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தொட்டுவிடும் தூரத்தில் தங்கம்

தொட்டுவிடும் தூரத்தில் தங்கம்


July 31, 2015

புதுக்கோட்டை- காரைக்குடி தேசிய நெடுஞ் சாலையோரம் கவிநாடு கிராமத்தில் இருக்கிறது அந்த விளையாட்டு மைதானம்.


புதுக்கோட்டையைச் சேர்ந்த ஜெ. லட்சுமணன் என்பவர் இங்கே பயிற்சி பெற்றார். பல்வேறு போட்டிகளில் கலந்துகொண்டு வெற்றி பெற்ற அவர் இப்போது இந்திய ராணுவத்தில் வேலை பார்க்கிறார். இதே பாதையில் பயணித்த எல்.சூர்யா என்பவரை இந்த மைதானம் தென்னக ரயில்வேயில் பணியமர்த்தியிருக்கிறது.


கவிநாடு யூத் ஸ்போர்ட்ஸ் கிளப்பில் இலவசமாகப் பயிற்சி பெற்ற ஜெ.லட்சுமணன், திருவனந்தபுரத்தில் நடைபெற்ற ஃபெடரேஷன் கோப்பை சீனியர் தடகளப் போட்டியில் 10 ஆயிரம், 5 ஆயிரம் மீட்டர் ஓட்டத்தில் 2 தங்கப் பதக்கங்களை வென்றுள்ளார். சீனாவில் கடந்த மாதம் நடைபெற்ற 21-வது ஆசிய தடகளப் போட்டியில் 10,000 மீட்டர் ஓட்டப் பந்தயத்தில் வெற்றி பெற்று வெள்ளிப் பதக்கமும், 5,000 மீட்டர் ஓட்டப் பந்தயத்தில் வெண்கலப் பதக்கமும் வென்று இந்தியாவுக்குப் பெருமை சேர்த்துள்ளார். மகளிர் பிரிவில் எல். சூர்யா 10 ஆயிரம் மற்றும் 5 ஆயிரம் மீட்டர் ஓட்டத்தில் 2 தங்கம் வென்றார்.


இவர்கள் இருவரும் ஆசிய விளையாட்டுப் போட்டியில் தங்கம் வெல்லும் முயற்சியில் இருக்கிறார்கள். அவர்களிடம் இது தொடர்பாகப் பேசியபோது, “அடிப்படை வசதிகள்கூட இல்லாத இம்மைதானத்தில் பயிற்சி பெற்றோம். ஆனாலும் நாட்டுக்குப் பெருமை சேர்த்த வெற்றியைப் பெற்றோம். அதை நினைத்தால் சந்தோஷமாக இருக்கிறது.

இந்த வெற்றிக்கு பி.வி.ஆர். சேகரனும், பயிற்சியாளர் லோகநாதனும் முக்கியமான காரணமாக இருந்தார்கள். ஆசிய அளவில் தங்கப் பதக்கம் ஜெயிக்கணும் அதுதான் எங்கள் ஆசை, லட்சியம்” என உற்சாகத்துடன் தெரிவித்தார்கள்.

இங்கு பயிற்சி பெறுவோரெல்லாம் ஏழை, எளியோரின் பிள்ளைகளே எனக் கூறும் பயிற்சியாளர் லோகநாதன், இங்கு பயிற்சி பெற்ற பலர் பல பதக்கங்களைப் பெற்றும் இவர்களது வெற்றியை ஏனோ அரசு அவ்வளவாக வெளிக்காட்டவில்லை என ஆதங்கப்படுகிறார்.


http://tamil.thehindu.com/society/l...தங்கம்/article7485319.ece?widget-art=four-all

 

[P.J.]

Indian woman fights off croc with spoon

Indian woman fights off croc with spoon

August 02, 2015

A HOUSEWIFE in eastern India has fought off a crocodile attack using cooking utensils.

SABITRI Samal, 37, was washing dishes in a creek near her home in Orissa state's Kendrapara district on Thursday when the giant reptile lunged at her.


"The crocodile caught hold of her right leg but she staved off the ferocious attack," senior forest official PK Pattnaik said by phone from Kendrapara. "She claimed that she hit the reptile on its forehead and eyes with an aluminium bowl and a wooden spoon and it released her after a struggle," he added. Samal's cries for help alerted people nearby who rushed to the scene and took her to hospital. There have been a spate of crocodile attacks in the villages situated around Bhitarkanika park, officials said. Two villagers have lost their lives in such attacks in recent months.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/new...-croc-with-spoon/story-fn3dxix6-1227466457566

http://www.couriermail.com.au/technology/science/wooden-spoon-saves-woman-from-croc-attack-in-eastern-india/story-fnjwk7l7-1227466461159

இந்தியாவின் ஒரிஸாவில் தன்னை தாக்கிய முதலையுடன் போராடி ஒரு பெண் உயிர் தப்பியுள்ளார்.


தன்னை தாக்கிய முதலையுடன் போராடி இந்தியாவில் ஒரு பெண் உயிர் தப்பியுள்ளார்.
ஒரிஸா மாநிலத்தில் நடந்த இந்தச் சம்பவத்தில் சாபித்ரி சமால் என்னும் பெண், மூன்று மீட்டர்கள் நீளமான அந்த முதலை தன்னை தாக்கிய போது, தான் எப்படி அதனுடன் போராடினார் என்பதை விளக்கியுள்ளார்.


சிற்றோடை ஒன்றில் பாத்திரங்களை கழுவிக்கொண்டிருந்த போது, அவரைத் தாக்கிய முதலை அவரை இழுத்துச் சென்றுள்ளது. தான் எப்படியோ இறந்து விடுவேன் என்று நினைத்த அவர், அதன் தலையில் கையால் குத்தியுள்ளார்.
இறுதியில், அடி தாங்க முடியாமல், முதலை தனது பிடியை தளர்த்தி, அவரை விடுவித்து சென்றுவிட்டது.
அந்தப் பெண் இப்போது காயங்களுக்கு சிகிச்சை பெறுகிறார். தேசிய பூங்கா ஒன்றுக்கு அருகே உள்ள அந்தப் பகுதியில் அண்மையில் முதலைகள் மூவரை கொன்றதுடன், 7 பேரை காயப்படுத்தியுள்ளன.



http://tamil.thehindu.com/bbc-tamil/முதலையுடன்-போராடி-வென்ற-பெண்/article7489242.ece

 

[P.J.]

Sania Mirza recommended for Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna

Sania Mirza recommended for Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna

Aug 1, 2015,

NEW DELHI: The Sports Ministry on Friday confirmed that Wimbledon doubles champion Sania Mirza has been recommended for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna but made it clear that the final decision rests with only the Awards Committee.

Sania won her career's first ever women's doubles Grand Slam title with Swiss partner Martina Hingis in July. She also became world number one before winning the Grass Court major.

Sports Secretary Ajit Sharan said the Sports Minister Sarbanada Sonowal has indeed recommended to the tennis exponent for the highest honour given for achievement in sports.

"We had got a late recommendation from AITA but the Minister accepted that and recommended the same to the Awards Committee," Sharan told said.

"But the final decision to give the honour rests with the Awards Committee," he clarified.

Sania, who has won three mixed doubles Grand Slams in her career, is reportedly competing with Squash player Deepika Pallikal and discus thrower Vikas Gowda for the prestigious award.


http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...iv-Gandhi-Khel-Ratna/articleshow/48308051.cms

 

[P.J.]

Student’s heart saves Maharashtra woman in Chennai hospital

Student’s heart saves Maharashtra woman in Chennai hospital

August 3, 2015

A heart harvested from a young brain-dead student and flown in from Hyderabad saved the life of a woman from Maharashtra at a hospital in Chennai on Saturday.


The heart, which arrived in the city on a chartered flight at 9.19 a.m. reached Fortis Malar Hospital in Adyar in just 13 minutes, thanks to a green corridor created on the route.


Cardiomyopathy



According to K.R. Balakrishnan, director, cardiac sciences, Fortis Malar Hospital, the woman, who is in her fifties, was admitted around three weeks ago with cardiomyopathy – a condition, where the heart muscle is abnormal, making it harder for the heart to pump and deliver blood to the rest of the body.


On Thursday evening, an alert came in from Hyderabad about a 20-year-old student who was declared brain dead.
Doctors at Fortis Malar immediately sought a chartered aircraft to fly them into Hyderabad.


Finally, a flight came in from Kochi, but by the time it arrived at the Chennai airport, it was nearly 2 a.m.
A team of four doctors, two nurses and a transplant coordinator flew out around 3 a.m., Dr. Balakrishnan said.



In 26 minutes



Once the heart was harvested, it was rushed back to the airport.
Thanks to the city police in Hyderabad, a green corridor was provided and the donor heart was transported to Shamshabad airport from Yashoda Hospital, Secunderabad in just 26 minutes.


“We were cutting it a little close. A heart is only viable for about four hours, and by the time we reached our hospital it had been about three hours and forty minutes. But we managed to transplant it, and the surgery was successful,” said Dr. Balakrishnan.
He said arrangements in Hyderabad were excellent. “It was very smooth and very efficient even at the crowded airport. The administration there did everything possible to make this happen," he said.


Volleyball player



Twenty-year-old Abhijit, the donor was an accomplished volleyball player and an engineering student from Hyderabad.
A resident of West Marredpally, Abhijith, along with his friends, was travelling in a car on the city outskirts at Kompally on the night of Thursday, July 30.


The youngster received grievous injuries in the car accident. The liver, corneas and kidneys were distributed to hospitals in Hyderabad.
The organ arrived in time thanks to the green corridor provided in Hyderabad

http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities...hennai-hospital/article7494502.ece?ref=tpnews

 

[P.J.]

At 3, Anjana is Kerala’s youngest ‘life-giver’

At 3, Anjana is Kerala’s youngest ‘life-giver’

Her life was short and sweet and she was gone even before Ajith or Divya could say goodbye to the apple of their eye.


Losing one’s three-year-old is not something most parents ever recover from. But even in that heart-wrenching moment, when they were told that their daughter would never come back to life, Ajith, an employee of the VSSC and his wife, had no second thoughts about donating their child’s organs.


Declared brain-dead

When three-year-old Anjana was declared brain-dead at the paediatric ICU of Sree Avittam Thirunal Hospital on Saturday and her parents let know their willingness for organ donation, they did not immediately know that they would be saving another young life. Or that Anjana would be the youngest organ donor in Kerala till date.


Anjana’s organs — liver as well as both her kidneys — went to save the life of a five-year-old, Anil Raj, who has been ailing with both kidney and liver failure at KIMS Hospital here and who needed an immediate transplant. Both corneas were also retrieved by the Regional Institute of Ophthalmology.


This is the first time that Kerala Network for Organ Sharing, the nodal agency in charge of the State’s deceased donor organ donation Programme, Mrithasanjeevani, was dealing with an organ donation, wherein both the donor and the recipient were so young.
Also, this was the first time that three organs from a single donor was being transplanted in a single recipient.


Anjana was the younger of Ajith and Divya’s two children. She was rushed to SAT Hospital on Thursday, after she suddenly fell unconscious while playing.


A brain scan revealed that she was suffering from advanced Medulloblastoma, a common malignant brain tumour in children. Doctors said there was very little they could do to save her. Her parents were told about her condition on Friday itself and KNOS was informed when the parents wondered if they could donate her organs.


“A child’s organs are best suited for another child. We decided to donate all three organs to one child because it would have been difficult for him (Anil Raj) to survive with organs from different people,” Aneesh, transplant coordinator, KNOS, said.


Hospital sources said Anil Raj was waiting to receive liver and a kidney from his father, when the route of cadaver donation suddenly fell open.


A team from KIMS hospital and a surgical team from SAT Hospital completed the organ retrieval by 8.45 a.m. Anjana’s body was handed over to her parents and the funeral was held in the afternoon.




http://www.deccanherald.com/content/492955/3-year-old-girl-became.html

http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/at-3-keralas-youngest-lifegiver/article7492677.ece

 

[P.J.]

Former Hockey Star turned into Cop to fight against terrorists

Former Hockey Star turned into Cop to fight against terrorists

Chandigarh: A former hockey player-turned-Punjab Police officer Jugraj Singh played an active role in the day-long operation against three terrorists in Gurdaspur district's Dinanagar town on Monday.

32-year-old Jugraj Singh was among those Punjab police personnel who gunned down the heavily-armed terrorists.

A former international hockey player who was once India's penalty corner specialist, Jugraj Singh is a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) with Punjab Police and posted in Amritsar district.

As police force from Gurdaspur's neighbouring districts were summoned to take part in the anti-terrorist operation who had launched a pre-dawn attack in the Dinanagar which borders Pakistan, DSP Singh along with other personnel reached the town to flush out the terrorists who had stormed a police station.

"As soon as the message was flashed about the incident (Gurdaspur attack), we along with other team members rushed to the site to neutralise the terrorists," he said today.

"We reached Dinanagar at about 8:15 am in the morning and took our positions."

The former hockey player, who had survived a car accident on the outskirts of Jalandhar nearly 12 years ago, said he fired several rounds from his firearm at the terrorists who were holed up in the police station complex.

All the three terrorists were killed in the gunbattle with security forces including the state's SWAT team that stretched for over 12 hours.


http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/hock...rt-in-gurdaspur-anti-terror-operation-1203075

http://www.vikatan.com/news/article...=facebook&utm_medium=EMagazine&utm_campaign=1

 

[P.J.]

Smarter than Einstein, Hawking? 12-yr-old scores 162 in IQ test

Smarter than Einstein, Hawking? 12-yr-old scores 162 in IQ test

Aug 03, 2015

A 12-year-old British girl is brainier than Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking if her IQ test is anything to go by. Nicole Barr scored a perfect 162 on her Mensa IQ test, two points higher than the two legendary scientists.


The score puts Barr in the top 1% of the brightest people on the planet and implies she is more intelligent than physicists Hawking, Einstein and Microsoft founder Bill Gates, who are all thought to have an IQ of 160.


“She’s a hard working child. She stays after school for homework club and never misses a day,” said her 34-year-old mother Dolly Buckland.


“From a young age she’s been picking out mistakes in books and magazines. She’s a happy, fun-loving girl who is always asking for extra homework,” Buckland told British tabloid the Daily Mirror.


“When I found out I got such a high score, it was so unexpected. I was shocked,” said Barr, who received her IQ test results last week.


“Nicole’s IQ puts her comfortably within the top 1% of the population,” said Mensa spokesman Ann Clarkson.


The girl, who is a Year 7 student in Burnt Mill Academy, enjoys reading, singing and drama. At primary school, Barr was several years ahead of her peers and could tackle complex algebra before the age of 10.

http://www.hindustantimes.com/world...sa-iq-test-score-of-162/article1-1375824.aspx

 

[P.J.]

Drop Dead NGO who Fixes Leaking pipes free of Cost


Drop Dead NGO who Fixes Leaking pipes free of Cost

Aabid Surti is an odd character. A few years ago, the angular, bearded author was invited to meet the President of India to receive a national award for literature at a ceremony in the capital, New Delhi. He politely declined. Absorbed in writing the first draft of his new novel, he cited the reason that he did not have time. But what he has made time for every Sunday for seven years now, is going door-to-door in Mira Road, a non-descript suburb of Mumbai, with a plumber in tow, asking residents if they need their tap fixed for free!


As a distinguished Indian painter and author, Aabid has written around 80 books but no story so moved him as the truth about water scarcity on the planet. “I read an interview of the former UN chief Boutros Boutros Ghali,” he recalls, “who said that by 2025 more than 40 countries are expected to experience water crisis. I remembered my childhood in a ghetto fighting for each bucket of water. I knew that shortage of water is the end of civilized life.”

Around the same time, in 2007, he was sitting in a friend’s house and noticed a leaky tap. It bothered him. When he pointed it out, his friend, like others, dismissed it casually: it was too expensive and inconvenient to call a plumber for such a minor job – even plumbers resisted coming to only replace old gaskets.

A few days later, he came across a statistic in the newspaper: a tap that drips once every second wastes a thousand litres of water in a month. That triggered an idea. He would take a plumber from door to door and fix taps for free – one apartment complex every weekend.


As a creative artist, he had earned more goodwill than money and the first challenge was funding. “But,” he says, “if you have a noble thought, nature takes care of it.” Within a few days, he got a message that he was unexpectedly being awarded Rs.1,00,000 ($2,000) by the Hindi Sahitya Sansthan (UP) for his contribution to Hindi literature. And one Sunday morning in 2007, the International Year of Water, he set out with a plumber to fix the problem for his neighbors.

He began by simply replacing old O-ring rubber gaskets with new ones, buying new fixtures from the wholesale market. He named his one-man NGO ‘Drop Dead’ and created a tagline: save every drop… or drop dead.

Every Sunday, the Drop Dead team – which consisted of Aabid himself, Riyaaz the plumber and a female volunteer Tejal – picked the apartment blocks, got permission from the housing societies, and got to work. A day before, Tejal would hand out pamphlets explaining their mission and paste posters in elevators and apartment lobbies spreading awareness on the looming water crisis. And by Sunday afternoon, they would ensure the buildings were drip-dry.

By the end of the first year, they had visited 1533 homes and fixed around 400 taps. Slowly, the news began to spread.

In March 2008, director Shekhar Kapur, who was working on his own water conservation film, heard about Aabid’s efforts and wrote on his website: ‘Aabid Surti, thank you so much for who you are. I wish there were more people like you in this world. Keep in touch with us and keep inspiring us. Shekhar.’

Local newspapers began to write about Drop Dead, which prompted a further flood of grateful emails and spontaneous messages. One of the most heartfelt messages was from superstar actor-producer Shah Rukh Khan, a longtime fan of Aabid’s work as a comic book creator. After reading the newspaper report titled ‘City of Angels’, he wrote to Aabid: “…It sounds like one of the little big things my dad would have done. Strange that I have enjoyed [your comic] Bahadur in my childhood and enjoyed reading your tap story so many years down the line… when I am father myself. God bless you and yes, I believe in angels after reading the newspaper.”

In 2010, Aabid Surti was nominated for the CNN-IBN CJ ‘Be The Change’ Award. In the same year, a television crew from Berlin flew down to follow him on his Sunday rounds which continued come monsoon or shine.

It’s hard to say how much water he has saved with his mission, given that the faucets he fixed could have continued leaking for months, and maybe years, had he not rung the doorbell one Sunday morning. But conservatively, it could be estimated that he has single-handedly saved at least 5.5m litres of water till date.


In the summer of 2013, the state where Aabid lives is expecting its worst drought in 40 years. Months in advance, the Chief Minister Prithviraj Chauhan has warned citizens to begin conserving water. While ministers lobby for drought-relief packages worth millions of dollars, Aabid sees his own approach as simple and inexpensive.

As he rings another door-bell on yet another Sunday in Mira Road, seven years into his one-man mission, he says: “Anyone can launch a water conservation project in his or her area. That’s the beauty of this concept. It doesn’t require much funding or even an office. And most importantly, it puts the power back in our own hands.” I would call him a modern-day angel; I am lucky I get to call him dad. * UPDATE (MAY 2013): Much has changed for dad since this post. He was given the Sparrow Award for conservation and funding to continue his work. He also received funding from the Rotary Association and a few other organizations, and offers to spread the news further. This blog post itself went viral and got dad featured on DailyGood as one of the Everyday Heroes. Global Voices Online further translated this post into Italian, French, Spanish, Malagasy & Greek!


In April 2013, he was once again invited to meet the President of India, for his Drop Dead project. This time he went.

https://superaalifragilistic.wordpress.com/tag/heroes/

 

[P.J.]

Pakistan Sikh girl among toppers of Class X exam

Pakistan Sikh girl among toppers of Class X exam

02 Aug 2015,





Lahore: A 15-year-old Sikh girl in Pakistan has emerged as the first girl from the minority community to be among the toppers of the Class 10 examination.

Manbir Kaur from Nankana Sahib district of Punjab province has secured more than 1,000 marks in Secondary School Examination (SCE) this year, securing 1,035 marks out of 1,100.

She is not far behind from Shafaq Zahid, topper of the Punjab board of examination who secured 1,080 marks, and Aleena Mohsin who scored 1,079. The result was announced last week.


“She is the first Sikh girl who has got such a good marks in matriculation examination this year. And this very encouraging for her community,” Punjab Assembly member advocate Mary Gill said.


Gill, who belongs to ruling PML-N, told PTI today that the Punjab government will offer Manbir a scholarship at any institution for higher studies.


“Manbir is welcomed to take admission at any government institution in the province. The Punjab government has allocated Rs 20 million scholarship fund for the minority students in the province,” she said, adding an overall Rs 1 billion has been allocated for the development of the minority in Punjab.


Lauding the performance of Manbir, Gill said: “Pakistani Sikh girl students are performing better than (Sikh) boys who often are not interested in studies as they have to contribute to the family livelihood,” she said.


Manbir’s father Giani Prem Singh is the head granthi at Gurdwara Sri Nankana Sahib, some 80 kilometres from here. Their house is not away from Gurdwara Janamasthan, the birth place of Baba Guru Nanak.


“The whole family is delighted over her brilliant performance. Manbir used to study 12 hours a day and her hard work paid off,” he said, adding the Sikh community in the district is proud of his daughter.


More than 200 Sikh families are living in Nankana Sahib. Manbir is mulling to join a private college in Lahore. By virtue of her good marks, she is entitled to a scholarship for both the government and private institutions. Manbir has applied for a pre-medical course (FSc) as she wants to become a doctor.


Citing her own example, Gill said: “No one can stop you from achieving your goal provided one works hard. And minority members are no exceptions.”


She said there might be hurdles for minority students but they must work hard to overcome them.


http://www.indiatvnews.com/news/world/pakistan-sikh-girl-among-toppers-of-class-x-exam-25760.html

 

[P.J.]

American Girl Started a Movement with Used Bars of Soap

American Girl Started a Movement with Used Bars of Soap

August 3, 2015

A girl from the US packed her bags and came to India. When she met kids who were 13 years old and didn’t know what soap was, she had the ingenious idea of recycling soaps, distributing them in slums for better health and hygiene, and empowering women. Here’s more about Sundara soaps and it’s founder Erin Zaikis.

A few years ago, Erin Zaikis saw Slumdog Millionaire, a highly acclaimed movie that portrayed the lives of people in Mumbai slums. Her life hasn’t been the same since then, because she just packed her bags and came down to this country.

“I couldn’t believe that people were living like this. I booked my ticket and came to Mumbai and started working with an orphanage here. I had always lived a very superficial life where materialistic things mattered a lot. But when I came to India, my life was changed. I got a new sense of purpose,”

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After working for a short period at the Mumbai orphanage, Erin went back to the US but her heart was still in India. On graduating from the University of Michigan, she went to rural Thailand. There she met children who had never used soap and didn’t even know how to wash their hands.

When she found out that about 70 million people in India too faced the same issue, she found a reason to return and work in the country that had changed her life.

Erin came back to India in 2014 and started Sundara, an organization that employs several underprivileged women from the slums of Mumbai to recycle soap collected from 15 hotels nearby.

But it wasn’t an easy task. Especially for Erin who has never worked independently on a project like this before.

“I constantly asked people for help and advice. I would ask them to connect me to a few hotels in Mumbai. It took so much time. And after I did connect with some hotels, convincing them to give us their discarded soaps was also a challenge. Earlier, I did not understand why anyone would be sceptical about giving us their waste. But later I learnt that they were scared of getting into any legal trouble in case someone fell sick,” she says.


After a lot of convincing, Erin got a few hotels to partner with her for her initiative. An existing NGO called Gabriel, that provides meals to slum kids, helped introduce Erin to the slum people so she could gain their trust easily.


Gabriel’s team helped her explain her idea to the community. She got in touch with the women of local self-help groups who agreed to help her with the manufacturing of recycled soaps.

Once Erin finally had all the right partners, she just needed to learn how to make new soap bars out of discarded ones and the process couldn’t be simpler. It takes just seven minutes to make one batch of soap bars.

A manually operated, small scale soap recycling machine is used to make new soap bars out of the old ones. Finally, bars are packaged and distributed, along with providing hygiene education. -

Sundara reaches out to over 6,000 children and adults in Mumbai slums. The soap is distributed to a network of over 30 schools and community centers and each regular soap delivery is accompanied by Sundara’s representatives who instruct people on hand washing and other healthy habits.

Sundara has not only inculcated better hygiene awareness among the slum residents but also given an alternate source of income to the women who live there.

http://www.thebetterindia.com/25123...ia-started-a-movement-with-used-bars-of-soap/
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[P.J.]

அப்துல் கலாம் பெயரில் செயல்படும் திட்டத&

அப்துல் கலாம் பெயரில் செயல்படும் திட்டத்துக்கு நடிகர் ராகவா லாரன்ஸ் ஒரு கோடி நன்கொடை

குடியரசு முன்னாள் தலைவர் அப்துல்கலாம் பெயரில் செயல்படும்' பசுமை 'திட்டத்துக்கு நடிகர் ராகவா லாரன்ஸ் ஒரு கோடி ரூபாய் நிதியுதவி அளித்துள்ளார்.

நடிகர் ராகவா லாரன்ஸ் ‘மொட்ட சிவா கெட்ட சிவா‘ மற்றும் 'நாகா' ஆகிய இருபடங்களை நடித்து இயக்கவுள்ளார். இந்த படங்களை வேந்தர் மூவிஸ் தயாரிக்கிறது. இந்த படங்களின் அறிமுக விழா நேற்று சென்னையில் நடந்தது. விழாவின் போது ராகவா லாரன்சுக்கு படத்தை நடித்து இயக்குவதற்கு அட்வான்சாக ஒரு கோடி ரூபாயை வேந்தர் மூவிஸ் மதன் வழங்கினார்.

அந்த தொகையை மறைந்த முன்னாள் குடியரசுத் தலைவர் அப்துல் கலாம் பெயரில் செயல்படும் பசுமை திட்டத்துக்காக ராகவா லாரன்ஸ் நன்கொடையாக வழங்கினார். ‘பசுமை‘ அமைப்பு ஏழை குழந்தைகளின் கல்விக்காக போராடி வருவதோடு, மரக்கன்றுகளை நடும் பணியிலும் ஈடுபட்டு வருகிறது.

http://www.tamilbrahmins.com/newreply.php?do=postreply&t=25497

 

[P.J.]

Covered in tar & unable to move, this amazing rescue saved this dog's life!

Covered in tar & unable to move, this amazing rescue saved this dog's life!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25Jo-DPfYWgPublished on Sep 27, 2014

He had fallen into a pool of hot tar that smothered his body and had became rock-solid. He was stuck to the ground and unable to move. A passerby saw him struggling and called our help-line. After 3 hours of massaging vegetable oil into the thick layer of tar watch his amazing recovery!

 

[P.J.]

One Man's Donated Blood Has Saved More Than Two Million Lives

One Man's Donated Blood Has Saved More Than Two Million Lives

Even though 78-year-old James Harrison hates the sight of blood and has a self-professed low pain tolerance, he has been donating blood nearly every week since he was legally old enough. He was inspired to do so after someone else's donated blood saved his life during a chest operation when he was 14.


While all blood donors have the potential to make a difference in someone's life, Harrison is special. The plasma from his blood has the ability to cure a deadly disease.


In Australia, where Harrison lives, rhesus disease—a condition in which a pregnant woman's blood begins attacking her unborn baby's blood cells—was claiming the lives of thousands of babies a year before 1967. If a pregnant woman has rhesus-negative blood and the baby in her womb has rhesus-positive blood, inherited from its father, the mother's body may react by producing antibodies that actively seek out and destroy the baby's "foreign" blood cells, resulting in brain damage or death.


Shortly after his first donation when he was 18, doctors called Harrison with a big announcement: He might be the solution to this mysterious disease, as his plasma contained a rare rhesus antibody. Over the course of the 1960s, Harrison worked with doctors to develop an injection called Anti-D, which prevents expectant mothers from developing the harmful antibodies. Ever since then, Anti-D has been used to successfully ward off rhesus disease throughout Australia.


"Every bag of blood is precious, but James' blood is particularly extraordinary," says Jemma Falkenmire, of the Australian Red Cross Blood Service. "His blood is actually used to make a life-saving medication, given to moms whose blood is at risk of attacking their unborn babies. Every batch of Anti-D that has ever been made in Australia has come from James' blood. And more than 17% of women in Australia are at risk, so James has helped save a lot of lives."


Over 2,000,000, according to estimates by the Australian Red Cross blood service.


Since the discovery, Harrison has donated plasma more than 1,000 times. But his opportunities are dwindling. In Australia, people must retire from plasma donation at the age of 81, which is just three years away for Harrison.


"I guess for us the hope is there will be people who will donate, who will also ... have this antibody and become life savers in the same way he has, and all we can do is hope there will be people out there generous enough to do it, and selflessly in the way he's done," says Falkenmire.
[h/t CNN]

http://mentalfloss.com/us/go/65072

 

[P.J.]

Most generous boss in the world?

Most generous boss in the world?

For sharing one's own wealth with others one must have a very generous mind

Please read from here

More than 100 Turkish workers at an online food company will share a £17 million windfall after their boss decided they deserved to benefit from its sale.

Nevzat Aydin sold Yemeksepeti, one of Turkey's most successful technology brands, for £378 million in May to German-based Delivery Hero.



Now, each of the firms 114 employees is set to receive a bonus worth around £152,000 - 150 times their monthly salary.



'We did this because if there is a success, we have accomplished it altogether,' Mr Aydin said, according to the Hurriyet Daily News.



Mr Aydin told how some workers cried and others screamed after learning of their good fortune.

They normally earn between £640 and £1,200 each month.



'There were emotions, because you affect the lives of the people,' said Mr Aydin, who is staying on as the firms CEO.



'People can buy homes, cars.



'They can immediately do something otherwise they could not with monthly wages of 3,000-5,000 Turkish Liras.
'It was a good thing; I wish we could have given them more.'



The amount each employee will receive has been determined by their length of service, contribution to the firms success and the impact they will have on its future.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...4-employees-share-17m-windfall-sold-firm.html
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[P.J.]

84 ஆயிரம் மரக்கன்றுகள் நடும் திட்டம்-நடிக&#299

84 ஆயிரம் மரக்கன்றுகள் நடும் திட்டம்-நடிகர் விவேக் வழங்கி தொடங்கி வைத்தார்

ஆகஸ்ட் 05,2015,


சென்னை,

மரக்கன்று வங்கி அமைப்பு சார்பில், மறைந்த முன்னாள் குடியரசு தலைவர் அப்துல் கலாம் நினைவாக அக்டோபர் 14-ந் தேதிக்குள் தமிழகம் முழுவதும் 84 ஆயிரம் மரக்கன்றுகள் நடும் வகையில், “பசுமை அலைகள் 2020” திட்டத்தின் ஒரு பகுதியாக கடந்த 1-ந் தேதி சென்னை விருகம்பாக்கம் மற்றும் வளசரவாக்கம் பகுதிகளில் மரக்கன்றுகள் மற்றும் விதைகள் வினியோகம் செய்யப்பட்டது.

நிகழ்ச்சியை மரக்கன்று வங்கி அமைப்பின் தலைவர் கோ.முல்லைவனம் தொடங்கி வைத்தார். இந்த நிகழ்ச்சியில், நகைச்சுவை நடிகர் விவேக், பின்னணி பாடகி சின்மயி ஆகியோர் சிறப்பு விருந்தினர்களாக கலந்து கொண்டு பொதுமக்களுக்கு மரக்கன்றுகளை வழங்கினர்.

மேற்கண்ட தகவல்கள் மரக்கன்று வங்கி அமைப்பின் தலைவர் கோ.முல்லைவனம் வெளியிட்டுள்ள அறிக்கையில் குறிப்பிடப்பட்டுள்ளது.


http://www.dailythanthi.com/News/Di...andSaplingsPlanting-ProgramFirstCalfActor.vpf

 

[P.J.]

Major Mukund Varadarajan and Naik Neeraj Kumar

Major Mukund Varadarajan and Naik Neeraj Kumar
[h=2]Major Mukund Varadarajan and Naik Neeraj Kumar laid down their lives while battling groups of militants in separate operations in Shopian and Kupwara districts of Kashmir respectively.[/h]


President Pranab Mukherjee presented Ashok Chakra to family members of two army personnel, who laid down their lives combating militants in Kashmir.


Major Mukund Varadarajan and Naik Neeraj Kumar laid down their lives while battling groups of militants in separate operations in Shopian and Kupwara districts of Kashmir respectively, Udhampur-based defence spokesman Colonel S D Goswami told PTI.


"Major Mukund Varadarajan, Company Commander, received information about the presence of three terrorists in village of Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir on April 25, 2014.


This group had targeted polling officials just a day prior.


Major Mukund acted swiftly by deploying troops in an effective cordon and simultaneously evacuated civilians from the target house," the spokesman said.


"This aggressive action forced the terrorists to shift their position to an outhouse in the compound. Major Mukund along with his buddy Sepoy Vikram displaying raw courage, crawled in proximity to the outhouse.


"The officer lobbed a grenade inside the cement outhouse killing one terrorist instantaneously. Another terrorist present in the outhouse opened a burst of auto fire thereby seriously injuring Major Mukund," he said.


The spokesman said although bleeding profusely, the officer crawled ahead unmindful of his grave injury, fired and neutralised the second terrorist.


WE SOLUTE THEIR BRAVERY AND BOW OUR HEAD DOWN FOR THEIR COURAGE

http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/...d-varadarajan-naik-neeraj-kumar/1/415387.html

 

[P.J.]

முதியோர், பார்வையற்றோர் என ஆதரவற்ற 70 ப&#3

முதியவர்கள், பார்வையற்றவர்கள், கூலித்தொழிலாளர்கள் என்று ஆதரவற்ற நிலையில் இருக்கும் 70 பேருக்கு தினமும் தன் வீட்டில் வாழை இலை போட்டு மதிய உணவு பரிமாறி வருகிறார் திருச்சியை சேர்ந்த பாரதி.

அவர்களை தன் அப்பா, அம்மாவாகவே கருதும் அவர், ‘இது அன்னதானம் அல்ல. ஒரு பிள்ளையின் கடமை’ என்று கூறி நெகிழ்கிறார்.

திருச்சி பீமநகரை சேர்ந்தவர் பாரதி (45). திருமணமாகாத இவர் தன் வீட்டின் முன்புறம் இருக்கும் அறையில் ஆதரவற்ற முதியோர், பார்வையற்றோர், கூலித் தொழிலாளர் உட்பட அடித்தட்டு மக்களுக்கு தினமும் உணவு வழங்கிவருகிறார். எந்த எதிர்பார்ப்பும் இல்லாமல் கடந்த 10 ஆண்டுகளாக இச்சேவையில் ஈடுபட்டுவரும் பாரதி, உணவருந்த வரும் முதியோர்களை தன் பெற்றோராகவே பாவிக்கிறார்.


நண்பகல் 12 மணி முதல் பாரதியின் வீட்டுத் திண்ணையில் முதியவர்கள் வந்து அமர தொடங்குகின்றனர். சமையல் பணி முடிந்தவுடன் சரியாக மதியம் 1 மணிக்கு சாப்பிட அழைக்கிறார். 12 பேர் மட்டுமே உட்கார்ந்து சாப்பிடக்கூடிய சிறிய அறை என்பதால், மற்றவர்கள் காத்திருக்கின்றனர்.


தலைவாழை இலை போட்டு இனிப்புடன் உயர்ரக அரிசி சாதம், சாம்பார், ரசம், கூட்டு, பொரியல், அப்பளம் என தினமும் விருந்து போலவே பரிமாறுகிறார். சாப்பிட்டு முடித்ததும் கைகழுவவும் உதவுகிறார். பார்வையற்றவர்கள் தங்கள் காலணியை அணிந்து செல்லும் வரை உடனிருக்கிறார்.


இது மட்டுமின்றி தீபாவளி, பொங்கல் போன்ற பண்டிகை நாட்களின்போது சாப்பிட வரும் முதியோர்களுக்கு வேஷ்டி, சேலை மற்றும் இனிப்புடன் உணவு வழங்குகிறார். இவரது சேவையை பார்த்து பாராட்டுவதோடு, பலர் உதவியும் செய்கின்றனர்.
இதுபற்றி ‘தி இந்து’விடம் பாரதி கூறியதாவது:


‘‘நான் சம்பாதிக்கும் காலக்கட் டத்தில் என் அப்பா, அம்மா இறந்துவிட்டனர். ஆரம்பத்தில் வீடு உள்அலங்காரத் தொழில் செய்தேன். ஏனோ மனம் அதில் ஈடுபடவில்லை. பிள்ளைகள் இருந் தும் முதியவர்கள் பலர் சாலைகளில் சுற்றித்திரிந்தது உறுத்தலாக இருந்தது. என் பகுதியில் இருக்கும் சில ஆதரவற்ற முதியோருக்கு உணவு வாங்கிக் கொடுத்தேன். நாட்கள் ஆகஆக வருவோர் எண்ணிக்கை அதிகரித்தது.


ஆதரவு இல்லாமல், ஒழுங்காக உணவு கிடைக்காமல் இத்தனை பேர் இருக்கிறார்களா என்று அதிர்ச்சி அடைந்தேன். முழுநேரமாக இந்த சேவையில் ஈடுபடுவது என்ற முடிவுக்கு வந்தேன். வீட்டின் கீழ் பகுதியில் இருக்கும் 2 அறைகளை அவர்களுக்காகவே ஒதுக்கினேன். தற்போது ஒரு அறையில் சமையல். இன்னொரு அறையில் சாப்பாடு.


வயதானவர்கள் சாப்பிடும் உணவு என்பதால் சமைப்பதிலும் மிக கவனமாக இருப்பேன். 2004-ல் இந்த சேவையை நான் தொடங்கியது முதலே புஷ்பவள்ளி என்ற மூதாட்டிதான் சமைக்கிறார். தினமும் 70 பேருக்கு மேல் சாப்பிடுகின்றனர். மதியம் 3 மணிக்கு உணவு தீர்ந்துவிடும். அதன் பிறகும் யாராவது வந்தால்கூட உடனே அடுப்பை பற்றவைத்துவிடுவோம். இதை அன்னதானமாக நான் நினைக்கவில்லை. சாப்பிடுபவர் கள் எல்லோரையும் என்னை பெற் றெடுத்த அப்பா, அம்மாவாகவே கருதுகிறேன். அப்பா, அம்மாவுக்கு சோறு போடுவது எப்படி தானமாகும். இதை கடமையாகக் கருதி செய்துவருகிறேன்’’ என்றார்.


இதை அன்னதானமாக நான் நினைக்கவில்லை. சாப்பிடுபவர்கள் எல்லோரையும் என்னை பெற்றெடுத்த அப்பா, அம்மாவாகவே கருதுகிறேன்.

http://tamil.thehindu.com/tamilnadu...ரதியின்-நெகிழவைக்கும்-சேவை/article7502209.ece

 

[P.J.]

For Indian Girl Stuck in Pakistan Salman Khan's Gesture

For Indian Girl Stuck in Pakistan Salman Khan's Gesture

August 04, 2015

New Delhi: The story of Geeta, an Indian stuck in Pakistan after accidentally crossing over as a child, has inspired actor Salman Khan to channel "Bajrangi Bhaijaan," his character in the eponymous film that has made waves on both sides of the border.

"Salman Khan offers to help Geeta. Asks director Kabir Khan to find out how he can help Geeta meet her family," activist and former Pakistan minister Ansar Burney tweeted last night.

Geeta, who is hearing and speech-impaired, was nine when she crossed into Pakistani territory. Personnel of the Punjab Rangers took her to a social welfare organisation, the Edhi Foundation, in Lahore. She soon moved to a home in Karachi.

Geeta can recognise the Indian map but she has not been able to give much more to go on. Officials at her shelter believe she tries to say that her father is from Jharkhand and mother from Telangana. She has also conveyed that she has 11 siblings, including four sisters.

For Geeta, a separate prayer room has been set up at the shelter home with posters of Hindu deities like Ganesha. She has written in her journal: "Maa Baap Bahut Yaad Aate Hain (I really miss my parents)."

Ansar Burney took up Geeta's cause three years ago during a visit to India.

Her story drew fresh attention after the success of the Salman Khan-starrer based on a speech-impaired girl from Pakistan. The actor plays the character Bajrangi Bhaijaan, who takes on the mission of reuniting the girl with her family in Pakistan.


http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/for-...alman-khans-bajrangi-bhaijaan-gesture-1203641

 

[P.J.]

உத்தரகாண்ட் வெள்ளம்: இயற்கையோடு போராடி ப

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வடபுலத்தில் இமயமலையும் கிடுகிடுத்தது. ஊழிக்காற்றோடு ஆகாயத்தை கிழித்து கொண்டு மழை ஆறாய் பாய்ந்தது. கனவிலும் நினைத்து பார்க்க முடியாதபடி திரும்பும் திசையெங்கும் காட்டாற்று வெள்ளம் பெருக்கெடுத்து ஓடியது.

வழிநெடுக ஊர்களை மொத்தமாய் கபளீகரம் செய்தது. புனிதப் பயணம் சென்றவர்களில் ஆயிரத்துக்கும் மேற்பட்டவர்கள் ஜலசமாதியானார்கள். உயிர் தப்பி மலைமுகடுகளிலும், மணல் திட்டுகளிலும் உயிரை கையில் பிடித்தபடி தவித்த லட்சத்துக்கும் மேற்பட்ட இந்திய தேச மக்களை பார்த்து தேசமே பரிதவித்தது.

மாண்டவர்கள் மீண்டு வரப்போவதில்லை. உயிரோடு இருப்பவர்களையாவது காப்பாற்றுங்கள் என்று ஒட்டு மொத்த இதயமும் துடித்தது. அடர்ந்த அந்த வனாந்திரத்துக்குள் வாகனங்கள் செல்ல முடியாது. மனிதர்களும் நடந்து செல்ல முடியாதபடி கங்கை, யமுனை நதி கரையோரம் முற்றிலுமாக உருக்குலைந்து கிடந்தது.

பார்த்தாலே பயமுறுத்தும் அந்த பகுதிக்குள் நுழைந்து நாட்டு மக்களை மீட்டுவர ராணுவ வீரர்கள் களம் இறங்கினார்கள். வைரம் பாய்ந்த உடலும்... தினவெடுத்த தோளும்... எதிரிகளை பந்தாடும் வீரமும் கொண்ட பாரததாயின் வீர புதல்வர்கள் சவாலான பணியில் துணிச்சலுடன் இறங்கினார்கள்.

பத்து, இருபது என்ற எண்ணிக்கையில் களம் இறக்கப்பட்ட ஹெலிகாப்டர்களின் எண்ணிக்கை நிலச்சரிவின் விபரீதத்தை உணர்ந்து 60-க்கும் மேல் உயர்ந்தது.

முதற்கட்டமாக கொட்டிய மழையில் பசியால் நடுங்கி கொண்டிருந்த மக்களுக்கு உணவு பொட்டலங்களை வீசினார்கள். அடுத்ததாக, தவித்த மக்களை மீட்க ஹெலிகாப்டர்கள் மூலம் ராணுவ வீரர்கள் உயிரையும் துச்சமாக நினைத்து காட்டுப்பகுதியில் இறங்கினார்கள்.

கயிறு வழியாக பலர் ஹெலிகாப்டர் மூலம் மீட்கப்பட்டனர். இந்த வகையில் அனைவரையும் மீட்பது சுலபமல்ல என்பதை உணர்ந்து தற்காலிக பாதைகள், பாலங்கள் அமைப்பு பணியில் மின்னல் வேகத்தில் ஈடுபட்டார்கள்.

ஹெலிகாப்டர்கள் மூலம் தளவாட பொருட்களை கொண்டு சென்றனர். மீட்பு பணியில் ஈடுபட்ட 10 ஆயிரத்துக்கும் மேற்பட்ட ராணுவ வீரர்கள் பல்வேறு குழுக்களாக பிரிந்து பணிகளை துரிதப்படுத்தினார்கள்.

கேதார்நாத் அருகில் தற்காலிக ஹெலிகாப்டர் தளம், தரஸ் என்ற இடத்தில் ஹெலிகாப்டர்களுக்கு எரிபொருள் நிரப்பும் தற்காலிக மையம் தயாரானது. பத்ரிநாத்தில் இருந்து 10 கிலோ மீட்டர் தொலைவில் உள்ள லம்பகர் என்ற இடத்தில் ஆற்றின் குறுக்கே கயிற்று பாலம் அமைத்தார்கள். கயிற்று பாலத்தின் மீது தைரியமாக கயிற்றை பிடித்து கொண்டு ஒரு சிலர் நடந்தார்கள்.

பயந்து நடுங்கியவர்கள், பெண்கள், வயதானவர்கள் கடந்து செல்வதற்காக கயிற்றின் மீது ராணுவ வீரர்கள் பாலம்போல் படுத்து கொண்டனர். அவர்களின் முதுகில் ஏறி தவழ்ந்தபடியே அவர்கள் மறுகரையை அடைந்தனர். இப்படி பல இடங்களில் கயிற்று பாலங்கள் தயார் செய்து மீட்பு பணி நடந்தது.

தோளில் சுமந்தும், உயர்ந்த பாறைகளின் மீது தவித்தவர்களை கயிறுகள் மூலமும் மீட்டு வந்தனர். மீட்கப்பட்டவர்களை கோவிந்தகட், ஜோகிமத் ஆகிய பகுதிகளுக்கு அழைத்து வந்தனர். அங்கிருந்து டேராடூன், ரிஷிகேஷ், ஹரித்துவார் ஆகிய இடங்களுக்கு ஹெலிகாப்டரில் அழைத்து சென்றனர்.

இதுவரை 70 ஆயிரத்துக்கும் மேற்பட்டவர்களை மீட்டு விட்டனர். இன்னும் 20 ஆயிரத்துக்கும் மேற்பட்டவர்கள் தவித்து கொண்டிருக்கிறார்கள். அவர்களில் ஒருவரைகூட இழக்க மாட்டோம். எல்லோரையும் பத்தி ரமாக மீட்போம் என்ற சபதத்துடன் களத்தில் நிற்கிறார்கள் நம் ராணுவவீரர்கள்.

பொழுது விடிவது தெரியவில்லை. நேரம் இருட்டுவதை பார்ப்பதில்லை. எவ்வளவு நேரம் முடியுமோ அவ்வளவு நேரமும் தங்கள் உயிர்களை பணயம் வைத்து பக்தர்களின் உயிரை காக்க போராடி கொண்டிருக்கிறார்கள்.

பாதைகள் அமைக்க தடையாய் கிடக்கும் பாறாங்கற்களையும் கூழாங்கற்களாக நினைத்து புரட்டி போடுகிறார்கள். ஜே.சி.பி.எந்திரத்தால் தான்புரட்ட முடியும் என்ற ராட்சத மரங்களைகூட பத்து பதினைந்து பேர் ஆவேசத்துடன் புரட்டி விடுகிறார்கள். பசி, தூக்கத்தை மறந்தார்கள். கோபம் கொப்பளிக்கும் வீரர்கள் முகத்தில் சாந்தமும், உயிர்களை காப்பாற்ற வேண்டும் என்ற வெறியும் தான் தெரிகிறது.

ராணுவ என்ஜினீயர்களின் நுட்பத்தால் பாதைகளும், பாலங்களும் தயாரானது. காட்டுக்குள் அமைக்கப்பட்ட ராணுவ கூடாரங்களில் பலருக்கு மருத்துவ முதலுதவிகளும் செய்யப்படுகிறது. போர்க்களத்தில் புயலாய் பாய்ந்து தாக்கும் வீரர்கள் இயற்கையோடு பேராடி மக்களை மீட்பது மயிர் கூச்செரியும் காட்சிகள். மலையேற வந்த அமெரிக்க வீரர்கள் 6 பேரும் ராணுவத்தால் மீட்கப்பட்டனர். அவர்கள் இந்திய ராணுவத்தை வியந்து பாராட்டுகிறார்கள்.

அடித்தது யோகம்! கிடைத்தது லாபம்! என்ற எண்ணத்தில் ஒரு பரோட்டாவை ரூ.250-க்கு விற்று பணம் பிடுங்குபவர்களும் அந்த பகுதியில் இருக்கிறார்கள். மரண போராட்டம் நடத்துபவர்களிடம் கத்தி முனையில் பணம், நகை பறிக்கும் இரக்கமற்ற கூட்டமும் காட்டுக்குள் அலைகிறது.

இவர்களுக்கு மத்தியில்தான் நம் உயிர் போனாலும் பரவாயில்லை நம் நாட்டு மக்களை பத்திரமாக மீட்க வேண்டும் என்று ஒவ்வொரு ராணுவ வீரனும் களத்தில் நிற்கிறான்.

டெல்லி, உ.பி.யை சேர்ந்த இரு வீரர்கள் மீட்பு பணியில் தங்கள் இன்னுயிரை தியாகம் செய்துள்ளார்கள். கர்நாடகத்தை சேர்ந்த ஒரு வீரர் உயிருக்கு போராடி கொண்டிருக்கிறார். அவர்களைப்பற்றி அவர்கள் கவலை கொள்வதில்லை!

சிவனை தரிசித்து வந்தவர்களுக்கு ஜீவனை மீட்டு கொடுத்த ஒவ்வொரு ஜவானும் சிவனாக காட்சி தருகிறார்கள். ஒவ்வொரு குழுவாக பக்தர்களை பத்திரமாக மீட்டு வந்ததும் ராணுவ வீரர்கள் உச்சரிக்கும் ஜெய்ஹிந்த்! பாரத் மாதாகீஜெய்! என்ற கோஷம் இமயமலையையும் தாண்டி எதிரொலிக்கிறது.


http://www.maalaimalar.com/2013/06/24125727/Uttarakhand-flood-army-rescue.html

 

[P.J.]

Bengaluru Cops Stepped In To Support Their Orphaned Kids

Bengaluru Cops Stepped In To Support Their Orphaned Kids

Aug 5, 2015,


Their father had been murdered and their mother was arrested as an accused in the case. Hunger, homelessness and, worse, an abrupt end to their bright academic careers seemed a certainty for the two kids. Instead, the 17-year-old girl is today attending a private college in Mysuru to pursue Std XI, while her 13-year-old brother goes to a private school in the same city. Just when it looked like there was no escape from the approaching tsunami, a bunch of miracle-workers in khaki appeared on the scene and turned the tide of their lives.

In an overwhelmingly magnanimous gesture, the Rajagopalnagar police not only made an all-out effort to ensure the kids didn't end up on the streets, but they have also taken it upon themselves to provide for the siblings' education.

However, the team had no inkling that a murder case would bring out their most humane and compassionate sides. On May 22, the Rajagopalnagar police found 40-year old Vijay Kumar lying dead in a pool of blood. Their investigations pointed to his wife, 35-year old Malleshwari, as the prime suspect. However, Malleshwari had escaped, taking along a four-year-old daughter.

She had left behind the two older kids, Bhavana and Navneet.

"We brought them and started talking to them. They said they were not going to school as they did not have money. We had already started looking for their mother, but when these two children opened up, we couldn't help but be moved," says Mahanand, police inspector of Rajgopal Nagar police station.

"Their father was dead, their mother was absconding. But the kids couldn't be made to pay a price. Bhavana had scored 71% in Class X and Navneet was brilliant student, studying in Class VIII. Both feared they would have to drop out as they were suddenly left adrift. This set us thinking and we decided we had to help," says Mahanand.

As a first step, the kids were sent to the state home. Mahanand personally spoke to Child Welfare Committee (CWC) members asking them to help as the cops couldn't directly approach schools for admissions since it was a murder case.

CWC officials swung into action and took the initiative to secure admissions for the siblings, while the police also spoke to education department officials. Finally, Bhavana got a seat in a private college, and Navneet joined a private school in Mysuru. Both stay in a government-run state home there.

After the siblings had been anchored into their new lives, police tracked down Malleshwari in July.

She broke down and confessed she had killed her husband as she couldn't endure the battery and violence anymore, especially since he targeted the children.

Malleswari who is accused of murder

Emotions ran high at the police station when Malleswari expressed her desire to speak to her children. The cops connected the kids in Mysuru with their mother over the phone. A policeman says several eyes in the station became moist when Malleswari and the youngest sibling spoke with the other two.

"Malleshwari is in jail. But we regularly call up the kids and will make sure we help them in every way," the police official added.

Not really a random act of kindness, is it?

One act of kindness seemed too good to be true. But a repeat act by the saviours of Bhavana and Navneet puts them firmly in the category of heroes. A28-year old mother had gone missing leaving behind her two kids, aged eight and 10 years old.

Rajgopal Nagar police started investigating the case after a missing complaint was filed. They managed to trace the mother and were happy they would be uniting the mom with the kids. But, in an unexpected twist, the woman refused to accept kids as she had got married to another person.

Once again, the story tugged at their heartstrings. They knew what had to be done. They dug into their pockets again, pooled in funds and admitted the kids into a good English medium school. They have purchased books, shoes and every single thing the kids would need. But that's not enough for the good Samaritans. They pay regular visits to the kids' home to ensure all is well.

Inspector H K Mahanand says Sujatha, who was staying Rajgopalnagar, left her husband a year ago. After that, in the middle of the academic year, she walked out on the rest of her family, including her mother, sister and two young kids. The family is very poor and the kids had to stop going to the government school.

"After Sujatha went missing, her sister came along with the two kids to file a missing complaint. Our team started searching for Sujatha and found her in a village near Mysuru last month," says Inspector Mahanand.

He says they tried to convince her to come back to Bengaluru for the sake of her kids. But, she refused saying she had married another man and was also pregnant with his child. "Left with no choice, we came back. But Sujatha's family would regularly turn up at the station saying they couldn't care for the kids nor could they afford to send them to school anymore."

Mahanand admits it was a tricky situation. When the kids told him they were desperate to study, he knew he couldn't sit back and watch. He immediately went to Kiran English School in RajagopalNagar. "I met a management official and requested two seats for Classes III and IV and told them not to take a single rupee from them."

The team was keen to help out too. "We purchased every single thing the kids would need from books, shoes, bags etc. Both the kids regularly go to school. The teachers say they are very sharp kids who study well. We are also monitoring them and our policemen go to their house once in a week to ask about the children," Mahanand added.

DCP delighted at police initiative

"I am really happy to see our police helping the poor and needy. They are doing their policing in a superb manner and also doing a great job helping the kids of the accused who want to study further. Recently, they helped four such students," said DCP North T R Suresh

http://www.bangaloremirror.com/bang...in-to-fund-education/articleshow/48350741.cms


























http://www.indiatimes.com/news/indi...in-to-support-their-orphaned-kids-243850.html

 

[P.J.]

மனவளர்ச்சி குன்றிய குழந்தைகள் அமைப்புக&#

மனவளர்ச்சி குன்றிய குழந்தைகள் அமைப்புக்கு சாகித் அப்ரிடி ரூ. 20 லட்சம் நன்கொடை!

(06/08/2015)

கராச்சி : பாகிஸ்தான் கிரிக்கெட் வீரர் சாகித் அப்ரிடி களத்தில் ஆக்ரோஷம் காட்டினாலும், கிரிக்கெட் மூலம் தான் சம்பாதிக்கும் பணத்தை பெரும்பாலும் நாட்டு நலனுக்காகவே செலவிட்டு வருபவர்.

கிராமங்களுக்கு சாலை போடுவது, புற்றுநோய் மருத்துவமனை கட்டுவது போன்ற அறப்பணிகளில் சாகித் அப்ரிடி ஈடுபட்டு வருகிறார். கராச்சி நகரில் செயல்பட்டு வரும் உடல் மற்றும் மனவளர்ச்சி குன்றிய குழந்தைகளுக்கான 'தாருல் சுகான்' என்ற அமைப்புக்கு நேற்று சாகித் அப்ரிடி சென்றார்.


அங்கு மன வளர்ச்சி குன்றிய குழந்தைகளுடன் சிறிது நேரம் செலவிட்ட அப்ரிடி, அவர்களின் தேவைகளை கேட்டறிந்தார். மருத்துவமனையில் சிகிச்சை பெற்று வரும் குழந்தைகளுடன் பேசியும் மகிழ்ந்தார். மனவளர்ச்சி குன்றிய குழந்தைகளின் நலனுக்காக 20 லட்சம் பாகிஸ்தான் பணத்தையும் நிதியுதவியாக சாகித் அப்ரிடி அளித்தார்.
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[P.J.]

Australian burns survivor Turia Pitt returns to the water, determined to surf

Australian burns survivor Turia Pitt returns to the water, determined to surf



It's been three years since Turia Pitt was caught in a ferocious bush fire after being trapped in a remote gorge while running a 100km marathon in Western Australia.

The bushfire which injured competitors including Tuia in the ultramarathon in Western Australia's Kimberley region in 2011

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The 26-year-old suffered severe burns to 64 per cent of her body in 2011, fought back from a two-month coma and rehabilitated from more than 100 operations.

But her journey to recovery continues as she's determined to overcome yet another obstacle - getting back on her surfboard and ride 'some of the world's most perfect and uncrowded waves'.

Sydney award-winning filmmaker Mark Brightwell, known for co-creating hit surf film Raw The Movie, will be documenting Turia's return to surfing.



The pair are trying to raise $60,000 for the film through crowd-funding.


'Phoenix is about overcoming adversity and never giving up and finding that piece of inner strength that we all have inside of us,' Turia said on Pozible.



The burns survivor hopes to return to Tahiti, which is where she was born.

'I really think that's where my love for ocean began,' Turia said.



'I've always had such a strong connection with the water and that was something that I definitely lost during the 2011 Kimberley ultramarathon.

'Three years on, my fight back continues.'

Turia, who was a part-time model and 2007 contestant in Miss Earth Australia, received skin grafts on her back, legs and face.

She's had half of her left foot amputated while half of her right index finger is missing and her other fingers remain scarred and disfigured.

'I guess this movie is not just about surfing, it's about getting back into the water, reclaiming my fitness and shooting in some of the world's best surfing locations,' Turia said.



Brightwell, who will be directing the film, told Daily Mail Australia he was captivated by Turia's determination, passion and her never-give-up attitude.



'Phoenix is a bird that is burnt to ashes and rises again and that's obviously symbolic to Turia's story,' he said.

'I've always wanted to create a film that would make a difference in people's lives and Phoenix the documentary is that opportunity.


'While I want to capture Turia's return to surfing, which has been a big part of her upbringing, through this film we also want to give people who've suffered tragedy hope and show them there is light at the end of the tunnel.'


Among Turia's many talents she is a mining engineer, the author of 'Everything to live for' and a motivational speaker.

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She also one of the winners of the NSW Premier's 2014 Women of the Year Awards.



Phoenix is set to be released in 2015.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...itt-determined-surf-worlds-perfect-waves.html
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[P.J.]

Girl, 5, saves family from crash by hiking barefoot for help

Girl, 5, saves family from crash by hiking barefoot for help




A heroic 5-year-old Canada girl saved her family's life after a horrific car crash by crawling out of the wreckage and climbing barefoot up a steep embankment to flag down help.





Little Lexi Shymanski managed to get herself out of her car seat and pull herself from the smashed SUV after her mother fell asleep at the wheel and veered down a 40-foot ridge, the family said.


"It's crazy," her mother Angela Shymanski told Metro. "I only can remember one or two times where she got out of her five-point harness previously. She somehow got out, adrenaline or whatever, and barefoot hiked up the embankment."


The quick-thinking tot may be the reason her mother and then-10-week-old baby brother Peter are still breathing after the June 8 wreck outside the mountainous town of Jasper in western Alberta, Canada.


She unclipped the harness on her car seat, which was lodged against the seat in front of her, opened the damaged car's passenger door and made her way up the rugged terrain without any shoes, Metro reported.


Then the brave girl flagged down a passing car and told the driver what happened.


The motorist rescued baby Peter and went back to the road to ask another driver, who ended up being a paramedic, for help with the children's unconscious mother.


"It's amazing and we're just so glad she did that," Angela Shymanski said.


The family started a GoFundMe page, raising more than $19,000 after the crash rendered the mom-of-two confined to a wheelchair.


Angela Shymanski, who worked as a swim teacher, broke her back in two places, underwent surgery to repair internal bleeding and had some organs removed, she said.


Peter needed neurosurgery to reduce brain swelling, but little Lexi made it out with only scratches.
The three were airlifted to a hospital, where they stayed for 19 days.


They're now recovering, but the little hero appears "blissfully unaware" of her lifesaving actions, Metro reported.


"She just doesn't know what it means," her mother said. "She's just 5 years old and so happy to be home and playing with her dog and her ducks."


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http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world...iking-barefoot-for-help/ar-BBlrv0E?ocid=fbmsn

 

[P.J.]

A staggering 173 medals for India at Special Olympics, PM congratulates

A staggering 173 medals for India at Special Olympics, PM congratulates

Aug 05, 2015

Mumbai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday congratulated all participants and medal winners who made India proud by winning 173 medals at the Special Olympic World Summer Games 2015 in Los Angeles.


"Achievements of Indian contingent at @LA2015 @SpecialOlympics are truly gladdening. They are India's pride," Modi tweeted.


"The @LA2015 @SpecialOlympics were a triumph of determination, hardwork & sportsman spirit. Congratulations to all athletes who participated," he tweeted.


The performance by the Indian contingent has been outstanding.


Athletes won 173 medals -- 47 gold, 54 silver and 72 bronze.
India had won 156 medals -- 56 gold, 48 silver and 52 bronze -- in the last edition of the games held in Athens, Greece.


The Games were held in Los Angeles from July 25 to August 2. It had competitions in 25 disciplines.
The Indian contingent comprised 275 athletes and coaches in 14 disciplines.


Some of the outstanding performances by Indian athletes include that by Ranvir Singh Saini, who created history by becoming the first Indian golfer to win a gold medal.


Roller skating athletes won 39 medals -- 10 gold, 17 silver and 12 bronze.


A contingent of specially-abled people from the Delhi government-run Asha Kiran Home won 7 medals -- 3 gold and 4 bronze.


Phoolan Devi won the first gold for India in power-lifting (bench press). She also won three bronze medals in power-lifting (all lifts, dead-lift and squat lift), while Sonakshi won a bronze in power-lifting (bench press).


Indian athletes won 47 medals in athletics, which was the main contribution to the medal's tally.


http://www.ibnlive.com/news/sports/...pecial-olympics-pm-congratulates-1030486.html

 

[P.J.]

தமிழகத்திலும் ஒரு ஆஸ்கர் பிஸ்டோரியஸ்!

தமிழகத்திலும் ஒரு ஆஸ்கர் பிஸ்டோரியஸ்!


மாற்றுத்திறனாளிகளுக்கு உதாரணமாக திகழ்ந்தவர் பிரபல தென்ஆப்ரிக்க ஓட்டப்பந்தய வீரர் ஆஸ்கர் பிஸ்டோரியஸ். ஊனமான தனது கால்களில் பிளேடுகளை பொருத்திக் கொண்டு அவர் ஓடுவதை பார்த்தாலே தன்னம்பிக்கை அதிகரித்து விடும்.

கடந்த 2012ஆம் ஆண்டு ஆகஸ்ட் 4ஆம் தேதி, லண்டன் ஒலிம்பிக் போட்டியில் சாதாரண வீரர்களுடன் இணைந்து 400 மீட்டர் ஓட்டத்தில் பங்கேற்க பிஸ்டோரியசும் தகுதி பெற்றார். உலகிலேயே இத்தகைய பெருமையை பெற்ற ஒரே மாற்றுத்திறனாளி தடகள வீரர் ஆஸ்கர் பிஸ்டோரியஸ்தான்.

தற்போது இந்தியாவில் இருந்தும் ஆஸ்கர் பிஸ்டோரியஸ் போலவே மற்றொரு வீரர் புறப்பட்டுள்ளார். தஞ்சாவூரை சேர்ந்த ஆனந்த், முன்னாள் ராணுவ வீரர் ஆவார். இந்தியா- பாகிஸ்தான் எல்லையில் நடந்த குண்டு வெடிப்பில் சிக்கி, ஆனந்த் தனது கால்களை இழந்தார். அதற்கு பின் ராணுவத்தில் இருந்து விலகிய ஆனந்த், ஆஸ்கர் பிஸ்டோரியஸ் போல விளையாட்டுத்துறையில் சாதிக்க வேண்டுமென ஆர்வம் கொண்டுள்ளார்.


இதற்காக தற்போது பெங்களூரு காண்டிவரா மைதானத்தில் தீவிர பயிற்சியில் ஈடுபட்டு வருகிறார். மாற்றுத்திறனாளிகளுக்காக உலகத் தடகளத்தில் பங்கேற்று சாதிக்க வேண்டுமென்பதே தற்போது ஆனந்தின் ஒரே லட்சியம். கால்களை இழந்தாலும் மனோதிடத்தை இழக்காத ஆனந்தின் லட்சியம் வெற்றி பெற வாழ்த்துவோம்.


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