THANK YOU THANE..!!-you deserve it

With the start of 2012 it’s Thane week for Puducherry, Cuddalore and its surroundings. No one expected adverse effects in areas other than coastal regions but yeah, The Lignite City can be given 3 stars out of 5 for the Thane effect. As a resident of Neyveli T.S. I always love to enjoy the clean roads and green toppings of my township. I consider the happy green trees as prized possessions of Neyveli. I feel proud to show Neyveli in Google maps to my friends who react with a big ‘aaahh..!!’  after seeing the priceless green blanket of Neyveli. Here every house has at least a single big Mango tree, Neem tree in plurals and collections of jack fruit, coconut, lemon and other trees the list extends like a Stephen Hawking’s lecture on the big-bang. But with the arrival of New Year 2012, these crowns of my town were taken away by the terrific Thane. Thane swallowed them all and Neyveli looked sad after the visit of visit of Thane. With innumerable number of trees uprooted, Neyveli almost had the worst cyclone hit in its history. Post-Thane, The Power City is powerless and people struggled for drinking water. With fallen trees and over head cables on roads, the power supply was cut and due to the prolonged ‘no power’ situation water supply was cut. The damaged grid towers hampered power restoration.

For a Neyvelian these conditions are like getting lost in a dense forest. For all these drastic effects, I cursed Thane but I would like to thank Thane as it had shown me the real face of the mankind. The Town Ship administration has strict rules to cut down the trees. Now, after facing Thane, many trees have fallen on roofs and cars, and so they can be cleared off without paying any fine to the administration. Taking this as an advantage, people started cut down even healthy trees. To answer any question regarding this, they have a readymade question in response ‘what if another Thane comes??’  But the truth is that they don’t want to spend time in taking care of the trees. They consider this as a good chance to get rid of the trees. When nature calls for responsibility, mankind calls for another calamity.  The availability of petrol powered modern saw made the job easier. They pay Rs.5000 for cutting down two big trees and the rate increases rapidly with increase in number. The cutters earn more than the price of the machine, which is just Rs.6,500. Price of a single candle had shoot up to Rs.20. A half litre milk packet which has M.R.P. Rs.15 is being sold for Rs.20 and when I asked the shop owner, he said ‘adjust pannu thambi..’ and yeah, they all show their ‘need to become millionaires’ now. With all these negativities prevailing, one can notice culprits looting the fallen wires from the street lamps which will add more load on E.B. officials. S**** the human attitude! But Yeah! Non- availability of power, water, damaged roofs, sandwiched cars, woods on roads, made me a responsible son, brother and etc… I realized how much a litre of water is worth, how much a roof served me and so on. Thane showed me the different colours and faces of my own society. Very big thanks to Thane for teaching me more than the two years of Engineering.  

This is Surprising

          After reading some more letters of Swami Vivekananda I’ve experienced some great views of him. His approaches and the way of interpreting the religious sayings are unique and they will surely have a great effect on the readers.
In a letter to Pramadadas Mitra, Vivekananda have asked many questions, out of which only a very few are to my level of understanding and knowledge. Questions like “in whom, moreover are we to put our faith? Everybody seems to be mad over establishing his view; if, according to Vyasa, even the great Muni Kapila “the greatest among the perfected souls”, is himself deeply involved in error, then who would say that Vyasa may not be so involved in a greater measure? Did Kapila fail to understand the Vedas?” even though I don’t know who is Muni Kapila and what Vedas are about, I can grab the overall  meaning of what Vivekananda is asking. In his questions to Pramadadas Mitra he reveals some self contradictions and deviations present in the spiritual scriptures. His last question “Vyasa makes out in the Vedanta Sutras that it is wrong to worship the tetrad of divine manifestation, Vasudeva, Sankarshana etc., and again that very Vyasa expatiates on the great merits of that worship in Bhagavata! Is this Vyasa a mad man.” is outstanding and the courage to ask such a question in a very effective manner highlights him as a great path maker. Most of us do not possess this courage of expressing our thoughts in their real form. We manipulate our ideas for this greedy world and so we lose our naturality or we just have them within us without expressing them and lose ourselves.
In another question Vivekananda makes the readers to feel that he is the one who can inspire anyone. “If in his act of creation God is dependent on good and evil Karmas, then what does it avail us to worship him? ...” This will make everyone of us to feel the same. Then he adds “…If what lies in ones destiny is to happen anyhow, O mother then what good all this invoking by the holy name of Durga?” These lines are from a song of Nareshchandra. These questions surprised me a lot. I bet no one can answer this question except an atheist   :P :P :P  and I am very happy after knowing that he was also disturbed with the ideology of God during his years on earth.      

AN ADDITION TO MY ROUTINE

                For the first time in my misty life I’ve started reading a book with spiritual colors with some enthusiasm. ‘Letters of Swami Vivekananda’ I’ve read some of his letters from this collection which he wrote to his friends and spiritual advisors like Pramadadas Mitra,Master Mahashaya, Balaram Bose,Swami Ramakrishnananda,D.R.Balaji Rao etc., and they disappointed me to a little extent.  I expected something different with powerful words of Vivekananda when I bought this book. I think I’ll read those wonderful thoughts of him in coming letters. But I am astonished with the vocabulary and the usage of several words in an inspiring way. The way of presenting his thoughts makes me to feel inferior as I couldn’t even understand all of them in my first flow. I read every letter at least twice to grab its full meaning.
But I don’t know why some of the letters are added to this collection. They have nothing special in them except the sender. I don’t want to blame the compiler for adding them in this collection as I may not be worthy of understanding their real value to the core.
Apart from its spiritual ingredients it also makes us familiar of some complex ways in which our feelings can be projected without being harsh. Several expressions (for example, in a letter written to Master Mahashaya, Vivekananda says “my heart leaps with joy-and it is a wonder that I do not go mad when I find anybody thoroughly launched into the midst of the doctrine which is to shower peace on earth hereafter”) used are too effective. I find this book as a good collection of letters to spend time with.  So I would like to share my views on this book with you under the label “Letters of Swami Vivekananda”.

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INCREDIBLE INDIA! – LEFT UNNOTICED

"A special thanks to Srishti Kumar for making me active again"

An unmaintained pillar

Rameshwaram temple

Recently I enjoyed a trip to Ramnad and its surroundings and it was fine and good. But the one and only thing that affected me is the backwardness of people about the environmental issues. In Rameshwaram, where the devotees have to take bath in the so called holy water source near the temple , I was highly disappointed with the impurity of the silent sea which is known for its afflatus and even the shore was not clean which avoids many minds to continue…!!!
Many people come to places like Rameshwaram and Kashi to atone for their sins and continue with their increment of sins by polluting the water and the surrounding environment. But when compared with Kashi, the degree of pollution is low in Rameshwaram.
I’ve been to Rameshwaram thrice and I always enjoy the beauty of the temple’s statues and the amazing arrangement of pillars. They always attract more cameras. With a superstitious belief many devotees leave their wet clothes in the sea and they spoil the scenic view of the so called holy sea. Many venerable things are given a very bad look due to the vacuousness of dirty human minds. The sediments of clothes that are settled under water will surely resist us from getting wet in the sea and I don’t know why still people continue to do these silly stupid things. Some say that we have to leave our wet clothes to clear off all our sins and if they are cleverer in answering, I have another question for them ‘why can’t you give those to the people who are badly in need of them…???’
The sanctimonious monuments and scriptures were representing the stages of history. Spots like Danushkodi, where the Bay of Bengal and the Indian Ocean meets, will surely be a new experience for everyone as we can notice a silent tide less sea on one side and an active sea on another side. The water and the shore areas of Danushkodi were not so untidy, as it doesn’t have more footprints of visitors on it. The water surface was glassy and it appeared greenish blue in color. The spot where we can enjoy the confluence of Bay of Bengal and the Indian Ocean is far away from the region which can be reached by normal vehicles and so one has to make use of the heavy vehicle transportation provided by the local people. The trip of about 8 km cost $1.7 per head which is definitely unfair and this is unaffordable by all.
The tourism development corporation of India must take care of this and it can even make a good revenue out of it. It must keep a sharp eye on these places and make foreign tourists to visit these places. These places have more beautiful lush green surroundings and as we travel from place to place we can notice some winsome landscape views through our glasses with flight of beautiful birds. Even peacocks roam freely along the roads and if you are gonna visit these places better have an additional set of batteries or a charger for your cam

CARING! SHARING! :

I am very sorry for a long gap in addition of words on my blogspot...I lost my concentration on blogging as am struggling a lot with Engineering. Actually I don't even touch my books..in fact I don't have any books at all..but the pressure I apply on myself is not letting me to make use of my free time effectively. I don’t want to blame anyone; I know very well that I am responsible for whatever happens in my life! I wrote this in my Computer Programming lab…
Apart from the usual fields I would like to share some emotional views of mine with you. I’ve not discussed these things with any of my friends or relatives and even if I share, every word of mine will go to trash! From my experience I inferred something which disappointed me to a greater extent :)If you want people to recognize you as a valid person and consider your suggestions, you better have some secrets with you. Don’t share every experience of you with all. Customize every status of and limit the accessibility of your mind and heart to a greater extent. Don’t expect others to understand you. Some may understand and some may not.
Even if a guy/girl rejects you or hesitate to respond, never worry.. Have a heart which is fragile only for a few. I’ve done the mistake of making my eyes float for others. Most of the people around us don’t deserve our tears. Allow only a selected group of people to affect your heart. Have a heart which is capable of bearing rejections, failures and loss of relationships. Here is a thought which may help us in many situations “relationships are like buttons don’t worry if u lose one but make sure that they didn’t damage your shirt”.
Many times this world is an imperfect mirror. So never expect love, care, help (in any form), and response from others but never stop loving. I know the pain of not being loved….spend some time daily, for you, be silent wherever needed and never stop your flow of words wherever necessary. Speak with you and ask some questions about your behavior, way of life and future. For about three years I always say that I am highly feared of my future and even now after completing an year in engineering I am highly confused about planning a good future. So know yourself better and discuss with your parents about your field of interest and your positives and negatives. Try to make them happy which will surely boost you. Never accept anything in your path of life if you don’t deserve it. Stay away from dislikes and stay calm and composed to be happy.
The best way to stay away from problems is cultivating the habit of saying no. do not over react in any situation and don’t show your emotions to the world often. The world will make use of your emotions. The world is waiting at your doorstep to make money out of one’s problems. Try to solve your problems in a simple manner. Make your own philosophy of life …and make it simpler and never project your problems. If you do so you will be stamped as a mourner. Everyone will be a hero for at least one this world. Have this in mind and encourage yourself and this self encouragement will surely help in leading a happy life…
Every life of mankind will get suppressed and depressed in a certain stage of life, try overcoming the depression with the help of love and praise you for being good in some aspect. Imagine that everyone likes you for the positive part of you but this imagination is definitely an imagination for all but this will surely make you feel happy. The most important thing is that this world never accepts one who points out the mistakes. So better don’t care of others mistakes because your caring words will be mostly buried. Never lose your confidence at any cause, this world is wide and vast...we have miles to go before we sleep.......!!!


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SPAIN-WORLD FOOTBALL’S SUPER POWER-THE JOURNEY BEHIND THE SUCCESS…

Both the teams were great in the final match. The saddest part of the match-bunch of yellow cards. Yeah, the men in blue sucked their whistle too often. The referee almost gave all his yellow cards…J The first yellow card was given to Robin Van within 15 minutes from the start. In a time less than 2minutes Carles Puyol was given one. Carles opened Spain’s account and the number increased till the end of the game. At the 20th minute of the match Arjen Robben, an enthusiastic Dutch tried his best to score a goal but he failed. Then the third yellow card holder-Mark Van and within 2 minutes another Spanish guy, Sergio Ramos was given a yellow card. The orange men gave their best in smashing the Spain. At the 28th minute of the game Nigel De Jong was given a yellow card. The fans had a disappointment with referee’s yellow card releases but even then the play had enough yellow cards swallowed by the Spanish and the Dutch. At the end of first half an addition of two minutes was given and Robben again had a show off but it was shut by the clever play of Spain. With 56% ball possession Spain made its best but even with 44% ball possession Netherlands managed Spain.
I don’t know why? But I slept for about 10 minutes after the start of second half. In the second half again the yellow cardholders increased in number. At the 66th minutes of the game Joan Cape De Vila added a yellow card into Spain’s account and unfortunately David Vila missed three golden opportunities at 69th, 75th and 76th minute. A Dutch made a foul at 72nd minute giving Spain an unexpected joy. Unfortunately Spain didn’t score a goal though the kick was about 29m from the goal. Star player, Arjen Robben was given a yellow card at 83rd minute of the game. I thought of publishing this under the label ‘OCTOPUS SUCKS’ at 87th minute of the game but the game was added with more time. Every corner kick was perfectly tackled by Netherlands. Netherlands was cautious in preventing Spain from scoring a goal than winning the match. Spain tried its best to score a goal with all its efforts but Netherlands goalkeeper crushed Spanish tricks and added more pressure on Spain. The most unfortunate happening-at 100th minute, the ball was slightly deviated from its way to goal by a clever Dutch and Spain missed it again…
At last Heitinga opened the red card account but it was the first and last red card. Another chance was given to Spain by Heitinga, but Spain missed it again…L Vand Der Weil was awarded with a yellow card at 110th minute.The yellow card didn’t stop with this, it still continued till the end if the game. Yahooooo…!!! Spain shouted with all its fans as Iniesta paved their way to victory. At 116th minute Spain became the supreme power with the goal by Iniesta. Even after this Netherland struggled a lot to score a goal. Alaas….Xavi closed the yellow card ceremony at 120th minute. With only 2 minutes and 34 seconds to go the game was too serious and at last yippeee…!!! Spain and Paul the psychic octopus received greetings from all over the world. It gained all the popularity and fame equaling Shakira’s waka waka….
TALLENTED SPAIN NOT ONLY SAVED PAUL BUT ALSO ITS OWNER…

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MADHARASAPATTINAM

CAST: Arya, Amy Jackson, Nassar, V M C Haneefa, M S Bhaskar, Bala Singh, Balaji, Alexx O Nell, Annette Georgiou, Jack James.
NOTE:am not BARADWAJ RANGAN or MADHAN to comment a film with high technical suggestions...I am a beginner who has a very low knowledge about behind screen effects and techniques...so if you notice any mistake or if you have any objections with this content comment it...
Madharasapattinam,
An untold and unseen love story of a launderer before independence is excellently directed by VIJAY.I expected the movie to be a romantic pre-independence happening but Vijay has made it very different but the frames resembles TITANIC here and there. Marvelous cinematography by NEERAV SHA supports the film till the end and ANTONY’S editing is a highlight throughout the movie. The color codes used in this film perfectly matches everything in the frame. Also the costume suits the characters as well as the actors wearing it. Hats off to the entire team…
I think Arya is lucky to get chances like NAAN KADAVUL and MADHARASAPATTINAM because these films fetched not only fame but also a good actor mark. Arya who has eligibility to do a playboy role and commercial movies is proving his ability to do any role. No one has crossed his or her limits in this film except G.V.PRAKASH whose music is not up to the limit. But G.V.P rocks you in the romantic B.G.Ms. You know! The first time when Arya and Amy Jackson meets alone in a boat G.V.P’S music made my heartbeats faster and I just flew with my love.
The way Vijay carrying us to various parts of Madharasapattinam is great but one thing pricks me even now .I here mention the duet song (aaruyire…) in which Amy sings in Tamil. This is the point where Vijay made me upset, just think…how can a British girl can sing in Tamil that too lyrics of N.MUTHUKUMAR within some months. But I personally greet Amy for her expressive acting and for her lip movements which is far better than our proud actresses like Shreya, Tamannah etc…
The moment our national flag reaches the coat of Amy and when she refuses to remove I clapped and my patriotism reached its height. During a clash between Arya and Amy’s fiancée (comm. of police), “are you not ashamed of having this (Indian flag)?” the comm. shouts and her reply will make everyone to clap because her reply is “No am proud of it…” That’s the moment, which makes the movie more marvelous. Surely the efforts of the entire team must be paid back with some awards or at least comments and claps.
The last five minutes exaggerates the character of Arya. He owns a very big trust in the name ‘DHURAI AMMAL’ which is highly impossible for a poor launderer within a short period of time. It’ll not affect us because this is very usual in KollywoodJJJ
As usual humor worked out this time also for Vijay. The sense of humor is used correctly along with the flow of the story. I am having a question for Vijay “Sir is the spelling of Kolkatta was CALCATTA (as written in the railway station of Madharasapattinam…) before independence???” With all needed qualities and with less flaws Madharasapattinam reaches every center and it is a must watch movie…
DON’T MISS IT…