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Think or sink!

Those who give shocks to the other unsuspecting people

will get them back with the interest due - when they least expect it.

I know of a man who kept his love affair a tight secret.

He went to view the girl selected by his family.

He Okay-ed her. The wedding date was finalized.

The engagement was performed. The wedding cards were printed and

dispatched as usual. Just two days before the wedding the groom

gathered enough courage and blurted out his secret and long standing

love affair to the elders in his family.

Both the families were shocked beyond words.

This happened some ~ 60 years ago.

The boy's family broke the sad news and tried to call off the wedding.

Heavy compensation was paid to the girl's family.

They all thought that the matter ended there.

The lover boy married his lady love.

They had a son and a daughter.

Their daughter has two sons and their son a daughter.

A real happy and contended family...until

it was time for the second grandson's wedding.

He is given the same name as our original hero.

His marriage performed in great secrecy and hurry backfired

for no fault of his and he ended up becoming a really innocent divorcee.

When eligible unmarried boys have difficulty in finding a bride,

what to say of a divorce - innocent or otherwise.

Now the grand parents shed tears of remorse for what they did

thoughtlessly 6 decades ago.

Dharma and Karma never fail in their duties.

So those who inflict sufferings on others, better be prepared to receive

them - may be decades later but surely and certainly - with the interest

compounded twice a year.
 
Ref#1400

I too like to be different from the janata.

My motto is "Be aloof from the crowd!".

But it does not mean that I should be trying my hands

in all the forbidden and forgotten things and

generally try to make myself a clown.

Being aloof may be to set a new trend,

a new fashion, a new style liked by all,

appreciated, admired and cheered by all

but not do silly things to be jeered by all.
 
Dear VR ji,

I have a nagging doubt.

You see once a week I buy food from a new Indian stall here for lunch(I cook on other days).
The stall only opens for lunch time.

Ok somehow I always land up being the 1st customer.

The owner of the stall is from India and always insists on me taking the Rasam cos she said the 1st customer must take Rasam!

I am not fond of rasam so I do not take it and she keeps insisting and I told her I am not too fond of Rasam but she still tries to make me take it.

Then there is another "ritual" too.

When I give her money(if I happen to be the 1st customer) I have to wait for sometime to get my change cos she said that 1st customers money must be kept separately and the change can not be taken from the money to be used for other customers.

So she will be searching and searching from other stalls to get some change from them when she actually has some money kept ready for the day.

I dont get it why this ritual?

1)1st customer of the day must take Rasam

2)Change for 1st customer can not be taken from the money she has.

That's why now I don't feel like eating there cos she takes too long to give me my change and keeps nagging me to take Rasam!LOL
 
Dear Renu,

Your answers are in your post itself.

She wants to retain you in her shop as along as possible
(on any pretext).

She believes it adds value to her shop when a glam-mam like you is
seen there often enough and for long enough by the other customers.

As for rasam, it may her special recipe. And she wants to treat you to it. My little grandson Tejas is already a connoisseur. He asks for Razzam and drinks enjoying it as if it were nectar!

I guess it kind of runs in families. My father loved to drink rasam. All of sisters love to drink rasam. Two of the four DO NOT prepare rasam in order not to become a slave to rasam. The other two prepare rasam everyday.

I need nothing but rasam to enjoy my meal. I make it less salty and those who need more can always add salt.

Now the grand children drink it calling razzam or soup.
Call it by any name but rasam will be rasam - the sour elixir of the South Indian meal.

Some rasams can only be drunk. Some rasams can only be eaten with rice. But my rasam is good both for drinking and eating with rice.

I think you must give it a try the next time it is offered to you. :)
 
Visalakshi Ramani said:
Dear Renu,

Your answers are in your post itself.

She wants to retain you in her shop as along as possible
(on any pretext).

She believes it adds value to her shop when a glam-mam like you is
seen there often enough and for long enough by the other customers.

As for rasam, it may her special recipe. And she wants to treat you to it. My little grandson Tejas is already a connoisseur. He asks for Razzam and drinks enjoying it as if it were nectar!

I guess it kind of runs in families. My father loved to drink rasam. All of sisters love to drink rasam. Two of the four DO NOT prepare rasam in order not to become a slave to rasam. The other two prepare rasam everyday.

I need nothing but rasam to enjoy my meal. I make it less salty and those who need more can always add salt.

Now the grand children drink it calling razzam or soup.
Call it by any name but rasam will be rasam - the sour elixir of the South Indian meal.

Some rasams can only be drunk. Some rasams can only be eaten with rice. But my rasam is good both for drinking and eating with rice.

I think you must give it a try the next time it is offered to you. :)
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Dear VR ji,

To be frank..the only rasam I like till date is the rasam my mum makes cos she makes non spicy Rasam!LOL

Really... its lightly spiced and not hot and spicy like the rasams in the shops.

I saw the shop rasam and I can see oil floating and dried chillies in it too...so I can imagine it will be hot!

I have very low tolerance towards spicy food..I have even almost fainted once becos the meal I ate was too spicy.

Some people get Sympathetic Nervous System over activity with spicy food especially chilli and pepper and symptoms will be increased heart rate, sweating and light headed feeling of even fainting.
 
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Dear Renu,
Yes, the oil floating on the top like the motor oil on the rainy road is a repellent to drink rasam.
Mild rasam is always good. Black pepper and jeera are better than the red chillies.
At times so much of garlic, asafoetida and other spices are added making rasam a potent potion.
 
Seasoning with mustard popped in just one drop of ghee
adds a special aroma to this home-made-elixir.
Chopped fresh leaves of cilantro and
an arc of curry leaves give the finishing touch. :first:
 
Who can wear a bindhi???

Why this perpetual doubt!!!!

Anyone who has forehead can wear a bindhi.

So that automatically rules out most primates and early Neanderthal human race.

Bindhu is actually a dot.

But Bindhi can be of any shape, size and color now.

Wearing a bindhi is supposed to activate the aagnaa chakaram in between the eyebrows.

The wearer of Chandhan will not be subdued by any other person mentally.

Saints wear chandhan. Swaminis wear chandhan and kumkum like maataa Amirtha!
 
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Some fancy (and of course costly) bindhis
 
Topics for future fruitful discussions....

1. Who can sport a dondhi???
And what are the physiological, psychological, ecological and
economical implications and their significances.

2. Who can use snuff powder?
Are women allowed to use the snuff or
will the snuff powder snuff them out?

3. Who can wear lipsticks???
Can men use the natural shades to avoid being detected
or go for the blaring colors matching their shirts???

I can always supply many more topics at a short notice.
:welcome: to use the unlimited free supply of ideas! :bump2:
 
Some people brand sparkling relevant poems a trash.

Others brand brilliant puns as something horrific to be avoided.

When people cannot speak out and convince the others,

they would resort to all sorts of short cut methods

to keep out the person from entering their threads.

They can and are doing that...very well too!

They cannot stop people from telling their views.
 
This thread is called THINK or SINK! :decision:

All those who want to think can enter. :welcome:

All those who want to sink can exit. :bolt:

Either way I will not be the loser!!! :whistle:
 

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