Tuesday, March 2, 2010


NARA'S NOTEPAD

VOLUME 6

MARCH 2010

NUMBER 3


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FOCUS ON THE PRESENT

MEMO FROM NARA...


‘Respecting others’ is one of the good characters we find with some people in our society ‘Why should we respect others?’ – is the question asked also by majority of the people in Indian society. Giving respect to others depends on many factors. Elderly people, soft spoken, officers in the service sectors, teachers, ladies and the like are respected, provided they are properly identified. If not, even they do not get the required respect. “A country with more than billion people is going to be a hell in the future” said one of my close friends. True, I imagine. It may happen, but is it not our duty to see that we cultivate certain culture in the minds and behavior of people? Respecting others may not happen that easily because everyone wants the pound of flesh at any cost in the quickest possible time. They do not even respect the law and order for it. They think anything can be achieved with muscle and money! We very often notice jumping a queue in public places. Even in a bank or railway ticket booking counter or paying electricity or telephone bills in post office, people do not follow the simple rules. Everyone wants to be in the front even they join the queue late. Is it a human tendency? Is it an Indian Culture? Is it a prestige? What is it then? Even educated person is not an exception. They do not care for the others who stand in a queue for a long time. Invariably they try to find out the man or woman behind the counter window and try to apply all kinds of techniques to get their work done at a short-cut method. Such activities are not desired in a cultured society. I do not know when we change to change the Image of India?

DO YOU KNOW?







Dubai opened the World’s tallest skyscraper – 818 m (2684 feet) on 4 January 2010.

LINES I LIKED...


· People don’t really die of cancer, but many die of fear.
· Bounce back after a setback.
· The choices you make today will shape your tomorrow.
· Global warming is real and that man is the key cause.
· Grammar comes later, creative expression comes first.
· I’ve always hated working; I’ve decided to apply for a government job.
· A flower blooms in the morning and wilts by evening but as long as it stands, its fragrance makes the world beautiful place.
· Look at a future where no one is a patient.
· Why be pressed for time when you can plan for it in advance.
· In India, truth is often not black or white but myriad of grey.
· Invisible dangers are often more hazardous than the ones you can see.

WAKE UP...


Come alive! Snap the cards of laziness! Break the chains of lethargy! Make up your mind to act now! Do it now! Take some action now – telephone, write a letter, do something! Move! Act! Start! Begin! Get giving! Now! Shake up the negative thoughts out of your mind! Shake them out! Break up the obstacles! Shatter the barriers! You can! Take up the accomplishment! Walk always with honors.

HOW TO SUCCEED?


Thomas Edison went through ten thousand experiments before he figured out how to invent the light bulb. He stayed persistent, tried a different approach and never believed that he know everything. If you want to be wealthy, think of all the things you have tried, and then focus on finding a solution by searching for things you haven’t tried. You may think a certain approach won’t work but if you haven’t tried it – you don’t know. Search for new solutions. Stay persistent and change your approach. To succeed you have to believe that you can achieve your goal, believe that you can find the solution to achieve your goal and believe that you deserve to achieve your goals. Staying persistent and having a belief that you’ve tried everything and can’t succeed is pointless – because your belief system isn’t in line with what you want to achieve. Your subconscious mind picks up on your beliefs and creates your reality based on what you believe. So if you are persistent and believe that you have tried everything and can’t succeed – then your subconscious is not going to direct you to new solutions and will only guide you to situations that will help you fall – after all , that’s what you believe. What can you do? Change your beliefs. If you’re not achieving your goals and you’re persistent – then your beliefs have to change. To do this you first change your thoughts. Tract your current thoughts and change those that don’t work for you. Push your mind to find a way to achieve your goals and in the process you’ll instruct your subconscious mind to help you find the situations, people and events that will allow you to succeed. If you don’t believe there is a way – change that belief and regularly tell yourself that there is a way. Then begin looking for a new way to achieve your goal. Try a different approach. Be persistent – don’t give up!

HEALTH CARE IS A BIRTHRIGHT


1. Recognizing that health care challenges are enormous.
2. Accepting that there exists an ever increasing gap between the haves and have-nots with respect to reach of required health care resources.
3. Appreciating the initiatives like National Rural Health Mission of the Government of India.
4. Access to quality health care services is recognized as a fundamental right.
5. The focus of health care should shift from disease to health. Therefore, health preventive and health-promotive measures should be strengthened and public health should receive top priority in health care planning.
6. There should be a paradigmatic shift in national policy from technology-focused to human-centric in providing health care.
7. Changing lifestyles are greatly contributing to the disease burdens. Therefore, behavioral science oriented interventions are of utmost relevance and urgently needed in the planning than ever before calling for augmentation of national health care program.
8. All this demands inclusion of medical anthropological research inputs without which the health care program will continue to function in a vacuum. Therefore, medical anthropological researches should be initiated and supported at the national level.

THEY SAID


Each one of us can do a little to bring some portion of misery to an end. – Albert Schweitzer

Life is no brief candle to me; it is a sort of splendid torch which I’ve got a hold of for the moment and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations. –
George Bernard Shaw

When eating a fruit, think of the person who planted the tree. - Proverb

BIOSORPTION


Development of the biotechnology of metals offers new possibilities in the utilization of microorganism for recovering metals from solutions and treating industrial waste waters. Owning to their ability to accumulate metals from dilute solutions, microorganisms can be used in those cases when conventional technologies fail to secure the desired purification of waste waters. The ability of microorganisms to bind metals from aqueous solution in some cases selectively is known as biosorption and microorganisms responsible for this process are called biosorbents. Various kinds of bacteria, fungi, and algae have accordingly been identified.

CREDIBILITY


One of the important qualities you need to succeed in your professional life is creditability. You are judged on the basis of your outward display of actions. There are certain ways to behave which can boost your credibility.
· Be careful not to over omit yourself. Promise to do only what you can and make the correct choices.
· Clarify your motives behind an action or decision, choose to tell others, choose to tell others only what you want them to know.
· Admit your mistakes promptly.
· Take people into confidence before divulging any information and so not disclose any information from others which they want to be a secret.
· Treat everyone fairly and be consistent in your behavior.
· Make efforts to listen to others.

Your values and actions together determine your reputation, which consequently affects your credibility. Reputation is part of you but it depends a lot on the opinion of others about you. If for example you are not prompt in answering mails, when the other party expects you to, you can develop a reputation of not being responsive. Small matters like these and also bigger issues can determine your reputation. Developing a good reputation depends on understanding what others expect from you and behaving in the appropriate way. So make efforts to enhance your reputation, by choosing the right behaviors that can have a positive impact on it. Also observe the behavior and actions of those who enjoy a good reputation and learn something from them. In a competitive professional world, it is important to take the right steps to maintain your credibility.

VIEWPOINT


Naxalism if not put down ruthlessly will spread like parthenium plants. When external threat is looming large, Maoists are creating internal turmoil. The poor and downtrodden, with their hungry stomachs, give into the attempts by naxals to make them join and sympathize with their forums. To wean people away from this misguided group, welfare schemes for their uplift should be implemented immediately. Non-implementation of welfare schemes for the poor and their utter neglect are favorable for naxalites to grow. (Terrorism)

Passion is incomplete without action!
Meet you next month –April 2010
Prof. A. Narayanan, Ph. D., FISPP
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