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” So …. how was the day …” !!!

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Adult Truths

1. Sometimes I’ll look down at my watch 3 consecutive times and still not know what time it is.

2. Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when you realize you’re wrong.

3. I totally take back all those times I didn’t want to nap when I was younger.

4. There is great need for a sarcasm font.

5. How on earth are you supposed to fold a fitted sheet?

6. Was learning cursive really necessary? Why isn’t it being taught today?

7. MapQuest really needs to start their directions on #5. I’m pretty sure I know how to get out of my neighborhood.

8. Obituaries would be a lot more interesting if they told you how the person died.

9. I can’t remember the last time I wasn’t at least kind-of tired.

10. Bad decisions make good stories.

11. You never know when it will strike, but there comes a moment when you know that you just aren’t going to do anything productive for the rest of the day.

12. Can we all just agree to ignore whatever comes after Blu-ray? I don’t want to have to restart my collection… again.

13. I’m always slightly terrified when I exit out of Word and it asks me if I want to save any changes to my ten-page technical report that I swear I did not make any changes to.

14. I keep some people’s phone numbers in my phone just so I know not to answer when they call.

15. I think the freezer deserves a light as well.

16. I disagree with Kay Jewelers. I would bet on any given Friday or Saturday night, more kisses begin with Miller Light than Kay.

17. I wish Google Maps had an “Avoid Ghetto” routing option.

18. I have a hard time deciphering the fine line between boredom and hunger.

19. How many times is it appropriate to say “What?” before you just nod and smile because you still didn’t hear or understand a word they said?

20. I love the sense of camaraderie when an entire line of cars team up to prevent a jerk from cutting in at the front. Stay strong, brothers and sisters!

21. Shirts get dirty. Underwear gets dirty. Pants? Pants never get dirty, and you can wear them forever.

22. Even under ideal conditions people have trouble locating their car keys in a pocket, finding their cell phone, and Pinning the Tail on the Donkey – but I’d bet everyone can find and push the snooze button from 3 feet away, in about 1.7 seconds, eyes closed, first time, every time.

23. The first testicular guard, the “Cup,” was used in Hockey in 1874 and the first helmet was used in 1974. That means it only took 100 years for men to realize that their brain is also important. (Ladies…..Quit Laughing!)

Life just gets better as you get older doesn’t it?

Mistakes always happen! Learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t live long enough to make them all yourself.

…so how was your day?

SOURCE:::: https://yougottobekidding.wordpress.com

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Feb 2 2015

” These Women Made us Proud on Republic Day…”

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These Women made us proud on Republic Day

Lt Haobam Bella DeviWomen officers came from different parts of this vast country to give us some of the proudest moments at this Republic Day.

Archana Masih/Rediff.com speaks to Lieutenant Haobam Bella Devi and Captain Divya Ajith, young Army officers who stole the show on Rajpath.

Under a rainy sky, just as the grand celebration of Republic Day began on Rajpath, Lieutenant Haobam Bella Devi, a 24-year-old Indian Army officer from Manipur stood near the saluting dais.

Like most Indians, she had never unfurled the Indian flag before — and here she was entrusted with that responsibility in front of the whole nation on the nation’s grandest day.

Image: Lieutenant Haobam Bella Devi unfurls the flag on Republic Day.

In the run-up to Republic Day, she and another officer had practiced the procedure. When the big moment arrived, the only thing she had ears for was the command from the commanding officer of the President’s Bodyguard.

Just as he finished giving the crisp command, Lieutenant Bella, tugged at the rope to unfurl the flag and gave it a smart salute. The rose petals wrapped within the flag lay around, while in the distance she could hear the roar of the 21-gun salute.

“There is a whole procedure and ceremony as far as the flag is concerned. How it is put up, how it is tied, how it goes up, how it is folded. I learnt everything about it,” says the officer, who was commissioned a year-and-a-half ago and is currently posted in Amritsar.

The only child of retired army officer Colonel H G Singh, the lieutenant grew up in cantonments around the country, staying in Manipur when her father was away on field postings.

“There are not many lady officers from the North-East and girls get motivated when they see me. I tell them the Army is not a profession, but a way of life,” says the lieutenant who arrived in Delhi on January 4 for Republic Day preparations.

“I hope more and more girls join the armed forces. It gives you the opportunity to grow professionally and personally.”

The Army’s marching contingent was invited for tea by the Army Chief, General Dalbir Singh, on Republic Day, while there is a ‘Bada Khana’ — a meal shared by the officers and men — on January 31.

Lt. Bella

Image: Lieutenant Bella, an officer from Manipur, seen here second from left, is a second generation Army officer.

At the tea he hosted, the Army Chief, General Dalbir Singh, not only congratulated his officers, but also gave out commendations.

One of them to receive the honour was Captain Divya Ajith, 25, the officer who led the Indian Army’s contingent of women officers. An instructor at the Officers Training Academy in Chennai, she was awarded the sword of honour as the best cadet when she graduated from the academy in 2010.

The others who received the Chief’s commendation were the contingent’s drill instructors.

“The drill instructors were a major part of how well we did,” says Captain Divya. “One important thing is that our motivation comes from them. They are the people who train us, even when we were tired, they ensured that we practiced till the time we were perfect.”

Not new to the Republic Day parade, the captain had previously represented the National Cadet Corps as a school girl at the event. Her mother, a housewife, had watched her at that parade and had hoped that one day her daughter would march down Rajpath as an officer.

When the captain commanded the contingent to a rousing reception from the audience, her mother was there once again. Her dream had finally come true.

Image: Captain Divya Ajith from Chennai received the Army Chief’s commendation for commanding the parade. Photograph: PTI.

The marching contingent comprised officers from Jammu and Kashmir to Tamil Nadu. Training began in Chennai in early December where they would march 7 to 8 kilometers every day.

Early in the mornings, practice was held at the city’s main highway where 12 files could be accommodated and which provided a longer stretch. Later in the day, marching practice took place at the drill square at the OTA.

“Selection as contingent commander was purely on how you fared at drill. The drill instructor, adjutant selected around 10 people, which was later reduced to 3 with reserves,” says Captain Divya, the first person in her family to join the Army.

Since the Republic Day parade, she has been inundated with congratulatory messages. Some of the best messages have come from her teachers at Chennai’s Good Shepherd School. Now that she has a home posting, she hopes to pay them a visit soon.

In the four years that she has been in the Army, the captain has served in Anantnag, J&K, and MHOW before being posted to Chennai six months ago. “Anantnag was a very good exposure for me. It was a field posting. I had counter intelligence duties there,” says the officer whose father is a painting contractor.

“I feel if young girls want to pursue a career in the Army,” she says, “they already have a desire to do something different. They should stick to it and be determined to achieve what they want.”

SOURCE:::: http://www.rediff.com

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Feb 1 2015

Message For the Day…. ” Become a True Devotee…”

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The gross body (Sthula deha) should be ever immersed in holy company (Satsanga), and the subtle body (Sukshma deha), that is your thoughts and feelings, should be ever immersed in the contemplation of the glory of the Lord. That is the sign of a true devotee. The one who shouts and swears, and advertises one’s worries to everyone they meet and craves for sympathy, is a devotee only in name! It is a great responsibility to tread the Godward path. On such a pilgrimage there is no sliding back, no halfway stop, no tardy pace or no side lane. Never deny with your tongue what you have relished in the heart; never bear false witness to your own experience. Become a true devotee with unshaken faith, and with an attitude of complete self-surrender. This attitude can come from constant, sincere and continuous remembrance of the Lord’s name, as continuous as the act of breathing!

Sathya Sai Baba

Message For the Day…” Once you evolve yourself to a higher state Everything will look smooth , small and even…’

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If you stand at the same level as the ocean and look at it, it will appear as a vast sheet of water. On the other hand, if you look at the same ocean from a height, it will appear like a lake. Similarly, since the rishis(sages) were on a higher level in spiritual knowledge and away from the world, they could recognise this vast world as a very small and insignificant entity. When at a lower level, one thinks that the world is big, important and manifold. The diversity and the differences will be seen more clearly. But when one evolves to a higher state, everything will look smooth, small and even. When we have a narrow vision, our country, our people, our languages will all appear as full of problems and differences. If you can go to a high place and look at the world, it will appear in one unified aspect and all the people and all languages will appear as one.

Sathya Sai Baba

Jan 30…. ” காலங்கள் தோறும் காந்தி…”

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“கடவுள் என் முன்னே தோன்றி உனக்கொரு வரம் தரப்போகிறேன்! என்ன வேண்டும் கேள் என்றுகேட்டால்! என் வாழ்நாளில் மறைந்த இந்தியாவின் தேசத்தந்தை மகாத்மா காந்தியுடன் ஒருநாள் இரவு உணவருந்த வேண்டும் என்று கேட்பேன்” என்று அமெரிக்க ஜனாதிபதியாக தேர்ந்தெடுக்கப்பட்ட நாளில் பதிலளித்தார் பராக் ஒபாமா.

ஆயுத உற்பத்தியில் முன்னிலை வகிக்கும் வல்லரசு நாட்டின் தலைவர் ஒருவர் மூன்றாவது காலாக கைத்தடியை மட்டுமே வைத்துக் கொண்டு, அங்குமிங்கும் இந்திய மண்ணின் விடுதலைக்காக ஓடிக்கொண்டிருந்த அந்த மனிதரைப் பற்றி இப்படி குறிப்பிடுகிறார் எனில் அந்த அரையாடைத் துறவி நம்மைவிட்டு மறையவில்லை. கடல் கடந்து காலம் கடந்து இனம், மொழி, மதம் என எல்லாவற்றையும் கடந்து இன்றும் உலகின் வழிகாட்டியாக வாழ்ந்து கொண்டிருக்கிறார் என்பதையே இது காட்டுகிறது.

காந்தி வணங்கிய கடவுள்:

உலகில் வேறு எந்த தலைவருக்கும் இல்லாத சிறப்பு காந்திக்கு மட்டும் எப்படி என எண்ணும் போது அவரின் வாழ்க்கை நிகழ்வுகளே அதற்கான பதில்களாக விரிகின்றன. போர்பந்தரில் பிறந்த காந்தி ஆயுத போர்களை நம்பாதவர். 2500 ஆண்டுகளுக்கு முந்தைய பழமையான அகிம்சை சத்தியாகிரகம் என்ற தத்துவங்களை நவீன காலத்தில் வெற்றிகரமாக மறு நிர்மாணம் செய்து உலக மக்களைக் கவர்ந்தவர். “சத்தியமே அவரின் மதம். அன்பு அறவழி ஒழுக்கம்; மனசாட்சி இவையே அவர் வணங்கிய கடவுள்கள்”. வழக்கறிஞராக தான் சம்பாதித்த செல்வங்கள் அனைத்தையும் தாய் நாட்டின் விடுதலை வேள்விக்கு காணிக்கையாக வழங்கிய வள்ளல் நம் காந்தி! ஒத்துழையாமை இயக்கப்போராட்டம் வெற்றிகரமாக நடை பெறவேண்டுமென்றும; அதேவேளையில் சாமானிய ஏழைமக்கள் பாதிக்கப்பட கூடாது என்றும் திலகர் நினைவு நிதி வசூலிக்க உண்டியல் குலுக்கிய தன்னலமற்ற மனிதர்! இதன் மூலம் எங்களை எவரும் அசைக்க இயலாது என்று ஆணவத்துடன் எக்காள முழக்கமிட்ட ஆங்கிலேய ஏகாதிபத்தியத்தின் அரியாசனத்தை அசைத்த முதல் மனிதர். இதில் சிலருக்கு மாற்றுக் கருத்தும் உண்டு. ஆனால் முதல் சந்திப்பிலேயே முரண்பட்டு காந்தியக் கொள்கையை நிராகரித்த தேசியநாயகன் நேதாஜி, காந்தியின் போராட்ட வலிமையையும் தாய் நாட்டின் விடுதலைக்காக காந்தியின் பின்னே அணிவகுத்து நின்றமக்கள் சக்தியையும் பார்த்து, ‘தேசத்தந்தை’ என அழைத்தார். இதுவே காந்தியின் போராட்டங்களுக்கான அங்கீகாரம். பாரதியின் வரிகளைத் தொட்டுச் சொல்வதானால் “நரைகூடிக்கிழப்பருவமெய்திய”பின்னரும் “குன்றென நிமிர்ந்து நின்று” உள்ளத்தில் போராட்ட உணர்வோடு 30 கோடி இந்தியர்களை தன்னுள் அடக்கி வைத்திருந்தவர் காந்தி.

காந்தி விரும்பிய பொது வாழ்வு:

உடல் உழைப்பு சிறுமை; மூளை உழைப்பே உயர்வு என்ற மேல்த்தட்டு சிந்தனையை முற்றிலுமாக நிராகரித்த காந்தி தனது சர்வோதயா சமூகத்தில் மூளை உழைப்பாளர்களும் கண்டிப்பாக உடல் உழைப்பை செய்யவேண்டும் என்று வலியுறுத்தினார். உடல் உழைப்பும் மூளை உழைப்பும் சேரும் போதுதான் தனிமனித வளர்ச்சி மற்றும் சமூகவளர்ச்சி சாத்தியம் என்று விளக்கினார். “எல்லோரும் சரிநிகர் சமம்” என்ற உணர்வு அனைவரிடமும் ஏற்படவேண்டும் என்று விரும்பிய காந்தி எளிமையான வாழ்க்கை வாழ வேண்டும் என்று விரும்பினார். ஆனால் ஏழ்மையான வாழ்க்கையை வெறுத்தார். நாமே விரும்பி தேவைகளைக் குறைத்துக் கொள்வதன் மூலம் எளிமையான வாழ்க்கை வாழ்ந்து ஏழ்மையை விரட்டமுடியும் என்று நம்பினார். இன்றுள்ளதுபோல் நகரங்கள் கிராமங்களைச் சுரண்டும் நிலை ஏற்பட கூடாதென்று, தான் கனவுகண்ட பொதுவாழ்வு சமூகத்தை கிராமிய நாகரிகத்தால் கட்டமைக்க விரும்பியவரே நமது காந்தி.

காந்தி விரும்பிய கல்வி:

ஆங்கில அரசு 1835-ல் புகுத்திய கிளார்க்குகளை உருவாக்கும் கல்வி முறைதான் 2015-ம் ஆண்டிலும் சில மாற்றங்களுடன் தொடர்ந்து பின் பற்றப்படுகிறது. ஆங்கில அரசின் மெக்காலே கல்வித் திட்டத்தின் சீர்கேடுகளை காந்தி தெளிவாகவேஅறிந்திருந்தார். அது நமது கலாச்சார பண்பாட்டு வேர்களிலும் ஆழமாக வேரூன்றி நம் முன்னோர்களின் அடையாளங்களை மறைத்து விடும் என்று உணர்ந்தார். ஆங்கிலக் கல்வி முறை நேரடியான சமுதாய சூழ்நிலைகளிலிருந்தும் உடல் உழைப்பிலிருந்தும் நமது குழந்தைகளைப் பிரித்துவிடுகின்றது என்றும் இதனால் மாணவர்கள் உள்ளத்தில் சமுதாய உணர்வு வளராமல் போகும் என்று தீர்க்கதரிசனமாகக் கூறினார். “உண்மையான கல்வி என்பது தனிமனிதனின் மனதில் பண்பு, ஞானம், பொறுமை, உண்மை ஆகியவற்றை விதைப்பதில் அடங்கியிருக்கிறதே தவிர இலக்கிய பயிற்சியில் இல்லை” என்று சிறந்தகல்விக்கு இலக்கணம் கூறியவர் காந்தி.

“அகிம்சையை நேசித்து ஆணவத்தை எதிர்த்து சத்தியம் என்ற உண்மையைக் கடைப்பிடித்து சரித்திரமாய் ஒருவர் இந்த மண்ணில் வாழ்ந்து மடிந்துள்ளார்” என்பதையே இன்றைய பெரும்பாலான இளைய தலை முறை நம்ப மறுக்கிறது. “காந்தியவாதம்”அவர்களுக்கு இன்று கசப்பு மருந்தாகிப் போனது. இனிப்பை மட்டுமே சுவைக்க விரும்பி பழகிவிட்ட இன்றைய இளைய தலைமுறைக்கு”காந்திய சித்தாந்தம்”என்ற மருந்து கசந்தாலும் அதை நிச்சயம் அருந்த வேண்டியகாலம் வரும். அப்பொழுது இந்தப் புனித மண்ணில் எண்ணற்ற காந்திகள் தோன்றுவர்.

SOURCE:::: முனைவர் .சி.செல்லப்பாண்டியன், in http://www.dinamalar.com

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Jan 30 2015

 

Message For the Day…” Never Break the Vow of Truth …”

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The Gita advises everyone to adopt ‘inoffensive speech, which is truthful, pleasant and beneficial.’ During the practice of the Sadhana of truth, at times, it may become necessary to reveal an unpleasant truth. At those moments, you must soften and sweeten its impact by consciously charging it with love, sympathy, and understanding. Help ever hurt never – that is the maxim. Revere truth as your very breath. Your promises are sacred bonds. Never break the vow of truth. The only obstruction to practicing truth anyone will face, is selfishness. Give up selfishness, adhere to truth and selfless love, let your heart be attuned to truth and the mind saturated with love. The triple purity – speech free from the pollution of falsehood, mind free from the taint of passionate desire or hatred, and the body free from the poison of violence – must be taken up by everyone as ideals and lived in accordance with.

Sathya Sai Baba

Message For the Day… ” Sravana…Manana…and Nididhyasana…”

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There are three methods of learning namely sravana (listening), manana(constant contemplation) and nididhyasana (to assimilate). Truly, what you have listened to cannot be easily grasped and assimilated just by listening. You have to do some manana or think it over again and again and then absorb what you have listened to. This is nididhyasana. If you do all three then only can you enjoy the fruits of what you have listened to. Will your hunger be relieved merely by looking at what has been cooked? Even if you just eat what has been cooked, will you be able to derive the necessary strength from the nourishment? Only if you digest the food that you have eaten, can you get the nourishment. As cooking, eating and then digesting are three essential processes to get the ultimate result, so also, sravana, manana, and nididhyasana must follow one another in that order, only then can you acquire some aspects of the Atma Vidya.   

Sathya Sai Baba

 

” How One Man Turned A Village into an Alchohol and Tobacco Free Zone … ” ?

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Meet the man who has literally transformed the fate of a village by making it alcohol and tobacco free, by providing better employment and education and even increasing the marriage age of girls. What’s more, you’ll be truly surprised to know how Nagabhushana managed to do it all.

Tucked in the folds of Krishnagiri forests in Tamil Nadu and forgotten at the state’s borders with Karnataka, lies this tribal village – Noorundumalai. Even in its relative anonymity, Noorundumalai has some claim to distinction.

This village is alcohol and tobacco free since 2002. There are literally no shops here that sell cigarettes or liquor. In fact, the local cigarette shop owner, Sivanna, quit smoking and shut shop fourteen years ago!

Nagabhushna's intervention has enabled villagers to opt for better livelihood options.

He says there were no takers for cigarettes in his village and he couldn’t quite resist good from happening.

Two decades ago, 23 year old Nagabushana, born into a tribal family in Noorundumalai, came back to the village after completing his masters in social work. He came back with a mind that was churned hard by his traveling experiences across the length and breadth of India.

He got to witness the human struggles in some of the most backward of villages of India. Once when he was travelling through Odisha, he saw how the men of a village went out to collect dungs of animals that their women could wash and strain, and look for rice particles in them that the families could eat. He didn’t need a bigger thrust than this distressing scene to commit himself to a life of service. And he came back, to begin it all at his own village.

There were a million things that Nagabushana wanted to change in Noorundumalai. One big problem that grappled the village was alcoholism. Men of all ages were under its spell. It was not just spoiling their health but also ridding the families of a chance to rise above poverty.

Nagabushana wanted to bell this big unruly cat as the first step towards bringing change in his village. When he told his friends about his idea, they dismissed him and told him he was insane to have even thought of this. It was sensitive and even dangerous to attempt a fight against alcoholism in Tamil Nadu.

And Nagabushana was all of 23, barely employed with a salary of just Rs. 1600. It would be perilous for Nagabushana, thought his friends. But when he told his mother about his intent, she stood by his decision; the only person who encouraged him and showed courage to begin this work for change.

Nagabushana started addressing the problem with subtlety. He took up the topic of quitting alcohol in informal talks with the villagers and advised them on alcohol restraint as a solution to their health problems.

He started teaching children for free in the local school, for whom be soon became a hero. His involvement in various social and development issues of the villages brought him admiration and acceptance in the village.

He started by teaching in schools and later on expanded his activities to a larger group.

Slowly and steadily, he strengthened his campaign towards ending the menace of inebriation. In a few years, he had the youth of the village stand alongside him by starting an association of Tobacco and Alcohol Free Rural Youth. This group took along teetotallers and encouraged others to look beyond alcohol and tobacco. Fascinatingly, these youngsters worked like a peer pressure group among the villagers who made it ‘cool’ to be free of alcohol.

While Nagabushana was preparing Noorundumalai for total alcohol prohibition, there were factions who were losing out on their business of locally brewed liquor. They spewed death threats on Nagabushana and tried to hinder his efforts in many ways. But he stood unbridled by these deterrents and steered the village to being declared alcohol and tobacco free in 2002.

For this extraordinary feat, Nagabushana gained support not just from the villages, but from the local authorities and the government as well. The district collector of Krishnagiri, Santhosh Babu, generously supported the anti-liquor campaign and the development of the village by offering funds towards its school, roads and other infrastructure.

Soon the village was abuzz with a different spirit – of employment and development.

Namanam provides rehabilitation to alcohol addicts.

Now there was a bigger challenge – how do you sustain the change? You could get carried away by achieving a milestone, but it wouldn’t take long for the vices to make a comeback. The energy had to be kept alive. Nagabushana then decided to start a de-addiction and rehabilitation center, at Urigam, 6 kms away from Noorundumalai. The center was named Namanam, and it supported villagers in and around Noorundumalai. Namanam gradually became the epicentre of transformation for these villages.

To sustain itself, Namanam made a foray into business and produced commercial products using locally available resources like tamarind, aloe-vera and many other herbal products. The individuals who sought rehab were given jobs at the factory. They soon had an engaging time that would make their rehab route fast and fulfilling.

In the last ten years, over 1,000 youngsters have found a new direction for their lives through Namanam.

Self-development, employment, healthcare – all these found a place in this beautiful campus that stands alongside the gurgling Kaveri. Several college students from Bangalore visit and camp at Namanam for a transformational experience. Nagabushan makes sure that the children who visit Namanam take an oath that they will never fall prey to alcohol or smoking.

From fighting alcoholism to employment to health to women empowerment, one by one, Nagabushan is moving the mountains of Noorundumalai. Noorundumalai now has a respectable school, a changed face from its dilapidated condition. The girls of the village, who used to be married off at the age of 12, are now standing up for themselves and their education. Over the years the marriage age has come up to 17 but there is still a long way to go. Nagabushana is working hard for a change in this scene. He has now set up a factory at Noorundumalai to produce sanitary napkins for the women of the village, who are the ones employed at the factory, making the 100% cotton napkins and leading a feminine hygiene revolution among themselves.

Now, for a little surprise element – Nagabushan managed to bring about all these changes in the villages through twenty years of hard work while he held a full time job in Bangalore!

Now Noorundumalai village has seen a lot of positive changes.

He always held a job so that he could invest in Namanam’s initiatives. Many times he found himself unable to pay the school fees of his children, but neither Nagabushana nor his family ever wanted to give up the cause they stood for. He currently works as the Deputy General Manager of HR at Robert Bosch, Bangalore – definitely not an easy corporate job.

After a fully engrossing work week, he cranks his car on Saturday mornings to travel the 100 kilometer distance to Namanam. The village awaits his arrival with his family. Updates, new initiatives, new plans – all get discussed and worked upon during the weekend. While he drives back to Bangalore, the show goes on at Namanam with his mother, brother and several youngsters managing it all.

– See more at: http://www.thebetterindia.com/18554/one-man-turned-village-alcohol-tobacco-free-zone/#sthash.P19Dvrig.dpuf

SOURCE:::: http://www.the betterindia.com

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Jan 28 2015

Message For the Day…” Be True to Yourself…”

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Today, though in outward appearance people are human, in inner impulse they are sub-human and demonic; the one who has no charity or sacrifice (dana) is called a Danava (demon). Divine (Deva)and demon (Danava) are both present in the human make-up and now the devil rules the roost! Therefore people have lost their glow, power and splendour! Every one of you must strive and win it again by spiritual practices (Sadhana). So make yourselves pure by incessant striving. Remain convinced that the world can give you only fleeting joy; grief is but the obverse of joy. Strive now, from this very moment and develop full and everlasting happiness. Be true to yourself. Be bold and focused on your goal; be sincere in your practices from today, for time is rushing like a swift torrent.  

Sathya Sai Baba