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Web 2.0 is The Millionth English Word !!!

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The Global Language Monitor today announced that Web 2.0 has become the millionth English word or phrase to enter the language. A technical term meaning the next generation of World Wide Web products and services, Web 2.0 has crossed from technical jargon into far wider circulation.
Before the millionth word announcement was made Jeremy Paxman spoke to Professor David Crystal, a leading linguist and Paul J J Payack, President of the Global Language Monitor to debate the the validity of the claim that the millionth word was about to appear.

source:::::bbc.com

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ஒரு LKG சீட்டுக்காக நன்கொடை 17 லட்சம் ரூபாய் !!!!!

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source:::DINAMALAR…Tamil Daily…
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சென்னை: தனது குழந்தையின் எல்.கே.ஜி., சீட்டுக்காக, பள்ளி ஒன்றிற்கு ரூ. 17 லட்சம் மதிப்பிலான கூடைப்பந்து மைதானத்தையே கட்டித்தந்துள்ளார் தந்தை ஒருவர். சென்னையில் நடந்துள்ள இந்த சம்பவம், குழந்தைகளின் பெற்றோரை ஒரு பங்குதாரர் போல பாவிக்கும் ஒரு சில பள்ளிகளின் மனோநிலையை எடுத்துக்காட்டுவதாக விளங்குகிறது.
சென்னை கீழ்ப்பாகத்தில் உள்ள மிகப்பிரபலமான பள்ளி அது. அந்த பள்ளியில் தனது குழந்தைக்கு எல்.கே.ஜி., சீட் கேட்டுச் சென்றுள்ளார் சீனிவாசன் (பெயர் மாற்றப்பட்டுள்ளது). சீட்டும் கிடைத்துள்ளது. பிரதிபலான அந்த தந்தை செய்து கொடுத்தது ரூ. 7 லட்சம் மதிப்பிலான கம்ப்யூட்டர் லேப். இதே போல், சென்னை மயிலாப்பூரில் உள்ள பள்ளி ஒன்றிற்கு தனது குழந்தையின் அட்மிஷனுக்காக சென்ற தந்தை அப்பள்ளிக்கு இலவசமாக (?) செய்து கொடுத்திருப்பது ரூ. 17 லட்சம் மதிப்பிலான கூடைப்பந்தாட்ட மைதானம்.

பெற்றோர்களின் இந்த செயல், எந்த வழியிலாவது பள்ளியில் தங்களது குழந்தைகளை சேர்த்து விட வேண்டும் என்ற பெற்றோரின் எண்ணத்தை காட்டுகிறதா அல்லது தங்களது பள்ளியில் குழந்தைகளை சேர்ப்பதற்காக என்ன வேண்டுமானாலும் கேட்டுப்பெறலாம் என்ற பள்ளிகளின் மனோபாவத்தை காட்டுகிறா என்பதை யோசித்து பார்க்க வேண்டும். பல லட்சம் செலவு செய்தாவது, நகரில் உள்ள மிகப்பிரபலமான பள்ளியில் தங்களது குழந்தைகளை சேர்த்து விட சில பெற்றோர்கள் தயாராகவே இருக்கின்றனர். இவர்களுக்காகவே டொனேஷன், காபிடேஷன் பீஸ் என்ற பெயர்களை கூறி வந்த பள்ளிகள் இப்போது “அறிவிக்கப்பட்ட பங்களிப்பு” (இன்பார்ம்டு கான்டிரிபியூஷன்) மற்றும் “திரும்பப்பெறும் முதலீடு” ( ரிடர்னபிள் இன்வெஸ்ட்மென்ட்) என புதுப்புது பெயர்களில் பணத்தை வசூல் செய்து வருகின்றனர்.
இதுகுறித்து கல்வியாளர் மாலதி கூறுகையில், தங்களது குழந்தைகளை பள்ளியில் சேர்ப்பதற்காக மட்டுமல்லாது, குழந்தைகள் தங்களது கல்வியை முடிக்கும் வரையில் அவர்களுக்கும் பள்ளிக்கும் இடையேயான தொடர்பு நல்லபடியாக நீடிக்க வேண்டும் என்பதற்காக, பெற்றோர் அளிக்கும் பரிசே இது என்கிறார்.

சென்னை தனியார் பள்ளி நிர்வாகி ஒருவர் கூறுகையில், மற்ற துறைகள் போல் அல்லாமல், கல்வித்துறையில் பரிந்துரை என்பது அதிகமான பணத்தைப்பெறுவதற்காகவே தெரிவிக்கப்படுகின்றதே அன்றி குறைவாகப்பெற அல்ல என சிலாகித்துள்ளார்.
தனியார் பள்ளிகளில் கூடுதல் கட்டணம் வசூலிப்பதை தடுக்கும் விதமாக, மத்திய மனிதவள மேம்பாட்டுத்துறை அமைச்சகம் சட்டம் கொண்டு வந்துள்ள நிலையில், பணப்பரிமாற்றத்திற்காக பள்ளிகளுடன் சேர்ந்து புதுப்புது வழிகளை கண்டறிய பெற்றோர்கள் தற்போது முயன்று கொண்டிருக்கிறார்கள். சில பள்ளிகளில் பெற்றோர்களை பள்ளிகளின் பங்குதாரர்களாகவே பாவிக்கும் நிலையும் உள்ளது.

இதுகுறித்து ஷீலா (பெயர் மாற்றப்பட்டுள்ளது) என்பவர் கூறுகையில், “எனது இரு குழந்தைகளை பள்ளியில் சேர்ப்பதற்காக இருவருக்கும் தலா ரூ. 1 லட்சம் வீதம் ரூ. 2 லட்சம் செலவு செய்தேன். அவர்களுக்காக சேமித்தேன். அவர்களுக்காக செலவு செய்தேன். இதனால் நான் ஒன்றும் இழக்கவில்லை” என்கிறார்.
தற்போதைய நிலவரப்படி, சென்னையில் உள்ள சிறந்த பள்ளிகளில் எல்.கே.ஜி.,யில் குழந்தைகளை சேர்ப்பதற்கு ரூ. 4 லட்சம் வரை டொனேஷன் கேட்கப்படுகிறது. இதே இரண்டாம் நிலை நகரங்களான மதுரை, திருப்பூர் போன்ற ஊர்களில் ரூ. 20 ஆயிரம் முதல் ரூ. 75 ஆயிரம் வரை கேட்கப்படுவதாக கூறப்படுகிறது. சில இடங்களில் பெற்றோர்களிடம் ரூ. 1 லட்சம் வரை வட்டியில்லா கடனாக பெற்று, அக்குழந்தை பள்ளியை விட்டுச் செல்லும் போது மீண்டும் வழங்கும் நடைமுறையும் உள்ளதாக கூறுகின்றனர். இதற்காகவே தங்களுக்கு தேவையான பணத்தின் அளவைப் பொறுத்து சில நிர்வாக இடங்களை ஒதுக்கி வைத்து விடுவதாகவும் கூறப்படுகிறது. ஒருபுறம், நாட்டில் கல்வியின் தரம் குறைந்து விட்டதாக ஜனாதிபதி பிரணாப் முகர்ஜி இன்று நடந்த நிகழ்ச்சி ஒன்றில் வருத்தப்பட்டு பேசிய நிலையில், மறுபுறம் நம் நாட்டில் கல்வி எங்கே செல்கிறது என்ற கேள்வி மனிதில் எழுவதையும் தடுக்க முடியவில்லை.

Think Big and Differently ….Yes Our Children Do It !!!!

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source:::::siliconindia net..  amazing innovative ideas from young children make  us proud ….pl read the story and share …

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“Innovations” from young minds took India by storm; the innovations were pragmatic, sensible and can find wide prevalence in India and across the globe. Though these innovations were just in “idea” form, the young Indians are hopeful of striving to bring them to existence, may be in the future.
The National Innovation Foundation India (NIF), Ahmedabad has announced the names of the 29 award winners of the IGNITE 2012, an annual competition organized by the NIF in association with Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), Society for Research and Initiatives in Sustainable Technologies and Institutions (SRISTI), various State Education Boards and other partners.
The competition became a platform where the school students shared innovative ideas and offered solutions on issues local and global. It was held between 11 September 2011 and 31 August 2012 and had received over 14,889 submissions from students who participated from 282 districts in the country.
Read on to know 24 such amazing innovations that impressed the NIF panel, as compiled by rediff.com.
 Spray on gloves and socks
Aditya Joshi
Class 8, Bal Shikshan Mandir, Pune, Maharashtra
Aditya’s innovative spray is water-proof and self-sealing; it provides excellent protection for anyone working with their hands and feet. So it can be used by a factory worker handling dangerous chemicals, or a farmer standing bare-foot in water-filled paddy fields, and so on.
“I had noticed people like garbage collectors, or even farmers, work in unhygienic conditions that made them vulnerable to diseases. It made me think of this idea that gives protection and could be made easily available at an affordable cost,” replied Aditya when asked how he came up with the idea.
 Smart card that drives a car
G Krishna Kumar
Class 12, Govt Boys Higher Sec School, Thiruvarur, Tamil Nadu
Krishna suggests using a smart card that contains electronically all the documentation required to drive a vehicle and to start a vehicle this card has to be inserted into electronic identifier, and it also makes easy to trace missing cars.
This idea struck him during discussions at school on traffic regulations.
He feels, “Many people forget the license at home. So there should be some system to make it mandatory that without license, the vehicle will not start.”
 Headphones with sensors to detect external soundsLakshya Kaura, Naman Jain, Manav Mitra, Utkarsh Hora, Amrit Dang and Sehaj Kataria
Class 8, Vasant Valley School, New Delhi

Lakshya Kaura loved to listen music on his head phones and also wanted to take heed to road safety. He shared his thought with his friends and all six of them put their heads together to come up with an innovative solution: headphones fitted with sensors to pick up external sounds.
So, if a vehicle honks within 10 metres, the headphones automatically stop playing and sound an alert.
 Preventing mobile usage while driving and unique doorbell to identify visitors
Rajashree Choudhury
Class 5, Little Flower School, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand
A device with a place for inserting a mobile is fixed on the car dashboard or handle of a two-wheeler. The vehicle moves forward only if the mobile is inserted into this device.
Her next idea is to have personalized doorbell ringtones so you know who is at the door beforehand. The doorbell has unique codes assigned to different individuals. So when a guest presses their code, the doorbell rings with a specific sound.
 Wind-operated ceiling fan
Md. Usman Hanif Patel
Class 2, Tapti Public School, Jalgaon, Maharashtra.
Usman came up with novel and simple idea of ceiling fan in the house is mechanically powered by a wind-mill on the roof.
Once travelling towards Nandurbar, looking out the window of a moving train, 6-year-old Usman saw some windmills zipping by. His father later explained him that the wind moves blades of windmill which in turn moves the device placed beneath it.
And one day, staring at the ceiling fan during a power cut, an idea of using windmill on roof to mechanically power the fan struck him.
 Hand pumps that rise automatically in flood affected areas
Kripesh Swain and Kumar Biswajeet
Class 8, DAV Public School, Bhubaneshwar, Odisha
Kripesh and Biswajeet were very bothered that during monsoon flood, the hand pumps which provide clean water gets buried into the flood water which gush into it hence rendering the once fresh water unsuitable for drinking. To prevent this problem from recurring, they designed a hand pump such that it can go up with the rising water level, so that it remains usable.
“We couldn’t tolerate the extent of suffering in different parts of Odisha. Everybody deserves pure water,” they said.
#8 Multi-purpose tent and load-lifting device
Rishab Gupta, Jammu
Class 10, DPS, Jammu, Jammu & Kashmir
Rishab was truck with the idea of using a tent as a raft while mountaineering camp in Mussoorie.
His tent is creatively planned to be usable during both summer and winter with portable solar panels to provide light after sunset.
The base is proposed to be made of rubberized nylon that can be inflated and the border along the base can be blown up to turn it into a raft.
His next idea is a portable shifter to easily move heavy things by attaching a set of wheels to slide them from point to point.
 User-friendly pedal rickshaw
Mansi Priya
Class 11, DAV Kapil Dev, Ranchi, Jharkhand
Watching her grandmother struggle to get down from a pedal rickshaw, Mansi came up with the idea of small folding stair in the rickshaw, which will help old people to climb a rickshaw with a lot more ease.
 Modified cycle rickshaw
Arnab Chakraborty
Class 12, Future Foundation School, Kolkata, West Bengal
Arnab, who recently moved to Kolkata, was surprised seeing a large number of cyclerickshaws plying on the city roads, and some were thin and frail, moved by their plight he came up with the idea. Its about modified cycle rickshaw with extra pedals for passengers who may wish to share the burden and co-pedal the rickshaw.
 Preventing driving without a license/valid documents
In the wake of increased rate of accidents caused by those without licenses, or without proper training; these young minds have conceived novel ideas to prevent this.
Varsha Kumari
Class 10, Indra Prasad Singh Gangstahliya Balika Gyanpith
Patna, Bihar
Varsha’s innovation is about swiping the driving license, like on a credit card machine. The vehicle starts only if a pre-authorized license is swiped. This also protects the car against theft.
The idea came to her when a friend’s car was stolen and never found.
Durgesh Kumar
Class 10, DAV HFC Barauni
Begusarai, Bihar
Durgesh’s innovation has a mini scanner fixed on the steering wheel, only up on the drivers’ license matches with the authentic license stored in the scanner’s database, the steering wheel gets unlocked. A solution to tackle Illegal drivers

Jyoti Dhillon
Class 10, Shishu Shala School, Rewari, Haryana
Jyoti thinks of an automatic sensor inside the vehicle that prevents driving without a valid license.
Ranjan, Class 8 and Shiv Kumar, Class 6
Gandhi Madhya Vidyalaya, Patna, Bihar
Ravi and Shiv being troubled by daily cases of neighborhood vehicles thefts and accidents caused by people without valid licenses came up with an idea where there’s an electronic slot near the ignition which can identify the validity of the license upon inserting it. And only if the card is valid the engine starts.
 Movable road dividers
Sidharth Pal
Class 11, Sai Grace Academy
Dehradun, Uttarakhand
Most of times the traffic on either side of the road divider varies during different times of the day, particularly during peak hours.
Sidharth, while stuck in a traffic congestion had come up with the idea of movable road dividers to ease the traffic on the congested road.
 Solution for traffic congestion
S Charishma
Class 8, Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
Being stuck in the traffic can be a very annoying situation. Charishma noticed patterns in movements of vehicles during such traffic jams.
One side of the road has more traffic in the morning, which shifts to the other side in the evening. So she proposed a simple, but very creative solution, the movable deviders.
Depending upon the incoming traffic from a particular direction, the dividers can be shifted to increase lane size.
Artificial assistance for blind people
B Survesh
Class 10, The Hindu Colony Chellammal Vidyalaya SSS, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Survesh with his blind granduncle and grandaunt has seen first-hand problems faced by the blind.
So, he thought of creating sunglasses that could help them recognize people and objects independently. The sunglass has an inbuilt camera to record the image and the name of a person met for the first time.
Cushioned-helmets for labourers
G Jeevan Sidharth
Class 9, Shrishti Vidyashram, Vellore, Tamil Nadu
“While going to school, I often observed construction workers carrying bricks and cement on their head. I wanted something that would protect the head, reduce pressure and help to balance load. Just like how a helmet gives safety, while riding, why can’t a helmet protect these workers?”
He thus went on to design a helmet to provide safety to workers at construction sites. It is fitted inside with a cushion that gives protection while the outer surface has a slight inward curve for easy balancing.
 Device to monitor mental stress in students and others
Himanshu Jiteshbhai Parmar
Class 10, Pandit Nehru Vidya Vihar, Ahmedabad, Gujarat
“I remember reading a news paper story about students who committed suicide because of failure in their class 10 board exams,” he shares.
This made him to think of a system to measure tension/mental stress. It would tell the degree of stress and if found high, students can unwind before going back to their studies.
Ankita Arora
Class 10, Police DAV Public School, Jalandhar, Punjab
Ankita was distressed to see her mother struggling with acute back pain that confined her to bed for over a year. Her mother’s agony gave her the idea of creating a device for detecting and monitoring levels of mental stress in an individual.
 
 
 
 Mobile to mobile charging
Ravi Duhan, Sanjay Raghav and Manoj Kumar
Class 9, SD SSS, Rewari, Haryana
The group of three friends had files shared between mobiles throughBluetooth and extending this further they thought why not a mobile can be used to charge another mobile?
Then they came up with possibility of doing it in two ways — wired or wireless way of charge transfer from one mobile to another.
Retractable toilet pot with cleaning system
Shweta Verma
Class 9, Gyan Sthali Public School, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh
Retractable toilet fitted with sensors — the pot can be pulled inside the wall after use and taken out when needed.
Shweta believes, “This will help people who have small homes with little space. It can also be used in other places where space is a constraint.”
 Modified painting brush
Ektapreet Kaur
Class 9, Police DAV School, Jalandhar, Punjab
“What a waste of money and how tiring to keep alternating from one brush to the other!” she thought.
This inspired her to think of a single paintbrush, which could accommodate varying sizes, just like a pen can have refills of many colours.

 Charging mobile while talking
Gautam Kumar
Class 7, Rajkiya Madhya Vidyalaya, Patna, Bihar
Gautam living in an area with frequent power cuts wondered why our voice, a sound energy, cannot be used to charge the mobile.
 Machine to suggest what to eat and How to Cook It
Sharvay Harish Tiwari
Class 5, Shri Shri Ravishankar School, Pune, Maharashtra
Standing indecisive in the kitchen? Sharvay’s idea does away with these problems. In his machine, you simply select a particular vegetable, and the monitor displays a list of different ways it can be cooked along with the ingredients required and their quantity.
Device to relocate clouds
Shweta Sharma
Class 10, Police DAV School, Jalandhar, Punjab
The Poor rainfall in Punjab gave Shweta the first-hand experience of the problems caused by water shortage. And she came across news of floods in Assam. The two situations got amalgamated and an idea struck her, that if the clouds over Assam could somehow be sent to Punjab, it would be a ‘win-win situation’ for both states.
She was first hesitant to share this idea as she thought that it might be laughed upon. But her mother’s story of the great musician Tansen whose raag Megh Malhar was said to have the power to bring down rain encouraged her to send her idea reasoning that “if a sweet melodious voice can bring rain, then this is also possible, maybe not today, but tomorrow.”
 Glove with in-built mobile phone
Rohan Jolly
Class 7, Angel School, Delhi
Rohan’s grandparents live in Kashmir and he visits them during vacations, the cold weather made gloves indispensable, but Rohan found it difficult to hold the phone while wearing gloves.”The mobile sometimes get covered with snow and water entered inside, damaging it,” he explains.

He thought of solving these problems by fixing the phone within the gloves, so you can talk comfortably while remaining warm.
Shirt that wakes you up
Jatin Kumar Bhoi
Class 9, KK High School, Sundergarh, Odisha
Jatin found it difficult to remain awake while studying, and it landed him in problems especially during exams.
He came up with the idea of a special shirt with a mechanism for making sure that the person wearing it remains awake and also it is to have buttons that can tell time.
When asked about this idea, he replied, “I don’t know right now but will think of something once I grow up.”

What do You do For Others is More Important than What you Do for Yourself!!!!

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A voyaging ship was wrecked during a storm at sea and only two of the men on it were able to swim to a small, desert like island. The two survivors, not knowing what else to do, agree that they had no other recourse but to pray to God. However, to find out whose prayer was more powerful, they agreed to divide the territory between them and stay on
opposite sides of the island.

The first thing they prayed for was food. The next morning, the first man saw a fruit-bearing tree on his side of the land and he was able to eat it’s fruit. The other man’s parcel of land remained barren!

After a week, the first man was lonely and he decided to pray for a wife. The next day, there was a woman who swam to his side of the land. On the other side of the island, again there was nothing!

Soon the first man prayed for a house, clothes, more food. The next day, like magic, all of these were given to him. However, the second man still had nothing!

Finally, the first man prayed for a ship, so that he and his wife could leave the island. In the morning, he found a ship docked at his side of the island. The first man boarded the ship with his wife and decided to leave the second man on the island. He considered the other man unworthy to receive God’s blessings, since none of his prayers had been answered.

As the ship was about to leave, the first man heard a voice from heaven booming, “Why are you leaving your companion on the island?”
“My blessings are mine alone, since I was the one who prayed for them,” the first man answered. “His prayers were all unanswered and so he does not deserve anything.”

“You are mistaken!” the voice rebuked him. “He had only one prayer, which I answered. If not for that, you would not have received any of my blessings.”

“Tell me, O God,” the first man asked the voice, “What did he pray for that I should owe him anything?”

“He prayed that all your prayers be answered.”

For all we know, our blessings are not the fruits of our prayers alone, but those of another praying for us.

This is too good not to share…

My prayer for you today is that all your prayers are answered. Be blessed.

“What you do for others is more important than what you do for yourself”

This was shared with me by a friend, I hope you will share with your friends!

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A to Z Tips for an Achiever !!!

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TO Achieve your dreams , remember A to Z TIPS …..

Avoid negative thoughts, sources, people, places, things and habits.

Believe in yourself

Consider things from all angles

Don”t give up and don”t give in so easily

Enjoy life today…yesterday is gone…tomorrow may never come.

Family and friends are hidden treasures…seek them and enjoy their riches.

Give more than you planned to do

Hang on to your dreams

Ignore those who try to discourage you

Just do it !

Keep trying…no matter how hard it seems…it will get easier

Love yourself!

Make it happen

Never lie, cheat or steal…always strike a fair deal

Open your eyes and see things as they really are.

Practice makes you perfect

Quitters never win….and winners never quit

Read , study, and learn about everything important in your life

Stop gossiping

Take control of your own destiny

Understand yourself to understand others better

Visualise a goal or target

Want it more than anything.

Xcelllerate your efforts

You are unique of all God “s creations…nothing can replace you !

Zero in on your target and go for it !!!

This is not the end!!!!…Let this one be a good beginning for you!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Principles for Peace of Mind

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Life is long and full of challenges. Most of those challenges are internal, and depends on how WE choose to accept and interpet them. Our lives can go on very different paths, depending on what we do and how we look at what happens to us along the way. Here are 10 points of advice that if followed, will guarantee a better life, one that brings with it true peace of mind.

1. Do Not Interfere In Others’ Business Unless Asked.
Most of us create our own problems by interfering too often in others’affairs. We do so because somehow we have convinced ourselves that our way is the best way, our logic is the perfect logic and those who do not conform to our thinking must be criticized and steered to the right direction, our direction. No two human beings can think or act inexactly the same way. Mind your own business and you will keep your peace.

2. Forgive And Forget.
This is the most powerful aid to peace of mind. We often develop ill feelings inside our heart for the person who insults us or harms us. We nurture grievances. This in turn results in loss of sleep, development of stomach ulcers, and high blood pressure. This insult or injury was done once, but nourishing of grievance goes on forever by constantly remembering it. Get over this bad habit. Life is too short to waste on such trifles. Forgive, forget, and march on. Love flourishes with giving and forgiving.

3. Do Not Crave Recognition.
This world is full of selfish people. They seldom praise anybody without selfish motives. They may praise you today because you are in power, but no sooner than you are powerless, they will forget your achievement and will start finding faults in you. Their recognition is not worth the aggravation. Do your duties ethically and sincerely.

4. Do Not succumb to envy and jealousy.
We all have experienced how envy can disturb our peace of mind. You know that you work harder than your colleagues in the office, but sometimes they get promotions; you do not. You started a business several years ago, but you are not as successful as your neighbor whose business is only one year old. There are several examples like these in everyday life. Should you envy?
No. Remember everybody’s life is shaped by his/her destiny, which has now become his/her reality. Nothing will be gained by blaming others for your misfortune. Jealousy will not get you anywhere, it will only take away your peace of mind.

5. Change Yourself According To The Environment.
If you try to change the environment single-handedly, chances are you will fail. Instead, change yourself to suit your environment. As you do this, even the environment, which has been unfriendly to you, will mysteriously change and seem more congenial and harmonious with your goals.

6. Endure What Cannot Be Cured.
This is the best way to turn a disadvantage into an advantage. Every day we face numerous inconveniences, ailments, irritations, and accidents that are beyond our control. If we cannot control them or change them, we must learn to put up with these things. We must learn to endure them cheerfully. Believe in yourself and you will gain in terms of patience, inner strength and will power.

7. Do Not Bite Off More Than You Can Chew.
This maxim needs to be remembered constantly. We often tend to take more responsibilities than we are capable of carrying out. This is done to satisfy our ego. Know your limitations. Why take on additional loads that may create more worries? You cannot gain peace of mind by expanding your external activities. Reduce your material engagements and spend time in prayer, introspection and meditation. This will reduce those thoughts in your mind that make you restless. An uncluttered mind will produce greater feelings of peace.

8. Meditate Regularly.
Meditation calms the mind and gets rid of disturbing thoughts. This is the highest state of peace of mind. Try and experience it yourself. If you meditate earnestly for half an hour everyday, your mind will tend to become peaceful during the remaining twenty three and a half hours. Your mind will not be as easily disturbed as it was before. You would benefit by gradually increasing the period of daily meditation. You may think that this will interfere with your daily work. On the contrary, this will increase your efficiency and you will be able to produce better results in less time.

9. Never Leave The Mind Vacant.
An empty mind is the devil’s workshop. All evil actions start in the vacant mind. Keep your mind occupied in something positive, something worthwhile. Actively follow a hobby. Do something that holds your interest. You must decide what you value more: money or peace of mind. Your hobby, like social work or charity work, may not always earn you more money, but you will have a sense of fulfillment and achievement.

10. Do Not Procrastinate And Never Regret.
Do not waste time in protracted wondering �Should I or shouldn’t I?� Days, weeks, months, and years may be wasted in that futile mental debating. You can never plan enough because you can never anticipate all future happenings. Value your time and do the things that need to be done. It does not matter if you fail the first time. You can learn from your mistakes and succeed the next time. Sitting back and worrying will lead to nothing. Learn from your mistakes, but do not brood over the past.
DO NOT REGRET.
Whatever happened was destined to happen only that way. Why cry over spilled milk?

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10 Renowned Tamilians in America!!!!!

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The outstanding achievements of Indian Americans in various sectors ranging from business and academics to media and politics make us proud of our rich Indian heritage and culture. It is not a matter of surprise to note that there is an increasing number of Tamilians representing our country in the U.S.Indra Nooyi

Indra Nooyi, an Indian-origin American executive who hails from Chennai is the current Chairman and CEO of PepsiCo. She was one among the highest paid CEO’s in America, according to a recent survey report. Nooyi’s name appeared in the list of 50 women to watch in 2007 and 2008, according to a survey conducted by Wall Street Journal. She was one among Time’s list of 100 most influential people in the world and she also bagged the top position of most powerful woman in business, by a ranking done by Forbes (2009 and 2010).

According to Nooyi, ”Just because you are CEO, don’t think you have landed. You must continually increase your learning, the way you think, and the way you approach the organization. I’ve never forgotten that.”

Nooyi joined the company PepsiCo in the year 1994 and was appointed to the post of CFO in 2001.She rose to the position of CEO in 2007 and has been contributing a major share in the development of the company for more than a decade.

Nooyi completed graduation from Madras Christian College and post graduation in Management from Indian Institute of Management in Calcutta. She began her career as a product manager at Johnson & Johnson.

Meyya MeyyappanMeyya Meyyappan is the Chief Scientist for Exploration Technology at NASA Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, CA. Until June 2006, he served as the Director of the Center for Nanotechnology at NASA Ames.

Meyyappan has authored or co-authored over 225 articles in peer- reviewed journals and made over 200 Invited/Keynote/Plenary Talks in nanotechnology subjects across the world. His research interests include carbon nanotubes, graphene, and various inorganic nanowires, their growth and characterization, and application development in chemical and biosensors, instrumentation, electronics and optoelectronics.  He has worked to include nanotechnology products into space missions as well as transferring technologies to industry for commercialization.

Meyyappan is a founding member of the Interagency Working Group on Nanotechnology (IWGN) established by the US Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP).  The IWGN was responsible for putting together the US National Nanotechnology Initiative.

For his sustained contributions to nanotechnology, Meyyappan was inducted into the Silicon Valley Engineering Council Hall of Fame in February 2009.

Padma Lakshmi

Padma Lakshmi is a well-known internationally accepted model, who was the favourite of top designers such as Emanuel Ungaro, Ralph Lauren and Alberta Ferratti. She started her modeling career when she was just 18 and has appeared on the covers of many promonent magazines like RedBook, Vogue India, FHM, Cosmopolitan, L’Officiel India, Asian Woman, Avenue, Industry Magazine, Marie Claire, Harper’s Bazaar, Town & Country and Newsweek.

She says, “I was the first Indian model to have a career in Paris, Milan and New York. I’m the first one to admit that I was a novelty.’’

Along with modeling, Lakshmi started hosting cookery shows such as Padma’s Passport and Top Chef and she also published many cookery books.”Easy Exotic”, her first cookbook was named as the Best First Book in the year 1999 at the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards conducted at Versailles. She was also nominated for Emmy Award as “Outstanding Host on a Reality-Competition in 2006.

Padma is basically from an Iyengar Brahmin family based in Chennai, who did her schooling and higher education in U.S. She completed graduation in Theatre Arts from Clark University in Massachusetts.

Kamala HarrisKamala Harris is the current attorney General of California who was featured as one of ‘America’s 20 Most Powerful Women’, by Newsweek. Prior to this, she served as the District Attorney of San Francisco for six years, from 2004 to 2010.

Kamala is the first female to be elected as the attorney general of California and the first Asian-American to serve this prestigious post .

During her tenure as the District Attorney of San Francisco, Kamala fought against violence, crime and she was also behind the implementation of tough gun charging policies. Moreover, she focused on child assault, public integrity and environmental crimes. She increased the conviction charges for serious and violent crimes and extended helping hand to the victims of crime and their family members.

Born to a Tamil mother and African- American father, Kamala was bought up in California and she completed her higher education from the universities of California and Howard.

Ram ShriramKavitark Ram Shriram is a board member of Google and one of the first investors in Google. He runs his own investment firm, Sherpalo Ventures, a venture capital firm that invests in promising new disruptive technologies, established in the year 2000.

In 2005, Shriram was named as one among the top three high-tech dealmakers by Forbes, recognizing his talents and foresight. Recently, he also made it to Forbes’ list of ‘richest Indian Americans’, with a net worth of $1.6 billion.

‘He is always eager to roll up his sleeves and work closely with founding teams on the challenging issues that confront and sometimes confound early stage ventures,’ saysGoogle, reports Rediff.

Shriram is also an investor in a global mobile Ad Network, InMobi. He serves on the boards of StumbleUpon, Zazzle, Next Jump, Mevio and PaperlessPost.com, and also serves on the advisory board of Naukri.com.

Shriram completed his graduation in science from Loyola College of Chennai, Madras University and holds an MBA from the Ross School of Business affiliated to University of Michigan.

Balamurali AmbatiAmbati is a Tamil-origin ophthalmologist, educator, and researcher who made it to the Guinness Book of World Records by becoming the youngest doctor; at the age of 17! He was successful in re-defining the minimum age limit for a person to join medical school in the west.

Presently, he works as the Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences & Director of Corneal Research at the University of Utah.

Ambati has showcased extreme skills in various fields of science from early childhood and has now turned out to be a highly esteemed personality in the world of medical science. According to him, being a good listener, being thoughtful and perseverance are the three traits a successful person should possess.

His contribution in correcting myopia, hyperopia, and astigmatism through LASIK is quite noteworthy.

Balamurali has received many prestigious awards for his medical brilliance which includes Raja-Lakshmi Award from Sri Raja-Lakshmi Foundation, Chennai, in the year 1995.

Sendhil RamamurthySendhil Ramamurthy is an American actor, who was born in Chicago to Hindu Tamil immigrant parents from India.

He has acted in many popular movies such as Love & Debate, Orient Express, Blind Dating, Little India, Shor in the City and It’s a Wonderful Afterlife.

He has also appeared on several TV shows, including Ellen, Casualty, Guiding Light, Grey’s Anatomy, Ultimate Force, CSI: Miami, Heroes, Covert Affairs and Numb3rs.

He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in history and then attended the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London, from which he graduated in the year 1999.

Aziz Ansari

Aziz Ansari, an Indian-origin American writer and stand-up comedian has huge fan following him, which goes up to more than 1.7 million on Twitter. Ansari, who holds a graduation in marketing from Leonard N. Stern School of Business at NewYork University, started his career performing stand-up comedy. He got a place in the “Hot List” of Rolling Stone in the year 2005 and was also honoured with the Jury Award for “Best Standup” at HBO’s U.S Comedy Arts Festival in the year 2006.

S.Somasegar

S. Somasegar is the Corporate Vice President of the Developer Division at Microsoft Corporation. Till September 2011, he served as the Senior Vice President of the company.

He is responsible for engineering and marketing for developer tools and services, programming languages and runtimes designed for a broad base of software developers and development teams, including the Visual Studio and Expression families of products, .NET Framework, and Team Foundation Server.

Somasegar started the India Development Center in Hyderabad and the Microsoft Canada Development Center in Vancouver.

He was honoured with the Asian American Engineer of the Year Award in  2008.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in electronics and communication engineering from College of Engineering, Anna University and an M.S. in computer engineering from Louisiana State University.

He is the owner of four patents and before joining as the head of the developers’ division, Somasegar had worked on eight different operating system releases.

Jaishankar Ganesh

Jaishankar Ganesh is the first permanent dean of Asian Indian descent at Rutgers School of Business–Camden.

“Dr. Ganesh is an exceptional administrator and scholar, and an energetic visionary. I am confident that he will help to advance the Rutgers School of Business–Camden to its rightful place as a premier center for education and business development in our region and state,” said Richard L. McCormick, president of Rutgers, while announcing the appointment of Ganesh. He also added that “his focus on developing new models for business education that address the career demands of the coming decades will help to lead Rutgers to the next level of prominence in undergraduate and graduate business education.”

Ganesh holds a Ph.D. in Marketing and International Business from the University of Houston and an MBA degree from the same university. He received his bachelor’s degree in Physics from the Loyola Autonomous College, Madras and second degree in Instrument Technology from the Madras Institute of Technology.

Look What Is Brewing!!!!!

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  • Madras Coffee House. Photo: R. Shivaji Rao
    The HinduMadras Coffee House. Photo: R. Shivaji Rao
  • A Kaapi Cheenu kiosk. Photo: R. Shivaji Rao
    The HinduA Kaapi Cheenu kiosk. Photo: R. Shivaji Rao
  • Kaapi Kudil. Photo: R. Shivaji Rao
    The HinduKaapi Kudil. Photo: R. Shivaji Rao
  • An Idli Vilas kiosk. Photo: R. Shivaji Rao
    The HinduAn Idli Vilas kiosk. Photo: R. Shivaji Rao

source::: The Hindu… story by Anusha Parthasarathy…

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Filter kapi in cool kiosks? That’s the USP of new-age entrepreneurs who’ve jumped on to the beverage bandwagon. Anusha Parthasarathy tracks down some success stories

After the recent outbreak of cappuccinos, expressos and lattes, Chennai’s beloved filter coffee is back with a bang in trendy, on-the-go kiosks. It is no longer confined to a few hotels or the halcyon memories of those who sat sipping them on thinnais, but comes in take away cups with Indian snacks to accompany.

Madras Coffee House was started two years ago when two friends wanted to drink coffee and didn’t know where to go. “Kumaravelan and I love filter coffee and found that it was too expensive in hotels. We don’t frequent tea shops and wanted something priced in between, offering good quality, hygienic coffee,” says Prasanna Venkatesh.

And so, Madras Coffee House opened its first kiosk at Chennai One IT Park in Perungudi, offering authentic filter coffee. “This was in June 2010,” says Prasanna, “and now we have eight stand-alone outlets and another eight in tie-up with a popular sweet shop.” The outlets are at Express Avenue, T. Nagar, Avadi with more coming up at Valluvar Kottam and Central Station.

Filter coffee on-the-go

Kaapi Cheenu in Alwarpet has a similar story. “When I was doing my MBA in Ahmedabad, I ran the student-run retail store there. After a while, I was fed up with tea and got my own percolator to make coffee. Soon, people began asking me for it and it became a huge hit on the campus. When I passed out I wanted to start something similar here. The kiosk model appealed to me because you usually never get filter coffee on-the-go,” says Manu Srinivas aka Cheenu.

Targeting colleges and corporates is Kaapi Kudil, a venture of Concepto Delicacies. K. Gurunathan, director, says “When you think of this city, the first thing that comes to your mind is filter coffee. But it’s a dying tradition and you don’t get to taste this coffee anywhere except in a few hotels. We’re trying to bring those homemade flavours and use no chicory in our coffee. We have three outlets so far and are targeting 20 by June next year. We’re also looking at a highway restaurant model in the future. ”

Idli Vilas on R.K. Salai had a tea and coffee kiosk even before it opened as a restaurant. “We just let the kiosks stay since they were doing well,” says R. Marimuthu, the manager. “People told us it was convenient since those just stopping by for coffee needn’t step in and wait for the order.”

Manu, on the other hand, has just one outlet and hopes to expand soon. Kaapi Cheenu’s kiosk, resembles an old Kumbakonam house with its thoon (pillar), thinnai (pyol) and tiled roof.

Idli Vilas’ kiosks open in the wee hours of the morning and serve till late at night. “We start getting customers from as early as 6.30 a.m. Joggers, walkers and others come for their morning dose,” says Marimuthu. “The coffee station closes at 11 p.m. We get about 600 customers a day at our kiosks.”

And it’s not just coffee on the menu. “We serve some tea, cookies, puffs and samosas as well,” says Prasanna. Cheenu’s kiosk offers four kinds of vadai, rosemilk and some beverages. “Our coffee is also customised,” says Manu.

Kaapi Kudil also offers panagarkandu pal, sukku coffee and vazhaipoo vadai,” says Gurunathan.

கார்த்திகை தீப வழிபாடு ….

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ஒளி வடிவான இறைவனை தீபம் ஏற்றி வழிபடுவது எல்லா மங்களங்களையும் தந்து வாழ்வைப் பிரகாசிக்கச் செய்யும். வேத புராணங்களும் கூட விளக்கேற்றுவதே மிகச் சிறந்த பலன் தரும் என்கின்றன. எத்தனை எத்தனையோ அரசர்கள், கோயில்களில் தீபம் ஏற்றுவதையே மிகச் சிறந்த திருப்பணியாகச் செய்துள்ளனர். எல்லா நாளுமே தீபம் ஏற்றி வழிபடுவது உயர்வான பலன் தரும் என்றாலும், கார்த்திகை மாதத்தில் ஆலயங்களில் தீபம் ஏற்றி வைப்பதும், இல்லத்தில் இருவேளைகளில் விளக்கேற்றுவதும் எல்லா மங்களங்களையும் தந்து வாழ்வை ஒளிமயமாக்கும். விளக்கினை ஏற்றி வைப்பதோடு இதோ இங்கே தரப்பட்டுள்ள துதியினையும் சொல்லுங்கள். தீப லட்சுமியின் அருளால் உங்கள் வாழ்வில் அஷ்டலட்சுமி கடாட்சம் சேரும்.

கார்த்திகை மாதம் முழுதும் தினமும் மாலையில் வீடுகளிலும் ஆலயங்களிலும் விளக்கேற்றி  வழிபடுவது, அக்கினியின் வாயிலாக ஆண்டவனுக்கு அவிர்பாகம் அளிக்கும் பெரும் யாகத்திற்கு நிகரான பலன் தரக்கூடியது. தினமும் விளக்கேற்ற இயலாதவர்கள் துவாதசி, சதுர்த்தசி, பவுர்ணமி ஆகிய மூன்று தினங்களில் மட்டுமாவது கண்டிப்பாக தீபம் ஏற்ற வேண்டும்.

தீப லட்சுமி துதி

1. தீபோ ஜோதி பரம் ப்ரம்ஹ தீபோ ஜோதி ஜனார்த்தன:
தீபோ ஹரது மே பாபம் ஸந்த்யா தீபோ நமோஸ்துதே

ஜோதி வடிவான தீபமே பிரம்மா, அதுவே விஷ்ணு, ஈசனும் அதுவே. காலை மாலை இருவேளையும் எவர் வீட்டில் விளக்கு ஏற்றப்படுகிறதோ அந்த வீட்டில் உள்ளவர்களின் பாவங்கள் நீங்குகின்றன. அப்படிப்பட்ட அருள் நிரம்பிய தீப லட்சுமியை வணங்குகிறேன்.

2. சுபம் கரோதி கல்யாணம் ஆரோக்யம் தனஸம்பத:
சத்ரு புத்தி வினாசாய தீபஜோதி நமோஸ்துதே

எல்லா சுபகாரியங்களும் தடையின்றி நடக்கவும், எதிரிபயம் விலகவும் உடல்நலம் சிறக்கவும், பொன் பொருள் சேரவும் அருள்புரியும் தீபலட்சுமியே… எங்கள் அறிவாற்றல் இருள் இன்றிப் பிரகாசிக்கவும் அருள்செய்யும் உன்னைத் துதிக்கிறேன்.

3. ஸுவர்ண வ்ருத்திம் குருமே க்ருஹே ஸ்ரீ
ஸுதான்ய வ்ருத்திம் குருமே க்ருஹே ஸ்ரீ
கல்யாண வ்ருத்திம் குருமே க்ருஹே ஸ்ரீ
விபூதி வ்ருத்திம் குருமே க்ருஹே ஸ்ரீ

எவரால் தினமும் தீபம் ஏற்றப்படுகிறதோ அவரது இல்லத்தில், பொன், பொருள் சேரும். தானியங்கள் குறைவிலாது பெருகும்; அன்னப் பஞ்சம் இருக்காது. எல்லா மங்கள காரியங்களும் தடை நீங்கிச் சிறப்பாக நடக்கும். சகல செல்வங்களும் சேரும். (விபூதி என்பதற்கு ஐஸ்வர்யம் என்ற அர்த்தமும் உண்டு). அவர் வீட்டில் திருமகள் நீங்காது இருப்பாள்.

4. கீடா: பதங்கா: மசகாச் ச வ்ருக்ஷõ:
ஜலே ஸ்தலே ஏ நிவஸந்து ஜீவா:
த்ருஷ்ட்வா ப்ரதீபம் ந ச ஜன்ம பாஜோ
பவந்தி நித்யம் ஸ்வசாஹி விப்ரா:

நுண்ணுயிர்கள், புழுக்கள், கொசுக்கள், வண்டுகள், பூச்சிகள், விலங்குகள், பறவைகள், மரம், செடி, கொடிகள் இவற்றோடு ஆகாயத்தில், பூமியில் நீரில் என எல்லா இடங்களிலும் உள்ள உயிர்கள் எவையானாலும் அவற்றின் எல்லா பாவங்களும் தீபஜோதியாகிய திருவிளக்கினை தரிசிப்பதால் நீங்கும். பல்வேறு பிறவிகளில் செய்த பாவங்களையும் நீக்கக்கூடிய ஜோதிலட்சுமியை வணங்குகிறேன். பிரகாசமான வாழ்வினை அவள் எனக்கு அளிக்கட்டும்.

கார்த்திகை தீபத்தன்று வீட்டில் பெண்கள் பாட வேண்டிய பாடல் இது.

விளக்கே திருவிளக்கே: வேந்தன் உடன்பிறப்பே!
சோதி மணிவிளக்கே: சீதேவி பொன்மணியே!
அந்தி விளக்கே: அலங்கார நாயகியே!
காந்தி விளக்கே: காமாட்சித் தாயாரே!
பசும்பொன் விளக்குவைத்துப் பஞ்சுத் திரிபோட்டு
குளம்போல எண்ணெய் விட்டு
கோலமுடன் ஏற்றி வைத்தேன்.
ஏற்றினேன் நெய்விளக்கு: எந்தன் குடிவிளங்க
வைத்தேன் திருவிளக்கு: மாளிகையும் தான் விளங்க
மாளிகையில் சோதியுள்ள
மாதாவைக் கண்டு மகிழ்ந்தேன் யான்!
மாங்கல்யப் பிச்சை மடிப்பிச்சை தாரும் அம்மா
சந்தான பாக்கியத்துடன் தனங்களும் தாரும் அம்மா
பெட்டி நிறையப் பூஷணங்கள் தாரும் அம்மா
பட்டி நிறையப் பால் பசுவைத் தாரும் அம்மா
கொட்டகை நிறையக் குதிரைகளைத் தாரும் அம்மா
புகழுடம்பைத் தாரும் அம்மா: பக்கத்தில் நில்லும் அம்மா
அல்லும் பகலும் எந்தன் அண்டையிலே நில்லும் அம்மா
சேவித்து எழுந்திருந்தேன்: தேவி வடிவம் கண்டேன்
வஜ்ரக் கிரீடம் கண்டேன்: வைடூரிய மாலை கண்டேன்
முத்துக் கொண்டை கண்டேன்: முழுப்பச்சைமாலை கண்டேன்
உரிமுடி கண்டேன்: தாழைமடல் சூடக் கண்டேன்
பின்னழகு கண்டேன்: பிறை போல நெற்றி கண்டேன்
சாந்துடன் நெற்றி கண்டேன்: தாயார் வடிவம் கண்டேன்
கமலத் திருமுகத்தில் கஸ்தூரிப் பொட்டும் கண்டேன்
மார்பில் பதக்கம் மின்ன மாலையசையக் கண்டேன்
கைவளையல் கலகலவென கணையாழி மின்னக் கண்டேன்
தங்க ஒட்டியாணம் தகதகவென ஜொலிக்கக் கண்டேன்
காலில் சிலம்பு கண்டேன்: காலாழி பீலி கண்டேன்
மங்கள நாயகியை மனங்குளிர
கண்டு மகிழ்ந்தேன் அடியாள் நான்!
அன்னையே அருந்துணையே
அருகிருந்து காரும் அம்மா
வந்த வினை அகற்றி மகாபாக்கியம் தாரும் அம்மா
தாயாரும் உந்தன் தாளடியில் சரணம் என்றேன்
மாதாவே! உந்தன் மலரடியில் நான் பணிந்தேன்:

திருவிளக்கு பூஜை விதிமுறை

* விளக்குகளை நன்றாக கழுவி, சுத்தமான தாம்பளம் அல்லது பலகையில் வைக்கவேண்டும். உடைந்த, கீறல் விளக்குகளை பயன்படுத்தக் கூடாது.
* ஏற்றியபின்பு அசையாமல் பார்த்துக் கொள்ளவேண்டும்.
* விளக்கிற்கு மாலை மற்றும் மாங்கல்ய கயிறை சூட்ட வேண்டும்.
* சுடரில் இருந்து பத்தி, சூடம் கொளுத்தக் கூடாது. தீப்பெட்டியே பயன்படுத்த வேண்டும்.
* எண்ணெயை அடிக்கடி ஊற்றாமல் முதலிலேயே நிரம்ப ஊற்றிக் கொள்ளவேண்டும். திரிகள் புதிதாகவும், கெட்டியானதாகவும் இருக்க வேண்டும்.
* வீடுகளில் பூஜை செய்யும்போது, விளக்கை கிழக்கு நோக்கி வைத்து அதற்கு வலப்புறத்தில் வடக்கு முகமாக அமர்ந்து கொள்ள வேண்டும்.
* விளக்கை தீக்குச்சியால் நேரடியாக ஏற்றாமல், துணைவிளக்கை ஏற்றி, அதன் மூலமே ஏற்ற வேண்டும்.
* பூஜை முடியும்வரை ஸ்லோகங்களை ஒரே மாதிரியான குரலில் சொல்ல வேண்டும். ஒருவர் உயர்த்தியும், ஒருவர் தாழ்த்தியும் குரல் கொடுக்கக்கூடாது.

விளக்கு பூஜை மாத பலன்

ஒவ்வொரு மாதமும் பவுர்ணமி, அமாவாசை மற்றும் மாதப்பிறப்பு நாட்களில் விளக்குபூஜை செய்வது மிகுந்த நற்பலன் தரும்.

சித்திரை – தானிய வளம்.
வைகாசி – செல்வச்செழிப்பு.
ஆனி – திருமண பாக்கியம்.
ஆடி – ஆயுள்பலம்.
ஆவணி – கல்வித்தடை நீக்கம், அறிவார்ந்த செயல்
புரட்டாசி – கால்நடைகள் அபிவிருத்தி
ஐப்பசி – நோய் நீங்குதல்
கார்த்திகை – புத்திரபாக்கியம், சகல வளம்.
மார்கழி – ஆரோக்கியம் அதிகரிப்பு.
தை – எடுத்த செயல்களில் வெற்றி.
மாசி – துன்பம் நீங்குதல்.
பங்குனி – ஆன்மிக நாட்டம், தர்மசிந்தனை வளர்தல்.

எந்த நேரத்தில் விளக்கேற்றலாம்?

சூரியோதயத்திற்கு முன்னதான பிரம்ம முகூர்த்த வேளையில் (காலை4.30- 6மணி) விளக்கேற்றினால் பெரும் புண்ணியம் உண்டாகும். முன்வினைப் பாவம் விலகும். மாலை 4.30-6க்கு இடையே உள்ள பிரதோஷ வேளை சிவபெருமானுக்கும், நரசிம்ம மூர்த்திக்கும் மிகவும் உகந்தவை. இவ்வேளையில் தீபமேற்றினால் திருமணத்தடை, கல்வித்தடை நீங்கும் என்பது ஐதீகம். ஒரு வீட்டில் எந்த நேரத்தில் விளக்கேற்றினாலும், கருக்கல் நேரமான மாலை 6.30 மணிக்கு அவசியம் விளக்கேற்ற வேண்டும். இது அனைவருக்கும் பொதுவான நேரம். விளக்கை குளிர்விக்கும் போது, கைகளை உயர்த்தி அணைக்கக்கூடாது. பூவால் குளிர்விக்கலாம். தூண்டும் குச்சியால் லேசாக அழுத்தலாம். இதற்கென பித்தளை குச்சிகள் கடைகளில் கிடைக்கின்றன.

பொட்டு வைக்கும் முறை

வீட்டில் திருவிளக்கு ஏற்றும் முன் சந்தனம் குங்குமம் இடவேண்டும் என்பது நியதி. விளக்கின் எட்டு பாகத்தில் பொட்டு இட வேண்டும். அவை உச்சி, முகங்கள் ஐந்து, தீபஸ்தம்பம், தீபத்தின் பாதம் ஆகியவை. எட்டு இடங்களிலும் பொட்டிடும்போது, ஆதிலட்சுமி, சந்தான லட்சுமி, வித்யாலட்சுமி, தனலட்சுமி, தான்ய லட்சுமி, கஜலட்சுமி, வீர லட்சுமி, விஜயலட்சுமி ஆகியோரை தியானித்து இடவேண்டும். இதனால், வீட்டில் ஐஸ்வர்யம் பெருகும். எட்டு பொட்டுகள் வைப்பதற்கு தத்துவரீதியாவும் ஒரு காரணமும் சொல்வர். நிலம், நீர், காற்று, நெருப்பு, ஆகாயம் என்னும் ஐந்து பூதங்கள், சூரியன், சந்திரன் ஆகிய கண்கண்ட தெய்வங்கள், ஆத்மா என்னும் உயிர் தத்துவம் ஆகியவற்றை இந்த பொட்டுகள் குறிக்கின்றன.

எந்த எண்ணெய்க்கு என்ன பலன்?

தீபமேற்ற பயன்படுத்தும் எண்ணெயின் பலனைப் பொறுத்தும் பலன் கிடைக்கும்.
நெய்- செல்வவிருத்தி, நினைத்தது கைகூடும்
நல்லெண்ணெய்- ஆரோக்கியம் அதிகரிக்கும்
தேங்காய் எண்ணெய்- வசீகரம் கூடும்
இலுப்பை எண்ணெய்- சகல காரிய வெற்றி
விளக்கெண்ணெய்- புகழ் தரும்
ஐந்து கூட்டு எண்ணெய்- அம்மன் அருள்

ஐந்துக்கும் ஒவ்வொரு பலன்

விளக்கேற்றும் போது ஒவ்வொரு முகத்துக்கும் ஒரு பலன் உண்டு.
ஒரு முகம் ஏற்றினால் – நினைத்த செயல்கள் நடக்கும்
இரு முகம் ஏற்றினால் – குடும்பம் சிறக்கும்
மூன்று முகம் ஏற்றினால் – புத்திரதோஷம் நீங்கும்
நான்கு முகம் ஏற்றினால் – செல்வம் பெருகும்
ஐந்து முகம் ஏற்றினால் – சகலநன்மையும் உண்டாகும்

எந்த திசை என்ன பலன்

கிழக்கு – துன்பம் நீங்குதல், குடும்ப அபிவிருத்தி
மேற்கு – கடன், தோஷம் நீங்கும்
வடக்கு – திருமணத்தடை அகலும்
தெற்கு நோக்கி விளக்கேற்றக்கூடாது.

இவர்களுக்குரிய எண்ணெய்

விநாயகர்- தேங்காய் எண்ணெய்
மகாலட்சுமி – பசுநெய்
குலதெய்வம் – வேம்பு, இலுப்பை, பசுநெய் கலந்த எண்ணெய்
பைரவர் – நல்லெண்ணெய்
அம்மன் – விளக்கெண்ணெய், வேம்பு, தேங்காய், இலுப்பை, பசுநெய் சேர்ந்த ஐந்து கூட்டு எண்ணெய்
பெருமாள், சிவன், முருகன், பிற தெய்வங்கள்- நல்லெண்ணெய்.
 source:::::DINA MALAR ..TAMIL DAILY.

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Think Differently… Organic Washing Detergent!!!

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source:::::EONOMIC TIMES..

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Meet Chennai-based spouses-turned-business partners, who opted out of the corporate rat race one sure idea: to work on an environment-related concept.

Meet Chennai-based spouses-turned-business partners, who opted out of the corporate rat race one sure idea: to work on an environment-related concept.
There’s nothing new about people leaving lucrative MNC jobs to start their own ventures, but how many are enterprising enough to quit without knowing what they want to do or how to go about it? Meet Chennai-based Preethi Sukumaran and Srinivas Krishnaswamy, spouses-turned-business partners, who opted out of the corporate rat race on the same day, 31 January 2009, with one sure idea: to work on an environment-related concept.

“After graduating from IIM in 2001, we both worked in various FMCG MNCs for eight years. So, we were confident about brand building, marketing and handling the venture, but weren’t sure about the product itself,” says Krishnaswamy, who graduated from IIM-Bangalore, while his wife is from IIM-Calcutta. So, the couple, who got married in 2003, decided to see the world while waiting for inspiration to strike. Indeed, it was during their year-long travel across India and Europe that they figured out how to integrate their personal quest of sustainable urban living with a business venture. The solution was to create a basket of sustainable, organic goodies. On returning home in 2010, the duo researched the market for organic products, and zeroed in on organic washing detergent as their first product. “In 2009, we had started using soapberries for washing our clothes and realised that not only were theyenvironment-friendly compared with the usual detergents, but were equally, if not more, effective,” says Sukumaran.

Within the organic product universe, the humble detergent had remained on the sidelines despite contributing heavily to soil and water pollution. “Till that time, the players in this market were small and unorganised, so we decided to launch organic washing detergent,” she adds. In May 2010, they finally figured on a name, Krya, meaning mindful action, and by October 2010, the company had been registered.

The couple did not set up the venture in the traditional way, that is, first launching and then promoting it. In fact, they did the reverse. “After registering our company, while we were looking at sourcing our product, working on the website design and other back-end issues, we started a Facebook page and a blog. Over the next six months, we interacted online with a lot of people, telling them what we were planning to do and how we were going about it,” says Sukumaran.

Before long, the couple got an active Net community. They also finalised the soapberries they wanted to use and struck a deal with an organic farm near Guntur, Andhra Pradesh. “The latter would process and manufacture the product and send it to our office in Chennai,” she adds. By the time the product was launched in May 2011, Krya had built a potential customer base without spending much—Rs 6 lakh for the entire process, from idea inception and registering the company to renting a 250-sq-ft office space at Mylapore, Chennai, and launching the product.