Knowledge = Creativity + Righteousness + Courage + Indomitable spirit

While I am with you, I would like to talk about knowledge. Knowledge has four components, creativity, righteousness, courage and indomitable spirit. That the combination of these characteristics can generate enlightened citizens.

Let us look at the first component Creativity:

"Learning gives creativity Creativity leads to thinking Thinking provides knowledge Knowledge makes you great"

The next component of knowledge is righteousness. The power of Righteousness is described in a divine hymn, which is as follows:

"Where there is righteousness in the heart
There is beauty in the character.
When there is beauty in the character,
There is harmony in the home.
When there is harmony in the home.
There is order in the nation.
When there is order in the nation,
There is peace in the world."

The third component is Courage, which is defined as follows:

"Courage to think different,
Courage to invent,
Courage to travel into an unexplored path,
Courage to discover the impossible,
Courage to combat the problems
And Succeed, are the unique qualities of the youth.
As a youth of my nation, I will work and work with courage to achieve success in all the missions."

The fourth component is Indomitable Spirit.

I would like to recall a great clarion call of indomitable spirit, which was given by Sir C V Raman, at the age of 82.
The message is still reverberating in my mind:
"I would like to tell the young men and women before me not to lose hope and courage. Success can only come to you by courageous devotion to the task lying in front of you. I can assert without fear of contradiction that the quality of the Indian mind is equal to the quality of any Teutonic, Nordic or Anglo-Saxon mind. What we lack is perhaps courage, what we lack is perhaps driving force, which takes one anywhere. We have, I think, developed an inferiority complex. I think what is needed in India today is the destruction of that defeatist spirit. We need a spirit of victory, a spirit that will carry us to our rightful place under the sun, a spirit, which will recognize that we, as inheritors of a proud civilization, are entitled to a rightful place on this planet. If that indomitable spirit were to arise, nothing can hold us from achieving our rightful destiny."

Hence friends, now you realize, knowledge is equal to the equation:

Knowledge = Creativity + Righteousness+ Courage+ Indomitable spirit.

By,
Dr. APJ Abdulkalam

Movie Review : Ek Villain - A script which is its own villain !

A plot with a serial killer as the protagonist always provides enough mystery to captivate the audience attention. Add a love story ruined by a serial killer to the plot, then you have got an action packed thriller. Ek Villain is a psychological-romantic-thriller story with ample twist & turns that makes it watchable. But the plot was convoluted with too many ideas that has made the movie inconclusive.

Shraddha Kapoor, a philanthropist, dying due to an unknown disease comes across a gangster, enacted by Siddharth Malhotra, and decides to convert the gangster into an good person that he is. A fairy tale love story ensues and alternately the life of a distraught, frustrated, unhappy middle class man ,Riteish Deshmukh, is portrayed. Ritiesh who loves his wife and unable to bear the taunts of his wife and other women, goes on stabbing and killing them, except for his wife whom he wont ever hurt. He finds solace when he kills those women who taunt him. When the paths of the both stories is crossed, then all hell breaks loose forms the rest of the movie.

The suspense in the movie is broken moments before intermission and the revenge mission in the second half is absolutely unconvincing. Things had to end up unconvincing like this because of an incomplete script or screen writing where apart from the 3 main characters all the other characters was of no use to the story or the plot. Especially that of Kamaal Khan & Remo Fernandes. Siddharth Malhotra, tries hard to shed his chocolate image which has worked to an extent.

All said, the movie still scores some brownie points because of the songs which are already top charters. Riteish Deshmukh's performance is memorable which is the best reason for watching the film. He portrays himself as vulnerable yet domineering.

The movie has all the ingredients to be a masala hit - romance, heart-break and revenge. Overrall the movie has some good moments but still it remains unimpressive and unsatisfactory. Watch it for Riteish Deshmukh.!!!

Rating 2/5

Taj Mahal Ondru lyrics and translation - Kannodu Kanbathellam !

தாஜ்மஹால் ஒன்று வந்து காதல் சொல்லியது

தரா ...தரா ரா ...

தங்கநிலா ஒன்று என் மனதை கிள்ளியதே

தரா...தரா ரா...

தாஜ்மஹால் ஒன்று வந்து காதல் சொல்லியதே

தங்கநிலா ஒன்று என் மனதை கிள்ளியதே

அந்த ஓசோன் தாண்டி வந்து, உயிர் ஒரு துளி பேசியதே

இனியெல்லாம் காதல் மாயம் , எனை கொன்றாய் இந்த யுகம்

சித்திரை மாதம் மார்கழி ஆனது

வா நீ வா என் அதிசய பூவே வா

நீ வா நீ வா என் அழகிய தீவே வா

வீசி வரும் தென்றலை கிழித்து ஆடைகள் நெய்து தருவேனே ..

பூத்து நிற்கும் பூக்களை செதுக்கி காலடி செய்து தருவேனே..

வானவில்லின் ஒரு நிறம் பிரித்து உதட்டுக்கு சாயம் தருவேனே..

மின்னல் தரும் ஒலியினை உருக்கி வளையலும் செய்து தருவேனே..

என் இதயம் சிறகாச்சு , என் இளமை நிஜமாச்சு

என் இதயம் சிறகாச்சு, என் இளமை நிஜமாச்சு

நீ வா நீ வா என் அதிசய பூவே வா

நீ வா நீ வா என் அழகிய தீவே வா

(தாஜ்மஹால்...)

காற்றை பிடித்து வானத்தில் ஏறி நிலவை திறந்தேன் நீ தெரிந்தாய் ..

மேகம் உடைத்து மெதுவாய் பார்த்தேன் துளியாய் அதிலே நீ தெரிந்தாய்.. புல்லை எரித்து சாம்பல் விதைத்தேன் பூவாய் அதிலே நீ முளைத்தாய் .. கடலை பிடித்து அலைகள் வடித்தேன் நுரைகள் முழுதும் நீ தெரிந்தாய்

நீ கேட்டால் போதுமடி , என் உயிரை பரிசளிபேன்

நீ கேட்டால் போதுமடி, என் உயிரை பரிசளிபேன்

நீ வா நீ வா என் அதிசய பூவே வா

நீ வா நீ வா என் அழகிய தீவே வா

(தாஜ்மஹால்...)

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taajmahaal ondru vandhu kaadhal solliyadhae tharaa...tharaa raa... thanganilaa ondru en manadhai kiLLiyadhae tharaa...tharaa raa... taajmahaal ondru vandhu kaadhal solliyadhae thanganilaa ondru en manadhai kiLLiyadhae andha ozone thaandi vandhu, uyir oru thuLi paesiyadhae iniyellaam kaadhal mayam, enai kondraai indha yugam chiththirai maadham maargazhi aanadhu vaa nee vaa en adhisaya poovae vaa nee vaa nee vaa en azhagiya theevae vaa veesi varum thendralai kizhiththu aadaigaL neidhu tharuvaenae.. pooththu nirkkum pookkaLai sedhukki kaaladi seidhu tharuvaenae.. vaanavillin oru niram piriththu udhattukku saayam tharuvaenae.. minnal tharum oLiyinai urukki vaLayalum seidhu tharuvaenae.. en idhayam siragaachchu, en iLamai nijamaachchu en idhayam siragaachchu, en iLamai nijamaachchu nee vaa nee vaa en adhisaya poovae vaa nee vaa nee vaa en azhagiya theevae vaa (taajmahaal...) kaatraik pidiththu vaanaththil yaeri nilavai thirandhaen nee therindhaai.. maegham udaiththu medhuvaai paarthaen thuLiyaai adhilae nee therindhaai.. pullai aeriththu saambal vidhaiththaen poovaai adhilae nee muLaiththaai.. kadalai pidiththu alaigaL vadiththaen nuraigaL muzhudhum nee therindhaai nee kaettaal pOdhumadi, en uyirai parisaLipaen nee kaettaal pOdhumadi, en uyirai parisaLipaen nee vaa nee vaa en adhisaya poovae vaa nee vaa nee vaa en azhagiya theevae vaa

Mundhinam Parthene Song Lyrics and translation

Tamil Song - Mundhinam Parthen
Tamil Movie - Vaaranam Aayiram
Music Director - Harris Jayaraj
Singers - Naresh Iyer, Prashanthini

Mundhinam Parthene Song Lyrics

Hi Malini..I am Krishnan…Naan Idha Solliye Aaganum..Nee Avlavu Azhagu..
Inga Evanum Ivlo Azhaga Oru…Ivlo Azhaga Paarthurka Maattaanga…and I am in love with you…

Hi Malini, I am Krishnan.... I must tell you... you are so beautiful...No one could have seen such a beauty in a beauty and I am in love with you....

Mundhinam Paarthene
Paarthathum Thotrene
Salladai Kannaga Nenjamum Punnaanathey
Ithanai Naalaaga Unnai Naan Paaramal
Engu Naan Poneno Naatkalum Veenanathey

I saw you yesterday
I lost myself when I sighted you
my heart became like sieve
Where did I go without seeing you
Days were wasted due to that

Vaanathil Nee Vennila
Yekkathil Naan Theivatha
Ippodhey Ennodu Vandhal Enna
Oor Parka Ondraga Sendral Enna
Ippodhey Ennodu Vandhal Enna
Oor Parka Ondraga Sendral Enna

You are the moon in the sky
I drain myself longing for you
Why don’t you come with me right away
Can we roam in the town together

Mundhinam Paarthene
Paarthathum Thotrene
Salladai Kannaga Nenjamum Punnaanathey
Ithanai Naalaaga Unnai Naan Paaramal
Engu Naan Poneno Naatkalum Veenanathey

I saw you yesterday
I lost myself when I sighted you
my heart became like sieve
Where did I go without seeing you
Days were wasted due to that

Humming... Kaadhale – Swasamey



Thulaa Thattil Unnai Vaithu Nigar Seyya Ponnai Vaithaal
Thoola Baaram Thorkaadho... Perazhagey

if we weigh you on one side and gold on other side
weighing scale would lose out, my beauty

Mugam Paarthu Pesum Unnai Muthal Kadhal Sinthum Kannai
Anaikaamal Poveno Aaruyire

You look at my face and talk, you gave first love
how will I go without hugging you, my sweet heart

Oh... Nizhal Poley Vidamal Unnai Thodarvenadi
Pugai Pola Padamal Pattu Nagarvenadi
Vina Nooru Kanavum Nooru Vidai Solladi

I will follow like your shadow
I will move around you like a cloud
hundreds of questions hundreds of dreams answer me

F - Mundhinam Paarthene Paarthathum Thotrene
Salladai Kannaga Ullamum Punn-Aanadhey
Ithanai Naalaaga
M - Oh my love
F - Unnai Naan Paaramal Engu Naan Poneno
M - yes my love
F - Naatkalum Veenanathey



Kadal Neelam Mangum Neram
Alai Vandhu Theendum Thooram
Manam Sendru Moozhgatho Eerathiley

Ocean's blue is fading in twilight
Waves come and kiss our body
Heart will immerse in light wet mood

Thalai Saaikka Tholum Thanthai
Viral Korthu Pakkam Vanthai
Idhazh Mattum Innum Yen Thoorathile

You gave your shoulder to bury my head
You held my hands and came nearby
Why you are not ready for lip lock?

F - Pagal Neram Kanaakkal Kanden Urangaamale
Uyir Rendum Uraaya Kanden Nerungamale
Unai Andri Enakku Yedhu Ethirkaalamey

I was day dreaming without sleeping
my life was freezing when I didn’t come near you
where is future for me without you?

Mundhinam Paarthene
Paarthathum Thotrene
Salladai Kannaga Nenjamum Punnaanathey
Ithanai Naalaaga Unnai Naan Paaramal
Engu Naan Poneno Naatkalum Veenanathey

I saw you yesterday
I lost myself when I sighted you
my heart became like sieve
Where did I go without seeing you
Days were wasted due to that

Vaanathil Nee Vennila
Yekkathil Naan Theivatha
Ippodhey Ennodu Vandhal Enna
Oor Parka Ondraga Sendral Enna
Ippodhey Ennodu Vandhal Enna
Oor Parka Ondraga Sendral Enna

You are the moon in the sky
I drain myself longing for you
Why don’t you come with me right away
Can we roam in the town together

Vennilaa
Vennilaa
Vennilaa

Nenjukkul paeithidum maamazhai from Vaaranan Aayiram ..very good song : Lyrics and translation

Nenjukkul paeithidum maamazhai
Neerukkul mulkidum thaamarai
Sarrendru maaruthu vaanizhai
Pennae un mel pizhai… hoohoo
Nillaamal veesidum peralai
Nenjukkul ninthidum tharaghai
Ponvannam sudiya kaarighai
Pennae nee kaanchanai…

Hoo Shanthi Shanthi..Hoo Shanthi…
En uyirai uyirai nee yenthi
Yehn sendraai sendraai ennai thaandi
Eni nee than enthan anthaathi

Nenjukkul paeithidum maamazhai
Neerukkul mulkidum thaamarai
Sarrendru maaruthu vaanizhai
Pennae un mel pizhai…


Yetho ondru ennai irkka
Mookkin nooni marmam serkka
Kalla thanam yethum illa, punnagaiyo bogham illa
Nee nindra idam endraal, kilai yeri poghatho?
Nee sellum vazhiyellam, pani katti aaghatho?
Ennodu vaa, veedu varaikkum
En veetai paar, ennai pidikkum!

Ival yaaro yaaro theriyaathae..
Ival pinnal nenjai poghathae
Iru pooiyo maeiyo theriyaathae
Ival pinnal nenjai poghathae…Poghaathae..

Nenjukkul paeithidum maamazhai
Neerukkul mulkidum thaamarai
Sarrendru maaruthu vaanizhai
Pennae un mel pizhai… hoohoo
Nillaamal veesidum peralai
Nenjukkul ninthidum tharaghai
Ponvannam sudiya kaarighai
Pennae nee kaanchanai…

Thukkangalai thukki sendraai thukki sendraai
Yekkangali thuvi sendraai,
Unnai thaandi poghum pothu poghum pothu
Veesum kaatrin veechuvaen!
Nillendru nee sonnaal
En kaalam nagarathae
Nee sudum poovellam
Oru pothum uthiraathae

Kaathal yenae kekkavillai
Kekkathathu kaathil illai!
En jeevan jeevan neethanae
Ennathonrum neram idhu thaanae
Nee illai illai endraalae…
En nenjam nenjam thaanghathae…

Nenjukkul paeithidum maamazhai
Neerukkul mulkidum thaamarai
Sarrendru maaruthu vaanizhai
Pennae un mel pizhai...

Nillaamal veesidum peralai
Nenjukkul ninthidum tharaghai
Ponvannam sudiya kaarighai
Pennae nee kaachchanai...

Hoo Shanthi Shanthi..Hoo Shanthi…
En uyirai uyirai nee yenthi
Yehn sendraai sendraai ennai thandi
Eni nee than enthan anthaathi

ennavalae adi ennavalae - kaadhalan Song Lyrics

Song:	ennavalae adi ennavalae
Singer :	unnikrishnan
Lyrics :	vairamuththu

Music :A R rahmaan

ennavalae adi ennavalae
endhan idhayaththai tholaiththu vittaen
endha idam adhu tholaindha idam
andha idaththaiyum marandhu vittaen - undhan
kaalgolusil adhu tholaindhadhenru undhan
kaaladi thaedi vandhaen
kaadhalenraal perum avasthaiyenru unaik
kandadhum kandu kondaen - inru
kazhuththu varai endhan kaadhal vandhu iru
kanvizhi pidhungi ninraen

(ennavallae)

vaaymozhiyum endhan thaaymozhiyum inru vasappadavillaiyadi
vayitrukkum thondaikkum uruvamillaadhoru urundayum uruludhadi
kaaththirundhaal edhir paarththirundhaal oru nimishamum varushamadi
kanngalellaam enaip paarppadhupoal oru kalakkamum thoanrudhadi - idhu
sorggamaa naragamaa solladi ullapadi - naan
vaazhvadhum vidaikondu poavadhum undhan
vaarththaiyil ulladhadi...

(ennavallae)

goakilamae nee kural koduththaal unaik kumbittuk kannadippaen
goapuramae unaich chaayththukkondu undhan koondhalil meen pidippaen
vennilavae unaith thoongavaikka undhan viralukku sodukkeduppaen
varudavarum poongaatraiyellaam konjam vadikatti anuppivaippaen - en
kaadhalin thaevaiyai kaadukkul oadhivaippaen - un
kaaladi ezhudhiya koalangal pudhuk
kavidhaigal enruraippaen...

(ennavalle)

DR. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam's Speech in Hyderabad

Why is the media here so negative? Why are we in India so embarrassed to recognize our own strengths, our achievements? We are such a great nation. We have so many amazing success stories but we refuse to acknowledge them. Why?
We are the first in milk production.We are number one in Remote sensing satellites. We are the second largest producer of wheat.We are the second largest producer of rice.
Look at Dr. Sudarshan, he has transferred the tribal village into a self-sustaining, self-driving unit. There are millions of such achievements but our media is only obsessed in the bad news and failures and disasters. I was in Tel Aviv once and I was reading the Israeli newspaper. It was the day after a lot of attacks and bombardments and deaths had taken place. The Hamas had struck. But the front page of the newspaper had the picture of a Jewish gentleman who in five years had transformed his desert into an orchid and a granary. It was this inspiring picture that everyone woke up to. The gory details of killings, bombardments, deaths, were inside in the newspaper, buried among other news. In India we only read about death, sickness, terrorism, crime. Why are we so NEGATIVE? Another question: Why are we, as a nation so obsessed with foreign things? We want foreign T. Vs, we want foreign shirts. We want foreign technology. Why this obsession with everything imported. Do we not realize that self-respect comes with self-reliance? I was in Hyderabad giving this lecture, when a 14 year old girl asked me for my autograph. I asked her what her goal in life is. She replied: I want to live in a developed India . For her, you and I will have to build this developed India . You must proclaim. India is not an under-developed nation; it is a highly developed nation. Do you have 10 minutes? Allow me to come back with a vengeance. Got 10 minutes for your country? If yes, then read; otherwise, choice is yours.YOU say that our government is inefficient. YOU say that our laws are too old. YOU say that the municipality does not pick up the garbage. YOU say that the phones don't work, the railways are a joke, The airline is the worst in the world, mails never reach their destination.YOU say that our country has been fed to the dogs and is the absolute pits. YOU say, say and say. What do YOU do about it?Take a person on his way to Singapore . Give him a name - YOURS. Give him a face - YOURS. YOU walk out of the airport and you are at your International best. In Singapore you don't throw cigarette butts on the roads or eat in the stores. YOU are as proud of their Underground links as they are. You pay $5 (approx. Rs. 60) to drive through Orchard Road (equivalent of Mahim Causeway or Pedder Road) between 5 PM and 8 PM. YOU come back to the parking lot to punch your parking ticket if you have over stayed in a restaurant or a shopping mall irrespective of your status identity... In Singapore you don't say anything, DO YOU? YOU wouldn't dare to eat in public during Ramadan, in Dubai . YOU would not dare to go out without your head covered in Jeddah. YOU would not dare to buy an employee of the telephone exchange in London at 10 pounds ( Rs.650) a month to, 'see to it that my STD and ISD calls are billed to someone else.'YOU would not dare to speed beyond 55 mph (88 km/h) in Washington and then tell the traffic cop, 'Jaanta hai main kaun hoon (Do you know who I am?). I am so and so's son. Take your two bucks and get lost.' YOU wouldn't chuck an empty coconut shell anywhere other than the garbage pail on the beaches in Australia and New Zealand .
Why don't YOU spit Paan on the streets of Tokyo ? Why don't YOU use examination jockeys or buy fake certificates in Boston ??? We are still talking of the same YOU. YOU who can respect and conform to a foreign system in other countries but cannot in your own. You who will throw papers and cigarettes on the road the moment you touch Indian ground. If you can be an involved and appreciative citizen in an alien country, why cannot you be the same here in India ? Once in an interview, the famous Ex-municipal commissioner of Bombay , Mr. Tinaikar, had a point to make. 'Rich people's dogs are walked on the streets to leave their affluent droppings all over the place,' he said. 'And then the same people turn around to criticize and blame the authorities for inefficiency and dirty pavements. What do they expect the officers to do? Go down with a broom every time their dog feels the pressure in his bowels?
In America every dog owner has to clean up after his pet has done the job. Same in Japan . Will the Indian citizen do that here?' He's right. We go to the polls to choose a government and after that forfeit all responsibility. We sit back wanting to be pampered and expect the government to do everything for us whilst our contribution is totally negative. We expect the government to clean up but we are not going to stop chucking garbage all over the place nor are we going to stop to pick a up a stray piece of paper and throw it in the bin. We expect the railways to provide clean bathrooms but we are not going to learn the proper use of bathrooms. We want Indian Airlines and Air India to provide the best of food and toiletries but we are not going to stop pilfering at the least opportunity. This applies even to the staff who is known not to pass on the service to the public.
When it comes to burning social issues like those related to women, dowry, girl child! and others, we make loud drawing room protestations and continue to do the reverse at home. Our excuse? 'It's the whole system which has to change, how will it matter if I alone forego my sons' rights to a dowry.' So who's going to change the system? What does a system consist of ? Very conveniently for us it consists of our neighbours, other households, other cities, other communities and the government. But definitely not me and YOU. When it comes to us actually making a positive contribution to the system we lock ourselves along with our families into a safe cocoon and look into the distance at countries far away and wait for a Mr.Clean to come along & work miracles for us with a majestic sweep of his hand or we leave the country and run away. Like lazy cowards hounded by our fears we run to America to bask in their glory and praise their system. When New York becomes insecure we run to England . When England experiences unemployment, we take the next flight out to the Gulf. When the Gulf is war struck, we demand to be rescued and brought home by the Indian government. Everybody is out to abuse and rape the country. Nobody thinks of feeding the system. Our conscience is mortgaged to money. Dear Indians, The article is highly thought inductive, calls for a great deal of introspection and pricks one's conscience too.... I am echoing J. F. Kennedy's words to his fellow Americans to relate to Indians..... 'ASK WHAT WE CAN DO FOR INDIA AND DO WHAT HAS TO BE DONE TO MAKE INDIA WHAT AMERICA AND OTHER WESTERN COUNTRIES ARE TODAY'Lets do what India needs from us.Forward this mail to each Indian for a change instead of sending some Jokes or non-sense junk mails. Thank you,Dr. Abdul Kalaam(PRESIDENT OF INDIA )