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Welcome To Warrier's COLLAGE On Saturday July 27, 2024 Adieu, Joseph 🙏 Dear Brother I received this message from Bhabhi on Thursday : Message from Mrs Kalpana Joseph (Wife of E X Joseph, US) : "My beloved husband left for his heavenly abode on July 24 morning at 8.15 very peacefully talking to me. He did not suffer from any illness. Age related weakness was there. I am sorry I could not inform you yesterday The funeral is arranged for Saturday afternoon Thank you for your love. He always remembered, talked about you with love and respect. 🙏" I added this note before sharing the message in my family : "Joseph is my friend since 1964 and we have been in touch. He knew and remembered to bless and express affection for every member of my family whenever we interacted. He was 90 plus. Prayers 🙏" A sixty years long, well-nurtured relationship gets a break as the reality that we cannot exchange thoughts as we did all through stares. Justice V R Kris...

Welcome To Warrier's COLLAGE On Sunday July 21, 2024 Good Morning Happy Birthday to all readers having Birthday during this week. Nice Day M G Warrier A Media Response July 19, 2024 Nationalization for improving productivity* This refers to the article "A case for tax waiver on savings" (The Hindu Business Line, July 19). Perhaps we are reaching a stage where the traditional dilemma of 'meeting both ends meet ' has started staring the Budget exercise both at Centre and states. July 19 is observed as Bank Nationalization Day in India. Nationalization helped banking system to consolidate, improve outreach and increase productivity, not just that of banks, but the economy in general. Time is opportune to think of nationalising unproductive idle assets in whatever form they exist and making them active and productive. Such assets in the Indian context include unaccounted domestic gold stock estimated at thousands of tons, real estate etc T...

Welcome To Warrier's COLLAGE On Wednesday July 17, 2024 Good Morning A Book Release Open Book of Happy Memories ( And Other Stories ) https://amzn.in/d/0d6lJCat My publisher (Notion Press, Chennai) has brought out a Hard Cover edition of "Open Book of Happy Memories" priced Rs432. Paperback edition also available. B Permanent Address I never had a permanent address. At the risk of legal and technical issues, let me confess that all along, so far, I have given my house address in Thiruvananthapuram when I had to give permanent address. I have not stayed there continuously for more than 9 years at any time. Then, where did I stay for the last 80 years? Briefly : 0 to 90 days : Ancestral house with mother. 91 days to Class 2 : Rented house in Purameri Class 3 & 4 : Side rooms of Ancestral house. The large tiled two story home accomodated 5 or 6 separate groups of the large joint family staying in different parts of the house and sharing the big kitchen...

Welcome To Warrier's COLLAGE On Sunday July 14, 2024 🙏 Shuklambararadharam Vishnum... https://youtu.be/MIfCsgI6I7w?si=BzbPe0dRj9ZGrQej Good Morning 🌄 Happy Birthday to all readers having Birthday this week. RBI Retirees, Chennai honoured elders among them (age group 70 Plus to 100 Plus) at their Annual Meeting yesterday. Ayurarogyasaukhyam to all readers... Nice Day Random Readings II : Mahabharata and Ramayana "After human race took over all the rights of what exists and doesn't exist in the Universe, harmony of existence came to a grinding halt. There was resemblance of mutual help and coexistence only during deluges and pandemics." Above was my response to a friend to a specific observation about mutual help stopping once there's no flood or pandemic. There's a Malayalam Movie song which starts with the lines : മനുഷ്യൻ മതങ്ങളെ സൃഷ്ടിച്ചു മതങ്ങൾ ദൈവങ്ങളെ സൃഷ്ടിച്ചു മനുഷ്യനും മതങ്ങളും ദൈവങ്ങളും കൂടി മണ്ണു പങ്കു വച്ചു - മനസ്സു പങ്കു വച്ചു ...

Random Reading Part I : Evolution of Vedas During the recent pandemic (which impacted us 2019-22), I learnt one thing : "No longer the life is going to be 'under normal temperature and pressure'". Don't tell me, it never was! This revelation was very valuable to me. Pandemic gave me lots of time to think about past and future. My whole attitude changed. Till then I was also a normal human being. That's what I thought! I started thinking about a day without tomorrow. And, a day without yesterday. Yes, you got it right. Another version of "living in the present" We can mould our thoughts in any shape. It's inexpensive. The clay is flexible. But some moulds are breakable and therefore need to be handled with care. In my mind, for myself, I created Plan A, Plan B etc with different variables. Here we go to the evolution of Vedic Literature : https://www.speakingtree.in/blog/the-vedas-their-evolution-and-significance How do I connect the paragraphs...

Meet India's oldest teacher Santamma : With 2 walking sticks in her hands she reaches the classrooms of Centurian University in Andhra Pradesh by travelling 60 kms daily by bus to teach. She is Santamma aged 95 years old who teaches Medical Physics, Radiology & Anesthesia. Under her guidance, 17 students have completed their Doctorates (PhD). She has translated Bhagwat Gita into English and Telugu languages besides being involved in extensive research works. Her aim is to record her name as the oldest Professor in the Guinness Book of World records. Such a great inspiration to us all. If you have a strong will and determination, no age can stop you from achieving anything. Let's all be inspired by her to do something different and Great. Let's pay our heartiest Tributes to this 95 years old Great Lady Teacher Santamma. https://youtu.be/U3QE-qVMXMQ?si=QG_Az5orBNzWoplc Bonus : Priorities in life In the Indian tradition, an individual's life is divided in...

LIMITS of SECRECY Recently, a conversation between Dr Kalam and PM Vajpayee just before a nuclear test was in circulation in the social media : Before the nuclear test, PM Vajpayee asked Dr. Abdul Kalam “Are all the preparations done Kalam Sahab?” Dr. Kalam replied “Yes Sir, but the information should not get leaked.” Vajpayee ji smiled and said“How will the information ever get leaked? Both of us are bachelors." No, trust me, PM didn't have anything in particular against wives or womenfolk. The message was, if there is no trustworthy persons around, one is not likely to share information that one considers sensitive. My way of keeping secrets is, if I am in possession of an information that I classify as secret, I won't share it with anyone. While working in a central government organisation, I have seen bundles of files moving from desk to desk with long flags (10"x2") on which the word "SECRET" is printed in ba old and dark capitals. We had s...

Welcome To Warrier's COLLAGE On Sunday July 7, 2024 A Book on my table Hidden Life of Trees, The: What They Fee https://amzn.in/d/0cDQdflv We look at situations and things from different angles. Our own thoughts and perceptions keep changing as new evidence, newer information confront us. Mobile targets, changing goalposts are all used in different situations depending on what we want to convey. These thoughts came to me when I got some idea of the profession and career progression of Peter Wohlleben and the content of this book namely “The Hidden Lives Of Trees”. If this author had a different background, the book in my hands would have had a different content. Wondering why I am telling the obvious? The reason is, many criticise authors for not writing things in the way they expected. Professional reviewers are among them. Some talk about the sketches and maps used in books or the paper used to print the book while leaving the content aside. May be I am also not doing j...

Mahabharata 5 : Bhagavad Gita Bhagavad Gita is positioned as Chapters 23 to 40 in the 3rd Section of the Sixth Parva -Bhishma Parva - of Mahabharata. Chinmayananda's Gita Yagya https://www.amazon.in/review/R2NPIR3MYWG91Y/ref=pe_1640331_66412301_SRTC0204BT_cm_rv_eml_rv0_rv My review of the book @Amazon : Geeta Yagya Reviewed in India on 28 June 2024 Reading this book, remembered the 1960's when I had opportunity to listen to Chinmayananda's discourses on Geeta while in Kerala. Swamy's ability to pierce into the minds of audience using wit and wisdom is baffling. He developed Geeta Gyan Yagyas he conducted the world over, classrooms for imparting heritage wisdom of India. For those who missed the opportunity to listen to him direct, this book is a blessing. Many of Chinmaya's disciples are continuing the tradition of conveying the Divine Message through structured discourses across the world. Acharyas like Doraiswamy Shastrigal did lay the foundation on which Ch...

Welcome To Warrier's COLLAGE On Wednesday July 3, 2024 Prayer 🙏 : From Narayaneeyam Sandrananda... : K S Chitra https://youtu.be/Rhn0reQqVrE?si=xEquzl-KW3GGYXgM Good Morning Happy Birthday to all readers having Birthday during this week. Ayurarogyasaukhyam and Best Wishes. Nice Day M G Warrier A Media Responses I July 2, 2024 FM's policy on Right Frequency* This refers to the article "Now to Craft the Politics in Policy" by Mythili Bhusnurmath (Economic Times, July 2) which is optimistic in expecting FM to ensure policy continuity and continued harmony between monetary and fiscal policies. So far, the signals are positive about Modi 3.0 being a continuation of the previous two governments insofar as the broad approach to governance is concerned. In the article, the reality that "a fall in the inflation rate only means a reduction in the rate of increase in prices..." is bluntly stated followed with almost actionable prescription...