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Indira Gandhi International Airport Adjudged world’s Best airport…

May 2, 2015NatarajanLeave a comment

The capital’s Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) has been adjudged the world’s best airport for the year 2014, under the category of handling 25 to 40 million passengers per annum, officials said on Saturday.

Airports Council International (ACI) presented the Airport Service Quality (ASQ) award to IGIA at a ceremony of the ACI Asia-Pacific/World Annual General Assembly on April 28 in Jordan.

“We are honoured to represent an Indian airport at a highly acclaimed international forum as ACI. Our IGI Airport partners and employees have consistently delivered a memorable and distinct experience to our customers, enabling us to achieve the coveted world number one position,” said I. Prabhakara Rao, CEO of Delhi International Airport Pvt. Limited, which manages IGIA.

The Delhi airport scored 4.90 on a scale of 5 points measured by 300 members of the ACI ASQ benchmarking programme.

IGIA bettered its ranking from second position for the years 2011, 2012 . and 2013 to emerge on top in 2014.

Their score was 3.02 in 2007.

ASQ is the key to understanding how to increase passenger satisfaction and improve business performance, said Angela Gittens, director general of ACI World.

As many as 40 million passengers used IGIA to reach 58 domestic and 62 international destinations in 2014-15.

During the period, the average flight movements were 885 per day while 696,000 metric tonnes of cargo was handled.

IGIA hosts six domestic carriers, 56 international carriers and also has the capacity to handle the gigantic Airbus A380 aircraft.

The airport serves as a hub for leading Indian airlines Air India, IndiGo, Vistara and SpiceJet.

Delhi International Airport Private is a joint venture between the GMR Group, Airports Authority of India, Fraport and Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad.

The airport was developed under the public-private partnership mode with the mandate for DIAL to finance, design, build, operate and maintain the Delhi airport for 30 years, with an option to extend it for another 30 years.

ACI, founded in 1991, is a trade association of the world’s airports.

Source……www.economictimes.indiatimes.com

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The Funny side of CellPhone… Ground Reality Today …!!!

May 2, 2015NatarajanLeave a comment

The Death of Conversation…

Is it just me, or have most human beings changed from having two hand to having only one? The other is usually holding a cellphone these days… Oh well, you can’t stop people from using their darn cellphones all the time, but you CAN poke some fun at it!

cellphone addiction funny

Source….www.ba-bamail.com

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Refugees Who Live on the Sea….

May 2, 2015NatarajanLeave a comment

The Bajau people of Malaysia live almost entirely at sea, living in wooden huts on stilts and fishing throughout the day.Source: Picture Media

SAILING over crystal clear waters, the Bajau people of Malaysia live their lives almost entirely at sea.

Children as young as four catch fish, octopus and lobsters from handmade boats off the eastern coast of Sabah, Malaysia.

Along with their families, they live in wooden huts on stilts and trade their seafood for necessities with islanders in the nearby town of Semporna.

Photographer Ng Choo Kia joined the Bajau people on their pirogues, which are long narrow canoes made from single tree trunks, and documented their daily life in a series of pictures.

The 43-year-old, of Penang, Malaysia, says: “The Bajau people are refugees from the Philippines, who now choose to live at sea for their whole life.

Along with their families, they live in wooden huts on stilts and trade their seafood for necessities with islanders in the nearby town of Semporna. Source: Picture Media

Children as young as four catch fish, octopus and lobsters from handmade boats off the eastern coast of Sabah, Malaysia. Source: Picture Media

They visit the land only briefly in order to trade fish for rice, water and other staples.

“The Bajau children are all ferocious in catching fish and octopus, as fishing is their main source of income.

“Every day the children get on their handmade pirogue, and equipped with a net and lance, they go off on the search for food.

“The children have no opportunity to go to school, so there are no future prospects for them.”

As refugees, the Bajau people are not allowed to live on land, and so have built wooden huts out at sea.

During the day, they fish and sail around the coast, looking to sell food, before returning to their huts as soon as the sun goes down.

Choo Kia says: “When most people see these photographs they are attracted by the unique scene and the lifestyle these people are living.

“However, in my opinion this is a situation that should be controlled.

“The children should be educated on topics like the environment and hygiene, and I personally do not encourage people to grow up there.”

Despite their tough lives, the Bajau children of Malaysia still find time to play. Source: Picture Media

They sleep in wooden huts on stilts over water. Source: Picture Media

The Bajau children are no strangers to working, with these two young boys catching an octopus with their hands.Source: Picture Media

It’s an unusual and controversial existence. Source: Picture Media

Children are born on the water and are destined to live a life completely at sea. Source: Picture Media

They navigate the waters on pirogues, which are long narrow canoes made from single tree trunks. Source: Picture Media

Source……www.news.com.au

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” Make in India…” A Must Watch VIdeo Clip…!!!

May 2, 2015NatarajanLeave a comment

Please watch this u tube video of the inauguration of industrial fair in Germany recently.
This is a must watch 15 minutes programme.
Particularly so as this clip will leave you speechless;
and, that we still have so much to showcase to the world.
Mind boggling performance.
And such precision and timing.

Indian cultural presentation at the worlds largest industrial fair, Hannover Messe, in front of top CEOs and Indian and German leaders.

If you don’t have full 15 mins, just watch last 3 mins for an animated Lion entry… …such excellence from the Government of India wasn’t seen before on a world stage.

Source……….www.you tube.com

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Image of the Day….Last Image from MESSENGER Spacecaft…!!!

May 1, 2015NatarajanLeave a comment

MESSENGER’s final image from Mercury

A last image from the MESSENGER spacecraft before crashing onto Mercury’s surface on Thursday. So long, MESSENGER, and thank you.

Here is the final image acquired and transmitted back to Earth by the MESSENGER spacecraft on April 30, 2015, shortly before it struck the planet. MESSENGER spent over four years orbiting Mercury. The image is located within the floor of the 93-kilometer-diameter crater Jokai. The spacecraft struck the planet just north of Shakespeare basin.

The MESSENGER mission was planned originally for a one-year orbit around Mercury. NASA said:

As the first spacecraft ever to orbit Mercury, MESSENGER revolutionized our understanding of the solar system’s innermost planet, as well as accomplished technological firsts that made the mission possible.

Source….www.earthsky.org

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” அஸ்வமேத யாகத்துக்கு நிகர் என்ன தெரியுமா …” ?

April 30, 2015NatarajanLeave a comment

இறந்தவரை அடக்கம் செய்ய உதவுவது அஸ்வமேத யாகம் செய்ததற்கு சமம்)

ஏப்ரல் 21,2015,-தினமலர்.

அட்சய திரிதியை நாளில் செய்யும் தானம் பன்மடங்கு புண்ணியம் தரும். இந்த நன்னாளில், காஞ்சிப் பெரியவரின் பக்தர் வாழ்வில் நடந்ததைக் கேளுங்கள்.

தினமும் பிடி அரிசி தானமளித்தல், முடிந்த சேவையைச் செய்தல், அனாதையாக இறந்தவரை அடக்கம் செய்வதற்கு உதவுதல் ஆகியவற்றைக் காஞ்சிப் பெரியவர் வலியுறுத்தி வந்தார். இறந்தவரை அடக்கம் செய்ய உதவுவது அஸ்வமேத யாகம் செய்ததற்கு சமம் என்பார் அவர். பெரியவரின் இந்தக் கொள்கைகளை டில்லியில் வசித்த பெரியவர் பக்தர் ஒருவர் கடைபிடித்து வந்தார்.

ஒருநாள், கரோல் பாக் பகுதிக்குச் சென்றார். நடைபாதையில் வசித்த ஒரு செருப்பு தைக்கும் தொழிலாளி இறந்ததை அறிந்தார். உடலை அடக்கம் செய்ய பணமின்றி, அவரது மனைவி, குழந்தைகள் செய்வதறியாமல் நின்றனர். அந்த பக்தர் அவர்களுக்கு உதவியதோடு, அவர்களுக்கு தேவையான கோதுமை மாவை தினமும் வழங்க ஏற்பாடு செய்தார். வீட்டு வேலை செய்து சம்பாதிக்கவும் வழிகாட்டினார். பிள்ளைகள் வளர்ந்து ஆளாகி விட்டனர்.

ஒருநாள் தொழிலாளியின் மனைவி பக்தரைச் சந்தித்து, “”ஐயா! இவ்வளவு காலம் உதவி செய்தீர்கள். இப்போது நல்ல நிலைமைக்கு வந்து விட்டோம். ஆதரவின்றி வாடும் ஏழைகளுக்கு நானும் உதவ விரும்புகிறேன்,” என்றார்.

பக்தரும், “”காஞ்சிப்பெரியவர் அருளால் உங்கள் தர்மச்செயல்கள் நல்லபடியாக அமையட்டும்,” என்று வாழ்த்தி அனுப்பினார். அந்த அம்மையாரும் தன்னால் முடிந்த உதவிகளை வாழ்நாள் முழுக்க செய்தார்.

பக்தர் வாழ்வில் நடந்த இன்னொரு சம்பவமும் உண்டு.

ஒருநாள் காலை 3 மணிக்கு யாரோ ஒருவர் கதவைத் தட்டும் சத்தம் கேட்டு எழுந்தார்.

வந்தவர், தன் உறவினர் ஒருவர் மருத்துவமனையில் இறந்து விட்டதாகவும், அவர் உடலை சென்னைக்கு அனுப்ப உதவுமாறும் வேண்டினார். பக்தரும் உடலை விமானம் மூலமாக அனுப்பும் பணியில் ஈடுபட்டார்.

இதைக் கவனித்த டாக்சி டிரைவர் ஒருவர் வலிய உதவி செய்ய வந்தார். சவப்பெட்டி ஒன்றைத் தன் செலவில் தயார் செய்து, அதை விமானத்தில் ஏற்றும் வரை பக்தருக்கு உதவியாக உடனிருந்தார். டிரைவருக்கு பணம் கொடுக்க முன் வந்தார் பக்தர். அவர் மறுத்ததோடு, “”ஐயா! உங்களை எனக்குத் தெரியும். சாலை விபத்தில் சிக்கிய நான் மருத்துவமனையில் இருந்த போது, நீங்கள் நோயாளிகளுக்கு காஞ்சிப் பெரியவரின் பிரசாதம் அளித்ததோடு, விரைவில் உடல்நலம் பெறவும் பிரார்த்திக் கொண்டீர்கள். வாழ்நாளில் ஒருமுறையாவது தங்களைச் சந்திக்க எண்ணியிருந்தேன். அந்த எண்ணம் இன்று நிறைவேறியது,” என்று சொல்லி கண் கலங்கினார்.

“பெரியவர் திருவருளால் நன்மை உண்டாகும்’ என்று பக்தர் அவருக்கு நன்றி கூறினார்.

அட்சய திரிதியை என்றாலே தானத்திருநாள் தான். அவரவர் சக்திக்கேற்ப ஆதரவற்றோருக்கு உதவி செய்ய இந்நாளில் உறுதியெடுப்போம்.

காஞ்சிப்பெரியவரின் நல்லருள் பெறுவோம்

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Incredible India….

April 29, 2015NatarajanLeave a comment

The Incredible Sights of India

India is a huge country with vast and beautiful landscapes. Everyone has heard of the exquisite Taj Mahal but have you heard about the colorful Meenaksi Amman Temple or the Blue City of Jodhpur? India has scores of hidden treasures. I was amazed to learn about some of these eye-popping temples and monuments. I can’t wait to visit…

Meenakshi Amman Temple

India

If you travel to the city of Madurai, you can lay your eyes on the colorful Meenaksi Amman Temple. This towered temple is a vast complex of ten gateway towers, guarding the Hindu temple to the Goddess Parvati, and Shiva, her husband consort.

Jantar Mantar

India

This colorful complex is an astronomical observatory in New Deli, built by orders of the Mahajara Jai Singh II in the 18^th century.

Root Bridges of Meghalaya

India

Surprisingly India is home to one of the wettest places on earth. The Meghalayan jungle is a mountainous subtropical forest with steady rain. The rivers are dangerous to cross so the locals creatively used nature to form a root bridge.

Karni Mata Temple

India

Also known as the Temple of Rats, this beautiful Hindu temple in Deshnoke is home to 20,000 black rats. The rat infestation is encouraged by the locals as their presence is in memory of the Karni Mata, a Hindu sage.

The Ajanta Caves

India

These cave monuments were hewn over 22 centuries ago. Historians speculate that about a millennium ago the caves fell into disuse and a jungle sprung up around it. The monuments were undisturbed until 1819 when a British officer stumbled upon the caves while hunting tigers.

Haunted City of Bhangarh

India

This deserted city is said to be the most haunted place in India and, for this reason, the gates are closed to visitors after twilight. No-one knows why the city was abandoned, but it features many exquisite temples dedicated to Hindu gods.

Leh Palace

India

This abandoned palace rests atop the Himalayan city of Leh, and has been empty since its inhabitants were exiled in the 19th century. This nine-story palace is modeled after the Tibetan Polata Palace. The upper levels used to be home to the Namgyal royal family and their courtiers while the lower floors were kept for storage and army horses.

Kumbhalgarh: The Great Wall of India

Few people outside India know it is home to the second largest continuous wall in the world. Some people refer to the 36 kilometer (22.3 mi.) long wall as the Great Wall of India, but it is called after the fort it surrounds, Kumbhalgarh.

Blue City of Jodhpur

This fortress city in the Thar Desert is a popular tourist destination with many forts, palaces and temples to explore along with its majestic blue painted houses

Source……www.ba-bamail.com

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Image of the day…” Save Me From Light …”

April 29, 2015NatarajanLeave a comment

Save me from light

An astrophotographer’s lament, from the Muriwai hilltops in New Zealand.

Amit Kamble submitted this photo – which is beautiful, but sad, too – and which he captured in Muriwai, Auckland, New Zealand. He calls it Save Me From Light. He wrote:

Ever since Edison, Tesla and Hewitt set onto the journey of lighting up the world, we have lost darkness of the night sky with every bulb that was lit.

At first, it was the best thing that happened to mankind. You could now work at night and not have to depend on the sun.

But, with the technological boom and widespread of cities, we have overpowered darkness, and today we hardly have any place on Earth, were we are totally away from lights. This is light pollution and it is taking away our starlit nights. In near future we would not have any left and our children have to read about them in books or hear about how beautiful they from us.

We have to save the night sky, so coming generations can enjoy what we take for granted today.

Start using your lights efficiently. It saves dark sky, resources and your money.

This is an example of light pollution killing the beautiful night sky and taking away the beautiful sight of the Milky Way. This is a shot taken from Muriwai, hilltops. There are four street lights that are unshielded and are kept switched on all night. There are hardly anyone going around at that place, so would be a good idea to install timers or at least shield those lights.

Ideas to prevent light pollution, here.

Bottom line: Photo by Amit Kamble of a light-polluted area in the Muriwai hilltops in New Zealand.

SOURCE…………www.earthsky.org

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Which Type of ‘Tater’ are You ….!!!

April 28, 2015NatarajanLeave a comment

POTATERS”

Some people never seem motivated to participate,
but are just content to watch while others do the work.
They are called “Spec Taters “.

Some people never do anything to help, but are gifted
at finding fault with the way others do the work.
They are called “Comment Taters”

Some people are very bossy and like to tell others what
to do, but don’t want to soil their own hands.
They are called “Dick Taters”.

Some people are always looking to cause problems by
asking others to agree with them. It is too hot or too cold, too sour or to sweet. They are called “Agie Taters”.

There are those who say they will help, but somehow
just never get around to actually doing the promised help.
They are called “Hezzie Taters”.

Some people can put up a front and pretend to be
someone they are not.
They are called “Immy Taters”.

Then there are those who love others and do what they
say they will. They are always prepared to stop

whatever they are doing and lend a helping hand. They bring real sunshine into the lives of others. They are called “Sweet Po Taters”.

SO WHICH TYPE OF TATER ARE YOU ?!!!?

Source::::input from a friend of mine

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Imagine you are diving, and suddenly …..Watch this Video clip …!!!

April 28, 2015NatarajanLeave a comment

Amazing video of whales surfacing – open-mouthed – under a diving expedition.

This 2013 video shows divers near Souza Rock on the central California coast, having a close call with two humpBack whales. Via Biologia com o Prof. Jubilut

Source…….www.earthsky.org and You tube

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