a milk for a few hours.
  • Mash the petals in the milk until they begin to form a thick paste.
  • Apply the paste on your cracked lips a few times per day, and every night before bed.
10)  Milk Cream – The high fat content found inside the milk cream is used to eliminate chapped lips. Put a little milk cream on your dry lips, and let the thick heavy cream go to work for about 10 minutes or so. Gently wash your lips afterward with a cotton ball dipped in lukewarm water. Try adding a little lime juice for twice the relief and twice the nourishing benefit!

Image of the day…” MoonLight Skating in Sweden …” !!!

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“Nights like these are almost to good to be true.” See this touching, just-released video.

 

 

Master sky photographer Göran Strand of Sweden – whose beautiful photo The Father, The Son and the Moon is also featured here at EarthSky this week – mentioned a couple of days ago that he soon would have something more “exotic” to show us. Today (December 10, 2014), he wrote with word of a new video he’s just completed and posted at YouTube. He wrote:

Now I finished the movie showing me and a couple of my friends tour skating on a frozen lake near Östersund, Sweden [a couple of nights ago]. This night was really magic, no wind, lots of ice crystals in the air and an almost full moon that shined upon us during our two hours out on the ice. To the right of the moon, you can see the constellation of Orion and, down left of the moon, you can see planet Jupiter shining brightly.

Nights like these are almost to good to be true.

Hope you like it.

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SOURCE::: http://www.earthsky.org and You Tube

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Message For the Day…” Keep Your Emotions always within Check …”

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Do not get too much attached to the world, and too involved in its tangles. Keep your emotions always within check. The waves agitate only the upper layers of the sea; down below it is calm. So too, when you sink into your depths, you must be free from the agitation of the waves. Know that most things are of no lasting value and can therefore be brushed aside; hold fast to the solid substance alone. Use your discrimination to discover and distinguish lumber from treasure. The Pranava japa (recitation of Om and contemplation of its significance) will help to calm the roaring waves. Gita affirms that when the word ‘Om’ (Supreme Universal Reality) is spelt by the dying with their last breath, they attain the Divine. To be able to spell it then, dwell upon its sweetness and significance throughout your life, from today. Then the final Om that emerges from your lips will be an offering that merges in Him!

Sathya Sai Baba

Message For the Day…” When The False Knowledge ..a-jnana..is Destroyed..”

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People have forgotten their real nature and believe that they are the body, the senses, etc. When these (instruments) crave for objective pleasures, people ignorantly convince themselves that this pleasure is wanted by them! Under this mistaken notion, they seek to fulfill the cravings. They delude themselves that they can secure bliss (ananda) by catering to the body and senses. However they are rewarded with disillusionment, defeat and disaster, and reap pleasure and pain. Though the objective world appears real, one must be aware that it is deluding us. As a result, one has to give up the yearning for deriving pleasure from the objects that appear and attract, both here and hereafter. The false knowledge (a-jnana) can be destroyed only when one knows theAtma (the Divine Self) principle. When the false knowledge disappears, the sorrow produced by one’s involvement in the ups and downs of the world of change (samsara) also gets destroyed.

Sathya Sai Baba

Image of the Day…” Father , Son and The Moon …” !!!

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The father, the son and the moon

Silhouette of statue in Sweden, under a waning moon, by a master sky photographer.

Photo by Göran Strand. Used with permission. Thank you, Göran!

Astrophotographer Göran Strand captured this beautiful shot on November 11, 2014, in the early morning. It features the silhouette of bronze statue in Östersund, Sweden – titledFather and Son – made by artist Olof Ahlberg in 1917. The moon was in a waning gibbous phase that morning, as it was in this morning’s sky.

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Message For the Day…” Bhajan , Bhojan, and Pujan are Offering to the Divine …”

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“Maam anusmara – With Me in memory ever,” said Lord Krishna! In your daily life, do not distinguish one task as bhajan, another as bhojan (eating), and the third as pujan (worship of God) – all acts are offering to the Divine. The food you partake is given by Him and digested by Him, so that it yields strength to do His work. Each moment is worthwhile, for He gives it, He uses it, He fills it, He fashions it, and He fulfils it. When He is fully suffused in your every breath, you can achieve the sovereign task of merging in Him. You have that might within you; The Divine cannot be gained by the weak. The remembrance can become permanently established only when you are free from the shackles of spite and envy. Be An-asuya – without the trace of pride or envy, malice or hate, egoism or conceit. The Lord permanently resides in the heart kept assiduously clean.

Sathya Sai Baba

‘பாரதி’ பிறந்த கதை !!!…. பாரதியார் பிறந்த நாள் …11th Dec …

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பாரதி பிறந்தநாள் டிசம்பர்: 11

சுப்ரமணிய பாரதியின் அப்பா சின்னசாமி, அந்தக் காலத்திலேயே பருத்தி ஆலை வைச்சிருந்தாரு. எதிர்காலத்தில் தொழிற்பேட்டை ஒன்றை உருவாக்கும் கனவோட இருந்தாரு. மகன் வளர்ந்தவுடன் அந்தத் தொழிற்பேட்டையை கவனித்துக் கொள்வான்னு நினைச்சாரு.

சுப்ரமணியனோட அம்மா ஐந்து வயசுலேயே இறந்து போயிட்டாங்க. அதோட சுப்ரமணியனுக்குப் படிப்புல பெரிசா ஆர்வம் இல்ல. பள்ளிக்கூடம் முடிஞ்ச ஒடனே தோப்பு, தோட்டம்னு சுத்திப் பார்க்கக் கிளம்பிடுவாரு. அப்புறம் அடிக்கடி தாத்தாவோட வீட்டுக்கும் போவாரு. அவரோட தாத்தா இலக்கியம், பாட்டெல்லாம் வாசிச்சுக் காட்டுவாரு. சுப்ரமணியனுக்குத் தமிழ் இலக்கணமும், தமிழ்க் காப்பியங்களும் ரொம்பவும் பிடிச்சிருந்துச்சு.

மற்றொரு பக்கம் பாடத்தைப் படிக்காமல், வீட்டுப் பாடம் செய்யாம பள்ளிக்கூடம் போன சுப்ரமணியனுக்குத் தண்டனை வழங்கினாங்க. “எனக்கு என்ன பிடிக்கிதோ, அதை யாரும் சொல்லித் தர மாட்டாங்களா”ன்னு சுப்ரமணியன் ஏங்கினான்.

சீக்கிரத்திலேயே பார்வையற்ற ஒரு படிப்பாளியைக் கண்டுபிடிச்சு, அவர்கிட்ட கம்ப ராமாயணத்தைக் கத்துக்கிட்டான். அதுக்கப்புறம் சொந்தமாகவே சுப்ரமணியன் தமிழ் இலக்கணம் கத்துக்க ஆரம்பிச்சான்.

ஒரு நாள் சுப்ரமணியனோட நண்பன் ஒருவன் எட்டயபுரம் ராஜாவோட அரண்மனைக்கு அழைச்சுட்டுப் போனான். ஏதாவது ஒரு குறளின் முதல் வார்த்தையையோ அல்லது ஒரு வெண்பாவின் ஒரு பகுதியையோ சொன்னால், சுப்ரமணியன் உடனடியா எஞ்சிய அடிகளைச் சொன்னான். சுப்ரமணியன் நகைச்சுவையா பேசுறதையும் கவிதை சொல்றதையும் எட்டயபுரம் ராஜா ரசிச்சார்.

“இவன் ஒரு குழந்தை மேதை. பெரிய கவிஞன் ஆவதற்கான அறிவு, உங்க மகன்ட்ட இருக்கு”ன்னு சுப்ரமணியனோட அப்பாகிட்ட சொன்னார் எட்டயபுரம் ராஜா.

ஏற்கெனவே சுப்ரமணியன் செஞ்ச விஷயங்கள் பிடிக்காம இருந்த அவனோட அப்பா, தன் மகன் இப்படிக் கவிதையே கதின்னு இருந்துறக்கூடாதுன்னு நினைச்சாரு. அதனால திருநெல்வேலில ஒரு ஆங்கிலப் பள்ளிக்கு சுப்ரமணியனை படிக்க அனுப்பினார். அப்படிச் செஞ்சா எல்லாம் மாறிடும்னு அவர் நினைச்சாரு.

அங்கேயும் சுப்ரமணியனோட நகைச்சுவை உணர்வும், கவிதை எழுதுற திறனும் சக மாணவர்கள்கிட்ட பிரபலமாச்சு.

ஒரு நாள் வகுப்பறையில சுப்ரமணியன் கொஞ்சம் கண் அசந்துட்டான். சுப்ரமணியனை எழுப்பி, நடத்துன பாடத்தில இருந்து ஆசிரியர் கேள்வி கேட்டார். சுப்ரமணியனுக்கோ பதில் தெரியல. கோபமடைஞ்ச ஆசிரியர், “மேகம் மழையைப் பொழியறது போல, நீ கவிதை சொல்வேன்னு கேள்விப்பட்டேன். ஆனால், நான் கேட்ட கேள்விக்கு உன்கிட்ட பதிலே இல்லையே”ன்னு கேட்டாரு.

“மெத்தப் படித்த ஆசிரியரே, ஒரு விஷயத்தை நீங்க மறந்துட்டீங்க. மேகங்கள் மகிழ்ச்சியை வெளிப்படுத்தத்தான் மழை பொழிகின்றன. நீங்க கேள்வி கேட்கிறதால இல்ல”ன்னு பட்டென்னு பதில் சொன்னான் சுப்ரமணியன். ஆனா, இறுதிப் பரீட்சைல ஃபெயிலான அவன் ஊருக்குத் திரும்பினான்.

இதனால் வருத்தப்பட்ட அவனுடைய அப்பா, எட்டயபுரம் ராஜாவைப் பார்த்து அரசவை பணியில சுப்ரமணியனைச் சேர்த்துவிட்டார். ராஜாவோட நண்பர்கள் சிலருக்கு சுப்ரமணியனைப் பிடிக்கல. அவர்கள்ல ஒருத்தர், “நீங்க பெரிய புத்திசாலி போலத் தெரியுது. ஆனா, பரீட்சைல தோத்துப் போயிருக்கீங்களே” என்று மறைமுகமாகக் கிண்டல் செய்ய ஆரம்பிச்சாரு.

இதனால ரெண்டு பேருக்கும் இடையே வாக்குவாதம் ஏற்பட்டுச்சு. கல்வியைப் பற்றி ஒரு விவாதம் நடத்தலாம்னு முடிவாச்சு. முதல்ல எதிர்த் தரப்பு ஆள் பேசினார். அடுத்ததாகப் பேச ஆரம்பிச்ச சுப்ரமணியன், எல்லோரும் ஆச்சரியப்படுற மாதிரி அற்புதமாகப் பேசினார். அவருடைய வாதம் எதிராளியையும் வசப்படுத்துச்சு.

அந்த விவாதம் முடிஞ்சதும், ஒரு முதிர்ந்த பண்டிதர் எழுந்து சுப்ரமணியன்கிட்ட போனாரு. “நீ உன் வயசை மீறுன புத்திசாலித்தனத்தோட இருக்கிறாய். அதனால், நீ ஒரு பாரதி (அனைத்தும் அறிந்த பண்டிதர்)”ன்னு பட்டம் சூட்டினார்.

அதுக்கப்புறம் சுப்ரமணியனை, எல்லோரும் பாரதின்னே கூப்பிட ஆரம்பிச்சாங்க. உலகம் போற்றும் கவிஞரா மாறின அவர், சுப்ரமணிய பாரதியாராக ஜொலித்தார்.

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