Balaji Ramakrishnan

ஜெனரிக் மருந்துகள் பற்றி "சென்னை1 இளைய தலைமுறை" whatsapp குழுவில் ஒருவர் பதிவிட்டிருந்தார். இதைப்பற்றி நான் பலமுறை கேள்விப்பட்டுளேன். ஒருமுறை அலுவலகத்தில் ஒரு தேநீர் இடைவெளியில் நான் எதார்த்தமாக விலைவாசி ஏற்றத்தைப் பற்றி நொந்துகொண்டிருந்தபோது என் நண்பர் ஒருவர் இதைப்பற்றிக் கூறினார். பின்னர் ஏறக்குறைய இதே தகவலை விஜய் தொலைக்காட்சி நடத்திய, அமீர் கான் தொகுத்து வழங்கிய "சத்யமேவ ஜெயதே" நிகழ்ச்சியில் இதை மீண்டும் காண நேர்ந்தது. நான் கண்டது இந்த வீடியோவின் தமிழாக்கத்தை. ஏனோ இப்பொழுது அது கிடைக்கவில்லை. இந்த வீடியோவை 50வது நிமிடத்தில் இருந்து காணுங்கள். அதில் ஒரு சாதாரண மருந்துக் கடையில் சென்று சில மருந்துகளை ஒருவர் வாங்குகிறார், 2000 + ரூபாய் ஆகின்றது. ஒரு ஜெனரிக் மருந்து கடையில் வாங்குகிறார், அது அவருக்கு 300 + ரூபாய்க்கு கிடைக்கிறது. சுமார் நான்கு மடங்குகளுக்கு மேல் குறைவான விலை. பல கார்பரேட் கம்பனிகளில் மருந்து பில்களை reimburse செய்துகொள்ளலாம். அதனால் இதைப்போன்ற ஜெனரிக் மருந்துக்கடைகளை தேடிப்போகும் சந்தர்ப்பம் அமைவதில்லை. அதனால் நானும் விட்டுவிட்டேன். இப்பொழுது

That time when you are in a better position than others, yet your position itself is too bad, is the most cruel of times. Kavitha is no more. Kavitha, Akhila and I are of same age group. We have played together, concerned about each other, close to each other, had healthy competition between each other in studies, very involved in each others' lives, discussed many things together and so on. When we lost Vidhya akka, I was a child. I had not seen her much. It was bad, but not this much worse. I have no idea how Srikanth & family is going to handle this loss. They have a 40+ days old baby. That baby is now motherless. In the impulse, I still feel, if there is a way I could marry a girl willing to adopt a baby and Srikanth's family permitting (I do realize how much important this baby Jagath is to their family) , I would like to bring up the baby. I am such a coward to speak about this. Also it's too early to take that topic. My prayers to Kishore anna &am

Man! This girls kills me. Not only she's beautiful, I feel she's sensible and has almost similar views as mine. Message to America: This girl tears apart America's hypocrisy and exposes its opportunistic nature. Dear Mr. Musharraf: People judge me to be emotional, nationalistic, impulsive, etc. I don't mind. They may even be true. That's fine. That's my way to perceive and express patriotism. I feel Kashmir belongs to India. I have a great respect for Indian army and think that they simply rock. We showed who we are in the Kargil war. This is what she said when Pakistani Ex. PM Musharraf said something that sounded against the facts. The British never left us: How bold to talk about sex that's still a stigma to speak about? Many have the opinion that British has left us an advanced infrastructure like trains, schools, colleges, dams, colleges, etc. Nothing would have happened even if they had not come. India was leading in GDP until 17th c

Lord Shiva is my favorite God too... Oh my God!! I will try to share with you all I know here. I am just expressing my thoughts as it comes. So it is likely to me very haphazardly. Shiva Trilogy: Please do read Shiva Trilogy by Amish Tripathi. That series is too good. I totally loved it. You would love it too. Tamil Shiva: Shaivism flourished in TN for several years. In ancient times, around 1100 AD, a poet and Shiva devotee named  Sekkizhar  wrote poems called  Periya Puranam  about 63 other Shiva devotees aka.  Nayanars . It was a tradition in Tamil Nadu that fellow Shiva devotees were considered important than Lord Shiva himself. The Periya Puranam was instrumental in making  Ramana Maharshi  renounce worldly life and head to the holy  Tiruvannamalai  (Arunachalam). I could recollect one story about one of the 63 devotees called  Meiporul Nayanar  we studied in 7th or 8th standard in school. I will briefly explain the story that moved me into tears. Meiporul Nayana

        I saw this below good video on youtube that spoke about the need to stop searching for passion.         In reality, it is still believed that one has to have passion to succeed in life. I believed it and I was really hard on myself for not having one. It was difficult for me. On one moment something would make make me feel, "Yes, this is it!!! I've found my passion", the next moment the same will start getting boring. I was going through such a rapid cycles of identifying my passion and getting clarity that I was no longer passionate about it.         Lord Sri Krishna, in Bhagavat Gita has said about doing our duties dispassionately when explaining Karma Yoga. In my understanding, it is a highly elevated and mature state where I have understood that the whole world is His play and I am a spark of the same Him . Can I go against myself? If I am the winner as manager who successfully denied hike, I am also a loser as an employee under the manager. On

Dude, How did you come to the conclusion that Lord Ram is imaginary? Ramayana has been told by people for ages. All cultural and folk dramas in deep remote villages in all states, enact various versions of Ramayana. I don't see any reason why you should believe that Lord Ram was mythical. Yes, there is no proof that Lord Ram lived. There is no proof that Jesus lived either. If the excavation had been successful in Babri Masjid, we could have come to know about the truth. Simple logic, Vedas and other scriptures really do exist. How did we know? It was through the oral traditions in Gurukuls and later on recorded in texts. Valmiki Ramayana too had been one of people's favorites that it had been told (kind of oral tradition) and enacted in plays in nook and corners of India and in other parts of the world too. I want believe and will continue to believe that Lord Rama was not a mythical character and I will also continue to believe that Ramayana is not a fi

God Siva! In Tamil Nadu and must be in many other parts of India too (I haven't crossed South India in my life yet, so little unsure), God Siva is worshiped in the form of Linga. In Tamil Nadu, we call IT SIVA LINGAM. Source: File:A depiction of Sivalingam with Peedam.JPG I recently read about the concept behind this "linga" form, though I couldn't recollect the source. In tamil, uru vam = form full (having form). E.g. Man-like deities aru vam = formless. E.g. Asariri, idol less, without any body   aru-uru vam = somewhere between form and formless. "Linga/Lingam" comes in this category. So the concept goes like this: Ideally, if possible, we should conceive God as omnipotent, formless, quality less, etc. But because of our mental limitations (i.e. our inability to conceive the formless, quality less, inconceivable Paramatman / Brahman / Atman as god), we imagine God in the form of man-like deities. The "linga" form

Your conception is not totally false. At the same time, the conceptions also don't map to a majority. //Tamil people don't have much appreciation for the North Indians.// This is only a minority. Tamil people may not be able to speak hindi. Please don't mistake that they didn't learn because of hatred. Hindi is not a compulsory language here. It was only optional. Many students didn't choose it because their parents didn't know Hindi. Parents felt that they would not be able to help if their son/daughter strugles to score in Hindi, whereas they can in the case of Tamil. They also felt that hindi teachers are scarce and going to a Hindi tution would be waste of time because, languages are given less priority when compared to Maths and science subjects. We also hate the enforcement of Hindi and Sanskrit. //Why do Tamil people have names such as Ramanujan, Ramaswami, Krishnan etc// Hinduism thrived here gloriously. We used to know Sanskrit. When the Brit

Spiritually, yes and no. When you enter into a deep sleep mode, it is called shushupthi , dreamless sleep, where you shed your body-mind complex and become totally unconscious. This state is almost like being dead. This is the state of calmness, as calm as the death. But this blissful state of ultimate calmness ceases and we get back to consciousness (mind starts working - starts dreaming) and later we wake up. When we regain our consciousness, we are with the same mind and body. On the other hand, on death, you land into an other body, but with the same mind. Just that you don't realize that you possess the same mind as your previous birth. Scientifically, I don't know. I heard the above one in one of the spiritual lectures by someone. I feel it is true. Source: https://www.quora.com/Is-sleep-equal-to-death/answer/Balaji-Ramakrishnan-4