Allwyn's Blog- The Journey

Years of living dangerously article is an inspiration from the Nat Geo documentary(titled Years of living dangerously) which advocates and address the issues of Climate change and its adverse effects.   I have heard about the climate change but haven't taken it very seriously. After watching the documentary program in NatGeo I was frequently struck with thoughts of  what will happen to the planet earth after 50 years where our younger generation will have to live. Isn't it our duty to give them a better planet to live in. I have shared my knowledge and views about Global warming and Climatic change through this post. Hope this article could spread some awareness. I started working as Testing engineer specializing in electrical installation testing and had a chance to work in Neyveli lignite Corporation(NLC) power plants, where I noticed that the exhaust chimneys of the New power plant  is higher than that of the old ones. I enquired about it with my seniors and was t

Festival of Pongal is celebrated every year on 14th or 15th of January(தை மாதம் முதல் தேதி) in Tamilnadu and other parts of India. It's also known as Shankaranthi in other parts of India. This year Pongal falls on 14th of January 2017 and celebrated for 4days from 13th Jan 2017 to 16th Jan 2017 Bhogi Pandigai: Its the first day of Pongal festival in honour of Lord Indra who is the god of clouds and rain. On this day old/broken household are thrown away or burnt in fire. The houses are cleaned and decorated. Bonfire is lit with wood and cow dung cakes and the unwanted materials are thrown in the bonfire. "பழையன கழைதலும் புதியன புகுதலும் போகி பண்டிகை" which translates to "Getting rid of the unwanted things and bringing in the new ones". On this day the unwanted households are thrown and burnt,  which symbolizes that we have to get rid of  anger, grudge and revenge from our hearts and let love, tolerance, mercy and charity flourish in our hearts and mind

We have stepped into a fresh Year 2017 with lots of expectations and hopes.. we all wish good luck and prosperity to all our friends and relatives and they have send their wishes to us. Compilation of my timeline of New Year wishes... (Read also: Gateway to the New year.. Month of December ) New Year wishes in my FB page Allwyn’ s blog the Journey: "Year 2016 has come to a happy ending... Happy New Year 2017 from Allwyn’ s blog-The Journey to all our readers, followers and those who encourage me. In 2016 I re-started writing and meeting the readers through my articles. I express my deep gratitude to all my readers for encouraging me." Wishes which I sent to my friends, relatives and social media groups: When we bid farewell to 2016 and welcome 2017 we need to be grateful for the year which has gone- by and wish for a better year ahead. “In the last few hours of 2016. Let’s remember and be grateful for the good things which happened to us and forget the bad things