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Saturday, October 9, 2010
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Congratulations Dr.Prema .....Best wishes ......Fw: Fwd: Hi /Bonjour!
Congratulations Dr.Prema .....Best wishes ......
Librarianship is a noble profession
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Hi friends ! I am sure you will be glad to know that I have been honoured with a Gold Medal & a Citation, for Excellence in Research & Teaching of French & Francophone Studies, during the 5th International Conference, which was held in Kullu-Manali recently.Please find some pics in the attachments.
With Best Wishes
Prema
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Date: Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 3:46 PM
Subject: Hi /Bonjour!
To:
Hi friends ! I am sure you will be glad to know that I have been honoured with a Gold Medal & a Citation, for Excellence in Research & Teaching of French & Francophone Studies, during the 5th International Conference, which was held in Kullu-Manali recently.Please find some pics in the attachments.
With Best Wishes
Prema
Friday, October 1, 2010
Hello Vim
| Hi Vim, So nice, some one is asking about my life. Thank you so much. Life is fine as I wished and as i wanted it to be. It is nothing different from what I wished it to be. How about you Vim? I think we must know more about each other., as Librarians. We can share our experiences with regard to our practice of Librarianship. If you would like to know more about me and my writings in LIS, type RAJASHEKHAR DEVARAI will find some information. I have a professional blog... and in this blog about 50 librarians are writing.... if you wish you too can become a member. Let me know if you are interested. Do you maintain a blog as such? Feel free to communicate to me by may mail address as well : lotus5673@yahoo.co.iI I relish your communications. Best wishes and I wait for your response LbnRaj Chief Librarian, Asian School of business Management, India [url=http://indialibrarian-intl.blogspot.com]India Librarian[/url] Netlog communication link : http://en.netlog.com/go/messages/private/threadID=01011096&inbox=1 Librarianship is a noble profession http://indialibrarian-intl.blogspot.com/ 1816gbgv |
thought for the day
Grace and Working with "What is"
"One partner, blind to his own faults will notice, criticize and condemn the very same imperfections in the other. …. If you acknowledge your imperfections and the imperfections of this world, work hard and rise to the challenge to be aware of them and change and evolve accordingly, "then you are a vehicle for the expression of God's dynamic perfection" writes David Aaron in his spiritual work based on his understanding of the Kabbalah, The Secret Life of God. … Working with "What is" means to seek meaning within the absurd, peace within chaos, light within darkness, joy within suffering – without the need to deny the reality of absurdity, chaos, darkness and suffering." Marquerite Theophil ; weave@vsnl.net (Times of India – Speaking Tree, October 1, 2010).
Librarianship is a noble profession
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Wednesday, September 29, 2010
SEVEN HABITS OF HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL LIBRARIANS
| SEVEN HABITS OF HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL LIBRARIANS |
| Habit 1: Proactivity, fanaticism, and downright aggression A popular though unacknowledged (here) website notes that "Vision without action is a dream; action without vision is a nightmare". Are there any other words that ring as true as this? Well, of course, but let's stay on task here. In brief, if you're not going to Do Something About It, just go back to reading the newspaper and drinking coffee. Continuous whining only irritates people. Sure, kicking and screaming aren't going to win you any friends either, but at least you'll get your own way. Eventually. Habit 2: From Librarianship to World Domination - yes, YOU can! Although the cynical may doubt the reality of achieving this goal, any tin-pot world dictator will tell you that it doesn't matter where you start, only where you finish. Of course, they always come to some sort of nasty end and are psychotic sociopaths with no conscience, but they never let these small handicaps interrupt their focus. History has never forgotten those who led military dictatorships, nor brought about senseless war. Habit 3: Prioritization and Delegation - keeping the trivial in some else's in-tray How much of your precious time is consumed with doing what ever the heck you are being paid to do? If you've noticed that you're rushed off your feet whilst the person next to you is cruising through their day, YOU are doing something wrong! If your co-workers claim to also be busy, had you considered the vast untapped human resources that walk into your library every day? Sure, they're not trained for library work, but many will be thrilled to be asked to fix the photocopier, show someone how to set up an email account, download music, scrape gum off chairs, and maybe even do the odd bit of cataloguing. If you don't ask, you'll never know. Habit 4: Believe in yourself "Boy, this is a pretty old one" I can hear you thinking. But hey! Unless you are in fact an imaginary character, why shouldn't you at least suspect that you are a real person. If you manage to convince yourself that you actually exist, then you're well on the way to getting others to agree with you. No longer a faceless servant to the masses, you can rise to a servant with a face! (If you're incredibly ugly, you can skip this one.) Habit 5: Exceptio probat regulam Where would any self-respecting list of anything be if it didn't include at least one Latin phrase plucked from a website that's hopefully been written by someone who knows what they are talking about? After all, that's the very essence of online content, isn't it? So, "the exception proves the rule". For you to become a highly successful librarian, you will have to first let go of the concept that hard work and dedication will help you achieve your ambitions. For proof, look at your colleagues, working away in intense concentration. As they will be doing tomorrow. And the next day. If you want to be the exception, you KNOW what you have to do now. Except you could also become unemployed - it's up to you to weigh the risks against the possible benefits. Habit 6: Synergy, empowerment, paradigms, viability and other jargon Talk the talk of management! It will give you a patina of authority, a voice that should be listened to. Much easier than learning a foreign language, your engagement in the mode of articulation of your corporate ecology will contribute to the implementation of your personal agenda. Besides which, not even the suits themselves understand what they're saying. Don't be intimidated! Habit 7: Imagination, ingenuity, innovation, inspiration, and inventiveness Yes, it's the five "I"s of success. It really should have been seven, as this is the seventh and thus final one of the 7 Habits of Highly Successful Librarians. But seeing how these sounded more suited than "Fabrication, falsehood, fancy, fantasy, fiction, figment, and forgery", it's probably better to go with the 5Is. Suit yourself though - if you haven't got access to a thesaurus, you're really not going to get very far in life or in your career. Let alone your plans for world domination! UNLESS YOU'RE A SERIAL KILLER OR SOMETHING. |
Librarianship is a noble profession
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Monday, September 27, 2010
“Like it or not, if you look at your own mind you will discover it is void and groundless, as insubstantial as empty space” – Padma Sambhava (Sacred Space – Times of India, 27-09-2010)
"Like it or not, if you look at your own mind you will discover it is void and groundless, as insubstantial as empty space" – Padma Sambhava
(Sacred Space – Times of India, 27-09-2010)
Librarianship is a noble profession
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Thursday, September 23, 2010
"Know God and all fetters will fall away". .......Shvetashvatara Upanishad
"Know God and all fetters will fall away.
No longer identifying yourself with the body,
go beyond birth and death. All your desires
will be fulfilled in Him Who is One without
a second. Know Him to be enshrined in
your heart always. Truly there is nothing
more in life to know". - Shvetashvatara Upanishad
Source : Sudhamahi Regunathan, aurovalley@gmail.com
No longer identifying yourself with the body,
go beyond birth and death. All your desires
will be fulfilled in Him Who is One without
a second. Know Him to be enshrined in
your heart always. Truly there is nothing
more in life to know". - Shvetashvatara Upanishad
Source : Sudhamahi Regunathan, aurovalley@gmail.com
Librarianship is a noble profession
http://indialibrarian-intl.blogspot.com/ 1816gbgv
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
• Julia Roberts and Librarians : Julia Robert honoured with Lifetime Achievement award. Julia received the award at the San Sebastian International Film Festival in Spain (Times of India : September 22, 2010).
• Julia Roberts and Librarians : Julia Robert honoured with Lifetime Achievement award. Julia received the award at the San Sebastian International Film Festival in Spain (Times of India : September 22, 2010).
• “Well, perhaps a picture of a middle-aged woman, with her hair up, trying to look at the bottom shelf of books through her bifocals. That would mean standing on one shoulder, weaving her head about to get the titles in focus. Then, right beside that picture, could be the same middle-aged woman, with her hair down (perhaps looking like Julia Roberts will in a few years), helping a student (on a computer), while taking photos of the group for the yearbook. On the other hand, any picture that made librarians look like Julia Roberts or Clive Owen would be beneficial to the admissions offices of schools of librarianship”. Source : http://doug-johnson.squarespace.com/blue-skunk-blog/2009/3/5/how-do-you-draw-a-librarian.html
Librarians continue to be knowledge professionals. Would you like to communicate to the Principal Blogger of India Librarian directly? email to .- lotus5673@yahoo.co.in .- 1816gbgv
• “Well, perhaps a picture of a middle-aged woman, with her hair up, trying to look at the bottom shelf of books through her bifocals. That would mean standing on one shoulder, weaving her head about to get the titles in focus. Then, right beside that picture, could be the same middle-aged woman, with her hair down (perhaps looking like Julia Roberts will in a few years), helping a student (on a computer), while taking photos of the group for the yearbook. On the other hand, any picture that made librarians look like Julia Roberts or Clive Owen would be beneficial to the admissions offices of schools of librarianship”. Source : http://doug-johnson.squarespace.com/blue-skunk-blog/2009/3/5/how-do-you-draw-a-librarian.html
Librarians continue to be knowledge professionals. Would you like to communicate to the Principal Blogger of India Librarian directly? email to .- lotus5673@yahoo.co.in .- 1816gbgv
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
"When faced with difficulties or obstacles, just tide over and get to your serene nature"-Asaram Bapu (Speaking Tree - Times of India Sept 21, 2010
"When faced with difficulties or obstacles, just tide over
and get to your serene nature"
Asaram Bapu
(Speaking Tree - Times of India Sept 21, 2010)
and get to your serene nature"
Asaram Bapu
(Speaking Tree - Times of India Sept 21, 2010)
Librarianship is a noble profession
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Monday, September 20, 2010
Fw: Patience
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"Have patience with all things, but chiefly have
patience with yourself. Do not lose courage
in considering your own imperfections, but instantly
set about remedying them - every day begins
the task anew."
Saint Francis De Sales
(Times of India, Speaking Tree,
September 20, 2010).
patience with yourself. Do not lose courage
in considering your own imperfections, but instantly
set about remedying them - every day begins
the task anew."
Saint Francis De Sales
(Times of India, Speaking Tree,
September 20, 2010).
Librarianship is a noble profession
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Saturday, September 18, 2010
Cast away the evil you have done ........Isaiah
" Cast away the evil you have done and get yourself a new heart and a new spirit......... The work of righteousness shall the peace and the effect of righteousness quietness and confidence for ever. "
Isaiah
Isaiah
Librarianship is a noble profession
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Friday, September 17, 2010
As the mind clears and becomes focussed, we begin to peorm our actions in the outer world skilfully, selflessly and without clinging to their fruits. We become more familiar with the larger, eternal aspect of ourselves that lies unchanged below the turbulence of daily life.-Rajmani Tigunait
"As the mind clears and becomes focused, we begin to perform our actions in the outer world skilfully, selflessly and without clinging to their fruits. We become more familiar with the larger, eternal aspect of ourselves that lies unchanged below the turbulence of daily life".
-Rajmani Tigunait(Times of india - Sacred Space : 17-009-2010)
-Rajmani Tigunait(Times of india - Sacred Space : 17-009-2010)
Librarianship is a noble profession
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Thursday, September 16, 2010
naa chiTTi chEtulu chakkani vraatalu nErvalEdayyO!
Librarians continue to be knowledge professionals. Would you like to communicate to the Principal Blogger of India Librarian directly? email to .- lotus5673@yahoo.co.in .- 1816gbgv
"Every breath we take, every step we make, can be filled with peace, joy and serenity, We need only to be aware, alive in the present moment."
"Every breath we take, every step we make, can be filled with peace, joy and serenity, We need only to be aware, alive in the present moment."
Tich Nhat Hanh (Times of India - Sacred Space : September 16, 2010)
Tich Nhat Hanh (Times of India - Sacred Space : September 16, 2010)
Librarianship is a noble profession
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Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Why we feel that we are alone?...........September 14, 2010
September 14, 2010
"For every one is linked with every one else through the
kinship of the soul - vasudhaiva kutumbakan." -
Acharya Nitya Satyananda (Speaking Tree - TIO Sept 14, 2010).
It is very true .... but we need to remind this this to ourselves
again and again. We either dont know this .... or we keep
forgetting... or we just dont want to know its importance.
And yes we get puzzled .... get isolated .... desperate ....
restless. We keep murmuring i am alone .... no one
cares me. Let us resolve to believe that we all human beings
.... and other beings are interconnected and interwoven in
separably. No one in this world is alone. It is only a
learnt behaviour , it is only a fobia that
we feel at times that we are alone.
"For every one is linked with every one else through the
kinship of the soul - vasudhaiva kutumbakan." -
Acharya Nitya Satyananda (Speaking Tree - TIO Sept 14, 2010).
It is very true .... but we need to remind this this to ourselves
again and again. We either dont know this .... or we keep
forgetting... or we just dont want to know its importance.
And yes we get puzzled .... get isolated .... desperate ....
restless. We keep murmuring i am alone .... no one
cares me. Let us resolve to believe that we all human beings
.... and other beings are interconnected and interwoven in
separably. No one in this world is alone. It is only a
learnt behaviour , it is only a fobia that
we feel at times that we are alone.
Librarianship is a noble profession
http://indialibrarian-intl.blogspot.com/ 1816gbgv
Monday, September 6, 2010
"Inception and the Subconscious"
The write up by Jui Pagedar in Times of India (Speaking Tree - 06-09-2010) titled "Inception and the Subconscious" and is educative and seductive for all those who evince interest in what appears to be more illusionist and imaginary. Yes it is human tendency to believe only those things which one can see, feel and sense easily. But the fact remains ... that we have worlds connected to us in more intimate ways than we think. Yes these other worlds are as real or more real than the lives we have believed and seen. Hats off to Jui Pagedar and Scholars alike for contributing to Speaking Tree. Best wishes.
LbnRaj
ASBM, Bhubaneswar
lotus5673@yahoo.co.in
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LbnRaj
ASBM, Bhubaneswar
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Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Wrestling with God ..... Janina Gomes
Wrestling with God
Source : Janina Gomes.-Speaking Tree, Times of India.-July 07, 2010
Often we find in life, we want one thing and just another happens. …. All the while , the shadow of God hovers and has been hovering over us in all situations both good and bad. …. If we allow the grace of God to flow unimpeded in us, we will find that goodness flows naturally from us, like the river.
LbnRaj responds!!!!! : “Yes … we find that many a times we aim at something and something else happens. After a lapse of time …. We find that happened was also close to our chest. What we never thought as interesting…useful to us becomes the thing we right now adore and like. Ya it is true … we long for certain things in life … it is also true we sooner or later like the things that are given to us…. the things that are with us abundantly. There is no need to learn to like the things that we have … it happens … it just happens. Let us resolve to notice the abundance of things around us for us … which came without asking for. Yes the things we have are abundant … we are indeed rich … every one is rich… but realization of this comes may be late … may be very late.”
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Source : Janina Gomes.-Speaking Tree, Times of India.-July 07, 2010
Often we find in life, we want one thing and just another happens. …. All the while , the shadow of God hovers and has been hovering over us in all situations both good and bad. …. If we allow the grace of God to flow unimpeded in us, we will find that goodness flows naturally from us, like the river.
LbnRaj responds!!!!! : “Yes … we find that many a times we aim at something and something else happens. After a lapse of time …. We find that happened was also close to our chest. What we never thought as interesting…useful to us becomes the thing we right now adore and like. Ya it is true … we long for certain things in life … it is also true we sooner or later like the things that are given to us…. the things that are with us abundantly. There is no need to learn to like the things that we have … it happens … it just happens. Let us resolve to notice the abundance of things around us for us … which came without asking for. Yes the things we have are abundant … we are indeed rich … every one is rich… but realization of this comes may be late … may be very late.”
Librarians continue to be knowledge professionals. Would you like to communicate to the Principal Blogger of India Librarian directly? email to .- lotus5673@yahoo.co.in .- 1816gbgv
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Intelect and Intelligence .....
| Intellect and Intelligence : Swami Parthasarathy says , "Intelligence is buildt by gaining information, knowledge from external agencies, from schools and universities, teachers and textbooks. The intellect is developed through your individual effort by exzercising the faculty of questioning, thinking and reasoning. …….. Those having developed a powerful intellect, woth or without academic distinction, can hold the mind under perfect control and direct action to spell success and peace in life. ….. It is their primary responsibility to strike an equable balance between acquiring intelligence and developing intellect. Only by maintaining this essential equation can governments be run businesses c onducted, professions practiced and famili8es live in peace and prosperity" (Speaking Tree.-Times of India, 22nd July 2010 : Source – Governing Business and Relationships / Swami Parthasarathy)  Librarianship is a noble profession. 1816gbgv |
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Lbn Raj idling on a July Sunday
18-07-2010
LbnRaj idling on a July Sunday:
What inspired Lbn. Raj: (1) A bittersweet comeback/ Indrani Rajkhova Banerjee- Times of India, July 18, 210 (Times Life!) (2) In your darkest moment/ Vinita.Nangia, Times of India-O-zone, 18 July, 2010.
It is but natural by looking at great lives of remarkable people, to realize the uniqueness & importance of ones own ups & downs, highs & lows. How interesting it is now to recollect as to how we stumbled upon our first job or business, how we felt on our first serious failures in our first jobs. The more experienced we became may be more serious issues we faced with. Highs & lows are but spices to our lives. What is life of a person who never changed his tracks, who never saw/ or gone in for the so called change of business or a change of a job or has never opportuned to resign or put ones foot down when one cant go away further in anything, when one succeeds to have something which he/she dreamt for long. It is but quite possible what after one fulfills ones desire/ dreams. One may feel- how worth it was to long for such an ordinary not so great a thing! I realise of late dreaming about some jobs, fortune or companion does not & should not be put to vote in terms of profitability or utility or usefulness. The beauty is in the dream itself, not in the person or the thing dreamt about. Life minus dreams is a life lived worthlessly. It is not necessary that all dreams should get realized. The very fact that one keeps dreaming is a proof of ones liveliness & hope To put it in simple terms the very process of dreaming in unique, special, beautiful and incomparable, incomparable even to the very thing or person dreamt about. The best highs & worst lows in ones life add all variety & spice for a brighter higher high than one had ever imagined. It is impossible to realize the importance of highs if one has never had so called terrible lows. Coming to this very moment in which are conforted at the moment … dwell on that as consciously as possible. Nothing gets erased in life. It is a cumulative process. As we selectively divide to recollect some things out of "n' number of past things we were faced with ….. those things roll open for us from the recycle bin- if at all they were deleted. Nothing in life gets deleted even if you empty your recycle bins as often. It is all present in the cloud, virtually or real life as well. Nothing in life, no decisions in ones life are good or bad… the course of life get shaped as we go along knowingly or unknowingly. What makes us decide a particular way? At the very moment of a decision, at that very spur, our interests, inclinations & likings work & we divide accordingly. It is impossible for the second person to influence the decision of the next person. Decisions are so personal. The level of highs & lows of human adamancy are so strong & innate, that it is humanly impossible to impact. In the heart of the heart, the person who looks like having impacted upon – gets convinced, gets realized to some where some how to align to a particular thing or phenomena or ism. At the surface level ok. We get influenced by people & thoughts around, true. But what gets decided is two personal a thing, at the core. One interesting thing about decisions is…. That it is true & meaningful to the person at that moment only. If you think you agree & disagree simultaneously is absolutely wrong. You agreed one second ago- that was the truth, you disagreed one second later- that was the truth, not both agreeing & disagreeing simultaneously.
I know, I started with my reading of what Indrani's write up & Vinita's thought in Times…….. now hardly I remember what she was talking about. Every one, every writer consciously, unconsciously starts with news stimuli………. internally or externally. I really don't know why a mark…. is necessary to start wring or speaking or gossiping. I am not whether the so called busy successful people even be able to read what I write…… but to certain extent…. I think I am right…..the people like me who happen to stumbled on idle holidays & Sundays will read. Is idling a sin?
Yes, n numbers of writers identify & highlight the darker sides of individuals, Alas! n numbers of writers ignore the finer sides of individuals. Darker & finer sides of personality are to be acknowledged. Can we spot some who never has darker sides, or some one else who never has finer sides? The finest & the darkest sides are present in each & every one. This is the fact. The fact is….. whose finer & darker sides are in the limelight? It is impossible to revert & identify the best & finer sides of people, had there been no one with darker sides. We live in an agreed up social set up- finer sides have acceptance & the darker side sides have no acceptance.
Key words:
Lbn. Raj, Indrani Rajkhova, Vinita Nangia, Ups, Downs, Darker Sides, Finer Sides, O-Zone, Times Life.
I am thankful to Ms. Susri Priyadarsini Padhi-Junior Librarian for providing relevant support information & for efficient DTP work.
Lbn. Raj
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