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As you tread on the gate of the year 2020, I wanted to leave with you a poem written by Minnie Louise Haskins. I read this first in the devotional by Mrs Charles Cowman. I always liked these words, the first five lines of a longer poem. May our loving Master be the light to […]

I want to take this opportunity to close the year 2019, recognizing and thanking our loving Master for all His blessings during this year. By His sheer grace, I have completed one complete year after having had a bypass surgery in Dec 2018. I narrowly missed very severe complications of a drug reaction to one […]

This summer we struggled with water as Chennai was water starved. So when we had rains this Novemebr it was very refreshing. Now all the water bodies near our home are full. This has enabled us to get good water supply through our bore wells. Last summer at the height of drought, our bore well […]

Are you wondering what gift you want to give someone important? This book might be just that perfect gift, that could influence the receiver to help many more for a more productive and happier life. Here’s the link to the book. https://www.amazon.com/dp/1791540597 Wish you happy holidays during thanksgiving. Rajaratnam Abel

There has been a long gap since my last post. I had hoped to come back soon to announce that my book Businessmen for the Poor with an Indian price would be available. Unfortunately it did not progress as I imagined or planned. All what I had planned fell apart. Then I went on duty […]

Like it or not, poverty reduction has been taken high on the development agenda by giving a Nobel prize to those who studied/researched how poverty could be reduced. I have been focusing on getting my book out published in India. Writing seems to be so much easier than getting it published and marketed. I know […]

The link to the ebook is as given https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07P7HVQCQ Sorry for missing the link in my last post. Rajaratnam Abel

I started this set of blogs by asking the above question, “Are chocolates good for the heart?” In this blog I conclude by answering this question. You may be surprised to learn that chocolate isn’t as bad for you as was once believed. Most chocolate falls into one of three categories: white chocolate, milk chocolate, […]

Yes, I have to complete my blog on cocoa and chocolates. There is an urgent need to complete this task. So bear with me. For the past few months, I have been promoting my book, Businessmen for the Poor. Ordering a book from many countries is difficult and costly. Therefore, I thought I’ll use the […]

Before We get into the issue of chocolates and their health issues, I thought at least some of you may be interested in knowing where cocoa comes from. As a child of about 8 years, I visited a relative near Kandy in Srilanka where they had a cocoa farm. It was more of a slope […]