Read with avid Int this and Ramanujam. Funny nature of the world and its people is remembered only to get likes; 2 great people are not remembered at all; small people are also dead and gone; and then why are we pretending to live a good life ? Tiruvalluar wrote:
குறள் 231 <https://www.ytamizh.com/thirukural/kural-231/>: *ஈதல்* *இசைபட* *வாழ்தல்* *அதுவல்லது* *ஊதியம்* *இல்லை* *உயிர்க்கு**.* வறியவர்க்கு ஈதல் வேண்டும் அதனால் புகழ் உண்டாக வாழ வேண்டும், அப் புகழ் அல்லாமல் உயிர்க்கு ஊதியமானது வேறொன்றும் இல்லை. See that thy life the praise of generous gifts obtain; Save this for living man exists no real gain. Give to the poor and live with praise. There is no greater profit to man than that. eedhal isaipada vaazhdhal adhuvalladhu oodhiyam illai uyirkku குறள் 336 <https://www.ytamizh.com/thirukural/kural-336/>: *நெருநல்* *உளனொருவன்* *இன்றில்லை* *என்னும்* *பெருமை* *உடைத்துஇவ்* *வுலகு**.* நேற்று இருந்தவன் ஒருவன் இன்று இல்லாமல் இறந்து போனான் என்று சொல்லப்படும் நிலையாமைஆகிய பெருமை உடையது இவ்வுலகம். Existing yesterday, today to nothing hurled!- Such greatness owns this transitory world. This world possesses the greatness that one who yesterday was is not today. nerunhal uLanoruvan indrillai ennum perumai udaiththuiv vulagu SO NE WHO IS SO GOOD IF ABUSED AND REMOVED FOOLISHLY -ALL THE THEREE WILL NOT BE REMEMBERED; BUT ON CERTAIN TIMES WILL BE USEFUL TO THE SOCIETY ON SEVERAL COUNTS, ONLY THAT ONE WHO IS REVOKED FOR THE REMEMBRANCE; BUT THE OTHER TWO PERISHES LIKE MATTER OF NO CONSEQUENCES ONLY K RAJARAM IRS 231224 ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: 'venkat giri' via iyer123 <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2024 at 00:07 Subject: [iyer123] iINCREDIBLE .FACTS ABOUT DrAPJ ABDUL KALAM To: Iyer <[email protected]> *Respected Sir/s,* *SUBJECT**:* INCREDIBLE FACTS ABOUT Dr.APJ ABDUL KALAM *Incredible and shocking facts* *DD Pothigai aired an interview with Mr. P M Nair, (a retired IAS officer, who was the **secretary **to Dr. Abdul Kalam sir when he was the President.)* *He summarized the things in an emotional voice**.* *Mr. Nair has written a book called *"Kalam Effect"*.* *1. **Dr. Kalam used to receive expensive gifts whenever he went abroad, because many countries used to give gifts to visiting heads of state.* *Refusing the gift would be an insult to the nation and a disgrace to India.* *So, he received them and on his return, Dr. Kalam asked him to take photographs of the gifts, then catalogue them and hand them over to the archives.* *After that, he never saw them. He did not even take a pencil from the gifts he received when he came out of Rashtrapati Bhavan.* *2. The month of Ramadan came in July-August 2002, when Dr. Kalam took charge.* *It was a common practice for the President to host an **Iftar** party.* *Dr. Kalam asked Mr. Nair why he should host a party for people who already had good food, and to find out how much it would cost.* *Mr. Nair estimated the cost at around Rs**. 22 lakhs.* *Dr. Kalam asked him to provide the amount in the form of food, clothes and blankets to some selected orphanages.* *The selection of the orphanages was left to a committee at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in which Dr. Kalam had no part.* *After the selection, Dr. Kalam asked Mr. Nair to come to his room and gave him a cheque for Rs. 1 lakh.* *He said that he would give some amount from his personal savings and not to tell anyone about this.* *Mr. Nair was very shocked and said, “Sir, I will go out and tell everyone. People should know that here a man not only donates what he has to spend, but also gives his own money.”* *Although Dr. Kalam was a devout Muslim, he did not host Iftar parties during his years as President.* *3. Dr. Kalam did not like “Yes sir” type of people.* *Once the Chief Justice of India came and at one point Dr. Kalam expressed his opinion and asked Mr. Nair.* *“Do you agree?” Mr. Nair said, “* *No sir, I do not agree with your opinion”.* *The Chief Justice was shocked and could not believe his ears.* *It was impossible for a civil servant to disagree with the President, that too openly.* *Mr. Nair told him that the President would question him later why he did not agree and that if the reason was 99% logical, he would change his mind.* *4. Dr. Kalam invited 50 of his relatives to Delhi, all of whom stayed at Rashtrapati Bhavan.* *He arranged a bus that he himself paid for to take them to the village.* *No official car was used.** All their food and lodging was calculated as per Dr. Kalam's instructions and the bill came to Rs 2 lakh which he paid.* *No one in the history of this country has done that.* *Now, wait for the climax, Dr. Kalam's elder brother stayed with him in his room for a whole week because Dr. Kalam wanted his brother to stay with him.* *When they left, Dr. Kalam wanted to pay rent for that room too.* *Imagine the President of a country paying rent for the room he is staying in.* *The staff, who thought that honesty was too much to handle, did not accept this in any way!!!.* *5. When Kalam sir was about to leave Rashtrapati Bhavan after his term was over, every staff member went to meet him and pay their respects.* *Mr. Nair went to see him alone as his wife was bedridden due to a broken leg. Dr. Kalam asked why his wife had not come. He replied that she was bedridden due to an accident.* *The next day, Mr. Nair saw a lot of policemen around his house and asked what had happened.* *They said that the President of India was coming to see him. He came and met his wife and chatted for a while.* *Mr. Nair said that the President of any country would not visit the house of a government servant, that too on such a simple pretext.* *Abdul Kalam's younger brother runs an umbrella repair shop.* **The property left by Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam has been valued.** *He owned* *6 pairs of trousers (2 DRDO uniforms)* *4 shirts* *Regards* *V.Sridharan* *Trichy * -- To go to your groups page on the web, login to your gmail account and then click on https://groups.google.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iyer123" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. 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