Interesting read

A Tale of Two Diplomats…..

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SOURCE:::::Article by N.R.KRISHNAN IN “THE HINDU”…i am sure that you will really enjoy reading this one and can not control your laugh after reading!!!!!,. Mr. Krishnan, former Secretary to GOI has so nicely penned down this story that makes you feel as if you are watching a scene in a movie of comedy of errors !!!!

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Following the industrial liberalisation process that began in India in July 1991, Udyog Bhavan in New Delhi witnessed a steady stream of delegations of foreign businessmen and diplomats to call on the Minister for Industry. Since there was no minister of Cabinet rank in the ministry — the responsibility being looked after by the then Prime Minister — the Minister of State had the task of receiving the visitors and assuring them of the government’s genuine desire to promote foreign investment in India. The Minister of State, the affable P.J. Kurien, charmed the visitors and sent them back with the feeling that the elephant, after years of remaining in chains, had started taking majestic strides as befitted an elephant.

But what about the boys who were supposed to minister to the daily needs of the elephant? And, there hangs the tale of the two diplomats.

In the early 1990s, the foreign diplomatic corps in New Delhi had its fair share of women of high official rank. The Finnish Ambassador, a lady, was slated to call on Mr. Kurien at 11a.m. on a particular day and the Protocol Officer of the Ministry, a burly, lovable man, was instructed to receive the visitor at the entrance and escort her to the Minister’s room. As the clock struck eleven, an automobile with a diplomatic number plate drove up to the entrance and out stepped a lady of foreign origin, to be sure. Complying with the instructions given to him, the Protocol Officer welcomed her and took her to the Minister’s room, and hung around in the corridor to escort her back to her car at the end of the visit.

The Minister had his own inimitable way of entertaining his guests. Treating them to export-quality fried cashewnuts, Bourbon biscuits and delicious filter coffee was de riguer with him. As the foreigners enjoyed every sip and popped in the nuts, he would proceed to relate how cashewnut came to acquire its name — from the south Indian words ‘casu’ meaning a coin of fairly low denomination and ‘ettu’ meaning eight nuts to a coin — and laugh heartily to be joined in by the visiting dignitaries and the ministry officials. True to script, initial pleasantries were exchanged with the Finnish Ambassador and the talks began in right earnest.

The Joint Secretary in the Ministry looking after the paper industry set the ball rolling expressing India’s interest in acquiring paper manufacturing technology from Finland, a truly acknowledged leader in the area. The Ambassador put forward her country’s readiness to share gem cutting and polishing expertise with India as India had a big gems and jewellery industry. Feeling that he had not conveyed clearly what India needed from Finland, the Joint Secretary took pains to bring out India’s keenness in acquiring paper technology. But the Ambassador went on reiterating her country’s interest in sharing expertise in gems.

At some point in this vaudeville, the Ambassador dropped the name of Antwerp which made the Indian official wonder how on earth that city known for its diamond cutting industry could be in Finland. Just as when both sides started showing discomfort with the way the talks were going, the door of the Minister’s room opened a little and a foreign lady peeped in and sensing that some other meeting was on stepped back hurriedly. Little attention was paid to the intrusion and the intruder and the talks continued to meander in their uncertain direction.

After all, since no uncertainty could last too long, the Joint Secretary asked the Ambassador gently whether he had got it right in hearing the word Antwerp or could it have been something else. Now, it was the turn of the Ambassador to seek a clarification. Turning to the Minister, she enquired whether he was Mr. Chidambaram, the Minister for Commerce. A visibly shaken Mr. Kurien replied that he was not and wanted to know whether she was the Ambassador of Finland. “No, I am the Ambassador of Netherlands. I came to call on the Minister of Commerce. Were you expecting the Finnish Ambassador?” shot back the lady and added “She is the one who just looked into the room.”

The bombshell set people running in all directions in search of the real Finnish Ambassador. A search party found her sitting quietly on a chair in the room of the Personal Assistant to the Minister. She was taken to the Minister’s room where everyone apologised profusely to her for the mix-up. She, of course, took it all sportingly. Reconstruction of events later revealed that she had arrived at the ministry a little later than the first visitor and was presumed to be some official of the Finnish Embassy accompanying the Ambassador. She was led up to the Minister’ room but she would not enter preferring to wait in the room of the Personal Assistant.

In the midst of the confusion prevailing inside and outside the Minister’ room following the unexpected turn of events, the Dutch Ambassador had been left high and dry. She had left the room and was found in the corridor with a lost look on her face. A senior official escorted her respectfully to the room of the Commerce Minister, almost a good three-quarters of an hour after her appointed time. Whether the Commerce Minister was made wise of the reasons for the delay was not known.

Some years later, at a farewell dinner thrown by the Finnish Embassy in honour of their outgoing Ambassador, this writer reminded her of the incident touching off a hearty round of laughter.

(P.S. The Ministry of Industry was put on silent mode over the incident and officials were instructed not to utter a word to the Press. Lo and behold, the incident went on to find mention in the weekly juicy column of a national economic daily. The Official Secrets Act was not invoked.)

(The writer is a former Secretary to the Government of India. His email is nrkrishnan20@hotmail.com)

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Extraordinary Stories about Ordinary People… Must Read….

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Received from a friend; found it worth sharing.Hence it is before you for reading and sharing….

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Extraordinary Stories About Ordinary People

Sudha Murty, chairperson, Infosys Foundation and author, is known for her ability to glean interesting stories from the lives of ordinary people and weave these narratives into a unique blend of anecdote and fable.

Her latest collection of stories, ‘The Day I Stopped Drinking Milk’, features a fascinating cast of characters, each of whom made an indelible impression on the author. Extracted here is a nugget from ‘Bombay to Bangalore’, one of the most heartwarming stories in this collection:
It was the beginning of summer. I was boarding Udyan Express at Gulbarga railway station. My destination was Bangalore. As I boarded the train, I saw that the second-class reserved compartment was jam-packed with people. I sat down and was pushed to the corner of the berth. Though it was meant for three people, there were already six of us sitting on it…

The ticket collector came in and started checking people’s tickets and reservations.. Suddenly, he looked in my direction and asked, ‘What about your ticket?’ ‘I have already shown my ticket to you,’ I said.
‘Not you, madam, the girl hiding below your berth. Hey, come out, where is your ticket?’ I realized that someone was sitting below my berth. When the collector yelled at her, the girl came out of hiding.

She was thin, dark, scared and looked like she had been crying profusely. She must have been about thirteen or fourteen years old.She had uncombed hair and was dressed in a torn skirt and blouse. She was trembling and folded both her hands.. The collector started forcibly pulling her out from the compartment. Suddenly, I had a strange feeling. I stood up and called out to the collector. ‘Sir, I will pay for her ticket,’ I said.

Then he looked at me and said, ‘Madam, if you give her ten rupees, she will be much happier with that than with the ticket.’

I did not listen to him. I told the collector to give me a ticket to the last destination, Bangalore, so that the girl could get down wherever she wanted.

Slowly, she started talking. She told me that her name was Chitra. She lived in a village near Bidar. Her father was a coolie and she had lost her mother at birth. Her father had remarried and had two sons with her stepmother. But a few months ago, her father had died. Her stepmother started beating her often and did not give her food. She was tired of that life. She did not have anybody to support her so she left home in search of something better.

By this time, the train had reached Bangalore. I said goodbye to Chitra and got down from the train. My driver came and picked up my bags. I felt someone watching me. When I turned back, Chitra was standing there and looking at me with sad eyes. But there was nothing more that I could do. I had paid her ticket out of compassion but I had never thought that she was going to be my responsibility!…

I told her to get into my car. My driver looked at the girl curiously. I told him to take us to my friend Ram’s place. Ram ran separate shelter homes for boys and girls. We at the Infosys Foundation supported him financially. I thought Chitra could stay there for some time and we could talk about her future after I came back from my tours.

I was not sure if Chitra would even be there. But to my surprise, I saw Chitra looking much happier than before. Ram suggested that Chitra could go to a high school nearby. I immediately agreed and said that I would sponsor her expenses as long as she continued to study. I left the shelter knowing that Chitra had found a home and a new direction
in her life.

I got busier and my visits to the shelter reduced to once a year. But I always enquired about Chitra’s well-being over the phone. I knew that she was studying well and that her progress was good.. I offered to sponsor her college studies if she wanted to continue studying. But she said, ‘No, Akka. I have talked to my friends and made up my mind. I would like to do my diploma in computer science so that I can immediately get a job after three years.’ She wanted to become economically independent as soon as possible.. Chitra obtained her diploma with flying colours. She also got a job in a software company as an assistant testing engineer. When she got her first salary, she came to my office with a sari and a box of sweets.

One day, when I was in Delhi, I got a call from Chitra. She was very happy. ‘Akka, my company is sending me to USA! I wanted to meet you and take your blessings but you are not here in Bangalore.’.

Years passed. Occasionally, I received an e-mail from Chitra. She was doing very well in her career. She was posted across several cities in USA and was enjoying life. I silently prayed that she should always be happy wherever she was.

Years later, I was invited to deliver a lecture in San Francisco for Kannada Koota, an organization where families who speak Kannada meet and organize events. The lecture was in a convention hall of a hotel and I decided to stay at the same hotel. After the lecture, I was planning to leave for the airport. When I checked out of the hotel room and went to the reception counter to pay the bill, the receptionist said, ‘Ma’am, you don’t need to pay us anything. The lady over there has already settled your bill. She must know you pretty well.’ I turned around and found Chitra there.

She was standing with a young white man and wore a beautiful sari. She was looking very pretty with short hair. Her dark eyes were beaming with happiness and pride. As soon as she saw me, she gave me a brilliant smile, hugged me and touched my feet. I was overwhelmed with joy and did not know what to say. I was very happy to see the way things had turned out for Chitra. But I came back to my original question. ‘Chitra, why did you pay my hotel bill? That is not right.’ suddenly sobbing, she hugged me and said, ‘Because you paid for my ticket from Bombay to Bangalore!’

(Excerpted with permission from Penguin Books India from Sudha Murty’s ‘The Day I Stopped Drinking Milk: Life Stories From Here and There’
Courtesy: Rajendra Deshpande)

10 Corporate Decisions that Wrecked Their Reputation……

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SOURCE:::::Silicon India Net……

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 Making mistakes is human, but not if you are a multinational giant and have millions of shareholder’s hard-earned money invested in your company. In such cases, these mistakes make you fall on your face and it is not only you who gets hurt but the all those million investors too.

Here is a list of such decisions that some corporate took and got their reputation hit very bad. Have a look:

1. Company: Coca-Cola
Decision: Changes the formula of their decade old and widely popular Cola and rebranded it as New Coke.
Why it was bad: Coca-Cola was undisputedly the most popular and favorite cola drink and despite numerous claims from Pepsi in which it used to brand it number one, Cola was a distant lead. Still, Cola thrashed its age old formula that made it so popular and tried something as New Coke. No wonder it was disliked by everyone and the company had to face the wrath.
Consequence: Cola bounced back but only as a weakened company whose executives having no clue about anything.

2. Company: IBM
Decision: Paid Microsoft a one-time fee for developing PC-DOS.
Why it was bad: IBM was a standalone name that stood synonymous for computers during the 80’s. It believed that hardware is the only evolving thing in the computers and it is easy to clone hardware but not software. They paid Microsoft a one-time fee for developing PC-DOS and as a result it gave Microsoft a chance to develop MS-DOS alongside that swept the market clean. The same is happening with Microsoft today with Linux and other open-source companies dominating the software market. It will be worth noticing if Microsoft will meet IBM’s fate.
Consequence: IBM lost a lot of money to Microsoft’s MS-DOS and the blooming software market.

 Making mistakes is human, but not if you are a multinational giant and have millions of shareholder’s hard-earned

3. Company: Microsoft
Decision: Introduces Microsoft Bob.
Why it was bad: Microsoft has been a rash player in the market with its arrogant behavior most of the times. Introducing Bob pushed the hate-parade against Microsoft even more. The worst part was that it was not alone; it came along with idiotic cousins with an aim to simplify the Windows 3.1 user interface. Most of us might not have experienced Bob exactly but have definitely experienced Clippie that annoyed us every time it popped with MS Office.
Consequence: Annoys even its most faithful users.

4. Company: Apple
Decision: Doesn’t give Gateway 200 license sales of Mac OS.
Why it was bad: Microsoft is today the standalone player in the software market because of a bad decision that Apple took. Apple was continuously innovating in the software field and came out with easy-to-use operating system. Only if it had licensed its software to Gateway it could have easily gained large chunk of market and stopped Microsoft from becoming the lone player. Instead it licensed to smaller clone makers and that hampered its value.
Consequence: Microsoft takes over as the dominating player in the software market.

5. Company: British Airways
Decision: Paints tailfins with ethnically inspired figures.
Why it was bad: BA, hurt by then Prime Minister’s public statement that the airlines was being unpatriotic went way beyond by painting the tail fins of its planes with colorful figures. This did not go down well with its customers and it had to face wide criticism. Within a span of two years the decision was rolled back and the planes were painted with the British flag.
Consequence: The entire decision lead to wastage of money and loss in popularity among the masses.6. Company: CBS and NBC
Decision: Did not broadcast Monday Night Football.
Why it was bad: During the late 60’s, football was not as popular in the masses as today but still it was gaining momentum. When CBS was proposed to telecast the Monday Night Football, it rejected the show which later went to ABC. It has been the second longest running show in the history of television, only after 60 Minutes. It had been tremendously popular and for the same reason CBS and NBC gave up on their Monday night programming given ABC’s ratings. The show is now aired on ESPN but gave ABC a strong base.
Consequence: CBS and NBC lost their Monday night programming to ABC’s popularity.

7. Company: Western Union
Decision: Sticks to its own version of telephone and avoids using Graham Bell’s invention.
Why it was bad: Western Union was one major player in earlier days that was using the telegraph as the means of communication over long distances. It considered Bell’s invention as a toy and invented its own version somewhere around the same time that ultimately led them to fall into a series of patent battle. Bell, won eventually.
Consequence: Such comments wrecked Western Union’s reputation to irreparable levels.

8. Company: M&M
Decision: Walks out of the movie, E.T.
Why it was bad: M&M was first approach to feature in the Stephen Spielberg’s cute little alien movie, E.T. M&M though it will be a flop and hence walked out of the movie. This allowed Reese’s Pieces to feature in the movie which turned out to be a huge hit. M&M lost a rat market share to Reese’s Pieces and were almost sold out.
Consequence: Lost huge market share and was almost sold out to Reese’s Pieces, until the movie no one ever heard of the latter snack.

Interesting Information on Airlines and Airport….

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Source::::Input from one of my contacts ….being shared with you all.

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• All International Airline Pilots speaks English.

• Flights longer than 8 hours require 3 pilots (1 captain and 2 first officers) to rotate flying duties. Flights longer than 12 hours require 4 pilots (1 captain and 3 first officers). They usually fly 3-4 hour shifts. (There are different norms of Indian companies Pilots)

•Each airline pilot flying the aircraft, eats a different meal to minimize the risk of all pilots on board being ill.

•On average, pilots fly between 9 to 14 days a month (Indian companies pilot fly 24 to 26 days)

•All airlines have an agreement to let each others’ travelling pilots occupy empty seats. If no seats are available, the travelling pilot can also occupy an extra seat in the cockpit that is usually empty.

•The main function of flight attendants are for the safety and security of their passengers, and passenger comfort is only secondary.

•The first female flight attendants in 1930 were required to weigh less than 115 pounds. In addition, they had to be nurses and unmarried.

•Flight attendants must not have any tattoos visible when a uniform is worn. These requirements are designed to give the airlines a positive representation.

•The normal ratio of Flight Attendants to passenger seats is one Flight Attendant for every 50 passenger seats.

•The height requirement for Flight Attendant is for safety reasons, making sure that all flight attendants can reach overhead safety equipment.

•An air traveler can lose approximately 1.5 liters of water in the body during a three-hour flight.

•The reason why the lights are turned out during takeoff and landing – Is for your eyes to adjust to lower levels of light. If there’s an accident and they have to activate the emergency slides, studies have shown that you will be able to see better and therefore be able to evacuate more quickly and safely.

•The World’s largest Airline in terms of Fleet Size is Delta Airlines (United States) with 744 aircraft and 121 aircraft on order as of March 2011.

•The largest passenger plane is the Airbus 380 – nearly 240 feet long, almost 80 feet high, and has a wingspan of more than 260 feet. The double-decker plane has a standard seating capacity of 555 passengers.

•The world’s busiest airport in terms of passenger volume or the number of takeoffs and landings, is Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Atlanta, Georgia, United States – with more than 88 million passengers shuffled through the Atlanta airport in 2009, with another 20 million in the first three months of 2010, and with aircraft take-off and landings approximately every 37 seconds.

•The world’s Largest Airport is Kansai International Airport, Osaka, Japan (as of 2011). By 2013 Al Maktoum International Airport in Jebel Ali, Dubai, United Arab Emirates is planned to be the largest airport in the world.

•The airport with the longest runway in the world is Qamdo Bangda Airport in the Peoples Republic of China with 5.50 kilometers in length (as of 2011).

•American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by removing 1 olive from each salad served in first class.

•Singapore Airlines spends about $700 million on food every year and $16 million on wine alone. First class passengers consume 20,000 bottles of alcohol every month and Singapore Airlines is the second largest buyer of Dom Perignon champagne in the world.

•KLM of Netherlands stands for Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij (meaning Royal Dutch Airlines).

•KLM is the worlds’ oldest airline established in 1919.

•QANTAS – Australia’s national airline, originally stood for Queensland And Northern Territories Air Service.

•QANTAS is the second world’s oldest airline established in 1920.

•QANTAS still has the world’s best safety record with no crashes as of 2011.

•Abu Dhabi Airport Services once did a complete turn-around for a Boeing 777 in under 40 minutes, as opposed to a normal minimum of one hour. They unloaded passengers, cargo, mail, cleaned the aircraft, and loaded outbound passengers, cargo and mail in that short time.

•In 2001, Dubai Duty Free sold 1,570,214 cartons of cigarettes, 2,003,151 bottles of liquor, 2,909 kilograms of gold, 101,824 watches, 690,502 bottles of perfume, 52,119 mobile phones.

இன்ஸ்டன்ட் கவிதை ….4…..சொந்த ஊர் !!!!!

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நமக்கு சொந்தமான ஊர் எது ????

“சொந்த ஊர் !!! சொந்த ஊர் !!!! என்று எந்த ஊரை சொல்லுகிறோம்

நாம் ???….நாம் பிறந்த ஊரையா !!! வளர்ந்த ஊரையா !!!!…இல்லை

நாம் பிழைக்க வந்த ஊரையா ???

பிறந்து வளர்ந்த ஊர் பாதி மறந்து விட்டது நம்மில் பலருக்கு !!!!

மீதியும் மறக்காமல் இருக்க பாஸ்போர்ட் இல் இருக்கவே இருக்கு

பிறந்த ஊர் பெயர் !!!!!

சிந்தித்து பார்த்தால் அம்மாவின் கருவூர் மட்டுமே நமக்கு சொந்தமான ஊர்!!!!

பந்தமும் சொந்தமும் கூட இருந்தால் மற்ற எந்த ஊரும் சொந்த ஊர் போலதான்!!!!!

சும்மாவா சொன்னார்கள் அன்று …… “யாதும் ஊரே யாவரும் கேளிர்” என்று !!!!

அன்று சொன்னதின் அர்த்தம் புரியுது அய்யா இன்று !!!!”

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History Behind Error 404…..

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SOURCE:::::Google
Read this today, very interesting and did not know the humble error had an interesting history behind the number. – Natarajan

 

A “404 file not found” message would be the last thing you would want to see after clicking on a link. And if it is for some info you have been searching all day long, pulling hairs is a ritual 🙂

But did you know the 404 page has an interesting history?

Well it all started with a group of CERN (Switzerland) scientists who began working on something which would revolutionize the future: the World Wide Web(WWW), or simply ‘the Web’. Their aim was to create a database infrastructure that allowed access to data (text, picture, video etc) in various formats through a network.

And in an office on the fourth floor (room 404), they placed the Internet’s central database: any request for a file was routed to that office, where two or three people would manually locate the requested files and transfer them, over the network, to the person who made that request.

Although restricted to CERN’s internal network initially, it was soon extended for outside requests as well. And as the database grew, so did the number of requests and also the number of requests that couldn’t be fulfilled – the most common problem being wrong file name requests.

Soon these faulty requests were answered with a standard message:

Room 404: file not found.

Later, the manual processes were automated and people could directly query the database but the error message remained the same “404: file not found” The room number remained in the error codes of the official release of HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol) and is still displayed when a browser makes a faulty request to a Web server.

I so much wish I was also part of that group which silently made the Internet possible… Do you?

 

STORY OF A SAMOSA VENDOR….

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SOURCE::: INPUT FROM ONE OF MY CONTACTS… TAMIL VERSION OF THIS INPUT IS ALREADY AVAILABLE IN MY SITE UNDER THE HEADING ” VAANGA SAMOSA VIKKA POGALAM”!!!!!!… THIS TS THE TRANSLATED VERSION FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL.. PL READ AND ENJOY AND ALSO APPRECIATE THE DIGNITY OF LABOUR!!!!

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*The Samosa Vendor.*

A short, but, a real story

*Today in India its unbelievable …….the numbers are a little difficult
to swallow, , … but interesting nevertheless.*

*It was my regular train journey home from work. I boarded the 18:50pm
train at from Paranur. When the train was about to leave Guduvanchery, a
samosa vendor with an empty basket got on and took the seat next to me. As
the compartment was sparsely occupied and my destination was still far
away, I got into a conversation with him.**

**Me: “Seems like you’ve sold all your samosas today.”*

*Vendor (smiling): “Yes. By God’s grace, full sales today.”*

*Me: “I really feel sorry for you people. Don’t you get tired doing ****this
tiresome job the whole day?”**
**Vendor: “What to do, sir? Only by selling samosas like this every day do
we get a commission of .75 paise for each samosa that we sell.”**

**Me: “Oh, is that so ? How many samosas do do sell on an average each day?”
*

*Vendor: “On peak days, we sell 3,000 to 3,500 samosas per person. On **
**dull days, we can’t even move 1,000 samosas a day. On an average, we **
**sell about 2,000 samosas a day.”**

**I was speechless…..for a few seconds. The guy says he sells 2,000
samosas a day; at .75 paise each, he makes about 1,500 rupees daily, or
45,000 rupees a month. That’s Rs. 45,000 a month. OMG. I intensified my
questioning and this time it was not for time pass.**

**Me: “Do you make the samosas yourself?”**
**Vendor: “No Sir. Our propreitor gets the samosas through a samosa
manufacturer and we just sell them. After selling we give him the ****money
and gives us 75 paise for each samosa that we sell.”**

**I was unable to speak a single word more but the vendor continued…but
one thing…most of our earnings are spent on living expenses. Only with
the remaining money are we able to take care of other business.**

**Me: “Other business? What is that?”**
**Vendor: “It is a land business. In 2007 I bought 1.5 acres in Urupakkam
for 3 lakh rupees and I sold it a few months back for 15 lakhs. Now I have
bought land in Uthiramerur for 5 lakh rupees.”**

**Me: “What did you do with the remaining amount?”*

*Vendor: “Of the remaining amount, I have set aside 6 lakhs for my
daughter’s wedding. I have deposited the other 4 lakhs in the bank.”**

**Me: “How much schooling have you had?”*

*Vendor: “I studied up to third standard; I stopped my studies when I was
in the 4th standard. But I know how to read and write. Sir, there are many
people like yourself, who dress well, wear a tie, wear shoes, ****speak
English fluently and work in air-coditioned rooms. But I don’t ****think
you guys earn as much as we do wearing dirty clothes and selling samosas.”**

**At this point, what could I reply. After all, I was talking to a
millionaire! The train chugged into Chromepet station and the samosa ****vendor
got up from his seat.**

**Vendor: “Sir, this is my station…have a good day.”*

*Me: “Take care.”**

**What more is there to say…!*

*

SANATANA DHARMAM….MAHA PERIAVAA”S VIEW POINT…

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Sanatana dharmam explained in simple words…..

Once a foreigner interested in the philosophy of Hinduism was waiting for
Darshan of Mahaperiyaval ( Most revered Mahaswami) at Kanchi Mutt to
clarify his doubt. Shortly, he got his appointment and without wasting time,
he put forth his question.

Swamiji, I understand all your concepts, value them but for one particular
faith (i.e.) same soul taking various births, papa, punya being carried
forward to the next births etc. Can you please make me comfortable on this
aspect? Because, in all our religions, we get the reward for what we do in
this birth only. (i.e.) if we are honest, God is pleased and blesses us
with benefits and we are dishonest, we get punished by Him.

At this point, Periyaval asked him, whether he owns a car and if he could
do a favour of collecting some statistical information within Kancheepuram
using his vehicle. The guest readily agreed, at the same time wondering why
his question was not answered spontaneously.

Please, Swamiji, go ahead, What is the service you expect me to do now?

Periyaval said, Please go around 10 maternity centres within Kancheepuram
and collect the data of children born within the last 2 days – Child’s
gender, health condition, parents name, status, educational qualification,
time of birth.

The man said – Fine, this is nothing, – immediately rushed in his car like
Lord Muruga goes in Thiruvilayadal and within a day he was back in the
matam with exact statistics in front of Mahaperiyaval. He went through the
statistics, about 15 children were born in 10 hospitals, 8 female and 7
male infants, out of which 3 children had malnutrition defects, 2 children
were the first child of highly rich parents born in luxury hospitals, while
4 were children of coolie labourers who already had few children.

Mahaperiyaval now looked at the gentleman and started asking few questions:

Do you think any of these children have been honest / dishonest within 2
days of their birth? Probably they could not even recognize their own
mother. So, they have neither earned papa or punya in this birth. According
to your concepts, all these children should be living exactly identical to
each other, but not so practically, some are ill, some are healthy, some
are born to rich parents, some are born to poor parents.
Remember all children born in the same day, same longitude, latitude, you
can’t blame their horoscope which is going to be almost identical.

The gentleman was dumbfounded!

It is here the concept of previous birth erupts! All these children have
taken their present birth according to their deeds (karma) and the
resultant papa, punya which they have assimilated in their previous births.

Sanatana Dharma was smiling at the gentleman through Maha Periyaval.

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இதைப்படித்து நீங்களும் வியந்து போவீர்கள் என்பது என் திண்ணம். …….

மார்க்கப்பொலோ என்கிற சிகரெட் நிறுவனத்தின் முதல் உரிமையாளர் நுரையீரல் புற்று நோய் தாக்கி இறந்துப் போனார்.

பழ மரங்களில் நீண்ட காலம் விளைச்சல் தருவது ஆரஞ்சு மரம். சுமார் 400 ஆண்டுகளாக தொடர்ந்து அது விளைச்சல் தரும்.

உலகிலேயே மிக சிறிய மரம் குட்டை வில்லோ மரம். அதன் உயரம் இரண்டே அங்குலம் தான்.

ஒரு தர்பூசணி பழம் இருந்தால் அதில் இருந்து 6 லட்சம் தர்பூச்சனை பழங்களை உற்பத்தி செய்துவிடலாம்.

மனித உடல்களில் சுமார் 6 கோடியே 50 லட்சம் செல்கள் இருகின்றன.

பொதுவாக தாவரங்கள் நகராது. ஆனால் கிலாமிடோமொனாஸ் என்ற ஒரு செல் தாவரம் நகர்ந்து போகும் தன்மை உடையது.

பச்சோந்தியின் நாக்கு தன் உடலின் நீளத்தை இரண்டு மடங்கு அதிகமாக இருக்கும்.

நாக்கை நீட்ட முடியாத ஒரே விலங்கு முதலை.

நீல திமிங்கலத்தின் எடை 22 யானைகளின் எடைக்கு சமம். அதன் இதயம் ஒரு சிறிய கார் அளவில் இருக்கும்.

ஒரு புள்ளி அளவு இடத்தை 70,000 (எழுபதாயிரம்) அமிபாக்களால் நிரப்ப முடியும்.

தரையில் முதுகு படும்படி உறங்கும் ஒரே உயிரினம் – மனிதன்.

முன்னாள் பின்னல் பக்கவாட்டில் என அனைத்து பக்கங்களிலும் பறக்க முடிந்த பறவை – தேன்சிட்டு.

தேன்சிட்டு, மரங்கொத்தி, போன்ற பறவைகளுக்கு நடக்க தெரியாது.

மனித உடலில் மட்டும் 17,000 வகை நுண்கிருமிகள் வாழ்கின்றன.

புற்று நோய் உட்பட எந்த நோயுமே வராத ஒரே உயிரினம் – சுறாமீன்.

நீந்துவதை நிறுத்தினால் உடனே இறந்துவிடும் ஒரே மீன் – சுறாமீன்.

தயிராக மாற்ற முடியாத ஒரே பால் – ஒட்டகப்பால்

ஒட்டகத்தை விட அதிக நாட்கள் தண்ணீர் இன்றி வாழும் ஒரு உயரினம் – கங்காரு எலி.

துருவக் கரடிகள் அனைத்துமே இடது கை பழக்கம் உடையவை.

பின்புறமாக மரம் ஏறும் விலங்கு – கரடி.

சுமார் 34 கோடி ஆண்டுகளுக்கு முன் மண்ணில் புதையுண்ட பற்பல மாற்றங்களுக்கு உட்பட்டு நிலகரியாக மாறுகிறது. அதுதான் பின் வைரம் கிடைக்கிறது.

ஒரு மோட்டார் வாகனத்தில் 30 சதவீதம் எரிபொருள் மட்டும்தான் வண்டி ஓடுவதற்கு பயன்படுகிறது. மீதமுள்ள 70 சதவீதம் எரிபொருள் கார்பன் மோனோ ஆக்சைடு என்கிற ஒரு நச்சு வாயுவாகத் தான் வெளியேறுகிறது.

சீனாவில் ஒரு மனிதனின் பிறந்தநாள் அவன் தாய் வயிற்று கருவில் உருவாகும் நாளில் இருந்தே கணக்கிடப்படுகிறது.

ஆக்டோபஸ்க்கு மூன்று இதயம் இருக்கும். அதன் ரத்தம் நீல நிறத்தில் இருக்கும்.

குரங்குகளுக்கு இரண்டு மூளை இருக்கிறது.

சூரியனின் வயது 470 கோடி ஆண்டுகள்(2010 ஆண்டு வரை). பூமியின் மீது காணப்படும் பழைய பாறைகளை கொண்டு இதை கணக்கிட்டுள்ளனர்.

அரசர்கள் இறந்துவிட்டால் அவர்களுக்கு பணிபுரிய அவர்களின் பணியாட்களையும் கொன்று அரசருக்கு உதவியாக பிரமிடுகுள் புதைத்துவிடுவார்கள்.

சுகபிரசவம் அல்லாமல் தன் தாயின் வயிற்றில் இருந்து கிழித்து வெளியே எடுக்கப்பட்டவர் ஜூலியஸ் சீசர் . அதனால்தான் இந்த முறைக்கு சீசரியன் என்று பெயர் வந்தது.

பிறந்து ஆறு முதல் எட்டு வாரங்கள் வரை குழந்தைகள் அழுதால் கண்ணீர் வராது.

நான்கு வயது குழந்தைகள் ஒரு நாளைக்கு சுமார் 400 கேள்விகள் கேட்க்கும்.

நாம் நேற்று கட்டிய பள்ளிகூடங்கள் எல்லாம் இன்று விரிசல் விழும் நிலையில் இருக்க…
ஷி-ஹூவாங்-டி என்பரின் ஆட்சி காலத்தில் சீன பெருஞ்சுவர் கி.மு 200களில் கட்டப்பட்டது.

தைவான் நாட்டில் உள்ள மூன்யூச் மரம் 4120 ஆண்டுகள் பழைமையானவை.

காட்டுக்கே ராஜா என்று சொல்லும் விலங்கு சிங்கம் ஆனால் அதான் ஆயுட்காலம் 15 ஆண்டுகள் தான். வயிறு நிரம்பி இருந்தால்தான் சிங்கம் கர்ஜிக்கும்.
மிக சிறிய இதயம் கொண்ட விலங்கு – சிங்கம்.

“லங்கா வீரன் சுத்ரா ” என்ற மத நூல் முழுவதும் ரத்தத்தால் எழுதப்பட்டது.

தன் காதை (காது) நாக்கால் தொடும் ஒரே விலங்கு – ஒட்டகம்.

பன்னீர் பூ இரவில்தான் பூக்கும்.

இலைகள் உதிர்க்காத மரம் – ஊசி இலை மரம்.

காட்டு வாத்து கருப்பு நிறத்தில்தான் முட்டையிடும்.

குளிர் காலத்தில் குயில் கூவாது.

எடிசன் தன் வாழ்நாளில் மொத்தம் 1368 கண்டுபிடிப்புகளை அறிமுகபடுத்தியுள்ளார்.
அவர் மூன்று மாதங்கள் மட்டுமே பள்ளிக்கூடம் சென்றவர்.

லியான்னடோ டாவின்சி ஒரு கையால் எழுதி கொண்டே மறுகையால் படம் வரையும் திறன் உடையவர்.
அவர் வரைந்த உலகபுகழ் பெற்ற மோனாலிச ஓவியம் இடது கையால் வரையப்பட்டது.

கரப்பான்பூச்சி தலையை வெட்டி எறிந்தாலும் அது தலை இன்றி ஒன்பது நாள் வரை உயிர்வாழும். ஒன்பதாவது நாளின் இறுதியில் அது பசியில் தான் இறந்து போகும்.

கிளியும் முயலும் தன் பின்னால் இருப்பதை தலையை திருப்பாமலே கண்டுபிடித்துவிடும்.

யானையின் கால் தடத்தின் நீளம் அளந்து, அதை ஆறால் பெருக்கி வரும் விடையே – யானையின் உயரம்.

கருவில் முதன் முதலில் உருவாகும் உறுப்பு – இதயம்
மனிதன் இறந்து போனதும் முதலில் செயலிழக்கும் உறுப்பு – இதயம்.

1610 ஆம் ஆண்டு அமெரிக்க மக்கள் தொகை வெறும் 310 பேர் தான்.

ஒரு ஆண்டு ஆணாகவும் அடுத்த ஆண்டு பெண்ணாகவும் மாறும் உயரினம் – ஈரிதழ்சிட்டு.

வால்டிஷ்ணி மொத்தம் 32 ஆஸ்கார் விருதுகளை பெற்றுள்ளார்.

ஒருதலைமுறை என்பது 33 ஆண்டுகள்.

பெரியார் பொதுக்கூட்டங்களில் மாநாடுகளில் சுமார் 21400 மணிநேரம் பேசியுள்ளார். அவருடைய சொற்பொழிவை ஒலிநாடாவில் பதிவு செய்தால் 2 ஆண்டுகள் 5 மாதங்கள் 11 நாட்கள் வரை தொடர்ந்து ஒலிபரப்பாகும்.

ஒட்டகம் ஒரே சமயத்தில் ௦90 லிட்டர் தண்ணீரை குடிக்கும். ஆனால் ஒட்டகத்திற்கு தண்ணீரில் நீந்த தெரியாது.

தத்துவம் பயின்று ஆன்மீகவாதியான பிறகுதான்
கராத்தே வீரர் ஆனார் – புருஸ்லீ.

காரல் மார்க்ஸ் தனக்கு பிடிக்காத பக்கங்களை எல்லாம் புத்தகத்தில் இருந்து கிழித்து விடுவாராம். தன் நூலகத்தில் கிழியாத பக்கங்களை உடைய புத்தகம் எதுவும் கிடையாது.
தாஸ் காப்பிட்டல் நூல் எழுத அவருக்கு 14 ஆண்டுகள் தேவைப்பட்டது.

சுவாரின் என்ற ஆஸ்திரேலிய நாட்டு பறவை குளிக்காமல் தன் கூட்டுக்குள் நுழையாது.

விமானத்தில் இருக்கும் கருப்பு பெட்டிஆரஞ்சு நிறத்தில் இருக்கும்.

சீல்வண்டுகள் 17 ஆண்டுகள் தூங்கும்.
யானை குதிரை நின்று கொண்டே தூங்கும்.
நீர் நாய் ஒன்றரை நிமிடம் மட்டுமே தூங்கும்.
டால்பின் ஒரு கண் விழித்தே தூங்கும்
புழுக்களுக்கு தூக்கமே கிடையாது.

மரங்கொத்தி பறவை ஒரு வினாடிக்கு 20 ௦ முறை மரத்தை கொத்தும்.

நாம் இறந்து பிறகும் கண்கள் 6 மணிநேரம் பார்க்கும் தன்மையுடையது.

எறும்பு தன் உடல் எடையைவிட 50 மடங்கு எடையை தூக்கும்.