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2009-04-19T19:30:00.001-07:00

எல்லா வார இறுதிகளைப்போலத்தான் இந்த வார இறுதியும் தூக்கமும் சோம்பலும் நிறைந்த வார இறுதியாக இருந்தாலும் சில பல உரையாடல்கள், பதிவுகள் படித்த தாக்கத்தினால் கண்டிப்பா ஒரு பதிவு போடனும்னு போடறேன். இது எந்த ஒரு தலைப்பையும் சார்ந்தது இல்லை.

ஒரு சாதாரண பெண்ணின் ஒரு வார இறுதியில் நடந்த சில பல சம்பவங்கள்

இந்த வாரம் தான் அண்ணா லண்டன் கிளம்புகிறான் என்பதால் வீட்டில் கொஞ்சம் பரபரப்பு அதிகமாகவே இருந்தது. சனிக்கிழமை காலையில் ஏற்கனவே தயாரித்த பட்டியலின் துணைக்கொண்டு ஒரு பெரிய பெட்டியில் எல்லா பொருட்களையும் எடுத்து வைத்து கொண்டிருந்தோம். அலுவலகத்தில் இதே போல் வெளிநாடு பயணம் செய்பவர்களுக்காக தயார் செய்த பட்டியல் உதவியாக இருந்தது.

British Airways –ல் பயணம் செய்வதால் ஒரே ஒரு செக்கின் லக்கேஜ் மட்டும் தான் அனுமதி இருந்தது. 23 கிலோ வரைக்கும் எடுத்து செல்ல அனுமதி இருந்தாலும் 17 கிலோவிற்கு மேல் தாண்டவில்லை. நான் செல்லும் போது 2 * 23 கிலோவைத் தாண்டி 5 அல்லது 6 கிலோ இருந்து இருக்கும். பிறகு அது இது என்று வைத்து விட்டுத்தான் கிளம்பினேன். 20 நாள் பயணமாகவே இருந்தாலும் ஒரு எதிர்ப்பார்ப்பு இருக்கத்தானே செய்யும். அதுவும் அண்ணாவிற்கு இருக்கும் நண்பர்கள் வட்டம் எல்லாருக்கும் அலைபேசியில் பேசியே பாதி நாள் கழிந்துவிட்டது.

சாயங்கால வேளையில் நண்பருக்காக ஒரு புத்தகம் தேடுகையில் கையில் அகப்பட்டது அறிவியல் இயக்க பாடல்கள் கொண்ட புத்தகம். மற்ற குழந்தைகளுக்கு கிடைக்காத அனுபவங்களும் வாழ்க்கைப்பாடங்களும் அறிவியல் இயக்கம் எனக்கு கொடுத்து இருக்கிறது. பல அனுபவங்களில் ஒன்று கலா ஜாத்தா தான். எளிமையாக சொல்லப்போனால் மக்களுக்கு அறிவொளிப்பற்றி விழிப்புணர்வு ஏற்படுத்த கிராமம் கிராமமாக சென்று நாடகங்கள் பாடல்கள் பாடுவோம். விடுமுறை நாட்களில் மட்டும் சில ஜாத்தாக்களுக்கு சென்று இருக்கிறேன்.

அந்த பாடல்கள் எல்லாம் இப்போது திரும்பி பார்க்கையில் எத்தனை அர்த்தமானதாக இருக்கிறது. எத்தனை பெரிய செய்திகளை சின்ன சின்ன பாடல்களில் சொல்லி இருக்கிறார்கள். அப்படியே லயித்தவள் தான், அறைக்கதவை அடைத்து தன்னந்த்தனியாக பாடல்களை பாட ஆரம்பித்தேன். அறிவொளி பாடல்கள் மட்டுமல்ல, அதற்கு பிறகு எழுதிய எல்லாப்பாடல்களும் ஒரு சேர தொகுத்து இருந்தார்கள்.

மணல் மேடையில் எப்போயோ போட்டு இருந்தாலும் அதெல்லாம் மறக்க முடியுமா என்ன.. அப்படியே என்னை மறந்து பாடிக்கொண்டிருந்தேன். கூச்சமில்லாமல் மேடையில் பேசுவதற்கு கூட இந்த மாதிரி வீதி நாடகங்கள் அடித்தளம் போட்டிருக்க கூடும்.

எல்லா அறிவியல் இயக்க கூட்டங்களிலும் முதலில் பாடும் “அறிவியல் பரப்புவோம்”-ல் தொடங்கி, கடைசியாக பாதித்த “அன்புள்ள் கொண்ட அம்மாவிற்கு” பாடல் வரைக்கும் ராகம்

ஏத்தி இறக்கி பாடி மகிழ்வுற்றேன். இதெல்லாமே ஒரு வரம் தானே.

தம்பி பல தடவைக்கேட்டு கொண்டதால் அவனுக்காக coolgoose-ல் தேடி பல ரிங்டோனை இறக்கம் செய்தேன். அதைக்கேட்டு மகிழ்ச்சியில் இன்னும் திளைத்து அடடா இந்த வாரம் எல்லாமே அருமையாக அமைகிறதே என்று எண்ணிக்கொண்டேன்.

வழக்கம் போல குடும்ப சபையில் உட்கார்ந்து யார் யார் காலை அண்ணனோடு விமான நிலையம் செல்வது என்பதை முடிவெடுத்தோம்.

அப்படி இப்படி அடிச்சு பிடிச்சு தூங்கவே மணி 2 ஆகிவிட்டது. 3.45 மணிக்கெல்லாம் எழுந்திரு என்று அம்மா எழுப்பிவிட்டார்கள். எழுந்து பாதித்தூக்கத்தில் கிளிம்பி விமான நிலையத்தை அடைந்த போது மணி 4.45 இருக்கும். வெளி வாசல் வரைக்கும் மட்டுமே உறவினர்களுக்கு அனுமதி இலவசம். அதற்கு மேல் உள்ளே செல்ல தலைக்கு 60 ரூபாய் கொடுக்க வேண்டுமாம்.

மொத்தம் இருந்தது 7 பேர். நான், அம்மா, தம்பி, அண்ணி, இரண்டு வாண்டுகள், சித்தப்பா சித்தி. சரி எல்லாருக்கும் வாங்கிடலாம்-னு அண்ணா பச்சைக்கொடிக்காட்ட வாங்கி உள்ளே சென்றோம். ஒரு வருடம் ஆகப்போகிறது. நான் வெளிநாடு சென்ற நினைவுகள் அப்படியே எட்டிப்பார்க்க ஆரம்பித்தது. ம்… அதெல்லாம் யோசித்து.. எதற்கு..

ஒரு பயணம் மனிதன் வாழ்க்கையை எப்படி எல்லாம் மாற்றுகிறது. வாழ்க்கையின் ஒரு சிறிய நகல் போல எல்லா உணர்ச்சிகளையுமே அடக்கி வைத்து கொள்கிறது பயணம். உதாரணத்திற்கு, முதல் தடவையாக வெளிநாடு செல்லும் இளைஞர்களின் எதிர்பார்ப்பு, படிப்பதற்காக வெளிநாடு செல்பவர்களின் ஆர்வம், குடும்ப வறுமைக்காரணமாக துமாய், சவுதி செல்லும் சராசரி குடும்பத்தலைவர்கள், வழி அனுப்ப வரும் மனைவியையும் குழந்தையையும் தொட்டு தொட்டு விடை கொடுக்கும் வலி, வேலை நிமித்தமாக அடிக்கடி வெளிநாடு செல்லும் உயர்த்தர மக்கள், பயணத்தின் போது மட்டும் தெரிந்தவரை பார்த்தால் ஒரு புன்னைகையோடு நட்புக்கொள்ளுவது இப்படி எல்லா விதமான உணர்வுகளையும், எல்லாத்தட்டு மக்களையும் ஒரு 5 நிமிடத்தில் படமாக காண்பித்தது அந்த விமான நிலையம்.

இரண்டு அக்கா மகன்கள், விடுமுறைக்காக வீடு வந்திருந்தனர். அவர்களுக்காகத்தான் அண்ணா முக்கியமாக உள்ளே செல்ல அனுமதி தாள் வாங்கியது. அண்ணா உள்ளே சென்று விட இதுல தான் பெட்டிய சோதிப்பாங்க, அங்க பாருடா airhostess, அந்த டி.வில பெட்டிக்குள்ள இருக்கிறது எல்லாம் வரும்டா என்று அவர்களுக்கு ஆர்வம் கூட்டிக்கொண்டிருந்தேன்.

வீட்டில் தூங்கி வழிந்து கொண்டிருந்தவர்கள், அங்கு, அப்படி இப்படி ஓடிக்கொண்டிருந்தார்கள். இடை இடையே அம்மாவும் தன் பங்கிற்கு, நீங்களும் இந்த மாதிரி வெளி நாடு போகனும்னா மாமா மாதிரி நல்லா படிக்கனும். என்ன என்று சொல்லிக்கொண்டிருந்தார்.

ரொம்ப நேரம் முழித்து முழித்து பார்த்துக்கொண்டிருந்த பரத் கேட்ட ஒரே கேள்வி “இதெல்லாம் யாரு கட்டி இருப்பாங்க..”

கொஞ்சம் ஏமாற்றம் கொடுத்தது அந்த கேள்வி இருந்தாலும் “அரசாங்கம் தாண்டா”.. அங்க நடக்கிற மத்த விஷயங்கள் எல்லாம் அவனை பாதிக்கவில்லை போலும்.

பிறகு அண்ணா மீண்டும் ஒரு முறை வந்து மனைவிக்கு விடைக்கொடுத்து, சென்றான். அண்ணி கண் கலங்காமல் தைரியமாக இருந்தது ஆச்சரியமாக இருந்தது எனக்கு.

மணி 6. எனக்கு மட்டும் தான்னு நினைச்சா எல்லாருக்குமே பயங்கர பசி. பசிக்குது பசிக்குது என்று வழிதோறும் கத்திக்கொண்டே சென்றோம். வீட்டிற்கு சென்று 15 நிமிடத்தில் காலை உணவு தயார். சும்மா இல்லை. தோசை, பூரி, சாம்பார், தயிர் சாதம் எல்லாமே சில நிமிடங்களில் எப்படி செய்தார் அம்மா என்று தெரியவில்லை. அம்மாக்கள் எல்லாமே அதிசிய பிறவிகள் தான்.

பிறகு எல்லாரும் கட்டைய நீட்டிட்டோம். ஒரு மணி நேரத்திலேயே அம்மா எழுப்பி அண்ணியோடு தாம்பரம் வரை செல்லும் வேலை தந்தார்கள். அண்ணனும் இல்லாததால் மறுக்க முடியவில்லை.

மீண்டும் பயணம். முற்றிலும் வித்யாசமானது. சோர்வு அதிகாக எங்கள் இருவர் முகத்திலும் அப்பி இருந்தது. நாங்கள் செல்ல வேண்டிய பள்ளி அடந்தோம்..

மீண்டும் நினைவலைகள்… பிரிட்ஜ்(bridge) என்ற அமைப்பு நடத்திய ஆட்டம் பாட்டம் கொண்டாட்டம் என்ற அனாதை இல்ல குழந்தைகள் நிகழ்ச்சிக்கு நானும் ஒரு தொண்டராக இருந்தேன். அதே விழா நடந்த பள்ளிக்கு தான் சென்றோம்.

குழந்தைகளோடு இருந்த சம்பவங்கள் எல்லாம் மட்டும் எப்பவுமே நினைவை விட்டு நீங்குவதில்லை. அதுப்பற்றி ஒரு நாள் நிச்சயம் எழுதனும். 3 வருடங்களின் மாற்றங்கள் அத்தனை தெரியவில்லை. இதோ இங்க தான் விளையாடினாங்க, அங்க தான் சாப்பாடு போட்டோம் என்று அண்ணிக்கு சொல்லி கொண்டு வந்தேன்.

பிறகு நான் மட்டும் மீண்டும் ரயிலில்.. இந்த தடவை பாட்டு பாடிக்கொண்டு வரும் பார்வையற்றவர் பற்றியும், 10 ரூபாய்க்கு பாசி மணியை விற்கும் பெண்மனி, முழுவதும் அலங்காரம் செய்து தன்னை எல்லோரும் நோட்டமிட வேண்டுமென்று கைகளை செயற்கையாக அசைத்து பேசிக்கொண்டிருந்த பெண், இப்படி வாழ்க்கையில் மனிதர்களி சந்திக்காமல் யாரும் இருக்க மாட்டார்கள்.. அப்படியே எங்கெல்லாமோ பயணித்த மனது வீட்டிற்கு வந்து கனவுகளில் தொடர்ந்தது.

மதியம் உணவிற்கு பிறகு கொஞ்சம் வலையில் அலசல், பிறகு குப்பைக்காடாய் மாறி இருந்த அறையை சுத்தம் செய்வதில் நேரம் கழிந்தது..

ஓரத்தில் அமேரிக்காவில் வாங்கிய ஒரு டி சர்ட் ஒளிந்து இருந்தது. இங்கே வந்ததிற்கு அப்புறம் அதைப்போடவே இல்லை. கொஞ்சம் இறுக்கமாக இருக்கும். அம்மாவில் வேண்டுக்கோளுக்காக அதெல்லாம் போடுவதே இல்லை. ஏதோ ஆசை வந்து மாற்றிக்கொண்டேன். அண்ணியை அழைத்து எப்படி இருக்கு-னு கேட்டேன். அருமை-னு சொன்னாலும் இங்கயே இருங்க அம்மாவுக்கு காட்டலாம்-னு தான் சொன்னாள். எனக்கும் அதுவே சரி என்று தோன்றியது.

அங்க டாலசில் இருக்கும் போது இதை ஓரிரு முறை அணிந்து இருக்கிறேன். யாரும் என்னை பார்க்கிறார்களா என்ற உறுத்தல் இல்லாமல் சுதந்திரமாக சென்றேன். ஆனால் அதே உடை எனக்கே கொஞ்சம் கூச்சத்தை தந்ததாக இருந்தது. இதற்கு எத்தனையோ காரணங்கள் சொல்லலாம். அதில் ஆராய்ச்சி வேண்டாம்..

இரவு சிக்கன் குழம்பும், “பிரண்ட்ஸ்” திரைப்படமும், மனதிற்கு இதமளிக்கும் உரையாடலுடனும் இனிமையாக முடிவடைந்தது.

R

2009-02-18T07:52:00.000-08:00

HIP BATH

· This is again one such treatment where your effort is very less and find a great change in your body. Hip Bath as the name suggests is the mode where you immerse your hips and abdominal region. This of course cannot be done in swimming pool since we have to concentrate only in the hip region.

· There are special tubs available for this purpose. You can purchase these in a naturopathy center. In fact, normal bath tub is also enough to take a hip bath. But will we fit into it is a big question!!!

· Have a look at the tub used for Hip Bath.

· As you can see, it is just like a huge chair where you need to sit. You must not place your hands inside the tub. You can keep it on your tummy to feel what’s going on inside or leave it hanging outside. Same goes with legs too.

· If needed, you can place your legs in the small stool placed outside instead of having legs in the air. But this isn’t necessary.

· Fill the tub with four to six gallons of water according to the size of it. The temperature of water can be cold, neutral or hot water. Sometimes, alternate hip baths can be given to achieve maximum benefits.

· Please be noted that don’t have this right after having heavy meals. And women avoid this during pregnancy and menstruation.

Cold Hip Bath:

· If a person is feeling cold, we can immerse the foot in hot water to balance the temperature.

· This is very beneficial for people who are diabetics. This is very true as my dad himself has experienced this. This could be result of activation of pancreas during the hip bath.

· This hip bath also helps in obesity and also is of great help in digest and thus relieves the worry of constipation.

Neutral Hip Bath:

· Fill the tub with normal room temperature water.

· This activity is very much beneficial for women as it clears out inflammation in uterus, fallopian tubes and ovaries.

· This has a soothing effect to the body, which relieves the person from stress and thus in-turn help in reducing over-eating due to stress.

Hot Hip Bath

· Drink a glass of water before sitting in the tub. As you do for steam bath, place a wet cloth in the head to avoid de-hydration in the head.

· This is again a great treatment for women who are suffering from menstrual problems.

· Just came across this blog which contains many more information on this topic.

Spinal Bath

· This is very much similar to Hip bath. Here you have to make sure that your entire spinal cord is immersed in water.

· The water level can be just one or two inches, enough to immerse your spinal cord.

· It highly enhances the central nervous system and yes, relieves you from stress.

· It can be used with Cold, Neutral and hot water.

· If someone who gets irritated often, they can try this out. This also helps in helping out depressed person and also one who forgets things easily. As you can see this is because of the effect on the central nervous system.

· There is an added benefit if the water is allowed to flow through the spinal cord itself. Most of the naturopathic centers have this. Do try it out. It is a great stress-buster.

· Same like other treatments don’t forget to drink a glass of water and also place wet cloth in head.

· Please note that none of this treatment has something like side effects.

ENEMA

· It is the process of cleansing colon. Enema equipment is needed for this. If is safe and effective and cleans the bowels well.

· There are unlimited benefits of this treatment. It is advised that if a person is fasting on a day (just even a fruit diet), having enema helps in removing the toxins out of the body. It is up to the reader to make more research on this.

Next Post: Eating it properly..

As always comments are always welcome. This post is cross posted in my Infy Blog (http://blogs.ad.infosys.com/users/divya_selvan/) and Personal Blog as well (http://divyakelvizhi.blogspot.com/).

2009-02-11T17:52:00.000-08:00

Thanks for the immense response. I am highly motivated.

Water not only acts great when consumed but also while used externally to the body.. Let us look at some of the exercises / treatments that can be done with water.

Swimming

· There cannot be anyone who doesn’t know about swimming and this is considered to be the most common mode of exercise in water.

· Swimming is the movement by humans or animals through water, usually without artificial assistance.

· It is one of the many exercises which will help you to shed away the weight as you enjoy doing it. It is very hard to find a person who doesn’t like enjoying in Water.

· Swimming can be more fun if couple of friends join together and swim together.

Benefits

· It is very evident that an individual’s weight in water is considered to be much lesser than the actual weight in land. This would mean that a person will feel light in water and would be easy to carry out exercises that are tough to do in land

· Swimming tones up your entire body. Each and every muscle in your body needs to do some action when you swim.

· When you swim breastroke or backstroke, you're burning about the same number of calories as a fast walk or a slow jog.

Cautions / Risks:

· Unlike other aerobic exercises like Walking, Jogging etc, swimming requires some skill.

· One has to very cautious if he/ she are just a learner and practicing swimming in a deep pool. It is always better to have a trainer beside you.

· Swimming in cold water for a long time can reduce your body metabolic rate.

· Since the ratio of women swimmers is lesser than Men, there are very less Swimming Pool dedicated only for women. And because of this many women feel shy to join a swimming class. And there is a lack of women trainers which also acts as a barrier for many women.

· Research published in the American Journal of Sports Medicine shows that in the absence of a controlled diet, swimming has little or no effect on weight loss

· It is also said that swimming in cold water may increase appetite levels to force the body to retain body fat for insulation and buoyancy. Remember your latest Camp Fire. When the temperature is cool outside you burn some woods and enjoy the warmth. Similarly when the body is cold, it needs food to burn so that it can get some temperature.

· Also the Chlorine and other chemicals added to the swimming pool can create itching in the skin. So always take shower in cold water before entering into the swimming pool.

· Women are not advised to take Swimming during their Pregnancy / Menstruation time.

References:

http://www.thefactsaboutfitness.com/research/swimming.htm

http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/47888

http://www.tinajuanfitness.info/articles/art041800.html

Steam Bath

· This is the next common form of Treatment which most people are aware of.

· Steam bath is a kind of treatment specifically used in Naturopathy.

· This treatment usually takes place in a sealed room with wooden benches, similar to a sauna, which is kept at an even temperature and filled with mist.

· Sometimes Steam Bath is called as Sauna Bath also. But I suppose both are different. As far as I know Steam Bath means it is like a closed room where only one person can sit and Sauna Bath is the one where there is a room filled with mist.

· In any GYM you join, there will be additional facility of Steam Bath. The availability of Steam Bath is considerably high in the City.

Benefits:

· The benefit of Steam bath is numerous.

· The concept of Steam Bath is not new. I am sure most of us exposed to Steam whenever we caught cold (called Aavi pidikarathu (catching Steam) in Tamil). It is very obvious that the steam knocks out the cold and clears the chest congestion. It helps in expanding the lungs.

· The sweating due to Steam clears the pores in the skin and removes toxins from the body.

· It also relaxes the stiff muscles and relives a person from tension.

· A Steam bath makes you feel fresh since the pores in your skin is opened up and all the

· For Women, this treatment is highly beneficial since there are many parlors, Spas , Fitness centers having dedicated Steam Bath for Women they can undertake this treatment without inhibition.

Cautions

· It is very important that you take steam bath lesser than 20 minutes. Over exposure of steam can result in dehydration of the body

· As I already mentioned in previous article when the body is dehydrated, it immediately takes the water from Brain. So it is essential to take shower before taking Steam and drink a glass of water before entering into the Steam Room.

· Wearing a tight dress will prevent the body from Sweating. So it is always good to wear a minimal dress. So that the skin is exposed to Steam and gets benefitted.

· People suffering from high blood pressure / heart diseases are advised not to take this treatment since it increases the blood pressure level as well as heart beat rate.

· Women are not advised to take Swimming during their Pregnancy / Menstruation time.

· Do not go for Steam Bath after having a large meal.

· Usually people tend to become tired after Steam bath. So don’t plan to do any hard work after Steam bath.

WET PACK TO ABDOMEN

· Take a piece of cloth, cotton preferably and soak it in water.

· Lie down in bed in a comfortable position. Place the cloth on the abdomen directly. It must be something like a Belt applied on your stomach.

· Make sure that the cloth is big enough to cover your entire abdomen. Even a simple cotton towel will do.

· Keep the cloth for 20 minutes.

· You can read books or listen to music while you do this.

· This Wet pack increases the blood circulation and helps in weight reduction.

· If you ask how many kg’s will be reduced by doing this, I don’t have an answer. Because this is just a simple step that will aid in reducing weight. Our body, just like our mind is very complex. Simple steps like this can align the body towards the right direction. However try this out and you can feel the difference.

Treatment with ICE

· I am not sure if this is scientifically true. But I have experienced this.

· Suppose you are in high stress or blood pressure, take few cubes of ICE from fridge and rub over your head and hair. Just like how you apply hair oil. Rub the ice cubes until it gets melted.

· You will feel much relaxed than before.

· We took measurements of blood pressure (for my mom) before and after this and found that the pressure reduced considerably. However people suffering from Sinus, Cold, Fever and other illness can refrain from doing this treatment.

This Article is not over. Since it is already big enough, I will continue the remaining in the next post. As always comments are always welcome. This post is cross posted in my Infy Blog http://divyakelvizhi.blogspot.com/). and Personal Blog as well (

Reduce Weight Smartly - 1 - Importance of Water

2009-02-09T08:25:00.000-08:00

Hi Friends,

Starting from today I am going to write a series of articles of weight reduction (from what I have read, learnt and experienced). I have posted it in my Infy blog and will update it in my personal blog too. Please provide your valuable comments. In case you have any material related to weight reduction please share it with me.

I will post it in my blog so that others will also be benefitted. Your support is very important for me J

Facts about water:

1) Consume at least 4 – 6 liters of water each day.

a. Let us calculate the amount of water exerted from body. Then you will know the amount of water to drink each day.

i. Every one of us urinate 5 – 10 times each day. The amount is approximately 150 ml in the morning and 100 ml other time. This means almost 1.5 liter of water is excreted from the body each day.

ii. The amount of water that is used for digestion is approximately 1 liter.

iii. The amount of water used by kidney is approximately 1 liter

iv. Other miscellaneous expenses like – Sweating , Crying etc. – 0.5 liter

b. So just for expenses of body itself each person needs to drink 4 liters. And this is only minimum amount of water to be consumed daily. That is every normal person needs to drink 4 liters. If a person is obese he needs to drink extra water. This will help in cleaning the system more efficiently.

c. Of course if you are drinking 4 – 6 liters of water, your frequency of visiting washroom is going to increase. This has two positive side effects –

i. You move out of system for few minutes. It is mandated.

ii. You have to walk few meters to go to washroom. So few calories will also be burnt (Tip from Murali)

2) When you are in diet, drink lots of water

a. When you go on crash diet like fasting few days only with fruits, mostly it is only the water content of your body is reduced.

b. Water weight is more volatile than Fat weight. So it can be reduced / gained easily.

c. That is why you immediately gain your weight after you finish your diet. (Example : GM diet) because the water

3) Maintain ideal weight of water

Every normal person needs to balance a proportion of weight for

a. Muscle

b. Fat

c. Water

d. Bone etc

A person can be overweight or obese. If a person is termed to have obesity it means he is having Fat weight more than ideal weight. But it is not necessary that the water weight of the person is also above ideal. Most of the cases, the water weight of the body might be lesser than the ideal weight. So it is not enough just to reduce weight. We need to reduce the weight of fat (it must not be reduced less than ideal weight) and still have water weight in the same ideal weight range.

4) If a person is not consuming enough water, the water is consumed from brain cells. This leads to de-hydration in the brain and that is why you get headache.

a. For example, you walk in sun. The water in the body is sweated out and this result in lesser amount of water in the body and that is why you can sense headache after walking few minutes in Hot Sun.

5) Drink water at right time

a. As many of us follow, it is not advisable to drink water while having food. Probably the only time most of drink water is after having lunch. We can see the long queue in the water counter.

b. Naturopathy doctors suggest that it is not advisable to drink water half an hour before meals and half an hour after meals. Suppose you are having lunch at 12.30 then don’t have water from 12 to 1 o clock. But make sure you drink water before and after this time period.

c. We need to avoid drinking water half an hour before meals because water is alkaline in nature and to neutralize, some acids will be secreted in the stomach. These are digestive acids. If we drink and these acids are secreted then the amount of acidic juices will be reduced. So there is will be scarcity of juices for digesting our meals.

d. We need to avoid drinking water within half an hour after having meals because water drunk after meals will dilute the digestive juices (acids) and so they won’t have full power to digest our food.

e. Avoid drinking water just before sleeping. This will sometimes result in making the stomach upset.

6) Drink 6 – 8 glasses of water in the morning

a. Because water is alkaline in nature it is very good cleanser. If possible drink lime + honey juice in the morning. Or Arugambul juice. If you can’t go for these, drink one liter of water in the morning. You will really see the changes.

Habits we can inculcate in our everyday life:

1) Purchase two water bottles. 1 liter or two liter. Have one water bottle beside your bed and one beside your workstation.

2) Fill the water bottle full and keep it beside your bed. As soon as you get up drink as much water as you can. Initial days you will feel sense of vomiting and you can’t drink more than one glass. Don’t force. Drink as much as you can. Sip little by little every few minutes. Target to finish one liter before starting to office.

3) As soon as coming to office while your system is booting up (assuming you shut down your system everyday J ) fill your office water bottle.

4) Set reminders in mobile / outlook / thru friends for every half an hour to remind you to drink water. If you are a person who uses mobile often, then have a note in the screen of your mobile or in desktop of your machine.

5) Try to drink 3 liters of water in office. It means you must empty your water bottle thrice.

6) Whenever you are bored have a sip of water. Keep the bottle right next to you. Else you will forget.

7) Maintain a log in your diary (or any separate weight reduction note) the amount of water you consume daily. This will sensitize the amount of water you drink every day.

P.S: I am a person who forgets everything frequently. For many days even if the water bottle is next to me I will not drink water. Or consume not more than 1 liter. But now after setting reminders in my mobile, I find it much easier. I have set it for every one hour except during lunch time. And I follow all these habits.

Next Article – Exercises with Water

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நினைத்தாலே இனிக்கும் - 2

2008-07-21T13:27:00.000-07:00

இது எனது இளம் பருவத்தில் நடந்தது. சம்பவம் நடந்தப்போ நான் இல்லைனாலும் இத எழுதாம விட முடியாது.

இடம் - ஜங்ஷன் ( எங்க ஆன்டி வீட தான் இப்படி சொல்றது)

காட்சி : அன்பு அண்ணா தூங்கி கொண்டு இருக்கிறார். செல்வா அண்ணாக்கு தூக்கம் வராமல் தவிக்கிறார். இருவரும் நல்ல நண்பர்கள்.

செல்வா : டே அன்பு .. டே அன்பு .. எழுந்திரி டா.. என்னடா இப்படி தூங்கற .. பளார் ....
செல்வா : ஏன்டா என்னை அடிச்ச?
அன்பு : நான், சத்யராஜ் , குஷ்பு எல்லாரும் ஒரே நீச்சல் குளத்துல குளிச்சிட்டு இருந்தோம். அநியாயமா கெடுத்துடியே..
பளார் ...
அன்பு : ஏன்டா என்னை அடிச்ச?
செல்வா : உன் பக்கத்துல தானே டா நான் இருக்கேன். என்னையும் கூட்டிட்டு போயிருக்கலாம்-ல. நண்பனா டா நீ ..

அதிர்ச்சியில் கண்ட கனவையே மறந்தார் அன்பு அண்ணா!!

- Kelvizhi..

Profession Path - 1

2008-07-21T11:45:00.000-07:00

It was during the initial days of my training in Mysore. We were asked to create a bank account ourselves. The bank extension was located quite far from our classroom and I thought of joining with my roommate to fill the forms. However I didnt want to miss my lunch. Hence asked her to proceed and I went in for lunch. After a quick lunch, I rushed in to Bank branch located inside the campus. Our lunch time was almost over and hence there wasnt any problem in waiting. I was asked to sit and they gave me a form to be filled. When I asked too many questions as I always do, the staff gave me a filled application and asked me to use it as reference.

While I was filling my form, the staff responded to another trainee too. The application I was filling belongs to a bengali guy called Sayan. I was wondering why this guy has a handwriting like this and continued copying. Suddenly one of the information he provided blew a shocking wave to me. His address, is my address. He has given my room number as his room number. I immediately asked the staff what is this. The staff was confused. To confirm that I am not joking, I took out my room key and showed him the room number attached to it. The surprise caught his face too. He naughtily asked "Are you sure he is not your roommate?".. My mind honestly searched for an option like that.. Is anyone coming into the room after I sleep.. No I havent seen anyone.. I, in a confused mind blabberred, "I... I dont know"..

The moment they heard this all had a loud laugh.. I joined their laughing.. I was just feeling shy for giving such a reply.. I finished filling the form, still not sure how he filled it out like that.. During my training class, I was just obsessed with the thoughts of Sayan.. I really wondered whom it could be.. Thanks to my memory and Telephone system of my company.. I searched for his name in Telephone directory of my company.. Luckily he is from my training batch.. But in different education stream.. I had a good friend of mine in the stream and delegated the matter to him.. He assured me that he will introduce him to me and we can discuss about it!! .. I was finding it to be silly to go and ask a guy "R u my roommate".. So I left the matter to my friend itself to find out the root cause of the confusion..
When I came to know the actual reason of this mess.. I could only wonder about the mere coincidence and gave a hearty laugh......

"SAYAN COPIED THE APPLICATION FROM MY ACTUAL ROOMMATE"
Effects of Cut - Copy - Paste!!

நினைத்தாலே இனிக்கும் - 1

2008-07-19T15:01:00.000-07:00

கரகாட்டகாரன் வந்த அப்றோமா - பழத்தை வைத்து ஒரு joke na அது வாழை பழமா தான் இருக்க முடியும்னு ஆயிடுச்சு. ஆனா எங்களுக்கு எல்லாம் அதுக்கு மேல ஒரு சம்பவம் நடந்துச்சு.

எங்கள் தெருவில் இருந்த ஒருவர் அடிபட்டு மருத்துவமனை-யில் இருந்தார். அவரை பார்க்க ஒரு ஒரு வீட்டில் இருந்து ஒரு நபர் சென்று வர வேண்டும். அப்படி ஒரு வீட்டில் நடந்த சம்பவம்..

அம்மா (மகனிடம்) - நம்ம வீட்டு சார்பா நீ போ. அவ்வளோ தூரம் எங்களால போக முடியாது.
மகன் : சரி அம்மா
அம்மா - நோயாளி யா பாக்க போறப்போ எதாச்சும் பழம் வாங்கிட்டு போகணும் பா. மறக்காம வாங்கிட்டு போ..
மகன் : சரி ம்மா

-- (மருத்துவமனை ல இருந்து வந்த பின்)

அம்மா - எப்படி இருக்கார் அவர்?
மகன் - நல்லா இருக்கார்
அம்மா - நீ ஏன் ஒரு மாதிரி இருக்க
மகன் - நீங்க சொன்ன மாதிரி பழம் வாங்கிட்டு போனேன். பெரிய பழம். ஆனா அவரு அத பாத உடனே ஒரு மாதிரி ..
அம்மா - அப்படி என்ன பழம் வாங்கிட்டு போன ?
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மகன் : பலாப்பழம்

பி. கு - ஏற்கனவே என் அன்பு நண்பன நான் அதிகமா damage பண்ணிட்டதுனால இந்த பொதுப்படையாக மகன் என்று மட்டுமே குறிப்பிட்டுள்ளேன்.

எந்தனை துயரத்திலும் இந்த ஞாபகங்கள் இனித்து கொண்டே .. -- கேள்விழி

கேள்விழியின் கேள்விகள் - 1

2008-07-19T14:42:00.001-07:00

காட்சி - 1 - ஒரு சாதாரண fancy கடை, வேலூர் :

திவ்யா - Face powder iruka ?
கடை பெண் - இருக்கே. இத பாருங்க 100 ரூபாய்.
திவ்யா - இவ்ளோ காசுல வேணாம். கம்மி விலைல கிடைக்காதா?
கடை பெண் - 60 ரூபாய் ல இருக்கு. பாக்கறிங்கள ?
திவ்யா - இன்னும் கம்மியா ?
கடை பெண் - இன்னும் கம்மியனா, 30 ரூபாய்ல இருக்கு. Made in india. Local sarakku.
திவ்யா - அப்படினா 60 ரூபாய் தே குடுங்க.

காட்சி - 2 - ஊட்டி - தேயிலை தோட்டம்

அதிகாரி - இது தான் எப்படி தேயிலையை டீ தூளாய் மாற்றும் நிலைகள் ( Process). எங்க தேயிலை தோட்டத்துக்கு வந்ததுக்கு மிக்க நன்றி. இப்படி வாங்க..

நாங்க பின் தொடர்ந்தோம்..

அதிகாரி - இந்த டீ தூள் விற்பனைக்கு. எல்லாமே Export quality. லோக்கல் ல எங்கயும் இது கிடைக்காது. உங்களுக்காக தரோம்.

முனுமுனுப்பு - Export quality னா நல்லா தான் இருக்கும்.

திவ்யா - எனக்கு 5 packet குடுங்க.

காட்சி - 3 - சென்னை - வேலூர் பேருந்து

திவ்யா - நீங்க என்ன பண்றீங்க?
பக்கத்தில் இருப்பவர் - நான் குடியாத்தம் -ல பண்ணை வச்சு இருக்கேன்
திவ்யா - ஒ
ப. இ - பண்ணையோட சேத்து தேங்காய் துருவுற மிஷன் வாங்கி போட்டு இருக்கோம்.
திவ்யா - துருவி என்ன பண்றீங்க?
ப . இ - வெளிநாட்டுக்கு ஏற்றுமதி செய்றோம்.
திவ்யா - Nice. இங்க விக்கறது இல்லையா?
ப. இ - இல்லைங்க. இங்க எல்லாம் யாருக்கு தேங்காய் தூள் தேவை இருக்கும். அங்க nutrine company -ல உபயோகமா இருக்கும். இங்க யாரு இங்க இருக்க பொருளை மதிக்கறாங்க.
திவ்யா - சரி தான்.

காட்சி - 4 - plano, USA - bhatiya mall
திவ்யா - இதுல ரெண்டு மிளகாய் பொடி இருக்கு. இதுல எது நல்லா இருக்கும்.
கடைக்காரர் - ஒன்னு USa made. ஒன்னு India made.
திவ்யா - அப்போ indian made குடுங்க. அது தான் நல்லா இருக்கும். :)

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ஏன் இந்தியால தயாரிக்கற பொருளை - இந்தியால மதிக்கறது இல்லை ?
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பி.கு - bhattiya mall - இந்திய பொருட்கள் கிடைக்கும் ஒரு இடம்.

புதிய பரிணாமம்.. புதிதாய் பரிமாறுவோம்

2008-07-17T12:25:00.000-07:00

Hi all..

This is a brand new season.. Yes.. I am trying to give a lot of writing all through the year..
These are the series I am trying to write in this season of change and self realization..

1) Onsite Diaries - புதிய பரிணாமம்.. புதிதாய் பரிமாறுவோம்
Dont ask me why I chose this name. When I was travelling in Emirates, I saw two movies - Nanny Diaries and Princess Diaries. That could be the reason. In this series I will describe all the things I faced and facing in United States of America.

2) பாட்டில் பிடித்தது, படிந்தது
- இந்த தொடர்-ல எனக்கு பிடித்த பாடல் மற்றும் வசனங்கள்-ல குறிப்பிட போறேன்

3) கல்லூரி கலாட்டா
என்னோட கல்லூரி வாழ்க்கைல பெருசா ஒன்னும் நடந்திடல. இருந்தாலும் கல்லூரி பருவம் எவ்ளோ பெருசு. அதுனால எதாச்சும் எழுதுவேன்.

4) Profession Path
In this series I am describing the interesting things that happened in my Office, and before employment

5) பயணங்கள் முடிவதில்லை
- வாழ்கையே ஒரு பயணம் தான். இதுல எவ்ளோ பேர சந்திக்கறோம். ஒரு மாயம் மாதிரி வாழ்கை சுத்திகிட்டே இருக்கு. உன்னை பத்தி நினைக்காம இருப்பேனா-னு எத்தனையோ பேர பிரியரப்போ நினைச்சு இருக்கோம். ஆனா இந்த ஆட்டத்துல எல்லாமே மறந்து போகுது. அப்படி என் வாழ்கை பயணத்துல என்னை தொட்ட சில ஞாபாகங்கள்.. ஊர் பயன்களையும் இதுல இடலாம்னு இருக்கேன்.

6 ) நினைத்தாலே இனிக்கும்
- அது இதுனு இல்லாம சில விஷயங்கள் எப்போ நினைத்தாலுமே இனிமையா தான் இருக்கும். அப்படி பட்ட குறும்பு விஷயங்கள் இங்க வந்து கிட்டே இருக்கும்.

7) கேள்விழியின் கேள்விகள்:
- தொடர்ந்து கேள்வி கேட்டு ஒரு விழிப்புணர்வு ஏற்படுத்தனும்னு தான் இந்த பெயர நான் எனக்கு வச்சிகிட்டேன். இந்த இடுகைல-னா கொஞ்சம் பொறுப்பான குடிமகளா இருக்கணும்னு விரும்பறேன்.

திரும்ப வருவேன்..
கேள்விழி..

Kelvizhi is Back

2008-07-15T07:52:00.000-07:00

I am back!!

Its been a long time since I am blogging.. I am back with a bang.. I am starting with a series called Onsite Diaries. Plus some more updates on all that happened to me in past few years..

Enjoy Reading!!

Triple Celebration For Pankhudi

2007-11-21T00:13:00.000-08:00

Hi..
It was indeed a great show on November 18 by Pankhudi Chennai team..
The much awaited detailed report – here it goes.. bear with my style of writing
Whenever a big event is planned, the night before the celebration would go as a sleepless night for me.. Imagining sequence of events to take place, things to take there, do this do that etc.
My heart jumped like a small school kid going to Educational Tour the next day. The day before evening went to a super market to get gifts for the children, prizes for the games.
The profile of the children is
0 – 3 years : 20
3 – 10 yrs : 25.
So gifts and games were planned according to that. Since the kids were too small, thought of giving some games related gifts. So got tennis bat for 3 – 10 yr old kids and smiley balls for the children..
Also thought of teaching the kids with some dolls and hence got a sponge and few rubber bands to create a very basic doll.. Other than that games planned were
1) Lemon and Spoon
2) Identifying objects
3) Filling the bottle
4) Baloon bursting
5) Passing the ball
6) Tapping ball for long time
7) Few more.
Idea was 5 games for small and kiddies. 5 for little grown up children.

Other than this an exciting magic show by one of the renowned magician in the city.. how will all these make an organizer sleep. Before the actual show atleast thousand times I executed all that in my eyes.
Although the number of volunteers who promised to come had some reasons for absence, I thought let’s give it a shot. Everything will be perfect…

The D-Day came.. I started from my home with aunty and two kids. It was good to see the kids were very excited to see other kids over there. On the way they were very excited to meet them and were saying that they will get new friends etc.
We reached the get together spot sharp at 9.30 and from there Swarnabha ( my colleague ) joined us and we reached Balagurukulam around 10.15
We met the care taker of the orphanage first. That time we were 5 in number. Myself, Swarnabha, my aunt, and two kids.
The care taker was a very open person and we had talk for about 1 hours. It would be too long to say all that we discussed. I will just highlight the important things to be noted.
• The kids are taken from dustbins and are mostly abandoned children
• Babies 2 days old were also there
• It’s been 6 years since starting the orphanage
• The children are admitted in a very good school and are mostly good in academics
• The life ambition of the care taker is to bring more than 300 children like this and make at least 100 IAS / IPS from them.
• All these kids call him father and he has got order from court too. Has not specified any community for them and specified only INDIAN for them.
• Other than children, he also brings cats and other few animals (including some snakes :O – but in a separate place )
• According to him, this Balagurukulam is only 30 percent of work and other than that he is also working for village empowerment and has adopted around 55 villages.
I am sure with such a wonderful care taker the kids would surely become collectors and IPS officers.
It was 11.30 by the time we completed and we went to one main hall where we thought we can conduct the magic show. The scene of the hall will stay in the eyes of many of them for long days. The kids in sounth india will usually be in a made sleep in a hanging cradle made out of cotton saree. Usually there will be only one cradle in a home. But in that hall there were many cradle. It was really cute to see that. There were many small small babies sleeping in that and other kids were playing here and there.
After some struggle we organized the kids to sit in an order and started distributing the sponges for creating the doll. But by the time the magician came and he had to leave soon. Hence, the craft session was halted and magic show proceeded. By the time the magician finished preparing the table for magic, the kids completed the dolls themselves tying rubber band here and there. Each doll by them was as cute as them 
I contacted the magician through an internet website and that time he was in Delhi. He reduced his cost as soon as he came to know the program was for kids and this was the first time he was doing without any music around and in a simple writing table. But he adjusted and said I am happy to do for the kids.
Really the magician was enthralling us with the show. Even elders will be surprised to see the tricks performed by him. He was simply great. The kids had great fun seeing the magic show.
By the time he finished the show, it was 12.30 and after he left the kids completed the doll and also named it. Few more volunteers joined us by that time. Then it was time for lunch.
The kids were sitting in a huge circle and said a very long prayer before they started eating (for about 10 mins). There was another cuter thing that we witnessed. All the one year kids were made to sit in row in chairs and there was one 6 year old kid holding a big vessel full of cerelac. Usually I have seen cerelac in a small cup. It was different to see a big vessel full of cerelac . She keeps feeding each kid in a row. And by the time she comes to first kid again, it would have digested the food feeded. It was really a cute scene. It also showed how much each kids supported each other and loved each other. The one year kids also ate the food without any hindrance. I have seen many parents dancing to make the kids eat the food.
Not only this, for some 2 year old kids, we were asked to feed. It was yet another great feeling. I was also feeding a kid and she ate the food so well. Some kids were not eating and volunteers made them eat by playing with balloons etc.
After lunch we thought we will play games. But unfortunately it started to rain so we couldn’t have any games in the ground. We went to a big hall which was in construction and organized games there.
Haa… the kids gave me a good exercise. It was too difficult to handle them. They kept bursting the balloons and playing here and there. For lemon and spoon if we keep the game for 5 kids, there will be 8 kids saying I came first. We had only 5 lemon and spoon and no kid compromised to come in second round. Etc etc. So we found it near impossible to finalize who came first and who deserved prize. So we forgot about the game things and just had fun.
The kids had great fun making me run here and there and bursting all the balloons when I keep blowing them. It was fun for everyone. There was this kid, Dheena (whose ambition is to become Police Officer )was naughtiest of everyone. .
Then we had filling the a small waterbottle from a bucket full of water by carrying water from one end to other with hands. Oh.. the fun we had cannot be described. First of all I instructed how to play the game, but once I gave start, one kid took the bottle itself to the bucket and filled it.. the other time all kids kept dashing and pushing making the water fall out of hands.. They enjoyed, cheered and fought nicely with each other.
There was another wonderful moment. There was this girl Meenu who was my aunt neighbor who came with us. There was a small fight and she started crying. This was during that water filling game. Immediately few other children seeing her crying filled her bottle themselves and said you were first, don’t worry don’t cry. It was really touching. It was really great to see how they showered love and care to others also. Since she was bit elder than others they were calling her akka (sister) and very attached to her. When she was playing also they were cheering her.
After sometime we thought we would leave because it was getting late and bid bye to the kids. Dheena came with us till the gate to bid us bye  

Volunteers Participated:
1) Divya
2) Saroja (My aunt)
3) Seenu (2nd std)
4) Meenu (7th std)
5) Kavitha
6) Praveena
7) Swarnabha
8) Karthik
9) Ramanathan (From IVolunteer thru Anvesha)
10) Dhanraj
11) Manish
12) Venkat
Thanks for Everyone!!! It was a very wonderful day !!!
Cheers,
Divya Senthamil Selvan

Triple Celebration For Pankhudi

2007-11-11T21:03:00.000-08:00

Hi all..As a follow up to this, I have contacted Balagurukulam through one of my colleague and confirmed program with them

The details of discussion with them is as follows
Lunch for the kids (and our volunteers) - 1500
Full day meals for the kids - 3500

Kids count:

Less than 3 years = 20 Children
3 to 10 years = 25 Children
15 yr old = 1 kid

So lets come up with the plan for the activities we can conduct there.Also please let me know your availability on November 18th (10 - 4) If anyone want to contribute for this event, please mail me. I will let you know the procedure. (divya.senthu@gmail.com)
Regards,

Triple Celebration For Pankhudi

2007-11-06T22:14:00.000-08:00

Hi all..

Wish you all a very very very Happy Diwali..

We have three special occasions coming up

1) Festival of Lights - Diwali (November 8)
2) Children's Day (November 14)
3) Pankhudi Team Day (November 19)

In order to celebrate all this we are planning to have celebrations in an orphanage on November 18th (Sunday) from Morning 10 - 6. We shall plan to have lunch with the children itself. Please let us know your availability.

Planned Activities:

1) Distribution of Sweets
2) Games
3) Competitions for the children.

You are very welcome for any new activities.

Right now I am contacting the orphanages for schedule. Will keep you informed.

Please give your comments and suggestions. Let us make the day wonderful...

As an folow up to this i have spoken with two orphanages

1) New Life Orphanage - Eraiyoor Village
- This is the place where we had Independece day Celebration. Right now they dont have caterers and so they said that we cant provide food for more than 10 volnteers. If needed you arrange for the entire group (120 over there + our volunteers) from external caterers. The problem with this Orphanage is that there is no transport available here except for one bus which comes rarely in the morning. We need to arrange a private van + food problem this time. But we have good rapport with the care taker and the children over there. It is a very nice village which always welcome us with open hands.

2) Balagurukulam Orphanage - Kalikuppam Village - http://www.balagurukulam.org

- This is a new place for Pankhudi. I came to know about this through Net only Courtesy: Yahoo (http://in.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070825132406AANunuh ) plus through my office colleagues who are also visiting there. According to them it is an absolutely nice place to celebrate and the care taker is very kind hearted. There is not much transport problem for this village (It is 5-6 kms from Ambattur. 20 kms from City) and i havent spoken about lunch and other details. I have spoken to the volunteer of Sneham ( another NGO) who visits there. She said she can confirm me once i have finalized my plans.

So please respond to this post so that i can confirm as soon as possible. or mail me @ divya.senthu@gmail.com

Regards,Divya.S

Questions to Ponder

2007-05-30T03:44:00.000-07:00

Hi,
We are trying to publish a collection of questions.

There are many categories in it. I am sharing few interesting topics here.

Topic1: What are top 10 questions to be asked to choose a girl as life partner?
Topic2: What are top 10 questions to be asked to choose a guy as life partner?
Topic3: What are top 10 questions to be to determine a best doctor?
Topic4: What are top 10 questions not to be asked to choose a girl as life partner?
Topic5: What are top 10 questions not to be asked to choose a guy as life partner?

I will post more topics if the responses are good.

Please note:
· One small condition – The question need not be like eg. “Does he/she earn good salary” because the search itself is - what is good :) )
· The questions are not asked in specific to people from software industry. So you can give questions in generic point of view too.
· You can either give your questions thru mail (Divya.Senthu@gmail.com) or thru Blog itself.
· If I get any interesting questions ill share it in blog thru comments

Thanks and Regards,
Kelvizhi

Whats Special On April 23

2007-04-22T21:35:00.000-07:00

International Books Day

When people run head over heels on "Atshaya tritiya" to buy something in white (May be platinum as the commercialists say), it is very rare to find people buying books on International Books day.

The Origin of IBD

The connection between 23 April and books was first made in 1923 by booksellers in Catalonia as a way to honor the author Miguel de Cervantes who died on that day.
In 1995, UNESCO decided that the World Book and Copyright day would be celebrated on this date because of the Catalonian festival and because the date is also the anniversary of the birth and death of William Shakespeare.

One Interesting Bit

Although 23 April is often stated as the anniversary of the deaths of both Shakespeare and Cervantes, this is not strictly correct.
Cervantes died on 23 April according the Gregorian calendar; however, at this time England still used the Julian calendar. Whilst Shakespeare died on 23 April by the Julian calendar in use in his own country at the time, in actual fact he died ten days after Cervantes, because of the discrepancy between the two date systems. The apparent correspondence of the two dates was a fortunate coincidence for UNESCO.

On this Day..

If you are a regular book reader, bring out this habit to your friends and family circle by gifting them a book today (there could be another reason for this.. read on.. )
If you are still “trying” to start reading habit, go ahead. Today is the D-Day. Start the journey of life with Books.

If you are a newbie to reading books

Don’t start with too philosophical books
Take a small book in the subject of your interest. I often end up in returning a book unread to library just because of the fact that it is big. Last week I took a small book from library and almost completed it. (If you are exceptionally good reader, kick start your journey with giants!!)

What did I do?

Today morning I and my brother have taken responsibility to sell books worth Rs. 400 to our friends circle. If you are one, contact me. (Tamil Books)

Catalonia - Lover's day

This day is also called as St George's Day.

Reason for celebration

Well, we all know the Story behind Valentines Day. Like that, this day also has a special reason behind it.
"Patron Saint of Catalonia, international knight-errant Saint George allegedly slew a dragon about to devour a beautiful princess south of Barcelona. From the dragon's blood sprouted a rosebush, from which the hero plucked the prettiest for the princess. "

How people celebrate

This day is celebrated with Men giving roses to their Lady Friends and in turn they return Books.
This day is celebrated in Barcelona since the Middle Ages to honor chivalry and romantic love, a day for men and mice alike to give their true loves roses.
Over four million roses and half a million books are sold in Catalonia on Sant Jordi's Day (St. George Day)

Why books?

In 1923, the lovers' fest merged with International Book Day
Besides the Shakespeare and Cervantes anniversary, Barcelona is the publishing capital of the Spanish-speaking world.
Language and love have, in any case, always been closely associated, to the point that contemporary evolutionary psychologists identify the cerebral cortex as both the erotic and linguistic center of the human brain.
And don't affairs of the heart inevitably lead to exchanges of letters, books, poetry? Indeed true isnt it??
In Sarrià a floral artisan displays 45 kinds of roses representing 45 different kinds of love, from impossible to unrequited to filial and maternal.

Birth and Death day of William Shakespeare

There can be no one learning English Lit without knowing works of William Shak.
He has contributed a lot in English poetry and has impact a lot on future generations.
The complete works of W.S can be read at < http://shakespeare.mit.edu/>

Death day of William Wordsworth

Complete works of William Wordsworth is present here - http://www.bartleby.com/145/

Turkey National Sovereignity and Children's Day

The designation of Children's Day came in 1929 upon the recommendation of the Institution of Children's Protection.
Since 1986 the Turkish government organizes an international children's festival on April 23.

Other Add-Ons for Today

Finding Out AIDS Virus - 1984 http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/23/newsid_2524000/2524039.stm
National Beer Day in Germany
International Pixel-Stained Technopeasant Day http://www.boingboing.net/2007/04/15/april_23_is_internat.html

Please give your comments on this post. Also add the details you know about 24th.

Please give ideas on improvising too!!

Cheers,

Divya (Kelvizhi)

திரும்பி வா....

2007-02-06T20:56:00.000-08:00

பி.கு. ..
இவள் அழுகையில் எழுத்துக்கள் கூட கொஞ்சம் மங்கலாகி போனது..

Bakkiam

2006-12-14T03:47:00.000-08:00

This is one of my favourite kavithai. It is written by my close friend Aravind. And ofcourse this poen is written to me :)

ஒரு சேதி சொல்லணும்

2006-12-01T20:58:00.000-08:00

வணக்கமுங்க...என் பேரு நல்லமுத்து.பொறந்தது காஞ்சிபுரம் பக்கத்துல இருக்க படப்பை. அப்பா அம்மா ரெண்டு பேருமே கூலிங்க தான். அங்கியே கட்டட வேலை பாத்துகினு இருந்தாங்க. மாரி மாமா சொல்லி தான் மெட்ராஸ் வந்தோம். பெரிய கட்டட வேலை. இப்போ தான் என்னமோ குழந்தை தொழிலாளிலாம் இருக்க கூடாதுனு சொல்றாங்க. அப்போல்லாம் அது இல்ல போலருக்கு.

என் ஒம்பது வயசிலேயே கல்லு தூக்க ஆரம்பிச்சேன்.கொஞ்ச நாள்ல சிமெண்ட் பூச கத்துகிட்டேன். காண்டிராக்டர் வேலுவுக்கு நான்னா ரொம்ப இஷ்டம். நிறைய சோறு போடுவார்.2 வருஷத்துல கட்டடம் முடிஞ்சிடுச்சு. ஆனா எங்களுக்கு திரும்பி போக மனசு வர்ல. அங்கியே பொழப்ப ஓட்டினோம்.வேலு அய்யா என்ன வேலைன்னாலும் சொல்லிவுடுவார். மத்த நேரத்துல மூட்டை தூக்குவேன்.

பக்கத்து வீட்டு ரமணி அண்ணா ,"டே ஜட்ஜ் வீடு மாத்தி போறார். சாமான்லாம் தூக்கணும்.500 ரூபா தரேன்னு சொல்லி இருக்கார். நம்மாளு 3 பேரு இருக்காங்க. ஒருத்தனுக்கு உடம்பு சரியில்ல. நீ வரியா? " னு கேட்டார். எனக்கு 100 தான் தருவாராம். அதுவே எவ்ளோ பெருசு. உடனே கிளம்பிட்டேன். ஒரு பெரிய கட்டில்.. பொணம் கனம். அப்படியே முடியாம உக்காந்துட்டேன். அப்போ தான் ரமணி அண்ணா தனியா தள்ளிகினு போய் தண்ணி கொடுத்தார். "இத குடிடா.. வலி தெரியாது"னு சொன்னார்.. ஏதோ கசாயம் மாதிரி கப்புனு அடிச்சேன். என்னமோ.. எனக்கு அது பிடிக்கலை. எப்பவாச்சும் ரமணி அண்ணா கூட்டி போவார் 'பார்'க்கு. அவ அவன் பொலம்பறது கேக்க சிரிப்பா இருக்கும்.

அப்புறம் ஒரு கட்டட வேலையப்போ தான் மல்லிகாவ பாத்தேன். மஹாலட்சுமியே தான். நல்ல பொண்ணு. கோவில்ல அமைதியா முடிஞ்சது கல்யாணம். வேலு ஐயா வாட்ச் குடுத்தார். ரமணி அண்ணாவும் மத்தவங்களும் சேந்து சைக்கிள் தந்தாங்க.

அருணா குட்டி பொறந்தவுடனே வேளச்சேரில வீடு பாத்துகிட்டோம். 'வித்யா மந்திர்' ஒரு பள்ளிகூடத்துக்கு கட்டட வேலைக்கு போனேன். அது தான் என் வாழ்க்கைல முதலும் கடைசியுமா போட பள்ளிகூடம். ஆனா அருணா குட்டிய நல்லா படிக்க வைக்கனும்னு ஆசை. படிப்பு இலவசம் தான். ஆனா மத்தத நான் தானே வாங்கி தரணும். பேனா , பாக்ஸ், லொட்டு லொசுக்குனு.. வருசத்துக்கு ஒரு 3000 வேணுமாயிடுச்சு. தினமும் 10 மணி வரைக்கும் வேளை செய்ய வேண்டியதா போச்சு.

மல்லிகாவும் உடம்பு முடியாம வேளைக்கு போறது இல்லை. அப்பப்போ ஆட்டோவ ஓட்டுவேன். தனியாவே இருந்து இருக்கலாம் போல இருந்துச்சு. ஒரு நாள் ரமணி அண்ணாவ வழில பாத்தேன். கொஞ்ச நேரத்துல துக்கம் தாங்காம அழுதுட்டேன். குடும்ப பாரம் தாங்கல. அருணா வேற வயசுக்கு வந்துட்டா. அவள கரை சேக்கணும். ஆம்பிளை நான்னு பொறுத்துகிட்டேன். என்னமோ ரமணி அண்ணாகிட்ட அழணும் போல இருந்துச்சு. அவரு என்ன பாருக்கு கூட்டி போனார். அழுட நல்லா அழுனு சொன்னார்.. அப்றாம் அடிக்கடி அவரை பாத்தேன். எப்பவுமே 'பார்'க்கு போவோம். அதுவே பழகிருச்சு. என்னை மாதிரி தினக்கூலிக்கு கஷ்டத்துக்கா பஞ்சம். குடிதான் தெய்வமா துணை இருந்துச்சு. ஆனா எனக்கு பார்ல இருக்க பிடிக்காது. நம்ம கஷ்டமே தாங்கல. இதுல வேறா மத்தவனுங்க பொலம்பல். ம்ம் .. நிம்மதியா ரோட்ல விழுந்திருவேன். தெளிஞ்சா மறுபடியும் தண்ணி.
இந்த மல்லிகா மூஞ்சிய பாக்க முடியல. எப்போ போனாலும் காசு காசுனு..

இன்னைக்கும் வழக்கம் போல டாஸ்மாக்ல அடிச்சுட்டு நம்ம சுப்பர் மார்கெட் கிட்ட வரேன். நெஞ்சுல சுருக்குனு குத்துது. உடம்பெல்லாம் வேர்க்குது. ஒரு கம்பத்துல சாஞ்சுட்டேன். போதைலா யாரையும் கூப்பிட வரலை. திடீர்னு லபக்குனு ஏதோ இழுத்த மாதிரி இருக்கு. அப்றாம் வலியே தெரியல. காத்துல மிதக்குற மாதிரி இதுவும் கிக்கா இருக்கு. இன்னைக்கு 400 மில்லி தான் போட்டேன். அய்யாயோ என் உடம்பு கீய இருக்கு நான் மேல இருக்கேனா.... இவ்ளோ சீக்கிரம் நான் செத்துட்டேனே..

யாரும் கவனிக்கலை. ஆட்டோ சுரேஷ் கிட்ட வரான். 'என்ன் அண்ணே இன்னிக்கும் தண்ணியா .." னு சிரிக்கறான். மூச்சு வரலைனு கூடவா பாக்க மாட்டான். கொஞ்சம் தள்ளிதான் ஆட்டோ நிறுத்தி இருந்தான். 2 மணி நேரமாச்சு. நான் அப்படியே தான் இருக்கேன். ஒரு 500 பேராவது என்னை பாத்து இருப்பாங்க. முகம் சுளிக்கறாங்க. ஆனா செத்துட்டேன்னு புரியலை. நான் கத்தறது எனக்கே கேக்கலை.

ஒரு பொண்ணு என் கிட்ட வரா. என்னமோ யோசிக்கிறா. ஆனா பயப்படுறா. அவளுக்கு தெரியுதோ நான் செத்துட்டது..?? ஆனா என்கிட்ட வர பயப்பட்டு சுரேஷ கூப்புடறா.. அவன் வந்து .. "ஐயோ இவரா.. எனக்கு நல்லா தெரியும்மா.. என் அண்ணா மாதிரி. கொஞ்சம் தண்ணில இருக்கார்.. எவ்ளோ தடவை வீட்ல விடறது.. அவரே போய்டுவார்.. நீ போய்வாம்மா... " .. அந்த பொண்ணு ஒரு ரெண்டு நிமிஷம் நின்னா... அப்றோம் போய்டா.. ஆனா அவளோட நினைவலைகள் என்னையே சுத்தி சுத்தி வருது. எனக்கு என்ன ஆச்சோனு யோசிக்குறா.. அந்த நினைவலைகள் மூலமா தான் உங்க கிட்ட பேசிட்டு இருக்கேன்..

இப்போ நான் என் வீட்ல இருக்கேன். மல்லிகாவும் அருணாவும் நெஞ்சுல அடிச்சு அழறாங்க.. என்னால தாங்க முடியல.. இவங்க கதி என்ன இப்போனு தெரியலை. ..ரமணி அண்ணா வரார்.. என் உடம்ப கட்டி பிடிச்சு அழறார்.. தனியா போய் 'துக்கம் தாங்கலை'னு சொல்லி 2 பாட்டில் சரக்கு அடிக்கறார்.. எல்லாருக்கும் ஒரு சேதி சொல்லணும்.. இப்போ என்னை எரிக்க போறாங்க.. நான் போகணும்..

சேதிய மட்டும் சொல்லிருங்க...

-கேள்விழி

Nanbanuku Kathalar Dhina Vaazhthu

2006-09-13T01:36:00.000-07:00

My Fav - Written for a friend.. Read this in Raj FM too . . .

Enga Oor Kramam

2006-09-13T01:33:00.000-07:00

My First Kavithai Ever posted officially

About me in Orkut

2006-09-12T21:46:00.000-07:00

Hi I am a simple girl with so much compex emotions. Just obsessed with futuristic thoughts now given a pause II yes a exact pause for everything. My life is now going to revolve with my parents with my thoughts always on love and happiness.

Well about me.. I am a real chatter box. Enjoying interacting with people..

Personal life:

Gone to a new home. A home blessed with happiness and ecstasy. Amma and appa to shower love and care. Would love to have all my friends to my new home spend some time with them to share more love and joy.. Surya - Jothika marriage is over. There is another marriage with so much interesting twist and turns coming up.. waiting for that..

Professional Life:

Believe me my profession life took a smooth drive right from the day i joined till today. It is cool. Can u imagine.. 5/5 in Compre, On the Spot Award, Research projects in the team, Internet facility, Wonderful teammates, An adjustable PM .. Who wont love the job. I do and they love me too for i am being with them. Would love to divert my career in open systems side but havent taken a single step about it.

Social Life:

Recently went to a meeting called "Samam Thozhilagam". I was witnessing a small revolution. More than as a dad, Senthu has proven himself to be the best man in my life. Morning when he called me to the meeting, i wasnt sure. I went for it with a half mind. But when i enter into field i have always been with myself. The most charming girl to have around.

They would call me games manager. Yes. I am well versed for the instant games and interactive games. For this my dad wants me to be there. To cheer the people. To cheer the real people.

Ofcourse i need to mention about my new venture Pankhudi. (www.pankhudi-india.org) Although given a small break for any social activities, it is one of my special zone where ill always keep myself active.

Love Life:

After lots of videograph stories over, right now it stays as a question mark. Fingers crossed i want to know whose fate is there in my hand.. It is also nice to stay single..

Friendship Life:

To accept a fact my naughtiness brought lot of friends and has left lot of friends too. I am bold to accept that i didnt have much friends to stay close. But some still stay close and dear and i cherish their friendship always. For one thing i am too happy. When i am there i see people laughing, forgetting their sorrows and enjoy at the moment. Later they remember me or not is only secondary.

I have a son (oh oh not real son)Suresh .. we are college mates and he is one of the person in my life who knows each and every bit of my life. And his name is suresh. We were like a family in our college - Appa, amma( me), second appa, son, daughter, grand daughter.. was a wonderful journey. Right now the list extends to All Pankhudi buddies ( shahz, Surya, sahal, Aruna, reema, mohan esp), colleagues (swapie, poorni, mythi, shams, maha), orkut ( see my list !!)

Relation Life:

Although Aunty was just my family friend, we are more than relatives. Her love and care towards me just melts me. Another person next to my mom is my chiti. Whenever i go to her home she cares me a lot and cooks nice nice yummy dishes.

Philosophical life:

I am a new buddy to this dimension. Umanath ( Vizhiyan) my bro - stays as my inspiration in writing field. Suddenly an writer in him bloomed. i have scribbled some in my blog and also some kavithais.Few ~ buddies are fans of my activity reports (www.pankhudi-india.org/chennai)

Life @Coimbatore - II

2006-09-11T23:55:00.000-07:00

It turned out to be a sudden surprise that i cleared despite other preparing so well than me..

They congradulated me. We were actually roaming outside when we heard this. Immediately i had to give to treat to five of my friends..

Then fortunately or unfortunately i was the only one left alone for tomorrow. Only two of my friends were there and yes we stayed in a nightmare. there were some guys drunk and stayed just in front of us... but i was the only one to cheer our team and we had a safe night. All left me alone at morning 6 o clock itself as they had to catch the train.

It was a thrilling thing.. to stay in a city all alone with no one around. But i called jaipal uncle and seeked his help. he told me to come to his home. mentioned all the bus number and all. he told me to call his mobile number once i reach the bus stop.

I got down two stops after my destination ( without knowing ) and then only realized that i left his mobile number in a paper in my room itself. and yes his residence number was also in the paper only. the bus left me and moved on towards its destination. I was really helpless.

Somehow i would say my common sense worked. Two hours to go for interview. I went to the nearby STD booth. Searched for Abirami hotel. Called them. Informed whom i am. When jaipal uncle booked room for us, we would have given his number for communication. and yes it was done. I am now with number. Called. Met his daughter and went to the room.

It was a wonderful house with lot of room for light and air. There was a dog to welcome us. I was asked to relax. Would I? I got ready. Took my certificates from bag and left to interview. Since it was late his daughter Aruna dropped me in her bike.

It is my pleasure to specify about Aruna. She is such a sweet girl i have met.. so slim and so modern and yet very childish and mature in another dimension. Her room doesnt seem to belong to a +2 girl. there was lenin, marx telling their philosophies thru books.

I left the home carrying wishes from aunty and my certificates. hey hey people comeon u must understand that mobile, purse, lottu losuku and all is not included in the list. Yes i left them all in Aruna room itself and went to interview. See interview is such a tensy thing that people even forget their third hand ( mobile) ..

but kudos to the presence of mind of Aruna, the moment she came to know i kept everything in home, she gave me 50 Rs ( that much only she had - must have kept to have yummy chocs) ) and left.. I really amaze.. in such a moment of tension i wouldnt have even thought about it. Atleast i had certificates which was essential..

i was so really tensed that i didnt feel that i am around..

then they called me to a room where Mr. Arul was giving some training on how to attend interviews. Beleive me such last minute advises always turns to be a negative impact. But it didnt. It was tips to act in common sense. First of all he asked us all to sit in cross legs. i tried but i couldnt. then he asked few of us to come to the stage and tell about their college.

one guy told "my college is such a waste".. next a girl came " my college doesnt provide us any facility. but teachers are good" - both were so negative. So first tell about ur college,its location, its background and its vision/mission in few words. I didnt know answers to many of these. We all have been associated with an institution for four years but if we dont know its vision and mission our association with it is not complete and this showcases in some way that we are not commited by any way to it ...

and yes people cant try to escape that a small college cannot have mission/ vision and all.. please check it again. An institution must have it. This really gave a new perspective for me. My interview was planned to be at 10.00 o clock. One person came in the middle and said it is postponed to 2 o clock. With only 50 Rs in hand, i had to eat little since i have to save some money to go back to uncle home.

Yes had little food and waited for the interview. Was quite tensed. Before going to interview we have been asked to sit in another room - from there a very smart guy came called my name and left me to interview hall. there were two people. One just 2 yrs elder to me and another 40 yrs old. My interview started...

Life @Coimbatore - I

2006-07-17T03:56:00.000-07:00

Whenever i think about Coimbatore it brings me freshness of bag full of roses...

Coimbatore has given me ample amount of Confidence, Leadership, Love

For one reason it has given me only sweet memories and the best and confident moment in my life....

My First Journey:

It started just like that. Anna University has arranged for State - Level Placement. Just in another week we had interview for TCS. First interview of life. All were in confusion and excitement. Havent booked the tickets, havent booked the rooms, no one know noone in Coimbatore. No one has prepared for interview.

We were all in same state. An untold excitement. This was the first experiment of Anna University. They have although planned well. For each college they have allocated a zone ( My college fell in Coimbatore Zone. The other two zone - Chennai and Madurai).. For each college the team sorted out the eligible candidates, the procedure etc etc.

We all started to prepare for the interviews. Gopinath took care of the booking of tickets. And I asked Jaipal Uncle(Dad's Friend) to provide some helping in booking rooms. He agreed. He booked rooms in a lodge. New experience as we stepped into the train.

We all went in group since it is comfortable to see many confused faces around us and gives us a better feeling that I am not the only one suffering. Moreover we all were friends. In the train journey we all were reading and discussing various puzzles patterns...We were the hot topic to be buzzed.. there were around 15 girls in our batch.. cool isnt...

We got down in Coimbatore junction and headed towards Abirami Lodge. Jaipal uncle was there waiting for us. We expected around 200 Rs/ day but the room was only 55/day.. We all settled in our rooms. Refreshed and started to study.. huh.. dont categorize me in that... these other girls were too interested.. what to do?? we were in third floor.. the lodge was in gandhipuram... was a wonderful sight.. 100 feet road.. Kalyan Sarees was very near...

We were too tired to look around.. Slept and got ready for the next day interview. If you expect interview to be conducted with people waiting in 30''s outside the hall you are probably wrong. there were around 1300 people with a expectation in their faces. It quites depresses anyone to see such a huge competition.

Actually it was too tired. Balagurusamy was there. But all this starving and crowd almost 80 percent were sleeping. some stupids like me were listening to what was going on. Then the TCS employees were giving a presentation on TATA. You know what there is a small movie where a guy gets up and how TATA products are useful to him etc. etc... The movie was so impressive that I wanted to work for such a company... It was infact raised the spirits of lots of people like me ..

Then we went to exam hall.. it happened about 1.5 years back.. my convolutions are not behaving the way i wanted them to.. i cant remember exactly... but the exam went fine..
we all returned back to the room since they will announce the result at 6 o clock in evening. Took a nice sleep and roamed all around my lodge. While returning back .. i heard that news...

Totally we were 32 in number from my college. I was the only one selected. Cool isn't ?? First Interview First Company First Exam.. I cleared....

Will I clear my Interview?? Have to wait and see .....

My Dear Terrorists....

2006-07-12T03:02:00.000-07:00

Hi all,

Posting a mail which came as a forward for me...

Happy reading..

Dear Terrorist,

Even if you are not reading this we don't care.
Time and again you tried to disturb us and disrupt our life - killing innocent civilians by planting bombs in trains, buses and cars.

You have tried hard to bring death and destruction, cause panic and fear and create communal disharmony but everytime you were disgustingly unsuccessful.

Do you know how we pass our life in Mumbai?
How much it takes for us to earn that single rupee?

If you wanted to give us a shock then we are sorry to say that you failed miserably in your ulterior motives. Better look elsewere, not here.We are not Hindus and Muslims or Gujaratis,Marathis,Punjabis,Bengaliies,Keralites or Tamilians.

Nor do we distinguish ourselves as owners or workers, govt.employees or private employees. WE ARE MUMBAIKERS (Bombay-ites, if youlike)

We will not allow you to disrupt our life like this.
On the last few occassions when you struck (including the 7 deadly blasts in a singleday killing over 250 people and injuring 500+ in 1993), we went to work nextday in full strength.

This time we cleared everything within a few hoursand were back to normal - the vendors placing their next order,businessmen finalizing the next deals and the office workers rushing to catch thenext train. (Yes the same train you targetted)Fathom this: Within 3 hours of the blasts, long queues of blood donating volunteers were seen outside various hospital, where most of the injuredwere admitted. By 12 midnight, the hospital had to issue a notificationthat blood banks were full and they didn't require any more blood.

The next day, attendance at schools and office was close to 100%, trains & buseswere packed to the brim, the crowds were back. The city has simply dusted itself off and moved one - perhaps with greater vigour.We are Mumbaikers and we live like brothers in times like this. So, donot dare to threaten us with your crackers.

The spirit of Mumbai is verystrong and can not be harmed.Please forward this to others. U never know, by chance it may come to hands of a terrorist in Afghanistan, Pakistan or Iraq and he can then read this message which is specially meant for him!!!

From the people of Mumbai (Bombay) along with me !!

Divya.S

New Version of Mumbai Blast.. Heights of Optimism..

2006-07-12T02:58:00.000-07:00

I think this is the True SPIRIT OF INDIANssssssssssssssssss

Read on…..

“STUNNED” - Mumbai Mirror.
“7 BLASTS ROCK MUMBAI”- yahoo headlines.

Which editor wrote these lines?
Which abysmal mother f@#ker had the guts to talk about my mother land, MY CITY being stunned!!! I was there. I was on the train, in the hospital and on the streets and I didn’t see Stunned. I saw Stunning…stunning acts of kindness. And nothing rocked Mumbai. No self respecting Mumbaikar can believe that. No. Its not ‘blasts rock Mumbai’ cause Mumbai rocked, man. She simply ROCKED.

Here is my story. For those who came in late…I have started working in a tutoring firm at Andheri. So it’s the night shift for me since the students are based in the States. So there I was standing at Dadar station. Waiting for the Borivili fast. She came bang on time. After the normal physical exercise routine (in other cities they call this ‘boarding a train’…we Mumbaikars know better:):):)) I got in. The train started. Next stop Bandra…Lots of people got in…some tried to get out:). After the usual round of expletives, shouting and ‘chod do na yaar…are maramari mat karo’(forget about it, man…don’t fight guys) the train started.

BOOM! My first impression was that the over head wire that supplies current to the train’s engine had snapped. There had been a flash like a yellow light and then the lights went out. People started panicking. I don’t know why but at such times I have the tendency to restore calm….a very close friend had once called this habit…tere mein kida kam nahi hain..(can’t translate this one) Neways, I roared out that people should calm down. Miraculously, they did. Someone asked for the chain to be pulled but by then the motorman had pushed the breaks. I jumped out of the train like the rest of the commuters and saw that the first class compartment ahead of us had blown up. I moved towards the compartment. People had already started pulling others out. Lots of guys had climbed the harbour line bridge that starts near Bandra station. Slowly, the injured started emerging.

The first guy whose hand I held was merely stunned. Didn’t have any money left…wallet gone I think. I gave him twenty bucks and he went his way. As I turned towards the train, I saw a guy with lots of blood on his face…thankfully none of it was his. He had temporarily lost his sense of hearing. Walked with him a lil distance. Bandra station was a stones throw away from the blown-up compartment. He recovered soon and some one took him to the station. I turned and saw four guys carrying a fifth. The injuired man was alive but i think, his hand would have to be amputated. A big guy was holding the patient's right shoulder was shouting for some one to steady the man’s head which had no support.

With nothing else to do, I stepped in. We took him to Bhaba hospital, Bandra. While the journey up till the auto rickshaw was tough the journey till the hospital was an eye opener. Carrying a 90 kilo man over the railway tracks, then over a 2 foot incline near the tracks, then over a railing and through the jam caused by the numerous autos which were ferrying patients to the hospital was tough even when four of us were carrying him. We reached the main road outside the station and got into the auto. The big saand (strong-guy) who had earlier called me for help, literally dragged a fellow who had hired the auto out and we got ourselves in. The big guy was sitting with the auto driver and I along with two others was holding the injuired man on our laps. Then the most beautiful thing happened.

The guy to my right told the one to my left to start reciting verses from the Koran and to blow on the man’s head. I think it is some Muslim prayer. The big guy said,”Oh lord! Have Mercy on this man!”. A few minutes later that injured man who was half awake all this time started saying ‘shiv shiv shiv…om namah shivay …om namah shivay.” When I think back about that moment I smile to myself. We six of us in that small auto heading towards the hospital had done it. We had defeated the terrorists. Who can say we were stunned…we won guys. We won. We defeated the terrorists’ plan by that simple act of helping a fellow INDIAN. We didn’t have to invade Pak or kill Muslims. We had won.

Of course we could have lost if the 2 muslims had walked away from the man knowing that he was Hindu but they didn’t. They continued working with me at the hospital for nearly an hour transporting bodies to the morgue, taking patients to the upper floors and providing a lil water to the other impromptu volunteers. Going towards the office after all this was over, was probably the stupidest thing I ever did but that gave me the chance to see the City become one. Guys in designer tees, shorts etc. were flooding out of their houses with water bottles. The rick I used was stopped in 4 places…two places for others to get in ( the driver lied saying we were going to parel.) and at two others, hands full of Parle-G biscuits were thrust in so that we and the thousands of others like us who had been affected by the Western railway system being shut down could have something to eat. The over crowded buses were being given food and water at some signals with people throwing biscuit packets into the bus…even good old Bourbon biscuit…yummy:):):)

All in all a lot happened yesterday but my city didn’t budge. We have been hit before, we have been hit yesterday and we will continue to get attacked. The only thing to do is to come together. Together as One. For that is what the terrorists don’t want to see. They don’t realise that the more they attack us, the closer we become. We can’t let ourselves go down so we can’t give up. You may think what I did was pretty heroic…it was may be…but I like so many others wouldn’t like to be called heroes. It feels very uncomfortable. If you want to give us a name just call us Mumbaikars. That name is all-inclusive.

Ishan I. Bhole.

(Hats off to Ishan I Bhole... Would love to meet you once for your optimistic approach.)

Let us be humans first . . .

Divya.S

How I handled him...

2006-07-03T21:56:00.000-07:00

July -3 Night 9 o clock

After finishing my work i started to my home. I was waiting for the bus stop in Sholinganallur. It was around 9.15 that time. I was little hungry so desperately waiting for the bus. A Share auto came. But it was full the moment it stopped... So have to go in bus only.. there were around 30 people all tired... there were some north indian in the opposite shop who work in the Road construction. This is my usual place where i wait for bus everyday. Then a guy crossed me saying something. I didnt bother what it was... He must be blabbering i thought. But then i realised there was no one around me. I mean there were people in the bus stop but none near me. Then i searched where that guy is - he was standing about 3 meters from me.. looking at me.. smiling.. he looked like a typical drunkard.. u can see them everywhere in the evenings almost everyday with their own blabberings.. hmm... this guy was smiling at me..

hey i didnt understand first.. next time when i saw he twinkled eyes.. ha ha ... he is having a bad motive.. i didnt turn to see him.. after around 7 mins i just saw if he is around.. he was too too far from me. i thought he must have gone for search of another girl..

atlast the bus came. two buses together. the first bus went too front almost near him.. so i thought he must have got into the first bus and i got into the second bus.. releived i went near the conductor to get the ticket....

for few mins all the guys i saw were like him.. all have a similar faces... but then he was there... laughing as him a lion caught a deer.. i was actually scared.. but then i went near to driver and asked one man to give me seat. He got up and gave me place. But that guy came and stood near me...

just then an idea sparked. i just took my mobile. selected the ringtone option. there were different tones coming in the mobile i picked up as if someone called me..

he just bent down near me to overhear what i am talking.. that is what i wanted.. in the phone i said "yes yes my father is in police only.. oh sure ill do that.. ya he knows IG very well.. ya sure ill help you.. dont worry he will be waiting for me in bus stop.. ill tell him.. ok thanks...bye " - it was a one-sided conversation.. i just pretended as if someone called me.. the next moment i kept the mobile inside my bag the guy just went behind...

then in few mins i was not able to see around.. i just thought he left far behind.. i realised someone pushing me from behind.. a wave of fear passed over me.. then i turned.. there was a kid behind me ... holding my dress.. i smiled... then i saw the guy getting down from the bus in the next bus stop but didnt forget to give me a terror look when he got down from the bus...

later i remembered how kokila handled a guy of this kind.. just a slap from slipper.. if i meet him another time ill try the same.. he he .. i beleive he wont...

Cheers,
Divya.S

.NET in Human Relations - Part - 1

2006-07-02T21:22:00.000-07:00

Let me explain you what is Try- Catch Block.
Consider a typical function in .NET

Public Function CalculateSum(Byval num1 as String, Byval num2 as String) as Integer
Try
Dim number1 as Integer = CType(num1,Integer)
Dim number2 as Integer = CType(num2,Integer)
Return number1+number2
Catch formatex as Formatexception
MessageBox.Show("The Parameters provided is not a number")
Catch ex as Exception
MessageBox.Show("Cannot perform the operation. Try with another set of values")
End Try
End Function

Ok. This is a simple function where two parameters are provided as string into the function CalculateSum. This function converts this string into Integer and returns the Sum of them in Integer(Number) Format.

If we(Environment) are going to provide correct values the function is going to execute well. suppose parameter1 is given as "Divya" - Will it be possible to convert it to number. No!!

So the application will throw exception indication i dont know how to act with this kind of data please help... Exception is understood as something which is not under normal conditions. A good program must anticipate such exception and act according. Here i am catching the exception and handling it will appropriate message.

In exceptions only we can realize the significance of Try - Catch block. Try Catch block is always keen is catching any exception and handles according to the code written within it. Catch block can be specific. In the sense it can handle exceptions according to the type of exception. For example FormatException happens in the case when i try to convert a alphabetic string to integer. Here it can handle by saying "The Parameters provided is not a number".

Hence i can see that you understand the power of Catch Block. Let us not get into detail for this. Since this article is not intended to be too technical. ;-)

How this is related to human relations??
Here is goes .....

Mothers are always like a Try-Catch Block.. Whenever exceptions happen to our life they know how to handle. Our execution of life cannot be safe without Mothers because we never know what exceptions our Environment will throw on us.

I know i need not explain this anymore. I hope you set the context right.

Please pour in your comments,
Cheers,
Divya.S

Slum visit on 18th June,2006

2006-06-19T08:32:00.000-07:00

Ok... Ill just give a glimpse of things happended this weekend.
As usual we all met at around 2 o clock in Saidapet Teachers college. We started discussing what activities to be carried that day..We initially had
Arun
Shiva
Divya
Thiagu
Mohana.

Mohana already has some prior experiences on these work so she was explaining few concepts on it..
Then that happened. It was a little pathetic event. I have explained in "Incident or Accident" -
Then
Ramya
Manoj
Karthik
Balaji
joined us...after some introduction and other fun we moved into the slum..

Last week we promised the kids to come on saturday 3 o clock.
When we entered into the slum all asked "y didnt u come akka.. we were waiting for you" - We apologized a lot.

Later we came to know that saturday all the kids wore new dress and waiting for us from 1 o clock in the place where we used to meet and have activites..So sweet on their part and so bad on our part.. :-(
But it was all only for a moment they started to come and play with us..we used to have a scout clap initially (1 2 3 1 2 3 1 .. 2 .. 3 . ).. this acts like a signal to other kids that we are starting to play..so the kids will join us...

after that we played few games... and sang few songs... last week we had 100 children and we engaged them for 2 solid hours.. this time many children were missing (all went some places...) but the enthusiasm remained in all children.. the fact i was not so effective this time is i missed my pal Hema who used to back up and also quite nervous and kind of depressed of the event mentioned in the Blog.. So it was little unmanageable..But Ramya and Balaji helped me in organising a lot.. we played "Eli -- Poonai", "Chinna paanai periya paanai". I had to engage the children for sometime .. meanwhile another half of the team was talkin with the volunteers on conducting an event called metric mela next week...

We will be having 10 stalls.. two kids will be responsible for each stall. Each stall will be responsible for a kind of metric. For example in one stall they will be having a cabbage and will enquire about the diameter of the cabbage. this would be interesting things to kids and they can also learn about metrics.. like that children will calculate the length with help of groomstick etc etc.. counting number of individual rice in a bowl etc etc...So this activity will be carried out next week Sunday and we will have regular visit on Saturday @3

Another good thing happened in this visit is that - the other side of the hand came forward came for a clap... Yes some men in the village came forward to set-up a proper structure for the children to sit and study in the tuition.. This is indeed a remarkable turn out. Thanks to Suresh and Moideen - people in the slum.. They were talking to Karthi and Balaji. They responded properly. Special thanks to them. As usual after we finished our work we all had tea there. it was a compulsion from them. they are happy in having us as their guests and give us tea on their account. Last week they gave us in Plastic cups. we told dont use plastics.. They told "we do have tumblers but dont know if u will drink in our tumblers." - Go ahead akka.. we are same... So this time we had a much relative kind treatment.. we were all made to sit in a mat .. then all were served tea.. the children didnt have to heart to leave us and go... So there were few kids with us.. :-) we had few dance and songs from the kids.. see it in manojsays.blogspot.com... All kids got the promise from us that we wont disappoint them next week... we gave all our hands to ensure it.. and then we left out from the slum... there at the end of the slum there was a kid who was playing with us now washing vessels.. she twinkled her eyes and said bye to us.. that will keep us motivated for this full weekend.. lets see what next....

Is it a incident or accident??

2006-06-18T20:42:00.000-07:00

It was a fine sunny day and we were sitting in the teachers college, Saidpet. We comprised of Divya,Thiagu,Arun,Shiva,Mohana. We were discussing about the activites planned for the Slum meet in another one hour. While we were discussing something about Metric Mela, there were group of guys coming towards us. They were having some crickets stumps in hand. Then one guy1 was scolding another guy2 with all sweet words in the world like [NOT MENTIONED] etc.. Anyway thanks to Anniyan for making these words familiar even with kids... Now it has become a common word like Hi Bye...
Then there was a group of guys who backed the guy2. They started to beat the "guy1".. so guy2 got the courage to beat him in the stump he had in his hands.... And others started cheering him up... "Beat him.. Kill him" wah wah what a motivational support...
So guy1 got scared and started running scared to get this beating... guy2 running behind with stump in his hands and others cheering ( as though it was a olympics running race).. Guy1 was running like a mad dog turning his head backwards seeing the progress of guy2.... this time he didnt see the Pillar awaiting his hit... YES!! HE HIT THE PILLAR WITH THE FULL MOMENTUM AND BOUNCED BACK AND FELL INTO THE GROUND...
Just a rewind.. Guy1 running without seeing what is in his front and Guy2 chasing him.. and there was huge pillar which guy1 failed to notice and just hit it hard with the full momentum and just fell down.. My hands are still shivering... All this happened in front of my eyes just less than one metre from me... Before even realising what happened the other team guys left as cooly (as if they finished a game)... Man it is life.. It is blood.. The other thing we must be proud thing we need to know about this guy2 is that after going to a particular distance he returned back towards Guy1 who was lying in the ground .. came near him... saw him.. then took a torn slipper next to him and left cooly...

Then only the reality pinched our hands... Thiagu, Arun rushed towards him.. I was still staying away scaring of that would happen. and yes it happened .Blood blood all over... Appa used to tell me - when some mishap happens u r not to say "acho acho" be bold to go and face it.. But i couldnt... Blood - A+ve or A-ve... We all get so many forwards " needed blood" everywhere.. Blood is precious.. A part of life... Then they tried to make him sit.. he was just falling.. was out of senses... then some people around came...they were asking us what happended.. i explained scene by scene ... like i saw it in a movie.. i explained atleast 10 times.. Did i do this to register this event in my mind??

Then there were some big heads coming.. Told he needs to be taken to hospital... Ha kandu pidichutaanga edisonunga... we were shouting we need to admit him to hospital.. "Wait.. They wont admit - they will need FIR" .. Shit.. It is the reality anyway :-( .. The hospital will only take a safe stand.. But it was not any accident.. it was only an incident.. or is it accident only??

Then few more people.. few more backgrounds on their fight.. no one considered that blood was running thru.. then he cried... "they beat me they beat me"... ok ... how much time will this go on?? Arun and shiva went to call an auto to take him to hospital...

Ha our big heads... Took the best responsibility and said to thiagu... "Please be careful in admitting him in hospital.. This can be a police case" and in few seconds only we were left... Cool isnt it.. They must be having some magical powers... Came from nowhere and went somewhere... that guy crying "akka akka . leave me in my home... let me die let me.. atleast ill see my child face atlast"...
That cry stirred me a lot...we consoled him that auto is coming... please wait.. he is telling "i feel something.. i am dying" - i cant say he is telling simply.. it was really a worse hit and his head hit the pillar so forcibly.. i prayed the fluid in the brain will balance the shock...

Atlast the auto driver came.. we decided that someone of us should accompany him... Did the story over?? No ... the auto driver asked the area of the guy and left immediately... "i cannot go to that area.. it was a very worse area".. then one guy told .. these guys are so bad ma.. dont help him and get into problem.. see him he is drunk... if u help u r only into problems...
but is that a problem...
we all do so many mistakes... we expect everyone to forgive us.. even if he is bad and wrong .. this is not the situation to be left out with..

What happened at last.. Mohana was worried - If we accompany him and he faints in the way and he will not be able to explain his people that " we are only to help him" and then people will get a lump of money... we were left in a critical situation... we cant leave him like this.. but at the same time we cant get into problem...

that guy now cried a lot.. I am auto driver myself.. please take me towards the road.. ill find any of my friends around.. and ill go.. so arun and thiagu carried him in their shoulders... he was drunk... that smell mixed with his blood smell... doesnt matter...

we went to the road which was around 10 meters from that place.. then an auto came .. we just asked the auto driver to please drop him in his house and gave enough money for him... That guy... Finally said "nan poren nan poren" ...

I terribly hope to see him someother time with good health...
Just closing my eyes to not imagine what will happen when he reaches there...

Should we limit our thinking here alone...
there will be another round of fights and clashes here..
somesay this is common in chennai... and everyone has faced a similar kind of incident...
i dont know i faced like this for the first time...
when i used to cut my finger i saw my father worried for it.. that time i realised human life is important .. even if it is a drop of blood...
after this incident i think is it "just a life..???"

Confused and worried....

Divya.S