Proof that Tamil is one of the Oldest Language

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Superstar Rajinikanth Facts

When Rajnikant was studying in 3rd std.some1 stole his rough note.& Now they call it as .Wikipedia ======================================== When Rajnikant was a Student!!!

Teachers use to Bunk the classes!!! ======================================== Rajnikant started college. All students were confused while taking admission because name of college is Rajnikants Medical College of Engineering for Commerce. ======================================== THE MOST NEGLECTED FACT OF THE ENTIRE DECADE!!!! Sachin Tendulkars mothers name is RAJNI Tendulkar And his coachs name is ramaKANT Is there a need to say anything beyond this??? ======================================== Rajinikant got 150 questions in exam paper asking Solve any 100 questions He solved all 150 and wrote, Rascalla!, CHECK ANY 100! ======================================== One day Rajani thought to play cricket in monsoon and rain stopped due to play. ======================================== Rajnikanths next project is the Titanic in Tamil. However, Rajni has twisted the climax. Both the lead actors survive. Rajni swims across the Atlantic Ocean with the heroine in one hand and The Titanic in the other ======================================== Who says the world will be destroyed in Dec 2012..Rajnikant just bought a Laptop with three years warranty ======================================== Rajni can walk faster than light. Rajni cannot be created or destroyed; it can only be changed from one form to another. ======================================== Law of Conservation of Rajni All scientists failed to answer this but rajnikanth did Ques: Which liquid turns solid on heating? Ans: Dosa mind it!!! ======================================== Once a photo of Rajnikant was given for Xerox. Dont even try to guess what happened. We got two copies of the Xerox machine. ======================================== One more: Once upon a time Rajnikant used Tooth Powder to get strong teeth today that powder is known as AMBUJA CEMENT

Learn Hindi to Tamil Translation

Learn Hindi to Tamil Translation in simple steps 1. Koyi baath nahi kozhi kulikuradhu illa. 2. Woh baar baar aathaa hai adhu barber oda aathaa. 3. Udhar pakdo pakkodaa anga iruku. 4. Thoda thanda paani leke aao konjam dhandapaani a kootitu vaa..:-)

Population of states in India in comparison to population of countries

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Public Smoking Ban What to expect next!

Now that public smoking has been banned in India, here something we can expect to see very soon.

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The Unexamined Life

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Wheels of Life

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WorkFriendly!!!
I just got to admit this is one of the most interesting site(s) i have come across in the recent days. Its called WorkFriendly.net (http://www.workfriendly.net/) Type in any URL and the site will appear in a new window, formatted to look like a Word document.

Tongue Twisters
some tongue twisters If one doctor doctors another doctor does the doctor who doctors the doctor doctor the doctor the way the doctor he is doctoring doctors? Or does the doctor doctor the way the doctor who doctors doctors? When a doctor falls ill another doctor doctors the doctor. Does the doctor doctoring the doctor doctor the doctor in his own way or does the doctor doctoring the doctor doctors the doctor in the doctors way

Mr Inside went over to see Mr Outside. Mr Inside stood outside and called to MrOutside inside. Mr Outside answered Mr Inside from inside and Told Mr Inside to come inside. Mr Inside said NO, and told Mr Outside to come outside. MrOutside and Mr Inside argued from inside and outside about going outside or coming inside. Finally, Mr Outside coaxed Mr Inside to come inside, then both Mr Outside and Mr Inside went outside to the riverside.

We surely shall see the sun shine shortly. Whether the weather be fine, Or whether the weather be not, Whether the weather be cold Or whether the weather be hot, Well weather the weather Whatever the weather, Whether we like it or not. watch? Whether the weather is hot. Whether the weather is cold. Whether the weather is either or not. It is whether we like it or not.

I thought a thought.But the thought I thought wasnt the thought I thought I thought. If the thought I thought I thought had been the thought I thought, I wouldnt have thought so much.

Qantas Gripe Sheets

After every flight, Qantas pilots fill out a form, called a gripe sheet, which tells mechanics about problems with the aircraft. The mechanics correct the problems, document their repairs on the form, and then pilots review the gripe sheets before the next flight. Never let it be said that ground crews lack a sense of humor. Here are some actual maintenance complaints submitted by Qantas pilots (marked with

a P) and the solutions recorded (marked with an S) by maintenance engineers. By the way, Qantas is the only major airline that has never had an accident. . Enjoy! P: Left inside main tire almost needs replacement. S: Almost replaced left inside main tire. P: Test flight OK, except auto-land very rough. S: Auto-land not installed on this aircraft. P: Something loose in cockpit. S: Something tightened in cockpit. P: Dead bugs on windshield. S: Live bugs on back-order. P: Autopilot in altitude-hold mode produces a 200 feet per minute descent. S: Cannot reproduce problem on ground. P: Evidence of leak on right main landing gear. S: Evidence removed.

P: DME volume unbelievably loud. S: DME volume set to more believable level. P: Friction locks cause throttle levers to stick. S: Thats what theyre for. P: IFF inoperative. S: IFF always inoperative in OFF mode. P: Suspected crack in windshield. S: Suspect youre right. P: Number 3 engine missing. S: Engine found on right wing after brief search. P: Aircraft handles funny. S: Aircraft warned to straighten up, fly right, and be serious. P: Target radar hums. S: Reprogrammed target radar with lyrics.

P: Mouse in cockpit. S: Cat installed. And the best one for last P: Noise coming from under instrument panel. Sounds like a midget pounding on something with a hammer. S: Took hammer away from midget

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GoldPlus Nano Car

The Tata Group Monday unveiled a Nano car made with gold and silver, and studded with precious stones worth an astronomical over Rs.22 crore. But, its not for sale the valuable and fully functional car is a unique branding and promotional initiative by Goldplus Jewellery, part of Titan Industries, a Tata Group company, an official said. The mega-value Goldplus Nano Car was unveiled Monday evening by Tata Group chairman Ratan Tata. The Goldplus Nano Car is billed as the worlds first ever gold jewellery car and celebrates the 5,000 years of jewellery making industry in India. The cars body is made with 80 kg 22 carat solid gold, 15 kg silver, precious stones including diamonds, rubies and other expensive gemstones, the official said. After its glittering launch in Mumbai Monday evening, the Goldplus Nano Car will travel to all the Goldplus showrooms at 29 locations around the country. The car incorporates beautiful designs, made with the precious stones of different colours, set on the gold and silver body of the car.

Happy Diwali Wishes

Heres Wishing A Very Happy Diwali And A Prosperous New Year To You And Yours. May The Festival Of Lights Brighten You And Your Family With Health, Peace, Prosperity And Good Fortune Happy Diwali.

May This Diwali Bring Joy, Health And Wealth To U. Brighten Up Ur Near And Dear Ones Lives.bring In U The Brightest Happiness And Luv U Have Ever Wished For.

With Lights Dazzling, With Love Flushing Around By Your Loved Ones, With Loads Of Fun And Joy, And With Our Loving Wishes Sparkling Diwali

Hope This Day Will Be: D-elightful, I-mmaculate, W-onderful, A-mazing, L-asting, I-ncredible For U.Happy Diwali

Light A Lamp Of Love! Blast A Chain Of Sorrow! Shoot A Rocket Of Prosperity! Fire A Flowerpot Of Happiness! Wish U And Your Family Sparkling Diwali.

Mobile number portability in India

With Mobile number portability to start today, heres how you can shift from your current service provider to a new one.

Send an SMS from your phone to 1900. Your present company will reply with a unique porting code. Use that code while filling out a detailed form for the company you want to shift to. Within 48

hours, that company will take over all your cell services. The fee charge may cost you about Rs 19.

Your cell number will be switched off for only one hour. All bills after that are paid to your new company. Youll be stuck with them for at least 50 days before you can shift again, so choose with care. While you can shift from a GSM service to CDMA or vice versa, you cannot shift from one state to another.

Update:- More on Mobile Number Portability here

35 ways to make lasting friends

Here is a list of 35 ways of creating and cultivating lasting friendships. 1.Know yourself. In order to make friends, we need to know who we are. You may want to check out this article and work out what is special about you. If you are not clear on what your life purpose is, these questions will help you. 2. Check whether you really want to have friends. If youre secretly afraid of people, or dont trust other, you will find it difficult to make friends. 3. Spend time around people. You cant find friends in the cupboard. 4. Be kind. Look at what you can do for other to make their life easier. 5. Be steady and dependable. Be a friend one can count on. 6. Be genuine. Dont try and be someone youre not. Friendship is built on honesty. 7. Join groups and pursue activities that you enjoy. You are more likely to find friends who have common interests. 8. When travelling, talk to everyone you meet. This advice was given to me by my son Sebastian and Ive made wonderful friendships following it.

9. Become a volunteer. Youll find people who have a similar set of values which is a great basis for a friendship. 10. Talk to people. Youll spend a lot of time in groups without making friends if you dont talk with people. 11. Make eye contact and smile when you communicate people. 12. Be positive. If you only talk negatively about yourself, others, or life in general, people will not enjoy your company. 13. Remember names. If you find that difficult, ask the person again until youve really got it. 14. Initiate a get-together. If you meet someone you like, ask them out for a coffee or arrange another meeting. An easy way to do that is to say something like: A good way to extend yourself is to say: "Well, Ive got to go, but if you ever want to talk over lunch or coffee or anything like that, let me give you my number/e-mail address." 15. Find common interests. Ask how he or she pursues their interest. Are they a member of a club or society? Express an interest in joining. 16. Tell your friend that you enjoy their company. Many friendships are lost because neither person finds the courage to express their interest. 17. Beware of sexual flings with friend. Many friendships dont survive it. 18. Be glad for your friends successes. Be the only person they can tell how well theyre doing. 19. Dont compromise your values. Keep you standards of morality and behaviour and dont change them just to fit in with friend or a group. 20. Dont gossip. If a new friend hears you revealing personal stories of others, he or she will be wary of your discretion.

21. Ask the other person open-ended questions about their life. Open-ended questions are ones that cant be answered by saying yes, or no. 22. Share more deeply with a friend. Let them know what your life feels like. This is key difference between a friend and an acquaintance. 23. Keep the sharing equal. Dont hog the time with your problems. 24. Have even roles in the relationship. If you notice that you are always the listener and she the star. 25. Switch roles regularly in your friendships. If there is one who always calls the shots, the friendship wont last. 26. Listen to your friend. Listening is the number one glue of friendships. 27. Keep confidences. Nothing kills a budding friendship faster than spilled secrets. 28. Allow your friend to help you. Give and take has to be balanced in a friendship. 29. Share the bad times. Help your friend when things go bad. Allow your friends to help you when times are difficult. 30. Keep contact. Check in regularly with your friend. A short text message, email or phone call keeps a friendship alive. 31. Dont crowd your friend. Make sure you dont overwhelm or even stalk him or her. 32. Share bonding activities. Have some adventures together and play together. To foster longlasting friendships, create common memories. 33. Keep talking through difficult times. Dont let disagreements fester. 34. If there is a rift, apologize for the hurt you caused. Its more important to keep your friendship going than to be right.

35. If a friendship is damaging your life or your family relationships, you may need to let it go. This can be a difficult decision. Weigh up how important this friendship is for you against the disturbance it brings into your life.

Heart vs Mind
One of the things that I strongly believe is, in order to understand the world better I must first understand myself. There are a lot of times when I have questioned myself as to why I am certain things and why I am not doing others. It is easy for me to ignore all these and just shrug my shoulders and say this is what I am an unstable brat who does not know what he is doing .

The fact is whatever I have done so far is not out of instinct or out of arrogance (whatever you want to call it). Any thing I have done is only after thinking about it and only, I repeat, only when my heart says yes to it.

Human mind is like a monkey. It can jump anytime, anywhere without any control. Thats why I do not trust my mind and instead trust what my heart says . It might sound a bit strange, but the

fact is the shortest way to happiness is doing what your heart wants you to do rather than allowing the mind.

Generally speaking, for most people it will make much more sense to lead from their mind in their business lives. This is primarily because the priorities of most businesses (maximizing profits, niche marketing, strategic planning, etc.) are best accomplished from strategies that are developed from your mind.

On the other hand, leading from your heart will make your life more peaceful and fulfilling. Generally speaking, it is the superior choice for your personal life if things like peace, purpose, fulfillment, and inspiration are important to you.

Money is required to lead a life. But so far I have never run behind it nor allowed it take control of my life. What I have is sufficient for my life style. Once I let my mind take control, sadly everything else takes a back seat relationships, health, social life etc.. etc I get turned into a machine out to achieve a certain goal and it means losing a lot of other things. In my quest to earn more and more, I would simply forget to live and repent for it at a later point in life when it is of no use trying to live again.

The great thing about listening to my heart is I never have to fight my emotions. Instead I embrace the very emotions that define me as an individual. If something feels right, I go ahead and do it else I do not . In this way, there is no second thought on what I have done is right or wrong,

simply because my heart knows what is right for me in any moment based on my emotional needs, body needs etc Ofcourse, this means I live a simple life where happiness, peace and love means a lot to me than money. If you have not figured it out, I listen to my heart .

Ofcourse there are times when the heart is wrong and the mind is right. But ultimately it all boils down to one single thing when to listen to the heart and when to listen to the mind. Once you figure this out, life will be very simple.

When I started to write this one, I remembered this story of The Businessman and the Fisherman.

What do you really hope to achieve in life? Read this story and you may find what you are always hoping to achieve, you may be already having it.

There was once an American businessman who was sitting by the beach in a small Mexican village. As he sat, he saw a Mexican fisherman rowing a small boat towards the shore and noticed that the fisherman has caught quite a number of big fishes that is known to be a delicacy. The American was really impressed and asked the fisherman, How long does it take you to catch so many fishes?

The fisherman replied, Oh, just a short while.

Then why dont you stay longer at sea and you could catch even more? The businessman was astonished.

The fisherman simply does not agree. This is enough to feed my whole family, he says.

The businessman then asked, So, what do you do for the rest of the day then?

The fisherman replied, Well, I usually wake up early in the morning, go out to sea and catch a few fishes, then I would go back and play with my kids. In the afternoon, I will take a nap with my wife, and evening comes, I will join my buddies in the village for a drink, we play guitar, sing and dance throughout the night. My days are ever so complete and carefree.

The businessman does not agree with his way of life and offered a suggestion to the fisherman.

I am a PhD holder graduated from Harvard University, specializing in business management. I could help you to become a more successful person. From now on, you have to spend more time at sea and try to catch as many fishes as possible. And when you have saved enough money, you

could buy a bigger boat and catch even more fishes. As you go on, you will be able to afford to buy more boats, recruit more fishermen and lead a team of your own. Soon you will be able to set up your own company, your very own production plant for canned food and do direct selling to your distributors. At that time, you will have moved out of this village and to Mexico City, and then expand your operation to LA, and finally to New York City, where you can set up your HQ to manage all your other branches.

The fisherman asks, So, how long would that take?

The businessman reply, About 15 to 20 years.

The fisherman continues, And after that?

The businessman laughs heartily, After that, you can live like a king in your own house, and when the time is right, you can go public and float your shares in the Stock Exchange, by then you will be rich, your income will be coming in by the millions!

The fisherman asks, And after that?

The businessman says, After that, you can finally retire, you can move to a house by the fishing village, wake up early in the morning and catch a few fishes, then return home to play with kids, have a nice afternoon nap with your wife, and when evening comes, you can join your buddies for a drink, play the guitar, sing and dance throughout the night!

The fisherman was puzzled, Isnt that what I am doing now?

So, what does one really hope to achieve in life? Do we really need to work so hard in life? What do you hope to accomplish in the end?