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I was Born In 1941


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Myself .
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By T.V. Antony Raj

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I was born in 1941.
 
In the 1940s most of us were born at home.
 
Our mothers fed us at any time of the day, and when we cried.
 
We did not sleep in cribs; we slept with our mothers or siblings on hard beds or on mats spread over the floor.
 
When we fell ill, the doctor gave us aspirin tablets for fever. Our mothers powdered the tablets, added honey and forced us to swallow the bitter-sweet mixture.
 
There were no childproof lids on medicine containers.
 
We never got checked for any allergies but we got inoculated for smallpox.
 
There were no locks on doors in our houses except the front door, and there were no locks on cupboards.
 
In the 1940s we never saw a household plastic utensil but we had celluloid containers. The mass production of plastic utensils started only in the 1950s.
 
As little children, we rode in cars that had no booster seats, no seat belts, no airbags.
 
We rode on rickshaws pulled by humans.
 
When we grew up and rode bicycles, we had no helmets to protect our heads.
 
We had fun drinking water from the garden hose.
 
We shared a single soft drink bottle with several friends, without anyone dying.
 
We added brown sugar or jaggery when we drank tea or coffee.
 
We ate white bread with real butter and natural fruity jam.
 
We ate lots of chocolates; even so, no one said that we were overweight.
 
Though we played a lot outside in the sun, we never applied sunscreen lotions or creams.
 
During holidays, we played all day. We returned home only after the lights were on.
 
No one could reach us or bother us because there were no mobile phones. Even so, we were all right.
 
We had the following coins in circulation:
 

In Ceylon (now Sri Lanka)

coin Ceylon 1 cent 19431 cent 
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coin Ceylon 2 cents 19442 cents
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coin Ceylon 5 cents 1944

5 cents  
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coin Ceylon 10 cents 1944

10 cents  
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coin Ceylon 25 cents 194325 cents

.coin Ceylon 50 cents 194350 cents

There were no one rupee coins in Ceylon at that time. Now, 1, 2, 5, 10, 25 and 50 cents are not in circulation in Sri Lanka and the minting of these denominations had been discontinued.

In India 

British India coinage under George VI 1938-19471 pice = 1/4 Anna = 1/64 Rupee (in Tamil we called this coin ஓட்டைக் காலணா / oattai kalana meaning 1/4 Anna with a hole.)
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British India coinage under George VI 1938-19471 pice = 1/4 Anna = 1/64 Rupee
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British India coins catalog with images and values, currency prices and  photo, Indian old coins

1/2 Anna = 1/32 Rupee
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1 anna british india coin at reasonable rate for Sale in Kollam, Kerala  Classified | IndiaListed.com1 Anna = 1/16 rupee
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Coin Value: India (British) 1/2 and 2 Annas 1939 to 19472 Annas = 1/8 rupee
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Coin, INDIA-BRITISH, George VI, 1/4 Rupee, 1940, , Silver, KM:545

 1/4 rupee
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1/2 Rupee
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File:Indian rupee (1940).jpg - Wikimedia Commons
One Rupee

Telephones were rare. They were mounted on the wall or placed on desks, they were not mobile. One stood static in one spot to talk since an electrical cord connected the phone to the receiver.

Faber Castell Slide Rule

 
 
Since there were no calculating instruments, the word ‘computer’ was not coined at that time. We never heard of computers in the 1940 and 1950s. My first calculating instrument was a Faber-Castell slide rule bought in 1963.
 
Now, young people ask my wife and me: “How do you still manage to stay together for 56 years?” 
 
Our reply: “We were born in at a time when if something broke we would fix it, not throw it away.”

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Price of Diesel Around the World!


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Myself . By T.V. Antony Raj

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On  February 13, 2014, I posted  an article titled “Price of Petrol Around the World!” Some of my readers wanted to know about the price of diesel in India and in other countries around the world.

Diesel prices in India in Indian Rupees (Source: globalpetrolprices.com)
Diesel prices in India in Indian Rupees (Source: globalpetrolprices.com)

The above graph shows the price of diesel in India from September, 2012 to February, 2014 with the average value during this period was र57.89 with a minimum of र53.46 in September, 2012 and a maximum of र64.49 in June, 2013.

Diesel prices in India and other countries  (Source: globalpetrolprices.com)
Diesel prices in India and other countries (Source: globalpetrolprices.com)

Compared to the average price of diesel in the world, India is relatively cheaper. Diesel in India is 32% cheaper than the world average of र85.63. The average price of diesel around the world in February, 2014 is र82.41 per liter. Though all countries have access to the same petroleum prices of international markets, they impose various taxes on petroleum products and offer subsidies. Hence, the retail price of diesel differs substantially among countries.

As a general rule, countries that produce and export oil sell diesel to their nationals at much lower prices while rich countries charge higher prices. However, the economically advanced United States have a comparatively low price of diesel – $1.03 (र64.49) per liter.

In Venezuela, the government subsidizes gasoline and the Venezuelans pay almost nothing to drive their vehicles at $0.01 (र0.85) per liter.

Diesel prices around the world in February 2014
(Source: globalpetrolprices.com)

Country USDollars IndianRupees
     
Venezuela 0.01   0.85
Iran 0.03   1.70
Saudi Arabia 0.08   5.09
Egypt 0.16 10.18
Bahrain 0.16 10.18
Kuwait 0.19 11.88
Qatar 0.24 15.27
Yemen 0.30 18.67
Brunei 0.31 19.52
Ecuador 0.35 22.06
Oman 0.49 30.55
Bolivia 0.53 33.09
Sudan 0.54 33.94
Angola 0.54 33.94
Syria 0.57 35.64
Kazakhstan 0.65 40.73
Iraq 0.72 44.97
Malaysia 0.72 44.97
Argentina 0.86 53.46
Bangladesh 0.88 55.15
Thailand 0.91 56.85
Sri Lanka 0.91 56.85
India 0.95 59.40
Mexico 0.97 60.25
Jordan 0.97 60.25
Zimbabwe 0.98 61.09
Philippines 0.98 61.09
Nigeria 0.98 61.09
Lebanaon 0.98 61.09
Ethopia 0.99 61.94
Belarus 0.99 61.94
Kyrgyzstan 1.01 62.79
Ghana 1.01 62.79
Nepal 1.02 63.64
USA 1.03 64.49
Brazil 1.03 64.49
Vietnam 1.05 65.34
Tunisia 1.05 65.34
Guatemala 1.05 65.34
Bhutan 1.05 65.34
Indonesia 1.06 66.19
Maldives 1.06 661.9
DR Congo 1.07 67.03
Taiwan 1.09 67.88
Mozamique 1.10 68.73
Namibia 1.10 68.73
Pakistan 1.10 68.73
Morocco 1.13 70.43
South Africa 1.14 71.28
Ukraine 1.14 71.28
Russia 1.16 72.13
Jamaica 1.16 72.13
Tajikistan 1.17 72.97
Sierra Leone 1.20 74.67
Costa Rica 1.20 74.67
Colombia 1.21 75.52
Guinea 1.21 75.52
Peru 1.21 75.52
Liberia 1.22 76.37
Kenya 1.22 76.37
Gorgia 1.22 76.37
Chile 1.22 76.37
New Zealand 1.22 76.37
Botswana 1.24 77.22
Laos 1.24 77.22
Uganda 1.24 77.22
Cambodia 1.25 78.07
Armenia 1.27 78.91
Tanzania 1.27 78.91
Burkina Faso 1.27 78.91
Mauritania 1.27 78.91
Moldova 1.28 79.76
Ivory Coast 1.28 79.76
China 1.28 79.76
Canada 1.28 79.76
Paraguay 1.29 80.61
Domi. Rep. 1.32 82.31
Japan 1.33 83.16
Fiji 1.33 83.16
Mongolia 1.33 83.16
Singapore 1.35 84.00
Djibouti 1.37 85.70
Lesotho 1.37 85.70
Swaziland 1.40 87.40
Cameroon 1.40 87.40
Mauritius 1.41 88.25
Australia 1.43 89.10
Cape Verde 1.47 91.64
Niger 1.48 92.49
Togo 1.50 93.34
Rwanda 1.52 95.04
Macedonia 1.52 95.04
Benin 1.55 96.73
An dorra 1.56 97.58
South Korea 1.58 98.43
Mali 1.61 100.13
Madagascar 1.62 100.98
Hong Kong 1.62 100.98
R. of Congo 1.62 100.98
Luxembourg 1.63 101.82
Zambia 1.65 102.67
Senegal 1.65 102.67
Chad 1.67 104.37
Bosnia and Herz 1.70 106.07
Croatia 1.71 106.92
Poland 1.73 107.76
Larvia 1.73 107.76
Lithuania 1.73 107.76
Montenegro 1.75 109.46
Albania 1.77 110.31
Romania 1.80 112.01
France 1.80 112.01
Estonia 1.80 112.01
Austria 1.80 112.01
Czech Rep. 1.81 112.86
Hungary 1.82 113.70
Uruguay 1.82 113.70
Malawi 1.82 113.70
Burundi 1.82 113.70
Serbia 1.84 114.55
Spain 1.85 115.40
Bulgaria 1.85 115.40
Malta 1.85 115.40
Slovenia 1.85 115.40
Greece 1.86 116.25
Slovakia 1.86 116.25
Portugal 1.92 119.64
Germany 1.95 121.34
Cyprus 1.97 123.04
Belgium 1.97 123.04
Irelan 2.01 125.58
Switzerland 2.04 127.28
Netherlands 2.04 127.28
Turkey 2.07 128.98
Finland 2.08 129.83
Sweden 2.09 130.67
Denmark 2.11 131.53
Iceland 2.12 132.37
Israel 2.16 134.92
C.A. Republic 2.16 134.92
UK 2.26 140.86
Italy 2.29 142.55
Norway 2.67 166.31

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We Were Born In 1940s …


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Myself By T.V. Antony Raj

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We were born in 1940s. Most of us were born at home.

Some of my friends and relatives are still alive and kicking.

As babies, our mothers fed us at any time of the day, and when we cried.

We slept not in cribs, but with our mothers on hard beds or on mats spread over the floor.

When we fell ill, the doctor gave us aspirin tablets for fever. Our mothers powdered the tablets added honey and forced us to swallow the bitter-sweet mixture.

We never got checked for any allergies.

There were no locks on doors except the front door; and no locks on cupboards.

We did not have plastic containers since plastic was not invented then, but we had celluloid containers.

There were no child-proof lids on medicine containers.

When we were little children we rode in cars that had no booster seats, no seat belts, no air bags.

We rode on rickshaw pulled by a human.

When we grew up and rode our bicycles, we had no helmets to protect our heads.

We had fun drinking water directly from the garden hose.

We shared a single soft drink bottle with several friends, without anyone dying.

We added brown sugar when we drank tea or coffee.

We ate white bread with real butter and natural fruity jam.

We ate lots of chocolates. Even so, no one said that we were overweight.

We played a lot outside in the sun and never applied sunscreen lotions or creams.

On holidays, we played all day. We returned home only after the gas lamps on the streets were lit.

No one could reach us or bother us because there were no mobile phones. Even so, we were all right.

We had the following coins in circulation:

1 pie = 1/12 Anna = 1/192 Rupee
1 pice = 1/4 Anna = 1/64 Rupee (in Tamil we called this coin ஓட்டைக் காலணா / oattai kalana meaning 1/4 Anna with a hole.)
1/2 Anna = 1/32 Rupee
1 Anna = 1/16 rupee
2 Annas = 1/8 rupee
4 Annas = 1/4 rupee
8 Annas = 1/2 Rupee
One Rupee
5 Rupees

These were a lot of money at that time.

Telephones were rare and mounted on the wall or placed on desks, they were not mobile. One stood  in one spot to talk since an electrical cord connected the phone to the receiver.

Faber Castell Slide Rule

We never heard of computers? Since there were no calculating instruments, the word computer was not coined at that time. My first calculating instrument was a Faber-Castell slide rule bought in 1967.

Now, young people ask my wife and me: “How do you still manage to stay together for 48 years?” 

Our reply: “We were born in a time when if something broke we would fix it, not throw it away.

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