Picture of the day-398: Tender Coconut Seller at Pillayarpatti

My Photo Album-164: Dr A Selvaraj

My friend Dr A Selvaraj, the man in dark safari suit.  He was one of the volunteers in the Vedathiri Maharishi Book Stall at the Karaikudi Book Festival.  He is a public-spirited person and volunteers himself for many public activities.  He conducts Personality Development Programs for students at the school-level and is a very good speaker. With his homeopathic knowledge, he serves the needy poor also. May God bless him! 

A Thought for Today-589: Wayne Dyer

Everything you are against weakens you. Everything you are for empowers you - Wayne Dyer,  renowned American self-help author and motivational speaker

Write-up on Wayne Dyer from Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Dyer

His Website:
http://www.drwaynedyer.com/

Grateful thanks to Dr Wayne Dyer and Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Self-Improvement-106: The Wisdom of Norman Vincent Peale

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Dr. Norman Vincent Peale (May 31, 1898 December 24, 1993) was a Protestant preacher and author (most notably of The Power of Positive Thinking) and a progenitor of the theory of "positive thinking".

Write-up on Dr Peale from Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Vincent_Peale

Grateful thanks to Wiley Studios, YouTube and Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Picture of the day-397:

My Photo Album-163: Dr Alex in his clinic

Dr Alex is a friend of mine for more than 20 years now.  He is well versed in so many areas like Painting, Scultping, Drawing etc etc.  He writes poems, composes songs, plays harmonium.  He has been serving people with his in depth knowledge of Homoepathy.  Many persons have got cured by taking his treatment.  He is the President of one of the Lions Clubs of Karaikudi.  He takes part in many social activities and has got a helping nature.  May God bless him!

A Thought for Today-588: Nikki Giovanni

If you don't understand yourself you don't understand anybody else - Nikki Giovanni, American poet, writer, commentator, activist, and educator

Write-up on Nikki Giovanni from Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikki_Giovanni

Nikki Giovanni's Website:
http://www.nikki-giovanni.com/

Her poem, "The American Vision of Abraham Lincoln AT THIS MOMENT":
http://nikki-giovanni.com/americanvision.shtml

Grateful thanks to Nikki Giovanni and Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Picture of the day-396: Kodaikanal photo by Pravin

This Kodaikanal photo was taken by Pravin during one of his visits there.

  I had been to Kodaikanal only once during my bachelor days.

This photo creates in me a longing to visit the place again.

My Photo Album-162: SIVARAMAN

My young friend, Sivarman.  He is an MCA.  Actually he joined our organisation after I retired and was continuing to work on contract for a year or so.  We were occupying adjacent seats in the office. He is a sincere, hard, devoted and tireless worker. I quit that contract job three years back, but still he continues to help and has been kind to me in various ways.  Especially, when my computer creates some job problem, in spite of his tight schedule, he manages to visit our house and sets right the problem very kindly.  I very much cherish the friendship of the soft-spoken Sivaraman very much.  May God bless him!

Photo taken by me during my last days at CECRI with my Canon Powershot A590 IS digital camera.

A Thought for Today-587: Thoreau

Dreams are the touchstones of our character - Henry David Thoreau

Write-up on Thoreau from Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_David_Thoreau

Full Text of His famous works from Project Gutenberg:

Walden:

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/205/205-h/205-h.htm

Civil Disobedience:

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/71/71-h/71-h.htm

Grateful thanks to Project Gutenberg and Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Picture of the day-395: Lord Buddha

Mamallapuram is just 14 km from my brother, Nellai's place, Tirupporur.  Both of us are early risers and, at every opportunity, we go to Mamallapuram in the early mornings to enjoy sea breeze and feast our eyes on the wonderful statues of yore as well as the present, lying along the streets.

Yes, Mamallapuram is full of sculptors, bringing life to images hidden in stones.  As I went along a road full of sculptures lying about for sale and sculptors chiseling stones, I came across this statue of Lord Buddha, whom I always love.  I clicked it with my Canon Powershot A590 IS digital camera.

My Photo Album-161: M/s.M.Ramakrishnan and C.Srividyarajagopalan

My friends, Mr.M.Ramakrishnan and Mr.C.Srividyarajagopalan, who have been doing a wonderful job as in charge of the Infrastructure Committee of the Karaikudi Book Festivals.  

Photo taken by Suri with his Canon Powershot A590 IS digital camera inside the venue of the Book Festival.

A Thought for Today-586: Gloria Steinem

Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning - Gloria Steinem, American feminist, journalist, and social and political activist.

Write-up on Gloria Steinem from Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloria_Steinem

Works by or about Gloria Steinem in libraries (WorldCat catalog):
http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n83-74143

Grateful thanks to Gloria Steinem, WorldCat.org and Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Picture of the day-394: Second Karaikudi Book Festival Inauguration

Inaugural Function of the Second Karaikudi Book Festival -  

Prof.Dr.'Vetri' Meyyappan, Valampuri John, 

Dr.M.Raghavan (the then Director of CECRI), 

Vice Chancellor and Dr V Sundaram, the then President of FASOHD

My Photo Album-160: Suri with his cousins

A Thought for Today-585: Robin Sharma

We are all here for some special reason. Stop being a prisoner of your past. Become the architect of your future - Robin Sharma

Brief Write-up on Robin Sharma from Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Sharma

His official Website:
http://www.robinsharma.com/

Grateful thanks to Robin Sharma and Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Picture of the day-393: Ariyakkudi Temple

Ariyakkudi Arulmigu Thiruvengadamudaiyaan Thirukkovil. 

Photo by Suri with his Canon Powershot A590 IS digital camaera.

My Photo Album-159: Prof ALC delivering a lecture

Prof.AL.Chidambaram, a former professor from Annamalai University, is delivering a lecture at CECRI Auditorium, Karaikudi, for FASOHD.  He is fine gentleman, whose kindness I cherish very much.  Even after losing contact, he used to send me New Year Greetings (containing a lot of wonderful quotations) every year which I loved.  Unfortunately, I have lost his contact completely now.

A Thought for Today-584: Voltaire

Love truth, and pardon error - Voltaire, French Writer, Historian, Philosopher and Playwright

A biographical sketch of Voltaire from Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voltaire

Links to Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary (9 Vol)(English Translation) from Project Gutenberg:

• A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 1 (English) (as Author)
• A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (English) (as Author)
• A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 2 (English) (as Author)
• A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 3 (English) (as Author)
• A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 4 (English) (as Author)
• A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 5 (English) (as Author)
• A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 6 (English) (as Author)
• A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 7 (English) (as Author)
• A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 8 (English) (as Author)
• A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 9 (English) (as Author)

Grateful thanks to Project Gutenberg and Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Health News-26: Cancer drug to flush out dormant HIV

This is another news item which I came across in the same section of the paper of the same day. It is reported that researchers claim that a drug used to treat certain types of cancer, VORINOSTA or vorinostat, is able to dislodge hidden virus in HIV patients. Lab experiments measuring active HIV levels in CD4 + T cells, which are specialized white blood cells that the virus uses to replicate, showed that this drug unmasked the hidden virus in these cells. It is a major breakthrough in the treatment of AIDS. 

More on this:
Cancer Drug May Flush Out 'Hidden' HIV - Study:
http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=160683

Grateful thanks to The Times of India and MedicineNet.