CROWNED by AWARD

This is a golden day in blogging life. It is to say very big thanks for sharing an award for an interesting blog. It has been given by Mr. Balaji – http://balasee.blogspot.com . I am really overwhelmed by the generous gesture in the community. One might browse thru’ the postings and find a thanks post for the first visitors comment (That was by Jeen). This also puts a great importance on keeping the expectations fulfilled if not exceeded. The treasure has been showed and shall surely be safeguarded against all odds. It gives more responsibility to maintain good standards.

A big thank you.

COLORED - YOU or ME

This is just to share a poem written by a fellow human being elsewhere living in the world. Do not know his name also. Based on the comments received thru' this blog and number of telephone calls, just thought of sharing. It is not to hurt anybody. And not to hurt any color. But agree completely as far as the discriminatory nature/attitude is concerned that we are not colored.

"When I born, I Black,

When I grow up, I Black,

When I go in Sun, I Black,

When I scared, I Black,

When I sick, I Black,

And when I die, I still black..

And you White fella,

When you born, you Pink,

When you grow up, you White,

When you go in Sun, you Red,

When you cold, you Blue,

When you scared, you Yellow,

When you sick, you Green,

And when you die, you Gray..

And you calling me Colored?!"

SWALLOW & SPIT

Almost majority of the households in India strongly believes the swallowing as one of the life halting phenomenon in their spiritual, cultural, religious following. It also carries the responsibility to have the impact of this happening, once in their lifetime though, to be reduced and keep the mother earth be safe place to live. That particular responsibility is being fulfilled by the following activities:

Keeping “TULSI” leaves in the Food, Drinking Water, etc.

Not doing any work during the 2 or 3 hours period of the swallowing & spitting it back

Taking head bath immediately after the swallowing & spitting it back

Have a good prayer in front of the statues, photographs, temples

Offer different kinds of Cereals, Food Grains to the neighbors or poor

Now, please world understand and appreciate the efforts of Indian household for making the swallowing demon spit the same within couple of hours., so that the Earth won’t suffer.

This is how on 22^nd July 2009, the world could get back the SUN.

Obsession – Color or Name

If anybody press the remote of their TV Channels or flip thru’ the newspapers will find it hard to watch or read the same article / news item spread over the days. It is very obvious that our media totally and madly obsessed with the colored/foreign/popular named visitors to this country. Why? Have anybody written / covered so much if the person is not colored.

Hope everybody would have understood the context.

It is nothing but about the visit of Ms. Hillary Clinton.

It is not to say ever give a covering. It is only to say give an eligible and qualitative covering. Did this media gave any sort of coverage when Mr. MBEKI – South African President visited India? Mostly none of us knew there was a President – South Africa visited India.

Long live obsession to Color, Foreign People and the Name Clinton

Whose noice was that anyway?

After a hectic day of work, the eyes tired along with the body and mind. It needed really a very good rest. Just hit the bed following a great dinner. The mind roamed around the things went well, gone wrong and needed some kind of attention apart from the office politics. Good sleep as there were no re-collectable dreams.

In the morning, a noise was trying to wake up. It was trying to tell its annoyance with the prolonged stay at bed. It felt very hot in dealing with this kind of lazy behavior. And it was hitting on the face with a great force and telling to get at once from the bed. It was almost close to white in color. Had to wake up: of course with a reluctant mind.

It was a realization that LIGHT also makes noise. It was the early morning sunlight.

LAMP

In India, the entire household lights the lamp in front of the GOD (He may be in the shape of photograph, statue, painting, etc. The timings may differ – Somewhere at Dawn, Somewhere at Dusk, somewhere both the times. Somewhere continuously (You may notice these in the popular temples and popular persons memorial). And also during any occasion, the ritual is that the function starts with lighting a lamp by the chief guest. And the lamp is giving light throughout the function.

Why lamp? How it helps?

First of all, in ancient days when there were no electricity and it was jungle everywhere, the people started this as an essential requirement to see each other and to establish that there is a meeting taking place.

If you consider it in the philosophical terms:

The lamp symbolizes: The knowledge. The knowledge removes/replaces the ignorance – light replaces the darkness.

Why the tube lights and modern day bulbs are not used in worshipping. I do not know.

But the lamp with oil or ghee as a medium gives us the aroma and they are not warming the globe. Our forefathers would have thought well in advance about our ill treatment to the mother earth.

PAST – PRESENT - FUTURE

It was 250 BC. A merchant lived in the city of Madurai. He was a leading merchant in those days and supplying all the provisions, utensils, each and everything the people needed. He was regarded as a very good merchant by the rulers and local administrators. Al the people in the city also could not imagine without his services to them. The items provided by him were really of very nice quality.

While everybody appreciating his service to the city, there were some 10 families cursing him. And finding fault in his quality. Those were none other than his wife and mistresses. He had married to more than 10 women and each one had number of children. The number was not a problem. But he was a psychological sadist. He used them very badly and roughed them and made them live in fear always. After it reached a certain (unbearable level), his family (all the women) joined together and committed mass suicide. By hearing this horrible incidence, he did also end his life.

This man has reborn in this world at the mid of previous century. Now he has got a wife (Only one) and 2 children. He has some problem (As per his wife) and went to a fortune teller to find out the reason and remedy to get rid of this problem. The astrologer came with the above story from nowhere (Old hand written leafs). He told that because of the previous birth’s wrong doings, he is suffering now. To come out of it, he needs to visit number of temples and do number of prayers. The expenditure shall be close to 20 grands.

This is how the profession “ASTROLOGER” is being run profitably. And the people fall in to the trap.