Excellent Taxi Cab Service At Kodaikkanal (Kodai)

I recently visited Kodaikkanal with my family.   I engaged a driver named Abbas who runs a cab company called Masha Alla cabs.    He not only took us to every nook and corner of Kodaikkanal, but acted like a guide to us at no extra charge explaining every bit of details.   The guy hails from Kodai and hence has indepth authentic knowledge about it.    He was also friendly and patient with us which is rather more important than anything else.  And most importantly, he strikes a clear balance between being a friend and a taxi driver and doesn't indulge much into our personal space.

It was a lasting experience for us.

I suggest you seriously consider this guy if you happened to visit Kodaikkanal.

For your benefit, I am putting all the details here.

Inspirational Video - Attitude is Altitude

This is a story of Nick Vujicic who was born with no arms and no legs.  It was not his mistake. Neither it was his parents' mistake nor society's mistake.  So, whose mistake was it? We could point to God....that's easy for us.

Please watch and share this video. It might better you, your family, your friends
and most importantly, your children. In today's era of crime and corruption, it
is important to look at life with a different perspective.

Believe me, after watching this video, if tears do not whoop out of your eyes,
then you are not a ..... what do I say...!

But, this is an inspirational video that everyone should watch.
Anyone who has an aversion towards life and mankind can see
and learn from this video.

I saw this with my wife and son yesterday and we were so
moved by Nick and his attitude towards life. We felt happy and good after
watching it. We also felt that it was a Sunday well spent.

I thought I should share it with some of my friends like you.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjbX6mDnMwM

Naked Atrocities - Whose fault it is ?

I was shocked and deeply saddened to witness this scene at Hosur Railway station today at 6:30 am.
A family of 8 with children and toddlers had to face major discrimination.  They were fast asleep on the railway platform when a cop who came from nowhere took a stick and started beating every elder of the family including women.  The "crime" committed by the family was nothing but having slept on the railway platform.   The cop probably would have got a directive from his superiors to get them vacated.  But is this a way to behave in public?  The family probably did not have a permanent home.  The act of the cop to me was extremely disheartening in a civilized society of modern India and should be condemned.  That minute I was ashamed to call myself an "Indian".   Just imagine what would the young minds would have undergone seeing their own kiths and kins getting beaten up.  God only knows what atrocities those young minds are facing daily.  Was it their fault of having born in a poor society?   No doubt, we are grooming terrorists.