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EarLy bird Kabali review: Paisa vasool for Rajnikanth fans

DECCAN CHRONICLE.

PublishedJul 21, 2016, 9:33 pm IST

UpdatedJul 21, 2016, 9:49 pm IST

An online review posted by a man called Balaji Srinivisan on his Facebook page has gone viral on social media.

 The film set in the 80's has Rajinikanth essaying the role of a retired gangster.

Mumbai: No recent movie has managed to create the kind of buzz and expectation that the Rajnikanth starrer Kabali has generated in the past few days. Theatres have been booked in advance and some companies have even declared a leave on Friday for their employees to watch the movie! And on Thursday, a special screening of the movie was held at a screen in the United States and it received a tremendous response from the audience.

Read: Kabali: 10 reasons why you should watch the Rajinikanth starrer

An online review of the movie posted by a man called Balaji Srinivisan on his Facebook page has gone viral on social media and thousands of people have been searching for his review ever since. He claims to have had the opportunity to see a preview show of the much anticipated film in the US. He has however taken down the original review posted on his page after it went viral.

While Deccan Chronicle cannot verify the authenticity of the man’s claims, following is the full text of his review:

Thanks to bay area cine industry friends, I got to watch a preview show of Kabali. I went in with no expectations and came out with mixed feelings. Kabali is paisa vasool for Rajinikanth fans while others can have equal fun mocking the aged superstar go through his paces.

The bar has been set high for Rajini, since he has already donated all his assets, built colleges, constructed dams, overthrew a Chief Minister and in general has given up his life for the masses. So, in this movie, the setting moves to Malaysia, where tamils are ill-treated and need a Messiah to save them. Enter the Superstar, who, like Nelson Mandela, spends several years in prison for his opposition to racism.

When he comes out, he settles down to a regular life (think Baasha’s auto driver), until circumstances force him to become a gangster and rescue his daughter from the enemies. And of course, he becomes the leader of Tamils/Dalits in Malaysia and improves their conditions tremendously.

For a Rajini fan, this will all give him/her goosebumps. Slow motion walks, stylish poses, crisp dialogues are all there, and theatres will explode with applause each time Rajini does his carefully choreographed routine.

There are flashback scenes where he looks “youth” that is sure to make his fans feel nostalgic. Director Ranjith has ensured that the larger than life image of Rajini has been preserved. In essence, it feels like a lifetime highlights of various Rajini movie scenes re-enacted.

For a casual cinema goer though, the whole shindig will feel thoroughly artificial and unbearable. The aged star with heavy makeup trying to act as a 30 year old is cringe-worthy.

For someone who in real life has shied away from any responsibility, has acted without any consistency in politics, a person who has never stood up to his beliefs (he appreciated Jayalalitha getting out of prison for the case that he railed against her in ’96!), Rajinikanth again doing the act of the mass leader and people’s savior is laughable.

The real life Rajini can do no right except to kindle talks about his entry into politics. But movie after movie, he does his act, and it is getting a bit long on the tooth.

Ranjith could have made a better film on the plight of the Malaysian tamils. May be that was his original plan. The movie though, ends up as yet another commercial vehicle for the Superstar. Ranjith’s Dalit politics take a backseat here. Radhika Apte is apt in her role as is Dhansika. Watch out for a surprise cameo from someone you wouldn’t expect in a Rajini film. Neruppudaa is a surprising ear worm from Santosh Narayanan.

God father

இந்த கதையை படியுங்கள்.... எல்லா துக்கங்களும் முடிவுக்கு வரும் .

சிறுவனை அழைத்துக்கொண்டு அவனது தந்தை ஒரு காட்டிற்குச் சென்றார். அப்போது மகனுக்கு ஒரு சவாலை முன்வைத்தார். ''மகனே, இப்போது உனக்கு முன் ஒரு பெரிய சவால் உள்ளது. அதில் வெற்றி பெற்றால், நீ பெரிய வீரனாகி விடுவாய். இன்று இரவு முழுவதும் நீ தனியாக இந்தக் காட்டிலேயே இருக்க வேண்டும். உன் கண்கள் கட்டப்படும். ஆனாலும் நீ பயப்படக்கூடாது; வீட்டிற்கு ஓடிவந்துவிடவும் கூடாது'' என்றார். சிறுவன் ஆர்வத்துடன் சவாலை சந்திக்கத் தயாரானான்.

அவனது கண்களைத் தந்தை துணியால் இறுகக் கட்டினார். பிறகு, தந்தை திரும்பிச் செல்லும் காலடி ஓசை, மெல்ல மெல்ல மறைந்தது. அதுவரை தந்தை அருகில் இருக்கிறார் என்ற தைரியத்தில் இருந்த அவனுக்கு, தூரத்தில் ஆந்தை கத்துவதும் நரி ஊளையிடுவதும் நடுக்கத்தைக் கொடுத்தது.
காட்டு விலங்குகள் வந்து தாக்கிவிடுமோ என்ற அச்சத்தில் அவனது இதயத்துடிப்பு வழக்கத்தைத் தாண்டி எகிறியது.

மரங்கள் பேயாட்டம் ஆடின. மழைவேறு தூறத் தொடங்கியது. கடுங்குளிர் ஊசியாய் உடலைத் துளைத்தது. ‘’அய்யோ! இப்படி நிர்க்கதியாய்த் தவிக்க விட்டு தந்தை போய்விட்டாரே! யாராவது வந்து என்னைக் காப்பாற்றுங்களேன்’’ என்று பலமுறை கத்திப் பார்த்தான். பயனில்லை.

சிறிது நேரத்தில், இனி கத்திப் பயனில்லை என்பது அவனுக்குப் புரிந்தது. திடீரென்று அவனுக்குள் ஒரு துணிச்சல். என்னதான் நடக்கும், பார்ப்போமே என்று சுற்றுப்புறத்தில் கேட்கும் ஓசைகளை ஆர்வத்துடன் கவனிக்கத் தொடங்கினான். இப்படியே இரவு கழிந்தது. விடியற்காலையில் லேசாகக் கண்ணயர்ந்தான். சூரியன் உடம்பைச் சுட்டபோதுதான், கண்கட்டைத் திறந்துப் பார்த்தான். கண்ணைக் கசக்கிக்கொண்டு எதிரே பார்த்தபோது, அவனுக்கு ஆச்சரியம்! ஆனந்தம்! அழுகையே வந்துவிட்டது. ‘’அப்பா’’ என்று கூவி அருகில் அமர்ந்திருந்த தன் தந்தையைப் பாய்ந்து தழுவிக் கொண்டான்.

‘’அப்பா நீங்க எப்போ வந்தீங்க?’’ என்று ஆவலாகக் கேட்டான். சோர்வும் மகிழ்ச்சியும் கொண்டிருந்த அந்தத் தந்தை, ''நான் எப்போது மகனே உன்னை விட்டுப் போனேன்’’ என்றார். இரவு இங்குதான் இருந்தீங்களா? பிறகு ஏன் நான் பயந்து அலறியப் போதெல்லாம் என்னைக் காப்பாற்றவில்லை? ஏன் என்னிடம் எதுவும் பேசவில்லை?’’ என்று கேட்டான்.

‘’உன் மனோதிடம் வளர வேண்டும். நீ எதற்கும் அஞ்சாத வீரனாக வேண்டும் என்பதற்காக மெளனம் காத்தேன். ஏனென்றால் அச்சத்தின் உச்சத்தை எட்டும்போது, துணிச்சல் தானே வரும்’’ என்றார் தந்தை. மகனுக்கு தந்தையின் நோக்கம் புரிந்தது.

கடவுளும் அந்தத் தந்தையைப் போலத்தான், நம்மோடு இருக்கிறார். துன்பத்திலும் சோகத்திலும் தவிக்கும்போது துவண்டுவிடாமல், நாம் தீரர்களாக வேண்டும் என்பதற்காகவே பல நேரங்களில் மெளனம் காத்து வெறும் பார்வையாளரைப் போல் இருக்கிறார்.

BANK PASS BOOK

Piya married Hitesh this day.  At the end of the wedding party, Piya's mother gave her a newly opened bank saving passbook with Rs.1,000/- deposit amount.

Mother : ‘Piya, take this passbook.  Keep it as a record of your marriage life.  When there's something happy and memorable happened in your new life, put some money in.  Write down what it's about next to the line.  The more memorable the event is, the more money you can put in.  I've done the first one for you today.  Do the others with Hitesh.  When you look back after years, you can know how much happiness you've had.’

Piya shared this with Hitesh when getting home.  They both thought it was a great idea and were anxious to know when the second deposit can be made.

This was what they did after certain time :-

- 7 Feb : Rs.100/-, first birthday celebration for Hitesh after marriage.

- 1 Mar : Rs.300/-, salary raise for Piya.

- 20 Mar: Rs.200/-, vacation trip to Bali.

- 15 Apr: Rs.2,000/-, Piya got pregnant.

- 1 Jun: Rs.1,000/-, Hitesh got promoted.

… and so on…

However, after years, they started fighting and arguing for trivial things.  They didn't talk much.  They regretted that they had married the most nasty people in the world....  no more love...  One day Piya talked to her Mother : ‘Mom, we can't stand it anymore.’

‘We agree to divorce.’

‘I can’t imagine how I decided to marry this guy!!!’

Mother : ‘Sure, girl, that's no big deal.  Just do whatever you want if you really can't stand it.  But before that, do one thing first.  Remember the saving passbook I gave you on your wedding day?  Take out all money and spend it first.  You shouldn't keep any record of such a poor marriage.’

Piya thought it was true.  So she went to the bank, waiting at the queue and planning to cancel the account.  While she was waiting, she took a look at the passbook record.  She looked, and looked, and looked.  Then the memory of all the previous joy and happiness just came up her mind.  Her eyes were then filled with tears.  She left and went home.  When she was home, she handed the passbook to Hitesh, asked him to spend the money before getting divorce.

The next day, Hitesh gave the passbook back to Piya.

She found a new deposit of Rs.5,000/-.  And a line next to the record : 

‘This is the day I notice how much I've loved you thru out all these years.  How much happiness you've brought me.’

They hugged and cried, putting the passbook back to the safe.

‘Life is about correcting mistakes.

Star

கொஞ்சம்...போரடிக்கும் பதிவைப் போடப்போறேன்...தயவுசெய்து என்னை திட்டாமல் படிங்க....

••• அதிசயமான அகத்திய நட்சத்திரம்!

••• அகஸ்திய நட்சத்திரம் பூமியை நெருங்கி வரும் போதெல்லாம் கடல் நீர் சற்று வற்றுகிறது என அறிவியல் கூறுகிறது. அது உதிக்கும் போது அகத்திப் பூ மலர்கிறது. எண்ணற்ற அதிசயங்களைக் கொண்ட அகஸ்திய நட்சத்திரத்தைப் பார்ப்போம்!

••• கானோபஸ் எனப்படும் அகத்தியர் •••

••• கானோபஸ் என மேலை நாட்டினரால் அழைக்கப்படும் அகத்திய நட்சத்திரம் அபூர்வ ஆற்றல்களைக் கொண்டு வானில் ஜொலிக்கும் ஒன்று.

••• இது 700 ஒளி ஆண்டு தூரத்தில் உள்ளது. கற்பனைக்கு அப்பாற்பட்ட தூரம் இது!இதன் மாக்னிட்யூட் 0.86,அகத்தியர் உள்ள ஆர்கோ நட்சத்திரத் தொகுதியில் மொத்தம் 21 நட்சத்திரங்கள் உள்ளன. ஆனால் இந்தத் தொகுதி கற்பனைக்கு எட்டாத தூரத்தில் இருந்தாலும் கூட அகத்தியர் மட்டும் தனித்து சூரியனைப் போல 13600 மடங்கு பிரகாசத்துடன் ஜொலிக்கிறார்.எல்லையற்ற தூரத்தின் காரணமாக இவரது பிரகாசத்தை நம்மால் உணர முடியவில்லை!இவருக்கு அருகில் உள்ள டோராடஸ் நட்சத்திரமே இவரது மனைவியான லோபாமுத்ரை என்பர் அறிஞர்.

••• 27 நட்சத்திரங்கள் என்ற வரிசையில் சேராவிட்டாலும் கூட தன் தவத்தின் வலிமையால் தனியொரு இடத்தைப் பிடித்தவர் அகத்தியர்!சூரியன் சிம்ம ராசியிலிருந்து மறையும் போது கும்ப ராசி உதயமாகிறது. கும்ப ராசி உதிக்கும் அதே சமயம் அகத்திய நட்சத்திரமும் உதிக்கும். இவருக்கு கும்ப முனி என்ற பெயர் பொருத்தம் தானே!

••• கடல் நீரைக் குடித்த கதை

••• அகத்தியர் கடல் நீரைக் குடித்த கதையை இன்றைய அறிவியல் மிகவும் பொருத்தமாக விளக்குகிறது. இதைப் புரிந்து கொள்ள சிறிது அடிப்படை வானவியல் அறிவு வேண்டும். சூரியன் மேற்கே மறைந்தவுடன் ஒரு நட்சத்திரம் கிழக்கே உதிப்பதை Acronycal rising அல்லது தினசரி உதயம் என்கிறோம். சூரியனின் அருகில் ஒரு நட்சத்திரம் வரும் போது சூரியனின் ஒளியால் அந்த நட்சத்திரத்தின் பிரகாசம் மங்கி அது கண்ணுக்குத் தெரியாமல் மறைந்து விடுகிறது. சூரியனை விட்டுத் தொலைதூரம் சென்றவுடன் மீண்டும் பிரகாசம் பெற்று நம் கண்களுக்குத் தெரிகிறது.

••• இப்படி ஒரு நட்சத்திரம் சூரியனின் அருகில் வந்ததால் ஒளி மங்கி நம் கண்ணுக்குத் தெரியாமல் மறைந்து, பிறகு தள்ளிச் சென்றவுடன் ஒளி பெற்று மீண்டும் நம் கண்ணுக்கு முதலில் தெரியும் தினத்தை அல்லது அந்த நட்சத்திரத்தின் உதயத்தை Heliacal rising என்கிறோம்.இந்த முதல் உதயத்தை ஒட்டியே நம் முன்னோர்கள் அந்தந்த நட்சத்திரத்திற்கும் அதற்கான தெய்வங்களுக்கும் விழாவை ஏற்படுத்தினர்.ஒவ்வொரு நட்சத்திர உதயத்தையும் அப்போது ஏற்படுத்தப்பட்டு நடந்து வரும் விழாவையும் உற்று நோக்கினால் நமது முன்னோரின் கூரிய அறிவுத் திறனும் அவர்கள் வகுத்த நெறிமுறைகளின் அர்த்தமும் விழாவின் மகிமையும் எளிதில் புரியும்.

••• அகத்திய நட்சத்திரத்தின் வருடாந்திர உதயம் உஜ்ஜயினியில் புரட்டாசி மாதம் 23ம் தேதியன்று ஏற்படுகிறது (பண்டித ரகுநந்தனர் இதை புரட்டாசி 17ம் தேதி என்று குறிப்பிடுகிறார்) சூரியன் ரோஹிணியில் செல்லும் போது அகத்தியர் மறைகிறார். பின்னர் சூரியன் ஹஸ்தத்திற்கு வரும் போது பிரகாசமாகி மீண்டும் நம் கண்களுக்குத் தெரிகிறார்,அதாவது சுமார் நான்கு மாத காலம் சூரிய ஒளியால் அகத்தியர் நம் கண்களிலிருந்து மறைந்து விடுகிறார்.அகத்தியர் தோன்றியவுடன் மழைக்காலமும் சரியாக முடிகிறது.ஆகவே தான் மழைக்காலம் முடிந்தவுடன் தோன்றும் அகத்தியர் மழை நீர் சேரும் கடலைக் குடித்து விட்டார் என்று கூறப்பட்டது.

••• வங்காளத்தில் இன்றும் கூட ஆகஸ்ட் -செப்டம்பரில் அகத்தியருக்கு இந்தப் பருவ மாறுதலை ஒட்டி விழா நடைபெறுகிறது. அகத்தியரின் வருடாந்திர உதயம் பற்றி வானவியல் நிபுணர் ஜே.பெண்ட்லி விரிவாக எழுதியுள்ளார்!

••• அகத்தியர் நட்சத்திரம் உதிக்கும் போது அகத்திப் பூ மலர்வதால் அந்தச் செடிக்கு அகத்திக் கீரை என நம் முன்னோர் பெயர் சூட்டி மகிழ்ந்தனர். பதினெட்டு சித்தர்களில் முக்கியமானவரான அகத்தியர் நந்தி தேவருடன் ஒவ்வொரு மூலிகையையும் ஆராய்ந்து அதன் மருத்துவ குணங்களைத் தொகுத்து மனித குலம் நோயின்றி வாழ வழி வகை செய்துள்ளார்.

••• நவீன அறிவியல் ஆராய்ச்சியின் படி அதிசயிக்கத் தக்க உண்மை இப்போது வெளிப்படுகிறது. எப்போதெல்லாம் அகத்தியர் பூமியை நெருங்கி வருகிறாரோ அப்போதெல்லாம் கடல் நீர் ஆவியாகி சிறிது வற்றி விடுகிறதாம்!

குறிப்பு : இந்த [ Canopus ] அகஸ்திய நட்சத்திர தரிசன் முறை கூட பல ஆண்டுகளுக்கு முன் ஸ்ரீ அகஸ்திய விஜயம் இதழில் விளக்கபட்டிருந்தது....

ஜீவ நாடியில் கூட மந்திர ஜப எண்ணிக்கை ஏன் பல லட்ச உரு ஏற்ற வேண்டும் என வினவும் போது கூட ..,, இத்தனன லட்ச உரு எற்றினால் தான் அப்பா . எங்கள் லோகத்தை அதிர்வலைகள் எட்டுமப்பா என்பார்.., ஏன்னெ தெய்வத் தமிழ் திரு நாட்டின் தெய்வீகம்..

Monkey and Politics

ஒருமுறை காட்டுக்குள் போகும் போது அங்கிருந்த குரங்குகள் தின்பதற்கு பழங்கள் கொடுத்தோம். எங்களை அழைத்த வனத்துறை அதிகாரி, "குரங்குகளுக்குமனிதர்கள் இப்படிப் பழங்கள் கொடுத்துப் பழக்குவது தவறானது"- என்றார். ஆச்சர்யமாய் இருந்தது..விலங்குகளுக்கு உணவிடுவது நல்லதுதானே என்று கேட்டேன்..."சுற்றிப் பார்ப்பதற்காக வரும் மனிதர்கள் ஒரு பிரியத்தில்தான்குரங்குகளுக்கு உணவிடுகிறார்கள். ஆனால் தினமும் இப்படியே இந்தக் குரங்குகளுக்கு உணவு கிடைத்து விடுவதால் இந்தக் குரங்குகள் கஷ்டப்பட்டு உணவு தேடுவது, மரங்களின் மேல் ஏறி பழங்கள் பறிப்பது போன்ற பழக்கங்களை எல்லாம் கொஞ்சம் கொஞ்சமாககைவிட்டுக் கொண்டிருக்கின்றன.. இப்படியே போவதால் ஒரு நாள் முற்றிலும் அந்த பயிற்சி இல்லாமலேயே புதிய தலைமுறைக் குரங்குகள் மாறி விடுகின்றன... வரிசையில் உட்கார்ந்து பிச்சை எடுப்பது போல இந்தக் குரங்குகளும் டூரிஸ்ட்களிடம் பிச்சை எடுக்கும் ஜீவன்களாக மாறி விடுகின்றன... எனவே இயற்கையுடன் இணைந்து வாழும் மிருகங்களை அதன் போக்கில் வளர விடுவதே அவற்றுக்கு ஆரோக்கியமானது" என்று பதில் சொன்னார்...

நிறைய யோசிக்க வைத்தது...! -

இலவச அரிசி வாங்கி, இலவச மிக்ஸியில் சட்னி அரைத்து, இலவச கிரைண்டரில் இட்லிக்கு மாவாட்டி, இலவச மின்விசிறியைப் போட்டு இளைப்பாறி, இலவச டிவியில் படமும் சீரியல்களும் பார்க்கும் நம்மஊர் மக்களுக்கும், இது தான் நடக்கிறது!உழைக்கவே மனம் வருவதில்லை!"

மேட்டர்" என்னவோ குரங்கு பற்றித்தான்.☆☆☆
படித்ததில் பிடித்தது.

Piw

Dr. Sapna Sharma
President Association of Counsellors& Psychotherapist Spiritual Counselor, LIfe Reinvention Coach & Motivational speaker
(DON'T) TAKE IT EASY!!
April 13, 2016 • 456 Views • 26 Likes • 5 Comments

When parents strive to give their children the best of everything at an early age, they are sowing seeds for materially insatiable monsters that are prone to sloth, apathy, avarice and fear.

Don’t stand in self- defense as yet. I have proof. As I Sit in my counselor’s chair day after day I encounter an altogether new disorder that I have come to label as- Parent Induced Wastefulness (PIW).

Here are a few examples:

26-year-old Manas does not want to finish his Engineering degree because he does not ‘feel like’ studying. But he harasses his parents every day for his spending money. He tells me that whenever he did not feel like any doing particular activity his parents told him he can quit. They always said they did not want him to get ‘stressed’ like they had when growing up.
34-year-old Raghav is a qualified Engineer and is married for 2 years but his wife is not ready to live with him hence the counseling. He is qualified al right but refuses to stick to any job as it makes his feel stressed! Every two months he runs back home from work and wants his parents to solve his problem like they did every time he refused to go to school.
28 years old Anjali does not want to go back to her one-year-old marriage because it is too much for her to work in the office and then look after the household. She wants her mother to come and live with her and do the household work.
29-year-old Bhavesh showed me his horoscope (Which he carries everywhere). He says that when he was taken to one ‘reading’ since he could not clear some of his papers, the expert had told them that the horoscope showed a lot of negativity in whatever he did. “So” he says “What is the use of working when there would be nothing but negativity?”
There are many but all originating in overzealous parents wanting to protect their children from even the smallest discomfort in childhood. You love them alright, but when you shell them from the adversities of life, what you are doing is bringing them up in a sterile environment. The result- the moment they are exposed to the world their immunity buckles up and they stand threadbare wanting to run away from everything that is anything but comfortable.

They have to live in this very world and away from you. Do you really love them? Or do you love yourself more? If it is them, then you would ensure to make them future ready- let them face, talk to them, provide support, but let them face- housework, studies, bullying and adversities. Tell them money is limited and let them learn to hear a lot of ‘NO’- That’s what makes them- FUTURE READY

** Originally Published at ReportHer Magazine

Written by

Dr. Sapna Sharma
President Association of Counsellors& Psychotherapists

Snake and friendship

She Slept With Her Snake And Then The Vet Told Her Something Shocking.

This is a true story about a woman from India who lived in the Middle Ages and had a pet snake, python, which she loved so much. The snake was 4 meters long and looked healthy. However, one day her unusual pet just stopped eating.
This lack of appetite in the snake continued over a few weeks. The desperate woman tried everything she could and offered anything that a snake would like to strangle and eat. Nothing worked, and finally the woman took her loving pet to the veterinarian as a last resort.

The vet listened to the woman carefully and asked, “Does your snake sleep with you at night, wrap around you closely and spread out throughout its length?”
The woman was surprised and with a lot of hope she said, “Yes! Yes! It does it every day and it makes me so sad because I see something asking of me, and I cannot help it feel better.”
Then, the vet said something shocking and most unexpected. “Madam, your pet is not sick; it is just preparing to eat you.” Yes, the python wasn’t sick but it has been preparing to eat her instead!

“Every time, it is creeping and “hugging” you, wrapping around your body, it is checking size to weigh how a great meal you are and how it must be prepared before the attack. And yes, it does not eat, in order to have enough space to digest you more easily,” the vet said.

This story comes with a #moral – Even people close to you, whom you are very affectionate with, can, have mean intentions. You need to identify the snake around you and their true intent. Hugs and kisses are not always honest.
Don’t fear the enemy that attacks you, but the fake friend that hugs you.

Life at its Best

"The baby looks at things all day without winking; that is because his eyes are not focused on any particular object. He goes without knowing where he is going, and stops without knowing what he is doing. He merges himself within the surroundings and moves along with it. These are the principles of mental hygiene." - Zen

Confusion prevails amongst retailers over sale of banned FDCs as Delhi HC granted stay to several cos

Peethaambaran Kunnathoor, Chennai

Wednesday, April 13, 2016, 08:00 Hrs  [IST]

Even as the pharma traders all over the country are in a state of confusion over the sale of banned FDCs with the obtaining of stay by the Delhi High Court on petitions filed by a number of companies and by the Indian Drugs Manufacturers Association (IDMA), some leading distributors are of the view that they are free to sell the banned products till a final decision comes from the court.

"Now the case is going on in different courts, and a final judgement is yet to come. We have got a stay order against the ban order from the Delhi High Court. Thereby, we have saved our members. However, we have not insisted our members to sell the banned products,” said a senior level office-bearer of the Indian Drugs Manufacturers Association.

When asked whether the manufacturing companies have started the process of taking back the products from the traders, he said there was no need of taking back them at present as the case is in the court. “The drugs control officials can not take any action against the manufacturers now. We have protected our members from any legal action by approaching the court,” he added.

A leading distributor and managing director of the wholesale company, Suresh Pharma Pvt Ltd in Chennai, Suresh Ranka said, “There is a stay from Delhi High Court against the ban of many companies' products and also on the petition filed by IDMA. Communications from different companies suggest that we can sell the products as the notification has been stayed.”

Delhi High Court had on March 17 stayed the operation of the DCGI ban on FDC drugs of about 30 pharma companies after initially giving interim relief on March 14 to Pfizer's cough syrup, Corex. Pharma majors like Cipla, Abbot, Mcleods, Procter & Gamble, Lupin, Reckitt Benckiser, Piramal, Alembic Pharma and Glenmark are among the companies who have obtained stay for their products.

Suresh Ranka argues that since the court has stayed the ban order of FDCs issued on March 10 by the DCGI, the traders are free to sell the products till the court pronounces a decision at the end of the case. He says that media is creating confusion over the matter and there is no need of any kind of confusion.

He further said the statement by the president of Tamil Nadu Chemists and Druggists Association (TNCDA) that drugs worth Rs. 40 crores (banned FDCs) have been returned to the manufacturers is wrong as no company has asked for return of goods so far.

FDCs of cos with no data submitted to DCGI to prove safety, efficacy banned

Shardul Nautiyal, Mumbai
Saturday, April 09, 2016, 08:00 Hrs  [IST]

Even as interim stay has been granted to 20 odd pharma companies including Abbott, Pfizer and Macleods, the Union health ministry may ban another 739 drugs based on the Kokate committee report. The Kokate committee reviewed 6214 drugs, out of which 1083 were found irrational and 344 FDCs were recently banned which comprised of over 1600 brands. 

The health ministry, had, in a notification on March 12, banned nearly 344 FDCs following recommendations of an expert committee formed to examine the efficacy of these drug combinations.

Even as the Union health ministry's ban on 344 fixed dose combination (FDC) drugs including painkillers, anti-diabetic, respiratory and gastro-intestinal medicines has made a sales impact of over Rs.10,000 crore, category of FDCs most impacted includes antibiotics, antihistaminic, caffeine and codeine combinations and NSAID.

According to a panel member of Kokate committee findings, many drugs were found rational out of the 6214 examined. The companies were supposed to register and submit documentary evidence in the specified format to prove the efficacy of the drugs.

The irrationality of the FDC was assessed based on a blind process which could determine that the ingredients used in the FDC proved efficacious and safe for the patients. The FDCs were banned taking into consideration the health prospects of the common man with focus on antibiotic resistance.

FDC medicines combine two or more drugs in a single pill. When multiple drugs from the same therapeutic group, for example antibiotics, are clubbed together, it may lead to resistance, according to experts. In India, many pharma companies obtain licence from a state to make FDCs, and sell them without the consent of the Central government.

The Kokate committee has reviewed about 6,214 FDCs so far and classified them under four categories — irrational, require further deliberations, rational and require additional data generation. 

A member of the expert committee formed to assess the rationality of over 6,000 FDCs which culminated into banning of 344 medicines clarified that many of the FDCs did not face a similar fate and were cleared based on the scientific documentary evidences. Actions from the DCGI office was taken on companies who did not register their FDCs with the DCGI and did not show up with the requisite documentary evidence to claim the safety and efficacy of the respective FDC in question.

The DCGI, as directed by the health ministry under 33-P had called for submitting efficacy and safety data for all combination State Licensing Authority (SLA)-approved products prior to October 1, 2012. Further the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) stipulated that such applications must be made in Form 44, as there was no format specifically available for applications of SLA-approved and already marketed FDCs.

The DCGI had earlier agreed to allow all pre-1988 FDCs licensed by SLAs provided proof of pre-1988 license is submitted. FDCs of vitamins, minerals, other nutrients; probiotics/prebiotics/synbiotics, antacids/enzyme formulations, cough and cold permutation combination products, topicals, and such simple FDCs should be cleared as rational in view of these being unlikely to have any concern with respect to safety concerns and being used on day-to-day basis as household products.

“The SLAs had given permission to manufacture and market FDCs, whose ingredients were already in use and being prescribed regularly by the medical professionals – may be even for 20 to 30 years. Today, FDCs contribute 40 per cent of the Indian pharmaceutical market and in case these FDCs are discontinued abruptly, the Indian patients will be deprived of these affordable medicines and the manufacturers, retailers etc. i.e. the distribution chain, will be left with depleted stocks resulting in substantial loss, especially to the small scale sector. India is the world leader in FDCs and today, even regulated markets are seeing introduction of more combination products progressively. Hence the bias against FDCs, if any, would be a retrograde step and negate the great achievements made by the Indian pharma manufacturers,” an IDMA submission concluded.

Government has banned common household medicines Crocin Cold and Flu, D-Cold Total, Sumo, Oflox, Gastrogyl, Chericof, Nimulid, Kofnil, Dolo Cold, Decoff, O2, paediatric syrup T-98 and TedyKoff, as part of its decision to stop the manufacture and sale of FDCs.

Market estimates reveal that the ban impacts over 2700 medicine brands. While Abbott Healthcare will be worst hit, with an annual loss of Rs.485 crore, other companies including Lupin, Sun Pharma, Glenmark, Wockhardt, Aristo and Intas would also bear the brunt.

 

RACE

Race for yourself

I was jogging this morning and I noticed a person about 1/2 a kilometre ahead. I could tell he was running a little slower than me and I thought, good, I shall try to catch him. I had about a kilometre before I needed to turn off. So I started running faster and faster.

Every block, I was gaining on him just a little bit. After just a few minutes I was only about 100 metres behind him, so I really picked up the pace and pushed myself. You would have thought I was running in the last leg of an Olympic competition. I was determined to catch him.

Finally, I did it! I caught and passed him. On the inside, I felt so good. "I beat him" Of course, he didn't even know we were racing. After I passed him, I realized I had been so focused on competing against him that I had missed my turn. I had gone nearly six blocks past my turn and I had to turn and go back.

Isn't that what happens in life when we focus on competing with co-workers, neighbours, friends, family, trying to outdo them or trying to prove that we are more successful or more important?

We spend our time and energy running after them and we miss out on our own paths to our given destinies. The problem with unhealthy competition is that it's a never ending cycle.

There will always be somebody ahead of you, someone with a better job, nicer car, more money in the bank, more education, a prettier wife, a more handsome husband, better behaved children, etc. But realize that "You can be the best that you can be, when you are not competing with anyone."

Some people are insecure because they pay too much attention to what others are, where others are going, wearing and driving. Take whatever you have, the height, weight and personality. Dress well and wear it proudly, you'll be blessed by it. Stay focused and live a healthy life. There is no competition in Destiny.

Run your own race and wish others wel

Challenge is To Silence the Mind

Once there was a Farmer who discovered that he had lost his Watch in the Farm. It was not an ordinary Watch
because it had
Dentimental Value for him.
After searching the hay for a long while, he gave up
and call the help of a Group of Children playing outside the Barn.
He promised them that, the Person who found it, would
be Rewarded.
Hearing this, the Children hurried inside the Barn,
went through and around the hay but still could not find the
Watch. Just when the Farmer was about to give up looking for his Watch, a little Boy went up to him and
asked to be given another chance.
The Farmer looked
at him and thought, “Why not? After all, this Kid looks
sincere enough”
So the Farmer sent the little Boy back in the Barn. After
a while the little Boy came out with the Watch in his hand.
The Farmer was Happy and Surprised and so he asked
the Boy how he succeeded where the rest had Failed.
The Boy replied,
“I did nothing but Sit on the Ground
and Listen. In the Silence, I heard the ticking of the
Watch and just looked for it in that Direction”

MESSAGE : A Peaceful Mind can Think Better than a
Worked up Mind. Allow a few minutes of Silence to Your
Mind every day, and see, How Sharply it helps You to set
Your Life the way You Expect it to be.

MORAL : The Soul always knows What To Do To Heal
Itself...
The Challenge is To Silence the Mind…😊

Delhi HC seeks government view on validity of drug companies' licences

Delhi HC seeks government view on validity of drug companies' licences

NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked the government whether it
needed to consider the validity of licencesheld by pharma companies producing the
combination drugs that were recently banned, according to a lawyer present during the
proceedings. Justice RS Endlaw asked the government whether the court could proceed on the
premise that legitimacy of approval was not an issue, said the lawyer.
The government banned these drugs because they had no therapeutic justification, not on the
ground of legitimacy of approvals, government's counsel and Additional Solicitor General
(ASG) Sanjay Jain reportedly responded. At the same time, most of these firms did not hold
a valid licence to make the FDCs that the government recently banned, he added, according
to the lawyer.  Endlaw has called on the government's counsel to respond to the arguments raised by
Pfizer's counsel, according to another lawyer present in the proceedings. The stay on the
ban has been extended by another day while the judge hears arguments of both sides in this
matter.

"The judge is going to frame questions now, on which both counsels have to argue," said
another lawyer representing a large pharmaceutical company in the proceedings. Following
Sibal's argument, the judge asked for notes of other companies' counsels, added the
lawyer.


"The court is of the view that almost all the points which arise in this matter have been
covered in the arguments on behalf of Pfizer," said a third lawyer. Other counsels have been
told to hold their arguments while the government responds to them.
Pharmaceutical lobby groups are among the petitioners at the Delhi High Court against the
government's FDC ban order. If the decision goes in their favour, even companies that
haven't approached court would get relief for their brands earlier banned for using one of the
344 combinations prohibited by the health ministry.

FDCs, cocktail drugs with two or more therapeutic ingredients in a single dose, are often
administered to treat multiple symptoms of an illness. The health ministry on March 10
banned 344 FDCs it found to be "irrational" and unsafe, which led to many popular medicine
brands being ordered off pharmacy shelves.

The Federation of Pharma Entrepreneurs (FOPE) and the Indian Drug Manufacturers
Association (IDMA) have petitioned the government's ban on all 344 FDCs at Delhi. A similar
petition by the Federation of South Indian Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association
(FOSIPMA) refused to yield favourable judgement from the Madras High Court, which did
not grant a stay on the FDC ban on March 22.

Will Bengaluru have to be Evacuated by 2023?

Will Bengaluru have to be Evacuated by 2023?
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"The Government of Karnataka will have to Evacuate half of Bangalore in the next Ten years, due to Water Scarcity, Contamination of Water and Diseases."

It is an Ominous Prophecy from Sri V Balasubramanian, the former Additional Chief Secretary of Karnataka and Chairman, Centre for Policies and Practices, who conducted an elaborate Study of the Water woes of the State Capital.

Bangaloreans would do well not to dismiss Sri Balasubramanian's peep into the Future as an exaggeration of a worried Mind. It is corroborated by the Lab results at the Public Health Institute, and the Department of Mines and Geology of the Karnataka Government.

The Results reveal that 52 per cent of the Bore well Water, and 59 per cent of Tap Water in Bengaluru, is not Potable and contain 8.4 per cent and 19 per cent E.coli Bacteria respectively.
The Reason: the Ground Water in at least half of Bengaluru is contaminated with Sewage Water.

In 1790, a British Captain had described Bengaluru as the Land of a Thousand Lakes. Today less than 200 of those 1000 Lakes remain and are no more than Sewage Tanks. The Sewage Water Contaminates the Ground Water and Percolates into the Bore Wells.

For those wondering where the 800-odd Lakes disappeared, one just has to drive around Bengaluru to say, JP Nagar 4th Phase, which was in fact the Sarakki Agrahara Lake.

Or to the Kanteerava Stadium where the Sampangi Lake once existed.

Or Banakshankari 2nd stage (Kadirenahalli Lake),

Kempegowda Bus Terminal (Dharmabudhi Lake),

National Dairy Research institute (Koramangala Lake),

HSR Layout (Parangipalya Lake) and more.

You are unlikely to find any Epitaphs to what was clearly a better City to Live in.

"The 850 km of Storm Water Drains meant to carry Surplus Water from Higher elevation Lakes to Lower Levels in a cascading system of Natural Rainwater Harvesting, now instead carry the City's Sewage into these existing so-called Lakes," said Sri Balasubramanian.

"Only 30 per cent of the Sewage is treated by the Sewage Treatment Plants and the Rest Flows into the Existing Lakes," he said.

Travel in any direction in the Suburbs in Bengaluru and all You can see is Construction activity. Your Picture of a Beautiful Life cracks the moment You enquire about the Water Supply in an Area from those already Living there.

The City's Population rose from 53 Lakh in 2001 to 87 Lakh in 2011 and at the present rate of Growth, is likely to touch one Crore by 2016.

Unfortunately the amount of Water in the Cauvery hasn't increased by the same Proportions.

It would help if those in charge of Supplying Water to Bengaluru would also care to plug the leaks in Water Supply.

An Estimated 35 percent of Water meant for the City is Wasted in Leakages.

This means of the 1400 mmMillion Litres per day (MLD) that Bengaluru draws, nearly 500 MLD is lost as Leakage, and with 150 MLD allotted to Industries, One Crore Bengalurueans will have to make do with 750 MLD everyday in 2016.

This will work out to 75 Litres per capita per day (LPCD) while the Government of India norm for Metro cities is 150 LPCD.

Clearly there is a huge Mismatch between Demand and Supply of water from the Cauvery.

Bengaluru gets an annual Rainfall of 900 mm. But the use of over 3 lakh Bore Wells in the City to draw Ground Water amounts to almost Three and a half times Water drawn than the amount received to recharge it. Hence, it comes as no Surprise then that most Bore Wells have gone Deeper, even up to 1000 Feet and the ones which aren't as deep have run dry. The Greater Fear is that even this Polluted Water may not be Available after 2018.

And Rainwater Harvesting is merely Symbolic in the Garden City. Out of 18 Lakh Properties, only 44,000 Houses have Rainwater Harvesting Structures.

Most Residential Properties then rely on Water supplied through Tankers, that have emerged as one of the most powerful Lobbies in Bengaluru. It is such a Booming Business, that there have been instances of the Water tanker Mafia using force to prevent Residential Societies from digging Bore Wells to reduce their expenditure on Water Supplied by them.

When Sri  S.M Krishna was Chief Minister, he spoke of making Bengaluru another Singapore. In a sense, his wish has come True Because Bengaluru today,
just like Singapore, uses Sewage Water.

The difference, however, is that while Singapore treats its Sewage and produces what it calls 'New Water', Bengaluru is forced to use Untreated Sewage Water.

In its report in January 2010, the Agenda for Bengaluru Infrastructure and Development (ABIDe) Task Force suggested Rejuvenating the Lakes in the Region, as part a Bengaluru Water 2020 Blueprint. It also asked for focus on Recycling of Water, adding "a specific target should be set for the quantity of Water that can be supplied from Lakes by 2012. The Goal for obtaining 500 MLD from the Integrated Water Management project may be set as the Initial target."

Three years on,
very little of it has translated into action and Bengaluru continues to sit on a ticking Time Bomb without realising it will explode in its Face one day.

"A City dies when its Lakes Die. Today Bengaluru is growing without Realising it is actually Dying," laments Sri Balasubramanian.

Drug ban row continues as Delhi High Court extends stay

Drug ban row continues as Delhi High Court extends stay

Justice RS Endlaw asked the companies to provide a list of the drugs for which they were issued licenses by state licensing authorities (SLAs) and those for which Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) had given them approval.Prabha Raghavan  |  ET Bureau  |  29 March 2016, 12:46 PM IST

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New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Monday yet again extended the stay on the government's ban of brands using certain fixed dose combination (FDC) drugs by one day, and told petitioning companies to separately list drugs for which the central drug regulator had given them approval.

Justice RS Endlaw, while extending the stay on ban of several popular FDC brands, asked the companies to provide a list of the drugs for which were issued licenses by state licensing authorities (SLAs) and those for which Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) had given them approval.

The high court extended the stay last granted on March 21 as it went through nearly 100 petitions. On Monday, Endlaw was in the process of hearing arguments of the government and over 35 pharmaceutical companies.

Petitioners and the government exchanged barbs over legalities of the ban and safety concerns with these combinations.

Counsels of petitioning companies argued that, apart from refusing to involve companies in proper discussions over the safety and efficacy of the FDCs before implementing the ban, the government had also banned FDCs for which they had received DCGI approval.

"There is no reason given why several drugs approved by DCGI have been banned. The expert committee report itself in several cases says that (some of these FDCs) have been approved by the Centre, so (they are) not considering it," said a lawyer representing one of the petitioning companies.

The expert committee report, which the government made public on March 22, also does not show how there is no therapeutic justification for the ingredients involved in these combinations, argued the lawyer.

The government had begun the exercise of weeding out "irrational" FDCs through a public notice calling for companies to submit only SLA licensed FDC products for evaluation, a health ministry official earlier told ET.

Some lawyers representing petitioners argued that the government had also not consulted the Drug Technical Advisory Board (DTAB)the statutory committee provided under the Drugs & Cosmetics Act before banning these FDCs.

According to the government, these arguments are secondary to the issue that these drugs have been found to be unsafe for consumption.

"This ban is not related to any specific licence, manufacturer or brand. This exercise was started pursuant to a report by the parliamentary standing committee," said Sanjay Jain, additional solicitor general (Delhi High Court). "These FDCs are not safe or efficacious for human consumption and there is no justification or rationale for them," he added.

The banned combinations were never given international approval and have enough single drug alternatives that are even manufactured by some of the petitioners, according to Jain. "No patient is going to die without these FDCs because they are independently available," he said.

The companies that petitioned after Pfizer have received a stay order on the basis of parity and not on merit, according to the government.

There will now be a day-to-day hearing for these cases, Jain said. The court will also decide whether there is legal justification of granting the stay on Tuesday, he added.

DNA and its availability in Mantras.

DNA and Mathematics in Sri Rudram & Chamakam:
In the Chamakam, in anuvakas or sections 1 to10, the devotee prays for almost everything needed for human happiness and specifies each item.  But in the 11th anuvaka or 11th section of Chamakam, the devotee prays for the desired things not specifically but in terms of numbers, first in terms of odd numbers from 1 to 33 and later in multiples of 4 from 4 to 48, as follows:

“Eka cha me, thisrascha may, pancha cha may, sapta cha may, Ekadasa cha may, trayodasa cha may ...etc. till   ashtachatvarimshas cha may”
which means:
“Let these be granted to me. One, three, five, seven, nine, eleven, thirteen, seventeen, nineteen, twenty one, twenty three, twenty five, twenty seven, twenty nine, thirty one and thirty three as also four, eight, twelve, sixteen, twenty, twenty four, twenty eight, thirty two, thirty six, forty, forty four and forty eight”.
Traditional scholars and pandits explain the significance of these numbers as follows:
ODD NUMBERS:
1 = Nature or Prakriti
3 = The three gunas, namely sattwa, rajas and tamas
5 = The five mahabhutas, or the five basic elements, that is, prithvi, ap, tejas, vayu and akasha, (earth, water, energy or agni or fire, wind and space).
7 = The five sensory organs and the mind and intellect
9 = The nine openings in the human body, called the navadwaras.
11 = The ten pranas and the Sushumna nadi
13 = Thirteen Devas
15 = The nadis or nerve centres in the human body
17 = The limbs of the human body
19 = Medicinal herbs
21 = Important vulnerable parts of the body
23 = Devas controlling serious diseases
25 = Apsaras in heaven
27 = Gandharvas
29 = Vidyut Devas
31 = Worlds
33 = Devas
MULTIPLES OF FOUR:
4 = The four ideals of human life, namely dharma, artha, kama and moksha,
(righteous way of life, wealth, desire, and salvation)
8 = The four Vedas and the four upavedas
12 = Six vedangas and six shastras.
16 = Knowledge to be obtained from God
20 = The Mahabhutas
24 = The number of letters in the Gayatri mantra.
28 = The number of letters in the Ushnik mantra.
32 = The number of letters in the Anushtup mantra.
36 = The number of letters in the Brihati mantra.
40 = The number of letters in the Pankti mantra.
44 = The number of letters in the Trushtup mantra
48 = The number of letters in the Jagati mantra
   According to Dr Sasidharan, these numbers represent a polymer chain of molecules that form apa or water that enables evolution of life and intelligence, and apa is nothing but the nitrogenous base pairs of the DNA.   The numbers 1 to 33 represent the 33000 base pairs of mitochondrial base pairs of DNA.  The numbers 4 to 48 represent the 48 million nuclear bases of DNA.  The two sets of DNA bases combine to provide sustenance of human wellbeing and onward evolution of human life.  When the devotee prays for the blessing of these numbers, actually he is praying for bestowing on him all these DNA bases which conduce to sustenance of human wellbeing and happiness!   AMAZING BUT TRUE!           
🙏वेदो  रक्षति रक्षितः🙏