Road Safety and Self Discipline

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Road Safety and Self Discipline
Road Safety and Self Discipline

This evening, I was casually looking through the windows down to the busy street of Abu Dhabi. Down to my building was a busy junction and vehicles passed to all side without any interruption. After watching a few minutes, I noticed one thing. Each time the signal turns red, the drivers tend to maintain a safe distance from the pedestrian crossings!. I thought it was a one-off instance. My curiosity lead me to observe the flow of traffic for some more time. Each time the signal turned red, I found the vehicles maintaining a safe distance for pedestrians! Isn’t nice to see this and term it as a success of the sustained effort of Abu Dhabi Police authorities to maintain a safe road! Sincere appreciation and wish if the same attitude was maintained by all on highways too! Each day, when we read the newspaper, there are reports of accidents due to speeding. A minute of careless attitude to safety of self and others on the road resulting in dangerous situation which may be fatal or lifelong. How we can make things better was the thought that crossed my mind. More efforts required to make self discipline on the road a mandatory priority at all times. Remember, “Safety First” and think “Safety for Me, Safety for You, Safety for All” when you are driving.

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A winning moment of Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing (ADOR) team

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Abu Dhabi Ocean Race team reaching Abu Dhabi at the end of 2nd leg of recently concluded Volvo Ocean Race.

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Open Call for Submissions: Vantage Point Sharjah 3 Exhibition

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Open Call for Submissions: Vantage Point Sharjah 3 Exhibition.

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Open Call for Submissions: Vantage Point Sharjah 3 Exhibition

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Open Call for Submissions: Vantage Point Sharjah 3 Exhibition
Sharjah Art Foundation welcomes submissions from individuals of all nationalities residing in the UAE for the
third edition of photographic exhibition entitled Vantage Point Sharjah 3. This exhibition will feature photographs centred on the theme of still life photography.
Scheduled for 1 August to 5 September 2015, Vantage Point Sharjah 3 will take place in building GH at SAF
Art Spaces in Al Mureijah. The deadline for application is June 30, 2015 at 11:00 pm, and the exhibited photographs will be selected from applications to the Open Call. Photographs should be submitted with the application form, along with a short story or a description of the photo and the location where the photograph was taken. Applicants will be invited to attend the exhibition’s Opening Reception scheduled for 1 August.
If you would like to be considered as a candidate for the Open Call, please complete and submit the attached application form via email to photo@sharjahart.org, along with no more than 6 high resolution images with the caption of each photograph. Or submit by mail/hand directly to SAF office in Sharjah at the address below:
Sharjah Art Foundation, c/o Sharjah Art Museum, Arts Area, PO Box 19989, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates T: +971 6 5444113 F: +971 6 5447797
It is a great privilege to invite photography enthusiasts from the UAE to click photos in the UAE and submit them for selection to this prestigious exhibition.
I was a participating artist in the 1st edition of it in 2013.
Best wishes in advance.

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Don’t delay the midday break – Letters to the editor – The National Dt 08 June 2015

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With the temperature consistently remaining high, I would suggest the midday break be implemented with immediate effect. If you visit a construction site, you will notice how exhausted the workers are. It’s also necessary to ensure they get an adequate supply of water.

Ramesh Menon, Abu Dhabi

To read it in original, please visit The National online

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Artistic taste – Short Take – Gulf Today Dt 06 June 2015

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Artistic taste
I have several hobbies developed over a period of years. It is interesting to develop new skills and it requires a lot of dedication and sustained effort.
Sketching and drawing is one of them. During my school days, I was scared to touch the pencil even to draw an ordinary flower for my school assignments.
But moving on to college and professional courses, there was no choice left other than to try it out. At some point of time, I thought about my maternal uncle, who used to be very good at oil paintings.
I thought about him whenever I had any assignments and some sort of self-confidence developed. The artistic taste grew from there on.
My thoughts on drawing came out recently when I observed an artist exhibiting his skills at an Abu Dhabi mall. He was a professional and started from a blank canvas and used the free brush style and created something extraordinary.
Thinking deeper into it, our life is like that of the blank canvas and the artist. We are born with certain natural and inherited skills and we add up on to them several others through continuous education. This becomes our true wealth.
How we utilise this wealth will result in our immortal contributions to society. This is what I term, Talent Share, with its magic mantra. A talent or knowledge is to be shared.
The joy of seeing someone else taking up your interest in a competitive or entertainment spirit is immense to experience.

Ramesh Menon
To read it in original, please visit Gulf Today online

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Mind Speaks – Is Life A Rat Race?

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Is Life A Rat Race?


A first of its kind parking and play facility was getting completed in our area. The work took a considerably long time as it was a huge structure. Obviously, the worksite had an area for staff accommodation and storage. That opened automatically options for all types of waste to get accumulated in the area. Once the work completed and site was ready to open, the workers accommodations and storage units were moved to another location as planned.

However, there were some silent residents in the area (are they really silent?). None other than a colony of rodents. Now exposed, where do they go? No options other than to migrate to the nearby available residential buildings. Are they a welcomed guests? No and resulted in some work for the respective maintenance staff. They started it immediately without fail.

On my way to work one day, I chanced upon this little friend. Its eye was glowing as if it wanted to speak a lot. To run around and escape. But, it was unable. That made me explore why and how it was in that condition. Maintenance staff around told me that they had to keep poisoned rodent biscuits to finish of these unwanted guests.

What was surprising for me was there were many cats in that area, even closer to this one I spotted. None were interested to catch it! Were they afraid of eating a poisoned prey? No, not really was the answer from the ever ready staff who were vigilantly following its end. They said to me that these days the cats in the area are well fed with expensive cat food. So, they have left their traditional predatory instincts and now after a luxurious lift style. Not bad to follow the modern definition of cat and mouse games!

Or is it a natural example of a harmonious living.

All these thoughts happened within a few minutes. As I observed the rodent one more time, it was at the last minute of life in this world. I still felt it was looking at me and wanted to say so many things. At times, many of us might have been at situations watching the last minutes of someone whom we like from a closer view. He or she will realise the value of life and work done and left to be done at that time.
Harmonious living is something we have to now strive for. Till then, you will not wonder if one says, life is like a rat race!

Ramesh Menon, Abu Dhabi
05th June 2015

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Photo Speaks – A good evening thought from Abu Dhabi

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Photo Speaks : Distance ahead is more than the distance covered

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Parking with Play facility at Abu Dhabi

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Abu Dhabi is all set to get a parking with play facility. Great news for kids and car owners.

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