Think or sink!

[Visalakshi Ramani]

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The consumers are paying through their nose.
The farmers are starving and committing suicide.
It is the middlemen who make a good living (no no not a honest living)
They more they can hide and hoard the more they can reap later on!

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

The tearful story of the price-hiked-onion has spread to potatoes and tomatoes now.

These are the three items without which cooking becomes difficult - if not impossible.

The price of dhals soar higher than the altitudes of the International Flights

I really wonder how the common man still manages to his body and soul together! :dizzy:

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

Some thought provoking quotes.

Actually they must go to the Quotable Quotes.

But I do not want to ruin the serenity of Thirumanthirm.

In any case these quotes promote thinking and can very well be in this thread as in the other!

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

1. As long as a woman can look ten years younger than her daughter, she is perfectly satisfied.

2. All women become like their mothers - that is their tragedy. No man does - that is his!

3. All charming people are spoiled. It is the secret of their attraction.

4. The advantage of emotions is that they lead us astray.

By Oscar Wilde

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

The prevalent bone of contention in any apartment is the demand for 'Thani kodi!'

Every one wants a very own clothesline - whether or not they wash their clothes everyday.

The clothesline must remain unused by anyone else - even they have nothing to dry on them.

Or else you can watch cartoon sequences being enacted in real life,

including jumping on the washed clothes after throwing them on the ground.

A similar scene is enacted regarding the seat arrangement in the T.N. Assembly hall.

Everyone has a mike and can talk and be heard from wherever they are sitting.

BUT why is there so much fuss about the seat arrangement

when 100s of more important issues are troubling the state? :noidea:

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

சிரிக்க! :decision: சிந்திக்க!!

அதுவரை….?

கல்யாணம் செய்து கொள்ளும்
கனவு காணாத ஆண் யார்?

பெண் கிடைக்க வேண்டுமே!
பெண் சம்மதிக்க வேண்டுமே!

மண்ணாங்கட்டி போல உலவும்
ஆண்களை எவர் விரும்புவர்?

பல நூறு ஆண்டுகளாக
உலவும் ஓரு பழமொழி!

பைத்தியம் தெளிந்தால் திருமணம் நடக்கும்!.
திருமணம் நடந்தால் பைத்தியம் தெளியும்!

கோழியிலிருந்து முட்டை வந்ததா?
முட்டையிலிருந்து கோழி வந்ததா?

இது முடிவாகும் போது
அதுவும் முடிவாகும்.

அதுவரை….? out:

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

A cute little two year old boy got snatched away by an alligator in a famous Disney resort.

The accident could have been prevented if one of the following things had happened before the accident.

Florida is famous for alligators which even wait at the entrance of hotels for innocent and soft victims!

The lagoon must have been made alligator-proof with nets or fence or lattice or any similar barrier to block the entry of the predator.

The warning signal must have specified the reason for the forbidden swimming mentioning the word alligator infested area.

A party of people had seen the alligator and video recorded it for keeps sake. Whether they reported the matter to the concerned authorities or not is not known.

If they had not reported, then they also bear part of the blame for the unfortunate accident.

If they had reported, then the concerned authorities have to bear all the blame and responsibility for this accident

It is true that when God is on our side, nothing can harm us. When God id not on our side an unfortunate chain of events take place lay the fatal trap.

PS.

If it were India, the parents will be promptly paid a large sum of money in exchange for their silence and inaction!

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

Massive alligator spotted roaming Florida golf course. Is it real ...

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Jun 1, 2016 - If you've seen the viral video of a giant alligator strolling across a Florida golf course, then you've probably had the same reaction we did: Can ...

VIRAL PHOTO: Florida alligator caught crossing the street in cro - 13 ...

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An alligator was spotted Monday in Florida crossing the street in the crosswalk like it was norma

Alligator spotted strolling down Manhattan street | New York's PIX11 ...

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Jul 23, 2015 - Alligator spotted strolling down Manhattan street. Posted 6:17 PM, July 23, ... Large alligator found eating man's body at Florida lake · News.

South Florida cops find 2 alligators eating human body in Everglades ...

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May 31, 2016 - Police in South Florida were called to a gruesome scene: a pair of alligators eating a ... The body was first spotted by a pair of fishermen.

Apparently Florida is where the alligators flourish and human perish!

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

Drinking water has suddenly become a dear product - since we did not get the supply for one week!

Those who could afford to buy the bottled water paying 50 Rs for a can did so. The others managed to bring water from the common tap half a mile away from here - on a rod junction!

The length of the queue can very well be imagined with so many 'pettais' around the pace where we live.

I can neither fight at the kuzhaayadi nor carry water. So I always store water needed for 8 days and use it like liquid gold!

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

சிரிக்க! :decision: சிந்திக்க!!

செத்தும் கெடுத்த ஒருவன் கதை

“செத்தும் கொடுத்தான்!” வள்ளல் சீதக்காதி!
அத்தனை பேரும் அறிவார் இக்கதையை.

செத்தும் கெடுத்தவன் ஒருவன் கதையை
மெத்தப் படித்த குரு எங்களுக்குக் கூறினார்!

ஒரே ஒரு கிராமம், அதில் ஒரு ஜமீந்தார்!
ஒரு மாதிரிப் புரிந்திருக்கும் உங்களுக்கும்!

கேட்க ஆள் இல்லாததால், எல்லோருக்கும்
வேட்கைப் படித் தொல்லைகள் செய்தாராம்.

இறக்கும் தருவாயில் அனைவரையும் அழைத்துச்
சிறந்த மழை போலக் கண்ணீர் பொழிந்தாராம்.

“என் வாழ்நாட்களில் நான் செய்த பாவங்களுக்கு,
என்னை யாராலுமே மன்னிக்க முடியாது அறிவேன்!

நான் இறந்த பிறகு என் உடலுக்குச் செருப்புமாலை
ஒன்று அணிவித்துத் துடைப்பத்தால் அடியுங்கள்!”

“மாட்டோம்! மாட்டோம்!” என்று மறுத்தவர்களிடம்
மன்றாடினார்! தன் ஆத்ம சாந்தியை வேண்டினார்!

வேறு வழியில்லாமல் அவர்கள் ஒத்துக் கொண்டனர்.
மறு நாள் உடலுக்குச் செருப்பு மாலை அணிவித்தனர்.

துடைப்பத்தால் அடித்துக் கொண்டு செல்லும் போது….
அடுத்து வந்து நின்றன நிறைய போலீஸ் ஜீப்புகள்!

அனைவரையும் கைது செய்து சிறையில் அடைத்தனர்!
அனைவருக்கும் தண்டனை கிடைக்கக் காரணம்…..???

இறக்கும் முன் போலீசுக்கு எழுதியிருந்தார் ஒரு கடிதம்! :evil:
“இறந்த என் உடலை அவமதிக்கப் போகின்றார்கள்” என! :heh:

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

Food for thoughts quotes!

5. Bad manners make a journalist.
(Has it been so right from the time of Oscar Wilde???)

6. Being natural is simply a pose!
( whether or not you pose on purpose you are always posing!)

7. Caricature is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius.
(They can't tarnish the name but can make the genius look funny!)

8. Ambition is the last refuge of failure!
(Please figure it out by yourselves!) :dizzy:

Oscar Wilde

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

Food for thoughts quotes!

9. Charity creates a multitude of sins.
(Every action has an equal and opposite reaction?)

10. Duty is what one expects from others.
(Rights are mine and responsibilities yours!)

11. Genius is born not paid.
(Who can know this better than you-know-who) ?

12. Everyone should keep someone else's diary.
(Even then it will be filled with lies - but in the negative direction!)

Oscar Wilde

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

I knew one person who is best described by the expression 'a watch watching man'. :clock:

He had nothing else to do nor any worry in the world except his hourly feeds and drinks. :hungry:

He would demand tea/ coffee/ buttermilk/ horlicks / complan on hourly basis all day long!

It was a hard task to keep serving him and a harder task remembering this sequence! :bump2:

Actually I did not have to tolerate him or his hourly demands. :nono:

But since 'education is the training to to put up with people' :boink:

and I am educated I had to do this unpleasant task.

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

சிரிக்க! :decision: சிந்திக்க!!

உரிமைக் குரல்

வீட்டுக்குள் ஊசியைத் தொலைத்துவிட்டு
வீதியில் தெருவிளக்கு ஒளியில் தேடினான்!

“அங்கே தொலைத்து விட்டு
இங்கே தேடுகின்றாயே!” என்றால்

“இங்கே தானே நல்ல வெளிச்சம்
இருக்கின்றது!” என்று சொன்னானாம்!

யாரிடமோ உதை வாங்கிக் கொண்டு வந்தவன்
பிள்ளையார் கோவில் ஆண்டியை அடித்தானாம்!

“ஏனடா இப்படிச் செய்கின்றாய்?” என்றால்
“என்னைத் திருப்பி அடிக்க மாட்டான் இவன்!

ஊருக்கு இளைத்தவன் இவன் தானே!”என்று
உரிமைக் குரல் கொடுத்தானாம்.

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

Food for thoughts quotes!

13. WOMEN AS A SEX ARE SPHINXES WITHOUT SECRETS.

(If women could keep secrets... the world would crumble!)

14. Women have been so highly educated that nothing should surprise them except happy marriages.

(Despite their education women do not seem to get duly surprised for want of happy marriages)

15. The world is a stage but the play is badly cast!

(Good actors cast in a bad play!!Right??)

16. Young men want to be faithful and are not; old men want to be faithless and cannot!

(Proves that man always wants what he can't have - the impossible things!)

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

சிரிக்க! :decision: சிந்திக்க!

“மாப்பிள்ளையோ மாப்பிள்ளை!”

மாப்பிள்ளை பார்த்துவிட்டு
வந்தவரிடம் கேட்டார் நண்பர்,

“மாப்பிள்ளை எப்படி என்று?”
“மாப்பிள்ளை சூப்பர் தான்!

அத்தனை லக்ஷணங்களும் உண்டு!
அந்த இரண்டைத் தவிர!” என்றாராம்.

“அந்த இரண்டு என்றால் என்ன?” என்று
அவரிடமே நீங்கள் கேட்கப் போனால்,

எதிர்பாராத பதில் இருக்கும் இதுவாக!
எதற்கும் சொல்லிவிடுகிறேன் முன்பாக!

“தனக்காகவும் தெரியாது அவருக்கு! :loco:
பிறர் சொன்னாலும் புரியாது போங்கள்!” :moony:

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

Art in real life!

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

ART IN REAL LIFE!

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

ART IN REAL LIFE

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

ART IN REAL LIFE

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

ART IN REAL LIFE

Kaayaik kaNdaal silaiyaik kaaNOm

silaiyaik kaNdaal kaayaik kaanom!

:hail: .....:hail:.....:hail:......:hail:

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

When we see these vegetable we think of how to cook it or what to cook out of it!

When the artists see these vegetables they see the hidden statues and bring them out! :clap2:

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

Naari Shakti has left for Mumbai with her hubby and M.I.L.
She has gifted her old Godrej bureau to the temple for keeping all the dresses of the gods.

A very generous gesture since at present the washed dresses are stored in wide open cardboard boxes and are at the mecry of rain and sunshine!

But that is not the end of the story!

A man was always ironing clothes spread on the floor- himself sitting on the floor. A kind man took pity on him and gave him a table for ironing the clothes easily.

The next day, kind man almost fainted, when he saw the man sitting on the table and ironing the clothes spread on the table.

Something similar happened here also. All the various powders used for abhishekham stored in plastic bottles with lids (which can very well withstand the shower and sunshine) have been safely locked up the Godrej bureau!

And the washed clothes of the Gods are in the same wide open cardboard boxes at the mercy of Sun, rain and wind.

Morals of the incident???

People resist changes - even those which mean betterment!

You may lead a horse to the river but you can't make it drink!

You may dream good dreams but they need not come true!

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

Food for thoughts quotes.

17. Clever people never listen and stupid people never talk.
(It could be worse if the situation was reversed!)

18. Divorces are made in Heaven.
(Yes! Soon after thunderstorms and lightning bolts were made!)

19. Modern women understand everything except their husband.
(May be men are not made up of understandable material!)

20. The happiness of a married man depends on people he has NOT married.
(May be because the forbidden fruit and the stolen kiss are the sweetest)

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

Oh Boy!
Am I happy I resisted nail and tooth the attempt to make me undergo
total Knee Replacement Surgery by my very very dubious well wishers.

They do not care about whether I am alive -kicking and ticking. :yawn:

Any sudden surge of affection must be taken with a pinch of salt.:suspicious:

More so the experiences of the past have been unpleasant - to say the least.

Unkind gestures, rude words and feeling one-up-ego are not good symptoms.

So Tread on thin ice - if you have to - very softly, very gently and very safely!