Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam be conferred as Goodwill Ambassador of India

Thursday, October 16, 2008

I am an ardent admirer of the former President of India Dr APJ Abdul Kalam who celebrated his 77th Birthday today [15 October, 2008]. On this occassion I would like to recall my online experience with him. I have sent an eMail to invite him to be the Chief Guest of Rotary Club Career Event [21 September, 2008 ] intended for HR aspirants in Hyderabad in India. Though he could not attend this event, what surprised me and delighted was his quick acknowledgement and reply expressing his inability to attend due to his pre-occupations. Great and busy people must emulate this quality.

I suggest you to view and listen APJ Abdul Kalam's birthday message and interview on this occasion who spoke on "Challenges before India"
http://specials.rediff.com/news/2008/oct/15video.htm
http://ishare.rediff.com/filevideo.php?id=504012

I have just read and signed the online petition "Dr.Kalam - Can be Goodwill Ambassador to Govt of India/United Nations" hosted on the web by PetitionOnline.com, which provides free online hosting of public petitions for responsible public advocacy.

I personally agree with what this petition says and this is the reason I have posted my view with Sl No:1739 at: http://www.petitiononline.com/mod_perl/signed.cgi?gwilla

I think you might agree, too. If you can spare a moment, please take a look, and consider signing yourself at:
http://www.PetitionOnline.com/gwilla/
You will receive a confirmatory eMail upon posting your views.

I would appreciate if you could add your comments at the end of this blog as a token of your acknowledgement and recommend your contacts to browse and bookmark "My Blog".

THIS INDEPENDENCE DAY [ 15 August -India]

GREETINGS on the occassion of 62nd India Inpendence Day.

I have read in one of the Magazines: "India as a Nation full of enormous potential but it needs to fix some crucial problems. India could do well without the slogans such as India shining or Incredible India since problems exists in health care, child malnutrition and poor infrastructure in many parts of the country. Our work for growth and youth extends from the doorsteps of the independence handed over to us.

So is the case with Rotary movement. Today I participated on behalf of Rotary Club of Secunderabad west [ http://www.rcsw.in ] in the Celebrations in a school in the outskirts of Hyderabad. The school is run for economically backward students. We have provided a water bore-well in the premises. Stationary with sweet packets were presented to the tiny-tots who were delighted with the gifts. The cultural programme after the flag hoisting was a real visual treat.

I have also participated in Pratidhawni programme recorded on 13th August and telecast at 8-20 pm today by ETV2 -the popular private tv channel in telugu. The subject was Bharat- Bhavita [Future of India ] The discussion programme was with powerful speakers in the lead followed by the views of persons like me. My daughter has also taken part in this programme. I consider this as a great opportunity to me to listen to enlightened speakers and experience participating in a tv programme

Beware of destructive Virus

I have received this info from a well-wisher:

TWO SUBJECT LINES IN YOUR EMAILS TO BEWARE OF:

Emails with pictures of Osama Bin-Laden hanged are being sent. If you get an email along the lines of 'Osama Bin Laden Captured' or 'Osama Hanged', don't open the attachment.This virus may also be received from a friend or someone who has your e-mail address in his/her contact list.
Do not open any message with an attached file called 'Invitation' regardless of who sent it.
The moment that you open these emails your computer will crash and you will not be able to fix it!
It is a virus that opens an Olympic Torch which 'burns' the whole hard disc C of your computer.This virus simply destroys the Zero Sector of the Hard Disc, where the vital information is kept.

Do not open it. Delete it and shut down your computer immediately.This is the worst virus announced by CNN, it has been classified by Microsoft as the most destructive virus ever. This virus was discovered by McAfee recently, and there is no repair yet for this kind of virus.

PLEASE FORWARD THIS WARNING TO YOUR FRIENDS, FAMILY,CONTACTS AND EVERYONE YOU CARE FOR.

My Role in Rotary Club

I have been elected / selected with a dual role as Vice-President & Web-Administrator of Rotary Club of Secunderabad West, Hyderabad, India. Please see the Installation function details in the eBulletin of http://www.rcsw.in at http://www.clubrunner.ca/CPrg/Bulletin/SendBulletinEmail.aspx?cid=3553 Please provide your feed back to the Club editor on the web ebulletin.

Build these Habbits to be an effective person ----------5

Habit 5:Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood

>Communicating persuasively
>Defusing high-tension situations
>Listening effectively
>Providing productive input and feedback

A memorable visit to Bhadrachalam

During June last week, we visited Bhadralachalam [325 Kms from Hyderabad,Andhra Pradesh in South India] for two days. My family members and relatives-a group of 5 in all spent two days in Bhadrachalam- a famous pilgrim shrine, the abode of Lord Rama, situated at the bank of holy river Godavari. We enjoyed for two days the pilgrimage and Rotary Club District Awards event.

RAMA TEMPLE ON BANKS OF GODAVARI RIVER:
The main attraction is the famous Rama temple built in the 17th century. It has the four-armed idol of Ram holding a bow, arrow, conch shell and the chakra, accompanied by his wife Sita and brother Lakshman. We walked along River Godavari, took few snaps and sprinkled water on head as a custom. I captured this picture near Godavari river.

PARNASHALA is about 35 Kms from Bhadrachalam on the banks of River Godavari. This is supposed to be the exact spot where Rama, during his vanavasa in Dandakaranya, constructed a hermitage and spent his exile with his concert Sita and brother Laxmana. The picturesque display of some scenes of vanavasa could be seen at Parnashala. We could see the foot prints of Sita Devi, Mosaic of Maarecha in the guise of golden deer and Ravana in the guise of Sanyasi for Bhikshatana. We have visited another place in the vicinity Sita Vaagu-where she had bathed and marks of her saree on the fock near Sita Vaagu. We had a brief boat ride in river Godavari at this place though we could not visit due to cancellation of plying of cruise to PAAPIKONDALU picnic spot [50 Kms from Bhadrachalam, where mighty river Godavari narrows down and passes through a stretch of hills and the resultant picturesque is visitor's delight.
ROTARY DISTRICT AWARDS FUNCTION:
It was a glittering Annual event attended by about 400 Rotarians with their family members from various other places. I have joined Rtn. Sivakumar who received 7 Awards on behalf of Rotary Club of Secunderabad West, in recognitions of various service projects by the Club, particularly for the services rendered by me as Director-Vocational Service for the mega Career Seminar on Bio-technology. It was the best satisfaction to us as the recognitions were accorded in a Holy place like Bhadrachalam. We were accommodated in Guest House of Andhra Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation. We have not seen such a big property of APTDC any where else,which has elegant rooms + sprawling lawns + restaurant attached.

The e-abode of Rama is on http://www.bhadrachalarama.org the web site of Sree Seetha Ramachandra Swamy Vaari Devastanam integrated with audio of Raamdaasa keertana as I browse its home page. I have been listening to it several times while I was compiling this blog.

Rotary Vocational Service Opportunities

I was invited by the just born Rotary Club of Greater Hyderabad, India, to address its Members on Vocational Service Opportunities on 25th June, 2008 for about one hour. The meeting also coincided with brief celebration of receiving the news that Club has been Chartered on 18th June, 2008. I have briefed the audience about How a person becomes a Rotarian by classification of his/her vocation, Importance of Rotary Vocational Service as the second avenue of service, Areas in which the Vocational Service could be performed such as (1) High ethical Standards (2) Four way test followed by Rotarians (3) Vocational Awarness (4) Vocational Awards (5) Career Guidance & development (6) Employer -employee relations (7) Vocation at Work (8) Rotary International Volunteers.

I enjoyed the interaction with the Rotarians during this meeting. I thank Club President Rtn. Venu Babu, the Rotary District Secretary Rtn. Rammohan Rao who invited me and all the Members present who were enthusiastic to listen & learn on my favourite subject of Rotary Vocation Service.

Our 25th Wedding Anniversary

We have celebrated our 25th Wedding Anniversary at our residence in Hyderabad, India on 18th June, 2008 Pournami -the Full moon day. The function started at 3-00pm wtih Rudrabhishekam [Shiva pooja] followed by Satyanarayana Vratam at 5-00pm. The cake-cutting at 8-00pm by us has marked the Silver Anniversary celebration followed by Dinner. We have forwarded our web-album link to those who attended this function. We thank our relatives, friends and well-wishers who had graced the occassion / sent GREETINGS or sweets.
-S V Suryanarayana & S S Lakshmi

Frequently Used Foreign Words & Abbreviations

We all use the following abbreviations. Here is the description to know exactly what they stand for:

ad hoc— meaning "for a particular use"
CV— curriculum vitae, meaning "course of one's life," a resume
e.g.— exempli gratia, meaning "for example"
et al.— et alii, meaning "and other people"
etc.— et cetera, meaning "and other things," and "and so forth"
i.e.— id est, meaning "that is"
re— meaning "in the matter of," "concerning"
R.S.V.P.— repondez s'il vous plait, meaning "please reply"

Please view my collection of "Frequently Used Foreign Words In English" at the this link: http://www.editin.com/words/

Fuel For Thought

I have received from my friend Rtn. hari krishna ch" dileeeep@gmail.com Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India the following tips:
ONLY BUY OR FILL UP YOUR CAR OR BIKE IN THE EARLY MORNING WHEN THE GROUND
TEMPERATURE IS STILL COLD
Remember that all service stations have their storage tanks buried below
ground. The colder the ground, the denser the fuel, when it gets warmer
petrol expands, so buying in the afternoon or in the evening.... your litre
is not exactly a litre. In the petroleum business, the specific gravity and the temperature of the
petrol, diesel and jet fuel, ethanol and other petroleum products play an
important role. A 1degree rise in temperature is a big deal for this
business. But the service stations do not have temperature compensation at
the pumps.
WHEN YOU'RE FILLING UP, DO NOT SQUEEZE THE TRIGGER OF THE NOZZLE TO A FAST
MODE.
If you look, you will see that the trigger has three (3) stages: low,
middle, and high. In slow mode, you should be pumping on low speed, thereby
minimizing the vapours that are created, while you are pumping. All hoses at
the pump have a vapour return. If you are pumping on the fast rate, some of
the liquid that goes to your tank becomes vapour. Those vapours are being
sucked up and back into the underground storage tank so you're getting less
worth for your money.
ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT TIPS IS TO FILL UP WHEN YOUR TANK IS HALF FULL.

The reason for this is, the more fuel you have in your tank, the less air
occupying its empty space. Petrol evaporates faster than you can imagine.
Petroleum storage tanks have an internal floating roof. This roof serves as
zero clearance between the petrol and the atmosphere, so it minimizes the
evaporation.
ANOTHER REMINDER, IF THERE IS A FUEL TRUCK PUMPING INTO THE STORAGE TANKS,
WHEN YOU STOP TO BUY, DO NOT FILL UP - most likely the petrol/diesel is
being stirred up as the fuel is being delivered, and you might pick up some
of the dirt that normally settles on the bottom.