Beautiful Subramanya Swamy (Lord Muruga)

Got this from my friend today.   Found it very beautiful and could not resist posting this.  

Southern Railway becomes Tamilnadu Railway ?

 

Just read above the advt.  "தமிழக ரயில்வே"   

தென்னக ரயில்வே எப்போது தமிழக ரயில்வே ஆனது.

Read this in a doctor's dispensary today and thought of recording it.

Every morning in Africa, a deer wakes up.

It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed.
Every morning a lion wakes up.

It knows it must run faster than the slowest deer or it will starve to death.

It doesn't matter if you are a lion or a deer.

When the sun comes up you'd better be running.

Beauty of sunset over Kovalam Beach, Kerala

Nature at its best!

Sunset at 6:17 pm on October 2, 2011 (Kovalam Beach, Kerala, India)

Grade-7 School Project

Art Of Parenting - Philosophy and Parenting

If you look at some the below quotes from these eminents scientists, you might observe a pattern.

"The secret to creavity is knowing how to hide your sources."  - Albert Einstein

"Few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts." - Albert Einstein

"A small leak can sink a great ship." - Benjamin Franklin

"Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas." - Marie Curie

"Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood." - Marie Curie

"A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life." - Darwin

Science and philosophy probably go hand in hand.   The discoveries/inventions made by these eminent scientists through some deep thoughts might have led to such quotes.   

One could think,  either philosophy might lead to discovery or discovery might lead to philosophy.    That is not important;  what is important is the "Featured undisturbed mind that has no leaps and bounds" and the thinking goes on and on and on.

As a parent, I was thinking if it makes sense to be a bit philosphical with our children and give them a peg of thought - may be one quote a week!   Would that be a journey to an intellectual scientific discovery ?   I don't know...may be I could give it a try.

(Un)Conventional Railway Bell

(Un)conventional Railway Bell @ Hosur Station

I was waiting for a train at Hosur Railway Station (Southern India).   The train was late (as usual!) by 35 minutes.    Just then,  I heard the automated computertized voice announcing that "Train No. XXX, abc express will be arriving on platform number YY at 6:30 pm".   This was repeated several times in 3 different languages which got the message right into everyone's brain.    Just then, I saw a old lady with an iron rod in her hand next to me.   I wasn't sure what she was upto using the rod.    After a few minutes, I heard a very strong bell poking my ears making me half deaf.    That was the magic of the old women with her iron rod hitting it strongly against an iron bar hanging next to me.   After some enquiry, I got to understand  that the bell sound was to alert the public that a train will be arriving soon.    Something which was already announced few minutes back using the public address system.    What was the need to bang the bell when the public address system was already in place ?   This is something that I could never get an answer.

Thanks to the modern system with (un)conventional wisdom!