Dr. J.N. Manokaran
Rev. Dr. J.N. Manokaran is a civil engineer by profession and has served the Tamil Nadu Government. In 1985 he heard God's call and went as missionary to Haryana and served as cross cultural missionary for eleven years. Since 1997, he has been based in Chennai and is involved in mission mobilization, training, teaching, research and writing. He recently authored the book Christ and Cities, which was published in July 2005.
Blogs by this Author
Will Revival Sweep America?
- By Dr. J.N. Manokaran
- Published 03/8/2010
I know of a good man who was trained to be a doctor, inherited lot of properties including a hospital from his father who was a popular surgeon. The senior popular surgeon had a positive environment, ...
Message of Angels - Christmas Reflection
- By Dr. J.N. Manokaran
- Published 12/25/2009
Christmas a unique and great event that changed the destiny of Human Race. The narration of this significant event has three episodes of angels appearing and giving messages. All these three events ...
Dictionary of Teenage Language
- By Dr. J.N. Manokaran
- Published 10/1/2009
Parents who struggle to understand the language of their teenage children can now brush up on their slang skills with a new dictionary of “teenglish” terminology.So, when their child comp...
Hypocrisy! External Racism Is Anathema; Internal Racism Is Tolerable?
- By Dr. J.N. Manokaran
- Published 07/2/2009
Any violent attack on any group of people based on ‘otherness’ should be condemned by civil society. Such perpetuators should be punished. The attack of students in Australia on the ba...
Pray For Orissa
- By Dr. J.N. Manokaran
- Published 09/16/2008
Orissa is small state in the Eastern part of India. The people of the State have a great history. The people of Orissa were known to be tough people. They resisted Emperor Ashoka in 261 BC, where...


Mark Zuckerberg is the founder and CEO of Facebook. “Facebook has two
‘newsfeeds,’ a personal one unique to your Facebook home page, and a
corporate one, available for reviewing by all of your ‘friends’. The
combination of these two feeds is what Facebook calls ‘the stream’”
(p.68) “Facebook was, in many ways, simply the next generation of
software that could ‘learn’ your personal preferences and customize
advertisements just for you.” (P.69) . . . . Facebook has universal appeal to people of every age. Facebook
is becoming multimedia platform with 850 million photos uploaded to
Facebook every month and 7 million videos in 2009.
Each year begins with numerous New Year decisions or resolutions. But, they do not lost even for weeks. So, I thought of having “New Intentions” that is applicable for day-to-day life. These are not ‘New’ but ‘basics’ we often forget or neglect. It is more like code of conduct for my life. I share this, because it may be useful to some of you. As there are twelve months in a year, I have listed 12 intentions that could be picked up and focused during each month.
Sunil Robert has written his own story which could inspire thousands of young people to dream big, tap their inner potential and accomplish great things. Sunil Robert who had to face adverse circumstances, overcomes those circumstances and emerges victorious. As he journeys in life, he learns lessons from ‘school of life’ and move forward. . . . Sunil Robert was always clear that he wanted to become a postgraduate. Sunil Robert provides tips for making dreams come true. 1. When Life Is Hard (Even If It Is Not) Reject The Status Quo And Aim Higher. 2. Dream Your Dream, Chalk Out A Plan Of Action, And Just Get Going. 3. Live As If Your Dreams Are Coming True And They Almost Always Will. Follow Your Passion And Believe In Your Dreams. 4. Build Your Contacts And Turn Them As Your Friends.
As an Indian I am proud to know that Slumdog Millionaire has brought laurels to the country. Danny Boyle the director with Loveleen Tandon has produced a master piece. A.R. Rahman deserves full praise and commendation for his world class contribution. The script writer Simon Beaufoy has woven the story in a very attractive style that the audience are not bored but taken along the narration. The film has brought the stark realities of India before the global audience. The elite of the country has spoken against the movie as it brings the other side of India, which is not IT superpower urban India but real India.
It is an irony. The word ‘Satyam’ means truth, but the IT company occupied the front pages of newspapers and prime time of television news channels for ‘asatyam’, which means untruth or false or fraud. The Chief of Satyam, B. Ramalinga Raju confessed that he doctored the balance sheets to a tune of about Rs. 7000 crore to keep his company’s reputation, client attraction and stock rates at the highest level for several years. The country's fourth largest IT Company with 53000 employees - after TCS, Infosys and Wipro and ahead of HCL - was for several years cooking its books by inflating revenues and profits. It was a creative, innovative accounting fraud. This pulled the stock market down and it would affect more in the coming days.