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Dr.K.Padmanaban, Ph.D.,
Muetzendorpsteed 46, 22179 Hamburg,
Germany.
Ph: +49 40 642 028 36
Email: drkpadmanaban@gmail.com
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Monday, July 19, 2010
The author Dr. Kaniappan Padmanaban, Ph.D, had a total of 35 years hands-on experience and worked as Head-Department of Clinical Toxicology for 25 years at renowned Institute of Drs. Fenners, Hamburg, Germany from 1980 to 2005. His life was full of research on foods and environmental poisons.
A man of research and practical applications from 1971 in the welfare of people in the field of Food, Medicine and Environment. His interests are,
• Research
• Practical applications
• Individual health solutions
The author has a strong concern for the society and come forward to share his invaluable knowledge on food, environmental poisons & illness, side effects of medicines and drugs to spread the awareness of what is happening in and around.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Chapter 1
Raman read the letter from his uncle for the umpteenth time. It was from his uncle who lives in Hamburg, Germany. Raman has just finished his B.E. His uncle has presented him a week’s holiday in Singapore for his good B.E. results.
“Go to Singapore for a week and see the difference between India and Singapore and dream to make something good for India”, was the main message in his uncle’s letter.
Raman tried to remember his days in Germany with his parents when they visited his uncle. He was at that time 7 or 8 years old. For a boy at that age everything was wonderful and unforgettable; from the flight to everything else that he saw and understood. Hamburg, where his uncle lives, is the greenest city in Europe, has more bridges than Paris and more canals than Amsterdam. It is the cleanliness everywhere and the German technique that went deep and stayed in his mind. It is green everywhere in spring with lot of different colourful flowers. The cleanliness everywhere and the precision in the technique were surprising to his young mind.
Three things he could still remember very well:
The old Elbe Tunnel where the car was taken down and then up with a lift to drive below the river Elbe. He even saw pedestrians walking through that tunnel under the river.
Next was the modern Elbtunnel below the River Elbe where every tube has two lanes for the cars. It is also a part of the highways. As he came out of the Tunnel he could see the Hamburg-Harbour with its big ships. Hamburg is a river harbour, 7th biggest in the world and to reach the North Sea the ships have to travel in the river Elbe 120 km.
Finally the most interesting thing he saw was in Heidelberg, the University City in South Germany. During the boat tour in the river Neckar he found that the ship was carried up more than 10 metres upwards and then brought down to travel downwards. This was done in an interesting way. The ship entered inside the tank and then the door was tightly closed. Now lot of water was pumped inside the tank and the ship went up automatically with the water level. When the required level is reached, the door of the tank was opened and the ship travelled further upwards. It happened several times in the river of Neckar. It was also interesting if the ship has to come down. The tank was closed when the ship was inside and the water was let out and the ship went down automatically till it reached the lower level of the river. When the door was opened the ship could travel downstream without any problem. These are the master works of German engineering. As a boy he never forgot these experiences and as a young man he saw the world with full of opportunities. He also realised that he was in the right place - the emerging India.
Raman decided to accept the tour to Singapore; he had his passport already and the rest was only a routine with the travel agent. He has prepared well for the places he wanted to see in Singapore and slowly his mind also accepted this fun for few days before he has to start his work.
Raman read the letter from his uncle for the umpteenth time. It was from his uncle who lives in Hamburg, Germany. Raman has just finished his B.E. His uncle has presented him a week’s holiday in Singapore for his good B.E. results.
“Go to Singapore for a week and see the difference between India and Singapore and dream to make something good for India”, was the main message in his uncle’s letter.
Raman tried to remember his days in Germany with his parents when they visited his uncle. He was at that time 7 or 8 years old. For a boy at that age everything was wonderful and unforgettable; from the flight to everything else that he saw and understood. Hamburg, where his uncle lives, is the greenest city in Europe, has more bridges than Paris and more canals than Amsterdam. It is the cleanliness everywhere and the German technique that went deep and stayed in his mind. It is green everywhere in spring with lot of different colourful flowers. The cleanliness everywhere and the precision in the technique were surprising to his young mind.
Three things he could still remember very well:
The old Elbe Tunnel where the car was taken down and then up with a lift to drive below the river Elbe. He even saw pedestrians walking through that tunnel under the river.
Next was the modern Elbtunnel below the River Elbe where every tube has two lanes for the cars. It is also a part of the highways. As he came out of the Tunnel he could see the Hamburg-Harbour with its big ships. Hamburg is a river harbour, 7th biggest in the world and to reach the North Sea the ships have to travel in the river Elbe 120 km.
Finally the most interesting thing he saw was in Heidelberg, the University City in South Germany. During the boat tour in the river Neckar he found that the ship was carried up more than 10 metres upwards and then brought down to travel downwards. This was done in an interesting way. The ship entered inside the tank and then the door was tightly closed. Now lot of water was pumped inside the tank and the ship went up automatically with the water level. When the required level is reached, the door of the tank was opened and the ship travelled further upwards. It happened several times in the river of Neckar. It was also interesting if the ship has to come down. The tank was closed when the ship was inside and the water was let out and the ship went down automatically till it reached the lower level of the river. When the door was opened the ship could travel downstream without any problem. These are the master works of German engineering. As a boy he never forgot these experiences and as a young man he saw the world with full of opportunities. He also realised that he was in the right place - the emerging India.
Raman decided to accept the tour to Singapore; he had his passport already and the rest was only a routine with the travel agent. He has prepared well for the places he wanted to see in Singapore and slowly his mind also accepted this fun for few days before he has to start his work.
Preface
When I told some of my friends about this book they wanted to know why I am so much interested in Sethu Samudram Project. My immediate answer always was that I am an Indian and everything what is happening in India is interesting for me irrespective of the states where it happens. This project is in Tamil Nadu and has also much importance to India.
In Hamburg, Germany we belong to the group of people who are proud to be Indians and we defend wherever it is necessary to safeguard our prestige and culture. As a physically handicapped person I am supporting the cause of the weak always because with the help of so many persons I have reached to this position. I mean not only the weak in India but also the weak in Germany.
Our recent proud work in Germany is, trying to get a prominent road name in Hamburg for Mahatma Gandhi and we are working almost for the past two years to achieve this. It is already accepted by the District Parliament and we hope to get it shortly. The group which works hard is Dr. R. Dave from Gujarat; Mr. D. Sinha-Roy from West Bengal; Ms. Ursula Hagedorn, a Gandhian German woman from Hamburg; Mr. B. N. Bhagavan from Karnataka; Ms. Janaki Padmanaban and me from Tamil Nadu and we could say that it is a project for Truth and Non-violence. We have the good support of Dr. Vinod Kumar, Consul General of India in Hamburg.
Many are for or against the Sethu Samudram Project, but only few are considering our national interest. This is the idea behind to write this book. There are hundreds of books on this topic and many are bored to hear or talk about this subject. That is why I have made it a wonderful love story which could attract everybody. As a scientist I used to dream and think about impossible things but when science gives me an answer to those I am very happy. But this suggestion is simple and easy to fulfil.
I request all Indians and the Well Wishers of India to come together to make my dream, Ramar Island, a reality.
I thank my wife Janaki and my son Aravind for their support to write this book. The idea of the love story came from my brother’s son Sakthikkumaran Vijayaraghavan. He has also done the design of the title page.
I also thank our friends Ms. Jyoti Gureja, Hamburg-New Delhi and Srinivasan Gopal Iyer, Trichy for the manuscript reading.
Dr. Kaniappan Padmanaban
When I told some of my friends about this book they wanted to know why I am so much interested in Sethu Samudram Project. My immediate answer always was that I am an Indian and everything what is happening in India is interesting for me irrespective of the states where it happens. This project is in Tamil Nadu and has also much importance to India.
In Hamburg, Germany we belong to the group of people who are proud to be Indians and we defend wherever it is necessary to safeguard our prestige and culture. As a physically handicapped person I am supporting the cause of the weak always because with the help of so many persons I have reached to this position. I mean not only the weak in India but also the weak in Germany.
Our recent proud work in Germany is, trying to get a prominent road name in Hamburg for Mahatma Gandhi and we are working almost for the past two years to achieve this. It is already accepted by the District Parliament and we hope to get it shortly. The group which works hard is Dr. R. Dave from Gujarat; Mr. D. Sinha-Roy from West Bengal; Ms. Ursula Hagedorn, a Gandhian German woman from Hamburg; Mr. B. N. Bhagavan from Karnataka; Ms. Janaki Padmanaban and me from Tamil Nadu and we could say that it is a project for Truth and Non-violence. We have the good support of Dr. Vinod Kumar, Consul General of India in Hamburg.
Many are for or against the Sethu Samudram Project, but only few are considering our national interest. This is the idea behind to write this book. There are hundreds of books on this topic and many are bored to hear or talk about this subject. That is why I have made it a wonderful love story which could attract everybody. As a scientist I used to dream and think about impossible things but when science gives me an answer to those I am very happy. But this suggestion is simple and easy to fulfil.
I request all Indians and the Well Wishers of India to come together to make my dream, Ramar Island, a reality.
I thank my wife Janaki and my son Aravind for their support to write this book. The idea of the love story came from my brother’s son Sakthikkumaran Vijayaraghavan. He has also done the design of the title page.
I also thank our friends Ms. Jyoti Gureja, Hamburg-New Delhi and Srinivasan Gopal Iyer, Trichy for the manuscript reading.
Dr. Kaniappan Padmanaban
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