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என் பெயர் விவசாயி.&lt;br /&gt;
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வீட்டில் வைத்த பெயரைப் பற்றி நீங்கள் எந்த ஆய்வுக்கும் போகத் தேவையில்லை. ஏனெனில், எல்லாருக்கும் போலவே வீட்டில் எனக்கு வைத்த பெயர் மகிழ்வூட்டக்கூடியது. எல்லாரையும் போலவே அப் பெயருக்கும் எனக்கும் யாதொரு தொடர்பும் இல்லை. என் கிராமத்தில் என்னை ஏமாளி என்றும், நகர எல்லைக்குள் கோமாளி என்றும் அழைப்பது வழக்கம். மாநகர எல்லைக்குள் எனக்குப் பெயரிடும் அக்கறையைக்கூட யாரும் காட்டுவதில்லை. உங்களிடம் பேச நிறைய சேதிகள் என்னிடம் உண்டு. இப்போது நான் என் உளுந்து சாகுபடி குறித்துப் பேச விரும்புகிறேன்.&lt;br /&gt;
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நீங்கள் இன்று காலையில் உண்ட இட்லியிலோ தோசையிலோ வடையிலோ என் தோட்டத்து உளுந்து இருந்திருக்கலாம். இது ஒன்றே உங்களுக்கும் எனக்குமான உறவு. இந்த உறவின் உரிமையில்தான் உங்களுடன் பேசும் துணிவு எனக்கு ஏற்பட்டது. அந்த உணவில் என்னுடைய மற்றும் என்னுடன் தோட்டத்தில் வேலை செய்தவர்களுடைய வியர்வை, கண்ணீர் வாடை இருக்க வாய்ப்பில்லை. ஏனெனில், உங்களுக்குக் கிடைப்பவை அனைத்தும் சுத்திகரிக்கப்பட்டவை. நீங்களும் அவற்றையே விரும்புகிறீர்கள். சுத்திகரிப்புச் செய்யப்படும் ஆலைகளில் தேடிப் பார்த்தாலும் அவற்றை உணரக்கூட முடியாது. ஏனெனில் அவை மாந்திரிக மாற்றத்திற்குட்பட்டுக் கரன்சிகளாக மாறி ஆலை உரிமையாளர்களின் மற்றும் வணிகர்களின் கல்லாக்களில் உறைகின்றன. காந்தியின் சிரிப்பில் கண்ணீரையோ வியர்வையையோ தேடும் வல்லமை யாருக்கு உண்டு?&lt;br /&gt;
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கடந்த மார்கழிப் பட்டத்தில் ஒன்றரை ஏக்கரில் நான் உளுந்து விதைத்தேன். மாசி மாதத்தில் அறுவடை செய்தேன். மன்னிக்கவும், என்னால் டிசம்பர் மார்ச் என்று எழுத இயலவில்லை. மார்கழி என்றால் பனி. மாசி என்றால் முன்பனியும் வெயிலும். இதுதான் என் போன்றோரின் கணக்கு. மார்கழி என்றால் இசைக்கச்சேரி என்பது உங்களில் சிலருக்கான கணக்காக இருக்கலாம். மார்ச் என்றால் பட்ஜெட் சிலருக்கான கணக்காக இருக்கலாம். மார்கழியில் பனியில் உழுவதும் களை பறிப்பதும். மாசியில் வெயிலில் நின்று நீர் பாய்ச்சுவதும் அறுவடை செய்வதுமே எங்கள் புத்திக்கு எட்டியவை.&lt;br /&gt;
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உளுந்து குறித்த வரவு செலவுக் கணக்கை உங்கள் முன் சமர்ப்பிக்க விரும்புகிறேன்.&lt;br /&gt;
உழவு (டிராக்டர்) – ரூ 1750&lt;br /&gt;
விதை (ஏடிடீ5)- ரூ 1650&lt;br /&gt;
விதைப்பு உழவு (ஏர்) ரூ 500&lt;br /&gt;
களை பறிப்பு ரூ 3265&lt;br /&gt;
பாத்தி பிடிக்க ரூ 900&lt;br /&gt;
அறுவடை ரூ 1200&lt;br /&gt;
தூற்றுதல், சுத்தம் செய்தல் ரூ 950&lt;br /&gt;
உளுந்து மூட்டைகளைச் சந்தைக்குக் கொண்டு செல்ல வண்டி (டாடா ஏசி) வாடகை ரூ 850&lt;br /&gt;
மூட்டை தூக்குபவர் கூலி ரூ 60&lt;br /&gt;
மொத்தம் ரூ 11065/-&lt;br /&gt;
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இதில் நானும் என் தோட்டத்தில் பணிபுரிபவரும் பார்த்த வேலைகளுக்கான கூலி எதுவும் சேர்க்கப்படவில்லை.ரசாயன உரம், பூச்சி விக்ஷம் ஆகியவை பயன்படுத்தவில்லை. இவற்றைப் பயன்படுத்துவது பாவம் செய்வதாகும் என்ற நம்பிக்கை எனக்கு உண்டு. இதனால்தான் கிராமத்தில் எனக்கு நான் சொன்ன பேர் வைக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது என்பதை தயை செய்து குறித்துக்கொள்ளுங்கள்.&lt;br /&gt;
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மேலும், இந்த சாகுபடி நடந்த காலத்தில் நான் வருமானம் தரக்கூடிய வேறெந்த வேலையும் செய்யவில்லை. விவசாயமும் ஒரு வருவாய் ஆதாரம் என்பதும், வேறெந்த வேலையைக் காட்டிலும் இதில் புண்ணியம் சேரும் என்பதும் என் நம்பிக்கை. இதனால்தான் நகரத்தில் எனக்கு நான் சொன்ன பேர் வைக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது என்பதையும் தயை செய்து குறித்துக்கொள்ளுங்கள்.&lt;br /&gt;
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மொத்த விளைச்சல் 300 கிலோ.&lt;br /&gt;
ஒரு கிலோ உளுந்து வாங்கப்படும் விலை ரூ 42/-&lt;br /&gt;
நான் வாங்கிய விதையின் விலை 110 ரூபாய் என்பதைத் தங்கள் மேலான கவனத்தில் கொள்ள வேண்டுகிறேன்.இதுபோக, நீங்கள் கடைகளில் வாங்கும் உளுந்தின் விலை ஒரு கிலோ ரூ 80 என்பதை உங்களுக்கு நினைவூட்டத் தேவையில்லைதானே?என் போன்றோரின் உளுந்து வாங்கப்பட்டு தோல் நீக்கப்பட்டு உங்களிடம் வந்து சேர்கிறது. வாங்கி விற்பவர்கள் தாங்கள் செய்யும் இந்தச் சிறிய வேலைக்கு எடுத்துக்கொள்ளும் ஆதாயம் கிலோவுக்கு 38 ரூபாய். கிலோ ஒன்றுக்கு 42 ரூபாய் என 300 கிலோவை விற்றால் 12600ரூபாய் கிடைக்கும். ஆக மொத்தம் மார்கழி முதல் மாசி வரை நானும் என் பணியாளரும் பார்த்த வேலைக்குக் கிடைத்த தொகை ரூ.1535/&lt;br /&gt;
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நீங்களும் பாவம்தான். உங்களிடமும் போதிய பணமில்லை. ஆனாலும் உங்களுக்கு மூன்று வேளை உணவு கிடைக்கக் காரணம் என்ன என்பதை அருள் கூர்ந்து யோசித்துப் பாருங்கள். அதேபோல, ஒரு மளிகைக் கடைக்காரர் உங்களையோ உங்கள் மனைவி மக்களையோ பார்த்து ’சார்...மேடம்’ என்று அழைத்து மரியாதை செலுத்துபவர், உங்களைவிட அதிகம் சம்பாதிக்கிறார் என்பதை என்றாவது உணர்ந்திருக்கிறீர்களா?&lt;br /&gt;
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நீங்கள் மாதம் 20 ஆயிரம் சம்பாதித்தால் உங்கள் குடியிருப்பு கடைக்காரருக்கு மாதம் 4ஆயிரம் செலுத்துவீர்கள். 50 ஆயிரம் சம்பாதித்தால் 8 ஆயிரம் செலுத்துவீர்கள். உள்ளத்தனைய மலர் நீட்டம் என்பது போல், குடியிருப்பின் சம்பளத்தனைய மளிகைக் கடைக்காரர் உயர்வு!&lt;br /&gt;
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சாகுபடி செய்யும் எங்களைவிட மொத்த வியாபாரிகள் மிக நன்றாக வாழ்வதை நாங்கள் பார்க்கிறோம். உங்களுக்கு ஏதோ வேலை இருக்கிறது. சம்பாத்தியம் வருகிறது. ஆகவே, இவை குறித்த கவலை தேவையில்லை என நீங்கள் எண்ணலாம். உங்கள் தாய் தந்தையர் இதே போல நினைத்தார்கள். அதனால்தான், 10 ரூபாய் உளுந்து அவர்கள் காலத்தில் 40 ரூபாய் ஆனது.&lt;br /&gt;
நீங்களும் இதையே நினைத்தால் உங்கள் மக்கள் 250 ரூபாய் கொடுப்பார்கள். அதுவரை நீ இருப்பாயா? என உங்களில் சிலர் என்னைப் பார்த்துக் கோபப்படுவதை என்னால் உணர முடிகிறது.&lt;br /&gt;
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நான் இருப்பேன். என் வீட்டு இட்லி தோசை வடைக்கு மட்டும் உளுந்து விதைத்துக்கொண்டும் பணம் சம்பாதிக்கும் வேலை பார்த்துக் கொண்டும் ஓய்வு நேரத்தில் மட்டும் என் தோட்டத்துக்குப் போய்க்கொண்டும்...பிடித்த காய்கறிகளைப் பயிரிட்டுக் கொண்டும் நான் இருப்பேன்.&lt;br /&gt;
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நண்பர்களே... பணம் பொதுவானது. அதை நாங்களும் சம்பாதிக்க முடியும். நிலம் எங்களுக்கானது. அது உங்களில் பலருக்கு இல்லை என்பதை நானறிவேன். சாகுபடி அறிவு எங்களுக்கு மட்டுமேயானது. அது உங்களில் எவருக்கும் இருக்காது என்பதையும் நானறிவேன்.&lt;br /&gt;
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இந்தக் கடிதத்தை எழுதத் தோன்றிய காரணத்தையும் உங்களுக்குச் சொல்ல வேண்டும்.உளுந்து விலை உயர்வுக்காக நீங்கள் வருந்தியும் கோபமுற்றும் வருகிறீர்கள். உங்களுக்காக முதல்வரும் பிரதமரும் பதிலளிக்கிறார்கள். காய்கறி விலை, பருப்பு விலை, எண்ணெய் விலை குறித்தும் உங்களுக்குக் கோபம் உண்டு.ஹமாம் சோப்பு விலை வருடம் தோறும் உயர்வது குறித்து நீங்கள் யாரும் ஹிந்துஸ்தான் லீவர் கம்பெனிக்கு எதிராகப் போராடியதாக நான் கேள்விப்படவில்லை. பாட்டா செருப்பு விலை உயர்வு குறித்து உங்களில் ஒருவரும் பாட்டா கடை முன் உரக்கப் பேசுவது கூட இல்லை. தேநீர் ஒன்று 5 ரூபாய்க்கும் 4 ரூபாய்க்கும் விற்கப்படுவதை நீங்கள் கண்டுகொள்ளவே இல்லை.தண்ணீர் ஒரு லிட்டர் 14 ரூபாய்க்கு விற்கப்படுவதையும் அதை நீங்கள் வாங்குவதையும் பார்க்கும் எங்கள் வயிறு எரிகிறதுதான். பெப்சி கோக் இன்ன பிற இத்யாதிகளைக் கடைக்காரர் சொல்லும் விலை கொடுத்து நீங்கள் வாங்குவதையும் அந்தப் பொருட்களின் விலை குறித்து நீங்கள் அலட்டிக்கொள்ளாமலே இருப்பதையும் பார்த்த பிறகுதான் இந்தக் கடிதம் அவசியமானது எனக்கு.&lt;br /&gt;
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இலவச மின்சாரம், மானியம் ஆகிய சலுகைகள் எங்களுக்கு இருப்பதாக உங்களில் பலர் பொறாமையோடு பேசுவதைக் கேட்டிருக்கிறேன். உங்கள் வீட்டுக்கு மின்சாரம் இலவசம், உங்கள் வாகன பெட்ரோலுக்கு மானியமும் தரப்படும். ஆனால், உங்கள் சம்பளத்தை மட்டும் கொத்தவால்சாவடி மொத்த வியாபாரியிடம், அவர் என்ன தர நினைக்கிறாரோ அந்த அளவுக்கு வாங்கிக்கொள்ளலாம் என ஒரு சட்டம் வந்தால் மட்டும்தான் அந்த சலுகைகளின் வலி உங்களுக்குப் புரியும்.&lt;br /&gt;
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வணிகர்களுக்கு எதிராகப் போராடி ஓய்ந்து போனவர்களின் பிள்ளைகள் நாங்கள். இனி, அப்படி ஒரு போராட்டம் தேவையில்லை என்பது எங்கள் முடிவு. உங்களுக்கும் உங்கள் பிள்ளைகளுக்கும் தேவை என்றால் ஏதாவது செய்யுங்கள்.இல்லையென்றால், இன்னும் சிறிது காலம் கழித்து, உங்களுக்கு உத்தியோகம் இருக்கும், வீடு வாசல் இருக்கும், டாடா நேனோ அல்லது வேறு ஏதேனும் தீப்பெட்டி கார் கூட இருக்கும், புதிய மாடல் 3 ஜி மொபைல் இருக்கும், இன்னும் பலவும் இருக்கும், உணவு மட்டும் இருக்காது. அது எங்களிடம் இருக்கும்.&lt;br /&gt;
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இப்போது நாங்கள் அனுபவிக்கும் பசியை, அது தரும் அவமானத்தை நீங்கள் சந்திக்க நேரும். ஆனால், அரசாங்கம் உங்களைக் கைவிடாது. ’கரன்சியைத் தின்று உயிர் வாழும் கலை’ கற்றுத் தரும் கல்லூரிகள் அரசு அனுமதியுடன் (நிகர்நிலைப் பல்கலைக் கழகங்களும்தான்) துவக்கப்படும். அவற்றில் படிக்க, நீங்கள் உங்கள் பணிக் காலத்தின்(சர்வீஸ் என்றால் புரியும்தானே) 20 ஆண்டு வருவாயைக் கடனாகப் பெற நேரிடும். இது ஒன்றும் உங்களுக்குப் புதிதல்ல. ஏற்ர்கனவே, இதே போன்ற வாழ்க்கை அடமானத்தின்படி, அட்டைப் பெட்டி வீடுகள் கட்டி அவற்றுக்கு ராயல் வில்லா, ஹேப்பி ஹோம் என்றெல்லாம் வேடிக்கையாகப் பெயரிட்டு வாழ்ந்து பழகியவர்கள் நீங்கள்.&lt;br /&gt;
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விளை நிலத்தைப் பொறியியல் கல்லூரிகளுக்கு விற்றுவிட்டு, கல்லூரிகளில் விவசாயம் செய்வது எப்படி எனப் படித்த மேதைகள் அல்லவா நீங்கள்! கரன்சி படிப்புக்கும் விற்பதற்கென ஏதேனும் இல்லாமலா போகும்! நாங்கள் உணவு உண்டு, பெண்டு பிள்ளைகளுடன் கூடிக் குலாவி இருக்கும் நேரம், நீங்கள் கரன்சி உண்டு உயிர் நீட்டிப்பு செய்வீர்கள்.&lt;br /&gt;
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நாங்கள் மனிதர்களாகவும் நீங்கள் வேறு ஏதோவாகவும் இருக்கப்போகும் காலம் அதுவாக இருக்கும்.இப்படி நடக்கக் கூடாதெனில்,ஒன்று, உங்களில் பலர் ஊர் திரும்பி வயலில் இறங்க வேண்டும். அல்லது, ஒவ்வொரு வடையிலும் இட்லியிலும் பிரியாணியிலும் இருக்கும் எங்கள் வியர்வை வாடையை உணர வேண்டும். காற்றில் கலந்து வரும் எமது பெருமூச்சின் சூட்டைப் புரிந்துகொள்ள வேண்டும்.&lt;br /&gt;
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I stay in Chennai, India. I see cinema ads on the walls, inside state buses, pasted outside state buses, so almost everywhere i turned. Even the good quality newspapers like 'The Hindu' almost virtually does not come without a cinema news or a few tons of cinema advertisements. I wonder why it should be so important (money is important for them right?).&lt;br /&gt;
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Worser than all, even government here takes care to give awards to cinemas without clearly stating why the awards are being given or how the society has been benefited by the awarded cinema (it is the people who pay all the [award]money through taxes).&lt;br /&gt;
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So it is very clear that how much the society here has been influenced by cinema, without any proper ground or logic. Have we all forgotten that cinema is only acting? If we realize, how would we make them our life heroes? How would we spend so much time keep talking about them? I stop here.&lt;br /&gt;
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I do not know how many got affected by this. I did get affected. I felt the influence. I found myself seeing too many movies, sometimes forgetting other 'more important' things. So i decided to stop this (if i can't, it seemed like i am a slave to it) and control it in my arms. I announced a 'no movie month' for myself. I decided to see no movie in Jan 2010 (actually it started nearly in Dec 20, 2009 - so for nearly 40 days). Many tempting releases occurred near this time frame (Avatar, Vijay's Vettaikaran [I like Vijay] etc).&lt;br /&gt;
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I withstood against them all and did come out successfully. I am yet to see a film after that.&lt;br /&gt;
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I feel the temptation to see movies has decreased considerably. Now i have decided to see only one movie per month (one good worth movie that i find) [I am not going to work in cinema industry to see films all the time to learn their arts]. Now i will not see a movie just because I saw too many ads and got influenced by it. I will see a movie because I chose to see it. Now I don't get controlled by the media or the mass power of a cinema hero(ine), I control it.&lt;br /&gt;
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I am happier.&lt;br /&gt;
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Azhagappan - My views" /><author><name>author</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://aruljose.blogspot.com/2008/02/indira-logathil-na-azhagappan-my-views.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;Dk4MSHw4eSp7ImA9WB9WGE8.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9460052.post-4170322431177347065</id><published>2007-11-23T05:36:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2007-11-23T05:36:29.231-08:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2007-11-23T05:36:29.231-08:00</app:edited><title>Pretty Girl and a Business Man</title><content type="html">&lt;span class="postbody"&gt;Recently I received a nice forward mail. You might be received the same from your friends. Anyhow Here I post it for you. Really good fun.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;A young and pretty lady posted this on a popular forum: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Title: What should I do to marry a rich guy?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm going to be honest of what I'm going to say here. I'm 25 this year. I'm very pretty, have style and good taste. I wish to marry a guy with $500k annual salary or above. You might say that I'm greedy, but an annual salary of $1M is considered only as middle class in New York. My requirement is not high. Is there anyone in this forum who has an income of $500k annual salary? Are you all married? I wanted to ask: what should I do to marry rich persons like you? Among those I've dated, the richest is $250k annual income, and it seems that this is my upper limit. If someone is going to move into high cost residential area on the west of New York City Garden (?), $250k annual income is not enough.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm here humbly to ask a few questions:&lt;br /&gt;1)      Where do most rich bachelors hang out? (Please list down the names and addresses of bars, restaurant, gym)&lt;br /&gt;2)      Which age group should I target?&lt;br /&gt;3)      Why most wives of the riches is only average-looking? I've&lt;br /&gt;met a few girls who doesn't have looks and are not interesting, but they are able to marry rich guys&lt;br /&gt;4)      How do you decide who can be your wife, and who can only be your girlfriend? (my target now is to get married)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ms. Pretty&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Awesome reply: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dear Ms. Pretty,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have read your post with great interest. Guess there are lots of girls out there who have similar questions like yours. Please allow me to analyse your situation as a professional investor. My annual income is more than $500k, which meets your requirement, so I hope everyone believes that I'm not wasting time here. From the standpoint of a business person, it is a bad decision to marry you. The answer is very simple, so let me explain. Put the details aside, what you're trying to do is an exchange of "beauty" and "money": Person A provides beauty, and Person B pays for it, fair and square. However, there's a deadly problem here, your beauty will fade, but my money will not be gone without any good reason. The fact is, my income might increase from year to year, but you can't be prettier year after year. Hence from the viewpoint of economics, I am an appreciation asset, and you are a depreciation asset. It's not just normal depreciation, but exponential depreciation. If that is your only asset, your value will be much worried 10 years later.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By the terms we use in Wall Street, every trading has a position, dating with you is also a "trading position". If the trade value dropped we will sell it and it is not a good idea to keep it for long term - same&lt;br /&gt;goes with the marriage that you wanted. It might be cruel to say this, but in order to make a wiser decision any assets with great depreciation value will be sold or "leased". Anyone with over $500k annual income is not a fool; we would only date you, but will not marry you. I would advice that you forget looking for any clues to marry a rich guy. And by the way, you could make yourself to become a rich person with $500k annual income. This has better chance than finding a rich fool.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hope this reply helps. If you are interested in "leasing" services, do&lt;br /&gt;contact me…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;signed,&lt;br /&gt;J.P. Morgan&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9460052-4170322431177347065?l=aruljose.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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I thought this would be useful for some of us.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A chat with Dr.Devi Shetty, Narayana Hrudayalaya (Heart Specialist) Bangalore was arranged by WIPRO for its employees.&lt;br /&gt;The transcript of the chat is given below. Useful for everyone.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Qn: What are the thumb rules for a layman to take care of his heart?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ans:&lt;br /&gt;1. Diet - Less of carbohydrate, more of protein, less oil&lt;br /&gt;2. Exercise - Half an hour's walk, at least five days a week; avoid lifts and avoid sitting for a longtime&lt;br /&gt;3. Quit smoking&lt;br /&gt;4. Control weight&lt;br /&gt;5. Control blood pressure and sugar&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Qn: Is eating non-veg food (fish) good for the heart?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ans: No&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Qn: It's still a grave shock to hear that some apparently healthy person  &lt;br /&gt;gets a cardiac arrest. How do we understand it in perspective?  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ans: This is called silent attack; that is why we recommend everyone past the age of 30 to undergo routine health checkups.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Qn: Are heart diseases hereditary?  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ans: Yes  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Qn: What are the ways in which the heart is stressed? What practices do you suggest to de-stress?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ans: Change your attitude towards life. Do not look for perfection in everything in life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Qn: Is walking better than jogging or is more intensive exercise required to keep a healthy heart?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ans: Walking is better than jogging since jogging leads to early fatigue and injury to joints  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Qn: You have done so much for the poor and needy. What has inspired you to do so?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ans: Mother Theresa , who was my patient&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Qn: Can people with low blood pressure suffer heart diseases?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ans: Extremely rare&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Qn: Does cholesterol accumulates right from an early age&lt;br /&gt;(I'm currently only 22) or do you have to worry about it only after you are above 30 years of age?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ans: Cholesterol accumulates from childhood.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Qn: How do irregular eating habits affect the heart ?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ans: You tend to eat junk food when the habits are irregular and your body's enzyme release for digestion gets confused.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Qn: How can I control cholesterol content without using medicines?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ans: Control diet, walk and eat walnut.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Qn: Can yoga prevent heart ailments?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ans: Yoga helps.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Qn: Which is the best and worst food for the heart?  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ans: Fruits and vegetables are the best and the worst is oil.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Qn: Which oil is better - groundnut, sunflower, olive?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ans: All oils are bad .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Qn: What is the routine checkup one should go through? Is there any specific test?  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ans: Routine blood test to ensure sugar, cholesterol is ok. Check BP, Treadmill test after an echo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Qn: What are the first aid steps to be taken on a heart attack?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ans: Help the person into a sleeping position , place an aspirin tablet under the tongue with a sorbitrate tablet if available, and rush him to a coronary care unit since the maximum casualty takes place within the first hour.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Qn: How do you differentiate between pain caused by a heart attack and that caused due to gastric trouble?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ans: Extremely difficult without ECG.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Qn: What is the main cause of a steep increase in heart problems amongst youngsters? I see people of about 30-40 yrs of age having heart attacks and serious heart problems.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ans: Increased awareness has increased incidents. Also, edentary lifestyles, smoking, junk food, lack of exercise in a country where people are genetically three times more vulnerable for heart attacks than Europeans and Americans.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Qn: Is it possible for a person to have BP outside the normal range of 120/80 and yet be perfectly healthy?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ans: Yes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Qn: Marriages within close relatives can lead to heart problems for the child. Is it true?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ans : Yes, co-sanguinity leads to congenital abnormalities and you may not have a software engineer as a child&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Qn: Many of us have an irregular daily routine and many a times we have to stay late nights in office. Does this affect our heart ? What precautions would you recommend?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ans : When you are young, nature protects you against all these irregularities. However, as you grow older, respect the biological clock.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Qn: Will taking anti-hypertensive drugs cause some other complications (short / long term)?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ans : Yes, most drugs have some side effects. However, modern anti-hypertensive drugs are extremely safe.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Qn: Will consuming more coffee/tea lead to heart attacks?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ans : No.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Qn: Are asthma patients more prone to heart disease?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ans : No.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Qn: How would you define junk food?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ans : Fried food like Kentucky , McDonalds , samosas, and even masala dosas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Qn: You mentioned that Indians are three times more vulnerable. What is the reason for this, as Europeans and Americans also eat a lot of junk food?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ans: Every race is vulnerable to some disease and unfortunately, Indians are vulnerable for the most expensive disease.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Qn: Does consuming bananas help reduce hypertension?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ans : No.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Qn: Can a person help himself during a heart attack (Because we see a lot of forwarded emails on this)?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ans : Yes. Lie down comfortably and put an aspirin tablet of any description under the tongue and ask someone to take you to the nearest coronary care unit without any delay and do not wait for the ambulance since most of the time, the ambulance does not turn up.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Qn: Do, in any way, low white blood cells and low hemoglobin count lead to heart problems?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ans : No. But it is ideal to have normal hemoglobin level to increase your exercise capacity.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Qn: Sometimes, due to the hectic schedule we are not able to exercise. So, does walking while doing daily chores at home or climbing the stairs in the house, work as a substitute for exercise?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ans : Certainly. Avoid sitting continuously for more than half an hour and even the act of getting out of the chair and going to another chair and sitting helps a lot.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Qn: Is there a relation between heart problems and blood sugar?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ans: Yes. A strong relationship since diabetics are more vulnerable to heart attacks than non-diabetics.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Qn: What are the things one needs to take care of after a heart operation?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ans : Diet, exercise, drugs on time , Control cholesterol, BP, weight.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Qn: Are people working on night shifts more vulnerable to heart disease when compared to day shift workers?  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ans : No.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Qn: What are the modern anti-hypertensive drugs?  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ans : There are hundreds of drugs and your doctor will chose the right combination for your problem, but my suggestion is to avoid the drugs and go for natural ways of controlling blood pressure by walk, diet to&lt;br /&gt;reduce weight and changing attitudes towards lifestyles.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Qn: Does dispirin or similar headache pills increase the risk of heart attacks?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ans : No.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Qn: Why is the rate of heart attacks more in men than in women?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ans : Nature protects women till the age of 45.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Qn: How can one keep the heart in a good condition?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ans : Eat a healthy diet, avoid junk food, exercise everyday, do not smoke and, go for health checkup s if you are past the age of 30 ( once in six months recommended) ...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9460052-3796020071319024515?l=aruljose.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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In the Bible, only after the life of Jesus Christ the followers of Jesus where called as Christians&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=51&amp;chapter=11&amp;amp;verse=26&amp;version=31&amp;amp;context=verse"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;(Acts 11:26)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jesus Christ himself belonged to the religion of Jews (a caste/sect as well). The new testament of the Holy Bible records that these preists (of Jesus times) were themsleves perverted and they knew every way to keep people within their bounds specifying the religious rules (they called their own rules as religious rules).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here is a funny rule specified in the Bible called 'Corban'. Hear the words right from Jesus &lt;a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark%207;&amp;version=31;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;(Mark 7:9-13)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;" id="en-NIV-24470" class="sup"&gt;9&lt;/span&gt;And he&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;(Jesus)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" &gt; said to them: "You have a fine way of setting aside the commands of God in order to observe&lt;sup&gt;[&lt;a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark%207;&amp;version=31;#fen-NIV-24470c" title="See footnote c"&gt;c&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/sup&gt; your own traditions! &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;" id="en-NIV-24471" class="sup"&gt;10&lt;/span&gt;For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother,'&lt;sup&gt;[&lt;a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark%207;&amp;version=31;#fen-NIV-24471d" title="See footnote d"&gt;d&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/sup&gt; and, 'Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.'&lt;sup&gt;[&lt;a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark%207;&amp;version=31;#fen-NIV-24471e" title="See footnote e"&gt;e&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;" id="en-NIV-24472" class="sup"&gt;11&lt;/span&gt;But you say that if a man says to his father or mother: 'Whatever help you might otherwise have received from me is Corban' (that is, a gift devoted to God), &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;" id="en-NIV-24473" class="sup"&gt;12&lt;/span&gt;then you no longer let him do anything for his father or mother. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;" id="en-NIV-24474" class="sup"&gt;13&lt;/span&gt;Thus you nullify the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many things like that."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Those priests said 'You need not take care of your parents. Give some offering to the temple and leave. It will still be taken as you obeyed God'. How profane and crooked they were?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We could see Jesus correcting the rules of the so called religion.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What I could percieve from here is : the rules of the religion are written only as guide lines, not to JUST follow them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You can see another instance of the same nature :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2012;&amp;version=31;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;(Mathew 12)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2012;&amp;version=31;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span id="en-NIV-23491" class="sup"&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick some heads of grain and eat them. &lt;span id="en-NIV-23492" class="sup"&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;When the Pharisees saw this, they said to him, "Look! Your disciples are doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath." &lt;/span&gt; &lt;p style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; &lt;span id="en-NIV-23493" class="sup"&gt;3&lt;/span&gt;He answered, "Haven't you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry? &lt;span id="en-NIV-23494" class="sup"&gt;4&lt;/span&gt;He entered the house of God, and he and his companions ate the consecrated bread—which was not lawful for them to do, but only for the priests. &lt;span id="en-NIV-23495" class="sup"&gt;5&lt;/span&gt;Or haven't you read in the Law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple desecrate the day and yet are innocent? &lt;span id="en-NIV-23496" class="sup"&gt;6&lt;/span&gt;I tell you that one&lt;sup&gt;[&lt;a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2012;&amp;version=31;#fen-NIV-23496a" title="See footnote a"&gt;a&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;span id="en-NIV-23497" class="sup"&gt;7&lt;/span&gt;If you had known what these words mean, 'I desire mercy, not sacrifice,'&lt;sup&gt;[&lt;a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2012;&amp;version=31;#fen-NIV-23497b" title="See footnote b"&gt;b&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/sup&gt; you would not have condemned the innocent. &lt;span id="en-NIV-23498" class="sup"&gt;8&lt;/span&gt;For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath." &lt;/span&gt; greater than the temple is here. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; &lt;span id="en-NIV-23499" class="sup"&gt;9&lt;/span&gt;Going on from that place, he went into their synagogue, &lt;span id="en-NIV-23500" class="sup"&gt;10&lt;/span&gt;and a man with a shriveled hand was there. Looking for a reason to accuse Jesus, they asked him, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?" &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; &lt;span id="en-NIV-23501" class="sup"&gt;11&lt;/span&gt;He said to them, "&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;If any of you has a sheep and it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will you not take hold of it and lift it out?&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span id="en-NIV-23502" class="sup"&gt;12&lt;/span&gt;How much more valuable is a man than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath." &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; &lt;span id="en-NIV-23503" class="sup"&gt;13&lt;/span&gt;Then he said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." So he stretched it out and it was completely restored, just as sound as the other. &lt;span id="en-NIV-23504" class="sup"&gt;14&lt;/span&gt;But the Pharisees went out and plotted how they might kill Jesus.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;What i would like to stress here is : Religion is from God!, not from your priests and leaders. With respect to the religion, God is the only leader.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;We see lots of perversions, misconceptions regarding religion because we hear from our priests more rather than sit and read our religious books (Bible, Vedas, Qur'an etc).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;Dont want to say that all priests are wrong (still we see many are wrong. they run a  big business in the name of religion). I stress to excercise your power of choice - on what to choose to  follow. 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