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I know it is illegal to fail in your attempt to kill yourself. But then, is succeeding that difficult? (I am not going to try it for the next 70 years) Why can't these old people (sample pictures below) choose death as a solution? They should escape from these pangs of old age. No point in dragging. If a person is not physically fit and has no money and support at 60+, I am wondering why he should live. Won't the hopes of tomorrow elude and hurt them along with the memories? They die every day. Realistically, they live a hopeless life and what is there in a life with no real hope? Sometimes, I feel, the society should not provide them an opportunity to survive. In fact, I think, just one out of 1000 among us is doing this mistake. Stop it. Mere breathing is not life. That is a religious ritual of life - no God in it. He was selling flowers and plants. I don't know what he is doing now. The winter, the Christmas, is ahead. Sunday is a good day for beggars as most of th

Addicted to this song ;) ஒரு நாளில் வாழ்க்கை இங்கே எங்கும் ஓடி போகாது மறு நாளும் வந்து விட்டால் துன்பம் தேயும் தொடராது எத்த்னை கோடி கண்ணீர் மண் மீது விழுந்திருக்கும் அத்தனை கண்ட பின்னும் பூமி இங்கு பூ பூக்கும் ஓஓஓஓஓஓ, கரு வாசல் தொட்டு வந்த நாள் தொட்டு ஓஓஓஓஓஓ, ஒரு வாசல் தேடியே விளையாட்டு ஓஓஓஓஓஓ, கண் திறந்து பார்த்தால் பல கூத்து ஓஓஓஓஓஓ, கண் மூடிக்கொண்டால் ஓஓஓஓஓஓ … போர்களத்தில் பிறந்துவிட்டோம், வந்தவை போனவை வருத்தமில்லை காட்டினிலே வாழ்கின்றோம், முட்களின் வலி ஒன்றும் மரணமில்லை இருட்டினிலே நீ நடக்கயிலே உன் நிழலும் உன்னை விட்டு விலகிவிடும் நீ மட்டும் தான் இந்த உலகத்திலே உனக்கு துணை என்று விளங்கிவிடும் தீயோடு போகும் வரையில், தீராது இந்த தனிமை கரை வரும் நேரம் பார்த்து,கப்பலில் காத்திருப்போம் எரிமலை வந்தால் கூட ஏறி நின்று போர் தொடுப்போம் ஓஓஓஓஓஓ, அந்த தெய்வ ரகசியம் புரிகிறதே ஓஓஓஓஓஓ, இங்கு எதுவும் நிலையில்லை கரைகிறதே ஓஓஓஓஓஓ, மனம் வெட்ட வெளியிலே அலைகிறதே ஓஓஓஓஓஓ, அந்த கடவுளை கண்டால் ஓஓஓஓஓஓ … அது எனக்கு இது உனக்கு இதயங்கள் போடும் தனிக்கணக்கு அவள் எனக்கு இவள் உனக்கு உடல்களும் போடும் புதிர்க்கணக்கு உன

What a great feeling it is to watch the misty mountain full of tall green trees! Don't we see trees and clouds everyday in our lives? Still, why those remote places so miraculously kindle the hidden joy in and around us? Why those hairpin bends are the loveliest places to stretch your hands? I think, though there is wonderfulness in the union of mountain, trees, clouds and water, the ecstasy is our own total submission to it. Don't you believe, a shapeless thought in your mind can hide the whole world from your wide open eyes? Watching the rising waves touching the shore, the distant mountain, the green valley are all really loveable. There is other side of the same, diving into the river, climbing on a mountain, walking inside the deep forest and flying in the sky - a divine feeling. Recently I had a chance to visit a small waterfall called "Thoovaanam" (தூவானம்) near Coimbatore. To reach the place, we had to walk about 7 kilometers from where we stayed. We started v

Div1 has the text with &nbsp; while the Div2 has the space character for whitespace. I have shown the output of Div1 and Div2. It is obvious that &nbsp; is not considered as whitespace which can be borken. Div1 code : <div style='width:100px;height:50px;border:2px solid red;overflow:hidden;'> Hello&nbsp;World&nbsp;Fine&nbsp;day </div> Div2 code : <div style='width:100px;height:50px;border:2px solid red;overflow:hidden;'> Hello World Fine day </div> Kovil Pillai P.

There are so many good things that we don't follow and there are so many bad things that we don't give up. So simple, it is not whether something is good or bad(mere perception!), it is, how comfortably you an take it or how much you can enjoy with it or how much you believe that it is so essential(!) in your life. And further, arguably, it is what written for you. How about a cup of coffee or tea? Sometimes, I believe there is nothing you feel and enjoy better than a sip of hot tea from the brim of a cup, moving between your lips and tongue. And the drizzle or few dew drops at the sun-less hours would make it unbelievably tasty. I wonder whether I would stop drinking tea if somebody says it is not good for health. It is OK for me to lose few years (only few years Wink) of my life for it, after all, one day, this life is going to be killed by the mystery - any time, with or without the invitation! Perhaps, the best of companions can be found only in the things that doesn't

Another FarmVille Post. Hope you could do a bit of analysis ;-) I am sure more than coins your prefer number of days, at least, at the early stage! More Info here Kovil Pillai P.

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The top 8 players in Rogers Masters cup 2009. Interestingly neither Federer nor Nadal could make it to the Semis. 1. Roger Federer (Quarterfinals) - Switzerland 2. Rafael Nadal (Quarterfinals) - Spain 3. Andy Murray (Champion) - The United Kingdom 4. Novak Djokovic (Quarterfinals) - Serbia 5. Andy Roddick (Semifinals) - The United States 6. Juan Martín del Potro (Final) - Argentina 7. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Semifinals) - France 8. Nikolay Davydenko (Quarterfinals) - Russia Kovil Pillai P.

Problem: window.setTimeout method doesn't give easy way to pass object type argument to the timeout method. And it may cause memory leak too. To avoid this, I have written a simple script which does the same thing. var PKTimer = new function() { this.timeoutCnt = 1; } PKTimer.setTimeout = function(callFn, thisObj, argArr, timeWait) { if(argArr === null) { return setTimeout(callFn,timeWait); } var uniqueId = 'pkt' + PKTimer.timeoutCnt++; PKTimer[uniqueId] = [callFn, thisObj, argArr]; return setTimeout("PKTimer.timeoutAction('" + uniqueId + "')", timeWait); } PKTimer.timeoutAction = function(timeOutId) { var callInfo = PKTimer[timeOutId]; if(!callInfo) { return; } var callFn = callInfo[0]; var thisObj = callInfo[1]; var callArg = callInfo[2]; if(!(callFn instanceof Function)) { callFn = thisObj[callFn]; } callFn.apply(this

Funny, but I did (Aug 17, 2009 11:30 IST). I searched the "Search" in Google, Yahoo and Bing. The results are really unexpected, especially the one from Google and Bing. Bing Top 3: search.yahoo.com www.dogpile.com www.google.co.uk Google Top 3: www.bing.com search.yahoo.com www.google.com Yahoo Top 3: www.google.com www.google.com www.bing.com Bing Google Yahoo Kovil Pillai P.

Ammavum neyae appavum neyae - This was on Aug 12, 1959 - celebrating the golden jubilee of this is the 'Ulaga Nayagan' Kamal Haasan. Velu Nayagan of Nayagan , Chappani from 16 Vayathinile , Apoorva Sagodharargal Appu , Vazhvey Maayam Raja , Krishnaswamy of Mahanadhi , Aalavandhan Nandu , Thenali, Indian, Avvai Shanmugi ... each character says about Kamal's commitment to his work. It is not difficult for anyone to do have done so much, if they could stay for this long in the industry. But I don't think anyone would have done this with such a dedication and willingness to learn every bit of whole cinema like Kamal. I am sure he will end up in a place where you will have no one else to compare with him. Though I don't prefer watching movies second time, there are exceptions like Manohara, Panneer Pushpangal, Batsha, Minnale . And this ANBE SIVAM ! Though it was the extraordinary performance by Madhavan which made the movie so pleasant, I like the movie very mu

Say no to drugs, they just don't listen. A friend in need is a pest indeed. Marriage is one of the chief causes of divorce. Work is fine if it doesn't take too much of your time. When everything comes in your way you're in the wrong lane. The light at the end of the tunnel may be an incoming train. Born free, taxed to death. Everyone has a photographic memory, some just don't have film. Life is unsure; always eat your dessert first. Smile, it makes people wonder what you are thinking. If you keep your feet firmly on the ground, you'll have trouble putting on your pants. It's not hard to meet expenses, they are everywhere. I love being a writer... what I can't stand is the paperwork. A printer consists of 3 main parts: the case, the jammed paper tray and the blinking red light. The guy who invented the first wheel was an idiot. The guy who invented the other three, he was the genius. The trouble with being punctual is that no one is there to a

தந்தையா? நண்பனா? என்றால் தந்தையென எளிதில் சொல்லிடலாம். தோழமையில் இதுவெல்லாம் ஒரு பொருட்டே கிடையாது. ஒவ்வொரு விட்டு கொடுத்தலிலும் தனது மரணமின்மையை நோக்கிய பயணத்தை விரைவுபடுத்தும் ஓர் உன்னத உறவு நட்பு. ஓடுகின்ற கால்கள், எழுதியாடும் விரல்கள், இசைக்கும் குரல்... எல்லாம் பெரியதுதான் - சுவாசமாய் நட்பு: இயல்பாய், எந்த ஒரு ஆர்பரிப்புமுமின்றி, ஆழமாய், உயிரோடு கலந்து நம்மை இயக்கிக் கொண்டிருக்கும். தாயாகத் தோழி, தோழியாக தாய் - குவளைக்குள் நீராய் எந்த உறவிலும் தன்னை உட்புகுத்தி வெளிக்காட்டும் இணையற்ற உணர்வு நட்பு. என் நினைவில் நின்ற/ தேடிப்பிடித்த நட்புக்கான சில திரைப்பட பாடல் வரிகள் இந்த பதிவில். என்னுடைய அம்மாவுக்கு பிடித்த பாட்டு. அம்மாவுக்கு பிடித்ததாலேயே நான் கேட்டு பழகிய பாடல். பத்தாவது படித்த போது கேட்ட பாடல். காதல், நட்பு இரண்டிலுமே யதார்தத்தை அறியாமலேயே ஆழத்தை அடைந்ததாய் ஓர் மயங்கிய நிலையில் மகிழ்ந்து திரிந்த காலம். உண்மையில் இதுதான் நட்பு, இதுதான் காதல் என்று இப்போது கூட என்னால் சொல்ல முடியாது. ஆனால் வரையறைகளுக்கு அப்பற்பட்டது இது இரண்டும் என உறுதியாக சொல்ல முடியும். படமாகவும் என்னை கவர

If you need to catch the bus on the other side of the road, you will have heavy traffic in your side and you will surely miss the bus. Beautiful girls standing next to you in the bus stop will always feel disappointed as they have to travel in the bus that goes in some other route. On a rare day, if you have Rs. 50 for ticket, before you reach the conductor, he will scold the person with Rs. 10 for ticket, for not having proper change. If your bus is too crowded, then you will find another bus of same type and number follows your bus with no crowd at all. Young girls will go in a high quality college and private company buses with lots of comfort. When you see women of age 40 plus from the first row to the last row in your bus, your heart will cry. Why should my city old ladies struggle like this at this age? Oh, God, that is injustice, give them rest at home. When you pay Rs. 10 and travel in a deluxe bus, an ordinary bus (Rs. 5) will overtake your bus, that too, just a stop before wh

Several times my daughter had telephoned to say, "Mother, you must come see the daffodils before they are over." I wanted to go, but it was a two-hour drive from Laguna to Lake Arrowhead. "I will come next Tuesday," I promised, a little reluctantly, on her third call. Next Tuesday dawned cold and rainy. Still, I had promised, and so I drove there. When I finally walked into Carolyn's house and hugged and greeted my grandchildren, I said, "Forget the daffodils, Carolyn! The road is invisible in the clouds and fog, and there is nothing in the world except you and these children that I want to see bad enough to drive another inch!" My daughter smiled calmly and said, "We drive in this all the time, Mother." "Well, you won't get me back on the road until it clears, and then I'm heading for home!" I assured her. "I was hoping you'd take me over to the garage to pick up my car." "How far will we have to drive?&q

I don't know when, I don't know how? I just fell in love with him somehow. Oh my God! How did this happen? I don’t know what, in him, I see? Is it his sweetness that attracts? Or is it his smile that lures? Is it his words chocolaty? Or is it the lil things he does? Oh my God! please tell me how? How he does this, from so far? I have not known him much He hasn’t yet given me a touch One day I would find out how He stirs me with a gaze, And raises in me a storm Blows my in..... out like a ‘Katrina” I would know why my heart pounds In shudder causing a thunder, A strong rush of adrenalin And drums beat in my ears! A day, I would know why I felt the brush of his lips, with which he sets me quivering in ecstasy. But for now I'm on blaze, longing for the rain --- Sophie Kovil Pillai P.

You can't escape from marvelling at the wonderfulness of this human life. Can you? How perfect design it is! Between the creation and the destruction is your life, filled with surprises for every next second, goes on. You have to bow down and accept the greatness of the binding between you and everything else. As a kid, as a girl, as a wife, as a ... I think at every stage of your life, you got something to get attached and enjoy the extremity of happiness in it. What do you think is the thing that could bring immense pleasure when you are old, say, sixties and plus? Believe me, it is the time you are going to spend with your grandchildren. Take a video of a 3-6 years old kid's day with her grandmother. You will find laughter in it. You will hear complaints. You will find anger in each other's face. You will find the quarreling in between. You will find things are exchanged, especially eatables. You will find shouting and real fights too. And few tear drops. Yet, it is all

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By Michael Josephson Some day it will all come to an end. There will be no more sunrises, no more minutes, hours or days. All the things you collected, whether treasured or forgotten, will pass to someone else. Your wealth, fame and temporal power will shrivel to irrelevance. It will not matter what you owned or what you were owed. Your grudges, resentments, frustrations and jealousies will finally disappear. So, too, your hopes, ambitions, plans and to-do lists will expire. The wins and losses that once seemed so important will fade away. It won't matter where you came from or what side of the tracks you lived on at the end. It won't matter whether you were beautiful or brilliant. Even your gender and skin color will be irrelevant. So what will matter? How will the value of your days be measured? What will matter is not what you bought, but what you built, Not what you got, but what you gave. What will matter is not your success, but your significance. What will matter is not

ஆசையே அலைபோலே நாமெலாம் அதன்மேலே ஓடம்போலே ஆடிடுவோமே வாழ்நாளிலே! (ஆசை) பருவம் என்னும் காற்றிலே பறக்கும் காதல் தேரிலே ஆணும் பெண்ணும் மகிழ்வார் சுகம் பெறுவார் அதிசயம் காண்பார்! நாளை உலகின் பாதையை இன்றே யார் காணுவார்? (ஆசை) வாழ்க்கை எல்லாம் தீர்ந்ததே வடிவம் மட்டும் வாழ்வதேன் இளமை மீண்டும் வருமா மணம் பெறுமா முதுமையே சுகமா! காலம் போகும் பாதையை இங்கே யார் காணுவார்? (ஆசை) சூறைக்காற்று மோதினால் தோணி ஓட்டம் மேவுமோ வாழ்வில் துன்பம் வரவு சுகம் செலவு இருப்பது கனவு! காலம் வகுத்த கணக்கை இங்கே யார் காணுவார்? (ஆசை) Kovil Pillai P.

Have you ever needed to have HashMap as constant values in the interface, but couldn't do because you do not know how to do it. Here are the two ways I got. First: Define class that returns unmodifiable map. class ConstMaps { static Map maps = new HashMap(); static { maps.put("mobile", getMobileMap()); maps.put("car", getCarMap()); } private static Map getMobileMap() { Map hm = new HashMap(); hm.put("NOKIA", "Nokia 6121 Classic"); hm.put("SONY", "Sony Ericsson TM506"); hm.put("MOTOROLA", "Motorola Aura"); hm.put("IPHONE", "Apple iPhone 3G"); return hm; } private static Map getCarMap() { Map hm = new HashMap(); hm.put("FORD", "Ford Capri"); hm.put("VOLKSWAGEN", "VW Scirocco"); hm.put("TOYOTA", "Toyota SpaceCruiser"); hm.put(&quo

M21 runs in Tambaram - Vijayanagar route. It stops at Vijayanagar bus terminus. It stops there for about 5 minutes for the conductor to sign in his office. Then the bus goes to the other side to go to Tambaram. It stops there for another 5 - 10 minutes - break time for the driver and the conductor before they start. So there is about 20 minutes time for a passenger to get into the bus. People get into the bus at different places and time. Here are few… Directly go the terminus, regardless of whether there is M21 or not, and get the bus. + Fairly comfortable travel + Good time for mobile conversation - Extra waiting time - Have to miss the other buses even if they are not crowded Wait at the other side and go the terminus iff M21 arrives. + Works well on the worst case, i.e., no M21 for a long time + Even though late, possibilities for getting the seat is nearly 100% - Might be oblivion of the traffic and run to catch the bus - Tend to be double minded

Better than CricInfo? I am watching live score update on Ind Vs WI match ( 20-20 at Lord's, London, ENG, 12 Jun 2009) here (http://cricket.yahoo.com/cricket/livematch?mid=3211#tab2). Really wonderful. They have video for wickets. I think I don't have to watch TV for watching matches ;-) More videos @ http://cricket.yahoo.com/cricket/videos/home Kovil Pillai P.

Sacrifice-Bob Fitts- With lyrics. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEBmuQxXlHU) Sacrifice sang by Bob Fitts. Thanks Moses. ---kovil Ratchagan Kaiyil Midhakum (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKAcFwhgumg) Lovely song.. This is my friend Elvis's fav.song. --- Kovil Lovely song.. This is my friend Elvis's fav.song. --- Kovil சேர்த்தது: 11 ஜூலை நேரம்: 01:47 ANGAADI THERU - Kathaigal Pesum SONG (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=In1o4w0N8qI) MUSIC: G.V.PRAKASHKUMAR SINGER: BENNY DAYAL, HAMSIKA Just the two lines... ---kovil Evian Roller Babies US (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PHnRIn74Ag) So small yet already incredible ! http://www.evianliveyoung.com So cute. Thanks, ArunRay --- Kovil SPB sings Ilaiyanila (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-smxttkw1IU) SPB sings Ilaiyanila வரும் வழியில் முகவரிகள் தொலைந்தனனால் அழுகிறதோ அது மழையோ... --- Kovil Aval appadi ondrum - Angadi Theru (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snZjsVaif0k) Angadi Theru Actors: Mahesh, Anjali Composer: G V Pragash , Vijay Anto

No matter how much you train yourself, there are things, when it really happens, makes what you pretend to be to vanish and the true nature of your to come out. Generally, it destroys your happiness. For me, one such thing is seeing old people and beggars who awkwardly handicapped struggling. I really don't want to bother about these people. I just want to move on as if I had not seen them or it is just another ordinary person in this world. I want my heart to be still. But it never happens. It hurts. Even if it is for a second, its target is at the softest and deepest. I used to provide food and offer coins. I thought I would make a difference at least for a day. I thought it would add if God exists and if He counts it. But then that was long time back. I am no longer interested in doing these. No real reason to share - I am one of those who accept their thoughts without much questioning. In fact, the moment I see these people, the first question I ask myself is 'why these peo

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There were once 2 brothers who lived on the 80th level. On coming home one day, they realized to their dismay that the lifts were not working and that they have to climb the stairs home. After struggling to the 20th level, panting and tired, they decided to abandon their bags and come back for them the next day. They left their bags then and climbed on. When they have struggled to the 40th level, the younger brother started to grumble and both of them began to quarrel. They continued to climb the flights of steps, quarreling all the way to the 60th floor. They then realized that they have only 20 levels more to climb and decided to stop quarreling and continue climbing in peace. They silently climbed on and reached their home at long last. Each stood calmly before the door and waited for the other to open the door. And they realized that the key was in their bags which was left on the 20th floor This story is reflecting on our life...many of us live under the expectations of our parent

Ntini couldn't get a chance to bowl for Chennai Super Kings, of course, played at South African grounds. Shaun Marsh - best of IPL 1, was not there to help Kings XI Punjab. In T20 'captaincy' doesn't really make much difference, especially if he gets young players who can't run and field and bowlers who often let him down. Kevin Pietersen - Too costly. Delhi got better bowlers than McGrath. I can't believe you, Schewag. Thanks, Delhi was not there in the final. Mumbai Indians. IPL 1 - Shane Warne (Aus), IPL 2 - Gilchrist (Aus), IPL 3 - ____ (Aus)? Even 10 - 20 runs from his bat should be enough for me. Missing Brain Lara! AIRTEL ads - very good, still... Kovil Pillai P.

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"Dear God, Please send a tsunami and clean up the whole of Srilanka or at least one side of it, so that I no longer need to hear the war news from the island" - Yeah, I can pray, but I know my God can't listen. No point in listening to a human who has no knowledge of the wholeness. 12 - LTTE, 35 - SLA. I was so happy to see these numbers in my school days. Now I know that they are not mere statistical data but the lives which wouldn't have burdened the earth, if allowed to live in this world. At times, it hurts! No mercy, God is not of 'human', otherwise, we would have seen a different world. Is it not natural to be attached with 'you', 'your language', 'your caste', 'your religion', ... when grouping is unavoidable? We are not going to be allowed to free of this binding that easily. Perhaps, that is why, like thousands of Tamils, I see Prabhakaran as a hero (hurting is the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi's). Will demolishing

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The Difference between FOCUSING on PROBLEMS and FOCUSING on SOLUTIONS Case # 1 : When NASA began the launch of astronauts into space, they found out that the pens would not work at zero gravity (ink will not flow down to the writing surface). Solution # 1 : To solve this problem, it took them one decade and $12 million. They developed a pen that worked at zero gravity, upside down, underwater, in practically any surface including crystal and in a temperature range from below freezing to over 300 degrees C. Solution # 2 : And what did the Russians do...?? They used a pencil. ============================================= Case # 2 : One of the most memorable case studies on Japanese management was the case of the empty soapbox, which happened in one of Japan 's biggest cosmetics companies. The company received a complaint that a consumer had bought a soapbox that was empty. Immediately the authorities isolated the problem to the assembly Line, which transported all the packaged boxes

Can you be free of thoughts? You may not because otherwise science can create you. You look ahead, you look back, you swim in day’s stream, yet, you don't have the real control over your thoughts because it is so much attached to the things external to you. You know, the person in violet colour dress crossing your eyes in a fraction of seconds could bring you an episode of thoughts about someone else. This binding is the extremity of slavery. Don't expect to be free from it - you will miss the lifefulness of your being. Past is past? Yes? But it never dies. You may not recall a thing but you can't erase anything. How wonderful (?) it would be if we could decide what to remember and what to not! It is a mystery, those old moments, in the form of thoughts, could resurface at any time. Still strange is the emotional turbulence it brings. At times, thinking of the happiest moments in your life could leave you in agony as if a dagger is piercing every bit of flesh in your body.

In ancient times, a King had a boulder placed on a roadway. Then he hid himself and watched to see if anyone would remove the huge rock. Some of the kirig's wealthiest merchants and courtiers came by and simply walked around it. Many loudly blamed the king for not keeping the roads clear, but none did anything about getting the stone out of the way. Then a peasant came along carrying a load of vegetables. Upon approaching the boulder, the peasant laid down his burden and tried to move the stone to the side of the road. After much pushing and straining, he finally succeeded. After the peasant picked up his load of vegetables, he noticed a purse lying in the road where the boulder had been. The purse contained many gold coins and a note from the king indicating that the gold was for the person who removed the boulder from the roadway. The peasant learned what many of us never understand. Every obstacle presents an opportunity to improve our condition. src Kovil Pillai P.

Including her chandelier earrings, I find nothing to really say, is beautiful! Even the cigarette smoke swirling in the air is enjoyable as long as you don't see the other part, for every touch on the lungs it kills the smoker a bit. The lotus in hand is not as pleasing as it is when floating in the pond (you know, we had a pond next to our school with full of water plants like lotus). Perhaps few of you could agree with me, if I rate Sachin's sixes , particularly those hit at the later part of the match against Australia in Sharjah 1998 as the most beautiful sixes than many hit by Sachin and many other batsmen. The opponent, the spectators, the commentary, the camera work and that thrilling match situation - I think absence of any of these would degrade the excellence of those sixes. Though you hear people say some particular thing, such as sunrise, as beautiful on most occasions or always, I think beauty is momentary. It should be as it is not the thing and your eyes but the

George Bernard Shaw said, "People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they can't find them, they make them." Well, it's pretty apparent, isn't it? And every person who discovered this believed (for a while) that he was the first one to work it out. We become what we think about. Conversely, the person who has no goal, who doesn't know where he's going, and whose thoughts must therefore be thoughts of confusion, anxiety and worry - his life becomes one of frustration, fear, anxiety and worry. And if he thinks about nothing... he becomes nothing. How does it work? Why do we become what we think about? Well, I'll tell you how it works, as far as we know. To do this, I want to tell you about a situation that parallels the human mind. Suppose a farmer has some land, and it's good, fert

An old Farmer lived on a farm in the mountains with his young grandson. Each morning Grandpa was up early sitting at the kitchen table reading his Bhagavad Gita. His grandson wanted to be just like him and tried to imitate him in every way he could. One day the grandson asked, "Grandpa! I try to read the Bhagavad Gita just like you but I don't understand it, and what I do understand I forget as soon as I close the book. What good does reading the Bhagavad Gita do?" The Grandfather quietly turned from putting coal in the stove and replied, "Take this coal basket down to the river and bring me back a basket of water." The boy did as he was told, but all the water leaked out before he got back to the house. The grandfather laughed and said, "You'll have to move a little faster next time," and sent him back to the river with the basket to try again. This time the boy ran faster, but again the basket was empty before he returned home. Out of breath, he

Though I believe, understand and appreciate the value of religion in our society, I never felt like attaching myself to any of those, no matter how much I lose. Neither I am really bothering about the stains on the religion caused by 'few' people nor I am worrying about the mad rituals that are followed. Of course, after all, I am yet another selfish person in this world. As long as death is not conquered, I am sure I am going to trust God. It is always comfortable and satisfying when we do things to the best we can do and leave the rest to someone who can take care of it. Many times, it is God, at least because I can not wander infinitely for an answer. My yesterdays were wonderful, no matter whether I cried or laughed, I know I lived a beautiful life. My today is no exception - it is again full of life. And I trust I can enjoy my tomorrows to the fullest with the greatest energy. I need to thank someone for this marvelous life. The lands, trees, animals... so many things to m

"You can travel for the whole day with this 30 Rs. ticket. Can't you?" - The person sat next to me asked when someone got 30 Rs. ticket from the conductor. I was bit surprised. I didn't expect him to have this knowledge. He is 76 (he told me later) with very lean energyless body. He continued and went on for another 35 minutes. He almost told me about his life journey, from age 10 to where he was going on that day. This is very common with elderly people. They have gathered a lot to talk. There was a mention about his willingness to die without passing time in the hospital. Before getting down at Vijayanagar he thanked me for listening to him patiently which even their family members don't do. I just smiled as that is not at all a new thing to me. I haven't felt that busy to ignore these people. And of course, I am very comfortable at listening, especially when someone talks about his own past. Though at times I feel sad, I don't really complaint. No one c

I went for a short trip to Wayanad, Kerala with my colleagues and this post is just a looking back. I heard from one of my friends that Wayanad means "Vayal" "Nadu". I had no problem in understanding this (land of paddy fields) as it sounds the same in my own language, Tamil. The journey towards Wayanad started around 8.30 AM from Calicut. In fact, it is Wayanad district, located on the Western Ghats and we were travelling towards a place called Kalpetta. It looked like a town and I guess the place is dominated by Muslims. It was interesting to watch the road and the streets that connects it to the near by houses. The road is laid higher than the street level and just after half a kilo meter it is the reverse of it. Perhaps, you could imagine the structure as a graph where the zigzag line moves on the z-axis having its base on the x-y plane. The pattern repeats for a long distance and I wonder how beautiful it would have been had they not built houses there. I was e

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Source: Email forward A man sat at a metro station in Washington DC and started to play the violin; it was a cold January morning. He played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time, since it was rush hour, it was calculated that thousand of people went through the station, most of them on their way to work. Three minutes went by and a middle aged man noticed there was musician playing. He slowed his pace and stopped for a few seconds and then hurried up to meet his schedule. A minute later, the violinist received his first dollar tip: a woman threw the money in the till and without stopping continued to walk. A few minutes later, someone leaned against the wall to listen to him, but the man looked at his watch and started to walk again. Clearly he was late for work. The one who paid the most attention was a 3 year old boy. His mother tagged him along, hurried but the kid stopped to look at the violinist. Finally the mother pushed hard and the child continued to walk tur

Taken from Seth's blog I don't like popcorn. But today, walking by a bowl of it, I took some. Most people do. The thing about popcorn is that it is a low investment, low risk snack. You can eat it if you're not hungry. You can successfully have a tiny portion. You are virtually certain that it will taste very much like your last popcorn snack. There are products that are as easy to sample as popcorn. And making your product more popcorn-like is a great idea. At the same time, it's interesting to note that very few people make a lot of money from popcorn. For a product this ubiquitous, it's surprisingly unsuccessful. Coke and Nike and Marlboro are a lot more powerful than Jiffy Pop. So, the second lesson is that you want to make the sampling popcorn-like, but the commitment to be far bigger than it is for popcorn. Easy trial and consistent quality can lead to low commitment, not a great combination. How do we make this more like popcorn? How do we make it less like

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