Believe it or not. These are Paintings.

 No great Artist ever sees things as they really are.

 If he did, he would cease to be an Artist.

                     
                                
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India's White Revolution

                            THE MILK,THE  INSPIRATION BEHIND A REVOLUTION

Over six decades ago the life of a farmer in Kaira was very much like that of farmers anywhere else in India. His income was derived almost entirely from seasonal crops. Many poor farmers faced starvation during off-seasons. Their income from milch buffaloes was undependable. The milk marketing system was controlled by contractors and middlemen. As milk is perishable, farmers were compelled to sell their milk for whatever they were offered. Often they had to sell cream and ghee at a throwaway price.They were in general illiterate. But they could see that the system under which contractors could buy their produce at a low price and arrange to sell it at huge profits was just not fair. This became more noticeable when the Government of Bombay started the Bombay Milk Scheme in 1945. Milk had to be transported 427 kilometers, from Anand to Bombay. This could be done only if milk was pasteurized in Anand.

 The Government turned down the demand. The farmers called a ‘milk strike’. It lasted 15 days. Not a drop of milk was sold to the milk merchants. No milk reached Bombay from Anand, and the Bombay Milk Scheme almost collapsed. After 15 days the milk commissioner of Bombay, an Englishman, and his deputy visited Anand, assessed the situation and accepted the farmers’ demand.This marked the beginning of the Kaira District Co-operative Milk Producers’ Union Limited, Anand. It was formally registered on December 14, 1946. Its objective was to provide proper marketing facilities for the milk producers of the district. The Union began pasteurizing milk in June 1948, for the Bombay Milk Scheme – just a handful of farmers in two village co-operative societies producing about 250 liters a day.
                                                                                     

   The only remedy was to set up a plant to process the extra milk into products like butter and milk powder. The logic of this step was readily accepted by the Government of Bombay and the Government of India, except for a few doubting Thomases. The government of India helped the Union to get financial help from UNICEF and assistance from the Government of New Zealand under the Colombo Plan. Technical aid was provided by F.A.O. A Rs.50 – lakh factory to process milk powder and butter was blueprinted. Its foundation stone was laid by the then President of India the late Dr. Rajendra Prasad on November 15, 1954. The project was completed by October 31, 1955, on which day the late Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the then Prime Minister of India, declared it open. The new dairy provided a further fillip to the co-operative movement among milk producers. The union was thus enabled to organize more village co-operative societies and to handle more and more milk each year. This event also brought a breakthrough in dairy technology as the products were made processing buffalo milk for the first time in the world..

             
Kaira Union introduced the brand “Amul” for marketing its product range. The word “Amul” is derived from Sanskrit word ‘Amulya’ which means ‘priceless’ or precious’. In the subsequent years Amul made cheese and baby food on a large commercial scale again processing buffalo milk creating a history in the world.     

Formed in 1946, it is a brand managed by a cooperative body, the Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation

 Ltd. (GCMMF), which today is jointly owned by 3 million milk producers in Gujarat.

  Amul spurred India's White Revolution, which made the country the world's largest producer of milk and milk

  products. In the process Amul became the largest food brand in India and has ventured into markets overseas.

  Dr Verghese Kurien, ,founder of the GCMMF for more than 30 years (1973–2006), is credited

  with the success of Amul.

                                                               

                                                                                                                                                                    

             The cooperative was further developed and managed by Dr.Verghese Kurien with H.M. Dalaya.

                           co-operative societies  are producing about 10.16 million liters a day

 

               Dalaya's innovation of making skim milk powder from buffalo milk (for the first time in the world) 

               and a little later, with Kurien's help, making it on a commercial scale,led to the first modern dairy 

               of the cooperative at Anand, which would compete against established players in the market.

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Ramblings about myself...

Thursday, 13 September 2012

Ramblings about myself...

 

Ramblings about myself...

1. I love to start numbering from zero instead of one
2. I love to take photographs wherever I go
3. I love harmony
4. I love martial arts
5. I can eat same food, day-in-day-out and not get bored
6. I can listen to same song non-stop in loop for days and still enjoy it. This freaks out all my buddies :)
7. I can't live without access to my linux box
8. If you strike the right chord with me, I can ramble on and on for hours
9. When I'm tensed, I like to watch movies or meditate
10. I rate higher on nerdy and geek scale than on social scale
11. I can't cheat others
12. I love nature
13. I hate to suffocate my feet inside shoes, so you will often see me roaming around bare-footed
14. I prefer to tour a place that is sparsely crowded
15. If GOD asked me do you believe Angels? I would say 'Yes, my Mummy'
16. I believe that surviving in this world requires you to be extremely mean and exceedingly cunning, yet I refuse to adopt to that kind of life style
17. I would rather sit alone on my a$$ with a book than booze and party
18. I would rather play exhausting sport than sit on my a$$ and read a book
19. I love the fragrance of wet mud
20. I like to dream
21. I am a teetotaler, and this bugs a lot of my buddies
22. If God gave me power to remove any 3 vices from world, I would remove:
• Politicians/Politics
• Greed and
• Jealousy
23. In my view breathing techniques are the most advanced form of exercises. I have been trained in a few of these techniques, and some day I'll learn and master the advanced forms of them.
24. I am amongst the category of 'Early to Sleep And Early to Rise'. And all my buddies hate me for this
25. I don't like to celebrate my birthdays.
    I think I'm too afraid of celebrations, that is why you will rarely see me carousing at parties, etc.
    As to WHY... I don't know yet. One fine morning I was introspecting as why can't I be normal like everyone else and enjoy birthdays, parties, dancing, etc. After much deliberation a voice came from the deep sub-conscious.. 'You are scared of celebrations, 'I gasped in utter disbelief. I sat there for few minutes, only to realize to my horror that it was every bit TRUE! OK, don't psycho-analyze me too much!
26. I love to write on paper with my 0.5mm mechanical pencil
27. I am exceedingly choosy about my writing instruments, there is only one brand of mechanical-pencils I trust "Faber Castle"
28. I love oil pastel crayons
29. I am too economical in using any resource (except n/w bandwidth, I think)
30. Cutting me off from my email is the best way to torture me :)
31. I am religious, but not orthodox
32. Usually, I don't tend to worry about what you think of me, unless you are someone very important in my life
33. I have many friends
34. I love chocolates, in anything and everything (Note: You can bribe me chocolates into doing almost anything)
35. Steaming hot cup of ginger-cardamom-pepper milk-tea is my favourite beverage.
    And my Mommy's love transforms it into ambrosia.
36. Cold coffee (decaf and light) with ice-cream comes next
37. Amongst flowers, I love the fragrance of Jasmine and Lavender
38. My bedroom will always smell good
39. I like neat-n-tidy bed with a crease-less sheet on it (just like you see in your hotel rooms)
    Yet I prefer sleeping on hard-surface, with just a quilt between me and the floor :)
40. I love my books and take great care of them. In fact I'm too emotional about my books.
41. You can easily win my wrath by mis-handling my books
42. I detest using pencils as bookmarks, dog-earing pages, or even carelessly marking lines without a ruler
43. You will always hear soft soothing ambient music playing in my room
44. I am practitioner of subtlety
45. I am very optimistic about my pessimism
46. My Belief:

If faith in ourselves had been more extensively taught and practiced, I am sure a very large portion of the evils and miseries that we have would have vanished

·  I'm a student of practice (just as one of my profs is Professor of the Practice)

·  I think good algorithms should be like bikinis... It should save people a lot of guesswork

·  I hate deadlines to the CORE! Because it's not the end result that I'm interested in, it's the journey that's more exciting to me! That's where the learning happens

·  As a kid, I had a fetish for fancy cigarette boxes

·  For me, there's no such thing as watching too much movie, nor drinking too much tea and playing too much football or volleyball!

·  To me, there's a HUGE difference between coding & programming

·  I trust most of the real programmers code in vi (link)

·  To me, there's no such thing as a Stupid Question (only unless, the intention of question is to show your participation)

·  I believe You only see what you want to see

·  I am big proponent of believing in instincts, I think it's far superior than a conditioned intellect! But it is extremely difficult to live by it.

·  Everyone who doesn't agree with me is my friend

·  I have come to believe that no good deed goes unpunished (link)

·  I love Huffman encoding

·  Smiles can work wonders (link)

·  I'm extremely intolerant of songs and music not suiting my taste

·  After vibrant red, deep bottle green color is my favorite. Followed by beige, maroon, violet and fuchsia.

·  I love camo design

·  I either forgive you in an instant, or never for the rest of my life. But either way you won't figure it out easily.

·  I'm not a loner, but from time to time I need some time alone to re-contemplate the meaning of life

·  Body odor is a BIG turn-off to me

·  I think a lot about money, but I'm NOT money minded

·  I live thriftily, for most part

·  Lack of personal hygiene is another BIG turn off

·  Girl's beautiful long hair turns me on :) And if hair smell good, I can go head-over-heels :-P

·  Girls look cute when they wear over-sized pull-overs and carry themselves gracefully

·  Too much arrogance is a deterrent

·  I prefer to wear unfashionable comfortable clothes over smart looking unwieldy ones

·  I preach respect for all living beings around us, not just humans, which kind of tells you I'm a hardcore vegetarian.

·  The text I read, if not grammatically perfect, should at the least not have any misspellings. Be it emails, article, newspaper, or even IM chat.

·  I might look exceptionally unruffled in most pensive of situations, but that does not necessarily always reflect my inner state

·  I have a BAD temper, and I'm thankful that only a handful few have ever seen it

·  Sometimes I believe I think more than I should, more thoughtful than I should be

·  From time to time, I can become too centered, giving an impression that I'm oblivious of the existence of rest of the world. This is kind of unnerving to people around me

·  I have a fetish for Japanese machines, esp. Japanese cars

·  I love everything my Mommy cooks for me

·  I don't mind doing stupid reckless things with my close friends around

·  I don't believe in astrology too much. It is an approximate science, though. Nonetheless, many a times I'm tempted to believe I'm a true Libran.

·  If I don't talk to you in a while, that doesn't mean  that I don't care for you.

·  I view cricket as a Pregnant Men's Game! I can't come to terms that it is a religion in my country.
To me, it is the MOST wasteful of sports, after hand ball.

·  People who don't know me think I'm shy. And people who do know me wish I were!

·  I usually tend to infer more about a person from what he talks of others than he talks of himself

·  At times I can be the most boring living creature on the planet. But thank GOD I can't stay that way too long :)

·  I myself sometimes believe that my laptop is my better half!

·  I can go on for the day with just a breakfast and a bottle of apple juice!

·  When tired, a splash of ice-cold water on face works miracles on me

·  I can't go to bed without brushing my teeth and reading a book

·  I love to collect coffee/tea mugs

·  Love the ancient Japanese art of paper folding, aka Origami

·  I love arcane regular expressions

·  I hate using a mouse, so I configure my system to let me use keyboard for almost everything

·  I love ThinkPad's trackpoint

·  I hate Alcohol, mostly for alcohol-induced frivolity

·  I can laugh alone (of course, not without a reason!)

·  I have come to believe with my heart-and-soul in something that can been aptly summarized by Jonas Salk's incredibly profound and well-thought quote...
If all the insects on earth disappeared, within 50 years all life on earth would disappear.
But on other hand, if all humans disappeared, within 50 years all species would flourish as never before!
This is an excellent summary of the state of mankind (I hate to use the suffix 'kind' in this context!) as I see it today and for a foreseeable future.

·  I don't mind wearing lightly soiled clothes through the day (frankly, I don't care at all), but I need the cleanest clothes when I activate the snooze button at my slumber.

·  I spend more time digging and fixing what is not right within me, than I spend enjoying what is good in me. I believe it helps me make a better me as days pass by, but at the same time I miss out on enjoying the good things in me. While it helps me make me "the me" I am, I don't necessarily see this as a good thing. Neither am I actively looking at fixing it :-S

      ... the list is growing ...

Pillaiyarpatti Karpaka Vinayakar

Pillaiyarpatti

Karpaka Vinayakar Temple at Pillayarpatti

Pillaiyar patti Pillaiyar temple is an ancient rock-cut cave shrine dedicated to Ganesha, located at Thiruppatthur (1 km from Thiruppatthur bus stand or Thiruppatthur Thiruthalli Nathar Temple (One of the Thevera temples),^{[clarification needed]} Sivaganga district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India.
In the cave temple, there are rock cut images of Siva and other gods as well as several shrines. The Agama texts found on stones in the temple help date the temple between the years 1091 and 1238. A unique Tamil image of Pillaiyar found in the temple helps to verify this dating. The presiding deity of the temple is Karpaka Vinayakar or Desi Vinayaka Pillaiyar.
As of today, the Pillayarpatti Nagarathar worshipers are involved in conducting daily worship services in the temple, as well as maintaining it. People from all over the state come to the temple for the worship of Pillayar, the Lord of Wisdom.
The Ganesh Chaturthi / Vinayaka Chaturthi festival, is celebrated for 10 days in a grand manner every year during the months of August and September.^[1] During that time, great numbers of pilgrims gather and participate in the Car Festival. Like all Shaivite temples, Pillayarpatti temple also has Lord Shiva as its presiding deity. The lord's name is Arjunapureeswarar. This temple is most famous for the rock cut Vinayagar (Ganesha) sitting majestically inside a cave.
Temple timings:
The temple opens at 6 in the morning and stays open till 1 PM. The shrine is again opened at 4PM and is open till 8.30 PM.
Shri Karpaga Vinayagar
The Vinayagar sannidhi (Sanctom Sanctorum) is a cave where the 6 feet of Karpaga Vinayagar has been carved inside. As this is a cave formation, there is no provision to go around for the pradakshina. The inner sanctum is well illuminated with oil lamps and the whole idol is covered with gold. It is only during the Abhishekam, or the holy bath, when one can see the full idol in its pristine glory.

Arulmigu Karpaga Vinayagar Temple Of Pillaiyarpatti, Thiruppatthur (Sivagangai District)
Pillaiyarpatti is located near Thiruppathur, Sivagangai District of Tamil Nadu. It is situated between Kundrakkudi and Tiruppatthur. Pilliyarpatti is 12 Kilometers away from Thiruppatthur and 3 kilometers from Kundrakkudi. Pillaiyarpatti Karpaga Vinayagar is carved out in a cave of Pillaiyarpatti Hillocks. Lord Vinayagar is carved out from the rock of the cave. Lord Thiruveesar is also carved in the rock of this cave. The temple was built under patronisation of Pandyas. The age of the cave temple is 2500 years or more. There are 14 stone Sculptures in the cave ( dated from 500 BC to 1284 AD ). These stone Sculptures state the ancient names of Pillaiyarpatti such as Ekkattoor, Thiruveenkaikkudi, Maruthangudi, and Rajanarayanapuram.
Pillaiyarpatti temple is a rock-cut temple located in Thiruppatthur, Sivagangai District. It was built after viewing a hillock by the early Pandiya kings. The image of Pillaiyarpatti Pillaiyar and that of a Siva Lingam were carved out of a stone by a sculptor named Ekkattur Koon Peruparanan who put his signature on a stone inscription, in Tamil Language used between the 2nd and 5th century AD, found even today in the sanctum. It can be concluded that the icon of Pillaiyarpatti Pillaiyar must have been carved around 4th century AD.
Pillaiyar (Vinayagar), the God of Victory is the main deity here in the name, Pillaiyarpatti Pillaiyar.
This temple is the only one in Tamil Nadu which contains a 6 feet rock-cut Pillaiyar idol. The Thumbikai of Lord Pillaiyar is curled towards his right side and so the God is also known as Valampuri Pillaiyar. The chettiyar (nagarathar) community has kept the temple clean. Chettiars are the only community now whose subcastes are divided based on Sivan Temples. e.g. subcastes like Pillayarpatti, Elayatrankudi and etc.

• Vinayagar’s trunk is curved at the right side ( Valampuri Vinayagar) which is also a unique feature. Lord Karpaga Vinayagar is seated facing northern side.
• There are deities in this temple such as goddess Karthiyayini ( who arrange marriages), Nagalingam ( who gifts offsprings ), Pasupatheeswarar ( who showers all wealth).
• Vinayagar Chathurthi is the very important festival in this temple. It is 10 days festival. Kappaukkattutual and hoisting temple flag begin before 9 days. At the 9 th day car festival and much celebrated decoration of sandal covering ( Santha-na-kkappu) to Pillaiyar takes place.
• Devotees who observe Chathurthi Fast for a year come to Pillaiyarpatti on Avani Sukkilaptcha Chathurthi day (Festival) and fulfills it. They observe fast on Chathurthi day in front of vinayagar sannaidhi and take part in “ KumnaJebam” and receive holy pot of chanted holy water.

Peace

Peace

Peace is a state of harmony characterized by the lack of violent conflict and the freedom from fear of violence. Commonly understood as the absence of hostility, peace also suggests the existence of healthy or newly healed interpersonal or international relationships, prosperity in matters of social or economic welfare, the establishment of equality, and a working political order that serves the true interests of all. In international relations, peacetime is not only the absence of war or violent conflict, but also the presence of positive and respectful cultural and economic relationships