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Why a Baker?

Years ago people used to make bread dough at home and didn't have an oven to convert them to bread. Bakers used take the community dough and convert into breads .

Top three areas to be addressed

Was thinking around the profound areas which needs an immediate attention. There was a lot of them, but none as profound as below. Thought will list them down as a note. Sustainable shelter  Clean energy from natural resources like Solar.  Affordable space for living with basic amenities for rural & middle-class people.  Safe & healthy life  Clean water, food & air in our daily lives at every home.  Early cancer detection & treatment assistance for rural & urban middle-class people.  A safer commute experience for woman & elderly.  A faster court filling & resolution for the common man.  Elder parent health & disease treatment.  Relevant skill  Up-skill women's skill for future (in computers) in rural & urban middle-class families  Deeper technical understanding for every kid on the areas that interest them. What do you think are some of the other profound areas "you" are impacted?

Little things that make life: Your personal style of living is a great aspiration for me!

This post isn't to showcase any writing skills, but he was one who lifted himself from his own life experience. What an Artist!  Mani's spell in  Vasanthiyum Lakshmiyum Pinne Njaanum  truly made an impact & resulted in making me a big fan of Mani. After watching the movie,  I realized that the he was one of the performers of a new year eve celebration our family attended.  How can I remember that so well? After all, that was the only single celebration we had outdoors in our entire childhood. We're blessed! One of my pseudo-modern cousins used to tease me for the fact that I was a fan of Mani. I'm a strong believer in being yourself & never bothered about those.  I don't think my words can do any justice to such a great humble human being.  A big salute to you Sir & you will be hearts of millions! Mani, Your personal style of living is a great aspiration for me!

To my dear Sathi teacher

It was the final exams for 7th grade. He has to move to a new school for next grades & getting a good grade is really important. Or else the admission in new school won't happen. He never understood adjectives, nouns, multiplication, history etc. He was good at sports & crafts. Everything was seen onerous for him. Getting punished, to stand outside the class or in front of the complete school as a punishment in the assembly was common. It was never learning, it was a nightmare for him. Agony in everything, when put to the test! It was during that final exam his father realized that his kid doesn't have any understanding of what so ever required for passing the final exams for 7th grade. His father was worried as this kid needs to get admission in a new school. His father got him to a strong regiment; made him rewrite the complete class notes just couple of days before exams, made him repeat things as much as he can, forced him to learn..learn...learn! It was getting

Mourned by the demise a legend

Cross-post of Mourned by the demise a legend ( Written on 31st July 2015) My voice is trembling. My heart is paining. My vision is blurring. My eyes are damp. Never will history repeat for any to live and hear such an immaculate personality. I feel blessed to be in an era where you have been living through your theatre of actions. Nation is left with a void with your demise. Now we're left with an orphaned question - "Will India achieve what it was destined without you?" You've instilled in us the courage, humanity, intellect, dream, curiosity, acquire knowledge, devotion, innovation, discovery, perseverance, imagination and to be creative in achieving excellence and lead by thinking differently. We love you Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam. To a great teacher, What can I give. What can I give. What can I give.

Inspirational: Neil Gaiman - Best Commencement Speech!

Now go on with interesting mistakes, break rules & make good art!

Teach: Importance of understanding things as a whole

We could take a piece of paper & cut it into a number of pieces. We might count the pieces - let's say there are twenty-four & say to the child, Look, I cut up these papers by what I wrote here: 24 pieces of paper. Now watch carefully. I take some pieces of paper away & make another little pile. Then I make a 3rd and 4th pile. I have made 4 little piles from the 24 pieces of paper. Now I will count the pieces. The piece in the 1st pile I will call '9', those in second '5', those in third '7', and those in the fourth '3'. You see, at first, I had only one pile of 24 pieces of paper. Now I have four piles of nine, five, seven, and three pieces. It is, all the same, paper. If I gather it all together, I call it 'twenty-four'. Now twenty-four pieces of paper are nine, five, seven, and three pieces together. It's important to start with the whole and proceed to its parts!

Clarity of mind: Do you know what self-contradiction is?

Suppose you want to study painting because to paint is the joy of your life, and your father says that you must become a lawyer or a businessman, otherwise he will cut you off and not pay for your education, there is then a contradiction in you, is there not?  Now, how are you to remove that inner contradiction, to be free of the struggle and the pain of it?  As long as you are caught in self-contradiction you cannot think; so you must remove the contradiction, you must do one thing or the other. Which will it be?  Will you yield to your father?   If you do, it means that you have put away your joy, you have wed something which you do not love; and will that resolve the contradiction?  Whereas, if you withstand your father , if you say, "Sorry, I don't care if I have to beg, starve, I am going to paint", then there is no contradiction; then being and doing are simultaneous, because you know what you want to do and you do it with your whole heart.  But if you