The People’s Car

Inspiration:During the launch of Tata Nano, Ratan Tata revealed the story on what inspired him to think about a small car. The saying goes like this - “I observed families riding on two-wheelers. The father driving the scooter, his young kid standing in front of him, his wife seated behind him holding a little baby. It led me to wonder whether one could conceive of a safe, affordable, all-weather form of transport for such a family. Today, we indeed have a People’s Car, which is affordable and yet built to meet safety requirements and emission norms.”
Nomenclature:The name ‘Nano’ was coined for this small car as it denotes high technology and small size, as mentioned in their website. There are unconfirmed stories as well on how the car was called the Nano, as nano means small in Gujarati, the mother tongue of the Tata family.
Engineers:The Nano has been bought to current design and shape by a strong team of about 500 engineers, headed by Girish Wagh, at the Engineering Research Centre (ERC) of the Tata Motors plant in Pune.
Design:Nano uses less sheet metal, has a smaller and lighter engine than other cars, smaller tubeless tyres and a no frills interior. No surprise for guessing, the company has applied for 34 patents to cover its innovations.
Price:Tata Nano - the world’s cheapest car as on date, costs almost half of the cheapest car currently available anywhere in the world. The Maruti 800 costs approximately Rs 2 lakhs (Ex showroom price). It may be noted that a Bajaj autorickshaw costs approximately Rs 90,000 INR. While comparing the Nano to the Maruti 800 at the launch ceremony of Tata Nano, I recall Ratan Tata’s words - “It is 8% smaller bumper to bumper, has 21% larger seating capacity than the Maruti 800″.
Guinness Record:The Tata Nano has already made it to the Guinness Book of World Records 2009. The 54th edition of the record book, which was launched at London’s Trafalgar Square, has listed the Nano as the world’s cheapest car.
Concept to Reality:This story again dates back to the launch ceremony of Nano in New Delhi. There Ratan Tata quoted, “This has been referred to as one man’s dream and indeed it was. But it took a tremendous amount of team work to convert this or translate this into reality. And I think it would be but fair and fitting to recognise and acknowledge the achievement of a young group engineers who undertook the challenge for four years and great sacrifice to themselves and produced this car.”
" Salute for the Tata-Nano"!

The Story I couldn digest

I was walking around in a Big Bazaar store making shopping, when I saw a Cashier talking to a boy couldn't have been more Than 5 or 6 years old. The Cashier said, 'I'm sorry, but you don't have enough money to buy this doll. Then the little boy turned to me and asked: ''aunty, are you sure I don't have enough money?'' I counted his cash and replied: ''You know that you don't have enough money to buy the doll, my dear.'' The little boy was Still holding the doll in his hand.

Finally, I walked toward him and I asked him who he wished to give this doll to. 'It's the Doll that my sister loved most and wanted so much. I wanted to Gift her for her BIRTHDAY. I have to give the doll to my mommy so that she can give it to my sister when she goes there.' His eyes were so sad while saying this. 'My Sister has gone to be with God. Daddy says that Mommy is going to see God very soon too, so I thought that she could take the doll with her to give it to my sister.'' My heart nearly stopped. The little boy looked up at me and said: 'I told daddy to tell mommy not to go yet. I need her to wait until I come back from the mall.' Then he showed me a very nice photo of him where he was laughing.

He then told me 'I want mommy to take my picture with her so my sister won't forget me.' 'I love my mommy and I wish she doesn't have to leave me, but daddy says that she has to go to be with my little sister...' Then he looked again at the doll with sad eyes, very quietly. I quickly reached for my wallet and said to the boy. 'Suppose we check again, Just in case you do have enough money for the doll?'' 'OK' he said, 'I hope I do have enough..' I added some of my money to his with out him seeing and we started to count it. There was enough for the doll and even some spare money.

The little boy said: 'Thank you God for giving me enough money!' Then he looked at me and added, 'I asked last night before I went to sleep for God to make sure I had enough money to buy this doll, so that mommy could give It to my sister. He heard me!'' 'I also wanted to have enough money to buy a white rose for my mommy, but I didn't dare to ask God for too much. But He gave me enough to buy the doll and a white rose. My mommy loves white roses.' I finished my shopping in a totally different state from when I started. I couldn't get the little boy out of my mind.

Then I remembered a local news paper article two days ago, which mentioned a drunk man in a truck, who hit a car occupied by a young woman and a little girl. The little girl died right away, and the mother was left in a critical state. The family had to decide whether to pull the plug on the life-sustaining machine, because the young woman would not be able to recover from the coma.

Was this the family of the little boy? Two days after this encounter with the little boy, I read in the news paper that the young woman had passed away.. I couldn't stop myself as I bought a bunch of white roses and I went to the funeral home where the body of the young woman was exposed for people to see and make last wishes before her burial. She was there, in her coffin, holding a beautiful white rose in her hand with the photo of the little boy and the doll placed over her chest. I left the place, teary-eyed, feeling that my life had been changed for ever. The love that the little boy had for his mother and his sister is still, to this day, hard to imagine. And in a fraction of a second, a drunk driver had taken all this away from him.

No Smoke-No Pain

Yes!!! if you are not smoking you dont need to worry about the health problems...

I found some interesting tips to the person who really wants to quite smoking>>>

20 Quick Tips to Help You Quit Smoking

1. Believe in yourself. Believe that you can quit. Think about 
some of the most difficult things you have done in your life and 
realize that you have the guts and determination to quit 
smoking. It's up to you.

2. After reading this list, sit down and write your own list, 
customized to your personality and way of doing things. Create 
you own plan for quitting.

3. Write down why you want to quit (the benefits of quitting): 
live longer, feel better, for your family, save money, smell 
better, find a mate more easily, etc. You know what's bad about 
smoking and you know what you'll get by quitting. Put it on 
paper and read it daily.

4. Ask your family and friends to support your decision to quit. 
Ask them to be completely supportive and non-judgmental. Let 
them know ahead of time that you will probably be irritable and 
even irrational while you withdraw from your smoking habit.

5. Set a quit date. Decide what day you will extinguish your 
cigarettes forever. Write it down. Plan for it. Prepare your 
mind for the "first day of the rest of your life". You might 
even hold a small ceremony when you smoke you last cigarette, or 
on the morning of the quit date.

6. Talk with your doctor about quitting. Support and guidance 
from a physician is a proven way to better your chances to quit.

7. Begin an exercise program. Exercise is simply incompatible 
with smoking. Exercise relieves stress and helps your body 
recover from years of damage from cigarettes. If necessary, 
start slow, with a short walk once or twice per day. Build up to 
30 to 40 minutes of rigorous activity, 3 or 4 times per week. 
Consult your physician before beginning any exercise program.

8. Do some deep breathing each day for 3 to 5 minutes. Breathe 
in through your nose very slowly, hold the breath for a few 
seconds, and exhale very slowly through your mouth. Try doing 
your breathing with your eyes closed and go to step 9.

9. Visualize your way to becoming a non-smoker. While doing your 
deep breathing in step 8, you can close your eyes and begin to 
imagine yourself as a non-smoker. See yourself enjoying your 
exercise in step 7. See yourself turning down a cigarette that 
someone offers you. See yourself throwing all your cigarettes 
away, and winning a gold medal for doing so. Develop your own 
creative visualizations. Visualization works.

10. Cut back on cigarettes gradually (if you cut back gradually, 
be sure to set a quit date on which you WILL quit). Ways to cut 
back gradually include: plan how many cigarettes you will smoke 
each day until your quit date, making the number you smoke 
smaller each day; buy only one pack at a time; change brands so 
you don't enjoy smoking as much; give your cigarettes to someone 
else, so that you have to ask for them each time you want to 
smoke.

11. Quit smoking "cold turkey". Many smokers find that the only 
way they can truly quit once and for all is to just quit 
abruptly without trying to slowly taper off. Find the method 
that works best for you: gradually quitting or cold turkey. If 
one way doesn't work do the other.

12. Find another smoker who is trying to quit, and help each 
other with positive words and by lending an ear when quitting 
becomes difficult. Visit this Bulletin Board and this Chat Room 
to find a "quit buddy."

13. Have your teeth cleaned. Enjoy the way your teeth look and 
feel and plan to keep them that way.

14. After you quit, plan to celebrate the milestones in your 
journey to becoming a non-smoker. After two weeks of being 
smoke-free, see a movie. After a month, go to a fancy restaurant 
(be sure to sit in the non-smoking section). After three months, 
go for a long weekend to a favorite get-away. After six months, 
buy yourself something frivolous. After a year, have a party for 
yourself. Invite your family and friends to your "birthday" 
party and celebrate your new chance at a long, healthy life.

15. Drink lots of water. Water is good for you anyway, and most 
people don't get enough. It will help flush the nicotine and 
other chemicals out of your body, plus it can help reduce 
cravings by fulfilling the "oral desires" that you may have.

16. Learn what triggers your desire for a cigarette, such as 
stress, the end of a meal, arrival at work, entering a bar, etc. 
Avoid these triggers or if that's impossible, plan alternative 
ways to deal with the triggers.

17. Find something to hold in your hand and mouth, to replace 
cigarettes. Consider drinking straws or you might try an 
artificial cigarette called E-Z Quit found here:
http://www.quitsmoking.com/ezquit.htm

18. Write yourself an inspirational song or poem about quitting, 
cigarettes, and what it means to you to quit. Read it daily.

19. Keep a picture of your family or someone very important to 
you with you at all times. On a piece of paper, write the words 
"I'm quitting for myself and for you (or "them")". Tape your 
written message to the picture. Whenever you have the urge to 
smoke, look at the picture and read the message.

20. Whenever you have a craving for a cigarette, instead of 
lighting up, write down your feelings or whatever is on your 
mind. Keep this "journal" with you at all times.

Good luck in your efforts to quit smoking. It's worth it!

Humors-Censored

A married man was having an affair with his secretary.

One day they went her place and made love all afternoon. Exhausted, they fell asleep and woke up at 8 PM.

The man hurriedly dressed and told his lover to take his shoes outside and rub them in the grass and dirt.

He put on his shoes and drove home.

"Where have you been?" his wife demanded.

"I can't lie to you," he replied, "I'm having an affair with my secretary. We had sex all afternoon."

"You lying bastard!

You've been playing golf!"

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  A middle-aged couple had two beautiful daughters but always talked about having a son.

They decided to try one last time for the son they always wanted.

The wife got pregnant and delivered a healthy baby boy.

The joyful father rushed to the nursery to see his new son.

He was horrified at the ugliest child he had ever seen.

He told his wife, "There's no way I can be the father of this baby. Look at the two beautiful daughters I fathered! Have you been fooling around behind my back?"

The wife smiled sweetly and replied, "Not this time!" 

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A woman was in bed with her lover when she heard her husband opening the front door.

"Hurry," she said, "stand in the corner."

She rubbed baby oil all over him, then dusted him with talcum powder.

"Don't move until I tell you," she said. "Pretend you're a statue."

"What's this?" the husband inquired as he entered the room.

"Oh it's a statue." she replied. "The Smith's bought one and I liked it so much I got one for us, too."

No more was said, not even when they went to bed.

Around 2 AM the husband got up, went to the kitchen and returned with a sandwich and a beer.

"Here," he said to the statue, "have this. I stood like that for two days at the Smith's and nobody offered me a damzed thing."

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A man walked into a cafe, went to the bar and ordered a beer.

"Certainly, Sir, that'll be one cent."

"One Cent?" the man thought.

He glanced at the menu and asked, "How much for a nice juicy steak and a bottle of wine?"

"A nickel," the barman replied.

"A nickel?" exclaimed the man. "Where's the guy who owns this place?"

The bartender replied, "Upstairs, with my wife."

The man asked, "What's he doing upstairs with your wife?"

The bartender replied,

"The same thing I'm doing to his business down here

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Jake was dying. His wife sat at the bedside.

He looked up and said weakly, "I have something I must confess."

"There's no need to," his wife replied.

"No," he insisted, "I want to die in peace. I slept with your sister, your best friend, her best friend, and your mother!"

"I know, I know," she replied. "Now just rest and let the poison work."

My College Days

Its a Paradise!!!!

Its a Real Happiness!!!

There is no Stressfull Commitments...

Noone Forgot those days in the World!!!

   

Days of Entering into the First  Class...

Days of  Freshers Party with joy and Slight Fear..

Days of Fearing down before seniors in 1st Year

Days of Entering into the concern department..

Days of Running behind the Proffs for the internals..

Days of Working for Department Symposiums..

Days of Campus Interviews...

Days of projects/Seminars/Review..

   But Now..     Those days will Never Back

   No Assignments!        No Canteen Gathering!        No sports Day!

    No Dept. Matches!     No Night Walk!                    No Birthday Celebrations!

We Never forgot

   the rumours b/n particular pair.....

   the First Industrial Visit..

   the In-Plant Training..

   the mass bunk..

   the informal trip without staffs..

But!!!   These days

                                    Make us a Perfect man/women..

                                   Brought out our hidden talent..

                                  Taught us to be ourself...

Loneliness -Never Faced that!!!

Tears - Only when More Joy&the final day!!!

Hostel - Fun filled amusement park!!!

Canteen - Sighting purpose&Treat From the birthday boy!!!

H.O.D room - Often visited like cinema theatre!!!

   If life too has a REWIND button...

  the world filled with the College Goers..

  Sorry

          "Heaven Goers"

                             By the mournful man (Always thinking about  that HEAVEN!!!)      

  

LOVE??????

Love is a strange thing. It can be the most amazing feeling in the world, or it can really hurt, but in the end love is something most, if not all of us, will face. While there are many different ways to define love and there are many different ways to love someone (even yourself), here i am going to share about a  general guide to loving.

Say it.

              When you say the words "I Love You", they should carry with them the desire to show someone that you love them, not what you simply want to feel. When you say it make sure you really mean it and are willing to do anything for that special person.

Empathize.

             Put yourself in someone else's shoes. Rather than impose your own expectations or attempt to control them, try to understand how they feel, where they come from, and who they are. Realize how they could also love you back just as well.

Love unconditionally.

          If you cannot love another person without attaching stipulations, then it is not love at all, but deep-seated opportunism (one who makes the most of an advantage, often unmindful of others). If your interest is not in the other person as such, but rather in how that person can enhance your experience of life, then it is not unconditional. If you have no intention of improving that person’s life, or allowing that person to be themselves and accepting them as they are, and not who you want them to be, then you are not striving to love them unconditionally.

Expect nothing in return.

                  That doesn't mean you should allow someone to mistreat or undervalue you. It means that giving love does not guarantee receiving love. Try loving just for the sake of love. Realize that someone may have a different way of showing his or her love for you, do not expect to be loved back in exactly the same way.

Realize it can be lost.

              If you realize that you can lose the one you love, then you have a greater appreciation of what you have. Think how lucky you are to have someone to love.

Relax Please!!!!

Eat breakfast
Start the day off with breakfast. Aside from being nutritious, eating breakfast forces you to slow down in the morning. Eat, pace yourself, and you’ll get into work without rush-hour anxiety in your system.

Go to work earlier
After a delicious meal, avoid the morning stampede and go to work earlier than others. You’ll get fewer traffic jams, phone calls, and interruptions. All this lets you get more done in a calmer environment. With this increased productivity in the morning, you can go home earlier.

Meditate
Countless researchers in fancy white lab coats have shown how meditation relaxes both your mind and body. Try mini-meditations (Follow my old post). Short little deep breathing exercises that take you temporarily out of your work angst. 

Breathe deeply
Deep breathing shouldn’t be confined to meditation breaks. Every breath you take should be deep. Sadly, many of us, myself included, are unconscious shallow breathers. To kill this habit, practice deep breathing exercises often to train your body to take full breaths.

Invest in an ergonomic chair
You sit in front of a computer (or) in your work place 8 hours a day. Isn’t it worth investing in a comfortable chair to ease your body? 

Eliminate clutter
A cluttered desk distracts, creates visual pollution, and adds to your existing stress level. Each item on your desk, however small, is something you have to think about when you look at it. Don’t make excuses, clear your desk now. Tomorrow, it’ll feel good to come to a clean desk.

Wear headphones
In noisy work environments, headphones are vital to sanity. Even if you’re not listening to music, put them on to block ambient noise. It’ll also let others know not to bother you.

Play music
Of course, listening to music with your headphones on also helps you to relax. Pick something you know will put you at ease. 

Take your full lunch hour
Make lunch sacred. This means not munching at your desk. Take your lunch outside and don’t end your lunch hour early. 

Take a nap
Finish eating lunch a little early? Use the rest of your lunch hour to take a nap. Set an alarm on your phone, and recharge your body.

Play
If you have a hard time napping in the middle day, use the rest of your lunch hour to play. Take a walk, sketch, write in your journal, twirl, play. Anything pleasurable as long as it’s not working and in front of the computer.

Laugh
Comic relief is a well known technique for relieving dramatic tension in movies, plays, and novels. It’s also handy during those high-anxiety moments at work. 

Get a new job

If none of the above works, maybe its time to simply quit your job and search for a new one. hehehe…  
 

A lot of this is just common sense like your mama taught you. But hey, we all need reminders when we’re too busy to remember.
 

Proud To be Indian

1.The official Sanskrit name for India is Bharat.  INDIA has been called Bharat even in Satya yuga ( Golden Age )

2.The name `India’ is derived from the River Indus, the valleys around which were the home of the early settlers. The Aryan worshippers referred to the river Indus as the Sindhu.

3.The Persian invaders converted it into Hindu. The name `Hindustan’ combines Sindhu and Hindu and thus refers to the land of the Hindus. 

4.The number system was invented by India. Aryabhatta was the scientist who invented the digit zero.

5.Sanskrit is considered as the mother of all higher languages. This is because it is the most precise, and therefore suitable language for computer software. ( a report in Forbes magazine, July 1987 ). 

6.Chess was invented in India.

7.Algebra, Trigonometry and Calculus are studies which originated in India.

8.The' place value system' and the 'decimal system' were developed in 100 BC in India.

9.The first six Mogul Emperor's of India ruled in an unbroken succession from father to son for two hundred years, from 1526 to 1707.

10.The World's First Granite Temple is the Brihadeswara temple at Tanjavur in Tamil Nadu.

11.The shikhara is made from a single ' 80-tonne ' piece of granite. Also, this magnificient temple was built in just five years, (between 1004 AD and 1009 AD) during the reign of Rajaraja Chola

12.India is.......the Largest democracy in the world, the 6th largest country in the world AND one of the most ancient and living civilizations (at least 10, 000 years old).  

13.The game of snakes & ladders was created by the 13th century poet saint Gyandev. It was originally called 'Mokshapat.' The ladders in the game represented virtues and the snakes indicated vices. The game was played with cowrie shells and dices. Later through time, the game underwent several modifications but the meaning is the same i.e good deeds take us to heaven and evil to a cycle of re-births.

14.The world's highest cricket ground is in Chail, Himachal Pradesh. 
Built in 1893 after levelling a hilltop, this cricket pitch is 2444 meters above sea level.
 
15.India has the most post offices in the world !

16.The largest employer in the world is the Indian railway system, employing over a million people !.  

17.The World's first university was established in Takshila in 700 BC. More than 10,500 students from all over the world studied more than 60 subjects. The University of Nalanda built in the 4th century was one of the greatest achievements of ancient India in the field of education. 

18.Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to mankind. The father of medicine, Charaka, consolidated Ayurveda 2500 years ago. 

19.Although modern images & descriptions of India often show poverty, India was one of the richest countries till the time of British in the early 17th Century. Christopher Columbus was attracted by India's wealth and was looking for route to India when he discovered America by mistake. 

20.The art of Navigation & Navigating was born in the river Sindh 6000 over years ago. The very word 'Navigation' is derived from the Sanskrit word NAVGATIH. The word navy is also derived from the Sanskrit word 'Nou'. 

21.Bhaskaracharya rightly calculated the time taken by the earth to orbit the sun hundreds of years before the astronomer Smart. His calculations was - Time taken by earth to orbit the sun: ( 5th century ) 365.258756484 days. 

22.The value of "pi" was first calculated by the Indian Mathematician Budhayana, and he explained the concept of what is known as the Pythagorean Theorem. He discovered this in the 6th century, which was long before the European mathematicians. 

23.Until 1896, India was the only source for diamonds to the world. ( Source . Gemological Institute of America )

25.The Baily Bridge is the highest bridge in the world. It is located in the Ladakh valley between the Dras and Suru rivers in the Himalayan mountains. It was built by the Indian Army in August 1982.

26.Sushruta is regarded as the father of surgery. Over 2600 years ago Sushrata & his team conducted complicated surgeries like cataract, artificial limbs, cesareans, fractures, urinary stones and also plastic surgery and brain surgeries. 

27.Usage of anesthesia was well known in ancient India medicine. Detailed knowledge of anatomy, embryology, digestion, metabolism, physiology, etiology, genetics and immunity is also found in many ancient Indian texts. 

"What makes a nation, is the past, what justifies one nation against others is the past", says the noted historian Eric Hobsbawm.

 Hence, when talking of a nation, it becomes very imperative that the past should also be talked about. And the past of India is as fascinating and interesting as it is momentous.  
 

Proud to be Indian !

Jai Hind !

Some more interesting cricket facts

 
1.Mohammed Azharruddin is the only player in the history of Test cricket to score a century in each of his first three test matches. 
2.M.L.Jaisimha of India was the first batsman to bat on all five days of a Test. 
3.India had to wait for a period of 19 years & 230 days before registering its first victory. 
4.The legendary captain of the West Indies, Clive Lloyd was the first captain to win 25 Test Matches. 
5.Narendra Hirwani took 16 wickets on his debut versus West Indies. 
6.Allen Hill was the first player to hold a catch in Tests. 
7.India is the only international team to be dismissed twice in a single day of test match. 
8.Clem Hill’s scores in his first three Test innings was 99,98 and 97 runs. 
9.Sunil Gavaskar has featured in a record 52 century partnerships. 
10.Greg Chappell hit a century on debut and his last match.

Cricket-Unknown Facts

Sourav Ganguly is the only cricketer to have won four successive Man of the Match awards in One-day Internationals. 

The first Test match began on 15 March 1877 and had a timeless format with four balls per over. It ended on 19 March 1877 with Australia winning by 45 runs. 

The first Twenty20 international was between Australia and New Zealand in 2005. 

The Test match between England and South Africa at Durban in 1939 was finally abandoned as a draw on the tenth day because England players had to catch their ship home. 

The First Test between Young Sri Lanka and Young England at Columbo in 1987 was held up when a large iguana crept across the wicket. 

Pakistan Railways beat Dera Ismail Khan by an innings and 851 runs in 1964. In reply to the railwaymen’s 910 for 6 declared, Dera Ismail Khan were bowled out 32 and 27. 

Sussex batsman H.J. Heygate was given out in a match with Somerset in 1919 because he didn’t reach the crease within two minutes of the fall of the previous wicket. Poor Heygate was crippled with rheumatism.

Cricket

There are 10 ways a batsman can be declared "out" in cricket: 
1. Caught 
2. Bowled 
3. Leg Before Wicket 
4. Hit Wicket 
5. Timed Out (wonder what is this?) 
6. Handling the ball 
7. Obstructing the field 
8. Hit the ball twice 
9. Run Out 
10. Stumped

Are You in Love?

 12 Signs You LOVE Someone 
 

TWELVE:
When you're on the phone with them late at night and they hang up, you still miss them even when it was just two minutes ago.


ELEVEN:
You walk really slow when you're with them.


TEN:
You feel shy whenever they're around.


NINE:
You smile when you hear their voice.


EIGHT:
When you look at them, you can't see the other people around you, you just see him/her.


SIX:
They're all you think about.


FIVE:
You realize you're always smiling when you're looking at them.


FOUR:
You would do anything for them, just to see them.


THREE:
While reading this, there was one person on your mind this whole time.


TWO:
You were so busy thinking about that person, you didn't notice number seven was missing


ONE:
You just scrolled up to check & are now silently laughing at yourself

The Black History

History

     In the island of Sri Lanka, the separate national identity of the Tamil people grew through a process of opposition to and differentiation from the Buddhist Sinhala people. The Sinhala people trace their origins in the island to the arrival of Prince Vijaya from India, around 500 B.C. and the Mahavamsa, the Sinhala chronicle of a later period (6th Century A.D.) records that Prince Vijaya arrived on the island on the same day that the Buddha attained Enlightenment in India.

British Rule

The Tamil people and the Sinhala people were brought within the confines of a single state by the British. The struggle for freedom from British colonial rule, did lead Tamil leaders such as Ponnambalam Ramanathan and Ponnambalam Arunachalam to work together with their Sinhala counterparts in the Ceylon National Congress. But it was largely a dialogue between the English speaking Tamil middle class and its English speaking Sinhala counterpart. 

Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam

The Pan Sinhala Executive Committee of the Ceylon State Council in 1936 and the formation of the All Ceylon Tamil Congress led by G.G.Ponnambalam were some of the early manifestations of the growth of a separate Sinhala nationalism and a separate Tamil nationalism in the political arena of the island of Ceylon (as it then was known).

It was a Tamil nationalism which eventually found expression in the formation of the Ilankai Thamil Arasu Katchi led by S.J.V.Chelvanayakam in 1949 and later in the 1970s in the Tamil armed resistance movement, led today by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam and Velupillai Pirabaharan.That the armed resistance movement of the Tamil people should have originated in Tamil Eelam and not in Tamil Nadu is not altogether surprising. It is the nature of the discrimination and oppression which often determines the nature of the response.

Suffering unites a people and the suffering of the Tamil people in the island of Sri Lanka, in their struggle for freedom and justice, has also served to bring together Tamils living not only in Tamil Eelam and Tamil Nadu but also those living in many other lands. At the same time, in Tamil Nadu poverty and corruption have weakened confidence in existing political structures.

The Ceylon (Srilanka) government (Singhalese majority) began to target minority Tamils in the 70s and 80s . Thousands of Tamils were massacred, their property looted, their women raped and their leaders imprisoned. There was a huge population of Ceylon-Tamils who came back to India as refugees, unable to bear the burnt of the Singhalese army. At the same time, a lot of Ceylon-Tamils took to arms to counter the oppressive Singhalese. They were admired and supported by Tamils all over the world. 

Indira Ganhi

It is true that the initial help (both training & logistics) was provided by India during Indira Gandhi's Time. Almost the entire population of Tamils in India and abroad supported them in many ways. At that time LTTE was just one among the many militant organizations. The leaders of these groups were greatly admired by the Tamils for their valour. These groups had their training camps in India and had a free run inside Tamil nadu. Late in the 80s a fight ensued among these different groups to claim dominance. At this stage these outfits took Tamil Nadu (India) to ransack causing huge law and order problems and putting the Indians under difficulty. There were bomb blasts and cases of public shootings between the groups. Indira Gandhi and MGR who nurtured these groups were by then no more.                                                 The Indian government began to take a tougher stance against these groups and soon their camps were closed down. Indian governmental support ceased to exist. By this time the militant groups had lost most of the public sympathy in India due to their atrocities. But the sympathy for the Tamil cause in Sri lanka had not died among Indian Tamils. Due to this these groups still got a substantial support from private Indian Tamils and some political organizations. 

Black Mark of LTTE
                             

                    Soon the LTTE managed to eliminate its competition and emerged as the sole military representative of the Tamils. Rajiv Gandhi, the Indian Prime minister tried to initiate a peace process in SriLanka and sent the India Peace Keeping Force to the Island. Even though this was accepted by the LTTE at first, things got worse when LTTE saw the presence of IPKF a threat to their goals. Soon fighting erupted and IPKF charged with a lot of human rights abuses was called back. The LTTE showed its extreme anger by assassinating Rajiv Gandhi with a female suicide bomber, one of the most famous assassination cases in world history. This historic assassination was the black-mark event in LTTE history (this was even acknowledged by the LTTE superemo Mr.Prabakaran later). India and especially Indian Tamils were stunned and the sympathy turned to anger against LTTE.The Tigers were banned and could never again gain sympathy among the majority of the Indian Tamils. 

Present Status

But to this day the Tigers have remained one of the strongest militant groups in the world with advanced arms, superior gorilla combat capacity, excellent intelligence network and highly trained cadres of both men and women. The LTTE controls a fourth of Sri lanka which is called ?Tamil Ealam? and have their own government in their areas.

FUN

Jokes1
An evil Atheist explorer in the deepest Amazon suddenly finds himself surrounded by a bloodthirsty group of natives. Upon surveying the situation, he says quietly to himself "Oh God, I'm screwed!!!!!." 

There is a ray of light from heaven and a voice booms out: "No, you are NOT screwed. Pick up that stone at your feet and bash in the head of the chief standing in front of you." 

So the explorer picks up the stone and proceeds to bash the living heck out of the chief.

As he stands above the lifeless body, breathing heavily and surrounded by 100 natives with a look of shock on their faces, Gods voice booms out again: "Okay ..... NOW you're screwed."

The Words From pioneers

1.   Watch your thoughts; they become words.
      Watch your words; they become actions.
      Watch your actions; they become habits.
      Watch your habits; they become character.
      Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.
                                                                                            —Lao-Tze
2.  A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.
                                                                                            —Baltasar Gracian
3. People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing - that’s why we      recommend it daily.
                                                                                            —Zig Ziglar
4. You miss 100 percent of the shots you never take.
                                                                                           —Wayne Gretzky
5. Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is               more important than fear.
                                                                                          —Ambrose Redmoon
6. You must be the change you wish to see in the world.
                                                                                          —Gandhi
7. When hungry, eat your rice; when tired, close your eyes. Fools may laugh at me, but           wise men will know what I mean.
                                                                                           —Lin-Chi
8. The third-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the majority. The second-rate        mind is only happy when it is thinking with the minority. The first-rate mind is only                happy when it is thinking.
                                                                                          —A. A. Milne
9. To the man who only has a hammer, everything he encounters begins to look like a nail.
                                                                                      —Abraham Maslow
10. We are what we repeatedly do; excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
                                                                                       —Aristotle
11. Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is                   nothing left to take away.
                                                                                    —Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
12. Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought. 
                                                                                 —Basho
13. You can do anything, but not everything.
                                                                                  —David Allen
14. Everyone is a genius at least once a year. The real geniuses simply have their bright                   ideas closer together.
                                                                                     —Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
15. What we think, or what we know, or what we believe is, in the end, of little                                consequence. The only consequence is what we do.
                                                                                  —John Ruskin
16. The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new lands but seeing with new            eyes. 
                                                                        —Marcel Proust
17. Work like you don’t need money, love like you’ve never been hurt, and dance like no           one’s watching 
                                                                     —Unknown Author
18. Try a thing you haven’t done three times. Once, to get over the fear of doing it. Twice,          to learn how to do it. And a third time, to figure out whether you like it or not. 
                                                                           —Virgil Garnett Thomson
19. Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.
                                                                          —Will Rogers
20.The richest man is not he who has the most, but he who needs the least.
                                                                           —Unknown Author

My First Post

My First English Poem.

                   LETTER TO GOD

Oh God!!!

              There is no "Oil Wells"

             But,

             There is lot of  "Blood Rivers"

                   There is no " Gold Fields"

                   But,

                  There is lot of "Mortuary Rooms"( Already Filled)

There!!!

       Electricty........

                 Its a wonder of the World!!!

     Cruel Death.......

                Its a Usual Thing!!!

    Virginity........

            Its like a Unprotected Wealth,

           Any time they can be stolen-Not stolen, threatened by the "street dogs"!!!

The Life is like A War,

 Those who want to achieve Something!!!!

  But,

The Life is Full of War,

 those who want to Survive there!!!

                                                              For  the Srilankan Tamilan

                                                              By the Indian Tamilan!!!!