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Welcome To Warrier's COLLAGE On Saturday, September 7, 2024 Good Morning Today is Vinayaka Chaturthi 🙏 M G Warrier A Ganapathy Atharvashirshopanishad https://youtu.be/_IDbxwRHwCU?si=hIBBMtrHYsDxYTIv B Vinayaka Chaturthi https://www.bankbazaar.com/indian-holiday/ganesh-chaturthi-holiday.html Ganesh Chaturthi commemorates the birth of Lord Ganesha, who is thought to be the child of Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati. Hindu mythology holds that Lord Shiva gave Ganesha existence after Parvati fashioned him from the dirt on her body. People from different communities and backgrounds come together for the widely observed and inclusive celebration of Ganesh Chaturthi in India. As individuals from various castes, religions, and social classes take part in the festivities, it promotes a sense of solidarity. Since it has been observed for so long, the festival is significant both historically and culturally. It is an essential component of Indian heritage and culture.

Welcome To Warrier's COLLAGE On Teachers' Day (Thursday, September 5), 2024 A Today is Teachers' Day B Guru Vandanam https://youtu.be/LR7bXN0VcKQ?si=Ifp3LNvY0jj7Dbf- C Respect the teacher https://brah.ma/shlok/janitaa-chopanetaa-cha-yastu-vidyaam-prayachchati Teacher commands the same respect as one's father. D Teaching as a career In our childhood, children loved to become a teacher while in small classes because we thought it was a powerful job. Then preferences shifted to bus conductor, police man and so on. Children from rich families were trained to aspire to become doctors and engineers. Career counseling was unheard of. "Me too" started my career as a teacher. Within a month, left that and joined a quasi government organisation as a clerk. Shifted a couple of jobs and retired from RBI after 40 years. I had more envy for teachers than respect from the very beginning and I continue to look at teachers with awe and respect now also.

Experience & Life's Lessons I'm part of some 6 Retiree Groups and half that many Family Groups in addition to a couple of neighborhood WhatsApp Groups. In each Group, I have upto 6 core members with whom I interact at least once a week. Some of them remind me when they don't find the messages they expect from me. After the pandemic when I used to share daily messages in groups and with select friends/relatives, my messages are not very regular in frequency or about the consistency of the nature of the content. As writing is a part of my daily routine and exercise, some time back, in some context, I revealed that every day I write a minimum of 200 words. Some of my readers took it literally and believe me, last week one of them sent a text : "Missed your 200 words yesterday. Resend" We learn from every experience. Being part of elder's groups have advantages and disadvantages. Even the retiree groups are not homogeneous. 60 to 95 age group can and need fu

Welcome To Warrier's COLLAGE On Sunday September 1, 2024 Happiness Special A Sources of Happiness https://m.economictimes.com/opinion/speaking-tree/source-of-happiness/articleshow/112904560.cms B The Science of Happiness https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/happiness/the-science-of-happiness C Hobbies 4 Happiness https://www.birchpsychology.com/birchs-blog/2023/4/30/hobbies-for-happiness D Collage Musings Loved reading the Speaking Tree article on "Truthfulness, Inside Out". Not because I'm "truthful inside out" or I'm going to change overnight that way. Just because the narrative has a contemporary relevance to the news feeds I'm forced to read, listen and respond. Yes, the reference is to the movie heroes from Kerala who have become targets, or to borrow a newly given dimension, "feed", of the media. Believe me, nothing has changed. Talk of the Town has removed a pardah(curtain) that the actors thought was a

Media Response The Hindu Business Line* Letters August 27, 2024 Unified Pension Scheme (UPS) This refers to your editorial "Sound compromise" (August 27). Centre deserves appreciation and congratulations for the timely rectification of an injustice meted out to a section of goverment employees who joined service after 2003. Timely, because all those who joined service after 2003 are still in service. One of the reasons for the hasty introduction of NPS was government's unpreparedness to initiate funding of the Old Pension System(OPS) which was being implemented on a "Pay As You Go" basis. In the process of implementation of NPS and under the new Unified Pension Scheme (UPS) this defect also has been thankfully rectified. Your worry about the extra burden on taxpayer is misplaced as any employer will be aware of the impact on C to C with every change in wage components and government will know how to adjust the overall wage bill consistent with ma

Welcome To Warrier's COLLAGE On Monday August 26, 2024 A Welcome To Warrier's COLLAGE On Monday August 26, 2024 A https://www.businesstoday.in/personal-finance/investment/story/sovereign-gold-bonds-rbi-shares-dates-for-premature-redemption-of-30-sgbs-first-date-on-october-11-442827-2024-08-23 Being shared in common interest. I have no investment in SGB. This savings instrument has earned annualized returns of 10.94 % so far. Last tranche of SGB was issued in February 2024. Nice Day B Book on my table : The Forestborns By Vardhini Amin The author Vardhini is daughter of Vivek Amin, Ex-RBI. Amin and I were colleagues in RBI Nagpur towards the end of last Century. He remembered me when his daughter published this book and kindly gifted a copy of the book to me. The Forestborns https://amzn.in/d/7N8Y5El The magical world of Vriksha is unknown to humans. Each night in soft moonlight, from towering trees to the tiniest shrubs, lively plant souls roam free. Yet