Runner boy

Seven months ago, judo coach Biranchi asked little Budhia to run in the hall at his judo-training center in Bhubaneswar (Orissa, India), as punishment for using bad words. General secretary of Orissa Judo Association Biranchi hoped to check on hi in 15 minutes but forgot about it. When he got back seven hours later, the 3-year-old Budhia was still running.

He thought Budhia might have stopped and resumed running when he saw him coming. But boys in the hostel that Biranchi runs and whom he trains, said Budhia kept running at the same pace through they asked him to stop. Amazed by the child’s stamina, Biranchi took him to a doctor, who found him fit. After this, my wife Gita [who is also a judo expert] and I wanted to make Budhia a marathon runner, says Biranchi. Call it coincidence, but the previous night I had watched a marathon runner from Kenya on TV and found that Budhia had a similar style.

Budhia is a rare child, says Doctor, who examined the boy. He is quite intelligent. He remembers the names of more than 100 judo trainees, says Biranchi. He has picked up some good judo techniques as well. The boy from a Goutam Nagar slum in Bhubaneswar lost his father, last year. His mother, who making Rs.250 a month from washing dishes, sent her two elder daughters to two household as maids and gave Budhia away to a hawker for Rs.800, keeping the remaining child with her. Biranchi, who visits the slum as president of the Kalingaputre Basti Basinda Association, brought Budhia to his center, along with his sister, after paying the hawker.

Of 6,000 boys and girls he trained in his 23-year career, 587-47 of them orphans-have got jobs in the police and paramilitary forces. He can get into the Guinness Book of Records with proper grooming, says Biranchi. Budhia covered the 60-km Bhubaneswar-Puri stretch nine times in the last four months, clocking his best time of 5 hours and 45 minutes. He runs barefoot as shoes cause strain and slow him down, says Biranchi, who plans to put hi in school next year.

Efforts are on to find a sponsor for Budhia. His stamina is unusual, says an IAS officer and president of the judo association. He needs regular health check-ups and a special diet. We want him to represent India in international events. Biranchi, who has declined offers to adopt the child, says the government has not given any help. But, minister for sports, says the government is thinking of supporting him.

Won’t the rigours take a toll on Budhia’s health? Says, a government coach: The experiment may affect the lungs and heart and growth. For marathon, one is trained after the age of 12. Even at that age, the maximum one runs at a stretch is 15km once or twice a week.

Dr.Bibekananda Tripathy, a 60-year-old vet who finished first at the January 16 international marathon in Mumbai agrees. Even if he is gifted he should be given the right load at the right age, he says. Otherwise when the real test comes his love for running won’t be there.

But Budhia seems to be enjoying it. He says he just wants to run.

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Joke: A boy and a girl standing on the Bus stand. That boy tells, I like to have u r goluse (leg chain) on my chest. The girl said, like that, I also like to put my slipper on your face.

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(Inbox me). Left to Right : Vatsan, Jo (blue shirt), Balaji and Prabu Karthik.

I took this photo from Jo's Blog.

Balaji and Vatsan met Jeevan

Yesterday Bajaji and Srivatsan met me on my house. At 2.15pm Srivatsan call me, actually I was in computer, my mother took the phone. Vatsan told he would come to my house at 3.00pm. One day Srivatsan told when ever he come near to my area, he will visit my house, I thought he should come through my area so he call me, and conform I am in my house.

I wait for him, but he dint come alone, Balaji came with him. I was waiting a week for balaji. I dint expect his visit, it was very surprise. There are many difference on seeing him on the photo and see him in live. When he come alone, I can’t identify him, when I saw him, I was thinking who is he. I only identified after vatsan introduced him to me. He presented me a Painting set. I can’t imagine, a person will come from U.K. to see me, I think, I should be lucky. He talks very friendly, but u all know about me, I dint talk more, because of my Shy. For me it will take more time to talk with any new person, when I met any body for 3 to 4 time, it will be easy for me to talk. He took me on his camera, and I played some songs on my Keyboard, he also took that.

Balaji and Srivatsan saw some of my Photoshop pictures, they appreciate my work, and advice me to read more, and throw the shyness, come out and see the world. Balaji tell about his family, and ask about my family, he has two children’s. He was very busy for a week, in his busy time he spent some time with me, I should really thank to Balaji and Srivatsan. Balaji is Childhood friend of great Narayanna Venkitu. I should thank Venkitu to introduce me to him. Srivatsan said Jo also like to see me, but Jo has important composing with A.R.Rahman, so he dint come, hope to meet him in future. I heard some songs singed my Jo, his voice is like Jasudhas, I congrats him to come a big singer.

Anyhow it was very fun, it was unforgettable day.

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Joke : A man is drinking, he asking his wife: aande kuudavE kadikka Ethaavathu irukkaa?

O! aduththa vitdu naay irukka!

Hi Friends

I Hope you all enjoyed the Deepavali. Diwali is a day we all forget our bad things and be happy and celebrate it.

I also Celebrate the Diwali with new dress, sweets, crackers and watching TV. Morning I wake up at 7.00 and take a oil bath and sit in front of TV and watch some programs. What are the programs. At 8.00 I watch the sun News, 8.30 I saw new songs from Diwali release, I like the song ennatha solvenunggo from sivakasi and che che che che from Majaa, 9.00 I saw my favorite stare Vijay’s Singamla on Vijay TV, vijay went to sivakasi and visit his fans and done some program, because of that I was missed the Asin interview on Suntv, 9.30 I saw new movies programe.10.00 I went to burst crackers, I burst Bijili crackers my brother burst big crackers. At 10.30 I watch Aratai Arangam, in advertisement time I see Ilaiyarajas concert on JayaTV, I searched for Srivatsan and Siddharth on the show, my bad luck I can’t see them.

At 11.30 I saw all time favorite movie superstar’s Padayappa, I saw the move many times, but I like to see more times, I like the Rajini style’s. at 12.00 I get a surprise call from my Chat Friend Razick who is in Thirunelveli, he wishes me Happy Diwali hi is celebrating Ramzan on Friday. 5.00pm I saw Vadivelu’s interview and 5.30 actor Vijay’s interview. After 6.00 we start bursting crackers, we enjoyed the Diwali slowly, in my street many people burst crackers, first we watched the crackers burst my our street people, after they finished we started. I burst susurverthi, pencil, Bijili crackers. My brother burst, 2,000 wall, Out and many, my brother (Uncle’s son) challenged to his friends to put many Paper’s in front of our home, he was very happy to see many papers. I watched many rockets and out’s on the sky, we can see the rockets only on Deepavali, it was very nice to see. I eat my dinner at 10.00 because of watching crackers. And went to bed at 11.00pm. My sister also joined this Deepavlai with us. It was a very very happy and a forgettable day.

Day after tomorrow (4th October) is Ramzan. Wish you all a HAPPY RAMZAN.

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Joke:) : Two childreans talking: youn pakkathil irukum soumiya inekku vaguppil thuinge, teacherketta mathikketa partiya!

Amma ava muttal! Teacherikku munnallaya thuingeta!

HAPPY DEEPAVALI

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The festival of Deepavali is a time for lamps, gifts, sweets, new clothes and families to get together. But how did it all begin?

Lamps are lit to remember Rama's return to Ayodhya and hence the name of the festival — Deepavali, or line of lamps.

At the very mention of Deepavali, many beautiful images crowd the mind; the firecrackers, lamps, gifts, sweets, new clothes, Lakshmi and so on. Interestingly, the many facets of the festival have evolved with the various regional customs getting assimilated.

Dhanteras is celebrated two days before the amavasya. The son of King Hima was doomed to die on the fourth day of his marriage by snakebite. To defeat this prediction, his wife lit lamps all over the palace and laid the ornaments in a big heap at the entrance. When the god of death arrived there in the guise of a serpent, the dazzle of those brilliant lights blinds his eyes and he could not enter the prince's chamber. This victory is remembered and people buy some item of jewellery for dhanteras and keep a lamp lit nearby all night.

Bursting crackers for Deepavali is a South Indian custom and is connected with the killing of the demon Narakasuran by Krishna. After the killing, Krishna freed all the women who had been held captive by Naraka. Hence the custom of waking up before dawn, bursting at least one symbolic cracker and having oil bath of purification.

In North India, Deepavali marks the return of Rama to Ayodhya. On this dark amavasya night, the people of Ayodhya light up the route with rows of oil lamps to welcome the princes. In remembrance of this wonderful event, lamps are lit and the festival bears the name of Deepavali or line of lamps. In the Jaina custom the day marks the passing into Nirvana of Mahavira. The lighting of the lamps is a symbolic, material substitute for the light that was extinguished with Mahavira's passing.

The fourth day of the festival also marks the coronation of King Vikramaditya in 56 B.C. Vikram Era, the calendar followed in North India, starts with this date and the day is hence the first day of the New Year. New account books are opened with the prayer that the business makes profit during the year ahead.

Another legend is that on this day, during the churning of the seas for amruth, Lakshmi, the Goddess of wealth, emerged from the ocean. Hence on the evening of Deepavali, an aarti to the goddess is considered auspicious.

Deepavali ends with Balipadyami or honouring of Bali. Narayana gave the boon to the king of the Underworld that on this one day of the year, he would be Devendra and rule the universe. On Balipadyami day people remember Bali Chakravarthy and pray for the kind of prosperity that existed during his reign. Exchanging gifts on this day is said to please the generous king.

Happy Diwali Enjoy it :)