Thursday, 11 August 2011
A Heart Touching Story
I was walking around in a Big Bazaar store making shopping, when I saw a Cashier talking to a boy couldn't have been more Than 5 or 6 years old. The Cashier said, 'I'm sorry, but you don't have enough money to buy this doll.
Then the little boy turned to me and asked: ''aunty, are you sure I don't have enough money?''
I counted his cash and replied: ''You know that you don't have enough money to buy the doll, my dear.'' The little boy was Still holding the doll in his hand. Finally, I walked toward him and I asked him who he wished to give this doll to. 'It's the Doll that my sister loved most and wanted so much. I wanted to Gift her for her BIRTHDAY. I have to give the doll to my mommy so that she can give it to my sister when she goes there.' His eyes were so sad while saying this. 'My Sister has gone to be with God. Daddy says that Mommy is going to see God very soon too, so I thought that she could take the doll with her to give it to my sister.
'' My heart nearly stopped. The little boy looked up at me and said: 'I told daddy to tell mommy not to go yet. I need her to wait until I come back from the mall.'
Then he showed me a very nice photo of him where he was laughing.
He then told me 'I want mommy to take my picture with her so my sister won't forget me.'
'I love my mommy and I wish she doesn't have to leave me, but daddy says that she has to go to be with my little sister...' Then he looked again at the doll with sad eyes, very quietly. I quickly reached for my wallet and said to the boy. 'Suppose we check again, Just in case you do have enough money for the doll?''
'OK' he said, 'I hope I do have enough..'
I added some of my money to his with out him seeing and we started to count it. There was enough for the doll and even some spare money. The little boy said: 'Thank you God for giving me enough money!' Then he looked at me and added, 'I asked last night before I went to sleep for God to make sure I had enough money to buy this doll, so that mommy could give It to my sister. He heard me!'' 'I also wanted to have enough money to buy a white rose for my mommy, but I didn't dare to ask God for too much.
But He gave me enough to buy the doll and a white rose. My mommy loves white roses.' I finished my shopping in a totally different state from when I started. I couldn't get the little boy out of my mind. Then I remembered a local news paper article two days ago, which mentioned a drunk man in a truck, who hit a car occupied by a young woman and a little girl.
The little girl died right away, and the mother was left in a critical state. The family had to decide whether to pull the plug on the life-sustaining machine, because the young woman would not be able to recover from the coma. Was this the family of the little boy? Two days after this encounter with the little boy, I read in the news paper that the young woman had passed away.....
I couldn't stop myself as I bought a bunch of white roses and I went to the funeral home where the body of the young woman was exposed for people to see and make last wishes before her burial. She was there, in her coffin, holding a beautiful white rose in her hand with the photo of the little boy and the doll placed over her chest. I left the place, teary-eyed, feeling that my life had been changed for ever. The love that the little boy had for his mother and his sister is still, to this day, hard to imagine. And in a fraction of a second, a drunk driver had taken all this away from him.
N.Pradeepkumar..
Wednesday, 13 July 2011
Friday, 6 May 2011
May 6th , 2011
Top 10 Hardest Working Countries of the World
10. Slovenia
Average Hours Worked: 8.15
Slovenia rounds out the top 10 in terms of average hours worked among the population of OECD member states, possibly as a result of the fact that Slovenians do three hours and 51 minutes of unpaid work each day, 24 minutes more than the OECD average. Slovenia also has the lowest income inequality in OECD and the ninth – lowest relative income poverty rate at 7.8 percent of its population. Slovenia registered a big fall in infant mortality in the last generation and has the second lowest rate in the OECD of 2.1 per 1,000 live births, just after Luxembourg. But the country is rated in the highest third of the OECD for perceived corruption and the lowest third for confidence in national institutions. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s (OECD) released its ‘Society at a Glance’ survey, which investigated the number of hours the population of its member countries spent in both paid and unpaid work (defined as working at home or doing volunteer work), as well as how much time people spent in leisure activities. Lets take a look at which countries are among the world’s busiest and hardest-working nations? 09 more countries after the break...
09. USA
Average Hours Worked: 8.16
According to the OECD the U.S. is only ranked ninth among the hardest working nations. However, at $31,000, the U.S. has the second – highest average household income after taxes and benefits in the OECD, after Luxembourg. But U.S. income is distributed relatively unequally, with both the fourth – highest rate of income inequality and relative poverty (17.3 percent of people are poor compared to an OECD average of 11.1 percent) in the OECD. People in the U.S. have a life expectancy of 77.9 years, lower than the OECD average of 79.3 years, despite having the highest public and private spending on health at 16 percent of GDP, considerably higher than the OECD average of 9 percent.
08. New Zealand
Average Hours Worked: 8.18
New Zealand may not be famed for its work ethic, but it actually ranks quite high. Unpaid work in New Zealand accounts for 43 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the third highest in the OECD after Australia (46 percent) and Portugal (53 percent). Along with Israel, Iceland and Turkey, New Zealand is one of only four OECD countries with a fertility rate at 2.14 children per woman, sufficient to replace the population in the coming generation.
07. China
Average Hours Worked: 8.24
The research also included non-OECD member countries such as China, India, South Africa, and Brazil because all are “enhanced engagement countries” — which means OECD members have opted to forge a more structured and coherent partnership with them. The research states that, at less than an hour, both men and women spend very little time on unpaid work in China, in comparison with other countries, particularly in terms of cooking and cleaning. Meanwhile, at 12.29 births per 1,000 of the population, China has one of the lowest birth rates in the world, equal to France and the United Kingdom. The average birth rate stands at 1.54 children per woman.
06. Austria
Average Hours Worked: 8.29
At nearly 8 1/2 hours of work per day, Austrians have the sixth – highest total time spent working – both paid and unpaid – in the OECD. (The OECD average is 8 hours.) Austria also has the fifth – lowest unemployment rate in the OECD at 4.8 percent – far lower than the average OECD rate of 8.1 percent. Austria has low income inequality and poverty rates with around 7.2 percent of the population on relatively low income or classed as being in poverty in both cases.
05. Estonia
Average Hours Worked: 8.36
At 8 hours and 36 minutes, Estonians – yes we did say Estonians – have the fifth – highest total work time in the OECD, well over the OECD average of 8 hours and 4 minutes. At 3 hours and 52 minutes, Estonians do the fourth – highest unpaid work time after Turkey, Mexico and Australia, and well above the OECD average of 3 hours and 28 minutes. However, at 14.1 percent , Estonian unemployment is also the third – highest in the OECD, six percentage points above the OECD average of 8.1 percent.
04. Canada
Average Hours Worked: 8.37
Canadians have the second – highest rate of “positive experiences” in the OECD after Iceland – feeling well-rested, being treated with respect, smiling, doing something interesting, and experiencing enjoyment. At the same time, Canadians have above OECD average “negative experiences,” such as pain, worry, sadness, stress and depression. Canada has the sixth highest proportion of its population foreign-born in the OECD at 20 percent, nearly double the OECD average of 11.7 percent.
03. Portugal
Average Hours Worked: 8.48
While some people might think that the Portuguese live a relaxed Mediterranean lifestyle, they in fact rank among some of the hardest – working in the world. Men do nearly two hours of unpaid work in Portugal, compared to less than an hour in other OECD countries such as Korea and Japan. The amount of time devoted to unpaid work accounts for up to 53 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in the country, the highest proportion of all OECD countries, compared to 19 percent of GDP in Korea. Meanwhile, 60 percent of the Portuguese population spends time cooking and cleaning, spending the third largest amount of time on household chores at 110 minutes per day.
02. Japan
Average Hours Worked: 9
The second-hardest working nation among OECD member countries will probably come as no surprise to anybody. Japan’s adherence to its work ethic is legendary with company employees often competing to stay at work later than their colleagues to achieve promotion in many corporations, where company loyalty is demanded and where a job for life still means life. Japanese people work an average 9 – hour day while the unemployment at 5.3 percent is well below the OECD average of 8.1 percent.
01. Mexico
Average Hours Worked: 9.54
Recently, Richard Hammond of the TV program “Top Gear” managed to upset the Mexican Ambassador to the U.K. by suggesting that Mexicans were “lazy, feckless, flatulent [and] overweight”. The OECD’s research, however, may go some way to ward redressing the balance by showing that the Mexican people are in fact the hardest working in the world, working a total of nearly 10 hours on average every day. They also have the second-highest level of income inequality and the highest level of relative poverty among OECD countries.
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Regards.,
Pradeepkumar...
Top 10 Hardest Working Countries of the World
10. Slovenia
Average Hours Worked: 8.15
Slovenia rounds out the top 10 in terms of average hours worked among the population of OECD member states, possibly as a result of the fact that Slovenians do three hours and 51 minutes of unpaid work each day, 24 minutes more than the OECD average. Slovenia also has the lowest income inequality in OECD and the ninth – lowest relative income poverty rate at 7.8 percent of its population. Slovenia registered a big fall in infant mortality in the last generation and has the second lowest rate in the OECD of 2.1 per 1,000 live births, just after Luxembourg. But the country is rated in the highest third of the OECD for perceived corruption and the lowest third for confidence in national institutions. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s (OECD) released its ‘Society at a Glance’ survey, which investigated the number of hours the population of its member countries spent in both paid and unpaid work (defined as working at home or doing volunteer work), as well as how much time people spent in leisure activities. Lets take a look at which countries are among the world’s busiest and hardest-working nations? 09 more countries after the break...
09. USA
Average Hours Worked: 8.16
According to the OECD the U.S. is only ranked ninth among the hardest working nations. However, at $31,000, the U.S. has the second – highest average household income after taxes and benefits in the OECD, after Luxembourg. But U.S. income is distributed relatively unequally, with both the fourth – highest rate of income inequality and relative poverty (17.3 percent of people are poor compared to an OECD average of 11.1 percent) in the OECD. People in the U.S. have a life expectancy of 77.9 years, lower than the OECD average of 79.3 years, despite having the highest public and private spending on health at 16 percent of GDP, considerably higher than the OECD average of 9 percent.
08. New Zealand
Average Hours Worked: 8.18
New Zealand may not be famed for its work ethic, but it actually ranks quite high. Unpaid work in New Zealand accounts for 43 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the third highest in the OECD after Australia (46 percent) and Portugal (53 percent). Along with Israel, Iceland and Turkey, New Zealand is one of only four OECD countries with a fertility rate at 2.14 children per woman, sufficient to replace the population in the coming generation.
07. China
Average Hours Worked: 8.24
The research also included non-OECD member countries such as China, India, South Africa, and Brazil because all are “enhanced engagement countries” — which means OECD members have opted to forge a more structured and coherent partnership with them. The research states that, at less than an hour, both men and women spend very little time on unpaid work in China, in comparison with other countries, particularly in terms of cooking and cleaning. Meanwhile, at 12.29 births per 1,000 of the population, China has one of the lowest birth rates in the world, equal to France and the United Kingdom. The average birth rate stands at 1.54 children per woman.
06. Austria
Average Hours Worked: 8.29
At nearly 8 1/2 hours of work per day, Austrians have the sixth – highest total time spent working – both paid and unpaid – in the OECD. (The OECD average is 8 hours.) Austria also has the fifth – lowest unemployment rate in the OECD at 4.8 percent – far lower than the average OECD rate of 8.1 percent. Austria has low income inequality and poverty rates with around 7.2 percent of the population on relatively low income or classed as being in poverty in both cases.
05. Estonia
Average Hours Worked: 8.36
At 8 hours and 36 minutes, Estonians – yes we did say Estonians – have the fifth – highest total work time in the OECD, well over the OECD average of 8 hours and 4 minutes. At 3 hours and 52 minutes, Estonians do the fourth – highest unpaid work time after Turkey, Mexico and Australia, and well above the OECD average of 3 hours and 28 minutes. However, at 14.1 percent , Estonian unemployment is also the third – highest in the OECD, six percentage points above the OECD average of 8.1 percent.
04. Canada
Average Hours Worked: 8.37
Canadians have the second – highest rate of “positive experiences” in the OECD after Iceland – feeling well-rested, being treated with respect, smiling, doing something interesting, and experiencing enjoyment. At the same time, Canadians have above OECD average “negative experiences,” such as pain, worry, sadness, stress and depression. Canada has the sixth highest proportion of its population foreign-born in the OECD at 20 percent, nearly double the OECD average of 11.7 percent.
03. Portugal
Average Hours Worked: 8.48
While some people might think that the Portuguese live a relaxed Mediterranean lifestyle, they in fact rank among some of the hardest – working in the world. Men do nearly two hours of unpaid work in Portugal, compared to less than an hour in other OECD countries such as Korea and Japan. The amount of time devoted to unpaid work accounts for up to 53 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in the country, the highest proportion of all OECD countries, compared to 19 percent of GDP in Korea. Meanwhile, 60 percent of the Portuguese population spends time cooking and cleaning, spending the third largest amount of time on household chores at 110 minutes per day.
02. Japan
Average Hours Worked: 9
The second-hardest working nation among OECD member countries will probably come as no surprise to anybody. Japan’s adherence to its work ethic is legendary with company employees often competing to stay at work later than their colleagues to achieve promotion in many corporations, where company loyalty is demanded and where a job for life still means life. Japanese people work an average 9 – hour day while the unemployment at 5.3 percent is well below the OECD average of 8.1 percent.
01. Mexico
Average Hours Worked: 9.54
Recently, Richard Hammond of the TV program “Top Gear” managed to upset the Mexican Ambassador to the U.K. by suggesting that Mexicans were “lazy, feckless, flatulent [and] overweight”. The OECD’s research, however, may go some way to ward redressing the balance by showing that the Mexican people are in fact the hardest working in the world, working a total of nearly 10 hours on average every day. They also have the second-highest level of income inequality and the highest level of relative poverty among OECD countries.
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Regards.,
Pradeepkumar...
Tuesday, 12 April 2011
தன்னை விற்று பிழைப்பு நடத்தும் வேசி கூட ஐந்து நிமிடத்திற்கு மட்டுமே
காசு கொடுத்தவனுக்கு
அடிமையாக இருக்கிறாள்.
ஒர் ஓட்டுக்காக
உன்னை விற்றால்
ஐந்து ஆண்டுகளுக்கு
நீ அடிமையாகப் போவது
மட்டுமின்றி,
அன்னை பாரதத்தையும்
ஊழல்வாதிகளிடம்
அடிமையாக்கி விடுவாய்,
அரசியல் கொள்ளைக்காரர்களின்
ஓட்டுக்காக விலை போனால்
தாய்நாட்டினை அடிமைப் படுத்தும்
நவீன வெள்ளைக்காரனாகிவிடுவாய்.
உன்னை விற்காமல்
உண்மையாய் ஓட்டளி.
ஒழுங்கான ஆட்சிக்கு
ஒழுக்கமாய் வாய்ப்பளி!
காசு கொடுத்தவனுக்கு
அடிமையாக இருக்கிறாள்.
ஒர் ஓட்டுக்காக
உன்னை விற்றால்
ஐந்து ஆண்டுகளுக்கு
நீ அடிமையாகப் போவது
மட்டுமின்றி,
அன்னை பாரதத்தையும்
ஊழல்வாதிகளிடம்
அடிமையாக்கி விடுவாய்,
அரசியல் கொள்ளைக்காரர்களின்
ஓட்டுக்காக விலை போனால்
தாய்நாட்டினை அடிமைப் படுத்தும்
நவீன வெள்ளைக்காரனாகிவிடுவாய்.
உன்னை விற்காமல்
உண்மையாய் ஓட்டளி.
ஒழுங்கான ஆட்சிக்கு
ஒழுக்கமாய் வாய்ப்பளி!
Saturday, 2 April 2011
Thursday, 31 March 2011
Hell Lines...
என் உலகம் தனிமைக்காடு..,
நீ வந்தாய் பூக்கள் நூறு..,
உனை தொடரும் பறவைகள் நூறு....
பெண்ணே... பெண்ணே...
நீ வந்தாய் பூக்கள் நூறு..,
உனை தொடரும் பறவைகள் நூறு....
பெண்ணே... பெண்ணே...
Wednesday, 30 March 2011
Tuesday, 22 March 2011
Monday, 14 March 2011
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THE FRIENDSHIP.
ஒரு காத்திருப்பின்
இடைவேளையில்
நட்பில் கரைந்த
ஞாபகங்கள்!!
தனக்கு வேண்டியதை
`தா`என்று கேட்கவும்
கேட்காமலே
எடுத்துக் கொள்ளவுமான
உரிமைப் பத்திரம்!
மௌனத்தின் பாஷை
இத்தனை
தெளிவாய் இருக்குமா
உயிரில் கேட்கிறதே!!
ஒவியம் வரைகையில்
தூரிகையின்
பெருமூச்சு
புரியும் நிதானம்
புலன்களில்…
வண்ணங்களை
வாரியிறைத்து
எனக்கு மட்டுமாய்
இயற்கை
சந்தோஷிக்கிறது!
ஒரு சந்தோஷத்தின்
வேதனையை
ஒரு வேதனையின்
சந்தோஷத்தை
இதயம் உணர்கிறது!
தாய்மடி மேல்
தலை வைத்தழும்
சுதந்திரம் போல்…
உள்ளார்ந்த தோழமையில்
உயிர் சிலிர்க்கிறது!
உன்னை நானும்….
என்னை நீயுமாய்
பகிரும் பொழுதுகளில்
பசியில்லை…..
தாகமில்லை……
மனவெளியில்
மகிழ்ச்சி
ஆயிரம் மழைத் துளிகளாய்
வர்ஷிகின்றது!!!
காதலின் சுகம்
போலவே
நட்பின் இதமும்
ஒரு புதிராய்
அதிரும் மனதின்
தலை தடவுகிறது!!!
ஒரு
நட்பின் புன்னகைக்கு
உதடுகள்
தேவையில்லை
இதயம் போதுமே!!
பிரதீப்...
இடைவேளையில்
நட்பில் கரைந்த
ஞாபகங்கள்!!
தனக்கு வேண்டியதை
`தா`என்று கேட்கவும்
கேட்காமலே
எடுத்துக் கொள்ளவுமான
உரிமைப் பத்திரம்!
மௌனத்தின் பாஷை
இத்தனை
தெளிவாய் இருக்குமா
உயிரில் கேட்கிறதே!!
ஒவியம் வரைகையில்
தூரிகையின்
பெருமூச்சு
புரியும் நிதானம்
புலன்களில்…
வண்ணங்களை
வாரியிறைத்து
எனக்கு மட்டுமாய்
இயற்கை
சந்தோஷிக்கிறது!
ஒரு சந்தோஷத்தின்
வேதனையை
ஒரு வேதனையின்
சந்தோஷத்தை
இதயம் உணர்கிறது!
தாய்மடி மேல்
தலை வைத்தழும்
சுதந்திரம் போல்…
உள்ளார்ந்த தோழமையில்
உயிர் சிலிர்க்கிறது!
உன்னை நானும்….
என்னை நீயுமாய்
பகிரும் பொழுதுகளில்
பசியில்லை…..
தாகமில்லை……
மனவெளியில்
மகிழ்ச்சி
ஆயிரம் மழைத் துளிகளாய்
வர்ஷிகின்றது!!!
காதலின் சுகம்
போலவே
நட்பின் இதமும்
ஒரு புதிராய்
அதிரும் மனதின்
தலை தடவுகிறது!!!
ஒரு
நட்பின் புன்னகைக்கு
உதடுகள்
தேவையில்லை
இதயம் போதுமே!!
பிரதீப்...
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