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Interesting read
Fire Walking…..
Source:::: input from a Sai Devotee….must read…. Divine experience by a devotee…..As described in this story , i too had opportunities to witness few such fire walkings , called ‘THEE MEDHI “, in our villages during my childhood….. But i used to be a spectator only for this divine miracle !!!!!
Natarajan
The Fire Walking
Those were the days when as a young boy of 12 year old, and I was studying in the 7th grade of middle school, in a small town in Palghat (Kerala).
We lived in an Agraharam, where a group of traditional Brahmins live. These Agraharams are cluster of tiled houses, built in rows on both sides of the road.
There are many temples outside the Agraharam areas, where you can find temples exclusively for Devi, known as “Mariamman”.
The villagers conduct the daily worships. The method of worship is based on devotion, and singing in praise of the Amman. In many such temples there are ORACLES. When the singing starts, this Oracle starts dancing to the tune and the beat. It is believed that Amman is manifesting in the body of that oracle. I have been personally witnessing awesome supernatural powers in these oracles while they are supposed to be in trace.
In my early age, late one evening, while we were playing in front of our homes, I saw a big crowd moving along the road of the Agraharam. The group of persons who were beating the Thappattai, and Udukku preceded them, and a couple of them were singing. They were walking backwards, facing the Oracle who was just behind them. The sight, which I witnessed, was perplexing. The oracle was wearing a yellow colored Dhothi, waist down. He had long hairs, but the front portion was bald, and displayed some scars over there.
The Oracle was in a condition of trance, or seemed to be possessed, and was dancing to the beating of the drums. He was holding a big open type earthen pot, and fire was ranging high from the pot. It was terribly hot, and the people nearby were sweating profusely. It seems that the oracle did not feel the heat, though the pot was resting squarely on both his palms. Of course, there were a bunch of Neem leaves as insulation, but they have been badly burnt out due to the excessive heat. The procession had already covered a good length of 2 kilometers, and by the time, it reaches back the temple, they would have covered 5 kilometers are so. It was quite astonishing to see such a feat of endurance, braving the heat, and the stamina, which he had to withstand such long procession, dancing all the way with the firepot on his hands.
Many of the people from Agraharam followed the procession to the end. I was very much enthused by this rare experience, and I too followed them.
On the arrival in the temple, which was in the outskirts of the village, the oracle circled the temple three times and emptied the fire from the pot into a long hearth, which contained simmering fire. Some devotees were fanning the fire with thick matted pads, using them as a hand used fan, and the fire was glowing red-hot. The hearth, the pit containing the fire, should be around 20 feet, long and 6 feet wide. I was told that a good 2 feet depth had been filled with fire. They would have burnt two cartloads of firewood to create this fire. I was told that the oracle would walk over the fire. I was also told that he would pick some more people to walk on the fire pit! And it did happen! The oracle selected me to be one among them.
We were directed to follow him. The destination was a river about a kilometer away. My grandmother was very excited to know that I had been blessed by the selection as one among a few, by the Oracle. We took bath in the river and returned to temple, wearing wet clothes.
On arrival, we were directed to stand in a queue, in front of the fire pit. The Oracle stood for a moment near the approach of the Fire pit, and started walking over the Fire. He covered the good 20 feet length, with about 10 to 15 strides. I was trembling with fear, to think what is going to happen. One by one, the selected devotees were directed to follow suit. It was my turn now. But I stood hesitating. The Oracle gently patted me and pushed me into the pit. I took my first step on the fire. I did not feel much heat though under my legs, it was quite warm. In a hurry I took further steps and crossed the long pit in quick time. I was wonder struck to note there were no burns under my legs, and I was quite safe. I could not understand the rationale behind the entire episode. How is it possible that you do not get burnt, even while walking barefoot, such a length over the simmering fire?
Devotees were chanting the names of Goddess in loud voices, beating the drums, and the entire crowd was hysterical. But I must admit that there was really something mythical and supernatural in the entire event that took place within an hour or so.
This experience of fire walking made me think of the Power of God and Goddess, and the devotion became deep rooted, in the years to come. Perhaps, such experiences were gradually preparing me in my path of devotional pilgrimage. The urge to spiritualize my life had been planted in my young mind on that memorable day!
Article by::::
“Mumbai” Srinivasan
GOA….Some Facts we do not know…..
SOURCE:::: INPUT FROM ONE OF MY FRIENDS…. INTERESTING READ….
Natarajan
DID YOU KNOW THESE FACTS ABOUT GOA?
1. That the only state in India having two official state languages is Goa with Konkani and Marathi.
2. That Goa is the smallest state of India having a national highway road span of only 120 km N to S and around 80 kms E to W.
3. That Goa’s official language, Konkani, is the only Indian language that is written in two scripts, Devnagri and Roman English script.
4. That Goa is the only state where the state road transport is named after an old age dynasty called Kadamba.
5. That Goa is the second state after Orissa where the world famous Olive Ridley Turtles come to lay their eggs on Morjim beach.
6. That Goa is the state having the whole non-decomposing miraculous remains of St Francis Xavier atOld Goa.
7. That Goa is the only Indian state with an active and enforced uniform Civil Code implemented by the Portuguese.
8. That if you are a Goan you can avail of Portuguese Nationality Passport.
9. That the first printing press of Asia was installed in Goa at St Pauls’ college in 1556.
10. That the first medical school of India was established in Goa set up in 1842 at Panaji, demolished in 2004.
11. That Goa is exporting 60% of India’s Mineral Ore to Japan.
12. That Goa is the first state in India to permanently host the international film festival.
13. That Goa is the only place where one can hire a two wheeler taxi called “pilots.”
14. That Goa’s only airport is military airport of the Navy.
15. That the one and only one Naval Aviation Museum of Asia is located at Vasco in Goa.
16. That India has only two temples dedicated to the Brahma of the Hindu Trinity. One is in Rajasthan and other in Goa; 17.7 km from Valpoi in the village of Carambolim Brahma Temple.
17. That Mumbai owes its daily bread to Goa more precisely, to migrant bakers from Saligao and Siolim who brought with them the blessed Pao to Mumbai.
18. That Goa, even though the smallest state in India, has the highest bank saving deposit.
19. That Asia’s only floating casino is launched in Goa’s coastal waters at Panaji harbour known as “Caravela.”
20. That India’s largest laterite stone carving of St. Mirabai is at ancestral Goa at Loutolim village.
21. That Goa is the only state of India having the highest forest destiny cover of 33% of total land mass.
22. That the first English medium high school in Goa was established in 1896 at St. Josephs’ High School, Arpora.
23. Goa is the first state in India werein one can register car, bike or other vehicle on line from the dealers directly which started in June ’06 and one need not go to R.T.O. for registration.
24. That petrol is cheaper in Goa than the other states as implemented by the newly elected CM.
படித்ததில் பிடித்தது ….ராம ஜப மஹிமை !!!!!
SOURCE::::: Unknown….good to read… and share….
Natarajan
ராம ஜபத்தின் மகிமை …..
ஒரு நாள் சக்கரவர்த்தி அக்பர் வேட்டைக்காக ஒரு பரந்த வனத்திற்குள் சென்றார்.
அவருடன் மந்திரி பீர்பாலும் சென்றார். ஆனால் காட்டுக்குள் சென்றவர்களுக்கு வழி
தவறிப் போனது. கொடும் வனம், அதைவிட கொடிய பசி இருவரையும் வாட்டி வதைத்தது.
ஆனால் பீர்பாலோ அடர்ந்த வனத்தின் அழகில் மனதை பறிகொடுத்து விட்டார். உடனே ஒரு
பெரியமரத்தின் கீழ் அமர்ந்து “ராம ராம” என்று ராம நாம ஜபத்தை ஜபிக்கத்
தொடங்கினார்.
அக்பர் பசி தாங்க முடியாமல் பீர்பாலை நோக்கி, ஏதாவது உணவை சேகரித்துக் கொண்டு
வாருங்கள். நிச்சயம் சிறிது தூரம் போனால் ஏதாவது வழி தென்படும் என்று கூற,
பீர்பாலோ, அரசே என் வயிறோ உணவிற்கு ஏங்குகிறது. ஆனால் மனமோ ராம நாமத்திற்கு
ஏங்குகிறது. அதனால் மன்னா இப்போது நான் உணவைப் போய் சேகரிக்கும் நிலையில்
இல்லை என்று பதிலளித்தார்.
**இதைக் கேட்டு சினம் கொண்ட அக்பர் தானே உணவை தேடிக் கொண்டு போனார். அவர்
எதிர்பார்த்தது போலவே தொலைவில் ஒரு வீடு தென்பட விரைந்து சென்ற சக்கரவர்த்தி
அக்பரை மனம் மகிழ்ந்து வரவேற்று, அறுசுவை உணவளித்து உபசரித்தனர் அவ்வீட்டினர்.*
***அக்பரும் மனம் கேளாமல் பீர்பாலிற்காகவும் உணவைக் கேட்டுப் பெற்று காட்டில்
மரத்தடியில் ராமநாமத்தை ஜபித்துக் கொண்டிருந்தவரை அணுகி அதை கொடுத்துவிட்டு
ஏளனத்தோடு கேட்டார். “பீர்பால், இப்போதாவது தெரிந்ததா, நான் எடுத்த சரியான
முடிவால் தான் இன்று உமக்கு உணவு கிடைத்தது. நீங்கள் ஜபித்துக்
கொண்டிருக்கிறீர்களே இந்த ராமஜபம், அதுவா உங்களை பசியாற்றியது?”****இதற்கு
உணவைப் புசித்து முடித்து விட்டு அமைதியாக பீர்பால், ‘அரசே ! உணவிற்காக
மகாபெரிய சக்கரவர்த்தியான தாங்கள் ஒரு சாதாரண பிரஜையிடம் யாசிக்க நேர்ந்தது.
ஆனால் என் பிரபு ராமரோ எனக்கு உணவை மாமன்னரான உங்கள் கையில்
கொடுத்தனுப்பியுள்ளார். இதுதான் ராம ஜபத்தின் மகிமை’ என்று கூற, அக்பர்
வாயடைத்துப் போய் நின்றார்.****~
“Tree care ” Kanchikovil Thatha !!!!!
SOURCE:::::: Article by Akila Kannadasan in “THE HINDU”…..SEP 3 2012……
Natarajan
For 43 years now, K.A. Nagarajan has single-handedly planted and raised thousands of trees in his hometown of Kanchikovil. He is better known there as Maram Thatha, finds out Akila Kannadasan
Nagarajan realised it was already dusk, and time to go home. He had been planting flowering plants along the path leading to a hill temple in Kanchikovil the entire day. He knew he was in trouble when he encountered his furious dad who was on his way uphill looking for him. Says Nagarajan, “When my father said ‘Go home, I’m coming’, my blood curdled. I knew I was in trouble.” Today, almost 43 years after that day, Maram Thatha Nagarajan recalls the beating he got that evening. But not even that thrashing stopped him from doing what he wanted to do: plant trees.
Nagarajan has single-handedly planted over 7,000 trees in and around his village near Erode. He started when he was just 17 years old. Today, most of the saplings he planted are tall, strapping trees that are the lifeline for the people of Kanchikovil. The trees are almost as old as his children, and Nagarajan treats them no differently. For a living, he weaves towels on a loom at home.
Star struck
Seated on a wire-cot in his small, whitewashed house, he speaks of how as a little boy, he was a huge fan of MGR. “I grew up listening to the songs of Pattukkottai Kalyanasundaram and looked up to Kamaraj,” he says. His heroes inspired him to “do something” for the people. “I thought, why not plant trees that give shade to people.”
He collected seeds from around the village and raised the saplings himself. At the break of dawn, he would get on to his father’s cycle, his precious aruval and kadapparai slung around the handlebar. Two plastic pots of water held by a string hung on either side of his cycle carrier. Nagarajan would meticulously plant the saplings, build a fence of thorns around them for protection and water them. “If I plant a tree, it is my duty to look after it till it is strong enough,” says the 60-year-old.
Nagarajan’s wife Prema is very supportive of his mission. “She packs lunch and tea in a wire koodai for me when I go to work,” he smiles. The man on a cycle with his lunch basket, sickles and saplings became a common sight in Kanchikovil and somewhere along the way the children started calling him ‘Maram Thatha’. Nagarajan will stop at nothing to help a tree grow. He has braved thorns and brambles, irate authorities…he has even collected water from a ditch to water a tree. The soft-spoken man says that nothing angers him more than the reckless cutting of trees. Age has slowed him down, but even today, he is often seen shirtless in the hot sun with a mundaasu, fighting weeds with his sickle.
Anytime, anywhere
The village folk turn to him for any tree help. Tell him you need a custard apple sapling and he will make sure it is planted in your backyard. He even broke the myth surrounding the pungai tree by planting twenty of them in the village. “People believed that ghosts inhabited the tree,” says Nagarajan.
Nagarajan’s love for trees is immense. He has just recovered from a heart attack and he says, “It is the blessings of all the trees that saved me.”
He then speaks of the ‘Police station’ arasa maram. “When it was a young tree, people planned to cut it down to make way for a canal. But I didn’t let them do it. I said I will fast if it was cut.”
The canal was built, but the tree was spared. “It’s huge now. It is home to hundreds of little cormorants. They are beautiful, in the evenings you can hear them sing.” Even when Nagarajan is weaving at home, his mind wanders to the trees on the hillside. “When I close my eyes, all I think of is where to plant my next tree and which tree is in need of help,” he says.
What does he feel when he sees the saplings he planted all those years ago now as glorious trees? Maram Thatha falls silent for a moment. “Words cannot describe the feeling. The satisfaction…sometimes, I even feel a slight tinge of pride.”
Keywords: Nagarajan, Kanchikovil, Maram Thatha
DO Not Undermine the Auditor…..
SOURCE:::::: ARTICLE BY ERA SEZHIYAN…in ‘THE HINDU” ON SEP 4 2012….AN eye opener for all our political leaders …must read…
Natarajan
The Prime Minister is out of line in asserting that the Public Accounts Committee “will” challenge the findings of the CAG. It is akin to issuing a whip to the committee
When the draft provisions relating to the Comptroller and Auditor General were under consideration in the Constituent Assembly, Dr. B.R Ambedkar, Chairman of the Drafting Committee, said: “I am of the opinion that this dignitary or officer is probably the most important officer in the Constitution of India. He is the one man who is going to see that the expenses voted by Parliament are not exceeded, or varied from what has been laid down by Parliament in the Appropriation Act. If this functionary is to carry out the duties — and his duties, I submit, are far more important than the duties even of the Judiciary — he should have been certainly as independent as the Judiciary. But, comparing the Articles about the Supreme Court and those relating to the Auditor General, I cannot help saying that we have not given him the same independence which we have given to the Judiciary, although I personally feel that he ought to have far greater independence than the Judiciary itself” (May 30, 1949)
‘WITHOUT FEAR OR FAVOUR’
While laying the foundation stone of the CAG office building in New Delhi in July 1954, President Rajendra Prasad said: “… At the present moment when the Government is incurring a huge expenditure on so many welfare projects … it is essential that every rupee that we spend is properly accounted for. This important task — I am afraid, a task not always very pleasant — devolves upon the Comptroller and Auditor General and his office. In accordance with the powers vested in him, he has to carry on these functions without fear or favour in the larger interests of the nation.”
At a similar function in Madras in June 1954, Vice President Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan stated: “Ours is a poor country, its resources are limited and we cannot afford to risk any kind of waste and the Audit and Accounts Department will have to look upon their functions as the functions of the greatest public utility …” In conclusion, he asserted: “If I have one advice to give and if I am presumptuous enough to give any advice to the officers of the audit and accounts, it is this: ‘Do not shrink from the truth for fear of offending men in high places’.”
At the time President Prasad spoke about “huge expenditure of government projects,” the combined budgetary transactions of the Centre and the States were Rs.1,354 crore (1954-55). In 2010-2011, the total had zoomed to Rs.22, 92,510 crore according to the Economic Survey 2011-12.
When there was some criticism of the CAG’s reports in December 1952, Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru chastised the Member: “He [the CAG] is not responsible to the Government and it is open for him to criticise the Government in reports. For him to be criticised on the floor of the House would tend to undermine the special position that has been granted to him to discharge his duties without fear or favour.”
Against the audit’s findings on deficiencies in defence preparedness on May 31, 1962, during the debate on Demands for Grants, Defence Minister Krishna Menon flared up: “Criticism offered by Audit to Parliament must be limited to financial question based on accounts. It is not the function of Auditor General to range over the field of administration and offer suggestion as to how the Government could be better conducted.” Immediately there were points of order and Speaker Sardar Hukam Singh pacified both sides. On June 18, the matter was again raised and the Speaker accepted the suggestion of the Finance Minister to seek elucidation from the Public Accounts Committee on the role of the CAG on the points raised.
In the 1950s and 1960s, with Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru as its leader, the Congress had more than 70 per cent strength in both Houses, which naturally gave the ruling party a sufficient majority in all Committees, including the PAC. In 1962, the PAC chairman was Mahavir Tyagi, a senior Congress leader, bold and free in his views.
The PAC made an extensive study of the objectives and practices in the United Kingdom, and of explanations and documents offered by CAG A.K. Roy. Then, Tyagi submitted the PAC report with the following recommendations: “The Committee is definitely of the view that it is the function of the CAG to satisfy himself not only that every expenditure has been incurred as per prescribed rules, regulations and laws, but also that it has been incurred with ‘faithfulness, wisdom and economy.’ If, in the course of the audit, the CAG becomes aware of facts which appear to him to indicate an improper expenditure or waste of money, it is his duty to call the attention of Parliament to them through his Audit Reports. At the present time when there is heavy taxation and heavy expenditure, the Committee hopes that the CAG will pay even greater attention than in the past to this aspect of his duties and that the government will give him every facility to perform them.”
Four months later, in October 1962, the Chinese aggression on India proved the validity of the points raised in the Audit Report. The debacle forced Krishna Menon to resign.
Now scam after scam comes to be reported about the bewildering loss of public funds, counted in lakhs of crores. But at every revelation, the Manmohan Singh government, noted for its zero administrative capacity, maintains there is zero loss.
Can we expect the President and the Vice-President to follow in the footsteps of Rajendra Prasad and Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, and ask the CAG to carry on his functions “without fear or favour” or advise the Audit officers “not to shrink from truth for fear of offending men in high places?”
On August 27, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh submitted to both Houses his report refuting many points raised in the CAG Report on the allocation of coal blocks. I am not going to analyse the contents of the report.
HORRIFYING
I am horrified at the remarks he made to the media before going to the Lok Sabha with his report. His message to the media in Parliament House on August 27 was released by the Prime Minister’s Office. The fourth paragraph of the news release said: “I wish to assure the country that we have a very strong and credible case, the observations of the CAG are disputable, and they will be challenged when the matter comes before the Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee.”
I am not concerned here with the Prime Minster’s affirmations about the strong case of the government or the disputable observations of the CAG. What I am strongly against is this sentence in his statement: “…they [observations of the CAG] will be challenged when the matter comes before the Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee.”
How can the Prime Minister say now that the observations of the CAG ‘will’ be challenged when the matter comes before the PAC?
The PAC is set up by Parliament and its proceedings cannot be passed on to others until its report is submitted to Parliament. The Prime minister, however high his position, should not take the PAC for granted. He cannot issue a whip now that the observations of the CAG are to be challenged. He may as well abolish the entire Committee system.
When Hitler came to power in Germany, he proscribed all political parties excepting the Nazi Party; then he amended the law to end all forms of accountability through audit of finance. It is to be hoped that Manmohan Singh and his ministers are not trying to adopt this method to avoid struggling with the cumbersome parliamentary system of a functioning democracy.
(Era Sezhiyan is an eminent parliamentarian and author. He was chairman of the Public Accounts Committee from 1971 to 1973.)
Keywords: Comptroller and Auditor-General of India
Laughter The Best Medicine…..Airline Ticket Booking….
SOURCE:::: UNKNOWN… But a good stuff for hearty laugh !!!!!….
Natarajan
The Story of A Washington DC Airport Ticket Agent
(unbelievable)….
*A DC ‘airport ticket agent’ offers some examples of why the US is in
so much trouble!* *
1.*I had a New Hampshire Congresswoman (Carol Shea-Porter) ask for an aisle
seat so that her hair wouldn’t get messed up by being near the window. (On
an airplane!) *
2. *I got a call from a Kansas Congressman’s (Moore) staffer (Howard
Bauleke), who wanted to go to Cape Town*. I started to explain the length
of the flight and the passport information, and then he interrupted me
with, ”I’m not trying to make you look stupid, but Cape Town is in
Massachusetts ..” *
Without trying to make him look stupid, I calmly explained, ”Cape Cod is
in Massachusetts , Cape Town is in South Africa ..” *
3.* A senior Vermont Congressman (Bernie Sanders) called, furious about a
Florida package we did. I asked what was wrong with the vacation in Orlando
. He said he was expecting an ocean-view room. I tried to explain that’s
not possible, since Orlando is in the middle of the state.
He replied, ‘Don’t lie to me!, I looked on the map, and Florida is a very
THIN state!!” (OMG) *
4.* I got a call from a lawmaker’s wife (Landra Reid) who asked, ”Is it
possible to see England from Canada ?”
I said, ”No.” She said, ”But they look so close on the map” (OMG,
again!) *
5.* An aide for a cabinet member (Janet Napolitano) once called and asked
if he could rent a car in Dallas .. I pulled up the reservation and noticed
he had only a 1-hour layover in Dallas … When I asked him why he wanted
to rent a car, he said, ”I heard Dallas was a big airport, and we will
need a car to drive between gates to save time.” (Aghhhh) *
6.* An Illinois Congresswoman (Jan Schakowsky) called last week. She needed
to know how it was possible that her flight from Detroit left at 8:30 a.m.,
and got to Chicago at 8:33 a.m.
I explained that Michigan was an hour ahead of Illinois , but she couldn’t
understand the concept of time zones. Finally, I told her the plane went
fast, and she bought that. *
7.* A New York lawmaker, (Jerrold Nadler) called and asked, ”Do airlines
put your physical description on your bag so they know whose luggage
belongs to whom?” I said, ‘No, why do you ask?’
He replied, ”Well, when I checked in with the airline, they put a tag on
my luggage that said (FAT), and I’m overweight. I think that’s very rude!”
After putting him on hold for a minute, while I looked into it. (I was
dying laughing). I came back and explained the city code for Fresno , Ca.
is (FAT – Fresno Air Terminal), and the airline was just putting a
destination tag on his luggage.. *
8.* A Senator John Kerry aide (Lindsay Ross) called to inquire about a trip
package to Hawaii . After going over all the cost info, she asked, ”Would
it be cheaper to fly to California and then take the train to Hawaii ?” *
9.* I just got off the phone with a freshman Congressman, Bobby Bright from
Ala. who asked, ”How do I know which plane to get on?”
I asked him what exactly he meant, to which he replied, ”I was told my
flight number is 823, but none of these planes have numbers on them.” *
10* Senator Dianne Feinstein called and said, ”I need to fly to Pepsi-Cola
, Florida . Do I have to get on one of those little computer planes?”
I asked if she meant fly to Pensacola and fly on a commuter plane. She
said, ”Yeah, whatever, smarty!” *
11* Mary Landrieu, La. Senator, called and had a question about the
documents she needed in order to fly to China . After a lengthy discussion
about passports, I reminded her that she needed a visa. “Oh, no I don’t.
I’ve been to China many times and never had to have one of those.”
I double checked and sure enough, her stay required a visa. When I told her
this she said, ”Look, I’ve been to China four times and every time they
have accepted my American Express!” *
12* A New Jersey Congressman (John Adler) called to make reservations, ”I
want to go from Chicago to Rhino, New York .”
I was at a loss for words. Finally, I said, ”Are you sure that’s the name
of the town?”
‘Yes, what flights do you have?” replied the man.
After some searching, I came back with, ”I’m sorry, sir, I’ve looked up
every airport code in the country and can’t find a rhino anywhere.”
”The man retorted, ”Oh, don’t be silly! Everyone knows where it is. Check
your map!”
So I scoured a map of the state of New York and finally offered, ”You
don’t mean Buffalo , do you?”
The reply? ”Whatever! I knew it was a big animal.”
Now you know why the Government is in the shape it’s in!
Could ANYONE be this DUMB?
YES, THEY WALK AMONG US, ARE IN POLITICS, AND THEY CONTINUE TO BREED.
தமிழ் விஞ்ஞானிக்கு வட அமெரிக்காவில் கெளரவம் ….ஆனால் நம் இந்தியாவில் ???????????
source::::: input from one of my contacts……let us hope that we take pride and lead in spotting our own people and appreciating their talents before some other nation hijacks this golden opporttunity!!!!! in the indident under discussion, who is the loser???? certainly NOT the individual!!!!!!
Natarajan
இந்தியாவால் அவமானப்படுத்தப்பட்டு வெளியேற்றப்பட்ட தமிழ் விஞ்ஞானிக்கு வடமெரிக்காவில் கவுரவம்.
இந்தியாவால் வெளியேற்றப்பட்டு அவமானப்படுத்தப்பட்ட தமிழ் விஞ்ஞானி சிவா அய்யாதுரையை வட அமெரிக்கத் தமிழர் பேரவையான பெட்னா சிறப்பித்து கவுரப்படுத்தியிருக்கிறது.
இப்போதெல்லாம் ‘மெயில்’ வந்துருக்கு ன்னு வீட்டிலே யாரும் சொன்னால் அது தபாலில் வந்த மெயில் என்ற எண்ணம் வருவதில்லை. ‘மெயில்’ என்றால் ‘இமெயில்’ தான் என்று ஆகிவிட்டது. ஃபேஸ்புக், டுவிட்டர் என வெவ்வேறு பரிமாணங்களில் தகவல் தொழில் நுட்பம் முன்னேற்றம் கண்டாலும், இமெயில் எனபது அன்றாட செயல்களில் முக்கிய அம்சமாகிவிட்டது. தற்போதைய வாழ்க்கை முறையையே மாற்றிப் போட்டுவிட்டது.
முதன் முதலாக இமெயில் என்ற பெயரையும், இன்பாக்ஸ், அவுட்பாக்ஸ், ட்ராஃப்ட்ஸ், மெமோ உள்ளிட்ட (Inbox, Outbox, Drafts, the Memo (“To:”, “From:”, “Subject:”, “Bcc:”, “Cc:”, “Date:”, “Body:”), and processes such as Forwarding, Broadcasting, Attachments, Registered Mail, and others.) அனைத்து பகுதிகளையும் உள்ளடக்கிய தகவல் பரிமாற்றத்தை கண்டு பிடித்தவர் அமெரிக்க நியூ ஜெர்ஸி மாகாணத்தில் வசித்து வந்த 14 வயதே நிரம்பிய வி.ஏ. சிவா அய்யாதுரை என்ற தமிழ்க் குடும்பத்தை சார்ந்த மாணவன்.
ஆனால், குடியேற்ற சிறுபான்மை இனத்தவர் என்ற காரணத்தினாலோ என்னவோ, அவருக்கு அந்த அங்கீகாரத்தை கொடுக்காமல், இமெயில் உரிமைக்கு பலரும் சொந்தம் கொண்டாடினர்.
நான்கு ஆண்டுகள் கழித்து அமெரிக்க அரசாங்கம், 1982 ஆம் ஆண்டு ஆகஸ்ட் 30ம் நாள் முறையாக வி.ஏ. சிவா அய்யாதுரையின் புதிய கண்டுபிடிப்பான ‘இமெயில்’ ஐ அங்கீகரித்து காப்பி ரைட் வழங்கியது. இன்றோடு சரியாக முப்பது ஆண்டுகள் நிறைவடைந்துள்ளதை ஒட்டி, டாக்டர். வி.ஏ. சிவா அய்யாதுரை ‘இன்னோவேஷன்ஸ் கார்ப்ஸ்’ என்ற புதிய நிறுவனத்தை தொடங்கியுள்ளார்.
நியூ ஜெர்ஸி மாகாணம் நேவார்க் நகரில் இந்த நிறுவனம் தொடங்கப்பட்டுள்ளது. அதன் சார்பில், நேவார்க் நகர உயர் நிலைப்பள்ளி மாணவர்களை புதிய கண்டுபிடிப்புகளுக்கு ஊக்கப்படுத்தும் வகையில் ஒரு லட்சம் டாலர்கள் பரிசுத்தொகை வழங்கப்போவதாக அறிவித்துள்ளார் டாக்டர் சிவா அய்யாதுரை.
மாணவனாக இருந்த போது தனது கண்டுபிடிப்புக்கு அங்கீகாரம் கிடைக்காமல் பல்வேறு சோதனைகளுக்குள்ளான தன்னைப்போல், ஏனைய மாணவர்களுக்கு அந்த சோகம் நேரக்கூடாது என்பதற்காகவும், மாணவர்களின் கண்டுபிடிப்புகள் புதிய தொழில்களை தொடங்கும் வகையிலும் இன்னோவேஷன்ஸ் கார்ப்ஸ் உறுதுணையாக இருக்கும் என்றார்.
பல தொழில்களை நடத்தி வரும் டாக்டர் சிவா அய்யாதுரை, அமெரிக்க பிரபல பல்கலைக் கழகமான எம்.ஐ.டி யின் விரிவுரையாளராகவும் பணிபுரிகிறார். சமீபத்தில் நடந்த வட அமெரிக்க தமிழர் பேரவை (ஃபெட்னா) வெள்ளிவிழா மாநாட்டில் அவர் கௌரவிக்கப் பட்டார் என்பது குறிப்பிடத்தக்கது. அவரது ‘இமெயில்’ பயணத்தை http://www.inventorofemail.com/ தளத்தில் தெரிந்து கொள்ளலாம்.
இந்தியாவில் அவமதிப்பு
இதே சிவா அய்யாதுரையை மத்திய அரசின் அறிவியல் மற்றும் ஆராய்ச்சி நிறுவனம் 2008-ம் ஆண்டு டெல்லிக்கு அழைத்தது. அவரும் இந்திய அரசின் அழைப்பை ஏற்று டெல்லியில் வந்து பணியாற்றினார். ஆனால் மத்திய அறிவியல் ஆராய்ச்சி நிறுவனத் தலைவரை விமர்சித்தார் என்று கூறி அவரை இதர விஞ்ஞானிகள் பேசுவதற்கு தடை விதிக்கப்பட்டது. அவருக்கான இணைய தொடர்பும் துண்டிக்கப்பட்டது. ஒருகட்டத்தில் அவர் தங்கியிருந்த அரசு வீட்டிலிருந்தே வெளியேறவும் உத்தரவிடப்பட்டது.
இப்படி இந்தியா அவமதித்த அய்யாதுரைதான் பெட்னா மாநாட்டில் சிறப்பிக்கப்பட்டிருக்கிறார்.
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Kolkata Student one of the Youngest in Stanford University….
SOURCE:::: “TIMES OF INDIA “….SEP 3 2012…
Natarajan
A 23-year-old student from the city of Kolkata, has become one of the youngest to qualify for the MBA programme at Stanford University. The Stanford Graduate School of Business in California, one of the best B-schools in the world, has the highest ratio of applicants to available seats and lowest acceptance rates.
“I am very fortunate to get selected for Stanford’s MBA programme straight out of college. The admissions committee advised me to work for another year as they felt that I would get more out of Stanford’s experiential learning curriculum. So I worked in the digital team of Magma FinCorp Ltd. I am now set to join Stanford in September,” said Harsh Chamria. He will be one of the youngest students at the prestigious MBA programme where the median year of experience is four years.
Harsh studied in St James School in Kolkata till Class VI before going to Doon School, from where he went to Appleby College in Canada on an exchange programme. After passing Class X, he decided to return to his family in Kolkata for Plus Two course because he knew he would thereafter go abroad for graduation. “I did not want to stay away from home for 10 years at a stretch. I was getting homesick,” he confessed.
He passed Class XII from La Martiniere for Boys and then went to Cornell University for electrical and computer engineering and developed a prototype of mobile payment system with a classmate. “I was always interested in the convergence of telecom, network and finance and Cornell offered the right course,” he said.
After being awarded entrepreneurship in engineering fellowship (Cornell Kessler fellows) in junior year, Harsh partnered with Silicon Valley startup Bling Nation located just behind Stanford. There, he pioneered the idea to combine social-media connectivity at the point-of-sale and developed blueprint for web-interface to be used by partner merchants to identify consumer groups, run and measure the effectiveness of customized promotions based on simple analytics.
“In my last semester in college, I developed and implemented low-cost college sales strategy at Cornell, growing business to over 1,500 customers and 12 partner merchants. I also expanded the college ambassador programme to Stanford, Cornell, UT-Austin, and University of Knoxville,” Harsh recounted.
After the admission committee at Stanford advised him to gain professional experience in India, he joined family firm Magma FinCorp. Harsh’s father Sanjay Chamria is the vice-chairman and managing director of Magma FinCorp, one of the largest asset finance companies in India with $2.7 billion in assets.
Over the past year-and-a-half, Harsh developed an innovative online lead-generation sales channel for the car loans business, implemented a full-scale online credit-underwriting solution in top-10 cities of India based on success of online lead-generation pilot targeting $1million business in the first month of operation. He also created a cross-platform digital strategy comprising branding and sales initiatives.
“Magma’s business has grown manifold in the past decade. But as a brand, it had not quite evolved. So I helped Magma’s first corporate brand-building campaign, targeting potential investors, employees, and evolved customers. I also developed a brand new website, social-media web properties, display-media and keyword-search campaigns that led to a quantum leap in the organization’s digital presence,” he said. After the MBA, Harsh intends to return to Kolkata to either start a tech-venture of his own, or join Magma.
When not chalking out new business ideas, Harsh is busy at the gym or dancing salsa. He was part of the Salsa troupe at Cornell University and ran the half marathon in Mumbai. “I am passionate about fitness and love to dance”, he says.
PUN on Words …..With Pinch of Humour!!!!!
How does Moses makes his tea ? Hebrews it !!!
Venison for dinner again? Oh deer!
A cartoonist was found dead in his home. Details are sketchy.
I used to be a banker, but then I lost interest.
Haunted French pancakes give me the crêpes.
England has no kidney bank, but it does have a Liverpool.
I tried to catch some fog, but I mist.
They told me I had type-A blood, but it was a Type-O.
I changed my iPod’s name to Titanic. It’s syncing now.
Jokes about German sausage are the wurst.
I know a guy who’s addicted to brake fluid, but he says he can stop any time.
I stayed up all night to see where the sun went, and then it dawned on me.
This girl said she recognized me from the vegetarian club, but I’d never met herbivore.
When chemists die, they barium.
I’m reading a book about anti-gravity. I just can’t put it down.
I did a theatrical performance about puns. It was a play on words.
PMS jokes aren’t funny; period…
Why were the Indians here first? They had reservations.
We’re going on a class trip to the Coca-Cola factory. I hope there’s no pop quiz.
I didn’t like my beard at first. Then it grew on me.
Did you hear about the cross-eyed teacher who lost her job because she couldn’t control her pupils?
When you get a bladder infection urine trouble.
Broken pencils are pointless.
What do you call a dinosaur with an extensive vocabulary? A thesaurus.
I dropped out of communism class because of lousy Marx.
All the toilets in New York’s police stations have been stolen. The police have nothing to go on.
I got a job at a bakery because I kneaded dough.
Velcro – what a rip off!
SOURCE::::input from one of my contacts….
natarajan
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