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Silence is Self-Experience!!!!!

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source:::::unknown…. input from my friend….

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Speech needs company;
silence needs solitude

Speech wants to conquer others;
silence helps conquer oneself

Speech demands respect,
silence commands it

Speech is self -expression;
silence is self-experience

Speech is mind bound,
silence is soul bound

Speech asserts ego;
silence effaces it

Speech dissipates ego;
silence conserves it

Speech is human;
silence is divine

Speech receives appreciation;
silence receives adoration

Great works are inspired by speech
but written in silence

Life is a flower;
silence is its fragrance

We surround ourselves with noise,
because we are uncomfortable with silence.

We fill our lives with distractions,
because we are reluctant to confront

A Date to Remember….12.12.12. !!!!!

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Miraculous progress in efforts to enhance the human life-span cannot be ruled out, but it can be said with some certainty that most people who have been fortunate enough to see, over the past 12 years, 12 dates where all digits are the same (1 January 2001 or 1-1-1, 2 February 2002, and in the same progression, to 12 December 2012 or 12-12-12) will not be around to see the next, which will come after 88 years (1 January 2101). In the same vein, it is another 88 years and 39 days to 21 January 2101 (or 21-01-2101), the earliest date that can be represented as a four digit number repeated twice over (over the past 11 years, people have seen 11 such dates, from 20 January 2001 to 20 November 2011, and they will see one more eight days from now, on 20 December 2012).

Of course, it remains to be seen whether there is anyone around 88 years from now to register these dates because if the ancient Mayans are to be believed, then the world will end in nine days, on 21 December.!!!!!!!!!!!!!

source::::::livemint net

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An Interaction With a Visiting NRI !!!!!

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Do Not Miss To Read The Summary at the end

A typical conversation with a visiting NRI…..

Self: Hi! Home for a holiday? Are you going back…..or…?

NRI: Yes…yes…I am going back as soon as possible.

Self: But…your parents are here. There are also many new malls now where you can get everything you want. Its even cheaper than in the US, Europe or Canada or Australia.

NRI: Yes…..things are real cheap here in India….products are very good……the malls are also very good…..restaurants are excellent. But….the roads and the traffic are so terrible….I can’t wait to get back.

Self: Yes…I agree….but….that’s only one relatively small factor….surely you can adjust and put up with that. The situation would improve once the Metro is operational.

NRI: No…No. Why should I put up with the traffic and the crowds and the garbage? Why should I adjust?Its impossible.

Self: OK….lets change the subject. How are your parents? I heard your mother had some health problem. Is she ok now?

NRI: Oh… yeah…she’s ok! Doctors have given her some medicines. Dad is there to take care of her.

Self: But he is old ……how will he manage? Besides, both will be missing all of you so much. Loneliness is terrible. That itself can lead to so many diseases.

NRI: He’ll manage. He has to adjust, I guess.

Self: OK…..how is life in America? What do you eat at home?. The usual Idlis, Dosas Upma etc. that you like so much? Indian food, particularly South Indian food is considered the healthiest! It contains all essential nutrients in a very balanced way.

NRI: Well…no…not really. We normally eat cereals for breakfast….straight from boxes. I carry sandwiches for lunch or eat some salad at the cafeteria (everything is so expensive). For dinner we take out some food stored in the freezer and heat it in the microwave….and that’s it. Its difficult to cook every day, you know….so we cook once a week and store it in the freezer.

Self: But that’s not healthy. Also, eating packaged & processed food every day could lead to many diseases. We read about this every day.

NRI: Oh…. no problem. We adjust. We sometimes eat meat to make up for the proteins.

Self: But you are traditionally a vegetarian, I thought. Vegetarianism is considered a better option for general health, animal rights and for spiritual reasons….. and many westerners are now becoming vegetarians. So…why have you switched to non-veg?

NRI: Well…its no big deal really. One has to adjust.

Self: It must be cold where you live…..you have lived all your life in warm South India.

NRI: Yes…its terribly cold out there with months of snow….but we have central heating. We don’t go out much….but its…ok. We learn to adjust.

Self: How is your wife? Does she also work? What about the children?

NRI: Of course…! She has to work! We can’t manage with one person working. We have mortgages to pay. We both leave our home at 8 am and are back at 6 pm. We have only one child who comes from school and stays alone till we come home. He watches TV and eats something from the freezer. Some of our friends are even opting not to have any children….so that they could save all the trouble. God!…..Children are such a responsibility!

Self: Yes…that they certainly are.

NRI: Children are also very expensive. Their clothes, food, eating out, vacations….buying new stuff every few months just to keep up with their peers in school….its terrible!

Self: So how do you manage? What about the culture? The sexual freedom and so on? Aren’t you worried about these adverse influences on your children?

NRI: No one bothers about all that. Its part of life. If my son adopts that lifestyle…that’s ok with me. We need to adjust and get on with life.

Self: I understand that due to the recession and its aftermath there is a subtle antagonism towards foreigners and immigrants. Is that true?

NRI: Well….yeah…sometimes you do sense a mild discrimination and bigotry. Recently in fact, someone shouted out an abuse at my wife when she was out shopping. Someone at school called out ‘Paki go home’ to my son. But these things are rare…. because…. by and large, we keep to ourselves. We rarely interact with the whites or the other immigrants. Even they prefer to keep to themselves. We have our own small Indian groups with whom we socialize. So…such racist incidents are kept to the minimum. We adjust and learn to manage.

Self : What about entertainment? Do you get Indian TV channels and programs? Do you eat out often?

NRI: Indian channels are usually pay channels and very expensive. So…we don’t have them. We manage with the local english programs. We do see Indian movies sometimes. They are expensive and you need to drive for an hour to get to the cinema hall. So….we don’t do it very often. Eating out is very expensive. Indian food is even more expensive.

Self: Where do you live in the US and do you own a house?

NRI: We live in a locality with lot of Hispanics, Koreans and Chinese. We have bought a house on mortgage recently. Its not very big actually. Just a two bedroom twin home of about 1000 sq ft. Unfortunately prices have dropped recently. But we like it.

Self: But you have a fairly big home in India………

NRI: Yes……but…..what have I got in India? Nothing!

Self: What do you do if one of you is ill? Do any neighbors help?

NRI: Actually….one of my neighbors is a Korean man who lives with his girlfriend. On the other side are two….er…..too. We have to help ourselves most of the time. Our Indian friends live some distance away…..and no one will help if we are ill. Everyone is so busy with their own work.

Self: What sort of work do you do in the US? Is it some highly specialized cutting edge work……. for which you cannot get a job in India?

NRI: Actually…..I am a software engineer. I had a good job till recently, but I got laid off and had a terrible three months. I have recently been called for an interview for a temporary contract position. I may get it. Things are looking good…yeah…..I am ok!

Self: But you would be able to get a very good…highly paying job in India. India’s booming with a very high rate of growth!

NRI: Yes…I know. I’ll probably get a much better salary than what I get in the US…. and maybe I’ll be able to save much more too….but…it’s so difficult to adjust to the traffic and the crowds in India…you know. Its impossible to come back.

Self: OK then….. goodbye and good luck!

(I think to myself as I say goodbye)……Yeah.. right! You can adjust to packaged food and poor health, small dark wooden home, heavy mortgages, terrible weather conditions, lack of family, lonely parents, bad cultural environment, racial abuse, loss of dignity & self respect, job insecurity and even your basic principles……but you can’t adjust to simple traffic conditions in India! )

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6 Ds To Keep Your Inbox Clutter-Free !!!

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source:::::DNA net

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A new workshop had revealed the six easy ways to keep our inbox clutter-free as we struggle to handle high volumes of emails every day.

Productivity coach Wendy Cole, in her workshop “The Secret to Getting Things Done, and Managing 100+ Emails a Day”, says majority of employees aren’t trained to tackle vast volumes of emails and didn’t know how to use email programs like Microsoft Outlook, News.com.au reports.

According to Cole, here are the top six ways to handle and manage an email-filled inbox

1. Delete: Every time you read an email, decide if the information is relevant to you. If not, delete it

2. Do: If you can do whatever the email is requesting in two minutes, do it there and then

3. Delegate: If it can’t be done in two minutes but you are in a position to delegate it, pass it on to somebody else

4. Defer: If you can’t do the task immediately but it will take longer than two minutes, pick a time when you will get it done and add it to a to-do list

5. Diminish: Cut down your email load by making rules in your inbox and directing emails into different folders

6. Daily: Get your unread email count down to zero and do it daily

Cole said people should avoid keeping emails as a “messy to do list”, the report said.

She added the key to staying on top of your emails was to go into your inbox with a mindset that you are “processing”, and also advised on ‘centralised to-do lists’ to organise your work day.

Breaking News or Breaking Peace ??!!!!

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Shakuntala .G. Soratur in THE HINDU

By shouting out as if the whole hemisphere had been set on fire, the anchor soon caused an upheaval in our drawing room

After four years, I decided to watch prime-time news on English channels for an entire hour without any break, thanks to the interesting news bit that appeared on the small screen with the tag, ‘BREAKING NEWS’. I watched the same story on two news channels for the first 10 minutes. Both channels were interviewing an activist and conducting a debate on the same issue (it was a sensational scam story and the debate was not ‘live’). The anchors shouted out their questions and sometimes, even before the activist could answer, another question was shot at him. Sometimes, they would stop him in mid-sentence and complete his answer in sarcasm.

After awhile, I zeroed in on the channel whose news anchor was breathing down the neck of the panellists’ without any ‘break’ in the news saga. By shouting out and pretending as if the whole hemisphere had been set on fire, the anchor soon caused an upheaval in our drawing room. My disgruntled husband and son staged a walkout in protest against the ‘foolish’ viewer. My father complained of headache and without paying much attention to it, concluded that the presenter might end up losing his vocal chords.

The second half of the news show turned out to be overbearing. The news anchor continued to bully a panellist in a high-pitched tone, while serious faces shook or nodded their heads depending on which side they were on. My husband and son re-entered the TV room. They looked hungry and serious. My three-year-old son began to wail, demanding that the idiot box be turned off. Most panellists were raising their voices simultaneously, while my husband picked up our son in his arms and shouted at me.

The effect of prime-time news was showing as I yelled back at him. ‘Thirty seconds to go, Mr …,’ the news anchor announced but did not allow the panellist he was addressing to speak for more than 10 seconds. The verdict came from the self-styled judge himself. The news anchor was announcing another media trial with extra zeal in his voice.

This was akin to watching a saas-bahu soap! I switched off the TV set, while my son wiped his tears and gave me a sullen look.

With a sense of guilt, I tried to woo my son, who refused to come near me. Forcefully, I pulled him to me and took him on my lap. The next instant, I felt his underwear was wet. I screamed at the little boy and was about to seek an answer for his act, when the dog in the neighbourhood began to bark. Who knows, there might have been a ‘cat fight’ outside or maybe, my aggression passed on to the poor creature!

(The writer‘s email ID is shakuntalags@gmail.com)

Keywords: breaking news, news anchors

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Google Doodle on 197th Birth Anniversary of World”s 1st Computer Programmer !!!!

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Ada Lovelace's 197th Birthday
Visitors to the search engine giant Google’s homepage were greeted with a doodle featuring a stylized Google logo of a progression from old age computers to present day laptops on the occasion of the world’s first computer programmer Ada Lovelace’s 197th birth anniversary…Dec 10 2012!!!!

Doodle shows Ada Lovelace, seated on a desk, writing a computer program with a quill on paper scroll, which twirls into the shape forming the letters of the Google logo.

Hovering the pointer or mouse over the logo would produce a bubble indicating December 10 would have been Ada Lovelace’s 197th birth anniversary.
Augusta Ada Byron, now commonly known as Ada Lovelace, was an English mathematician and writer chiefly known for her work on Charles Babbage’s early mechanical general-purpose computer, the Analytical Engine.
Her notes on the engine include what is recognised as the first algorithm intended to be processed by a machine. Because of this, she is sometimes considered the world’s first computer programmer.
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Facebook Facts …Most of Us Do not Know !!!!!

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With 900 million active users Facebook is a social storm today racing across continents, countries, colonies and even through small territories and hamlets. In today’s world of digital technology you may come across a person without a shirt but it’s hard to find one without a Facebook account. There was a similar situation once when a person without an Email Id was laughed at and today it is the same with the one who doesn’t hold a Facebook user Id.

According to socialbakers.com,United States Of America,with about 157 million users,tops the overall list of Facebook users followed by India with 45.9 million users, Brazil with 45.3 million users, Indonesia with 42.4 million users and Mexico with 32.9 million Facebook users. It may sound unbelievable but it’s a fact the critics around the world are cribbing about.

There are also many skeptics who disagree but for some of it’s users Facebook is an addiction, for some it’s a useful business promotion tool and for many it’s a perfect antidote to their existential loneliness.

In the given scenario it’s not only difficult to imagine our world without Facebook, but it’s also difficult to imagine our living without Facebook..

Firstly..

Here Are Some Popular Facebook Facts Most Of Us Know

>The popular social networking site Facebook Inc derived its name from Facebook, a directory that is found in American Universities. This directory is like a reference book for many and consists of photographs of the staff, faculty and students with their brief bio data mentioned in it.

Mark Zuckerberg Having Fun With His Harvard Friends
>In 2003 five students of Harvard University Mark Zuckerberg, Edurado Saverin, Dustin Moskovitz, Andrew McCollum and Chris Hughes created a website called Facemash. Mark Zuckerberg, fondly called “Zuck” by his other friends, was a second year student in the university and wrote the software for this website. Later after many twists and turns and ups and downs the same crazy five gang created a social networking revolution website that is popularly known as Facebook today.

>Before opening Facebook it was planned by the team to open a social networking site for high school students called facebookhigh.com. But this idea bombed very badly..

>Originally Facebook was known as thefacebook.com but later Mark Zuckerberg purchased the domain name facebook.com for $2,00,000..

Here Are Some Amazing Facebook Facts Most Of Us Do Not Know

>When Facebook introduced the “News Feed” feature the first reaction it received was “Turn this shit off”

>The average age of a Facebook employee today is thirty one..

>As the CEO of Facebook ”Zuck” enjoys sixty percent of voting power in Facebook today..

>The engineers at the Facebook initially wanted to name the “Like” button “Awesome”

>Initially Facebook bosses decided to name it’s ad product “AdSeeds” in line with Google’s AdSense but for some unknown reasons they later dropped this idea.

>When Facebook was going through a desperate situation in 2004, Steve Jobs, the founder of Apple Inc saved today’s world number one social networking site by offering it a lucrative ad deal..

Dignitaries Waiting For Steve Jobs At WWDC,2008
The Worldwide Developers Conference is a conference held every year by Apple Inc in California. Steve Jobs wanted Facebook to present it’s new iPhone application at the 2008 WWDC. Steve expected Mark to do the presentation but instead Mark has sent a marketing manager and an engineer to do the job.Upset with their bad audition Steve Jobs had to cancel the presentation that year.

>In 2005,many of the employees and Mark Zuckerberg’ colleagues at Facebook strongly felt that “Zuck” should be replaced by a better person as their CEO. It is then that he took some serious ” CEO lessons ” from an authority on the topic.

>A Taiwanese guy by name Steve Chen worked for a few weeks with Facebook in 2005 and left it as he wanted to start something of his own. But that time this guy never knew that his decision will create a technological revolution in the digital age. This 27 year old ex PayPal employee joined hands with his other PayPal colleagues Chad Hurley and Jawed Karim and founded the path breaking site that is more popularly known as You Tube today.

>In 2006 Mark Zuckerberg was very impressed with a funny guy called Chris Putnam and hired him for a crucial position in Facebook. Wanna know what this guy did.. ?? He was such a genius, he hacked Facebook site and created thousands of profiles that were meant to look like MySpace profiles. Instead of getting upset with this whiz kid’s misdeed “Zuck” hired him.

>But, quite surprisingly, the current employees of Facebook feel that their CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s best talent lies not in hiring people but in firing people.

>Some time ago, Steve Ballmer, the current C E O of Microsoft who ranks nineteenth in the Forbes 400 list today, wanted to buy Facebook outright but remained contented by investing $240 million when his offer to buy Facebook was rejected by Mark Zuckerberg and team.

>In 2006 Mark Zuckerberg opened Facebook to workplace networks but surprisingly nobody in USA noticed it. That time Yahoo came up with an offer of $1.4 billion to buy Facebook. “Zuck” was initially tempted to accept the billion dollar deal but could somehow overcome his temptation and finally rejected the offer. Though Business Week termed this rejection as one of the “biggest failed mergers” in the history, it still made Mark Zuckerberg a man worth of twenty four billion dollars today.

>Since they hold rights to some social networking patent, Reid Hoffman, the founder of LimkedIn and Mark Pincus, founder of Zynga own a reasonable stake in Facebook today.

>Very few people know that a Russian holding firm, DST holds a great stock in Facebook. It is so because Peter Thiel of Angel Investor, Facebook’s first outside investor, sold half of his stock in 2009 to this Russian holding firm.

>Apple Inc’s veteran Bud Colligan, former Yahoo Inc executive Ellen Siminoff and former Open Table CEO Jeff Jordan were all interviewed for the post of Chief Operations Officer of Facebook in 2007. But it was finally bagged by Sheryl Sandberg who was formerly vice president of Global Online Operations and Sales at Google Inc. Mark Zuckerberg was very much impressed with this lady when he first met her in a 2007 Christmas party hosted by Dan Rosensweig who was then the chief operating officer (COO) of Yahoo Inc. Sheryl is one of the active directors on the Facebook board today. Period.

>Accel partner Jim Breyer invested $12.7 million in Facebook in 2005. After this investment from Jim Breyer, the initial founders of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, Sean Parker and Dustin Moscovitz took a million dollar bonus each.

>Exactly one day after taking the one million dollar bonus, Mark Zuckerberg went to a gas station where a crazy guy, with a pistol in his hand, jumped over him and tried to cause some serious damage. Screaming loudly a fully terrified Zuck jumped into his SUV and zoomed off.

>After being arrested on cocaine related charges in North Carolina, Sean Parker, the co-founder and the then president of Facebook was sent out by Accel Partners who were the principal share holders in Facebook those days.

>With an estimated value of $18.7 million there is also an Indian share holder in Facebook by name Divya Narendra. Though he holds only .022 percent stake in Facebook today, he is already worth the above mentioned figure with that miniature stake. On some copyright issue he waged a prolonged legal battle with Facebook which, as he claims, helped him pursue a career in jurisprudence.

Mark Zuckerberg Kissing His Future Wife Wife Priscilla Chan In Front Of Oprah Winfrey Camera Crew In 2010
>Mark Zuckerberg met his future wife Priscilla Chan, a Chinese, in Harvard University. Before their marriage they lived together in a sparsely furnished rented home in Palo Alto, California. In 2010, when Oprah Winfrey decided to do a talk show with Zuck he allowed her entire crew with cameras into his house. Mark Zuckerberg kissed his then girl friend Priscilla Chan in front of all the giggling crew that day. That time he revealed to the crew that he practices Chinese language every morning at the kitchen table as part of his preparation for his future Honeymoon in China. Period.

>Initially Mark Zuckerberg was not in favor of adding photo sharing feature to Facebook but Sean Parker convinced “Zuck” about it and photo sharing is the most popular feature on Facebook today. Cartoon Cat was the first photo uploaded to Facebook followed by photos of socializing girls.

>Caterina Fake, the co founder of Flickr and Hunch could not open a Facebook account because of the word “Fake” in her last name. Facebook thought it’s a fake name and refused to allow her to create an account.

>Currently there is an official “Facebook Phone” in Asia.

>There was a redesign of Facebook in 2008 that made every digital giant in the Silicon Valley unhappy. In a protest Dell CEO Michael Dell too joined a group called “Petition Against New Facebook”. Period

>Facebook can never come to any understanding with Google anytime in future for any form of acquisition or for any other business understanding since Microsoft, a major partner in Facebook since 2007, will not allow it’s arch rival Google to have any say whatsoever in any of the affairs of Facebook. It’s an irrevocable unwritten understanding between Facebook and Microsoft with which Google shall forever be unhappy. In an effort to break the supremacy of Facebook in social network market Google created Google+ and you all know how it is faring today.

>Finally, according to Facebook’s co-founder Dustin Moscovitz, Facebook is planning to come up with an ad network in future just on the lines of their revolutionary social networking site called facebook.com

Conclusion

According to a recent study (July,2012) conducted by the The University Of Wisconsin School Of Medicine And Public Health, Facebook, as is believed by many, doesn’t cause depression. The study further suggests that it is unnecessarily alarming to advise the parents or patients about the risk of “Facebook Depression” which, many critics feel, is caused by the excessive usage of this popular social networking site. The study also found that 70% of Facebook users today are adolescents..

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Narrenaditya in amazing truelife stories.com

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A Small True Story ….Problem With Whom !!!!

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It’s A Small Story But A Very Cute Story

Some where in midtown Mumbai there is a posh locality meant for the living of only aristocratic families.It’s perhaps the only locality in the most popular city of India where there are many independent houses and a very few apartment buildings. Meridian Towers is one such apartment complex in that locality that houses the families of the rich and famous personalities of Mumbai.

And it is in these apartments that our beloved Ramakanth Joglekar and his wife Bhavana Joglekar are living.It is not important here to know what Ramakanth and Bhavana do for their living but it is important to know what made them the central point of this story.

Ramakanth is about sixty years of age and Bhavana about fifty seven.They do everything to make their lives happy and it is again irrelevant here to know more about their other family members because it is only the cute couple of Ramakanth and Bhavana that live in that posh five bed room apartment where our story is taking place.

Ramakanth and Bhavana have a very long and successful love marriage that is about thirty five years old now.Their love story may not be as intense as Sohni-Mahiwal or Shajahan and Mumtaz but they strongly believe that they have a better and more powerful love story to narrate to the world if only the world is willing to pay some attention to them.

They still spend a lot of time together and still believe in squeezing maximum juices out of life.With a wide collection of world’s most popular and rich varieties of Red Wine,the lovely middle aged couple of Ramakanth and Bhavana take pride in throwing lavish parties to their other aristocratic friends,often.

Life is on a song for the lovely couple until Ramakanth gradually started noticing a problem in his wife that really kept bothering him a lot .However,his abundant love for his wife did not allow him to discuss it with her.But at the same time he cannot remain ignorant of the problem and some how wants his wife to overcome that problem at the earliest.He had spent many sleepless nights unable to know what to do.

Then one fine morning Ramakanth personally visited Dr.Jayavanth Divakar,an ENT Surgeon practicing in Linking Road,Santa Cruz, Mumbai.

He told the doctor..”Doc, I have a doubt for the last couple of months that my wife is going deaf day by day.But I cannot discuss the problem with her as it may be very embarrassing for her to accept it..So what do you want me to do..Please help..”

Doctor smiled and said “It’s only your doubt that she is developing deafness but you are not sure that she is deaf..So conduct a small test..When she is working in the kitchen tomorrow ask her a question “What curry are you cooking for lunch today”.. First you stand at a thirty feet distance from her and put this question in a low tone.. Then reduce the distance by five feet and move slightly closer to her and put the same question from twenty five feet distance and then from twenty feet distance and so on..Like that keep decreasing five feet every time and repeat the question..Remember,the tone when you put the question should be in normal conversational level and not more than that..Let me know at what distance you got the reply from her and then we will be able to know how severe her deafness is and what line of treatment should be adopted..Don’t worry I will take care of it..”

Next morning Bhavana was busy in the kitchen preparing food items for the day.Ramakanth thought “it’s the right time to perform the test on her.”

He went into their master bed room;stood in the utmost corner of the room which is more than thirty feet from Bhavana and asked her in a normal tone.. “Sweetheart,what’s cooking up for lunch..”..

No reply from Bhavana..

A shocked Ramakanth reduced the distance and put the same question from about twenty five feet now..No reply again as Bhavana was busy frying something on the pan..

A heart broken Ramakanth repeated the question from twenty feet and then from fifteen feet and again from ten feet but was not getting any reply from his beloved wife.Without even lifting her head she was busy with her cooking operation.

Finally Ramakanth,who is now almost in tears for his beloved wife,moved very close to her and asked the same question from less than a five feet distance “Sweetheart,what’s cooking up for lunch..”..

Watching her beloved husband standing almost next to her Bhavana turned to him and said “It’s Deep Onion Fried Chicken curry Sweetheart..But why are you asking the same question so many times..First you asked me from the corner of our bed room “Sweetheart,what’s cooking up for lunch..”..I said ” Deep Onion Fried Chicken curry..”..Then you came to our wardrobe and asked the same question and again I replied..Then you repeated the same question standing near our double cot,then from our dressing table,then standing at the entrance of our bedroom and then from our dining table and now finally standing so close to me you are asking the same question “Sweetheart what’s cooking up for lunch..”..”It’s your favorite Deep Onion Fried Chicken Curry sweetheart,but now tell me what’s wrong with you..Why are you acting so funny..Why are asking the same question so many times..Is everything fine with you or is there any problem..Why don’t you get checked up once..There is a very good ENT specialist by name Dr.Jayavanth Divakar in Linking Road,Santa Cruz..His wife is my childhood friend..Shall I take his appointment tomorrow..You are sixty sweetheart and therez nothing wrong in getting checked up once..”

Conclusion

Am not sure about the origin of this story but am given to understand that it’s a true story.I have only reported what I have read half a decade ago hence cannot claim originality or ownership to this story.

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7 Ways Money Can Buy Happiness !!!!!

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source :::siliconindia net

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 You may wonder ‘how money can buy a little happiness’ as it is not something which is sold in the market. Of course what you are thinking is right but at the same time you cannot ignore the fact that money can buy many things which make you happy. Different people hold different notion about money, which influences the way they make use of their money. Now let’s look at the ways, by which money adds more fun and happiness in our lives, reports Investopedia.com

 

 

1. Time

 
‘Money can buy a wrist watch but not time’ are you the one who thinks in the same way. To some extent you are right but not completely. Just think once about the ways money can buy technologies which can help you to cut short the time you spend in your day to day work. Like a washing machine, dish washer, lawnmower and many more make some chores quicker and easier to perform. Money can also help you to save time by giving you the ability to hire a maid, landscaper or butler for doing chores and running errands. Hence, money can definitely buy time.

 

 

2. Achieving Goals

 

Today, the things which are available for free can easily be counted on your fingers but the things which money can buy are countless. Even for achieving your goals you need money. You may aim to become a doctor or a engineer or a lawyer or a MBA, but for studying any of these professional courses you need of lakhs of money. Even for training under the vocational courses like music, dance, fine arts you require money to pay your fees. Life is not just about living with serious ambitions but even for achieving softer goals like vacation trips or buying luxurious car. In many ways, money can help achieve goals and make you happy.

 

 
3. Financial Security

 
Financial security can only be achieved with sufficient finance, in other words with money. Financial security helps a man to keep financial worries at bay, and this helps him to live his life more happily than the one who is struggling without it. Laura Vanderkam, Author of “All the Money in the World: What the Happiest People Know About Getting and Spending,” says “satisfaction with life and consequently happiness amplifies with income”. This is possibly because when one has enough money, he or she won’t have to stress day and night about providing proper food for the family, or worry about a family member falling ill and not having adequate funds to pay for healthcare. When someone has sufficient money to take care of his priorities, it brings about bundles of joy.

 

 

 

4. Creates Opportunities

 

It is often said that the person who himself is happy can keep other have too. In the same way the person who has enough money can help someone in need of money. It could be your spouse, child or a close friend who needs money to fulfill his or her aims. Remember, the more money you have, the greater the opportunities we have to help others. As you know, money creates opportunities to help others as its gives you the ability to help them. Michael Norton, associate professor at the Harvard Business School, says it is far more rewarding in the long run if people use their money to aid others, instead of spending it only in fulfilling their individual needs.

 
5. Experiences

 
Vanderkam says that money can buy happiness if used wisely. When you buy too much of something, the pleasure which you get out it start diminishing. Rather use your money for creating an experience that can be shared. This, she says, would help the happiness grow three-fold. It grows through the anticipation, the experience and the happy memories each time you remember it. Money can provide you the capital required to enjoy lasting experiences like traveling around the world, scuba-diving, paragliding and trying some of the most watering meals in the 5 star restaurants. Money can buy a ton of wonderful experiences which you can cherish lifelong.

 

 

 

 

 

 

6. Social Standing

 
In today’s materialistic world money plays an important role in building social status and earning popularity. There is an age old saying that ‘Adversity Test Friends and Prosperity Gains Friends’. It’s true that our socio-economic status are determined largely by the amount of money we have. There is certainly no fun to be poor and it doesn’t hurt to be rich. For most of us who fall in the varying shades of the middle class income group, it is money that puts us there more than our ethnic and educational backgrounds. If it didn’t, then we would have also participated in the proud discussions about how much we earn.

 
7. Enabler

 


Keeping aside the extravagant life and appearance in page 3 of some streaming sections of magazines and tabloid newspaper which comes usually comes with money; you can also aim for attaining eternal peace by donating your money for a charitable cause. Some philanthropists like Azim Premji are working towards building better healthcare and education systems. This year he made a grand donation of $1.3 billion. According to psychologist Martin Seligman, humans find happiness by enabling greater opportunities for many others who need a helping hand, which gives them a great sense of triumph.

 

Mother…A Researcher in Child Development !!!!!

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I Am A Mother

The Officer At The Driving License Counter Asked The Lady
” What is Your Occupation ? ”

The Woman Seeking Renewal Of Her License Seemed To Be Puzzled.
So The Officer Said
” Ma’am, Are You Employed,
Have Your Own Business Or……..

The Woman Replied
” Oh, Yes !!

I Have A Full Time Occupation.

I Am A Mother ”

Officer : ” We Don’t Have ‘ Mother ‘ As An Option For Occupation.
I Will Write it Down As ‘ Housewife ‘.
That Takes Care Of All Questions.”

This Had Happened Long Ago,
And Was Forgotten.Years Later When I Went To Get My License,The Public Relations Officer Was A Somewhat Pompous. Woman.

” Your Occupation ? ”
She Asked in A Rather Authoritative Tone.

I Just Had An inspiration And Replied
” I Am A Researcher in The Field Of Child Development, Nutrition And Inter-Personal Relationships ”

The Lady Officer Stared At Me in Amazement.
I Calmly Repeated My Statement And She Wrote it Down Verbatim.
Then, Unable To Conceal Her Curiosity,
She Politely Asked

” What Exactly Do You Do in Your Profession, Ma’am ? ”

I Was Feeling Good About Having Described My Occupation So Calmly And Confidently.
So I Replied

” My Research Projects Have Been Going On For A Number Of Years
( Mothers Never Retire !! ).

My Research is Conducted in The Laboratory As Well As in The Field.
I Have Two Bosses.

(One is God and the other is my entire family).
I Have Received Two Honours in This Field.

(A son and a daughter)
My Topic is Considered To Be The Most Difficult Part Of Sociology.

( All Moms will Agree!! ).
I Have To Work More Than 14 Hours Every Day.

Sometimes Even 24 Hours Are Not Enough And The Challenges Are Tougher Than Many Other Professions.

My Compensation is in Terms Of Mental Satisfaction Rather Than Money ”

I Could See That The Officer Was Thoroughly impressed.
After Completing The Licensing Formalities,
She Came To The Door To See Me Off.

This New Viewpoint About My Occupation Made Me Feel Much Better On My Way Back Home.

I Was Welcomed By My 5 Year Old Research Assistant At The Door.

My New Project (My 6 Month old Baby) Was Energetically Practicing Her ‘ Music ‘.

I Had Earned A Small Victory Over The Governmental Red Tape Today.
I Was No Longer ‘ Merely A Mother ‘,
instead I Was Now A Highly Placed
Functionary in A Service Vital For Mankind -Motherhood !!

‘ Mother ‘ – Isn’t it A Great Title.
Fit To Be Added To The Nameplate On The Door !!

By This Standard, Grandmothers Deserve To Be Called Senior Research Officers,And Great Grandmothers Qualify As ‘ Research Directors ‘.
Aunts And Other Ladies Of That Age Group Can Be Called ‘ Research Facilitators ‘

Please Share This With All Mothers, Grandmothers, Great Grandmothers,
All Ladies Currently Holding Posts Like
Didi – Tai – Chachi – Mami – Mausi – Bua ……

They Will All Shower You With Blessings And Life Will Be Happier.