Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Quotes of APJ Abdul Kalam

As a child of God, I am greater than anything that can happen to me.

Be more dedicated to making solid achievements than in running after swift but synthetic happiness.

Climbing to the top demands strength, whether it is to the top of Mount Everest or to the top of your career.

Do we not realize that self respect comes with self reliance?

Educationists should build the capacities of the spirit of inquiry, creativity, entrepreneurial and moral leadership among students and become their role model.

English is necessary as at present original works of science are in English. I believe that in two decades times original works of science will start coming out in our languages. Then we can move over like the Japanese.

God, our Creator, has stored within our minds and personalities, great potential strength and ability. Prayer helps us tap and develop these powers.

Great dreams of great dreamers are always transcended.

I was willing to accept what I couldn't change.

If a country is to be corruption free and become a nation of beautiful minds, I strongly feel there are three key societal members who can make a difference. They are the father, the mother and the teacher.

If we are not free, no one will respect us.

In India we only read about death, sickness, terrorism, crime.

It means, people who are in high and responsible positions, if they go against righteousness, righteousness itself will get transformed into a destroyer.

Let us sacrifice our today so that our children can have a better tomorrow.

Life is a difficult game. You can win it only by retaining your birthright to be a person.

Look at the sky. We are not alone. The whole universe is friendly to us and conspires only to give the best to those who dream and work.

Man needs his difficulties because they are necessary to enjoy success.

My view is that at a younger age your optimism is more and you have more imagination etc. You have less bias.

No religion has mandated killing others as a requirement for its sustenance or promotion.

Tell me, why is the media here so negative? Why are we in India so embarrassed to recognise our own strengths, our achievements? We are such a great nation. We have so many amazing success stories but we refuse to acknowledge them. Why?

Those who cannot work with their hearts achieve but a hollow, half-hearted success that breeds bitterness all around.

To succeed in your mission, you must have single-minded devotion to your goal.

Unless India stands up to the world, no one will respect us. In this world, fear has no place. Only strength respects strength.

We have not invaded anyone. We have not conquered anyone. We have not grabbed their land, their culture, their history and tried to enforce our way of life on them.

We must think and act like a nation of a billion people and not like that of a million people. Dream, dream, dream!

We should not give up and we should not allow the problem to defeat us.

We will be remembered only if we give to our younger generation a prosperous and safe India, resulting out of economic prosperity coupled with civilizational heritage.

Why are we, as a nation so obsessed with foreign things? Is it a legacy of our colonial years? We want foreign television sets. We want foreign shirts. We want foreign technology. Why this obsession with everything imported?

You have to dream before your dreams can come true.

Sunday, January 31, 2010

Save Our Tigers | Join the Roar

Check out Save Our Tigers

Join the Roar at http://saveourtigers.com/JoinTheRoar.php
 
From around 40,000 at the turn of the last century, there are just 1411 tigers left in India. What started as a Royal Sport during the olden times is now a target of Poaching and Depleting Habitat. Our National Animal is fighting for its life!
 
The rich biodiversity and natural capital of India can be witnessed in the Tiger Sanctuaries. Knowledge of these sanctuaries helps build awareness for the cause.
From around 40,000 tigers at the turn of the last century, there are just 1411 tigers left in India.


2009 was the worst year for tigers in India, with 86 deaths reported.

There are 37 Tiger sanctuaries in India. However, 17 sanctuaries are on the verge of losing their tiger population.

Corbett National Park is the oldest tiger park in India. It was created in 1936 as ‘Hailey National Park’.

The Kanha National Park’s lush sal and bamboo forests, grassy meadows and ravines provided inspiration to Rudyard Kipling for his famous novel, The Jungle Book.

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Thirupugalur Village at Nagapattinam, Tamilnadu, South India

Thirupugalore Village is in Nagapattinam district and Taluk in Tamilnadu South India. Green village very good place to live. I was born and brought up in thirupugalur village. In my village we have very famous "Agniswarar Temple".




ஆலயம் பற்றி :

கோவில் விபரம்: திருப்புகலூர் அக்னீசுவரர் ஆலயம் ஒரு பெரிய கோவில். கோவிலின் பரப்பளவு சுமார் 73000 சதுர அடி. கிழக்கு-மேற்கு மதில் சுவர் நீளம் 325 அடி. வடக்கு-தெற்கு மதில் சுவர் நீலம் 225 அடி. கோவில் மதில் சுவரை ஒட்டி வெளிப்புறத்தில் நான்கு பக்கமும் அகழி இருக்கிறது. மூலவர் அக்னீசுவரர் சந்நிதிக்கு உள்ள நுழைவு வாயில் கோபுரம் 5 நிலை உள்லதாகவும் சுமார் 90 அடி உயரமும் உள்ளது. உள்ளே நுழைந்ததும் நாம் உதலில் காண்பது இறைவி கருந்தாழ்குழலியின் தெற்கு நோக்கிய சந்நிதி. இந்த சந்நிதியை ஒட்டியே மூலவர் அக்னீசுவரர் சந்நிதி அமைந்துள்ளது. சுயம்பு லிங்கமான மூலவருக்கு கோணப்பிரான் என்ற பெயரும் உண்டு. மூலவர் சந்நிதிக்கு வடக்கே வர்த்தமானீசுவரர் அவரி துணைவி மனோண்மனிக்கும் சந்நிதி இருக்கின்றன. இந்த வர்த்தமானீசுவரரைப் பாராட்டி ச்மப்னதர் தனியாக ஒரு பதிகம் பாடி இருக்கிறார். மூலவரைச் சுற்றி உள்ள உட்பிரகாரத்தில் சந்திரசெகரர், திரிபுராந்தகர், அக்னி, பிரம்மா ஆகியோரின் செப்புச் சிலை வடிவங்களைக் காணலாம். நவக்கிரகங்கள் இங்கு மற்ற கோவில்களில் இருப்பதைப் போல் இல்லாமல் "ட" என்ற அமைப்பில் இருக்கிறார்கள்.

ஸ்தலத்தின் சிறப்பம்சம்: இத்தலத்தில் அக்னி பகவான் இறைவனை நோக்கி தவம் செய்து பேறு பெற்றிருக்கிறார். அவர் தவம் செய்யும் போது தன்னைச் சுற்றி ஒரு தீர்த்தம் அமைத்துக் கொள்கிறார். அதுவே கோவில் வெளிப்புறத்தில் அகழியாக, அக்னி தீர்த்தமாக விளங்கிறது.

இத்தலத்து இறைவன் கோணப்பிரான் என்று அழைக்கபடுவதற்கும் காரணம் உண்டு. பாணாசுரன் என்ற அசுரனின் தாயார் சிவபூஜை செய்பவள். தாயாரின் புஜைக்காக சுயம்பு லிங்கங்களைப் பெயர்த்து எடுத்து வருகிறான் பாணாசுரன். ஆணால் திருப்புகலூர் அக்னீசுவரரை பெயர்த்து எடுக்க முடியாமல் போகவே தன்னையே பலி கொடுக்க முயர்ச்சி செய்யும் போது இறைவன் அவனை தடுத்து ஆட்கொள்கிறார். அவன் தாயாரின் பூஜையை இருந்த இடத்தில் இருந்தே ஏற்றுக் கொண்டதின் அடையாளமாக தலை சாய்த்து காட்சி அளிக்கிறார். அதனாலேயே இறைவன் கோணப்பிரான் என்றும் அறியப்படுகிறார்.

இத்தலத்தில் வாஸ்து பூஜை செய்வது மிகவும் விசேஷமானதாக கருதப்படுகிறது. இத்தலத்தில் சுந்தரருக்கு செங்கற்களை பொன்கற்களாக மாற்றி கொடுத்து அருளியதாலும் அக்னி பகவான் பாபவிமோசனம் பெற்றதாலும் புதியதாக வீடு கட்டுபவர்கள் இத்தலத்திற்கு வந்து செங்கல் வைத்து மனைமுகூர்த்தம் செய்த பிறகே வீடுகட்ட ஆரம்பிப்பது வழக்கம்.

செங்கற்கள் பொற்கட்டிகளாக மாறியது: திருவாரூரில் பங்குனி விழா ஒவ்வொரு ஆண்டும் மிகச் சிறப்பாக நடைபெறும். ஒரு சமயம் அவ்வாறு பங்குனி விழாவின் போது தனது மனைவி பரவையார் செலவிற்குப் பொன் பெற விரும்பி சுந்தரர் திருப்புகலூர் வந்தார். திருப்புகலூரில் கொயில் கொண்டுள்ள இறைவனை வணங்கி தனது கருத்தைப் பதிகத்தில் வைத்துப் பாடினார். பிறகு மற்ற அடியார்களுடன் கோவிலில் சிறிது நேரம் இளைப்பாறினார். தூங்குவதற்காக அங்கிருக்கும் செங்கற்களை தலைக்கு உயரமாக வைத்துத் தம் மேலாடையாகிய வெண்பட்டை விரித்துப் படுத்தார். துயில் நீங்கி சுந்தரர் எழுந்தபோது தம் தலையணையாக வைத்திருந்த செங்கற்களெல்லாம் பொற்கட்டிகளாக மாறி இருக்கக் கண்டு வியப்படைந்தார். இறைவனை 'தம்மையே புகழ்ந்து' என்று தொடங்கும் திருப்பதிகம் பாடி வணங்கினார்.

இத்தலத்தில் தான் சமயக் குறவர்களில் ஒருவரான திருநாவுக்கரசர் முக்தி அடைந்தார். இவருக்கு இக்கோவிலில் தனி சந்நிதியும் இருக்கிறது.

...திருசிற்றம்பலம்...

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

My brother B. Dakshina


This is my sweet brother Dakshina Balasubramanian, he is studying BTech biotech in PRIST University, Tanjore. This Photo taken when he was third standard.

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

ME and MY BOSS

When I Take a long time to finish, I am slow,
When my boss takes a long time, he is thorough

When I don't do it, I am lazy,
When my boss does not do it, he is busy,

When I do something without being told, I am trying to be smart,
When my boss does the same, he takes the initiative,

When I please my boss, I am apple polishing,
When my boss pleases his boss, he is cooperating,

When I make a mistake, I' am an idiot.
When my boss makes a mistake, he's only human.

When I am out of the office, I am wandering around.
When my boss is out of the office, he's on business.

When I am on a day off sick, I am always sick.
When my boss is a day off sick, he must be very ill.

When I apply for leave, I must be going for an interview
When my boss applies for leave, it's because he's overworked

When I do good, my boss never remembers,
When I do wrong, he never forgets

Friday, October 23, 2009

Think Positive - Positive Thinking Every Day

The secret of life isn't what happens to you, but what you do with what happens to you.

Help other people to cope with their problems and your own will be easier to cope with.

Never use the word impossible seriously again. Toss it into the verbal wastebasket.

Self-trust is the first secret of success. So believe in and trust yourself.

Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have.

Joy increases as you give it, and diminishes as you try to keep it for yourself. In giving it, you will accumulate a deposit of joy greater than you ever believed possible.

How you think about a problem is more important than the problem itself - so always think positively .

Go at life with abandon; give it all you've got. And life will give all it has to you.
                      Norman Vincent Peale - from Positive Thinking Every Day

Saturday, October 10, 2009

Senthil Mom back to India

My friend Senthil Mom safely return India. WOW!!! She had a great experience visited her daughter's family.

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Friendships Do End

Carole King's song, "You've Got A Friend" promises "Winter, spring, summer, or fall--all you've got to do is call--and I'll be there." Many people expect that their friends will always be there. They expect friendship to last forever.

Yet, friendships end and friends part company everyday. Unfortunately, even the best maintained friendships can end.

Many end because of a change in personality or lifestyle when friends just drift apart and fade away with time. There is a retreat from self-disclosure and seeking out each other's company. Avoidance begins. The friendship slowly loses importance and finally disappears.

Sue said, "The end of our friendship was a gradual thing. I moved from one side of the metroplex to the other. We had over an hour's drive to see each other. For a year or so, we met religiously. Then our friendship began to taper off."

John wrote, "I didn't even know the friendship was over until I caught myself thinking of Alan as a former friend. In the past tense rather than the present."

Pat explained, "We started seeing each other less and less. The friendship was just over."

Other friendships break up suddenly from a disagreement or move to another town.

Paul said, "When I moved to Seattle after college, our friendship abruptly died. We were both struggling with new jobs and didn't keep in touch. Now that friendship is so dead, I don't even call him when I go home."

Sandy wrote, "That was the last straw for our friendship. I never spoke to Lisa again. It's like we were never friends."

Bob Carver, Dallas psychotherapist, says, "A friendship or any other relationship fails because of three things:

* Unexpressed expectations,
* Undelivered communication,
* And/or thwarted attention."

Yet the biggest threat to a friendship is change.


For example, moving from single life to coupled life has a great effect on friendship. Coupled persons often feel their single friends act interested in them only when a romantic prospect is not in sight. They may feel jealousy for or neglected by a single friend's new social life. The single friend may feel awkward and withdraw from a world of twosomes. Divorced and widowed people often have a feeling of being abandoned by old friends.

Lillian Rubin in her book Just Friends says, "Thus generally it's true that friends accept each other so long as they both remain essentially the same as they were when they met, or change in similar directions. If they change or grow in different or incompatible ways, the friendship most likely will be lost."

Regardless of why, when, or how friendships end, there is always some pain of loss to assimilate. When nothing can be done to mend the friendship, it is important to grieve and feel the pain fully. Then move on to enhance another friendship or build entirely new friendships.

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Praveen has safely arrived Dubai (UAE)

My friend J. Praveen kumar got the job in Dubai as a Firefighting designer in reputed concern. Yesterday he safely reached Dubai International Airport. Form today Praveen is going for new job..

New Country, New place, New Area, New Job...... Kalakura Praveen..

All the best my dear friend. Keep doing what you think.

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Senthil's mom is flying to Canada

My friend Senthilkumar's mom (Mrs. Avvaimani Rtd. Teacher) flying to Canada, She has planned to visit her daughter's (R. Veera Vadivu W/o, K. Ranjith Kumar) house in Ontario. Ranjith is very nice person. Yesterday night mom got catch the Jet Airways 9W 226 flight and start her travel to Brussels (Belgium) city. Then she travel fly to Toronto (Canada).

Ranjith and Virravadivu couple have two cute children, named R. Jarsith and R. Charu Nitha. Canadian Vacation starts July 17th So they are plan to visits their relatives house and so many places in Canada. Hope I will get some images soon.

Amma All the best.. Happy Journey.