Happy New Year

WISH YOU ALL A HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR

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With warm regards,
K T Velayudhan

http://insight-vel.blogspot.com/

ART OF LIVING

Jai Gurudev,

I have got a chance to go through six day Art of Living Basic Course, designed and invented by H H Sri Sri Ravi shanker, under Gurues shri Rajandran and Shri Manoj kumar. This is a best course for understanding ourselves and it renovates the human values inherent in us and sheds unwanted negative thinking from us, consequently a fresh thinking and a healthy body and mind results. This imparts timely application of our conscious mind to any situation to be tackled smoothly. No body will become a terrorist if they have got a chance to under go this Six day course. The Government has to consider to include this type of courses in our School Curriculum.

Apart from this Six Day Course there are Youth Program mes like Art Excel for ages 8 to 13, Yes! for teens for ages 14 to 18, Yes+ for College Students and Young Professionals for ages 18 to 27.

When I saw an interview of Gurugi by Com John Britas in Kairali TV, I was little bit annoyed because Communists are againt Living Gods. But now I understands that John Britas has done a good job and Kairali TV has anticipated Gurugi's inportance in the turbulent present day-to-day life. My father- in- law, late, Shri. Kommadath Chandrasekharan(Rtd Div. Accountant, PWD) was a great admirer of H H Shri Chinmayananda swamigi and a life member of Chimayamission. He used to tell me to participate in Geetha Gyanayanja and once I went to the discourse, even though it was very good, still I was restless and discontinued my participation. But in this case I have not experienced such restlessness instead I am so much adhered to it.

Sri Sri Ravi Shanker was born on 13th May 1956(star- Thiruvathira) at Papanasam in Thanjavoor district of Tamil Nadu. His father was working in Banglore and hence he was brought up in Banglore. At the age of four he recited the verses from an ancient Bhagavat Geetha. He had a habit of giving all his belongings to his classmates. He completed his degree in Modern Science and Traditional study of Vedic Science at the age of seventeen. He started the Art of Living Course from Shimoga in 1982. Sudarshana Kriya- a breath oriented technique brings peace and relaxation to the mind and heart and expands awareness and bliss. Gurugi has pointed out that 'Meditation is the true comfort in life'. He teaches the millions of people that "The only true security in the world is in the process of giving love".

"Technology without human values would see nature as dead objects. Science gives insight in to the life of nature, and spirituality makes nature come alive... Technology without spirituality is destructive. Spirituality is the technology of consciousness , and the whole world is the play and display of consciousness"

To foster a deeper understanding of the the values that unite us as Global human community and to encourage the practice of human values in every day life HH Sri Sri Ravi Shanker started International Association for Human Values(IAHV) in 1997. Apart from this, Gurudev has started Ved Vignan Mahavidya Peeth, Sri Sri University, Sri Sri Vidya Mandir, Sri Sri College for Ayurvedic Research, Sri Sri Mobile Agricultural Research Institute, Sri Sri Institute for Management Studies, Sri sri school for Ferforming and Fine Arts etc; for the welfare of humanity.

Those who have not got a chance to go through the course are really missing the enjoyment of their life on earth. Don't waste your life entangled in day-to-day worries and tensions. Get rid of it by simply joining the Art of Living course.

There is no age bar, religion or creed!
Join Now!!
And be Happy!!!

Jai Gurudev (www.srisri.org)
KTV

Chandrayan-1

Dear friends,
India's first moon expedition vehicle, Chandrayan-1 has started its adventure very successfully. The Indian Space Research Organisation(ISRO) Scientists whole heartily worked together for the success of the mission announced by our Prime Minister on 15th August 2003 during his Independence Day address to the Nation from the Red Fort. The Nation is very proud of them.

In fact I expected a much more impressive leap in the field of atomic energy through Bhabha Atomic Research Centre(BARC) which was started functioning from June 1, 1945 by one of our greatest Scientist Dr Homi Jahangir Bhabha with the help of Sir Dorabji Tata. At that time the name of BARC was Tata Institute of Fundamental Research and later it came to be known as Atomic energy Establishment(AEET). Our Prime Minister Indira Gandhi renamed AEET as Bhabha Atomic Research Centre in June12, 1967 as a tribute to Dr Homi Jahangir Bhabha who expired in an air crash in June24, 1966.

ISRO was started much latter date(in August15, 1967) under the same Atomic Energy Department and later ISRO was brought under Department of Space in June 1, 1972, still ISRO made a big leap than that of BARC. This, I feels, is due to the to sanctions imposed by Nuclear Nations on India after the successful conduct of Nuclear test in 1974. It is the time for auditing our past actions. What we have gained through our Nuclear explosion tests? Are we interested in manufacturing Nuclear weapons or the need of the hour was the utilisation of Nuclear Energy for the betterment of teeming millions of poor Indians? I feels, it was a political gimmick and now the people of India has to suffer, nullified all the foresightedness shown by our great visionary Scientist Dr Homi J Bhabha and the Industrialist Sir Dorabji Tata

I am happy to note that signs of rethinking is going on in the right direction to fulfill the needs in the field of energy sector

Wit best wishes for a bright future
velayudhan

Abode of God

Dear friends,

At the early ages of my life I was very much interested to visit Guruvayur Sree Krishna Temple. I vehemently insist on my father to take me there, whenever I got an impulse to see the Shrine. I have already told you that he was a retail merchant and consequently he got little time to visit the temples except Sree Thiruvani Bhagavathi Temple, Moonalingal, which is very near to the shop. My father used take bath from there in the very early morning and only after taking obeisances from the shrine he used to open the shop. At that time my brother Kuttayi, step brother Bhaskaran and Karunan from Chelannur were there to support my father. So I have got my first meal from Pazhani, the abode of God Subramania, and my naming ceremony was also done from there by a priest who pronounced my name as Pa..pa..Pazhani velu in Tamil and its Malayalam version is Velayudhan(Some of my friends used to call me Velu atten. I don't know whether they are calling me with respect or mockery, whatever it may be, I don't bother about it). Now my father and brother are in the abode of God and some of my earlier colleagues were also there. Apart from our greatest Scientist like Dr P R Pisharoty, Dr C M Jacob, Er P Kumaraswami, Dr S Vasudeve, Dr V K Vamadevan, Dr S Kabeerathumma, Dr S Rajagopalan Nair, Mr A B George, Ms Pushpa Raghavayya, and my colleagues like Shri. Balakrishnan,Shri. Sasi, Shri. Nanuasan, Shri Ieswaran Potti, Shri.Kumaran, Shri. Rajan and the latest Shri Kuunhikrishnan are also in the abode of God.

Shri. P.K.Kunhikrishnan and his wife Lakshmi Bhai were our neighbor in CWRDM quarters life. He visited most of the Temples for the blessings of a child and they got it after about fourteen years and the boy(Jaysanker) is now studying in 8th standard. After a heart operation from Sree Chitra Medical Centre, Thiruvananthapuram, Mr Kunhikrishnan(59) passed away on 14-10-2008. His body was cremated in the compound of his house in Chemmarathur(Near Priyadharshni bus stop), Vadakara. Owing to MAC meeting I was unable to attend the function along with my colleagues. Latter myself and wife along with Smt Vijayam Raman visited the deceased family and it was a very sad plight! Mr Kunhikrishnan had retired from CWRDM in 2004 without Service Pension and his family spent more than two lakh rupees for his operation to elongate his life, but it was in vain. We were unable to pacify the bereaved family and left from there with great anguish. I pray God to give them strength to over come the difficulties inflicted on them.

velayudhan

Com: C P Balan Vaidyar

Dear friends,

Com: C P Balan Vaidyar(72), ex-MLA and CPM Control Commission Chairman, passed away on 27th September 2008 at 2.50 a.m. He was a very dedicated politician started his career as P S P activist and later joined in Communist party in 1958. From 1970 onwards he was the district committee member of CPIM. He leaded a number of organizations. He was the Joint secretary of Kerala State Karshaka Sangham, Director of District Co-operative Hospital, Director of the Kozhikode District Co-operative Bank,President of the forth coming District Co-operative Homeo Medical College etc. He represented Kunnamangalam Constituency thrice consecutively.

He was the President of CWRDM Staff Federation from 8th February 1998 onwards. He succeeded Com: T P Dasan(He is one of the best comrades I have met in my life), who was the First President of CWRDM Staff Federation and due to false allegations he was expelled from the party for some time and consequently Com: C P Balan Vaidyar became the President of CWRDM SF. Even before becoming Staff Federation President , Com: C P Balan Vaidyar was very much involved in the activities of CWRDM. By his constant struggle some of the evictiees of the land acquired for CWRDM has got appointment in CWRDM. He was also in the forefront of the CWRDM Staff, when the Authorities started vindictive actions against the office bearers of CWRDM Employees' association in June 1987. He is survived by sons Subhaj(VKC Industries) and Adv. Swaraj.
I express my heart felt condolences to the bereaved family.
velayudhan

CWRDM Qtrs Life

Dear friends,

We started our CWRDM quarters life in December 25th, 1983 and when I got a type I quarter there was no current and water supply. My colleague Shri P K Kunhikannan took active part in getting electricity and water and only after getting these facilities I brought my family to the quarters. While we were in CWRDM Quarters, Shri Kunhikannan's and Shri Krishna Rao's family were just in front of our Quarters. Mr Moideen and family was another neighbour in front of us. They were living in Type II quarters and our left and right side neighbors were Smt Jameela and smt Nalini. Behind us was Shri Nanu Asan and family .Later I got a Type II Quarters and shifted to the new quarters. Then I brought my father from our family house in Kovoor. In the Type II Quarters life our neighbor families were Shri A Alphonse and Shri G Narayana Pilla and in front of us were Shri A Kabeer and Shri Sreedharan and when Sreedhran was transferred to Kannur Sub-cente this quarter was occupied by Shri K Ramash Kumar and family. Near to Shri Alphonse Shri M S Suresh and family was residing. Shri Alphonse and Shri Suresh were Law Graduates. Shri Alphonse got the LL B degree by studying in the evening course at Calicut Got. Law College while he was working in CWRDM. Next to Shri Suresh and family Smt Rema Bhai and family was residing. She had a daughter studying for BHMS. Smt Rema Bhai & family and Shri K Ramesh Kumar & family are now in CWRDM Type IV quarters.

Later my wife purchased a small piece of land near by CWRDM Quarters and I built a house by utilizing my family share, PF loan and housing loan and shifted from CWRD Quarters in June 1, 1988.

Shri Kunhikannan got transfer to his native place and shifted to KPR Nagar, Mattanoor. He had two sons and they are also well placed. Shri Kunhikannan retired from CWRDM service

Shri Krishna Rao also purchased a house near Kunnamangalam town and shifted to this house. Shri G Krishna Rao joined in CWRDM on 5th October 1979 as Stenographer and he is one of the successful man in his life I met. He retired from CWRDM on 30 Sept 2008. His son is a Computer Engineer and his S/L is also a computer engineer. His daughter is well educated(MA Hindi). Both of his children studied in Malayalam Medium School and they made their imprints in their study and career. His wife is leading a firm in Kunnamangalam and so, he can join with her and can flourish further. Hence his retirement life will not be weary. During his tenure in CWRDM, he got assignment in a foreign company and he took leave from CWRDM and worked more than 2 years in the foreign Company. He used to write letters to me during that period and after coming back he and his family used to maintain warm friendship with me as well as my family.

Shri Alphonse got Sales Tax inspectors job and left CWRDM. He retired from Govt. service as Sales Tax Commissioner. They have settled in Pothikkal, Eruthenpathy, Palakkad. He had a son managing a software firm in Banglore and a married daughter

Shri G Narayana Pilla also purchased a piece of land in Mayanad and shifted to the newly constructed house. His wife Smt Sleela is employed in Goverment Seceteriat , Thiruvananthapuram. They were very helpful to us as well as all inmates of CWRDM Quarters. They had one married daughter(Engineer, BSNL) and a sun studying for MBBS. Shri G Narayana Pilla retired from CWRDM. He is a very energetic and enthusiastic person and still engaged in a Supervisory post in a private firm.
This post is not complete, I will edit it latter

with best wishes

velayudhan

SEZ

Dear friends,

India recognized the effectiveness of Export Processing Zone(EPZ) for promoting expertise in 1965 with a view to overcome the shortcomings experienced on account of control on clearances, absence of world class infrastructure, and an unstable fiscal regime with a view to attract larger foreign investments in India, the Special Economic Zones(SEZ's) policy was announced in August 2000. This policy intended to make SEZ's an engine for economic growth supported by quality infrastructure complemented by attractive fiscal package, both at the center and the state level, with a minimum possible regulation. SEZ's in India functioned from 1-11-2000 to 9-2-2006 under the provisions of Foreign Trade Policy and fiscal incentives were made effective through the provisions of relevant statutes. Special Economic Zone Act 2005 passed by Indian Parliament in May 2005 and Indian Presidents assent was given on 23rd June 2005. After consultations it came in to effect on 10th February 2006.

The main objectives of SEZ Act are
1. Generation of additional economic activity
2. Promotion of export of goods and service
3. Promotion of investment from domestic and foreign sources
4. Increase the quantum of employment opportunities
5. Development of infrastructure facilities

Approval from single window, Board of Approval(BoA) contains 19 member inter-ministerial SEZ Board. Chair man of the board is Secretary, Department of Commerce, Govt of India. Decisions of BoA are with consensus. Up to August 2008, in the following states Special Economic Zones created and started functioning

Andra Prdesh(56 nos), Gujarat(22 nos), Hariyana(20 nos), Karnatka(23 nos), Kerala(8 nos - 4 in Ernakulam dist, 3 in Thiruvananthapuram dist and one in Kozhikode dist), Maharastra(35 nos), Tamil Nadu(42 nos), Utter Pradesh(12 nos), West Bengal(8 nos) etc.

It is very clear that ZES is already started functioning and our neighbor states had made a good leap in this, still our ruling LDF partners wants to make the SEZ more stringent and wants enactments. This is like applying fertilizers on the fruit. If we alone make the SEZ Rules stringent what will be its outcome, will it attract entrepreneurs to our state?. SEZ Act was passed by the Parliament in 2005. If the LDF was against it, why they didn't pressurize the UPA to make it beneficial to the people as they claims now or if it was not possible why they didn't withdraw the support to the UPA Got at that time itself. I feel that the present decision will only cripple the progress of our state compared to our neighbor states.

Hope that our politicians will act wisely and lead our state to progress.
With best wishes
velayudhan

M C Sharma

Dear friends,

Shri Mohan Chand Sharma(41), Inspector and an ace shooter of Delhi police's Elite Anti-terror Squad Special Cell , was killed and his colleague was injured in a fierce encounter with militants at L-18 flat in Jamia Nagar. Still some people are interested in making it as a fake shoot out.

For the lives of innocent people and security personals who dies by the willful activities of militants have no value. But when police act against these type of bloodmongers, the so called human rights activists will protest against police actions and colludes with channels and medias in support of these militants on the ground that they are innocent until proved by the law other wise. This is a strange law needs amendment. All parties should unite for making a law which will protect the innocent people from the attacks of cruel minded people, whoever it may. It is the duty of the state to protect the lives of the people and if something happens contrary to it, then the entire members of the Parliament and members of the Assembly belonging to that state should be made accountable for not making proper laws and actions for the protection of the lives of the people.

'The New Indian Express' reported that Shri MC Sharma was instrumental in the killing of 35 terrorists and at least 40 interstate gangsters, and the arrest of another 80 militants. He had also arrested another 129 gangsters. He received seven gallantry medals, including a president's medal. He served Delhi police for 19 years before succumbing to bullet injuries he suffered in a fierce gun fight with five heavily armed terrorists at a house in south Delhi. Even when his son was admitted in Hospital, still he fought bravely for the elimination militants and criminals. I pay my heartfelt homage to the brave and dedicated police officer.

With hopes for a better governance
velayudhan

6th CPC & CSIR

Dear friends,

Central Govt have implemented the 6th pay commission recommendations without curtailing any benefits recommended by it but providing more benefits to the employees.

On the first sight itself I was very much aggrieved by the recommendations of the 6th CPC. This commission maintained an untouchable attitude towards the lower class employees. The very glaring manifestation of this attitude can be seen from the difference in pay scales proposed to the last grade employees and the top level officers.The two scales of pay provided for one and the same old pay scale of Rs 8000-13500 is the other example of this attitude i.e; Rs8700-34800 and Rs15600-39100 is recommended for the one and the same pay scale of Rs8000-13500.I don't know what justification is given to this by the 6th CPC for providing such a huge disparity scale. I have commented on this on the first sight of the 6th CPC recommentation was launched. CSIR has implemented this more drastically. For more details click here.

I am happy to note that the Central Govt. has changed the multiplication factor for calculating new pay scale from 1.74, proposed by 6th CPC, to 1.86 and the annual increment rate is also increased from 2.5% to 3.0% and for high performers the annual increment rate raised from 3.5% to 4%

Actually the main benefit of the pay revision lies on the increase of HRA and TA(which is linked with DA) and due to the time lag in implementation of 6th CPC, the employees has suffered a heavy loss. In fact, it should be obtained from 2006 January onwards but now it is available from September,2008 only. This injustice has to be reconciled along with the hierarchical untouchability manifested through the two pay scales proposed for one and the same old pay scale of Rs8000-13500. Implementation of 6th CPC by CSIR(Dr Vikram Kumar Committee Report)

I hope that central government employees will pursue to eliminate the anomalies crept in the 6th pay revision which is obtained after waiting about 12 years. In fact this should be the 7th CPC, if Pay commissions were appointed every 10 years interval!

With expectations
velayudhan

Olympic 2008

Dear friends,

Beijing Olympic is over giving a sigh of relief to us through the gold of Abhinav Bindra and the bronze medals of Sushil kumar and Vijender kumar placing India on the 50th position. The whole world is now waiting for London Olympic in 2012 by that time I will be retired from service.

One thing I want to stress here is that, the amazing victory of China with a total of 100 medals, having 51 gold 21 silver and 28 bronze taking the rein from erstwhile supremo US, even though the total medals are higher(110),the number of gold is reduced to 36 only. China has shown the whole world that they are super power and America is nothing in front of them. Our comrades still considers US as a gigantic figure in the world.China have collaborated with US for their development without considering the ideological differences. They have made ties with US for the generation of Nuclear power and opened the doors for retail giants, like Walmart, to their country. They are very much keen to utilize the the benefits of Globalisation,a reality, instead of wasting their time and energy for conducting propaganda against it, as done by our comrades. I think our comrades are not interested in the genuine prosperity of the country, instead they want the people to shout and waste their energy for the 'development' of the countrymen. I don't feel that it will develop the country, people or the party .It seems to me that this will only create chaos in the party. Even in the mid of power cuts they are not concerned about the production of environment friendly sources of energy. Today's concept is that if I am doing, it is correct, and if you are doing the same thing, it is wrong; the merit is decided by who has done it. Now it has reached the zenith, "I am the only right."

The only stray of hope is with the Bengal fraction. About four decades of continues rule has teached them some important lessons but the others are not ready to accept it due to their iron ideologies. Let us hope that good will override the bad.

Let us work for the prosperity of the Nation without giving undue importance to party politics!
velayudhan

Work is Worship

Dear friends,

Our former Executive Director i/c, Dr M D Nandaswar, Scientist F, used to tell us the above title and it was imbibed in me at the very early stage of my carrier. I have already stated that at the age of 12 onwards I used to work with my father in his business and at that time itself 'work is worship' for me.I used to do all sorts of work necessitated in that Stationary-cum-Vegetable-cum-Coconut shell sale shop. My father used to sprinkle water on leafy vegetables in order to prevent it from drying, due to this the wooden planks start decaying and service of a Carpenter was frequently required for the maintenance. There was an old carpenter used to help us. One day even after 6 o'clock the work was not over and we requested him to complete it. He was annoyed to hear this and murmured that "if God has not created day and night I have to work the entire 24 hours of a day". After this incident I used to do repair works as I can.

After passing my B.Sc (Chemistry) course in 1976, I got a job in 1977 at Beena Rubber Works, Thiroorkad having a salary of Rs250/month with free boarding and lodging(Owned by Rtd. Major KC Ahamed Sahib. He was the first Boss of mine and he is no more now. I will write about him later). This factory was near to the well known Angadippuram Tali Temple and Thirumandam Kunnu Devi Temple.The product of this industry was ISI quality 60% centrifuged latex and pre-vulcanized latex. The ammoniac raw latex availability will be very high from August to January and during the rainy season the volatile fatty acid (VFA) content will be increasing and it will adversely affect the quality of the latex. In order to arrest the multiplication of VFA we have to centrifuge the latex without delay. At that time myself and Mr Bharathan from Anamangad was there as Chemist-cum-Supervisor.Hence I used to work two shifts ie; from 8am to night 1.30am(17.30 hours) per day. So the slogan 'Wok is Worship' is not a new thing for me.

At that time, up to five years, all small scale industry owners can do anything as they like, but after five years they have to provide CPF, ESI and other welfare measures to the workers. When I joined the company, it has almost completed 5 years and consequently the workers formed a Union under CITU and gave their demand notice to the management. The management was not willing to provide any facilities further and they influenced the local people to agitate against the company on the ground that the company is polluting their paddy fields by the effluent discharged from the company. Consequently the Company was closed (Now it is Ahamed ITC, Thiroorkkad) and I was retrenched to the newly formed Beena Rubber Works at Yadavagiri Industrial Estate, Mysore, Karnataka. Some of the workers and my colleagues were posted in the newly formed Glen View Rubber Works, Pang.

While I was working at Mysore I got appointment in CWRDM. At that time I was drawing Rs800/month with free boarding and lodging. Even though I got a lesser salary(Rs693) from CWRDM, still I joined because of the memories of retrenchment and my affinity towards my father, at that time he was also not well. Along with me two more persons appointed. They are Mr K Lakshmanan who has retired from service and the other was Smt Joycee Syriac who then left CWRDM and joined in Rubber Board. We were posted in Water Management (Agriculture) Division as Technical Assistant Grade-I, in the CSIR pay scale of Rs 380-640 in 1980. Dr V K Vamadevan was the Head of the Division. I was put under Dr S Kabeerathumma, Scientiest C . She was an energetic devoted scientist.She got her PhD from Rice Research Institute, Kattak, Orissa. I used to work even in holidays. Her family was at Thiruvanandapuram and hence she tried to get a job at Thiruvananthapuram. Luckily she got it at Central Tuber crops Research Institute, Thiruvananthapuram. She teached me soil and plant analysis. She is one of the guiding stars in my carrier . Now she is no more. I pay homage to her soul.

Today the Pro LDF trade unions conducts all India strike in protest against the 'anti people' economic policies of UPA Government for which the LDF was supporting for the last four years and on the Nuclear deal issue they have parted the collusion and tried to topple the Government with the support of the earstwhile untouchable BJP. The Central Government Employees should remember the fact that, if the UPA Government had fallen at that time itself, they will not be getting the 6th Pay Commission revision salaries from September2008 onwards, which is due from January2006(Actually this should be the 7th pay commission report, if the pay revisions occurred at regular 10 years interval). If the LDF considered the employees benefits, before taking such a decision, I feel that at least they will not have tried to topple the UPA Government until the pay revision is implemented. I think they are not bothered about the employees benefits. Being the staff of a research institution we are not bound to involve in such activities as other trade unions will do, still I used to take leave on these type of days. Now, I feel that, LDF is similar to other parties and hence I attended the office as I have to do much more important duties. This may also be due to the work culture imbibed in me at the very early stage of my career, i.e; 'Work is Worship'

The era of much revered Com AKG and Com EMS has gone.Let us hope that the left will do the self analyses properly and correct the mistakes.

With good wishes
velayudhan

Time

Dear friends,
Today, 18 August 2008, was an eventful day

1. Our new Executive director, Prof. Dr K V Jayakumar, convened a staff meeting in which he stressed the importance of time management. He elucidated an incident happened in his life while he had an assignment in Netherlands. He was traveling in a train to his destination and due to some snag it was stopped. Consequently there was an apology announcement that the train will start after 10 minutes and they served snacks and tea as a compensation for the delay. There was another announcement asking that is there any body laking appointment due to this delay. Hearing this he pressed the brazer and a railway men came and took him to a taxi car and told the taxi driver to drop him the destination in time. This excellent example may not be seen in our country. He also quoted the Hindi word kal which means yesterday or tomorrow ie. a difference of two days doesn't make a difference to Indians

2. The second event was the march of Cherinchal residents to Kunnamangalam Grama Panchayat in protest against the unheeded attitude taken by the authorities in repairing Kottamparamba - Chrinchal -Kunnamangalam road. This protest march was organized by the cultural organization "Ashirvad " Cherinchal.

3. Our neighbor Smt Narayani(86), wife of late Moothorakkuty and mother of our retired Gardner Shri Haridasan, has passed away. Owing to old age ailments she was lying in water bed for few days. The diseased had one more son, Vijayan and five married daughters.They are Radha Chathukutty(Kovoor), Thankam Balan(Muzhikkal),Saudamini Damodaran(Poovattuparamba), Nalini Balakrishnan(Payimbra-MILMA) and Shylaja subramanian(Chelavoor-KSRTC). The cremation was over by 8'o clock night.
Let God bless her soul

Velayudhan&family

Dr V K Vamadevan

Late Dr.V.K.Vamadevan, Former Head, Water Management (Agriculture) Division, explaining the drum culture experiment in rice to the then Director, CBIP, Late Dr.S.Vasudev, then Executive Director, CWRDM and Dr.E.J.James, then Head, Surface Water Division, CWRDM

Dr V K Vamadevan in the oil palm field at Zimbabwe

Goes Abroad(inserted from CWRDM BULLETIN Vol.2 No. 6-7 January 1985)
Dr V K Vamadevan, Head, Water Management (Agriculture) Division visited the National Academy of Sciences, Washington DC, USA for discussion on alley cropping systems during 26-30 September 1984. The Academy agreed to finance projects "Effect of alley cropping systems on nitrogen cycling, soil and water conservation in Western Ghat area" and "The use of N-15 studies in upland coconut based alley cropping system"
Dr Vamadevan participated in the Second Tropical Trees Co-ordination Meeting held at the National Institute for research on Biotic sources (INIREB), Xalpa, Mexico on 1-4 October 1984 on invitation from the Board on Science and Technology for International Development, National Research Council, Washington DC, USA. He chaired the session on "Ecological Data Collection For Tropical Trees Project".
This is in continuation of my article "Efficiency during old age" dated April 8, 2008
With best wishes
Velayudhan

Pension

Dear friends,

Today two of our colleagues retired from their service in CWRDM, without getting Service Pension . They are : 1. Mr C. Gangadharan, Driver and 2.Ms M. Sarojini, General worker. Both of them are very much dedicated to their work and are very much punctual in discharging their duties. I wish a very healthy, peaceful and prosperous retired life to them.

In the retirement function the Employees Organization Working President made a remark that the retired persons will be getting pension if we have made efforts for that at the beginning. Actually the utterances are due to his ignorance because I know that in 1980 itself (at that time there was only one union and its President was late Com. V K Rajan, MLA and the then Minister for Agriculture) Employees Association President Com VK Rajan, MLA had submitted a memorandum to the Governing Body Chairman of CWRDM and the Honorable Minister for Irrigation Dr Subba Rao containing 43 demands in which the second one was Pension. At that time senior Scientists were not for Pension and consequently it was kept in abeyance. Even after in last Nayanar Ministry as well as in Umman Chandy Ministry also the same thing happened and Pension became a mirage to the employees of CWRDM.

A personal staff recruited for a Minister, after two years gets pension but a person working in CWRDM for so many years are devoid of pension. We can't blame the Govt. ,it is due to our own faults. Even today the employees are not at one with the matter and the Central Govt. is for Contributory pension. Thus "deferred earnings" importance has gone and nowadays I am also tamed to accept Contributory Provident Fund and PF pension even though it is very meager. There are lot of people in India who are unable to make both ends to meet. We can start looking downwards instead of always looking upwards.

With best wishes,
Velayudhan

Nuclear deal

Dear friends,

Today Kerala State Electricity Board requested the Govt.of Kerala for imposing one hour power cut. I am astonished to hear this because this is rainy season in Kerala. We mainly depend on Hydroelectric Power for Domestic, Commercial and Industrial purposes. If this is the fate, what will the condition in the peak summer i.e: March to May. The current generating Technologies are well known to LDF people and they are propagating it through medias also. They are aware that apart from hydroelectric power current can be generated from waves, wind, hydrocarbons, solar and bio energy etc. But what I can't understand is that even though from 1957 onwards they are ruling Kerala intermittently still why they are not able to utilize these sources?. Is the production of electricity from coal is environment friendly and much more efficient? Then why our Indian Railways abandoned trains run by coal and water? LDF want to flourish with Industrialization, Smart City etc. Without electricity how they are going to achieve this? Are they waiting for getting power in Delhi and implement N-deal as in the case of ADB agreement? At any rate the people has to suffer!

Our eminent scientists says that "Once the deal (Nuclear deal) is in place, it is also clear that India's commercial nuclear interactions with the US as well as with any other country will be firmly controlled from Washington via the stipulations of the Hyde Act 2006 enforced through the stranglehold with the US retains on the Nuclear Suppliers Group".It is true that any agreement will be like that only. If we are powerful, naturally we will dominate. We have to strive for that. That should be the aim of the politicians. ISRO made much more advances in space research than BARC which was established much earlier. This, I feel, is due to the sanctions imposed by International community on us after the 1974 Pochran nuclear experiment, by which BARC is not able to buy even good quality foreign instruments. I don't think that our LDF leaders are not aware of this grave situation.I feel that India should follow the Chinese model for the development of our country, keep away the iron ideologies in the fast growing word as done in China.We must be realistic in the fast growing World other wise we will be heaped along with undeveloped countries. This is my ignorant thoughts which is left for your valuation.

Be united for the progress!
With best wishes
Velayudhan

Thomas Gray

Dear friends,
'Elegy written in a country churchyard' is a poem impressed me very much. This was written by Mr Thomas Gray(1716-1771). I have studied this poem for my Degree course in 1974. The imprints of it still remains in my mid, especially the following lines

The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power,

And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave,

Awaits like th' inevitable hour:

The paths of glory lead but to the grave.

Last Sunday our neighbor Sidco Vasu has passed away. He was a plan designer and contractor,helped me a lot in our house construction. He was 49 years only and left behind his wife one son and a daughter. They are studying in 10th and 8th standard. He spent his life very joyfully and his life philosophy was the same. My heart felt condolence to the bereaved family members.
velayudhan KT

Retirement

Dear friends,
Owing to some family matters I was unable to take stock of the retirement of one of my colleague on 31st May 2008. Mr Gangadharan K, Section Officer, belongs to the rice bowl of Kerala i.e: Palakkad. He was a good singer and made our cultural activities lively. He is a farmer turned into Office Assistant. While taking leave he told me that he will continue his farming activities after retirement.

It's good!

Nowadays people are not interested in cultivation. It is mainly due to the fact that agriculture is not a profitable job compared to business or other jobs. I appreciate his decision and commitment towards society. I came to know that his son is also a social worker. Even though Mr Gangadharan had retired from the service of CWRDM he is emerging as a Phoenix and continues his service to the people. He is a man to be copied and followed in the world of illusion. I wish him and his family a happy and prosperous long life for the dedicated service to the people

With best wishes
Velayudhan

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Importance of Public transport

Dear friends,

To day we celebrated Technology day. Dr Jayathilak,IAS, District collector of Kozhikode inaugurated the function. Two points in his speech which impressed me very much are: (1) we follows American model of transport system which gives importance to individual transport aids i.e; a single family possesses more than two vehicles. where as in European countries more importance is given to public transport system. As a consequence of American model our country has to find out more sources for the purchase of oil. This naturally cripples our economy.

The above point was accumulated in my mind when I saw Bremen in Germany in connection with a training programme. I heard from them that they give incentives for persons using public transport system because providing vehicle parking facility in Bremen is very costly apart from oil price. They also encourages bicycle users by providing separate space for them and pedestrians

The second point which impressed me in Dr Jayathilaks speech is that before making roads we should first prepare drainage systems on both sides of the roads in order to protect it from flooding. As per the present system of making roads this important point is neglected and hence after each raining the the roads will collapse. Dr Jayathilak has made his speech in front of our younger generation and I hope that his message will make more impact on our society and he is also a person involved in decision making. I hope that his vision will be fulfilled in future.

with good wishes
velayudhan

sad incident in my life

Dear friends,

It was a fine morning and I was playing in the courtyard. I will be about three years old at that time. My elder sister, Karthyayani, was combing my mothers hair while sitting in the veranda. Suddenly my mother slanted towards the courtyard and fell down. My sister started crying and called out our neighbor Narayaniamma. I have no images what happened then but what I can visualize still today is the scene of my father lying down on 2 X6 feet bench which is kept in front of our veranda and some fires in the southern part of our 30 cents land.

Later I came to know that my mother has passed away and she was cremated in the southern part of our land comprising the house. At that time I was not much aggrieved because I was pampered by my mothers elder sister Puthiyarakal Moothamma. Later I was very much aggrieved by her demise. This is the greatest sad incidence in my life. Still now droplets comes to my eyes whenever a person scolds a mother.

I am stopping now!
See you later;

My childhood

Dear friends,

As per my school records I was born on 10th June 1953. This may not be correct because during that period there was no strict rules and hence the teachers will enter the date of birth as they like. If we check the date of birth of people at that period, most of them will we born in the month of May and June. I was admitted in Chevayur UP school in 1959. Owing to illness I was unable to attend the school on that year. Next year I attended the school and up to 10th standard I got promotion without failure.

At the age of twelve onwards I started helping my father in his business. Study was a part time business to me. My father was a vegetable retail merchant conducted his business at Moonalingal near Beach Hospital. After regular classes I will walk about 3 Km to reach at Thodayad, from there the bus fare to Moonalingal reduces to 15 nayapaise instead of 20 from Chevayur. My father used to give me 50 nayapaise(=1/2 Rupee) daily. Thus I earned 15 paise daily. Using this money with the help of my sister, Karthyayani, I joined a Chitty for a Coat. The cost of the Coat was Rs 80. My wife was telling me to hand over this Coat to our neighbor but I cant part with it ,so I gave another Coat to her .

During that time there were Three buses from Chevayur plying through Moonalingal to Nadakavu. One was Ex service men motors the other NV Motor service and the last CC & KP motor service. In the evening I used to travel in NV motor service and in the morning in CC & KP. It arrives at Moonalingal at 8'o clock morning and reaches at Chevayur around 8.30 am. From there I walk about 1.5 Km to reach my house at Kovoor. After bath I used to leave to school. This was my routine activity from the age of 12 to 14 i.e ; from 5th standard to 7th standard. I have to tell you some sad incidence that occurred in my childhood.

Now Good by
See you later

Driving force

Dear friends,

I was in a dizzy mood and was unable to write anything. The driving force behind this blog is my son, Hari. Today two of my colleagues are retiring from their service even though they have not been given the promotions due to them. This is a sad and pathetic situation but what we do? The system has changed so much so that inertia has occupied the position of momentum. I am extremely aggrieved by this.

I wish each of them a happy and prosperous retired life.

velayudhan/30-4-08

Efficiency during old age

My dear viewers,

I have got chance to interact with eminent scientists and what I learned from them is that on getting older they will imbibe themselves in versatile ideas and dedicate themselves for the betterment of the society. So I want to pay reverence to them through my blog.

Some of them have passed away and that has crippled me a lot. In this the first personality is Dr VK Vamadevan . He was very much enthusiastic in acquiring up-to-date knowledge and making it public. I have assisted him in writing about 25-30 articles in Malayalam mainly concentrated on farmers and now seeing the sad plight of farmers I feel how much I am crippled. If he is there , I feel that, the farmers will not commit suicide as happens in now a days. I am trying to get his Photo to insert in this blog. He had 3 Doctorates. I will tell you more about him later

Thank you very much
Kindly continue your suggestions and comments!!

Loneliness inspires creativity

Dear friends,

Today, sitting in front of instruments I forgets my self but when I reaches home we two gets bored because of the absence of our children. So I came in front of another machine i.e.,Computer and as I told earlier I am fully submerged in it. My comrades were deadly against it in 80s and now they are fond of it and uses like mobile phone. At that time I prepared a letter to the editor of a Malayalam daily stating that if we use bullocarts we will be able to provide very large employment in the sector of transport. This letter I didn't sent to the editor. Keralaites changed a lot . Thanks to their realization power....

I extend my sincere thanks to the viewers of my blog. I am a stranger to this versatile media.... give your valuable suggestions and criticisms ....

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why i want a blog

Dear friends,

I am aged but not worn out
Now I want a blog

It is to express my self

It is to document my feelings

After all it gives full engagement

And the loneliness converts to creativity

velayudhan/2-4-08

Blog for what ........?

Why I want a blog...

To share the thoughts

To make the old age lively

To make remember my past

To express things which are some times difficult to do so

There must be some evidence for our thoughts etc...

Hello this is a test

Let me test it..............
Ha ha ..........