Hey,

Every Sunday at YGP audiotorium of Padma Seshadri Bala Bavan, T Nagar, Chennai, reading session for Visually challenged students is being conducted. All you need to do is, just drop in at the above said venue and read out the study material brought in by the students. Though the major requirement is for the Tamil reader, we do require English readers to an extent.

The session would start exactly at 10.00 am on every Sunday and ends up at 12.30 pm noon.

FAQs:

1. What if I am not familier with Tamil language?You can still volunteer yourself to assist students on English.

2. Do I need to bring text books along with me?No, the students will bring their own materials.

3. Do I need to be a member of any Charitable trusts or clubs to volunteer to this activity?No, not at all required.

4. How many students will be assigned to a reader?It depends upon the batch those students belong to. It might vary from 1 to 5 or so.

5.If I am a new comer, Do I need to register to volunteer?No, not necessary.

6. Can I bring my friends along with me who could also volunteer?Yes, you … Read More »

The next time we feel like cribbing about India, politicians, corruption etc., we might want to remember this message and count our blessings instead…

The Indian Chromosome By Dr Farrukh Saleem ~ {ERG}

Twenty-five thousand years ago, haplogroup R2 characterized by genetic marker M124 arose in southern Central Asia. Then began a major wave of human migration whereby members migrated southward to present-day India and Pakistan.

Indians and Pakistanis have the same ancestry and share the same DNA sequence.

Here’s what is happening in India:

The two Ambani brothers can buy 100 percent of every company listed on the Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) and would still be left with $30 billion to spare. The four richest Indians can buy up all goods and services produced over a year by 169 million Pakistanis and still be left with $60 billion to spare. The four richest Indians are now richer than the forty richest Chinese.

In November, Bombay Stock Exchange’s benchmark Sensex flirted with 20,000 points. As a consequence, Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries became a $100 billion company (the entire KSE is capitalized at $65 billion). Mukesh owns 48 percent of Reliance.

In November, comes Neeta’s birthday. Neeta turned … Read More »

Worlds most beautiful sentence “but, I am with you“

Worlds most painful sentence “I am with you, but…”

Words are the same, where they are placed, matters a lot!!!

Little girl and her father were crossing a bridge.

The father was kind of scared so he asked his little daughter, ‘Sweetheart, please hold my hand so that you don’t fall into the river.’

The little girl said, ‘No, Dad. You hold my hand.’

‘What’s the difference?’ Asked the puzzled father.

‘There’s a big difference,’ replied the little girl.

‘If I hold your hand and something happens to me, chances are that I may let your hand go.

But if you hold my hand, I know for sure that no matter what happens, you will never let my hand go.’

In any relationship, the essence of trust is not in its bind, but in its bond.

So hold the hand of the person who loves you rather than expecting them to hold yours…

How our inner Ego sometimes misjudges a PERSON

A lady in a faded grey dress and her husband, dressed in a home-spun suit walked in timidly without an appointment into the Harvard University President’s outer office. The secretary could tell in a moment that such backwoods, country hicks had no business at Harvard and probably didn’t even deserve to be in Harvard.

“We want to see the President “the ma n said softly.“He’ll be busy all day “the secretary snapped.“We’ll wait” the lady replied.

For hours the secretary ignored them, hoping that the couple would finally become discouraged and go away. They didn’t and the secretary grew frustrated and finally decided to disturb the president.

“Maybe if you see them for a few minutes, they’ll leave” she said to him. The President, stern faced and with dignity, strutted toward the couple.

The lady told him “We had a son who attended Harvard for one y ear. He loved Harvard. He was happy here. But about a year ago, he was accidentally killed. My husband and I would like to erect a memorial to him, somewhere on campus.”

The president wasn’t touched….He was shocked. “Madam “he said, gruffly, ” we can’t … Read More »

This is hysterical. You have to try this. It is absolutely true. I guess there are some things that the brain cannot handle.

HOW SMART IS YOUR RIGHT FOOT?

This takes 2 seconds. I could not believe this! It is from a Physiotherapist… This will boggle your mind and you will keep trying over and over again to see if you can outsmart your foot, but you can’t. It’s pre-programmed in your brain!

1. Without anyone watching you (they will think you are GOOFY!!) and while sitting at your desk in front of your computer, lift your right foot off the floor and make clockwise circles with it.

2. Now, while doing this, draw the number ‘6’ in the air with yourright hand. Your foot will change direction. And there’s nothing you can do about it! Send it to your friends to frustrate them too.

AMAZING ISN’T IT?

The run option of Start menu is used to run a program or to open a document directly. If you do not know the exact location of the program or document then click on Start -> Run and type the programs shortcut name to open it directly.

Run Commands

Appwiz.cpl — Used to run Add/Remove wizardCalc –CalculatorCfgwiz32 –ISDN Configuration WizardCharmap –Character MapChkdisk –Repair damaged filesCleanmgr –Cleans up hard drivesClipbrd –Windows Clipboard viewerControl –Displays Control PanelCmd –Opens a new Command WindowControl mouse –Used to control mouse propertiesDcomcnfg –DCOM user securityDebug –Assembly language programming toolDefrag –Defragmentation toolDrwatson –Records programs crash & snapshotsDxdiag –DirectX Diagnostic UtilityExplorer –Windows ExplorerFontview –Graphical font viewerFsmgmt.msc — Used to open shared foldersFirewall.cpl — Used to configure windows firewallFtp -FTP.exe programHostname –Returns Computer’s nameHdwwiz.cpl — Used to run Add Hardware wizardIpconfig –Displays IP configuration for all network adaptersLogoff — Used to logoff the computerMMC –Microsoft Management ConsoleMsconfig –Configuration to edit startup filesMstsc — Used to access remote desktopMrc — Malicious Software Removal ToolMsinfo32 –Microsoft System Information UtilityNbtstat –Displays stats and current connections using NetBIOS over TCP/IPNetstat –Displays all active network connectionsNslookup–Returns your local DNS serverOsk —Used to access on screen keyboardPerfmon.msc — Used to configure the performance of Monitor.Ping … Read More »

1. A murderer is condemned to death. He has to choose between three rooms. The first is full of raging fires, the second is full of assassins with loaded guns, and the third is full of lions that haven’t eaten in 3 years.

Which room is safest for him?

2. A woman shoots her husband. Then she holds him under water for Over 5 minutes. Finally, she hangs him. But 5 minutes later they both go out together and enjoy a wonderful dinner together. How can this be?

3. What is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and gray when you throw it away?

4. Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday?

5. This is an unusual paragraph. I’m curious how quickly you can find out what is so unusual about it. It looks so plain you would think nothing was wrong with it. In fact, nothing is wrong with it! It is unusual though. Study it, and think about it, but you still may not find anything odd. But if you work at it a bit, you might find out.

Try to do … Read More »

Enhancing Relationships

TRUST is a very important factor for all relationships. When trust is broken, it is the end of the relationship. Lack of trust leads to suspicion, suspicion generates anger, anger causes enmity and enmity may result in separation.

A telephone operator told me that one day she received a phone call. She answered, “Public Utilities Board.” There was silence. She repeated, “PUB.” There was still no answer. When she was going to cut off the line, she Heard a lady’s voice, “Oh, so this is PUB. Sorry, I got the number from my Husband’s pocket but I do not know whose number it is.”

Without mutual trust, just imagine what will happen to the couple if the telephone operator answered with just “hello” instead of “PUB”.

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NO POINTING FINGERS

A man asked his father-in-law, “Many people praised you for a successful marriage. Could you please share with me your secret?”

The father-in-law answered in a smile, “Never criticize your wife for her shortcomings or when she does something wrong. Always bear in mind that because of her shortcomings and weaknesses, she could not find a better husband than you.”

We all look … Read More »

My wife called, ‘How long will you be with that newspaper? Will you come here and make your darling daughter eat her food?

I tossed the paper away and rushed to the scene. My only daughter, Sindu, looked frightened; tears were welling up in her eyes. In front of her was a bowl filled to its brim with curd rice. Sindu is a nice child, quite intelligent for her age.

I cleared my throat and picked up the bowl. ‘Sindu, darling, why don’t you take a few mouthful of this curd rice? Just for Dad’s sake, dear’.

Sindu softened a bit and wiped her tears with the back of her hands. ‘Ok, Dad. I will eat – not just a few mouthfuls, but the whole lot of this. But, you should…’ Sindu hesitated. ‘Dad, if I eat this entire curd Rice, will you give me whatever I ask for?’

‘Promise’. I covered the pink soft hand extended by my daughter with mine, and clinched the deal. Now I became a bit anxious. ‘Sindu, dear, you shouldn’t insist on getting a computer or any such expensive items. Dad does not have that kind of money right now. Ok?’

‘No, Dad. I … Read More »