Think or sink!

[Visalakshi Ramani]

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The optician was all admiration mistaking my

sari-churidhar for a madisar in Iyangaar style.

She could hardly believe that it was a stitched dress resembling a sari! :thumb:

 

[renuka]

Dear VR ji,

Blue is my reply.

THE FORMS WE ASSUME.





A man who spent his entire life in seeking and enjoying carnal pleasures will be born as a shameless animal which can indulge in such activities all the time.


That means the sure way of getting a human birth in every life is to be a sex maniac!LOL
Cos only humans are the 'shameless animals" which can indulge is such activities all the time. The other animals have season and procreate only for continuation of species and not for pleasure.

Then why does religion say a human birth is so rare and hard to get?

Just keep gunning it and we are surely born again and again as humans!LOL

the man who eats the left over and spoiled food will be reborn as a crow – ‘the scavenger of the sky’.

But what if the person who eats left overs and spoiled food is a poor person who is starving? Does he become a crow too?

But at the same time we Hindus believe crows are Pitrus! That means our ancestors ate stale and left over food? Is that is why we feed crows fresh food?


The person who steals what does not belong to him will be born as a snake in an ant hill.

But snakes in an ant hill gets divine status and will get Bhaktas too!LOL

.

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

Dear Renu,
Good arguement. :clap2:
Here are my explanations!

The animals indulge in amorous activities day or night - irrespective of spectators or no spectators. Humans still have some activities performed in privacy. Thank heaven for small mercies. :hail:

But man is the ONLY animal who is in heat all his life - unlike the animals which live by their instinct and have certain periods for these activities.

Pitrus may prefer to eat the left overs but we offer them the freshly cooked food everyday to prevent them from eating the stale food.
Snakes in ant hills are offered eggs and have 'paalabhishekam' performed on Naakula panchami day.

But I am not sure whether or not the milk and egg will not attract the ants (which were deprived of their home) to take revenge on the snake now drenched in milk and rendered edible!

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

Till today I was under the impression that Ji = Sir /Madam.
But today I found out that Madam Ji is the respectful term
for a lady police / female security officer in the airport.!!!
Will the term Sir Ji be used for their male counterparts??? :decision:

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

Children have Emotional Inertia.
They do not want to go a new place.

After they get somewhat used to it
they do not want to go back to the old place!

Most grown ups also resist changes
when imposed from outside agencies.

An ideal and interesting couple consist of an
irresistible force and an immovable object!

A couple itself is defined as
two equal and opposite forces
not acting at the same point!

If they act at the same point
they will cancel out each other.

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

For more on a couple of forces please read

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Couple_(mechanics)

 

[Raji Ram]

Till today I was under the impression that Ji = Sir /Madam.
But today I found out that Madam Ji is the respectful term
for a lady police / female security officer in the airport.!!!
Will the term Sir Ji be used for their male counterparts??? :decision:

Don't you know, the term 'Sir Ji' exists?

See here: ( G00gle image-il chuttadhu! )

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

Dear Raji!
Thank you for the info!
Still it sounds very odd!!!
May be "Ji Sir" and "Ji Madam" will sound better!

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

One Mulla's story goes thus...

A poor man came to the clever mulla relating his woes and problems. The man did not believe in Family planning or a planned family.

His house was too small for all the members of the household. He couldnot shift to a bigger house due to his limited income/ resources.

Mulla gave him a strange suggestion. He asked the man to accommodate inside the house all his hens and sheep during the nights for the next seven days. The man was taken aback by the strange suggestion but mulla was firm.

So the poor man accommodated his large family as well as his hens and his sheep insde the small house for one whole week.

He ran to the mulla the next morning and cried aloud.
"Already the house was too small for my family. Now we are reached the limit of our wit, having spent seven sleepless nights."

Mulla told the man to drive the sheep and the hen outside the house and get it cleaned well.

The man ran to the mullah happy next morning shedding tears of joy. He thanked the mulla and fell at his feet saying,

"I never knew our house was so big. Thank you for making me realize that we have enough space in our house for everyone of the family."

P.S.

I ws unable to do the chores for the two of us till 24th June. Now I feel that it is too little work - after cooking four different dishes for the five of us three times a day for over a fortnight!

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

The north eastern corner of our hall is the best place in the whole house. It is like a small room (7'x4') with bead curtains instead of the door and has a 6' x3' cosy diwaan and many cushions and pillows.

Every child who comes to my house would occupy only that corner. It was palnned to be the swami room and decorated with many hand painted swaami images until I realised that it would involve walking up and down from the kitchen in the opposite corner of the house with hot food stuff all the time.

So the swami room got shifted to the Kitchen until I realised that it is unwise to have an open flame in the kitchen all day and all night long!

So the swami room has got reduced to the swaami almarah now!

When my paternal uncle visitied us several years ago with two grown up grandsons the awesome three some would lie on the 6'x3' diwan giving me the creep - as to whether or not the diwan could take their combined weight. Somehow it did take their weight! Whew!!!

This time my two little angels occupied it as the other children have always used to do ( along with their father) but they have christened the corner a Pirates' Boat!
So who is the Pirate in the house???:decision:

 

[krish44]

Dear Raji!
Thank you for the info!
Still it sounds very odd!!!
May be "Ji Sir" and "Ji Madam" will sound better!

Sirji is a commonly used expression in north india

All poor refer to the well off or elderly as sirji

Nothing odd about it.

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

Sirji is a commonly used expression in north india

All poor refer to the well off or elderly as sirji

Nothing odd about it.

Dear Mr. krish,
What happens if the sir happens to be a sardaarji???
Will he be addressed as Sir Sardaar ji
or as Sir ji Sardaar ji ???

 

[krish44]

Dear Mr. krish,
What happens if the sir happens to be a sardaarji???
Will he be addressed as Sir Sardaar ji
or as Sir ji Sardaar ji ???

many young girls are referred as Amma in many places by strangers. Most resent being called that.They would like to know whose mother they are

If thats ok , Why not sirji sardarji? though I have not heard this usage so far. Sardarji itself is respectful. Sardar means chief.

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

many young girls are referred as Amma in many places by strangers. Most resent being called that.They would like to know whose mother they are

If thats ok , Why not sirji sardarji? though I have not heard this usage so far. Sardarji itself is respectful. Sardar means chief.

Dear Mr. krish,
A man must treat every woman he comes across with respect.
What better word is there to show respect than "amma?"
When he addresses a lady as "amma!" he will be unable to entertain
lewd thoughts about her and beastly desires involving her.
I myself use the word even with girls much younger to me and
they are happy to be treated with respect by a ripe old lady!

 

[krish44]

Dear Mr. krish,
A man must treat every woman he comes across with respect.
What better word is there to show respect than "amma?"
When he addresses a lady as "amma!" he will be unable to entertain
lewd thoughts about her and beastly desires involving her.
I myself use the word even with girls much younger to me and
they are happy to be treated with respect by a ripe old lady!

VR ji

If it had been a male youngster calling a girl of same age as Amma, she would have thought it was insulting .

It all depends who calls whom Amma.lol

 

[sadasivam.sridharan]

Till today I was under the impression that Ji = Sir /Madam.
But today I found out that Madam Ji is the respectful term
for a lady police / female security officer in the airport.!!!
Will the term Sir Ji be used for their male counterparts??? :decision:[/QUOTE

The word ji is common for both genders which means Sir or Madam as the case may be..Adding ji to Madam may be out of ignorance, fear of authority or simply sycophancy. This type of addressing the people in superior position could be seen only in countries like ours ,not in developed countries.

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

VR ji

If it had been a male youngster calling a girl of same age as Amma, she would have thought it was insulting .

It all depends who calls whom Amma.lol

I got it Mr. krish.
Naturally a young pretty girl would like to hear
a more endrearing term from a young guy!

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

Till today I was under the impression that Ji = Sir /Madam.
But today I found out that Madam Ji is the respectful term
for a lady police / female security officer in the airport.!!!
Will the term Sir Ji be used for their male counterparts??? :decision:[/QUOTE

The word ji is common for both genders which means Sir or Madam as the case may be..Adding ji to Madam may be out of ignorance, fear of authority or simply sycophancy. This type of addressing the people in superior position could be seen only in countries like ours ,not in developed countries.

Dear Mr. S.S,
We had Netaji, Gandhiji, Rajaji etc.
When 'Ji' is good enough for both the the genders
Madam ji and Sir ji do sound very odd to me!
Here we have more 'jis' than we can cope up with!

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

The surest and the shortest path to become unpopular
is to have firm and well defined distinction between
the Right and the Wrong and the Dos and Don'ts!
"Go with flow!"
"Take it easy policy!!"
"Sub kuch chalthaa hai!!!"
are the mantras for successful living!

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

Can a child really understand the meaning of "feeling embarrassed"??? :shocked:

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

Comparing kids helps to breed complexes
- either that of superiority or that of inferiority-
both of which are bad for any kid. :nono:

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

Each one of us is a unique product in Nature.
So do not compare or contrast drastically.
It is no good comparing an orange with an apple
or a rose flower with jasmine flower
or a cabbage with a snake gourd!

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

[h=1]மயிலும், குயிலும்[/h]

மயில் ஆடுவதற்கென்றே பிறந்தது,
மயில் அகவினாலோ கர்ண கடூரம்!
குயில் பாடுவதற்கென்றே பிறந்தது,
குயில் விரும்பினாலும் ஆட முடியாது!

இயற்கையின் நியதியை அறிவோம்;
இயல்பினை சற்றேனும் அறிந்தோமா?
நம் வாரிசுகளாக உதித்த குழந்தைகளின்
நல்ல திறமைகளை நாம் அறிந்தோமா?

விரும்பிய ஒன்றைச் செய்யும் போது
அரும்பிடும் ஒருவரின் தனித் திறமைகள்!
விரும்பாத ஒன்றைச் செய்ய மனம்
விரும்பாது போவது இயல்பல்லவா?

நாம் விரும்பியும் நமக்குக் கிட்டாததை,
நம் குழந்தைகள் மீது திணித்துவிடுவோம்!
நல்லது செய்வதாக நினைத்து அவர்க்கு
அல்லதை மட்டுமே செய்துவருவோம்!

மதிப்பெண் குறைவாக எடுத்தவனை, நன்கு
மிதித்தால் மதிப்பெண் கூடிடுமா? அவன்
தனித் திறமை எதுவென்று கண்டு, அதை
இனித்த முறையில் வளர்க்க வேண்டாமா?

ஒவ்வொருவருள்ளும் ஒரு சிறந்த திறமை
ஒளிந்து கொண்டு இருக்கின்றதே அதை
ஓங்கி வளரச் செய்து விட்டால், வாழ்வே
ஒளி மயம் ஆகிச் சுடர் விடும் அன்றோ?

கான மயிலிடம் பாடலையும், மற்றும்
கானக் குயிலிடம் ஆடலையும் தேடாதீர்!
பசுவிடம் கனிந்த பழங்களையும், மற்றும்
பாலை, மரங்களிடமும் என்றும் தேடாதீர்!

எது எது எங்கு எங்கு உள்ளதோ – நமக்கு
அது அது அங்கு அங்குதான் கிடைக்கும்!
இதுவரை நாம் செய்த தவறுகள் போதும்;
இனிமேல் நல்ல திறமைகளை வளர்ப்போம்!

வாழ்க வளமுடன்,
விசாலாக்ஷி ரமணி

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

A PEACOCK AND A CUCKOO.

The peacock is born to dance. Its call is ugly and repulsive. On the other hand the cuckoo is born to sing. It can not dance even if it wants to!

We watch the Nature and learn these facts. But do we know the real nature of our own children? Do we really know their strength and weakness?

When we do things we like to do, we perform very well. But when forced to do something not to our liking, we jut make half hearted attempts that are not sincere.

Usually parents want their children to achieve whatever they themselves want to achieve but could not. They have the best intentions no doubt but they are not doing the best thing for their children.

If child scores less marks, the parents should try to find where lies the real problem and not just beat him. Can the boy improve his score as a result of the beatings? The parents must find out what interests him best and train him in that field.

There is a latent talent in everyone of us. If we discover them early in or lives and nurture them, we will emerge successful in our lives.

 

[renuka]

When I get time I am planning to write a poem about a crow!

Crows are often portrayed in negative light.

Its high time Kakas are given respect.