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 ?

Interesting fact about letter A B C D

Here is an interesting fact about letters A, B, C, D .

Letter A,B,C,D do not appear in the spelling of 1 to 99

Letter D comes for the first time in 100 .

Letter A,B,C do not appear in the spelling of 1 to 999

Letter A comes for the first time in 1000 .

Ltr B, C do not appear in the spelling of 1 to 999,999,999

Ltr B appear for the first time in billion

Ltr C do not appear any where in the spelling of english counting .

2010 - ASHES - 2ND TEST

The misery of Ponting's men seems to be an unending story . Once strong in world cricket , the Australian's were not able to find their winning mantra once again , and fall to England in the second test played at Adelaid Oval . England resumed from where they left in the first test , and dominated the second test also . In the first innings once again Mike Hussey rescued the Australians with his valuable 93 and Haddin and Watson were the other contributors for Australia with their fifty plus score. Ponting's poor batting form continues and still he struggle with his bat , Australians will be in trouble with lot of new players in the fray. The second test fully belong to England and in their reply they scored a big 620 runs for loss of five wickets , thanks to the form found batsman Kevin Pietersen who scored 227 runs . Again Cook , Trott, Bell all played valuable knocks and put England in a commanding position . The 375 runs lead seems to be a hill to be climbed task for the Ponting's men and they were all out for 304 runs and lost the test with a innings to spare . As i already wrote unless Ponting find his rhythm , and able to score huge runs it will be a tough challange to him and his team to find winning ways . With this win England registered their 100th win against Australia and move one up against Australia in the Ashes series . Ponting first time in 10 year period fell below top 20 in Test batsman ranking and it shows all . With the third test going to played from 16th at Perth , the Australians will be in search for their winning habit, and may bounce back or will they surrender to this England team ? Let us wait and watch .

2010 ASHES - 1ST TEST

In the ongoing ashes series in Australia it was England who emerge in top so far. Once dominant Australians were not able to find an answer for their declining form .

In the first test at Brisbane though Australians were able to gain control of the match for first 3 days . In the first innings England made 260 runs only with Ian Bell's 76 . Siddle took 6 wickets and able gain some respect for Australians in the first innings .

Australians gave a strong reply thanks to Mike Hussey's 195 who is in good form so far in the series and the only man the Australians hope to save their matches , and Haddin's 136 .

Every one thought that the match is going to be won by the Australians , the top order batsmen of England thought other wise and while Strauss and Trott scored hundreds , Cook was unbeaten on 235 , and they scored 517 runs for 1 wicket loss .

From this the Australians were not able to recover. The depleted Australian bowling resource exposed and the first test ended in a draw.

TRUST YOUR GOD

Once a man was walking on a shaking bridge and feared for his life . Suddenly he saw the god on the other side of the bridge. The man was happy , and asked the God to come near to him.

But the God did not come near to him. The man got upset , and angry with the God and thought to him self that from now on wards i will not believe God and will not worship him . He crossed the shaking bridge with very difficulty and reached the other end and felt relieved. When he reached the other end , he saw that the God was holding the broken end of the bridge in his hand . The man felt ashamed , and felt sorry for his thoughts. Always trust your God. He is always with you . In our good times and in our bad times .

ஸ்ரீ விவேகானந்தர் அருளுரை - இறைவன் யார் ?

இறைவன் என்பது யார்? யாரிடம் பிரபஞ்சத்தின் தோற்றம், நிலைபெறல், ஒடுக்கம் இவை நடைபெறுகின்றனவோ அவரே கடவுள். அவர் என்றும் உள்ளவர்,

அவர் எப்போதும் தூயவர், என்றும் சுதந்திரர், எல்லாம் வல்லவர், எல்லாம் அறிந்தவர், கருணை வடிவினர், குருவிற்கெல்லாம் குருவானவர், எல்லாவற்றிற்கும் மேலாக அந்த இறைவன் சொல்லுக்கு அடங்காத அன்பு வடிவினன் .

பிரம்மத்தைப் பற்றி மனித மனத்தினால் உணர முடிந்த மிகவுயர்ந்த கருத்து இறைவன்.