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Retired as Deputy Zonal Manager in the premier Indian Public Sector organization -Life Insurance Corporation of India, I am a bilingual poet in English and Tamil and I have more than 30 books to my credit. Winner of a few awards, I am the Editor of YOUNG POET and IMPACT-a management E journal. Now since an year I have a blog ENVIUS THOUGHTS in https://nvsr.wordpress.com which has a view score of more than 30000.
Nurses in their whites- embodiment of peace and comfort Sacrifices and service-great sons and daughters of God! Born to serve, serve and serve the sick- men or women Young or old- rich or poor- educated or uneducated-equal!
May TWELFTH today is National Nurses Day day to honor nurses For their selfless services-but not rich- with cashless purses The day “The Lady With the Lamp” Florence Nightingale Strikes our minds! Nineteenth Century end it was!
Florence Nightingale—founded modern nursing. her strict use of hand-washing And hygiene practices while caring for wounded soldiers in the Crimean War, She and her helpers reduced the death rate very much ushering in nursing As is known today. we recognize the role they play in our lives.
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The theme for the 2022 resource is Nurses: A Voice to Lead – Invest in Nursing and respect rights to secure global health.
11 May – National Technology Day Every year National Technology Day is observed on 11 May to highlight the important role of Science in our daily lives and encourage students to opt for science as an option for a career. On this day Shakti, the Pokhran nuclear test was held on 11 May, 1998.
India’s National Technology Day on May 11 celebrates the country’s technological advancements. This day marks the date the technology industry in India earned several monumental achievements by breaking into the elite group of nations with nuclear weapons, conducting the successful flight of their first indigenous aircraft, and performing a successful test firing of the Trishul missile.
HISTORY OF NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY DAY
We all agree that technological advancements have been some of mankind’s greatest achievements. It has definitely made our lives easier, more efficient, and more productive, and we are always thankful for that.
The people of India showed their thanks when they declared May 11 as National Technology Day in 1999, following their grand achievements in the field on that day, the previous year.
On May 11, 1998, the country conducted three successful nuclear tests at the Indian Army’s Pokhran Test Range under Operation Shakti. Two more nuclear tests were conducted on May 13, led by late President Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, which made India an official member of the elite club of nuclear power nations.
However, that was not all India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation achieved. On the same day, they also tested their first indigenous aircraft, Hansa-3, and conducted a successful test firing of the Trishul missile.
The Prime Minister at the time, declared May 11 as a day of significant achievement for the country, and National Technology Day was observed for the first time on May 11, 1999. Since then, the Technology Development Board has been honoring scientists and engineers and their technological innovations that have added to the growth of India.
It was exactly FIFTY TWO YEARS AGO THIS DAY IN 1970 that I got into wedlock with RENUKA B.A. B.T in a well known town known as UDAMALPET near the famous abode of LORD MURUGA- PALANI! I was then employed as Assistant Administrative Officer IN MY ALMA MATER LIFE INSURANCE CORPORATION OF INDIA, DIVISIONAL OFFICE COIMBATORE where I learnt the Art and Science of life and living. We lived happily with our three gems of sons: VENKATARAMAN now in Chennai,, RAMNATH now in Bangalore and Dr. Lakshman in US! All the three are married and well settled in their lives!
We spent years happily in different places like Coimbatore, Ooty, Thanjavur, Kadapa, Erode, Salem, Chennai etc. Unable to see us happy with three gems of sons, Lord Yama took her away in June 2014.
An embodiment of patience and devotion she was!
On this day our minds go to those GREAT DAYS when we happily lived!
With our Third son LAKSHMAN now in US as a leading Vision Scientist!
At Kadapa Railway junction to board the train on the way to Kolkata for receiving the Micheal Madhusudan Dutta Award in the year 1996.
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I have published my translation of TAGORE’S GITANJALI under the title “எனது பார்வையில் இரவீந்திரரின் கீதாஞ்சலி – மூலம் -தமிழாக்கம் -விளக்கம்” -COST Rs. 190/-UNIQUE MEDIA INTEGRATERS, CHENNAI- PUBLISHERS.
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Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive but to be young was very heaven To be the Secretary of Chinmaya Mission Thanjavur was indeed a bliss At young age of twenty two-it was all HIS blessings still green memories! Attended Geeta Gnana Yagnas-great spiritual experience and that is bliss! Thanjavur Mission Branch at my home in North Main Street has seen Weekly Study classes, library and mission members meets! Geetha Gnana Yagyas in Big temple premises for almost a decade! Monthly Sathsangs, quarterly Sadhana camps annual yagyas ! Blissful period in my life! Still I ruminate at age at eighty plus! More than Geeta- “MY six thirty means six thirty neither six twenty nine Nor Six thirty one! My eight means neither seven fifty nine nor eight not one!” Such a punctualist to the core not to come across any longer My refrain in my training classes used to be a subject of discussion on this With a quiz “Can you tell me a Barrister turned spiritual head?” As a clue poorvashrama name started with ‘B’ sanyashrama name started with ‘C”! Eighth May is today a holy day! Swamiji’s jayanthi day! Chinmayananda Saraswati born as Balakrishna Menon on Eighth May Ninteen Sixteen, entered God’s feet on Third August Nineteen Ninety Three A Barrister at Law turned spiritual leader and a teacher who inspired the Formation of Chinmaya Mission, a worldwide nonprofit organization, And spread the knowledge of Advaita Vedanta, non-dual system of thought In the Upanishads, which epitomize the philosophical teachings of Vedas. Swami taught Bhagavad Gita, the Upanishads, and other ancient Scriptures For four decades and more, led a global Hindu spiritual Cultural renaissance And popularized religion’s esoteric scriptural texts, teaching in English All across India and abroad His greatness indeed! Inspired formation of Chinmaya Mission program by his disciples And led by him, a spiritual, educational, and charitable organization In more than three hundred centers in India and internationally. authored Ninety five works commentaries on the major Upanishads and Gita. Visiting professor of Indian philosophy at American and Asian universities- Conducted university lecture tours in many countries. India’s greatest son! Visited Sandhipani Sadhanalaya- College of Hinduism at Powai, Mumbai! Great.
It is very nice and kind of Shri Udayarkoyil GuNa- Thanjavur THAMIZH THAAY ARAKKATTALAI- “தஞ்சாவூர தமிழத் தாய் அறக்கட்டளை ” to have selected MYSORE as the VENUE for conducting the TWO DAY “FOURTH WORLD THIRUKKURAL CONFERENCE – நான்காவது உலகத் திருக்குறள் மாநாடு” on 23rd and 24th April following Singapore, Sri Lanka, and Thanjavur Tamilnadu the first three conferences. I had the pleasure and proud privilege of attending the third at Thanjavur in 2021 and the FOURTH at Mysore in 2022!.
Around 500 Thirukkural enthusiasts from different places participated in the conference- Mysore District Collector Mr. N SAKTHIVELU IAS, presiding and inaugurating on 23rd. Here is my report in Thamizh:
உலகத் திருக்குறள் நான்காவது மாநாடு 2022
ஏற்கெனவே வெளிநாட்டிலும், தமிழ் நாட்டிலும் மூன்று திருக்குறள் மாநாடுகளை வெற்றிகரமாக நடத்தி முடித்த கவிஞ்ர் உடையார் கோயில் குணா அவர்கள் ஒரு பழுத்த இலக்கியவாதி, திருக்குறள் ஆர்வலர், கவிங்ர், தலை சிறந்த ஏற்பாட்டாளர்.வயதில் இளையவர்!.
தஞ்சையில் 2021ல் நடைபெற்ற மூன்றாவது மாநாட்டில் கலந்து கொண்ட எனக்கு, கர்நாடக மாநில மைசூரில் நடைபெற்ற நான்காவது மாநாட்டிலும் இவ்வாண்டு கலந்து கொள்ளும் வாய்ப்பு திருவள்ளுவர் அருளே என உளமாற நம்புகிறேன்.
மாநாட்டைப் பற்றி, தினமணியில் செய்தி தெளிவாக வெளியானது
மாநாட்டிற்கு வந்த கு றளாளர்களை வரவேற்று, அவரவர் நலன்களை முழு மனத்தோடு பாதுகாத்து, பேசசாளர்களையும், பேராளர்களையும், பார்வையாளர்களையும் அழகுறப்பேணி, மாநாட்டை சீரோடும், சிறப்போடும் நடத்திய பாங்கே அருமை! வள்ளுவப் பெருந்தகை விண்ணுலகத்தினின்று மகிழ்ந்து, பாராட்டியிருப்பார் என்பதில் எள்ளளவும் ஐயமில்லை!
முதல்நாள் தலைமையாற்றிய மைசூறு மாவட்ட ஆட்சியர் மதிப்புறு நா. சக்திவேலு முதல் நாள மிமுதள இரண்டாம் நாள் ஈறாக ஒவ்வொருவரும் மகிழசசியிலும், பெருமையிலும் திளைத்தனர் என்பது வெள்ளிடைமலை.
மாநாட்டின் அழைப்பும், அறிவிப்பும், சிறப்பு மலர், கட்டுரைகளின் தொகுப்பு மலர் போன்ற ஒவ்வொரய் வெளியீடுமே அருமையிலும் அருமை. மைசூரு தமிழ் சங்கம் ஆற்றிய பணிகள் பெரும் அளவில் பாராட்டத்தக்கன.
வெளி ஊர்கள்,வெளி நாடுகள் ஆகிய இடங்களிலிருந்து வந்த குறள் ஆர்வலர்களுக்கு தங்க இடம், உண்ண உணவு, மாநாட்டிற்குச செல்ல வாகன வசதி அனைத்தும் அருமை!
பேராளர் மற்றவர்களுக்கு கேடயம், பொன்னாடை, சான்றிதள்கள், தலைப்பாகை ஆகியவை பெருமை சேர்த்தன!
உலக சாதனைச செல்வி சீர்காழி சுபானுவின் யோகாசன நடனம் சிறப்பு. இரண்டு பெண்குழந்தைகளின் பாரத நாட்டியம் அருமை.
வாழ்த்துரை, வரவேற்புரை, நன்றி உரையுடன் ஒரு பகுதி சிறப்பாக முடிந்தது
கருத்தரங்க அமர்வு அருமை. உணவு இடைவேளைக்குப் பின்னர். வாழ்த்தரங்கம் சீரும் சிறப்புமாய் முடிய முதல் நாள் மாநாடு முடிவுற்றது.
இரண்டாம் நாள் மாநாடு அரசு கலைக் கல்லூரி முதல்வர் முனைவர் பா. வேலம்மாள் தலைமையில் சிறப்புரைகள் அருமையாய் அமைந்தன. உடையார்கோயில் குணா அவர்களின் நன்றிஉரையோடு நான்காவது உலகத் திருக்குறள் மாநாடு இனிதே நிறைவுற்றது.
சிறப்பு மலர். கட்டுரைகள் கவிதைகள் தொகுப்பு மலர்கள் வாணாள முழுமையும் போற்றிப் பாதுகாக்கத்தகுந்தவை.
எண்பது அகவையைக் கடந்த எனக்கு இந்த மூன்றாம், நான்காம் மாநாடுகள் புதிய அனுபவங்களைக் கொடுத்தன.
நண்பர் குணாவிற்கும், திருவள்ளுவப் பெருந்தகைக்கும் எனது உளமார்ந்த நன்றிகள்.
BELOW ARE SOME OF THE SELF SPEAKING PHOTOS BY MY BANGALORE SON RAMNATH
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SELF HANDING OVER HIS BOOK ON BHARATHIYAR TO MYSORE DISTRICT COLLECTOR.
WITH SOME OF THE DELEGATES AND FAMILYMEMBERS
SOUND AND LIGHT PROGRAM AT MYSORE
AT FORUM MALL MYSORE
WITH SHIELD, CERTIFICATES, MEDAL AND ID CARD
WITH SOME GREAT THIRUKKURAL EXPERTS AT MYSORE
In the Mysore ZOO, we came across a lot of FLAMINGOS, which immediately brought to our mind the GREAT FLAMINGO FESTIVAL organized by INTERNATIONAL POET SHRI PERUGU RAMAKRISHNA of NELLORE AP. I AND S.NIVETHA used to participate and present our English poems ON FLAMINGOS which we will post in the Blog separately.
I’ll a bit late today. Already 2 weeks I have pain in my throat and problems to sleep, so this morning I went to the doctor, therefore the delay. I also received from the poet translations of his poem in English, Spanish and French, but there were some differences between them, so rather than less work these translations gave me more work. Actually I still did not get a reply from China about the last verse:
In English: do all living things still follow the old ways. Whereas in Spanish it says do all living creatures follow the old ways, which seems to me more logic as “things” generally not live.
Best wishes
Germain
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hAn Ancient Lotus Seed and a Ge Kiln Porcelain Jar—
Prelude
An ancient idea, like an ancient lotus seed hidden in the ground for thousands of years, suddenly, but gently activated by cool running water sprouts a bashful tender bud.
Ah, through the vicissitudes of the earth you look so familiar and yet so unfamiliar. The moment the fallen leaves and blooms are gone with the wind a new lease of life comes floating with the current. The same face, the same countenance all unchanged ever since that time thousands of years ago. What encased in fashionable clothes is the not yet evolved skeleton of the body. In the buds and among the stems and leaves, the dewdrops are glittering as in those days. The crowd is whirling and running in the wind, and in the rain the plants are shaking their heads and waving. Has anything changed to the world? Do all living things in heaven and earth still follow the old ways?
Zhao Lihong, ChinaTranslation Zhou Wenbiao – Stanley Barkan
TRANSLATION THAMIZH by
DR. N V SUBBARAMAN, CHENNAI, INDIA 9840477552
முற்செயல்
நிலத்தில் ஆயிரக் கணக்கான ஆண்டுகள் மறைந்து கிடந்து
திடுமென ஆனால் முரட் டுத்தனமின்றி
குளிர்ந்த ஓடும் நீரினால் உந்தப்பட்டு ஒரு அழகான மொட்டாக
வருவதைப்போல
பழங்கால எண்ணம் உதித்தது
ஆ, நிலத்தின் அதிருஷ்ட மாற்றத்தால்
நீ அறியப்பட்டு இருந்தும் அறியப்படாமலும் .
விழுந்த இலையும் மலர்தலும்
காற்றோடு கலந்து விட்டன
ஒரு புதிய வாழ்வு அலையோடு மிதந்து வந்தது।
அதே முகம், அதே முகபாவம்
ஆயிரம் ஆயிரம் ஆண்டுகளாக அனைத்தும் மாறாதன.
அழகான ஆ டை அமைப்பு
உடலின் எலும்புக்கூ ட்டைமாற்றும் அளவிற்கு மாறவில்லை.
மொட்டுகளிலும் நடுத்தண்டிலும் இலைகளிலும்
அந்த நாட்களைப்போல பனித்துளிகள்மினுமினுக்கின்றன.
காற்றில் கூட்டம் சுற்றிச சுற்றி வருகின்றன. மழையில்
செடிகள் அவற்றின் தலைகளை அசைத்து கைகளை ஆட்டுகின்றன.
TODAY sixth May 2022, is Sankara’s 1254TH Birth Day!
Let us invoke HIS GRACE and BLESSINGS to follow the path shown by him.
Adi Shankaracharya an early Eighth century Indian Philosopher and theologian consolidated the doctrine Of Advaita- unified and established the main currents Of thought in Hinduism. unity of Atman and Nirguna brahman.
He wrote enormous commentaries on Brahma Sutras. Principal Upanishads and Bhagavad Gita. in support of his belief He explained key difference between Hinduism and Buddhism, Hinduism asserts “Atman exists”, Buddhism “no Soul, no Self”.
Shankara travelled across the country, propagated his philosophy Through discourses and debates with other thinkers. established Importance of monastic life as sanctioned in the Upanishads and Brahma Sutra, He founded four”monasteries” that helped in the historical development, revival And spread of Advaita Vedanta= the greatest revivalist. Organiser of the Dashanami monastic order and unified Shanmata worship.
lation Zhou Wenbiao – Stanley Barkan
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