Picture of the day-413:

My Photo Album-179: Mr.MC

Mr MC is a relative of mine thru my marriage.  He has been kind and affectionate to me from the beginning.  He has helped during critical times like my daughter's higher education and also at the time of my daughter's marriage.  I am very much indebted to him for all his kindness and support.  He is a retired Head Master.  May God bless him and his family!

A Thought for Today-604: Chinese Proverb

A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a month's study of books - Chinese Proverb

Picture of the day-412: Lord Anjaneya, Amma Mandapam, Srirangam

My Photo Album-178: Krishna

My wife's youngest brother, Krishna. He is a simple, guileless, 

innocent person.  His children, Ammu and Aravind, are very much 

attached to us.  They grew up with us for nearly ten years.

A Thought for Today-603: Persian Proverb

Thinking well is wise, planning well is wiser, doing well is wisest – Persian Proverb

Picture of the day-411:

My Photo Album-177: My brother-in-law, Sukumar

This is my wife's second younger brother, Sukumar. Right from the beginning, life has been very unkind to him and he has met with a lot of sufferings and tragedies, with courage and confidence.  I feel very sad for him and his children

All his family members used to be very affectionate to me.  Then, one member, the sheet-anchor of the family, passed away.  Both his children were very attached to me.  But now they have grown and probably have many other interests and have no time for this, to borrow one of their favourite phrases,  "MOKKAI MAMA".  

May God bless them all and may they find peace, prosperity and happiness!

A Thought for Today-602: W. C. Doane

Life has no smooth road for any of us; and in the bracing atmosphere of a high aim the very roughness stimulates the climber to steadier steps, till the legend, over steep ways to the stars, fulfills itself - W. C. Doane, American Bishop

Write-up on W. C. Doane from Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Croswell_Doane

Grateful thanks to Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Picture of the day-410: Sri Kollan Kali Amman Temple, Karaikudi

My Photo Album-176: My brother-in-law, Guru

He is an embodiment of patience.  I find many sterling qualities of my mother-in-law in him.  By patient struggle and hardwork, he has come up in life.  As I do not want to embarrass him, I shall not elaborate anymore. May God bless him!

A Thought for Today-601: Horace Bushnell

The more difficulties one has to encounter, within and without, the more significant and the higher in inspiration his life will be - Horace Bushnell

Write-up on Horace Bushnell from Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_Bushnell

Grateful thanks to Wikipedia.

Self-Improvement-109: The Day That Turns Your Life Around (Jim Rohn)

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(Jim Rohn) The day that turns your life around: is one of my favorite talks of all time.

It was [Jim Rohn] that first instilled in me the need to change and to grow by, learning, reading and most importantly doing! {Jim Rohn} passed away this last year and I am forever thankful for his influence in my life. Please enjoy this video and may it inspire you to reach for you dreams. Please rate and comment on this video if it inspires you.

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Picture of the day-409: Srirangam

My Photo Album-175: My father-in-law

My father-in-law, Mr.T.M.Chockalingam Pillai.  He was a pioneer in the field of Rice Mills in Tamil Nadu.  He had Rustom Engine agency in Tamil Nadu and used to go to places where people wanted to put up Rice Mills.  In that way, he has put up many rice mills in Tamil Nadu.  He had a large family and one of his sons became a District Judge.  Long before my marriage to his daughter, he had passed away.  But I could see how people revere him to this day.  Great soul! May his soul rest in peace!!

A Thought for Today-600: Edward Bulwer Lytton

To find what you seek in the road of life, the best proverb of all is that which says: "Leave no stone unturned” - Edward Bulwer Lytton, English politician, poet, playwright, and novelist 

Write-up on Edward Bulwer Lytton from Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Bulwer-Lytton,_1st_Baron_Lytton

Full Text of his famous novel, THE LAST DAYS OF POMPEII from Project Gutenberg:
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1565/1565-h/1565-h.htm

Full Text of his poetical works from Project Gutenberg:
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/34298/34298-h/34298-h.htm

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

Picture of the day-408: Kodaikkanal

Photo by Pravin.

Grateful thanks to Pravin.

My Photo Album-174: Suri being honoured at Health Institute

At the Karaikudi Health Institute, during Hahnemann Day (The Founder of Homeopathy), honouring of people who have rendered service in the Free Homeopathy Camp in various respects are used to be honoured. (Free Homeopathy Camps were used to be held at Health Institute every Sunday and in nearby villages, once in two or three months) At one such function, Mr P S Venkateswaran, Controller of Administration, Central Electrochemical Research Institute, Karaikudi, honours Suri.

A Thought for Today-599: Mary Shelley

Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose - a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye - Mary Shelley

Write-up on Mary Shelley from Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Shelley

Full Text of Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft (Godwin) Shelley from Project Gutenberg:
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/84/84-h/84-h.htm

Full Text of PROSERPINE & MIDAS; Two unpublished Mythological Dramas by MARY SHELLEY from Project Gutenberg:
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/6447/6447-h/6447-h.htm

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

Picture of the day-407: Kundhukal Beach, Rameswaram

This photo was taken by me during my visit to Swami Vivekananda Memorial at Kundhukal Beach, Rameswaram.  The beach just behind backside wall of the Memorial.  That evening I felt a lot of peace in my mind as I looked at the sea, after spending a few quite minutes in the meditation hall of the Memorial. The only discordant note was registered by my people, as they had a very tough travelling by an auto from the main road to that Memorial. A town bus was plying several times a day to that Memorial. The road was so bad and nobody seems to have bothered about its maintenance, in spite of the historical importance of the place. Typical of our people.  I have felt it in many places and in many situations: Maintenance is a pointless or meaningless or maybe even a dirty word for our people. Many good things are lost forever for want of maintenance.  I am reminded of a saying my father used to quote:  A STITCH IN TIME SAVES NINE.