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Ralph Smedley wrote in the opening of his book, 'The

Story of Toastmasters'

"As I look back over half a century of connection with the

Toastmasters movement, I am impressed by the fact that

a simple idea, put to work in so simple a manner, has

grown into such an instrument of service for so many

people. I happened along when the need was evident

and my fellow citizens were ready to recognize it"

Our founder's idea though simple had a clear purpose which effectivelycombined service to self and to others through the beautiful concept of 'share

and grow'. The member-focused mission has been the greatest strength of our

organization. The knowledge, experience and self confidence our members

derive from the Toastmasters program not only gives them the courage to

change their lives but gives them the desire to help others change as well. It was

Ralph Smedley's desire that we should apply the talents and skills we acquire to

"build a better world, through building a better society made up of individuals

who must act in groups" .

Division L has consistently followed the ideals of the Toastmasters movement

and through the efforts of our committed members have reached out to large

sections of society which currently numbers twenty six clubs and approximately

eight hundred members. We have touched the life of many who in small groups

of twenty to thirty members continues to reap the sweet fruits of fellowship and

growth through their membership in Toastmasters . Our clubs consistently offers

it's members new opportunities to enhance their communication and leadershipskills and as our members dive into the vast array of manuals, attend the

different learning events which the Division has regularly organized they

continue to expand their skills far beyond their current comprehension and

enlightens them to their inner possibilities.

Our division conference will showcase skills that our members have mastered

not just in communication and leadership but will also provide them an

opportunity to display their abundant warmth and fellowship, the core factors that

have contributed to making us the largest and probably among the most vibrant

divisions in the District.

Jacob Kuriakose

Division L Governor

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village. It has resulted in nations coming closer, cultures expanding their frontiers

to create unified unique multiculturalism. Citizenry has become more and more

international, and huge distances no longer an impediment to physical proximity.

Mans creativity has made all this possible and extremely practical. Indeed

mankind is closely knit as never before.

Being an active toastmaster for over a decade I can safely vouch that our

Toastmasters fraternity is a classic example of Unity in Diversity. Peoplecoming together, irrespective of the barriers of language, nationality, religion, and

culture to share and celebrate a wonderful learning experience. We are creating

a unique identity with the rhythm of education and personal advancement in a

busy conglomeration of various diversifying factors.

Just look around! It is like a Noahs Ark of talent and genius. engineers, doctors,

chartered accountants, financial wizards, writers, journalists, teachers,

professionals of every color and shade are here! Indeed this conference is goingto be two impeccable days of unforgettable learning, interacting and

entertainment.

Today is present.

Today is A Present.

A Present from the wonderful team of conference leaders, a dozen committee

heads, who have toiled tirelessly for months, CultivatingCreativity to bring you

this magnificent event. All thanks to them. I am honored to be involved with suchworthy leaders.

Human race is living through a challenging phaseof its existence on planet Earth. We belong to the

post- industrial society and we have entered the

age of information explosion. Internet has

changed, transformed and revolutionized our

lives, as never before. Human beings are no

longer the lonely islands they presumed to be but

a unique and beautiful part of a great whole. Yes,

our dear planet has now turned into a global

TM Syed Jamal Zaheer

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Benjamin Franklin said, Either write something worth doing or do something

worth writing about. Dont tell me the moon is shining: show me the glint of light

on the broken glass. Dont tell me there is a waterfall: show me the spray of

millions of drops in the air, as the water hits the rocks. Dont tell me the wind is

blowing: show me the branches swaying and flattening in the wind.

Ideas start at Imagination. Creativity doesnt stop at imagination or an idea; it

goes on to implement it. Everyone has a genius in him. All we have to do it to

stoke the fire and we would see it burst into flames. Cultivating Creativity is

imploding the fire in your team till it explodes their ideas into a fascinating and abeautiful result.

We have many creative leaders amongst us and opportunities of organizing

events like this, brings out the best in them. It has been our earnest effort to

focus on quality with simplicity. Both are vibrantly vital to toastmasters fraternity.

In toastmasters we do things repeatedly. In the inherent danger of repeating

anything continuously, is the threat of losing creativity and originality. There is

only one way to overcome this impediment. It is through the application of ourresources in an inspiringly imaginative manner. We just did that but the proof of

the pudding is in eating it.

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Since Feb12, I have kept on sending out mails and also calling toastmasters to

present their ideas by way of articles, stories, paintings, snippets and so on ,

The initial response was not very encouraging. , Relentlessly I pursued the

members to make their submissions. . At last the patience and persistence has

paid off.

The result is the E-Magazine that you see right now on your screen. It includes

messages from leaders and articles from toastmasters. In the family corner,

Youth Leaders, Homemakers and Children of Toastmasters have exhibited their

hidden talent.

Erase from your mind the common belief that a writer is born. The contributors

to this E-Magazine have proved that and practice, coupled with a passion to

share your learning is vital to become an adept writer. My heartfelt thanks to

those who have toiled to make this E-Magazine a reality within the stipulated

time.

As you read it, you will find a dose of vitamin-c: by 'c' I mean Creativity! Every

piece of writing has the element of creativity. It aims to shed an array of colour in

a spectacular manner. The wide range of topics presented here will keep youengaged from cover to cover. A quick glance will let you gauge the extent of the

imagination that has gone into the writing.

My advice to you is - Aim to cultivate creativity. Wake up the dormant creator

within you by shedding reluctance and resistance.

"Becoming the reader is the essence of becoming a writer."John O'Har;

We hope you will enjoy surfing through the pages.

May God Bless You All.

N.V.Arasu

Chairman Editorial Team

We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect-Anas Nin

Dear Fellow Toastmasters

Every year, the toastmasters Division-L Annual Conference

brings joy and happiness to every toastmaster and every

club. The single reason for this joy is the feeling of

togetherness.

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Table of Contents

Sn Message / Article By

1 Division Governor's Message TM Jacob Kuriakose

2 Division Conference Chairman Message TM Syed Jamal Zaheer

3 TMI President Message DTM Michael Notaro

4 District Governor's Message TM Khaled Matlagaitu

5 Asst. Division Governor (Edu. & Trg.) Message TM Abdullah al-Sharif6 Asst. Division Governor (Marketing) Message TM Sushil Agrawal

7 Area Governor Message TM Rajeev Pillai

8 Past Division Governor Message TM S.Waheed Lateef

9 Investment In Toastmasters Program TM Meshaal Al-enazi

10 Are You Scared Of Public Speaking? TM Easwarappa

11 Children - Future Of The World TM Jayasankar

12 Autobiography Of A Tea-cup TM Viswaraj Ayyapilla

13 Good Thinking TM Buddha Raju

14 The Change In My Life TM Mahesh Talavdekhar

15 Difference Between Winner And Loser TM Sandeep Saklecha

16 Tamil Language TM Koteeswaran

17 Speaking Up In Your Life TM Akhtar Mohammed

18 Five Minds For The Future DTM PGR Nair

19 I Am Happy ..Truly Happy MTM Mranalini Mishra

20 Think Different - You will find a solution MTM Rajalakshmi Arasu

21 Lost In The Streets Of Shangai TM Anup Paul

22 My Journey As A Toastmaster TM Khalid Al-Mutairi

23 Self-discipline TM Sadagopan Natarajan

24 Joining Toastmasters : A wise investment for life TM Venkatesan Devarajan

25 The Institution of Marriage TM Jamal Zaheer

26 Female Right Violation MTM Dr. Fahmmeda Zaheer

27 More And More TM Bala Murugan

28 Mesmerism TM Manoj C. Nair29 What Can We Learn From Nature? TM Pushkar

30 Wisdom Or Knowledge G.V.Narayan

31 How To Be Charismatic TT Abdullah Khalili

32 The Power of Silence TM Ahmed Al-Madani

33 Simplify Your Life TM Mosallam Al-Tamimi

34 Live To Give And Give To Leave TM Bhaskar Patel

35 It Starts With Me TM Venkateshan Sankarnarayan

36 Generational Diversity TM Asif Siddiqui

37 Emotions -Yes; Emotional Drama - No TM N. Sadagopan

38 Other Aspects of Effective Communication TM Hari Kumar

39 Succesful Act TM Iqbal Raj

40 A Toastmaster's Autobiography TM PJJ Antony

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Table of Contents

Sn Message / Article By

41 A dream still unbelievable TM Safare Mohammed

42 ABC -- About Being Connected DTM Suresh Kumar

43 Does the Dress Really Matters TM AK Das

44 innovation - the need of the hour TM Dr.R.J.George

45 The advantage of learning a foreign language TM V.N. Mishra

46 Bringing up Children is an art MTM Kumar Gandhimathi

47 What is the correct meaning of modern life? TM D. R. Pai

48 Energise Your Our Lives By Making a DIFFERENCE TM Syam

49 Doing it at the Right Time TM Hamid Al-Harti

50 Traffic Signals in our Lives TM Mohammed Deeb Abdul Jali

51 Table Topics The Turning Point Mrs.Himna Shameer

52 Cultivating Creativity DTM PGR Nair

53 Learn From Mistake DTM Jagadeesan Kumar

54 Hidden Factory TM Javed Ansari

55 Reasons to Join Toastmasters TM Saeed Al-Sahrani

56 Hidden Factory TM Javed Ansari

57 The Desert Ants TM.Eugene

58 A New Born Leader in Me Ms.Ariba Aziz

59 A Toastmaster - An Institution for the Family. Ms.Khadija Fatma

60 How Beautiful Is The Earth Master.Hisham61 Entertainment Miss Kumar Lakshmi

62 The Dawn - A Beautiful Creator of the Creator Master Shehzan Shameer Ahmed

63 We are Happy Family until KFC Visit Us Master Sufiyan Shameer Ahmed

64 Choices Master.Vinoth Ramesh

65 Deadly Neighbors Master.Karthikaya Mishra

66 Two Days Master.Rahul Agrawal

67 Inculcating Human Values Master.M. Minhajuddin Majid

68 Plant for the planet- Stop Talking and Start Planting Ms.Sai Aiswarya Sadagopan

69 A Day In The Youth Leadership Program Ms.Sindhura Thanneru

70 My Experience in YLP YL Zehra Siddiqui

71 Angels Of Love Khusboo

72 Friends Are Forever YL Shifa Verma

73 We Live In Our Deeds...... Not In Years YL Shifa Verma

74 The Day I Came to Terms with Life Master Kumar Vijay

75 UVMAS Award Master Aadit Jayasankar

76 My Experience in YLP YL Zehra Siddiqui

77 Paintings Srinivas. Arsu & N. V. Arasu

78 What is the true value of humanity Miss. Kumar Lakshmi

79 My Experience In Wahoo, Bahrain Jayasurya V.

80 Happiness Results from our Attitude Gav. Kuriakose Jacob

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Seven Habits Of Highly Effective Toastmasters

MICHAEL NOTARO, DTMInternational President

Aristotle once said, We are what we repeatedly do.

Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. Habits are a

part of life. What begins as a simple choice is repeated

day after day, month after month and year after year.

Over time, our habits whether good or bad shape

our destiny. To begin 2012, I offer you seven habits of

highly effective Toastmasters!

Be early. Great things happen when you are early for

a Toastmasters meeting. You can greet a guest, finalizethe agenda, hand your manual to your evaluator or help

with room preparations. Best of all, you will be relaxed

and seated when the meeting starts.

Be prepared. Preparation is vital to a successful Toastmasters meeting. Prior

preparation prevents poor performance. When things are done at the last minute, or not

done at all, the meeting quality suffers and members stay home.

Be positive. Attitude is contagious. Members join to learn, grow and have fun! Project

a positive attitude of fun and enjoyment. Encourage new members to sign up for

speaking and leadership roles early and often.

Be supportive. When members show interest and support each other, everyone

succeeds. Encouragement is like a mental vitamin, and it begins with you. Nurture a

supportive, encouraging club culture and watch your club thrive.

Be courteous. Toastmasters is a people business and all people have feelings.

Some members are sensitive, while others are thick-skinned, but all expect courteous

treatment. Say thankyou and please, and apologize when appropriate. Treat your

clubmates kindly and watch them reciprocate.

Be a goal-setter. Effective Toastmasters stretch themselves and encourage others to

stretch, as well. If you are new, reach for your Competent Communicator award. If you

have a CC, reach for CL, AC or DTM awards. If you have a DTM, earn another one (like

I did). You will grow, and others will catch the excitement and grow along with you.

Be ready for anything! Toastmasters is a learning experience and anything can

happen at any time from fire alarms to power outages to speaker no-shows. Be

flexible and seize your opportunity to grow. If a prepared speaker cancels at the last

minute, try a five- to seven-minute impromptu speech. You might be surprised at how

well you do, and you may inspire your clubmates. T

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Our Division is relatively new; it managed to make its firm and distinguished

impression in the Growth and Successes of the District as it grew from 4 clubsonly back in 2007 to the current size of 25 clubs with more yet to come. Thus, it

makes Division-L the largest one in the District 79.

These successes and distinguished performances demonstrated by Division-L

have been very well perceived and recognized by Toastmaster fraternity around

the Globe. Our out-standing hard work and shining achievement have helped us

to stand in the front lines which led to my election as the 1stDistrict Governor of

the newly formed "District-79".I have full and adamantine trust that the Division-L Conference for this year will

continue to exceed the successes of the past ones in a relentless journey of

continuous enhancement and improvement we take up filled with Zeal and

Enthusiasm.

Continuous improvement is an intrinsic quality of true leaders and very genuine

to our own Division-L; Division-L(Leaders) Hence, I would call upon everyone of

you to get the best out of this conference by gaining all possible benefits andalso by contributing to this conference with some extra effort on your part; as I

believe, you are truly capable Leaders.

Regards,

Khaled Matlagaitu

SERVANT District Governor

District 79 (Saudi Arabia)Toastmasters International

Where Leaders Are Made

Dear Members of Division-L,

As I started thinking of writing to you, a fine fusion of

emotions and ideas surged up in my mind and heart.

Now I am trying to pen down this heart-felt message to

the members of Division -L after all my messages to

all other Divisions in the District!

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TM Abdullah al-Sharif

Splendid Ultimate Triumph

Toastmasters serve the organization including

Members, Clubs, Areas, Division and Community

voluntarily to satisfy something within the person

himself. It is a win-win situation for both speaker and

audience.

The speaker will strengthen his skills by practicing

those skills in front of audience with full Commitment,

Preparation and Attendance. Audience will support the

speaker by regularly attending the meetings and

listening to his practices. In return, audience will gain

and learn the right practices of performing the skills

from the speaker and they will be practicing the White Magic (listening skills)

which is very important in Evaluator Role, Grammarian Role and AH Counter

Role. This is the beauty of this organization (TMI) that All are sparkling and

providing Splendid Ultimate Triumph.

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As marketing officer of Division L, I asked myself Are these changes really meaningful

to us at this stage? The answer came sooner than later. I realized that so much is

changing in our economic and business environments these years, It is no wonder that

the nature of communication and leadership is changing too. The leadership style has

become more dynamic and challenging with time. It is up to us how we look at

ourselves, our clubs and community with a fresh perspective and align ourselves with

this new wave of change. That is what a real rebranding for us and Toastmasters in

Division L.

To meet this new challenging environment, we adjusted our marketing plans and

strategy. We planned to built new clubs but at the same time put in efforts to retain the

existing ones by providing them support. Our target was to reach each and everymember of Division L and demonstrate the benefit of Toastmasters program. Let me

now give you a brief insight of marketing activities of Division L during this year :

In the beginning of the year ,we targeted to add five new clubs under each respective

Area. I am very proud to declare that already five new clubs are on rolls of Division L

namely- Marafiq TM Club, Tamil TM club, Hadeed TM club #1 & 2 and ARRazi TM Club.

There are at least seven clubs in pipeline namely Gas TM club, Farabi TM club,

Sharq TM club, Malayalam TM club, SABTank TM Club, SWCC TM club where the

organization activities are at advance stage. Benefits from Toastmastering are an opensecret to the society.

Three existing clubs which were not doing so well - SADAF, SIPChem and SAFCO

were put back on to reasonable standing grounds with the help of seasoned

Toastmasters.

We built up a pool of mentors managed by experienced Toastmasters. They are

focusing on the growth of assigned clubs and the club members are benefited from their

advice.

If you look at the above statistics , it is BIG change for all of us. To meet and managethis big change, we need to gather our best strength and support. I am sure the

Toastmaster of Division L are competent enough to handle this herculean task. I urge

each and every member of Division L to join hands and be a part of this challenging

journey. Best Wishes,

Nothing endures but changes truly said by a Greek Philosopher.We began the current year with the three big changes:

Rebranding of Toastmasters International,

Birth of a brand new District 79 in Saudi Arabia,

Birth of two new Areas under Division L.

TM Sushil Kumar Agrawal

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Dear Toastmasters

This Calendar year for Division L started with a very high

note when our own immediate past Division Governor was

sworn in as the First District Governor of the independent

District Saudi Arabia. Ever since then it has been a very

enthusiastic period for Division-L as a whole. Our Division has

grown from strength to strength in past few years and it is our

duty to see that it continues so in future as well.

The Corporate Clubs and Community clubs in this Division are now working hand in

hand to grow together. A very warm sense of Camaraderie exists amongst the sister

clubs in this Division. I feel proud to state that our Area-14 stands tall in this context.

We shall not miss any opportunity to serve the needs of any club be it a Community or

Corporate club.

As Toastmasters we are bound ethically & morally to serve selflessly thereby making

the place around us a better one for one and all, a place that is free from all kinds of

divisive factors . It is our endeavor to promote communication skills in our children & forthat we have programs like Youth Leadership Program & Child Development Program.

We shall also persist in encouraging more ladies to join the existing Community clubs

or even start new Clubs exclusively for ladies be it necessary. DCP merged with our

Commitment towards improving the quality of our performance shall be the guiding

force behind us in our path of progress.

Our Division has been very fortunate to have Great Leaders at the helm to steer us

forward and we Toastmasters of Area-14 Pledge our full support to the Leaders of this

Division & I personally as the Area Governor of Area-14 pledge my support &cooperation to all the Clubs & their leaders . We look forward to receiving the support &

cooperation from one and all in this Division, the Division Where Leaders are made.

TM Rajeev Pillai

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It was in the year 1966 when I got my first award in school-a

chocolate- for my good hand writing. Soon the teacher gave me

another chocolate for the best dressed boy and indeed my shoes

were shining. On returning home, I promptly handed over the

second chocolate to my mother for her excellent work. This was

the practice in our school days to encourage children to do good

work. Soon I became popular as a Chocolate Boy.

Not even in my dreams did I think that I would land in Jubail Toastmasters. It is with a

sense of great contentment that I announce that I am still enjoying the encouragement

for my smart work, though here it is not the chocolates that I get, but Trophies for the

contributions. The trophies that I earned in the hard way would be cherished for a long

time to come. These Trophies in a way symbolize excellence in communication and

leadership and our quest for self development.

Sometimes I get Trophies for something silly that I did for the sake of helping one

another, which is what toastmasters is all about. I would like to share some of the

awards that I do not cherish, but it was made obligatory to receive them. There a few

awards that I received for having picked up a telephone to order for food on some big

occasions of Toastmasters (Food Committee Award).

Some of such trophies that I have received are follows:

Workshops presenter at YLP program:

Mentoring a YLP student:

Members of a Magazine committee:

Member of a stage management committee:

Being a chief judge: Volunteering to serve at all special occasions of Toastmasters:

Sometimes I am so embarrassed to go to the stage to receive Trophies. On a few

occasions I have deliberately avoided to be present in the function hall and I have

avoided collecting it even at the later stage.

I think we should receive an award only when we feel really worthy of it. Otherwise, it

becomes a pile up like curios. We must put a halt to pampering one another with such

Trophies, that we even cannot treasure or talk about with friends and families, and even

if we do, we would soon be called Trophy-masters.

We are not only wasting hard earned sponsorship money, but I am afraid that one day

we would be disliked by our sponsors, and they are likely to carry a sign board at their

companies gates -" Toastmasters are prohibited to enter

Trophies, Trophies, TrophiesTM Syed Wahid Lateef

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I personaly believe, learning from toastmasters guarantees us to become unique in

personality, and help us ThinkDifferent & PerformBetter.

It has been my personal experience to feel an immense change between Meshaal

(myself) before and after joining Toastmaster International. This change opened doors

of learning and opportunities for me. Besides, it made the choice of career development

attainable within my hand.

So what is the price we pay as toastmaster for all these benefits?

What you need to give for this beneficial program is a bit of your valuable time and your

commitment. Now, many companies have their own clubs; and they continuouslyencourage their employees to make the most of this program.

Some of the outcomes of our hardworking in Toastmaster Club are writing and

delivering a good message, presenting clearly our thoughts and ideas, meeting new

people and polishing our communication skills, spending quality time, understanding

ourselves and finally defeating our fears. Finally, we emerge as a self confident

individual.Are they not worthy investment for life?

We feel good after achieving communication skills, confidence and competency. For themost part, we attain the shining benefits of oral and written communication in a very

friendly and supportive environment.

We spend a lot of money and time enrolling ourselves in programs that give less than

what Toastmaster International gives. Why dont we try something different at this time?

TM Meshaal Al-Enazi

One of the most important reasons to join ToastmasterInternational is to expand our thinking skills, and develop

ourselves followed by improvements in life and career. We

redefine success during the course of our learning and

progress in Toastmaster International. Consequently, we aim

to develop passion in every activity we undertake.

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Once American actor Jerry Seinfeld rightly said, According to

most studies, peoples number one fear is public speaking.Number two is death. Is your greatest fear public speaking? Areyou scared of speaking to a crowd? Here is a platform, where youcan gain on ground experience of public speaking. Here you candevelop your communication and leadership skills. This isToastmasters International.

Toastmasters International is a non-profit educational organization that teaches public

speaking and leadership skills. This organization is like a laboratory to practice many thingsin and learn all of them by doing. This is a brilliant organization with more than 270,000

members in more than 13,000 clubs in 116 countries. In Toastmaster International morethan 4 million members are reaping rich benefits around the world. Its main core values arethat you can:

1. Become the Leader you want to be and easily develop your speaking skills

2. Improve professionally and personally.3. Break barriers and build bridges of friendship across the world.

There was a person who had no idea about public speaking. He had lots of fears of publicspeaking. To overcome those difficulties, he joined Elite Toastmasters Club, in Jubail. Hesuffered a lot as he was neither comfortable in delivering speeches nor successful in any of

the speeches. Whenever he took two steps forward, he found himself two steps backward.He tried his best to be as good as others, but he ended up delivering lousy speeches andterrible evaluations. His wife was not happy with his performance. She advised him to quit.However, he continued his journey. He involved himself in many Toastmasters activities,and took some of the challenging roles. He set a target to go higher and further in all

Toastmasters events. Then, he saw shining light at end of the tunnel. The light was bright,and it was brilliantly beautiful. He gained self confidence and self respect.

Fellow toastmasters and friends, the person I am talking about is none other than yourstruly. I found a lot of benefits from this organization which we did not learn even in ourschool & college lives. There is no public speaking school in the world. Only Toastmastersorganization offers opportunities for us to be able to speak well in front of an audience.

Lets remember that our personal growth and the growth of the club are inter-linked. Whenwe grow, the club grows. Lets share and grow together. Today we owe a lot to thisbeautiful organization for the benefits of enhanced communication and leadership skills thatwe enjoy on a daily basis.

Friends and fellow toastmasters, today, I am proud to say that my fear of public speakinghas vanished and I am very much confident and comfortable on the stage, because of this

beautiful organization.

I would urge all the members to spread this message among non-toastmasters across thecommunity and encourage them to join this wonderful organization. This will not only helpyou hone your persuasive skills but also show that you care for the community you live in.

TM Easwarappa

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Children are the world's most valuable resource and they are ourbest hope for the future. Todays children are under pressure to

perform in a highly competitive result-oriented environment. Is thiscompetition driving them to ignore the values of character &morality? In other words, how the children appear how smart,attractive, and successful they are - is what bothers them, morethan their character . Just think for a while.

Every parent wants to have their children possess good moral character. But if you lookat their behavior - and the children's interpretation of what's important to the parents -it's getting ahead, getting the grades, getting into the best school. Wanting our kids toappear good more than be good is the biggest problem in todays child up-bringing.

On 9th February 2012, Thursday, a 15 year old, 9th grade student killed his teacher inthe class room in my hometown, Chennai. You all might have heard about it. The entireworld has been in shock since the murder.

Investigators probing the killing of Uma Maheshwari, who was stabbed to death, foundthat she

had made 13 adverse remarks in the boy's school diary, informing his parents about hisfailing tests and poor performance in school. These entries found to be the primaryreasons that could have angered the student and provoked him to commit the murder.

When further analyzed, the killer-boy is said to have been a reserved student and didnthave any friends. He used to come by car and had the luxury of Rs. 100 as daily pocketmoney. When the notes have reached the parent, they felt that their over affection /pampering spoiled him. They started to scold him and stopped the facilities like pocketmoney etc. When the boy was asked , he told that he was also worried that he wouldnot be promoted to class X, which will bring more anger from his parents. This mighthave triggered him to look for ways to punish the teacher who was reason behind that.

Do you believe that the boy was a real culprit? NO. After this incident, I searched the

internet for any such incidents in other places. There are a few, and the one thatattracted me, is related to Bob Beamon, 1968 Olympic gold medalist and worldchampion in long jump. He was one such student who attacked his teacher in schooland was expelled. Later he made history at 23 by breaking world record.(http://www.answers.com/topic/bob-beamon)

If the fault is not with the student alone, who else contributes to such incident? Thereare three contributors. The first is the teacher, (in general the teaching community),second the media and finally the parents.

The teacher instead of just sending the information notes alone, could have spent some

time with him in the way of counseling and could have found the reasons for his poorperformance and the way to correct the same.

Even the media plays a grater role. By the time kids graduate from high school, theywill have spent more time watching TV than in all the classrooms they've everentered. The message our children receive from media is that the biggest crime is notbeing immoral, but being unattractive."

TM S. Jayasankar

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Now lets look deep into the contribution from the parents? When the kids are caught

and face the appropriate sanctions by the school, it is too often the parents whoencourage their children to flagrantly lie and "beat the system." Their argument isgenerally that these "minor infractions" of "children" are not to be taken so seriously asit can derail their little sweethearts from their bigger goals.

In reality, parents are willing to compromise their children's moral and spiritual growthfor material gain. Our obligation to our children cannot be fulfilled just by sending themto the best schools, giving them the costlier toys, costumes & best books.

Parents should make it very clear to children that no amount of scoring, fame or fortunecovers up for a lack of responsibility and character. Create your own "Hall of Fame" inthe family by rewarding children for decent behavior. Individually and as a family,participate in acts of kindness for senior citizens, handicapped people and others whoare struggling in life. Your children will learn by experience that real beauty lies in one'slove, compassion and generosity.

Children who were not nurtured by strong parents with a guiding hand and watchfuleyes are dangerous to themselves and to the entire neighborhood.

Parents cannot teach values without following them. Raising decent, moral children ishard, time consuming and sometimes thankless work. You may not get a thank you,

until your child has children of his or her own.Guide your child. Be there. Your children will become what you are today, so be whatyou want them to be. Will You?

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TM Viswaraj Ayyapilla

The TeacupInfluenced by anAuthor Unknown

Thank you for helping me to realize that life is full of hardships, pains,sorrows, and trials. Then, the only way to beat these odds is to faceand take it as a challenge of life and so I just continue on improvingmyself.

There was a couple who used to go to England to shop in the beautiful stores. This wastheir twenty-fifth wedding anniversary. They both liked antiques and pottery and especiallyteacups.

One day in this beautiful shop they saw a beautiful teacup. They said "May we see that?We've never seen one quite so beautiful." As the lady handed it to them, suddenly theteacup spoke.

"You don't understand," it said. "I haven't always been a teacup.

There was a time when I was red and I was clay. My master took me and rolled me andpatted me over and over and I yelled out, let me alone,' but he only smiled, 'Not yet'.

"Then I was placed on a spinning wheel," the teacup said, "and suddenly I was spun

around and around and around. Stop it! I'm getting dizzy!' I screamed. But the master onlynodded and said, 'Not yet.'

Then he put me in the oven. I never felt such heat. I wondered why he wanted to burn me,

and I yelled, and I knocked at the door. I could see him through the opening and I couldread his lips as he shook his head, 'Not yet.'

"Finally the door opened, he put me on the shelf, and I began to cool. There, that's better,'I said. And he brushed and painted me all over. The fumes were horrible. I thought I wouldgag. 'Stop it, stop it!' I cried. He only nodded, 'Not yet. "Then suddenly he put me back intothe oven, not like the first one. This was twice as hot and I knew I would suffocate. I

begged. I pleaded. I screamed. I cried. All the time I could see him through the openingnodding his head, saying, 'Not yet.'

"Then I knew there wasn't any hope. I would never make it. I was ready to give up. But thedoor opened and he took me out and placed me on the shelf. One hour later he handed me

a mirror and said, 'Look at yourself.' And I did. I said, 'That's not me; that couldn't be me.It's beautiful. I'm beautiful.'

'I want you to remember, then,' he said, 'I know it hurt to be rolled and patted, but if I justleft you, you'd have dried up. I know it made you dizzy to spin around on the wheel, but if Ihad stopped, you would have crumbled. I know it hurt and it was hot and disagreeable in

the oven, but if I hadn't put you there, you would have cracked. I know the fumes were badwhen I brushed and painted you all over, but if I hadn't done that, you never would havehardened. You would not have had any color in your life, and if I hadn't put you back in thatsecond oven, you wouldn't survive for very long because the hardness would not haveheld. Now you are a finished product. You are what I had in mind when I first began withyou. Dear Fellow toastmasters, this autobiography could be of anybody among us.

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A short walk is so difficult,

when no one walks with you.

But a long journey is just like few steps

when you walk with someone

who loves and cares for you.

We always look and care for the person

whom we love the most.

But we fail to look back at those

who love us the most.Death is not the greatest loss in life..

The greatest loss is when

relationships die inside us while

we are still alive...

Life will be more beautiful!! Colorful !!! and Meaningful !!!

TM Buddha Raju

Life is not about the people

who act true on your face..

Its about the people who

remain true behind your back..

Time decides whom you meet in life

Your heart decides whom you want in life..

But your behavior decides

who will stay in your life...

You can win life by all means..Yes..

If you simply avoid two things...

1. Comparing - with others

2. Expecting - from other

I had the honor to know great Toastmasters as well as people with a lot of Potential. By

the time they became apparent speakers, they managed to express their views and

thoughts better and they became better and confident citizens and family men.

In the Toastmasters Club you dont just learn how to speak better in Public but you also

learn how to listen as well as how to lead. You also learn how to use your body, voice,

face expressions, gesture and eye contact to better address and communicate your

massage to your audience. It gives you a unique identity and people start recognizing

you as a Toastmaster.

TM Mahesh Talavdekhar

By joining the Toastmasters has made a big change in my life. I

had no idea about how my life would change because of what I

then knew and became as one of the Toastmasters myself.

Someone can never know how being a Toastmaster canchange your life for-ever, at work, at home and in Public, you

have to be a toastmaster to actually know how that happens.

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Sandeep Saklecha

WINNER LOSER

Winner is always part of the Answer Loser is always part of the problem

Winner always has a program Loser always has an excuse

Winner says let me do it for you Loser says that is not my job

The winner sees answer for every

problem

The loser sees a problem for every

answer

The Winner says it may be difficult but it

is possible

The looser says It may be possible but it

is too difficult

Winner makes commitments Loser makes promises

Winners have dream Loser have schemes

Winner says I must do some thing Losers say something must be done

Winners are part of the team Losers are apart from team

Winners see the gain Losers see the pain

Winners see the potential Losers see the past

Winners make it happen Losers let it happen

Dear Toastmasters , Can anybody answer what is the basic difference between Winner

and loser?, Why are some people are always winners in every part of the life whereas

some are always the losers? Here goes the difference between them

In a nut shell what matters is how you see things rather than how things see you .

your actions are your own reflection in this world . Winners don't do different things.

They do things differently ..

So let s try to act like Winners .

With this positive notes ..

Resource : 1. You Can Win Shiv Khera

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TM . Koteeswaran

Language or dialects are also dynamic in nature with continuous changes which areperiodic. Hence it is all the more important we record or preserve the way it is used

during each period so that in the years to come the future generations can track theevolution.We live in the information age, where information and knowledge are supposed to be ofvalue, and we're running the risk of jettisoning millennia of knowledge," Dr Harrisonsaid. "Most of what we know about endangered species is encoded in languages thathave never been written down. So in saving languages we may be able to help savespecies and eco-systems,"Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indiansubcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indianunion territory of Pondicherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and

Singapore. It is one of the 22 scheduled languages of India and declared a classicallanguage by the government of India in 2004. Tamil is also spoken by significantminorities in Malaysia , Seychelles, Re Union Island and Mauritius as well as emigrantcommunities around the world.Tamil is one of the longest surviving classical languages in the world. It has beendescribed as "the only language of contemporary India which is recognizablycontinuous with a classical past and having "one of the richest literatures in the world".The earliest epigraphic records found on rock edicts and hero stones date from aroundthe 3rd century BCE. The earliest period of Tamil literature, Sangam literature, is dated

from the 300 BCE 300 CE. Tamil language inscriptions written c. 1st century BCE and2nd century CE have been discovered in EgyptToastmasters has grown from being an English-only organization to one that developscommunication skills in several languages. There are now clubs in many languages,including Chinese (Cantonese and Mandarin), French, German, Japanese, Spanish,and Tamil, among others.An opportunity has been created for Tamil people in Middle east especially in District 79to form first ever language club in Tamil. Jubail Tamil Toastmasters club (Club No.2094259, Area17, Div.L and Dist 79) has been charted on 16th November 2011.On behalf of Tamil people, I appreciate ex-ordinary t support from Area, Division anddistrict officials to JTTC. Also Jubail Toastmasters club (JTC) is extending themotherhood touch to JTTC which is remarkable.We at Jubail Tamil Toastmasters Club strive to set an example to the society to formother Tamil and language clubs to leave foot-print of their cultural Heritage for futuregenerations.I take this opportunity to convey our heartiest Greeting and thanks to all our wellwishers and supporters of Toastmasters fraternity.

Language may refer either to the specific human capacity foracquiring and using complex systems of communication,. Thescientific study of language in any of its senses is calledlinguistics.Forty per cent of the world's languages are endangered and likelyto become extinct. Losing languages means losing culturalinsights.

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Akhtar Mohammed

Sometimes a fight saves a relationship, where silence breaks it. Speak up for your heart ,

So that you wont have regrets.

I do firmly believe, Speaking up in your life is necessary.

Let me share a story, approximately around 100 years back to Okhil Babu's COMPLAINT

LETTER TO THE RAILWAYS IN 1909!!

As the train arrived at Ahmedpur station, Okihil Babus belly swelled too much as he ate

Jackfruit. Therefore he went to privy. Just as he was doing the nuisance, the guard blew

the whistle and the train got off. Okhil babu was running with lootah in one hand and the

dhoti in the next to catch the train, but it all went on vain. Moreover he fell over and

exposed shocking the men and women on the platform. He was very angry and wrote a

complaint letter to Divisional Railway Officer, Sahibgunj,. The original letter is on display at

the Railway Museum in New Delhi. It was also reproduced under the caption Travellers

Tales in the Far Eastern Economic Review.

The historic significance of the letter is that It led to the introduction of TOILETS in trains in

India.....!!!!

Hence No idea is stupid and should not be discarded. You should always speak up.

You shouldnt be afraid of speaking out in our lives. You shouldnt be afraid to express your

opinions . Your views on things may not be agreeable to others. Nonetheless, you shouldhave the courage to speak out what is on your mind.

Now let us contemplate what stops us from doing so. There are two things that come up

into my mind

A) Sometimes we think that what we are speaking is not valuable or important. We are

not smart enough how to judge a topic or a person.

B) Fear of a negative reaction i.e., you are going to hurt others. They may reject you.

You develop some kind of negative judgment about yourself about speaking up.

The question arises how to mitigate ?Doing things what you are afraid of and to speaking up. This act of speaking up will show

you by experience that usually the other people react very well to what you have to say,

even if you disagree with your opinion. They usually will appreciate that you have an

opinion, you are interested in the things, and you are a kind of thinking person. What you

will start to find that lot of people will actually agree with you and appreciate for that. On

personal ground this will give you a lot of self-confidence because what you are going to tell

yourself, a) my mind has value b) I have something to say, b) what I have to say has

importance.

Toastmasters is one of the better platforms to hone the skills of speaking up in your life.

Speaking up is one of the most important abilities

that you can develop as you go through your life.

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DTM PGR Nair

In his path breaking book Five minds for the future, the greatexponent of multiple intelligence, Howard Gardner, has come up with

five dramatic Personae that he believes should be developed in

future for a balanced development and survival of human beings as

one flock.

The world is going through a

seismic change. Knowledge is

expanding exponentially. No

one can say what the humanexperiment will look like on the

other side of its rebirth canal.

But, if we fail to adapt to future:

The poorly-educated will suffer.

If one doesnt develop his

"multiple intelligences" skills, he

will be in the same boat as the high school dropout collecting an hourly wage at Wal Mart.

He believes that the world of the future -with its ubiquitous Search engines, Robotics andcomputational devices- will demand capacities that until now have been mere options.

Gardner's five minds-Disciplined Mind, Synthesizing Mind, Creating Mind, Respectful Mind

and Ethical-are not personality types, but rather mindsets or ways of thinking available to

anyone who invests the time and effort to cultivate them: "how we should use our minds."

He says that these five minds should be developed and work in unison with one another to

produce great thinkers, artists, professionals and leaders.

He acknowledges that such a prescription of minds for future cannot ignore consideration

of human values. With a humanistic approach he quotes Benjamin Franklin-We must

indeed all hang together, or more assuredly, we shall all hang separately. So his first three

minds are related to cognitive abilities while the rest two are related to the individual and

social mindset.

Gardner uses in this book a variety of illuminating models, anecdotes from developmental

psychology to group dynamics, demonstrating their utility not just for individual

development, but for concrete success in a full range of human endeavors, including

education, business, science, art, politics and engineering.

Disciplined Mind

First and foremost, every professional of the future must master at least one discipline

which will take normally about 10 years. If you dont have at least one discipline under your

belt, you are destined to march to someone else's tune." I could understand why plumbers and

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Electricians make more money in Canada than some

generalists there. This is very true in todays knowledge society.

Routine people are to be doomed. A decade of devoted practicein a discipline alone can make someone a complete

professional and there is no short cut to it. The disciplined mind

also knows how to improve skill and understanding and learns

new techniques fast If you dont master at least one discipline,

then you and your kids "will not be able to succeed at any

demanding workplace and will be restricted to menial tasks.

Synthesizing Mind

As information inundates, Synthesizing mind takes information from different sources,

understand and evaluates that information objectively in a coherent manner to put to use.

We have plethora of knowledge but we crave for integration and coherence of that

knowledge. Knowledge should knit a pattern for assimilation. There were many Elements

but only the mind of Mendeleev could synthesize it into a periodic table. The same can be

said about Charles Darwin who synthesized the concept of natural selection, Sigmund

Freud who developed the concept of unconscious, Adam Smith who introduced division of

labor or the management Guru Michael Porter who formulated strategy as a synthesis of

five forces that determine the profit of any business. Powerful synthesis can be seen in artalso as in the case of Picassos Guernica that depict violent forces of Spanish civil war.

Perhaps the most famous artistic synthesis since the ascent of man is the biblical synthesis

made by Michelangelo on the ceilings of the Sistine Chapel.

Organizations often convene multi-disciplinary team to investigate and make root cause

analysis of problems. Synthesizing is a formidable challenge as one needs to sift massive

information and converge it into meaningful analysis. Many educational institutions fail to

cultivate synthesizing skills to tackle critical situations such as an Aircraft highjack to a Cardiac

surgery or the Global Financial crisis and recession experienced now.Major decisions would require inter-disciplinary thinking and great synthesizing capability. An

effective synthesis often require four steps- A Goal, A Starting point, Selection of Strategy ,

Draft or prototype and Feedback

If you don't learn to synthesize knowledge, and you and your kids will be "overwhelmed by

information and unable to make judicious decisions about personal or professional matters."

Nobel prize winning Physicist Murray

Gell-Mann has asserted that the mind

most at premium in 21st century will be

the mind that can synthesize well. While

the future would need us to build the

mind of discipline, the fact is that allcomplex problems, in whatever field we

can think of, would necessarily require

multi-disciplinary approaches to resolve.

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Creating Mind

This is required to break newground. It puts forth new ideas,

poses unfamiliar questions,

conjures up fresh ways of

thinking, arrives at unexpected

answers. Ultimately, these

creations must find acceptance

among knowledgeable

consumers.

Corporate visionary John Seely Brown has quipped that in the world of tomorrow, people

will say I create: therefore I am. Unlike in the past where creativity was disdained,

discouraged and destroyed (Galileo, Vincent Van Gogh, Darwin), the new era virtually

survives on it. All innovations in Automobile, PC, Communication devices like Ipad,

Blackberry, mobile phone, music etc thrive on it despite its thin half-life. Those who do not

embrace innovation are muscled out by those who do.

People like Edward De Buno (father of Lateral Thinking) had emphasized earlier the

importance of thinking out of the box and striking out in unfamiliar direction. In fact, notmarching to others tunes is to be creative. Has the domain in which you operate been

significantly changed by your contribution? If so, it is a an act of creativity, as was in the

case of Mozart, Albert Einstein, James Joyce, Picasso etc.

Allowing a childhood of untrammeled explorations in different fields, asking open-ended

questions, allowing group discussions, accepting variety of responses to a question,

applauding people to make new mistakes, suppressing criticism , developing hobbies, allowing

interaction with creative people etc are some means to nurture creativity.

Why is it that we drain ourselves of curiosity and childlike sensibility by the time we reachadulthood? What a loss! Gardner writes that "the mind of the five-year-old represents the height

of creative powers." This capacity however wanes by the time they are in their 20s. For

example, give a five-year-old a pencil. Moments later, the child converts it into an imaginary

airplane and can fly it for hours. This capacity to see one thing and conceptualize it as

something it is not, is what visionary leadership and breakthrough innovation is all about. Where

the world sees a computer, Steve Jobs sees an iPod. Where telecom companies saw switches

and instruments, John Chambers simply saw software and the Net

If you dont maximize your creative capabilities, you and your kids will be "replaced by

computers.

Respectful Mind

The Respectful mind goes beyond mere tolerance. Respectful persons welcome human

diversity, seek to understand and work with others, and cultivate an atmosphere of openness

and reciprocity. This is best manifest in the Native American tradition of passing the talking stick

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and not ending a dialogue until *everyone* agreed with the outcome

Recognizing that nowadays one can no

longer remain within one's shell or on

one's home territory, the respectful mind

notes and welcomes differences between

human individuals and between human

groups, tries to understand these

"others," and seeks to work effectively

with them. In a world where we are all

interlinked, intolerance

or disrespect is no longer a viable option. (I am reminded of the cartoon controversy in

Denmark and the Islamic scarf controversy in France. The attitude of cracking ethnic jokes,

Kiss up and kick down approach are signs of being disrespectful)

We saw earlier that the professional of the future would need to master a given discipline

and at the same time, all complex problems and their solutions are inter-disciplinary in

nature. That means solutions would need many experts to come together and collaborate.

Now that is the precise point. Bring in five experts from five fields and you will get differing

views and as they argue and fall apart, the world moves on. Hence, true professionals must

learn how to develop a respectful mind so that other experts collaborate with them.

If you don't learn respect for others, and you and your kids won't be worthy of others'

respect - in fact, you will "poison the workplace and the commons.

Ethical Mind

This mind ponders how workers can serve purposes beyond self-interest and how citizens

can work unselfishly to improve the society and the planet. The ethical mind then acts on

the basis of these analyses. It goes beyond the self, understands the value to the group of

ethical behavior.

Trust lowers the cost of doing business in todays corporate world. Ethical revelation of the"true cost" of goods and services protecting the GoodEarth will allow us to create infinite

wealth and sustainable peace by eliminating the fraud, waste, and exploitative

characteristics of many governments and corporations

Ethical individuals ponder their roles as workers and citizens. They carry out good work...

work that is excellent, ethical, intrinsically responsible and personally meaningful. They

consider their roles as citizens of their community, their region, and the globe and act in

constructive, non egocentric ways. If we all have a strong moral and professional

conscience, we would want to do "Good Work" and contribute to the global peace andprosperity.

Why it is paramount in today's ethically hobbled world? Well, he quotes Rabbi Jonathan Sacks

whose profound wisdom follows:

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"When everything that matters can be bought

and sold, when commitments can be brokenbecause they are no longer to our advantage,

when shopping becomes salvation and

advertising slogans become our litany, when

our worth is measured by how much we earn

and spend, then the market is destroying the

very virtues on which in the long run it

depends."

If we don't live ethically, and you and your kidswill help to create a planet you won't want to

live in.

Concluding Thoughts

Why these five and not others? Because, says Gardner, these minds are at a premium

now. Their scarcity suggests they're likely to be even more highly-prized in the future.

He leaves it to the individuals how he or she wants to synthesize these five minds.

The well-rounded mind, the fully engaged life -- that's Gardner's grail. These are not

new ideas. What's new is the notion that our personal survival depends on multi-

disciplinary learning. Education is inherently and inevitably an issue of human goals

and human values Gardner is damn right on this golden statement.

In an interview with the Guardian in November, Gardner said, "Think of a world of the

future and if I was a policymaker, what kind of minds I would like to cultivate." That

cultivation would ideally begin at birth and continue throughout someone's life."Our

survival as a planet," he writes, "may depend on the cultivation of this pentad of mentaldispositions."

Thomas Jefferson said, A Nation's best defense is an educated citizenry", and in these

days of extremism and fundamentalism, we have greater challenges in educating

our citizens. It would be easier if all Presidents and Prime Ministers adopted this book

as part of their roadmap back to civilization, morality, and sanity.

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No, its true! You know how a dog can see

only in black and white or how a fly sees amillion images of the same thing? Their view

of world is all mixed up. But did you know

that dogs and flies are the happiest

creatures on earth. Its a scientific fact. How

did I know? Because I just made it up! And

thats my point. The more you can distort

reality to suit your needs, the happier you

will be.

How many times have you said to yourself over the past week or even the last 24 hrs,

Id be happy if I had better score, more money, better friend, and the list goes on.

And fact remains that you already have everything you need to be happy and its just

that you dont actually realize and understand when you have good things around you.

This shows that you are selfish, of course! I dont know your personal life story, troubles

and tragedies that you have been through, but let me tell you a golden truth: Life is what

you make, life is always beautiful but it depends on how you look at it.

Never put happiness off for another moment. Why cant you be now? You can be happy

right here and if you so choose yes no matter how terrible life seems at the moment.

Sure! We all have enough of problems, it seems like we can never get rid of them, but

does dwelling on them solve anything? Heres an easy exercise. Jot down all you

problems on a paper. Now look at the list. What can you change? Where can you take

action? What do you simply need to let go of?

Now do it! And dont forget to keep always smiling. A one second smile can make

someones entire day. So the next time you arent smiling, think! If you were smiling you

could be happier and make someone happier too

HAVE A NICE DAY AND KEEP SMILING!

MTM Mranalini Mishra

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With my husbands motivation, I sat down with the iPad he had gifted me.. The trigger

for writing this article was the trouble that we recently went through. Hope you like it. .

The phrase Necessity is the mother of invention may be very old. But, it is still relevantand applicable. Recently, my husband and I were perplexed as to how we must go

about in supporting our younger son who is in Reception Grade with regard to

LearningFrench.

We took it as a challenge and decided to find a way out. How to learn the alphabets,

the pronunciation / phonetics, the words and their meaning and how to utter them in

the foreign language.

In the past, we may have looked for a dictionary or a pundit. But thanks to Technology-

- we find GoogleTranslate, a tool that met our current requirements and opened a

door of opportunity to learn other languages, that we have longed for. Learning a

language cant get any simpler with this discovery.

This not only resolved the problem we faced with French, Iit also enabled allowed us to

explore the word meanings and equivalents for the much in demand Hindi & Arabic.

In short, GoogleTranslate is a Professor who can support us in understanding more

than 50 plus languages.

What is Google Translate?

Google Translate is a free translation service that provides instant translations between

58 different languages. It can translate words, sentences and web pages between any

combinations of our supported languages. With Google Translate, we hope to make

information universally accessible and useful, regardless of the language in which its

written.

How does it work?

When Google Translate generates a translation, it looks for patterns in hundreds ofmillions of documents to help decide on the best translation for you. By detecting

patterns in documents that have already been translated by human translators, Google

Translate can make intelligent guesses as to what an appropriate translation should be.

This process of seeking patterns in large amounts of text is called "statistical machine

MTM Rajalakshmi ArasuEncouraged by the repeated mails and the motivation they

extended, I wrote an article initially on the various uses ofGinger and submitted it. Quick came the witty response, For

a moment, Forget the Kitchen. Write an article that will appeal

to a mixed audience. He further recommended, take one of the

issues that we have resolved ourselves.

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translation". Since the translations are generated by machines, not all translation will be

perfect. The more human-translated documents that Google Translate can analyse in aspecific language, the better the translation quality will be. This is why translation

accuracy will sometimes vary across languages.

Response of Google Translate to the English Word: Thanks.

Thanks (In English) (Tamil) (Hindi)

Arabic)Merci (French)Danke (German)

If you encounter a translation that doesn't seem right,

quite often Google Translate will have alternative results

available. To view these, simply click the phrase in

question. Here is an example, that was tested out in ourmother tongue TAMIL.

Additionally, you can listen how the word or sentence have to be uttered.

Using the Audacity software, a freeware that allows you to record export it to your

favorite format (mp3) will help you go over the lessons, at ease.

It is said, 3 Apples changed the World, 1st one seduced Eve, 2nd fell on Newton and

the 3rd was offered to the World half bitten by Steve Jobs. We concur with Steve Jobs!

Keep Thinking Different, you will find a solution.

Hope you liked it. Explore and enjoy the ever vibrant web.

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TM Anup Paul

When I stepped off the airport of shangai on june 2007, I was surprised to the see the

city covered by Skyscrapers and many were rising, with spindly cranes adding newstories by every second. I stayed in hotel Sherton which is located in the heart of the

city. I was quite busy in my project work so I couldnt explore Shangai. Weeks passed

by flick of eye, only two days left to leave Shangai so I made up my mind to explore

shangai city and to buy few goods as remembrance of China, but I didnt know where

to go. Therefore, I asked our hotel receptionist to give the details of the nearest market

in Shangai. She told there was a place very near to shangai known as Shangai black

market, where you can get some stuffs at lower price.

It sounded very interesting, so I asked how to go, she marked a route in the paper andbased on the map, I travelled to shangai black market. It took me less than 30 min to

reach that place. When I reached there, I found there was a series of small stores

selling perfumes and chinese clothes. It was really disappointing for me, I was

expecting much more than that. All these stores had beautiful chinese girls, who stood

outside the stores and they were calling me to come to their stores in chinese language,

I couldnt make out any thing from what they said but by their facial expression and

body language, I was pretty sure that they were calling to their store. One nice looking

chinese girl persuaded me to visit her store. Finally i decided to go to her store, when Ientered into that store she started turning the cupboard to my surprise. There were

some steps down, i went down along with her. when I went inside, she immediately

closed the cupboard and i got scared. When I went inside, I was shocked to see a very

long room with all items that i wished to buy. One can see all branded products from

shoes to clothes to iphones. I was really confused, what to buy. The shoppers used

their calculator to show me the price and i was surprised to see that all these items are

less than 10 % of market price. With my eagerness to know more, I left that store and to

my surprise, I had reached the other end of by the street which had a similar setup.With this arrangement I had visited lots of stores, and I had crossed many streets

without my knowledge where I am tempted to go, I was very happy to see this market. I

had seen a 220 GB pen drive which is only 5 cm long for 5 USD, I was astonished to

see that technology without much argument, I bought few sets of that pen drive. I saw

iphone for 50 USD, I couldnt believe my eyes. When I opened it, it was full of Chinese

letters and giving message in chinese language, I asked her to change it TO english

but she didnt understand I asked her whether this phone will work in india. she didnt

understand what i said so I decided not buy iphone. I bought A pair of nike shirts, pair

of adidas shoes, Gucci handbag for my mother , Tumi traveling bag for my father. I was

fully loaded with all branded items. I was very very happy person. Now its night around

9:00 Pm, I needed to return back to my hotel. Now I realized that I had crossed my

streets, and I turned around and looked, I didnt see any sign of my hotel. For the 1st

time, I thought I was lost in the crowded city of shangai!!!!!!!

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My both hands were full of luggage but didnt know where to go. I didnt find any taxies

near to that market. I was bit nervous. On the right side I had seen a road leading to

the area where there were sky scrapers. I decided to move towards that road, distance

seemed to be much more than I expected. It took more than 1 hr to reach that

destination, Now Im pretty sure that Im lost in shangai. This road is fully covered by

cars, I found few taxies and asked them to drop me hotel sharton. No body was able to

understand me.. Then I thought my English is bit difficult for them to understand so I

decided to tell me go hotel sharton with waving my hands but they replied me chines,

with the smile he left me. I walked straight as my mind was telling to go lot of things

were rolling to my mind, I felt very hungry, I checked my pocket, I noticed that I dint

bring my passport. I kept my passport very safely in the locker provided to me in thehotel.

I went crazy, my blood pressure started rising very fast, for a second I felt shortness of

breath. Now I felt very cold and pale...it was really a scary experience. I went to the

pavement and left all my luggage and sat down. My hands started shivering. I had no

idea what to do. Adjacent to me I found a small store selling chinese cigarettes. I

bought, I full packet and started smoking in the pavement.

I was thinking I will not return to India because nobody would able to understand what Iwas saying and now I didnt have my passport. Chines cigarettes were very strong,

with 2 puffs, I felt more dizzy. I was lost with no passport, and without my knowing I

took 3 cigarettes at a stretch. I felt a sense of boldness in me, I started asking what

would happen if I was caught by the police, at the maximum they would put me in jail. I

decided to face the reality and I started to walk, but now my legs were not listening to

my thoughts, I was not able control my legs because of the cigarette. I decided to sit for

30 mins, but it took almost 1 hour for me to stand up. Now it was 11:00 am, I decided to

walk, I walked for more than 1 hour. In Shangai, I was astonished to see shops openafter 12 :00 in the night. I went to a supermarket and bought a loaf of bread. I searched

by wallet, to pay the money to the store keeper; to my surprise I found a visiting card of

hotel Sharton, where they have written in English and chines. I have shown this card to

one of the shopkeepers who asked me, gothere. He read and showed his hand on

the right hand side. I found myself standing on the backside of hotel Sheroton. I had a

great sigh of relief. I gained enormous amount of energy and ran toward the hotel. I

saw the lady at the reception. She said Sir I hope you had a great time I didnt have

any words to say I smiled and said yes, I cant forget this day.

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TM Khalid Al-Mutairi

In February, 2010, I received an E-mail about toastmasters and how it

would help me to improve my communication and leadership skillsfrom a friend of mine. And it was the first time I came across such a word.

At that time I was busy with my career, struggling to earn my bread and

butter. I had encountered numerous English communication problems both in my work

and life, especially when it came to speaking to a group of people. I realized that I had

to strengthen my English communication skill; the importance of the tool cant be

emphasized more. It is like a woodcutters axe which must be sharp.

To illustrate further let me tell you a great story of a woodcutter. He used to work veryhard but could only cut 2 trees a day. He was not happy. He worked even harder, but

could only cut 3 trees a day. One day, a wise man advised him to spend some time in

sharpening his axe, the only tool the woodcutter had. The woodcutter followed the wise

mans advice and he was able to fell more than 4 trees a day. So the axe was important

to the woodcutter. I have searched high and low to find the way to sharpen my axe

the language and communication skill. Finally, I got it! You know what is it? It is the

Toastmasters!

Public speaking is a source of worry for a lot of people. There is a high level of anxiety

and hesitation involved in public speaking because of the fear of embarrassment, lack

of confidence and the possibility of not delivering a clear message across. As

professionals, we need to keep this skill in check.

Everyone needs communication skill for his or her respective line of work. Nurses need

to communicate efficiently and effectively with their colleagues and patients; while

managers must be well-versed in the art of addressing their staff and customers. Since

we are all working in a multinational setting, proper and effective use of the Englishlanguage is vital for everyone to understand and work with each other. Trust me, being

able to express yourself and be understood by another person is a significant validation

to our existence.

The mission of a Toastmasters club is to provide a mutually supportive and positive

learning environment in which every individual member has the opportunity to develop

oral communication and leadership skills, which in turn foster self-confidence and

personal growth.

The first time I was called to speak in front of the group was for the table topic session.

As a table topic speaker I was unable to talk about something suggested by the table

topics master, I was asked what I would do or change in the education system if I was

the Minister of education. Even though at first I had butterflies fluttering in my stomach, I

really enjoyed the meeting. The speeches and the atmosphere are still inside my

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memories. That was my initial toastmasters experience. It was new, pleasant,

interesting yet challenging. I wish I could speak like those experienced speakers, talking

on and on as a great orator.

From that day on, I took it as a challenge and joined the club and my journey with

Toastmasters has begun. I have noticed a big improvement in my speeches each time I

delivered a prepared speech from the CC's manual or execute one of the leadership

roles. After three months as a new member of Toastmasters, I found myself part of the

committee as the Sgt.At.Arms, straight away I used my experience in Leadership.

Within six months I was elected as the Vice President, Membership of the club and

continued for a year after which I was unanimously elected the Vice President,Education, of the club and achieved the CL "competent leader" award.

My Toastmasters journey has allowed me to meet ordinary people with amazing

qualities. They may appear to be regular Joes or a run of the mill of words. But every

person who has decided to become a Toastmaster, will share the same spirit and desire

to improve themselves; and they've taken the first step to learn and achieve. I am part

of that process- to help someone to discover that he has a voice, and that he will use it

to speak his mind and that he will become confident and motivated to unleash his

potential in all the facets of his life. It means a great deal to me that words can hardlyencompass.

How true the interpretation is! Toastmasters program is an educational endeavor. It

provides its members with an opportunity to develop oral communication and public

speaking skills as well as leadership skills. It also fosters self-confidence and personal

growth.

I strongly believe that, to achieve something you must be with the right people. The

people around you must be very positive, supportive and have a lot of initiative.Ourmotto in Toastmasters read: "For better listening, for better thinking, for better speaking,

we learn by doing." If you possess the desire and the spirit to be a better communicator

and a better leader, then there is a Toastmaster in YOU!

Don't miss the opportunity to be a better version of who you are. Toastmaster is here to

help.

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TM Sadagopan Natarajan

I am very fortunate to get a lovely father who is more self-disciplined and always tries to

cultivate self control and self-discipline rather than worrying about how others will react

to our action.

Most of us try to obey rules just because the law enforcing authority is watching us and

if we break the law and be caught, we will have to pay a price for it. We know some

people trying to be rich doing unethical things or doing adulteration or selling spurious

medicine etc. It is more often that a law enforcing authority locates such type of lawbreakers or criminals and punishes them.

We should develop a society where

Self-discipline plays a pivotal role in shaping up a person in the society. Our

educational system and our parenting should focus on how to bring up a child who will

stick to self-disciple and follow noble principles in life.

Parents should stand as an example for children to be more disciplined,

compassionate, respecting others feelings, helping others in need and to be a man of

certain noble principles. Every citizen should understand that each of our behaviors

contributes to well being of the society and to the whole human race.

It is important to understand most of the rules are made for our convenience and we

should follow them. It is equally important to change obsolete rules. We should

address them to proper authorities to make the changes instead of thinking that

somebody else will do.

In modern world greediness for money is increasing since our wants keep increasing.

What was a comfort few decades ago has become a necessity today due to change ofculture. It is not more important to invent new electronic gadget or more sophisticated

weapons; we should develop self-discipline in children and in youth who will be under

their own mind control and live in peace and allow others to live in peace.

Most of us cultivate a habit of allowing somebody else to

control us. During our childhood parents, especially, mothercontrols us. She advises us what we should do and what we

shouldnt. In school teachers try to control our behavior.

After marriage wife / husband takes the control! After

schooling during college life, there is no control outside our

home that makes most of the teenagers to enjoy freedom by

getting in to bad habits of smoking or drinking alcohol for

sake of tasting it; and then slowly they become addicted to it.

Sometime they overdo things and spoil their future.

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An investment in knowledge pays the best interest , quoted

the famous American Inventor and philosopher Mr. BenjaminFranklin. And, I am deriving the precious returns from the

prudent investment decision I have made to join the

Toastmasters International. I became one of the proud

members of Jubail Toastmasters Club (# 8076 in Division L),

the prestigious first toastmasters club in Jubail, Saudi.

I was already armed with my engineering degree and a post

graduation in Management before exploring the wonderful

world of Toastmasters. But, only after becoming aToastmaster, I had learned how to skillfully use my weapons, in the arena of public

speaking. There is a popular saying that, The mind is a miraculous thing. It starts

working the minute you're born and never stops working until you get up to speak in

public. And, another wonderful attribute of the human mind is that, it can be trained or

nurtured to face any challenge. All it needs is a sanguine environment, free of threat

and danger, where it can practice and nourish its newly learnt skills to master them.

In my first club meeting, I was literally cursing the Table topics master, who had invited

me to speak on a topic, without any foreword. Today, after achieving my Competent

Communicator award, I am steadily marching in my Advanced Communicator track. In

the leadership track, I had started serving my club as a Sergeant At Arms. Currently, I

am serving as the Vice President- Education of our prestigious club. Today, I salute that

wonderful Toastmaster and our Toastmasters Fraternity, for sowing the seeds of

success, so firmly in my heart, to conquer greater and greater heights in public

speaking and leadership. Wow!!! What an exciting start and a joyous journey ahead,

as a Toastmaster. My journey in Toastmasters clearly signifies that, if we are positive,

ready to accept the challenges and continue giving our best efforts as a team player,

the whole Toastmasters Fraternity conspires to help and support you, to reach that

worthwhile goal.

By Joining Toastmasters, I had invested my time, knowledge and energy in the most

effective manner, to pursue my dream of achieving competency in the challenging

arena of communication and leadership. In my humble opinion, Toastmasters is the

perfect platform to identify and nurture our hidden potentials and imbibes the much

needed courage to change and face the challenge.

TM Venkatesan Devarajan

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TM Syed Jamal Zaheer

for carnal pleasures and the sociological need to bring up children together might have

evolved this wonderful human relationship described as marriage.

All creatures mate and reproduce but the Institution of

Marriage is distinct with mankind alone. Traces of family

living have been noticed among certain advanced species

of gorillas too but it lacked the sustainability and strong

bonds as seen among the human species. Only Mans

intelligence could fathom the advantages of controlling

and channelizing the sexual drive to the optimum balance

in the society."The Institution of Marriage" has beendebated and discussed a lot since the mankind stumbled

on community living.

In the early civilizations, when it was required to properly sanction a relationship and the

responsibility and traceability of the off-springs became an issue, the present shape of

Institution of Marriage came about. In the last century, permissive societies have

experimented with all type of relationships to replace marriage/family, with or without the

sanction of the society.

Unfortunately the success rate of the marriage

had been found to be more in the median

conservative societies. The examples of

permissive societies, where The Institution of

Marriage has almost failed in the developed

World, and some not-so-developed, where the

Women is considered liberated from the bonds of

institutional marriages.

Earlier it was felt that conservative / orthodox

societies are not permitting woman to take their

rightful place in the society and these societies

deny the human rights to women folk.

Marriage is the most widely discussed and celebrated

relationship among the human kind. History of marriageprobably dates back to Paleolithic age when we lived in caves

and hunted with stone made tools. Frescos on ancient cave

walls depict man and woman standing side by side indicating

the existence of some sort of crude marriage relationships

existing even during those prehistoric periods. Needs for

emotional sharing and resultant security and our basic instinct

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It was also traced to their economic dependence on man being the head of the house who took

major decisions due to his economic leverage. This was not a religious factor, as Muslim

women even in the times of Prophets indulged in business. It was felt that by denying the right

to lead an independent life, the woman here was being suppressed to tow the husbands line, at

the cost of her own happiness. In conservative societies, the lower divorce rate was considered

to be the result of this suppression.

On the other hand, the developed societies with their affluence gave the woman full freedom to

enjoy every aspect of the life by severing this dependence. The woman soon started using this

new found independence by flaunting it and exercising it, sometimes to prove the point that the

man is no longer in-charge. On instigation of Man, such free woman soon became more

permissive physically, initially much to their own delight and later to the delight of the instigatingman, who is by nature a polygamist, and stood to gain more.

However, we see a wonderful balance of the two ex