TAMILNADU SENIOR CITIZENS’ ASSOCIATIONRegd. No. 255/87

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Vol.13 / Issue 11 - November - 2012 Published on the 15th of every Month - Rs.3/- per copy

How happya man is,

is not how muchhe has but howlittle he needs.

SKILLED MANPOWER NEEDVery often we bemoan the shortage of skilled manpower

in our country. Any number of strategies have been evolvedto make available trained manpower at all levels to meetthe ever growing needs of industry. With all these efforts, itis estimated that hardly 5 per cent of the work force hascertified skills. The rest need to be trained and certified byauthorized and approved agencies if the pace ofdevelopment and growth of our country is to be steppedup. Lopsided growth of technical institutions leading to moresupervisory personnel being churned out year after year,than personnel to work at the grass root level has resultedin serious distortions.

Unskilled and semi skilled workforce at the base levelcannot and do not ensure quality in work. Very often reportsof collapse of structures, malfunctioning of expensive hi-tech equipment etc appear in the media and this reiteratesneed for trained manpower to handle things at the baselevel and effective supervision at the middle level. Realisingthe need for such training some corporates have startedfull fledged training programmes before induction in serviceand periodic refresher and need based programmes. Smalland medium enterprises may not have the facility andprovisions for organizing such training on a systematicbasis.

Skill development missions at the National and StateLevels are trying to come to grips with the above situationand organize programmes which will produce fifty croresof skilled personnel in the next 10 to 12 years. Ourcurriculum in Higher secondary and College Courses arebeing reviewed and redesigned periodically and recentlythere was a consensus among policy makers that anyonewho finishes a higher secondary or college course shouldhave at least one marketable skill. The earlier this becomesa reality the better it will be for the country. Our educationalinstitutions should not turn out unemployables.

The mindset of shunning manual labour and preferenceto white collar jobs should change. The dignity of labourshould be properly understood and appreciated at theirimpressionable age by children and the emphasis on qualityand consumer satisfaction should be impressed upon.

Some antisocial elements have become adepts incheating the gullible public. Not a week passes without themedia reporting about elements indulging in false promisesof huge returns on investments, deposits, advances etc.,only to eventually decamp with the hard earned money of

the common man. Trained consultants and socialcounselors and service minded persons should runawareness camps to advise the public on the risks ofresponding to appeals and advertisements which on theirface promise impractical if not impossible returns.

Media can play a pivotal role in creating awarenessamong the parents and institutions of learning to ensurethat every citizen of the nation should undergoinstitutionalized training in area of his or her choice sothat the person acquires an employable skill.

— K. ALUDIAPILLAIACTIVITIES OF THE ASSOCIATION

CONFERENCE CUM TOUR:Twenty of our members attended the 12th Conference

of AISCCON at Trivandrum on 2nd and 3rd November,combining it with a tour of the nearby places on the 4th and5th

The places they visited included, the PadmanabaswamyTemple at Trivandrum, the Kovalam Beach, Kanyakumari,Suchindram, Varkala, Thiruvattar,and Thirparappu Falls.NEW TOURS:

A number of tours are being planned to be conductedduring the months of January, February and March 2013.

The tours within the country would be to Kashmir andMadhya Pradesh.

The tours outside the country would be to Dubai andEgypt.

This preliminary announcement is only for the purposeof ascertaining the extent of interest our members are likelyto show. The number of persons in each group would bearound 35.

Details are being worked out and will be made knownby the end of November.

***Birthday Greetings:

One hundred and thirty three of our members weregreeted on their birthday during the month of October.Thanks messages and donations have been received frommany of them.

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List of New Members:TANSECA extends a hearty welcome to the following

Individuals who were admitted as members in October2012.L.M.No. Name, address, and occupation or post last held2188 Mr. M. Ragupathy

Dental Mechanic, T.N. Medical ServiceNew 1/17, Old 1/9, Bazaar RoadMogappair East, Chennai – 600 037.

2189 Mr. V. JayaramanSenior Sales Officer, Nestle India Ltd.9, “Yuva”, Plot No. A-99, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Rd.,Satyamoorthy Block, Ashok Nagar, Chennai – 83.

2190 Mrs. Kannagi ManiTanjore Painting Artist,Flat 6, 2nd Floor, Park Avenue Apts,44, Pulla Avenue, Shenoy Nagar, Chennai -30.

2191 Mr. R.B. KrishnanBusinessAP 421, 20th street. T.V. Kudiyiruppu,West Anna Nagar, Chennai – 600 040.

2192 Mr. K. RamalingamChief Engineer, T.N.P.W.D.,AP-506, J-Block, 16th Street, Vaigai Colony,Anna Nagar West, Chennai – 600 040.

2193 Dr. S.C. LoganathanV.P. &Professor & HODGovt. Dental College & Hospital51(Old-48) Lakshmi Talkies Road,Shenoy Nagar, Chennai - 600 031

DONATIONSTO TANSECA Rs.L.M. 1599 P. Venkatesh 1500L.M. 1661 C.P. Gopalan 501L.M. 900 S.N. Venkatasubramanian 500L.M. 1181 Dr. K. Janardhanam 300L.M. 1312 B. Krishnakumar 250L.M. 2118 Mr. R. Guruswamy 101TO TANSECA CHARITABLE TRUSTL.M. 1464 Mrs. Vimala Balakrishnan 1000L.M. 1947 Lt. Col. R. Subramanian 1000L.M. 1953 Mrs. Prithi Baskaran 1000L.M. 1403 Mr. K.P. Mahalingam 500L.M. 1482 Mrs. R.R. Mohana 500

OBITUARYTANSECA records with regret the demise ofMrs. Saraswathi Sengodan w/o Mr. Sengodan(L.M. 1391) 57/10, Soundarya Colony, Anna NagarWest, Chennai – 600 001 on 18th October 2012.Condolence message has been sent to the membersof the bereaved family. MAY THE DEPARTED SOUL REST IN PEACE

NEWS AND EVENTSRECORD GATHERING AT AISCCON‘S 12TH

CONFERENCE12th Conference of the All India Senor Citizens

Confederation held at Thiruvananthapuram on 2nd and 3rd

November 2012 was a grand success. Over 2600delegates from 21 States and 3 Union Territories attendedit representing various senior citizens organizations. Thelargest contingent consisting of 600 delegates was fromthe State of Maharashtra. 20 delegates attended fromTamilnadu on behalf of the Tamilnadu Senior CitizensAssociation.

The Conference was inaugurated by Shri OommenChandy Chief Minister of Kerala.. He announced that theSenior Citizens’ Policy of the Kerala State would bereleased by the end of this month. Steps would be taken toestablish a separate State Department for the welfare ofthe elderly before December. The Vayomithran projectwhich aimed at the welfare of elderly would be revamped,he said..

Social Welfare Minister of Kerala, Shri M K Muneer saidthat Kerala was the only state in the country where thepopulation of senior citizens was more than 10 percentand therefore it could be called an old age society. Thegeriatric policy that is under preparation would look intohow human resources of senior citizens, particularly theirknowledge and experience, could be utilised for thedevelopment of the State. “Exclusive ambulance servicesfor the elderly, helpline numbers for their service etc wouldbe included in the Vayomithran scheme.” he added.

Dr. D. Babu Paul IAS ® Conference Chairmanwelcomed the gathering.

Shri D.N. Chapke, Secretary General presented theannual report for 2011-12.He highlighted the fact that on1stOctober 2012, the International Day of Older Persons,AISCCON was honoured with the Institutional award“Vayoshreshta Samman” in a ceremony in Vigyan Bhavanin Delhi. The President Mr. R.N. Mital and the SecretaryGeneral received it on behalf of AISCCON at the hands ofHon’ble Union Ministers Shri Sushil Kumar Shinde and ShriMukul Wasnik..

In his introductory speech Sri R.N. Mital, President ofAISCCON said that as of date AISCCON was the biggestorganization in the country working for the welfare of seniorcitizens. It had organized Eleven National LevelConferences so far in various parts of the country and thepresent one was the 12th in succession. The main themeof the conference was Human Rights of Older persons inIndia.,The conference would also discuss several otherallied issues such as Universal Pension, Palliative Care,Reduction of the cost of medicines through use of genericdrugs etc. He was sure that the resolutions passed at theend of the deliberations would be given due considerationand acceptance by the concerned Governments.

Shri N. Ananthakrishnan, President of the SeniorCitizens Service Council, Kerala the host organizationexplained the elaborate arrangements that had beenmade not only for the conduct of the meeting but also forthe comfortable stay and food of all the participants. The

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number of delegates registered for the conference was anall time high. Yet, every effort had been made to ensurethat the arrangements were to the satisfaction of one andall.

Felicitations were offered, among others, by Shri M.P.Achutan, M.P., Shri T.J. Chandrachoodan, Genl. SecretaryRSP, and Shri Johny Nelloor, Ex MLA and ChairmanOushadhi

Shri S. Haneefa Rawther, Conference Secretary,proposed the vote of thanks.

The Inaugural Ceremony was followed by six technicalsessions and then by a valedictory function in which ShriV.S. Achutanandan, former Chief Minister of Kerala andpresent Opposition Leader delivered the valedictoryaddress. Shri Pannian Raveendran, Ex-MP and SecretaryCPI also attended and spoke. He also distributed the prizesto the winners of the various competitions that had beenarranged in connection with the conference.

The first technical session which was on Human Rightsof Senior citizens was inaugurated by Shri RameshChennithala MLA and President of Kerala PradeshCongress Committee. He spoke in flawless Hindi much tothe delight of the audience which was predominantly hindispeaking.. Dr. Grace Clark from the United States made avery interesting presentation titled “Human rights of SeniorCitizens, International Perspective”. It was quite evidentfrom the facts presented by her that the plight of seniorcitizens was much the same everywhere, including someof the well developed countries. The others who madepresentations at this session were: Dr. Mala KapoorShankardass (Human Rights of Older Persons in India)Shri Avinash Lakare (Paralllism/Issues in Ageing) and ShriB.R.P. Bhaskar (Human rights in wider perspective)

In the second technical session which was on Right toUniversal Pension, the main speakers were Shri MathewCherian Chief Executive of Helpage India, Shri M.B.Kulkarni Senior Vice President, AISCCON and Dr. BabaAdhav, Pension Parishad, and Mr. Linga Reddy from BharatPensioners Samaj. Dr. Aruna Roy, the well known socialactivist who was to inaugurate this session could not bepresent and so her speech was read out. The speakersexplained the concept of “Universal Pensions” and said inthe matter of granting a pension as a measure of socialsecurity there should be no distinction between APL andBPL. The hall echoed with the slogan ‘APL/BPL bandhkaro” in respone to a call from Dr. Baba Adhav who madea very forceful plea for ending the discrimination.

At the third session, it was all speeches on issues andconcerns of elders from eminent sociologists,gerontologists and specialists in geriatric care. ProfessorN.R. Madhava Menon who inaugurated the session,suggested enactment of legislation to secure healthservices from the government as a matter of right. Dr.Radha Murthy, Chairperson of Nightingales, Bangalore,advocated the starting of memory clinics to rehabilitateelders affected by the dreadful disease “Alzheimers”. Otherspeakers included Shri Kaushal Kishore, and Prof V.Visweswariah both Vive Presidents of AISCCON, Dr. B.Ashok, and Dr. V.K. Sharma.

The delegates were entertained to a cultural treat at acolourful entertainment programme in the evening at theend of the first day. The items presented includedMohiniyattam, Thiruvathira, Kathakali and Oppana.

The fourth session held in the morning of the secondday focused on Ageing in Kerala. The resource personswere Dr. P.K.B. Nayar, Chairman, Centre for GerontologicalStudies, Trivandrum. And Shri Biju Mathew Head of theKerala Branch of Helpage India. Inaugurating thissession,Dr. K.M. Chandrasekhar, Vice-Chairman, PlanningBoard of Kerala said that efforts were on to draw up projectsfor the benefit of senior citizens and enact laws for theirprotection. According to him, the problems of the elderly inthe State were more severe than those in other States.The State had not yet been able to provide supportivefacilities as in the European countries.

The next session was on the subject of MadridInternational Plan of Action on Ageing. The main speakerswere Prof. V. Visweswariah, Vice-President AISCCON, Dr.Sugan Bhatia, President, Indian University Association forContinuing Education and Shri Rajeswar Devarknda ofHelpage India. The speakers highlighted the fact that theStates and Planning Commission showed utter indifferenceto the Action Plan suggested at the Madrid conference forthe improvement of the lot of elders particularly belongingto the poorer sections of the society.

The last technical session was on Palliative Care andGeneric Drugs. Dr. V. Ramankutty, Public Health specialistwas the Chairman and Shri D. Rajasekaran, Vice-Presidentof AISCCON the Co-Chairman. Shri Rajasekaran referredto the recent decision of the Kerala government to supplygeneric medicines freely to patients in all its hospitals andsaid that this was a welcome move which needed to beemulated by other State governments too. The price ofgeneric drugs were nearly one third of their brandedcounterparts and so their extensive use would considerablyreduce the cost of health care for every one. He also saidthat compulsory licensing of some of the essential and life-saving branded drugs now sold at huge prices should beresorted to as was done recently in the case of NOVAREXthe cancer drug in order to make such medicines availableat affordable prices.

Shri T.V. Hanmanth Rao, Vice-President APSCCON saidJanaushadi stores for sale of generic drugs should beopened throughout the country . Doctors should prescribeas far as possible generic drugs to cut down the cost oftreatment for their patients especially those belonging tothe middle income and poor classes, he added. Dr. PrakashBorgaonkar Director Helpage India made an interestingpresentation about the need for facilities to provide palliativecare for terminal patients. He spoke about the project runby Helpage India in this regard at Cuddalore.

The success of the conference was largely due to thestrenuous efforts taken by Shri N. Ananthakrishnan,President of Senior Citizens Service Council andConference Co-Chairman, Shri . S. Haneefa Rawther,Conference Secretary, and Shri K.N.K.Namboothiri,Chairman, Finance Committee and a number of volunteerswho ceaselessly worked for more than six months toorganise the event.

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GRAND CELEBRATION OF 90TH BIRTHDAYMr. K.P. Mahalingam (L.M. 1403) who completed 90 on

12th September 2012 celebrated his birthday in a grandmanner at a party arranged by his family members at TajCoromandel, Chennai.

The function was attended by several celebritiesincluding Mr. Ratan Tata, the head of the Tata Group, Mr.B. Muthuraman, Vice Chairman, Tata Steel and Mr.Sagarmal Gupta, Chairman, Tata International.

Mr. Mahalingam retired from Tata Steel, Jamshedpur,after serving the company with distinction for 37 years. Mr.Ratan Tata was his Technical Assistant when he was theChief Engineer.

In a note sent to TANSECA, Mr. Mahalingam says,” Afew years ago, my wife and I used to participate regularlyin TANSECA‘s guided bus tours, but lately, age hasprecluded us from participation. Nevertheless, we greatlyenjoy reading the monthly “Elders” — particularly the jokesin the last page. .TANSECA is doing wonderful work, whichplease continue.”

***SENIOR ENT SURGEON HONOURED

Dr. V. Krishnamoorthi, senior ENT Surgeon, (L.M.731)was honoured with Life Time Achievement Award at afunction organized on 18th October 2012 at the Rajiv GandhiGovernment Hospital, Chennai in connection with thecelebration of the 40th Institute Day of the Upgraded Instituteof Otorhinolaryngology, of the Madras Medical College.

He received the award in person from Professor A.Muraleedharan, the Director of the Institute.

***THIRUKURAL BASKARAN FELEICITATED

Professor Thirukural Baskaran (L.M. 1233), formerDirector of Collegiate Education and founder ofKarunakaran Ninaivu Thirukural Noolakam in Anna Nagarwas felicitated on 14th October 2012 by the organizers ofMahatma Gandhi Library, Saidapettai, Chennai, aninstitution established in 1952. Mr. Baskaran was praisedfor rendering outstanding services for the propagation ofthe tenets of Thirukural and for gifting school uniforms,stationery and Thirukural books to students of ChennaiCorporation schools.

Health NotesHEALTH BENEFITS OF WALKING

As we get older there is a gradual decrease in skeletalstrength. The mineral content of bones decreases andtheir texture becomes thinner. And because the bonesare too porous and brittle, they are more likely to fracture.This condition is known as osteoporosis.

Calcium and exercise are the keys to the preventionand treatment of osteoporosis. Walking may help youcombat it. It is the easiest and safest form of exercise forpeople of all ages. The studies show that a walk of justhalf an hour, four times a week, can help preventosteoporosis.

Walking four times a week, 45 minutes each time, theaverage person can lose 25 kilos in a year with no changein diet. Walking can help you trim fat as well as tone yourmuscles.

Walking, at any level or speed, two or three times aweek for at least 20 minutes increases cardiovascularstrength. By increasing the strength of your heart and lungs,you increase your ability not only to exercise longer andharder but also to perform everyday task without tiring.

All walkers develop a moderate amount of endurance,which enables them to exercise longer before becomingexhausted. Walking helps build your ability to do somethinglonger without fatigue.

You will gain muscular strength with walking butprobably not enough for well rounded fitness. Muscles thatget an extra workout in walking include the entire back ofthe leg, calves, hamstrings, and gluteus. You will usemuscles in the back of shoulders when you swing yourarms. Walking provides other physical benefits andprevents dangers associated with other types of exercise.Walking is a low-impact exercise, which puts less strainon bones and tissues.

Walking brings significant health benefits to body andmind. Research shows that regular walking contributesmuch to your overall health and fitness in important ways:

· Strengthens your heart· Delays or prevents major diseases or illness· Reduces blood pressure and the risk of stroke· Reduces cholesterol· Strengthens joints and bones· Helps control weight· Improves mood and self-esteem· Contributes to “brain fitness”· Gives you energy and a good night’s rest· Relieves stress and worry· Improves balance and circulation· Boosts immune systemTaking a walk regularly is one of the best things you

can do for your back. It promotes muscular development,increases circulation, and speeds up the release ofendorphins which provide a natural “high”. Regular walkingcan reduce high blood pressure - hypertension - by makingthe heart work more efficiently and by improving thecirculation. It has been shown that blood pressure can bereduced by weight loss. Regular walking combined with alow fat, high fiber-diet is an excellent form of weight control.

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COMPULSORY LICENSING OF ESSENTIALLIFE SAVING DRUGS

Last month, India granted its first ever compulsorylicense, allowing Natco Pharma to manufacture and sellNEXAVAR, a liver and kidney cancer drug, inside thecountry. The drug is a patented product of the Germanpharmaceutical giant Bayer.

Bayer‘s price of the drug is Rs. 284000 for 30 dayssupply. But Natco will produce and retail the generic versionat Rs. 8,800. The licensing has been done by invoking aprovision in the Indian Patents Act which allows for grant ofa compulsory licence for manufacturing any patented drugafter three years of the grant of the patent on the ground ofnon-availability of the invention to the public at a reasonableprice. Bayer‘s patent expires in 2021. With this development,India has joined Thailand as only the second country togrant a compulsory license for a cancer drug, and legalexperts say compulsory licensing could follow for otherexpensive treatments, including the latest types of HIV/AIDSmedicines.

The decision to grant the compulsory licence has beenhailed as a breakthrough by campaigners for cheapermedicine in the emerging economy. The bold move is astep in the process of reforms and price controls that willmake available essential drugs to all Indians at little or nodirect cost. A strong essential drug list should be drawn upto suit the current national disease profile. Resort tocompulsory licensing is an initiative crucial to the universalhealth coverage that the Indian government wants toprovide to all its citizens in the coming years.

Natco expects to sell Rs. 25 to 30 crores worth of genericNexavar a year, equivalent to around 2,500 people usingthe drug for a full 12 months. But medical experts saycheaper drugs are just one tiny part of India’s health deficit.India has around 2.5 million people living with cancer, orabout one in every 500 people, according to governmentreports and medical organisations.

Some experts however have expressed views againstthe new move. “The compulsory license system might notreally work because poor people cannot afford even thediscounted price,” says Mr.G.Balachandhran, former headof the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA),India’s drug price watchdog regulator. “Instead of dealingon a case-to-case basis, India needs to have a policy thatwill bring more and more people under medical cover .Weneed to increase the health insurance penetration, so thateven poor people can afford treatment,” he added.

Only 15 percent of India’s 1.2 billion population iscovered by health insurance, according to business lobbygroup of the Federation of Indian Chambers Commerce &Industry, meaning even at a lower price, Nexavar will beout of reach for many. In a country where around 65 percentof the population incur lifetime debts as a result of healthcarespending, according to the National Sample SurveyOrganisation, cheap generics might be only part of theanswer.

The Kerala Government has commenced supply ofgeneric medicines in all its hospitals to all the patients freeof cost.

Encouraging generic medicine might reduce health costsfor the government and the poor people.

CHRONIC DISEASES HIGH AMONG THEOLD IN INDIA

According to a WHO study conducted this year amongmales and females aged 50 or older across six countries,including India, 87.9% men and 93.5% women in this agegroup have insufficient nutrition intake, while 24% men and26% women have low physical activity. Around one in fourmen and equal number of women suffer from high bloodpressure. Nearly 63% men and 30% women are dailysmokers.

Almost three in four men aged 50 and above and overfour in five women have high risk wait hip ratio or abdominalobesity that greatly increases cardiovascular disease risk.

Nearly 1.3% males in the age group above 50 areobese. The case is worse for Indian women since 3% ofthem obese.

“Risk factors for chronic diseases (such as smoking)vary by country. The biggest underlying risk factors forchronic disease in older people is high blood pressurewhich can explain 12 to 19% of the total burden of diseasein developing countries” says a report from the U.N.‘sPopulation Fund.

India has around 90 million elderly and the figure isexpected to increase to 315 million constituting 20% of thetotal population by 2050. The States in India having a higherproportion of elderly population are: Kerala, Tamil Nadu,Maharashtra, Orissa, West Bengal, Punjab and HimachalPradesh.

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Tamilnadu Senior Citizens Association, has been entrustedwith the task of supplying a certain number of paramedicalstaff required for employment on a short term GeriatricResearch Project of a government institution. Theemployment will be for about a year initially and on aconsolidated pay. While experience is desirable it is notcompulsory. Fresh hands will be considered. The postingwill be in Chennai only.

Those interested may please send their application andbio-data along with two passport size photographs andcopies of their certificates.

The application should be sent to the ChairmanTANSECA CHARITABLE TRUST, Old V-95, New 78, 5thMain Road, Anna Nagar, Chennai 600 040 so as to reachhim on or before 24th November 2012. Appointment onlyfor candidates successful at the interview which will follow.

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A TRIP THAT COMBINED BUSINESS WITHPLEASURE

(G. SHANMUGANATHAN)I was one of the group of 17 members of our Association

which participated in the AISCCON Conference held on2nd and 3rd November at Trivandrum. It was amazing tosee more than 2500 delegates gathered there from variousState units. It truly reflected the Indian Panorama of varyingcultures and languages. The arrangements for stay, foodand attendance at the meeting were very nice. Many VIPsincluding the Chief Minister of the State of Kerala addressedthe gathering. Such a big conference should surely havesome impact on those in power. Let us wait and see.

While Mr. D.Rajasekaran the General Secretary andMr P.S. Parasuraman, the treasurer returned to Chennaisoon after the conference the rest of us continued the touras planned.The first item on the itinerary was Varkala Beachabout 30 miles from Trivandrum. Varkala is the birthplaceof Narayana Guru the great social reformer of Kerala ofyester years. Worship is offered at his Samadhi locatedin a calm peaceful campus. Nearby, there is a small templecalled the Janardhana Swami Temple housing a gracefulidol of Lord Krishna with a flute in his hands.

Earlier, while at Trivandrum we had managed to visitthe famous Padmanabha Swamy Temple and also go tothe Kovalam Beach for a dip in the sea.

On the way to Nagercoil from Varkala, we visited twoVaishnava Divya Kshetrams, one at Thiruvattar and anotherat Thiruparisaram . Both are reputed to be more than 1000years old built in Kerala Style of architecture, surroundedby granite prakarams, mandapams etc. Adikesava perumalof Thiruvattar is in a reclining posture while Thirupurisaranalso known as Thirumarbhan at Thiruparisaram is in asitting posture..

We had a cool shower at the waterfalls at Thiruparappuwhich flows from the Pechiparai dam of Nagercoil District.The Thottipalam bridge nearby was a feast to the eyes. Itconnects two high places separate by a distance of 500meters. A hundred metres below, the river was flowingcalmly and serenely. It was thrilling to stand in the middleof the bridge and gaze with awe and wonder at the greenforests all around.

On the last day of the journey we visited the SuchindramTemple and the Bagavathi Amman temple on the shoresof Kanyakumari. We also dipped our legs in the waters atthe Sangamam of the three seas.

On the whole the tour was a good mix of business andpleasure. A word of praise is due to Mr. Lakshmanan wholead the group for the meticulous care and attention withwhich he had planned the trip to make it truly enjoyable.The lady members in the group also deserve our specialthanks for making the trip lively with their cheer, wit andhumor. Mention has to be made of Mrs. Bagirathi, the eversmiling Mrs. Mallika Bhaskaran and Mrs. Devika Janardan.We look forward to more such trips in the future.

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LAUGH A WHILEA Teenager is ….An youngster who receives his/her allowance on

Monday, spends it on Tuesday, and borrows from his/herbest friend onWednesday. An youngster who is wellinformed about anything he doesn’t have to study. A studentwho will spend 12 minutes studying for her history examand 12 hours for her driver’s license.

***Wanting to know about safe sex methods, I asked a

chemist about the condom. He demonstrated how easy itwas to use so I bought a packet. My wife fell pregnantagain, which doesn’t surprise me, as I fail to see how aDurex stretched over the thumb can prevent a baby.

***When you convert Rs.50 lakhs into Rs.300 crores, you

are called Vadra.When you do the opposite, you are called Mallya.

The difference is in chasing the right woman!***

On Father‘s day, a father wrote to his son in college:“Dear Son, Your mother and I enjoyed your last letter. Ofcourse, we were three years younger then, and moreimpressionable. Love, Dad.”

***The black box in the plane is indestructible because it

is made of special material, the trainee was told.Immediately he shot the query: why don‘t they make thewhole plane out of such material?

A guy asked a girl in a library; “Do you mind if I sit besideyou”?

The girl answered with a loud voice; I DON’T WANTTO SPEND THE NIGHT WITH YOU!!!

All the students in the library started staring at the guyand he was embarrassed.

After a couple of minutes, the girl walked quietly to theguy’s table and told him

“I study psychology and I know what a man is thinking,I guess you felt embarrassed. Right?”

The guy responded with a loud voice: “Rs. 2000 JUSTFOR ONE NIGHT!? THAT’S TOO MUCH!!!

And all the people in the library looked at the girl inshock and the guy whispered in her ears;

“I study Law and I know how to make someone feelguilty”

***Customer to drug store owner: How is it that I don‘t find

the pretty saleswoman who was in attendance in your storelast month.

Store owner: I had to get rid of her. All my malecustomers kept saying that a smile from her was as goodof a tonic. Couldn’t afford tonic sales going down.

***“My husband passed away after two day`s illness. We

had been married only six weeks.”.“Well, it`s nice to think that he did not suffer much”