NARA'S NOTEPAD
VOLUME 16
AUGUST 2020
NUMBER 8
Friday, July 31, 2020
SPONSOR
Prof. S. Thamburaj Ph.D
Former Dean, Faculty of Horticulture, TNAU, Coimbatore
11, Vaiyapuri Illam, Sabapathy Road, Saibaba Colony
Coimbatore 641 038, ph. 96007 39443
CREATION OF WEALTH
The pre-budget Economic Survey of
Government of India indicated that the theme of Budget – 2020 was Wealth
Creation. Economics of a country depends mainly on the creation of wealth.
India’s economy was (and is) in the downward trend. So, suitable measures were
taken to improve economic situations at various levels. Businesses largely
depend on the annual budget that touches the lives of everyone in India
directly or indirectly. So the date of budget presentation by the Finance
Minister is important to all. After the budget presentation, a good number of
financial experts discuss and analyze the implication of the budget on the
economy of the country.
Wealthy persons are powerful and
well recognized by common people. So who does not want wealth? Since wealth can
give a comfortable life, we are all after this wonderful asset of wealth. So we
have to earn wealth by hard work, for which jobs have to be available or
created at various levels. Wealth is generally created either legally or
illegally. Rich people are wealthy. They have an abundance of wealth in the form
of assets like properties, money, material goods, and luxury items. In fact,
many professionals depend on wealthy people and vice versa. It is well known
that legally created wealth is safe. Such wealth may not be so large as the
illegally earned wealth. According to rule optimum wealth is always better. Too
much of anything is always too bad, so also wealth.
Big businesses create abundant wealth.
They do invest their wealth in future projects and make more wealth. Wealth in
the form of gold and gold ornaments is also accumulated in large quantities and
locked up in bank lockers. Such wealth is no use to the country. In some cases, currency notes of the high denomination are stacked in gunny bags and stored in
undisclosed places for future use. Most of these assets are illegal wealth or
black money. The government is searching for such assets and the persons
responsible for it.
In a country like India, we see
people in politics, businesses, film world, corporate, and in many other walks
of life make wealth illegally. It is an easy way to create and accumulate
wealth. By misusing power, one can earn more money. Favoring someone yields a good amount of money/ there are many ways people can illegally create wealth.
Some of them invest their wealth to create more wealth. Such investments may be
in real-estates, educational institutions, modern hospitals, new start-ups,
businesses, and the like. So illegally created wealth is also useful for society at times.
Governments are also interested in
creating wealth and they help the people to create more and more wealth
legally, for which they formulate various policies and projects. Those who
follow them will get benefits. However, when the pre-budget Economic Survey
announced that the main theme of Budget 2020 was wealth creation, in the budget
speech I did not come across the theme of wealth creation. Looking into the
Budget 2020, it appears that the budget has given enough opportunities for
creating wealth. For whom? – is the big question! - NARA
EDUCATION
Education should have two objects first, to give definite knowledge –
reading and writing, language and mathematics, and so on, secondly, to create
those mental habits which will enable people to acquire knowledge and form
sound judgments for themselves. The first of these we may call information,
the second intelligence. – Bertrand Russel
FREE SPEECH AND THE INTERNET
The freest phenomenon
that exists is information and the Internet advances freedom of information on
a global scale.
The Internet is a common
platform, a place available to the public similar to any area of a town; it
belongs to everybody. The only difference is that the Internet is the largest
common space that has ever been created. The Internet allows for all who want
to be heard to access the Internet and say the world is their audience. As
diverse as humanity is, that is how large the worldwide audience will be.
Since all of the world's population is the audience, no one community or group
can dictate what kind of thought or speech is permitted on the Internet.
The robust architecture
of the Internet allows the principle of freedom of speech to be part and parcel
of the Internet. Due to its robust design, a complete blockage of information
on the Internet is nearly impossible. Only in very controlled and limited
circumstances can information be blocked. This is true with regard to a home
computer when information is to be blocked from children, a firewall can be
installed to block certain sites.
If one believes in the
progress of civilization, and that this progress depends on the ability to express
speech thought and new ideas, freedom of speech is the greatest value that
society can encourage. By using the Internet, people have become more and more
convinced about the importance of that freedom, because of their personal
experience with the World Wide Web. Not only does the Internet afford universal
freedom of speech, but it also provides access to different opinions and
thoughts and allows people to form their own conclusion and express their own
feelings.
SELF IMPROVEMENT
1.
Don’t worry. Worry is the least productive of all human activities
and thoughts.
2.
Don’t let needless fears preoccupy your life. Most of the things
we fear never happen.
3.
Don’t hold grudges. That is one of the biggest and most
unnecessary weights we carry through our lives.
4.
Take on one problem at a time. It’s the only way to handle things
anyway, one by one.
5.
Don’t take your problems to bed with you. They are bad and
unhealthy companions for good natural sleep and rest.
6.
Don’t take on the problems of other people. They are better
equipped to handle their own problems than you are.
7.
Don’t live in the past. It will always be there in your memories
to enjoy...but don’t cling to it. Concentrate on what is happening right now in
your life...and you will be happy in the present also...not just the past.
8.
Be a good listener. It is only when one listens...that one gets
and learns ideas different from one’s own.
9.
Do not let frustration ruin and rule your life. Self-pity more
than anything...interferes with positive actions...with moving forwards in our
lives.
10.
Count your blessings. Don’t ever forget the smallest blessings. As
many small blessings add up to large ones.
JUST TO LAUGH
Wife: Who
among us, you think, is stupid?
Husband: Everyone knows that
you are very intelligent. Otherwise, you would have married a stupid fellow.
A
farmer had a problem with apple theft from his garden. So he wisely put a board- “One of the apples in this garden is poisoned”. The next day he was perplexed to see the board
corrected as “two apples in this garden are poisoned.”
Sent by Dr. Napoothiri
STAND OUT
Everyone likes to ‘stand out’ in society. ‘Standing out’ has become a lifestyle of all urbanites who earn lots
of money legally or illegally through business or politics. The earned money is spent to achieve the style of ‘standing out.’ There are lot of things available
in the market to make anyone ‘stand out’. Costly dresses, cars, houses,
jewels, etc. are sold in fashionable shops. Sometimes loans are also available
from financials to make it easier to acquire all these things. The desire to
‘stand out’ is in the minds of everyone – young and old. ‘I am better than
others,’ is the mind-set of human beings. Of course, it’s positive thinking
that gives the confidence and courage to progress. ‘Standing out’ as a first-class student in a class or a sportsperson or an actor or a leader is not
easy. It comes out of hard work and good habits and behavior.
LINES I LIKED
Ø
New technologies are
introduced and adopted only when the benefits outweigh the risks.
Ø
New technologies have
to radically change the social, cultural, and economical landscape of human
connections.
Ø
New worlds open up to
you when you get to know new people.
Wednesday, July 1, 2020
SPONSOR
Prof. S. Thamburaj Ph.D
Former Dean, Faculty
of Horticulture, TNAU, Coimbatore
11, Vaiyapuri Illam,
Sabapathy Road, Saibaba Colony
Coimbatore 641 038,
ph. 96007 39443
FAST LIFE
It is a general feeling that life was very slow in the
past. But slowly and slowly it became fast, faster, and fastest. Today
everything is moving fast. Speed has taken over distance. In the 1930s and 1940s, I
was walking to school barefoot. I used to start at my house much earlier.
Later on, walking was replaced by bicycles, school vans, hired, or shared
vehicles to reach the school faster. Humans never stopped their thinking.
Always they invented something faster.
If we see the development of transportation bicycles
can go at a maximum speed of 130 kph, a bike 340 kph, car 300 kph, train 574
kph, ship 164 kph, airplane 805 kph, and a rocket 10,330 kph. With these
unimaginable speeds distance is conquered to a considerable extent. As speed
increases, we move faster and faster. As we move faster, accidents are also
inevitable. Accidents do occur even in a slow world, maybe less in number.
Take, for example, the sportsmen and women who make
world records in their speed to conquer the distance. Running race, car race, cycle
race, bike race, swimming, rowing, and many more sports try to catch up the
distance at minimum time. So speed, time and distance are the three factors we
like to overpower in a sport. Winning a game on stipulated time and space is
the basic aim of man as far as the sports world is concerned.
Even in our daily life, our activities are faster due
to the availability of many gadgets or devices. Fastest life requires enormous
energy and physical health. One has to plan and carry out the plan according to
schedule. Multitasking is one way we increase the speed of life. Everybody
wants to do things as quickly as possible and also everyone wants to get cured
as fast as possible. No one has time to wait. In order to get the work done
immediately, one tries to influence people by bribing them. So, a faster life also
brings in corruption in our society. That is what we see
and experience today. High expectations and ambitions in life always push us to
a fast life.
The faster life requires more money; hence we are all
after earning as much money as possible. To accelerate faster life,
industries have sprung up all over the world. They make pieces of equipment and
transport vehicles at high speed. Most of us spend our money to buy those
gadgets to speed up our life. The mania for speed and faster life will not
leave the minds of mankind. Everyone in this world moves fast and wants to run
faster. No one can put a stop to it because one considers that fast life is the
progress of our civilization. How fast are we going to be? - is the question
many of us may ask. But there is no one to answer this question because time
alone can decide about the desire of human beings. Slow life in a faster world
is always dangerous. So be careful! Try to be fast too. - NARA
NAPOLEON HILL WRITES...
Industrial leaders
have belted the entire country with good roads, this bringing into close
communion the people of both city and country. They have converted ores into steel;
with which they have built the skeletons of great skyscrapers. They have harnessed
electrical power and converted into a thousand uses, all designed to give the man
time to think. They have provided through the automobile personal
transportation the humblest citizen, thus giving to everyone the freedom of
travel. They have provided every home with instantaneous news of what is happening in all
parts of the world through the aid of radio. (Now TV, smartphone, satellite, and
internet) –Napoleon Hill
BE GENUINE IN RELATIONSHIPS
1. Try to be as natural as you can
when you’re with others just be “you”. Don’t put on a false self and try to be
someone you’re not. Accept your flaws and imperfections – as everyone has them
anyway.
2. Listen carefully when others
are speaking. Give them your full and undivided attention. And really listen
when other people re speaking: don’t just act as if you’re interested in them.
3. If you say or do something
that’s inept or stupid, then be the first to laugh at you. Also, don’t blame
others if you do something wrong – you’ll be much more respected if you say
that it was you.
4. Be quick to notice and to show
appreciation for other people, and what they do for you. Also, notice their
successes and the things that they do well, and praise them openly, so others
know as well. (But don’t usually flattery as it sounds insincere!)
5. Be honest (but tactful) when
you’re asked for your opinion. That sends the message that usually speaks the
truth.
6. Look for ways that you can help
other people, as genuine people are sensitive and caring. As a side effect, it
will likely boost your mood – and others will be drawn by your mood – and
others will be drawn by your inner happiness.
HEALTH
1) Get a
massage. Besides its relaxing properties, the touch involved in massage
creates warmth in your body and releases the chemical oxytocin—also known as
the cuddle hormone.
2) Eat chickpeas (or other beans). Chickpeas have an amino acid that makes you happy, and beans keep your sugar levels steady throughout the day.
3) Install more windows in your house. Getting enough exposure to the sun has been proven to be crucial to happiness and well-being.
4) Drink coffee. Studies in Brazil showed that people who drink coffee every day are less likely to suffer from depression. Coffee is the world’s most popular mood-enhancing drug but remembers to drink in moderation.
2) Eat chickpeas (or other beans). Chickpeas have an amino acid that makes you happy, and beans keep your sugar levels steady throughout the day.
3) Install more windows in your house. Getting enough exposure to the sun has been proven to be crucial to happiness and well-being.
4) Drink coffee. Studies in Brazil showed that people who drink coffee every day are less likely to suffer from depression. Coffee is the world’s most popular mood-enhancing drug but remembers to drink in moderation.
5) Eat more
spinach. Popeye's favorite green is packed with folic acid, an important
vitamin that boosts serotonin production.
6) Eat foods high in Omega-3 fatty acids. Certain kinds of fish like salmon or sardines have Omega-3, which is known to elevate mood levels—high doses are even used to treat depression.
7) Eat more colorful fruits and vegetables. They contain antioxidants that help remove toxins from our bodies that cause stress and aging.
8) Put some strawberries in your breakfast. The smell of strawberries is known to invigorate and energize.
9) Drink hot mint tea. The scent of fresh mint is energizing and the steam will perk you up.
6) Eat foods high in Omega-3 fatty acids. Certain kinds of fish like salmon or sardines have Omega-3, which is known to elevate mood levels—high doses are even used to treat depression.
7) Eat more colorful fruits and vegetables. They contain antioxidants that help remove toxins from our bodies that cause stress and aging.
8) Put some strawberries in your breakfast. The smell of strawberries is known to invigorate and energize.
9) Drink hot mint tea. The scent of fresh mint is energizing and the steam will perk you up.
TO QUOTE
Life is a
tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot – Charlie Chaplin
We make a
living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. – Winston Churchill
Management
is doing things right, leadership is doing the right things. – Peter
Drucker
Don’t
tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you
with their results – George S Patton
Whatever
is impressed is expressed. - Aristotle
JUST TO LAUGH
I’m 82 and like to dress nicely whenever I got out.
One morning I dressed a new peach-hued golf shirt and navy – blue Bermudas. I
thought I looked pretty sharp. While standing in line at the dell counter, an
attractive young woman approached me and asked “Do you mind if I take a
picture?” Surprised and flattered, I replied, “of course not.” As I struck a
casual pose and gave her a wide smile, she took a picture of my flashy
four-wheel walker. “I have been looking for something like this for my
grandfather, “she said, “Thank you very much.”
LINES I LIKED
Ø Capture moments of
simple perfection.
Ø Cast out the mental
picture of past mistakes.
Ø Cause and effect
exist in living systems in general and in man, as well as in the physical - universe, but not everything is predictable.
Ø Challenge is what
drives us to turn dreams into reality.
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