SRI'S Blog

The Rotary work on the week end It was the final push in the fight against Polio--Two more vaccination sessions have been arranged - One on 21st Dec and the other on Feb 1st-- It is a sad thing that insipte of the best efforts of the Rotary and various agencies , we have been unable to eradicate polio in India --Our club was allotted two health centres to take care- One was the high profile Thousand lights and the other was in Chinthadripet ( new booth to handle ) -- It was a tough place to get in amidst the closeness to River Coouvam and the slums -- The volunteers did their best to get to the various gullies and have the children immunised but tough task-- Also there were rumours that floated indicating that the polio vaccination was creating ill health and leading to deaths as well The second one and that was big for our club was the installation of the Ultrasound equipment at our medical centre in Nerkundram -- Thanks to the benevolent support of Mrs Pramila Narasimhan ( Swadeshimi

Quotable Quotes of the week Anger is energy in a more proactive way and how to channelize it is in itself a skill -- Sri Sri Ravishankar Spiritual Guru My head has been given a full working over - Kevin Petersen England Cricket Captain on the issues that surrounded England's tour of India. People often think it's no big deal to have kids. But my wife and I think it is a miracle -- Shah Rukh Khan Actor The BJP not only misused the official machinery but even financed the Congress candidate contesting against me. Otherwise how could I be defeated at my home -- Uma Bharti Bhartiya Jan Shakti leader and ex BJP !! Humour Club I had missed the previous two months meeting due to travel -- This one for this month was a great session of humour and paid tribute to Director Sridhar as well - it was strange for a humour club to pay homage to a director who passed away recently but the topic of humour and Sridhar are closely twined that it made lot of sense - The open joke session had a new

Quotable Quotes I am older today. Whether I am wiser, it is for you to say. P.Chidambaram on his return to home ministry Genuine friendship leaves a space to be firm -- Dalai Lama on dealing with China Can the tottering government in its last weeks produce a new order ? Their record does not inspire hope, let alone salvation. Natwar Singh Former external affairs minister I am a guy who gets along with everybody. Anyone who knows me will vouch for this -- Sanjay Dutt Actor Insurance and its reaction to Terror Max new York did something that I could not say it was right or wrong- What is the first thing an insurance co should do when there is a crisis ? Send out message to policyholders in case someone from your life has lost their life ? That is exactly what Max New York did -- after all, is that not what the insurance companies and life insurance is all about ? Immediately after the recent terror attack in Mumbai, Max sent this SMS out to hundreds of people " We at MNYL stand by o