Amma - version 5.0

Here i am sitting in a packed house being entertained by a young and cheerful dancer in her teens,

As she jumps,prances and circles around the stage I see my little sister in her.

Yes she is the dance teacher.

During the break I sit there listening to people praising the little one and her Guru,my heart swells with pride.

That's when I turn around and see you sitting there.

Hi Mom you have done a good job with version 5.0

I remember the Dean of my son's college tell the kids in their orientation class,"Guys Don't fall in love now ,Just wait for the next year,the best is yet to come!😊"

I wonder if what he said was true.
Experience has its own merits!

Ma your version 5.0 is the best.
I am glad that you were around to listen to
her dedicate her success in the field to you
and your parents.

As the stalwarts in the field praised her for her tutelage and success,I felt so happy that you were around to hear all that .

Be happy ma.
You got to see that.

I was so happy to know that you were there
Listening to that.

Glad that your version 5.0 is a resounding success!

Congratulations!
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Media exposed

Long ago i did a course in Journalism and Mass communication.
The first thing I read there was,
When a dog bites a man it is not news but when a man bites a dog it is NEWS.
These days every news is about such sensationalisation only.

The ethics of journalism has been thrown long back.
Reading the morning newspaper has become a pain for me.
I just read the obituary column and close it.
The sanctity of reporting is gone.

Every paper is owned by some person with affinity to a political party or otherwise.
There is no exception to the television news channels either.
It was a pleasure to listen to the radio news or Door darshan news too a while back.
But now, I cannot watch a single news channel.
The loud,obscene arguments just puts me off.

The concentration on the news drifts away from the main menu almost immediately.

I no longer watch television.
It drains me out.
How i long for the quiet news of our yesteryears!

Too many cooks have spoilt the broth.
I cannot forsee any change in the scenario in the near future too.

Times have changed.
I totally agree with that.
But is it for the greater good?
Maybe I am getting old, to understand all
This madness and euphoria.

Sleep

I for one never ever thought that you would turn your back on me.
I have always felt so welcomed in your loving arms day in and day out.
Or should I say night in and night out?
Even the weariest of all days would become insignificant when I snuggled up to you.

The next morning would be so better after your soothing company.

Now when my entire being is shaken to its core,
I need you more than ever to get back my composure.
Don't you realise I need you so badly to pull me back from this depth of grief?

It is not fair.
How can you be so cruel at this juncture?

When I turn to you for comfort you choose
this very moment to turn your back.

I thought that I could depend on you forever.

Partners for life!
Till death do us part.

So I plead with you again
don't desert me when I need you most.

You are my saviour,my last resort,
and you cannot abandon me now.
When I need you most.
You are my everything.
So I beseech upon you,
Please come back
Collect me in your arms and let me go back
To the bliss of another realm
and prepare myself for another day of my earthly existence.
You cannot abandon me now for I have nowhere to go to.

My pride and joy

Sitting on the dentist s chair today,
For a root canal procedure,
watching tiny droplets of water from my mouth fly before my eyes.
A spectrum of colors dancing there in that .
Very soon my son would be doing this to his patients.
My heart swells with pride,
The doctor bends down and asks me if there is any pain,
No, i reply, for my mind is not here at all.

Life unplugged

Anitha killed by her stalker.

Barely twenty years old,

What the hell is wrong with our youth?
Can they not take No for an answer?

Just before you raise your weapon against another person,pause to think...

You should be taken to hospitals to see how those terminally I'll people fight for their life.
Little kids,young boys and girls,older people too...
How they struggle to survive and the team of doctors and medical personnel who assist them in the process...

Do you know the value of life?

How dare you stomp it out of a little girl/child just because she said No you.
Something is seriously wrong with our youngsters.
I feel that films have such a great impact on the poorly taught youth of today.
We are all collectively responsible for this state.

Who is to be blamed here?
The parent has already complained to the police against harassment by the guy,she has been moved to a different place but inspite of all precautions she is gone...
She is just a sensational paper news today.

Time and again we read about something like this.
But what are we doing to stop such mad acts of thoughtlessness?
Something is seriously not ok.
All of us have a collective responsibility in grooming the next generation.
If the boy next door is disturbed your kids could also be in danger.
So watch out!
The only good thing is that the general public caught hold of the offender and handed him over to the police.
But will the Government wake up to such senseless acts of murder?
Punish him severely!

Scare the others who are lurking in the behind.
Hasten this trial.
Damn all your red tapes.
My heart bleeds for the poor,hapless mother who is waiting at the morgue now,feeling helpless,crying at her inability to protect her kid.

Beware people,you got lucky.

This could have been yours too.

So watch out!

Saavdhaan!   😢

Restless

It is so infectious.
Disturbs your very being
Even if you try to be calm
You have to struggle to maintain your composure
Clenching your teeth but trying to look cool
All the philosophy that one reads in books and is capable of preaching to others fail him
When it comes to him.

At temple

I visited a temple this morning after a very long time.Somehow I was feeling disturbed,and thought that a visit to the temple would help to get rid of the negative energy around me.

I just wanted to be in that divine environment for a while.
It was a pradosham day and abhishekam was done for Nandi Bhagwan.

There was this lady standing  before me.
I was standing near a pillar for support.
This lady was so restless.
She kept moving nonstop.
She wanted to have the darshan of all the three deities at the same time constantly.
Tossing her self towards all the directions .
Restless and disturbing people around her too.

Suddenly I realised that I was watching her more.

My concentration has been on her rather than the Lord.

After all this visit was to find some peace.
I realised that I was at peace.
Peace is not an object to be bought or found.

It is there inside everyone of us.