SOME SERIOUS(SILLY)THOUGHTS

Can you recall, when was it the last time that you were yelled, scolded, shouted by some one,

And you retorted sharply, because the word used against you was that of an ,Animal, and felt your pride was totally  put to shambles.being the supreme human being

Well when I thought about this the names of some of the animals with Which we have been associated and scolded came to my mind aren’t these the very commonly used words,buffalo(aerumai) cow(maadu),DONKEY(KAZUTHAI)monkey(kurangu) and of course dog(nayae)

Well this made me to make some serious thinking, why  are  we called so?On the same day I got the answer for some of them.I was travelling in a car and was just looking out and registering the events that was getting captured, my thoughts were halted with a sudden jolt the driver had applied Brakes and in front of our vehicle there was a herd of cows having a jolly walk across the road, any amount of horning or hooting made no difference to them, they maintained, their pace and crossed the road in their usual way. OH this is what is called maadu mathri(like a cow) not heading to any external pressure, and having your own way.

W ell this reasoning was further enhanced, when I continued still further, this time what caught my attention was again a herd of cows and buffaloes ,grazing on the fields and to my surprise I found a few crows and sparrows had settled on its back and having a free ride and at times pecking at them, but there was no reaction from our friends, they did not even take cognizance that someone was making use of them and having a jolly ride, again the phrase MAADU MATHRI  came to my mind, so this had a different meaning, Not taking cognizance of your hardship and allowing others to make use of you. Is symbolically stated, when said  Maadu madri iru.

Is this all ,no I still have something  to add, I had travelled still further and again there was a slowing down of the car, this time again I wanted to know what can be the reason,? I saw that a overloaded bullock cart was maneuvering to move forward, the cows were helpless couldn’t express that they were stressed, but the rider was just lashing it thinking wonders may happen, so here again if some some said Maadu mathri iru, it means you should never express your difficulty, you should somehow deliver goods(aha this is the word used in all professional organization)even while you are hurt and bombarded ..

I was really getting worried why so many incidences linking a cow were happening on a single day and why I was extrapolating them and trying to decode them, while this was the thought that was lingering on  I watched  that a relatively young cow was galloping on the side lane ,and following that cow there were at least ten to fifteen cows which were racing with it,some were limping but they too were and galloping and running, not  aware what was the spark that made the first one to run and where they were heading too ,but  the other cows were following suite,so in this situation to be like a cow(maadu mathri) is to simply follow what ever your predecessor does not knowing where you would land.

Well now people who ever get a chance to read this can compare,their imaginations with relevant portion, yeah but I did really forget to tell you all PLEASE LISTEN TO Rajni,s song Vanthen da paal kareaen pasu maatha pathi pada poorean da, it really talks too high about cows, but I think who ever scolds us as Maadu have no reference to that song.

Well what about the other things, DONKEY,DOG,MONKEY……..,WELL I HAVE TO DO SOME RESEARCH ON THEM TO REALLY GIVE YOU SOME INFORMATIC IDEAS.

But let me finish this with some thing what I read in one of the books written by swami Nithyananda (yeah the same person who was jailed)Someone asks him the same questions ,why are we called as cow, donkey,etc.

So he has given a wonderful explanation, you become what you think,

when some one tries to throw insults,abuse,and dirt over you and you remain,without any reaction,you have started to behave like a cow.

 

When some one  touches you  and you react in a negative way just like the kick of a Donkey,and start brooding over thing and fall into depression,than you have started to behave like a donkey .

And lastly when some one trys to prod you and in response when you put your leg forward to move ahead than you have decided to be a horse , and set to make history.

“SO ULTIMATELY ITS OUR OWN REACTIONS WHAT MAKES US LET US MOVE FORWARD BRUSHING ASIDE,CTICISM AND INSULTS”

On The Memory lane

Hey everyone both young and old,I just thoughti would take you down your memory lane once again making you feel young and happy.well I know that if I post  a question ASKING HOW MANY OF YOU REMEMBER YOUR NURSERY RHYMES?I know most of you are going to put up your hands , because of two reasons
 i)That was your first lesson what you read in school,so you would not have forgotten them,but of course with variations that some may remember 10 and some 100
ii)Most of you would have at least one or two kids or siblings ,so you had the joy of redoing that.
Well ,what was going thro my mind was,the very basic Idea, regarding the person who would have incorporated,RHYMES IN THE CURRICULUM OF TODDLERS,for that was a very smart move of making them learn as many words as possible,Secondly it was the right media,to encourage the young mind to get interested in studies.
But I was also recalling whether the rhymes what we learnt were taught in the same way as that of ours to our Children.Because,we were taught this with  action ,each one of you can recall who was your mam/miss/teacher and what type of actions came out from her and how each one of us repeated them /reciprocated and how proud we were in replaying this to our parents when they asked us what was taught today?Contrary to that model nowadays we are more tuned into the habit of purchasing CD/CASSETTES and leave the child by its side to have a sing along programme, so we hardly know whether the value addition what was meant to go in has reached or not.
Now let me bring out a Few memorable rhymes and substantiate the above reasoning
Pussy cat,Pussycat,where have u been?
I've been to London to visit the Queen
Pussy cat,Pussycat,what did you do there?
I frightened a little mouse under her chair.
Yeah from the above rhyme, the inference are, London the great country is the only place where you can really see the royal queen,BE IT ANY COUNTRY, YOU ARE NOT GOING TO Be away from the menace of rats.With all its wits the pussy can only frighten the mouse and not the Queen.Can u also recall who ur miss was and the action of fright what she made?
Well the next rhyme
One two buckle my shoe
three four knock the door
five six,pick up sticks
seven eight lay them straight
nine,ten a big fat hen.
Well ,watch out for the different words used in this small rhyme,and well this was more focused to teach the student on the numerals 1-10.Also imagine how many time they would have made the child to bend down to buckle the shoes,an inbuilt mild exercise.WELL The next one to follow,

Hot cross buns!hot cross buns!
One a penny,two a penny-Hot cross buns
If you have no daughters,give them to your sons
One a penny,two a penny-HOT CROSS BUNS
Here too  more thrust is given introducing more vocabulary and to the least denomination of money,penny
Who can forget the action rhyme the cow jumped over the moon and the dish ran away with the spoon,which were funny and made kids laugh endlessly.
SO my dear young moms,and young children go thro your rhyme list see what fun each contains and also shake your hands,legs and head bring life to them instead of Singing them as gingles.
Do not restrict yourself to rhymes in english, you may recollect so many of them in tamil,hindi,telugu etc
so enjoy

"WE THE LIVING"

                                                                          

                                          

Seeing this topic people need not associate themselves that this is a tribute to the great author  AYN RAND,OR HAVE a misconception that it’s a review on her famous book titled above. I  am a very ordinary persons who can only admire such a great writer of no parallel. But what I wanted to bring out her e is just a brief account of a very big family which has its presence to three generations, which I know personally.

THE FIRST GENERATION

There are only three characters in this segment on whom I would like to dwell upon and that’s about my father and mothers. Just to make things more common and applicable to all I would rather not name any character here with their personal names but go in with their common names

DAD: I have very little remembrance of how my dad looked like, when he was young or rather when I was young. Well but from a age that I can remember, I can says that he is an astounding personality, a few things what I can recall was his very unique way he would wear his pants inserting his legs, and the way that he would put on his lace knot, I have inherited the way he puts the lace knot, and I know that there are people in my office who like to imitate it but have failed.

I am still fascinated in eating a basket cake for which my love has not diminished,(the only item that has REMAINED my favorite)well the reason being that this was a piece of item that my dad used to buy from a baker man on the doorstep when I was five.

My father was a jack  of all trades, starting his journey flying high.I did mean it he was a flying crew In the IAF, seen a few wars associated himself in history with the china war, our child hood play and talks were centered on knat, dekota and fighter planes   

He changed his job to become an entrepreneur, was proprietor for a factory that Manufactured radio sets and its components, so our toys too changed to E core and F core of transformers, lids wire, soldering iron, flux, valves and gang condensers, I remember that this factory hosted big people like LATE SHRI BakthavatShalam . I have the honor of having a photo graph alongside with my dad as an Industrialist.He was a good trainer too he had passed out his knowledge to his pupil on radio theory and communications, who are leading good lifes, might be they would remember Dad for giving them a livelihood

He was wooed into politics, was instrumental in launching IND, have seen him with Madam Indira Gandhi, I guess he was one person who had the privilege of translating the speeches of at least 3-4 Prime ministers, SUCH AS Moraji Desai, Chandrasekar, Devekowda

A great orator with multi linguistic skill toooo good in English, we are yet  to match his vocabulary, HAVING A VERY loud and beautiful voice ,well modulated and having a mesmerizing  effect. HIS attire as a politician turned into dhoti and white shirts with the traditional tundu, was very particular that he dresses spic and span, was never tired of contesting elections He believed that failures were very near to success. only thing is we never gave him the infinite trials. was his unofficial secy. Fixing up dates., which made me familiar with all names towns ,city and villages in Tamilnadu.Became good at drafting and writing.

A very strict and lovable father, very strong in his knowledge base in physics, WE still go numb, when he states boyle’s law or Kirchoff’s law. Only weak in Math’s  all (grand children who find math’s difficult please see who”s responsible).Had his own ways of entertaining us, he played badminton cricket, TennIcoit and even at times boxing, tried to teach us a little bit of every thing good in chess too. have not seen my dad sketching figures.

HE has a special love for cinema and Musics, some of his favorite heroines include Nuthan ,durga kote, padmini,Kammambal,T.R.Rajakumari,sujatha,Simran and not to miss Deepika padukone.some how he did not relish MGR, but still liked enga veetu pillai and aayiratil oruvan.

Food was his favourite,he had a style of eating with cutlery, Is fond of non veg and relishes western items like sausages and tinned tuna. His will power made him to get a driving license at 60 and was on wheels till 75.Dads will power and the spirit of not giving up has made him to survive all odds.

Thou has a lot of bias on ladies, he loved his daughters and grand daughters  was ever eager to have the first glimpse of his grand children. He is having a great innings batting at the crease at 82.A staunch vaishnavite with all his prayers towards lord Venketeswara.I pray god to keep my dad healthy and happy all thro

MOM:

Mom is one character who is admired by all her grand children for her jellying with people of all ages

Her narration about her young age and schoolings and her everlasting  wits are her plus points, always had a serene beauty, never bothered to enhance it for she was confident of her looks .A GREAT MOM, can pacify any child  with her mellifluous  lullaby, playful  games, enfolding petting and her imaginative story  crafted by her about each one of them. Each child had a story in which he or she was the centre piece.And longed to hear it again and again

Should have been a good entrepreneur for her talents, used to design our dresses, wove sweaters, SHE WAS HIGHLY IMAGINATIVE AND ARTISTIC, she would reproduce anything with a slight observation

Decorated our hairs with imaginative plaits, no one can dare to request her to oil your hair, because you with we bathed with it.

A GREAT passionate COOK, SHE CAN MAKE YOU YEARN EVEN FOR THAT KANGI WHAT SHE MAKES, right from vegetarian, non veg and other cuisine mom was too good at it, the famous Subramanian swamy was also a fan of our moms rasam, SHOULD say that mummy was a pacca socialist, Her care for others outside the family is more than that she has for her children. more concerned  at the servants, very kind hearted and an animal lover, she had special love for her pet dogs TEDDY and dhorty .

Mom was participative in our growing up, she made small hand made dolls using rags, helped us in making dresses for them,encouraged us to make kootan sooru,using  small utensils in our backyard,very knowlegable in baby care and what not, Mom always was our guiding force telling us the importance of maintaining values,THE verses in the song ENTHA PILLAYUM NALLA PILLAI THAN MANIL PIRAKAYILAE, PIN NALAVAR AVATHUM,THEYAVAR AVATHUM ANNAI VALARPATILAE. Should go as a dedication to her FOR HAVING GIVEN SUCH GOOD CHILDREN TO THIS SOCIETY.

Many times I recall that she has never had a day of living a life of her own.The only desire I have at present is to show her the better side of life atleast for a short period.I LOVE YOU MOM

CMOM:This is how she is reffered,but called as amma by all of us, The first women in our generation to have entered college,very attractive and beautiful, She always had a very good sense of dressing up.I remember amma giving final touches to her curls and eye liner.Cmom was good at maths,she was the person whom dad could not overtake with her skills in algebra and other areas .Cmom had her hand as the first working women of our family worked for,M/S BEL Bangalore.HER PHOTOGRAPHS are areal treat to see with those beautiful.eyes.

MOM HAS AN EVER LASTING love for babies,which has not diminished.And thou I might look rude I should say that she has an extra love for boys than girls.She has been the god mother for all of us ,and stood with our joy and sorrow.

I have not seen amma singing or humming songs, but used to narrate lots of stories(a few only guess),which used to bee very lively where she would really emote the characters, the famous story of the dog with two girls,where you will really feel like crying when the dog goes in search of her kids

MOM was a perfectionist, I should credit her for ,giving appa his white dazzling dhothi”s and shirts,with her excellent hand wash, if at all we had some thing to envy about it was those white dresses that were drying. I HAVE not seen CMOM good at any extra handiworks, what mom used to do, like mom, Cmom too is a good  cook,with restricted expertise,her sundakka kozambu and vengaya kozambu are a real threat.

Cmom was more experienced in taking care of small kids,she used to be comfortable giving then there baths anddressing them up.She was our official attender at hospitals for her smartness and service

Amma of late has been more into spiritualality, spents more time in the pooja room and ammas prayers are always heard by god,or might be she asks too small things which god is generous to grant.

I n short to sum up, the Govt lost the advantage of having the services of a nice statictical person like mom,she has been a great companion and support to APPA. Ma, love u and thanks for the wonderful things you have done for us.

Well with this the first gen comes to an end,they have been blessed with 10 GEMS,WHO WE WILL MEET SHORTLY.

The hairy secrets

It was one of our  family get together The family members were having fun and chatting with their peer level relatives, discussions were flowing touching across many topics, like studies of their kids, what extra feats each one is good at, culinary tips, shopping experiences, preparedness for the forth coming festival, nuisances of unwanted messages from advertisers. This is when the topic started drifting slowly towards "Hair".

Are we not somehow  fascinated about hair?

I Receive at least a few sms from advertises claiming that they can control hair fall, delay baldness, enhance hair growth, and even implant fresh hair, you move on to TV channels you can find  an array of advertisements on a range of products, hair oil, shampoo, hair colorant, lice control.

Well we all might agree that we do have a special reference to hair as one of the most important natural gift which has the capability of enhancing our looks and never missed to pocket the complement that “you have  beautiful hair”

We at least spend a considerable time on doing our hair, be it short or long, combing and brushing and setting it in its place is what we love to do, and not to forget, the comb is the only cosmetic carried by men,thou he is Bald,And hair  is also one of the most envious procession for both men and women,  we never miss to spell a wow when u see a girl/lady with long voluminous bouncing hair and many a times we automatically would like to touch and  feel our own hair to compare ourselves on our standing.

I Think each one of us would have undergone that dreadful experience of undergoing our heads being shaved, crying/wailing before it  and at least seen our hairless head a hundred times in the mirror  and again cried seeing how ugly we looked with that hairless head.

Well coming back to our luncheon discussion about hair, one of my sister in laws was narrating the tough time she had ,in pursuing her teenage son for a haircut, while a few were lamenting that visiting a saloon for a haircut is one of the most priority items on men’s list. A few of us were complaining about the irrational decision that our teenage girls had done with chopping off the long dangling tresses with a short hair which they felt was more manageable, this is when my brother added spice to this topic stating that girls/ladies felt liberated when they could do away with their long hair, it gave them confidence and a feeling of freedom, and at times it was a way of saying to the other gender, Hum kise se kum nahi< we are not inferior to you in any way >. On the contrary the moment boys show resistance to have a haircut is an indirect way to express that they have grown up. Further, cutting the hair and grooming it short was extending a feeling that someone was interfering with their freedom, and perhaps cutting short the hair of a man was an act of taming him. He also said if men are allowed to grow their hair long they become very powerful, thou this was more a general statement, some thinking on this really made a lot of sense.

Don’t we have a general perception that girls with long hair neatly plaited, are highly accommodative, submissive, pious and homely, while those with short hair are highly arrogant , dominating and modern. Contrary to this guys who are well groomed and clean shaved are preferred against men with long hair(playfully called samiyar), when I just recall men with long hair, at least a few images which came to my mind were those of Lord Shiva, Jesus Christ, Buddha, Mahaveer, Baba and invariably all sadhus and sidhas,and of couse some of our inventors and scientists, who are really powerful. And those  extraordinary bad men what you see in movies and serials.

In general conversations,we refer hair in tamil as both very useless stuff or too great a one .,people who speak tamil may enjoy inserting a few slangs used and have a good laugh