Manzil – at the 4th Used Book Festival organized in the UAE by Sharjah City for Humanitarian Services
Dear Friends,
We are delighted to inform you that Manzil is taking part in the Fourth Used Book Festival organized in the UAE by Sharjah City for Humanitarian Services.
This event is meant to promote reading among students, give them an opportunity to acquire books for a small fee and enable them to raise funds for the more vulnerable in our community.
The Festival will take place in Palm Oasis, Buhaira Corniche on 1st – 4th March 2011 from 10:00am to 10:00pm.
Please help the centre make this event successful by volunteering and sending in second-hand books to the centre by 20th February 2011.
The books will be re-priced, classified and sold during the Used Book Festival at Manzil stall.
We are counting on your support and thank you in anticipation.
Nooriya Naushad
Staff Coordinator
Ph.9716 5347663
Fax:9716 5347664
Email:nooriya.n@manzil.ae
management@manzil.ae
Twitter page – @friendsofmanzil
Facebook – http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/group.php?gid=17418043003
”manzil will provide a highly professional care-giving and learning environment for individuals with special needs to nurture their potential & develop the requisite self-help, social, educational & vocational skills that are required to function in society”
Short Take – GULF TODAY – Dt. 08.01.2010 – Unpredictable life – a tribute to Levin Madhavan
Short Take – GULF TODAY – Dt. 08.01.2010 – Unpredictable life – a tribute to Levin Madhavan
DURING the later part of the ‘90s, I used to have a good friend here. He was a sound engineer and a good RJ working for a radio station that time. Due to his passion for music and arts, we became good friends.
It happened that due to some wrong relationships and moves in life and due to job loss, he had a disastrous end of residency in UAE and left to India for good.
I lost touch with him. It was after almost seven years, I got a call from him and he talked a lot about his life now and then and in between. He was still in love with Dubai and the life and friends and connections he had and was finding it difficult to overcome his huge losses and betrayals. We continued to keep in touch once in a while since then.
It was in April 2010 first week, he called me last and I promised him, next time when I visit India, I will make it a point to travel via his city and meet him.
Although I visited several times after, due to conflicting and hectic schedule, it never happened. However, I kept on writing him mails and was hoping that he was busy but reading my clicks and writes, as he used to tell me and appreciate them whenever he calls.
He was not a regular on email and his schedules were also not easy to reply and hence I thought he must be extremely busy. Last week suddenly, I received an email from a common friend based in Saudi Arabia, asking me about my friend’s or his family contact details back home. In his letter, he wrote about his demise in the first week of April itself.
It was a shock for me when I checked my diary. I found it was exactly after a day he talked to me. All throughout our friendship, he never asked me anything, but that time, he had asked me to enquire about a recording instrument, which may be obsolete now, but may still be available in Dubai second-hand market.
He told me that time itself it may be difficult to find, and even then I searched for it and never found one such unit and had written to him in one of the emails. My emails continued till I received this shocking news.
We meet people strangely in our life’s journey and some remain with us, some move away. Some even though they move, still remain in many ways in our memories, thoughts and deeds. Levin Madhavan was one such person, who will remain in my thoughts and prayers throughout my life.
Ramesh Menon
To read it in original, please visit GULF TODAY online.
Indian president arrives on first state visit to UAE – My Comments – THE NATIONAL – Dt 22 Nov 2010
My Comments – THE NATIONAL – Dt 22 Nov 2010 – Indian president arrives on first state visit to UAE
Dear Sirs,
To read it in original, please visit THE NATIONAL online.
Information – Health + : Magic of VicksVapoRub
Our foot soles can absorb oils and medicaments very easily and spreads it around our body . A very good example can be seen by putting garlic on our feet. Within 20 minutes you can ‘taste’ it.
Some of us have used Vic’s VapoRub for years for everything from chapped lips to sore toes and many body parts in between. It works 100% of the time, although the scientists who discovered it aren’t sure why. To stop night time coughing in a child (or adult as we found out personally), put Vic’s VapoRub generously on the soles of his/your feet, cover with socks, and the heavy, deep coughing will stop in about 5 minutes and stay stopped for many, many hours of relief. It will work 100% of the time and is more effective in children than even very strong prescription cough medicines. In addition it is extremely soothing and comforting and they will sleep soundly.
If you have Children or grandchildren, pass this on. Try it yourself and you will be amazed at how it works.
I am sure there is no harm in trying this remedy.
Source: received by email
Short Take – GULF TODAY – Dt. 01.01.2010 – Magic Words
Short Take – GULF TODAY – Dt. 01.01.2010 – Magic Words
Magic words
A New Year comes with lots of expectations and renewed vigour for all. It is a time to think for a change. Many of us come out with new resolutions and make promises to keep those new options permanent to benefit for the days ahead. As we progress, we tend to stray away from them and fit into our old scheme of things. Life goes on as usual. Make sure, all good things planned remain in your focus and action scheme for the next 365 days to come.
I have a friend who told me this incident. He is struggling these days due to various problems happening in life. His job is good and work environment is good too. At office he has a senior manager, who asks him daily with a beautiful smile, “how are you doing today?”
He says, this is one question that keeps him optimistic and forget all his worries and look forward to a productive day ahead. It is like a vitamin to instill enthusiasm, optimism and energy. We may not find many managers like the one my friend luckily has with him. It is an example worth emulating by those in senior positions to motivate their sub-ordinates. A smile, a kind word or a casual query to cheer up and motivate. If not already practised, why not we try to follow it and make it a practice to stimulate the capabilities of those surrounding us.
Let it be an addition to our list of new year resolutions.
Ramesh Menon
To read it in original, please visit Gulf Today online.
Best Wishes for 2011
Best Wishes for 2011
Dear Friends,
2010 almost over and we are now looking forward to another new year in our life. 2011. Over the past one year and before we achieved several things. Individually and collectively. Let us consider everything as a team effort. The momentum generated should be capitalised to make the commuty we live in as a dream community and wish our expectations and requirements not to remain as a dream.
Let everyone come forward in his/her own way, including women and children and not to remain indoor and online. Let everyone share in his/her own way equal responsibilities for the benefit of making our society a harmonious place to live.
Let peace, prosperity, security and friendship prevail.
Best wishes for a Happy New Year and ahead.
Ramesh Menon & family
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