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” Maha Periva Establishes Supremacy of Gayathri …. Gayathri establishes Supremacy of Maha Periva! What a complimentary Divine gesture!! “

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Gayathri Rajagopal  thro periva.proboards.com
“Maha Periva 
Establishes Supremacy of Gayathri 
Gayathri establishes Supremacy of Maha Periva! 
What a complimentary Divine gesture!! “

I have narrated many of my miracles of Maha Periva through my weekly post through Periva Forum. Some of them are breath taking and many of them are beyond science and perception. I narrate below one such miracle of Maha Periva, which will definitely make you feel, out of the world. The miracle happened on 23 November 2015.

Periva instructed me, to start chanting Gayathri Mantram of 108 per day. Subsequently, Periva instructed me to increase 300 per day. Again, after few days, Periva ordered me to chant 500 per day. Though, I found it difficult to comply the instructions of Maha Periva, I was sure that Periva’s instructions will have some pregnant meaning and definite purpose and hence, I used to follow the instructions, without any second thought. I started chanting 500 Gayathri Mantram per day.

I could understand that Periva was definitely having a specific purpose for his instructions to me, which I realized at the end of this post. Again, Maha Periva instructed me, to chant Gayathri Mantram 1000 per day. I was not worried about this impossible task of chanting 1000 per day. This, I am mentioning because I have to manage the entire house in spite of my ailment of paralytic stoke. Even, recovery from stoke is because of Maha Periva only. The regular readers of my articles know the entire divine clinical process of Maha Periva and how Periva executed his divine treatment in my recovery.

A week gone and Maha Periva very gently and softly gave me the assignment to chant 2000 Gayathri Mantram per day. You all know how I pleaded Periva by expressing my difficulties and how my plea was handled by Periva and made me to chant successfully 2000 Gayathri Mantram per day. My blind perception of chanting so much per day was disproved by Maha Periva by making me to focus my thoughts, concentration, and conviction only on Gayathri chanting.

Yes! I was successful in chanting 2000 per day within my manageable time schedule. I was comfortable, till Maha Periva gave me further instruction to chant 3500/-Gayathri Mantram per day. I never allowed a stone unturned and was towards this Himalayan task of Chanting Gayathri Mantram 3500/- per day starting from 4.30 in the morning. It continues even today.

O.K. but what is the connection between Gayathri Mantram and cancer?

As I was chanting 3500 Gayathri Mantram every day, one day I, could not chant comfortably because on my left cheek there was a boil inside the wall of the cheek which gave me trouble in chanting Gayathri. Immediately, my wife took me to a dentist for treatment. Doctor was of the opinion that sample of the boil should be sent for biopsy test for suspected cancer detection. However doctor with the help of another dental surgeon removed the boil and put multiple stitches to close the wound.

Myself and my wife were shocked and unmoved for some time. We have returned home and maintained absolute silence for some time. With eyes full of tears, I started chanting Gayathri Mantram without interruption, with pain. Night, before retiring for bed, I went to Maha Periva and cried by asking him why these things are happening only to me? I asked further that if you know that I am going to get cancer then

Why did you call me and bless me with an apple and kumkum, when there was such a huge crowd in 1993?

 Why did you recover me from my paralytic stoke?

 Why did you make me a busy man from the status of “vegetable on the cot?

 Why did you bring back and restore all my lost respect and reputation?

 Why you should save me from severe paralytic stroke by giving treatment at Uttarakhand by make me paying just a paltry money of Rs.5/- against the assumed bill of     Rs.5, 00,000/-.

 Why you should make me to feel that I am travelling safely in your laps though I was travelling in an ambulance during midnight at an altitude of 10000 feet plus at     Himalayas?

 Why did you make me to chant 3500 Gayathri per day in spite of my stoke, which is an impossible task even for a healthy person.

 I asked “Maha Periva”, what is the answer for all my above questions? Even if I have to be affected by cancer because of my karma, please give me peaceful soul     departure because I am prepared for any eventuality. As long as you are with me, I am not worried even for my death.”

As I was very tired because of extreme shock of cancer clubbed with continuous crying with pond of tears, I slept at the feet of Maha Periva without my conscious.

At about 4 ‘o clock in the morning, I could realize that Maha Periva was communicating with me as usual which I give below in his own words.”

Periva “You asked me so much of questions. Understand one thing that every person is facing some problem in the world. You are not the only person who is suffering. However I did so much for you as you listed, but at same time are you not confident that you will be saved by me from this cancer threat also. You go to doctor and you will know, why I was constantly insisting for Gayathri chanting. Even if the report confirms your cancer, I will take care of you in such a way that the cancer does not grow further”

The communication stopped.

On 23rd November 2015, I went to Doctor to receive the report and doctor’s opinion on the report .I was waiting in the waiting hall for my turn to come.

Finally, at about 7.00 P.M. we were called and doctor said that the report confirms cancer. I had my shock of my life and my blood was running cold.

But doctor continued further that the cancer was detected at very early stage and I give below the doctor’s points one by one for your kind reference:

Cancer was detected very early.

 The boils with inner tissues were removed without any traces.

 Type of cancer is “Verrucous Carcinoma”

 I am really lucky enough because this type of cancer does not grow further hence no need for any radio therapy or chemo therapy is required.

 This type of cancer is called “lucky cancer” which affects one in few lakhs.

 Finally doctor confirmed that this is a benign type of cancer and it will not grow further.
“Confirmation,

I am no more a cancer patient  
I am just like a normal person,  

I can lead my life. “

 

How, Maha Periva is Right?

1. Maha Periva insisted me to chant Gayathri Mantram which enabled me to detect pain while chanting and led to cancer detection at an early stage.

2. Periva said even it is cancer it will not grow further and you can be as usual. Doctor’s report and opinion proved that Periva translated his own statement as reality.

3. Periva’s answers to all my questions were proved right.

It is once again confirmed that ,

Periva is Omnipresent 
Omni potent and 
Omniscient 
**** 

I have translated Periva’s communication in my own words, within my limited knowledge and capacity. Every letter and words are a well woven fabric of my feelings. I am sure the fabric of Rajagopal and the fragrance of Maha Periva will give you enormous confidence in leading your life and facing the problem.

Hara Hara Shankara Jaya Jaya Shankara 

 

Source…..Gayathri Rajagopal in http://www.periva.proboards.com

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Message for the Day…” Our Mental tendencies [samskaras] are like Flowing Water …”

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Have the Lord’s name within and the practice of your duty(swadharma) without. Even while engaging in selfless service, let your mind repeat the Lord’s Name. When rains pour on the mountain peaks and the water hurries down on all sides, no river emerges therefrom. However when the waters flow in a single direction, first a brook, then a stream, then a torrent, and finally a river is formed, and the rains reach the sea. Water that runs in one direction reaches the sea; water that flows in four directions soaks in and is lost. Mental tendencies (samskaras) are like this. Of what use are they if they merely come and go, this way today and that way tomorrow? The holy stream of good inborn desires must flow full and steady along the fields of holy thoughts and finally abide in the great ocean of bliss at the moment of death.

Sathya Sai Baba

” If you can keep it for a Day, then Why not Always ….” ?

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The merry season comes and goes, and once the decorations are packed up, presents are opened and the celebrations draw to a close, so does the Christmas spirit, and all the love, thoughtfulness, and unity that it brings. But what is it that discourages us from celebrating this joyous feast all year round? This year, with all my kind greetings and wishes, I would like to send you a reminder about something that is better than the observance of Christmas day, and that is – keeping Christmas.

 

Are you willing…

 

…to forget what you have done for other people,
and to remember what other people have done for you?

 

…to ignore what the world owes you,
and to think what you owe the world?

 

…to put your rights in the background,
and your duties in the middle distance,
and your chances to do a little more than your duty
in the foreground?

Keeping Christmas

Are you willing…

 

…to see that men and women are just as real as you are,
and try to look behind their faces to their hearts,
hungry for joy?

 

…to own up to the fact that probably the only good reason
for your existence is not what you are going to get out of life,
but what you are going to give to life?

 

…to close your book of complaints against the management of the universe, and look around you for a place where
you can sow a few seeds of happiness?

Are you willing to do these things even for a day?
Then you can keep Christmas.

 

Are you willing to stoop down and consider
the needs and desires of little children?

And to remember the weakness and loneliness of people growing old?

Keeping Christmas

Are you willing…

 

…to stop asking how much your friends love you,
and ask yourself whether you love them enough?

 

…to bear in mind the things that other people have to bear in their hearts to try to understand what those who live in the same home with you really want, without waiting
for them to tell you?

Keeping Christmas

Are you willing…

 

…to trim your lamp so that it will give more light and less smoke, and to carry it in front
so that your shadow will fall behind you?

 

…to make a grave for your ugly thoughts, and a garden with an open gate for your kind feelings ?

Keeping Christmas

Are you willing…
…to believe that love is the strongest thing in the world? Stronger than hate, stronger than evil,
stronger than death?
And that the blessed life which began in Bethlehem
1,900 years ago is the image and brightness
of the Eternal Love?

 

Are you willing to do these things, even for a day?

Keeping Christmas

Then you can keep Christmas.

 

And if you can keep it for a day,

why not always?

 

Share this reflection with your loved ones to wish them a happy Christmas, this year, and every day…

Source…….www.ba-bamail.com

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” உலகம் அழிந்துபோகாததற்கு இவர்கள்தான் காரணம்…”

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சென்னை மழை வெள்ளத்தின் தாண்டவம் இன்னும் நம்மை விட்டு நீங்கவில்லை. என்ன நடந்துகொண்டிருக்கிறது என்பதை உணர்வதற்குள் அநேகமாக சென்னையில் இருந்த அனைவரும் இந்தப் பேரிடருக்குள் சிக்கிக்கொண்டு தள்ளாடினோம்; தள்ளாடிக்கொண்டிருக்கிறோம்; தள்ளாடிக்கொண்டுதான் இருக்கிறோம், முற்றிலும் வீழ்ந்துபோய்விடவில்லை. இதற்குக் காரணம் மழை, வெள்ளத் தாண்டவத்தின் உக்கிரத்துக்கு ஈடுகொடுக்கும் வகையில் மனிதநேயத்தைக் காட்டியவர்கள்தான்.

பெரிய பெரிய விஷயத்துக்கெல்லாம் போகத் தேவையில்லை. மழை ஓய்ந்த பிறகு, நீரின் முற்றுகையில் நான்கு நாட்கள் தவித்த பிறகு நண்பர் ஒருவர் மடிப்பாக்கத்தில் மூழ்கிய தனது வீட்டிலிருந்து அலுவலகத்துக்குக் கிளம்பி நடந்துவந்துகொண்டிருக்கிறார். அவர் நடந்து சென்றுகொண்டிருந்தபோது பின்னால் ஒரு கார் வந்து நிற்பதுபோல் தோன்றியிருக்கிறது. திரும்பிப் பார்த்தால் காரிலிருந்து யாரோ ஒருவர் இறங்கிச் செல்வது தெரிந்திருக்கிறது. நண்பர் மேற்கொண்டு தன் வழியைப் பார்த்து நடந்து சென்றிருக்கிறார். கார் ஹாரன் சத்தம் கேட்டிருக்கிறது. நண்பர் ஓரமாக நடக்க முயன்றிருக்கிறார். அவரைச் சற்றுக் கடந்து பக்கவாட்டில் வந்து நின்றிருக்கிறது கார்.

கார்காரர் காரின் ஜன்னலை இறக்கிவிட்டுப் பாதசாரி நண்பரை அழைத்து “எங்கே போகணும் சொல்லுங்க, இறக்கிவிடுகிறேன்” என்றிருக்கிறார். நண்பருக்கு பேச்சே வரவில்லை. காருக்குள் ஏறிப் பின்சீட்டில் அமர்ந்துகொள்கிறார். நம்மிடம் இந்தச் சம்பவத்தை நெகிழ்ச்சியுடன் பகிர்ந்து கொண்டபோது நண்பர் இப்படிச்சொன்னார், “இதுபோன்ற ஒரு உதவியை இதற்கு முன் செய்தது ஒரு மீன்பாடி வண்டிக்காரர்தான். நடு இரவில் குழந்தைகள் மனைவியுடன் பைக்கில் சென்றுகொண்டிருந்தபோது பெட்ரோல் இல்லாமல் வண்டி நின்றுவிட, என்ன செய்வதென்று நின்றுகொண்டிருந்தபோது அந்த வழியே வந்த மீன்பாடிக்காரர் தானாகவே வந்து, என்ன விஷயம் என்று கேட்டு உதவி செய்தார். அடித்தட்டு மக்கள் எப்போதும் அப்படித்தான். அதில் எந்த அதிசயமும் இல்லை.

ஆனால், மேல்தட்டு வர்க்கத்தைச் சேர்ந்த ஒருவர் தானாக லிஃப்ட் கொடுக்கும் அதிசயத்தை நிகழ்த்தியது இந்த மழை, வெள்ளம்தான். காரில் உட்கார்ந்த பிறகுதான் உணர்ந்தேன், எனக்கு முன்னாலும் அவர் ஒருவருக்கு லிஃப்ட் கொடுத்து இறக்கி விட்டிருக்கிறார்.”

காரில் லிஃப்ட் கொடுப்பது ஒரு சிறிய விஷயமாகத் தோன்றலாம். ஆனால், இந்த மழை, வெள்ளம் சமூகத்தின் மூலை முடுக்குகளிலெல்லாம் பாய்ந்து, அதன் உள்ளே புதைந்துபோயிருந்த பரிவுணர்வையெல்லாம் எந்த அளவுக்கு வெளிக்கொண்டு வந்திருக்கிறது என்பதற்கு ஒரு பருக்கை பதம் இது.

சிறிய அளவில் இப்படியென்றால் பெரிய அளவில் எத்தனையோ பேர் என்னவெல்லாமோ செய்து, ஏதும் செய்ய முடியாத நிலையில் இருப்பவர்களையெல்லாம் குற்றவுணர்வு கொள்ளவும் வைத்திருக்கிறார்கள். இவர்களில் பெரும்பாலானோரும் முகமற்றவர்கள். அதாவது, சமூகத்தால் அறியப்படாதவர்கள் என்பதுதான் மகத்தான செய்தி. உதவி செய்ய வந்தவர்களின் முகத்தில் மனிதம் என்ற ஸ்டிக்கரைத் தவிர வேறு ஏதும் ஒட்டப்பட்டிருக்கவில்லை என்பதை நாம் கவனித்தாக வேண்டும். முகம் தெரிந்த மனிதர்களுக்குச் சளைக்காமல் முகம்தெரியாத மனிதர்கள் எத்தனையோ பேர் எவ்வளவோ உதவிகளைச் செய்து தமிழக, இந்திய மக்களை மட்டுமல்ல உலகத்தினரையே வியப்பில் ஆழ்த்தியிருக்கிறார்கள்.

அடையாறுக்குப் பக்கத்தில் மழை, வெள்ளத்தால் மோசமாக பாதிக்கப் பட்டிருக்கும் பகுதியொன்றில் ஒருவர் தனது முகத்தில் துணியைக் கட்டிக்கொண்டு, பெரிய பாத்திரத்தில் சூடாகப் பால் காய்ச்சிக்கொண்டு, தண்ணீரில் கவனமாக நடந்துசென்று சிறுவர்களுக்கும் குழந்தைகளுக்கும் விநியோகித்திருக்கிறார். அவர் யார் என்ன என்று கேட்டதற்கு, “அதெல்லாம் முக்கியமில்லாத விஷயம், நான் போய் இன்னும் பால் எடுத்துவருகிறேன்” என்று சொல்லிவிட்டுப் போயிருக்கிறார். மனிதத்துக்கு சாதி, மதம், மொழி மட்டுமல்ல முகமும் கிடையாது என்பதை அவர் நிரூபித்துவிட்டிருக்கிறார்.

இதுவரை ஊடகங்களிலும் சமூக ஊடகங்களிலும் வெளிவராத தியாகம் அடுத்த நபருடையது. இன்னொரு நண்பர் சொன்ன தகவல். சாலையை மூழ்கடித்த வெள்ளத்தில் காரில் அவர் போய்க்கொண்டி ருந்தபோது ஒரு முஸ்லீம் பெரியவர் நடுச் சாலையில் கையில் ஒரு செடியைப் பிடித்துக்கொண்டு நின்றிருக்கிறார். இறங்கி என்னவென்று விசாரித்த அந்த நண்பருக்குக் கண்கலங்கிவிட்டது.

சாலையின் அந்த இடத்தில் ஒரு குழி ஏற்பட்டுவிட்டது என்றும், யாரும் அதற்குள் விழுந்துவிடக் கூடாது என்பதால் அடையாளத் துக்காகச் செடியைப் பிடித்துக்கொண்டு நிற்கிறேன் என்றும் அந்த முஸ்லீம் பெரியவர் சொல்லியிருக்கிறார். ஊன்றிவிட்டு நீங்கள் போயிருக்கலாமே என்று நண்பர் கேட்டதற்கு, ஓடும் நீரில் செடி நிற்க மாட்டேன் என்கிறது, அதனால்தான் அதைப் பிடித்துக்கொண்டு நிற்கிறேன் என்று அந்த முஸ்லீம் பெரியவர் சொல்லியிருக்கிறார். அதுமட்டுமல்ல நண்பர்களே, அடுத்து வரும் விஷயம் தான் நம்மை மிக மிக அற்பர்களாகவும், அந்த முஸ்லீம் பெரியவரை மகாத்மாவாகவும் ஆக்குகிறது.

நண்பரிடம் அந்தப் பெரியவர் இப்படிச் சொல்லியிருக்கிறார், ‘கடந்த நான்கு மணி நேரமா நான் இப்படி நின்னுக்கிட்டிருக்கேன். யாராச்சும் பார்த்துக்குவாங்கனு அப்படியே விட்டுட்டுப் போவ மனசே வரல.”

அந்தப் பெண்மணியின் வீட்டை வெள்ளம் முழுவதுமாக மூழ்கடித்துவிட்டது. கணவர், குழந்தைகளெல்லாம் எங்கெங்கோ தங்கவைக்கப்பட்டிருக்கின்றனர். அலுவலகம் ஒன்றில் துப்புரவுப் பணியைச் செய்துவருபவர் அவர். எல்லாவற்றையும் இழந்திருக்கும் நிலையில் அப்படியே சும்மா இருந்துவிட முடியுமா? பிழைப்பு நடத்தியாக வேண்டுமல்லவா! அலுவலகம் வந்துகொண்டிருக்கிறார்.

வேலை முடிந்த பின் எங்கே செல்வீர்கள் என்று அவரிடம் கேட்டதற்கு, “வீட்டுக்குத்தான்” என்று பதில் வந்தது. இந்த நிலையில் வீட்டுக்கு ஏன் செல்ல வேண்டும் என்று கேட்டால், “பாவங்க, ஏழு தெருநாய்களுக்கு நான்தான் சோறு போட்டு வளக்குறேன். நான் இல்லாட்டி அதுங்க அவ்வளவுதான். அதுங்களுக்காக நான் அங்க போய்த்தானே ஆவணும்.”

அதே போல் ஹிப்ஹாப் தமிழன் பகிர்ந்துகொண்ட செய்தி இது: “வெள்ளத்தால் அதிகம் பாதிக்கப்பட்ட கோட்டூர்புரம்-ஆர்.ஏ.புரம் பகுதிக்கு நடுவில்தான் இருக்கிறது எங்கள் அலுவலகம். 5 நாட்களாக இங்கு மின்சாரமோ தொலைத்தொடர்போ இல்லாததால் என்ன நடக்கிறது என்றுகூட தெரிந்துகொள்ள முடியாத சூழல். நாங்கள் வசிக்கும் தெருவில் மட்டும் நீர் தேக்கம் சற்று குறைவு.

சரி தப்பித்துவிட்டோமே, கிளம்பிவிடலாமா என நினைத்துத் தெருமுனைக்குச் சென்றால், எங்கள் அலுவலகத்தில் வேலை பார்க்கும் பணிப்பெண் விஜயா அக்கா ஒரு பெரிய பாத்திரத்தில் தன்னிடம் இருந்த அனைத்துப் பொருள்களையும் சமைத்துக்கொண்டிருக்கிறார். “தம்பி ஏரியா பூரா தண்ணிபா, நம்ம ஸ்டூடியோல இருக்குற தண்ணி கேனை எடுத்துக் குடுத்துறலாமா” எனக் கேட்கிறார். இதில் அவர் மகளுக்கு 1 வாரமாக டைஃபாய்டு வேறு. செருப்பால் அடித்ததுபோல் இருந்தது. யார் இவர்? எதற்காக இந்தச் சமூகத்திற்கு இவ்வளவு செய்ய வேண்டும்? இதில் நாம் வேறு கோவை கிளம்பிவிடலாமா என யோசித்திருக்கிறோமே. ச்சீ என்று தோன்றியது.’

இவர்கள் மட்டுமல்ல. ஒட்டுமொத்த சமூகத்தாலும் தினசரி சூறையாடப்பட்டுக்கொண்டிருக்கும் வாழ்வு பாலியல் தொழிலில் ஈடுபடுத்தப்பட்டிருக்கும் பெண்களுடையது. ஆனால், அந்த நிலையிலும் மகாராஷ்டிரத்தைச் சேர்ந்த பாலியல் தொழிலாளர்கள் ஒரு நாள் பட்டினி கிடந்து சென்னைக்கு நிவாரணமாக ஒரு லட்சம் அனுப்பியிருக்கிறார்கள். சமூகத்தால் கொஞ்சம் கூட பொருட்படுத்தப்படாதவர்கள் நரிக்குறவர் இன மக்கள். இந்நிலையில் அவினாசியைச் சேர்ந்த நரிக்குறவர்கள் வெள்ள நிவாரணத்துக்காக 100 பாய்களை வழங்கியிருக்கிறார்கள்.

இருப்பவர் கொடுப்பதைவிட இல்லாதவர்கள் கொடுப்பது அளவில் எவ்வளவு சிறிதானாலும் மதிப்பில் கோடி கோடி மடங்கு உயர்ந்தது என்பதைப் பாலியல் தொழிலாளிகளும் நரிக்குறவர்களும் நிரூபித்திருக்கிறார்கள். எல்லோருக்குள்ளும் ‘மகாத்மா’ குணம் உறைந்திருக்கிறது. ஆனால், அதை உசுப்பிவிட்டு உயிர் கொடுத்திருப்பது இவர்கள் மட்டும்தான். ஆகவே, இவர்களை ‘மகாத்மாக்கள்’ என்று அழைப்பதில் எந்தத் தவறுமில்லை.

சென்னை வீழ்ந்துபோகாததற்கு மட்டுமல்ல, உலகம் இன்னும் அழிந்துபோகாததற்கும் இந்த மகாத்மாக்கள்தான் காரணம். ஏனென்றால், இன்னொரு மகாத்மா இப்படிச் சொல்லியிருக்கிறார்: “இன்று உலகில் எண்ணற்ற மக்கள் உயிரோடிருக்கிறார்கள் என்றால் அதன் பொருள், உலகம் தொடர்வது ஆயுத பலத்தினால் அல்ல. மாறாக உண்மை அல்லது அன்பு ஆகியவற்றின் பலத்தினால்தான் என்று பொருள். இத்தனை யுத்தங்கள் நடந்த பின்னரும் உலகம் அழியவில்லை என்பதே இந்த சக்திகளின் மறுக்க முடியாத வெற்றி.”

Source…….www.tamil.thehindu.com

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How two IAF pilots saved the day….

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In a precarious mission, Wing Commander Charles Simon and Squadron Leader S Venkatramanan and crew rescued a woman in the final stage of pregnancy from atop a water tank in Chennai. She delivered twins the next day!

Archana Masih/Rediff.com spoke to the pilots about that dramatic day.

IAF pilots C Simon and R Venkatramanan

IMAGE: Wing Commander Charles Simon and Squadron Leader S Venkatramanan rescued the pregnant lady from atop a water tank in flood-ravaged Chennai.

When Wing Commander Charles Simon and Squadron Leader S Venkatramanan launched their Cheetah helicopter from the Tambaram Air Force base on December 3, they had no idea what lay ahead that day.

Chennai had received its worst rainfall in 100 years on December 1-2 and the two Indian Air Force pilots along with several other helicopter pilots had been flying rescue missions from sunrise to sunset since December 1.

In the five days of the Chennai deluge, WinCo Simon and Sqn Ldr Venkat flew 30 sorties and did 36 rescues — but what they did on day 3 was not only unusual and praiseworthy but humanly touching.

With all communication lines broken down, the pilots received instructions from their operational control centre to rescue a young woman in the final stage of pregnancy. She was marooned on the roof of her home.

Armed only with approximate GPS coordinates, the pilots flew out in search of the pregnant woman. But what they encountered was a sea of houses with 10 to 12 people atop each roof.

 

It was the proverbial needle in a haystack kind of situation.

The Air Force men who rescued a pregnant woman in Chennai rains

IMAGE: The pilots with Corporal Arun Singh, left, and Corporal Rahul Kumar, right, who were part of the rescue team.

“We literally flew roof-to-roof in search of her. Since the sound of the chopper drowns all other sounds, we had to communicate in sign language with people on the roofs,” says Wing Commander Simon, a Category-A flying instructor at the IAF’s Flying Instructors School.

The very best of pilots make it to Category-A; they are entrusted with the task of training future instructors.

“There were around 1,000 people on different terraces and it was hard to spot her. We were circling for 10, 15 minutes and it seemed there was no hope of finding her,” adds co-pilot Squadron Leader Venkatramanan, a Chennai native who will complete ten years in the IAF next week.

“I was on the left side of the chopper and looking at every woman if she had a bump,” he says with good humour on the phone from Chennai.

Just then they spotted Deepthi Velchamy, the lady they had set out to rescue. Since her pregnancy would not permit her to be winched up, the pilots indicated that she be brought to the top of the water tank on the terrace.

Some personnel wearing orange overalls, indicative of the National Disaster Relief Force, were also on the terrace. They put Deepthi in a chair and positioned her on the tank.

The pilots, accompanied by Corporals Arun Singh and Rahul Kumar, meanwhile, circled around and made the approach. As WinCo Simon maouvered the chopper, Sqn Ldr Venkat seated on the side of the water tank, provided vital verbal navigation.

“Left… Left… Lower… Steady… Stop… Stop…” Sqn Ldr Venkat’s instructions must have sounded somewhat like this.

The chopper hovered low, its left skid (the Cheetah has sleigh-like landing gear) gently touched the water tank; its right skid was in the air. Deepthi was helped into the aircraft; tears were running down her face.

Sqn Ldr Venkat gestured to her that all would be okay and ten minutes later, they brought her to the Tambaram Air Base, where an Air Force lady gynaecologist awaited her. According to the rules, rescued civilians are flown to the air base and handed over to the civil administration.

It was here that Deepthi revealed that she was due for delivery that day itself and hers was a complicated case. Her medical papers were not with her and she needed to be urgently admitted to the Ramachandran Hospital that was aware of her medical history.

Since the roads were blocked and water-logged, the pilots were given clearance to airlift her to the hospital. At the medical college hospital, WinCo Simon was lucky to find a basketball court to land the chopper.

Deepthi delivered twin girls the following day. With all communication lines down, her request for rescue was conveyed to the authorities by her concerned sister in America.

Overwhelmed by the circumstances, her husband Karthik told the Press Trust of India, ‘I salute these brave men.’

But the two pilots say they are trained for situations like this.

People waiting to be transported at the air base

IMAGE: Stranded people waiting to be transported to safer places from the Tambaram Air Base.

“Hovering with a skid on a rooftop and with limited reference is challenging,” says WinCo Simon who was part of the team that rebuilt the Car Nicobar Air Force base after the 2004 tsunami.

“It was team work of pilots and crew. We are trained for such ops and the IAF is always geared up for any mission as the situation demands.”

The IAF operated 13 helicopters in torrential rain and marginal weather, flying 195 sorties, airlifting 450 stranded people, including women, infants and senior citizens. They rescued some other pregnant women too. Transport aircraft airlifted 30 National Disaster Relief Force teams, five Indian Army columns and also evacuated 770 stranded civilians.

“Personally, it was a very satisfying task, while professionally every helicopter pilot is trained to accomplish these kind of tasks,” says Sqn Ldr Venkat, who has flown rescue ops in Kashmir in the winter snowfall of 2008-2009.

Wing Commander C A Simon and Squadron Leader R Venkatramanan

IMAGE: WinCo Simon, left, has been involved in rescue and relief ops after the 2004 tsunami in Car Nicobar. Sqn Ldr Venkat, right, flew rescue missions in the Kashmir snowfall of 2008-2009.

“Once you are in the cockpit and start flying, you need all your skills and follow the rules. That is what we keep in mind while flying without getting too emotional about what we achieve,” he adds.

Both the pilots have done stints with the UN Peacekeeping Mission in Congo and are the first ones in their families to join the armed forces. They are quite surprised with the interest their mission has elicited, and attribute it to a video that one onlooker shot and uploaded on YouTube.

“My parents were quite thrilled because I am the only one in the family to make to the TV news,” laughs Sqn Ldr Venkat.

After the IAF wound down its ops in Chennai, the two pilots visited the hospital to meet the new mother and twin girls. They carried two bouquets on behalf of Air Chief Marshal Arup Kumar Raha. Since the babies were in the ICU, they could not see them, but were inundated with thank yous from the family.

“Saving somebody’s life is unparalleled,” says Wing Commander Simon, “It is something that will last a lifetime.”

 

Archana Masih / Rediff.com

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Message for the Day…” Avoid evil deeds, hateful and harmful thoughts, and don’t get attached to the world”

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The net result of all this living and toiling is whatever comes to memory at the last moment of life. Therefore direct the entire current of life towards acquisition of the mental tendency (samskara) that you want to have during the last moment. The feeling that dominates the moment of death works with great force in the coming life. This truth must guide a person for the journey of this life too, for inborn desires are the wherewithal for this journey as well as for the journey after this. Therefore from tomorrow, always keep death, which is inevitable, before the eye of memory and engage yourself in the journey of life with good wishes for all, with strict adherence to truth, seeking always the company of the good, and with the mind always fixed on the Lord. Avoid evil deeds, hateful and harmful thoughts, and don’t get attached to the world. If you live thus, your last moment will be pure, sweet, and blessed.

Sathya Sai Baba

” How One Pair of Chappals Changed the Lives of Two Brothers…”

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Here’s a heartwarming story that will bring home the lesson that the simplest of things in life cannot be taken for granted.

As told by Poonam Tyagi to the better india .com

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Ranjeet and Sanjeet are two brothers, enrolled with us for free tuition classes. Sons of a rickshaw puller, they would occasionally substitute for their father in the rickshaw queue at the metro station, waiting for new customers while their father would drink a quick cup of tea. Stopping this practice became our pre condition to teaching them, and they agreed.

Before I proceed further, you need to know, who “we” are and why do these children come to “us.”

I think most of us have an in-built desire to help others. It takes shape in many ways – trying to teach an underprivileged person is one of them.

 

Ranjeet and Sanjeet

Ranjeet and Sanjeet

In a place like India, where domestic servants are generally illiterate, in many households you will see the lady of the house trying to teach the basics of language and maths to the help in the house. I also grew up seeing my mother teaching our domestics. Our servants sitting next to her in the winter, peeling peas and reciting tables, was a common sight. Even the sabziwala would take out his notebook after giving her the vegetables and would show her his homework!

After quitting my job as a computer teacher to start my own NGO, I started helping out the children of my maidservant in their studies. My good friend Radha was also doing the same thing, but in a much better way. She had asked the children she taught to bring their friends as well and was taking daily classes for them.

In the winter, both of us decided to sit in the sun and continue with our classes together – where I would teach the children maths and science, while Radha took care of English, general knowledge and moral science.

It gave us a lot of visibility and some other maids, guards, our society plumber, etc., also started enquiring if they could bring their children to us to study. Soon, “free tuitions bymadam log” became popular.

We were also lucky to get some wonderful volunteers. Mrs. Bawa had retired as a principal and took to the job as a fish to water. Sheetala, Shashi and Sangeeta became regular teachers. That forced us to become more organised and we divided the children according to age groups and set up a timetable for the study of different subjects.

Now, Radha and I run these classes in two shifts in our respective homes, based on the government school timings in our building. Since the government school teaches girls in the morning and boys in the afternoon, we have the opposite schedule – we teach boys in the morning and girls in the evening.

Ranjeet and Sanjeet are two of our students. Though real brothers, they are poles apart in their nature and intelligence level. While one has a flair for maths and is blessed with a photographic memory, he is restless and lacks interest in the regular way of learning. The other one makes up for his low IQ with his sincerity and hard work.

The two boys are generally on no talking terms with each other. We soon realised they never come to the classes together. Rather, they would take turns to attend the classes. We thought the reason for this was sibling rivalry and didn’t give the matter a second thought. Until one fine day, when I had only two students, I managed to get the introvert brother in a talking mood.

Besides other things, the shocking truth emerged as to why they don’t attend the classes together. The bone of contention here was the one pair of chappals (slippers) that both the brothers were supposed to share.

I remember watching an award winning foreign film (Afghan I think) on TV once, where a brother and sister were sharing a pair of running shoes. It was a beautiful touching story, very well narrated – convincing to me because it was happening far away in some war affected country. But believe me, in my wildest dreams I wouldn’t have believed that such things happen right under our nose, in the capital of our country no less and not in any remote village!

I discussed the matter with the other volunteers and soon “Project Chappal” was launched. In order to help maintain the dignity of the boys we decided to buy slippers for all the children.

We were keen to get some good quality branded stuff but they vetoed it. All of them had seen and liked something or the other in the local shukkar bazaar (Friday market) and wanted to buy from there.

The kids, at shukkar bazaar (Friday market)

The kids, at shukkar bazaar (Friday market)

Without mobile phones, assembling at one place in the crowded market was a major task. But they coordinated beautifully and even bargained with the shopkeepers, making sure that all the little ones bought something slightly bigger than their current size that they could grow into.

For most of them it was the first time they were taken to any shop and allowed to choose something on their own. There were no parents around to force decisions on them and, as far as we were concerned, the entire bill was way below our budget. We started looking around to see what we could buy them next – T-shirts or caps for the boys and leggings for the girls!

Once the shopping was over and they were allowed to wear their new purchases back home, their happiness knew no bounds. We found so much joy in looking at their innocent faces beaming with pride.

What a contrast to children from affluent families! You come across so many of them in leading malls these days, purchasing footwear at exorbitant prices – but they hardly look happy because it’s no big deal for them.

The kids show off their brand new chappals

The kids show off their brand new chappals

The shopping trip worked as a big incentive for our kids to be regular in attendance and to do so many other things properly too. We learnt a lot from making a small difference in their lives. We never knew that spending a small amount of money would bring so much happiness to them and us.

As far as Sanjeet and Ranjeet are concerned, they are almost regular now. At least they keep smiling at each other. With Sanjeet, talking is not easy in any case. The best part is that they will never know the other children owe them something and should be thankful to them – for all their new chappals!

– Poonam Tyagi

Source…..www.the betterindia.com

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This 77-Year-Old Retired Engineer Made Thousands of Bengalureans Think of the Environment This Year…

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Unfortunately, festivities and filth go hand in hand these days. But N.S. Ramakanth is on a mission to ensure that people celebrate festivals more responsibly and do not contaminate their environment in the process. He has been fighting for a cleaner Bengaluru for several years and recently executed a successful cleanliness drive after the Ganesha festival.

N.S. Ramakanth left his job as chief engineer with a German company and came back to Bengaluru in 1989 when his mother fell sick. On returning to his birthplace, he was appalled to see the polluted and filthy environment in the city. He decided not to take up another job but to devote his time to raising awareness about the poor waste management in the metropolis.

Now 77 years old and still going strong, Ramakanth can be seen chasing municipal corporation officials of the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to clean up the filthy lakes in the city.

NS Ramakanth has successful given shape to a cleanup drive after Ganesha festival.

NS Ramakanth has successful given shape to a cleanup drive after Ganesha festival.

He also hounds bureaucrats to solve garbage problems, encourages citizens to get involved with civic issues, and motivates volunteers when they conduct cleanliness drives.

Quite recently, Ramakanth was seen running a successful campaign to minimise the waste generated during the Ganesha festival at Sankey Tank, a man-made lake in western Bengaluru.

“After the festival, tonnes of garbage can be found around the water bodies. We need to come up with solutions to stop this kind of mess from happening again and again. We also need to carry out effective operations to clean the area after festivals. But the first step is to spread awareness among people to minimise the waste,” he says.

In keeping with this line of thinking, Ramakanth first prepared a small 10-minute skit to engage city residents. Along with a few volunteers, he performed the play in different places to raise awareness about how people generate huge amounts of waste during the festival.

The skit had an interesting script. Lord Ganesha sends Narada to the earth to check on the celebrations of the Ganesha festival. When Narada comes to earth he sees drunk people dancing, noisy crackers being burnt, and broken Ganesha idols lying around after the festivities. Narada reports this to Ganesha who is so hurt by people’s behaviour that he decides not to give any phal to them,” says Ramakanth.

Apart from the skit, Ramakanth also organised eco-friendly Ganesha idol making workshops for the public. He also brought local artisans from the outskirts of the city to different localities within Bengaluru.

Thanks to his efforts, a larger number of people opted for clay Ganesha idols this year.

Thanks to his efforts, a larger number of people opted for clay Ganesha idols this year.

“People were saying that local artisans work too far away and it is not feasible to go there to get mud idols. So I brought the artisans close to their residential areas to get them to avoid using plaster of Paris (PoP) and plastic idols,” he says.

Many people also said they wanted bigger idols and mud idols were not available in large sizes. Ramakanth had a solution to this as well. He helped the citizens get customised mud idols, which were five to six feet tall. “I thought it important to provide them with solutions. This is how they will welcome change,” he says.

He also talked to them about the harmful effects of PoP idols and how animals and water creatures die due to the immersion of such idols in water bodies. Ramakanth’s regular interventions and awareness sessions were a huge success and many people in his locality opted for eco-friendly Ganesha idols.

He also advised people to immerse the Ganesha idols in small drums in their own homes and then feed the water to plants rather than going to public water bodies for immersion.

“I don’t understand why people travel so far to dispose the idols. It creates so much noise and pollution. They should celebrate the festival in a neat and healthy way,” says Ramakanth.

After spreading awareness about celebrating the festival more responsibly, it was now time to take up a cleanliness drive.

Kalyani, a small step-well near Sankey Tank, is the site of idol immersions every year and collects a large quantity of filth. Ramakanth had the well cleaned within a week and collected truckloads of the dumped idols to put on display for the citizens to see.

He then pumped out the highly polluted, thick, black remains in the Kalyani to a nearby drain. About 12-15 BBMP workers manually bucketed out the sludge. “All the sewage is supposed to be routed to an STP. But even then, it won’t treat mercury and lead. And that’s something we have no solution for right now,” says Ramakanth.

He sent all the flowers and leaf rejects for composting to eliminate the stink from the well.

“We made sure that segregation of all the biodegradable waste took place at the spot and sent it for composting immediately,” he adds.

As the senior most member of the Solid Waste Management Round Table, he worked for hours instructing civic officials to keep the work going to minimise pollution in the tank water.

Ramakanth tracked the number of idols immersed over the period of 11 days. A total of 1,28,620 idols went into the Kalyani this year. Of these, 61,620 were made of clay and the rest (67,000) were PoP idols.

“I just wanted to see if the awareness campaigns had made any impact on the people. I was impressed. The progress was not bad at all. Almost 50 percent of them were clay idols this year and this was a big achievement,” says Ramakanth.

Ramakanth’s journey does not end here. He is persuading BBMP to completely ban PoP idols from hereon. He has also asked the Pollution Control Board to put up the names of potters who make larger clay Ganesha idols on its website so that people can make use of them.

While changing mindsets and habits may seem like an overwhelming task, Ramakanth is not to be deterred. He has high hopes of making his beloved city pollution and filth free in the future.

All pics: savitahiremath.com

Source………Shreya Pareek in http://www.thee better india.com

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‘People wished to pray and we wanted to help them, that’s all’….

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It was a simple gesture of cleaning a temple but this act by a group of Muslim youths went viral on the internet. Members of the Jamaat-E-Islami Hind, who are involved in flood relief work in Tamil Nadu, speak to S Saraswathi.

The sun is out in Chennai and relief and rehabilitation work is on in full swing. Along with the various government agencies, a large number of NGOs have pitched in to provide some comfort to the broken and battered people of Chennai.

Good Samaritans have been out on the streets, wading through the still stagnant and dirty water helping people get back on their feet. However, one beautiful gesture has moved the Chennai-ites.

A bunch of youngsters from the Jamaat-E-Islami Hind, a non-governmental organisation, helped clean two temples and a mosque in the flood ravaged areas of Kotturpuram and Saidapet.

Pictures of the youngsters cleaning the temple went viral on social media. With over 3000 members in Tamil Nadu, this NGO has been hard at work from the first week of November.

Jalaludeen, secretary of the group in Tamil Nadu, explains how it was all part of their work and promises they will not rest until they have done everything they can for the flood victims of Chennai.

“To be very frank, we did not go into the area with any intention of cleaning a particular mosque or temple. Since the rain subsided, our members have been on a cleanliness drive. The entire city is filthy with garbage strewn about in every direction. We noticed that the people were finding it extremely difficult to move about with all the sludge and debris that was left behind by the draining water.

“The stench from the rubbish was overwhelming at places. There is a high risk of infection in the coming weeks, which could be even more dangerous than the floods. These past few days, we have helped clean over 10 different areas like Ennore, Adambakkam, Pulianthope. Kotturpuram, Velachery, Perumbur, Saidapet, Dasamakkan, Kannigapuram and Chindadripet.

“We were in Kotturpuram when we found that two mosques and a temple in the area were in a pathetic condition. There was no pre-plan or motive, nor did we realise we would create such a buzz. People wished to pray and we wanted to help them do it. It was as simple as that.

“Actually, our work has been going on for over a month now. The rains in the first week of November were also bad and even then we helped with the relief work.

During this last week, when it was pouring steadily, we were providing food to the stranded victims. We had made arrangements at one of the mosques for food to be prepared. For four consecutive days, starting Wednesday, we distributed 12,000 packets of food every day.

“But when we realised that more help had arrived and lots of people were also doing the same, we decided to move on with the cleaning work.

“Our work has been organised in a phased manner.

“The second phase will involve distributing books and other stationery to students who have lost everything in the floods.  In the third phase, we will provide some basic cooking utensils to the women. And finally, we also have plans to help them rebuild their homes.

“There is a lot more to be done, and we will not rest until we have done all we can. This is not the first time, nor will it be the last that we have come out in support of people in need.  This is what we do — we help people in need, disaster or otherwise.”

 

S Saraswathi in Chennai

Source……..www.rediff.com

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Message for the Day…” There is no such thing as woman alone being bound and men being free; both are equally bound by the rules of dharma…”

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Sathya Sai Baba

Just as the woman should consider one person and one person alone as her master and husband, the man too has to be faithful to one woman and one woman alone, as his mate, his wife. She has to consider the husband as Divine and worship him and minister to and follow his desires for the fulfilment of her duty of loyalty to the husband (pativrata);so too, man should honour his wife as the ‘mistress of the home’ and act in accordance with her wishes, for she is theGrihalakshmi (Goddess of prosperity of the home). Only then can he deserve the status of ‘man’. Name and fame, honour and dishonour, vice and wickedness, good and bad are all equal and uniform to both men and women. There is no such thing as woman alone being bound and men being free; both are equally bound by the rules of dharma. Both will fall into adharma if they conduct themselves without due consideration of the attributes mentioned above.