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Unbelievable but true

Warner Chappel Music owns the copyright to the song "Happy Birthday." They make over $1 million in royalties every year from the commercial use of the song.

All babies are colour-blind when they are born.

Children grow faster in the springtime than any other season during the year.

Each nostril of a human being registers smells in a different way. Smells that are made from the right nostril are more pleasant than the left. However, smells can be detected more accurately when made by the left nostril.

Humans are born with 350 bones in their body, however when a person reaches adulthood they only have 206 bones. This occurs because many of them join together to make a single bone.

May babies are on average 200 grams heavier than babies born in other months.

Leonardo da Vinci was dyslexic, and he often wrote backwards.
 
Half a million elderly suffer extreme loneliness in UK: Report News

This is no more a typical Western problem. Our country is fast moving in this direction and sooner or later we are likely to catch up with or exceed these figures and to be the number one country in isolating elders. The increase in the number of old age homes and retirement colonies are proof enough of the future trend in our country. Joint families are slowly melting away and youngsters feel their elderly parents as an unwanted burden for two reasons, one is for reasons of privacy and the other is for fear of elderly falling sick needing their personal care and attention besides the heavy medical expenditure. This is the price that we pay for our progress and the loss of moral values which we suffer from. Even when they form part of the extended family, they are not treated with due respect but treated as intruders and unwanted guests. I have known cases where the elders seek old age homes in preference to their stay with their own kith and kin. With increase in the number of elders, it is going to be a challenge to the government and to the society itself as felt by the Western countries unless we restore the lost moral values typical of our country.
 
Maharashtra government to install CCTV cameras inside 25 police stations. News

It is indeed a good move to prevent police excesses and atrocities inside police stations. But how to ensure that the CCTVs are not switched off during the crucial periods?
 
Now, 'kissing prank' outrages woman's modesty in Delhi

A cranky fellow's video of randomly kissing girls walking in the streets for fun that went viral was condemned by many, while there were some idiotic youngsters who thought that it was a prank meant to be enjoyed. These are the fellows who indulge in stalking, groping, molesting and raping, claiming that these are the traits of manliness. These fellows are responsible for all sorts of sexual assault on women and the society should not be a passive spectator and allow them to go scot free. No mercy should be shown to these human animals. It is one of their tribes some three years back that started kissing in public as if it was an achievement equivalent to one going to moon and ultimately it was proved that the people who started that movement were those who were trafficking in women. It is only people with such bent of mind who indulge in such dirty tricks. They get the inspiration for all these silly things from pictures that depict a promiscuous male as a hero. They should be zeroed in and sent to prisons. In the present case let us make a beginning by not accepting his apology but arrest him and put him behind bars. The best punishment for such morons is to stitch their mouth so that they will never be able to kiss, but our constitution does not provide for that. We have many good things to learn from the west and not fool ourselves copying something that is against our tradition and culture
 
Now anaemia can protect your kids from malaria




Mosquitos need to suck blood to transmit Malaria. So do naturally they avoid bloodless children?

No. Iron deficiency anaemia actually protects children against the blood-stage of Plasmodium falciparum malaria ( malarial parasite). There seems to be an advantage in every disadvantage!
 
Speech of Gopala Krishna Gokale in Pachaiyappa's college, in 1904

This speech is relevant for our students even today




"The greatness of England was due to the fact that the average men and women there led more earnest lives, recognised their responsibilities better than we do, endeavoured to prove more serviceable to society than is the case here. It is in the life, thoughts and actions of the average man and woman that the solid strength of a nation really lies. You may not be privileged to make any large contribution to the knowledge by research and scholarship, but every one of you can lead better, more earnest lives on account of the education you have received. If you do that in your persons, you will have set a high example to those who come after you, and you will also have largely added to the moral energy of the nation. I therefore ask you to realise this, that it is in the power of every educated man to show that he is worthy of the education he has received, first by continuing his interest in studies, secondly, by trying to be of service to his countrymen, and thirdly, by leading in his own particular sphere a better, a more earnest, and a more dutiful life.
 
Unbelievable but true

Queen Lydia Liliuokalani was the last reigning monarch of the Hawaiian Islands. She was also the only Queen the United States ever had.



Rolling Stones band member Bill Wyman married a 19 year-old model Mandy Smith in 1988. At the same time Wyman's son was engaged to Mandy Smith's mother. If his son had married Smith's mother, Wyman would have been the step grandfather to his own wife.




There are 158 verses in the Greek National Anthem.




There are about 6,800 languages in the world.




There was no punctuation until the 15th century.




Children laugh about 400 times a day, while adults laugh on average only 15 times a day.




The coconut is the largest seed in the world.




There is cyanide in apple pips.




If you were to take 1 lb. of spiders web and stretch it out it would circle the whole way around the world!




If every person in China stood on a chair and jumped off at the same time...it would knock the earth off its axis!
 
Jallikattu: TN urges Centre to promulgate ordinance

The problem of Jallikattu rears its head before every Pongal. If anyone says anything against it, he will be dubbed anti tamil. SPCA comes under this category for they are the people fighting for the cause of animals ( at the cost of humans?) This sport is NOT practised throughout Tamilnadu and is confined to a few places in Tamilnadu like Anangaputhur. It is said that jallikattu is the very culture and tradition of Tamils to be observed as part and parcel of the celebration of Pongal. If anybody asks them any inconvenient question, they are only anti Tamils. For the question that bulls are tortured in the process, there is a very strong denial on the plea that the Tamils hold the cows and bulls in high esteem and if you ask why trouble the bulls that you respect so much, you are in trouble. The answer for the question " Is there not a real alternative for jallikattu to prove the valour of Tamils", that valour will be physically proved on you. If anybody raises the question what is the harm in banning it, the reply is what is the harm in practising it. Our ancient literature boasts of a Tamil heroine shooing away a tiger by a mere Muram? Why not play a game like that instead of harming an innocent animal? If you ask this question, you may not be there to ask the next question. So no arguments. If you say many are injured and some killed, why even while travelling by train or bus, many are killed or injured, have the trains and buses been banned is the stock reply. Does anyone have an answer for that? When we allow killing of animals for food, why not allow the bull fight for good. After all if the bull dies or some people die, doesn't matter? Even otherwise are they not dying? If you oppose it, you are doing so at your own peril. The arguments are endless. If you want to be in the good books of the parties in Tamilnadu, better support it or at least keep quiet.
 
We in the south , particularly Tamilnadu, are used to the white polished rice , even though we use parboiled rice for the preparation of idlies and dosas. Of late brown rice is showing its head here and there now and then. We are familiar with certain varities of rice such as Nellore rice, Samba rice, Jeeraka rice, basumati rice and so on. Still there are many varities of rice which have been there in vogue in our country from time immemorial, which has now given way to the more familiar varities.
The fully polished white rice that we get in the market is not the paddy rice our forefathers ate. They ate the flavourful, hand pounded rices grown locally during season. We have a rich cornucopia of rices ranging from white to red to black to scented rices. What we need to do is to welcome these back into our homes and diets. It is easier said than done, with all of us having become accustomed to fully polished white rice. In States, among Indians, brown rice is becoming popular. Why not try without prejudice the different types of rices and their speciality and suitability for a particular occasion or for a particular preparation which probably has not yet been tried ? It is our prejudice that has killed most other rices. It is time that we give a trial for other varities of rice too to make our culinary art richer and healthier.





Rice to the occasion
This Pongal, celebrate Nature’s bounty by trying out some indigenous varieties of rice.
thehindu.com|By SREEDEVI LAKSHMI KUTTY
 
ஜக்கம்மா சொல்லுது, ஜக்கம்மா சொல்லுது, இன்னம் ஒரு வாரத்துலே தை பொறக்குது, ஒரு சிலருக்கு வழி பொறக்குது. இதை பெரியம்மா சொல்லல்லே, சின்னம்மா சொல்லல்லே, ஜக்கம்மா சொல்லுது,

நேத்து வரையிலும் அடி ஆளா இருந்தவங்களுக்கு யோகம் அடிக்குது, யோகம் அடிக்குது, நடக்கிறதெல்லாம் விதிப்படி நடக்குது, சதிப்படி இல்லே. விதிப்படி நடக்குது, சதிப்படி இல்லே. ஜக்கம்மா சொல்லுது, ஜக்கம்மா சொல்லுது




சின்னம்மாவுக்கு சொகுசு கூடுது. மவுசு கூடுது. என்னம்மான்னு கேட்டவங்கெல்லாம் இப்ப சின்னம்மா முன்னாலே என்னமா தலைகுனிஞ்சி நிக்கறாங்க. சிலர் கண்ணுலே விழற மண்ணைப்பத்திக் கூடக் கவலைப்படாம மண்ணோடு மண்ணா கீழே விழுந்து வணங்குறாங்க. பழக்கத்தை மாத்திக்க முடியாம தவிக்கிறாங்க. பெரியம்மா இடத்துலே சின்னம்மாவை உக்கார வைக்கத் துடிக்கிறாங்க. பாதி வேலை முடிஞ்சிது. மீதி வேலை ஆரம்பமாகுது.

ஜக்கம்மா சொல்லுது, ஜக்கம்மா சொல்லுது. ஆனாலும் சின்னம்மா மனசுக்குள்ளே ஒரு போராட்டம் ஓடுது. குருவி தலையிலே பனங்காயா ஆயிடுமோன்னு சந்தேகம் வலுக்குது. ஒரு சில மோசக்காரக்கும்பல் வான்கோழி மயிலாகுமான்னு சந்தேகப்படுது. சொந்த பந்தங்கள் சின்னம்மாவை சிம்மாசனத்துலே ஏத்தி சுத்தி நின்னு வெண்சாமரம் வீச ஆசைப் படுது. பாக்கிறவங்களுக்கும் கேக்கறவங்களுக்கும் காதும் கண்ணும் கூசுது.

ஜக்கம்மா சொல்லுது, ஜக்கம்மா சொல்லுது. பன்னீர் மேலே வென்னீர் ஊத்தக் ஒரு கும்பல் காத்திருக்குது. சத்தம் போடாம சைலன்டா போயிட்டு இருக்கிற நேரத்துலே குட்டையைக் கலக்கு ஒரு கும்பல் காத்திருக்குது. பன்னீர் பணியுமா, வென்னீர் வெலகுமான்னு தெரியல்லே. இதுக்கு நடுவுலே சின்னம்மாவுக்கு ஆள் சேக்கற படலம் தடபுடலாகுது. பணத்தைக்காட்டி சனத்தை வாங்கற வேலை நடக்குது.

ஜக்கம்மா சொல்லுது. ஜக்கம்மா சொல்லுது. சின்னம்மாவுக்கு எதிர்ப்பு சேருது. கட்சிக்குள்ளே எதிர்ப்பு சேருது. அங்கே பெரியம்மாவோட மருமகளைச்சுத்தி ஒரு கூட்டம் கூடுது.

அந்தப் பொண்ணு மனசும் நாட்டம் போடுது.




ஜக்கம்மா சொல்லுது, ஜக்கம்மா சொல்லுது. சில பேர் பதுங்கிப் போறாங்க. ஒரு சிலர் விழி பிதுங்கிப் போறாங்க. சுருக்கமா சொல்லப்போனா இங்கே திரை மறவுலே பெரிய நாடகம் நடந்துக்கிட்டு இருக்குது. இந்த நாடகத்தோட முடிவை வெளிநாட்டுப் பேரை வச்சிக்கிட்டு இருக்கிற ஒருவர் ஸ்டைலா ஒளிஞ்சி நின்னு வேடிக்கைப் பாக்குறாரு. தமிழ்நாட்டுலே பொழுது போக யாரும் வீண் செலவு செய்ய வேணாம். இனாமா சீன்கள் ஓடப்போகுது. பாத்து ரசியுங்க. பாத்து ரசியுங்க. ஜக்கம்மா சொல்லுது. ஜக்கம்மா சொல்லுது. தமிழ்நாட்டுக்கு வழி பிறக்குதோ இல்லியோ,தை பொறக்கப் போகுது. தை பொறக்கப்போகுது. இதை ஜக்கம்மா சொல்லல்லே. ஜக்கம்மா சொல்லல்லே.

நாந்தான் சொல்றேன். நாந்தான் சொல்றேன்.

ஜெய் ஜக்கம்மா.
 
VARANASI: In a breakthrough in the Bharat Ratna Ustad Bismillah Khan's shehnai theft case, the Varanasi unit of Special Task Force (STF) arrested three persons including his grandson and two jewelers on Tuesday. Out of the four shehnais, three silver made shenais were melted by the jewelers. The police recovered 1.066 kg melted silver. Ustad's priceless shehnais were sold off at a petty amount of Rs 17,000 only.

According to SSP STF Amit Pathak, on the basis of surveillance outcome the STF personnel caught Ustad's grandson Najre Hasan, who was trying to leave the city. During interrogation he confessed that he had stolen the shenais to repay the money he had borrowed from some people. He sold the shehnais to jewellers Shankarlal Seth and Sujit Seth of Piyari locality. The STF recovered Rs 4,200 from him, later the jewellers were arrested and the melted silver was recovered from them. An FIR was lodged at Chowk police station for further legal action.

The three silver shenais were gifted to Ustad by former Prime Minister Narasimha Rao, RJD chief Lalu Prasad and Congress MP Kapil Sibal, and the silver plating of one shehnai were melted, according to STF officials.




USTAD BISMILLAH KHAN's SHENOY WAS STOLEN BY HIS GRANDSON SINCE HE COULD NOT STEEL THE GOLDEN MUSIC FROM HIS GRANDFATHER WHICH IS MANY TIMES MORE VALUABLE!
 
Unbelievable but true

A mole can dig a tunnel 300 feet long in just one night!




The shortest war on record, between Britain and Zanzibar in 1896, lasted just 38 minutes.




The Shell Oil Company originally began as a novelty shop in London that sold seashells.




The symbols + (addition) and – (subtraction) came into general use in 1489.




If you save one penny and double it every successive day, (day two you have 2 pennies and day three you have 4 pennies, and so on), by the end of 30 days you’ll have $5,368,708! (or £’s or whatever currency).




It is not possible to tickle yourself. The cerebellum, a part of the brain, warns the rest of the brain that you are about to tickle yourself. Since your brain knows this, it ignores the resulting sensation.




The best time for a person to buy shoes is in the afternoon. This is because the foot tends to swell a bit around this time.




The typical lead pencil can draw a line that is thirty-five miles long.




There are over one hundred billion galaxies with each galaxy having billions of stars.




The surface area of the lungs is roughly the same size as a tennis court.
 
Not a day passes with our eminent MLAs, MPs, some ministers and political leaders opening their gutter mouths and sermonising on rapes and issuing comments exposing their ingenuity, thus adding fuel to fire. These people show the least sympathy and understanding of the victim and come out with the most caustic remarks, forgetting for a moment whether they will speak the way they have been talking if one of the victims has been their own kith and kin.






‘What if it happens to you’: Bihar MLA questions schoolgirls over rape case
Lalan Paswan was caught on camera asking schoolgirls, “How can you tell she was raped... Where was blood…
 
This is not the first time that India and Indian sentiment are insulted. Many western companies have used the pictures of Indian Gods most inappropriately on several occasions and every time Indians have to raise their voices in loud protest to get the insult annulled. There seems to be scarce regard for the Indian sentiments, why outside India, even within India. We are a nation that respects others sentiments and more so their religious beliefs and we never indulge in misusing our freedom to insult other religionists, but at the same time there is a growing section among our politicians and the so called intellectuals who hurl insult on our faiths, beliefs and Gods day in and day out. The so called self styled secularists, rationalists and the lefts who won't dare open their mouths about other religions, won't miss even a single opportunity to criticise and insult the Hindu feelings as if it is a symbol of their rationality and intelligence. This is very typical of Hindus which is a matter of not only regret but shame. If we respect our religion,will the others dare insult us this way? We have to correct ourselves before we find fault with others? Our tolerance seems to be our weakness that is being exploited alround.



Amazon sells doormats with tricolour; apologise or we cancel visas, warns Sushma
Sushma Swaraj asked Amazon to withdraw the products and tender an unconditional apology.
 
Blood pressure increasing globally, including in India: study. News

Whether Putin believes in global warming or not, he has to believe this, because his election to the presidency of US is responsible for that.

Tension causes BP to rise. The life in the world seems to get tenser and tenser day by day.
 
Beware of American gun culture. Any innocent person could be gunned down for no fault of his. Don't knock on an American door. You do not know what is behind it. You might have knocked at the door in search of your lost dog, but that will your last knock that will knock your life out.





83-year-old Florida man fatally shoots woman searching for her dog
The accused was taken to the Manatee County Jail, where he remained without bond.
 
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அதிமுகவின் புதிய பொதுச்செயலாளர் சசிகலா சென்னை கட்சி அலுவலகத்திற்கு வந்த போது அவரை கும்பிட்ட கட்சி பிரமுகர்கள். கார் அவர்களை கடந்து போனபிறகும் கூட கையை, இறக்கலாமா?வேண்டாமா? என்ற தயக்கத்துடன் காணப்பட்டனர்.
 
பொங்கலுக்குப் பொங்கல் இந்த ஜல்லிக்கட்டுப் பிரச்சினை தமிழ்நாட்டைப் பாடாய்ப் படுத்துகிறது. இது இன்றைய அல்லது நேற்ளைய பிரச்சினை இல்லை. கடந்த மூன்று ஆண்டுகளுக்கும் மேலாகத் தமிழகத்தை ஆட்டிப் படைக்கும் பிரச்சினை. யாராவது ஜல்லிக்கட்டைப் பற்றி தவறாகப் பேசிவிட்டால், அவர்கள் அனைவரும் பச்சைத் துரோகிகள். தமிழ் விரோதிகள். அப்படிப்பட்ட் ஒரு சூழ்நிலையில் spca என்ற பிராணிகள் வதைத் தடுப்பு இயக்கம் ஜல்லிக்கட்டில்எருதுகள் சித்திரவதை செய்யப்படுவதாகக் கருதி இதைத் தடை செய்யக் கோரி சுப்ரீம் கோர்டில் வழக்குத் தொடர்ந்தது. இது பற்றிய விவகாரத்தில் சுப்ரீம் கோர்ட் இதைத் தடை செய்ய அதை எதிர்த்து வழக்குகள் வரலாயின. இதைப் பற்றிய முடிவான தீர்ப்பு வழங்க ஏனோ சுப்ரீம் கோர்ட் தயங்குகிறது. இந்த வழக்கு வெகு நாட்களாக நிலுவையில் இருக்கிறது. சுப்ரீம் கோர்டுக்கு இது பொங்கலுடன் சம்பந்தப்பட்ட வழக்கு என்று தெரியும். அப்படி இருந்தும் தீர்ப்பை ஏதோ ஒரு காரணம் காட்டி பொங்கலுக்கு அப்பால் தள்ளிப் போடுவதன் மர்மம் என்ன என்றுதான் புரியவில்லை. இதில் ஏன் இவ்வளவு குழப்பம் என்றும் தெரியவில்லை. இது தமிழ் நாட்டின் ஒவ்வொரு ஆண்டும் பொங்கலின் போது இது ஒரு போராட்டமாக மாறிவிடுகிறது. காளைச் சண்டையை விட இதனால் ஏற்படும் கொள்கைச் சண்டையில் தமிழகம் சிக்கித் தவிக்கிறது. இதற்கு தமிழ் நாட்டில் பெரிய எதிர்ப்பு எதுவும் கிடையாது. காளைகள் கொடூரமாகத் தாக்கப் படுவதையும் இதனால் மக்கள் உயிர் இழக்காமல் இருக்கும் வகையிலும் சில முன்னெச்சரிக்கை நடவடிக்கைகளை எடுத்து இந்த ஜல்லிக்கட்டு நிகழ்ச்சியை நடத்த உச்ச நீதி மன்றம் ஆணை பிறப்பித்து இருக்கலாம். இதனால் தேவையற்ற போராட்டங்கள் தவிர்க்கப் பட்டிருக்கலாம். தமிழர்களில் ஒரு சிலர் இதை மற்றொரு இந்திப் பிரச்சினையாக மாற்றத் துடித்துக் கொண்டு இருக்கின்றனர். இதைத் தவிர்த்து இருக்கலாம்.
 
Didn't mean to offend Indian sensibilities: Amazon expresses regret in letter to Sushma Swaraj

Well done Sushma. you have very recently undergone kidney transplant and I am sure you are still not healthy enough to concentrate on your official duties. Still unmindful of your health, the interest that you evince in upholding the dignity of the nation is very much laudable. My salutes to you.
 
Uber has over four lakh driver partners on the platform in India.
With the aim to prevent road deaths, online cab-hailing firm Uber rolled out a series of road safety features in its drivers’ app in 29 cities across the country.
The drivers will get daily reports about their driving patterns with suggestions on how to provide a smoother and safer ride.
The driver app will also remind the drivers about the importance of taking a break when they need it.
(Our country leads in the number of deaths due to road accidents)
 
Random thoughts

When it comes to history, we always talk about civilisation. The terms civilisation, civility, civilians, civic sense and perhaps city have a common root. In Sanskrit, we call it " Nagarikam" which itself is a derivative of the term "Nagara" which means city. Nagarasya bhavaha is Nagarikam. That which is the outcome of a city is civilisation or that a city is the outcome of civilisation. We all know that all major early civilisations dawned on river banks. For sustenance of life, the basic requirements are the five elements, the Pancha Bhoothas, Appu, Vayu ,Theyu, Prithvi and Akash. For the survival of any life, these five elements are very essential. In other words they are the elements which are elementary for any form of life. When humans originated, they were first introduced to the Sun, the moon, the water, the air, the soil and the sky. Even with all our modern knowledge and information, the nature around us constituting these five elements baffle us. The first men were really thrilled and they wondered at things happening around them in nature. They started fearing them first and then respecting them realising that a supreme force seems to regulate them. As a matter of gratitude, they started revering and worshipping them. This was the practice in the entire world and all the early civilisations irrespective of wherever they originated, started nature worship and made all these life sustaining things Gods. Whether it is Indian civilisation or, Greek and Roman civilisation or Egyptian or Iraqi or Chinese civilisation, this was the fact and they all worshipped nature as Gods and demi Gods. This practice continued for a very long time and they were all designated as Pagans. While all the other civilisations have been annihilated by the Christian and Islamic onslaught for no reasons other than their ambition to expand their territory and their religion, Chinese and Indian civilisations alone survived. But alas, even the Chinese civilisation has undergone metamorphic changes, thanks to communist onslaught. So the only very ancient civilisation which is still left alive in spite of all so called modernisation is Indian civilisation. They continue to be nature worshippers and greatest environmentalists who respect the basic things in life. While Christianity and Islam spread their tentacles by massacres and forceful conversions of the locals by their brute power on the plea that nature worshippers are pagans who are uncivilised, they could not altogether wipe out the Indian civilisation. Today Christians try to achieve their objective of "Christianisation" of the entire world through their missionaries using the mighty power of wealth that the Christian kingdoms have looted from all over the world, by offering service. Islam still believes in spreading their religion using brute force through "Jihadism". But whether these christian or Islamic forces succeed in decimating Hinduism or not, our own people who call themselves secularists are doing that job right now. So our civilisation is at peril because of these inimical politicians, the communists and our perverted intellectuals. We should not succumb to the western propaganda that we are way underdeveloped in civilisation because of religious practice, but must uphold our religion, the only religion of tolerance and respect to other religions at any cost by making certain corrections needed to cope up with times.
 
Unbelievable but true

A dog can hear sounds that are 100 times fainter than the faintest sounds that a person can hear. If a person can just hear a noise that is coming from 10 feet away, a dog could hear that same noise from 100 feet away.




If a sole (a type of fish) lays upon a chessboard it can change the colouring of its body to match the pattern of the chess board. The sole takes about 4 minutes to make the change.




Of all the creatures on earth, the mosquito has contributed to the deaths of more people than any other species.




In the courts of the Roman Empire, instead of swearing an oath on a bible, men swore to the truth on their statements while holding their genitals. Hence the word 'testify', from 'testicles'.




The first soap powder, produced in 1907, was made with Perborate and Silicate - hence its brand name, Persil.




If we could shrink the earth's population to a village of precisely 100 people, with all the existing human ratios remaining the same, there would be 57 Asians, 21 Europeans, 14 from the Americas and 8 Africans. Only 1 would own a computer.




All elephants walk on tiptoe, because the back portion of their foot is made up of all fat and no bone.
 
Personally speaking, I am not a great upholder of Jallikattu sports as an inseparable tradition of Tamilnadu. But however, when the majority of the people in Tamilnadu favour it and when animal sacrifice for religious purposes is permitted, I think there is no point in banning Jallikattu. The SC knows pretty well that this sport is associated with Pongal in Tamilnadu and in spite of that It has not cared to spell its decision this way or the other before the due date, thereby creating uncertain situation all over Tamilnadu leading to avoidable law and order problem. My feeling is that it is after all not such a dangerous sport and the SC can enforce certain precautionary conditions to be followed by the organisers and participants that will ensure safety causing the least injury to the bull, the fighters and the general public viewing it. I am not competent to question the view of the SC in this regard, but I think I have the liberty to disagree with its views.
 
Bogi pollution

Nineteen international and domestic flights to and from Chennai suffered delay on Friday after dense smoke engulfed the airport region here following the burning of old articles on the occasion of Bogi festival.

In spite of repeated requests by the Pollution Control Board of Tamilnadu and many other environmentalists and scientists requesting the public not to burn old tyres and disused materials on the eve of Bogi, the response seems to be next to nil. If compelled, it may lead to spanother problem of law and order. There is no religious dictum that says every old material has to be burnt and disposed of. If people want to dispose of old things, municipality or corporation may arrange to collect these articles through normal channels and may undertske their safe and sanitary disposal? The usual requirement and practice has been to white wash and keep the house and surroundings clean during Ponga. Burning the materials have no religious or traditional sanction. But if people believe that they have a moral right to pollute the atmosphere, they have to either educated or better still punished because nothing teaches better than punishment. Tamils are not willing to improve and the political parties are not willing to cooperate. Habit dies hard and the worse the habits, the harder they stick to us.
 
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