The strength of Human Beings is their power to remember,things events and contents and the weakness of Human Beings is also the same,Our ability to remember things ,which is the source of our constant thinking process and the initial spark of all troubles.
Memory retention is being focused as a prerequisite for growth,knowledge enhancement and for taking you forward,Various schools of thought are focusing on tuning your left brain to make you smart on verbal communication skills and to tap you logical and analytic strength or by training the right brain which is cabable of being creative and artistic,we also keep pushing our kids for these classes, thinking that it would give them an edge over others if their memory skills are good.
Well all of us really enjoyed the Blockbuster "GHAJINI" where the HERO was descript as a medically ill person Diagnoised for short term Memory Loss.We could sympathize with him for his pathetic condition,But we rarely recollect that all of us poccess' This short term memory loss.Really,you will agree with me,when I go a bit more Further and say that,our memory loss is turning into a goldmine for others for their spurning business and popularity.
Well still not clear?I guess all of us would be spending considerable time in front of the TV,AND WOULD DEFINITIVELY watch at least one or two reputed english News channels,Have you ever noticed that the news item which is debated in full form today, becomes extinct,on the next day,It leaves no trace,For example on day suddenly all channels talk about sachins achievement,which gets replaced by highlights of ramdev like wise every day the topic keeps changing,we just go to bed carrying forward this, only to see that the next day its someother x y or z,and we just forget about these top stories within 24 hours ,but never think about our short term memory loss.
Incidently I am prompted to narrate a small story,which I heard when I was young.Once there lived a family of three, A father,Mother and Son.The father and mother being illiterates wanted their son to be educated and grow up in strature.However the SON was not interested in studies,not to dissapoint his parents,everyday he used to go to school,but take a diversion and spend his time chit chatting with others and return home predending as if he had been to School,But how long can such things hold water,A
test to his notoriousness came in the form of a telegram.As all other parents going tensed on receiving a telegram the mother was tensed too on receiving one. she handed it over to her son to read and convey the contents.The son who did not know how to read it, tossed it upside down a few times and started to cry,The mother guessed that the telegram contained some sad news and joined her crying son only to be joined by her husband.Seeing this the neighbours wanted to know what was the issue and one persons read ouut the telegram,which only said the ladies brother would be arriving shortly.
The boys behaviour came to light and the distressed parents decided ,enough is enough,and planned to get him married off So that atleast marriage would instill SOME responsibility.and He he was wedded to his relative's daughter.After a grand wedding the bride and bridegroom were invited to the in-law(girls)s house for the customary feast The guy was putting up a smart face to hide his ignorance And wanted to act smart,So when ever any delicacy was given to him,he was simply turning it down saying he did not like it,even without tasting them.
The mother in law was really worried and in an attempt to make him eat some thing she had prepared kozukatai(vinayakars favourite snack),when his wife carried it, as usual he said che chi i dont like such stuff take it away.However destiny was cruel, the fellow was sleeping adjacent to the grinder which was used to make the stuffing for the kozukattai,the smell of jaggery,cardomom and ingredients was simply spreading a devine smell,unable to contain himself he tried to taste the left over in the grinder and was really cursing himself for having missed eating them.
The next morning ,they were retutning back. while his wife took to a cart, he decided to walk the distance,but before taaking leave from his mother in law,he enquired what was the snack that was offered to him called,and she said it was kozukattai,Not to forget this name he kept walking the distance uttering,kozukzttai,kozukattai.......(Remember when we were young your mother would send you on an errand to buy e few things from the adjacent shop, and we used to cover the distance repeating the items what we had to get)Only to be intercepted by a small gutter which he had to cross,incidentally there was a stranger on the other side , who was also to cross over THE gutter and while crossing just to make it easier he uttered "HAI TERI BACHA" and jumped across and had a safe landing.Our freind too wanted to cross the gutter using the same technicqe ,so he too crossed it yelling "hai teri bacha" and landed safe,now the man was walking towards his house uttering, hai teri batcha,hai teri batcha........( he had forgotten kozukattai)
(short term memory)landed home and was happy to see his wife already there.And like all other husbands,the moment he entered his house, he announced his wife that he wanted "hai teri bacha" for snacks, immediately.The poor wife said she doe not know any snack like that,but this man insisted that he should IMMEDIATELY have that snack,the more the wife denied that she did not knoe such an item,he got furious and started punching her,hearing this commotion the neighvbours came for her rescue and seeing her condition,exclaimed why have you beated her like this see her whole body is swollen up like kozukattai.
Hearing the word kozukattai again,the man knew what was the issue he said yeah thats it I want" kozukattai".
well the wife prepared kozukattai and their story continues on,but what was the essence is that we too are switching from one personality or topic to the other and forget what are our core issues one day we keep utterring corupuption,corupption....just to be replaced 2G,2G......adarsh,adarsh......poverty line,poverty ,Tsunami swine flu..........elections,elections......AND AS A WHOLE THIS SHORT TERM MEMORY LOSS OF OURS IS TURNING INTO ADVANTAGE TO OUR DECSION MAKERS..WHO ARE ALSO CONVENIENTLY SWITCHING OVER FROM ONE ISSUE TO ANOTHER
Memory retention is being focused as a prerequisite for growth,knowledge enhancement and for taking you forward,Various schools of thought are focusing on tuning your left brain to make you smart on verbal communication skills and to tap you logical and analytic strength or by training the right brain which is cabable of being creative and artistic,we also keep pushing our kids for these classes, thinking that it would give them an edge over others if their memory skills are good.
Well all of us really enjoyed the Blockbuster "GHAJINI" where the HERO was descript as a medically ill person Diagnoised for short term Memory Loss.We could sympathize with him for his pathetic condition,But we rarely recollect that all of us poccess' This short term memory loss.Really,you will agree with me,when I go a bit more Further and say that,our memory loss is turning into a goldmine for others for their spurning business and popularity.
Well still not clear?I guess all of us would be spending considerable time in front of the TV,AND WOULD DEFINITIVELY watch at least one or two reputed english News channels,Have you ever noticed that the news item which is debated in full form today, becomes extinct,on the next day,It leaves no trace,For example on day suddenly all channels talk about sachins achievement,which gets replaced by highlights of ramdev like wise every day the topic keeps changing,we just go to bed carrying forward this, only to see that the next day its someother x y or z,and we just forget about these top stories within 24 hours ,but never think about our short term memory loss.
Incidently I am prompted to narrate a small story,which I heard when I was young.Once there lived a family of three, A father,Mother and Son.The father and mother being illiterates wanted their son to be educated and grow up in strature.However the SON was not interested in studies,not to dissapoint his parents,everyday he used to go to school,but take a diversion and spend his time chit chatting with others and return home predending as if he had been to School,But how long can such things hold water,A
test to his notoriousness came in the form of a telegram.As all other parents going tensed on receiving a telegram the mother was tensed too on receiving one. she handed it over to her son to read and convey the contents.The son who did not know how to read it, tossed it upside down a few times and started to cry,The mother guessed that the telegram contained some sad news and joined her crying son only to be joined by her husband.Seeing this the neighbours wanted to know what was the issue and one persons read ouut the telegram,which only said the ladies brother would be arriving shortly.
The boys behaviour came to light and the distressed parents decided ,enough is enough,and planned to get him married off So that atleast marriage would instill SOME responsibility.and He he was wedded to his relative's daughter.After a grand wedding the bride and bridegroom were invited to the in-law(girls)s house for the customary feast The guy was putting up a smart face to hide his ignorance And wanted to act smart,So when ever any delicacy was given to him,he was simply turning it down saying he did not like it,even without tasting them.
The mother in law was really worried and in an attempt to make him eat some thing she had prepared kozukatai(vinayakars favourite snack),when his wife carried it, as usual he said che chi i dont like such stuff take it away.However destiny was cruel, the fellow was sleeping adjacent to the grinder which was used to make the stuffing for the kozukattai,the smell of jaggery,cardomom and ingredients was simply spreading a devine smell,unable to contain himself he tried to taste the left over in the grinder and was really cursing himself for having missed eating them.
The next morning ,they were retutning back. while his wife took to a cart, he decided to walk the distance,but before taaking leave from his mother in law,he enquired what was the snack that was offered to him called,and she said it was kozukattai,Not to forget this name he kept walking the distance uttering,kozukzttai,kozukattai.......(Remember when we were young your mother would send you on an errand to buy e few things from the adjacent shop, and we used to cover the distance repeating the items what we had to get)Only to be intercepted by a small gutter which he had to cross,incidentally there was a stranger on the other side , who was also to cross over THE gutter and while crossing just to make it easier he uttered "HAI TERI BACHA" and jumped across and had a safe landing.Our freind too wanted to cross the gutter using the same technicqe ,so he too crossed it yelling "hai teri bacha" and landed safe,now the man was walking towards his house uttering, hai teri batcha,hai teri batcha........( he had forgotten kozukattai)
(short term memory)landed home and was happy to see his wife already there.And like all other husbands,the moment he entered his house, he announced his wife that he wanted "hai teri bacha" for snacks, immediately.The poor wife said she doe not know any snack like that,but this man insisted that he should IMMEDIATELY have that snack,the more the wife denied that she did not knoe such an item,he got furious and started punching her,hearing this commotion the neighvbours came for her rescue and seeing her condition,exclaimed why have you beated her like this see her whole body is swollen up like kozukattai.
Hearing the word kozukattai again,the man knew what was the issue he said yeah thats it I want" kozukattai".
well the wife prepared kozukattai and their story continues on,but what was the essence is that we too are switching from one personality or topic to the other and forget what are our core issues one day we keep utterring corupuption,corupption....just to be replaced 2G,2G......adarsh,adarsh......poverty line,poverty ,Tsunami swine flu..........elections,elections......AND AS A WHOLE THIS SHORT TERM MEMORY LOSS OF OURS IS TURNING INTO ADVANTAGE TO OUR DECSION MAKERS..WHO ARE ALSO CONVENIENTLY SWITCHING OVER FROM ONE ISSUE TO ANOTHER
