Shantham - December 2009

Tamil-English bilingual webmagazine dedicated to education of the masses through E-books, articles, worldwide informations, Slideshows, Presentations on various subjects, photographs and images, moral and objective oriented stories and Lectures including audio and video

Penning down my thoughts - December 2009

The much expected Copenhagen meet for UN Climate change is on. Let us hope for the best out of the talks, despite certain obstacles during the beginning.

Sugarless Coffee - M. Hariharamahadevan

I use to observe an old man, above seventy on the beachside. I had great admiration for that old man. He will do all the pranayama meticulously

Are You an Optimist or a Pessimist?

I have been giving some thought lately to optimism and pessimism. Basically, these are attitudes — attitudes that shape and formulate our entire existence. I mean, have you ever met a happy pessimist?

10 Mysteries of Human Behaviour

There is nothing more fascinating to most of us than ourselves. So it is hardly surprising that we have expended large amounts of effort trying to get to the bottom of what it means to be human.

How popular are you?

Some people are popular. They are liked and appreciated by others. They may not possess an extraordinary talent, position or status; but still others value them.

10 tips for better sleep

You may not be able to control or eliminate all of the factors that interfere with your sleep, but you can create an environment and adopt habits that encourage a more restful night. Try these suggestions if you have trouble falling asleep or staying asleep:

Less Sleep & More Work Out is DANGER

While Ranjan had mentioned that he faced a lot of stress, that is a common element in most of our lives. We used to think that by being fit, one can conquer the bad effects of stress.

Heart Attack - Important Tip

There are other symptoms of a heart attack besides the pain on the left arm. One must also be aware of an intense pain on the chin, as well as nausea and lots of sweating, however these symptoms may also occur less frequently.

Stress Reliever

The first and foremost effect of stress on you will manifest as sleep disorder, bowel disorder and perturbation due to the imbalance created in your body clock or bio-clock.

Relieve Headache with Yoga

First and foremost we should find out if headaches are the symptom of any disease developing in the body. Women are generally more prone to headaches than men. Sometimes they complain of headache when menstrual flow stops due to cold.

Alkalize your body

Disease or should we say Dis-ease names like cancer, diabetes and osteoporosis are misleading and misinform patients about dis-ease prevention.

Tamilnadu kidney Research Foundation

The below furnished information is sent by one of my friends for the information public. I have visited their website and could understand that they are doing very useful services to underprivileged kidney patients.

ஆப்பிளை மிஞ்சிடும் பட்டிக்காட்டுப் பழங்கள்

சைவம், அசைவத்திற்கு அவர் கொடுக்கும் விளக்கம் வித்தியாசமானது. மனித உடல்/வயிறு ஏற்றுக் கொள்வதெல்லாம் சைவம். மற்றவை அசைவம். சர்க்கரை நோய் உள்ளவர்கள் அரிசியைக் கு்றைத்த்திட/நீக்கிட அறிவுரை சொல்கின்றார். அப்பொழுது அரிசி அவருக்கு அசைவமாகின்றது என்பது அவர் தரும் விளக்கம்.

மனித உடல்! உலகம்! தண்ணீர்!

உலகத்தி்ன் மொத்த நிலப்பரப்பில் 75 சதவிகிதம் தண்ணீராக இருப்பது போல், மனித உடம்பிலும் உள்ளது வியப்பினைத் தருகின்றது. ஒவ்வொருவரது உடலமைப்பிற்குத் தகுந்தவாறு சிறிதளவு வேறுபாடுகள் இருக்கும்.

Coconut Oil & Neurodegenerative Diseases

Be sure to watch all the clips. You will see the husband began to speak and share his experiences. The website links at the bottom show much more information, as well as the series of clock drawings the husband made as his mind improved with the coconut oil.

Revamping Education

I want to wait with my hands in the stream and feel the fish swimming. I want to run with the puppies, sing with the birds, and play with paper-boats in the rain. I want to lie down on the soft green grass and hear the wind whisper. Only then I want to learn more about them from the printed word.

Teenage

A father passing by his teenage daughter's bedroom was astonished to see the bed was nicely made and everything was neat and tidy. Then he saw an envelope propped up prominently on the centre of the pillow. It was addressed "Dad". With the worst premonition, he opened the envelope and read the letter with trembling hands.

60 seconds with Jesus...

At the time crucifixion was the worst death. Only the worst criminals condemned to be crucified. Yet it was even more dreadful for Jesus, unlike other criminals condemned to death by crucifixion Jesus was to be nailed to the cross by His hands and feet.

சதாசிவ ப்ரம்மேதிராள்

இந்தக் கலியுகத்தில் நாம சங்கீர்த்தனமே பகவானை அடையும் வழி என்று வலியுறுத்தியதோடு அல்லாமல் அதற்கேற்ற
கீர்த்தனைகளையும் இயற்றியவர் இவர். இவருடைய “மானஸ சஞ்சரரே” பாடல் மிகவும் பிரசித்தமானது.

Few Triggers for Gratitude

I asked for Health, that I might do Great Things. I was given Infirmity, that I might do Better Things... I asked for Riches, that I might be Happy. I was given Poverty, that I might be Wise...

கருணை வடிவம் சாயி

அவரது 14வது வயதில் பள்ளியிலிருந்து வீட்டை அடந்ததும் ஒரு அறிவிப்பைத் தெரிவித்தார், நான் இனி உங்களுக்கு சொந்தமில்லை, இநத மாயத்தோற்றம் மறைந்து விட்டது. நான் தான் சாயி, மானிட சேவைக்காகவே வந்திருக்கிறேன்.

I Believe..

I Believe... That just because two people argue, doesn"t mean they don't love each other. And just because they don"t argue, doesn"t mean they do love each other.

The Secret to Unlimited Abundance

The spiritual master answered, “In the heart of every human being there are two goddesses: Lakshmi, the Goddess of Wealth, is generous and beautiful. If you worship her, she may bestow you with treasures and riches, but she is capricious and may also withdraw her support without warning. The other goddess is Saraswati, the Goddess of Wisdom.

Worthwhile things

A SADHU CAME AND TOLD SWAMY THAT HE HAS PENANCED FOR 7 YEARS AND LEARNT THE ART OF WALKING ON WATER.

பக்ரீத் திருநாள்

நபி இப்ரஹீம் அவர்கள் அல்லா மாலீக் காக எதை வேண்டுமானாலும் செய்வார். அவர் அல்லா மேலும் அநத மதத்தின் மேலும் அளவில்லா நம்பிக்கை வைத்திருந்தார். பலவிதமான சோதனைகளிருந்தும் அன்பும் தியாகமும் கொண்டிருந்ததால் மீண்டு வந்தார்.

Sabarimala temple

Sri Ayyappan is a an *Upda-devan* in all Vishnu/Krishna temples in Kerala including Guruvayoor. Every year, over 50 million devotees visit the Sabarimala Sri Ayyappa temple, making it the second largest pilgrimage in the world.

Importance of Namaskar

How does one do Namaskar to an individual of the same age group? When meeting someone of the same age-group do Namaskar by joining the fingers and placing tips of the thumbs on the Anahat chakra (at the centre of the chest). This type of Namaskarincreases the spiritual emotion of humility in the embodied soul.

Be a believer to be an achiever

At the end of a particularly frustrating practice one-day, a football coach dismissed his players by yelling, 'Now all you idiots, go take a shower!' All but one player headed toward the locker room. The coach glared at him and asked why he was still there.

The rise of Indiabulls

In less than 10 years the group has become one of the leading financial services and real estate company in India,they have a land bank of 4000 acres.

Rope Dance

They are absolutely amazing. The fact that these girls learned the routines is hard to believe… but the fact that they executed them without a single noticeable mistake is totally unbelievable! Enjoy!

FOR THOSE WHO THOUGHT THEY know Everything

You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television. Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty (50) years of age or older.

EGG ATTACK On Your Car - IMPORTANT

If you are driving at night and were attacked with eggs on your car's windshield, do not operate your wiper or spray any water. Eggs mixed with water become milky and block your vision up to 92.5 %.

GOOD VISION WHILE DRIVING IN A DOWNPOUR

Most of the motorists would turn on HIGH or FASTEST SPEED of the wipers during heavy downpour, yet the visibility in front of the windscreen is still bad......

All world Radio

ஜப்பானில் இயங்கிவரும் சிற்றலை வானொலி நேயர் குழுவினருக்கு் உலகத் தமிழர்கள் அனைவரும் நன்றி கூறிடல் வேண்டும். ஏன்? ஓர், சின்னத் தீவிலிருந்து, தமிழ்ஒலிபரப்பிட ஆகும் செலவினை ஏற்றுக் கொண்டதற்காகத்தான்! இதற்கு வழிவகை செய்த மேற்படி் வானொலி நிலையப் பொறு்ப்பாளரையும் தமிழர்கள் மறந்துவிடக் கூடாது.

Message of the Day

Every time you go into one of the stores, hotels or places of employment, anywhere where people wear the name badge, look at the name tab and speak to that person by name.

Hidden meanings in Company talk

We are on the right track but there needs to be a slight extension of the deadline" means The project is screwed up, we cannot deliver on time.

HR - 'Human Resource' or 'Harassing Resource'?

We've all waited with baited breath for that one call or one email. But they just don't bother to convey the response especially if it's negative. Here's a lowdown by iDiva on some common excuses, statements, reasons whatever - used by HR professionals, and what they really mean so you are not left hoping and anticipating for that response for days and even months sometimes.

GOOGLE CHEATS INDIA

Google shows different maps to Indians and Chinese. In the Indian Version, it shows “Arunachal Pradesh” as a Disputed region (Not even a part of India)

20+40+60 = Excellence Unlimited

At 36 after 20 years in cricket how can he run so fast? His hunger for the runs is simply astonishing! There are many good things which have been said about Sachin Tendulkar and many more would be said.

Engineering Miscalculation

The building began to shift and the hollow concrete pilings were snapped due to the uneven lateral pressures. The building began to tilt.

THE REAL MEANING OF PEACE

One picture was of a calm lake. The lake was a perfect mirror for peaceful towering mountains all around it. Overhead was a blue sky with fluffy white clouds. All who saw this picture thought that it was a perfect picture of peace.

How to grow a vine

The father gave them each a vine seedling and said: "I want you to choose the place that you think has the best conditions for your vine to grow. The one who harvests the best grapes a few years from now will take control of the property.

Pleasure Book

A Pleasure Book. Long ago I learned that there is no day so dark and gloomy that it does not contain some ray of light, and I have made it one business of my life to write down the little things which mean so much to a woman.

Vivekananda

When Swami Vivekananda went to USA, a lady asked him to marry her. When Swami asked the lady about what made her ask him such question. The lady replied that she was fascinated by his intellect. She wanted a child of such an intellect. So she asked Swami, whether he could marry her and give a child like him.

World Famous Photographs

The photo is part of The Washington Post's Pulitzer Prize-winning entry (2000) showing how a Kosovar refugee Agim Shala, 2, is passed through a barbed wire fence into the hands of grandparents at a camp run by United Arab Emirates in Kukes , Albania.

RICE FIELDS OF JAPAN, AMAZING!

Stunning crop art has sprung up across rice fields in Japan. But this is no alien creation - the designs have been cleverly planted. Farmers creating the huge displays use no ink or dye. Instead, different color's of rice plants have been precisely and strategically arranged and grown in the paddy fields.

Year 2009 in photos

Each photo tells its own tale, weaving together into the larger story of 2009. This is a multi-entry story, 120 photographs over three days. Please watch for part 2 and part 3 tomorrow and the next day.

Blind-man-fitted-bionic-eye-sees

“It’s a start and they’ve said they’ll get me a screen so I can read at home. I’m hoping I’ll be able to read letters people send me by myself. I get around inside my flat OK without the glasses because I know where everything is but outside they give me more confidence and a bit more independence.

Christmas Trees From Around The World

Make sure you go all the way to the bottom of the message, the picture and information about Arlington Cemetery in the winter, before Christmas is beautiful

Excellent reference site

You can get more concise information on many required info like PNR status, train departure arrival timings, details trains from & to any station, details of available train between any two stations etc.