Never fear for shadows. Sunlight is human spirit. We cannot flower
and grow without it.
Balasubramanian
Ambattur
and grow without it.
Balasubramanian
Ambattur
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East :decision: West.
We in the east celebrate the new year by visiting temples and doing special puja. The day dawns auspiciously and we hope that it will continue throughout the new year.
In the west they get up with a hangover / splitting head-ache,
on the very first day of the new year!
They even vomit and ruin the house and home by excessive drinking. :spit:
The red eyed man I saw yesterday (his eyes were live coals)
tried to establish his RIGHT to get drunk! :high5:
I told him, "Go ahead and get drunk which is your birthright.
But drink with your own money!" :moony:
We in the east celebrate the new year by visiting temples and doing special puja. The day dawns auspiciously and we hope that it will continue throughout the new year.
In the west they get up with a hangover / splitting head-ache,
on the very first day of the new year!
They even vomit and ruin the house and home by excessive drinking. :spit:
The red eyed man I saw yesterday (his eyes were live coals)
tried to establish his RIGHT to get drunk! :high5:
I told him, "Go ahead and get drunk which is your birthright.
But drink with your own money!" :moony:
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Am I missing something??? 
Is it my imagination???
Has the ash been doused by water or blown away by wind? :rain:
Will something resurrect from it like a phoenix? :noidea:
Is it my imagination???
Has the ash been doused by water or blown away by wind? :rain:
Will something resurrect from it like a phoenix? :noidea:
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So many worlds, so much to do,
So little done, such things to be. :roll:
There lives more faith in honest doubt,
believe me than in half the creeds.
Kind hearts are more than coronets, :drama:
And simple faith than Norman blood. :decision:
Lord Tennyson.
So little done, such things to be. :roll:
There lives more faith in honest doubt,
believe me than in half the creeds.
Kind hearts are more than coronets, :drama:
And simple faith than Norman blood. :decision:
Lord Tennyson.
I understand it took a number of Centuries to decide whether January 1 can be
accepted as a New Year day by different Countries like Britain, Russia, Greece,
Netherlands, etc because each was adopting their own Calendar. Finally,
Gregorian came to the lime light to lead the front and January 1 was atleast
chosen and adopted.
Similarly, in Tamil Nadu, a question has arisen whether Thai Pongal will be New Year
or Chithirai (Tamil Month) 1 will be New Year. Here the Country is not different,
State is not different, but only the group of people are different.
Balasubramanian
Ambattur
accepted as a New Year day by different Countries like Britain, Russia, Greece,
Netherlands, etc because each was adopting their own Calendar. Finally,
Gregorian came to the lime light to lead the front and January 1 was atleast
chosen and adopted.
Similarly, in Tamil Nadu, a question has arisen whether Thai Pongal will be New Year
or Chithirai (Tamil Month) 1 will be New Year. Here the Country is not different,
State is not different, but only the group of people are different.
Balasubramanian
Ambattur
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Forward, forward let us range,
Let the great world spin for ever down the ringing grooves of change. :bowl:
Faultily faultless, icily regular, splendidly null.
Gorgonised me from head to foot :suspicious:
With a stony British stare.
Lord Tennyson.
Let the great world spin for ever down the ringing grooves of change. :bowl:
Faultily faultless, icily regular, splendidly null.
Gorgonised me from head to foot :suspicious:
With a stony British stare.
Lord Tennyson.
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Quotes of J.R.Oppenheimer
J.Robert Oppenheimer, father of the nuclear bomb quoted from Bhagavad Gita the following lines after seeing the results of the first nuclear explosion in New Mexico desert on July 16, 1945:
"We knew the World will not be the same.A few people laughed, a few people cried. Most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad-Gita; Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty, and to impress him, takes on his multi-armed form and says, 'Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.' I suppose we all thought that, one way or another."
Brahmanyan,
Bangalore.
J.Robert Oppenheimer, father of the nuclear bomb quoted from Bhagavad Gita the following lines after seeing the results of the first nuclear explosion in New Mexico desert on July 16, 1945:
"We knew the World will not be the same.A few people laughed, a few people cried. Most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad-Gita; Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty, and to impress him, takes on his multi-armed form and says, 'Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.' I suppose we all thought that, one way or another."
Brahmanyan,
Bangalore.
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Atomic energy is a sharp doubled edged sword. :fear:
It can be used in one hundred wise constructive ways :bump2:
or in one foolish destructive way. :attention:
It is up to the man to be wise enough to handle
the sharp sword without hurting himself. :decision:
It can be used in one hundred wise constructive ways :bump2:
or in one foolish destructive way. :attention:
It is up to the man to be wise enough to handle
the sharp sword without hurting himself. :decision:
Age is a very high price to pay for maturity. The older one becomes the better he realizes
where he was. Self-styled Persons they normally fail to talk about others.
Balasubramanian
Ambattur
where he was. Self-styled Persons they normally fail to talk about others.
Balasubramanian
Ambattur
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Maturity = age in 99% cases! :moony:
unless a 'young' person :llama:
carries an 'old head' :nerd: on his neck!
unless a 'young' person :llama:
carries an 'old head' :nerd: on his neck!
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Battering the gates of heaven :ballchain:
with storms of prayer.
ray:
My strength is as the strength of ten,
Because my heart is pure. :high5:
Some work of noble note may yet be done,
Not unbecoming men that strove with Gods. :angel:
Lord Tennyson.
with storms of prayer.
ray:My strength is as the strength of ten,
Because my heart is pure. :high5:
Some work of noble note may yet be done,
Not unbecoming men that strove with Gods. :angel:
Lord Tennyson.
Maturity is generally achieved when a person accepts that life is full of
ups and downs. Further, to be mature, means to face, not evade or escape,
every crisis that comes afresh. Last but not the least, Youth condemns
but maturity condones.
Balasubramanian
Ambattur
ups and downs. Further, to be mature, means to face, not evade or escape,
every crisis that comes afresh. Last but not the least, Youth condemns
but maturity condones.
Balasubramanian
Ambattur
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Who could be THAT solitary READER who visits my blog
"Naughty poems long and short" everyday :roll:
and reads only the home page :ranger:
and goes back - without reading any one of the 160 poems
posted??? :shocked:
"Naughty poems long and short" everyday :roll:
and reads only the home page :ranger:
and goes back - without reading any one of the 160 poems
posted??? :shocked:
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He who meanly admires mean things is a snob. :hat:
'Tis strange what a man may do, :spy:
and a woman yet think him an angel. :angel:
'Tis is not the dying for a faith that's so hard.
Every man of every nation has done it.
'Tis living up to it that is difficult. :moony:
William Thackeray.
'Tis strange what a man may do, :spy:
and a woman yet think him an angel. :angel:
'Tis is not the dying for a faith that's so hard.
Every man of every nation has done it.
'Tis living up to it that is difficult. :moony:
William Thackeray.
In an Office between two Colleagues, one said to the other.
"I do not want to take a decision in this. I want to do this
because I like to do this."
Balasubramanian
Ambattur
"I do not want to take a decision in this. I want to do this
because I like to do this."
Balasubramanian
Ambattur
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Unable to solve the problem, the people are running from pillar to
post. They are at their wit's end.
But there can be only one end for a non-existing thing,
since the beginning and the end will be coinciding! :doh:
Front end? :decision: Tail end?
post. They are at their wit's end.
But there can be only one end for a non-existing thing,
since the beginning and the end will be coinciding! :doh:
Front end? :decision: Tail end?
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From the music of the mighty Beethoven
to the song of the little brown bird. :sing:
The gracious power of Sleep' s fine alchemy.
Some dark presence watching by my bed, :fear:
The awful image of a nameless dread. :scared:
James Thomson.
to the song of the little brown bird. :sing:
The gracious power of Sleep' s fine alchemy.
Some dark presence watching by my bed, :fear:
The awful image of a nameless dread. :scared:
James Thomson.
I always compromise with my friends on many issues, but I do not feel sad if
I admit when I am wrong and they agree with me and ignore.
Balasubramanian
Ambattur
I admit when I am wrong and they agree with me and ignore.
Balasubramanian
Ambattur
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Loyalty is very good.:clap2:
But logic is better. :high5:
But logic is better. :high5:
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A man who is drowning will have the strength of ten men.
In his struggle to stay alive he would pull under water
his saviour along with him very often.
I have heard that the saviour is safer when he approaches
from behind the drowning person. Is it true???
In his struggle to stay alive he would pull under water
his saviour along with him very often.
I have heard that the saviour is safer when he approaches
from behind the drowning person. Is it true???
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I love the words over and out. 
They are so powerful and convey so much in
three short words, composed of just 9 alphabets!
They are so powerful and convey so much in
three short words, composed of just 9 alphabets!
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There are two other short sentences - coined by my two sons
when they were mere kids - which are as effective as this one.
My younger son's "Go and jump!" :moony:
and my elder son's "Keep wanting!" :high5:
when they were mere kids - which are as effective as this one.
My younger son's "Go and jump!" :moony:
and my elder son's "Keep wanting!" :high5:
Pepsodent G, what are preparation A through preparation G.
Balasubramanian
Ambattur
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Ambattur
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G may stand for General (public)!
Or it may be representing the word Great!!
Or it may be representing the word Great!!
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Why didn't I think of it before :doh:
G can only stand Gums or Germs
Gums :decision: Germs
G can only stand Gums or Germs
Gums :decision: Germs
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