[www.keralites.net] परिन्दे कि अरदास-

 

परिन्दे कि अरदास-
आँगन,छत,मुँडेर पर रख दो
कुछ दाना पानी,
गरमी आ गयी है
 

...प्यासा रह जाता हूँ... 

---

www.keralites.net

__._,_.___

---

Posted by: "K.G. GOPALAKRISHNAN" <kgopalakrishnan52@yahoo.in>

---

Reply via web post

•

Reply to sender

•

Reply to group

•

Start a New Topic

•

Messages in this topic (1)

KERALITES - A moderated eGroup exclusively for Keralites...

To subscribe send a mail to Keralites-subscribe@yahoogroups.com.
Send your posts to Keralites@yahoogroups.com.
Send your suggestions to Keralites-owner@yahoogroups.com.

To unsubscribe send a mail to Keralites-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com.

Homepage: http://www.keralites.net

Visit Your Group

• New Members 4

• Privacy • Unsubscribe • Terms of Use

.

__,_._,___

[www.keralites.net] Things that will disappear

 

These Ten Things Will Disappear In Our Lifetime

 

Ten Things To Disappear In Our Lifetime. This is USA oriented, but Canada, Australia the rest will not be far behind. Whether these changes are good or bad depends in part on how we adapt to them. But, ready or not, here they come.  1. The Post Office Get ready to imagine a world without the post office. They are so deeply in financial trouble there is probably no way to sustain it long term. Email, Fed Ex, and UPS have just about wiped out the minimum revenue needed to keep the post office alive. Most of your mail every day is junk mail and bills.  2. The Cheque Britain is already laying the groundwork to do away with cheque by 2018. It costs the financial system billions of dollars a year to process cheques. Plastic cards and online transactions will lead to the eventual demise of the cheque. This plays right into the death of the post office. If you never paid your bills by mail and never received them by mail, the post office would absolutely go out of business. 3. The Newspaper The younger generation simply doesn't read the newspaper. They certainly don't subscribe to a daily delivered print edition. It will go the way of the milkman and the laundry man. As for reading the paper online, get ready to pay for it. The rise in mobile Internet devices and e-readers has caused all the newspaper and magazine publishers to form an alliance. They have met with Apple, Amazon, and the major cell phone companies to develop a model for paid subscription services. 4. The Book You say you will never give up the physical book you hold in your hand and turn the literal pages. I said the same thing about downloading music from iTunes. I wanted my hard copy CD. But I quickly changed my mind when I discovered I could get albums for half the price without ever leaving home to get the latest music. The same thing will happen with books. You can browse a bookstore online and even read a preview chapter before you buy. And the price is less than half of a real book. And think of the convenience! Once you start flicking your fingers on the screen instead of the book, you find you are lost in the story, can't wait to see what happens next, and you forget you're holding a gadget instead of a book.  5. The Land Line Telephone Unless you have a large family and make a lot of local calls, you don't need it anymore. Most people keep it simply because they've always had it. But you are paying double charges for the extra service. All the cell phone companies will let you call customers using the same cell provider for no charge against your minutes. 6. Music This is one of the saddest parts of the change story. The music industry is dying a slow death. Not just because of illegal downloading. It's the lack of innovative new music being given a chance to get to the people who would like to hear it. Greed and corruption is the problem. The record labels and the radio conglomerates are simply self-destructing. Over 40% of the music purchased today is "catalogue items," meaning traditional music the public is familiar with, older established artists. This is also true on the live concert circuit. To explore this fascinating and disturbing topic further, check out the book, "Appetite for Self-Destruction" by Steve Knopper, and the video documentary, "Before the Music Dies." 7. Television Revenues to the networks are down dramatically. Not just because of the economy. People are watching TV and movies streamed from their computers. And they're playing games and doing lots of other things to take up the time usually spent watching TV. Prime time shows have degenerated down to lower than the lowest common denominator. Cable rates are skyrocketing and commercials run about every 4 minutes and 30 seconds. I say good riddance to most of it. It's time for the cable companies to be put out of our misery. Let the people choose what they want to watch online and through Netflix.  8. The "Things" You Own Many of the very possessions we used to own are still in our lives, but we may not actually own them in the future. They may simply reside in "the cloud." Today your computer has a hard drive and you store your pictures, music, movies, and documents. Your software is on a CD or DVD, and you can always re-install it if need be. But all of this is changing. Apple, Microsoft, and Google are all finishing up their latest "cloud services." It means when you turn on a computer, the Internet will be built into the operating system. So, Windows, Google, and the Mac OS will be tied straight into the Internet. If you click an icon, it will open something in the Internet cloud. If you save something, it will be saved to the cloud. And you may pay a monthly subscription fee to the cloud provider. In this virtual world, you can access your music or your books, or your whatever from any laptop or handheld device. This is the good news. But, will you actually own any of this "stuff" or will it all be able to disappear at any moment in a big "Poof?" Will most of the things in our lives be disposable and whimsical? It makes you want to run to the closet and pull out a photo album, grab a book from the shelf, or open up a CD case and pull out the insert.  This is a ways down the road yet as hard drives now-a-days have terabytes of space so why use the cloud?  9. Joined Handwriting Already gone in some schools who no longer teach "joined handwriting" (better known as cursive) because nearly everything is done now on computers or keyboards of some type (pun not intended) 10. Privacy If there ever was a concept we can look back on nostalgically, it would be privacy. It's gone. It's been gone for a long time anyway. There are cameras on the street, in most of the buildings, and even built into your computer and cell phone. But you can be sure 24/7; "They" know who you are and where you are, right down to the GPS coordinates, and the Google StreetView. The TV show "Person of Interest" isn't as far out as you may think. If you buy something, your habit is put into a zillion profiles, and your ads will change to reflect those habits. "They" will try to get you to buy something else. Again and again.

---

www.keralites.net

__._,_.___

---

Posted by: "K.G. GOPALAKRISHNAN" <kgopalakrishnan52@yahoo.in>

---

Reply via web post

•

Reply to sender

•

Reply to group

•

Start a New Topic

•

Messages in this topic (1)

KERALITES - A moderated eGroup exclusively for Keralites...

To subscribe send a mail to Keralites-subscribe@yahoogroups.com.
Send your posts to Keralites@yahoogroups.com.
Send your suggestions to Keralites-owner@yahoogroups.com.

To unsubscribe send a mail to Keralites-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com.

Homepage: http://www.keralites.net

Visit Your Group

• New Members 4

• Privacy • Unsubscribe • Terms of Use

.

__,_._,___

[www.keralites.net] 11 Reasons You Must Travel Before Taking Any Important Life Decision

 

There comes a phase in life where youve got to take important decisions that will have a great impact on your life. At first, you fear. Youre nervous about taking the big leap that will make or break your life. At such times, you need to breathe, pack your bags and set out on a trip to seek some enlightenment that would give you the much-needed courage to take on the world. Heres why you need to keep calm and travel before taking lifes important decisions.

1. It diverts your mind for a while

Travelling will divert your mind from the stressful subject that is bothering you currently. Getting to a destination will give you enough to think about and act on. Therefore, its a good diversion.

2. You will observe people and learn from them

During your journey, you will meet many interesting people who have problems which are difficult than yours. Paying keen attention to them would make you realise how boldly they take on their problems, and that will motivate you to find your way.

3. It will give you your much needed me time

While travelling, you will get your me time to arrive at your solutions. Everyday chaos makes your life more complicated. However, if you take some time out to figure out your life then you will surely arrive at a solution.

4. It will help you set your priorities straight

It is while travelling that it will dawn on you that youve been giving importance to silly things in life. It gives you the clarity to figure out whats more important. 

5. It will make you realise the power of nature

Our fast-paced lives dont let us realise the real power of nature. We make mistakes by never letting our decisions align with that of natures. It is when you travel that you will get time to appreciate natures beauty and think about its presence in your life.

6. While travelling, you will suddenly be hit by a realisation that will change your life

Everything will come to you at an unexpected moment. It will be like a massive meteor of realisation that will hit you and change you for the better. You will then find that much sought after solution at one go.

7. Eminent people like Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg have found what they were looking for while on spiritual trips

Its no secret that Jobs and Zuckerberg turned to a spiritual trip to India for answers. And they did receive what they were looking for. Spiritual trips help you calm down and look for answers within. It serves as a motivation, which boosts your morale and helps you gain confidence.

8. It clears self-doubt

Before taking a giant step towards making a big decision, your mind is filled with self-doubt and confusion. It is when youre back from a rejuvenating trip that the fog of self-doubt clears and you come back as a different person altogether.

9. You'll realise how life is so much bigger than your problems

We crib and whine about small things all the time. However, your life is above that. Only the long journey will make you realise that its just a phase you'll leave once you move on to the next road. Life is not about being stuck in one place, but about moving on to the next road.

10. It will teach you how to go with the flow

Leisure is when you control time and not vice-versa. It is during your leisure time that you would realise how we run against time and not with it. Travelling will advise you to go with the flow, and that relying on destiny is not going to help you one bit.

11. It changes you for the best

You leave with your backpack and confusing questions, but youre back with reassuring answers and self-confidence that would give you the strength to take on the world. You come back with no inhibitions and youre ready to face whatever life has in store for you with an open mind and with an open heart.

---

www.keralites.net

__._,_.___

---

Posted by: "K.G. GOPALAKRISHNAN" <kgopalakrishnan52@yahoo.in>

---

Reply via web post

•

Reply to sender

•

Reply to group

•

Start a New Topic

•

Messages in this topic (2)

KERALITES - A moderated eGroup exclusively for Keralites...

To subscribe send a mail to Keralites-subscribe@yahoogroups.com.
Send your posts to Keralites@yahoogroups.com.
Send your suggestions to Keralites-owner@yahoogroups.com.

To unsubscribe send a mail to Keralites-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com.

Homepage: http://www.keralites.net

Visit Your Group

• New Members 4

• Privacy • Unsubscribe • Terms of Use

.

__,_._,___