Source::::Madras Miscellany…THE HINDU….BY.SHRI.Muthiah ….

Natarajan

Did Kumarikantam (in the Tamil), also known as Lemuria (in English), really exist? I was provoked into thinking about it again, on recently reading a lecture that Dr. S. Gopalakrishnan had delivered at a Tamil Nadu History Congress.

I’ve always thought this lost continent existed, stretching from Australia to Madagascar, and that it fragmented, much of it lost to the sea, due to at least one huge tsunami (there are those who believe there were three). My belief is based on what I see as linkages between the Aborigines of Australia, the tribals of Papua-New Guinea and parts of Indonesia, the Veddahs of Sri Lanka, some of the tribals of South India, and the people of Madagascar. But I’m no social scientist, anthropologist, linguist or geologist, so my theory is just an article of faith. Dr. Gopalakrishnan’s paper however cites several scientists who hold passionate views on the subject.

A British view expressed by a Philip Sclater in the 19th Century felt the lost continent stretched from India to Madagascar where are found the largest number of species of lemurs, an animal that, it is claimed, lent its name to Lemuria. The Tamil Dravidianists latched on to this theory in 1903 and hold that Lemuria was Kumarikantam, the ancient home of the Tamil people. Kumarikantam, as some of these theorists see it, was shaped like an India turned on its head, with both peninsular portions merging. The southern land stretched nearly 2,800 km further south from today’s Kanniyakumari, some claim.

These theorists, led by Dr. E. Mathivannan, date Kumarikantam to 50,000 years ago and hold that Lemuria was submerged 16,000 years ago. In what became the ‘new’ South India, the Second Tamil Sangam flourished 6000 years ago and the Third about 3,800 years ago, established by a Pandya king. Maraimalai Adigal was one of the first Tamil scholars to proclaim the existence of Kumarikantam and was supported by others like Thiru V. Kalyanasundram, but those like J. Nallaswami Pillai had their reservations. Ancient Sangam poetry, however, refers to threats by the ocean and consequent loss of land and lives.

Several ocean studies in more recent times have shown that beneath the waters of the Indian Ocean there exist ridges and valleys, high mountain peaks and low hills, a landscape very like a land formation. Is this subterranean geography evidence of Lemuria that is claimed by many as Kumarikantam? Prof. Gopalakrishnan refuses to take sides, but concludes, “Nothing should be rejected out of hand just because concrete evidence is not available. Traditions are not meaningless. They are part of civilisation’s institutional memory. They should be given due attention and weightage. The efforts to validate the data on lost civilisations need a multidisciplinary approach…”

சமீபத்தில் ஒரு தமிழ் வார இதழ் கவிதை போட்டி ஒன்று அறிவித்தது ….புகைப்படம் பார்த்து அதற்க்கு பொருத்தமாக ஒரு

கவிதை எழுத வேண்டும்….புகைப்படத்தில் ஒரு ஆடு தன்னுடைய குட்டிக்கு பால் கொடுத்துக்கொண்டு இருக்கிறது ….

ஆட்டுக்குட்டி பால் குடிப்பதை , ஒரு சின்ன குழந்தை தரையில் படுத்துக்கொண்டு ஏக்கத்துடனும் , அதிசயமாகவும்

பார்த்து கொண்டு இருக்கிறது!!!!…….

அந்த நிலைக்கு பொருத்தமாக எனக்கு உடனே தோன்றிய புது கவிதை இதோ !!!!!!..அம்மா ஆடு நினைக்கிறது ….

“நம்ம குட்டி பால் குடிப்பதை சுட்டி பயல் இவன்

பாக்கிறானே இப்படி !!!!!- திட்டவும் எனக்கு வாய் இல்லையே!!!

சட்டென்று நகரவும் முடியலையே !!!!!!—–குட்டி பயல்

பாவம்….. அவன் தினம் குடிப்பது புட்டி பால் அல்லவா!!!!!!”

இன்ஸ்டன்ட் கவிதை இது !!! …. இலக்கணம் எதுவும் இருக்காது !!!!!!

நீங்களும் படித்து பாருங்க !!! எப்படி இருக்குனு சொல்லுங்க !!!!

நடராசன்.க.

SOURCE::::THE HINDU…15 JULY 2012 WAS THE 109TH BIRTH ANNIVERSARY OF SHRI.K.KAMARAJ …ON THIS DAY THE HINDU HAS RECALLED THE INCIDENT OF UNVEILING OF STATUE OF KAMARAJ BY PANDIT NEHRU ….IN OCT 1961…HOW SIMPLE THAT GENTLEMAN WAS!!!! CAN WE MATCH ANY POLITICIAN TODAY WITH KAMARAJ??!!!..WE ONLY WISH TO SEE ONE MORE KAMARAJ ATLEAST!!!!!!!

Natarajan

To unveil K. Kamaraj’s statue in October 1961, then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru made an exception to his policy of not unveiling statues of living persons

The statue of former Chief Minister K. Kamaraj near Gymkhana Club on Anna Salai was in focus on Sunday, the 109 birth anniversary of the leader.

Various leaders and members of the public alike chose to pay homage by garlanding the statue. But, what is less known is that the statue has a special history.

To unveil the statue in October 1961, then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru made an exception to his policy of not unveiling statues of living persons. Kamaraj, was Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu then.

Addressing a function organised by the Chennai Corporation to unveil the statue, Prime Minister Nehru had explained why he had departed from his general policy. Praising Kamaraj’s leadership qualities, he had said: “Mr Kamaraj is a notable example of a real representative of the people, grown from the people, with extraordinary capacity, ability and devotion to his task,” according to a report published by The Hindu on October 11, 1961.

Describing Kamaraj as “an unusual type of leader,” Prime Minister Nehru had pointed out that leaders had generally been those who belonged to “the caste of English-knowing people.” But, Kamaraj did not belong to “this caste.” Nehru had added that Kamaraj knew English enough to understand it, but did not have any formal education in English.

Referring to his admiration for the city, Prime Minister Nehru said: “I would like the city of Madras to grow and prosper because it is a fine and beautiful city and such a city should not suffer from lack of water, of all things.”

SOURCE::::UNKNOWN….BUT IT IS TRULY WORTH READING AND SHARING …

Natarajan

Fifth Grade Assignment

Wouldn’t this be great if it was taught in every school.

A fifth grade teacher in a School asked her class to look
At TV commercials and see if they could use them in 20 ways
To communicate ideas about God.

Here are some of the results: scroll down.

God is like.
BAYER ASPIRIN
He works miracles.

God is like.
A FORD
He’s got a better idea..

God is like.
COKE
He’s the real thing.

(This is great)

God is like.
HALLMARK CARDS
He cares enough to send His very best.

God is like.
TIDE
He gets the stains out others leave behind. ..

God is like.
GENERAL ELECTRIC
He brings good things to life.

God is like.
WAL-MART
He has everything.

God is like.
ALKA-SELTZER
Try Him, you’ll like Him

God is like.
SCOTCH TAPE
You can’t see Him, but you know He’s there.

God is like..
DELTA
He’s ready when you are.

God is like.
ALLSTATE
You’re in good hands with Him.

God is like.
VO-5 Hair Spray; He holds through all kinds of weather

God is like.
DIAL SOAP
Aren’t you glad you have Him? Don’t you wish everybody did?
(that one is my favorite)

God is like .
The U.S. POST OFFICE
Neither rain, nor snow, nor sleet nor ice will keep Him from
His appointed destination.

God is like.
Chevrolet. . . .the heart beat of America

God is like
Maxwell House. …. .
Good to the very last drop

God is like.
B o u n t y . . . .
He is the quicker picker upper. . Can handle the tough jobs. ..
And He won’t fall apart on you

God is like.
The Energizer Bunny
He Keeps Going, Going, and Going

SOURCE::::UNKNOWN….INF. FOUND IN NET….FOR A HASSLE FREE TRANSITION OF YOUR IMMOVABLE PROPERTIES TO YOUR LEGAL HEIRS AFTER YOUR LIFE TIME , FOLLOWING TIPS ARE VERY IMPORTANT…. PROPER FINANCIAL PLANNING ALSO INCLUDES HOW BEST YOU ARE PLANNING FOR SMOOTH TRANSITION OF BOTH IMMOVABLE AND MOVABLE ASSETS TO YOUR HEIRS … SO BE SERIOUS ENOUGH TO THINK ABOUT IT RATHER THAN POSTPONING THIS VITAL ACTIVITY FOR A FUTURE DATE!!!!!…

NATARAJAN

Important documents to secure for contingency

Keep these essential papers in place and inform at least one family member so that your heirs don’t have to run from pillar to post to inherit what is rightfully theirs.

1) Primary documents
These include your birth certificate, marriage certificate, PAN card, passport, election ID card and the Aadhaar card. Will be needed when transferring assets to your heirs.

2) Insurance details
The purpose of life insurance will be defeated if your family is in the dark. Make a list of all the policies, mentioning the name of insurers, policy numbers, insured sums and the tenures.

3) Pension documents

If you have an NPS account, mention the account number and nomination details.
Give the pension account number with your employer.

4) Property papers
All property-related documents should be in one place. If the property is mortgaged, keep photocopies.
Mention the loan account number and the latest outstanding amount. If property is insured, mention policy coverage.

5) Bank account details
Make a list of various bank accounts, giving the name of the bank, the account number, holding pattern and the nomination details.

6) Bank locker details
Mention the name of bank, locker number, ownership pattern and whereabouts of the key. Maintain an inventory of items kept in the locker and update every time you operate it.

7) Demat account details
Give the name of depository partner, demat account number and nomination details. If possible, update the details of the securities in the demat account.

8) Other investments
Give details of the PPF account and folio numbers of other post office investments. Make a list of mutual fund investments, mentioning folio numbers, ownership pattern and nomination details.

9) Loans and Receivables
If you have taken or given private loans to relatives or friends, mention the amount and the date by when these are payable/receivable.

10) Online 10 passwords
Though these are to be kept secret, keep a list for emergency reference. Mention the website, the online ID and the password.

Keep this in mind
This information is to be kept secret and accessed only if the main breadwinner of the family has either died or is in a medical emergency.
Make sure to update the information regularly. How often you do this depends on your convenience and the changes in investments.
The information listed above is very basic. you may want to add more details of other assets along the same lines.
You may want to make an online version of this information as well, but make sure it is on a secure site.

Store your documents online

Worried that your documents are not secure? Digitising them could solve the problem. Many portals now offer to store digital versions of your documents, which can be accessed by anyone from anywhere, saving you the cost of buying and printing reams of paper.

You can make changes to the files offline and this can be synched automatically when you log on to the Net.

You can use services like Google Docs (docs. google.com), DropBox (dropbox.com ) and Windows Live SkyDrive (explore.live.com/skydrive).

The latter lets you store up to 25 GB of data for free, while DropBox provides a free account of 2 GB, which can be upgraded to 50 GB for $9.99 (Rs 560) a month.

Kleeto (kleeto.in) is an Indian company, which allows you to store 15 physical documents for a basic subscription charge of Rs 200 a year. The company collects the files from you and uploads the scanned versions that you can access. Whenever you need the original documents, they can send them to you within two to three days.

You can store your medical history on Yostechnologies.com and MyHealthRecords. in, which let you upload scanned paperwork. This lets you access the information any time and avoids wastage of money on duplicate tests if you misplace a report.

There are also apps that help organise your paperwork and make good use of offers, such as Warrantify. This app allows you to scan your receipts and warranties, and store them on the cloud. You can add information about the model, price and warranty validity. The app will keep track of the warranty period and notify you when the expiry date approaches.

Making a will online
If you are tech-savvy, you can get a will made online. A few firms, such as Warmond Trustees & Executors and Vakilno1.com, offer this service. To make a will online, you need to register with the company and key in your personal and financial information. Once the details are uploaded, the company drafts a will and sends it to you within seven days. Besides making the will, these companies help with the registration and act as executors. The cost of this convenience: Rs 10,000. However, you need to have a digital signature for signing an online will. The two witnesses must also have digital signatures.

SOURCE:::
Tax saving is not enough
Concentrate on investments even if it implies some tax liability
Arvind Rao / in BUSINESS STANDARD….

WRITER IS RIGHT IN SAYING THAT FINANCIAL PLANNING IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN TAX PLANNING …HOW???….READ FURTHER…

NATARAJAN

Most individuals we come across, are more worried about saving taxes than saving for their future.
However, in the pursuit to save taxes, individuals more often than not, ignore financial planning. Many are of the opinion that planning their personal finances can be accorded a lower priority, after tax planning. They believe that financial planning is relatively simpler and thus, can be done on their own while tax planning isn’t that easy.

If you look up for the definition of tax planning, Investopedia says it includes planning of income, expenditure, tax filings and common deductions. It adds that while tax planning is an important element in any financial plan, it is important to not let the ‘tax’ tail wag the financial ‘dog’, as the same may turn out to be counter-productive. Tax planning and financial planning share a lot in common. Here’s how the two compare.
Saving taxes
Every taxpayer wants to pay the least amount as taxes and one of the first motives of tax planning is to achieve this. In contrast, the motive of financial planning is to help individuals save money.
Over the last few years, saving money has become difficult with the increasing optimism about spending among the youngsters and middle-aged population. Soaring inflation has resulted in prices of essentials going up and higher standard of living, which implies higher monthly budgets for living and leisure expenses. Education costs have seen no recession over the last five years. More number of individuals are taking loans and so that many working families are servicing the same, having left with no room to save.
In such circumstances, financial planning helps individuals to plan and start saving money little by little, by using various strategies like expenditure management, debt management, accelerated savings plans, and so on. There is no point in only saving taxes if it doesn’t help in increasing savings.
Reducing taxes
If paying taxes is inevitable, tax planning often helps individuals with ways to reduce the liability. Similarly, financial planning is a great tool to reduce the uncertainty around an individual’s monetary capability for achieving their aspirations in future.
Typically, financial goals include a new car, a house or a bigger one, foreign holiday, higher career planning, children’s education, financial independence after retirement, parents and so on. A comprehensive financial planning helps enhance an individual’s quality of life and increase satisfaction by reducing uncertainty about the availability of resources for their future needs. It helps in instilling a sense of freedom from financial worries obtained by anticipating the future fund inflow, expenses and providing for the same. Simply put, planning your finances help take charge of and deal better with future economic uncertainties.
Making investments to save taxes
Planning ones investments to save taxes is something that every taxpayer undertakes at the beginning of each financial year and also during the last 3 months of the year. However, financial planning aims to make investments to help achieve various financial objectives around the year.
Discipline is the key, when it comes to investing for ones objectives, that is, future. Even without financial planning, many invest their money into instruments like fixed deposits, mutual funds, shares, property, but allocating these investments as per future objectives is of prime importance. An individual may have a higher savings ratio but in the absence of a clearly chalked out map, investments have no meaning in the long run.
Allocating investments in accordance to goals would include factoring the time horizon available and the risk appetite of each objective. This would help in advising the right kind of investments. Say a 28 years old is looking to accumulate money for downpayment of his new house in the next 2 years, he should not touch equities, although his risk appetite should be high in this age.
Reducing income tax liability
One of the 3 pillars of tax-planning is the income-based approach, wherein strategies are used to plan the receivable income in ways to reduce the tax incidence. A financial planner seeks to help an individual increase his disposable income, which need not always mean higher returns on your savings. It also implies how judiciously income earned is spent / invested. Not deploying premiums for a policy, which is unsuitable for an individual, on a planner’s advice should be looked at as a measure of higher disposable income available.
Many times very high income earners are seen struggling for money at the end of a month. Such situations need something beyond traditional tax-planning.
To summarise, financial planning is more holistic than tax planning and both are equally challenging. If understanding tax laws is difficult, dealing with uncertainties in your financial life is definitely not easy. Thus, if tax planning helps reduce 30 per cent tax burden, financial planning is how best you carry the rest 70 per cent on your shoulders.

SOURCE::::UNKNOWN….BUT IMPRESSIVE AND INSPIRING QUOTES ….

NATARAJAN

Be what you want to be… not what others want to see. – Never try to impress others. If you start trying impressing others, you will act (you’re cheating not only yourself but also the persons whom you’re trying to impress). Life is to live, not to act.

To be happy in life, you must learn the difference between what you want and what you need.

If a drop of water falls in lake there is no identity. But if it falls on a leaf of lotus it shines like a
pearl. So choose the best place where you would shine.

When you are successful, your well wishers know who you are. When you are unsuccessful, you know who your well wishers are.

Life is not measured by the breaths we take but by the moments that take our breath away.

It is great confidence in a friend to tell him your faults; greater to tell his/her

Most courageous person is the one who accepts his/her mistakes & weakness.

Effort is important, but knowing where to make an effort in your life makes all the difference.

Never take some one for granted, Hold every person Close to your Heart because you might wake up one day and realize that you have lost a diamond while you were too busy collecting stones.” Remember this always in life.

Some people think that to be strong is to never feel pain. In Reality the strong people are the ones who feel it, understand it, and accept it.

My pain may be the reason for somebody’s laugh. But my laugh should never be the reason for somebody’s pain.

Never expect things to happen. Struggle and make them happen. Never expect yourself to be given a good value. Create a value of your own.

Don’t handicap your children by making their lives easy.

SOURCE::::UNKNOWN….READ IT IN NET ….MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS MAY LIKE TO SEE AND CONFIRM THE DATA… FOR NON MEDICAL MEN LIKE ME, WE GO BY STATISTICAL DATA !!!…

WE ARE HAPPY SO LONG AS THE EXISTENCE OF BRAIN IN US IS NEITHER DOUBTED NOR QUESTIONED BY SOMEBODY !!!!!!!!!!!

NATARAJAN

TOP TEN FACTS ABOUT BRAIN !!!!

1.80% of the brain is water.This means that it is
important that you remain properly hydrated for
the sake of your mind.

2.Our brain is more active at night as compared to
day.

3. Information travels along neurons at different
speeds. This is why sometimes you can recall
information instantly, and sometimes it takes a little
longer.

4.Our brain makes up only 2% of our body weight
yet it requires 20% of oxygen that enters our
bloodstream.

5. Alcohol interferes with brain processes by
weakening connections between neurons.

6. Laughing at a joke is no simple task as it require s
activity in five different areas of the brain.

7. Differences in brain weight and size do not equal
differences in mental ability. The weight of Albert
Einstein’s brain was 1,230 grams that is less than
an average weight of the human brain.

8. A living brain is so soft you could cut it with a
table knife.

9. There are about 100,000 miles of blood vessels
in the brain.

10. The brain can live for 4 to 6 minutes without
oxygen, and then it begins to die. No oxygen for 5
to 10 minutes will result in permanent brain
damage.

SOURCE::::REDIFF.COM NEWSREPORT……TAJ PUBLIC SERVICE WELFARE TRUST IS UNIQUE IN RENDERING SERVICE TO THE NEEDY WITHOUT FANFARE AND MEDIA GLARE!!!!.. A NEWS REPORT ON THEIR ACTIVITIES TAKEN OUT FROM REDIFF.COM SITE IS SHARED WITH YOU.

Natarajan

A year after the 13/7 blasts, rediff.com correspondents fanned out across Mumbai to trace the forgotten victims. In the ensuing conversations, a mention of the financial assistance given by the Tata group emerged as common thread. A Ganesh Nadar, who then set out to find out about Tata’s involvement with the terror victims, came back amazed and inspired. Here’s his report.

Deepak S Bhatia’s visiting card does not give any designation, but he is truly the man in charge.

Far away from the media glare, Bhatia and others in the Taj Public Service Welfare Trust have been selflessly going about providing relief to hundreds of terror victims who have been forgotten in officialdom and time.

Set up in the aftermath of the November 26, 2008, bloodbath in Mumbai, the trust provides monthly sustenance or loans or set up endowments to relieve economic and social hardships, to help terror victims rebuild their life.

Following the 13/7 blasts in three of Mumbai’s crowded localities, the trust got hold of a list of victims from the city collectorate. Counsellors, drawn from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, then met every one of them.

The relief package for every victim was charted out as per their needs; there is no fixed amount of compensation.

Aiming to build sustainable livelihood, the trust gives a monthly amount for those who have lost their bread winner. It also reimburses all medical expenses of the victims.

Post 26/11, the NGO realised that the school and college dropout levels among kin of terror victims had gone up. Hence, they now also finance educational requirements — be it the school fees of class 3 student or fees for attending medical college.

Says Bhatia, “We are in touch with hundreds of schools across the country. We have spoken to the principals directly and assured them that the fees will be paid by us. This year we have already paid for the entire year.”

If the child is weak in any particular subject, the trust also pays for tuitions.

“We also give the kids money for books, uniforms, shoes, umberella, geometry boxes, pencils, pens, school bag and anything else they need for school The idea is that the bread winner would have bought all this and the Tatas do not want the child to lose anything by his absence.”

Namdev lost both his limbs in the 13/7 blasts. The NGO first gave him a Jaipur foot. But when they realised that it was not quite helping him, they provided him with prosthetic limbs. He is 85 per cent fit today. They are also trying to find a job for him near his home in suburban Khar.

Besides, the talso offers vocational training.

They trained 60 youth affected in the 26/11 attacks in the hospitality industry for three months.

“Now 55 of them are working in our hotels,” says Bhatia, adding that the same is now being provided to youths affected by the 13/7 blasts.

The students will be educated at Aurangabad for three months after which HR personnel will conduct interviews. Then based on the location of the trainee, he or she will be assigned to work in one of the Taj properties.

One man, who received bullet injuries in the 26/11 attacks, now makes spare parts for Kirloskar tractors. The Taj Trust helped him buy a van to deliver his goods. His daughter graduated in commerce and then underwent hospitality training. She was later employed at Tata’s Ginger hotel in Pune.

For the terror victim’s family, the trust signs out monthly cheques. The cheques are initially given out for six months after which an assessment is carried out on whether the family still needs financial help. In case the family is still in need, the cheque period is extended for another six months.

“The idea is to make them comfortable and at the same time not make them dependent on the trust. Some 26/11 families have come back and returned our cheque saying that we no longer need it,” Bhatia says with a smile.

Bhatia says many individuals, including corporates and those living abroad, have contributed to their programmes.

Ratan Tata [ Images ], who is one of the trustees, attends the NGO’s meeting once a year. The wives of two of the Taj staffers who lost their lives in the 26/11 attack now work with this trust.

When the victims think they are lost and alone, the Tatas stretch a helping hand.

That is why some of them say, “Others have God we have the Tatas.”

SOURCE… UNKNOWN…. READ IT IN NET….NICE TO SHARE WITH EVERYBODY THRO MY SITE TODAY….

Natarajan

ஒவ்வொரு தேசத்திலும் ஒவ்வொரு துறைக்கும் உயரிய விருது அல்லது அங்கீகாரம் என்று ஒன்று இருக்கும். தேசத்திற்கு தேசம் அது மாறுபடும். ஆனால் ஒட்டுமொத்த உலகுக்குமே ஓர் உயரிய விருது அல்லது அங்கீகாரம் பொருந்துமென்றால் அது நோபல் பரிசாகத்தான் இருக்க முடியும். நோபல் பரிசு ஒன்றுதான் தேச மொழி எல்லைகளை கடந்து ஆறு வெவ்வேறு துறைகளில் சிறந்த பங்களிப்பினை செய்தவர்களை ஆண்டுதோறும் கவுரவுக்கிறது. நோபல் பரிசை மிஞ்சும் அளவுக்கு வேறு எந்த பரிசும் கிடையாது என்று சொல்லுமளவுக்கு கடந்த 100 ஆண்டுகளில் அது நிலைபெற்றிருக்கிறது.

இன்று பலரை ஆக்க வழியில் சிந்திக்க தூண்டும் அந்த நோபல் பரிசு உருவானதற்கு ஓர் அழிவுசக்தி காரணமாக இருந்தது என்பது உங்களுக்கு தெரியுமா? அழிவுசக்தியை உருவாக்கி அதனால் மனம் நொந்துபோன ஒரு விஞ்ஞானி தனக்கு ஏற்படப்போகும் களங்கத்தை துடைத்துக்கொள்ள உருவாக்கியதுதான் நோபல் பரிசு. அந்த அழிவுசக்தி டைனமைட் எனப்படும் வெடிமருந்து, அந்த விஞ்ஞானி ஆல்ஃப்ரெட் நோபல்.

1833 ஆம் ஆண்டு அக்டோபர் 21 ந்தேதி ஸ்வீடன் தலைநகர் ஸ்டாக்கொமில் பிறந்தார் ஆல்ஃப்ரெட் நோபல், நோபலின் தந்தை மேனுவல் நோபல் ஒரு புகழ்பெற்ற பொறியாளராகவும் கண்டுபிடிப்பாளராகவும் இருந்தவர் கட்டடங்கள் பாலங்கள் கட்டுவதிலும் வெவ்வேறு வழிகளை கற்களை வெடித்து உடைப்பதிலும் அவர் வல்லவர். ஆனால் ஆல்பர்ட் நோபல் பிறந்த சமயம் தந்தையின் நிறுவனம் நொடித்துப்போனது. பின்னர் ரஷ்யாவுக்கு சென்று தொழில் செய்து பணம் சேர்த்தார் தந்தை, தனது குடும்பத்தையும் அங்கு அழைத்துக் கொண்டார். தனது நான்கு பிள்ளைகளுக்கும் சிறந்த கல்வி கிடைக்க வேண்டுமென்பதற்காக அவர்களுக்கு தனியாக பாடங்கள் சொல்லிக்கொடுக்க ஏற்பாடு செய்தார்.

ஆல்ஃப்ரெட் நோபலுக்கு 17 வயதானபோது ஸ்விடிஸ், ரஷ்யன், ப்ரெஞ்சு, ஜெர்மன் மற்றும் ஆங்கிலத்தில் எழுத படிக்க தெரியும். நோபலை வேதியல் பொறியாளராக ஆக்க வேண்டும் என விரும்பிய தந்தை அவரை மேல்படிப்புக்காக பாரிஸ்க்கு அனுப்பி வைத்தார் பாரிஸில் நோபலுடன் படித்த அஸ்ட்ரானியோ ஸ்ப்ராரோ என்ற இத்தாலியர் நைட்ரோ கிளிசரின் என்ற ரசாயனத்தை கண்டுபிடித்திருந்தார். அது வெடிக்கும் தன்மை கொண்டதாலும் ஆபத்தானது என்பதாலும் அதை அப்படியே விட்டுவிட்டார். ஆனால் நோபல் அதைப்பற்றி மேலும் ஆராய விரும்பினார். படிப்பு முடிந்து ரஷ்யா திரும்பியதும் தன் தந்தையுடன் இணைந்து எப்படி நைட்ரோ கிளிசரினை கட்டுமான துறைக்கு பயன்படுத்தலாம் என ஆராயத் தொடங்கினார்.

கிரைனியன் போர் காரணமாக அவர்களது தொழில் மீண்டும் நொடித்துப்போனது எனவே அவர்கள் மீண்டும் ஸ்விடனுக்கு திரும்பினர். ஸ்வீடன் வந்த பிறகு நைட்ரோ கிளிசரினை வெடி மருந்தாக உருவாக்குவதில் ஆராய்ட்சி செய்தார் நோபல் அது அபாயமான பொருள் என்று தெரிந்தும் அதனை பாதுகாப்பானதாக ஆக்கினால் நல்ல காரியங்களுக்காக பயன்படுத்த முடியும் என்று நம்பினார். ஆனால் அதற்கு அவர் செலுத்திய விலை அதிகமாக இருந்தது. அவரது சோதனைகளின் பொது சிலமுறை பயங்கர வெடிப்புகள் ஏற்பட்டு அவரது தொழிற்சாலைகள் தரைமட்டமாயின. பணியாளர்கள் சிலர் உயிரழந்தனர். அவர்களுள் ஒருவர் நோபலின் இளைய சகோதரர் இமில். உயிர் பலிக்கு பிறகும் ஆராட்சிகளை தொடர்ந்தார் நோபல். ஆனால் ஸ்வீடன் அரசாங்கம் அதற்கு தடை விதித்தது.

மனம் தளராத நோபல் நைட்ரோ கிளிசரினுடன் பல்வேறு பொருட்களை கலந்து சோதனை செய்து பார்த்தார். கிஸல்கள் என்ற ஒரு வகை களிமண்ணுடன் சேர்த்து பிசைந்தால் பாதுகாப்பான வெடிமருந்து கிடைக்கும் என்பதனை கண்டுபிடித்தார். அந்த தனது கண்டுபிடிப்புக்கு டைனமைட் என்று பெயரிட்டார்.டைனமைட் கண்டுபிடிக்கப்பட்ட ஆண்டு 1866. கிரேக்க மொழியில் டைனமைட் என்றால் சக்தி என்று பொருள். அவரது அந்த கண்டுபிடிப்பு பல தொழில்களுக்கு வரப்பிரசாதமாக அமைந்தது. உதாரணத்திற்கு காடு மேடுகளை அழிக்கவும், நிலத்தை சமப்படுத்தவும், மலைகளை குடைந்து பாதைகள் அமைக்கவும், பழைய கட்டடங்களை சில நிமிடங்கில் தகர்க்கவும் முடிந்தது.

ஆல்ப்ஸ் மலையை குடைந்து செயின்ட் கடாட் குகைப்பாதை அமைக்க நோபலின் டைனமைட்தான் பேருதவி புரிந்தது. அவரது கண்டுபிடிப்புக்கு அமோக வரவேற்பு கிடைத்ததால் இருபதுக்கும் மேற்பட்ட நாடுகளில் அவர் 90 டைனமைட் தொழிற்சாலைகளை உருவாக்கினார் பெருமளவில் செல்வம் சேரத்தொடங்கியது. ஆனால் ஆக்கசக்தியாக தான் உருவாக்கியதை அழிவுசக்தியாக சிலர் பயன்படுத்தத் தொடங்கியதை கண்டு மனம் பதைத்தார் நோபல். 1888 ஆம் ஆண்டு நோபலின் சகோதரர் லுட்விக் காலமானார். ஆனால் நோபல்தான் இறந்துவிட்டார் என நினைத்த பத்திரிகைகள் அழிவுசக்தியை உருவாக்கி கோடிஸ்வரரான ஆல்ஃப்ரெட் நோபல் காலமானார் என்று செய்தி வெளியிட்டன. அதனை படித்து அதிர்ந்து போன நோபல் தனது உண்மையான மரணத்துக்குபின் உலகம் தன்னை பழிக்கப்போகிறது என்று கலங்கினார்.

அந்த களங்கத்தை அகற்ற ஒரே வழி தனது செல்வத்தை எல்லாம் உலக நன்மைக்காகவும் மனுகுல மேன்மைக்காகவும் பாடுபடுபவர்களுக்கு பரிசாக வழங்குவதுதான் என்று முடிவு செய்தார். உலகம் முழுவதிலும் இருந்த 90 க்கும் மேற்பட்ட டைனமைட் தொழிற்சாலைகளிலிருந்தும், ரஷ்யாவில் எண்ணெய் கிணறு அபிவிருத்தியிலிருந்தும் கிடைத்த பெரும் செல்வத்தைகொண்டு ஓர் அறக்கட்டளையை நிறுவினார். 1890 ஆம் ஆண்டு தான் எழுதிய உயிலில் 9 மில்லியன் டாலரை நோபல் அறக்கட்டளைக்கு எழுதி வைத்தார். அந்தத்தொகையிலிருந்து கிடைக்கும் வட்டியைக்கொண்டு ஆண்டுதோறும் 5 வெவ்வேறு மிகச்சிறந்த மனுகுல சேவை ஆற்றுவோருக்கு பரிசு வழங்க முடிவு செய்தார். இறுதிவரை திருமணம் செய்துகொள்ளாமல் வாழ்ந்த ஆல்ஃப்ரெட் நோபல் 1896 ஆம் ஆண்டு டிசம்பர் 10 ந்தேதி தனது 63 ஆவது வயதில் இத்தாலியில் காலமானார்.

ஆல்ஃப்ரெட் நோபல் மறைந்த ஐந்து ஆண்டுகளுக்குப்பிறகு அதாவது 1901 ஆம் ஆண்டு முதல் அவர் விருப்பப்படியே நோபல் பரிசுகள் வழங்கப்பட தொடங்கின. ஐந்து துறைகளுக்கு கொடுக்கப்பட்டு வந்த நோபல் பரிசு 1969 ஆண்டிலிருந்து பொருளாதாரம் என்ற புதிய பிரிவையும் சேர்த்துக்கொண்டது. இன்றுவரை 770 பேர் நோபல் பரிசை வென்றிருக்கின்றனர். தன்னை அழிவுசக்தியை கண்டுபிடித்த நோபல் என்றில்லாமல் அறிவாளிகளை கவுரவிக்கும் நோபல் என்று உலகம் நினைவில் வைத்திருக்க வேண்டும் என விரும்பினார் ஆல்ஃப்ரெட் நோபல். அவரது எண்ணம் வீண்போகவில்லை

ஆண்டுதோறும் நோபல் பரிசின் பெயர் உச்சரிக்கப்படும் போதேல்லாம் அந்த உன்னத மனிதனைத்தான் உலகம் நினைவு கூறுகிறது. உண்மையில் அவர் அழிவுசக்தியை கண்டுபிடிக்கவில்லை.ஆக்கசக்தியாக நோபல் கண்டுபிடித்ததை உலகம்தான் அழிவுசக்திக்கு பயன்படுத்தியது இன்றும் பயன்படுத்துகிறது. இருப்பினும் டைனமைட்டை கண்டுபிடித்ததிலும் பின்னர் நோபல் பரிசை அறிமுகம் செய்ததிலும் ஆல்ஃப்ரெட் நோபலின் நோக்கமும் சிந்தனையும் உயரியதாக இருந்தன. அதனால்தான் இன்றும் அவரது பெயர் வானம் வரை உயர்ந்து நிற்கிறது.