Indeed Unique as each of Gods creations, with prayers of Happiness Always, Everytime, Everywhere, Everyone, my thoughts may lead me to no where or somewhere, but I can at least let them out of me, so this blog...These are my thoughts, my feelings, infact my perceptions...let me know ur comments if you read it...
Each person probably feels that he is different from the rest of humanity. We are moulded by our experiences and our reactions to those experiences.
Most people though not all, could have had the fortune of having supportive parents by their side, but few still have the blessings of such truly wonderful and also rather remarkable grandparents. But there are some in the present generation, who cannot understand the compassion and understanding of our earlier generations, or of some.
Since childhood, I have been surrounded by people, this has given me somewhat unusual attitude. Though not a joint family, there were always relatives with us, and ours was not a nuclear family too…
The circumstances in which I passed my girlhood, I had the opportunity of not only seeing but observing many things, some, were not easy, not happy ones. The world is a cruel place, for the best of us and especially so for the sensitive. We are apt to guard ourselves with whatever armour we can lay our minds on. I began discovering the world and people and above all myself…..
Always had one fallacy and wish. I should be fully independent, never have a time such that I will have to stretch my hands for favours…This was from the time in 11th our hindi teacher told us to write an essay on ‘Paradeen Swapanehu Sukh Nahi’. Now I realize its like ‘Kismath khya hey janatha hey wahi, Jinki Kismath Hotha hey Buri…’ Though some say, ‘man makes his own fortune and calls it fate’
Life indeed is rich and I have got to go miles…before I sleep…I owe a debt to so many…..Life is not limited to this place, or this activities….But before I live my own life, What will it be? I don’t know at all…., I need to complete the unfinished tasks, which were started,…………..
For this guess the next choosen task is the visit to Mecca, indeed, Chennai, is Mecca for CA students…..
The experience this long has been exhilarating at times, depressing at times, but certainly worthwhile…….
Indeed ‘The most beautiful things in this world cannot be seen or even touched, They must be felt within the heart…..’ and ‘Be nice to people on your way up, because you will need them on your way down.’
Here is another blog for different purpose: http://enrichknowledge.blogspot.com/
Thought 4 the day: Talents differ, all is well and wisely put.
I asked the wind that howls around my window every hour...Why do you make so much noise..You scare me- It said "I am sorry , but I only want to dare you!" ...Go out and face the world....I survived, it may not be so hard for you either!
Thank you for your support, your kind words and your prayers.
I am still in a very contemplative mood. I guess a personal loss makes us question a lot of things. It makes us question what we are doing here on Earth? What is the essence of life? What is important to us? What are our priorities?
And I am not sure that we ever get the answers.
Indeed Health is the first of life....and Peace is the best in life....
My glorious past beholds my present. " I am a commoner with some uncommon interests pursued in the fashion that interested many. For you to think I seek no affection today, as I fought the pain of my past with valor, sinks my heart in deep grief. Oh I need the love of this world, the attention and light, so m...y life be able to Sing again in the Rain"
I live my life as if it was my only passion, my life loves me back as if I were its only dream..........a perfect give and take relation!
Knocking at my door the the angels from heaven left me a package that said your life is enclosed in the box...I feared- what if it had wings? It would fly if I opened the lid. The after many years, one night an angel held my hands and walked me along a river bank. It whispered into my ears, "For the fear of loosing on...e you may be loosing it all- open your box and let it fly if it wants to."
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Friday, October 20, 2006
Diwali The Festival of Lights......
Here comes again, Diwali, the festival of lights...One of my favourate festivals...celebrated since childhood........Guess its only in the state of kerala, where there is no much funfare on this day...
But in most other states be in North or South India, these festival is celebrated for 4-5 days, or even a month.
The significance or message of this festival is:
LIVE LIKE A CANDLE, WHICH BURNS ITSELF BUT GIVES LIGHT 2 OTHERS.
BE NICE TO OTHERS IN THE SAME WAY, AS YOU WANT OTHERS TO BE NICE WITH YOU.
LIFE IS TOO SHORT TO LIVE. SO, THINK GOOD AND SAY BETTER AND TRY 2 DO THE BEST, THEN THIS WORLD WILL BE MORE BEAUTIFUL TO YOU.
IMPOSE YOUR OWN TERMS UPON LIFE IF YOU DON'T YOU WILL HAVE 2 ACCEPT THE TERMS OF OTHERS.
LOOK BACKWARD WITH GRATITUDE, UPWARD WITH CONFIDENCE AND FORWARD WITH HOPE.
WHEN U TRUELY CARE FOR SOMEONE YOU DON'T LOOK FOR FAULTS, YOU DON'T LOOK FOR ANSWERS, YOU DON'T LOOK FOR MISTAKES, INSTEAD YOU FIGHT THE MISTAKES, YOU ACCEPT THE FAULTS, AND YOU OVERLOOK THE EXCUSES.
Know the major Indic cultural, historical aspects that make this great festival.
1. Sri Mahalakshmi emerges from the cosmic ocean.
2. Sri Rama returns to Ayodhya, after vanquishing Ravana.
3. Sri Krishna & Satyabhama destroy the evil Narakasura.
4. Sri Kali Puja on the dark night of Diwali Amavasya.
5. Sri Mahavira attains the state of liberation, Pari Nirvana.
6. Sri Bhai Mani Singh resists Islamic tyranny and becomes a martyr for Diwali (1737 CE).
The Festival of Light
The Festival of Liberation
The Festival of Pluralism
The Festival of Sacrifice
The Festival of Freedom.
Celebrate this great festival.
#Deepavali #Diwali
It's also the day Pandavas reach heaven. They start 14 days before dussera and kandils are kept to bid farewell to the departed souls.We should keep them as high as possible
Happy Diwali!!!
But in most other states be in North or South India, these festival is celebrated for 4-5 days, or even a month.
The significance or message of this festival is:
LIVE LIKE A CANDLE, WHICH BURNS ITSELF BUT GIVES LIGHT 2 OTHERS.
BE NICE TO OTHERS IN THE SAME WAY, AS YOU WANT OTHERS TO BE NICE WITH YOU.
LIFE IS TOO SHORT TO LIVE. SO, THINK GOOD AND SAY BETTER AND TRY 2 DO THE BEST, THEN THIS WORLD WILL BE MORE BEAUTIFUL TO YOU.
IMPOSE YOUR OWN TERMS UPON LIFE IF YOU DON'T YOU WILL HAVE 2 ACCEPT THE TERMS OF OTHERS.
LOOK BACKWARD WITH GRATITUDE, UPWARD WITH CONFIDENCE AND FORWARD WITH HOPE.
WHEN U TRUELY CARE FOR SOMEONE YOU DON'T LOOK FOR FAULTS, YOU DON'T LOOK FOR ANSWERS, YOU DON'T LOOK FOR MISTAKES, INSTEAD YOU FIGHT THE MISTAKES, YOU ACCEPT THE FAULTS, AND YOU OVERLOOK THE EXCUSES.
Know the major Indic cultural, historical aspects that make this great festival.
1. Sri Mahalakshmi emerges from the cosmic ocean.
2. Sri Rama returns to Ayodhya, after vanquishing Ravana.
3. Sri Krishna & Satyabhama destroy the evil Narakasura.
4. Sri Kali Puja on the dark night of Diwali Amavasya.
5. Sri Mahavira attains the state of liberation, Pari Nirvana.
6. Sri Bhai Mani Singh resists Islamic tyranny and becomes a martyr for Diwali (1737 CE).
The Festival of Light
The Festival of Liberation
The Festival of Pluralism
The Festival of Sacrifice
The Festival of Freedom.
Celebrate this great festival.
#Deepavali #Diwali
It's also the day Pandavas reach heaven. They start 14 days before dussera and kandils are kept to bid farewell to the departed souls.We should keep them as high as possible
Happy Diwali!!!
Changing rules in the career market
A wonderful article by Mr. VA Pattabhi Ram V, FCA, in the news letter for Ernakulam Branch..
Would you like to take a sneak peak at the kind of organization that you will be working in? Well it would not be the conventional kind of structure which most people are conversant of. Like, it would neither be an Indian company or a foreign company. Does this surprise you? It should not.
In tomorrow’s world there is every likelihood that you would work in a company which is headquartered in India, whose row- material is sourced from Australia, whose finished product is marketed in North America, money is raised in Europe, the design and development is undertaken in south America and the finished goods are manufactured in China, Asia. So you are likely to have the sourcing function in Australia-New Zealand, marketing in America, finance in Europe, R&D in South America, manufacturing in China and strategizing in India. Now what do you call such a company? An Indian company or an American company or a plain and simple transnational organization?
We are not shooting in the dark. Such organizations are already in existence with business process outsourcing being a trailer or a precursor for the shape of things to come. In such a world your colleagues, peer, mentors, leaders are not going to have the same socio, economic, cultural backgrounds. They would come from differing backgrounds with different work place ethics that would lead to culture shocks. To succeed in such place you need to understand the changing rules of the career market.
Rule 1: Uni Vs. Multi functional.
Knowledge is Power
If you are a specialist, that’s great. Suppose you are the big boy of a corporate finance or of the fussy world ofmanagement accounting. Or, suppose that you are hopelessly in love with the debits and credits of financial accounting or with the loopholes of tax and law. Well, in that case you could graduate to become the CFO of the organization. But you will stop there. You may never graduate to become the CEO. If you want to run an organization, say a manufacturing outfit, whilst you could be a specialist in finance and accounting, you will also have to have a significant appreciation of manufacturing, marketing, research, design, development and strategizing not to speak of HR and technology. All of this was true once upon a time. Today, if you want to be a CFO you will have to know all those things that a CEO of youre needed to know. Yes, you need to have a multi-functional appreciation of the happenings in your organization even to become a CFO, leave alone becoming a CEO. This is a world where knowledge like never before is power.
Rule 2: 9 to 5 Vs. 24 X 7
Career first
If you ask your grandparents they would tell you how simple the world over was. They went to office at 9 in the morning and returned home at 5 in the evening so much so that there was branded dress ware called 9 to 5 which sold like hot cakes among office goers.
Working on weekends and holidays was strict no –no. It was called the British culture, at its very best. At office time you did office work, at other times you did other work. Today you cannot be a clock watcherToday it is not just enough to show up; you have to deliver. There is nothing like 9 to 5 office timing. Its flexi timing. You work 24 hours day.7 days a week, 365 days a year. That's like a doctor on duty.
You are given a task to be performed in say 5 days. You could sleep for 4 days and crack it on the 5th.Or you could work all 5days. Boy, it's your choice. We are not suggesting that this is the wisest way to work, but that's the reality, The arrival of mobile and the internet has meant the death of privacy. Today, career comes first. Everything else, the family included, is second .The pressure to succeed is immense. Little wonder that there are early burn outs, stained relationships and greater career crisis But if you want to succeed you need to play the game by the new rules of the game.
Rule 3; Gray hairs Vs. Gray cells
Age no bar
Ask your grandparents and they will tell you that you need to be 50plus to be a CEO. Look at any of the public sector organizations and you will see that. Also many a private
sector player too has that proclivity. There was a time when ambitious youngsters shaded
their hair a shade white (yes white or black) to look more mature when they were seeking for higher jobs. Today things are changing. At 30 something you can become a CEO: at 40 plus you should be definitely the head of a global organization. The days when promotions were based on seniority, yes sir syndrome and age zones are gone. Today
they are merit-based, there is greater objectivity in appraisal: what companies look for is transferable skill set, you can ask why you are being rated lower and there is a healthy competition.
Rule 4: Hard skills vs. Soft skills
Beyond Knowledge
Ten or so years ago, you could get to climb the corporate ladder if you were strong in your subject, smart and current in your area of work. Hard skill(a k a knowledge) was important. Like, if you knew the income tax law inside out including judgments and how to deal with the officers you could become the big boss of taxation in office. Like, if you knew corporate and other laws cover to cover you could become the big boss of secretarial practice.
Even today knowledge is important: but knowledge alone won't do. You need to have the ability to carry people along with you. And that calls for people skills. Your ability to communicate, get along be a team player, contribute as a team member, lead small groups, generate and take through ideas, motivate others are all crucial. These are what are referred to as soft skills. The irony is that you will have to work with, lead or report to folks who might IQ wise not measure up to you. But the world is made up of all kinds of people. Remember, great effort was never achieved by outstanding individuals but by ordinary mortals who went on to do extraordinary things. Today like never before, soft skills are far more important than hard skills.
Rule 5 : Loyalty vs Job Hopping
Who is the boss?
Old timers will tell you that they thought many a time before taking up their first jobs. They swore by the Japanese philosophy, "One employer for life." Ask your grandpa and he is likely to say that didn't work in more than 3 companies all his life. Those days, If you switched jobs you were thought to be disloyal. Today the scene isn't that way. Today, job hopping is quite on. No one things twice before switching jobs. The loyalty is longer to the company; the loyalty is to the self and to one's career. Now this is not to suggest that you should do a hop, step and jump every other year. It is only to indicate that hopping 3 jobs in 10 years isn't all that bad. Every hop should give you a better and wider appreciation of organizational working, widen your horizon, improve your skill set and take you closer to your big goal. Hop jobs by all means but hop with a purpose.
Rule 6; One time Vs Life long
Run boy, run
If you think your education ends the moment you qualify from the Institute of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI)or from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) or whatever your almamater is, you are wrong. May be once upon a time the availability of knowledge in the world doubled every 50 years. Later it started doubling every 15 years. Today it doubles every 3 years. This means that if for three years on the trot you don't update yourself, you will become a museum piece. Today learning is life long. The moment you stop learning your career is over. And often what you have learn you might not have studies a jot in your classrooms. The name of the game therefore is to learn the art of "learning to learn". That will put an enormous pressure on your in your job. But this is a welcome pressure.
Rule 7; Adam Vs. Eve
It's a woman's world also
Years ago man ruled the world. No, we aren't being chauvinistic. Not many women ventured to be engineers or CAs. They chose the more exciting profession of medicine. Today a very good number are cracking into what was for many years regarded a male bastion. They are also populating the corporate world, left, right and centre, There is no such thing as glass ceiling for woman to climb. If you have the knowledge, skill and expertise you can go places.
This puts up a stiffer world to work in You will have woman as your peers, as your boss, as your coach or you may have to mentor them. Whether it will be easy or one cannot say, but they for sure come with a completely different mind set. Consider this sentence.
"Woman with out her man is nothing" Once upon a time, people, woman included, would have punctuated it as "Woman, with out her man, is nothing". Today, people, men included, would punctuate it as "Woman, with out her, man is nothing" That's the mind set change.
Rule 8 : Winner Vs Runner
Winner takes all.
At the career market, as in life, success is eulogized; no tears are shed for failures. The world recognizes you, appreciates you, admires you, adores you and fawns on you only as you are a success. The moment you slip up, as any human being can, it forgets you. Take this quiz. You know Australia won the 1999 world cup. Remember who was the runner up? No? Well, that's how the world is.It only remembers only winners ."Don’t talk of your labour pains; show us child " is the credo. If you whine you are dismissed as a whiner, not a winner. Your motive therefore should be towards only one goal, one signpost; Success.
Would you like to take a sneak peak at the kind of organization that you will be working in? Well it would not be the conventional kind of structure which most people are conversant of. Like, it would neither be an Indian company or a foreign company. Does this surprise you? It should not.
In tomorrow’s world there is every likelihood that you would work in a company which is headquartered in India, whose row- material is sourced from Australia, whose finished product is marketed in North America, money is raised in Europe, the design and development is undertaken in south America and the finished goods are manufactured in China, Asia. So you are likely to have the sourcing function in Australia-New Zealand, marketing in America, finance in Europe, R&D in South America, manufacturing in China and strategizing in India. Now what do you call such a company? An Indian company or an American company or a plain and simple transnational organization?
We are not shooting in the dark. Such organizations are already in existence with business process outsourcing being a trailer or a precursor for the shape of things to come. In such a world your colleagues, peer, mentors, leaders are not going to have the same socio, economic, cultural backgrounds. They would come from differing backgrounds with different work place ethics that would lead to culture shocks. To succeed in such place you need to understand the changing rules of the career market.
Rule 1: Uni Vs. Multi functional.
Knowledge is Power
If you are a specialist, that’s great. Suppose you are the big boy of a corporate finance or of the fussy world ofmanagement accounting. Or, suppose that you are hopelessly in love with the debits and credits of financial accounting or with the loopholes of tax and law. Well, in that case you could graduate to become the CFO of the organization. But you will stop there. You may never graduate to become the CEO. If you want to run an organization, say a manufacturing outfit, whilst you could be a specialist in finance and accounting, you will also have to have a significant appreciation of manufacturing, marketing, research, design, development and strategizing not to speak of HR and technology. All of this was true once upon a time. Today, if you want to be a CFO you will have to know all those things that a CEO of youre needed to know. Yes, you need to have a multi-functional appreciation of the happenings in your organization even to become a CFO, leave alone becoming a CEO. This is a world where knowledge like never before is power.
Rule 2: 9 to 5 Vs. 24 X 7
Career first
If you ask your grandparents they would tell you how simple the world over was. They went to office at 9 in the morning and returned home at 5 in the evening so much so that there was branded dress ware called 9 to 5 which sold like hot cakes among office goers.
Working on weekends and holidays was strict no –no. It was called the British culture, at its very best. At office time you did office work, at other times you did other work. Today you cannot be a clock watcherToday it is not just enough to show up; you have to deliver. There is nothing like 9 to 5 office timing. Its flexi timing. You work 24 hours day.7 days a week, 365 days a year. That's like a doctor on duty.
You are given a task to be performed in say 5 days. You could sleep for 4 days and crack it on the 5th.Or you could work all 5days. Boy, it's your choice. We are not suggesting that this is the wisest way to work, but that's the reality, The arrival of mobile and the internet has meant the death of privacy. Today, career comes first. Everything else, the family included, is second .The pressure to succeed is immense. Little wonder that there are early burn outs, stained relationships and greater career crisis But if you want to succeed you need to play the game by the new rules of the game.
Rule 3; Gray hairs Vs. Gray cells
Age no bar
Ask your grandparents and they will tell you that you need to be 50plus to be a CEO. Look at any of the public sector organizations and you will see that. Also many a private
sector player too has that proclivity. There was a time when ambitious youngsters shaded
their hair a shade white (yes white or black) to look more mature when they were seeking for higher jobs. Today things are changing. At 30 something you can become a CEO: at 40 plus you should be definitely the head of a global organization. The days when promotions were based on seniority, yes sir syndrome and age zones are gone. Today
they are merit-based, there is greater objectivity in appraisal: what companies look for is transferable skill set, you can ask why you are being rated lower and there is a healthy competition.
Rule 4: Hard skills vs. Soft skills
Beyond Knowledge
Ten or so years ago, you could get to climb the corporate ladder if you were strong in your subject, smart and current in your area of work. Hard skill(a k a knowledge) was important. Like, if you knew the income tax law inside out including judgments and how to deal with the officers you could become the big boss of taxation in office. Like, if you knew corporate and other laws cover to cover you could become the big boss of secretarial practice.
Even today knowledge is important: but knowledge alone won't do. You need to have the ability to carry people along with you. And that calls for people skills. Your ability to communicate, get along be a team player, contribute as a team member, lead small groups, generate and take through ideas, motivate others are all crucial. These are what are referred to as soft skills. The irony is that you will have to work with, lead or report to folks who might IQ wise not measure up to you. But the world is made up of all kinds of people. Remember, great effort was never achieved by outstanding individuals but by ordinary mortals who went on to do extraordinary things. Today like never before, soft skills are far more important than hard skills.
Rule 5 : Loyalty vs Job Hopping
Who is the boss?
Old timers will tell you that they thought many a time before taking up their first jobs. They swore by the Japanese philosophy, "One employer for life." Ask your grandpa and he is likely to say that didn't work in more than 3 companies all his life. Those days, If you switched jobs you were thought to be disloyal. Today the scene isn't that way. Today, job hopping is quite on. No one things twice before switching jobs. The loyalty is longer to the company; the loyalty is to the self and to one's career. Now this is not to suggest that you should do a hop, step and jump every other year. It is only to indicate that hopping 3 jobs in 10 years isn't all that bad. Every hop should give you a better and wider appreciation of organizational working, widen your horizon, improve your skill set and take you closer to your big goal. Hop jobs by all means but hop with a purpose.
Rule 6; One time Vs Life long
Run boy, run
If you think your education ends the moment you qualify from the Institute of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI)or from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) or whatever your almamater is, you are wrong. May be once upon a time the availability of knowledge in the world doubled every 50 years. Later it started doubling every 15 years. Today it doubles every 3 years. This means that if for three years on the trot you don't update yourself, you will become a museum piece. Today learning is life long. The moment you stop learning your career is over. And often what you have learn you might not have studies a jot in your classrooms. The name of the game therefore is to learn the art of "learning to learn". That will put an enormous pressure on your in your job. But this is a welcome pressure.
Rule 7; Adam Vs. Eve
It's a woman's world also
Years ago man ruled the world. No, we aren't being chauvinistic. Not many women ventured to be engineers or CAs. They chose the more exciting profession of medicine. Today a very good number are cracking into what was for many years regarded a male bastion. They are also populating the corporate world, left, right and centre, There is no such thing as glass ceiling for woman to climb. If you have the knowledge, skill and expertise you can go places.
This puts up a stiffer world to work in You will have woman as your peers, as your boss, as your coach or you may have to mentor them. Whether it will be easy or one cannot say, but they for sure come with a completely different mind set. Consider this sentence.
"Woman with out her man is nothing" Once upon a time, people, woman included, would have punctuated it as "Woman, with out her man, is nothing". Today, people, men included, would punctuate it as "Woman, with out her, man is nothing" That's the mind set change.
Rule 8 : Winner Vs Runner
Winner takes all.
At the career market, as in life, success is eulogized; no tears are shed for failures. The world recognizes you, appreciates you, admires you, adores you and fawns on you only as you are a success. The moment you slip up, as any human being can, it forgets you. Take this quiz. You know Australia won the 1999 world cup. Remember who was the runner up? No? Well, that's how the world is.It only remembers only winners ."Don’t talk of your labour pains; show us child " is the credo. If you whine you are dismissed as a whiner, not a winner. Your motive therefore should be towards only one goal, one signpost; Success.
Monday, October 02, 2006
Today is Gandhi Jayanthi.......
Laga Raho Munna Bhai.....I liked it.....
May be Gandhi wouldnt have done the same things as said, especially while spitting, he would have kept some religious photo there, or may be he would have done the same things...but anyways it was not Gandhi, but Munna Bhais views...And though we do not have Laurel and Hardy movies in India, Munna Bhai, and Circuit....Kha jhoodi bhadia hey.......Circuit was indeed too good, so also Vidhya Balan, and all others......
There are few things about Gandhi ji which keeps comming in my mind:
1. Simple living and high thinking.
2. Truth and Ahimsa...
3. Those who say religion has got nothing to do with politics, do not know, what religion or politics is.......
4. Selfless service.....
A book gifted by my father, and that I posses sice childhood - Sathya khi Katha Athva Athmakatha......
The bullet would have taken his life, but indeed its not that easy, to swipe away the thoughts....
Though normally, I dont watch movies, and it is only at the most one movie that I happen to see in theater, a year, 2006 was different, in many ways...and here too......This was the fourth one, the others being,
Rasathantram
Fanna
KANK & This.
Though many didnot like KANK, I did like it too....May be because I am a great fan of Karan Johar....As they say, we do not love people because they are beautiful, but they seem beautiful, because we love them.......
My mother always says, when a person having sugar has injury over his leg, you do not cut the fingure immediately, you give treatment, and even after that you feel, it will not heal, better cut it, so that it would not create further damage to rest of the part/relations. Would have found some relation with this and the movie....and somethings from the reality......
May be Gandhi wouldnt have done the same things as said, especially while spitting, he would have kept some religious photo there, or may be he would have done the same things...but anyways it was not Gandhi, but Munna Bhais views...And though we do not have Laurel and Hardy movies in India, Munna Bhai, and Circuit....Kha jhoodi bhadia hey.......Circuit was indeed too good, so also Vidhya Balan, and all others......
There are few things about Gandhi ji which keeps comming in my mind:
1. Simple living and high thinking.
2. Truth and Ahimsa...
3. Those who say religion has got nothing to do with politics, do not know, what religion or politics is.......
4. Selfless service.....
A book gifted by my father, and that I posses sice childhood - Sathya khi Katha Athva Athmakatha......
The bullet would have taken his life, but indeed its not that easy, to swipe away the thoughts....
Though normally, I dont watch movies, and it is only at the most one movie that I happen to see in theater, a year, 2006 was different, in many ways...and here too......This was the fourth one, the others being,
Rasathantram
Fanna
KANK & This.
Though many didnot like KANK, I did like it too....May be because I am a great fan of Karan Johar....As they say, we do not love people because they are beautiful, but they seem beautiful, because we love them.......
My mother always says, when a person having sugar has injury over his leg, you do not cut the fingure immediately, you give treatment, and even after that you feel, it will not heal, better cut it, so that it would not create further damage to rest of the part/relations. Would have found some relation with this and the movie....and somethings from the reality......
September 2006
The month of sept was a busy one, some especial events had taken place at home,
Thara had come home, and her marriage was fixed, by Gods grace, and as per his plan, without much pomp and show, with only a handful of people, an unplanned one. Sangeetha, Sajeevs sister, put bangle on her hand, and they had brought a plate full of cocunuts, flowers, fruits etc...And after it, could find three kinds of people:
Some happy, and came even uninvited on the day, or during days after that uninvited.
Some sad, for not calling, and having expressed their genuine feelings.
Some who pretended to be quite, with/without feelings within them.
It happened, it was destined, it was his will…..There is someone, somewhere for all, and somethings are planned, which happens.
The philosophy of one century becomes common sense of the next.
Then there was the Onam, festival of Gods own country……..
Everybody has some thing especial about this festival in their minds. For me the message that this festival conveys is:
Keep your promise: When there was nothing else to give, to keep the promise Maveli, gave himself to Vaman.
Never be afraid: Maveli was not afraid of the Saints curse that all his wealth would be gone.
There is so much of good in the worst of us and so much of bad in the best of us……That is why, when rest of the world, and we ourself worship, Vaman, as reincarnation of Vishnu, we also do remember Maveli every year.
It is these outstanding quality of Maveli, that is remembered by me on this day.
Then had shopping, visited many friends and relatives. Doctor. Amidst all this, due to lack of time, had to skip many important things, right from the day one, being going to pick her up to the airport, day two my classes, and visits to so many places…….
Thara went back by 23rd, then I fell sick, it has been nearly two weeks. And began Navrathri.
Thara had come home, and her marriage was fixed, by Gods grace, and as per his plan, without much pomp and show, with only a handful of people, an unplanned one. Sangeetha, Sajeevs sister, put bangle on her hand, and they had brought a plate full of cocunuts, flowers, fruits etc...And after it, could find three kinds of people:
Some happy, and came even uninvited on the day, or during days after that uninvited.
Some sad, for not calling, and having expressed their genuine feelings.
Some who pretended to be quite, with/without feelings within them.
It happened, it was destined, it was his will…..There is someone, somewhere for all, and somethings are planned, which happens.
The philosophy of one century becomes common sense of the next.
Then there was the Onam, festival of Gods own country……..
Everybody has some thing especial about this festival in their minds. For me the message that this festival conveys is:
Keep your promise: When there was nothing else to give, to keep the promise Maveli, gave himself to Vaman.
Never be afraid: Maveli was not afraid of the Saints curse that all his wealth would be gone.
There is so much of good in the worst of us and so much of bad in the best of us……That is why, when rest of the world, and we ourself worship, Vaman, as reincarnation of Vishnu, we also do remember Maveli every year.
It is these outstanding quality of Maveli, that is remembered by me on this day.
Then had shopping, visited many friends and relatives. Doctor. Amidst all this, due to lack of time, had to skip many important things, right from the day one, being going to pick her up to the airport, day two my classes, and visits to so many places…….
Thara went back by 23rd, then I fell sick, it has been nearly two weeks. And began Navrathri.