A recent photograph of an Iranian father and his young son posted to the popular “Humans of New York” Facebook page caught the attention of US President Barack Obama.
In the original post, the Iranian father wrote about how he knew he was “raising a humanitarian” when he realised his then-5-year-old son had given away two pounds of fresh apricots on their walk home. In his subsequent comment, Obama called it an “inspirational story.”
“One of the most fulfilling things that can happen to you as a parent is to see the values you’ve worked to instill in your kids start to manifest themselves in their actions,” he said. “And this one really resonated with me.”
Obama’s comment from the White House account, signed “-bo,” is below:
Part of Obama’s gung-ho support for the nuclear deal is the bet that the country’s citizens will lead it down a more moderate path by the time its provisions expire 10-15 years down the road. Obama alluded to this sentiment in his post.
“I’m going to continue doing whatever I can to make this world a place where he and every young person like him can live up to their full potential,” Obama wrote.
The original post is below:
“Today’s his tenth birthday. He’s a very emotional young man. He likes to solve other people’s problems. One time when he was five years old, he came with me to the store and we bought two pounds of fresh apricots. I let him carry the bag home. He walked a little bit behind me the entire way. After awhile, I asked him to hand me an apricot. ‘I can’t,’ he said. ‘I’ve given them all away.’ I knew then that I was raising a humanitarian.”
Some of us just can’t make it through a day without our cup of coffee, and I can’t say it’s hard to see why. People call coffee “the fuel of the modern man” as a joke, but it’s not really too far form the truth. Take a look at any office during the morning hours and the majority of people will be drinking coffee. While I also love tea, there is still much to be said about the benefits and the facts you never knew about coffee:
Your body doesn’t need coffee when you wake up.
We naturally produce a hormone called cortisol which has a very similar effect to caffeine. This hormone is made at certain times of the day based on our circadian rhythm. It’s important to identify the best time to drink your coffee so you can enjoy its maximum efficacy.
Coffee isn’t as dehydrating as people think.
Caffeine was once thought to be a significant diuretic, but it’s really not true unless it’s consumed in large quantities. In fact, studies have shown that urine output isn’t significantly changed when a person drinks a caffeinated drink or a non-caffeinated drink. So as long as you enjoy your coffee in normal amounts, there’s no reason to fear dehydration.
The “powers” of coffee were discovered by goats.
According to legend, Ethiopian shepherds were the first to notice the caffeinating effects of coffee. They were herding their goats in the area where the coffee plants grow, and noticed their goats started “dancing” after eating coffee berries.
Coffee can lead to a longer and healthier life.
Coffee has lots of antioxidants that help our body fight chemicals called “free radicals”. Thanks to that, coffee drinkers are at a lower risk of diseases such as Parkinson’s, Type II Diabetes, and certain heart problems. However, coffee drinkers are also more likely to have unhealthy habits such as smoking and drinking alcohol. The study shown above has been adjusted to show what could happen if these other factors weren’t in effect.
Coffee contains important nutrients.
A single cup of coffee contains 11% of the daily recommended amount of vitamin B2, 6% for vitamin B5, 3% of Manganese and Potassium, and much more. As long as you drink good coffee, with no added chemicals or too much sugar, you’re doing your body a favor.
Coffee can help you burn fat.
Studies have proved that caffeine can increase your metabolism by 3 to 11%. It’s one of the few natural chemicals that has the power to encourage the process of burning fat.
All of the coffee is grown in the “The Coffee Belt.”
All the regions that have the conditions needed for coffee growing are located in The Coffee Belt. The plants require lots of sunshine and warmth and the tropical belt has plenty of those.
There’s a reason why iced coffee is more expensive
The resources needed for iced coffee are more numerous and more expensive than your regular coffee drink. From plastic cups, extra napkins, double brewing, and extra electricity power to make it all work. Those things add up, and so establishments charge more for their iced drinks.
Caffeine is a crystal.
The true form of caffeine isn’t liquid but rather tiny 0.0016-inch crystals. As small as they are, they still have a powerful energizing effect on us.
Coffee beans were once red berries.
It takes as little as ten minutes for you to start feeling the effects of caffeine after you take a sip of coffee. It’s one of the fastest effecting foods we eat and drink!
Coffee can help prevent dementia and Alzheimer’s.
Several studies have shown that people who drink coffee are up to 65% less likely to get Alzheimer’s disease, and, as a result, are also less likely to suffer from dementia.
The most expensive coffee on Earth is made from poop.
The most expensive coffee types in the worlds are made from beans that have been digested. Black Ivory costs $50 per cup and is made from elephant poo. Luwak, aka civet, coffee is made by feeding coffee beans to mongoose, it costs $160 per pound.
Coffee is great for your liver.
People who drink four cups of coffee a day are 80% less likely to develop cirrhosis, a condition that develops from several diseases affecting the liver. However, four cups of coffee are a lot so don’t drink that much, even at smaller amounts coffee can still help protect your liver.
Coffee houses were once banned in England.
In 1675, King Charles II banned coffee shops and issued closing warrants, because he thought people were meeting in coffee houses to conspire against him.
Caffeine improves your performance when working out.
Another benefit of caffeine is that it increases your levels of adrenaline and releases fatty acids from fat tissues. This leads to better physical performances by those who consume caffeine before working out.
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Natarajan
Those red berries in the picture are the coffee berries, they grow on trees and from them we get the coffee beans we need to make our favored drink.
ராணி மைந்தன் எழுதிய, ‘சாவி – 85’ நூலிலிருந்து: பக்தவத்சலம் அப்போது தமிழக முதல்வராக இருந்தார். பதவியை துறந்து, கட்சி பணியாற்ற வேண்டும் என்ற, ‘காமராஜர் திட்ட’த்தின் கீழ், முதல்வர் பதவியில் இருந்து காமராஜர் விலகிய பின், முதல்வராக பொறுப்பேற்றார் பக்தவத்சலம். ‘தமிழக மக்களிடையே நல்ல பண்புகளும், பழக்க வழக்கங்களும் வளர வேண்டுமானால், நம் புராண இதிகாசக் கதைகளை கதாகாலட்சேபம், நாடகம் வாயிலாக, பட்டி தொட்டியெங்கும் பரப்பும் முயற்சிகளை மேற்கொள்ள வேண்டும்…’ என்ற யோசனையை, திருவையாற்றில் வெளியிட்டார் முதல்வர் பக்தவத்சலம்.
டில்லியில், காமராஜருடன் தங்கியிருந்த போது, பக்தவத்சலம் கூறிய இந்த யோசனை பற்றி சாவி குறிப்பிட்டு, ‘இதற்கு நீங்கள் தான் முயற்சி எடுக்க வேண்டும்…’ என்று கேட்டுக் கொண்டார். ‘என்ன செய்யலாங்கறீங்க?’ என்று கேட்டார் காமராஜர்.
‘நீங்க அனுமதி கொடுத்தால், தேனாம்பேட்டை காங்கிரஸ் மைதானத்தில், வாரியார் சுவாமிகளை வைத்து, ராமாயணக் கதை சொல்ல சொல்லலாம்; எஸ்.வி.சகஸ்ரநாமத்தை, அரிச்சந்திரா நாடகம் போடச் சொல்லலாம். அப்புறம், இதை தமிழகம் முழுவதும் கொண்டு போகலாம்…’ என்று, சாவி சொன்ன யோசனை, காமராஜருக்கு ரொம்பவும் பிடித்துப் போயிற்று.
‘சரி, நீங்களே செய்யுங்க; ஒரு கமிட்டி போட்டுக்குங்க…’ என்று, கணமும் தாமதியாமல் அனுமதி வழங்கி விட்டார் காமராஜர்.
சென்னை வந்ததும், இதற்கென ஒரு கமிட்டியை அமைத்தார் சாவி. ‘சத்திய சபா’ என்று பெயர் சூட்டப்பட்டது. அதன் தலைவராக இருக்கச் சம்மதித்தார் காமராஜர். செயலர் பொறுப்பை ஏற்றுக் கொண்டார் சாவி. வாசன் உபதலைவராகவும், ரத்னம் ஐயர், லிப்கோ சர்மா போன்றோர், கமிட்டி அங்கத்தினர்களாகவும் நியமிக்கப்பட்டு, அடுத்த நாளே வேலை வேகமாக ஆரம்பிக்கப்பட்டது.
திட்டமிட்டபடி, காங்கிரஸ் மைதானம் மேடு, பள்ளங்கள் திருத்தப்பட்டு, மின் விளக்குகள் பொருத்தப்பட்டு விழாக் கோலம் பூண்டது. ஏ.வி.எம்.செட்டியார், முகப்பு வாயிலை, பிரபல ஓவியர் சேகரை கொண்டு, அலங்கரித்துக் கொடுத்தார். அவ்வையார் படத்துக்காக உருவாக்கப்பட்ட, மிகப்பெரிய பிள்ளையார் சிலையை, ராமாயணக் கதை நடக்கும் இடத்தில் வைத்துக் கொள்ள அனுமதி வழங்கினார் வாசன்.
பக்தவத்சலம் கொடியேற்றி வைக்க, விழாவைத் துவக்கி வைத்தார், அப்போது சென்னை கவர்னராக இருந்த மைசூர் மகாராஜா. ராமாயணக் கதைகளை, கலகலப்பாக சொல்ல துவங்கினார் வாரியார். தொடர்ந்து, 40 நாட்கள்… இடையிடையே, சகஸ்ரநாமத்தின் நாடகங்கள், தினமும் கூட்டம் அதிகமாகிக் கொண்டே போய், மைதானம் நிரம்பி வழிந்தது. எவ்வளவு பேர் வந்தும் என்ன… கதை கேட்க, காமராஜர் வராமலிருக்கிறாரே என்ற குறை சாவிக்கும், வாரியாருக்கும், மற்ற கமிட்டி அங்கத்தினர்களுக்கும் இருந்தது.
ஒருநாள் திடீரென, ‘இன்று கதை கேட்க காமராஜர் வருகிறார்…’ என்று டெலிபோனில் தகவல் வந்தது.
இதை வாரியாரிடம், சாவி சொல்ல, வாரியாருக்கு மகிழ்ச்சி தாங்கவில்லை. அன்று, அனுமன் ஆற்றல் பற்றி, விஸ்தாரமாகப் பேசினார் வாரியார்…
‘தன்னிடம் எந்தக் காரியத்தை ஒப்படைத்தாலும், அதை வெற்றிகரமாகச் சாதிக்க கூடியவர் அனுமர். காரணம், அவர் ஒரு பிரம்மசாரி. பிரம்மசாரிகள் எப்போதுமே, தங்களிடம் ஒப்படைக்கப்படும் பொறுப்புகளை, வெற்றிகரமாக செய்யக் கூடிய ஆற்றலும், வல்லமையும் பெற்றவர்கள்…’ என்று, அவர் சொல்லிக் கொண்டிருந்த தருணத்தில், அரங்கத்துக்குள் நுழைந்தார் காமராஜர்.
காமராஜர் வரும் திக்கு நோக்கி ஆவலோடு திரும்பிப் பார்த்து, ஆரவாரித்தனர் கூட்டத்தினர். ‘நான் அனுமனைச் சொல்கிறேன்… நீங்கள் யாரை எண்ணி மகிழ்கிறீர்களோ…’ என்று வாரியார், தமக்கே உரிய பாணியில் ஒரு போடு போடவும், கூட்டத்தினர் செய்த ஆரவாரமும், எழுப்பிய கரவொலியும் அடங்க வெகு நேரமாயிற்று!
Chocolate Chip Cookies An old man was lying on his deathbed.
With only hours to live, he suddenly smelt chocolate chip cookies wafting up from the kitchen. Driven on by his favourite smell, he somehow managed to pull himself out of bed, across the floor to the stairs, and slowly down the stairs to the kitchen.
There, the old man’s wife was baking chocolate chip cookies. With his last bit of energy, mustering everything he had left, he reached for a cookie only to get his hand slapped.
“No,” the wife snapped, “these are for the funeral!”
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· Where Have You Been???
A convicted felon was given ten years without parole for his latest crime. After 2 years in jail, he managed to escape. His escape was the lead item on the six o’clock news.
Because he had to be careful, he worked his way home taking little travelled routes, running across deserted fields and taking every precaution he could think of.
Eventually he arrived at his house and he rang the bell. His wife opened the door and bellowed at him, “You good- for-nothing bastard! Where the hell have ya been? You escaped over six hours ago.”
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Key to a Happy Marriage
For those of us “of a certain age” and for you youngsters, well, these days will come soon enough!
Several days ago as I left a meeting I desperately gave myself a personal search. I was looking for my keys. They were not in my pockets. A quick search in the meeting room revealed nothing.
Suddenly I realised I must have left them in the car. Frantically, I headed for the car park. My husband has scolded me many times for leaving the keys in the ignition. My theory is the ignition is the best place not to lose them. His theory is that the car will be stolen.
As I scanned the car park I came to a terrifying conclusion! His theory was right. The car park was empty.
I immediately called the police. I gave them my location, confessed that I had left my keys in the car, and that it had been stolen. Then I made the most difficult call of all, to my husband’s mobile.
“Hello My Love,” I stammered; I always call him “My Love” in times like these. “I left my keys in the car, and it has been stolen.”
There was a long period of silence. I thought the call had disconnected, but then I heard his voice.
He barked, “I dropped you off!”
Now it was my time to be silent. Embarrassed, I said, “Well, please come and get me.”
He retorted, “I will, as soon as I can convince this policeman I have not stolen your car.”
This is what they call, “a senior moment.”
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· Testing Sons-in-law
An old woman had 3 daughters. One day she decided to test her three sons-in-law. One a fine day, she was walking along a lake shore with the first son-in-law.
Purposefully, she fell down in the lake and started yelling for help. The first son-in-law jumped into the water and dragged her out into the shore.
The next day he found a brand new E Class Mercedes in his door steps with the wording, “Thank you! Your Mother-in-law who loves you very much!!”
Another day she went out with her second son-in-law. Purposefully, she fell in the lake and started yelling for help. The second son-in-law, too, jumped into the water and dragged her out, onto the shore.
The next day he found a brand new E-Class Mercedes at his doorstep with the wording, “Thank you! Your Mother-in-law who loves you very much!!”
The third time she was walking with the third son-in-law and she repeated the same. But that guy got scared and ran away without offering any help to her. The poor old lady who wanted to test her sons-in-law drowned and died.
The next day the third son-in-law was surprised to see a new brand new Rolls-Royce waiting at his doorsteps with the following wording, “Thank you very much! Your Father-in-law!”
The heart must yearn for His voice, His form, His flute, His smile, His sport and His pranks. That is the tapas(penance) which is rewarded by His grace. The yearning must be so deep that all body consciousness is lost, the senses are ineffective, and the mind is inactive, the intelligence is at a standstill, and all ideas of duality disappear. The individual sees before him only step after step of Aananda leading him to the highest bliss of merging in the Lord. The culture of Bharath has marked out the guidelines for achieving this bliss. This bliss is the consummation of all sweetness, all the joy, and all the fulfilment derived from all the highest desires. But yet man is struggling to achieve petty things, paltry joys and low desires. When you seek God, you must not be misled into by-paths and mirages. The seeker after gold must cast away brass and other yellow metals which may distract or at times even destroy him.
mage Courtesy: Screengrab taken from YouTube video uploaded by Abbott
In case you’re still wondering whether you should pick up that musical instrument and finally learn how to play it, or read that book you’ve been putting off for later, or even take time out to go travelling, this daadi should be your inspiration.
A lovely new video on YouTube, featuring said daadi and her adorable pota Tipu, will help nudge you towards the goals you’ve shelved for far too long.
The video begins by showing daadi checking the tyre on her grandson’s bicycle. Tipu, meanwhile, has sabotaged the cycle by puncturing the tyre and seems to be avoiding daadi.
When daadi finally gets a hold of him, she drags him out for a bike ride.
“Daadi, please nahi,” he says, walking the cycle. “Arrey tu chal chup chap… darpok kahin ka,” she dismisses him.
“Girne se bahut chot lagegi,” he tries to argue. “Kuch nahi hoga, buddhu, main keh rahin hoon na,” she reassures him.
He tries a few more excuses, none of which hold up against the determined daadi. She ultimately wins this tussle and the coolest thing happens.
We’ll let you watch the video to see what actually transpires between the daadi, pota and their little bicycle. Trust us, you will not be disappointed.
This 13-year-old’s heartfelt and simple answer has touched a nerve around the world. Source: Supplied
WHEN 13-year-old Kinan Masalmeh was asked what to do about the migrant crisis in Europe, his answer summed it up perfectly.
“Please help the Syrians. The Syrians need help now,” he said from outside a train station in Budapest, which has been the scene of chaos in recent days after officials blocked trains out of the country. “Just stop the war and we don’t want to stay in Europe. Just stop the war.”
The simple sentiment — that people don’t want to have to leave their home — cuts to the heart of Europe’s “migrant crisis” that has dominated headlines in recent months, prompting extra spending on security and emergency talks between leaders.
UK Prime Minister David Cameron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have called it the “biggest challenge” facing Europe today, while European Commission’s vice-president Frans Timmermans said it’s an “unprecedented humanitarian and political crisis”.
However, human rights and migration experts warn the dramatic images beamed across our screens and heated emotional debate mask a key fact that is often overlooked — that although the number of refugees and migrants is higher than in previous years, it’s still not beyond Europe’s capacity to cope.
“From the images we see and the number of people we see it seems like the whole world is knocking on the door of Europe,” said the International Organisation for Migration’s Brussels communications manager Ryan Schroeder. “But this is not the case.”
“Comparatively the European Union has the size, the population, the wealth and the resources to handle these increased flows. If Turkey and Lebanon are managing, one would think the EU as a whole can do that as well.”
Aylan Kurdi, left, and his brother Galib Kurdi were found dead on a Turkish beach after the boat they were in sank. They drowned along with their mother Rehan. Picture: Tima Kurdi /The Canadian Press via AP.Source: AP
More than 300,000 refugees and migrants have crossed the Mediterranean Sea into Europe this year, with 200,000 landing in Greece and another 110,000 in Italy, according to the United Nations High Commission for Refugees.
It’s a significant increase from the 219,000 recorded in the whole of 2014 and is the largest displacement of people since World War II. However Human Rights Watch executive director Kenneth Roth said Europe’s “migrant crisis” is a problem “of politics, not capacity”.
“This ‘wave of people’ is more like a trickle when considered against the pool that must absorb it. The European Union’s population is roughly 500 million. The latest estimate of the numbers of people using irregular means to enter Europe this year via the Mediterranean or the Balkans is approximately 340,000. In other words, the influx this year is only 0.068 per cent of the EU’s population. Considering the EU’s wealth and advanced economy, it is hard to argue that Europe lacks the means to absorb these newcomers,” he wrote online.
Comparing Europe to the US, where 11 million undocumented migrants make up 3.5 per cent of the population, he said “fear-mongering” over the dilution of culture has led to the rise of right wing parties, but this shouldn’t detract from the facts of the debate.
“Those moving toward Europe, though numerous, are manageable. The real question confronting Europe’s political leadership is what Europe stands for. What are the values that will guide Europe in a world whose people are not standing still?” he said.
Last year, 51 per cent of refugees were under 18 — the highest figure for more than a decade, the UN reports. Above, a child crosses the Greek-Macedonian border. Picture: AFP.Source: AFP
UK Prime Minister David Cameron announced today Britain has a “moral responsibility” to help refugees, saying they would accept “thousands more” Syrians direct from refugee camps and provide an extra $219 million in aid to Syria.
“We will continue with our approach of taking them from the refugee camps. This provides them with a more direct and safe route to the UK, rather than risking the hazardous journey which has tragically cost so many lives,” he said in Portugal, adding the country will act with “head and heart” to provide refuge.
Leaders in Europe have been scrambling to formulate a response to the situation that has prompted an outpouring of public emotion after pictures of the bodies of young children Aylan and Galip Kurdi were found on a Turkish beach and beamed around the world.
UNHCR estimates there are 19.5 million refugees worldwide. One in every four of these is Syrian which has recently overtaken Afghanistan as the largest source of refugees.
Medicines Sans Fronteirs has warned European leaders need to come up with an improved system for accepting and assisting people before more deaths occur.
The organisation recorded their busiest day ever for search and rescue yesterday with 1658 people rescued in six operations in the water including many women and children.
MSF Emergency Coordinator on the Bourbon Argos Lindis Hurum said they included a young woman who was eight months pregnant and went into labour straight after being rescued.
“Like any father to be, excited and nervous about the birth of his first child, her husband Joseph did not leave her side. The young couple was medically evacuated to allow Senait to deliver her baby safely in Italy. Our team is now anxiously awaiting news of the baby’s arrival.”
குருவாயூரப்பன் மீது நாராயண பட்டத்திரி பாடிய ஸ்தோத்திரம் நாராயணீயம். இதை கிருஷ்ண
ஜெயந்தியான இன்று படிப்பதன் மூலம் நினைத்தது நடக்கும்.
* மஹா விஷ்ணுவே! கிருஷ்ணா! வேதங்களால் போற்றப்படுபவனே! ஆனந்த வடிவானவனே! கோபியரின் மனத்தில் இருப்பவனே! என் துன்பம் நீங்க வணங்குகிறேன்.
* மும்மூர்த்திகளில் சிறந்தவனே! சர்வேஸ்வரனே! கருமை நிறக் கண்ணா! மந்திர சாஸ்திரங்களில் எங்கும் நிறைந்திருப்பவன் நீயே என்று கூறப்பட்டுள்ளது. உன்னை ஆதிசங்கரரும் போற்றி வணங்கிஉள்ளார். அந்த திருப்பாதங்களைப் போற்றுகிறேன்.
* தேவாதி தேவனே! அனைவருக்கும் உயிராக விளங்கும் கிருஷ்ணனே! உண்மையில்லாதவற்றில் ஆசை கொண்டு துன்பம் அடையும் மனிதன், உன்னை வணங்கினால் எல்லா இன்பமும் அடைவான். அவ்வாறு அருள் செய்ய வேண்டுமென உன்னை வணங்குகிறேன்.
* எங்கும் நிறைந்த பரம்பொருளே! உடல், மனம், மொழியால் இந்த பூமியில் எதையெல்லாம்
செய்கிறேனோ அனைத்தையும் உன்னிடம் சமர்ப்பிக்கிறேன். உன் திருவடியில் சரணடைகிறேன்.
* உன்னிடம் சரணடைந்தவர்கள் எல்லா செயல்களிலும் வெற்றி பெறுவர். தேவாதி தேவனே! அப்படிப்பட்ட நல்லவர்களின் தொடர்பு எப்போதும் கிடைக்கட்டும். அவர்களுடைய நல்ல வார்த்தையால் பாவம் நீங்கி பக்தி பெருகட்டும்.
* ஜகந்நாதப் பெருமாளே! ஹரியே! பஞ்சபூதம், பிர பஞ்சம், பறவை, மீன், விலங்கு, தாவரம் என எல்லாவற்றையும், நண்பர், எதிரியையும் கூட, உன்னுடைய வடிவமாகவே கண்டு மகிழ்கிறேன்.
* பெருமானே! உன்னிடத்தில் மனம் ஒன்றி விட்டதால், வழக்கமான பசி, தாகம் மறந்து விட்டது. கண நேரமும் உன்னை மறவாமல் செயல்களில் ஈடுபாடு கொண்டுள்ளேன். மனதில் சிறிதும் தளர்ச்சி இப்போது இல்லை. உன் அருளால், மகிழ்ச்சியோடு எங்கும் உலாவுகிறேன்.
* பெருமாளே! கலியுகத்தில் உன் பெயரைச் சொன்னாலும், உன்னைப் பற்றிப் பாடினாலும் கூட போதும்! உன் அருளைப் பெற்று விடலாம். இப்படி ஒரு வாய்ப்பு இருப்பதால் எல்லாரும் இந்த யுகத்தில் பிறக்க ஆசைப்படுகின்றனர். பாக்கிய வசத்தால் இந்த கலியுகத்தில் பிறந்த என்னை ஏற்றுக் கொள்வாய்!
* வாசுதேவா புருஷோத்தமா! கங்கையில் நீராடுதல், கீதை வாசித்தல், காயத்ரி மந்திரம் சொல்லுதல், துளசி அணிவித்தல், கோபி சந்தனம் அணிதல், சாளக்கிராம பூஜை, ஏகாதசி விரதம், ஓம் நமோ நாராயணாய என்ற மந்திரம் இவை எட்டும் உன் அருளுக்கு வழிவகுக்கும். இந்த எட்டு வழிகளிலும் என்னை ஈடுபடுத்தி நல்லருள் புரிய வேண்டும்.
Teachers should regard their vocation as a sacred duty. They have the responsibility to mould the future generations of young students by what they teach, referencing practical examples from the lives of illustrious leaders. Teachers should inspire, and be an example by the way they live outside the classroom. Educational institutions have the responsibility to give to society well educated persons who are competent, who possess integrity and who can be relied upon to serve society with devotion and competence. What gives education its true value and significance is its moral and spiritual content. If teachers dedicate themselves to this noble cause, students will not go astray. I hope teachers will devote themselves to their duties with greater vigour and enthusiasm, and bring about a transformation in the students so that they become useful and worthy citizens.
Ujiyaro Bai, a tribal woman from Pondi village in Madhya Pradesh will be addressing the UN World Forestry Congress in South Africa. Ujiyaro has been the force behind leading a movement against tree logging in MP since the past 7 years. Here’s more.
Ujiyaro Bai, a tribal woman from Madhya Pradesh has spent several years working for the conservation of forests in the state. She has been leading the residents of Pondi village, inspiring them to do their bit in making sure that the green covers around them do not recede.
And finally her hard work is getting the recognition it deserves. Ujiyaro has been invited to attend the World Forestry Congress (WFC) to be held from September 7 to 11 in Durban, South Africa.
Ujiyaro, who belongs to the Baiga tribe, started her fight to save forests, seven years back. This was after she saw markings on some trees during her regular visit to the village for collecting leaves. Disturbed by the fact that the trees will be logged, she waited at the location and raised an alarm when some contractors started logging. She called in all the villagers. Since then she has dedicated her life to preserve the natural forests around the Baiga Chakka belt.
Her efforts soon picked up pace when other women got inspired by her work and started an awareness drive to save the trees and warn people about forest fires.
The 2015 WFC will bring many foresters and forest supporters together from around the world, and Ujiyaro will get a chance to share her views with them. The theme this year is Forest and People which will focus on “investing in a Sustainable Future”.Here’s more about the event.
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