Happy New Year 2017!

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இன்னுமொரு ஆங்கிலப் புத்தாண்டு

இன்று பிறந்து துளிர்க்கிறது!

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இன்று மறைந்த இவ்வாண்டில்

இதய சுத்தியுடன் இயன்ற வகையில்

இன்னலெவர்க்கும் இழைக்காமல்

இருந்திருந்தால் தொடர்வோம் இதையே!

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உணர்வு வயப்பட்டு மதி மயங்கி

ஊறு எவர்க்கேனும் விளைத்திருந்தால்

உள்ளம் அறிந்ததை உணர்த்தியவுடன்

உற்றவிடருகாய்க் கேட்போம் மன்னிப்பை – உடனே!

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வருமிவ்வாண்டு மானிடர்க்குத் தெளிந்த மனத்தூய்மையையும்

வற்றாத அன்பினை வழங்கும் மனநிலையையும்

வையத்தில் மனிதநேயத்தை வாழ்வாங்கு வாழவைத்தும்

வரலாற்றில் இடம்பெறும் வகையில் அமையட்டும்!

31-12-2016.

P. Rathanaswami.

"He said 4 words. And I said yes"

http://theblackmedia.org/2016/12/29/serena-williams-alexis-ohanian-engaged-reddit/

Vijay, Muniyappan and I were contemporaries of HKRH College in late 60s.

Whereas Vijay moved to St Joseph Trichi, Muniyappan  and I continued there until we came to Jipmer.

There was an English lecturer (tall-dark-handsome) always in white and white neatly pressed clothes and wearing an elegant tie.

He taught us English literature.

He taught us how to speak and write in English.

According to him one doesn't need to say or write any piece of thoughts in complex lengthy sentences. 

No sentence needs more than 3-4 words. 

Here is an example he cited when teaching Tennyson [as much as I can recall now]:

"Ulysses walked straight to Cyclopes. 

Cyclopes stood up. 

They starred into each other’s eyes. 

Seconds passed. 

It felt like time was endless.

No words were spoken. 

What a suspended animation! 

Emotions peaked.

It was intense."

And so on.

A news item I read today on yahoo site brought my old memories our time at HKRH alive.

This is titled: 'Serena Williams announces her engagement'.

Here I quote:

Serena Williams has announced her engagement to Alexis Ohanian, co-founder of Reddit, via, naturally, a Reddit post. On the site’s “/r/isaidyes” forum, Williams wrote:

“I came home. A little late. Someone had a bag packed for me. And a carriage waited. Destination: Rome. To escort me to my very own ‘charming.’ Back to where our stars first collided. And now it was full circle. At the same table we first met by chance. But by choice. Down on knee. He said 4 words. And I said yes.”

To me Serena is not simply an all time great tennis player.

She is exceptionally smart.

Her English is crisp.

Simple but most effective. Her thoughts are clear.

Now Vijay and Muniyaps, can you recall for me the name of our English teacher? He is certainly not Mr. Krishnasamy.

My memory is letting me down.

Love.

Paddu

நாளை வரும் தீபாவளி நாளை வரவேற்போம்!

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வரவேண்டும் தீபாவளி!

வருமது தரவேண்டும் மானிடர்க்கு

வளனுடன் வாழ்விலொளி!

வருகின்றது தீபாவளி!

வருகின்றவது கொணரவேண்டும் மனிதர்க்கு

வற்றாத நலனுடன் நல்வாழ்வுக் களி!

காத்திருப்போம் தீபாவளிக்கு!

கார்மேகம் குறைவிலாது

கனமழை தருமெனு மொளிக்கீற்றுடன்!

வருமிந்தத் தீபாவளி

வாழ்விலுறை ஏற்றத் தாழ்வகற்ற

வைக்கும் தீப்பொறியி னொளியாகட்டும்!

வரவேற்போம் நாளைய தீபாவளியை

வறுமையற்ற உலகையும்

சிறுமையற்ற அறிவையும்

தன்முனைப்பற்ற மாந்தரையும்

தனதன்றிப் பிறர் நலமும்காணும்

தன்னலமற்ற தகையையும்

தரணியில் வாழுமுயிரனைத்தையும்

தன்னுயிரா யோம்பும்

தரமான மனதினையும்

தருகவித் திருநாளெனவிதை

தலைநிமிர்ந்து வரவேற்போம்!

வருகவே தீபாவளி

வந்தனைவர் மனதிலும் நிறைகவே

மறுவற்ற அகவொளியாய்!

               திருவள்ளுவராண்டு 2047, ஐப்பசித் திங்கள் 12.

28-10-2016

 ఇదీ సంగతి a.k.a. A good moral story

Below is the story posted by Virudhunagar Balu followed by a translation by my friend#.  Then my own translation.
- - NageswaraRao

கடுமையாக உழைப்பதை விட திறமையாக உழைக்கக் கற்று கொள்ள வேண்டும்.

ஒரு நாள், நாய் ஒன்று காட்டில் வழி தவறிவிட்டது.

அப்பொழுது அங்கு சிங்கம் ஒன்று பசியோடு அலைவதைப் பார்த்த நாய் ஒரு நிமிடம் பதறி இன்றோடு நம் கதை முடிந்தது என்று எண்ணியது.

அப்பொழுது அங்கு கிடந்த எலும்பு துண்டுகளைப் பார்த்ததும் அருமையான திட்டம் ஒன்றை தீட்டியது.

சிங்கம் வரும் வழியில் திரும்பி உக்கார்ந்து கொண்டு எலும்பு துண்டுகளை சுவைக்க தொடங்கியது.

சுவைத்து கொண்டே சத்தமாக, "சிங்கத்தை கொன்று தின்பது எவ்வளவு சுவையாக உள்ளது, ஆனால் வயிறு நிறையவில்லை.

இன்னொரு சிங்கம் கிடைத்தால், ஆஹா! வயிறு நிறைந்து விடும்" என்று கூறியது.

இதைக் கேட்ட சிங்கம் "அய்யோ..! இந்த நாய் சிங்கத்தை அல்லவா கொன்று தின்கிறது" என்று நினைத்து பயந்து அங்கிருந்து ஓடிப்போனது.

இதையெல்லாம் மரத்தின் மேல் இருந்து குரங்கு ஒன்று பார்த்து கொண்டிருந்தது.

சிங்கத்தை ஏமாற்றிய இந்த நாயை சிங்கத்திடம் போட்டுக் கொடுத்தால், சிங்கத்தின் நடப்பை பெற்று வாழ் நாளெல்லாம் பயம் இல்லாமல் வாழலாம் என்று நினைத்தது.

உடனே சிங்கத்திடம் சென்று, நாய் செய்த தந்திரத்தைப் பற்றி சொன்னது.

அதை கவனித்த நாய் எதோ தப்பு நடக்க போகிறது என்று உணர்ந்தது.

குரங்கு சொன்னதைக் கேட்ட சிங்கம் கோபம் கொண்டு, "இப்பொழுது அந்த நாயை என்ன செய்கிறேன் பார்.

நீ என் முதுகில் ஏறி கொள்" என்று குரங்கை முதுகில் ஏந்திய படி நாய் இருந்த இடத்தை நோக்கி ஓடியது.

இப்போது அந்த நாய் என்ன செய்திருக்கும் என்று உங்களால் கற்பனை செய்ய முடியுமா?

தன்னை நோக்கி சிங்கம் பாய்ந்து வருவதைப் பார்த்த நாய், முன் போலவே திரும்பி உட்கார்ந்து கொண்டு,

"இந்த குரங்கை அனுப்பி ஒரு மணி நேரமாகிவிட்டது.

இன்னும் ஒரு சிங்கத்தைக் கூட ஏமாற்றி அழைத்து வரவில்லையே" என்று உரக்க கூறியது.

இதை கேட்டதும், சிங்கம் குரங்கைத் தூக்கி எறிந்து விட்டு திரும்பிக்கூட பார்க்காமல் ஓடியே விட்டது.

நாம் பணிபுரியும் இடத்தில் பல குரங்குகள் நம்மை சுற்றி இருக்கலாம்,

அவர்களை அடையாளம் காண முயற்சி செய்யுங்கள்.

"கடுமையாக உழைப்பதை விட திறமையாக உழைக்கக் கற்றுக்கொள்ளுங்கள்" Happy Smart working !

 

Learn ulaikkak efficiently than working hard

One day, the dog slipped through the jungle.

On the way back to the bone pieces and started to lick lion ukkarntu. 
Chewing loudly while, "Lion slew beings have much taste, but not the end of the abdomen. If you have another lion, WOW! Vayaru will be filled, "he said. 
He asked the lion," Wow ..! Do not kill the dog eating the Lion, "he was afraid to run away. One monkey was watching all this from the top of the tree. If this dog were to have betrayed the Lion to the lion, the lion thought that we can live without fear, all the while living with the incident. 
Immediately go to the lion, the dog had said about the strategy. Noticed it and realized that the dog is going to happen is some mistake. Angry lion monkey heard, "Now what do you see the dog. You are on my back and climbed to as "monkey-backs carrying the dog, which was towards the running. 
Now that the dog did what would you imagine? Can 
unto itself the lion leaped saw the dog, as before, sit back, and 
" the monkey to an hour late. Even a lion still has not come to pick up cheating, "he said aloud. 
Hearing this, the lion had fled without even looking towards kurankait throw away from the flames. 
We are many monkeys in the work place may be all around us, and try to identify them. "Learn ulaikkak efficiently than working hard."

#"google is my friend".

ఇంతకీ  విరుద్దునగర్ బాలు రాసిన కథ నీతి ఏమంటే 'కష్టపడి కాదు, తెలివిగా పనిచెయ్యాలి' అని.

ఒక అడవిలో నక్క ఒకటి దారితప్పి వెళుతూ ఉంటుంది. దూరంలో ఆకలితోఉన్న సింహం ఒకటి కంటబడింది. ఈరోజుతో నాచావు మూడింది అనుకొని చుట్టూ చూసింది. కింద పడిఉన్న ఎముకలు కనపడగానే ఒక ఉపాయం తట్టింది. సింహం వచ్చేదారిలో వెనక్కితిరిగి కూర్చుని ఎముకలు చీకటం మొదలెట్టింది. చీకుతూ బిగ్గరగా అంటోంది "సింహాన్ని చంపి తింటే ఎంత రుచిగా ఉందో, అయినా కడుపు నిండలేదు". ఇది సింహం విని 'నాయనోయ్ ఈనక్క సింహాన్నా చంపి తింది' అని భయపడి వెనక్కితిరిగి పారిపోయింది.
ఇదంతా చెట్టుమీదున్న కోతి ఒకటి చూస్తూ ఉంది. ఈ సంగతంతా చెప్పి నక్కని పట్టిస్తే సింహం అభిమానాన్ని సంపాదించి ఇకమీదట భయంలేకుండా బతకొచ్చు అనుకొంది. వెంటనే దానిదగ్గరకి పరుగెత్తికెళ్ళి నక్కచేసిన మోసమంతా చెప్పింది. ఇది గమనిస్తున్న నక్క ఏదో ఆపద ముంచుకొస్తున్నదని పసికట్టింది. కోతి చెప్పిందంతావిని సింహం "ఇప్పుడా నక్కనేంచేస్తానో చూడు, నావీపుమీద కూర్చో" అని కోతినెక్కించుకొని నక్క దగ్గరకు వేగంగా బయల్దేరింది.
ఇప్పుడా నక్క ఏంచేసి ఉంటుందో ఊహించగలరా?
తనవేపే పరుగెత్తుకొసుతున్న సింహాన్ని చూసి నక్క ఇందాకటిలాగానే వెనక్కితిరిగి కూర్చుని "ఈ కోతిని పంపి గంటపైగా అయింది, ఇంకా ఒక్క సింహాన్నికూడా మోసంచేసి తీసుకు రాలేదే" అని బిగ్గరగా అంది. ఇది వినగానే సింహం కోతిని విసిరికొట్టి తిరిగిచూడకుండా పారిపోయింది.
మనం పనిచేసే చోట చాలా కోతులుంటాయి. వాటిని కనిపెట్టి ఉండండి. కష్టపడి కాదు, తెలివిగా పనిచెయ్యండి.

 --నాగేస్రావ్

Hi all

I’m pushing the discussion to the next level, perhaps not a good thing, we can stop it here on this topic, It is all mine making. The next phase of discussion, Vijay you wanted more here it is.

Bala, you are right in saying that “We do not know a lot about the functions of so many” therefore…that brings us to an interesting point, this is a slippery slope because there are two sides to this argument, Bala, I know that you didn’t mean it and I know this is not your intention. Let me say the other side of the argument for the sake of others, the bigger question.

Nagini corrected my write up and he is right, “Genes are passed on are those that serve the interest of genes and not necessarily of the organism”.

1^st reference: Selfish DNA flouts rules of inheritance

Gregor Mendel said that a gene is supposed to have a fifty-fifty chance of being passed on to the next generation. Any gene that reaches above 50% is a cheater and is selfish. R2d2 is a “selfish element,” that contains the gene Cwc22 on mouse chromosome 2.  R2d2 inheritance shoots from being 50 percent to 85 percent in 10 generations. The reason is that female mice that carry one copy of the selfish element R2d2 have small litter sizes. R2d2 gets selfish. So what it does is, it makes seven or more copies of that gene on the chromosome, elbows aside the chromosome that doesn’t contain the selfish version of the gene and is preferentially incorporated into eggs. So you end up with all litters having the same size. So what looks like survival of the fittest may actually be a cheater prospering. This is what Nagini was saying if I am correct.

2^nd reference: How the junk DNA hypothesis has changed since 1980.

This is the argument of the author, it goes like this: Some of these newly recognized RNAs come from regions of the genome that had heretofore been deemed "junk DNA," yet no one could answer the obvious question: if "junk," then why still around? It must have a purpose, therefore…this is the slippery slope, the "apparent design" in nature that we see is the product of an intelligent design and simply can’t the product of an undirected process such as natural selection acting on random variations? This is the other side of the argument.

Bala, you didn’t go that far, but I am doing the distance. If it is

Richard Dawkin’s questions are:

Who is the designer?

Will F=ma (Newton’s 2^nd law) will be the same in another universe?  Because biology follows physical laws, here in our earth.

Will evolution follow the same path in another universe?

I’m incompetent to answer those, so I read Bhaja Govindam to keep my sanity.

Chandru Jr

Biochem 71-74 

Pushpa

Q3:  Who coined that name and is there any specific scientific definition for "Selfish genes"? 

My answer: Determining the size of DNA from virus, bacteria and eukaryotes made sense that DNA size increased linearly, with evolution. But, sequencing human genome revealed that the human genome is ~3 billion base pairs and codes for ~20,000 proteins that constitute only 1-2% of the genome. By the way, crab has 10 time more DNA per cell and trees have 100 times more DNA per cell than human. The idea of selfish DNA came in realization of the fact that large proportion of noncoding DNA is present in eukaryotic genomes. In 1980, Leslie Orgel and Francis Crick published a paper in the journal “Nature” titled: Selfish DNA: the ultimate parasite.

The credit goes to Richard Dawkins. You should read two of his books: “The Selfish Gene” and “Blind Watchmaker” and me as a Hindu I have one more “Bhaja Govindam” by Chinmaya to maintain sanity, otherwise you become atheist. Those are the 3 books I have on my bedside bookshelf.

Chandru Jr

Biochem 71-74

உலக இதய நாள் – செப்டெம்பர் 29.

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இதயமே இல்லாமல் இங்குவாழும்

இரும்புமனங்கள் இனியாவது இளகி

இவ்வையமெங்கும் இன்னலற்ற இலக்கடைய

இவ்விதயநாளில் இதையங்கனிந்து இறைஞ்சுவோம்!

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மனவழுத்தமற்ற எளிய வாழ்வைக் கடைப்பிடித்துப்

புகைப்பழக்கம் தவிர்த்துச் சரிவிகித உணவுண்டு

தக்க உடல்வேலைகள் செய்து தகாதக் கொழுப்பைக் கரைத்து

நம் இதயம் காக்க இவ்விதய நாளில் உறுதியேற்போம்!

அறிமுக வாழ்த்து!

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கடலோரம் புதுவை

அலையாடும் கடல்நீர்

நீர்பரப்புக் கண்டு நெஞ்சினில் குளிர்ச்சி

தண்ணீரே குளிர்ச்சியன்றோ யதனால்

தண்ணீர் கண்டாடும் புதுவை யானாலும்

தள்ளாடாத மனமுண்டு பலருக்கிங்கு

சுவரின்றிச் சித்திரமில்லை யதுபோல்

உடல்நலமின்றி உயர் மனமிருந்தென்ன

உடலுரம் கூட்ட வதன் நோய்தணிக்க

உருவான உன்னத மருத்துவக் கல்வி

ஆராய்ச்சி நிருவனம் ஜிப்மர்

உருவாகினரதில் ஒப்புயர்வற்ற அறிஞர்கள்

அறிவியலாளர்கள் ஆழிசூழ் உலகின்

அனைத்துக் கண்டத்தையும் ஆட்கொண்டனரின்று

அவர்தம் ஆக்கங்கள் பகிர அதனூடே

அங்குருவாகும் இளைஞர்களுக்கும் ஊக்கங்கள் ஊட்ட

உருவாகியது ஜிப்மெரியன் யாகூ மின்னஞ்சல்குழு

ஆயினும் அடங்கவில்லையவர் தாகம்

ஆக்கினர் இன்றோர் வலைப்பதிவு (blog)

அதன் பிரம்மா இராவ்காரு

அவர் வழிகாட்ட அனைவர் பங்களிப்போடே

ஆல் போல் தழைக்க விம்முயற்சி

அருகுபோல் வேரூன்றவே இவ்வலைப்பதிவு

அன்றாடம் அதற்கேற்ற நீர்பாய்ச்சி

அது கிளைக்கச் செய்கவே நம் ஜிப்மெரியன்

வலைப்பதிவாளர்கள் வானுயரச் செய்கவே இதை!

The Nuts and Bol...

When Vanaja asked about the blog site, I said I will first set it up and then reply. Here we go.
So, what do I do now?

1. Read the blogs
2. Write a blog or simply blog away!

1. Go to JIPMERians

	JIPMERians A blog for and by JIPMERians.
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2. Some of you have received invites to contribute. Accept the invitation, click on sign in. You may have to sign in (if you already have a gmail or google account) or sign up (for a new account on google).
You will see our blog name, JIPMERians and a pencil icon in orange.

Yes, you click on the orange icon and will get to a blog editor. Write your blog post (and keep saving), when done, click publish button. Until you publish it will stay there as a draft.

Happy bloggings!

A New Beginning

 

Friends,

Savithri's mail earlier, "What abt the fate of our yahoo Grp?Rao Garu?!" made me think, why restrict ourselves to yahoo groups?

Moving to another group is an option, but that will be no different. Another thought came to me where the interactions can be in the form of a group blog.

As you all know, blog is a form of publication (no impact factors here!) of one's thoughts (or rants) on the internet. Group contributions can be had, thus we could have a group blog for jipmerians. There will be no emails but you go to the blog site once in a while (or you may set alerts to let you know when something new is posted) and read, and comment. Main contributors or authors can start a topic and write on it. All others who read the blog may comment or just read and enjoy.

Example topics could be (based on recent mail conversations)

Transitmycin -  pilgrimage to patent

Jasmin and the twin buds

Our days in JIPMER - Late night movies at Safire

45th grand meeting

எதுவும் அழகே

it goes on...

The first thing needed for this is to set up a blog, which is what this is. It is hosted by google and is free. The next step is to have some dedicated contributors or authors or writers. I will add all whoever wants to write, at least once in a while, on topics of general interest, major news, scientific discussions, events, etc. I have invited some that have recently written main threads in our group mails. I will be adding others slowly once things are going smoothly and I get to figure out all the things needed there. If you did not get an invite from me and urgently want to write, please, please write to me at raofront@yahoo.com.
One requirement I understand is you have to have a google account, which many of you may have. If not get one (I have raofront@yahoo.com and got raofront@gmail.com). I do not think you can do without a google account, since blogger is a google service.

Post any comments or thoughts you have on this here. We are always open.