Thursday 19 September 2013

[www.keralites.net] very nice story

 

It will take just 37 seconds to read this and
change your thinking..

Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same
hospital room.

One man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an
hour each afternoon to help drain the fluid from
his lungs.

His bed was next to the room's only window.

The other man had to spend all his time flat on
his back.

The men talked for hours on end.

They spoke of their wives and families, their
homes, their jobs, their involvement in the
military service, where they had been on
vacation..

Every afternoon, when the man in the bed by the
window could sit up, he would pass the time by
describing to his roommate all the things he could
see outside the window.

The man in the other bed began to live for those
one hour periods where his world would be
broadened and enlivened by all the activity and
colour of the world outside.

The window overlooked a park with a lovely lake.Ducks and swans played on the water while
children sailed their model boats. Young lovers
walked arm in arm amidst flowers of every colour
and a fine view of the city skyline could be seen
in the distance.

As the man by the window described all this in
exquisite details, the man on the other side of
the room would close his eyes and imagine this
picturesque scene.

One warm afternoon, the man by the window
described a parade passing by.

Although the other man could not hear the band -
he could see it in his mind's eye as the
gentleman by the window portrayed it with
descriptive words.

Days, weeks and months passed.
One morning, the day nurse arrived to bring
water for their baths only to find the lifeless body
of the man by the window, who had died
peacefully in his sleep.

She was saddened and called the hospital
attendants to take the body away.

As soon as it seemed appropriate, the other man
asked if he could be moved next to the window.
The nurse was happy to make the switch, and
after making sure he was comfortable, she left
him alone.

Slowly, painfully, he propped himself up on one
elbow to take his first look at the real world
outside.
He strained to slowly turn to look out the window
besides the bed.

It faced a blank wall.

The man asked the nurse what could have
compelled his deceased roommate who had
described such wonderful things outside this
window.

The nurse responded that the man was blind and
could not even see the wall.

She said, 'Perhaps he just wanted to encourage
you.'

Epilogue:
There is tremendous happiness in making others
happy, despite our own situations.
Shared grief is half the sorrow, but happiness
when shared, is doubled.
If you want to feel rich, just count all the things
you have that money can't buy.
'Today is a gift, that is why it is called The
Present .'

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Re: [www.keralites.net] A new work culture in Kerala

 

Kerala may not work as Punjab.Mainly b'cos its the politicians here who are puppeteers and they decide how the puppets should behave. Their policy is  -- DRINK AND BE MERRY !!!!. Moreover, if people get engaged with agriculture and other related work, who will lift flags for them ??????



From: austin clement <ktaclement@yahoo.com>
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Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2013 10:05 AM
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Middle men make 10 to 20 times the gains while actual farmer ( producer) investing hard work and money taking all the risks gets a pittance.
Further, the middle men control the market prices.
 The Co- op Societies have to play a more important role to give the farmer his due share and the common man gets the commodity at a lower price. Such objectives of the Co-operatives are quite often forgotten, when politicians are placed to head/ control such Co-ops.

Co-ops should be managed by the farmers /producers themselves, with professional assistance from outside for mechanization, processing, storage,value addition, marketing etc.Punjab is an example in this ,for the same reason It has the well-to-do farmers. More than 40 years back all the punjabi farmers were using tractors and tillers in their fields.Look at Kerala even today most farmers are unable to use these due to perverted political ideologies. Change in Kerala came only too late,when Agriculture virtually stopped, mainly due to high labor costs in spite of good weather and water.



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Sent: Wednesday, 18 September 2013 3:25 PM
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Dear,

There is no surprise in this. For the last so many years, farmers in this country are suffering from this. Tomato which is bought @ Rs 2 from the farmers are being sold @ Rs 20 or 30 in the market. The Rs 2 paid to the farmer is again not from their pocket but from the advance paid by their clients.


From: Shafeeq
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Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2013 7:55 PM
Subject: [www.keralites.net] A new work culture in Kerala



DR. TITUS JOHN
A friend of mine, who is a doctor in Thiruvananthapuram, called me the other day to tell this story. He recently built a house in one of the city suburbs. One day, a man who lives nearby, came and asked him why he still had no curtains on the windows.
Doctor, he said, this is a beautiful, new house. But where are the curtains? You need curtains.
Curtains, he said, would look nice on this new building. My friend told the man that he would call him after some time. The man gave my friend his address and left. A month later, my friend decided to put curtains and went in search of this man. But when he enquired in the locality, he was told that there was none who stitched curtains.
After a couple of days, the man again appeared before my friend. Doctor, it seems you came searching for me. My friend told him that he was indeed there but could not locate him. To this, the man replied, True doctor, it is me and my brother who are doing this. I will bring him soon.
And off he went. But a few days later, both were back. When the doctor gave the specifications for the curtains, they said they would return. They were true to their word but they brought with them an emaciated man. This man took the measurements and the curtains were ready in a week.
But what were the first two doing? Of course, we all know what they were doing. They did nothing. But they made money out of the poor tailors labour and sweat. And this is the latest and rapidly spreading work culture in every field of activity in Kerala.
Who on earth said you cannot catch fish without wetting your hands?
(The writers email: drtitusjohn@gmail.com)

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Re: [www.keralites.net] A new work culture in Kerala

 

Dear all,

The same commission raj pervade in trade union sector also. Here is a new trend.
I am from Eranakulam District, My company is a trading firm where trade-unions having exclusive right for doing loading and unloading work in our premises.
�Till recently they were doing it their own, but they now outsource the same work to Bengali Migrant workers.�
This is how the economics works.
Its Rs 250/- per ton for trade unions under labor contract approved by government.
For a normal load of 12 tons they fetch Rs 3,000/-.
Now they hire 3 north indian workers for Rs 350/- each(Remember, its a regular work for the migrants so they its a tempting offer for them) and it cost the unions just 1000/- and the workaholic bengali's complete the work in 2 hours(which extends to 8 hours with lazy trade union workers). They deploy the same workers to other 4 neighboring company's too under the same pay and reap a windfall.�
Now at the end of the day who gains/ Who lose?
The migrant worker- who earns his pie. He is happy with his 350.
The Company(Us): No lose as the work completes in a record time(2 hours instead of 6 or 8)
The Unions: Reap a bounty of �Rs 2000/- with no sweat and the same from other companies.(My rough estimate of Rs 10,000 Per day on normal business days, Their cost = sweat of 3 migrant labors at Rs 1000/- with no overtime pay or rest )
And the scene doesn't end there.
Union distribute the bounty with to the members of 8, its almost Rs 1,000/ member. All day they play the cards and sleep with just one member on turn-basis �to supervise the migrant workers.And the routine, they march to Beverages Outlet, queue up for Rs 2/- rice in ration shops and occasional processions and sloganeering for the party�
Here the only loser is the society and the the millions of unemployed youth in kerala.The unions hijack the prospects of new investment and new opportunities in Kerala
� � � � � � � � � Now the communists has to redefine Marxism and �his Dialectical Materialism in the light Kerala experience.
Comrades, Answer us
Who is the oppressor?
Who is the oppressed?
Who eats the sweat?�
Who is the real bourgeoisie?
� �-Ansar


On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 10:05 AM, austin clement <ktaclement@yahoo.com> wrote:
Middle men make 10 to 20 times the gains while actual farmer ( producer) investing hard work and money taking all the risks gets a pittance.
Further, the middle men control the market prices.
�The Co- op Societies have to play a more important role to give the farmer his due share and the common man gets the commodity at a lower price. Such objectives of the Co-operatives are quite often forgotten, when politicians are placed to head/ control such Co-ops.

Co-ops should be managed by the farmers /producers themselves, with professional assistance from outside for mechanization, processing, storage,value addition, marketing etc.Punjab is an example in this ,for the same reason It has the well-to-do farmers. More than 40 years back all the punjabi farmers were using tractors and tillers in their fields.Look at Kerala even today most farmers are unable to use these due to perverted political ideologies. Change in Kerala came only too late,when Agriculture virtually stopped, mainly due to high labor costs in spite of good weather and water.



From: John Thomas <joal0791@yahoo.com>
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Cc: "drtitusjohn@gmail.com" <drtitusjohn@gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, 18 September 2013 3:25 PM
Subject: Re: [www.keralites.net] A new work culture in Kerala

Dear,

There is no surprise in this. For the last so many years, farmers in this country are suffering from this. Tomato which is bought @ Rs 2 from the farmers are being sold @ Rs 20 or 30 in the market. The Rs 2 paid to the farmer is again not from their pocket but from the advance paid by their clients.


From: Shafeeq
To: Keralites@yahoogroups.com
Cc: drtitusjohn@gmail.com
Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2013 7:55 PM
Subject: [www.keralites.net] A new work culture in Kerala



DR. TITUS JOHN
A friend of mine, who is a doctor in Thiruvananthapuram, called me the other day to tell this story. He recently built a house in one of the city suburbs. One day, a man who lives nearby, came and asked him why he still had no curtains on the windows.
Doctor, he said, this is a beautiful, new house. But where are the curtains? You need curtains.
Curtains, he said, would look nice on this new building. My friend told the man that he would call him after some time. The man gave my friend his address and left. A month later, my friend decided to put curtains and went in search of this man. But when he enquired in the locality, he was told that there was none who stitched curtains.
After a couple of days, the man again appeared before my friend. Doctor, it seems you came searching for me. My friend told him that he was indeed there but could not locate him. To this, the man replied, True doctor, it is me and my brother who are doing this. I will bring him soon.
And off he went. But a few days later, both were back. When the doctor gave the specifications for the curtains, they said they would return. They were true to their word but they brought with them an emaciated man. This man took the measurements and the curtains were ready in a week.
But what were the first two doing? Of course, we all know what they were doing. They did nothing. But they made money out of the poor tailors labour and sweat. And this is the latest and rapidly spreading work culture in every field of activity in Kerala.
Who on earth said you cannot catch fish without wetting your hands?
(The writers email: drtitusjohn@gmail.com)

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RE: [www.keralites.net] A new work culture in Kerala

 

Another form of brokering is found in the job market now. The poor  Bengali and Oriya workers are being scheduled for work by a contractor who takes commission form the workers. As the local people who want workers do not know the language of the workers, they have to seek the help of the contractors, who in turn exploit the workers. . I am told that a particular contractor is earning about Rs.5000 per day from such commissions. 


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From: ktaclement@yahoo.com
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Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2013 12:35:13 +0800
Subject: Re: [www.keralites.net] A new work culture in Kerala

 

Middle men make 10 to 20 times the gains while actual farmer ( producer) investing hard work and money taking all the risks gets a pittance.
Further, the middle men control the market prices.
 The Co- op Societies have to play a more important role to give the farmer his due share and the common man gets the commodity at a lower price. Such objectives of the Co-operatives are quite often forgotten, when politicians are placed to head/ control such Co-ops.

Co-ops should be managed by the farmers /producers themselves, with professional assistance from outside for mechanization, processing, storage,value addition, marketing etc.Punjab is an example in this ,for the same reason It has the well-to-do farmers. More than 40 years back all the punjabi farmers were using tractors and tillers in their fields.Look at Kerala even today most farmers are unable to use these due to perverted political ideologies. Change in Kerala came only too late,when Agriculture virtually stopped, mainly due to high labor costs in spite of good weather and water.



From: John Thomas <joal0791@yahoo.com>
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Cc: "drtitusjohn@gmail.com" <drtitusjohn@gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, 18 September 2013 3:25 PM
Subject: Re: [www.keralites.net] A new work culture in Kerala

 
Dear,

There is no surprise in this. For the last so many years, farmers in this country are suffering from this. Tomato which is bought @ Rs 2 from the farmers are being sold @ Rs 20 or 30 in the market. The Rs 2 paid to the farmer is again not from their pocket but from the advance paid by their clients.


From: Shafeeq
To: Keralites@yahoogroups.com
Cc: drtitusjohn@gmail.com
Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2013 7:55 PM
Subject: [www.keralites.net] A new work culture in Kerala



DR. TITUS JOHN
A friend of mine, who is a doctor in Thiruvananthapuram, called me the other day to tell this story. He recently built a house in one of the city suburbs. One day, a man who lives nearby, came and asked him why he still had no curtains on the windows.
Doctor, he said, this is a beautiful, new house. But where are the curtains? You need curtains.
Curtains, he said, would look nice on this new building. My friend told the man that he would call him after some time. The man gave my friend his address and left. A month later, my friend decided to put curtains and went in search of this man. But when he enquired in the locality, he was told that there was none who stitched curtains.
After a couple of days, the man again appeared before my friend. Doctor, it seems you came searching for me. My friend told him that he was indeed there but could not locate him. To this, the man replied, True doctor, it is me and my brother who are doing this. I will bring him soon.
And off he went. But a few days later, both were back. When the doctor gave the specifications for the curtains, they said they would return. They were true to their word but they brought with them an emaciated man. This man took the measurements and the curtains were ready in a week.
But what were the first two doing? Of course, we all know what they were doing. They did nothing. But they made money out of the poor tailors labour and sweat. And this is the latest and rapidly spreading work culture in every field of activity in Kerala.
Who on earth said you cannot catch fish without wetting your hands?
(The writers email: drtitusjohn@gmail.com)

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Re: [www.keralites.net] Temples now the only hope for gold indu

 

Dear Friends 

Yes I agree with MR.KC.Kartha's point of view.
First and foremost establish
an umbrella organization known as All India Hindu Welfare Devasthanam or something to that effect with a board of Directors made up of Hindu scholars and Hindu temple elder priests,com temple trustees and free the Temples from the clutches of the Government.They shall have no say in the affairs of the Temple....period.
Request each Temple committees to give a sufficient quantity of gold which they can part with from their possession for the common good of the Hindus welfare.
So sales of  the golds accrued in the possession of the temples are put to good use,establishing such as a hospital,a Collage,a University,Welfare homes and so forth founded on Hindu tradition under
the Hindu Welfare Devasthanam for the common good of the Hindu general public's benefit.

I hope and believe this Devasthanam will play a pivotal role in keeping the Hindus together and in it's advancement.
Shed the differences,notice the common values and be united.Believe me all are equal in GOD's presence.    


REMEMBER TRUST not the Politicians,do not allow them any say in the affairs of this establishment.Neither should the Government be allowed to interfere in its affairs.That's is our fundamental right and it should be upheld at all times.

There must be regular audit on the conduct of this organization,it's finances,it's activities etc.
Also yearly an external audit be carried out for it's well being.
This set up shall only concentrate on the affairs of the welfare and not involve with the affairs of the Temple for which a committee is already set up.

S
ufficient funds must be made available to the Temple committees to up grade their Temple premises and it's structures,to repair,to repaint and to keep the environment clean and
conducive for the large number of congregating devotees daily.

Appoint an ombudsman who is some one with a highest integrity to keep this vehicle under control.

I
f all these is not possible part not with the gold whatever the excuse.


This is my humble opinion.


Thank You and Regards


On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 4:18 PM, kartha chandrasekharan <kckartha@yahoo.com> wrote:
 

Dr.R.C.Sreekumar

Further to my suggestion one this and response to your mail, let me write a few more line on this.
As you said the custodian of the project should be the temple that is investing the gold for that.
The profit from this must go to them. If more temples make use of their gold for this, the profit is shared
according to the amount of shares they invest, like the procedure followed by CIAL. but in no way they
will interfere or influence in the administration of the so called Co-Operative Hospital, headed by a group of Doctors, min 25 in numbers with equal importance and responsibilities. Apart from salary they get they must be provided with a share on profit too.
Being a responsible person as Vascular and endovascular surgeon, Vice President IMA Trivandrum
Secretary, Vascular society of Kerala, I suggest you to take initiative on this project with your your influence. I hope the big temples will support your effort instead of keeping the Gold as a dead investment.
and serve the nation, thereby doing a charity to needy people irrespective of cast or religion and get God's
blessing and avoid Govt. asking the questions on them.

LET US MAKE BEST USE OF THE GOLD THAT TEMPLES ARE HOLDING AND GET BLESSINGS OF THE ALMIGHTY. Hope the Govt also do their support for such Co- Operative projects. Same thing can be for educational institutions also.

KC Kartha
Secretary,
Muvattupuzha Thaaluk Kshethra Ekopana Samithy Trust.
Executive Committee Member, Muvattupuzha Senior Citizens Forum
Secretary, PROBUS Club, Muvattupuzha
Tel. 9946472441, 0485 2207233


From: sreekumar ramachandran <rcsreekumar@gmail.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, 18 September 2013 10:58 PM

Subject: Re: [www.keralites.net] Temples now the only hope for gold indu

 
the idea is wonderful
everybody irrespective of the religion may be beneficiary for the programme, but the ownership should remain with the community which belongs to and the meager profit should go to the temple management
for that all temples should be handed over to the community from the government administration the temples should stop gathering the gold,but should sell and invest in more profitable and community oriented services like education, healthcare etc
the government should provide an equal platform with minority institutions for those initiated by the temple related organisations

Dr.R.C.Sreekumar
Vascular and endovascular surgeon, Trivandrum
Vice President IMA Trivandrum
Secretary, Vascular society of Kerala
Mayookhan, UG 31B, Medical College.P.O, Trivandrum
0471 2557953, 91 9447157953

On 18 September 2013 18:38, kartha chandrasekharan <kckartha@yahoo.com> wrote:
What will happen if the Gold in Temples is made use for some useful purpose like establishing Educational institutions or Hospitals under very able and professional hands. Let some young and enthusiastic doctors
join as a group and make a Co-Operative Society Hospital and serve the very needy and poor people by using this Gold as capital. For that, the Temple management should help them to do so, instead of keeping this gold as a blocked stuff in a locker. The temple should be the ultimate owner of the the Gold and serve the Humanity by using this item. The God will be much happy with this kind of charity.
kck

From: GROUPS <groupstonath@gmail.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, 17 September 2013 7:29 AM
Subject: Re: [www.keralites.net] Temples now the only hope for gold industry?
After looting the people and making them dry these rascals want to loot the temples ! Why temples only? Let them raid all the politicians and they will find huge stock of gold looted from us the citizens.
Ravi
From: Binesh Kumar
Sent: Monday, September 16, 2013 6:40 PM
Subject: [www.keralites.net] Temples now the only hope for gold industry?

Temples now the only hope for gold industry?

New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) The glitter has gone out of the gold industry and it is hoping for divine intervention - but of a different kind - to breakout from the negative phase. Industry stakeholders feel if India's gold-rich temples part with at least half of their treasure, this will save the government from importing the yellow metal for at least four to five months.
"I feel that if the temples sell part of their gold, the country do not import gold for five to six months. The consumption of gold in India will remain static, no matter how much the government asks citizens not to buy gold. The market is going through a slump," Harshad Ajmera, a director of the All India Gems Jewellery Trade Federation, told IANS.
A similar sentiment was echoed by Pankaj Parekh, vice chairman, Gems Jewellery Export Promotion Council, who said a partial release of temple gold can not only save the country from foreign exchange outflows but can even help in export earnings.
"If the temples release some of their gold, the country need not import this for another four-five months. It will be win-win situation for both the government and the temples. The government will save a lot of foreign exchange," he added.
All this is predicated on building consensus between the temples on parting with some of their gold.
There were reports that the RBI had sent a circular to some of India's prominent temples seeking details of their gold stocks. Three of the richest temples have, however, denied receiving such a circular.
"We have not received any request from the RBI as of now. The gold is with the treasury department and we cannot give any estimation. We get around Rs.2 crore as hundis (offerings) everyday," a spokesperson of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam in Andhra Pradesh told IANS.
Kerala's Sree Padmanabha Swamy temple, which dates back almost 5,000 years, is also believed to have enormous amount of gold, precious stones, rare coins and idols.
"We have not received any letters from the RBI seeking any information regarding the temple gold. We have no estimation of the temple treasury. This temple dates back to thousands of years and offerings to Padmanabhaswamy have been made since then. It is difficult to even hypothetically give any estimation," an executive director of the Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple told IANS.
M.V.Nair, chief of the expert committee appointed by the Supreme Court for drawing up an inventory of the temple's wealth, told IANS: "We are asked to document the inventories of the temple. We are reporting directly to the Supreme Court. Our parametres for working are restricted. The Supreme Court will decide what it will do with the findings. We are working in this project for the last one year and hope to complete the project by December."
An official of the Chidambaram Temple in Tamil Nadu also denied of receiving any letter from RBI.
The RBI and the government have already adopted many steps to control the import of gold to arrest the current account deficit. The government recently raised customs duty on gold to 10 percent.
Import of gold swelled 87 percent from 205 tonnes in April-July 2012 to 383 tonnes during the corresponding period of 2013. Last year, 900 tonnes of gold was imported. After oil, gold amounts for India's second highest import bill.
The current price of gold is around Rs.30,375 per 10 grams. No imports have taken place since July 22.
(Aparajita Gupta can be contacted at aparajita.g@ians)

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