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For the First time....
A Farmer becoming Agricultural minister....
A Doctor becoming Health minister....
A sportsperson becoming Sports minister....
A Lawyer becoming Law minister...
And a Muslim in the ministry for minority........
Did not expect this from Modi....!! _/\_
Simply superb, Nalladhu panna sandosham dan!...

If yes Comment teacher's name below....

There were about 70 scientists working on a very hectic project. All of them were really frustrated due to the pressure of work and the demands of their boss but everyone was loyal to him and did not think of quitting the job.

One day, one scientist came to his boss and told him - Sir, I have promised to my children that I will take them to the exhibition going on in our township. So I want to leave the office at 5 30 pm.

His boss replied "OK, You're permitted to leave the office early today"

The Scientist started working. He continued his work after lunch. As usual he got involved to such an extent that he looked at his watch when he felt he was close to completion.The time was 8.30 PM. Suddenly he remembered of the promise he had given to his children.

He looked for his boss,,He was not there. Having told him in the morning itself, he closed everything and left for home.

Deep within himself, he was feeling guilty for having disappointed his children.He reached home. Children were not there.His wife alone was sitting in the hall and reading magazines.

The situation was explosive, any talk would boomerang on him. His wife asked him "Would you like to have coffee or shall I straight away serve dinner if
you are hungry.

The man replied "If you would like to have coffee, i too will have but what about Children ??"
Wife replied "You don't know ?? Your manager came here at 5.15 PM and has taken the children to the exhibition "

What had really happened was ... The boss who granted him permission was observing him working seriously at 5.00 PM. He thought to himself, this person will not leave the work, but if he has promised his children they should enjoy the visit to exhibition. So he took the lead in taking them to exhibition

The boss does not have to do it everytime. But once it is done, loyalty is established.

That is why all the scientists at Thumba continued to work under their boss eventhough the stress was tremendous.

By the way , can you guess as who the boss was ????????









He was none other than Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, Ex- President of India.
Best wishes for National Science Day.
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Though not a Chennai post, I would want to post this to show even if we are from different countries, speaking different languages; we are one.. we live in the same world.. So pray for them.. Till now they are not able to find what happened to the aircraft.. So many people.. Infants, children, people of our age who had so much life ahead of them.. Pray for them.. Pray that the plane isn't crashed and has landed somewhere in a remote island..
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Election Commission announces poll dates:

North region:

Haryana - April 10
Himachal Pradesh - May 7
Jammu and Kashmir - April 10, 17, 24, 30 and May 7
Punjab - April 30
Uttar Pradesh - April 10, 17, 24, 30 and May 7, 12
Uttarakhand - May 7

East:

Bihar - April 10, 17, 24, 30 and May 7, 12
Odisha - April 10, 17
West Bengal - April 17, 24, 30, 7, 12
Jharkhand - April 10, 17, 24

Central India:

Chhattisgarh - April 10, 17, 24
Madhya Pradesh - April 10, 17, 24

West:

Goa - April 17
Gujarat - April 30
Maharashtra - April 10, 17, 24
Rajasthan - April 17, 24

South:

Karnataka - April 17
Kerala - April 10
Tamil Nadu - April 24
Andhra Pradesh - April 30 and May 7

Northeast:

Manipur - April 9, 17
Meghalaya - April 9
Mizoram - April 9
Nagaland - April 9
Arunachal Pradesh - April 9
Assam - April 7, 12, 24
Sikkim - April 12
Tripura - April 7, 12

Union Territories:

Andaman and Nicobar Islands - April 10
Chandigarh - April 10
Dadra and Nagar Haveli - April 30
Daman and Diu - April 30
Lakshadweep - April 10
NCT of Delhi - April 10
Puducherry - April 24

86th Academy Awards winners - Complete list

Best Picture - 12 Years a Slave

Best Actor in a Leading Role - Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club)

Best Actress in a Leading Role - Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine)

Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club)

Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Lupita Nyong'o (12 Years a Slave)

Best Animated Feature - Frozen (Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee, Peter Del Vecho)

Best Cinematography - Gravity (Emmanuel Lubezki)

Best Costume Design - The Great Gatsby (Catherine Martin)

Best Directing - Gravity (Alfonso Cuarón)

Best Documentary Feature - 20 Feet from Stardom (Nominees to be determined)

Best Documentary Short - The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life (Malcolm Clarke, Nicholas Reed)

Best Film Editing - Gravity (Alfonso Cuarón, Mark Sanger)

Best Foreign Language Film - The Great Beauty (Italy)

Best Makeup and Hairstyling - Dallas Buyers Club (Adruitha Lee, Robin Mathews)

Best Original Score - Gravity (Steven Price)

Best Original Song - Let It Go - Frozen

Best Production Design - The Great Gatsby (Catherine Martin, Beverley Dunn)

Best Animated Short Film - Mr. Hublot (Laurent Witz, Alexandre Espigares)

Best Live Action Short Film - Helium (Anders Walter, Kim Magnusson)

Best Sound Editing - Gravity (Glenn Freemantle)

Best Sound Mixing -Gravity (Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri, Christopher Benstead, Chris Munro)

Best Visual Effects - Gravity (Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk, Neil Corbould)

Best Adapted Screenplay - 12 Years a Slave (John Ridley)

Best Original Screenplay - Her (Spike Jonze)

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Fathers Of Different Fields

1. Astronomy Copernicus
2. Economics Adam Smith
3. Biology Aristotle
4. Chemistry Antoine Lavoisier
5. Geometry Euclid
6. History Herodotus
7. Genetics G.J. Mendel
8. Botany Theophrastus
9. Classical mechanics IsaacNewton
10. Computer Charles Babbage
11. Comedy Aristophanes
12. English poetry GeoffreyChaucer
13. Homeopathy Heinemann
14. Indian Green Revolution M.S.Swaminathan
15. India's Communication Revolution Sam Pitroda
16. Medicine Hippocrates
17. Modern physics GalileoGalilei
18. Nuclear physics Ernest Rutherford
19. Nuclear science Marie Curie , Pierre Curie
20. Pentium Chip Vinod Dham
21. Periodic table Dmitri Mendeleev
22. Political science NiccolòMachiavelli
23. Quantum mechanics Max Planck
24. Relativity Albert Einstein
25. Robotics Al-Jazari
26. Thermodynamics Sadi Carnot
27. Zoology Aristotle

Truly Inspirational Example - Must Read __

Love in action

One night a man came to our house and told me, “There is a family with eight children. They have not eaten for days,” I took some food and I went. When I finally came to the family, I saw the faces of those little children disfigured by hunger. There was no sorrow or sadness in their faces, just the deep pain of hunger. I gave the rice to the mother. She divided it in two, and went out, carrying half the rice with her. When she came back, I asked her, “Where did you go” She gave me this simple answer, “To my neighbors-they are hungry also.”

I was not surprised that she gave–because poor people are generous. But I was surprised that she knew they were hungry. As a rule, when we are suffering, we are so focused on ourselves we have no time for others.
– Mother Teresa....!!

Good Night PPl :) :)