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Think or sink!

EVERYTHING HAS A LIFE SPAN- EVEN WALKING /RUNNING SHOES!

The sole of my shoes has become as smooth as a 'fresh Pazhani motttai!' So the daily Walking had became both scary and slippery.

So my son and D.I.L bought new athlete's shoes for me yesterday.
They brought 2 pairs - since In not very sure about the size of my feet.

One of the two pairs was so narrow that I did not wish to try them on using force - like how the step sisters of Cinderella must have tried when the prince brought the magical glass shoes!

In the other pair the left shoe appeared slightly larger than the right. I thought it was my imagination and tried it. Yes. The left shoe was very loose indeed.

The right hand/right leg are usually slightly llarger the left and and leg for all the right handed people. But this difference appeared far too much.

The inner sole showed the same number for both the shoes! I turned them upside down and saw the left leg marked 1/2 size larger than the right foot.

So some nitwit had fixed the wrong inner sole on a wrong sized shoe sometime, somewhere and it had managed to locate me in this vast sea of humanity!

I am already a big foot for my height but wearing shoes of two different sizes in the two legs and walking for 45 minutes on them??? :wacko:

I am sure Mr. Murphy who is known for his famous Murphy's Law must be very fond of our family.

Hence the modified version of Murphy's Law as seen and felt by me...

"If anything can go wrong it will definitely go wrong and more often than not, to one of the Venkatramanis"!!!
 
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My extreme encounters with snakes have not been very pleasant.

Once a huge heavy bright yellow snake (Chaarai paambu ???) felt down with a huge 'plop' from the branch of a tree - exactly at the same spot which I had just vacated, after hanging the washed clothes on the clothes' line.

If I had hung on there for a few more seconds to hang one more dress on the line
or if the snake had hurried a little faster ... I MAY NOT be alive now to tell about it.

A snake need not be poisonous or even bite a person.
Its very sight with the unblinking eyes can do the damage.

(to be continued since there are quite a number of episodes)
 
The rampage of arson.

Was he born in a garrison?
Or perhaps inside a prison?

He was nobody’s Godson,
Nor any body’s grandson!

The constant comparison,
Turned his face crimson!

He couldn’t learn a lesson,
Nor would listen to reason!

It was always the season,
For indulging in treason;

All he needed was a mansion,
But roamed around like a bison;

If only he could jettison,
The fumes of mental poison,

He could become a good person,
A good mason-even if not a parson.

(Inspired by the London riots caused by the irresponsible teenagers)
 
I know at least two people with one leg shorter than the other.

This does not include the hero (Kamal) in the movie Anbe Sivam.

These two persons manage to walk near-normal by using a high heeled shoe for the shorter leg. :(
 
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It is said that one must always buy the best shoes and the best bed.

The reason...?

Whenever he/she is not on one of those two, he/ she is on the other!

But some people need NO shoes. For them food and bed are good enough!

As VEtAl told Vikram in one his quizzical questions....

"Jee bear ke KhayA! Aaraam ki Neendh sOyA!!! :rolleyes:

uNda mayakkam thoNdanukkum uNdu! GuNdanukkum uNdu!!! :)
 
It is said that we must treat a sick child like an adult and a sick adult as a child.

I fail to see the point in treating a sick child as an adult.

If we make eye catching colorful and tasty dishes and forbid the child from eating it - since it will not agree with his system as he/she is sick and make the already sick child howl and cry, is it our fault or the Child's fault???

A child will be a child... whether sick or healthy.

So the grown ups must make the right choices and be ready to eat what can be safely fed to the sick child!

Most people can resist ANYTHING except TEMPTATIONS!!! : rolleyes:
 
#2. My extreme encounter with a snake

We lived in the company quarters. The four ground floor houses in each block had an elaborate garden and the two houses in the first floor had an elaborate terrace - equal in area to the ground floor house, below it.

One day I wanted to keep a plate full of wheat in the sunlight in my terrace. When I opened the door leading to the terrace from the bedroom, I saw snake at the same door, trying to enter the house in the narrow space below the door.

We startled each other!
We made each other leap in the air!!
We both dashed back in opposite directions from where we had come!!!

When I telephone and informed the security department I was coolly advised "meere kottip paadeyaNdi!" (You yourself may kill the snake and throw it out!) as if I have had a special training in killing snakes!

By the time I coaxed them to come and help me and they turned up with crowbars, the snake had vanished.

Had I stepped on the snake while humming my favorite tune - without looking below the plates of wheat..... :scared:
 
The dream catcher!

His dream was to capture,
Nature’s lovely sculpture,

Through his camera’s aperture!
At times he needed the fixtures!

The wonders seen in nature,
Proved to be a great pasture;

And his dreams did nurture!
There was no unwanted gesture;

There was no need for a posture.
When excelled, the latest picture,

He went into a holy rapture;
Or his ego felt a puncture.

Digital Cam banished the curvature
Zoom-in captures even miniature!
 
Holidays are jollydays and are also invariably long days.

But Monday is allotted to migraine and miserable hangover (not due to drinking but by staying awake longer than usual )after the joyful weekend.

Children whine and refuse to go to school and adults are grumpy since they got up late and will be running late throughout the day.

Equanimity and continuing to remain as usual is the solution.

Whether it a holiday or holy day make it a point to get up at the same time as on the other days, and the miseryies of the day-after-the-holidays will vanish.

I remember back India how the Monday starts with sirens of various pitches from the children and 'gaaliyaan' delivered in the different Indian languages from their parents!

It is the time when I feel that not knowing many languages will be a boon since we won't understand the contents of the gaaliyaan delivered in a strange language! :rolleyes:
 
Some people are woeful and awful - even if they are kept in the seventh heaven and fed on Amirtham.

If there is nothing to worry about really, they will still worry about NOT having anything to worry about! :der:

They must be the reincarnation of the leaking ink pens from their previous birth!

It is less likely that they may be born as the leaking ink pens in their next Janma

since ink pens have almost vanished from everyday use!!

We have come along long way from the quill and the ink pot!

 
இதுவா சுவர்க்கம்?



தினமும் பூமிக்கு இறங்கி வரும் இரு
திவ்வியமான அன்னப் பறவைகள்;
வருவது சுவர்க்கத்திலிருந்து – வலம்
வருவதோ ஓர் அழகிய நீர் நிலையை.

அன்னப் பறவைகளுக்கு உண்டு ஒரு
அன்பான நண்பன், அந்நீர் நிலையில்.
வண்ணங்கள் பல கொண்ட வாத்து, பால்
வண்ண அன்னங்களின் ஒரு தோழன்!

விவரமான அந்த வாத்து, அன்னங்களிடம்
விவரமாகக் கேட்டுக் கேட்டு அறியும்,
அற்புதமான அந்த சுவர்க்கத்தில் உள்ள
அற்புத அதிசயங்கள் அனைத்தையும்.

ஒரு நாள் அந்த அன்னங்கள் வாத்துத்
தோழனையும் தம்முடன் வரும்படி
விரும்பிப் பலமுறை அழைக்கவே,
தோழனும் மகிழ்ந்து உடன் சென்றது.

எத்தனை எத்தனை அதிசயங்கள்;
எத்தனை எத்தனை அற்புதங்கள்!
நான்கு தந்தம் கொண்ட ஐராவதம்;
நாம் கேட்டதைத் தரும் கற்பக மரம்!

அமுதம், அப்சரசுகள், தேவர்கள்,
அமுதமயமான இன்னிசை, நடனம்;
எங்கு நோக்கினும் மகிழ்ச்சிக் கடல்!
எங்கு நோக்கினும் ஒளி வெள்ளம்!

“எங்கள் சுவர்க்கம் உனக்குப் பிடித்தா?
எல்லாம் சுற்றி வந்தோமே!” என்று
வினவிய வெள்ளை அன்னங்களிடம்
வினோத விடை பகர்ந்தது வாத்து!

“இது என்ன பெரிய சுவர்க்கம்?
இங்கு ஒரு புழுவும்கூட இல்லை;
ஒரு பூச்சியும் இல்லை; நான் அளையச்
சேறு, சகதி எதுவும் இங்கே இல்லை!”

அமுதமும், ஐராவதமும் இருந்தாலும்,
அது தேடியதோ புழுவும், பூச்சியுமே!
சேறும், சகதியும் இல்லாததும்கூட ஒரு
பெரும் குறையே அதன் பார்வையிலே!

மனிதருள்ளும் இரு வகையினர் உண்டு!
இனிய நிறைவுகள் காணுவர் ஒரு சாரர்;
மன நிறைவு என்று ஒன்று உண்டு
எனவும் அறியாதவர் மறு சாரர்.

நிறைகளையே காண்பவர் எங்கும்
நிறைந்த மனத்தோடு மகிழ்வார்;
குறைகளையே பட்டியல் இடுபவரோ,
குறைகளைத் தேடி அல்லல்படுவார்!

நிறைகளையே எப்போதும் தேடுவோம்;
குறைகளைக் காண்பதை விடுவோம்!
நிறைகளையே கண்டால் என்றும் இன்பமே;
குறைகளையே கண்டால் என்றும் துயரமே!

வாழ்க வளமுடன்,
விசாலாக்ஷி ரமணி.


 



IS THIS HEAVEN?

Two snow white swans would fly down from the Heaven to the earth every night. They would swim around and play in a lake. They had a good friend who was a multi colored duck. They would describe to him the wonders of the Heaven they lived in.

One day the swans took the duck along with them to show him the wonders and glories of the Heaven. It was indeed an unusual place!

Iravatham the four tusked elephant of Indra, the Kaplaga Vruksham that could grant you anything your heart desired, the nectar, the Apsras, the divine music and captivating dances. The whole place was a sea of joy and light.

The swans asked the duck, “How do you like our Heaven?” The duck then gave the strangest possible reply.

“Is this the Heaven you boast so much about? I did not find a single worm to eat nor did i find any slush to waddle in!”

Heaven had everything good and desirable and yet all the duck could think of was mud and worms.

We have two types of persons among us. Those who always look for the good hings in life, find them and remain happy and contented. The other type of fellows always look for the defects and deficiencies in everything and remain dissatisfied and unhappy.

Let us learn to look at the positive side of everything and live happily.

 
Why does the demonetization woes continue
with new rules and new clauses being added all the time???

We Indians can find holes not just in the loops but in
loopholes and the holes in the loopholes.

So as the newer and very original methods of converting their 'hard-earned- money' into usable cash followed by the hoarders surface, the government is compelled to add newer clauses and conditions.

As always the criminals are clever than the police and the policy makers.
How else could they have become so rich and remained so invisible??? :evil:
 
#3. My extreme encounter with snakes

In the string of villages in Kerla, snakes form a part of the household - even if not of the family. :grouphug:

Whenever the human occupants and the reptile occupants happens to
cross in their paths, they do not cross their swords or sticks!:fencing:

They continue on their paths unnerved, undeterred and undeviated. :bowl:
But for people visiting from outside such sighting will cause alarm! :help:

And the toilets there will be invariably built at the extreme backyard.
(I used to wonder what will happen when they have an upset stomach?
How do they hold the loose motion which can not be done in slow motion?) :noidea:

So I went to use the toilet and we have to switch on the bathroom light on the way
since the toilet room will otherwise be a 'kaaraagraham' with no ventilation or light.

I forgot to switch on the light and actually went up to the bathroom door.
Something in me told me to go back and switch on the light and I obeyed.

I am happy I obeyed implicitly - without protesting
or ignoring the command from my guardian angel!!

When I opened the door I saw a snake lifting its head vertically up to about 2 feet
in a vain attempt to find an exit - any exit - and make good its escape.

Everything that's coming out of me went back inside safe and sound.
I rushed back into the house - moving as fast as I could on the long corridor.

Who knows what the snake will do-now that it has found an exit in the door left open.

IF I had entered the bathroom and either stepped on the (sleeping?) snake
or felt its cold head and its exploring muzzle at 2 feet height above the ground - on my skin !!! :scared:
 
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The son of the soil.

There was this good son of the soil,
Who was well known for his hard toil;

Which none would dare to spoil,
Nor could anything really foil;

His aim was to produce cooking oil,
Which fried well when put to boil;

But he did in sheer terror recoil,
When his eyes fell on the black coil;

There was unmitigated embroil,
Which bordered excited turmoil;

Good thing it was on the top soil!!!
Had it hidden under the subsoil???

Snakes... Snakes everywhere in this thread today!!! :fear: ...:scared:....:bolt:
 
I wore a scarlet colores sari with white polka dots.

I resembled the Minnie Mouse - a grown up and a blown up human version. :)

When we went to the bank to open an account, I promptly changed my dress into a more respectable teal colored churidar set since

I did not want to be remembered as lady in a Minnie Mouse Dress, carrying a Mac Scrooge Duck's walking stick
and walking (wading??) along like Donald Duck. :rolleyes:

The image would certainly be indelible in the minds of the onlookers - being the combination of 3 well known cartoon characters! :)

Added advantages...

My favorite hand bag, the Cardigan throw and the new shoes matched the dress perfectly making me look good and feel good. :)

May be this too will leave an indelible mark on the onlookers - but it will be a pleasant one!

The sterling statement that "aaLL paathi aadai paathi "( = Clothes make a man/ woman) is true! :thumb:
 
What will happen if you hang waist down from the arm rest of a sofa and

whirl your head in violent circles - as some ladies with open hair do in popular Devi temples???

Well! I learned from little Juju who developed instant dizziness and nausea. :dizzy:

Poor dear she had to rest for a while in a dark and quiet room before she could sit to eat her dinner.

May be those ladies who do these weird dance possess (or are REALLY possessed by) some unknown source of energy! :decision:
 
The Trill and The Thrill.

The gurgling sound of a rill,
The abundance of the brill;

The underwater tiny krill,
Add to the explorer’s thrill.

The crescendo very shrill,
The captivating sweet trill;

Add beauty like a bunch of frill,
And enrich the listener’s thrill.
 
Color lights decorate all the houses for Christmas.

We too hung a series of color lamps in the front.

It looks attractive since there are no street lights

in this area and the winter nights are really dark.

Every public place and office has lovely Christmas tree

with attractive decorations and red satin ribbons. :love:
 
#4. My extreme encounters with snakes!

I was visiting a close relative in one of the villages in Kerala.

It was the same string of villages in Kerala famous for the living-in-partners in the form of snakes!

One fine evening a single snake became two snakes with one swift and decisive movement of the door.

One became Rahu (with just the snake's head) and the other Ketu (with just a snake's tail!) :tsk:

The poor creature had managed to climb onto the collapsible grill gate in the evening.

When the house owners come back in twilight and opened the door ...one full snake became two half snakes.

The good thing is we did not go near the hanging snake before the operation and also after the operation!

When God is on our side nothing can harm us... not even the most determined snake! :hail:
 
MANY WOEMEN have double standards.

[I bet men too have double or even triple standards.]

A son-in-law must help his wife (her daughter) in the household chores.

But her son MUST NOT help her daughter in law in the household chores.

But when the son does help his wife in the household chores the mother

can't bear the sight of her pet son working so hard after getting married.

So she would imagine that her son is really her son-in-law and her daughter-

in-law is really her daughter - just to get some peace of mind!

Strange this imagination of the untruth is much easier than

accepting the fact that since the D.I.L also works and earns like her son,

both of the should share all the chores & duties and also their earnings!!!
 
Varun plays amazing chess for his age which is just four.

He still can't pronounce 'R' and uses 'W' instead of 'R'.

So his name is Vawun. He moves the 'wook' in the game.

He swears saying something is 'weal' and keeps asking us

"Do you wemembew this or that?"

Children are lovely and lively whether or not

they can pronounce 'the tongue rolling 'RRRRRR':love:
 
The traffic in the thread "A poem a day... "in the Literature section is oscillating between 1000 + and (1000 -) suddenly.

I think that ever since Devi appeared in both Skanda 10 and Skanda 5 on the same day and

emerged from the anger and energy of all the other Gods and Devaas, something has clicked.

I for one would do something GOOD - even if it benefits JUST one person!

This overwhelming response makes me very happy and also increases my responsibility not to disappoint the readers.

Thank you for you for your continued support to my 'kavithai' (Vachana Kavithai???) :pray2:
 
#5. My Extreme Encounters with snakes:

My father used to take us all in his car along with him whenever he would attend The Medical Conferences held in various cities of Tamil Nadu.

One evening when the sun had set he was driving our car and suddenly we all froze in sheer fear.

A long deadly snake slashed itself on the windscreen and slipped and fell down to the left side of the moving car.

Apparently the car tyre has run on the tip of its tail and it converted its body into a solid whip and flung itself on the car in mad rage!

Luckily al the windows were closed and we were safe.

In the movies we see snakes fighting after leaping high in the midair.

It may be true - even though I had till then imagined that the snake trainers and owners use to throw them high to add the fear factor the the snake fight.
 

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