Awesome Quotes

                                             Good Quotes

“Well Everyone is Nice to each other initially but What matters is how they behave when they dont want to impress you any more!!”

Maybe God wants us to meet a few wrong
people before meeting the right one so that when we finally
meet the right person, we will know how to be grateful for
that gift.

Giving someone all your love is never an
assurance that they’ll love you back! Don’t expect love in
return; just wait for it to grow in their heart but if it
doesn’t, be content it grew in yours. It takes only a minute
to get a crush on someone, an hour to like someone, and a day
to love someone, but it takes a lifetime to forget someone.

The happiest of people don’t necessarily
have the best of everything; they just make the most of
everything that comes along their way. Happiness lies for those
who cry, those who hurt, those who have searched, and those who
have tried, for only they can appreciate the importance of people
who have touched their lives.

You have not lived . Until you’ve found
someone . Worth dying for!!!!!

Mother Teresa Quotes

• Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.
• I am a little pencil in the hand of a writing God who is sending a love letter to the world.
• If we want a love message to be heard, it has got to be sent out. To keep a lamp burning, we have to keep putting oil in it.
• If you can’t feed a hundred people, then feed just one.
• In this life we cannot do great things. We can only do small things with great love.
• Love begins by taking care of the closest ones – the ones at home.
• Our life of poverty is as necessary as the work itself. Only in heaven will we see how much we owe to the poor for helping us to love God better because of them.
• The biggest disease today is not leprosy or tuberculosis, but rather the feeling of being unwanted.
• The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread.

Did you ever realize that the letters, A B C D do not appear in the spellings of the numerical 1 to 99 !!

D appears first in Hundred.

A appears first in Thousand.

B appears first in Billion.

C appears first in Crore

Reason -

Everyone must wait for his turn and his share of success !!

 “When virtue accedes. Ego recedes”.

FORGIVENESS

It’s a great challenge to forgive people who have hurt us. In the first instance, we feel that they don’t deserve to be forgiven. Yet, unless we forgive, we can’t forget. And, unless we forget, we can’t free ourselves from their influence. In a sense they still have us trapped from a distance.

Perhaps we could start with the question “Do I deserve to be free from that person or situation?” The answer of course is, “Yes, because I was innocent”. Forgiveness is really an attitude that frees the self and enables us to forget. It doesn’t need to be spoken or written unless you find this helps. Although it may not affect or change those that hurt you, it finishes their ongoing power over your well-being. In the strangest of ways, if you learn this lesson, then the person who hurt you has made you stronger.

Today, let us aim to free ourselves from the influence of those who have hurt us, by mentally forgiving them and reclaiming our power over our well-being.

 

“There is nothing good or bad in this world, but our perceptions make it so. What people call ‘congestion’ in a train, becomes ‘atmosphere’ in a night club”.

“Do not be disappointed if the world refuses to help you out. Remember the words of Einstein – ‘I am thankful to all those that said NO. Its because of them that I did it myself’. “

“Have indomitable faith in your strengths. Then victory over weaknesses is an easy task.”

“Kind words can be soft, but their echoes can be truly endless.”

“Life is one of those races in nursery school where you have to run with a marble in a spoon kept in your mouth.  If the marble falls, there is no point coming first. Same with life, where health and relationships are the marble. Your striving is only worth it if there is harmony in your life. Else, you may achieve the success, but this spark, this feeling of being excited and alive, will start to die. 

One thing about nurturing the spark – don’t take life seriously. Life is not to be taken seriously, as we are really temporary here. We are like a pre-paid card with limited validity. If we are lucky, we may last another 50 years. And 50 years is just 2,500 weekends. Do we really need to get so worked up?

It’s ok, bunk a few classes, goof up a few interviews, take leave from work, fall in love. We are people, not programmed devices………”  

  “Don’t be serious, be sincere.” !

Fibre Food

                                Eat more Fibre” is a familiar advice when you visit your doctor for difficult bowel movement. Your diet, according to nutritionists, may not be well balanced if the intake of roughage or bulk — which are the colloquial terms for fibre — is not met. Fibre in the diet is just as important as the other nutrients like proteins, vitamins and minerals and is an integral part of a healthy diet.

                              What is dietary fibre? Fibre is a food component from plants and is present chiefly in fruits, vegetables, whole grains and legumes. Our Indian pulses like rajma, red gram (Toor), black gram (Urad) and bengal gram are particularly high in fibre.

There are many types of fibre, and they are generally classified as soluble fibres and insoluble fibres, depending on their solubility in water. The insoluble fibres are found in the cell walls of plants. Some insoluble fibres are cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin. These are found in plenty in green leafy vegetables (like agathi leaves, curry leaves and drumstick leaves), other vegetables like French beans, fruits like sapota and guava, whole grains including millets, pulses and nuts. Refined cereals like maida and raw rice contain less fibre than whole grains. On the other hand, soluble fibres like beta-glucan, psyllium, pectins and gums, are generally found inside the plant cells. Foods containing significant amounts of soluble fibre include oatmeal, oat bran, fruits like apple, figs, guava, and vegetables like ladies fingers, brinjal and guar.

                                Unlike other nutrients like the proteins and carbohydrates, fibre resists digestion by the enzymes present in the human digestive tract. So it passes unchanged through the stomach and the small intestine and into the colon where it is fermented by the bacteria that reside there.

                               Why are health experts concerned about your dietary fibre intake? Because, fibres have a wide range of abilities. The “Fibre Hypothesis” suggests that consuming an unrefined, high-fibre diet could protect against diabetes, cancer, heart disease, and obesity and helps in maintaining bone and digestive health.

Gastro-intestinal health

                                Soluble fibres such as Pectin, Guar gum, and Oat gum are also called prebiotic fibres. They promote the growth of good or beneficial bacteria in the colon. They undergo bacterial fermentation to form products such as hydrogen, methane, carbon dioxide, and short chain fatty acids. These free fatty acids are important sources of energy for the intestinal mucosa. They also protect the health of the colon. This will also produce an acidic medium in the bowel that will prevent the growth of pathogenic bacteria.

There is a strong association between fibre, especially insoluble fibre, and laxation. Fibre increases faecal weight and volume and alters the consistency of the stool and promotes a regular bowel habit. Fibre makes the stools soft, bulky and easy to eliminate.

Fruits

Pectin is an important antioxidant, and protects the gastrointestinal mucosa from damage causing free radicals. Increase your fibre intake to reduce the risk of colorectal cancer.

Heart health

                                A study in 2005 also suggested that intake of fibre may contribute to the prevention of hypertension. Soluble fibres reduce the absorption of cholesterol, increase cholesterol excretion and thus lower serum concentrations of cholesterol.

The aggressive promotion of oats and its products such as oat meal and oat bran as cholesterol lowering agents is due to the presence of Beta-glucans, a water-soluble dietary fibre present in this cereal. Beta-glucans, which are also present in barley, have also been shown to lower low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol.

 A significant protective effect against cardiovascular disease requires the intake of at least 25g of dietary fibre per day. However, one must aim for a daily fibre intake of 35-40g.

Diabetes

                              Diets high in whole grains and dietary fibre can protect against diabetes and pre-diabetic states. Enhancing the fibre content of a meal lowers the insulin requirement in patients and improves diabetic control. This is achieved through the promotion of satiety and weight loss. Body weight reductions can favourably impact serum glucose levels. Besides, soluble fibres themselves produce a reduced glycaemic response. To state it simply, it has a slow and a low impact on blood sugar — glucose is released gradually and slowly into the blood. Such a response controls the blood glucose levels, provokes less insulin demand and lessens the possibility of hypoglycemia. Habitual consumption of foods that elicit low glycemic responses may help to reduce the risk of CVD, type II diabetes.

Body weight

                              If you are aiming at weight reduction, opt for fibre rich foods. Before a meal, indulge in a big plate of salad.

Available evidence suggests that fibre could potentially play a useful role in weight reduction both in adults and children. Firstly, fibre fills the stomach (bulking agent), delays gastric emptying and provides increased satiety — a feeling of fullness — and therefore one eats less of other calorie-dense foods. Secondly, unlike fats, that give 9 kcal/g and proteins and carbohydrates like starch and sugar that give 4 kcal/g, fibre itself provides very little energy (0 to 2 kcal/g, depending on the level of fermentation in the colon).

Recent studies also maintain that fructooligosaccharides, a type of soluble fibre, increases both calcium and magnesium absorption. This could have long-term implications on bone.

Research data suggest the beneficial effects of fibre intake on chronic respiratory symptoms and lung function in adults. There is also evidence for the immune-enhancing effects of dietary fibres.

How much fibre?

                               Traditional Indian diets consisting of whole grains, pulses, vegetables and fruits contain adequate fibre. The National Institute of Nutrition makes a recommendation of 40g of fibre per day for adults while the National Academy of Sciences Institute of Medicine suggests that adult men 50 years and younger consume 38 grams of total dietary fibre daily and women 50 years and younger consume 25 grams of fibre daily. Suggested intakes for older persons are slightly lower. By including 3 to 4 servings of whole grains, 2 servings of pulses and about 5 servings of fruits and vegetables, one can generally meet these requirements. For diabetics, 25 to 50 g of fibre daily would certainly help in glycemic management.

Too much fibre?

                                 Adequate intake of water is a must with a high fibre diet. In some, such diets could also cause flatulence and gastric irritation and therefore it is wise to increase the fibre intakes gradually.

But when should you avoid too much fibre?? If you have an irritable bowel syndrome, diverticulosis or ulcers, then you may be required to restrict the intake of fibre. Fibre is also known to interfere with the absorption of some dietary nutrients like vitamins and minerals.

Supplements

                                Fibre supplements are available for the elderly and populations whose fibre intakes through the diet are chronically woefully inadequate. Psyllium seed husks are high in fibre and are marketed as Isabgol. Guar gum is also used as a source of fibre.

Clear public health messages based on the growing knowledge of dietary fibre is long overdue and needs to be promoted. So, what is the take-home message? Most often fibre is our good friend and therefore ensure adequate intake from various sources.

 - Excerpt from Hindu Magazine

Say No to Plastics

                                Chennai Corporation is planning to impose ban on Plastic in Marina beach.Sounds Great…:) Lets hope this ban is implemented all over the state.Plastic is spread all around us.If we could stop being little lazy we could contribute towards stoppage of plastic usage.We can carry cloth bags from our houses to shops rather than getting plastic bags from the shops.This is a small step which could help a lot towards keeping environment clean.

                                There are some places like in medical labs wherein usage of plastics are unavoidable.In future even there an alternative may be found.But in all other places plastic usage can be completely stopped, which is even unhealthy.Most of the sewages gets blocked due to plastic.Animals die eating the plastic along with food.

No to Plastic

                                 First we need to segregate the trash.All perishable trash can be thrown in a pit dug at our backyards which could be later used as manure.All other Non perishable trash can be properly throwed in bins.We need to consistenly work on controlling the usage of things leading to non perishable trash.

                                  There is a vacant land between our house and our neighbour’s.I see that our neighbour carries the trash bag to terrace and just drops the trash bag without any concern.This happens inspite of trash being collected by a person every morning.In this case how can you blame the govt or officials?

                               What a sort of attitude is this!!!!!!!!!!!!!.If we devote some time to drop the trash at the proper places it would help a lot in keeping the environment clean.

Fedex Creates History

Roger Federer made history on Sunday when he defeated the brave Andy Roddick 5-7, 7-6 (8/6), 7-6 (7/5), 3-6, 16-14 to win a sixth Wimbledon title and claim a record 15th Grand Slam crown in a classic final.

But the 27-year-old Swiss second seed was given a huge fright by the American sixth seed who led by a set, had four set points in the second and didn’t drop serve until the final, heartbreaking game of the match.

Federer now has six Wimbledon titles, five US Opens, three Austra- lian Opens and a French Open trophy.

Saloni Bday

                                 We planned and reached for Natesh kid’s bday. I had too much commitments on that day.I was stuck up in Hastinapur.So I reached late.Myself and Srividhya had to search thro lot of gifts to finally decide on a gift.Though not completely satisfied we settled on this because of time constraint and sailing thro the traffic near Velachery on bike and reached Natesh house.After chatting for some time  took lots of snap of Saloni and left the place.




Saloni Bday

Acidity

Acid Reflux, or heartburn, can lead to cancer of the oesophagus. Early detection is vital…

Watch it: Excessive coffee, tea intake can lead to increased acidity.

                                 Acid Reflux, commonly known as heartburn, can also take a patient’s life if not treated in time. Over the years, I have seen a rise in patients who come to me complaining of Acid Reflux and when examined further are diagnosed with cancer of the oesophagus.

Common ailment

                               According to a study done by the Department of Gastroenterology, Coimbatore Medical College and Hospital published in 2004, cancer of the oesophagus is common in India. The risk for oesophageal cancer is 3.5 times higher with alcohol consumption, 2.5 times higher for tobacco users, and 2.8 times higher each for betel nut chewers and smokers.

                         If symptoms do not improve despite changes in diet, medication may be required such as antacid preparations which neutralise acid in stomach or certain medications which block acid secretion by the stomach.

It is also important to know when to seek medical advice. Talk to your doctor if you have any of the following symptoms: Heartburn several times a week; Heartburn that returns soon after your antacid wears off; Heartburn that wakes you up at night; Symptoms that persist even though you’re taking heartburn medications; Difficulty in swallowing; Regurgitation of blood or black material; Black stools and weight loss.

Preventive measures

Avoid lying down right after eating and within two to three hours of bedtime.

Elevate the head of the bed by four to six inches. This can be accomplished by placing wooden/cement blocks under the feet of the head end of the bed or by inserting a wedge between the bed and mattress.

Lose weight if overweight.

Stop smoking and minimize consumption of alcohol.

Avoid eating large meals, instead, eat smaller, more frequent meals.

Avoid certain food products like: Chocolate, Excessive tea/coffee, Fried and fatty foods, Mint products (i.e., peppermint, spearmint), Carbonated beverages, and citrus fruits or juices, Tomato sauce, ketchup, mustard and vinegar.

 - Excerpt from Hindu Magazine

Mayawathi – Another Crooked politician in the making

                                 We have always seen politicians opening statues for politics sake….But have you ever seen a poltician opening his/her statue.Yes I am serious…….:) This is happening in UP and the politician is Mayawati.The Supreme Court has issued a notice to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati over her grand plans to install 40 statues carved in red sandstone of herself, her mentor Kanshi Ram and B R Ambedkar across the state.

                                The statues have cost Rs 2,000 crore of public money. Mayawati feels the statues are symbols of Dalit assertion and that is the reason she chose to spend almost Rs 2,000 crores in installation of all the statues. Also she claims to have provided employment to the workers.Also there are statues of elephants (her party symbol) too. But now there could be trouble for Mayawati’s ‘mission statues’.

                                The Supreme Court has now asked her government to explain the need for such expenditure. Home Min calls Maya’s statue spree a shame Estimates suggest that each statue costs a sum of Rs 6.65 crores. Each elephant statue costs more than Rs 70 lakh and another Rs 80 crore per annum will be spent in the maintainance of these parks Mayawati though – as is predictable – is seeing politics in this entire episode.

                                “This is all politics. More money has been spent on maintaining of Rajghat. Why don’t they ask questions then,” she said.  “Of what use will be the statues in that state. The Rs 1,000 crore will help wipe out poverty of thousands of people, provide basic amenities and education,” Chidambaram had asked on Monday. UP still is a part of the BIMARU club of states. It’s social indicators are still at the bottom of the national pyramid as lack of power and water are the hallmarks here. Most politicians feel that developing statues is not what the people of the state want.

                               The spread of Buddhism ensured that life-size and giant images of the Buddha sprouted across South Asia and the Far East.So some argue this to be a valid step because Symbols and memorials play a crucial role in deepening and broadening the scope of democracy.But Mayawati should not offer excuses today for the literacy rate among Dalit women in UP being 30.5 per cent. The total number of Dalit graduates in UP is a pathetic 3 per cent. Ambedkar would shudder at this.Mayawati could focus on the education of Dalits…..

Sms – To give Police Complaint

                                 SMS- Apart from using to forward messages and say Good Morning to a person sitting next to you it can be useful too…. Wondering How!!!!

                                 Complaints like eve-teasing, domestic violence, clashes in public or any hindrance to a law and order situation can be SMSed to 9500099100.

The message will be automatically diverted to the concerned police limits inside the city with the help of a software named SMART SYS.Once an SMS is received, the software installed in the control room automatically segregates the complaints and forwards them to the segregates the complaints.

Even if a text message is inarticulate or incomplete, the software has the capability to pick up key words and segregate it to be forwarded to the concerned officer.

Now no longer you need to visit police station to give a complaint.Thats real good use of technology………

Bandra-Worli Sea Link

                                It is the first bridge to be built over the sea in India and it promises to change the skyline of its financial capital, the western city of Mumbai.

The cable-stayed eight-lane 5.6km (3.47 mile)-long, 400m toll bridge links the western suburbs of Bandra with Worli over the Arabian Sea in the southern Mumbai.

Stats

Length of bridge (4.7km): 63 times the Qutub Minar

Weight of bridge (6.7L tonnes): 50,000 African elephants

424 cables for main roadway: can support 900 tons each

Length of steel wire used (37,680km): Nearly the earth’s circumference

Concrete used: 2.3 lakh cubic metres

Height of main towers (126m): 43-storey buidling

Pile caps: Bridge rests on 135 pile caps, the largest being 55 m in length and 55 m in breadth (half a football field)

Peak-hour sweat: 4,000 workers and 150 engineers

                                  It is expected to ease traffic congestion and, according to a state minister, become the city’s leading engineering marvel.

The travel time between the southern part of the metropolis and its western suburbs will be reduced from the present 60-90 minutes to 6-8 minutes

Officials say more than 3,000 people have worked to build the bridge, which has been fully thrown open to traffic now.

Bandra-Worli-Sea-Link

                                 Paying a 50Rs toll to travel one way, commuters can hopefully look forward to seeing their travelling time between the two suburbs cut by nearly an hour. At present, more than 120,000 vehicles pass through a narrow causeway on the same route every day would by-pass 23 traffic signal using this link.

                               A joint venture by Hindustan Construction Company Limited and Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation the project was delayed by about five years on account of environment clearance and opposition by local residents.

“Effectively, one can work only six to seven months in the open sea. Strong winds and tidal variations make it impossible to supply materials on both sides and it is risky too. We made a temporary pipe along the length for supplying material from one end to the other,” says chief project engineer DK Sharma.

And environmental activists also question the project’s impact on the sea bed, marine ecology and livelihood of fishermen – the oldest residents of this island city.

“These deep pillars and unnecessary reclamation on both sides of the bridge will have terrible consequences,” warns Girish Raut, an environmental activist who has worked with fishermen residing on two ends of the link.

“Several reports over the years say the coast, mangroves and creeks [in the area around the sea where the bridge is being built] have to be left untouched. The quantity of fish has gone down. At least three beaches have seen the impact with rising water levels but nothing is being done,” he says.

Sources said that traffic planners will soon start work on phase II ( Worli to Haji Ali) and phase Haji Ali to Nariman point completing the extended Sea-Link in next few years.

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Family Day @TCS

                                This year luckily we were having Family Day at office.They had scheduled Family Day @ Siruseri on 27th June.One week before I registered for the event.I took this oppurtunity to drive till Siruseri TCS in our Maruti Swift.We Started around 2 p.m.The IT ExpressWay was not as Crowded as it used to be……

                                I was in between stopped by a traffic policeman for license and not for money.I entered siruseri campus and parked the car in the basement.The stage was set.DJ was playing music.I took my parents and my brother around campus.Initially I took some snaps but later was informed by security that we are not supposed to take snaps.We took our seats without peeping into stalls which were mostly for children.

                                As soon as the program started, it started to rain heavily.We ran for shelter to EB4.But we were fully wet by that time we took shelter.Within few minutes sun was back and the program strated with a devotional song.Later an awareness program by Theatre for Rights group on segregation of trash.Then came Sun tv jugglers.TCs Maitree dance troop performed an exceptionally perfect dance.It again started drizzling.But no one wanted to go back this time as Airtel Super Singer fame Ajeesh was singing on stage.

Ajeesh

                                 We all rushed to the stage and peeople were taking snaps, video, whistling and were having fun.We enjoyed and later came Sivakarthikeyan for performing standup comedy.We were enjoying and by that time it was 6.So we decided to leave.My brother drove the car.It was raining and so we had to drive slowly and reach home.It was all fun and I never expected it be so much enjoyable.