Anuradha Sridharan

உந்தன் பெயர் என்னுள் தீபம் ஏற்றுகிறது உந்தன் பார்வை என்னுள் விண்கலமாய் சீறி பாய்கிறது உந்தன் வார்த்தை என்னுள் கீதமாய் எதிரொலிக்கிறது உந்தன் ச்பரிசம் என்னுள் தீப்பொறியாய் தெரிக்கிறது உந்தன் அன்பு என்னுள் காதலை வாழ வைக்கிறது உந்தன் கோபம் என்னுள் மன்னிப்பு கேட்கிறது உந்தன் சிரிப்பு என்னுள் கற்கண்டாய் இனிக்கிறது உந்தன் காதல் என்னுள் வாழ்வை சுவையாக்கிறது A rough translation in English :- Your name lights the lamp in me Your sight travels like a spacecraft in me Your words echo like a melody Your touch sparkles like a tiny spark Your affection makes my love live Your anger apologizes in me Your smile is my sweetening agent Your love makes my life interesting

A new term to many Indians that became familiar on Dec 26th, 2004. Tsunami is a Japanese word derived from Tsu (harbour) and nami (wave). It is a series of waves displaced on a massive scale either due to volcanic eruptions, earthquakes or meteorite impacts. The most common cause is an undersea earthquake. Tsunamis can be generated when the sea floor displaces the overlying water vertically. Such displacement occurs at the plate boundaries when denser oceanic plates slip under the continental plates in a process known as subduction. Waves are formed as the displaced water mass moves under the influence of gravity to regain its equilibrium and radiates across the ocean like ripples on a pond. A single tsunami event may involve a series of waves of varying heights; the set of waves is called a train. In open water, tsunamis have extremely long periods (the time for the next wave top to pass a point after the previous one), from minutes to hours, and long wavelengths of up to several hund...

A couple of weeks back, I took my dad for a complete health check-up. One of the doctors had scribbled something in a piece of paper and asked my dad to undergo the mentioned tests. The prescription says "T3,T4,TSH". I enquired the doctor to give some details and she told that these tests are related to thyroid gland. Thyroid gland is the biggest gland in the neck. It is located in the front side of the neck. It's main function is to generate thyroid hormone. This hormone has an effect on all tissues of the body where it increases cellular activity, thereby regulating the body's metabolism (conversion of oxygen and calories to energy). The function of the thyroid gland is to take iodine, found in many foods, and convert it into thyroid hormones: Thyroxine (T4) Triiodothyronine (T3) Thyroid cells are the only cells in the body which can absorb iodine. These cells combine iodine and the amino acid tyrosine to make T3 and T4. T3 and T4 are then released into the...

Have been thinking about this for the past one week. Trying something new. Finding answers to questions. Stepping out of my circle. There are so many unexplored, unknown things to me which I plan to find out and understand. I feel this exercise is going to help me understand the big picture and discover my to-be-nurtured talents. This is what I plan to do. I'm going to take up a question or topic everyday and find out the answer or the importance of it in day-to-day life. The topic might range from space, geology, personalities, economics, inventions, human body, art to many more, anything and everything that intrigues me and triggers my thought process. I plan to INVEST 15 to 30 min everyday on this exercise. Yes, INVEST. Usually, we say "I spent 3 hours reading a book". If the activity helps you in some way, be it gathering new information or even relaxation or a hobby, I feel we should re-phrase it to "I invested 3 hours reading a book". Time management is an...

What's GDP? Why does every business magazine pays more attention to this acronym? What's the relevance of GDP in a country's economy? GDP or Gross Domestic Product is the total value of all products and services produced within a country in a specific time period. It is one of the measures of national income and output. It takes into account only the final products and services consumed by the end user and not the intermediate products, which will lead to double counting of economic activity. For example, in the automobile industry, the final consumer pays for a car and this payment includes the price of the tyres. So the value of the tyre manufactured is taken into account only at the end user level and not while the tyre is bought by the car manufacturing unit. GDP is calculated by using the following expenditure method :- GDP = Consumption + investment + exports - imports Consumption - expenditure on house-hold items like food, electricity, rent etc. So if the per-capita...

Made a trip to Gemini Circus last Saturday. A very unique and interesting experience. I had been to a circus when I was in 3rd std. The main attractions of those days were the tigers, elephants and ofcourse, the clowns. I was expecting something similar while going to Palace Grounds. The show started at 4 pm and what followed was a series of awe-inspiring, breath-taking, action packed 2 hours (am short of adjectives now !!). The men and women who perform such bends and twists make you wonder if at all they have bones in their bodies. I'm sure AXN fans would love it. The candle dancing, cycling, biking inside a hollow sphere, gymnastics in all forms, ladder climbing and throwing cups and saucers one after the other onto their heads etc etc are such amazing thrills that made me realize the inherent potential within ourselves. My Yoga classes are no more tougher. If human beings can perform at their best, the animals then enter to prove that they are not far behind. Colourful parrots...

Spring is here. No more thick blankets and sweaters atleast for another 6 months. Fully blossomed colourful flowers and a pleasant weather to be enjoyed. Love is in the air (Valentine's day is coming close !!) I had left my blog unattended for almost 2 weeks. Work pressure, confusions, movies, throat infections, festivals, investments and ofcourse lots of sleep kept me away from my lovely friend, my blog. I don't want to rant about my work pressures and deadlines now. There are many more things to write about. Confusions, doubts, self-talk, questions and searching for answers. My mind loaded with all of these and trying to figure out and understand myself. I can relate my current state of mind to that of Biju's. Read his beautiful narration here . I managed to catch up with two wonderful movies - King Kong and Kanda Naal Mudhal in the past 2 weeks. I have never seen such a magnificent English movie like King Kong. Being a not-so-good follower (rather, appreciator) of Hollyw...

Thanks to DD's article on her school life. Reading her article took me to those beautiful school days. Giving nicknames, passing comments, playing "name-place-animal-thing" and "hang-man" sitting on the first bench, fighting with the most hated sir for 2 marks in midterm answer sheets, looking forward to the evening 4 o'clock bell, sharing lunch boxes, visiting friend's home for group study and playing cards, buying new year greeting cards and getting confused as to which friend should get the best among the lot - Unerasable moments from my heart. I enjoyed school life more than my college life. Precious 14 years. We were very partial in giving nicknames to teachers. Only the bad ones would be privileged to get a nickname from us. We had named our science sir as "Alangaaram" because he always combs his hair in class before he starts his lessons. There was one more sir who used to take commerce and my friends used to call him "Saaral...

My vote goes to "Oru Maalai" from Gajni sung beautifully by Karthik, wonderful lyrics written by -------- (Don't know who the lyricist is, I guess it's Thaamarai) and ofcourse, Surya and Asin at their best. Which is your favorite of 2005?

Have you ever met a doctor who is patient (not the noun but the adjective), friendly, humorous and down-to-earth? I had the opportunity to meet one such doctor in Mallya hospital last Saturday. I had taken my father for a health checkup and happened to meet this lovely lady, Dr.Sharada. As we entered her consultation room, handing over the reports, she said "Tell me my dear beautiful sir, explain your problem". I started explaining in English and she interrupted me, asking in Tamil whether my father will not speak. I was taken aback. Then she explained slowly that the person who had come to meet the doctor should explain and not the one who has accompanied him. She gives a valid reason that the elder person will not be able to understand his health problem if the doctor and the person's relative have a conversation, neglecting the patient. She perused through the reports and asked my father if he will be able to understand what she is going to explain. I was wondering how...

Year 2006 has begun with full of hopes and aspirations. Time to look back and find out how 2005 was for me and what I had accomplished in the past year. A year of success and failures, a year of joys and sorrows, a year of moments that took my breath away and moments where I struggled to breathe. Overall, a well-balanced one that made me realize my strengths and weaknesses. A diary was all that made the difference. I bought this unique dairy in Landmark where there was a page to write down my resolutions/goals for the year. I got very anxious and set enough goals to fill that particular goals page on January 1st, 2005. Let me see how I've progressed :- 1) Learnt the basic Yoga asanas. Had attended Yoga classes for 50 days and didn't continue due to my laziness and lack of will power to wake up early. 2) Increased my weight. Have been eating well these days. Hope I don't bloat in 2006 :-) 3) Attended Art of Living - Basic course. Have learnt a powerful breathing tec...