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மகாபெரியவர் படிப்பிலே “மக்கு ” இல்லையே !!!!!!

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படிப்பிலே ‘மக்கு’ ன்னு நீ நெனச்சியோ  !!!illaiye

நான் திண்டிவனம் பள்ளிக்கு சென்று பெரியவா படித்ததற்கு அடையாளமாக ஏதாவது கிடைக்குமா என்ற ஆர்வத்தில் தலைமை ஆசிரியரின் அனுமதியுடன் பழைய ரெக்கார்ட்கள் வைக்கப்பட்டிருந்த அறையை துழாவினேன். அதிசயத்திலும் அதிசயமாக ஒரு வருகை பதிவேட்டின் ஒரே ஒரு காகிதம் மட்டும் கிடைத்தது. அது 1904 ஆம் வருடம், பெரியவா ரெண்டாம் பாரம் படித்தபோது, அந்த வகுப்பின் வருகை பதிவேட்டின் ஒரு ஷீட்.

அதில் ‘சுவாமிநாதன்’ என்ற பெயரை கண்டபோது எனக்கு மகிழ்ச்சி நிலைகொள்ளவில்லை. மறுநாளே, ஆந்திராவில் இருந்த பெரியவாளை தரிசிக்க சென்றேன்.

நடுநிசி, பூர்ண நிலா, பெரியவா ஓர் ஊரில் இருந்து வேறோர் கேம்ப் க்கு மேனாவில் பயணித்து கொண்டிருந்தார். கூடவே ஓடி, திண்டிவனம் சென்ற விவரத்தையும், ‘வருகை பதிவேடு’ காகிதம் கிடைத்த செய்தியையும் கூறினேன். சற்று தொலைவு சென்றதும் மேனா நின்றது. உடன் வந்தவர்களையும் மேனாவை தூக்கி வந்தவர்களையும் ஆகாரம் செய்து விட்டு, வரும்படி பணித்துவிட்டு, பெரியவா அந்த வருகை பதிவேட்டு ஷீட்டை வாங்கி டார்ச் லைட் லென்ஸ் உதவியோடு பார்த்தார். முகம் மலர்ந்தது.

இது எப்படிடா உனக்கு கிடச்சுது? என்று ஆச்சரியத்துடன் கேட்டு விட்டு, அதில் இருந்த பெயர்களை ஒவ்வொன்றாக படித்தார். அறுபத்து நான்கு வருடங்கள் முந்தய நாட்களின் நினைவுகளில் ஒரு கணம் மூழ்கி போனார். தம்முடன் ரெண்டாம் பாரத்தில் படித்த மாணவர்களை நினைவு கூர்ந்தார்.

அவர்களில் யார் யார் அப்போது உயிருடன் இல்லை என்பதையும் மற்றவர்கள் எந்த ஊரில் இருக்கிறார்கள் என்பதையும் சொன்னார்.

இறுதியாக, ‘என் பேர் எல்லோருக்கும் கடைசிலே இருக்கே, பெரியவா படிப்பிலே ‘மக்கு’ ன்னு நீ நெனச்சியோ?’ என்று சிரித்துக்கொண்டே கேட்டார்.

‘இல்லே, பெரியவா பேர் ஏன் கடைசிலே இருக்குன்னு நெனச்சிண்டேன்’ என்ற உண்மையை சொன்னேன்.

‘என் பூர்வாச்ரம தகப்பனாருக்கு ஸ்கூல் இன்ஸ்பெக்டர் உத்தியோகம். அடிக்கடி அவரை, ஊர் மாத்திடுவா. சிதம்பரத்திலேருந்து திண்டிவனத்துக்கு செப்டம்பர் மாசம் மாத்தலாயி வந்தார். பாதியிலே வந்து இந்த ஸ்கூல் லே சேர்ந்தேன். அதனால தான் என் பேரு கடைசிலே இருக்கு’ என்று விளக்கம் தந்தார்.

அன்பே அருளே புத்தகத்தில் ஸ்ரீ. பரணீதரன் அவர்கள்.

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Message For The Day…Understand Nothing is Yours….

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When you hold a currency note in your hand and say proudly, “This is mine”, that note laughs at you, for it says, “Oh, how many thousands have I known, who have taken pride like this!” Consider all objects that you collect here, in this life, as given on “trust” to be used in this caravanserai, during your pilgrimage in the field of action (Karmakshetra). You have to return them when you leave – they belong to another. The body is but a tent in the journey of life. Don’t fondle the delusion – ‘my body’. Pine for the Indweller, Dehi. Discover the immortal “I” and know that it is the spark of God, present in you. Live in the companionship of the Supreme.

 

sathya sai baba

Hungry Planet: What the World Eats !!!!!….In Pictures !!!!

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Hungry Planet: Bainton Family - UK

The Bainton family from Wiltshire in the UK, who spend around £160 on their weekly food

 

Hungry Planet: Aboubakar Family - Chad

The Aboubakar family from Darfur, Sudan, in the Breidjing refugee camp in Chad. Their weekly food, which feeds six people, costs 79p

 

 

Hungry Planet: Matsuda Family - Japan

The Matsuda family from Yomitan, Japan, who spend £143 a week on groceries

 

Hungry Planet: Ayme Family - Ecuador

The Aymo family of Tingo, Ecuador, with a week’s food that costs £19

 

Hungry Planet: Dudo family - Bosnia

The Dudo family in Sarajevo, Bosnia. Their weekly shopping costs £107

 

Hungry Planet: Namgay Family - Bhutan

The Namgay family from Shingkhey, Bhutan, with a week’s worth of food that costs them around £3.20

 

Hungry Planet: Patkar Family - India

The Patkar family from Madhya Pradesh in India with a week’s worth of food, costing £25

 

Hungry Planet: Revis Family - America

The Revis family from Raleigh in North Carolina. Their weekly shopping costs £219

 

Hungry Planet: Natomo Family - Mali

The Natomo family from Kouakourou, Mali, who spend £16 a week on food

 

Hungry Planet: melander Family - Germany

The Melander family from Bargteheide, Germany, who spend around £320 on a week’s worth of food

 

Californian photographer Peter Menzel visited 24 countries for the book Hungry Planet. From the Aboubakar family, from Darfur, Sudan, who spend 79p feeding four generations, to a German family who spend around £320, his work shows how much the world’s weekly groceries cost…

 source::::guardian.co.uk
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Message For The Day…God Gives What You Want !!!

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You must pay attention to the small details in your daily life, for devotion (bhakthi) is not just a pose one strikes. It is a series of little acts, directed by the attitude of reverence for Divinity in all beings. Watch for the lie that lurks on the tongue, the violence that lurks behind your fist, the ego that lurks stealthily behind a deed. Restrain them before they grow into habits and settle down as character to thwart your destiny. God is like a shopkeeper who has a store full of all the things that you need in your life. If you, as customer, go to the shop and ask for a towel, can the shopkeeper hand out a shirt? God is like that, He hands out exactly what you ask for. Material things are not at all important. Discriminate and ask God for Devotion (Bhakthi) and Spiritual Wisdom (Jnana).

 

Sathya Sai Baba

Interview For A Job…..ON the Lighter Side !!!!

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Very Funny Job Interview Conversation

Communication engineering from Rolex Institute of Technology.

Interviewer : Rolex Institute of Technology? I had never heard of this college before!
Candidate : Great! Even I had not heard of it before getting an admission into it ..
What happened is due to U18 Football world cup, I scored badly in School Level.I was getting a paid seat in a good college. But my father said ‚ I can not invest so much of money‚ So I had to join this college. Frankly speaking this name Rolex Institute of Technology.

Interviewer: ok, ok. It seems you have taken 6 years to complete your engineering.
Candidate : Actually I tried my best to finish it in 4 years. But you know, these cricket matches and football world cup, and tennis tournaments. It is difficult to concentrate. So I flunked in 2nd and 3rd year. So in all I took 4 + 2 = 7 years.

Interviewer: But 4+2 is 6.
Candidate: Oh, is it ? You know I always had KT in maths. But I will try to keep this in mind. 4+2 is 6, good, thanks. These Football matches really affect exams a lot.. I think they should ban it .

Interviewer : Good to know that you want Football matches to be banned.
Candidate : No, no I am talking about Exams!!

Interviewer: Ok, What is your biggest achievement in life?
Candidate : Obviously, completing my Engineering. My mom never thought I would complete it . In fact, when I flunked in 3rd year, she was looking for a job for me in BEST through some relative.

Interviewer : Do you have any plans of higher study?
Candidate: he he he.. Are you kidding? Completing lower education itself was so much of pain!!

Interviewer : Let’s talk about technical stuff. On which platforms have you worked?
Candidate : Well, I work at SEEPZ, so you can say Lords is my current platforms. Earlier I was at Manchester. So Manchester was my platform then. As you can see I have experience of different platforms! ( Lords and Manchester are the places in UK)

Interviewer : And which languages have you used?
Candidate : English. By the way, I can keep quiet in German, French, Russian and many other languages.

Interviewer: Why VC is better than VB?
Candidate : It is a common sense C comes after B. So VC is a higher version than VB. I heard very soon they are coming up with a new language VD!

Interviewer: Do you know anything about Assembly Language?
Candidate: Well, I have not heard of it . But I guess, this is the language our ministers and MPs use in assembly.

Interviewer : What is your general project experience?
Candidate : My general experience about projects is most of the times they are in pipeline!

Interviewer: Can you tell me about your current job?
Candidate: Sure, Currently I am working for Bata Info Tech ltd. Since joining BIL, I am on Bench. Before joining BIL, I used to think that Bench was another software like Windows.

Interviewer : Do you have any project management experience?
Candidate: No, but I guess it shouldn’t be difficult. I know Word and Excel. I can talk a lot. I know how to dial for International phone call and use speaker facility. And very important I know few words like Showstoppers , hot fixes’, SEI-CMM’, quality’, version control’, deadlines’ , Customer Satisfaction’ etc. Also I can blame others for my mistakes!

Interviewer: What are your expectations from our company?Candidate : Not much.
 source::::: input from a friend of mine
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Message For The Day….With Ego In You, God is Invisible !!!!

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So long as you have a trace of ego in you, you cannot see the Lord clearly. Ego is the curtain which even noble saints ask the Lord to remove from their minds. Egoism will be destroyed, if you constantly tell yourself, “Ït is He, not I”. “He is the force, I am but the instrument.” Keep His Name always on the tongue, contemplate His glory whenever you see or hear anything beautiful or grand; see in everyone the Lord Himself. Do not talk ill of others, see only good in them. Welcome every chance to help, console and to encourage others along the spiritual path. Be humble. Never become proud of your wealth, status, authority, learning or caste. Dedicate all your physical possessions, mental skills and intellectual attainments to the service of the Lord and His Glory.

 Sathya Sai Baba

 

You Can Not Multiply The Wealth by Dividing It !!!

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When the reward is great, the effort to succeed is great,

but when government takes all the reward away,

no one will try or want to succeed !!!

An economics professor at a local college made a statement that he had never failed a single student before, but had recently failed an entire class. That class had insisted that socialism worked and that no one would be poor and no one would be rich, a great equalizer.

The professor then said, “OK, we will have an experiment in this class on Socialist’s plan”. All grades will be averaged and everyone will receive the same grade so no one will fail and no one will receive an A…. (substituting grades for dollars – something closer to home and more readily understood by all).

After the first test, the grades were averaged and everyone got a B. The students who studied hard were upset and the students who studied little were happy. As the second test rolled around, the students who studied little had studied even less and the ones who studied hard decided they wanted a free ride too so they studied little.

The second test average was a D! No one was happy.

When the 3rd test rolled around, the average was an F.

As the tests proceeded, the scores never increased as bickering, blame and name-calling all resulted in hard feelings and no one would study for the benefit of anyone else.

To their great surprise, ALL FAILED and the professor told them that socialism would also ultimately fail because when the reward is great, the effort to succeed is great, but when government takes all the reward away, no one will try or want to succeed.

These are possibly the 5 best sentences you’ll ever read and all applicable to this experiment:

1. You cannot legislate the poor into prosperity by legislating the wealthy out of prosperity.

2. What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving.

3. The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else.

4. You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it!

5. When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work because somebody else is going to get what they work for, that is the beginning of the end of any nation.

source:Mr.Rajendra Deshpande& Mr.A.V.Ramanathan

 

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