The 4Star-9Rattan Blog

 Saturday Reading!-In gratitude of the Divine The Creator of the Universe In gratitude of the Divine I did not apply for anything. No one recommended me. Yet, I was gifted this miraculous body Without an interview, without merit; just pure grace. Blood flows ceaselessly from head to toe! Every heartbeat a  silent drum of life. I don’t know what kind of divine technology powers this system, but the heart never tires, never rests until it's time to go. Two eyes, like cameras of a thousand megapixels, Capture the ever-changing beauty of this world colours , lights, emotions; Retina How Much Megapixels Is The Human Eye Roger Clark How Much all etched into memory ! A tongue that performs ten thousand taste tests with precision… Skin, a living sensor, feeling heat, cold, love, pain a miracle of sensitivity! A voice box that expresses thought and emotion* through sounds of infinite variety. And ears that decode every frequency from whispers of the wind to the laughter of loved ones! ...

Saturday Reading!  Good Morning   I mean remain Good up- to 12 O'clock only! Divided by a Common Language — The Indian Edition As Indians schooled in the Queen’s English but raised in the Republic’s reality, we’ve turned the language of Shakespeare into something gloriously, apologetically our own. We bend it, twist it, stretch it and occasionally, reinvent it altogether. The result is Indian English, a tongue so inventive that it confuses the Brit, bewilders the American, and delights us endlessly. Consider our national treasure: the dicky. In India, we load our luggage into the dicky of the car. In America, that’s scandalous—something that might get you reported to HR. In Kerala, we don’t just speak English — we Malayalify it. “Open the light,” we say confidently, and it works just fine. In Tamil Nadu, grammar bends like a Bharatanatyam pose.    “I’m coming, da!” means “I’m going.” “Your good name, please?” is both inquiry and affection. And the word only travels f...

  Quote of the Week!   "The psychology behind Backbiting is social comparison ,insecurity,self esteem,to improve one's social ranking,cognitive biases and jealousy.Consequences of tale bearing amount to omitting grave sin by forgetting Righteousness,resulting in loss of trust damage of reputation, relationships, creates conflict, and harms one's own spiritual well-being.and creating toxic environment.Backbiting extinguishes/stifles one's inner spirit and the life of the soul. Interrupt the gossiper,saying "I don't have an opinion about it,you sound like having an issue with the person". Focus on self-improvement and maintain a positive mindset. Hypocrisy and deceit cloaked in charm a person who pretends kindness while secretly working against someone is more dangerous than an open enemy. Seeing beyond words into intentions and protecting oneself from false allies spying on others." -Tejinder Kamboj                     ...

  Story this Wednesday-A forgotten Hero! 20 bikers refused to leave a dying veteran's hospital room No. 314 of unnamed VA hospital, even when security threatened to arrest them all. Old Jim had been dying alone for three weeks, no visitors, no family, just a forgotten Marine, in a VA hospital bed, counting his last breaths.major battle in which the United States Marine Corps (USMC) and United States Navy (USN) landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima )  was going to die without a single person holding his hand, something extraordinary happened, that had the entire hospital staff in tears. The bikers came from five different states, some riding through the night, others taking time off work they couldn't afford to lose, all because of a promise they'd made, to never let a veteran die alone. "Sir, visiting hours are over," the security guard said for the third time, his hand resting on his radio. "I'm going to have to call the police if you ...