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Great Doctors Around us

ನಾ ರಾ ಯ ಣ   ಮೂ ರ್ತಿ  Narayana Murthy , no, we are not talking about our well known IT chief  from Benagluru, but this less known person from the same state, Karnataka, India, excels in helping thousands of patients ailing from different disease, from kidney stones to heart diseases to different kinds of cancers. Popularly known as Vaidya Narayana Murthy , around 60 years of age, is from a small village called Narasipura which is around 50 km from Shimoga, Karnataka, India. He is also known as battru in the area. Murthy, basically a brahmin farmer, carries the age-old tradition of Ayruvedic treatment with the help of some NGOs. Every Sundays and Thursdays people from various parts of Southern India start to queue up in front of his house early in the morning. With the help from his family and aides, Murthy serves his patients. On these days, he treats around 600 to 700 patients troubled by different diseases.

Social Websites-- Be Alert

Social websites are really a boom in internet. Many such website are available. viz. Facebook,Twitter,etc.... And really they are rocking. but.... A social network service focuses on building social relations between people who share similar interests or activities. They essentially consist of a profile, the person’s social links and a variety of additional services. Most social network sites provide a means for users to interact over the Internet, such as instant messaging and email. There has been a huge interest recently of the impact these sites have on society and an increasing number of academics have become interested in studying them. There are many dangers and problems in using these sites; however, there are also many benefits, to both the individual and society. I will explore the issues related to using social network sites; paying particular attention to the quality of communication it allows users. There have been many concerns put forward by academics, people of the