Thursday, August 27, 2009

ഞാന്‍-ഒരു നാട്ടുമ്പുറത്തുകാരന്‍.

ഞാന്‍, ഒരു നാട്ടുമ്പുറത്തുകാരന്‍. അതികഠിനങ്ങളായ ആദര്‍ശങ്ങളോ വിശ്വാസങ്ങളോ ഒന്നും വെച്ചുപുലര്‍ത്താത്ത ഒരു സാധാരണ മനുഷ്യന്‍. ഓരോ സൂര്യോദയവും ഓരോ മഹാത്ഭുതങ്ങളാണെനിക്ക്. നല്ലതിനുവേണ്ടി ആശിക്കുന്നു. നല്ലതിനുവേണ്ടി പ്രവര്‍ത്തിക്കുന്നു. എല്ലാവരിലും നന്മയുണ്ടെന്നു കരുതുന്നു; സ്നേഹമുണ്ടെന്നു കരുതുന്നു, വിശ്വസിക്കുന്നു.

അറിയാനുള്ള ആഗ്രഹം ജന്മസിദ്ധമാണെന്നു തോന്നുന്നു. നല്ലതായാലും തീയ്യതായാലും ഒരക്ഷരം പോലും കളയാതെ വായിക്കും. പണമേറെ ചെലവിട്ടതു പുസ്തകങ്ങള്‍‌ക്കാണ്, പിന്നെ കടം കൊടുക്കാനും. കൊടുത്തതു പുസ്തകമാണെങ്കിലും പണമാണെങ്കിലും തിരിച്ചു കിട്ടിയതു വിരളമാണ്. സൗഹൃദത്തെ അതിയായി മാനിക്കുന്നു, ഇഷ്ടപ്പെടുന്നു. എന്നാല്‍, ഇഷ്ടാനിഷ്ടങ്ങളെ ആരിലും അടിച്ചേല്‍പ്പിക്കാറില്ല. നല്ല സുഹൃത്തിനു മുന്നില്‍ എന്നുമൊരു കളിപ്പാട്ടമാണു ഞാന്‍. അതിലുണ്ടാവുന്ന നഷ്ടങ്ങള്‍ പോലും ചെറുപുഞ്ചിരിയാല്‍ മറക്കാനിഷ്‍ടപ്പെടുന്നു.

നിരീശ്വരവാദിയല്ല. ഒരു വിശ്വാസത്തിനുമെതിരുമല്ല. അമ്പലത്തില്‍ പോകാറില്ല; പ്രാര്‍ത്ഥിക്കാനറിയില്ല. മനുഷ്യസ്‍നേഹത്തിലധിഷ്‍ഠിതമായ എല്ലാ വിശ്വാസത്തിലും ദൈവമുണ്ടെന്നു കരുതുന്നു. ദൈവത്തിന്റെരിപ്പിടം മനസ്സിനകത്തു തന്നെയെന്നും മനസ്സുതന്നെ ക്ഷേത്രമെന്നും കരുതുന്നു. ദൈവം എന്നില്‍നിന്നും വ്യത്യസ്തമായ ഒന്നല്ലാത്തതിനാല്‍ തന്നെ സദാ സന്തോഷപ്രദമാണു ജീവിതം. ടെന്‍ഷനില്ല, ഭയമില്ല, രോഗങ്ങളൊന്നുമില്ല.

2 വയസ്സുവരെ മാര്‍ക്സിസ്‍റ്റുകാരനായിരുന്നു. പിണറായിയുടെ കമ്യൂണിസത്തില്‍ വിശ്വാസം പോരാ. പാര്‍ട്ടിവിട്ടതങ്ങനെയാണ്. ഇപ്പോഴും നല്ല സോഷ്യലിസ്റ്റായി തുടരുന്നു. ജാതിയിലും മതത്തിലും പടുത്തുയര്‍ത്തുന്ന ഏതൊരു പാര്‍ട്ടിയോടും യോജിപ്പില്ല. ന്യൂനപക്ഷന്യായം പറഞ്ഞു പിളര്‍ന്നു പിളര്‍ന്നു വലുതാവുന്ന ഈര്‍‌ക്കിലിപ്പാര്‍ട്ടികളോടുമില്ല മമത. കൈയിട്ടുവാരുന്ന, കട്ടുമുടിക്കുന്ന രാഷ്‍ട്രീയക്കാരെ പണ്ടേ വെറുത്തുപോയി. അതുകൊണ്ടുതന്നെ വോട്ടുചെയ്യാറില്ല. വോട്ടുനേടി ജയിച്ചവന്‍ നാടിനെ കട്ടുമുടിക്കുമ്പോള്‍ ഉത്തരം മുട്ടി വായടച്ചുപിടിക്കേണ്ടല്ലോ. കട്ടുതിന്നുന്ന രാഷ്ട്രീയക്കാരനെ, സിനിമകളില്‍ നായകന്മാർ എടുത്തിട്ടു പെരുമാറുമ്പോള്‍ എണീറ്റു നിന്നു കൈയ്യടിക്കാറുണ്ട്‍.

തമാശകളെ ഇഷ്‍ടപ്പെടുന്നു. കവിതകള്‍ ഇഷ്‍ടപ്പെടുന്നു. യാത്ര ഇഷ്‍ടമാണ്, നറുനിലാവും പെരുമഴയും ഇഷ്‍ടമാണ്. തുളസിച്ചെടിയെ ഇഷ്ടമാണ്, തുമ്പപ്പൂവിനേയും കൊങ്ങിണിപ്പൂവിനേയും ഇഷ്ടമാണ്.വെറുതേ നടക്കാന്‍ ഇഷ്ടമാണ്. കൊച്ചുകുഞ്ഞിന്റെ കളിക്കൊഞ്ചലിഷ്‍ടമാണ്. പുലര്‍കാലരശ്‍മികളെ ഇഷ്‍ടമാണ്. തണലത്തിരികാനിഷ്‍ടമാണ്. താരാട്ടുപാട്ടുകളിഷ്ടമാണ്.

സദാ സന്തോഷപ്രദമാണു മനസ്സ്. അതുകൊണ്ടുതന്നെ അതിയായ സന്തോഷങ്ങള്‍ക്കു പ്രത്യേകസ്ഥാനം ലഭികാറില്ല. ദു:ഖങ്ങളും അല്പസമയത്തേക്കുമാത്രം. തെരുവില്‍ വിശന്നിരിക്കുന്ന മനുഷ്യനെ കണ്ടാല്‍ മനസ്സുലൊരു വിങ്ങലുണ്ട്‍. മൃഗങ്ങളെ കൊണ്ടു ജോലിചെയ്യിപ്പിക്കുമ്പോഴും വണ്ടികള്‍ വലിപ്പിക്കുമ്പോഴും മനസ്സിലൊരു തേങ്ങലുണരും.

തെരുവില്‍ ഭിക്ഷ യാചിക്കുന്നവര്‍ക്കു പണം കൊടുക്കാറില്ല. ലോട്ടറി ടിക്കറ്റു പോലുള്ള ഭാഗ്യപരീക്ഷണങ്ങളിലേര്‍പ്പെടാറില്ല. സൈക്കിളോടിക്കാനറിയില്ല. വലിയില്ല, കുടിയില്ല. പ്രഷറില്ല, ഷുഗറില്ല. കൊളസ്‍റ്റ്റോളില്ല.  അസൂയയില്ല, പരിഭവമില്ല, പരാതികളുമില്ല.

ഏതൊരു സാഹചര്യവുമായി എളുപ്പം പൊരുത്തപ്പെടും. ക്ഷമ കുറവാണെങ്കിലും ക്ഷമിക്കാനറിയാം, മലയാളമൊഴിച്ച് മറ്റൊരുഭാഷയും നന്നായറിയില്ല. ഓര്മ്മശക്തികുറവാണ്. സ്വന്തം മൊബൈല്‍ നമ്പര്‍ പോലും കാണാതെ പറയാനാവില്ല. എവിടേയും ഇടിച്ചുകേറാനറിയില്ല. തര്‍‌ക്കങ്ങളില്‍ സ്ഥിരപരാചിതന്‍. കാല്‍ക്കുലേറ്ററില്ലാതെ കണക്കുകൂട്ടാനറിയില്ല. തെറ്റാതെ ഗുണനപ്പട്ടിക ചൊല്ലാനറിയില്ല. വേദഗണിതത്തില്‍‌ താല്പര്യം.

സമയത്തിന്റെ വില മനസ്സിലാക്കുന്നു, എങ്കില്‍‌കൂടി ചിലതു നഷ്‌ടമാവുന്നു. നഷ്‌ടമായതിനെ കുറിച്ചു വേവലാതിപ്പെടാറില്ല. എന്നാല്‍‌ നഷ്‌ടസ്വപ്‌നങ്ങളെ താലോലിക്കുന്നു. പാട്ടുകേള്‍ക്കും, ചിത്രം വരയ്‍ക്കും, സിനിമ കാണും, നടക്കാനിറങ്ങും, തളര്‍ന്നുറങ്ങും.

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Wednesday, August 26, 2009

About Me

Rajesh K
Sr. Software Engineer at CareerNet Technologies, Bangalore

I am a very positive, diverse, intelligent, and independent man with an amazing outlook on life and a great sense of humor. I would describe myself as fun, well mannered, confident, driven, successful, intellectual, and sophisticated. I am romantic, have a great sense of humor and am very caring. I am non judgmental, accepting, and value people for who not what they are. I am very social, outgoing  and playful. Very passionate, laid back, sensual, sensitive and very loyal. I am not the jealous type and believe you keep what you set free. Honesty, ethics, integrity, and always doing the right thing - even when no one is watching are important.

 I love art, culture, and music. I pride myself in being flexible, malleable, and open. I work hard and play hard. I adapt well to all situations. I am well cultured, well traveled, and have a heightened sense of awareness and appreciation for others. My goals in life are to grow, learn, experience, and challenge myself. I am a perfect dichotomy of rugged and compassionate, serious and carefree, and business and pleasure. I can party like a rock star and still keep it together.

I love the finer things in life but I am also very humble, appreciative, and will never forget my roots. Balance and moderation are essential components to a happy and healthy existence. I am an amazing listener and excellent communicator. I believe it is important to ameliorate my ideas, successes, shortcomings, and beliefs often.

I live my life by the following: You can sleep when you are dead. We miss 100 percent of the shots we don't take and once we are satisfied we never get better. Time is the only asset in life you can never get back or recover. I am never afraid to take a chance and rarely miss an opportunity.

Software Development:
Its my passion, I can't live without them. As being a computer science student, I have developed some software while my academic activities in C programming Language and Visual Basic also. I have developed many projects using Visual Basic and Oracle in my First Company. 

Web Designing:
Website always passionate me since I visited first website in my life. I always dream to make own site some day. So finally the come into my life and now I have developed many of the websites. Interesting thing about behind my website  designing was that, the day which i have planned for my website that day i was nil in web designing the will power inside me which provoked me to go for it and at last i achieved my goal.

Graphics Designing:
As I have interest in the field of drawing and painting, and being computer as my carrier I use to do graphics works. I m a self taught graphics... I have done a lot of graphics work. I use to do work in Photoshop, Corel, and illustrator. I have done different projects for different companies. I  have designed logos, CD covers, posters, banners for many firms and society, as well as many company presentations templates.

Painting:
Painting is my main hobby which I started doing from the age of 12 years. I use to do painting in different ways and mediums like water color, oil color, acrylic colors and mix media. My strong part in painting is water color in which I really love to work.

Photography:
I have also a deep interest in the field of photography; it's just a part of my hobby which allows me to capture some exciting moments. In this I generally love to shoot nature, wildlife, compositions.

A Message to art students:
The art of painting is a mysterious activity. That is why I believe there is nothing like modern art or Fine art, Indian art or western art - there is just art. An artist draws and paints for his own satisfaction. What he paints & how he paints is entirely a matter of his personal choice. It is often said that art is visual poetry, I think it's also music, where harmony, balance, rhythm are very important.

Interest and involvement are the two important things for the study of art. Art can be learn - provided you have tremendous interest in the subject. And a sense of involvement will definitely solve the different problems which you have to face while studying art. There are various things are a part of its vocabulary. Just like music art too requires rigorous practice - I don't think there is any short cut in this field. And if your interest in art becomes a part of you, then it helps to accelerate your progress. Because art is not a means, to attain an end - it is an end in itself. When you reach that mental state where art becomes your passion, your life, then you are free. You are then like a bird, soaring in the sky of joy.
Thank you!

Rajesh K Odayanchal

Sunday, February 8, 2009

This is hilarious!

In spite of what you have been told by everyone, the truth is that Valentine's Day originated hundreds of years ago, in India, and to top it all, in the state of Gujarat !!!

It is a well known fact that Gujarati men, specially the Patels, continually mistreat and disrespect their wives (Patelianis) . One fine day, it happened to be the 14th day of February, one brave Patelani, having had enough "torture" by her husband, finally chose to rebel by beating him up with a Velan (rolling pin to make chapattis).

Yes....the same Velan which she used daily, to make chapattis for him.... only this time, instead of the dough, it was the husband who was flattened.

This was a momentous occasion for all Gujarati women and a revolt soon spread, like wild fire, with thousands of housewives beating up their husbands with the Velan. There was an outburst of moaning "chapatti-ed" husbands all over Anand and Amdavad.

The Patel men-folk quickly learnt their lesson and started to behave more respectfully with their Patelanis.

Thereafter, on 14th February every year, the womenfolk of Gujarat would beat up their husbands, to commemorate that eventful day - the wives having the satisfaction of beating up their husbands with the Velan and the men having the supreme joy of submitting to the will of the women they loved.

Soon The Gujju men realized that in order to avoid this ordeal they need to present gifts to their wives....they brought flowers and sweets. This is how the tradition - Velan time - began.

As Gujarat fell under the influence of Western culture, the ritual soon spread to Britain and many other Western countries, specifically, the catch words 'Velan time' !!! In course of time, their foreign tongues, this got anglicized to 'Velantime' and then to 'Valentine'. And thereafter, 14th of February, came to be known as Valentine's Day and now you know the true story of Valentine's day.

Thursday, February 5, 2009

February 14


February 14 is the 45th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 320 days remaining until the end of the year (321 in leap years).

February 14 is internationally known as Valentine's Day, named after Saint Valentinus of Terni, in Italy, executed in 270.

Births
  • * 1404 - Leone Battista Alberti, Italian painter and philosopher (d. 1472)
  • * 1468 - Johann Werner, German mathematician (d. 1522)
  • * 1483 - Babur, Moghul emperor of India (d. 1530)
  • * 1602 - Francesco Cavalli, Italian composer (d. 1676)
  • * 1680 - John Sidney, 6th Earl of Leicester, English privy councillor (d. 1737)
  • * 1692 - Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée, French writer (d. 1754)
  • * 1701 - Enrique Florez, Spanish historian (d. 1773)
  • * 1763 - Jean Victor Marie Moreau, French general (d. 1813)
  • * 1788 - Fernando Sor, Spanish composer (d. 1839)
  • * 1799 - Walenty Wańkowicz, Polish painter (d. 1842)
  • * 1800 - Emory Washburn, 22nd Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1877)
  • * 1812 - Alfred Thomas Agate, American artist (d. 1846)
  • * 1819 - Joshua A. Norton, American eccentric (d. 1880)
  • * 1819 - Christopher Sholes, American inventor (d. 1890)
  • * 1824 - Winfield Scott Hancock, American Civil War Union general (d. 1886)
  • * 1828 - Edmond François Valentin About, French writer (d. 1885)
  • * 1838 - Margaret E. Knight, American inventor, famous as female Thomas Edison, (d. 1914)
  • * 1846 - Julian Scott, American artist and Civil War Medal of Honor recipient. (d. 1901)
  • * 1847 - Anna Howard Shaw, American suffragette (d. 1919)
  • * 1847 - Maria Pia of Italy, queen of Portugal (d. 1911)
  • * 1848 - Benjamin Baillaud, French astronomer (d. 1934)
  • * 1856 - Frank Harris, Irish author and editor (d. 1931)
  • * 1859 - George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr., engineer and inventor (d. 1896)
  • * 1860 - Eugen Schiffer, German politician (d. 1954)
  • * 1869 - Charles Wilson, Scottish physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1959)
  • * 1871 - Gerda Lundequist, Swedish actress (d. 1959)
  • * 1884 - Nils Olaf Chrisander, Swedish actor, film director (d. 1947)
  • * 1884 - Joe Jagersberger, Austrian racing driver (d. 1952)
  • * 1884 - Kostas Varnalis, Greek poet (d. 1974)
  • * 1884 - Hezekiah M. Washburn, missionary (d. 1972)
  • * 1885 - Syed Zafarul Hasan, Prominent Muslim Indian/Pakistani philosopher (d. 1949)
  • * 1890 - Nina Hamnett, Welsh artist (d. 1956)
  • * 1892 - Radola Gajda, Czech military commander (d. 1948)
  • * 1894 - Jack Benny, American actor and comedian (d. 1974)
  • * 1895 - Max Horkheimer, German philosopher and sociologist (d. 1973)
  • * 1898 - Fritz Zwicky, Swiss-American physicist and astronomer (d. 1974)
  • * 1902 - Thelma Ritter, American actress (d. 1969)
  • * 1903 - Stu Erwin, American actor (d. 1967)
  • * 1904 - Charles Oatley, Professor of electrical engineering, (scanning electron microscope), (d. 1996)
  • * 1904 - Hertta Kuusinen, Finnish communist (d. 1974)
  • * 1912 - Tibor Sekelj, Croatian explorer (d. 1988)
  • * 1913 - Mel Allen, American sports reporter (d. 1996)
  • * 1913 - Woody Hayes, American college football coach (d. 1987)
  • * 1913 - Jimmy Hoffa, American labor union leader
  • * 1914 - Norman Von Nida, Australian golfer (d. 2007)
  • * 1916 - Marcel Bigeard, French general
  • * 1916 - Masaki Kobayashi, Japanese director (d. 1996)
  • * 1916 - Edward Platt, American actor (d. 1974)
  • * 1917 - Herbert A. Hauptman, American mathematician, Nobel Prize Laureate
  • * 1921 - Hugh Downs, American television host
  • * 1922 - Murray the K, American impresario and disk jockey (d. 1982)
  • * 1927 - Lois Maxwell, Canadian actress (d. 2007)
  • * 1929 - Vic Morrow, American actor (d. 1982)
  • * 1931 - Bernie Geoffrion, Canadian hockey player (d. 2006)
  • * 1931 - Brian Kelly, American actor (d. 2005)
  • * 1931 - Phyllis McGuire, American singer (The McGuire Sisters)
  • * 1932 - Alexander Kluge, German actor and film director
  • * 1933 - Madhubala, Indian actress (d. 1969)
  • * 1934 - Michel Corboz, Swiss conductor
  • * 1934 - Florence Henderson, American actress
  • * 1936 - Fanne Foxe, Argentine dancer and focus of a 1974 scandal involving Congressman Wilbur Mills.
  • * 1936 - Andrew Prine, American actor
  • * 1941 - Donna Shalala, American educator
  • * 1941 - Paul Tsongas, United States Senator from Massachusetts (d. 1997)
  • * 1942 - Michael Bloomberg, Mayor of New York City
  • * 1942 - Andrew Robinson, American actor
  • * 1942 - Ricardo Rodríguez, Mexican racing driver (d. 1962)
  • * 1943 - Maceo Parker, American musician (P-Funk)
  • * 1943 - Aaron Russo, American movie producer (d. 2007)
  • * 1944 - Carl Bernstein, American journalist
  • * 1944 - Alan Parker, British film director and writer
  • * 1944 - Ronnie Peterson, Swedish racing driver (d. 1978)
  • * 1945 - Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein
  • * 1946 - Bernard Dowiyogo, President of Nauru (d. 2003)
  • * 1946 - Gregory Hines, American dancer and actor (d. 2003)
  • * 1947 - Tim Buckley, American singer-songwriter (d. 1975)
  • * 1947 - Judd Gregg, American politician, senior senator from New Hampshire
  • * 1948 - Pat O'Brien, American sportscaster and television host
  • * 1948 - Teller, American magician (Penn and Teller)
  • * 1950 - Roger Fisher, American musician (Heart)
  • * 1951 - Kevin Keegan, English footballer
  • * 1951 - JoJo Starbuck, American ice skater
  • * 1952 - Nancy Keenan, current NARAL president
  • * 1955 - Ronald Desruelles, Belgian athlete
  • * 1955 - James Eckhouse, American actor
  • * 1955 - Carol Kalish, American publishing executive (d. 1991)
  • * 1955 - Rip Rogers, American professional wrestler
  • * 1957 - Alan Hunter, one of the original MTV VJs
  • * 1957 - Soile Isokoski, Finnish soprano
  • * 1958 - Enrique Mansilla, Argentine racing driver
  • * 1958 - Grant Thomas, Australian rules footballer
  • * 1959 - Renée Fleming, American soprano
  • * 1960 - Jim Kelly, American football player
  • * 1960 - Meg Tilly, Canadian actress
  • * 1961 - Phillip Hamilton, American author
  • * 1961 - Latifa, Tunisian singer
  • * 1962 - Kevyn Aucoin, American cosmetologist (d. 2002)
  • * 1962 - Michael Higgs, English actor
  • * 1962 - Philippe Sella, French rugby player
  • * 1962 - Sakina Jaffrey, Indian actress
  • * 1963 - Enrico Colantoni, Canadian actor
  • * 1963 - John Marzano, American baseball player
  • * 1964 - Gianni Bugno, Italian cyclist
  • * 1964 - Zach Galligan, American actor
  • * 1966 - Petr Svoboda, National Hockey League player
  • * 1967 - Manuela Maleeva, Bulgarian tennis player
  • * 1967 - Stelios Haji-Ioannou, British entrepreneur
  • * 1968 - Jules Asner, American television personality
  • * 1968 - Scott McClellan, American politician
  • * 1969 - Adriana Behar, Brazilian beach volleyball player
  • * 1969 - Harry Colon, American football player
  • * 1970 - Giuseppe Guerini, Italian cyclist
  • * 1970 - Simon Pegg, British comedian and actor
  • * 1971 - Kris Aquino, Filipino Actress and TV Host
  • * 1971 - Gheorghe Muresan, Romanian basketball player
  • * 1971 - Noriko Sakai, Japanese singer
  • * 1971 - Tommy Dreamer, American professional wrestler
  • * 1972 - Drew Bledsoe, American football player
  • * 1972 - Big Daddy V, American professional wrestler
  • * 1972 - Hiroshi, Japanese comedian
  • * 1972 - Najwa Nimri, Spanish actress
  • * 1972 - Rob Thomas, American musician (Matchbox Twenty)
  • * 1973 - Tyus Edney, American basketball player
  • * 1973 - Steve McNair, American football player
  • * 1974 - Filippa Giordano, Italian singer
  • * 1974 - Philippe Léonard, Belgian footballer
  • * 1975 - Scott Owen, Australian musician (The Living End)
  • * 1975 - Yul Kwon, American Survivor contestant
  • * 1975 - Malik Zidi, French actor
  • * 1976 - Liv Kristine, Norwegian singer (Leaves' Eyes)
  • * 1977 - Darren Bennett, a Professional Latin Ballroom Dancer
  • * 1977 - Cadel Evans, Australian cyclist
  • * 1977 - Darren Purse, English footballer
  • * 1977 - Elmer Symons, South African motorcycle racer (d. 2007)
  • * 1978 - Dean Gaffney, British actor
  • * 1978 - Richard Hamilton, American basketball player
  • * 1978 - Darius Songaila, basketball player
  • * 1978 - Dwele, American R&B/Soul singer
  • * 1979 - Pablo Pallante, Uruguayan footballer
  • * 1980 - Fátima Leyva, Mexican footballer
  • * 1980 - Michelle Ye, Hong Kong actress
  • * 1980 - Josh Senter, American screenwriter
  • * 1982 - Marián Gáborík, Slovak hockey player
  • * 1983 - Bacary Sagna, French footballer
  • * 1983 - Rhydian Roberts, Welsh Singer, X factor Runner Up
  • * 1984 - Hamed Namouchi, Tunisian footballer
  • * 1985 - Karima Adebibe, Moroccan-English actress and model
  • * 1985 - Tyler Clippard, American baseball player
  • * 1985 - Heart Evangelista, Filipina singer, TV and movie actress
  • * 1985 - Natsume Sano, Japanese gravure idol
  • * 1985 - Philippe Senderos, Swiss footballer
  • * 1985 - Gonzalo Venegas, aka G1, of hip hop group Rebel Diaz
  • * 1985 - Miki Yeung, Hong Kong singer and actress
  • * 1986 - Michael Ammermüller, German racing driver
  • * 1986 - Roxanne Guinoo, Filipina actress
  • * 1986 - Aschwin Wildeboer, Spanish swimmer
  • * 1987 - Joseph Pichler, American actor
  • * 1987 - Julia Savicheva, Russian singer
  • * 1987 - David Wheater, English footballer
  • * 1988 - Ángel Di María, Argentine footballer
  • * 1988 - Asia Nitollano, American dancer, Pussycat Dolls Present: The Search for the Next Doll winner
  • * 1988 - Eliska Sursova, American actress
  • * 1988 - Quentin Mosimann, Swiss singer, winner of Star Academy France 7
  • * 1989 - Brandon Sutter, Canadian ice hockey player
  • * 1992 - Freddie Highmore, English actor
  • * 1994 - Paul Butcher, American actor
Deaths
  • * 270 - St. Valentine marking Valentines Day
  • * 869 - Saint Cyril, Greek monk, scholar, theologian and linguist (b. 827)
  • * 1317 - Marguerite of France, queen of Edward I of England (b. 1282)
  • * 1400 - King Richard II of England (murdered) (b. 1367)
  • * 1405 - Timur, Mongol conqueror (b. 1336)
  • * 1571 - Odet de Coligny, French cardinal and Protestant (b. 1517)
  • * 1676 - Abraham Bosse, French engraver and artist
  • * 1714 - Maria Luisa of Savoy, Queen Consort of Spain (b. 1688)
  • * 1737 - Charles Talbot, 1st Baron Talbot of Hensol, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1685)
  • * 1744 - John Hadley, inventor (b. 1682)
  • * 1779 - James Cook, British naval captain and explorer (b. 1728)
  • * 1780 - William Blackstone, English jurist (b. 1723)
  • * 1808 - John Dickinson, American lawyer and Governor of Delaware and Pennsylvania (b. 1732)
  • * 1831 - Vicente Guerrero, Mexican revolutionary hero (b. 1782)
  • * 1831 - Henry Maudslay, English inventor (b. 1771)
  • * 1870 - St. John Richardson Liddell, American Civil War Confederate General (b. 1815)
  • * 1881 - Fernando Wood, New York City mayor (b. 1812)
  • * 1885 - Jules Vallès, French writer (b. 1832)
  • * 1891 - William Tecumseh Sherman, Civil War General (b. 1820)
  • * 1894 - Eugène Charles Catalan, Belgian mathematician (b. 1814)
  • * 1922 - Heikki Ritavuori, Finnish politician (assassinated) (b. 1880)
  • * 1929 - Tom Burke, American runner (b. 1875)
  • * 1942 - Adnan Bin Saidi, Officer of the Malay Regiment killed in the defense of Singapore (b. 1915)
  • * 1943 - Dora Gerson, German actress, cabaret singer, and Holocaust victim (b. 1899)
  • * 1943 - David Hilbert, German mathematician (b. 1862)
  • * 1948 - Mordecai Brown, American baseball player (b. 1876)
  • * 1949 - Yusuf Salman Yusuf, Iraqi-Assyrian communist leader (b. 1901)
  • * 1950 - Karl Guthe Jansky, American Discoverer of cosmic radio waves (b. 1905)
  • * 1952 - Maurice De Waele, Belgian cyclist (b. 1896)
  • * 1958 - Abdul Rab Nishtar, veteran leader of Pakistan Movement, (b. 1899)
  • * 1959 - Baby Dodds, American jazz drummer (b. 1898)
  • * 1967 - Sig Ruman, German-American actor (b. 1884)
  • * 1969 - Vito Genovese, American gangster (b. 1897)
  • * 1970 - Herbert Strudwick, English cricketer (b. 1880).
  • * 1974 - Stewie Dempster, New Zealand cricketer (b. 1903)
  • * 1975 - Julian Huxley, British biologist (b. 1887)
  • * 1975 - P. G. Wodehouse, English writer (b. 1881)
  • * 1978 - Paul Governali, American professional football player (b. 1921)
  • * 1979 - Adolph Dubs, American diplomat (b. 1920)
  • * 1980 - Luitkonwar Rudra Baruah, Assamese composer and actor
  • * 1983 - Lina Radke, German athlete (b. 1903)
  • * 1986 - Edmund Rubbra, English Composer (b. 1901)
  • * 1987 - Dmitri Borisovich Kabalevsky, Russian composer (b. 1904)
  • * 1987 - Karolos Koun, Greek theater director (b. 1908)
  • * 1988 - Frederick Loewe, Austrian-American composer (b. 1901)
  • * 1989 - James Bond, American ornithologist (b. 1900)
  • * 1990 - Tony Holiday, German singer
  • * 1994 - Andrei Chikatilo, Russian serial killer (executed) (b. 1936)
  • * 1995 - U Nu, Burmese politician (b. 1907)
  • * 1995 - Michael V. Gazzo, American actor (b. 1923)
  • * 1996 - Bob Paisley, English football manager (b. 1919)
  • * 1999 - John Ehrlichman, American presidential advisor (b. 1925)
  • * 1999 - Buddy Knox, American singer and songwriter (b. 1933)
  • * 2002 - Nándor Hidegkuti, Hungarian footballer (b. 1922)
  • * 2003 - Dolly, first cloned mammal (b. 1996)
  • * 2003 - Johnny Longden, English jockey (b. 1907)
  • * 2004 - Marco Pantani, Italian cyclist (b. 1970)
  • * 2005 - Najai Turpin, American boxer
  • * 2005 - Rafik Hariri, Lebanese politician and billionaire businessman (b. 1944)
  • * 2006 - Shoshana Damari, Israeli singer and actress (b. 1923)
  • * 2006 - Lynden David Hall, British singer (b. 1974)
  • * 2006 - Darry Cowl, French musician and actor (b. 1925)
  • * 2007 - Gareth Morris, British flautist (b. 1920)
  • * 2007 - Ryan Larkin, Canadian animated film maker. (b. 1943)
from http://en.wikipedia.or

Sunday, February 1, 2009

Valentine's Day


Valentine's Day or Saint Valentine's Day is a holiday celebrated on February 14 by many people throughout the world. In the West, it is the traditional day on which lovers express their love for each other by sending Valentine's cards, presenting flowers, or offering confectionery. The holiday is named after two among the numerous Early Christian martyrs named Valentine. The day became associated with romantic love in the circle of Geoffrey Chaucer in the High Middle Ages, when the tradition of courtly love flourished.

An alternative theory from Belarus states that the holiday originates from the story of Saint Valentine, who upon rejection by his mistress was so heartbroken that he took a knife to his chest and sent her his still-beating heart as a token of his undying love for her. Hence, heart-shaped cards are now sent as a tribute to his overwhelming passion and suffering.

The day is most closely associated with the mutual exchange of love notes in the form of "valentines." Modern Valentine symbols include the heart-shaped outline, doves, and the figure of the winged Cupid. Since the 19th century, handwritten notes have largely given way to mass-produced greeting cards.. The sending of Valentines was a fashion in nineteenth-century Great Britain, and, in 1847, Esther Howland developed a successful business in her Worcester, Massachusetts home with hand-made Valentine cards based on British models. The popularity of Valentine cards in 19th-century America was a harbinger of the future commercialization of holidays in the United States.

The U.S. Greeting Card Association estimates that approximately one billion valentines are sent each year worldwide, making the day the second largest card-sending holiday of the year behind Christmas. The association estimates that women purchase approximately 85 percent of all valentines.

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Numerous early Christian martyrs were named Valentine. Until 1969, the Catholic Church formally recognized eleven Valentine's Days. The Valentines honored on February 14 are Valentine of Rome (Valentinus presb. m. Romae) and Valentine of Terni (Valentinus ep. Interamnensis m. Romae). Valentine of Rome was a priest in Rome who suffered martyrdom about AD 269 and was buried on the Via Flaminia. His relics are at the Church of Saint Praxed in Rome. and at Whitefriar Street Carmelite Church in Dublin, Ireland.

Valentine of Terni became bishop of Interamna (modern Terni) about AD 197 and is said to have been killed during the persecution of Emperor Aurelian. He is also buried on the Via Flaminia, but in a different location than Valentine of Rome. His relics are at the Basilica of Saint Valentine in Terni (Basilica di San Valentino).

The Catholic Encyclopedia also speaks of a third saint named Valentine who was mentioned in early martyrologies under date of February 14. He was martyred in Africa with a number of companions, but nothing more is known about him.

No romantic elements are present in the original early medieval biographies of either of these martyrs. By the time a Saint Valentine became linked to romance in the fourteenth century, distinctions between Valentine of Rome and Valentine of Terni were utterly lost.

In the 1969 revision of the Roman Catholic Calendar of Saints, the feastday of Saint Valentine on February 14 was removed from the General Roman Calendar and relegated to particular (local or even national) calendars for the following reason: "Though the memorial of Saint Valentine is ancient, it is left to particular calendars, since, apart from his name, nothing is known of Saint Valentine except that he was buried on the Via Flaminia on February 14." The feast day is still celebrated in Balzan (Malta) where relics of the saint are claimed to be found, and also throughout the world by Traditionalist Catholics who follow the older, pre-Vatican II calendar.

The Early Medieval acta of either Saint Valentine were excerpted by Bede and briefly expounded in Legenda Aurea. According to that version, St Valentine was persecuted as a Christian and interrogated by Roman Emperor Claudius II in person. Claudius was impressed by Valentine and had a discussion with him, attempting to get him to convert to Roman paganism in order to save his life. Valentine refused and tried to convert Claudius to Christianity instead. Because of this, he was executed. Before his execution, he is reported to have performed a miracle by healing the blind daughter of his jailer.

Legenda Aurea still providing no connections whatsoever with sentimental love, appropriate lore has been embroidered in modern times to portray Valentine as a priest who refused an unattested law attributed to Roman Emperor Claudius II, allegedly ordering that young men remain single. The Emperor supposedly did this to grow his army, believing that married men did not make for good soldiers. The priest Valentine, however, secretly performed marriage ceremonies for young men. When Claudius found out about this, he had Valentine arrested and thrown in jail. In an embellishment to The Golden Legend, on the evening before Valentine was to be executed, he wrote the first "valentine" himself, addressed to a young girl variously identified as his beloved, as the jailer's daughter whom he had befriended and healed, or both. It was a note that read "From your Valentine."


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