<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?><rss version="1.0"><channel><title>Diary of ram chandran</title><link>http://raamjothy.rediffiland.com/</link><description>Diary of ram chandran</description><language>en-us</language><item><title>wat is god???</title><description><![CDATA[<font color="#9acd32> An atheist professor of philosophy speaks to his class on the problem science has with God, The Almighty.<br><BR><BR>He asks one of his new students to stand and.....</font><br><BR>===============================================<BR><font color="#b22222>Prof : So you believe in God?</font><br><BR><BR>Student : Absolutely, sir.<br><BR><BR><font color="#b22222>Prof : Is God good?</font><br><BR><BR>Student : Sure.<br><BR><BR><font color="#b22222>Prof : Is God all-powerful?</font><br><BR><BR>Student : Yes.<br><BR><BR><font color="#b22222>Prof : My brother died of cancer even though he prayed to God to heal him.  Most of us would attempt to help others who are ill. But God didn't. How is  this God good then? Hmm?</font><br><BR><BR>( Student is silent.)<br><BR><BR><font color="#b22222>Prof : You can't answer, can you? Let's start again, young fellow. Is God good?</font><br><BR><BR>Student : Yes.<br><BR><BR><font color="#b22222>Prof : Is Satan good?</font><br><BR><BR>Student : No.<br><BR><BR><font color="#b22222>Prof : Where does Satan come from?</font><br><BR><BR>Student : From...God...<br><BR><BR><font color="#b22222>Prof : That's right. Tell me son, is there evil in this world? </font><br> Student: Yes. <br> <BR><BR><font color="#b22222>Prof : Evil is everywhere, isn't it? And God did make everything. Correct?</font><br>  Student: Yes.<br><BR><BR><font color="#b22222>Prof : So who created evil?</font><br><BR><BR>( Student does not answer.)<br><BR><BR><font color="#b22222>Prof : Is there sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness? ß All these terriblethings exist in the world, don't they?</font><br><BR><BR>Student : Yes, sir.<br><BR><font color="#b22222>Prof : So, who created them?</font><br><BR><BR>( Student has no answer.)<br><BR><BR><font color="#b22222>Prof : Science says you have 5 senses you use to identify and observe the world around you. Tell me, son...Have you ever seen God?</font><br><BR><BR>Student: No, sir.<br><BR><BR><font color="#b22222>Prof : Tell us if you have ever heard your God?</font><br><BR><BR>Student : No, sir.<br><BR><BR><font color="#b22222>Prof : Have you ever felt your God, tasted your God, smelt your God? Have  you ever had any sensory perception of God for that matter?</font><br><BR><BR>Student : No, sir. I'm afraid I haven't.<br><BR><BR><font color="#b22222>Prof : Yet you still believe in Him?</font><br><BR><BR>Student : Yes.  <br><BR><BR><font color="#b22222>Prof : According to empirical, testable, demonstrable protocol, science says your GOD doesn't exist. What do you say to that, son?</font><br><BR><BR>Student : Nothing. I only have my faith.<br><BR><BR><font color="#b22222>Prof : Yes , Faith ! And that is the problem science has.<BR></font><br><BR>===============================================<BR><BR>Student : Professor, is there such a thing as heat?<br><BR><BR><font color="#b22222>Prof : Yes.</font><br><BR><BR>Student : And is there such a thing as cold?<br><BR><BR><font color="#b22222>Prof : Yes.</font><br><BR><BR>Student : No sir. There isn't.<br><BR><BR>(The lecture theatre becomes very quiet with this turn of events.)<br><BR><BR><BR>Student : Sir, you can have lots of heat, even more heat, superheat, mega heat, white heat, a little heat or no heat..<br><BR><BR>But we don't have anything called cold. We can hit 458  degrees below zero which is no heat, but we  can't go any  further after that. There is no such thing as cold. Cold is  only a word we use to describe the absence of heat. We cannot measure cold.  Heat is energy. Cold is not the opposite of heat, sir, just the absence of it.<br><BR><BR>(There is pin-drop silence in the lecture theatre.)<br><BR><BR>Student : What about darkness, Professor? Is there such a thing as darkness?  <br><BR><font color="#b22222>prof: Yes. What is night if there isn't darkness?</font><br><BR><BR>Student : You're wrong again, sir. Darkness is the absence of something. You  can have low light, normal light, bright light, flashing light....But if you have no light constantly, you have nothing and it's called darkness,  isn't  it? In reality, darkness is n't. If it were you would be able to make  darkness darker, wouldn't you?  <br><BR><font color="#b22222>Prof: So what is the point you are making, young man?</font><br><BR><BR>Student : Sir, my point is your philosophical premise is flawed. <br> <font color="#b22222>Prof: Flawed? Can you explain how?</font><br><BR><BR>Student : Sir, you are working on the premise of duality. You argue there is  life and then there is death, a good God and a bad God. You are viewing the  concept of God as something finite, something we can measure. Sir, science  can't even explain a thought. It uses electricity and magnetism, but has  never seen, much less fully understood either one.<br><BR><BR>To view death as the opposite of life is to be ignorant of the fact that death cannot exist as a substantive thing.<br><BR><BR>Death is not the opposite of life: just the absence of it.<br><BR><BR>Now tell me, Professor. Do you teach your students that they evolved from a monkey?<br><BR><BR><font color="#b22222>Prof : If you are referring to the natural evolutionary process, yes, of course, I do.</font><br><BR><BR>Student : Have you ever observed evolution with your own eyes, sir?  (The Professor shakes his head with a smile, beginning to realize where the  argument is going.)<br><BR><BR>Student : Since no one has ever observed the process of evolution at work and cannot even prove that this process is an on-going endeavor, are you not teaching your opinion, sir? Are you not a  scientist but a preacher?<br><BR><BR>(The class is in uproar.)  <br><BR><BR>Student : Is there anyone in the class who has ever seen the Professor's brain?<br><BR><BR>(The class breaks out into laughter.)<br><BR><BR>Student : Is there anyone here who has ever heard the Professor's brain, felt it, touched or smelt it? No one  appears to have done so. So, according to  the established  rules of empirical, stable, demonstrable protocol, science  says that you have no brain, sir.  With all due respect, sir , how do we then trust your lectures, sir?  <br><BR><BR>(The room is silent. The professor stares at the student, his face unfathomable.)  <br><BR><BR><font color="#b22222>Prof : I guess you'll have to take them on faith, son.</font><br><BR><BR>Student : That is it sir... The link between man & god is  FAITH. That is all  that keeps things moving & alive.</font><br><BR><BR> <BR><font color="9370db"><BR>WANT TO KNOW WHO THAT STUDENT WAS ?<BR><BR>NB: I believe you have enjoyed the conversation...and if so...you'll probably want your friends/colleagues to enjoy the same...won't you? So do forward them to increase their knowledge... this is a true story, and the student was none other than: Dr.APJ Abdul Kalam, President of India </font>]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 15 Jul 2007 19:28:55 +0530</pubDate><link>http://raamjothy.rediffiland.com/blogs/2007/07/15/wat-is.html</link></item><item><title>none of her business</title><description><![CDATA[This happens not only in this particular show.<BR> <BR>One day i was watching a tamil channel . the programme was like playing the favorite song of the caller.<BR> <BR>In a call the compeer was asking about her education. The caller replied " No, i am in home after comleting my 10 th standard ". The compeer asked " Why? " , the caller replied with some hesitation " Ya, it happened ". The compeer should have left the topic.<BR> <BR>But she asked " Aen neenga makka ? " ( Sorry for swiching in to Tamil, because i dont know how to translate this question with the same irritating word and the feeling ) , that means are you not intelligent? .<BR> <BR>That is none of her business . The caller might have stopped her education due to various other reasons. She might have got hurt since this will be telecasted all over the globe.<BR> <BR>The caller might have asked her friends, relatives,etc., to view this program.<BR> <BR>Few compeers are really good for nothing .  But due to their external appearance and other factors they are still doing their job in this fashion.<BR>]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 15 Jul 2007 18:56:27 +0530</pubDate><link>http://raamjothy.rediffiland.com/blogs/2007/07/15/none-of-her.html</link></item><item><title>eye health</title><description><![CDATA[<font color="#4682b4"><BR>Take care of your "delicate" eyes. This info' is sure to help PC usersvery much. <br><BR>During a recent visit to an optician, one of my mailing<BR>group friends was told of an exercise for the eyes by a specialist<BR>doctor in the United States that he termed as 20-20-20."<br><BR> <BR>It is apt for all of us, who spend long hours at our desks, looking at the computer screen.<br><BR> <BR>I Thought I'd share it with you. 20-20-20<br></font><BR> <BR> <font color="#9acd32"><BR>Step I :- After every 20 minutes of looking into the computer screen,<BR>turn yourhead and try to look at any object placed at least 20 feet<BR>away. This changes the focal length of your eyes, a must-do for the<BR>tired eyes.<br><BR> <BR>Step II :- Try and blink your eyes for 20 times in succession, to moisten them.<br><BR> <BR>Step III :- Time permitting of course, one should walk 20 paces after<BR>every 20 minutes of sitting in one particular posture. Helps blood<BR>circulation for the entire body.<br></font><BR> <BR> <font color="#ffa500">They say that your eyes r mirror of your soul, so do take care of them, they are priceless... </font><br><img src="http://ri.rediffiland.com/homepimages/home1/953/600cbdd3f28fcfc3a763c7122fc70eee/homep/images/1184507145">]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 15 Jul 2007 18:56:09 +0530</pubDate><link>http://raamjothy.rediffiland.com/blogs/2007/07/15/eye.html</link></item><item><title>Sivaji - The Destroyer</title><description><![CDATA[<b><BR><font color="#F52887"><BR>The Super Stars film with Director Sankar,s combination, the highest expectorated film in India even in abroad also.Really the film fulfill  it.If from hearty say </font> <br><BR><BR><font color="#8B31C7"><BR>Mmm..mmMMmm......Ooooo....MmmMm..... no it's not.<BR></font><br><BR><BR><font color="#F88017"><BR>* The highest  hype  film by media  (national news channels run live sms rating  on who is the real super star Big B / Big R).<BR></font><br><BR><BR><font color="#806517"><BR>* Mr.Sankar waste all the efforts and big huge money all the way.Even never U find a good SCENE, SHOT even a dialogue(usually Rajini's films have great dialogues, may Sankar think dialogueless could be diff ,but surprisingly the film has less in everything).<BR></font><br><BR><font color="#817339"><BR>* May it fulfill the fans in somehow not completely(they saw their star for 3 hours).<BR></font><br><BR><font color="#7F5A58"><BR>* "If ur a film guy u can learn how waste cores  for nothing  in diff  ways".<BR></font><br><BR><font color="#F76541"><BR>* One of the good thing is they show Rajni very young, but in action sequences his age reveals(*when he run/walk )itself sorry.When even they put dube for him in action sequences he is not match with him, its shows in screen.<BR></font><br><BR><font color="#348781"><BR>* And the fighting sequences nothing new  nor interesting (may the crew thing the lights from USA make the difference).<BR></font><br><BR><font color="#6698FF"><BR>* The song r ok not the great one.<BR></font><br><BR><font color="#4AA02C"><BR>* Most Horrible Thing in this film is Scenes with Sreya in first half(Sankar JI how can u think like this ).<BR></font><br><BR><font color="#F778A1"><BR>* And the editing is.......<BR></font><br><BR><font color="#C12869"><BR>* Finally the story line - Make the black money white and serve the people Sankar's default line with full of faults.<BR></font><br><BR><font color="#737CA1"><BR>* A high aimed NRI with full of tension and political pressure in his project , leave the construction sight half way and go for romance - if like this scene u'll love film else....<BR></font><br><BR><font color="#4E387E"><BR>* A dialogue in the movie was rajini says its my 25 years dream and 20 year earnings..so wat is rajins age now..? so funny..<BR></font><br><BR><font color="#342826"><BR>* Sivaji - The Destroyer<BR></font><br><BR><font color="#FDD017"><BR>* Shankar - director with one story line and with a low budget he cant even entertain ordinance for a half an hour <BR></font><br><BR></b><br><img src="http://ri.rediffiland.com/homepimages/home1/953/600cbdd3f28fcfc3a763c7122fc70eee/homep/images/1182406416">]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2007 11:22:25 +0530</pubDate><link>http://raamjothy.rediffiland.com/blogs/2007/06/21/Sivaji-The.html</link></item><item><title>breakup</title><description><![CDATA[<B><BR><FONT color=#800517><BR>It's been 8 months since the breakup, and even though I've been pretty good about not calling her (called her last on her b'day feb month of this year), I'm still reminded of her just about every single day. Whether it's had dinner in saravana bhavan where we had gulab jamun which is the only type of sweet now i take thanks to her, I am reminded every day. My friend told me there's an equation for the mourning period. It basically takes a person half of the duration of the entire relationship to get over someone. According to this theory, it should take me two year to get over her, since we were together for four. Two year is quite a lot of time. I know some guys who've never gotten over their first girlfriends. These guys would take their old girlfriends back even today. So back to my breakup. I want this madness to stop, and it's not like I still really love her, but I don't hate her, and she did the breaking up. The problem is that I believe there's a reason for everything, but with this situation, I cannot begin to think of a possible reason for this, and it's killing me.<BR></B><BR></FONT><BR><br><img src="http://ri.rediffiland.com/homepimages/home1/953/600cbdd3f28fcfc3a763c7122fc70eee/homep/images/1181899017">]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2007 14:56:17 +0530</pubDate><link>http://raamjothy.rediffiland.com/blogs/2007/06/15/breakup.html</link></item><item><title>love and stable</title><description><![CDATA[<b><BR><font color = "	#E4317F"><BR> there is the practical love??. See...this is what always gets to me. There is wild-assed crazy in love and all that entails and then there is steady love that supports me and ensures but its not stable why??  <BR>I am capable of taking care of myself, but it is nice to have a love that checks in. It is nice to have a love that thinks about me above others. It is nice to have a love that calls to make sure I am ok before I go to bed at night, when I'm having a rough day. All of these things are nice. And practical. But are they sustainable?<BR><BR>Is it more of a gamble to invest myself in love that flits in and out and fills me with inspiration, but cannot be counted on for any other purpose? I'm not sure. Steadfastness and stability seems less of a risk, but is it, really? Are there guarantees in any of it? It seems like, in the end, the odds are about even.<BR><BR>Is it selfish for me to want both love and it should be stable? To rely upon the love that is there and true, and eternally flirt with the muse - in whatever form she takes. Perhaps it is true that no one person will ever satisfy me. I run the risk of being alone forever.<BR></b><BR></font><BR><br><img src="http://ri.rediffiland.com/homepimages/home1/953/600cbdd3f28fcfc3a763c7122fc70eee/homep/images/1181899310">]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2007 14:24:01 +0530</pubDate><link>http://raamjothy.rediffiland.com/blogs/2007/06/15/love-and.html</link></item><item><title>most watched movies</title><description><![CDATA[<b>Most-watched in-room movies of 2006</b><BR><BR> <font color="#FBB917"><BR>Hotsheetdavinci According to LodgeNet, the No. 1 provider of video-on-demand to U.S. hotels, The Da Vinci Code was the top in-room film selection in 2006. No surprise there, with popular Tom Hanks starring in the movie version of a smash bestseller.<br><BR><BR>No. 2: The Break-Up, starring funnyman Vince Vaughn and ever-cute Jennifer Aniston. It probably didn't hurt that she endured her own breakup with hubby Brad Pitt and found (alas, only fleeting) respite in the arms of her co-star.<br><BR><BR>Other most-viewed Hollywood movies:<BR><BR>3. Failure to Launch (Matthew McConaughey as a bachelor who doesn't wanna grow up)<br><BR><BR>4. Walk the Line (Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon as Johnny Cash and June Carter)<br><BR><BR>5. The Devil Wears Prada (Meryl Streep as the boss from fashionista Hell)<br><br><img src="http://ri.rediffiland.com/homepimages/home1/953/600cbdd3f28fcfc3a763c7122fc70eee/homep/images/1180971227">]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 04 Jun 2007 20:38:40 +0530</pubDate><link>http://raamjothy.rediffiland.com/blogs/2007/06/04/most-watched.html</link></item><item><title>The Top 25 Movies You've Never Seen</title><description><![CDATA[<font color="#347C17"><BR><BR>Just saw a great list of <BR><a href = "http://movies.go.com/feature?featureid=881399"<BR>target="_blank"><BR><b>The Top 25 Movies You've Never Seen</b> </a><BR>Some of the movies I have seen yet. <BR>For example "Falling Down" is a funny action film with Michael Duglas. <BR>Breakdown is a good movie,too.<br><img src="http://ri.rediffiland.com/homepimages/home1/953/600cbdd3f28fcfc3a763c7122fc70eee/homep/images/1180970304">]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 04 Jun 2007 20:21:31 +0530</pubDate><link>http://raamjothy.rediffiland.com/blogs/2007/06/04/The-Top-25-Movies-You-ve-Never.html</link></item><item><title>fact of life</title><description><![CDATA[<font color="#E4317F"><BR><BR><BR>    * Did you know, that 1 out of 4 Americans has appeared on tv?<br><BR><BR>    * Did you know, 61% of all hits on the internet are on sex-sites?<br><BR><BR>    * Everyday 21 newborn babies will be given to the wrong parents<br><BR><BR>    * The average person swallows 8 spiders in a year<br><BR><BR>    * Cannabis is the most widely abused drug in the world<br><BR><BR>    * The average person laughs 13 times a day<br><BR><BR>    * Elvis was originally blond<br><BR><BR>    * The average age of first intercourse is 15.3 years old<br><BR><BR>    * Eskimoes use refrigerators to keep food from freezing<br><BR><BR>    * 41% of all people take people with curly hair less seriously<br><BR><BR>    * 20% of all females have had at least 1 homosexual experience<br><BR><BR>    * Did you know, that there is no such thing as an anti-wrinkle-creme?<br><BR><BR>    * 22% of the time, a pizza will arrive faster that an ambulance in Great Britain<br><BR><BR>    * 96% of all women have at one time in their life faked an orgasm<br><BR><BR>    * 3 people die every year, testing if a 9 volt battery works on their tongue<br><BR><BR>    * The 'Guinness Book Of Records' holds the record for being the most stolen book in public libraries<br><BR><BR>    * Butterflies taste with their feet<br><BR><BR>    * 5% of the population is gay<br><BR><BR>    * The worlds best known word is 'okay', the second most well-known word is 'Coca-Cola'<br><BR><BR>    * The giraffe can clean its ears with its tongue<br><BR><BR>    * Charles Chaplin once won 3rd prize in a 'Charles Chaplin look-a-like contest'<br><BR><BR>    * In 1995 a Japanese trawler sank because a Russian cargo plane dropped a living cow from 30,000 feet<br><BR><BR>    * Only one book has been printed in more copies than the Bible - the IKEA-catalogue<br><BR><BR>    * 1 cigarette takes away five minutes of a person's life<br><BR><BR>    * In 1950 we were 3 billion people on the earth - today we are 6 billion people<br><BR><BR>    * (6 billion people, 6 billion)<br><BR><BR>    * (time is ticking, ticking, yeah.)<br><BR><BR>    * 'Donald Duck' was banned in Finland, because he doesn't wear pants<br><BR><BR>    * More people die from a champagne cork popping, than from poison spiders<br><BR><BR>    * 21% of all traffic accidents happen because the driver falls asleep<br><BR><BR>    * Did you know that originally a danish guy invented the burglar alarm? - unfortunately it got stolen<br><BR><BR><br><img src="http://ri.rediffiland.com/homepimages/home1/953/600cbdd3f28fcfc3a763c7122fc70eee/homep/images/1180968806">]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 04 Jun 2007 19:51:51 +0530</pubDate><link>http://raamjothy.rediffiland.com/blogs/2007/06/04/fact-of.html</link></item><item><title>Men are better friends</title><description><![CDATA[<b>Men are better friends!</B><BR><BR><BR><font color="#FBB117">Scared Women:<BR>A wife was not at home for a whole<BR>night. So, the very next morning, she<BR>tells her husband that she stayed at her<BR>girlfriend's apartment over night.<BR><BR>The husband calls 10 of her best<BR>girlfriend's and none of them confirm that.<BR><BR>Men:<BR>A husband was not at home for a whole<BR>night. So he tells his wife the very<BR>next morning, that he stayed at his<BR>friend's apartment over night.<BR>So the<BR>wife calls 10 of his best friends: 5 of<BR>them confirm that he stayed at their<BR>apartments that night,<BR>and the other 5 are claiming that he<BR>still is there<BR>with them!<BR><BR>Moral of the story: Men are better friends</font><BR><BR>]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 03 Jun 2007 18:50:30 +0530</pubDate><link>http://raamjothy.rediffiland.com/blogs/2007/06/03/Men-are-better.html</link></item></channel></rss>