മഴനൂലുകള്‍ ‍/ Mazhanoolukal

In 2004, when I was working as Scientist at Indian Institute of Technology, NewDelhi, my friend and couple of his friends came to Delhi for attending the Interview for Scientist B at Recruitment and Assesment Centre (RAC), Defence Research Develoment Organization (DRDO). They came by Kerala Express and I picked them from Hazred Nizamudeen Station to my appartment at IIT Campus. The next day morning I droped all at RACE centre which is 2 hours journey by bus from House Khas. After the interview they rented a taxi for local sight-seeing.

The driver was an old Sardar, and boys being boys, my friend and his buddys began cracking Sardarji jokes, just to instigate the old man. But to their surprise, the fellow remained unperturbed. At the end of the sight-seeing, they paid up the hire-charges. The Sardar returned the change. Moreover, he gave each one of them one rupee extra and said, (in Hindi, of course),''Son, since morning you have been telling Sardarji jokes. I listened to them all and let me tell you, some of them were in a very bad taste. Still, I don't mind coz I know that you are young blood and are yet to see the world. But I have just one request. Here I am giving you one rupee each. Give it to the first Sardar beggar that you come across in this city."My friend continued," That one rupee coin is still with me. I couldn't find a single Sardar begging on the streets of Delhi .

"Friends, we all love sardar jokes. But the fact of matter is that Sikhs are one of the most prosperous and diversified communities in the world. The secret behind their universal success, according to me, is their willingness to do any job with utmost dedication. A Sardar will drive a truck or set up a roadside garage or a dhaba, but he will never beg on the streets.

My Canon PowerShot A710 IS camera arrived today. As a medium budget digital camara Cannon Powershot A710 IS is the best. I used major branded camaras like Nikon, Kodak, Olympus and Samsung, but this A710 IS have lots of special features and is so user friendly. As compared to those mentioned camaras A710 IS is little costlier but it produce high quality stills and videos. The above camras gave video clips in MOV or DAT file format which can't be edit or compile the video with normal video editors. Normally in all work stations the Windows video maker is for video editing it will not decoded MOV or DAT files. To know on price and specification of A710 IS click here

The PowerShot A710 IS (USD 399) has landed at the top of Canon's A-series lineup. On the strength of superlative cameras like the 10-megapixel Powershot A640 and the image stabilized A710, Canon managed to sell over 6.1 million cameras in 2006, capturing 20% of the digital camera market and catapulting them to the number one spot over competitors like Nikon and Kodak. For more details click here

The Canon PowerShot A710 IS couples a 7 megapixel CCD imager sensor with an image stabilized 6x optical zoom lens that offers a 35mm-equivalent focal range of 35 to 210mm- a moderate wide angle to a useful telephoto. With a total range of 6x optical zoom, this is quite a bit more than most compact cameras offer, and the inclusion of a stabilizer should help ensure photos aren't blurred from camera shake at the telephoto end of the zoom. Maximum apertures vary from f/2.8 to f/4.8 across the zoom range. The A710's sensor yields an ISO range equivalent to 80 to 800, while shutter speeds from 1/2000 to 15 seconds are possible. See the video, what the magic can do with Canon Poweshot A710 IS.

Some of the noted features of A710 IS are. See the what is A710 IS.

1. There are captions that appear when an icon is highlighted to remind the user of its function
2. The hardware design is simple and easy to use
3. The software design is simple and easy to use
4. It takes wonderful pictures indoors without flash

The A710 is based on the A700 (surprise surprise), with its two big new features being optical image stabilization and a higher resolution sensor. Other features on the camera include a 2.5" LCD display, full manual controls, support for conversion lenses, and a VGA movie mode.
Specification and Price of the Camara

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I am very happy to post this blog. Its a really one of the happiest day in my life because its the 100th day I met my dear most. I never thought to get a wonderful one like this in my life. Now daily morning I am getting a call and talking for long with out any boundaries. Now my life is happiest with that sweet voice coming from God's own country and every night I am waiting for the first rays of the sun. Once I hate sunrise because I love sleeping verymuch. Since last 100 days, I never feel lonlees and insecuirty and even not feeling I am far from my Kerala now. Here its too cold arround -5 degree but I am getting warm with the sweet voice crossing the Indian Ocean. I loved to get the Ponnoodakuzhal (Flute) of Krishna, and begged to him always. He is so kind and gave it as the form of his sweet voice of Muraleegaanam (The music from the flute). Oh thank you my dear Krishna its the best Prasad and treasure you offered to me ever......

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AIDS has killed more than 25 million people, with an estimated 38.6 million people living with HIV, making it one of the most destructive epidemics in recorded history. Now AIDS is concentrated in teh Sub- Sharan Africa with about 60% of peoples living with AIDS and statistically4 400 peoples die everyday of AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa.