Low in Zinc will make You Sink! (Post No.6036)

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Date: 5 February  2019


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Post No. 6036
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Zinc, the metallic element, has two important roles in human bodies.

If you are low in zinc you develop high blood pressure
If you are low in zinc, you’ll have low sperm count.

Recently The American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology, has published a research report which confirmed the link between high blood pressure and zinc. I give below some interesting information about zinc in bullet points:-


Ananda Prasad is a well- known name in the field of zinc research. The importance of zinc for certain enzymes was recognised in the last fifty years. Ananda Prasad who carried out zinc deficiency audits on animals, later confronted with the same symptoms of stunted growth and retarded sexual development in humans. Prasad became the leading world authority on human zinc deficiency, finding many cases in Egypt where the soil is lacking in this nutrient. He showed that supplementing the diet with zinc sulfate could effect a cure .

It is an essential element for humans and animals . Zinc concentrations are greatest in eyes, prostate, liver and muscles. Surplus zinc is stored in bones and spleen but it is not released from these to make up for a dietary lack.

Semen is particularly rich in zinc, and there is evidence that lack of zinc is responsible for the low sperm counts in men. ((posted by swamiindology.blogspot.com AND tamilandvedas.com))


Plants rich in zinc are wheat, sweet corn, and lettuce. Fruits have less zinc. Red meats provide zinc for non- vegetarians. Vegans can have it from sun flower seeds and pumpkin seeds.

Chemical properties
Symbol – Zn
Atomic number 30 
Boiling point 907 degree C
Melting point 420 degree C

Zinc is a bluish white metal. There are five zinc isotopes


Economic element
The main zinc mining areas are Canada , USA, Australia Russia and Peru.
The dominant ore is zinc blende, also known as sphalerite.
More than 50%of zinc metal goes into galvanising steel which is used for car bodies , fencing, motorway guarding rails, suspension bridges, heat exchangers and roofing tracks. The metal is used in alloys and batteries. The main zinc alloy is brass. Brass is used in different ways. Oxide of zinc is used in rubber industry, pigments etc.


Medical use
Zinc sulfate is used as emetic.
Zinc chloride as anti- septic 
Zinc oxide as an astringent
Zinc stearate as ointment
Calamine which is a mixture of zinc and iron oxides, as lotion
Zinc oxide is used as sun blocker to prevent skin cancer 

Who discovered it?
German chemist Andreas Maggraff has been credited with the discovery, actually he identified it as an element.

Strabo, Pliny the elder, Marco Polo and others have mentioned the use of zinc compounds. That meansmen have been using it for over 200o years. In Rajasthan in India, more than a million tonnes of zinc were produced between 12th and 16th centuries. ((posted by swamiindology.blogspot.com AND tamilandvedas.com))


Essential for human beings:-
There are more than 200 kinds of zinc containing enzymes and transcription factors which help us to maintain good health. They regulate growth, development, longevity and fertility.
The average man takes around 10 milligrams and woman 8 milligrams of zinc every day. Pregnant women lactate 850 cubic centimetres of breast milk every day containing the 2 milligrams of zinc that her baby needs.
In countries where the soil has less zinc, supplements are added in food In cereals and grains there is phytic acid which converts zinc into zinc phytate and the body cannot use it . So, in countries like Mexico Indonesia and Peru food items are fortified with zinc. In western countries zinc supplements are available over the counter. But any medicine should be taken only after consulting the medical personnel.

Mandatory in Paris  Rolled zinc sheets have been used in roofing. In Paris it was made mandatory in 1860s when the city underwent a transformation, which resulted in the attractive city roofscape that became famous and inspired many paintings.
Even in Roman Pompeii, destroyed when Mount Vesuvius erupted in CE 79,a zinc capped fountain has been discovered, showing that zinc has been a weather proof material of long standing.

American discovery
Fruits and nut bearing trees in the western states of America were afflicted by disease in the 19th century. Curiously some trees responded to the application of a copper solution while others did not. Later it was discovered that the trees responded to the zinc and not copper. The zinc came from the galvanised buckets in which the copper solution was prepared.


–subham–

இரத்த அழுத்தமும் துத்தநாகமும் (Post No.6035)

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Date: 5 February  2019


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Post No. 6035
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—-subham—-

இஸ்லாமியர்களை விரட்டி அடித்த ஹிந்து மன்னர்கள்! – 11 (Post No.6034)

Written by S Nagarajan


Date: 5 February 2019


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Post No. 6034

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பாரத சரித்திரம்

ஒரு விஷயத்தை நாம் சற்று யோசிக்க வேண்டும். எப்போதுமே எதிரிகள் நம்மை மட்டம் தட்டி தமக்குச் சாதகமாகவே அனைத்தையும் அமைத்துக் கொள்வார்கள். அவர்களை இனம் காண்பதும் அவர்கள் நோக்கத்தை அறிவதும் மிகவும் எளிதானது. ஆனால் கூட இருந்தே குழி பறிக்கும் ஐந்தாம் படை துரோகிகளை இனம் காண்பது எளிதல்ல; சிறிதளவாவது சேதம் ஏற்பட்ட பின்னரே அவர்களை இனம் கண்டு திடுக்கிட முடிகிறது. நமது இந்தியப் பண்பாட்டுக்கு போதுமான சேதம் ஏற்பட்டு விட்டது. ஹிந்து மதத்திலிருந்து கணிசமான ஹிந்துக்கள் பணம்,பதவி, பெண், மண், பயம் காட்டல்,உயிரை எடுப்போம் என அச்சுறுத்தல்  என்பன போன்ற அனைத்து விதத்தாலும் ஆசை காட்டப்பட்டு அல்லது பயப்படுத்தப்பட்டு  மதம் மாற்றப்பட்டு விட்டனர். இது வரை நாம் இழந்த இழப்பு ஏராளம். ஆனால் கூட இருந்தே செகுலரிஸம் என்ற பெயரில் ஹிந்து மதத்தை மட்டும் இழிவு படுத்தல், எதிர்த்தல், அழித்தல் ஹிந்துக்களை பிரித்தாளுதல் என்பனவற்றைச் செய்யும் செகுலர் துரோகிகளை சரியாக இனம் காண வேண்டிய காலம் இதுவே. ஏனெனில் இன்னும் இழப்பு ஏற்பட்டு ஒரேயடியாக நாம் அழிந்து படக் கூடாதல்லவா? ஜாக்கிரதையாக சிந்தித்துச் செயல் பட, நமது கடந்த காலத்தின் உண்மையான சரித்திரத்தைத் தெரிந்து கொண்டு நமது அற்புதமான பண்பாட்டைப் போற்றுவோம்; அந்த வரலாற்றில் தாழ்ந்த காலகட்டங்கள் ஏற்பட்டதற்கான காரணத்தையும் நம்மில் பலர் மதம் மாற்றப்பட்டதற்கான காரணத்தையும் அறிந்து கொண்டு இனி அப்படிப்பட்ட ஒரு நிலை ஏற்படாதவாறு எதிர்காலத்தை அமைத்துக் கொள்வோம்.பழைய பண்டைய புகழோங்கிய நிலையை வெகு விரைவில் அடைவோம்!

இஸ்லாமிய ஆக்கிரமிப்பாளர்களை விரட்டி அடித்த ஹிந்து மன்னர்கள்! – 11

ச.நாகராஜன்

 துல்லியமான வரலாறானது புகழோங்கிய காலத்தை மட்டும் பதிவு செய்யக்கூடாது; ஆயின் தாழ்ந்திருந்த, வாய்ப்புகள் இழந்த காலத்தையும், அத்துடன் கூட கால வெள்ளத்தில் தேசீய ஒற்றுமையை மிக முக்கியமான தருணங்களில் இணைக்கத் தவறிய தோல்வியையும்  கூட பதிவு செய்ய வேண்டும். கடந்த காலத்தில் செய்யப்பட்ட மிகவும் அதி முக்கியமான தவறுகளையும் அதிலிருந்து பாடங்களையும் பெற்று எதிர்கால சந்ததியினருக்காக  தர வேண்டும்.

மிகுந்த ஆய்வின் பெயரில் எழுதப்பட்டுள்ள இந்த நூலின் ஆசிரியர்கள் நோயை மட்டும் சுட்டிக்காட்டாமல், ஆனால் அதற்கான காரணங்களையும் தெரிவித்துள்ள,ஒரு பாராட்டத்தக்க பணியைச் செய்துள்ளனர்.

யு.பி.ஏ.அரசின் போது நேஷனல் கவுன்ஸில் ஆஃப் எஜுகேஷனல் ரிஸர்ச் அண்ட் ட்ரெயினிங் – என்.சீ.ஈ.ஆர்.டி – செய்யத் செய்யத் தவறிய பணியை தற்போதைய இந்த நூலானது சரி செய்து விட்டது. இரண்டு முறை பதவியிலிருந்து இறக்கப்பட்ட கூட்டணி காலத்தில், தேசத்தின் இனப்பண்பானது வேருடன் பிடுங்கப்படுவதற்காக, ஹிந்து பிரித்தாளும் சக்திகளின் தேவைகளுக்கு ஏற்ப  வரலாறு முற்றிலுமாக முரணாகத் திருப்பி எழுதப்பட்டது.  எந்த முன் பதிவும் இல்லாத இளம் மனங்களுடைய குழந்தைகள் இந்திய சக்திகளை உடைக்கும் தன்மையை உடைய விவரணத்தை ஏற்றுக் கொள்ளும் விதமாக தவறாக ஒரேயடியாகத்  தூக்கிச் செல்லப்பட்டு விட்டனர்.

நம்முடைய தேசத்தின் விவரணத்தை  நன்கு கௌரவத்துடன் சித்தரிக்கும் விதமாக தெளிவான வழிகாட்டுதல்களைத் தந்து நமது வரலாற்றுப் பாட புத்தகங்கள் திருப்பி உரிய முறையில் எழுதப்பட இதுவே சரியான தருணம். நமது தேசத்தின் கடந்த காலமானது பண்பாட்டு, சமூக, பொருளாதார மற்றும் அறிவியல்  சாதனைகளால் நிரம்பியுள்ள ஒன்று. இப்போதைய வரலாற்றுப் பாட புத்தகங்கள் நமது சாதனைகளை குறைத்து மதிப்பிடுவதோடு மட்டுமின்றி  ஒவ்வொருவரையும் பகைக்கும் விதத்தில் தாழ்வு மனப்பான்மையுடன் இருக்கும் சுமையை நமது குழந்தைகள் மீது சுமத்தும் விதத்தில் இருக்கிறது. இந்தப் புத்தகங்கள் உருவாக்கும் சமூக இசைகேடானது சரி செய்யப்பட வேண்டும்.

இப்போதுள்ள என் டி ஏ அரசானது வரலாற்றை எழுதும் பணியை புதிதாகப் பார்க்க கங்கணம் பூண்டுள்ளது. அப்படிப்பட்ட முயற்சிக்கு இந்த நூலானது நிச்சயமாக மிக முக்கியமான ஒன்றாக அமைகிறது.

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மேலே கண்ட தமிழாக்கத்தின் ஆங்கில மூலம் கீழே தரப்படுகிறது :

An accurate history should not only record the periods of glory but the moments of degeneration, of the missed opportunities, and of the failure to forge national unity at crucial junctures in time. It should draw lessons for the future generations from costly errors in the past.

 The authors of this book have done a commendable job in not only highlighting the malady but also presenting the facts to do so, in this well researched book.

The present work brings to fore the impunity with which NCERT (National Council of Educational Research and Training) was compromised during UPA regime. During both the terms of the ousted alliance, history has been totally rewritten to serve the purpose of divisive forces, which are trying to uproot Hindu ethos of the country. Young and impressionable minds of the children are being hijacked to be more prone to accept the narrative of breaking India forces.

 It is high time the history text books are rewritten with clear directions to the historians that the narrative of our country should be depicted with honesty. Our nation’s past is full of cultural, social, economic and scientific achievements. The current history text books not only undermine the achievements but instead burden the country’s children with inferiority complex and hatred for each other. The social dissonance that these books create should be rectified.

The current NDA government is committed to look afresh the issue of history writing. This book can be certainly an important one for such an endeavour.

நன்றி: ட்ரூத் ஆங்கில வார இதழ் – தொகுதி -86- இதழ் 35 ; 28-12-2018 இதழ்

Soruce Truth, Kolkata weekly vol 86 issue 35 dated 28-12-2018

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RATHA SAPTAMI AND BHISHMA ASHTAMI (Post No.6033)

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Date: 4 February  2019


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Post No. 6033
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ENGLISH CROSS WORD 422019 (Post No.6032)

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Post No. 6032
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ACROSS

2. -Passionate woman in Sanskrit; wife of Krishna

4. – name of a Gandharva; ten thousand billion in Sanskrit; exclamation as well

5. – Main principle of Indian Religions; if you do good you receive good; if you do bad you receive bad even in your rebirth

6. – In Tamil it may mean a harvest month or mother with long sound; in travel it may mean a country with the old name Siam

7.- Mango in Sanskrit; Sthala Vrksa of Ekampareswar Templein Kanchi

DOWN

1. =wheel; most famous wheel Sudarsana has it as suffix

2. – name of a country; ancient king; brother of Rama

3. enchanting melodious tune in Indian music; meaning ‘attracting, bewildering, perplexing.

ACROSS

2.BAMA-Pssionate woman in Sanskrit; wife of Krishna

4.HAHA- name of a Gandharva; ten thousand billion in Sanskrit;exclamation as well

5.KARMA- Main principle of Indian Religions; if you do good you receive good; if you do bad you receive bad even in your rebirth

6.THAI- In Tamil it may mean a harvest month or mother with long sound; in travel it may mean a country with the old name Siam

7AMRA- Mango in Sanskrit; Sthala Vrksa of Ekampareswar Templein Kanchi

DOWN

1.CHAKRAM=wheel; most famous wheel Sudarsana has it as suffix

2.BHARATA- name of a country; ancient king; brother of Rama

3.MOHANAM- enchanting melodious tune in Indian music; meaning ‘attracting, bewildering,perplexing.

picture by Lalgudi Veda

கில்காமேஷ்- இந்துசமய தொடர்பு பற்றி மேலும் சில தகவல்கள் (Post No.6031)

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Post No. 6031
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COLOUR MAPS OF DISTRICTS IN TAMIL NADU AS IN 1938 (Post No.6030)

Map of Coimbatore (Koyamputhur) district

COMPILED by London swaminathan

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Post No. 6030
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FOLLOWING ARE THE MAPS OF TAMIL NADU DISTRICTS AS IN 1930S. I HAVE ALREADY POSTED THE RIVERS AND MOUNTAINS MAPS.

Chennai

Madurai District

North Arcot district

Ramanathapuram District

Salem District

Tirunelveli District

Thiruchirppalli District

–subham–

இஸ்லாமியர்களை விரட்டி அடித்த ஹிந்து மன்னர்கள்! – 10 (Post No.6029)

Written by S Nagarajan


Date: 4 February 2019


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Post No. 6029

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The history needs to be rewritten so that young generation gets rid of their low self- esteem imposed through distorted history, if India has to emerge as powerful nation in the next couple of decades. The process has to begin from removing the distortions in history- books, which have been deliberately foisted on the students. India could emerge as a strong economy since 70 per cent of its population is under 35 years of age. If the Government invested in their education and health, apart from making them mentally strong, India could emerge as a strong nation.

The Indian State instead of the encouraging objective rendering of the history have encouraged few vested interests to hijack the historical narrative. This has resulted in present situation where the history, which is taught in our schools and colleges, is the British imperialist-sponsored one, with the intent to destroy our history.

The defalsified history would record that Hindustan was one nation in the art of governance, in the style of royal courts, in the methods of warfare, in the maintenance of its agrarian base, and in the dissemination of information. Sanskrit was the language of national communication and discourse. But under the leadership of Jawahar Lal Nehru, after achieving independence, the corrections in history were never done and I have mentioned this in details in my book “Hindus Under Siege: The Way Out”.

The gist of this British imperialist-tailored Indian history is that India is portrayed as the land “conquered” first by the ‘Dravidians’ , then by the ‘Aryans’, later by Muslims, and finally by the British. Otherwise, everything else is mythical. Our history books today exhibit this obsession with foreign rule. For example, even though the Mughal rule from Akbar to Aurangzeb is about 150 years, which is much shorter than the 350 year rule of the Vijayanagaram empire, the history books of today hardly take notice of the latter. In fact the territory under Krishna Devaraya’s rule was much larger than Akbar’s, and yet it is the latter who is called “the Great”. Such a version suited the British rulers who had sought to create a legitimacy for their presence in India.

Furthermore, we were also made to see advantages accruing from British rule, the primary one being that India was united by this colonialism, and that but for the British, India would never have been one country. Thus, the concept of India itself is owed to the plunder of colonists.

The Hindus capitulated to Islamic invaders, has been mentioned in the falsified history. But on the contrary, unlike Iran, Iraq and Egypt where within decades the country capitulated to become 100% Muslims. India despite 800 years of brutal Islamic rule, remained 80% Hindu.

The agenda for National Renaissance has to be a new factual account of our history, focusing on the continuous and unbroken endeavours of a people united as a nation.

The factual account of our past is essential to the agenda, because we have to objectively disgorge and discard the foreign versions of our history. It is this foreign version that makes us out to be foreigners in our own land. The Aryan-Dravidian divide in the history taught in schools and universities is purely a conception of foreign historians like Max Mueller and has no basis in Indian historical records or in any genetic studies of Indian DNA.

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நன்றி: ட்ரூத் ஆங்கில வார இதழ் – தொகுதி -86- இதழ் 35 ; 28-12-2018 இதழ்

Soruce Truth, Kolkata weekly vol 86 issue 35 dated 28-12-2018

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RIVERS AND MOUNTAINS OF TAMIL NADU (Post No.6028)

Map of Kaveri River Basin

DISTRICTS AS IN 1938

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தமிழ் நாட்டின் ஆறுகளின் வரைபடம்; மாவட்டங்கள் 1938ஆம் ஆண்டு எல்லைகளைக் காட்டுகின்றன.

Rivers in Salem District map

Map of Rivers in Tirunelveli District

Map of Rivers in Koyamputhur District

Map of Chennai District rivers

Map of Rivers in Madurai District

Map of Rivers in North Arcot in Tamil Nadu


Map of Rivers in Ramanathapuram District

  Map of Rivers in Thiruchirappalli District

–subham—

SWAMI’S ENGLISH CROSS WORD 322019 (Post No.6027)

Lord of the Ocean

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Find out ten words in the cross word.

Across

1. – GOD OF WIND IN THE VEDAS

3. KNOWLEDGE IS  THE MEANING; FROM THIS ROOT, THE WORD ‘VEDA’ CAME

5.– VEDIC SHIVA IN THE YAJUR VEDA; FULL  HYMN IS IN THE SAME NAME

6. – GARLAND IN SANSKRIT

7. SAME WORD MAY MEAN GOAT, BRAHMA OR INDUMATI’S HUSBAND IN KALIDASA’S KAVYA

8. IT IS A MEDICINAL SEED USED FOR STOMACH PROBLEMS; WATER MADE UP WITH THIS IS SOLD IN BOTTLES

Down

1. GOD OF OCEAN AND WATERS

2. WAR, BATTLE IN SANSKRIT; IN RAMAYANA AN ENTIRE CHAPER OR CANTO IS NAMED AFTER IT.

3. – BENT AND PEPOLE WITH PERVERTED MIND

4. – SMOKE IN SANSKRIT; EVEN COMETS ARE NAMED WITH THIS WORD

–subham–