Think or sink!

[Visalakshi Ramani]

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ஸ்வபாவத்தை மாற்ற முடியுமா?

நீருடன் அடித்துச் செல்லப்படும்
ஒரு தேளை எடுத்து காத்தான்!

காக்கும் கரங்களைக் கொட்டி,
நோக்கம் இன்றியே ஓடியதால்

மீண்டும் விழுந்தது அந்நீரிலேயே!
மாண்டே போய்விடும் அந்தத் தேள்!

மீண்டும் அதனைக் காப்பாற்றினால்
மீண்டும் அவனைக் கொட்டுகின்றதே!

தேள் என்று தெரிந்த பின்னரும்
தேடித் தேடி ஏன் உதவுகின்றான்?

கொட்டுவது தேளின் ஸ்வபாவம்!
உதவுவது அவனுடைய ஸ்வபாவம்!

ஸ்வபாவத்தை மாற்ற முடியுமா?
ஸ்வபாவம் என்பதே நம் இயற்கை.

ஏணியாகவும், தோணியாகவும்
பணியாற்றுவது சிலர் ஸ்வபாவம்!

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

One dark cloud is enough to eclipse the Sun. :flame:
One good dog is enough to protect a flock of sheep.:flock:
One foul word is enough to end a friendship. :argue:​

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

எங்கோ எப்போதோ படித்தது!

காரணம் (Cause)..........................காரியம் (Effect).

1 a. மன்னிப்புக் கேட்கும்போது புனிதம் அடைகிறீர்கள்.
1 b. மன்னிப்புத் தரும்போது மேன்மை அடைகிறீர்கள்.

2 a. மற்றவர்களை மதிக்கும்போது மதிக்கப்படுகிறீர்கள்.
2 b. மற்றவர்களைத் தாழ்த்தும்போது தாழ்த்தப்படுகிறீர்கள்.

3 a. உதவும் போது கடவுள் ஆகிறீர்கள்.
3 b. உழைக்கும்போது மனிதன் ஆகிறீர்கள்.

4 a. நம்பும்போது பலசாலி ஆகிறீர்கள்.
4 b. நேசிக்கும்போது தேவன் ஆகிறீர்கள்.

5 a. நல்லதையே பார்க்கும்போது அன்னம் ஆகிறீர்கள்.
5 b. செல்வத்தைத் திரட்டும்போது தேனீ ஆகிறீர்கள்.

6 a. தோல்வியில் துவளாதபோது தீரன் ஆகிறீர்கள்.
6 b. வருவதை ஏற்கும்போது வீரன் ஆகிறீர்கள்.

7 a. சவால்களைச் சந்திக்கும்போது உறுதி அடைகிறீர்கள்.
7 b. விமரிசனத்தைத் தாங்கும் போது வலிமை அடைகிறீர்கள்.

8 a. வென்றபிறகும் பணிவோடு இருந்தால் இமயம் ஆகிறீர்கள்.
8 b. வெல்லும் வழியக் காட்டும்போது வெளிச்சம் ஆகிறீர்கள்.

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

Early in the morning we could hear a husband and wife fighting like a cat and dog in the neighborhood. I remembered that my father had once told that the early morning fight had started the previous night.

The main causes of Domestic violence are unhappy marital life, dire poverty and ego. When there is no escape from the unhappy relationship,killing becomes the only option available to the oppressed and the depressed spouse.

A home could become the most dangerous place...what with the sharp instruments, electrical gadgets, gas cylinders, kerosene cans, staircases ...name it and you have it.

Those who have walked into unhappy alliances must be allowed to get out it without facing any social stigma.Better still if people with equal energy tie the knot.

There is a poruththam (MAhEndra poruththam)which checks whether the sexual energies of the would-be couple is well balanced. When well balanced they will lead a happy married life.Otherwise domestic violence will erupt in many forms to varying degrees of seriousness.

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

Do we all really know him well ???

Nain Singh Rawat, was one of the first of the late 19th century Indian explorers who explored the Himalayas for the British. He hailed from the Johar Valley of Kumaon. Wikipedia

Born: 1830, India

Died: 1 February 1882, Moradabad

Awards: Patron's Gold Medal

Nain Singh Rawat - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nain_Singh_Rawat

Nain Singh Rawat (October 21, 1830 – February 1, 1882), was one of the first of the late 19th century Indian explorers who explored the Himalayas for the British ...‎Early life · ‎Explorer · ‎Notable explorations

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

We always love those who admire us, and

we do not always love those whom we admire.

(La Rochefoucald)


Women's beauty like men's wit, is generally fatal to the owners.

(Lord Chesterfield)


A beautiful form is better than a beautiful face;

A beautiful behavior is better than a beautiful form.

It is the finest of fine arts.

(Emerson)


Don't give advice.

The wise men don't need it.

Fools won't take it

(Ching Chow)


Fools take more than what they want

or want more than what they get.

Wise men never.


Fools trusts none but himself.

The wise man trust all but himself.

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

Kitchen has the minimum area with maximum number of things and

probably the most dangerous place in the house (next to the bathroom???)

I thought I have cleaned it up one year ago but again there is a load of unwanted things there!

How nice it will be if we have the barest essentials in the house-especially in the kitchen!!!

The more things... the more places to hide... the more cockroaches...more stench and pollution!

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

I like the system in the West.

Go out...Get it...Heat it .... Eat it.

But the Use-and-Toss of the various containers is a big ecological problem!!!

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

Human hair does not decay with time nor get destroyed by water, air, space or soil.
But it can burn well ...very well - in fact too well for our safety and security.
All the long haired men, women and children who love to cook ...
beware when you cook more so when it is a gas stove!!!
One can never be too careful!

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

One of the advantages of being disorderly is that
one is constantly making exciting discoveries.

Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated.
You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.​

​

Trying to define 'Who is a Sthitha prajnan'

( aka a person with equanimity)

Nobody is unhappier than the perpetual reactor.

His center of emotional gravity is not within

himself - where it actually belongs to.

It is in the world outside him.

His spiritual temperature is raised or lowered

by the social climate around him.

He is mere creature at the mercy of these elements, his

friends as well as foes.​

​

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

Did they all go gaga on one another???

• 
  
  LifestyleCosmopolitan
  Lady Gaga With 5 Living, Former U.S. Presidents
  
  No, seriously. Iconic.

 

[Raji Ram]

One of the advantages of being disorderly is that
one is constantly making exciting discoveries. ........ ​

Very true!! We dig out lot of things we had searched for earlier, when rearranging the almirahs!

For example - a tiny purse containing OHD notes, which Modiji made 'chellAk kAsu', on one fine night! :sad: ​

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

My dear Raji,
I got a fat sum for buying new clothes for the entire family members for a ritual. I had kept it safe for later use and forgot all about it while preparing to go to USA.

Considering all the high dramas happening at that time, I could have forgotten my own name!

Also none of us had any idea that those BIG notes will suddenly become bit papers of no value one fine night!

Moral of the incident:

When the money is not going to be used... it is wiser to deposit in the bank a/c.

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

I could have lost a lot more money - if I had not already lost it in settling

the nursing home dues and medicine bills, when Athimber suddenly took ill!

So that money was to vanish in some way... demonetization or not!!!

So should I feel happy that money appeared when I needed it badly OR

feel sorry that it was like the Yaksh'a gold... which cannot to be used the way

people want to?

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

7. ஏழு ஜாடித் தங்கம்!




அரசனுக்கு நாவிதனான அவன்
பரம சுகமாகவே வாழ்ந்து வந்தான்.

இல்லை எந்தக் குறையும், அரசன்
அள்ளித் தந்த தங்கக் காசுகளால்.

காட்டு வழியே செல்லும்போது, ஒரு
காட்டுக் குரல் அவனிடம் கேட்டது,

“வேண்டுமா உனக்கு ஏழு ஜாடித் தங்கம்?”
“வேண்டும்! வேண்டும்!” என்றான் அவன்.

மரத்தில் வாழ்ந்த யக்ஷனின் குரலே அது!
மரத்திலேயே அவன் மறைந்திருந்தான்.

“வீட்டுக்குப் போவாய்! நான் உன்னுடைய
வீட்டிலேயே வைத்து விட்டேன் அதை!”

ஓட்டமும் நடையுமாக, மூச்சிரைக்க
வீட்டை அடைந்தவன் அங்கு கண்டது

அழகிய வேலைப்பாடுகள் நிறைந்த
ஏழு ஜாடிகளில் தங்கக் காசுகள்!

ஆறு ஜாடிகள் நிரம்பி வழிந்தாலும்,
ஒரு ஜாடியில் குறைவாக இருந்தது.

மறு எண்ணம் இல்லாமல் அவன்
நிரப்ப முயன்றான் அந்த ஜாடியை.

தன் செல்வங்கள் அனைத்தையும்,
தன் முன் உள்ள ஜாடியில் இட்டான்.

வீட்டில் இருந்த பொருட்களை எல்லாம்
விற்றுத் தங்கமாக மாற்றி இட்டான்.

அரசனிடம் கெஞ்சியும், கூத்தாடியும்,
அதிகக் காசுகள் பெற்று இட்டான்.

பிச்சை எடுத்தும் கூட முயன்றான்;
இச்சை மட்டும் நிறைவேறவில்லை.

மாய ஜாடி நிறையவே இல்லை!
மன்னன் அவனிடம் கேட்டான்,

“முன்னம் நன்றாக இருந்தாய் நீ!
இன்னம் கூலி அதிகம் பெற்றாலும்,

சின்னத்தனம் ஏன் சொல்? உனக்கு
மின்னும் ஏழு ஜாடிகள் கிடைத்தா?”

திடுக்கிட்ட நாவிதனிடம், அரசன்
வெடுக்கென்று சொன்னான் இதை,

“ஒரு தங்கக் காசு கூட உன்னால்
விரும்பிச் செலவு செய்ய முடியாது!

ஒரு நாளும் அந்த மாய ஜாடியை
ஒருவராலும் நிரப்பவே முடியாது!

அது இருந்தாலே உன் குடும்பம்
அகதி ஆகிவிடும் திருப்பிக் கொடு!”

காட்டையடைந்து யக்ஷனிடம் சொன்னான்,
“மீட்டுக்கொள் உன் ஏழு தாங்க ஜாடிகளை;

வீட்டை விட்டுப் போனாலே போதும்;
மாட்டி விட்டு வேடிக்கை வேண்டாம்!”

“நல்லது அப்படியே” என்றான் யக்ஷன்.
நல்ல காலம் பிறக்கும் என்று நம்பி,

வீட்டை அடைந்தால் ஜாடிகளை அவன்
போட்டிருந்த செல்வத்துடனே காணோம்!

புது வெள்ளம் பழைய வெள்ளத்தை அடித்துப்
போவதுபோல எல்லாமே மறைந்து விட்டன!

பேராசை பெரு நஷ்டம் ஆனதால்,
நிராசை மிகவும் அடைந்தான்.

அனைத்தையும் இழந்து நின்றதால்,
களைத்துப் போய்விட்டான் அவன்.

வாழ்க வளமுடன்,
விசாலாக்ஷி ரமணி.

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

Hey Diddle Diddle.



Hey diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle,
The cow jumped over the moon.
The little dog laughed to see such fun
And the dish ran away with the spoon!

This is a fantasy rhyme aiming at delighting the children with wild and impossible concepts. That is what is being done by most of the cartoon channels now- especially The Walt Disney Cartoons!

The terms “Hey diddle diddle” can be found in many of Shakespeare’s works. It corresponds in its mood and in its vein to the “hey nonny no” found in many Traditional English Folk ballads.

With their imagination running riot, the children burst out laughing in glee, as they picture the bulky cow jumping over the moon in the sky and the dish running away holding the hands of the spoon!

Visalakshi Ramani

https://visalakshiramani.wordpress.com/articles/xii-nursery-rhymes/10-hey-diddle-diddle/

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

Nearly 23 years ago, I had a student whom came to me for maths tuition.

She was the heroine of the kaLLappam episode, in which she was giggling uncontrollably and confessed that she had eaten appam made with kaLLu for the evening snack.

One day I told her to ask any doubt she had. She asked me point blank how to use a popular birth control device, making me perform a sitting high jump.:shocked:

I had expected her to ask some doubt in mathematics, but nothing was farther from my thoughts than the doubt she asked me.

I told her she DOES NOT need to know it now. When the need arises she will be told all about it by her parents.

I tipped her father that she needs close supervision to make her concentrate only on her studies. Later she stopped coming for tuition. May be she could not face me or may be she got into some trouble and decided to stay away from me.

It was NOT the age of INTERNET. People still asked the elders things that they did not know about.

Reading about the arrest of a doctor who performs abortion for a mere 1500 Rs, I was reminded of this incident that took place nearly 23 years ago.

In spite of this being the Internet saga :doh:

girls are still curious...

girls are still ignorant...

girls still get into trouble...

for the mischief they do and

girls still seek the help of a quack

to set right their problems! ​

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

I feel ill at ease when every single member of a family stare at a screen big or small

instead of looking at and enjoying the food prepared with so much of love and care.

Cooking is a thankless job but at least people must enjoy eating it - even if they do not care to appreciate it!

So I tried to make a new rule that while at the dining table... no more staring on a screen.

For about 4 days I may not be able to post since I will be in a home where spending time on the Internet is not welcome.

So there may be no posting between 26th and 29th October. You are welcome to visit my website instead!

http://visalakshiramani.weebly.com/

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

The sentence,"I am being very nice!" :angel:
made me think up these imaginary conversations! :laugh:

அப்புசாமி:
அப்புறம் நான் மனுஷனாகவே இருக்கமாட்டேன்!!!

குப்புசாமி :
இப்போ மட்டும் மனுஷனாக இருப்பதாக நினைப்போ?


அப்புசாமி:

நான் எப்போதும் இது போல நல்லவனாக இருக்க மாட்டேன்! :evil:

குப்புசாமி:
நல்லவனாக இருப்பதே இப்படி என்றால், .பொல்லாதவன் ஆனால்......:scared:

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

I love O'Henry twists not just in the stories but also in real life.
Never ever say ,"Never ever again!"

You will have to eat you words faster than you may think possible
and feel uncomfortable doing it.

Everything from the taxi fare to the servant's salary ( through everything else you can think of ) costs 50% extra now than it did a year ago!

Posting will be resumed from tomorrow as there are no restriction now!

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

Deft definition:
Good Education is to teach us to tolerate what we need NOT tolerate!

How come???
We always "He looks educated but behaves like a crook!"

Moral:
An educated person has to tolerate even what he need not actually tolerate!!!

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

“பெயக்கண்டும் நஞ்சுண்டமைவர் நயத்தக்க
நாகரீகம் வேண்டு பவர்” ( குறள் 580)

இதே கருத்தை நற்றிணை

“முந்தை இருந்து நட்டோர் கெடுப்பின்
நஞ்சும் உண்பர் நனி நாகரீகர்” (நற் 355)

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

Points to Ponder!!!

Seek till you find, and you will never lose your friend.

No man is so rich as he, who owes nothing.

Evil is like a weed. It may thrive for a while, but it always dies.

A fool is like everyone else until he opens his mouth.

Observation brings wisdom... not old age.

A matter is not finally settled...until it is settled right.

A wise man talks ....because he HAS something to say.

A fool talks .....because he HAS to say something.

It is better to ask for the advice in the beginning, than in the end.

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

My plumber did a job two days ago but he did not do it correctly.

The new flush tank was slightly taller than the old one it replaced.

The water pipe above the tank got bent like a bow over the flush tank cover

and it could not be opened the future for any reason whatever

I was not happy with this kind of job from a real professional!

He came again today and set right the connection by lifting the water

supplying tube by a few inches - so as not to jam the flush tank cover!

Of course I did not pay him the labor charges for today - he ought to have

done it properly when he charged his astronomical daily wages 2 days ago!

Truely Any matter is not finally settled, until it is settled right. :thumb:

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

Power cut is back with a bang!

But no more UPS since the battery had lived its life term of 5+ years!

So I have to walk around with a ever-ready-torch when it become dark ...

so as not to trip over any of the many things in the house!

Who knows when the power will be switched off!