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पढ़ने का शौक मुझे बचपन से ही बहुत था. जो किताब मिल जाय पढ़ डालता था.  कक्षा में जो पढ़ाते वह उसी समय समझ और याद हो जाता तो घर आकर पढाई करने कि कभी ज़रुरत नहीं पड़ी. कहानियों कि किताबों में "चंदामामा" बहुत अच्छी लगती थी. उसमें विक्रम और वेताल कि कहानी सबसे अच्छी लगती थी. आज सुबह समझ में आया कि मैं भी सुबह होने का इंतज़ार करता हूँ और लोगों को एक और मेल भेजने कि तय्यारी करने में लग जाता हूँ, जिस प्रकार हठी विक्रम पेड़ के पास आकर लाश को उठाकर चल देता था.   
एक शेख चिल्ली कि कहानी भी पढ़ी थी कि वह दिन में सपने देखता था. मैं भी आजकल दिन में सपने देखता हूँ कि दर्द निवारण कि पद्धति कैसे घर घर पहुंचे? सच है जहाँ चाह होती है वहां राह अपने आप मिल जाती है. अब दिल्ली दूर नहीं है क्योंकि श्री मदान साहब ने वादा किया है कि वह दिल्ली में हमारा workshop करवाएंगे. अभी नागपुर के एक सेठजी ने भी हमारे काम को आगे बढ़ाने का जिम्मा ले लिया है. रविवार से आज तक दो बार उनके साथ करीब ३०-३० लोगों का उपचार / प्रशिक्षण किया है. आगे बड़े पैमाने पर करने की तयारी चल रही है.
सच है की "अब मोहि भा भरोस हनुमंता बिनु हरी कृपा मिलही नहीं संता; जौं रघुवीर अनुग्रह कीन्हा तो तुम मोहि दरसु हठ
दीना." यह प्रसंग सुन्दरकाण्ड में हनुमान जी का विभीषण जी से मिलने का है. तो अब हमें भी दमदार लोग मिल रहे हैं और जल्दी ही दर्द निवारण का कार्य अपने चरम पर पहुँच जायेगा.
वैसे भी हमें यकीन है कि "लहरों से डरकर नौका पर नहीं होती, कोशिश करने वालों कि कभी हर नहीं होती." और "ख़म ठोंक ठेलता है जब नर पर्वत के जाते पांव उखड, मानव जब जोर लगाता है पत्थर पानी बन जाता है." मुझे आज तक किसी काम के लिए ज्यादा इतनी मेहनत या कोशिश नहीं करनी पड़ी जितने दर्द निवारण के लिए करनी पड़ रही है. लेकिन जो फल मिलने वाला है वह भी तो आज तक मिले फल के मुकाबले बहुत बड़ा होगा. यह फल कोई खाने वाला नहीं होगा. और खाने पर तो वैसे भी प्रतिबन्ध है. आजकल तो हम तीनो समय सिर्फ दलिया ही खाते हैं. यहाँ तक कि बिलासपुर से आते समय सुधीर से भिलाई में स्टेशन पर दलिया ही बुलवाया था. वाकई बड़ा स्वादिस्ट दलिया बना कर भेजा था शिल्पा ने.

From: seturams <suns...@gmail.com>


Do you know?

a human body can bear only upto 45 Del (unit) of pain.

But at the time of giving birth, a woman feels upto 57 Del of Pain.

This is similar to 20 bones getting fractured at a time!!!!

LOVE UR MOM...

God couldn't be everywhere and therefore he made Mothers...

Love You Mom

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THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PERSON ON THIS EARTH…

OUR BEST CRITIC …

YET OUR STRONGEST SUPPORTER…

"MOTHER"


From: Bhushan Tembhekar <bhus...@sunflagsteel.com>

Indian Air force piolts only can do this great feat :.....



 

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MEN...Stick this on the fridge then run!

From: Vishal Mahesh <vishal...@yahoo.com>

Good read for both sexes. Very true even though women won't admit it!!


 
 

.The Man Rules 
At last a guy has taken the time to write this all down

  Finally , the guys' side of the story. 
must admit, it's pretty good.) 
We always hear 
the rules" 
From the female side....

  Now here are the rules from the male side.    


These are our rules! 
Please note.. these are all numbered "1 " 
ON PURPOSE! 
 

1.   Men are NOT mind readers. 
FIRST & FOREMOST RULE)

1. Learn to work the toilet seat. 
You're a big girl. If it's up, put it down. 
We need it up, you need it down. 
You don't hear us complaining about you leaving it down. 

1. Sunday sports, It's like the full moon 
or the changing of the tides. 
Let it be. 

1.. Crying is blackmail. 

1. Ask for what you want. 
Let us be clear on this one: 
Subtle hints do not work! 
Strong hints do not work! 
Obvious hints do not work! 
Just say it! 

1. Yes and No are perfectly acceptable answers to almost every question. 

1. Come to us with a problem only if you want help solving it. That's what we do. 
Sympathy is what your girlfriends are for. 


1. Anything we said 6 months ago is inadmissible in an argument. 
In fact, all comments become Null and void after 7 Days. 


1. If you think you're fat, you probably are. 
Don't ask us. 

1. If something we said can be interpreted two ways and one of the ways makes you sad or angry, we meant the 
  other one 

1. You can either ask us to do something 
Or tell us how you want it done. 
Not both. 
If you already know best how to do it , just do it yourself. 

1. Whenever possible, Please say whatever you have to say during commercials.. 

1. Christopher Columbus did NOT need directions and neither do we. 

1. ALL men see in only 16 colors, like Windows default settings. 
Peach, for example, is a fruit, not 
color. Pumpkin is also a fruit. We have no idea what mauve is. 

1. 
If it itches, it will be scratched. 
We do that. 

1. If we ask what is wrong and you say "nothing," We will act like nothing's wrong. 
We know you are lying, but it is just not worth the hassle.. 

1. If you ask a question you don't want an answer to, Expect an answer you don't want to hear. 

1. When we have to go somewhere, absolutely anything you wear is fine... Really 

1. Don't ask us what we're thinking about unless you are prepared to discuss such topics as Football 
or Hockey. 

1. You have enough clothes. 

1. You have too many shoes. 

1. I am in shape. 
  Round IS a shape! 

1. Thank you for reading this. 
Yes, I know, I have to sleep on the couch tonight; 


But did you know men really don't mind that? It's like camping. 

Pass this to as many men as you can - 
to give them a laugh. 

Pass this to as many women as you can - 
 

 to give them a bigger laugh.



 
 
 
 Travel Photographer of the Year
From: Gulammohammed Jiwani <gjji...@gmail.com>
 

Travel Photographer of the Year 2010 competition: winners' gallery


Overall winner, Travel
                                        Photographer of the Year 2010:
                                        Larry Louie, Canada. Opening of
                                        the temple
                                        door at a small
                                        monastery in the
                                        Tagong grasslands,
                                        Sichuan, China.

Overall winner, Travel Photographer of the Year 2010: Larry Louie, Canada. Opening of the temple door at a small monastery in the Tagong grasslands, Sichuan, China.



This series of images
                                            was taken in the Tibetan
                                            grasslands, which are
                                            now part of the Sichuan
                                            province in China. This
                                            was taken in October
                                            2009, in the first week
                                            that morning services
                                            were allowed to resume.
                                            The local government
                                            had shut down all
                                            monastery activities due
                                            to the unrest in the area.

This series of images was taken in the Tibetan grasslands, which are now part of the Sichuan province in China. This was taken in October 2009, in the first week that morning services were allowed to resume. The local government had shut down all monastery activities due to the unrest in the area.


The Great Mosque of
                                                Djenne, one of the
                                                largest mud buildings in
                                                the world, has always
                                                been a great center for
                                                Islamic learning and
                                                pilgrimages in West
                                                Africa. Although the
                                                current structure dates
                                                back only to 1907, the
                                                first mosque on this
                                                site
                                                was built in the 13th
                                                century.

The Great Mosque of Djenne, one of the largest mud buildings in the world, has always been a great centre for Islamic learning and pilgrimages in West Africa. Although the current structure dates back only to 1907, the first mosque on this site was built in the 13th century.



Winner,
                                                    Encounters
                                                    portfolio: James
                                                    Morgan, UK. Jatmin,
                                                    a member of the
                                                    Bajau Luat and a
                                                    highly
                                                    skilled octopus
                                                    hunter,
                                                    carries a freshly
                                                    speared
                                                    octopus back to his
                                                    boat
                                                    in the waters off
                                                    Sulawesi,
                                                    Indonesia.

Winner, Encounters portfolio: James Morgan, UK. Jatmin, a member of the Bajau Luat and a highly skilled octopus hunter, carries a freshly speared octopus back to his boat in the waters off Sulawesi, Indonesia.



Enal is
                                                        around 6 years
                                                        old. He knows
                                                        this shark
                                                        well - it lives
                                                        in a penned off
                                                        area of ocean
                                                        beneath his
                                                        stilted
                                                        house in Wangi,
                                                        Indonesia. It is
                                                        very rare for
                                                        someone to
                                                        have this kind
                                                        of connection
                                                        with a
                                                        shark.

Enal is around 6 years old. He knows this shark well - it lives in a penned off area of ocean beneath his stilted house in Wangi, Indonesia. It is very rare for someone to have this kind of connection with a shark.


Contemporary
marineconservation
must
                                                          incorporate an
                                                          array of world
                                                          views and
                                                          cultural
                                                          understandings
                                                          of the
                                                          ocean. Here an
                                                          Antiguan
                                                          freediver
                                                          flaunts
                                                          western scuba
                                                          diving
                                                          etiquette to
                                                          pick
                                                          up a stingray
                                                          from the
                                                          floor of the
                                                          Caribbean.

Contemporary marine conservation must incorporate an array of world views and cultural understandings of the ocean. Here an Antiguan freediver flaunts western scuba diving etiquette to pick up a stingray from the floor of the Caribbean.


Judges?
                                                          Special
                                                          Mention,
                                                          Encounters:
                                                          Daisy
                                                          Gilardini,
                                                          Switzerland. I
                                                          was in
                                                          Canada?s
                                                          Wapusk
                                                          National Park
                                                          on a huge
                                                          Tundra
                                                          Buggy. It was
                                                          a really
                                                          moody day,
                                                          cold
                                                          and overcast.
                                                          The bears
                                                          love this kind
                                                          of weather
                                                          conditions and
                                                          seem to
                                                          be much more
                                                          active
                                                          than on bright
                                                          sunny
                                                          days. We
                                                          slowly
                                                          approached
                                                          these two
                                                          young males,
                                                          which
                                                          were totally
                                                          focused on
                                                          sparring.

Judges' Special Mention, Encounters: Daisy Gilardini, Switzerland. I was in Canada's Wapusk National Park on a huge Tundra Buggy. It was a really moody day, cold and overcast. The bears love this kind of weather conditions and seem to be much more active than on bright sunny days. We slowly approached these two young males, which were totally focused on sparring.


Judges?
                                                          Special
                                                          Mention,
                                                          Encounters:
                                                          Poras
                                                          Chaudhary,
                                                          India. A Sadhu
                                                          making his way
                                                          out of the
                                                          cloud of
                                                          colours
                                                          during the
                                                          festival of
                                                          Holi
                                                          in
                                                          Kurukshetra,
                                                          Haryana,
                                                          India. He is
                                                          returning
                                                          after paying
                                                          homage to
                                                          Lord Krishna
                                                          with which
                                                          the festival
                                                          begins.

Judges' Special Mention, Encounters: Poras Chaudhary, India. A Sadhu making his way out of the cloud of colours during the festival of Holi in Kurukshetra, Haryana, India. He is returning after paying homage to Lord Krishna with which the festival begins.



Runner-up,
                                                          Encounters
                                                          portfolio:
                                                          Jordi Cohen
                                                          Colldeforns,
                                                          Spain. Fete
                                                          Gede, the
                                                          Feast of
                                                          the Dead, is a
                                                          time when
                                                          Haiti?s
                                                          Vodouisants
                                                          celebrate the
                                                          ancestral
                                                          dead who walk
                                                          with
                                                          them all their
                                                          lives.

Runner-up, Encounters portfolio: Jordi Cohen Colldeforns, Spain. Fete Gede, the Feast of the Dead, is a time when Haiti's Vodouisants celebrate the ancestral dead who walk with them all their lives.


Best
                                                          Single Image
                                                          in an
                                                          Encounters
                                                          Portfolio:
                                                          Alex Masi,
                                                          Italy. Maryam,
                                                          38, is
                                                          lighting
                                                          the family's
                                                          wood stove
                                                          inside their
                                                          cave while,
                                                          Hamidah, 6,
                                                          and her
                                                          sister
                                                          Fatemah, 12,
                                                          are
                                                          awaiting for
                                                          tea in the
                                                          early hours of
                                                          the
                                                          morning, in
                                                          Bamiyan,
                                                          Afghanistan,
                                                          an area
                                                          mostly
                                                          populated by
                                                          Hazaras.

Best Single Image in an Encounters Portfolio: Alex Masi, Italy. Maryam, 38, is lighting the family's wood stove inside their cave while, Hamidah, 6, and her sister Fatemah, 12, are awaiting for tea in the early hours of the morning, in Bamiyan, Afghanistan, an area mostly populated by Hazaras.



Runner-up,
Amazing
                                                          Places
                                                          portfolio:
                                                          Timothy Allen,
                                                          UK. Pa-aling
                                                          is a
                                                          controversial
                                                          method of
                                                          net fishing
                                                          practiced in
                                                          the
                                                          Philippines
                                                          around
                                                          the islands of
                                                          Cebu and
                                                          Palawan. Last
                                                          year I
                                                          travelled to
                                                          Palawan
                                                          with a BBC
                                                          film crew to
                                                          document this
                                                          incredibly
                                                          dangerous
                                                          practice for
                                                          Human Planet.
                                                          We
                                                          spent a week
                                                          at sea with
                                                          two pa aling
                                                          boats, with
                                                          men diving
                                                          approximately
                                                          three
                                                          times every
                                                          day. Groups
                                                          of men dive to
                                                          the ocean
                                                          floor and set
                                                          up a large
                                                          purse-shaped
                                                          net at the
                                                          side of a
                                                          reef, then
                                                          arrange
                                                          themselves in
                                                          a
                                                          line acting as
                                                          a human
                                                          barrier on the
                                                          other side
                                                          of the reef.
                                                          The men
                                                          then march
                                                          slowly over
                                                          the reef
                                                          towards the
                                                          net
                                                          corralling all
                                                          sea life into
                                                          the jaws of
                                                          the net.

Runner-up, Amazing Places portfolio: Timothy Allen, UK. Pa-aling is a controversial method of net fishing practiced in the Philippines around the islands of Cebu and Palawan. Last year I travelled to Palawan with a BBC film crew to document this incredibly dangerous practice for Human Planet. We spent a week at sea with two pa aling boats, with men diving approximately three times every day. Groups of men dive to the ocean floor and set up a large purse-shaped net at the side of a reef, then arrange themselves in a line acting as a human barrier on the other side of the reef. The men then march slowly over the reef towards the net corralling all sea life into the jaws of the net.



Commended,
Amazing
                                                          Places
                                                          portfolio:
                                                          Luke Duggleby,
                                                          UK. The
                                                          Buddhist
                                                          Temple of
                                                          Wat Phra
                                                          Dhammakaya
                                                          celebrates the
                                                          Buddhist
                                                          holy day of
                                                          Makha
                                                          Bucha with a
                                                          mass
                                                          candlelight
                                                          vigil of
                                                          around 100,000
                                                          monks
                                                          and lay
                                                          people. I set
                                                          the
                                                          camera to f8
                                                          and shot a
                                                          0.6 of a
                                                          second
                                                          exposure time
                                                          being
                                                          careful to
                                                          find a balance
                                                          between
                                                          pulling out
                                                          the
                                                          details of the
                                                          monks and
                                                          not
                                                          over-exposing
                                                          the
                                                          flames of the
                                                          candles.

Commended, Amazing Places portfolio: Luke Duggleby, UK. The Buddhist Temple of Wat Phra Dhammakaya celebrates the Buddhist holy day of Makha Bucha with a mass candlelight vigil of around 100,000 monks and lay people. I set the camera to f8 and shot a 0.6 of a second exposure time being careful to find a balance between pulling out the details of the monks and not over-exposing the flames of the candles.



Winner,
                                                          Best Single
                                                          Image in
                                                          Amazing
                                                          Places: Matjaz
                                                          Krivic,
                                                          Slovenia. The
                                                          photo was shot
                                                          just
                                                          after a sunset
                                                          on the
                                                          roof of a
                                                          palace at
                                                          Shugruf
                                                          village in the
                                                          Haraz
                                                          Mountains of
                                                          Yemen. It is
                                                          an aerial
                                                          view of the
                                                          mist from the
                                                          valley below
                                                          rising
                                                          towards the
                                                          village. The
                                                          light was
                                                          amazing by it
                                                          self - no
                                                          extra lighting
                                                          was used. The
                                                          sun has
                                                          just set (see
                                                          the top right
                                                          corner of the
                                                          image) and
                                                          mist has
                                                          started to
                                                          rise
                                                          from the
                                                          valley below.
                                                          A
                                                          minute after
                                                          the photo
                                                          was taken the
                                                          village
                                                          was in the
                                                          thick cloud.

Winner, Best Single Image in Amazing Places: Matjaz Krivic, Slovenia. The photo was shot just after a sunset on the roof of a palace at Shugruf village in the Haraz Mountains of Yemen. It is an aerial view of the mist from the valley below rising towards the village. The light was amazing by it self - no extra lighting was used. The sun has just set (see the top right corner of the image) and mist has started to rise from the valley below. A minute after the photo was taken the village was in the thick cloud.



Winner,
                                                          Young
                                                          TPOTY age
                                                          15-18,
                                                          ?Big World
                                                          Small
                                                          World ?
                                                          People? and
                                                          winner Young
                                                          Photographers?
                                                          Alliance
                                                          Emerging
                                                          Talent Award:
                                                          Ivar August
                                                          Bull,
                                                          Norway (age
                                                          18). One of my
                                                          classmates
                                                          getting snow
                                                          thrown at him
                                                          in the
                                                          lunch break we
                                                          had on a
                                                          cross-country
                                                          skiing trip.
                                                          The powder was
                                                          so
                                                          tempting that
                                                          I just had
                                                          to shoot some
                                                          photos,
                                                          while they
                                                          where
                                                          playing.

Winner, Young TPOTY age 15-18, and winner Young Photographers' Alliance Emerging Talent Award: Ivar August Bull, Norway (age 18). One of my classmates getting snow thrown at him in the lunch break we had on a cross-country skiing trip. The powder was so tempting that I just had to shoot some photos, while they were playing.


Winner,
                                                          Young
                                                          TPOTY age 14
                                                          and
                                                          under: Chase
                                                          Guttman,
                                                          USA (age 13).
                                                          Atop Lake
                                                          Atitlán in
                                                          Guatemala lies
                                                          a valley
                                                          of waterfalls
                                                          and
                                                          volcanoes
                                                          crawling
                                                          with squealing
                                                          monkeys
                                                          and colourful
                                                          birds. This
                                                          image was
                                                          taken using a
                                                          tripod to
                                                          hoist my
                                                          camera to tree
                                                          level. As
                                                          the birds
                                                          became
                                                          curious, they
                                                          inched
                                                          their way
                                                          towards my
                                                          lens just as
                                                          my self timer
                                                          went off.

Winner, Young TPOTY age 14 and under: Chase Guttman, USA (age 13). Atop Lake Atitlán in Guatemala lies a valley of waterfalls and volcanoes crawling with squealing monkeys and colourful birds. This image was taken using a tripod to hoist my camera to tree level. As the birds became curious, they inched their way towards my lens just as my self timer went off.


Winner,
                                                          New Talent:
                                                          Eric
                                                          Kruszewski,
                                                          USA. The
                                                          United States
                                                          has
                                                          the second
                                                          largest
                                                          population of
                                                          brown
                                                          bears in the
                                                          world, with
                                                          about 95% of
                                                          those
                                                          living in
                                                          Alaska. A
                                                          resident bear
                                                          population
                                                          lives
                                                          throughout
                                                          this
                                                          171,000-acre
                                                          Redoubt
                                                          Bay Critical
                                                          Habitat
                                                          area.

Winner, New Talent: Eric Kruszewski, USA. The United States has the second largest population of brown bears in the world, with about 95% of those living in Alaska. A resident bear population lives throughout this 171,000-acre Redoubt Bay Critical Habitat area.



Runner-up,
                                                          New
                                                          Talent: Kim
                                                          Walker, USA.
                                                          Ura Temple,
                                                          Bumthang
                                                          Valley,
                                                          central
                                                          Bhutan. We
                                                          were invited
                                                          to
                                                          participate in
                                                          a private
                                                          ceremony, and
                                                          asked to
                                                          arrive before
                                                          sunrise. As
                                                          we sat on the
                                                          cold
                                                          wood-planked
                                                          floor in
                                                          our socks and
                                                          winter
                                                          coats, we
                                                          watched the
                                                          young monks
                                                          chant from
                                                          Tibetan texts,
                                                          play
                                                          cymbols,
                                                          horns, and
                                                          drums during a
                                                          Buddhist
                                                          ceremony. One
                                                          by one
                                                          we approached
                                                          the altar
                                                          where the Lama
                                                          bestowed a
                                                          special
                                                          protection
                                                          from
                                                          misfortune
                                                          blessing on
                                                          each of us. As
                                                          we were
                                                          blessed, rays
                                                          from the
                                                          rising sun
                                                          illuminated
                                                          the
                                                          dark temple
                                                          interior.

Runner-up, New Talent: Kim Walker, USA. Ura Temple, Bumthang Valley, central Bhutan. We were invited to participate in a private ceremony, and asked to arrive before sunrise. As we sat on the cold wood-planked floor in our socks and winter coats, we watched the young monks chant from Tibetan texts, play cymbols, horns, and drums during a Buddhist ceremony. One by one we approached the altar where the Lama bestowed a special protection from misfortune blessing on each of us. As we were blessed, rays from the rising sun illuminated the dark temple interior.



Highly
                                                          Commended, New
                                                          Talent: James
                                                          Creswell, UK.
                                                          Trinity
                                                          Peninsula,
                                                          Antarctic
                                                          Peninsula.
                                                          Humpback
                                                          whales breed
                                                          in warm
                                                          tropical
                                                          waters
                                                          but every
                                                          summer large
                                                          numbers of
                                                          whales
                                                          migrate to the
                                                          cold
                                                          nutrient rich
                                                          waters of
                                                          Antarctica to
                                                          feed. This
                                                          whale is
                                                          diving down to
                                                          feed, raising
                                                          its tail
                                                          flukes above
                                                          the water
                                                          to help propel
                                                          it down.
                                                          Lucky tourists
                                                          who are
                                                          travelling to
                                                          Antarctica on
                                                          an
                                                          expedition
                                                          cruise
                                                          observe the
                                                          action.

Highly Commended, New Talent: James Creswell, UK. Trinity Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula. Humpback whales breed in warm tropical waters but every summer large numbers of whales migrate to the cold nutrient rich waters of Antarctica to feed. This whale is diving down to feed, raising its tail flukes above the water to help propel it down. Lucky tourists who are travelling to Antarctica on an expedition cruise observe the action.



Winner,
                                                          First Shot -
                                                          Festival of
                                                          Colour. I was
                                                          staying at an
                                                          ashram in
                                                          Rishikesh,
                                                          India, and
                                                          like all days
                                                          of my trip to
                                                          India I rose
                                                          early to
                                                          explore. When
                                                          I tried to
                                                          leave the
                                                          ashram, I
                                                          found the
                                                          gates locked;
                                                          I
                                                          was stuck
                                                          inside for the
                                                          best hour of
                                                          light. I
                                                          discovered a
                                                          little-used
                                                          passageway
                                                          leading to
                                                          the roof and
                                                          after
                                                          locating the
                                                          man setting
                                                          up his bicycle
                                                          of flowers
                                                          (offerings for
                                                          sale to the
                                                          devote
                                                          Hindus), I
                                                          waited
                                                          for the right
                                                          moment. When I
                                                          saw
                                                          the sadhu
                                                          coming down
                                                          the street
                                                          with his
                                                          hurried and
                                                          powerful
                                                          stride, I knew
                                                          I had the
                                                          perfect
                                                          marriage of
                                                          color, form,
                                                          and
                                                          gesture.

Winner, First Shot - Festival of Colour. Brian Powell, USA. I was staying at an ashram in Rishikesh, India, and like all days of my trip to India I rose early to explore. When I tried to leave the ashram, I found the gates locked; I was stuck inside for the best hour of light. I discovered a little-used passageway leading to the roof and after locating the man setting up his bicycle of flowers (offerings for sale to the devote Hindus), I waited for the right moment. When I saw the sadhu coming down the street with his hurried and powerful stride, I knew I had the perfect marriage of color, form, and gesture.



Highly
                                                          Commended,
                                                          One Shot -
                                                          Adventures:
                                                          Timothy Allen,
                                                          UK. There is
                                                          definitely no
                                                          easy way to
                                                          get to the
                                                          centre of
                                                          Papua New
                                                          Guinea from
                                                          the UK. At
                                                          the last count
                                                          my
                                                          journey
                                                          involved 4
                                                          planes and
                                                          just over 30
                                                          hours of
                                                          flying. This
                                                          photo sums up
                                                          perfectly
                                                          how my mind
                                                          and body
                                                          felt.
                                                          PNG is an
                                                          incredible
                                                          place. I was
                                                          shooting
                                                          there for the
                                                          BBC?s
                                                          landmark
                                                          documentary
                                                          ?Human
                                                          Planet?.
                                                          However? mix
                                                          it up
                                                          with a healthy
                                                          dose of jet
                                                          lag and it?s
                                                          an incredibly
                                                          surreal place.
                                                          I randomly
                                                          met these guys
                                                          in the
                                                          forest near a
                                                          local
                                                          singsing.

Highly Commended, One Shot - Adventures: Timothy Allen, UK. There is definitely no easy way to get to the centre of Papua New Guinea from the UK. At the last count my journey involved 4 planes and just over 30 hours of flying. This photo sums up perfectly how my mind and body felt. I randomly met these guys in the forest near a local singsing.




 Honorable Member of Parliament

From: Vishal Mahesh <vishal...@yahoo.com>

 

A young  boy from Pune goes off to college.  Half way through the semester, having foolishly squandered all his money ... he calls home.

 

"Father," he says, "You won't believe what modern education is developing!

 

They actually have a program here in Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIMA) that will teach our dog, Moti, how to talk!"

"That's amazing," his father says. "How do I get Moti in that program?"

"Just send him down here with Rs. 1,00,000" the young  boy says "and I'll get him in the course."
So, his father sends the dog and Rs. 1,00,000.

About two-thirds of the way through the semester, the money again runs out.  The boy calls home.

"So how's Moti doing son?" his father asks. 
"Awesome father, he's talking up a storm," he says, "but you just won't believe this – they've had such good results they have started to teach the animals how to 
read!"

"Read!?" says his father, "No kidding! How do we get Moti in that program?"
"Just send Rs.2,00,000, I'll get him in the class."

The money promptly arrives – But, our hero has a problem...

At the end of the year, his father will find out the dog can neither talk, nor read. So he shoots the dog.

When he arrives home at the end of the year, his father is all excited.


"Where's Moti?  I just can't wait to see him read something and talk!"

 

"Father," the boy says, "I have some grim news. Yesterday morning, just before we left to drive home, Moti was in the living room, kicked back in the recliner, reading The Economic Times, like he usually does".


"Then Moti turned to me and asked:-  So, is your father still fooling around with that little pretty woman who lives down the street?"

The father became pale as an igloo and exclaimed:  "I hope you shot that son of a bitch before he talks to your Mother!"


"I sure did, Pita ji!"


"That's my boy!"

The kid now serves in 
New Delhi as a Member of Parliament.

 

I Am Joe’s Intestine

By J.D. Ratcliff

Yes, I do complain on occasion. And why not? Joe eats and eats (oh, what he eats!)— and I do all the work

 

I am the ugly duckling of Joe’s anatomy.* Other organs behave with quiet modesty. Not me. Constantly I remind Joe of my existence: with embarrassing rumbles, crampy pain, overactivity at one time, underactivity at another. I am Joe’s 26-foot-long intestinal tract.

          Joe thinks of me, vaguely, as a coiled tube looping through his body. I am far more than that. I expect I could be best described as an elaborate food-processing plant. Joe assumes he feeds me. Actually, I feed him. Most of the food he eats would be as deadly as rattlesnakes venom if it got into his bloodsteam. I make it acceptable, changing it into normal components of his bloodsteam— food for his trillions of cells, energy for his muscles. I convert the crisp fat in Joe’s breakfast bacon into fatty acids and glycerol. I turn the protein in his dinner lamb chop into amino acids. I change the carbohydrate in his mashed potatoes into sugary glucose. Without my chemical wizardry, even though he gorged himself, Joe would starve to death.

          Except for cellulose— nut husks, celery strings and such— I digest virtually everything Joe eats and then pass it on into his blood or lymph system. My final waste is composed half of countless millions of dead bacteria, and half of the lubricating mucus I have secreted along the way, together with odds and ends that I could not absorb.

          My architecture is uniquely suited for the tasks of digestion. First comes my small intestine, which consists of a ten-inch duodenum, adjacent to the stomach; then eight feet of jejunum, about 1.5 inches in diameter; then 12 feet of slightly smaller ileum. Next comes my big guy— five feet of large intestine. To a great degree my upper portion is free of microbes— strong stomach acids kill most of them off. But my lower portion contains a veritable microbe zoo— upward of 50 varieties with a total population in the trillions.

          Digestion, of course, starts in Joe’s mouth and stomach. The mouth grinds, the stomach churns; eventually, food is squirted into me through a gatekeeper valve. I may get a glass of water ten minutes after it is drunk, but a pork chop may not come along for four hours. The food the stomach delivers to me is highly acid. If I got too much at a time the acid would damage my lining, and stop activity of my all-important digestive enzymes.

          I take care of the acid rather neatly. My duodenum produces a substance called secretin, which empties into Joe’s bloodstream. This prods his pancreas into instant secretion of its alkaline digestive juice. This juice— about a quart a day— pours into my duodenum, neutralizing acids. Let this process fail, and Joe is apt to get what he calls a “stomach” ulcer. (Actually, nearly 75 percent of ulcers of this type occur in my duodenum.) The pancreatic juice also contains three main enzymes which tear proteins, fats and carbohydrates apart into basic building blocks.

          Other fluids constantly pour into me from a number of sources: two daily quarts of saliva, three quarts of gastric juice from the stomach, bile from the liver (which breaks big fat globules into minute ones the pancreatic enzymes can process), and more than two quarts of intestinal juice from innumerable glands. That’s roughly two glands of fluid!

          To the naked eye, the interior of my three small-bore sections has a velvety look. A microscope, however, reveals intricate cavities and projections. In fact, if my interior were smooth it would present only about six square feet of absorptive surface. Instead, it presents about 90. Perhaps my most important components are my millions of villi— microscopic fingerlike projections on my walls. Their job is to take processed food from my contents and put it into circulation throughout Joe’s body— proteins and carbohydrates via his bloodstream, fats via his lymphatic system.

          My entire length is lined with intricate sets of muscles. One group produced a swaying motion (I am only loosely attached to the abdominal wall) which churns together food and digestive juices. When I am working, there are 10 to 15 of these swaying motions a minute. Another set of muscles produces a wavelike action; the waves push my contents along a few inches, then die out. My 20-odd feet of small gut are never at complete rest.

          It takes my small gut three to eight hours to process a meal. Then I pass the watery gruel that is left along to the big intestine. It extracts the water and passes it back to the blood. This is vital. If Joe lost the two gallons of fluid in a day’s production of digestive juices, he would become a dried mummy in a very short time. Once water is extracted, a semi-solid waste remains, which I store in the part of my colon nearest my rectum.

          Normally, the water-extraction process is a leisurely one, requiring 12 to 24 hours. Many things— nervous tension, drugs, intruding bacteria— can speed it up. Then Joe has diarrhea. Other things— including worry and bad diet— tend to bring activity to a near halt. Then joe has constipation. Of the two, diarrhea is more serious, because it can lead to severe dehydration. Whenever Joe has diarrhea, he should drink large amounts of water.

          Though I cause Joe a wide variety of miseries, most of them, fortunately, are minor. Those embarrassing rumbles that Joe hears from time to time? They’re simply bubbles of gas passing though one of my loops. Mostly this is air Joe has swallowed. But I also manufacture my own gases— mainly methane and hydrogen. Most of this gas— a little over a quart a day— I pass to the outside. When I become bloated with gas, I respond with crampy abdominal pain.

          As much as any other organ in the body, I am subject to Joe’s moods. Strong emotions can bring my rhythmic motions to a standstill. That’s why Joe loses interest in food when angry. As far as I am concerned, it would be best for him not to eat at all until he calms down.

          Like most people his age, Joe has diverticulosis— although he is unaware of it. What happens is that my walls weaken and small (raisin to grape-size) enlargements bubble out. The bubbles are no particular worry unless they become infected. This is diverticulitis (the itis ending means inflammation). Though rare, it can be serious indeed.

          Enteritis is an inflammation of my lining brought on by a whole array of things: viruses, bacteria, chemicals. Symptoms are cramps, nausea, diarrhea. Joe has had enteritis many times and calls it “intestinal flu.” There is no such specific disease. Generally, the inflammation subsides after a day or so of rest and a bland diet.

          Ulcerative colitis— ulcers in the lining of my big gut— is another of my many ills. I don’t know what causes it. If the attack is minor, with a doctor’s help I can heal myself. It it’s massive, the ulcer can eat through the walls of my colon to cause hemorrhage. This has never happened to Joe; if it does, he is in for serious surgery.

          Like most people, Joe considers himself an expert in treating his occasional bouts of constipation. Usually, I’d be better off left alone. He should remember that I am a moody organ. If I sulk for a few days, no harm is done. Joe may have an unpleasant sense of fullness, but my wastes will not poison his system.

          Now that I am middle-aged— like Joe— I am no longer the efficient food handler I used to be. Once he could eat almost anything without protest from me. No longer. But even at this stage I’m not asking him to become a diet nut.

          However, we would get along better if Joe would only follow a few common-sense rules. He should be cautious, for example, about foods that produce gassy distress— onions, cabbage, beans, and such— and should avoid heavy, fatty meals. He should eat plenty of fruits, leafy vegetables and coarse cereals, because these “bulky” foods stimulate and help me. He should drink more water. Perhaps more than anything else, he should try to avoid those stressful situations that play havoc with me.

          This is asking a lot, I know. But it is my price for operating with a minimum amount of complaint.

         

          *Joe, 47, is a typical American man. A number of his other organs have told their stories in previous issues of The Reader’s Digest.

            This article is based largely on interview with Dr. William D. Davis, Jr., head of the departments of internal medicine and gastroenterology at New Orleans’ Ochsner Clinic and professor of clinical medicine at the Tulane University Medical Center.

Ratcliff, J.D. “I Am Joe’s Intestine.” Reader’s Digest. 99. 592. (1971): 75-78.

August 1971


 


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