Earth day 22.04.26

World Earth day (22.04.26)

Important year 

We are experiencing the effects of Climate change - Hotter summers

The so called World leaders instead of reducing green house gases,

 are making wars and increasing the green house gases, and 

go to war for oil, 

instead of reducing the depending on fossil fuels. 

Do not know, where the world 🌎 is going.

But our Earth 🌎 is our forever home.

Our Mother Earth will keep on giving us and provide us with abundance, forgive us the atrocities, But do not know when the mankind and men in power will control their greed.

Our Mother Earth can provide us for our need but not for the greed. 

On this Environment day let's take a pledge to do what we can, to protect our Mother Earth 🌎 the beautiful and the ever nurturing Mother that we have. 

Let us do our part. To keep her cool and Beautiful as she always is. 

Regards

Z. 

Reading Books (2026)

 Started reading again :)

Got some books last year, and this year, as a gift to myself. 

Got back to reading books after a lot of years.

And the Recent book of Malala - Finding My Way- A beautiful and emotional book that i couldn't keep it down. It felt so emotional to read that book. She is an inspiration and the way she has overcome her anxieties and how incredibly she has rebuilt her life. I really love her. May God bless her with all the good things in life. 

Every women goes through different phases in life. 

And each phase a life lesson in itself.

And the path and the journey both are important. It's not the destination that matters but the journey itself. The journey back to yourself. 

Regards

Z.

Today - 20.04.26

 Today

I remembered my password to this Blog. 

I wanted to update this Blog. 

I have started a new blog. But not as attached to that blog as I am to this blog. 

So i tried recovering lots of times, but couldn't remember the password.

But finally today i remembered the password. Happy :)

Hoping to continue posting.

And improve my writing skills and 

Be consistent. 

Regards

Z 

(20.04.26)

Monday

Favourite Books

The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho

Tuesdays with Morrie - Mitch Albom

பொன்னியின் செல்வன் - கல்கி

அதிகாலையின் அமைதியிலே - பரீஸ் வஸீலியெவ், தமிழில் - பூ . சோமசுந்தரம்

ஒரு பொருளாதார அதிகாரியின் ஒப்புதல் வாக்குமூலம் - ஜான் பெர்கின்ஸ், தமிழில் இரா.முருகவேள்

First among equals - Jeffrey Archer

The Prodigal daughter - Jeffrey Archer

The Monk who sold his ferrari - Robin Sharma

Harry Potter - J.K. Rowling

Twilight - Stephenie Meyer

Two States - Chetan Bhagat

To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee

The Help - Kathryn Stocket

Brain Works

 Brain Works - The mindbending science of how you see, what you think and who you are  By Michael S.Sweeney Foreword by illusionist David Copperfield. This is the book that i am currently reading.....Just wanted to put down my favourite lines from the book.

Perception is influenced by many things, including cultural biases and beliefs,
and a skilled magician takes advantage of these things to accomplish the appearance of the miraculous.

The human brain - the most complicated organ on the planet - is the theater where the magic i perform takes place

The hand is not quicker than the eye, but the hand is quicker than perception.

The book is an extraordinarily powerful and fun tool for enrinching your knowledge and perception and capacity to wonder.

Machines are not poets, architects, doctors or artists. They do not think.

The brain makes humans unique.

Urban Trees and Urban Transportation

The need for a change in thinking.

Coimbatore-Mettupalayam Road, India.
Source of the pic from facebook which shows the actual scenario

I feel so hurt whenever they cut the trees in the name of road widening, to ease the traffic situation, in the name of development, etc,etc. I feel the need to do something, and every time they cut a tree the urge is becoming stronger. Our trees they act as silent saviours to all the attrocities we do in the name of development, but what we do we don respect any of that and cut them off. Due to pollution, health concerns like breathing problems and asthma are a major concern and have become common nowadays. Increase in green house gases and global warming etc etc are major global concerns.

As a person with common sense i know cutting trees in the name of road widening or any other reason is not a solution. And as a planner, i have been taught road widening is in itself not the permanent solution, the vehicle population will keep on growing. In reality, cutting off the trees in the roadside, is only easy solution that has been opted for.

I asked my sir who has a NGO, when they were planning to cut the trees along mettupalayam road for multiple laning. Many NGOs and groups protested against that and got a stay in the court finally after somedays they got a higher court order and finally cut the trees, which were more than 50 years old or may be more than that. Now that road which used to be so shaded is full of dust. This is the case in almost all the places all over India and across the world. Increasingly we are seeing more protests all over.

Is protesting the only solution?? What needs to be done to prevent that(cutting of more trees in the name of development) and create more awareness among the decision makers????

Need ideas and ccomments....As a planner what should i do??? 

Will doing research on the after effects be an alternative??

3D flower pop up Greeting card

Made this card for a friend. My first attempt at a popup card....:-).Here are some clicks of the card.

Instructions on how to make the flower pop up card can be found in the links below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUGrIop_pwo

http://extremecards.blogspot.com/2008/05/seven-flower-pop-up-card.html