” இந்த தூணுக்கு அடிப்பாகம் எது ….நுனி எது …” ?

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பத்ராசலத்தில் ஸ்ரீராமர் கோயில் திருப்பணி

நடந்து முடிந்தது. கோயில் திருப்பணியில்

கை தேர்ந்த கணபதி ஸ்தபதி அந்த பொறுப்பை

ஏற்றிருந்தார்.

பத்ராசலத்துக்கு யாத்திரையாக வந்திருந்த

மகாபெரியவர்களிடம் “தாங்கள் அவசியம் வந்து

பார்வையிட வேண்டும்.தங்கள் கடாக்ஷம் வேண்டும்”

என அழைத்தார் ஸ்தபதி.பெரியவர்கள் கோதாவரியில்

ஸ்நானத்துக்குச் செல்லும் வழியில் அங்கே

நுழைந்தார்கள்.

கல்தூண் ஒன்றில் சிற்பம் செதுக்கும் வேலை

நடந்து வந்தது.

“இந்தத் தூணுக்கு அடிப்பாகம் எது,நுனிப்பாகம் எது”

என்று கேட்டார்கள் பெரியவர்கள். ஸ்தபதிக்கு ஒரே

திகைப்பு! ‘இதைப் பார்த்தாலே தெரிகிறதே! இப்படி

ஏதோ குழந்தைத்தனமாகக் கேள்வி கேட்கிறார்களே!’

என்று எண்ணியபடி அந்தப் பாகங்களைச் சுட்டிக்

காண்பித்தார்.

“இந்த அடிப்பாகத்தை நுனியாகவும்,நுனியை

அடிப்பாகமாகவும் மாற்றலாமா?”என்று கேட்டார்கள்.

ஸ்தபதிக்கு ஒரே குழப்பமாக இருந்தது.

“செதுக்குவதற்கு முன்னால் ஒவ்வொரு தூணுக்கும்

இதுதான் அடிப்பாகம்,இதுதான் நுனி என்று எப்படித்

தீர்மானம் செய்வாய்” என்று கேட்டார்கள் சுவாமிகள்.

ஸ்தபதி பதில் சொல்லத் தெரியாமல் நின்றார்.

“சுத்தி எடுத்துவா, இதைக் கீழேயிருந்து மேல் வரை

கத்தியால் தட்டு.ஏதாவது தெரிகிறதா பார்”என்றார்கள்.

தட்டியபிறகு ஸ்தபதிக்கு ஏதோ ஒரு சந்தேகம்.

ஆனால் சொல்லத் தெரியவில்லை.

“மீண்டும் ஒருமுறை தட்டு.அதிலிருந்து வரும்

சத்தத்தைக் கவனி” என்றார்கள்.

“கீழே சத்தம் ‘கணீர்’ என்று வருகிறது. மேலே செல்லச்

செல்ல சத்தம் குறைகிறது” என்றார்,ஸ்தபதி.

“மரத்திலே வைரம் பாய்ந்த கட்டை என்பார்கள்.

அது சிகப்பாகக் கெட்டியாக இருக்கும். சுலபமாகப்

பிளக்க முடியாது.அதிலிருந்துதான் மரப்பாச்சி-

மரப்பொம்மை செய்வார்கள்.நீ அதைப்பற்றி

கேட்டிருப்பாய். அதுபோலதான் கல்லிலும்

வைரம் பாய்ந்த பாகம் கெட்டியாய் இருக்கும்.

அதிலிருந்து வெண்கலம் போல ‘கணீர்’ என்று

சத்தம் வரும். அதுவும் கெட்டியாக (அடர்த்தி

நிறைந்ததாக) இருக்கும். அந்தப் பகுதியைத்தான்

அடிப்பாகமாகக் கொள்வார்கள்.

“சத்தம் அதிகம் வரும் பாகம் அடி; குறைவாக

உள்ளது நுனி. நீ சரியாகத்தான் வைத்திருக்கிறாய்.

உனக்கு எல்லாம் தெரிந்திருக்கிறது. சொல்லத்தான்

தெரியவில்லை” என்றார்கள் பெரியவர்கள்.

ஸ்தபதி உடனே சாஷ்டாங்கமாகப் பெரியவர்களின்

காலில் விழுந்து நமஸ்கரித்து, “தங்கள் அருளால்தான்

எல்லாம் நன்றாக அமைய வேண்டும்” என்று

பிரர்த்தித்தார். அப்படியே அமைய ஆசீர்வதித்தார்கள்

பெரியவர்கள்.

எல்லாக் கலைஞர்களுமே இப்படித்தான் முதலில்

சாமான்யமாக மதித்து,கடைசியில்,’இவர்களிடம்

நாம் கற்கவேண்டியது நிறைய இருக்கு’ என்ற

முடிவுக்கு வருவார்கள்.

தெய்வத்துக்கு தெரியாத கலை ஏதும் உண்டா?

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Natarajan

7 Tips for a Healthier , Happier You …!!!

Small daily changes can go a long way! 

Why do these changes work? It’s because you are weaving them into your daily life without much effort. They can create dramatic effects. Try them and you will start noticing a difference in two weeks!

1. Eat a nutritious breakfast

This will perk you up with energy to kick start your day. A bowl of cereal, fruits, wholegrain bread, egg white or a fruit smoothie are a few good, wholesome choices.

2. Walk

Make short distance walking a habit. Anything within 15 minutes of walking distance must be walked to!

Walk for your errands. Instead of catching up for lunch, meet your friend over a walk!

The more you move the fitter you get.

3. Climb

Ditch the lift and use the stairway, for at least three floors. This will burn fat and tone up your lower body.

4. Have your tea/coffee without sugar

This cuts down the sugar intake drastically. Switch to green tea to up your metabolism.

5. Think before you eat

Make healthy choices and put into your stomach only things that are good for the body. In time this will make you rework your meals to really healthy ones.

6. Snack on nuts, raw veggies and fruits

This will increase your metabolism and keep your energy levels high.

7. Do one form of exercise every day except Sunday

Squeezing in even 20 minutes of exercise six-days-a-week has significant benefits.

Start today!

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Natarajan

” தவறு யாருடையது …?…. கொஞ்சம் சிந்தியுங்க …”

தன்னுடைய பால்ய காலத்தில் கிடைக்காத ஒன்றை தன் பிள்ளைகளுக்கு அளிப்பது அன்பின், பிரியத்தின் ஒருவகையென்றே பெரும்பாலானோர் நினைக்கின்றனர். அப்படியான பொருட்கள் அந்தக் குழந்தைகளை ஒருவிதத்தில் மகிழ்ச்சியூட்டினாலும், விதவிதமான பிரச்சனைகளைக் கொண்டு வந்து சேர்க்கவும் தவறுவதில்லை.

கிட்டத்தட்ட கோடை விடுமுறை துவங்கிவிட்டது. குடியிருப்பு பகுதிகளின் வீதிகளிலிருந்து பத்து பனிரெண்டு வயதுப் பிள்ளைகள் ஹோண்டா ஆக்டிவா (அ) ஹீரோ ப்ளெஸ்ரை வண்டிகளில் சாலைகளில் வந்து நுழைகின்றன. சாலையில் நிதானமாய்ச் செல்லவேண்டும், இடது பக்கம் செல்ல வேண்டும், பின்பக்கக் கண்ணாடி பார்க்க வேண்டும், திருப்பங்களில் ஒலியெழுப்ப வேண்டும், திரும்பும்போது பகல் நேரங்களில் கை காட்ட வேண்டும் எனும் எந்தவிதத் தெளிவும், அறிவும் இல்லாத அந்தப் பிள்ளைகள் வளைந்து நெளிந்து பட்டாம்பூச்சி போலச் செல்வதையெல்லாம் ரசிக்கும் மனநிலை வாய்க்கவில்லை. குப்பென அடிவயிற்றில் பட்டாம்பூச்சி பறக்கிறது. அவர்களில் பலர் தரையின் இரண்டு பக்கமும் கால் ஊன்றும் அளவுக்குக்கூட உயரமாக இருப்பதில்லை.

அதே சாலைகளில்தான், இரண்டு பக்கமும் கால்களைத் தொங்கப் போட்டவாறு எவ்வித பேலன்ஸும் இல்லாமல், தடுமாறியபடி ஏதோ ஒரு நிதானத்தில், புதிதாக வண்டி ஓட்டும் நடுத்தர வயதுப் பெண்மணிகள் சென்று கொண்டிருக்கின்றனர். நம்ம ஊர் சாலை அமைப்புகளுக்கு எவ்விதமும் பொருந்தாத எருமைக்கிடாய் அளவும், சிறுத்தையின் பாய்ச்சலும் கொண்ட பெரிய பைக்குகளில், ஒல்லியாய் ஒரு தலைமுறை எதையோ நோக்கி ‘விர்..விர்’ரென சீறலோடு பாய்ந்து கொண்டிருக்கிறது. சைக்கிள் கேப்பில் ஆட்டோ என்பது மறைந்து, பைக் கேப்பில் மினிடோர் என ஆம்புலன்ஸ்க்கு நிகரான அவசரத்தில் மினிடோர்காரர்கள் பறக்கின்றனர். அவர்கள் பயன்படுத்தும் ஒலிப்பான்களில் அகிலமே அதிர்கிறது.

இந்த ஆக்டிவா, ப்ளெஸ்ஸர் பிள்ளைகளின் அப்பா / அம்மாவையோ, தாத்தா/ பாட்டியையோ சந்திக்கையில் “எங்க அஸ்வினு / சுவாதி இப்பவே வண்டில என்ன போடு போடுது தெரியும்ங்ளா!?” எனச் சொல்லும்போது அவர்களிடம் வழிந்தோடும் பெருமையை நொய்யல் ஆற்றில் திருப்பிவிட்டால் அத்தனை கழிவுகளையும் கடலுக்கே அடித்துச் சென்றுவிடும்.

வயிற்றில் பறக்கும் பட்டாம்பூச்சிகளின் சார்பாக, அவர்களிடம் சொல்ல விரும்புவது ஒன்றே ஒன்றுதான்… எல்லாப் பாய்ச்சல்களும், பெருமைப் பீற்றல்களும் எந்தவொரு தீங்கும் நடக்காதவரைதான்… ஒற்றைச் சிறு கவனப்பிசகில், எல்லா ஒளியும் பொய்த்து இருள் சூழும் கொடுங்கணத்தில்… பெருமையாகவும், பொறாமையாகவும் பார்த்த அத்தனை உறவும் நட்பும் ஒத்த குரலில், “விரலுக்கு தவுந்த வீக்கம் வேணும்…. இந்த வயசுல இந்தப் புள்ளைக்கு எதுக்கு வண்டி” எனச் சொல்லும். அந்நிலையில் அவர்கள் அப்படிச் சொல்வது சரியா தவறா என நீதிபரிபாலனை செய்யும் மனநிலையில் நீங்க இருக்கச் சாத்தியமில்லை. காரணம், சூன்யமான வாழ்வின் மிகக் கசப்பான காலகட்டத்தில் இருப்பீர்கள்.

தேவைக்கும், தகுதிக்கும் மீறிய ஒரு பொருளை பெருமையென வாங்கிக் கொடுப்பது அல்லது இயக்கக் கொடுப்பது பாசம், பிரியம், கௌரவம், அந்தஸ்து என நினைத்தால் அதைவிட முட்டாள்தனம் உலகில் வேறெதுவும் இல்லை. அப்படி அளிக்கும் ஒன்றின் மூலம் உருவாகும் தீங்கின் அத்தனை பாவமும் கொடுத்தவர்களையே சாரும்!

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Most Extreme Runways in the World …

Long lines, terse agents, overpriced food and delays – in the world of travel, airports are notorious for being necessary obstacles standing between travellers and their final destinations. But according to users of the question-and-answer site Quora.com, at the world’s most unique airports, the take-offs and landings make it all worth the ride.

A death-defying descent
Nepal’s Tenzing-Hillary Airport is built for adventurers. Tucked high in the Himalayan town of Lukla, the airport’s 460m runway has a steep 12% incline, making it only accessible to helicopters and small, fixed-wing planes. To the north of the runway, there are mountains, and to the south is a steep, nearly 600m drop, leaving absolutely no room for error.

The terrifying airstrip serves as an entry point for mountain climbers who are keen to tackle the world’s tallest mountain. “This is where most Everest summiters land,” wrote Quora userAmy Robinson. “It is one of the most dangerous airports in the world.”

Perhaps it’s appropriate, then, that this airport was named after the region’s most famous adventurers: Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, the first people to reach Everest’s summit.

Tenzing-Hillary Airport, Lukla, Himalayas, Nepal (Credit: Credit: Prakash Mathema/Getty)

A harrowing Himalayan runway Credit: Prakash Mathema/Getty)

A runway under water
At high tide, the runway of Scotland’s Barra Airport is nowhere to be seen.

“The airport is unique, being the only one in the world where scheduled flights use a beach as the runway,” wrote Quora user Amit Kushwaha. As such, flight times are dictated by the tide.

Barra Airport, Traigh Mhor beach, Outer Hebrides, Scotland (Credit: Credit: Califer001/Barra Airport/Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0)

A wet and wild take-off at Scotland’s Barra Airport. (Credit: Califer001/Barra Airport/Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0)

Located in the shallow bay of Traigh Mhor beach on Barra Island in the Outer Hebrides, the airport’s runways are laid out in a triangular formation and are marked by wooden poles to help guide the Twin Otter propeller planes onto the sand.

A stretch for tropical take-offs
For pilots, landing at the Maldives’ Male International Airportis daunting. The lone asphalt runway – which lies just two metres above sea level – takes up the entire length of Hulhule Island in the North Male Atoll, so a minor miscalculation could send the plane careening off into the Indian Ocean.

Ibrahim Nasir International Airport, Male International Airport, Hulhule Island, Maldives (Credit: Credit: Thinkstock)

Landing on a tropical island in the Maldives. (Credit: Thinkstock)

“[It’s] one of the few airports in the world that begins and ends with water and takes up an entire island,” wrote Quora userPeter Baskerville.

Because Hulhule Island (one of 1,192 coral islands spread over roughly 90,000sqkm) is used mainly for the airport, visitors typically take speedboats to their final destinations once they land.

Hit the brakes
Landing at Juancho E Yrausquin Airport, on the Caribbean island of Saba, “is not for the faint of heart,” wrote Quora userDhairya Manek.

That’s because it is widely regarded as having the shortest commercially serviceable runway in the world – approximately 396m. (Typically, runways are between 1,800m and 2,400m.) That means only small aircraft, which can quickly decrease speed, can land here.

Juancho E Yrausquin Airport, Saba, Caribbean (Credit: Credit: Patrick Hawks/Juancho E Yrausquin Airport/Flickr/CC BY 2.0)

The world’s shortest runway. (Credit: Patrick Hawks/Juancho E Yrausquin Airport/Flickr/CC BY 2.0)

Its setting is as beautiful as it is dangerous. “The airport’s runway is located on a cliff that drops into the Caribbean Sea on three sides and is flanked by high hills on the other,” Manek wrote. “Jet airplanes are not allowed to land at the airport due to its incredibly short runway.”

Nerve-racking… yet stunningly beautiful’
At 2,767m above sea level, Colorado’s Telluride Regional Airport is North America’s highest commercial airport. “[It’s] nerve-racking to experience, yet stunningly beautiful,” wrote Quora user Erin Whitlock.

Telluride Regional Airport, Colorado, USA (Credit: Credit: Robert Alexander/Getty)

Telluride’s ‘nerve-racking’ runway. (Credit: Robert Alexander/Getty)

Telluride’s single runway – which sits on a plateau in the Rocky Mountains, next to a heart-stopping, 300m drop to the San Miguel River below – used to be notorious for a giant dip in its centre. But renovations in 2009 made the airstrip safer and made it possible for larger aircraft to land. Today, the airport’sMountain Flying Safety guide advises pilots of single- or light-twin-engine aircraft not to attempt night landings, not to attempt flight if high-altitude winds exceed 30 knots, and not to fly if visibility is less than 15 miles.

A heart-stopping approach
So petrifying was the landing at the now-closed Kai Tak Airport in Hong Kong, passengers had a nickname for it: the Kai Tak Heart Attack.

Kai Tak Airport, Hong Kong, Kai Tak Heart Attack (Credit: Credit: Frederic J Brown/Getty)

Hong Kong’s heart-stopping approach. (Credit: Frederic J Brown/Getty)

“The Kai Tak Airport no longer exists, but it was one of the wonders of the flying world when it was in operation [between 1925 and 1998],” wrote Quora user Jay Wacker. “It was on a little bit of reclaimed land in a harbour and there were high-rises on both sides. It was a relatively short runway for big planes, and it always felt harrowing when landing on a 747. When you looked out the window during take-off or landing, you felt like you could look into the living rooms of people.”

 Source……..www.bbc.com
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Message For the Day…” Man is an Image of God …”

Difficulties, troubles and worries come in the natural course as a consequence of past actions. Human birth is the result of Karma(past actions); there can be no escape from its consequences. As is your action, so is the reaction. When you stand before a mirror and offer salutation, your salutation gets reflected to you. If you address harsh words to the mirror, the harshness again comes back in the same manner. It is evident that the fruits of our actions are determined by the nature of our actions. Man is an image of God. ‘God appears in human form (Daivam maanusha rupena)’declares the scriptures. God does not come down as Avatar to relieve specific individuals of their troubles and sorrow, and to confer joy and happiness on them. God takes a human form from time to time to show humanity how human lives can be divinised.

Sathya Sai Baba

Message For the Day….” Human Beings are Gifted with this Birth…”

Because Nature is a reflection of the Divine, its laws cannot be transgressed by anyone. Human beings are gifted this birth to realise their own true nature. Instead of seeking to understand the truth about the cosmos, people lose it in the pursuit of material possessions. They do not realise that the human body made up of five basic elements, is bound to perish. This temporary and perishable body should be regarded only as a means for realising the eternal Reality. The body should be considered as an iron safe, in which the precious jewels of good qualities and good actions are kept. It is these qualities that should be cherished. If today, the state of the world appears deplorable, it is because people’s actions and conduct are not good. People should return to the ways of righteousness and lead a good and godly life.

Sathya Sai Baba

Unique Kailas Temple @ Ellora Caves Complex….!!!

This is the world famous Kailasa temple at Ellora and let’s look objectively into who could have built this amazing structure. By the end of this video, I hope you will agree with me that our history is completely wrong, and that this temple was built by a very advanced civilization.

What is so special about this temple? This temple was not constructed by adding stone blocks, but an entire mountain was carved to create this temple. This is the only example in the whole world where a mountain was cut out from the top, to create a structure. In all the other temples and caves, even in Ellora and the rest of the world, the rock was cut from the front and carved as they went along. The whole world has followed a rock cutting technique called “cut-in monolith” while Kailasa temple is the only one that has used the exact opposite technique called “cut-out monolith”.

To see why this rock cutting technique is so different, let’s take a look at this pillar that is over 100 feet tall. See how small human beings look when compared to this pillar. Normally, to create such a huge pillar, it would take years of work, carving accurately on the huge rock. But this pillar was carved by scooping out all the pieces of mountain around it. You can imagine the amount of rock, which has been removed to create this pillar.

Historians and archaeologists are confused because of the sheer amount of rock that was removed in this temple. Archaeologists confirm that over 400,000 tons of rock had to be scooped out, which would have taken not years, but centuries of human labor. Historians have no record of such a monstrous task and they think that it was built in less than 18 years.

Let us do a simple math and see if historians could be right. I am going to assume that people worked every day for 18 years and for 12 hours straight with no breaks at all. I am going to ignore rainy days, festivals, war time and assume that people worked like robots ceaselessly. I am also going to ignore the time taken to create intricate carvings and complex engineering design and planning and just focus on the removal of rock.

If 400,000 tons of rock were removed in 18 years, 22,222 tons of rock had to be removed every year. This means that 60 tons of rock was removed every day, which gives us 5 tons of rock removed every hour. I think we can all agree, that is not even possible today to remove 5 tons of rock from a mountain, every hour. Not even with all the so called advanced machines that we have. So, if it is not humanly possible, was it done by humans at all? Was this created with the help of extraterrestrial intelligence?

Now, forget about creating such an extraordinary structure. Can human beings at least destroy this temple? In fact, Aurangzeb a Muslim king employed a thousand workers to completely demolish this temple. In 1682, he ordered that that the temple be destroyed, so that there would be no trace of it. Records show that a 1000 people worked for 3 years, and they could only do a very minimal damage. They could break and disfigure a few statues here and there, but they realized it is just not possible to completely destroy this temple. Aurangzeb finally gave up on this impossible task.

Note that this attempted destruction is very similar to another mysterious structure called The Menkaure’s pyramid in Egypt. Another Muslim ruler wanted all the pyramids to be destroyed, and started his work from the Menkaure’s pyramid. After years of trying, he was only able to make a small dent on the pyramid. He gave up too. Were all these indestructible structures around the world created by extraterrestrials? Is that why human beings are not even able to destroy them?

In fact, archaeologists agree that Kailasa temple was created before any other temple in the Ellora cave complex. Could this have been built centuries before human beings started carving other temples nearby? Is this why the architecture, the design, and the size is so much better and bigger than other temples? If it was built by humans, it is logical to expect that the rock cutting techniques and design would become better over time. People would gain more experience and knowledge and make better structures in the future. However, the Kailasa temple is the oldest and the biggest temple carved with engineering perfection.

Unlike other temples, the Kailasa is the only temple that is visible from the air. Out of 34 temples, all carved side by side, Kailasa stands out and you can see it while flying over it. Is this just a coincidence? Or was it designed for people to see it from the air, like Nazca lines of Peru? Even on Google earth, the aerial view of Kailasa temple clearly shows an X mark. This is how it looks from the top; you can see a circular design that is studded with 4 lions that create this huge X mark. Was this created as a signal for extraterrestrials, who can spot the location while flying?

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Harvard, IIT Graduates are Tea Sellers too….!!!

An increasing number of b-school graduates are exploring tea-based services and products for businesses and some of them have tasted success too.

Harvard, IIT graduates are tea sellers tooAmuleek Singh Bijral had some of the best offers from the corporate world after graduating from Harvard Business School. But those offers weren’t his cup of tea; so, Bijral did something that surprised even his closest friends — he set up Chai Point, an online tea selling business in Bengaluru and Noida five years ago.

Bijral obviously read the tea leaves well quite early in his career.

Chai Point, which received Rs 12 crore from Saama Capital, is now looking to raise its next round of funding worth Rs 80-100 crore to finance plans to expand to Mumbai, Hyderabad, Pune and Chennai.

Chai Point has 50 stores and claims to have sold 10 million cups of tea.

Bijral says there is no single organised player in India’s Rs 33,000-crore chai market and Chai Point targets white-collar workers across the country who are fast on technology and love the new experience of sipping tea.

The idea is catching on — Chai Point’s latest app has seen about 12,000 downloads in the last three months.

In the backdrop of rising real estate prices, Chai Point is keen to do a hub-spoke model in each city it plans to enter.

Bijral isn’t alone. Nitin Saluja, founder of Chaayos, ventured into the business after he started missing home-made ginger tea during his days in the US.

In 2012, the IIT Mumbai graduate opened Chaayos in the National Capital Region along with IIT Delhi’s Raghav Verma.

Both are in discussions to take the next leap in scalability and are in talks with venture capital investors to raise Rs 30-40 crore.

Investors seem to be getting interested in putting in more money, with good reason.

Ankur Bisen, senior vice-president, at retail consulting firm Technopak, says, “Tea-based cafes have seen interest because Chaayos and Chai Point have demonstrated to investors that they can grow beyond local catchment areas to different cities,” Bisen adds.

Replicating the success of Starbucks and Cafe Coffee Day through the chai business is an idea that has inspired many graduates from India’s premier institutes.

A year ago, Pankaj Judge, an IIT Kharagpur graduate, opened his first outlet of Chai Thela in Noida with a plan to enter Delhi and Gurgaon.

From aam aadmi chai to adrak chai, to tulsi chai, Chai Thela offers 30-plus varieties of tea through seven outlets in Noida.

“We want to do with chai what Starbucks and Cafe Coffee Day did with coffee,” Judge says, explaining why the potential is huge.

On average, each of his outlets sells 400-500 cups of tea per day.

Chai Thela, which focuses on IT parks, hospitals and college campuses, is in discussions with angel investors to raise Rs 1 crore now and another Rs 12 crore after six months.

Recently, another firm TeaBox, an online retailer of premium tea, raised Rs 36 crore in fresh funds led by venture capital firm JAFCO Asia and existing investor Accel Partners.

TeaBox, which eyes international markets, plans to expand its footprint to the US, China, Japan, etc.

“The high disposable income as well as influence of western culture have changed the lifestyle of Indians who like to consume high-end tea in the same way as they enjoy a good wine,” Kaushal Dugar, founder, TeaBox, says.

Bisen says when a concept in the food services space reaches a decent size and show results, it starts attracting the fancy of investors.

Agrees Prashanth Prakash of Accel India. “Most tea retailers continue to rely on a

legacy value chain consisting of multiple middlemen,” he says.

“But the renewed interest in category is bringing in a new set of retailers like Chaayos, who essentially would continue to be a part of the same set-up,” he adds.

Lead image used for representational purposes only

Photograph: Damir Sagolj/Reuters

Source……….. http://www.rediff.com

Natarajan

Message For the Day…” Nature is Your Best Teacher …”

Every object in Nature and every individual around you is constantly teaching you lessons of various sorts, every moment of your life. Recognise this truth. Marvellous, sacred and beautiful is Nature. Human beings, in deep involvement with mundane concerns, and in their insane conceit, regard themselves as the Master of Nature. Nature is your best teacher. It is Nature that presides over every aspect of your life and provides you with all nourishment. It can bless or punish you, its sway is extensive. God considers all things in creation as equal and He is immanent in all of them. Hence, do not regard God and Nature as distinct entities. They are inseparably interrelated like the object and its image. Ancient Indian scriptures regarded and worshipped every object in Nature as a divine manifestation. From a stone to a diamond, from an ant to an elephant, from a simple person to a sage, everything and every being was considered worthy of worship.

Sathya Sai Baba

” Namaste to a Pain Free Life …” !!!

 

We don’t need to live with pain. Pain is a sign of imbalance and non-alignment, of neglect and disconnection. Being pain-free means tuning into our life, our lifestyle, our emotions and our daily choices, with keener attention to the details. Every action, and the lack of it, determines the quality of our overall health. So fine-tuning our well-being is something that we can actively take charge of by investing in small actions that release pain and boost overall health.

A simple example to illustrate my point would be the stiff necks, painful shoulders, rounded backs and carpal tunnel syndrome that most people who sit at computers for hours suffer from. A simple posture done regularly through the day can reverse and prevent the crippling pain that they experience.

The following is a modified version of a posture that can be done multiple times at any point of the day to relieve stiffness in your shoulders and wrists. The shoulder girdle is built for mobility rather than strength and, therefore, the joints need to put through their full range of motion, so that they remain supple and fit for life.

The posture drains lymph and boosts circulation to the wrists and fingers. The chest and upper back muscles also get a break from the constant contraction and pressure that they are under.

Simplified Parsvotasana (The Rotating Posture)

Stand with your feet four to five inches apart.

Turn your feet parallel to the sides of the mat, with your toes turned slightly inward and your heels turned slightly outward.

Tuck your tailbone in, contract your gluteus muscles, tighten your thighs and pull your knees upwards.

Get used to the steadiness of your lower body.

Relax your shoulder joints by rotating them up to your ears and backwards five times.

First rotate your wrists and then your head and neck, clockwise and anti-clockwise five times.

Bring your palms together behind your back in a namaste position. The fingers should be pointed up.

You will find it tough in the beginning if your shoulders and arm joints are stiff, you might even have muscle cramps, but keep trying.

If you are able to bring your palms together, breathe deeply and hold this position for at least 15 counts. Release gently.

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Source ……..DIVYA SRINIVASAN in http://www.the hindu.com

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