"..அசையும் கொடிகள் உயரும் உயரும் நிலவின் முதுகை உரசும் .."

"...இனி தேன் வரும் என்பதும் பால் வரும் என்பதும் ஜோசியம் ஆனதடா.."

JP Nagar's engineers

The new councilors for Bangalore are yet to get in to action. When they start working, they should ensure that the departments talk to each other.



BWSSB has de-silted the drainages in JP Nagar on saturday and they have dumped the silt on the road. After 24 hours (today morning), I called the assistant executive Mr.Mohan. He said it should have been cleared by the health department. And inspite of Mr.Mohan's repeated calls (he said 10 times), health department had not taken action. But on saturdays, nobody works beyond noon or so, and the work could be taken up only by Monday. The workers also need to go where MLA's men find actions.  Today's rain washed away some silt.



Another instance is 9th Main, JP Nagar 2nd Phase has 3 pits dug by the BESCOM. This was dug 3 weeks back. For the first two weeks, BESCOM maintained that it was not dug by them. Now they take their own time to complete some wiring work before they could close it. God, its raining heavily every alternative days - should not this be taken up with high priority?



Yet another instance, the garbage collectors and ragpickers have a liking to burn the garbages near the transformers. The tall fire can easily eat into the space of transformer's feet and can lead to disasters. But nobody bothers. When I told about this to a senior BESCOM engineer, he asked me to write 'a cover story' to Times of India?



Is the corporation reporting to Times of India?

Times of India has taken an initiative

விண்ணிலிருந்து மண்ணுக்கு

காலை வெயில் வரும் முன்னே

கதிரவனின் இளங் கீற்றை

எட்டு நிமிடங்கள் பற்றிக் கொண்டே -உன்

வீட்டு வாசல் வர ஆசை



விண்ணில் தோன்றும் 

மின்னல் கீற்றின்

வெள்ளி நிற வாலைப் பற்றி

உன் சன்னல் நோக்கி

பயணம் செய்ய ஆசை



மழைப் பொழியும்

மேகம் முதுகில்

மழை துளியை குடையாய் பற்றி

உன் முற்றம் நோக்கி

பயணம் செய்ய ஆசை



பாசம் எல்லாம் ஒன்றும் இல்லை

வீடு பூட்டியே இருக்கிறது

வாங்கிய பணத்தை

எப்பொழுதடா தருவாய்?

அம்மா வளர்க்கும் பூஞ்செடி

அம்மா வளர்க்கும் பூஞ்செடி 

 அதிகமாய் சில மொட்டுக்கள்

விடும் பொழுது

இயற்கை தன்னை

தேர்வு செய்ததுப் போல்

பூரிப்படைவாள்   அம்மா

Census India

Today, I had a surprise visitor, a school teacher visiting us for census details. She collected our family details, and other details like whether we have vehicles, radio, tv, no. of rooms, sanitary conditions at home, etc.



Related News and Links for Census activities 

http://www.thehindu.com/2010/04/05/stories/2010040561241000.htm

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/NGOs-to-be-involved-in-Indias-2011-census/articleshow/5596618.cms





This is what the census volunteer shared, and my perspective -

• Teachers are engaged because they are sincere  The teacher is made to carry huge documents, will not it be tiring doing the whole day? Cannot this be exercised through internet and collecting details/


• They do not get their summer vacation  I donot understand this logic. Why engage school teachers in such manual activities? Why do you do this in summer?


• Its a central govt initiative, they know they will get salary after the whole exercise is complete May be the teachers do this to get that 'extra' income. Let they be recognized for being part of such a huge initiative.


• They have to visit each and every house To me it is not appropriate to make an individual visit each and every house like this.


• If a family is not available, neighbours have to provide the details


• If neighbours cannot provide, atleast the apartment security has to provide

My dad also said, there will be another supervisor who checks atleast 20% of the data is correct or not.

We are living in internet world. I hope atleast by next cycle, home-to-home practice is eliminated. 



At the end, she also provided an acknowledgment who has to be produced for a photo id card planned somewhere in 2011 beginning.

2 New Health Issues I learnt recently

There are several health issues we read about and we take it only serious only when it hits us or someone dear to us. I learnt about two health issues.



a) Hernia in women :  I know hernia in men, and its known as குடலிறக்கம் and I always visualized it as the abdomen area lowering below its position, in literal sense. But it can happen to women too. This is what I learnt through online search:

A hernia is an abnormal protrusion, or bulging out, of part of an organ through the tissues that normally contain it. In this condition, a weak spot or opening in a body wall, often due to laxity of the muscles, allows part of the organ to protrude.

A hernia may develop in almost any part of the body; however, the muscles of the abdominal wall are most commonly affected.

A hernia may develop in almost any part of the body; however, the muscles of the abdominal wall are most commonly affected.

b) Increase in WBC: Increase in White Blood Cells count indicates infection. This is what I get from the online search:

A high blood count (above 30000 cells per micro-liter) indicates is not a specific disease by itself but indicates infection, systemic illness, inflammation, allergy, leukemia and tissue injury caused due to burns. The count of white blood cells also increases when certain medicines like antibiotics or anti-seizure drugs. Smoking and too much of mental stress also increases the count of the white blood cells in the body. Also, once the count of white blood cell is on the higher side, the risk of cardiovascular mortality also increases. It turns into a vicious circle.

I feel its important to know from others, go for regular checkups, do not mind that Rs.1500 complete checkup mechanism in a reliable hospital. There is nothing to panic. During our parents days, there was lesser awareness, lesser facilities and people generalized their disease "as not keeping well". Atleast now, we have multiple mechanisms to know what is right and what is wrong. Lets be alert.



From the above two diseases, there is something common: "there is something in excess". Body reacts when it has more.