The temple devoted to Sri Koppudayamman, the goddess who looks after the welfare of the people of Karaikudi
Manikkoondu - The Clock Tower at the Koppudayamman Amman Sannathi
Statue of Sa.Ganesan
Tamilthaai Temple
Kamban Mani Mandapam
Periyar Statue
Statue of Poet Kannadasan at the entrance of the Kannadasan Memorial
Memorial to the Tamil Poet, Kannadasan, near the Karaikudi New Bus Stand
Statue of Pasumpon Mutharamalinga Thevar, just near the Karaikudi New Bus Stand
The new BSNL building, just opposite to the Karaikudi New Bus Stand
The new Karaikudi Railway Station. Incidentally, I have a great fascination for trains and railway stations. My family has close links with the railways.
Alagappa University Arch
L.CT.L.Palaniappa Chettiar Memorial Auditorium -
Alagappa University Convocation Hall
Alagappa University
The statue of Dr Alagappa Chettiar at the entrance of the Alagappa University
Alagappa Govt Arts College
The great philanthropist, Dr Alagappa Chettiar's Memorial - It is difficult to imagine how Karaikudi would have been but for him. CECRI and the Alagappa Institutions are all due to him. 
Dr Umayal Ramanathan College for Women - Just opposite to the first entrance of CECRI - This is a comparatively newcomer 
CECRI - The institution which fed me for 39 years and is still feeding me. I had plenty of opportunities to read and improve my knowledge. I also developed some lifelong friendships here. I shall always remain grateful to this great institution.
ACCET
Sri Kollan Kali Amman Temple. I have been visiting this temple almost right from the time I set foot at Karaikudi.
Alagappa Polytechnic
I set foot at Karaikudi on November 11, 1969 for an interview. Almost from that time, I have become a resident of Karaikudi/suburb of Karaikudi. Very often I used to feel time dragging and making me tense. Sometimes, I have felt that minute-hand of the clock to be moving at snail's pace. Paradoxically, 40 years have slipped by just like that! Unbelievable.
Initially children used to call me, "Anna" (elder brother) and later, Uncle and now they call me Grandpa. Time has moved so fast. Still I am the same person inside and wonder how these changes came to pass. I have spent a major chunk of my life at Karaikudi, the most crucial too. Hence Karaikudi naturally has a special place in my heart.
It has been going through a sea-change and has grown so much that people who return to Karaikudi after a long time may find it difficult to recognize. Still there are landmarks, old and new, which stand for Karaikudi and I have clicked some of them and posting them above. I have started with special prayers to the Goddess of Karaikudi, Arulmigu Koppudayamman.
The temple devoted to Sri Koppudayamman, the goddess who looks after the welfare of the people of Karaikudi Manikkoondu - The Clock Tower at the Koppudayamman Amman Sannathi Statue of Sa.Ganesan Tamilthaai Temple Kamban Mani Mandapam Periyar Statue Statue of Poet Kannadasan at the entrance of the Kannadasan Memorial Memorial to the Tamil Poet, Kannadasan, near the Karaikudi New Bus Stand Statue of Pasumpon Mutharamalinga Thevar, just near the Karaikudi New Bus Stand The new BSNL building, just opposite to the Karaikudi New Bus Stand The new Karaikudi Railway Station. Incidentally, I have a great fascination for trains and railway stations. My family has close links with the railways. Alagappa University Arch L.CT.L.Palaniappa Chettiar Memorial Auditorium -
Alagappa University Convocation Hall Alagappa University The statue of Dr Alagappa Chettiar at the entrance of the Alagappa University Alagappa Govt Arts College The great philanthropist, Dr Alagappa Chettiar's Memorial - It is difficult to imagine how Karaikudi would have been but for him. CECRI and the Alagappa Institutions are all due to him. Dr Umayal Ramanathan College for Women - Just opposite to the first entrance of CECRI - This is a comparatively newcomer CECRI - The institution which fed me for 39 years and is still feeding me. I had plenty of opportunities to read and improve my knowledge. I also developed some lifelong friendships here. I shall always remain grateful to this great institution. ACCET Sri Kollan Kali Amman Temple. I have been visiting this temple almost right from the time I set foot at Karaikudi. Alagappa Polytechnic
I set foot at Karaikudi on November 11, 1969 for an interview. Almost from that time, I have become a resident of Karaikudi/suburb of Karaikudi. Very often I used to feel time dragging and making me tense. Sometimes, I have felt that minute-hand of the clock to be moving at snail's pace. Paradoxically, 40 years have slipped by just like that! Unbelievable.
Initially children used to call me, "Anna" (elder brother) and later, Uncle and now they call me Grandpa. Time has moved so fast. Still I am the same person inside and wonder how these changes came to pass. I have spent a major chunk of my life at Karaikudi, the most crucial too. Hence Karaikudi naturally has a special place in my heart.
It has been going through a sea-change and has grown so much that people who return to Karaikudi after a long time may find it difficult to recognize. Still there are landmarks, old and new, which stand for Karaikudi and I have clicked some of them and posting them above. I have started with special prayers to the Goddess of Karaikudi, Arulmigu Koppudayamman.
India's SAIL (the Steel Authority of India Ltd) occupies the second place in the world, according to World Steel Dynamics. The World Steel Dynamics' decision is based on 23 important factors. Incidentally, Korea's POSCO is the world's first, according to the above report.
The Apex Court ruling that live-in relationship and pre-marital sex could not be construed as an offence anymore, coming at a time when the joint family system (is collapsing?) and broken marriages are on the rise, is a bolt from the blue. When the modern-day youth feel proud aping everything Western and look down on anything traditional, the observation of the learned judges giving blanket permission without understanding the nuances of the age-old traditions and practices was not only a big surprise but comes as a rude shock to millions who still believe and uphold the sanctity of marriage because the children born out of wedlock will not only be deprived of the parental love and affection but also the elders' blessings. One wonders what would happen to societal norms and practices followed since centuries? - K.R.Srinivasan, Secunderabad.
Courtesy: Mail Bag, The Hindu, Sunday Magazine
Grateful thanks to Mr.K.R.Srinivasan and The Hindu, India's National Newspaper.
Your future is created by what you do today, not tomorrow -
Robert Kiyosaki
1. The news that radioactive material, which caused critical illness to many and even a death at Mayapuri, New Delhi, was auctioned by the Chemistry Department of Delhi University (The Hindu, April 28, 2010), is shocking. Doubly shocking was that the material, which was procured from Canada for conducting experiments, was lying abandoned for long before being sold as scrap. This was clearly an act of criminal negligence for which legal and administrative action must be taken against the university authorities. The Vice-Chancellor must assume moral responsibility for this serious lapse and proceed on leave till an independent probe can fix responsibility and punish the culprits - J.M.Manchanda, New Delhi.
2. The tracing of the source of the radiation scrap opens up several issues with respect to the sale and condemning of equipment using radioisotopes. Why were regulations not followed when such an equipment was condemned in 1985 but not returned to an appropriate agency for safe disposal? Does the government cell overseeing the sale and disposal of condemned machinery not have a protocol to monitor the use of such equipment?
The blunder by university and the government cell makes this an act of "culpable homicide not amounting to murder". Will the officials responsible ever be identified and punished? - S.Purushotham, Kochi.
Courtesy: Letters to the Editor, The Hindu, Chennai, April 30, 2010.
Grateful thanks to Mr.Manchanda, Mr.Purushotham and The Hindu, India's National Newspaper.
To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to leave the world a better place; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded - Emerson
It is undeniable that TV is a companion to home-makers. At the same time, it has insulated us from neighbours. Many thefts and robberies could have been averted had there been a healthy relationship among tenants in flats. Though producers claim that their serials portrayed how good prevails over evil, it is the vices that get registered in the minds of the young. As the visual medium has a strong influence over impressionable minds, serial-makers should desist from producing screenplays that negatively impact on society - R.Sridharan, Chennai.
Courtesy: Letters to the Editor, The Hindu, Chennai, April 27, 2010.
Grateful thanks to Mr.R.Sridharan and The Hindu, India's National Newspaper.
A new generation automated fault-fixing technology remotely locates and isolates an electrical fault wherever it occurs in a power distribution network and restores current in seconds, an answer to lengthy power outages.
Source: The Hindu, Madurai, May 6, 2010
For a detailed article from Eureka Network:
http://www.eurekanetwork.org/showsuccessstory?p_r_p_564233524_articleId=298060&p_r_p_564233524_groupId=10137
Grateful thanks to The Hindu, India's National Newspaper and Eureka Network.
It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities - J.K. Rowling
Most time is wasted, not in hours, but in minutes. A bucket with a small hole in the bottom gets just as empty as a bucket that is deliberately kicked over - Paul Meyer
India on April 29, 2010 commissioned 'INS Shivalik', its first indigenously built stealth warship with sophisticated features to hoodwink enemy radars, and gained entry into a top club of developed countries having such capability.Source: The Times of India, Chennai, April 30, 2010.Grateful thanks to The Times of India.
I slept and dreamed that life was happiness. I awoke and saw that life was service. I served and found that in service happiness is found - Tagore
Sow a thought and you reap an action; sow an act and you reap a habit; sow a habit and you reap a character; sow a character and you reap a destiny - Emerson
The temple devoted to Sri Koppudayamman, 
Manikkoondu - The Clock Tower at the Koppudayamman Amman Sannathi
Statue of Sa.Ganesan
Tamilthaai Temple
Kamban Mani Mandapam
Periyar Statue
Statue of Poet Kannadasan at the entrance of the Kannadasan Memorial
Memorial to the Tamil Poet, Kannadasan, near the Karaikudi New Bus Stand
Statue of Pasumpon Mutharamalinga Thevar, just near the Karaikudi New Bus Stand
The new BSNL building, just opposite to the Karaikudi New Bus Stand
The new Karaikudi Railway Station. Incidentally, I have a great fascination for trains and railway stations. My family has close links with the railways.
Alagappa University Arch
L.CT.L.Palaniappa Chettiar Memorial Auditorium -
Alagappa University Convocation Hall
Alagappa University
The statue of Dr Alagappa Chettiar at the entrance of the Alagappa University
Alagappa Govt Arts College
The great philanthropist, Dr Alagappa Chettiar's Memorial - It is difficult to imagine how Karaikudi would have been but for him. CECRI and the Alagappa Institutions are all due to him. 
Dr Umayal Ramanathan College for Women - Just opposite to the first entrance of CECRI - This is a comparatively newcomer 
CECRI - The institution which fed me for 39 years and is still feeding me. I had plenty of opportunities to read and improve my knowledge. I also developed some lifelong friendships here. I shall always remain grateful to this great institution.
ACCET
Sri Kollan Kali Amman Temple. I have been visiting this temple almost right from the time I set foot at Karaikudi.
Alagappa Polytechnic
