Notes on the meeting on September 8

Dear Friends, 

The meeting was held at a new location, the Desadan Plaza, at Panampilly Nagar. The hall was nice and ‘cosy’ (to use Johnson’s apt description), and it was just right for our group.

President Kurian Abraham began proceedings and spoke about the need to energise the club.

Table Topics was ably handled by Malini. Some of the topics included the Kuttipuram hooch tragedy, Shashi Tharoor’s future in politics, and the lottery scam.

The main speech was by Kurian, who spoke about the ten lessons he has learned from his life:

1)      If you think you can, you can.

2)      Nobody can save you except yourself.

3)      There is no substitute for hard work.

4)      All successful people are ambitious and positive-minded.

5)      If you give, you get back in doubles or multiples.

6)      Every Malayali thinks he is right. The problem is always with others.

7)      You cannot change a person by criticizing or suggestions.

8)      The majority of Malayalis are negative-minded.

9)      95% of people have no definite aim in life.

10)   Reading may help change a person.

There were many interesting contributions by members after the speech.

Varghese: Dress well. It gives a good impression.

Joy Joseph: Face life as it comes.

Shevlin: The subconscious can be of tremendous help during one’s bid for success. 

Johnson: You should dream and do hard work.

K,P. Joseph: Know thyself. Build on your strength. We use only 10 per cent of our potential.

Ramachandran: Change the software (subconscious) of the mind.

Nirmala and Malini spoke about their personal experiences.

A guest was present. Mr. Ashok, a friend of Agarwal’s and a neighbour of Kurian, spoke about the definition of success.

There were other contributions and the summing up was done very well by C.M. Daniel.

Bonhomie followed.  

There was beautiful singing by Nirmala Lilly and Varghese.

The food was tasty and enjoyable.

All in all, a most wonderful evening.

Thanks everybody!