TOUCHING INCIDENT

* TRUE INCIDENT: There was a man in Mumbai who was diabetic. He had a wound on his leg. It started festering and soon became a huge ulcer. When showed it to the doctor, the doctor said,"The leg needs to be amputated.If it isn't ,the gangrene could spread to the areas above. That will cause serious problems. The man was shocked to hear this.Not only was he dismayed at the prospect of losing his leg, he realized he would have to pay ten thousand rupees for the operation. He did not have a steady income even to support his family with what he earned. He became utterly dejected.One day the pitiable man went to the railway tracks. when the train was approaching, he placed the affected leg over the track.The train ran over the leg,severing it. But he also lost so much blood that he almost died. People took him to the hospital. When asked why he had acted thus, he said," I have no money to pay for the amputation. If it's not amputated, I will not be able to live either. With no money for the operation, I saw no other way before me. That's why I had to resort to this extreme measure."

TWO SHORT STORIES

* FAITH IN GURU: A devotee prided himself on his strong faith in Guru. He wanted to educate the tribe people living in the dense forests.The locals warned him about the wild elephants in the forest. But he entered the forest without heeding their advice. After sometime, he came across a wild elephant. He ran for his life.When asked if he had lost faith that his Guru would take care of him, the man said," Of course I have faith in my Guru! I just didn't have faith in the elephant.

* FAITH AND EFFORT: Three frogs fell into a big bowl of cream. Unable to get out, they desperately swam around in the cream. Finally one of them said,"There is no hope for us. We might as well give up!".Saying so,he sank and drowned.Then the second frog said," I always thought he was the strongest of us all. If he can't make it, I don't stand a chance!".He also gave up and drowned. But the third frog, who was the smallest of the three and who had always been considered the weakest, refused to give up. He continued to swim. All through the night he swam and swam, round and round in the bowl.Finally when morning came he was so exhausted he couldn't swim any longer. He was just about to drown when he felt something solid under his feet-it was an island of butter. By swimming through out the night ,he had churned the cream into butter. He stood on the island of butter and rested for a little while and then he hopped out of the bowl to freedom.

Guinness World Record

Edward Nino Hernandez weighs just 22 lbs and has been just officially certified as the World's shortest living man by Guinness World Records. He is, in many ways, a typical 24 year old Colombian male. He loves to dance Reggaeton, dreams of owning a car, preferably a Mercedes and wants to see the world. Top on the list of people he would like to meet are Jackie Chan,Sylvester Stallone and former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe. He has not grown since he was two years old.

TALLEST TEEN

Fourteen year old Elisany Silva from Brazil is one of the World's tallest teens. She is 6 Feet and 9 Inches tall. Suffering from a rare disease has caused her extreme height. The Brazlian was forced to quit school, as she became too tall for the bus.

HAPPY BIRTH DAY

Female hippopotamus " Yana" enjoyed her birthday cake made up of salad,carrots and concentrated feed,recently at the Opel Zoo in Kronberg near Frankfurt. Tana who celebrated her 50th birthday, is the oldest animal at the Zoo and one of the oldest hippopotamus in Europe.

INTRODUCTION OF TOILETS IN TRAINS-A SHOCKING EXPOSE

Based on the following written complaint by Okhil Chandra Sen to the Sahiganj divisional railway office in 1909,the Railways introduced toilets in train.
"I am arrive by passenger train Ahmedpur station and my belly is too much swelling with jack fruit. I am therefore went to privy.Just I doing the nuisance that guard making whistle blow for train to go off and I am running with lotah in one hand and dhoti in the next when I am fall over and expose all my shocking to man and female women on platform.I am got leaved at Ahmedpur station.
This too much bad,if passenger go to make dung that dam guard not wait train five minutes for him. I am therefore pray your honour to make big fine on the guard for public sake. Otherwise I am making big report to papers."

PARASAKTHY

Recently Kalaignar TV aired a Tamil movie Parasakthy ,penned by the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, on his 87th birth day. This was the first movie for the great actor Sivaji Ganesan.Nobody can say that this was his first movie. With his delivery of difficult and lengthy dialogues of Kalaignar perfectly and forcefully, he became an instant success in the film Industry. Especially his dialogues in the court scene,are even now , being appreciated and imitated . This film came in 1950's and directed by Krishnan Panju. Incidently these directors directed the 125th film of Sivaji Ganesan. Worth watching this movie

JAZZ PIANIST

Silent fingers jazz pianist Hank Jones died at 91 in New York. He belonged to Jazz's golden era and played with Ella Fitzgerald,Charlie "Bird" Parker and Benny Goodman. He accompanied Marilyn Monroe when she sang "Happy Birthday Mr.President" to John F Kennedy

An Incident-2

When I was studying in Gopalapuram School during 1960's, Kanchi Periavaal came to Gopalapuram and stayed in a devotee's house for about a week. At that time there was an announcement that Periavaal will give a silver coin to everyone who who has completed writing of 10000 Sri Rama Jayam. Myself and my elder sister completed the writing and went to collect the coin. We were standing in a queue. When my turn came I gave the note book and collected the coin. However my sister had a problem. They said that the book did not contain 10000 namas. She started crying. Periavaal,who was watching the incident called the concerned person and told him to give her the coin. He then said to the person that the intention is not the numbers but to appreciate the devotion and sincerity. How great he was. Even today we used to think about it.

An Incident

When Sri Sankarachariar of Kanchi matt was staying in Gopalapuram in Chennai during 1960's he used to visit all the streets in Gopalapuram.One day he came to Sadasiva Iyer street,where we were staying. As soon he reached our house, he asked his people to stop. He approached our father,who was standing outside our house,to see him. He enquired about his native place, working company and familiy members. After spending out 10 minutes he blessed all of us. It was a great moment for us. Even today I used to wonder how a Great Man stopped in front of our house and blessed all of us.