CORRUPTION INDEX PERFORMANCE OF INDIA

We the Indian are proud of various achievements of our country in various fields . I am also one to be proud about our achievements . But this survey data is not to be proud about , to any of our Indian citizens .

We all know corruption has become a part of our life . The corruption has spread it's hands from here and there. Everybody would have come across corruption in their life one or many time .

Recently a survey has been released about least corrupted countries and worst corrupted countries .

This corruption perception index 2010 was released by Transparency International. In the scale score 10 means very clean , and score 0 means highly corrupted . In this survey of the178 countries Denmark , Newzealand, Singapore came first in the corruption perception index 2010 . That means they are cleaner countries . Their score is 9.3 each .

Of the major countries Canada stood in the 6 th place with 8.9 points . Australia and Switzerland in the 8 th position . USA is in 22 nd position with 7.1 points. Russia fared poor . They are in the 154 th position with just 2.1 points.

Wonder where our India placed ? It is in the 87 th position with just 3.3points . Our neighbour China is in 78th position with 3.5 points . What about Pakistan ? They are with 2.3 points in the 143rd position .

The last country in the 178th place is Somalia with just 1.1 points. Nearly one third of the 178 countries scored below five points . When will we Indians be in the list of clean countries ?

ASHES THIRD TEST

In a surprise the Australian team beat England team in the ashes third test played at the W.A.C.A stadium at Perth.

The England team which fought the first two tests superbly , surprisingly surrendered to the Australian team with out a fight. This gives the much needed boost and confidence to the Australian team in the remaining two tests.


In the first innings Australian's scored 268 runs , with the contribution from the reliable Mike Hussey who scored 61 runs. Brad Haddin and Mitchell Johnson who was dropped in the second test for poor form scored some valuable runs . The former scored 53 runs and the latter scored 62 runs. For England Anderson and Tremlerr claimed 3 wickets each.

The England replied in a pathetic way . Only Strauss , and Bell crossed 50 runs and they only able to score 187 runs only. For Australia Johnson suddenly regained form , who bowled ordinarily in the previous matches , claimed 6 wickets.

In the second innings Australia scored 309 runs with Hussey top scored with 116 runs and Watson scored 95 runs. The pathetic form of ponting continued in this match also . He only able to score 12 and 1 run in both innings .


The England never gave a fight and surrendered meekly to the Aussie bowling cheaply for 123 runs . This time Ryan Harris claimed 6 wickets and helped Australia equal the series so far with 1 each . Australia and Ponting had a sigh of relief with this win , and may face their remaining two matches with confidence. On the other hand England have to work hard to win the series .

RAHUL DRAVID - TEST'S THIRD HIGHEST RUN GETTER

The wall of Indian cricket Rahul Dravid achieved a mile stone in the on going test match against South Africa at Super sport park Centurion in South Africa .

When he scored 11 runs yesterday he became the test's third highest run getter surpassing Brian Lara's 11,953 runs . He achieved this feast in his 148th test match .

With Sachin Tendulkar remaining in number one position with more than 14,000 runs from 175 tests, this achievement from Rahul Dravid tell the story of
Indian's domination of the world cricket .

Ricky Ponting with his more than 12,000 runs remain in the second top. Jacques Kallis with 11449 runs is the only batsmen who can compete with Rahul . The race to second and third position will be an interesting contest in the coming days.

With all these players age more than 35 , and may be these players will be in their end of their carrier, with one or two years of playing possible for all these players, this will also make this competition more fiery and more interesting in the coming days .

ஸ்ரீ அன்னையின் அருளுரை - யோகம்

யோகம் என்றால் இறைவனுடன் ஐக்கியமடைதல் என்பது பொருள். இந்த ஐக்கியம் சமர்ப்பணத்தின் மூலம் நிறைவேறும் . நீ உன்னை இறைவனுக்குக் கொடுப்பதன் அடிப்படையில் அது நிகழும்.

"நான் இறைவனின் தொண்டன், என்னுடைய வாழ்வை முற்றிலுமாக இறைவனுக்கே கொடுத்துவிட்டேன். இனி எனது முயற்சியெல்லாம் தெய்வ வாழ்வை அடையும் பொருட்டாகவே இருக்கும்." என்று உணர வேண்டும் . நீ இறைவனுக்குச் சொந்தமானவன் என்பதை நீ ஒவ்வொரு அடியிலும் உணர வேண்டும்.

நீ எதைச் சிந்தித்தாலும், எதைச் செய்தாலும் இறை உணர்வே உன் மூலம் செயல்படுகிறது என்பது உனது இடைவிடாத அனுபவமாக இருக்க வேண்டும்.

இடைவிடாது இறைவனுடைய சாந்நியத்தில் வாழ வேண்டும். இந்த சாந்நித்தியமே உன்னை இயக்குகிறது. நீ செய்வதையெல்லாம் செய்விக்கிறது என்னும் உணர்வுடன் வாழ வேண்டும் .

உனது மனச்செயல்கள் ஒவ்வொன்றையும் மட்டுமல்லாமல், ஒவ்வொரு சிந்தனையையும், உணர்ச்சியையும் மட்டுமல்லாமல், சாதாரணப் புறச் செயல்களையும் அதற்கு அர்ப்பணிக்க வேண்டும் .

தியானத்தின்போதுஉனது உடலும் புறவாழ்வும் மாற்றம் அடையாமலேயே இருக்கும்.

FIRST TIED TEST MATCH IN CRICKET HISTORY

Yesterday December 14th was a land mark day in the Test Cricket history.

Yes , exactly 50 years before, on December 14th 1960 , the first ever tied test match happened at the Brisbane cricket ground .

The match was played between Australia and the West Indies teams from December 9th to 14th .

Those were the days test cricket were played for six days though the match was held for 5 days only , with a rest day in between . In the first innings West Indies scored 453 runs , after a disastrous start of 65 for 3 wickets , thanks to Garfield Sober's 132 runs. Worrell , Solomon , Alexander , W.Hall were the other batsmen who scored more than 50 runs .Allan Davidson claimed 5 wickets for 135 runs. L.F. Kline took 3 wickets for 52 runs.

In the reply Australia scored 505 runs with the help of Norm o Neill's 181 runs . He played for 401 minutes according to records to score these runs. Mcdonald and R.B.Simpson scored 57 and 92 runs respectively. Hall took 4 wickets for 140 runs.

In the second innings West Indies scored 284 runs with Kanhai, Worrell, and Solomon contributed with their bat, and Allan Davidson again scalped 6 West indies wickets for 87 runs .

And Australians were set a target of 233 runs to win . With Davidson and R.Benaud were the players only able to score more than 50 with a score of 80 and 52 respectively , and Hall's 5 wicket for 63 runs made Australians score 232 runs only and the West Indies able to clinch a first ever tie in a test match .

AKSHAYAPATRA-FEED A CHILD PROGRAM

"Those give meals to one, is the one who gives life to him " this is a proverb in Tamil. Yes in our life we will not satisfy for any thing , except food .



In India there are lot of children are not going to school because they are not able to get even a meal for one time a day . These underprivileged children first need food to survive , and this holy mission is carried out by an organisation called "Akshyapatra Foundation" in Bangalore.


This foundation was started by "Sri.Bhakthivedanta swami Prabupadha "in June 2000 and now they feed more than 12 lakhs children across India .




You can have more news about them from their website www.akshayapatra.org.

WHERE ARE WE GOING ?

Recently I went to attend a function of one my relative . There I met one of my relation who is an old man and who is in his eighties.

Though he has sons and daughters who are all well off now , he is now living in an old age people home. One of his son has brought him to attend the function from the home.The old man is in the old age people home for couple of years.

When I had a chat with that old man , I was surprised by his words. When I asked him , after this function are you going to reside again with one of your sons or daughters? Have you vacate your home ? The old man replied in negative . He said he is very much like to stay in the old age home., rather than staying in his sons or daughters home. Enough is enough . Now I enjoy a peaceful, pleasant life . After my wife's death, I was treated like an odd person to live, with my sons , their wives, and even for my daughters. They all thought that , i am like an unwanted luggage to carry with them . I lost all my freedom, all my peace . Though me and my wife struggled very hard to give a good life to my sons and my daughters where they are now . All my life went with my wife .

But in the home I realize my self , I am very busy with my other friends who are also in their end of their life, who are also left by their sons or others for one or other reasons. We enjoy our world .We draw, we sing , we read , we do all sort of things we did in our young days . All I want now is let God take me to him at the earliest and in a peaceful manner.

Why this is happening in a country known for it's cultures. For the last two generations people prefer short families. We shrink our family to our self, our wife , our children . That's all . There is no place for elders . We easily forget the people who brought up us , by whom we are now in a position in the society , that is "OUR PARENTS" .

We find time to spend with our wife,our children , our friends, our neighbours , , but we never find time to spare with our parents . With out their sacrifice will we be here ? All they need is some kind words , kind attention , that's all !

In a country known for it's rich heritage , and culture isn't a shame for all of us , not protecting our elder parents in their old age ?

WHERE ARE WE GOING ?