Tamil Nris

Madurai Shanmukhavadivu Subbulakshmi was a renowned Carnatic vocalist. She was the first musician ever to be awarded the Bharat Ratna, India’s highest civilian honor.

She was born on September 16, 1916, in the temple city of Madurai, Tamil Nadu to Shanmukhavadivu, Veena Vidwan and Subramania Iyer, a lawyer.
Continue reading MS Subbulakshmi - India’s most renowned Musician

Every one (atleast tamil guys) needs to read and understand this ..

Tamil is a Classical Language by George L. Hart , Professor of Tamil
Chair in Tamil Studies

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If you like to  sleep like a baby , using natural ways  and without spending lot of money on medication  continue reading .

Eat the Right Food before bed
If you eat late, your body will be active digesting the food  while you are trying to sleep, so you won’t feel rested in the morning. When you eat late, you wake up tired.  Do not eat anything for at least three hours before bedtime. Also, cut back on eating  cheese, chocolate,  potatoes, tomatoes, and meat , before bed. These foods contain tyramine, which inhibits neurochemicals like norepinephrine and can cause insomnia. And, of course  caffeine should be cut out.  No more coffee while watching a late night movie !!

Eat for sleep! Try eating more grains at dinner; carbohydrates tend to make people sleepy. Another dozing snack is a warm cup of milk; because milk is rich in the amino acid tryptophan, it can sometimes aid in deep sleep. Eat 1 cup of natural yogurt an hour before bedtime.  Try milk or yogurt   not both together and make your stomach churn extra curd .

Exercise Helps deep Sleep
People with regular exercise routines often sleep better and have fewer incidents of insomnia than those who don’t get regular physical activity. Exersice improves sleep  by altering brain chemistry. Exercising  for 20 minutes  a day,  in the evening or morning ,  but not  for at least two hours before bed.

Meditation - Stress Release

Meditation helps calm your nervous system and aids in fast regenartion of the body muscles and skin . Its proved that 20 minutes of deep meditation equals 8 hrs of sleep. But you have to go to a state of deep  relinquish , and not focus on stress or anxiety . To reach deep, restful sleep, your spirit and heart must be calm. Excessive worry, anxiety, and depression can all disturb the spirit and activate the mind—making it near impossible to fall asleep and stay asleep.

Eat Healthy

Stay Calm and worry less . Worry doesnt change anything ,  but your body health

Sleep in a calm and relaxing environment. Dont decorate your bedroom bright and bold.

Excerise

Meditate.

Sleep Well

One of the many Astounding Miracles in Thiruvannamalai - A Siddhar (Yogi) was taking off from ground at jet speed and flying into the air .

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In this post, I found they are charting horoscopes for free .. thought this might be helpful.

The Manchester of South India, Coimbatore, is still brimming with a lot of positive energy as far as the real estate scenario is concerned. The city, with a population of 1.8 million people, has a few pan-India players in the real estate market but the 35-40 odd local developers are confident of staying in business despite the economic slowdown. Though many are in the wait-and-watch mode, buyers are looking at this growing city as the place for long-term investment, especially on the residential front. Industry experts say majority of the buyers are from nearby cities like Chennai and Bangalore and non-resident Coimbatoreans and NRIs, who want to settle here post retirement.

Coimbatore has been identified , as one of the top 10 growing consumer markets. “Though Coimbatore stands low on current office market activity, the growing engineering and IT potential is sure to throw up opportunities for the real estate market in the next few years,” said experts. “The prices are marginally down by 5-10% in Coimbatore but the situation will not worsen any further. Land prices are going up and construction costs have increased. We don’t see any downslide on price aspect.

The city has perfect attributes such as excellent locale, ideally set in the footsteps of Nilgiris, pleasant climate and sweet Siruvani water. Further, it is an education and healthcare hub and the two industries are recession proof. Though textile industry is going through tough times, work options are increasing as nearby districts such as Tirupur, Erode and Karur are fast catching the attention of world markets with their fashion products.

Also, with the entry of big players such as L&T and Suzlon in the engineering industry, more investment is expected in real estate market. Once the companies look at increasing their work force, the requirement for housing would increase and the residential value in the city will go up, said market sources. State-owned Electronics Corporation of India’s Tidel Park in IT-SEZ is expected to be ready by January and is likely to provide employment to nearly 12,000 people, which means more residential space will be needed. The Wipro development centre inside the IT-SEZ is also nearing completion and more IT companies like TCS and HCL have plans here.

The city already has the presence of global engineering and IT giants like Robert Bosch and Cognizant and big IT & ITES players like Perot Systems and Spheris. “The city is looking at employing 20,000 more and even if 20% opt for new homes, there would be a demand for 4,000-5000 houses soon,” said Mr Rajesh B Lund, VP, Confederation of Real Estate Developer’s Associations of India. Today the focus of realty players has moved towards Saravanampatti and Kalapatti, apart from the traditional residential hubs like Race Course, Bharati Park and RS Puram.

The huge activity and development of IT companies in the private IT space in Saravanampatti and also its easy connectivity to airport has attracted developers to construct houses there.

Therefore, the prospects of people preferring Coimbatore as a place to invest in real estate in Tamil Nadu rather than already saturated Chennai city is very high.

What about chennai … are prices declining there with the market slump.?

AR rahman wins  2 oscars for Slumdog Millionaire  and ends his speech in Tamil - “Ella Pugazhum Iraivanukey ” Ella pughalum iraivanuke (All glory and fame is to God)” was how music maestro A R Rahman reacted to his double-Oscar feat.

Besides God, the ‘Mozart of Madras’ also dedicated his Oscars to his “loving” mother Kareema Begum, who was seated among the audience at the Kodak Theatre.
Rahman has always dedicated his awards to them. “I always had a choice between love and hate in my life. And I chose love and I am here,” a beaming Rahman said at the Awards Ceremony. Having shouldered the responsibilities of his family at the tender age of 9, Rahman never had an opportunity to get proper education in his life. Begum had in an interview to a Tamil weekly had said she will feel bad forever for not giving her son an opportunity to enjoy his childhood days.

Here’s the full text of his acceptance speech: Before coming, I was excited and terrified. The last time I felt like that was during my marriage. There’s a dialogue from a Hindi film called “Mere paas ma hai,” which means “I have nothing but I have a mother,” so mother’s here, her blessings are there with me. I am grateful for her to have come all the way. And I want to thank the Academy for being so kind, all the jury members. I want to thank Sam Schwartz, I/D PR, all the crew of Slumdog, Mr Gulzar , Raqueeb Alam, Blaaze, my musicians in Chennai and Mumbai . And I want to tell something in Tamil, which says, which I normally say after every award which is… “God is great.” Thank you.

AR Rahman wins Oscars for Slumdog Millionaire in Best Music director and for best Music score 2 Oscars in a day and he was nominated for two songs in Best Music score