Monday, December 14, 2009
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Bravo...U Made Peace Amidst Audacity...
We trust your Hope,
Though you are torn between reality and ideals...
You need to remain a man amidst lost mankind,
For World Peace...
Congrats Barack on winning the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009.
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
A Horrible Acronym...aha ;))
H- Hey, don't ask me to just mind my business
O- Old Ghastly stories are Gold
R- Retrenchment threat is a performance booster
R- Remember to Forgive
I- Idiot, just be politically correct
B- Backbiting at eleven in the night is in vogue
L- Lean and Mean Us
E- E-mails go to a wrong frenemy who runs "Fallacy Forwards"
O- Old Ghastly stories are Gold
R- Retrenchment threat is a performance booster
R- Remember to Forgive
I- Idiot, just be politically correct
B- Backbiting at eleven in the night is in vogue
L- Lean and Mean Us
E- E-mails go to a wrong frenemy who runs "Fallacy Forwards"
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Help the Needy - Meet Ms.Nalini Bakthavatchalu
When you first meet Mrs.Nalini Bakthavatchalu, it is her trademark welcoming and bright smile that catches your attention. Little will you realize that you are meeting a social worker, an excellent orator, counselor, teacher, and a friend in need. 
Ms.Bakthavatchalu(the one in blue saree in above pic) and her hubby were (are) teachers in Arakkonam (a town about 70 km from Chennai, Tamilnadu), for more than 30 years. Ms.Nalini has a Midas touch and is capable of transforming any simple school campus into a beautiful paradise by placing love bird cages and flower pots. Once, she identified a gypsy camp near her school and brought all the inmates under the school’s umbrella and helped them learn. Her selfless work for the gypsies was published in local newspapers, The Indian Express, and The Hindu too.
After her retirement as a teacher, she was offered the job of Manager @ Catherine Anderson Memorial (CAM) ladies home in Arakkonam. The hostel nurtures 80 orphans and semi-orphans. As usual, she did an exemplary job by painting walls, planting shrubs, and organized meditation and prayer camps.
Her students who are now well settled, volunteer to help the needy and underprivileged thro her. Ms. Nalini never accepts cash and insists that her students directly provide goods and services. One of her students would offer sweets, notebooks, yet another cloths and bed sheets, and yet another would dig a bore well that will forever quench the thirst of hostel inmates.
Ms. Nalini is an excellent coordinator and is good in roping in resources either over phone, writing letters, or by meeting in person. She once helped two handicapped children to get operated and be fitted with artificial limbs. They were also given wheelchairs. She reaches out to the needy in neighboring villages with food and other things.
Her daughter Pearly would be hassled that her mom kept their house door open for neighbors to come and fetch water from their garden hand pump. Her son Job (my hubby) would joke that she never gave away sweets that were meant for the underprivileged, to family members. My father-in-law Mr.Bakthavatcahlu, supports my mom-in-law in all her philanthropic endeavors. As a daughter-in-law( rather daughter), I pitch in a bit.
Ms. Nalini Rathinakodi recently got the Best Performance Award for her services as Manager@CAM home. It is to be noted that she does not accept a monthly salary for this commendable role of hers.
She is very pious and having read the entire Bible four times, she believes in – Ask, and it shall be given unto You. Seek, and You shall find. Knock, and it shall open.
So, you want to brighten someone’s face this year end, then call Ms. Nalini :
Landline: 04177-225224
CAM Home, GIRLS Hostel
Mission Compound,
Krishnampet, Palanipet Post,
Arakonnam, Vellore – 631002.
Or mail: anithajebaraj@gmail.com
Ms.Bakthavatchalu(the one in blue saree in above pic) and her hubby were (are) teachers in Arakkonam (a town about 70 km from Chennai, Tamilnadu), for more than 30 years. Ms.Nalini has a Midas touch and is capable of transforming any simple school campus into a beautiful paradise by placing love bird cages and flower pots. Once, she identified a gypsy camp near her school and brought all the inmates under the school’s umbrella and helped them learn. Her selfless work for the gypsies was published in local newspapers, The Indian Express, and The Hindu too.
After her retirement as a teacher, she was offered the job of Manager @ Catherine Anderson Memorial (CAM) ladies home in Arakkonam. The hostel nurtures 80 orphans and semi-orphans. As usual, she did an exemplary job by painting walls, planting shrubs, and organized meditation and prayer camps.
Her students who are now well settled, volunteer to help the needy and underprivileged thro her. Ms. Nalini never accepts cash and insists that her students directly provide goods and services. One of her students would offer sweets, notebooks, yet another cloths and bed sheets, and yet another would dig a bore well that will forever quench the thirst of hostel inmates.
Ms. Nalini is an excellent coordinator and is good in roping in resources either over phone, writing letters, or by meeting in person. She once helped two handicapped children to get operated and be fitted with artificial limbs. They were also given wheelchairs. She reaches out to the needy in neighboring villages with food and other things.
Her daughter Pearly would be hassled that her mom kept their house door open for neighbors to come and fetch water from their garden hand pump. Her son Job (my hubby) would joke that she never gave away sweets that were meant for the underprivileged, to family members. My father-in-law Mr.Bakthavatcahlu, supports my mom-in-law in all her philanthropic endeavors. As a daughter-in-law( rather daughter), I pitch in a bit.
Ms. Nalini Rathinakodi recently got the Best Performance Award for her services as Manager@CAM home. It is to be noted that she does not accept a monthly salary for this commendable role of hers.
She is very pious and having read the entire Bible four times, she believes in – Ask, and it shall be given unto You. Seek, and You shall find. Knock, and it shall open.So, you want to brighten someone’s face this year end, then call Ms. Nalini :
Landline: 04177-225224
CAM Home, GIRLS Hostel
Mission Compound,
Krishnampet, Palanipet Post,
Arakonnam, Vellore – 631002.
Or mail: anithajebaraj@gmail.com
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Strangers In An Unknown Land...
Now have I made a covenant between Me and thee, and out of thine own bowels, thou shall have an heir, and Isaac shall his name be called. Yet know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs. Its rulers shall afflict them. Pangs and sorrow shall take hold of them. They shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth. They shall be tried like metal in a furnace, as also I shall try thee. I will make a man more precious than fine gold, even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Enlightenment - The Beauty Of Life...
Our life is a journey that is propelled by the constant fight between our internal conscience and external pride. Our outward pride always boasts and vanity is its language. Vanity has a lot of desires and has superiority complex.On the other hand, our internal inferiority complex is driven by fear and under estimations of our strengths. And there is a constant struggle when we try and establish a bridge between fear and desire, our inner voice and external rants (or lies).
To overcome the tussle, enjoy every minute of your life without criticism of self or others. Aim for a peaceful “state” instead of an ego-driven “status”. Stop trying to change the personality of someone to answer your inner chaos. Let the animated “You” rise above the inanimate objects of “Yours”. Let the fight between your inner world and outer world end. And herein lays the secret of being a leader in your own small universe where you do simple chores with beauty and fun!But how about Ayn Rand's lines - Man's ego is the fountainhead of human progress.
Monday, November 16, 2009
Help The Blind To Read...Can U?
On one Sunday, many enthusiastic Visually Challenged(VC) college students could not find a volunteer to help them read.
No. of VC students who came on Nov 1, 2009, Sunday: 180+
Students who did not get a reader: 80+
Every Sunday at Padma Seshadri Bala Bavan School [PSBB], Habibulla Road, T Nagar, Chennai, reading session for VC students is being conducted. All you need to do is, just drop in at the above said venue and read out the study material brought in by the students who take University exams.To bridge the huge gap between the VC people and the readers, your presence on coming Sundays will be highly appreciated. You can help a blind person to come out with flying colours in their exams.
For more info, reach Shankar @ 9840085673.
Click the link to know more about the reading sessions:
Scribes & Readers
No. of VC students who came on Nov 1, 2009, Sunday: 180+
Students who did not get a reader: 80+
Every Sunday at Padma Seshadri Bala Bavan School [PSBB], Habibulla Road, T Nagar, Chennai, reading session for VC students is being conducted. All you need to do is, just drop in at the above said venue and read out the study material brought in by the students who take University exams.To bridge the huge gap between the VC people and the readers, your presence on coming Sundays will be highly appreciated. You can help a blind person to come out with flying colours in their exams.
For more info, reach Shankar @ 9840085673.
Click the link to know more about the reading sessions:
Scribes & Readers
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