Extraordinary Stories About Ordinary PeopleSudha Murty, chairperson, Infosys Foundation and author, is known for her ability to glean interesting stories from the lives of ordinary people and weave these narratives into a unique blend of anecdote and fable. Her latest collection of stories, 'The Day I Stopped Drinking Milk', features a fascinating cast of characters, each of whom made an indelible impression on the author. Extracted...
Sunday, 26 August 2012
Saturday, 18 August 2012
REAL HAPPINESS OF THE FESTIVAL BY V. M. KHALEELUR RAHMANEid-ul-Fitr or Ramadan Eid is celebrated as a day of thanksgiving to God after successful completion of the month-long fasting from dawn to dusk during Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar and on sighting the crescent moon of the 10th month called Shawwal. Ramadan is meant for fasting, worship and charity, and also for self-introspection for the purpose of purification of one's soul and body by giving up bad and attaining good things. The Holy Quran says, "Fasting...
Wednesday, 15 August 2012
PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS TO THE NATION ON THE EVE OF INDIA'S 66TH INDEPENDENCE DAY New Delhi : 14-08-12 My fellow citizens: It is a great privilege to address, for the first time, my fellow Indians living within our country and in a hundred corners across the globe, on the 65th anniversary of our independence. Words cannot adequately express...
Saturday, 11 August 2012
LIST OF TAMILNADU GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGESS.NoCollege Name & Address1Madras Medical College and Government General HospitalE.V.R Periyar Salai, Park Town,Chennai, Tamil Nadu - 600 003Phone : 044 - 25305000, 25363970email : mmcadmin@tn.gov.inWebsite : http://www.mmc.tn.gov.in2Stanley Medical CollegeOld Jail Road, Chennai, Tamilnadu - 600 001, India.Phone: +91-44-2528-1351Fax: +91-44-2528-8384Website : http://www.stanmed.net3Government Kilpauk Medical College,Poonamallee High Road,Kilpauk, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600010Phone : 044 - 26412979,26431927Website...
UNUNDERSTANDABLE LEATHER MARKETV.M. Khaleelur RahmanOne fails to understand the present leather market. It may be good for some but certainly not so for many despite ruling high prices and so called “good demand”. However in the Chennai leather market tanned and wet blue tanners are able to get good support from products manufacturers who are in need of these items. Enquiries reveal that shoe manufacturers continue to buy tanned goat skins higher grain selections at around Rs.60, All Suedes at around Rs.53 and Linings at around Rs.42 per sq. ft....
Friday, 10 August 2012
Collective forceBy Mahesh Bhatt Famous film maker and human rights activist Mahesh Bhatt fasts daily during Ramdan. He explains why. On the 14th day of Ramdan, as I drove back home to break my daily fast (Roza), a beep on my cell phone alerted me to an incoming message. This is what the message said: Hello, Mr. Bhatt, I understand through your utterances and writings that you are not a religious man and you do not believe in the efficacy of prayer. But...
The act of the 65-year-old head of the Oak Creek gurdwara, Sadwant Singh Kaleka, who went down fighting the supremacist gunman to save other worshippers, including women and children, is one of great sacrifice. It is rare to find people who live and die for others. We salute him for his exemplary service. He should be honoured posthumously by the U.S. and the Indian government. V.M. Khaleelur Rahman, AmburThe Hindu dated 9th August 2...
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