** Seminar **

Last week, I saw an excellent presentation in 'LokSabha' channel (yes, we have once such TV Channel !). I would rate the presentation as one amongst the best that I have ever come across.

It was given by P. Sainath, Rural Affairs Editor of The Hindu. (He got the Magsaysay award this year). And the audience were all MPs, which included Rahul Gandhi, Mani Shankar Iyer and a lot of famous personalities. Everyone was listening with rapt attention. (It seems regular such seminars are being arranged for the sake of improving MPs knowledge on various affairs).

P. Sainath spoke about the problems being faced by our (smaller) farmers and the reasons for the recent spate of suicides. It was a powerful presentation, presented with authority and with a lot of authenticated details. Sainath not only discussed the reasons for such a pathetic situation of our farmers but also did give various possible solutions for the problem.

A few questions raised by him really did made me to think. Banks are ready to lend you money in lakhs to help you buy a BMW car - but not even in thousands to farmers !! If repayment is what the Banks fear for, Sainath went on to quote the loan amount written off by Govt banks to big establishments. The biggest defaulters are rich people and not farmers. The huge money that the Govt has written off so far is for the filthy rich Industrial establishments and not for farmers.

I was impressed by his presentation and the manner in which our MPs were listening. Sainath was the only person who spoke - and everyone else were listening (another surprise, if you have ever witnessed our assembly sessions). If atleast one of them, just one of the huge audience, understands what was told and do go on to do something to stem the tide, it would be wonderful. Even if its going to be just the tip of the iceberg that would reach the farmers - it is ok. Something is better than nothing. It was really pathetic to hear the sufferings of the farmers - it is in far far worse state than we all imagine it to be.

-Gowri

** Good Interview **

In the post-match presentation, Ravi Shastri to Dhoni "Congratulations to you and the whole Indian team for winning this world cup. You guys have produced a great nail baiting show.. and deserves the cup. We welcome you to share the joy with us."

Dhoni "Thanks Ravi, the match was pretty close encounter between two great teams and our guys held the nerve to win the game and cup."

Shastri, "Who was the main reason for this thrilling victory?"

Dhoni, "All us played well but I would say the main reason and man behind this great victory is Ajit Agarkar"

Shocked Shastri..., "Agarkar ? ? .. how come Agarkar... he didn't played in the final"..

Dhoni, "Yeaph.. that's the reason we won this low scoring match.. if he could have bowled in final, Pakistan would have scored the winning runs from his 4 overs...."

Shastri, "ok.. fine, To whom you want to thank for winning this final..."

Dhoni, "The team doctor deserves the credit... he really helped us to prepare for the final..."

Shastri, "Is it? ?.... how the doctor helped to prepare for the final...

he is not the coach or physical trainer...Dhoni.. I am getting confus ed"

Dhoni, " Ravi ... nothing to confuse... he has failed Sehwag in the fitness test according to our game plan and we managed to pick a good playing team.. thus we weigh the doctor's contribution as very high...

infact its better than our team effort in the field.. our game tactic worked well"

Shastri, "To whom you want to dedicate this World Cup?"

Dhoni, "The entire team including myself wants to dedicate this cup to Sachin, Dravid and Ganguly..."

Shastri, "I really really appreciate you... its good that you have so much respect to the seniors....and you ...." Dhoni interrupts....

" Ravi .. let me complete... India would have exited in the Group matches if they decided to play in the series... thank god they opted out and we managed to play cricket and won the cup.."

Shastri, "The match was thrilling encounter and was concluded by a single mistake of Misbah.. Isn't it? "

Dhoni, "Yes you are right, after lofting the ball Bisbah told me that he has send the ball to where there was no one....but he didn't know that there is a malayali in every corner of the world.... This single mistake has costed the game and won the cup..."

Shastri faints and Dhoni receives the CUP and thats the end of the great Twenty-20 world cup..


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Gowri...

** Comments **

More fine tuning.... :)

Well, we have agreed that we will publish our comments as a fresh posting. But what if someone else sees our blog and posts their comments? We may never come to know about it .... right?

So, I have made a minor adjustment. I have registered my yahoo id, which will be mailed about the new comments posted. I will share it with you. That should serve our purpose... well, for the time being, atleast, till we find a better option.

-Gowri

** Attachments **

Yes, we can attach files and can also include pictures in our blog and we will receive it and will be able to see/read it. Just thought of clarifying your doubt. However, we need to keep a watch on the file size though. Max, I think, is 8MB. Quite good enough.

-Gowri..

** Tamil Publishing **

I just tried posting things in Tamil and it seems, its gonna work wonderfully well. I used "Murasu Anjal" and typed the info in Tamil in a notepad. Then I captured the screen and pasted it into paint. Then I edited the portion that I wanted to use and saved it as a JPEG image (to minimize size).

In the blog, when we create text to post, we can find a "Add Image" button above. We can use that to include the image. This, really is a wonderful feature. We need to exploit it... though it may call for some extra work load.

-Gowri...

** Poem - NichSalanam **

Suchoo,

Your poem "Nich-Salanam" was really good. Phrasing the words and even above that, your flow of thoughts were astonishing. You are gifted. Ensure that you are saving and preserve all the poems that you write. We may have to publish it one day !!

(..... typing the following after having spoken to you on tele.......)

Yep, I am getting this poem posted to my office id, to check what others feel about this poem.

-Gowri..

** Tamil Font **

Suchoo,

I was not able to read the tamil poem that you posted.... the fonts were not legible.
You need to send it again; use your old power point method.

-Gowri..

** Sadhguru **

Suchoo,

Saw those two youtube clippings of Sadhuguru and a few other. Interesting. I am gonna put my honest thoughts about my experience.

No doubt Sadhguru is a great personality. But, I am not able to experience the reverence that you have for him nor for anyone. Dont know whether I lack something. So far, I have not been able to rever anyone. That way, I would have been happier to stop my stupid ideas and thinking on my own and simply follow someone who has better clarity in thoughts, ideas and a clear vision. Why am I like this? What do I lack?

-Gowri

nichchalanam - a poem

வாரமொருமுறை மவுனமாக நிச்சயம்
இருப்பதாக ஒரு சங்கல்பம் !
வேடிக்கையாய் அன்று கைகால் மூலமாக
மிக அதிக விஷய பரிமாற்றம் !!

தொண்டைக்குழிவரை வந்து விட்ட வார்த்தைகள்
வன்முறையாய் நிறுத்திவைக்க
பீரிடும் ஆழ்கடல் அலைகள் போல
சிந்தனை பெருவெள்ளமாய் பெருகும்

தைலதாரையாய் ஒழுங்காயிருந்த என்
சிறு மனம் நெறி கெட்டு ஓடலாச்சு
நான் மவுனமாய் இருப்பதாக சங்கல்பித்த
அந்த அதிர்ஷ்டங்கெட்ட திரு நாளில் !!

கட்டறுந்த காளை போல
தறி கெட்டு ஓடலாச்சு என் நாவு
நாள் முழுதும் அமைதியில் முயங்கி…. பின்
அடுத்த நாள் பெருவிடுதலை கண்டு.....

ஆரவாரமான சந்தைத்தெருவில்
தீர்மானமாய் வழியில் விழி பதித்து
நிதானமாய் வெகு அமைதியாய்
கடந்து போனார் வெண்தாடி பெரியவர் ஒருவர்....

கண்ணொடு கண் நோக்கிய கணம் ஒன்றில்
உயிர்ப்பான அவர் நிச்சலனம் கண்டு
சில க்ஷணங்கள் ஸ்தம்பித்து போய் பின்.... உறுதியாய்
உதடு சொல்லும் " நாளையிலிருந்து நானும்"

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Date of writing : 26092007
Time involved : 11.3O pm to 12.30 AM
Trigger : Gowri’s Mail on his silence Vow
Location : At home, after closing the eyes for sleep
Courtesy : Srinivasan, the Old Initiator at Isha yoga Centre who lived in Trustpuram during 2000 - 2003
Final Comment : Krishnaarpanam

Empowering & Enabling

Dear Gowri

First thing first, I welcome your suggestion on posting the comments seperately...I was about to ask you if there is a way to know the latest postings (regardless of new thoughts or comments) appear one below the other without going back to the original old posting...

Now I would like to muse on some aspects of my office life...There are couple of team members (I really mean only 2 out of the 20) who are surely not appreciative that my lack of their process knowledge. The earlier supervisor has been with the team for past three years and both of these team members (one boy and a girl ) are quite close to her and like her very much....With staying too long, people understand every inch of the process and they are not able to digest some one with terrific communication and able to reach and touch (not literally....) every single of the balance 18 team members and inspiring them to do magics in their areas...

Infact it was a revealation to me too that I am able to handle this biggest team of visteon department at ease....and enjoy the power of the their originality. Its not that I am a total blank in their process but you will appreciate that there are too many practical things and I just go deeper to the extend that is warranted by the situation.....and killing myself only to ensure that every one is sufficiently engaged...

How I do it, how do I ensure that every one is busy and my flexible personality is not in the scope of this mail...but today I was so happy that we have evolved 4 new ideas for six sigma projects....different sized ones...I am personally responsible for evolving an idea which can become a Black Belt project if considered by our quality office (ofcourse I cannot do the project but will support a certified Black Belt of the Quality Dept to do it....I will get some thing called Green Belt certificate...Hope you know the six sigma fundas...for that matter, I am already GB certified being a part of a Black Belt project in my earlier stint at Volvo)

Now, It is really so nice to share with you that many hard nuts have opened up...I mean out of the 18, and even these two not so appreciative twosome, I dont bother much and just ensure that their levels are checked..and they dont disrespect on my face...let them keep gossiping...it is their problem and their right too....My two direct reportees are in excellent synch with me for my approach and the way I balance their authorities and maintain their protocols (did a lot to strike equal responsibilities between them which was lopsided when I joined).....

Now, take the management mantra from me...."by empowering others, empower yourself"......!! Now I just focus on market and the management related issues long before I am yet to be designated as a manager....

Last but not the least, I have learnt a lot during the past 6 months, learn to swallow my ego in some specific occasions, tried to keep a blank face and kept silent on some occassions which are not a part of my normal characteristic...I had been always spontaneous and bit unpredictable....while I have retained the charms of the latter, slowly realising the importance of knowing the "moment''.... moment to speak, moment to listen, moment to argue and moment to get angry.....Good fun yaar...

By the by, as Anoo has already warned me on sitting late in front of computer, I realise that the responses to your other feedbacks (in the form of fresh postings) will reach you only tomorrow.....Its the moment to shut down the computer.... (Learn the second management lesson....."replicate the wisdom at office at home AND vice versa....only fools builds walls in their lives"....how's that....

suchoo

** Pilgrimage **

Suchoo.. you Himalaya trip reminds me of another info. I am planning to go to Sabarimala this year. I too need to practice walking before I embark on the trip. But, as you said, "from tomorrow" factor is constantly on the mind.. it never changes.

-Gowri...

** Himalaya Trip **

Suchoo - Have a nice and safe trip to Himalayas. You would come back rich with experience. Yes physical endurance would tested on such long trips and I wish you take it a bit seriously and get prepared for that.

Best Wishes,
Gowri...

** Mail **

It seems that while all our posts to Blog gets mailed to our id-s, our comments does NOT. So, why not to make it as separate posts instead of comments underneath each mail?

-Gowri

** Silence **

Today, I am practicing SILENCE !! I am on a "Mouna Viradham". Though the actual meaning of Mouna Viradham is to remain silent both internally and externally - I am at the very beginning stage. Its different to remain silent when there is no necessity to speak; easy to remain silent in a forest or in a place where we have no one or no known persons to talk to. But, to stay silent at home, when things are happening that concerns you - I have to accept, its difficult. By controlling instinctive reactions, a fierce battle ranges on inside - which defeats the purpose of silence. Its like the Buddha story, where his disciple questions him on carrying a beautiful lady across the river - Buddha says, "I left her yesterday itself at the banks of the river and you are still carrying her in your mind?"!! Having said that, I feel, its good to practice - as I think its a step towards the right direction. Slowly the inner battle will die down.

-Gowri

sadhguru

Gowri

seeing my last two posts, you must be a"mused" why I am so addicted to this gentleman...Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev...

I have to go a long way in terms of becoming a pure devotee for him, but I cannot help admiring or getting absorbing to this person...When I did the class exactly 10 years back, he had a black beard and have been seeing him at least yearly once (from a distance .... ofcourse), gradually have witnessed the same becoming white....!!

Please visit "sadhguru jaggi vasudev videos" in youtube..around 20 clippings are available and I am pasting below just one for sample...see his resonating voice and the guts to sing a hymn in "world economic forum".....(I did not understand the story that he is telling in the end....just the opening verse sung by him is enough for me to stay blissfully ignorant of the joke that he is cracking....).... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAqDeaLU4oY

The above one is for 8 minutes and it may take quite some time with lot of breaks to download it...try this one below first.....which is quite small and its one of his most powerful speech that he ever made...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DX24ytNnVg

just 2.40 minutes....and you will understand how eloquent he is....!!

suchoo

Dhyana Yathra........2007

Dear Gowri

Seventy Two hours from this time (I mean on thursday), I will be sitting in TN express to go to New Delhi to join the group scheduled for Dhyana Yathra for 13 full days....The troupe starts from Delhi on saturday and reaches back Delhi during the day of Thursday....and I have booked return ticket by Jet Airways at 8 PM on 11th September....

It had been a long pending dream for me and normally the group leaves every alternate year...while I was awaiting to go during 2008, this invitation came in the website and I was the first one in Madras to reach the Centre with a DD....& here I am getting mentally ready !!!physically....????

Thats the nice part of it - though there were clear instruction to walk at least for 6 kilometres daily to minimise the pain. It is expected that we cover a distance of 105 Kilometres in total....and its going to be quite strenous considering the hilly terrain...we are covering Kedarnath, Badrinath, Gomukh, Kanthi Sarovar.....etc., and also a place called Thapovan which they challenge the fittest of the fittest alone will venture as it is quite risky...needless to say, I have already decided to avoid it taking rest with the perusus of the tour.....

...And How did I practise, I have been resolving to walk from "the next day" and ended up without getting early for one whole month...and suddenly, in a huge sense of urgency, I walked to and fro to Guindy from my house (around 10 kilometres) on last saturday leaving my calf muscles stretched.....I knew it will happen but thought, its better to have it right now and have been walking around 1 hour on yesterday and tomorrow...

Hopefully I will set a record to do walking for three more days...and ensure that I have walked for 5 days instead of 50 days.....The pain is much better today and I am telling myself that psychologically I am ready for the tour...

Sadhguru used to be there for the whole of 13 days few years back, last year - I heard that he just turned up to one of the spots where he gave a lecture and left away to his jam packed schedule....and this year, I can see in the website that he is in US since 27th of september.....so this tour is more to test my stamina and to have a long break than having some precious time in the company of sadhguru....

Sadhguru keeps telling that "any one who is born in the land of India should visit Himalayas before his pair of legs become weak...." because "Himalayas is Himalayas !!"..... I am really happy that I am making it quite young.....!!

So..two more days of musings on jolly musings...suchoo will be jolly "moaning" from saturday onwards.....!! Krishnaarpanam....

suchoo

Sadhguru's satsangh

Hi Gowri

Yesterday I was there at Anna University Grounds along with Madhoo and Anoo...This was the inaugural occassion of the 2.5 crore saplings targetted for this year Green Hands....MK and his daughter Kanimozhi shared the dias along with Sadhguru.....There were other special reasons too....it is customary at Isha to celebrate the Realisation day of the master as IshaFest ...and this time in terms of number, it is a good co-incidence....it is the 10th Isha Fest celebrations at Isha Yoga Centre....Further, exactly 25 years back on same sept 23rd, Sadhguru got the magical samadhi experience at Chamundi Hills....& this is sadhguru's 50th Birth year (not the birthday which he does not want to celebrate) ......To add further, after the starting of Action for Rural Rejunevation, for the past two years, Isha celebrates "village olympics" & prizes for the same were awarded to the village teams by MK yesterday evening.....!!

So it was a special day...for so many reasons....and the most important aspect is not covered in the above...This will be the last of the Isha Fest celebrated as Sadhguru looks like has told "enough is enough".....!! (He has announced that he wants to stay ALL ALONE for 1 or 2 years as he wants to do some experiments with DISEMBODIED BEINGS....and repair his energy body (going over the head, right ??)....A year back, He has also announced that he will live for 27 years more...upto his 77 years....)

It was a huge occassion and unfortunately and quite ironically, except few translation works, I had not taken part in any of the phyical volunteering this time for no good reason....It is really not too tight at office but if I get indulged into volunteering, I knew I have to stretch myself and disturb office too much ....and I started wondering if I have reached the saturation point of my volunteering at Isha....!! I was at home through out the whole day and in the evening left home only by 6 PM to the Anna University Grounds.....Honestly I felt bit ackward to meet my friends there who have been stretching and did not want to embarass myself seeing them in action.....I have not been in touch for more than 3 months with any of them.....

So it was a self imposed resignation...but I dont regret it as I see a necessity on focussing on regular practises and the body which is in such a bad shape with my "inertness"....and as you have given as your comment for my posting "Hare Rama Hare Krishna"...., I too feverishly long to become silent.....!! At office, I have to raise to the level of a Manager quite soon and it is important that I learn to manage myself (my tongue (both ways), body and the mind) before I am elevated to higher position..I have too much of management tools given by by Isha most of which I am not at all using......

Sadhguru talked crisply for around 1 hour, mesmerised with his humour and enchanted the mass gathering with a group meditation.....think the attendance would have been around 1 lac...I am not sure....He is becoming a mass figure full of grace.....from being a strict spiritual leader some time back.....The beauty is that he has not compromised on his fundamentals but still magnanimous to reach out the others....

suchoo

** Sign **

Dear Suchoo,

At the end of every post/comment that you post, put your signature ("Peyar -or- punnai-p-peyar", whatever your choose).

Secondly, its always difficult to go through every part of our page to look whether anyone/someone has posted some comments (anyone can post their comments for something that we wrote before a year!). So, I thought, we both should be notified about any article or comments that are published or posted to our Blog. Problem is, we can give only one email id, either yours or mine where we can get notified. As a work around, I have started a new "yahoo group" and have already sent an invitation to you. In our Blog space, I have given our new group id to which notifications should be sent. When mail are sent to group id, we both get notified. Do you understand this ?

-Gowri

Chennai 600028

Hi Gowri

The above film was destined and blessed to be seen by me....I had borrowed this CD from my office colleague and had remained with us for more than 3 weeks as of now....today, we felt like seeing this at home...by 8 PM....

I still remember the shining eyes of my friend who gave this with an added recommendation to definitely see it.....and also recollect the very good review at Ananda Vikatan for this film......The basics about the film...that its about tennis ball cricket and all new faces was known to me...

Have you read Nila Nizhal...sujatha's novel ?? It is essentially a similar story and when its based on cricket, it is possible to have infinite cricket suspense moments to make the film interesting...I was through out enjoying the film quite expectedly....note that there was no dissappointment in any of the scene......

The climax was simply breath taking....and I was spell bound to see such a wonderful ending of the story.....unlike Nila nizhal which ends with some heavy feeling.....!! I could not understand for few moments that the film is over (too short, I think) and I thought when the names of actors are shown, they are trying to do it differently.....instead of showing them in the beginning of the film...It was a rude shock to see that the film was over and within seconds I realised that it was the best ending to this film.....

Then I started to break my head that very recently, I had such a shell shock in the climax ...... I dont mean the cateogory of film / story line...but just taking away the breath in the last scene....Yeah...I got it....Kaadhal......!!

very happy at the end of the day with another wonderful film to add to my fresh memory....

Things that I love to do....!!

Gowri, your post on your two friends keeps me quite busy bit later...after pasting my comment for the same...and infact posting my own couple of postings for today...

What is that I love to do ?? I have been asking this question incessantly for the past 20 minutes also asking myself if I am longing to do some thing and will I close my eyes (finally) in a frustrated state of mind ?? ....will I brude at the end of my life that I never got a chance to do it .....??

I would like to be extremely sincere in this posting...looking myself quite deeply and not trying to play with my eloquence making this posting "for the sake of it"....beware this could be quite long.....(I can imagine your smiling face when you read this.....)

I have no regrets or longings about life that is happening to me until now...nothing very impactful....in either way....Think I had been average in almost every thing during my young days and even until today....never touching too much deeply on any field....& its not that I wanted to do some thing but could not achieve.....!!

I have wondered if I got married too early before I became a MAN but I repeat it had not grown into a huge regret....as I have got benefited a lot (became more irresponsible) by getting married....Have really no regrets at not being so career oriented & not having many friendships...or external world's exposure....

I always have a very strange characteristic of never been able to feel any thing about the past....either way....I mean, I have no great regrets about the past incidends & also no nostalgia about "those" days which have gone away....I had never felt emotional or bad about even the bitter incidents of the past.....and equally, have no great dreams / ambitions about the future...

At one level, I am leading a very superficial life but some times I am extremely intense and getting moved so deeply about my today's life....Travelling between the bigger picture from the little incidents that happen around AND getting reminded about little things when I am caught up in some big incidents...have kept life extremely interesting for me & I have touched people around me when ever I am joyous....The job at office is considered very mundane and boring by many of my peers is extremely exciting for me and I am slowly learning the art of hiding all the joy inside and trying to be conscious about not to be too visible about it....

Now, what hurts me most is my inconsitency....The huge mental depressions that I have quite often takes away all the BLISSful moments of the present and puts me in a state of guilt....I have clearly identified that laziness / inertness during such mental depressions has been a greatest enemy for me and I think if ONLY I can win it, I have nothing else to long about in life...My yoga practises start dwindling, I become dangerously silent at office and my sleeping time becomes too much....when I become depressed....!! I am yet to understand at this stage what is the reason for this dwindling mind....I am just eager to get out of it ASAP...Perhaps I am not able to identify some unfulfilled longing of the subconscious mind....!!

Coming back what is that I love to do .... before talking about DOING let be talk about BEING....I could become an extra ordinary human being to myself and people around me.... if only I win my laziness and depression spells....if only I learn to regulate myself....if only I can put all my yoga practises into action without a single day break....

Never mind what I DO....It is enough for me to BE the way I want to be, as I stated above.....Any thing that I do will surely become beautiful...

Suchoo

Hare Rama Hare Krishnaa

In the mornings, it is very common for us to hear the loud songs of Hare Krishna movement as there is a extremely pious gentle man who has a shop right in front of our flat...the shop is basically sells vehicle number plates & he also has a zerox machine....The shop is never crowded nor is dull...quite contended and modest very much like the owner of the same..

He is a brahmin and he wears a very traditional dress - aged around 45 years and is an extremely silent man....The only violent thing about him is the big sound of the tapes / cds of the devotional songs that he plays daily .... most part of the day especially in the morning....When I walk down towards the Railway station, I used to have a glimpse of this gentleman who keeps fanning a big peacock feathered hand fan on the Lord Krishna's idol centrally placed in his shop...Some times, I have observed him sitting with closed eyes with Japa Malaa in his hands when there is no customers to his shop.....

I have visited his shop quite often for zeroxing, he always meekly does the job himself (has no helper) and utters literally no word to me....and is all humility when he takes the money from me....Looks like he is a deep Bhaktha who has tasted the silence in utmost depth and intensity and does not want to get disturbed by any one or any thing around....

I have great regards for this gentle man and a lump wells up in my throat to see the stage he has attained.....and while typing this, I resolve to myself that I will never do any thing to disturb him or his silence.... What else he expects from me OR from the world around him.....??

Power of Words

This is some thing interesting that I found in Today's vikatan....During last week or the earlier, there was an article by yesteryears Tamil Director Mahendran...who gave a candid interview on various aspects of Tamil Cinema. Though he is not in limelight these days, he is considered to be one of the towers of Tamil Cinema industry and hence his views & words are always taken seriously by all cinema people.

He had told in that interview that he considers Prabhudeva as a very expressive actor and has titled him as the BEST as per his view...When I read this, I was infact amused and was wondering about this person's taste for choosing a different name who is not quoted by many for acting...there are veterans in the industry whom are always safe to be quoted.....and Mahendran was quite conspicious by not quoting Kamal or Vikram or these days Dhanush !!

In today's vikatan, by co-incidence there was an interview of Prabhu Deva who expressed his heartfelt thanks to Mahendran and his expression...Looks like many people in the Industry had called up to congratulate Prabhu Deva for the Veteran's compliments...The unassuming Dance Master who is all India Fame now..and who has infact directed a super duper hit Telugu Film is blushing and feeling reverential about the compliments bestowed on him...

One needs to understand the potency of words and the impact it makes on others....!! Really nice to learn this lesson through a positive example....

I am getting reminded about the tongue lashes of Director Cheran in last week's vikatan on Thangar Bachchan who had spilt venom in the prior week viktan....to give him back...

Again, power of words......!!

** Things we love to do... **

In our life, do we do what we like to? Do we all have a chance or an opportunity to do what we would like to do and What we always wanted to do? Most of us end up doing what we normally land in; where destiny takes us to, without any efforts on our part. We do not go in search of things that we always love to do. Schooling, college, job ... almost everything that we do is what we get and not what we want. Isnt it?

I have a few friends, who decided well in advance on what they wish to do after getting discharged from IAF. This musing is about two of them.

Jaganathan. He is married and has three kids - two girls and one boy. He was with me in Amritsar. Even before retiring, he had decided that he would not go in search of any job. All he wished to do was to be a "Kovil Archakar". I met him few months before. With a traditional "kudumi" and a big "namam" - he is totally a transformed person in his identity. He is a Kovil Archakar in one of a big Perumal Kovil in Tirunelveli. He is very comfortable and happy with his new identity and his new job. He spoke passionately about improving his vedas skills.

Subramanian. He is married and has a kid, a boy. His wife is employed in LIC. A CPI(M) member with wonderful knowledge about Politics. As per his plans, he is now working as a editor (or sub-editor?) for the CPI(M) newspaper "Thee Kadhir", Madurai edition.

"Money" was not at all the base of their decision. Today they are very content persons and are very happy doing what they always wanted to do. The biggest advantage of such persons is that they bring in the much needed professionalism, perfection and dedication to the jobs that they do leaving behind many satisfied people.

-Gowri...

** FORMAT **

Suchoo... I have just redesigned our page. Earlier, we had too less width for our "writing" box. Now, I have cut out the link boxes that was available in the side panels and moved it to bottom space. Now, the entire screen width is for us to read/write. I think, the present one is better in the sense that it provides more writing/reading space... but is sure a bit low on looks.

Just have a look and tell me on how you prefer it to be... as it was -or- as it is now. I am asking your opinion because, somehow, I am not satisfed with the color selection.

Gowri...

** Pesum Padam **

There was this news today wherein an inidividual was caught for his suspicious behaviour. He used to live in a platform and had a trunk box of his own and nothing else. Police, when they opened his box was surprised to find a lot of cash in the box. Further inquiry revealed that the individual was working as a mechanic and was obsessed with money, so much so that he never cared for anything, even bathing and eating. It is for this reason that his brothers threw him out of their house. He continued to live in a platform along with his trunk & his hard earned money. Police deposited the amount, worth more than a lakh, to his bank account which already had around 40,000 in it. Strange People and strange world !! I was reminded of the movie "Pesum Padam".

Gowri...

** Siachen & Trekking **

Siachen is in news again. Indian Govt has decided to open Siachen to tourists. First set of trekkers, guided by Army, are gonna go on trekking in Siachen by next week. Pak, as usual, has raised some objections. Lets wait and watch the fun... :)

Gowri...

** LIC **

Had been to Fort today. The huge building adjacent to the Fort (forgot the name), which houses many of the Govt offices and was constructed in 70s caught my eye. Couldn't help but pity the awful architecture. A typical third rated TN Govt contractor's construction. The structure was awful and the broken pathces all around with protruding iron rods makes it even more an awful sight. Compared to that, the famous LIC building, which was constructed much much before that building looks a lot better with its modern architecture. LIC doesnt look attractive, but it doesnt stand as an eyesore either ( In fact, LIC building has elements of modernity about it, with glass finishings in the front and all that). When will the Govt contractor's improve their standard? Probably, when they dont have to pay a huge chunk as bribe !!

-Gowri..

** Suchoothinks? **

Idhu yenna pudhu kozappam?? Suchoo.... have you created a new blog... "suchoothinks" ... ?? -Gowri

Suchoo starts musing....

After convincing myself that I am able to see the earlier test message here I start......

Now this so called blog between Gowri and Suchoo is expected to go on healthy & steady...without any need for heated debates OR justifications by both...!! As I had suggested, this is going to be a sort of diary with all wierd thoughts expressed to each other with out even a need for response by the other...

Sounds to be a good idea......!! May be we are bit late in starting this..Gowri...!!

Now my today's topic.....is lethargy.....!! I constantly sense a heaviness in the body particularly in the stomach region with an undigested left overs in my abdomen which gets vanished completely on days when I do some physical exercises or some brisk walking....On such days when I move the body slightly vigourously, I keep bruding the past and why the hell I am not able to do this daily....

Already there are more than 25 grey hairs in the head.....reminding me that I am growing old...will I ever get into a routine of physical exercises to compliment my pranayam....before it is too late...

Only time will tell....I can only be sure of the next day's morning....even this is not in my full control...poor me.....!!

Teething problems !!

After some teething problems and another prompt from Gowri I realise that when I visit into jollymusings from the link given by gowri, I am able to enter inside without giving the password....

Hope I am able to see this message from the home page without any further teething problems.....

This is only testing

*** JANANAM ***

This is a joint venture !! Suchoo felt that we (I & Suchoo) should have a common space for our own thoughts. As we both are already members of a yahoo group, I thought of taking a new route..."Blogging".... and the result is the birth of this Blogspot !! 10th of September 2007 at around 1945 hrs - subha Jananam !!

"Dheerk-Ayush-maan-Bhava"

-Gowri...