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Mahaperivaa…..A Dheergadarisi !!!!

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An episode as narrated by Dr.S.Kalyanaraman.Neuro Surgeon of Chennai……

With namaskarams to His Holy Feet I wish to record some interesting events that took place during the darshan of His Holiness Sri Sri Chandrasekara Saraswathi Swamigal.

I was a neighbour of “Pradosam Venkatarama Iyer” and because of his association I was drawn towards Maha Periyaval and from that moment the joy and happiness my family members and I have received is beyond words.

Regular darshan and interaction between 1978 and 1984 has made me gain knowledge about many religious activities. I am able to chant many verses and also assist my gurukul at Selaiyur in homas. This is all due to kindness and blessings I have got from Maha Periyaval.

I would like to share some events.

Sri Pradosam Venkatarama Iyer celebrated the Platinum Jubilee Peetarohanam of Maha Periyaval in a very religious manner and a procession was arranged with the Periaval’s photo in a well decorated chariot. The elephant and horse were sent from Mahalakshmi temple at Adyar by Sri Mukkur Srinivasachari. The procession went round “Gangadeeswarar temple” in Egmore and returned.

“Pradosam Uncle” gave me the photo album taken during the occasion and asked me to show it to Maha Periaval who was on his padayatra. As I was fortunate I took it and showed to Maha Periyaval during my darshan. After going through all the photos He returned the album to me and asked me whether the elephant had “Namam” and I replied to His Holiness that Namam was there. He further asked me whether the horse had Namam. I told him that I did not remember this. He asked me to check the album and reply. To everyone’s surprise the horse too had Namam. This revealed the keenness of His Holiness even while glancing through a photo album.

Everyone is aware that devotees throng to have Periyaval’s darshan wherever He stayed. One lady devotee from Mumbai was very regular to have His darshan. On one occasion when the lady devotee came to have His darshan His Holiness called her and asked the following questions.

His Holiness: What is the distance of your husband’s office from your house?

Lady devotee: It is about two Kilometers.

His Holiness:Do you have a telephone in your house?

Lady devotee: No, but my neighbour has a phone and he will call us in case of any emergency.

His Holiness:Then you should at once go back to Mumbai.

Lady devotee: I have come here with an idea of staying 3 or 4 days to have your darshan.

His Holiness: Now you had my darshan. So please go back to your place.

With much hesitation the lady devotee returned home.

After a period of six months the lady devotee came once again to have His darshan and His Holiness enquired about the health condition of the lady’s husband.

Actually what happened is this – the husband of the lady devotee had an accident in his office and the phone intimation was given to lady’s neighbour. His Holiness knew about this and asked the lady devotee to go back. Now, the lady devotee asked His Holiness that as he knew all these things, she said that He could have stopped the incident! His Holiness gently replied saying that things which were going to happen could not be stopped but being a devotee of Kamakshi Amman the repercussions would be small, and that consoled her.

Such kind of acts are innumerable and only one instance has been given here.

Jaya Jaya Shankara, Hara Hara Shankara!

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Message for The Day…The Name of God will Light the Spark of Wisdom….

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So long as the consequence of Karma persists, you are bound to be born again and again to finish the consumption thereof. The slate of Karma has to be wiped clean so that your account of birth and death can be settled and closed with no balance. The Name of the Lord can light the spark of love within you to ignite the fire of Spiritual Wisdom, which will guide your mind towards this goal. Just as two branches of a tree, when grated one against another for some time generates enough heat to set the tree on fire, so too, continuous and sincere repetition of the names of the Lord will light the spark of wisdom within you. The holy Bhagavad Geetha says, Jnanagni dagdha karmanam – ‘The flames of wisdom reduce to ashes the effects of all activities’; they do not affect one anymore just like a rope that has been reduced to ash can bind no more.

One who discriminates well before engaging in any activity will naturally be righteous in conduct and behavior. – Baba

source::::: Spritual message of Swami Satya Sai in divine discourse.
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பெரியவா தேடி சென்ற பாட்டி !!!

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source: Sage of Kanchi blog..
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ஒரு அனுஷத்துக்கு மறுநாள் நிறைய பக்தர்கள் தர்சனம் பண்ண வந்தார்கள். அதில் ஒரு வயசான பாட்டி. பெரியவாளை பார்த்து “சர்வேஸ்வரா………..மஹாப்ர;ு….” என்று கன்னத்தில் போட்டுக் கொண்டார்.

“எப்டி இருக்கான் ஒன் ஸ்வீகாரம்?………”

“ஏதோ இருக்கான்………” விட்டேத்தியாக பதில் வந்தது பாட்டியிடமிருந்து.

“வயசான காலத்ல ஒனக்கு பிடிப்பே இல்லேன்னியே?………அதான் ஒதவியா இருக்கட்டுமே…ன்னுத ான் குடுத்தேன்” முகத்தில் சிரிப்பு!

பிடிப்பு இருக்கட்டும்…..ன்னு குடுத்தாராம்! சுற்றி இருந்தவர்கள் முகத்திலும் சிரிப்பு.

“சரி………ஒன் ஒடம்பு எப்டி இருக்கு?………”

“ஏதோ இருக்கேன்….பெரியவா அனுக்ரகம்…மழை பெஞ்சா, ஆத்துல முழுக்க ஒரேயடியா ஒழுகறது….அதை கொஞ்சம் சரி பண்ணிக் குடுத்தா, தேவலை பெரியவா”

என்னது? சுற்றி இருந்தவர்கள் அதிர்ந்தனர்! மோக்ஷத்தை தரவல்ல பராசக்தியிடம் எப்படிப் பட்ட விண்ணப்பம்!

“இந்த ஊர்ல மழையா ! காஞ்சிபுரந்தான் காஞ்சு போயிருக்கே!…….” மறுபடியும் கிண்டல் சிரிப்பு.

“இல்லையே….இப்போ ரெண்டு நாள் முன்னால பெஞ்ச மழைல கூட ஒழுகித்தே!…….”

“அப்டியா! சரி ஏற்பாடு பண்றேன்…..” பாட்டி நகர்ந்தாள். இத்தனை உரிமையோடு பெரியவாளிடம் பேசும் அந்த பாட்டி, எட்டு வயசில் திருமணமாகி விதவை ஆனவள். கணவர் வழியில் ஏராளமான சொத்து! ஒரு பெண்ணிடம் இத்தனை சொத்து இருக்க சொந்தக்காரர்கள் விடுவார்களா? அதே சமயம் தன்னிடம் வரவேண்டிய ஜீவன் ஒரு நாயாக இருந்தால் கூட பகவான் விட்டு வைப்பானா?

பெண்ணுக்கு விவரம் கொஞ்சம் நன்றாக தெரிந்திருந்ததால், சற்று சுதாரித்துக் கொண்டாள். காஞ்சிபுரத்துக்கு எதேச்சையாக வந்தவள், “தன் சொத்துக்கள் அத்தனையும் காமாக்ஷிக்கு!” என்று சொல்லிவிட்டாள். பெரியவா எவ்வளவோ மறுத்தும், கடைசியில் அந்த பெண்ணின் அன்பான பிடிவாதம் வென்றது. எனவே அவளுக்கு மடத்துக்கு சொந்தமான வீடு ஒன்றை தங்கிக்கொள்ள குடுத்துவிட்டார். அல்லும் பகலும் பெரியவாளை தர்சனம் பண்ணும் பாக்யம் ஒன்றே போதும் என்று பரம த்ருப்தியுடன், பணத்துக்கு துளியும் முக்யத்வம் குடுக்காத ஒரு ஆத்மாவை பெரியவா அல்லும் பகலும் ரக்ஷித்தார்.

பாட்டியோடு சிரித்துப் பேசிக் கொண்டிருந்தவரிடம் சில பிரமுகர்கள் வந்து ஒரு தட்டில் ஏதே பத்திரிகையை வைத்தார்கள். சிரித்துக் கொண்டிருந்த முகம் சட்டென்று மாறியது…….

“என்னது இது?”

“காமாக்ஷி அம்மன் ப்ரம்மோத்சவ பத்திரிகை……….”

“கலெக்டருக்கு குடுத்தாச்சா?”

“குடுத்துட்டோம். பெரியவா”

“இவாளுக்கு?” என்று பக்கத்தில் அமர்ந்திருந்த மற்ற ரெண்டு பெரியவாளையும் காட்டி கேட்டார்.

“குடுத்தாச்சு. பெரியவா……”

“ஓஹோ…சரி. எல்லார்க்கும் குடுத்துட்டு, இவன் மடத்த விட்டு எங்கேயும் போக மாட்டான்….ன்னுட்டு கடேசில போனாப் போறதுன்னு எனக்கும் ஒரு பத்திரிகை கொண்டு வந்தேளாக்கும்?”

ருத்ர முகம்!

“இல்லை…..அது வந்து……பெரியவா” நிர்வாகிகள் எச்சில் கூட முழுங்க முடியாமல், கால்கள் நடுங்க நின்றனர்.

“………கேட்டுக்கோங்கோ! மடத்து சம்ப்ரதாயம்..ன்னு ஒண்ணு இருக்குன்னாவது தெரியுமோ? பத்திரிகை மொதல்ல எங்க தரதுன்னு தெரியுமோல்லியோ? எல்லா சம்பிரதாயத்தையும் மீறி நடந்துண்டா எப்டி? நீ எத்தனை வர்ஷமா இங்க இருக்கே?” குண்டுகளாக துளைத்தன! பெரியவா பத்திரிகையை தொடவே இல்லை! மடத்து நிர்வாகிகள் நடுங்கிப் போய்விட்டனர்.

ஆம். தவறுதானே?

“எப்டி வரணுமோ அப்டி வாங்கோ” திரும்பி நடந்தவர்களை, “ஒரு நிமிஷம் ……..” நிறுத்தினார்.

“நீ எங்கே குடியிருக்கே?”

“வடக்கு சன்னதிப் பக்கம் ஒரு ஆத்துல…….”

“அங்க வேற ரெண்டு மூணு வீடு இருந்ததே…”

“அங்க சுப்புராமன் இருக்கார்……”

பெரியவாளுக்கோ எந்தெந்த வீடு, யார் யார் இருக்கிறார்கள் எல்லாம் அத்துப்படி!

“சுப்புராமன்தான் மேல போயிட்டாரே……அவரோட வாரிசுகள் மடத்ல வேலை செய்யறாளா என்ன?”

“இல்லை……….”

“மடத்ல வேலை செய்யறவாளுக்குத்த& #3006;ன் நாம வீட்டை குடுத்திருக்கோம். இங்க வேலை செய்யாதவாளுக்கு எதுக்கு வீடு? நீ என்ன செய்வியோ, ஏது செய்வியோ எனக்கு தெரியாது! நாளைக்கு மறுநாள், இந்த பாட்டி அந்த வீட்டுக்கு குடி போகணும் !..டேய்! நாளன்னிக்கு நல்ல நாளா…ன்னு பாரு”

“ஆமா பெரியவா நல்ல நாள்தான்”

“அப்போ சரி. இந்த பாட்டி நாளன்னிக்கு அந்தாத்துக்கு போறதுக்கு ஏற்பாடு பண்ணிடுங்கோ”

பெரியவா சங்கல்பம் நிறைவேறியது!

இதற்கப்புறம் மூன்று மாசம் கழித்து காமாக்ஷி கோவிலில் தர்சனம் பண்ணிவிட்டு சன்னதி தெரு வழியாக நடந்து வந்து கொண்டிருந்த பெரியவா, சட்டென்று ஒரு வீட்டின் முன் நிற்கிறார்.

பின்னால் வந்து கொண்டிருந்த பக்தர் குழாம் குழம்பியது. ஒரு பக்தரிடம், ”ரெண்டு மூணு நாளா பாட்டியை காணும்…..உள்ள போய் பாரு. ஒடம்புக்கு கிடம்புக்கு முடியலையோ என்னவோ…..”

உள்ளே….ஏழ்மையான எளிமையான வாஸம். ஒரே ஒரு குமுட்டி அடுப்பு. ரெண்டே ரெண்டு பாத்ரம். வேறு எதையுமே காணோம். பாட்டி ஒரு ஓரத்தில் முடங்கிக் கிடக்கிறாள். பக்தர் மெதுவாக பாட்டியிடம் பெரியவா வாசலில் நிற்கும் விஷயத்தை சொன்னதுதான் தாமதம்! தடாலென்று எழுந்து, தன் நார்மடியை சரி பண்ணிக் கொண்டு ஓடோடி வருகிறாள்.

இரைந்து…….”சர்வேஸ்வர……மஹாப்ரபு…….நீயே என்னைத் தேடிண்டு வந்துட்டியா?” என்று அலறிக் கொண்டு பெரியவா பாதத்தில் விழுந்தாள். மூன்று முறை வலம் வந்து நமஸ்கரித்தாள். இதை உண்மையான பக்தனும் பகவானும் மட்டுமே அனுபவிக்க முடியும்.

தினம் தினம் ஆயிரக்கணக்கானோர் வந்து தர்சனம் பண்ணுகிறார்கள். ஆனால், தன்னிடம் ஆத்மார்த்தமாக ப்ரேமை பூண்டவர்கள் ஒரு நாள் பார்க்க வராவிட்டால், பகவானால் தாங்க முடியாமல், தானே அவர்களைப் பார்க்க வந்துவிடுவான். அந்த பாட்டிக்கு கிடைத்த பாக்யம் எல்லோருக்கும் கிடைக்குமா? தன்னையே பெரியவாளிடம் முழுவதுமாக அர்ப்பணித்தவர்களுகு மட்டுமே நிச்சயம் கிடைக்கும்.

Sri Kanchi Maha Periva Thiruvadigal Saranam

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Bashyam Basheer Ahamad Street !!!

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A road straddling two religions

SRIRAM V……in THE HINDU…

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In an inspired moment, the street in Alwarpet , Chennai  was named after two giants of the legal field, K. Bhashyam Iyengar and Basheer Ahmed Sayeed

Fellow heritage enthusiast and writer, Dr G. Sundaram, wondered as to the origins of Bashyam Basheer Ahmed Street in Alwarpet. Have the signboard painters got it wrong he wondered. But for once they had it right. It is indeed Bashyam Basheer Ahmed Street. And as for its Vaishnavite-Muslim name combination, the explanation is simple — it commemorates two men — K. Bhashyam Iyengar and Basheer Ahmed Sayeed. Both were giants of the legal field.

Bhashyam enrolled as an advocate in 1906. He apprenticed under his father-in-law, the legendary Sir VC Desikachariar, and later worked with leaders such as VV Srinivasa Iyengar and S. Srinivasa Iyengar. He was greatly successful in independent practice as well. He wrote a classic commentary on the Negotiable Instruments Act, while still in the early days of his career and is even now referred to at times as NI Act Bhashyam to distinguish him from the other, Sir V Bhashyam Iyengar.

But it is his services to social causes that earned him immortality. Active in the freedom struggle he was beaten by the police and also sentenced. He took to representing in court, people charged for participating in the independence movement. He was to be a member of the Syndicates of the Madras and Annamalai Universities, a councillor, a member of the Legislature and a minister in the Prakasam Ministry of 1946-47. He died in 1959.

Basheer Ahmed enrolled in the High Court in 1925. An expert in languages and also Islamic law, he rose quickly in practice and was later made a judge of the Madras High Court. He was confirmed as a judge in 1950. Like Bhashyam, he too was actively involved in social causes, one of the prime beneficiaries being the Music Academy, of which he was a member of the executive committee.

It was at his prompting that the Academy purchased its present property. Justice Basheer Ahmed, in 1951, set up the Southern India Education Trust along with a few other prominent Muslims of Madras.

Sixteen acres of land were purchased in the Teynampet area and in 1955, Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru, who greatly admired Basheer Ahmed’s legal acumen and learning, laid the foundation stone of the SIET College, the first of the many SIET institutions. Justice Basheer Ahmed Sayeed died in 1984.

K. Bhashyam lived in Champaka Vilas, at the intersection of Luz Church Road and Mowbrays (now TTK) Road. That property is a rabbit’s warren of flats now. The other side of Mowbray’s Road, was mainly paddy fields, with the vast Sudder Court (native courts of the 18 century) in the distance. The main court building, Sadr Gardens, was Basheer Ahmed Sayeed’s residence. It still exists, a magnificent pile.

When the surrounding area was developed in the 1940s, roads were laid and one connected Sadr Gardens to Mowbrays Road. In an inspired moment, it was decided to name it after both men and so we have it, Bashyam Basheer Ahmed Street.

Happily, it remains so.

Secret of Happiness….

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YOGAKSHEMAM VAHAMYAHAM

One day, one friend asked another, ‘How is it that you are always so happy? You have so much energy, and you never seem to get down.. ‘

With her eyes smiling, she said, ‘ I know the Secret!’ ‘What secret is that? ‘ To which she replied, I’ll tell you all about it, But you have to promise to Share the Secret with others.’

‘The Secret is this: I have learned there is little I can do In my life that will make me truly happy I must depend on God to make Me happy and to meet my needs. When a need arises in my life, I have to trust God to supply According to HIS riches. I have learned most of the time I don ‘ t need half of what I think I do. He has never let me down. Since I learned that ‘ Secret ‘ , I am happy.’

The questioner’s first thought was, ‘ That’s too simple! ‘ But upon reflecting over her own life She recalled how she thought a bigger house Would make her happy, but it didn’t! She thought a better paying job Would make her happy, but it hadn’t. When did she realize her greatest happiness? Sitting on the floor with her grandchildren, Playing games, eating pizza or reading a story, A simple gift from God.

Now you know it too! We can’t depend on people to make us happy. Only GOD in His infinite wisdom can do that. Trust HIM! And now I pass the Secret on to you! So once you get it, what will you do?

YOU have to tell someone the Secret, too!

That GOD in His wisdom will take care of YOU! But it ‘ s not really a secret… We just have to believe it and do it.. Really trust God! I just did and hope you will too.

“To have God in our side doesn’t mean sailing on a boat with no storms, it means having a boat that no storm can sink!”

source::::: input from a friend of mine.
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Message for The Day…Adhere to Right Conduct….

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God will not be attracted by learning, wealth or material possessions. God is drawn only by devotion. Take to Him, any troubles you have – He will accept all of them and fill you with joy. God loves every devotee. He accepts you for who you are. He is aware of all the difficult situations, trials and tribulations you go through and your devotion to Him, which gives you so much happiness. However, this devotion alone is not enough. What is needed is the regulation of that Divine Love, in the form of virtue and service. Do not criticise others, rather criticize yourself. Have the Name of the Lord on your tongue and the Form of the Lord before your eye. If you shape yourself this way, the place where you live will be the holiest of all. Let all your activities be directed only towards this purification in your hearts. I bless each and every one of you with success, in this noble effort!

To secure the grace of God you must adhere to right conduct and observe purity in thought, word and deed. – Baba

source::::: divine discourse message from Swami Satya Sai

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பேச்சில் நிதானம் தேவை …பெரியவா சொன்னது …

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* கஷ்டங்களைச் சொல்வதாக இருந்தால் கடவுளிடம் மட்டும் சொல்லுங்கள். கண்ட இடங்களிலும் கண்ணில் பட்ட மனிதர்களிடம் எல்லாம் நம் துன்பங்களைச் சொல்வதால் எப்பயனும் இல்லை. கடவுளால் மட்டுமே நம்முடைய கஷ்டங்களை பொறுமையுடன் கேட்டு அதற்கு தீர்வு தரமுடியும்.
* பாவங்களை எப்படி தீர்த்துக் கொள்வது என்றால் புண்ணியத்தால் தான் தீர்த்துக் கொள்ள முடியும். போன பிறவியில் செய்த பாவங்களை இந்த பிறவியிலாவது தீர்க்கட்டும் என்ற கருணையினால் தான் இறைவன் நமக்கு பிறப்பினைத் தந்திருக்கிறார்.
* மனம் இருக்கும்வரை ஆசைகள் இருக்கத்தான் செய்யும். அதனால் மனதை அடக்கி விட வேண்டும். மனம் அடங்கக் கற்றுக் கொண்டால் மரணநிலையில் இருப்பது போல், ஒரு சக்தியுமின்றி ஜடம் போல் ஆகிவிடுவோம் என்று எண்ணக்கூடாது. மாறாக, மனம் அடங்கும் போது, சகல சக்திகளுக்கும் ஆதாரமான நிலை உருவாகும்.
* பேசும்போது “வளவள’ என்று மிகையாகப் பேசாமல் நிதானமாக அளந்து பேச வேண்டும். திருவள்ளுவரும் எதைக் காக்காவிட்டாலும் நாக்கைக் கட்டுப்படுத்திப் பழகவேண்டும் என்று சொல்லியிருப்பதை நாம் நினைவில் கொள்ள வேண்டும்.

source::::::DinaMalar ..Tamil daily
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Outstanding Achievements of Indian Americans in 2012….

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When we achieve something in life, it is a sign of glory for us and our well wishers. As this year comes to an  end, we can take a peek at some of  the notable achievements made by Indian Americans.

Groupon Hires Indian American as VP of Engineering

Groupon, the daily deals company based in Chicago appointed Vinayak Hedge as its new VP of engineering. He looks after the marketing technology expansion of the company, from Groupon’s office in Seattle and is also be responsible for a new office which will be set up in Seattle soon.

Hedge was in charge of payment management and various business units while he was working at Amazon, along with running Amazon’s “Traffic Systems” group.

It is not the first time Groupon is hiring Amazonians and the list of former Amazon executives on its team is increasing, which includes CFO Jason Child, SVP of Product Jeff Holden and Kal Raman, who joined as SVP of Americas.

Hedge who completed his higher studies from National Institute of Technology in Karnataka has earlier worked for Oracle, Verifone and Citicorp Overseas Software Ltd as a software engineer.

US Indian Scientist Rao Gets Patent for Cancer Treatment

Rao Papineni, chief scientist and senior principal investigator in medical applications of nanotechnology at Carestream Health, Inc USA received patent on a path-breaking innovation in the field of cancer.

Rao, along with his colleague Alan Pollack, chairman of the Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Miami came up with a system in which a nano-particle carries the payload of anti-cancer drug and releases it only in the cancerous cell and this way the cells lying around are protected.

“This patent will potentially change the way radiation is administered. It will improve localisation and monitoring of tumour and will help in highly targeted delivery of drugs to kill cancer cells,” Rao said.

“In rough terms, nano-particles are like payload delivery vehicles that can enhance damage to cancer tissues and simultaneously reduce the toxicity of normal and healthy tissues during radiation treatment’’, he added.

Satyendra Huja Elected as Mayor of Charlottesville

Satyendra S Huja, a Sikh American was appointed as mayor of historic city of Charlottesville, Virginia. He was chosen by the five-member city council unanimously and would be serving the council for three years.

Huja said only few Sikh Americans reside in the city of Charlottesville,  which is located about115 miles from Washington and he also added that the Asian Americans in the city contribute to a population of just four percent in the city.

Huja served as the director of strategic planning for Charlottesville for six years. Prior to that he was also the director of planning and community development for the city for 25 years.

Huja’s focus areas at the council were Energy conservation, downtown revitalization and historic preservation.

Huja was born in Kohat and in the year 1960, when he was 19 years old, he shifted to US, for further studies. He completed his undergraduate degree in urban planning from Cornell University and Masters Degree in the same subject from Michigan State University.

Arati Prabhakar  Appointed as Head of a Top U.S. Defense Agency

Arati Prabhakar, a New Delhi born Indian American was appointed as the head of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) by the Obama administration .It is an agency of the United States Department of Defense which works towards the development of new technology for use by the military.

It’s not the first time Arati is going to work with DARPA ; she has served the agency for seven years (from 1986 to 1993) and was also behind the founding of DARPA’s Microelectronics Technology Office. In the year 1993, President Clinton appointed her as the director of the 3000 person US National Institute of Standards and Technology.

She is the first Indian-American chief of DARPA, one of the most important agencies of Pentagon (Department of Defense).

Arati received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Texas Tech University and M.S. in Electrical Engineering and holds a Ph.D. in Applied Physics from the California Institute of Technology.

Vivek Kundra Joins Salesforce.com as EVP

Vivek Kundra an Indian American joined Salesforce.com as Executive Vice President of emerging markets in January. Salesforce.com is a global enterprise software company which is best known for its customer relationship management.
Kundra was appointed as the first CIO of the United States, by the Obama administration in March 2009.His responsibilities as the CIO included adopting game-changing cloud computing technologies, empowering the cyber security posture of the nation and introducing an open government movement.

Kundra was successful in managing more than $80 billion technology investments. In June, last year he quit his job so as to take a fellowship at Harvard University.

Earlier, Kundra served as the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for the District of Columbia and assistant secretary of commerce and technology, Virginia.

Kundra completed his graduation in psychology from the University of Maryland, College Park and post graduation in Information Technology from the University of Maryland University College.

IITian Named Chancellor of California University
Khosla has been serving CMU as the dean for the last eight years and during his tenure he started curriculum reform, diversity efforts and organized multidisciplinary and multi-college research centres as well as international programmes. He has also extended an helping hand in the fund raising campaigns of the university such as for the establishment of a university wide energy institute (worth $100 million) and campaign for a 100,000 square foot College of Engineering building for biotech, energy and nanotechnology (worth $90 million).

“I feel fortunate, humbled and energised to have the opportunity to contribute to that excellence while embracing the challenges of integrating world-class research with an undergraduate educational experience that will remain accessible to all, regardless of family income’’, said Khosla in a statement.

Khosla holds a degree in electrical engineering from IIT Kharagpur and he completed his MS and Ph.D. in electrical and computer engineering respectively from Carnegie Mellon.
Preet Bharara on Time Magazine Cover

Preet Bharara made it to the front cover of the magazine ‘Times of India’. It was the first time the magazine carried the photo of an Indian American on its front page with a story about his movement against corruption and irregularities in Wall Street Magazine.

The article came with the title ‘This Man Is Busting Wall Street’ and under the title it is proclaimed “Prosecutor Preet Bharara collars the masters of the meltdown,”. The article discussed about the “man who is bringing mob squad justice to Wall Street” and also questioned some of the methods used by Bharara, like wire tapping and doubts whether it will be permitted in court.

Bharara holds a high position in U.S. law enforcement, as the Attorney of New York. He manages hundreds of cases, both civil and criminal which involves international terrorism, fiscal fraud, corruption, insider trading, gang violence etc.

Bharara who was born in Punjab grew up in Monmouth Country of New Jersey. He completed his graduation in the year 1990, from Harvard University.

Indians’ Hand in NASA’s Most Ambitious Mission- ‘Mars Curiosity Rover

Many Indians were involved in the ‘Mars Curiosity Rover, who helped in the successful landing of ‘curiosity’ on Mars.

Ravi Prakash, a NASA rock scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory helped in the process of entry, descent, and landing of NASA’s rover ‘Curiosity’

Praksh has been part of this ambitious project over the last five years and he recalls, “Sometimes I wake up calm and sometimes I wake up and I’m really nervous.”

Anita Sengipta is an aerospace engineer and a member of the entry, descent, and landing (EDL) sequence team of the project.

Sengupta is the person who tested a parachute, an important mission element which will decide the destiny of the U.S. spacecraft. The parachute will open up and slow down the spacecraft from supersonic to subsonic speeds.

Amitabh Ghosh, an IITian from Kharagpur was a key member of the team who identified the landing site for ‘curiosity’, the Gale crater location.
Sunita Williams’ Second Space Mission
Sunita Williams spent 6 months at the International Space Station and was successful in coming up with new records. She was the commander of Expedition 33 on the International Space Station.
Williams took off on her space mission on 14 July from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. While returning after her expedition, Williams had yet another record to add to her professional career-the most spacewalking time by a female at 50 hours and 40 minutes over seven career excursions.
She caught the attention of the media and the entire world on whatever she did, whether it is carrying of Upanishads to space or voting for the US presidential election from space.
Sunita Williams is the Deputy Chief of the Astronaut Office at NASA, who holds the record of the longest spaceflight among female space travelers. She happens to be the second Indian-American woman who got the opportunity to go to space after the Late Kalpana Chawla.
Bangalore : When we achieve something in life, it is a sign of glory for us and our well wishers. As this year comes to an  end, we can take a peek at some of  the notable achievements made by Indian Americans.

Soumitra Dutta to Head Cornell’s Business School

Soumitra Dutta, a 48 year old Indian American was appointed as the Dean of Cornell University’s Management School, on July 1, 2012. He is the first Indian origin to be in charge of a top American Business school.

Soumitra Dutta is a Professor of business and technology, who is also the founder and faculty director of a new-media and technology innovation lab at INSEAD’S French Campus.

Soumitra was born to an Indian Air Force doctor in Chandigarh. He is an alumnus of IIT-Delhi campus where he completed his BTech in electrical engineering & computer science securing second rank.

Even though Sumitra has been outside his native for more than 22 years he does not have a Western accent nor does he have the famous European indifference.

Professor Dutta is also involved in policy development activities, both at national and European levels. Apart from being an academician and businessman, he is also the author of many books.

 source:::::siliconindia net
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The Other Side …Perspective ….

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A man went out for a walk.

He came to a river and saw a woman on the opposite bank.

“Yoo-hoo,” he shouted, “how can I get to the other side?”

The woman looked up the river then down the river then shouted
back,

“You’re already on the other side.”
Life and truth is often a matter of perspective and viewpoint.

I thought about that issue for a good part of the day.
It was short and somewhat funny but extremely profound.

Do you realize how many people are trying to get to the very
side that you are already on while you are trying to get
somewhere else?

Do you know how many people wish they had a good husband or
wife like you do?

Do you realize how many couples wish they could have children
like you do?

Do you know how many suffering people wish they had a pain free
body like you do?

Do you know how many people wish they just had enough money to
pay their basic bills like you do?

Do you realize how many people wish they could get to the weight
that you are already at?

Do you realize how many people wish they had a job like you do?

Do you realize how many people wish they could see like you can?

…could hear like you can?

…could walk like you can?

I, like most of you reading this, wish for many things.
I have a lot of dreams and visions.

“Perspective” really made me think and realize
that with so many of the rivers of life,

I’m already on the “other” side.

So are you !!!!!!

source::::unknown…a practical one to understand and share with kith and kin…
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Message for the Day…Live in HIS Glory..

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Practice is the real thing that matters in spirituality. Scholarship is a burden, many times a handicap even. So long as God is believed to be far away, in temples and holy places, one will feel religion a burden and a hurdle. But instal Him in your heart and you feel light, burdenless and even strong. It is like the food basket – when carried on a shoulder, it feels heavy. You are too weak, even to carry it. But sit near a stream and eat your food from the basket – though the food weight has not decreased, you feel stronger and joyful. That is the consequence of taking the food in. Do likewise, with the idea of God. Do not carry it on the shoulder, take it ‘in’! The scriptures teach, “God is verily the Life-breath, of every soul.” So practise to live in His Glory, in His Memory, in His contemplation, every single moment of your life.

True devotion really means installing the Divine in the heart and enjoying the bliss of that experience. – Baba

source:::: divine discourse message from Swami Satya Sai

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