அன்பிற்கினியவளே
உனக்கு என் வாழ்த்துக்கள்
உன் பிறந்த நாட்கள்
நான் மீண்டும் பூக்கும் நாட்கள்
பரிசு எதை தருவது
எது உனக்கு ஈடாகும்!
தமிழின் கவிதை ஒன்றே
ஈடில்லா பரிசாகும்!!
ஐம்பது வருடங்கள்,
ஐம்பது வசந்தங்கள்,
பிறந்தது முதல்
நடை பழகியது முதல்
பூப்படைன்தது முதல்
நேசம் சொன்னது முதல்
நிலை மாறியது முதல்
அரவணைத்தது முதல்
அழுதது முதல்
கலந்தது முதல்
பிரிந்தது முதல்
பின் இணைந்தது முதல்
உறக்கம் மறந்தது முதல்
உணர்வு நெகிழ்ந்தது முதல்
பிள்ளை முகம்
பார்த்தது முதல்
பெண்ணின் கண்
நோக்கியது முதல்
அன்பு செலுத்தி அரவணைத்து
தவறு களைந்து தன்னில் கரைந்து
செய்யும் உணவில் பாசம் கலந்து
சொல்லும் சொல்லில் நேசம் கலந்து
இருந்தபடி இரு
இயல்பாய் இரு
இனிமையாக இரு
என்றும் எம்முடன் இரு.
நெஞ்சமெல்லாம் காதலே
நினைப்பதும் நின்னையே
சக்தி நீயடி எந்தன்
சக்தியும் நீயடி.
என்றென்றும் அன்புடன்
எப்போதும் அன்புடன்
உன் அன்பன்
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
GONE ARE THE DAYS
Once in a Lifetime mail
When
The school reopened in June,
And we settled in our new desks and
benches!
When we queued up in book depot,
And got our new books
and notes!
When we wanted two Sundays and no Mondays, yet
managed to line up daily for the morning prayers.
We learnt writing with
slates and pencils, and
Progressed To fountain pens and ball pens and then Micro tips!
When we began drawing with crayons and evolved to
Color pencils and finally sketch pens!
When we started calculating
first with tables and then with
Clarke's tables and advanced to
Calculators and computers!
When we chased one another in the
corridors in Intervals, and returned to the classrooms
Drenched in sweat!
When we had lunch in classrooms, corridors,
Playgrounds,
under the trees and even in cycle sheds!
When all the colors in the world,
Decorated the campus on the Second Saturdays!
When a single P.T. period in the week's Time Table,
Was awaited more eagerly than the monsoons!
When cricket was played with writing pads as bats,
And Neckties and socks rolled into balls!
When few played
'kabadi' and 'Kho-Kho' in scorching sun,
While others simply played
'book cricket' in the
Confines of classroom!
Of fights but no conspiracies,
Of Competitions but seldom jealousy!
When we used to
watch Live Cricket telecast,
In the opposite house in Intervals and Lunch breaks!
When few rushed at 3:45 to
'Conquer' window seats in our School bus!
While few others had 'Big Fun', 'peppermint' ,
'kulfi', ' milk ice !' and 'sharbat !' at 4o Clock!
Gone are the days
Of Sports Day,
and the annual School Day ,
And the one-month long
preparations for them.
Gone are the days
Of the stressful Quarterly,
Half Yearly and Annual Exams, And the most
enjoyed holidays after them!
Gone are the days
Of tenth and twelfth standards, when
We Spent almost the whole year writing revision tests!
We learnt,
We enjoyed,
We played,
We won,
We lost,
We laughed,
We cried,
We fought,
We thought..
With so much fun in them, so many friends,
So much experience, all this and more!
Gone are the days
When we used
to talk for hours with our friends!
Now we don't have time to say a `Hi'!
Gone are the days
When we played games on the road!
Now we
Code on the road with laptop!
Gone are the days
When we saw stars Shining at Night!
Now we see stars when our code doesn't Work!
Gone are the days
When we sat to chat with Friends on grounds!
Now we chat in chat rooms....... !
Gone are the days
Where we
studied just to pass!
Now we study to save our job!
Gone are the days
Where we had no money in our pockets and still fun filled on our hearts!!
Now we have the atm as well as credit card but with an empty heart!!
Gone are the days
Where we shouted on the road!
Now we don't shout even at home
Gone are the days
Where we got lectures from all!
Now we give lectures to all... like the one I'm doing now....!!
Gone are the days
But not the memories, which will be
Lingering in our hearts for ever and ever and
Ever and ever and ever .....
Gone are the Days.... But still there are lot more Days to come in our Life!!
NO MATTER HOW BUSY YOU ARE ,
DONT FORGET TO
LIVE THE LIFE THAT STILL
EXISTS...... ...
acknowledgements to the Anonymous WHO DRAFTED THIS MAIL
POSTED IN MY BLOG TO SHARE THE BEAUTY OF THE SAME WITH MY READERS.
ALL CREDITS TO ANONYMOUS AND SRI MAHESH WHO SENT IT TO ME
When
The school reopened in June,
And we settled in our new desks and
benches!
When we queued up in book depot,
And got our new books
and notes!
When we wanted two Sundays and no Mondays, yet
managed to line up daily for the morning prayers.
We learnt writing with
slates and pencils, and
Progressed To fountain pens and ball pens and then Micro tips!
When we began drawing with crayons and evolved to
Color pencils and finally sketch pens!
When we started calculating
first with tables and then with
Clarke's tables and advanced to
Calculators and computers!
When we chased one another in the
corridors in Intervals, and returned to the classrooms
Drenched in sweat!
When we had lunch in classrooms, corridors,
Playgrounds,
under the trees and even in cycle sheds!
When all the colors in the world,
Decorated the campus on the Second Saturdays!
When a single P.T. period in the week's Time Table,
Was awaited more eagerly than the monsoons!
When cricket was played with writing pads as bats,
And Neckties and socks rolled into balls!
When few played
'kabadi' and 'Kho-Kho' in scorching sun,
While others simply played
'book cricket' in the
Confines of classroom!
Of fights but no conspiracies,
Of Competitions but seldom jealousy!
When we used to
watch Live Cricket telecast,
In the opposite house in Intervals and Lunch breaks!
When few rushed at 3:45 to
'Conquer' window seats in our School bus!
While few others had 'Big Fun', 'peppermint' ,
'kulfi', ' milk ice !' and 'sharbat !' at 4o Clock!
Gone are the days
Of Sports Day,
and the annual School Day ,
And the one-month long
preparations for them.
Gone are the days
Of the stressful Quarterly,
Half Yearly and Annual Exams, And the most
enjoyed holidays after them!
Gone are the days
Of tenth and twelfth standards, when
We Spent almost the whole year writing revision tests!
We learnt,
We enjoyed,
We played,
We won,
We lost,
We laughed,
We cried,
We fought,
We thought..
With so much fun in them, so many friends,
So much experience, all this and more!
Gone are the days
When we used
to talk for hours with our friends!
Now we don't have time to say a `Hi'!
Gone are the days
When we played games on the road!
Now we
Code on the road with laptop!
Gone are the days
When we saw stars Shining at Night!
Now we see stars when our code doesn't Work!
Gone are the days
When we sat to chat with Friends on grounds!
Now we chat in chat rooms....... !
Gone are the days
Where we
studied just to pass!
Now we study to save our job!
Gone are the days
Where we had no money in our pockets and still fun filled on our hearts!!
Now we have the atm as well as credit card but with an empty heart!!
Gone are the days
Where we shouted on the road!
Now we don't shout even at home
Gone are the days
Where we got lectures from all!
Now we give lectures to all... like the one I'm doing now....!!
Gone are the days
But not the memories, which will be
Lingering in our hearts for ever and ever and
Ever and ever and ever .....
Gone are the Days.... But still there are lot more Days to come in our Life!!
NO MATTER HOW BUSY YOU ARE ,
DONT FORGET TO
LIVE THE LIFE THAT STILL
EXISTS...... ...
acknowledgements to the Anonymous WHO DRAFTED THIS MAIL
POSTED IN MY BLOG TO SHARE THE BEAUTY OF THE SAME WITH MY READERS.
ALL CREDITS TO ANONYMOUS AND SRI MAHESH WHO SENT IT TO ME
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
LESSONS FROM JAPAN-WILL WE LEARN EVER??
SACRIFICE AT TIMES OF NATIONAL DISASTER DESPITE PERSONAL LOSS BY A YOUNG BOY - REALLY TOUCHING.
EXHIBITS/DEMONSTRATES THE NATIONAL SPIRIT AND THE VALUES WITH WHICH PEOPLE ARE BROUGHT UP.
PLEASE SPARE TIME TO READ THE ARTICLE AND 10 THINGS TO LEARN.
PLEASE ALSO FORWARD TO ALL YOUR CONTACTS
Published on ShanghaiDaily.com (http://www.shanghaidaily.com/)
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=467066&type=Opinion
EDITOR'S note:
THIS letter, written by Vietnamese immigrant Ha Minh Thanh working in
Fukushima as a policeman to a friend in Vietnam , was
posted on New America Media on March 19. It is a testimonial to the
strength of the Japanese spirit, and an interesting slice of
life near the epicenter of Japan 's crisis at the Fukushima nuclear
power plant. It was translated by NAM editor Andrew Lam,
author of "East Eats West: Writing in Two Hemispheres." Shanghai
Daily condensed it.
Brother,
How are you and your family? These last few days, everything was in
chaos. When I close my eyes, I see dead bodies. When I open my eyes, I
also see dead bodies.
Each one of us must work 20 hours a day, yet I wish there were 48
hours in the day, so that we could continue helping and rescuing
folks.
We are without water and electricity, and food rations are near zero.
We barely manage to move refugees before there are new
orders to move them elsewhere.
I am currently in Fukushima , about 25 kilometers away from the nuclear
power plant. I have so much to tell you that if I could
write it all down, it would surely turn into a novel about human
relationships and behaviors during times of crisis.
People here remain calm - their sense of dignity and proper behavior
are very good - so things aren't as bad as they could
be. But given another week, I can't guarantee that things won't get
to a point where we can no longer provide proper protection
and order.
They are humans after all, and when hunger and thirst override
dignity, well, they will do whatever they have to do. The
government is trying to provide supplies by air, bringing in food and
medicine, but it's like dropping a little salt into the
ocean.
Brother, there was a really moving incident. It involves a little
Japanese boy who taught an adult like me a lesson on how to
behave like a human being.
Last night, I was sent to a little grammar school to help a charity
organization distribute food to the refugees. It was a long line that
snaked this way and that and I saw a little boy around 9 years old. He
was wearing a T-shirt and a pair of shorts.
It was getting very cold and the boy was at the very end of the line.
I was worried that by the time his turn came there wouldn't
be any food left. So I spoke to him. He said he was at school when the
earthquake happened. His father worked nearby and was
driving to the school. The boy was on the third floor balcony when he
saw the tsunami sweep his father's car away.
I asked him about his mother. He said his house is right by the beach
and that his mother and little sister probably didn't make
it. He turned his head and wiped his tears when I asked about his
relatives.
The boy was shivering so I took off my police jacket and put it on him.
That's when my bag of food ration fell out. I picked it
up and gave it to him. "When it comes to your turn, they might run
out of food. So here's my portion. I already ate. Why don't
you eat it?"
The boy took my food and bowed. I thought he would eat it right away,
but he didn't. He took the bag of food, went up to where
the line ended and put it where all the food was waiting to be
distributed.
I was shocked. I asked him why he didn't eat it and instead added it to
the food pile. He answered: "Because I see a lot more
people hungrier than I am. If I put it there, then they will
distribute the food equally."
When I heard that I turned away so that people wouldn't see me cry.
A society that can produce a 9-year-old who understands the concept of
sacrifice for the greater good must be a great
society, a great people.
Well, a few lines to send you and your family my warm wishes. The hours
of my shift have begun again.
Ha Minh Thanh
************ LESSON TO LEARN FROM JAPAN ***********
10 things to learn from Japan.
1. THE CALM
Not a single visual of chest-beating or wild grief. Sorrow itself has been elevated.
2. THE DIGNITY
Disciplined queues for water and groceries. Not a rough word or a crude gesture.
3. THE ABILITY
The incredible architects, for instance. Buildings swayed but didn’t fall.
4. THE GRACE
People bought only what they needed for the present, so everybody could get something.
5. THE ORDER
No looting in shops. No honking and no overtaking on the roads. Just understanding.
6. THE SACRIFICE
Fifty workers stayed back to pump sea water in the N-reactors. How will they ever be repaid?
7. THE TENDERNESS
Restaurants cut prices. An unguarded ATM is left alone. The strong cared for the weak.
8. THE TRAINING
The old and the children, everyone knew exactly what to do. And they did just that.
9. THE MEDIA
They showed magnificent restraint in the bulletins. No silly reporters. Only calm reportage.
10. THE CONSCIENCE
When the power went off in a store, people put things back on the shelves and left quietly!
EXHIBITS/DEMONSTRATES THE NATIONAL SPIRIT AND THE VALUES WITH WHICH PEOPLE ARE BROUGHT UP.
PLEASE SPARE TIME TO READ THE ARTICLE AND 10 THINGS TO LEARN.
PLEASE ALSO FORWARD TO ALL YOUR CONTACTS
Published on ShanghaiDaily.com (http://www.shanghaidaily.com/)
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=467066&type=Opinion
EDITOR'S note:
THIS letter, written by Vietnamese immigrant Ha Minh Thanh working in
Fukushima as a policeman to a friend in Vietnam , was
posted on New America Media on March 19. It is a testimonial to the
strength of the Japanese spirit, and an interesting slice of
life near the epicenter of Japan 's crisis at the Fukushima nuclear
power plant. It was translated by NAM editor Andrew Lam,
author of "East Eats West: Writing in Two Hemispheres." Shanghai
Daily condensed it.
Brother,
How are you and your family? These last few days, everything was in
chaos. When I close my eyes, I see dead bodies. When I open my eyes, I
also see dead bodies.
Each one of us must work 20 hours a day, yet I wish there were 48
hours in the day, so that we could continue helping and rescuing
folks.
We are without water and electricity, and food rations are near zero.
We barely manage to move refugees before there are new
orders to move them elsewhere.
I am currently in Fukushima , about 25 kilometers away from the nuclear
power plant. I have so much to tell you that if I could
write it all down, it would surely turn into a novel about human
relationships and behaviors during times of crisis.
People here remain calm - their sense of dignity and proper behavior
are very good - so things aren't as bad as they could
be. But given another week, I can't guarantee that things won't get
to a point where we can no longer provide proper protection
and order.
They are humans after all, and when hunger and thirst override
dignity, well, they will do whatever they have to do. The
government is trying to provide supplies by air, bringing in food and
medicine, but it's like dropping a little salt into the
ocean.
Brother, there was a really moving incident. It involves a little
Japanese boy who taught an adult like me a lesson on how to
behave like a human being.
Last night, I was sent to a little grammar school to help a charity
organization distribute food to the refugees. It was a long line that
snaked this way and that and I saw a little boy around 9 years old. He
was wearing a T-shirt and a pair of shorts.
It was getting very cold and the boy was at the very end of the line.
I was worried that by the time his turn came there wouldn't
be any food left. So I spoke to him. He said he was at school when the
earthquake happened. His father worked nearby and was
driving to the school. The boy was on the third floor balcony when he
saw the tsunami sweep his father's car away.
I asked him about his mother. He said his house is right by the beach
and that his mother and little sister probably didn't make
it. He turned his head and wiped his tears when I asked about his
relatives.
The boy was shivering so I took off my police jacket and put it on him.
That's when my bag of food ration fell out. I picked it
up and gave it to him. "When it comes to your turn, they might run
out of food. So here's my portion. I already ate. Why don't
you eat it?"
The boy took my food and bowed. I thought he would eat it right away,
but he didn't. He took the bag of food, went up to where
the line ended and put it where all the food was waiting to be
distributed.
I was shocked. I asked him why he didn't eat it and instead added it to
the food pile. He answered: "Because I see a lot more
people hungrier than I am. If I put it there, then they will
distribute the food equally."
When I heard that I turned away so that people wouldn't see me cry.
A society that can produce a 9-year-old who understands the concept of
sacrifice for the greater good must be a great
society, a great people.
Well, a few lines to send you and your family my warm wishes. The hours
of my shift have begun again.
Ha Minh Thanh
************ LESSON TO LEARN FROM JAPAN ***********
10 things to learn from Japan.
1. THE CALM
Not a single visual of chest-beating or wild grief. Sorrow itself has been elevated.
2. THE DIGNITY
Disciplined queues for water and groceries. Not a rough word or a crude gesture.
3. THE ABILITY
The incredible architects, for instance. Buildings swayed but didn’t fall.
4. THE GRACE
People bought only what they needed for the present, so everybody could get something.
5. THE ORDER
No looting in shops. No honking and no overtaking on the roads. Just understanding.
6. THE SACRIFICE
Fifty workers stayed back to pump sea water in the N-reactors. How will they ever be repaid?
7. THE TENDERNESS
Restaurants cut prices. An unguarded ATM is left alone. The strong cared for the weak.
8. THE TRAINING
The old and the children, everyone knew exactly what to do. And they did just that.
9. THE MEDIA
They showed magnificent restraint in the bulletins. No silly reporters. Only calm reportage.
10. THE CONSCIENCE
When the power went off in a store, people put things back on the shelves and left quietly!
endru thaniyum em suthanthira dhagam??
என் தேசத்தை நாசமாக்கிய ஒரே சொல்... இலவசம்!
பசியில் வாடுபவனுக்கு மீனைக் கொடுக்காதே... மீன் பிடிக்கக் கற்றுக்கொடு!'' என்கிற மேலை நாட்டுப் பொன்மொழி இந்த ஏழை நாட்டுத் தலைவர்களுக்கு ஏன் புரியாமல்போனதோ?
தொலைக்காட்சி இலவசம், உடுப்பு இலவசம், அடுப்பு இலவசம் என அனுதினமும் ஓர் அறிவிப்பை வெளியிட்டு, கையேந்தும் பெருமக்களை பெருக்கிக்கொண்டே போகிறது இந்த அரசாங்கம்.
65 ஆண்டு கால சுதந்திரத்தில், 45 ஆண்டுகள் இந்தத் தாய்த் தமிழகத்தை திராவிட இயக்கங்கள் ஆண்டிருக்கின்றன. இன்றைக்கு இலவசத்தை மகத்தான திட்டமாக வாய் வலிக்கச் சொல்பவர்கள், இத்தனை காலங்கள் ஆண்டும் என் மக்களைக் கையேந்தவைத்த கயமைக்குப் பொறுப்பு ஏற்பார்களா?
கலைஞரின் 'இளைஞன்’ படம் தமிழ்த் திரையுலகத்தின் புரட்சியாய், புகழாரக் கூட்டத்தால் கொண்டாடப்படுகிறது. மாக்ஸிம் கார்க்கியின் 'தாய்’ நாவலை, தாய்க் காவியமாக வடித்த முதல்வர் பெருமகனாருக்குச் சொல்கிறேன்... அய்யா, கார்க்கியின் எழுத்துகள் மேல் நீங்கள்கொண்டு இருக்கும் ஈர்ப்பும் பிரியமும் என்னை வியக்கவைக்கிறது. கார்க்கி எழுதிய சாலச் சிறந்த வாக்கியம் ஒன்றை உங்களுக்குச் சொல்கிறேன்.
'பிச்சை போடுபவனைக் காட்டிலும் அருவருக்கத்தக்கவன் யாரும் இல்லை. பிச்சை எடுப்பவனைக் காட்டிலும் பரிதாபத்துக்கு உரியவன் யாரும் இல்லை!’
கார்க்கியின் எழுத்துகளைப் பல சந்தர்ப்பங்களில் புகழ்ந்து உரைத்திருக்கும் நீங்கள், இந்த வரிகளுக்கு என்ன அய்யா பதில் சொல்ல முடியும்? உடனே, பிச்சைக்கும் இலவசத்துக்கும் வித்தியாசம் இருக்கிறது என வழக்கம்போல் விளக்கப் புராணம் பாடாதீர்கள். தனி மனிதனுக்குப் போட்டால் பிச்சை... தமிழ்நாட்டுக்கே போட்டால் இலவசமா? எங்களின் பணத்தை எங்களுக்கே பிச்சையாக்கும் வித்தையை இத்தனை காலம் நீங்கள் பயன்படுத்தாமல் இருந்ததே ஆச்சர்யம்தான்.
இலவசத் திட்டங்களுக்காக அரசாங்கம் இழக்கும் தொகையை நீங்கள் எதன் மூலமாக ஈடுகட்டுகிறீர்கள்? மது விற்பதன் மூலமாக... ஏழைக் குடியானவன் சாராயம் காய்ச்சினால், சட்டப்படி அது குற்றம். அரசாங்கமே சாராயம் காய்ச்சினால், அது திட்டம். நல்லா இருக்கிறதய்யா உங்கள் நியாயம்? தீபாவளி தினத்தில் மட்டும் 90 கோடிக்கு சாராயம் விற்றதாக இந்த அரசாங்கம் சாதனை அறிக்கை வெளியிடுகிறது. வயிற்றுக்கு விஷம் வைத்துவிட்டு, வாய்க்கு உணவு கொடுப்பதுதான் உங்கள் சாதனையின் மகத்துவமா அய்யா?
இலவசம் என்றால் என்ன பொருள் உங்கள் அகராதியில்? பல்துறைப்பட்ட வருமானத்தின் அரசுத் திட்டங்களைச் செயல்படுத்தியதுபோக, மீதம் இருக்கும் உபரி வருமானத் தொகையை வைத்து மக்களுக்கு ஏதாவது வழங்கினால் அதற்குப் பெயர்தான் இலவசம். ஆனால், 80 ஆயிரம் கோடியை தமிழகத்தின் கடனாக ஏற்றிவைத்துவிட்டு, இழுத்துக்கோ பறிச்சுக்கோ என்கிற நிலைமையிலும், இலவசத்தை வழங்கினால், அதற்கு உண்மையான அர்த்தம் 'உள்நோக்கம்’ என்பதுதானே!
உடனே அறிவார்ந்தவரும் மூத்த அமைச்சருமான அய்யா அன்பழகனார் அறிவிக்கிறார்... 'தமிழக அரசின் 80 ஆயிரம் கோடி கடன் தமிழக மக்களைப் பாதிக்காது!’ அப்படி என்றால், எங்களின் கடனை கன்னடக்காரன் கட்டுவதாகச் சொல்லி இருக்கிறானா? இல்லை தெலுங்குக்காரன் திரட்டிக் கொடுப்பதாகச் சொல்லி இருக்கிறானா?
இலவசங்கள் தொடர்ந்துகொண்டே போகட்டும்... என்றைக்கோ ஒரு நாள் பொருளாதார நெருக்கடி ஏற்பட்டு, இலவசங்களைத் தொடர முடியாத நிலை ஏற்பட்டால், தமிழகத்தின் நிலை என்னாகும் என்பது உங்களின் புத்திக்குப் புலனாகவில்லையா முதல்வரே?
இலவசம் இல்லாமல் போனால், பிறர் சவம் என்றாலும், பிய்த்துத் தின்னும் நிலை வந்துவிடாதா? இத்தனை காலம் உண்டபடியே உறங்கியவனை, ஒரே நாளில் உழைப்புக்குப் பழக்கப்படுத்திவிட முடியுமா? கொலை, கொள்ளை, வழிப்பறி என இந்த நாடே சுடுகாடாகிவிடாதா? அப்படி ஒரு நிலை வரத்தானே இத்தனை இலவசங்களை அறிவித்து, எம்மக்களின் சொரணைக்குச் சுருக்குப் போட்டுவிட்டீர்கள்?
தேர்தல் நெருங்க... நெருங்க... எப்படி எல்லாம் இலவசங்களை அறிவிக்கலாம் என மூளையைக் கசக்கி முப்பொழுதும் யோசிக்கிறீர்கள். வாரம் ஐந்து முட்டை என அறிவித்து குழந்தைகளைக் குதூகளிக்கவைத்தீர்கள்... இத்தனை காலம் ஒரு முட்டை போட்ட கோழிகள் திடீரென ஐந்து முட்டைகள் போட ஆரம்பித்துவிட்டதா அய்யா? நாலரை ஆண்டு காலம் ஏழைகள் எந்தக் குடிசையில் வாழ்ந்தாலும் சரி என நினைத்த நீங்கள், இப்போது திடீரென வீடு வழங்கும் திட்டத்துக்கு வித்திட்டு இருக்கிறீர்கள். கடகட வேகத்தில் மூன்று லட்சம் வீடுகளைக் கட்டவைக்கும் நீங்கள், அடுத்த மூன்று லட்சம் பேருக்கு வீடு கட்டிக் கொடுப்பதற்கான ரசீதைக் கொடுத்து இருக்கிறீர்கள். 'எங்கள் ஆட்சி மீண்டும் வந்தால், உங்களுக்கு வீடு நிச்சயம்!’ என்பதை ஏழைகள் மனதில் எவ்வளவு சூசகமாக ஏற்றி இருக்கிறீர்கள் பார்த்தீர்களா? அடிக்கத் திட்டமிட்டு இருக்கும் கொள்ளையில் மக்களையும் மறைமுகப் பங்குதாரர்களாக மாற்றுவதற்குத்தானே இலவசம் என்கிற பெயரில் இந்தக் கையூட்டு?
ஆனால், உங்கள் நெஞ்சத்தில் கைவைத்துச் சொல்லுங்கள்... இலவசமாக்கப்பட்டு இருக்கவேண்டியது கல்வியும், மருத்துவமும்தானே... ஏழைக்கு ஓர் உயிர்; பணக்காரனுக்கு ஓர் உயிர் என்கிற பாராமுக நிலைப்பாடுதானே இன்றுவரை தொடர்கிறது. கல்வி ஏற்றத்தாழ்வுகளை இன்று வரை இந்த அரசாங்கத்தால் களைந்து எடுக்கமுடியாமல் போனது ஏன்?
ஒரு ரூபாய்க்கு அரிசி போட்டு, 'உழைப்பு தேவை இல்லை!’ என்கிற சோம்பேறித்தனத்தை விதைப்புச் செய்தீர்கள். புத்தியை மழுங்கடிக்க இலவசத் தொலைக்காட்சி கொடுத்தீர்கள். எவன் வீட்டில் இழவு விழுந்தாலும் தன் வீட்டில், 'மானாட மயிலாட’ ஆடினால் சரி என்கிற சாக்கடை எண்ணத்துக்குள் ஒவ்வொரு தமிழனையும் தள்ளினீர்கள். உங்களின் இலவசம் ஏற்படுத்திய பாதிப்பு என்ன என்பதை காவிரிக் கரையோர விவசாயிகளிடம் கேட்டுப் பாருங்கள்... கூலிக்கு வேலை இல்லாமல் திண்டாடிய காலம் போய், வேலைக்கு ஆள் இல்லாமல் அல்லாடும் காலம் உருவாகி இருக்கிறது. இது ஆரோக்கியமான மாற்றம் அல்ல அய்யா... அயோக்கிய மாற்றம்.
கடந்த அ.தி.மு.க. ஆட்சியில் விவசாய மாவட்டங்களில் பட்டினிச் சாவுகள் தொடர்ந்தபோது, அரசாங்கமே சோறு போடும் என அறிவித்தார் அன்றைய முதல்வர் ஜெயலலிதா. கூட்டுப் பொறியலோடு குக்கிராமங்கள்தோறும் சாப்பாடு தயாரானது. அப்போது நீங்கள் சொன்ன வார்த்தைகள் என்ன தெரியுமா அய்யா... ''ஊருக்கே படியளந்த மக்களை சோற்றுக்குக் கையேந்த வைத்துவிட்டார் ஜெயலலிதா!''
அந்த அம்மையாரின் நிலைப்பாட்டை நான் நியாயப்படுத்தவே இல்லை. ஆனால், அன்றைக்கு எம் விவசாய வர்க்கம் கையேந்தியதைக் காணச் சகிக்காத நீங்கள், இன்றைக்கு ஒரு ரூபாய்க்கு அரிசி போடுகிறீர்களே... நீங்கள் அரிசி போட்டால், அது மகத்தான திட்டம்... அந்த அம்மையார் ஆக்கிப்போட்டால் அது குற்றமா?
நாவைச் சுழற்றியே நாட்டைச் சுழற்றும் உங்களின் அபூர்வ ஆட்சியை மீண்டும் தக்கவைக்க நீங்கள் தீட்டி வரும் சில திட்டங்கள்பற்றிக் கேள்விப்பட்டேன். 'ஒவ்வொரு குடும்பத்துக்கும் ஓர் அலைபேசி இலவசம்’ என அறிவிக்கப்போகிறீர்களாமே... தொலைக்காட்சியை இலவசமாக வழங்கி இணைப்புக்கு எங்களிடமே பணம் பறித்ததைப்போல, அலைபேசியை இலவசமாக வழங்கி இணைப்புக்கு எந்த நிறுவனத்திடம் பேசி வைத்திருக்கிறார்களோ?
உலகத்தில் தமிழகத்தைத் தவிர வேறு எங்கேயுமே சுய மரியாதைக்கு கட்சி தொடங்கியதாகவோ, தன்மானத்துக்காக இயக்கம் தொடங்கியதாகவோ, சரித்திரம் இல்லை. ஆனால், இன்றைக்கு அவமரியாதையின் அடையாளமாகவும், அவமானத்தின் சின்னமாகவும் எம் மக்கள் மாறிக்கிடக்கிறார்களே... அடுப்பு இலவசம், உடுப்பு இலவசம், மின்சாரம் இலவசம், சம்சாரம் இலவசம் (இலவசத் திருமணங்கள்), முட்டை இலவசம், சட்டை இலவசம் என அள்ளி வழங்கும் இந்த அரசாங்கம் தேர்தல் நெருங்குவதால் சீக்கிரமே இன்னொரு இலவசத்தையும் அறிவிக்கப் போகிறது. இனமானம் மிகுந்த தன்மானம் தளும்பிய தமிழர் பெருமக்களே... அதிர்ச்சியாகத்தான் இருக்கிறது. ஆனாலும், காத்திருங்கள்... 'இல்லங்கள் தோறும் பிள்ளைகளும் இலவசம்!’
பசியில் வாடுபவனுக்கு மீனைக் கொடுக்காதே... மீன் பிடிக்கக் கற்றுக்கொடு!'' என்கிற மேலை நாட்டுப் பொன்மொழி இந்த ஏழை நாட்டுத் தலைவர்களுக்கு ஏன் புரியாமல்போனதோ?
தொலைக்காட்சி இலவசம், உடுப்பு இலவசம், அடுப்பு இலவசம் என அனுதினமும் ஓர் அறிவிப்பை வெளியிட்டு, கையேந்தும் பெருமக்களை பெருக்கிக்கொண்டே போகிறது இந்த அரசாங்கம்.
65 ஆண்டு கால சுதந்திரத்தில், 45 ஆண்டுகள் இந்தத் தாய்த் தமிழகத்தை திராவிட இயக்கங்கள் ஆண்டிருக்கின்றன. இன்றைக்கு இலவசத்தை மகத்தான திட்டமாக வாய் வலிக்கச் சொல்பவர்கள், இத்தனை காலங்கள் ஆண்டும் என் மக்களைக் கையேந்தவைத்த கயமைக்குப் பொறுப்பு ஏற்பார்களா?
கலைஞரின் 'இளைஞன்’ படம் தமிழ்த் திரையுலகத்தின் புரட்சியாய், புகழாரக் கூட்டத்தால் கொண்டாடப்படுகிறது. மாக்ஸிம் கார்க்கியின் 'தாய்’ நாவலை, தாய்க் காவியமாக வடித்த முதல்வர் பெருமகனாருக்குச் சொல்கிறேன்... அய்யா, கார்க்கியின் எழுத்துகள் மேல் நீங்கள்கொண்டு இருக்கும் ஈர்ப்பும் பிரியமும் என்னை வியக்கவைக்கிறது. கார்க்கி எழுதிய சாலச் சிறந்த வாக்கியம் ஒன்றை உங்களுக்குச் சொல்கிறேன்.
'பிச்சை போடுபவனைக் காட்டிலும் அருவருக்கத்தக்கவன் யாரும் இல்லை. பிச்சை எடுப்பவனைக் காட்டிலும் பரிதாபத்துக்கு உரியவன் யாரும் இல்லை!’
கார்க்கியின் எழுத்துகளைப் பல சந்தர்ப்பங்களில் புகழ்ந்து உரைத்திருக்கும் நீங்கள், இந்த வரிகளுக்கு என்ன அய்யா பதில் சொல்ல முடியும்? உடனே, பிச்சைக்கும் இலவசத்துக்கும் வித்தியாசம் இருக்கிறது என வழக்கம்போல் விளக்கப் புராணம் பாடாதீர்கள். தனி மனிதனுக்குப் போட்டால் பிச்சை... தமிழ்நாட்டுக்கே போட்டால் இலவசமா? எங்களின் பணத்தை எங்களுக்கே பிச்சையாக்கும் வித்தையை இத்தனை காலம் நீங்கள் பயன்படுத்தாமல் இருந்ததே ஆச்சர்யம்தான்.
இலவசத் திட்டங்களுக்காக அரசாங்கம் இழக்கும் தொகையை நீங்கள் எதன் மூலமாக ஈடுகட்டுகிறீர்கள்? மது விற்பதன் மூலமாக... ஏழைக் குடியானவன் சாராயம் காய்ச்சினால், சட்டப்படி அது குற்றம். அரசாங்கமே சாராயம் காய்ச்சினால், அது திட்டம். நல்லா இருக்கிறதய்யா உங்கள் நியாயம்? தீபாவளி தினத்தில் மட்டும் 90 கோடிக்கு சாராயம் விற்றதாக இந்த அரசாங்கம் சாதனை அறிக்கை வெளியிடுகிறது. வயிற்றுக்கு விஷம் வைத்துவிட்டு, வாய்க்கு உணவு கொடுப்பதுதான் உங்கள் சாதனையின் மகத்துவமா அய்யா?
இலவசம் என்றால் என்ன பொருள் உங்கள் அகராதியில்? பல்துறைப்பட்ட வருமானத்தின் அரசுத் திட்டங்களைச் செயல்படுத்தியதுபோக, மீதம் இருக்கும் உபரி வருமானத் தொகையை வைத்து மக்களுக்கு ஏதாவது வழங்கினால் அதற்குப் பெயர்தான் இலவசம். ஆனால், 80 ஆயிரம் கோடியை தமிழகத்தின் கடனாக ஏற்றிவைத்துவிட்டு, இழுத்துக்கோ பறிச்சுக்கோ என்கிற நிலைமையிலும், இலவசத்தை வழங்கினால், அதற்கு உண்மையான அர்த்தம் 'உள்நோக்கம்’ என்பதுதானே!
உடனே அறிவார்ந்தவரும் மூத்த அமைச்சருமான அய்யா அன்பழகனார் அறிவிக்கிறார்... 'தமிழக அரசின் 80 ஆயிரம் கோடி கடன் தமிழக மக்களைப் பாதிக்காது!’ அப்படி என்றால், எங்களின் கடனை கன்னடக்காரன் கட்டுவதாகச் சொல்லி இருக்கிறானா? இல்லை தெலுங்குக்காரன் திரட்டிக் கொடுப்பதாகச் சொல்லி இருக்கிறானா?
இலவசங்கள் தொடர்ந்துகொண்டே போகட்டும்... என்றைக்கோ ஒரு நாள் பொருளாதார நெருக்கடி ஏற்பட்டு, இலவசங்களைத் தொடர முடியாத நிலை ஏற்பட்டால், தமிழகத்தின் நிலை என்னாகும் என்பது உங்களின் புத்திக்குப் புலனாகவில்லையா முதல்வரே?
இலவசம் இல்லாமல் போனால், பிறர் சவம் என்றாலும், பிய்த்துத் தின்னும் நிலை வந்துவிடாதா? இத்தனை காலம் உண்டபடியே உறங்கியவனை, ஒரே நாளில் உழைப்புக்குப் பழக்கப்படுத்திவிட முடியுமா? கொலை, கொள்ளை, வழிப்பறி என இந்த நாடே சுடுகாடாகிவிடாதா? அப்படி ஒரு நிலை வரத்தானே இத்தனை இலவசங்களை அறிவித்து, எம்மக்களின் சொரணைக்குச் சுருக்குப் போட்டுவிட்டீர்கள்?
தேர்தல் நெருங்க... நெருங்க... எப்படி எல்லாம் இலவசங்களை அறிவிக்கலாம் என மூளையைக் கசக்கி முப்பொழுதும் யோசிக்கிறீர்கள். வாரம் ஐந்து முட்டை என அறிவித்து குழந்தைகளைக் குதூகளிக்கவைத்தீர்கள்... இத்தனை காலம் ஒரு முட்டை போட்ட கோழிகள் திடீரென ஐந்து முட்டைகள் போட ஆரம்பித்துவிட்டதா அய்யா? நாலரை ஆண்டு காலம் ஏழைகள் எந்தக் குடிசையில் வாழ்ந்தாலும் சரி என நினைத்த நீங்கள், இப்போது திடீரென வீடு வழங்கும் திட்டத்துக்கு வித்திட்டு இருக்கிறீர்கள். கடகட வேகத்தில் மூன்று லட்சம் வீடுகளைக் கட்டவைக்கும் நீங்கள், அடுத்த மூன்று லட்சம் பேருக்கு வீடு கட்டிக் கொடுப்பதற்கான ரசீதைக் கொடுத்து இருக்கிறீர்கள். 'எங்கள் ஆட்சி மீண்டும் வந்தால், உங்களுக்கு வீடு நிச்சயம்!’ என்பதை ஏழைகள் மனதில் எவ்வளவு சூசகமாக ஏற்றி இருக்கிறீர்கள் பார்த்தீர்களா? அடிக்கத் திட்டமிட்டு இருக்கும் கொள்ளையில் மக்களையும் மறைமுகப் பங்குதாரர்களாக மாற்றுவதற்குத்தானே இலவசம் என்கிற பெயரில் இந்தக் கையூட்டு?
ஆனால், உங்கள் நெஞ்சத்தில் கைவைத்துச் சொல்லுங்கள்... இலவசமாக்கப்பட்டு இருக்கவேண்டியது கல்வியும், மருத்துவமும்தானே... ஏழைக்கு ஓர் உயிர்; பணக்காரனுக்கு ஓர் உயிர் என்கிற பாராமுக நிலைப்பாடுதானே இன்றுவரை தொடர்கிறது. கல்வி ஏற்றத்தாழ்வுகளை இன்று வரை இந்த அரசாங்கத்தால் களைந்து எடுக்கமுடியாமல் போனது ஏன்?
ஒரு ரூபாய்க்கு அரிசி போட்டு, 'உழைப்பு தேவை இல்லை!’ என்கிற சோம்பேறித்தனத்தை விதைப்புச் செய்தீர்கள். புத்தியை மழுங்கடிக்க இலவசத் தொலைக்காட்சி கொடுத்தீர்கள். எவன் வீட்டில் இழவு விழுந்தாலும் தன் வீட்டில், 'மானாட மயிலாட’ ஆடினால் சரி என்கிற சாக்கடை எண்ணத்துக்குள் ஒவ்வொரு தமிழனையும் தள்ளினீர்கள். உங்களின் இலவசம் ஏற்படுத்திய பாதிப்பு என்ன என்பதை காவிரிக் கரையோர விவசாயிகளிடம் கேட்டுப் பாருங்கள்... கூலிக்கு வேலை இல்லாமல் திண்டாடிய காலம் போய், வேலைக்கு ஆள் இல்லாமல் அல்லாடும் காலம் உருவாகி இருக்கிறது. இது ஆரோக்கியமான மாற்றம் அல்ல அய்யா... அயோக்கிய மாற்றம்.
கடந்த அ.தி.மு.க. ஆட்சியில் விவசாய மாவட்டங்களில் பட்டினிச் சாவுகள் தொடர்ந்தபோது, அரசாங்கமே சோறு போடும் என அறிவித்தார் அன்றைய முதல்வர் ஜெயலலிதா. கூட்டுப் பொறியலோடு குக்கிராமங்கள்தோறும் சாப்பாடு தயாரானது. அப்போது நீங்கள் சொன்ன வார்த்தைகள் என்ன தெரியுமா அய்யா... ''ஊருக்கே படியளந்த மக்களை சோற்றுக்குக் கையேந்த வைத்துவிட்டார் ஜெயலலிதா!''
அந்த அம்மையாரின் நிலைப்பாட்டை நான் நியாயப்படுத்தவே இல்லை. ஆனால், அன்றைக்கு எம் விவசாய வர்க்கம் கையேந்தியதைக் காணச் சகிக்காத நீங்கள், இன்றைக்கு ஒரு ரூபாய்க்கு அரிசி போடுகிறீர்களே... நீங்கள் அரிசி போட்டால், அது மகத்தான திட்டம்... அந்த அம்மையார் ஆக்கிப்போட்டால் அது குற்றமா?
நாவைச் சுழற்றியே நாட்டைச் சுழற்றும் உங்களின் அபூர்வ ஆட்சியை மீண்டும் தக்கவைக்க நீங்கள் தீட்டி வரும் சில திட்டங்கள்பற்றிக் கேள்விப்பட்டேன். 'ஒவ்வொரு குடும்பத்துக்கும் ஓர் அலைபேசி இலவசம்’ என அறிவிக்கப்போகிறீர்களாமே... தொலைக்காட்சியை இலவசமாக வழங்கி இணைப்புக்கு எங்களிடமே பணம் பறித்ததைப்போல, அலைபேசியை இலவசமாக வழங்கி இணைப்புக்கு எந்த நிறுவனத்திடம் பேசி வைத்திருக்கிறார்களோ?
உலகத்தில் தமிழகத்தைத் தவிர வேறு எங்கேயுமே சுய மரியாதைக்கு கட்சி தொடங்கியதாகவோ, தன்மானத்துக்காக இயக்கம் தொடங்கியதாகவோ, சரித்திரம் இல்லை. ஆனால், இன்றைக்கு அவமரியாதையின் அடையாளமாகவும், அவமானத்தின் சின்னமாகவும் எம் மக்கள் மாறிக்கிடக்கிறார்களே... அடுப்பு இலவசம், உடுப்பு இலவசம், மின்சாரம் இலவசம், சம்சாரம் இலவசம் (இலவசத் திருமணங்கள்), முட்டை இலவசம், சட்டை இலவசம் என அள்ளி வழங்கும் இந்த அரசாங்கம் தேர்தல் நெருங்குவதால் சீக்கிரமே இன்னொரு இலவசத்தையும் அறிவிக்கப் போகிறது. இனமானம் மிகுந்த தன்மானம் தளும்பிய தமிழர் பெருமக்களே... அதிர்ச்சியாகத்தான் இருக்கிறது. ஆனாலும், காத்திருங்கள்... 'இல்லங்கள் தோறும் பிள்ளைகளும் இலவசம்!’
Thursday, April 7, 2011
THIS DAY LAST YEAR-TIME AND TIDE WAITS NONE
Compared to the tight busy schedule that i used to witness each year,from first week of April on wards due to annual closing and audit pressures, i have been going thru a relaxed period this year mainly because i had another important responsibility to be discharged.Viz The first annual ceremony of my elder brother .
It appeared as if March 20, 2010 had just passed by, bringing in its wake the sudden and unexpected demise of my elder brother even while i was preparing to leave Delhi to go to Trichy to bring him home, with improved health and cheerful spirits.The agony and pain of that day was redoubled because of the death of one naother close reltive of mine(My AUNT'S son)on the same day evening which was also least expected.
Thus the first week of April this year , has given me an opportunity to discharge my reponsibility to the departed soul and also to thankfully remain away from office. The informal news that the annual report this year is likely to be out only by end April also made it easy at office with out much of a pressure, in taking leave.Further the fact that this year happens to be my retirement year (about which entire satff in my organisation right frm CHAIRMAN level to Substaff level are aware)enabled me to take it with out any guilt feelings as i had months of leave to credit which possibly may go waste if not used judicially.
And when i travel down the memory lane quite a few events have happened which would have been happily relished and blessed by my departed brother had he been alive.This includes the transfer of my daughter to Chennai (From Raichur), her subseqent employment in an ITC,her Visit to USA within 6 months of her entry in tO the new company, successful accomplishment of project for which she visited USA, her betrothal with the boy whom she chose with the blessings of both families,and the finalisation of the date of her marriage, which my departed brother had been looking forward to with great expectations.He used to say while he was alive, that he would bequeath his proerty to her and shall be gald to have her and her husband stay in his house till he breathed his last.
He had developed such an affection and love to my daughter , basically because of her calm tarits enticing smiles and her tendency to adujst herself..I am sure his soul, when it revisits this abode at the time of annual ceremony, will certainly be rejoiced and his blessings would be available in plenty and in abundance to her.
So also another event about which he will be extremely happy is with the completion of submission of PhD THESIS by my son in record time at EFL, hyderabad and his subsequent pursuit for another PhD ina foreign university under the studentship offered by them.My Brother always had a feeling that he did not study well ( the fault was not on him but on the fate which brought the deadly decease at such an young age with which he fought and lived for about 5 decadesthereafter)and hnce had an immediate admiration and liking to those who studied well.His admiration and affection towards me (For i happened to be the first professional in my whole family having come out with ranks in CA in the year 1976, though we have about a dozen CAs now in my family circle)thus straight away converged on my son , on his accomplishments at School and college as Gold medallist .He would be an extremly happy person to witness another mile stone to be set by my son when he accomplishes his PHD both in INDIA AND ABROAD SIMULTANEOUSLY.
At this point of time i could not but help thinking thatwhat ever my children have accomplished is also partly due to teh qualities of my brother.He was always simple, straight forward and honest and never wanted to be dependent on any one till he breathed his last not withstanding his physical ailments which curtailed his movement quite a lot towards the last part of his life. His will power is amazing and his ideaology and steadfast principles are some thing to be imbibed upon.When i perform his annual rites i dip my thoughts and deeds in his memory and the way in which he lived his life till the end.
AND I CRAVE FOR HIS BLESSINGS TO ALL IN THE FAMILY TO GIVE THEN COURAGE, CONVICTION,HAPPINESS AND PEACE OF MIND.
It appeared as if March 20, 2010 had just passed by, bringing in its wake the sudden and unexpected demise of my elder brother even while i was preparing to leave Delhi to go to Trichy to bring him home, with improved health and cheerful spirits.The agony and pain of that day was redoubled because of the death of one naother close reltive of mine(My AUNT'S son)on the same day evening which was also least expected.
Thus the first week of April this year , has given me an opportunity to discharge my reponsibility to the departed soul and also to thankfully remain away from office. The informal news that the annual report this year is likely to be out only by end April also made it easy at office with out much of a pressure, in taking leave.Further the fact that this year happens to be my retirement year (about which entire satff in my organisation right frm CHAIRMAN level to Substaff level are aware)enabled me to take it with out any guilt feelings as i had months of leave to credit which possibly may go waste if not used judicially.
And when i travel down the memory lane quite a few events have happened which would have been happily relished and blessed by my departed brother had he been alive.This includes the transfer of my daughter to Chennai (From Raichur), her subseqent employment in an ITC,her Visit to USA within 6 months of her entry in tO the new company, successful accomplishment of project for which she visited USA, her betrothal with the boy whom she chose with the blessings of both families,and the finalisation of the date of her marriage, which my departed brother had been looking forward to with great expectations.He used to say while he was alive, that he would bequeath his proerty to her and shall be gald to have her and her husband stay in his house till he breathed his last.
He had developed such an affection and love to my daughter , basically because of her calm tarits enticing smiles and her tendency to adujst herself..I am sure his soul, when it revisits this abode at the time of annual ceremony, will certainly be rejoiced and his blessings would be available in plenty and in abundance to her.
So also another event about which he will be extremely happy is with the completion of submission of PhD THESIS by my son in record time at EFL, hyderabad and his subsequent pursuit for another PhD ina foreign university under the studentship offered by them.My Brother always had a feeling that he did not study well ( the fault was not on him but on the fate which brought the deadly decease at such an young age with which he fought and lived for about 5 decadesthereafter)and hnce had an immediate admiration and liking to those who studied well.His admiration and affection towards me (For i happened to be the first professional in my whole family having come out with ranks in CA in the year 1976, though we have about a dozen CAs now in my family circle)thus straight away converged on my son , on his accomplishments at School and college as Gold medallist .He would be an extremly happy person to witness another mile stone to be set by my son when he accomplishes his PHD both in INDIA AND ABROAD SIMULTANEOUSLY.
At this point of time i could not but help thinking thatwhat ever my children have accomplished is also partly due to teh qualities of my brother.He was always simple, straight forward and honest and never wanted to be dependent on any one till he breathed his last not withstanding his physical ailments which curtailed his movement quite a lot towards the last part of his life. His will power is amazing and his ideaology and steadfast principles are some thing to be imbibed upon.When i perform his annual rites i dip my thoughts and deeds in his memory and the way in which he lived his life till the end.
AND I CRAVE FOR HIS BLESSINGS TO ALL IN THE FAMILY TO GIVE THEN COURAGE, CONVICTION,HAPPINESS AND PEACE OF MIND.
Saturday, April 2, 2011
welcome to new financial year
Friday, April 1, 2011BEGIINING OF THE NEW FINANCIAL YEAR
HI ALL,
THERE WAS CELEBRATION AROUND, MUSIC IN AIR AND A SENCE OF UPLIFTMENT IN EVERY ONE, WHEN THE NEWS OF CROSSING BUSINESS MIX OF 250000 CRORES WAS ANNOUNCED.THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT A NEW FINANCIAL YEAR COULD NOT HAVE BEGUN ON A BETTER FOOTING.
THE FACT THAT THE ATTAINMENT CAME, IN MY TENTH YEAR OF MANAGING THE BALANCE SHEET WAS SWEET.AT THE SAME TIME, THE RECOGNITION THAT THIS IS GOING TO MY LAST ASSOCIATION WITH THE YEAR END BALANCE SHEET OF THE BANK (THIS BEING MY YEAR OF RETIREMENT) WAS ALWAYS OCCUPYING TEH BACK OF MY MIND.
THAT GAVE A MIXED FEELING WHICH I WAS NOT ABLE TO DECIPHER OR PINPOINT TILLNOW. I DECIDED TO SHARE MY FEELINGS ON THE EVE OF NEW FINANCIAL YEAR WITH MY FELLOW COLLEGUES THRU THE INTRA MAIL FACILITY AND THEN I WAS TAKEN BY SURPRISE BY THE OVERWHELMING AND HONEST RESPONSES RECEIVED BT ME.I AM JUST TABULATING A FEW OF THEM BELOW, NOT WITH A VIEW TO MAKE THIS BLOG " A SELF PRAISING " PLATFORM ,BUT TO ASSERT TO MY SELF THAT MY INNINGS SO FAR HAD REALLY WON ME A STREAM OF ADMIRERS,WELL WISHERS AND MOST OF THEM HAVE CHOSEN ME TO BE ROLE MODEL (possibly seeing the brighter side of me alone!!).
THE COMMENTS CAN BE SUMMED UP IN THREE CATEGORIES:
1.AN EXPRESSION OF SURPRISE AND DISBELIEF ON MY ANNOUNCEMENT ,THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE MY RETIREMENT YEAR.MOST OF THEM POINTED OUT THAT I DO NOT LOOK LIKE 60 AND AT BEST I CAN BE OF THE AGE OF 55 OR SO AND I AM JOKING .
2.THERE WERE WISHES TO THE EFFECT THAT RETIREMENT AGE BE INCREASED SO THAT I BECOME ELEVATED AS GM AND RETIRE AS GM.
3.THIRD CATEGORY WHO ACCEPTED THE FACT THAT I AM DUE FOR RETIREMENT, EXPRESSING CONFIDENCE THAT I WILL BE RETIANED BY THE BANK FOR MY EXPERTISE OF BALANCESHEET MANAGEMENT (IS THERE ONE SUCH !!) AND FOR TAKING FORWARD IFRS IMPLEMENTATION IN DAYS TO COME.
ON GOING THRU THE VARIOUS CATEGORIES OF RESPONSE, I WAS ABLE TO PIN POINT MY FEELINGS MORE PRECISELY. IT WAS A FEELING OF GRATITUDE AND GREATFULNESS BUNDLED INTO ONE, MARKED HOWEVER BY A TINGE OF SORROW.GRATITUDE TO THE INSTITURION WHICH HAS MADE ME WHAT I AM TODAY (THOUGH THERE COULD BE WISH FUL THINKING TAHT IT OUGHT TO BE MUCH MORE BETTER), GRATEFULNESS TO COLLEGUES AND SUPERIORS WHO HAD PUT UP WITH ME (DESPITE ALL MY TANTRUMS, OUTBIRSTS ETC SEEING ONLY THE POSITIVE SIDE IN ME) AND TINGE OF SORROW BECAUSE I AM DESTINED TO BID FARE WELL THIS YEAR TO ALL GOOD THINGS AROUND.
THE TRAVEL WAS LONG.CHALLENGES FACED WERE MANY. LIMITATIONS CROSSED WERE COUNTLESS.FROM A MEAGRE PROFIT OF AROUND RS 42 CRORES (WHEN I ENTERED THE BALANCE SHEET DEPARTMENT A DECADE BACK) THE PROFITS SURGED TO 4 FIGURES IN 2007.A REMARKABLE ATTAINMENT. THEN FOLLOWED A PERIOD OF CONSOLIDATION AND AGAIN THE BUSINESS MIX CROSSED 250000 CRORES BY 31/3/2011.NO DOUBT A TIME TO REJOICE.THE FACT THAT WE CROSSED MANY HURDLES IN THIS JOURNEY AND SOME OF THEM MAY NOT EVEN BE KNOWN TO EVEN TO PEOPLE WHO MATTER, BUT HAD BEEN SILENTLY HANDLED AND CONQURED AT OUR LEVELS ITSELF ADD DIGNITY TO OUR ROLE FUNCTIONS.I COULD NOT BUT RECALL MYDEAR FRIEND JANARDHANA REDDY AT THIS POINT OF TIME WHO WAS WITH ME IN THIS JOURNEY FOR ALLMOST 6 YEARS WHEN WE STOOD SHOULDER TO SHOULDER IN TACKLING EVERY ISSUE WHICH WE CAME BY.SPECIAL CREDITS ALSO TO RS,SV,KR,P AND AR WHO IN THIER OWN WAY MADE THE WORKING ATMOSHERE INTERESTING AND LIVELY.
I NOW MOVE ON WITH CONTENTMENT, A SENCE OF SATISFACTION AND A PRIDE IN HAVING ACHIEVED WHAT I WANTED TO ACHIEVE. I HAVE LEARNT NOT TO GAUGE MY WORK WITH THE REWARDS WHAT I GOT, BUT BY SELF INTROSPECTION AND SELF APPRAISAL AND THAT LEAVES ME WITH A DISTINCT SENCE OF PEACE AND SOLITUDE.
THANKS AND REGARDS TO ALL THOSE MADE IT POSSIBLE INCLUDING SUPERIORS WHOSE WARMTH AND AFFECTION I ENJOYED IN PLENTY.
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Labels: CAREER, FRIENDS, Peace, RETIREMENT, SELF INTROSPECTION
HI ALL,
THERE WAS CELEBRATION AROUND, MUSIC IN AIR AND A SENCE OF UPLIFTMENT IN EVERY ONE, WHEN THE NEWS OF CROSSING BUSINESS MIX OF 250000 CRORES WAS ANNOUNCED.THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT A NEW FINANCIAL YEAR COULD NOT HAVE BEGUN ON A BETTER FOOTING.
THE FACT THAT THE ATTAINMENT CAME, IN MY TENTH YEAR OF MANAGING THE BALANCE SHEET WAS SWEET.AT THE SAME TIME, THE RECOGNITION THAT THIS IS GOING TO MY LAST ASSOCIATION WITH THE YEAR END BALANCE SHEET OF THE BANK (THIS BEING MY YEAR OF RETIREMENT) WAS ALWAYS OCCUPYING TEH BACK OF MY MIND.
THAT GAVE A MIXED FEELING WHICH I WAS NOT ABLE TO DECIPHER OR PINPOINT TILLNOW. I DECIDED TO SHARE MY FEELINGS ON THE EVE OF NEW FINANCIAL YEAR WITH MY FELLOW COLLEGUES THRU THE INTRA MAIL FACILITY AND THEN I WAS TAKEN BY SURPRISE BY THE OVERWHELMING AND HONEST RESPONSES RECEIVED BT ME.I AM JUST TABULATING A FEW OF THEM BELOW, NOT WITH A VIEW TO MAKE THIS BLOG " A SELF PRAISING " PLATFORM ,BUT TO ASSERT TO MY SELF THAT MY INNINGS SO FAR HAD REALLY WON ME A STREAM OF ADMIRERS,WELL WISHERS AND MOST OF THEM HAVE CHOSEN ME TO BE ROLE MODEL (possibly seeing the brighter side of me alone!!).
THE COMMENTS CAN BE SUMMED UP IN THREE CATEGORIES:
1.AN EXPRESSION OF SURPRISE AND DISBELIEF ON MY ANNOUNCEMENT ,THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE MY RETIREMENT YEAR.MOST OF THEM POINTED OUT THAT I DO NOT LOOK LIKE 60 AND AT BEST I CAN BE OF THE AGE OF 55 OR SO AND I AM JOKING .
2.THERE WERE WISHES TO THE EFFECT THAT RETIREMENT AGE BE INCREASED SO THAT I BECOME ELEVATED AS GM AND RETIRE AS GM.
3.THIRD CATEGORY WHO ACCEPTED THE FACT THAT I AM DUE FOR RETIREMENT, EXPRESSING CONFIDENCE THAT I WILL BE RETIANED BY THE BANK FOR MY EXPERTISE OF BALANCESHEET MANAGEMENT (IS THERE ONE SUCH !!) AND FOR TAKING FORWARD IFRS IMPLEMENTATION IN DAYS TO COME.
ON GOING THRU THE VARIOUS CATEGORIES OF RESPONSE, I WAS ABLE TO PIN POINT MY FEELINGS MORE PRECISELY. IT WAS A FEELING OF GRATITUDE AND GREATFULNESS BUNDLED INTO ONE, MARKED HOWEVER BY A TINGE OF SORROW.GRATITUDE TO THE INSTITURION WHICH HAS MADE ME WHAT I AM TODAY (THOUGH THERE COULD BE WISH FUL THINKING TAHT IT OUGHT TO BE MUCH MORE BETTER), GRATEFULNESS TO COLLEGUES AND SUPERIORS WHO HAD PUT UP WITH ME (DESPITE ALL MY TANTRUMS, OUTBIRSTS ETC SEEING ONLY THE POSITIVE SIDE IN ME) AND TINGE OF SORROW BECAUSE I AM DESTINED TO BID FARE WELL THIS YEAR TO ALL GOOD THINGS AROUND.
THE TRAVEL WAS LONG.CHALLENGES FACED WERE MANY. LIMITATIONS CROSSED WERE COUNTLESS.FROM A MEAGRE PROFIT OF AROUND RS 42 CRORES (WHEN I ENTERED THE BALANCE SHEET DEPARTMENT A DECADE BACK) THE PROFITS SURGED TO 4 FIGURES IN 2007.A REMARKABLE ATTAINMENT. THEN FOLLOWED A PERIOD OF CONSOLIDATION AND AGAIN THE BUSINESS MIX CROSSED 250000 CRORES BY 31/3/2011.NO DOUBT A TIME TO REJOICE.THE FACT THAT WE CROSSED MANY HURDLES IN THIS JOURNEY AND SOME OF THEM MAY NOT EVEN BE KNOWN TO EVEN TO PEOPLE WHO MATTER, BUT HAD BEEN SILENTLY HANDLED AND CONQURED AT OUR LEVELS ITSELF ADD DIGNITY TO OUR ROLE FUNCTIONS.I COULD NOT BUT RECALL MYDEAR FRIEND JANARDHANA REDDY AT THIS POINT OF TIME WHO WAS WITH ME IN THIS JOURNEY FOR ALLMOST 6 YEARS WHEN WE STOOD SHOULDER TO SHOULDER IN TACKLING EVERY ISSUE WHICH WE CAME BY.SPECIAL CREDITS ALSO TO RS,SV,KR,P AND AR WHO IN THIER OWN WAY MADE THE WORKING ATMOSHERE INTERESTING AND LIVELY.
I NOW MOVE ON WITH CONTENTMENT, A SENCE OF SATISFACTION AND A PRIDE IN HAVING ACHIEVED WHAT I WANTED TO ACHIEVE. I HAVE LEARNT NOT TO GAUGE MY WORK WITH THE REWARDS WHAT I GOT, BUT BY SELF INTROSPECTION AND SELF APPRAISAL AND THAT LEAVES ME WITH A DISTINCT SENCE OF PEACE AND SOLITUDE.
THANKS AND REGARDS TO ALL THOSE MADE IT POSSIBLE INCLUDING SUPERIORS WHOSE WARMTH AND AFFECTION I ENJOYED IN PLENTY.
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Labels: CAREER, FRIENDS, Peace, RETIREMENT, SELF INTROSPECTION
Friday, April 1, 2011
vaishnav temple and saivite temple at ku(o)dvasal
Kodavasal or Kuda vasal , is my native place.I do not really know whether any one in the present fast moving world can claim any place to be his/her native place. Most of us have moved far away from our native places on account of various factors, the most important being the desire to survive and earn a livelihood.Our roots have been removed form our native places and planted elsewhere and depending on one's luck or other wise, the growth or decline of various family trees have taken place.
However, over a period of time most of us have kept in touch with the nativepalce, for a variety of reasons and the most important of them used to be the visit to kula deivam/deity as and when any good event is taking place in the family to pray for the blessings of the almighty.I am no exception and am in touch with my kuladeivam temple at Kudavasal, situated about 10-12 kms on the Kumbakonam-Thiruvarur route.
Presiding deity at the temple is Lord srinivasa with his beloveds Sridevi and Boodevi.Few more deities have been installed during the samprokshanam celebrations held in 2009, which include Lord Hayagreeva Lord Laxshmi narasimhar , Lord Yoga Narasimhar and Anjaneya.
The visits to the temple have always remained green in memory for a variety of reasons.The most important one is the inner peace and level of comfort that i used to get once i get into the sanctum sanctorum.You are simply transformed to a different world and the present world's worries and inhibitions are simply given a go by, in the presence of the almighty. The more time i have spent there the more i a have satrted appreciating the concept of 'saranagathi"...i.e leaving every thing to HIM and proceeding in the path ear marked to once self.
The recent visit to this temple , last week gave rise to this blog post.Possibly I have lost count of the number of visits that i have made to this temple. But i vividly recall some of these visits for some special reasons.
One of them relates to the decade of 1980"s when me and my family visited the temple to offer the prayers(by giving the hair of the new child as part of the customs in the family)along with my son aged 3 years and daughter aged 2 years , with my brother and my parents.I remember the dip that we had in the near by pond, the food that we had in my cousin's place who was residing in Kodavasal then and the prayers we offered at the temple (when only Moolavar was present and the urchavar was kept in the sIva temple near by for security reasons).
The visit is remembered for the simple reason that my son, just a few months before this visit only, has started walking(after a tense period of waiting for 2 years)when we were consulting various doctors . all of whom assured taht there was nothing to worry, but still he was moving only witrh the help of his hands and the back and not with legs. Now any one who see him will not believe that he had taken two years to walk, considering the speed with which he walks.
The next one i recall was almost after 15 years , in EARLY 2001 when i visited the place along with my family members, immediately after the upanayanam of my son.In between these 15 years though quite a few visits have been made they were flying visits with no special purpose except to visit my brother and to have glimpse of God.This visit was remebered because it was a close family circuit and all my sisters along with their husbands besides my brother were present compensating for the absence of my father/mother/Chithhi/ manni in that order who left for heavenly abodes during these 15 years, and the last 3 in a row in 1997.
Then it was the visit during samprokshanam in March 2009 when i had visited the temple along with my wife, elder brother (no more now) and elder sister, when other relatives as also other kodvasalites gathered in thousands of numbers to make the occasion memorable.WE stayed at O.KOIL and transported to and from O.kOIL thru vans to particiapte in various functions and to take prasadams /food at Kudavasal.This visit was remembered since both my son and daughter who were accompanying in the visit in 2007, were not ther with us and were pursuing their own ambitions/careers under testing and trying circumstances at Mumbai and Raichur.Our united prayers then were to have a life free of worries and problems to both our children.Nothing else mattered then.AS if to answer our prayers within an year the life of my son and daughter took some positive turn for betterment exactly in an year and by march 2010 we were heaving a sigh of relief that things are going in the right direction for both of them.
Then came the recent trip to Kodavsal in March 2011(again after an year to be exact)and i was travelling alone to Kodavasal.From 2001 , in which i made the trip along with all my family members to 2011 when i took the trip alone.Such is the life's journey.And my dear bother who was with me in my every trip to Kudavasal breathed his last in MARCH 2010 and was not around .Life's journey is such where in it can be equated to a train journey. The train stops at various places and many get in and many move out.But the journey shall continue till one's destination is reached and once this recognition comes, journey becomes smooth like a tide.
I proceeded directly to kudavsal (a 10 hour journey by Bus form Chennai) and when i approached my destination, the evening shadows were becoming longer, the sun was at his crimson red, preparing to rest in the west, and the cool breeze carrying the moist from the rain filled ponds enroute ,all made me to forget the tiredenes of the lloonngg(Mistake intentional)journey and energised me .the purpose of the visit this time was to have a dharshan of the lord after almost 2 years and to invite the almighty and invoke his blessings to grace the occasion of my daughter;s wedding scheduled on 5th June 2011. Purohit was waiting for my arrival tp perform the evening pooja and the moment i entered he accompanied me to the sanctum sanctorum and performed archana to the presiding deity.I stayed in the temple premises enjoying its silence, magnificence, the fragrance and the absolute peacefullness for almost an hour and then proceeded to another Siva temple situated at Kodvasal itself, which i did not have an occasion to visit so far. Invariably we used to come from Kumbakonam and or O.kOIL to Kuda vasal and when there is a crowd it becomes difficult to carry out one's own desires . Now that i was alsone and had already decided to saty at Kudavasal, for night, i had the entire evening at my disposal and thuis the visit to Siva temple.
To my utter surprise and astonishment, the moment i stepped into temple, i knew what we all had missed all along.The siva temple dates back to 2nd century and was reportedly built by Kotchengot Chozhan.The presiding deity is Koneswarar.There are 18 steps to be taken to reach the presiding deity and it is claimed this temple is the first role model for many temples of alter years (Especially iyappa temples-where in 18 steps to God is considered as holy journey to bliss).
The thala purana for both Srinivasa temple (Our family deity at Kudavasal) and the Koneswarar siva temple had lot of similarities pointing out to the basic fact that Hari and HARAN and one and the same and the belief systems of Saivits and Vaishnavites have many common similarities.The thala purna for both Temples describe that the almighty,with a view to giving new life to the universe at the end of Kaliyuga had chosen various specimens of life and had put the same in a pot filled with nectar (the life saving sanjeevini) . This pot when it broke into pieces, resulted in the mouth of the pot falling in the place, subsequently christened as Kuda vasal, Kuda vayil. symbolically representing the place where the mouth of the pot and consequently the nectar had come to stay.As a result the almighty had chosen to take the same place as its abode to give divine blessings to the human beings.Whn i visited the siva temple, there was power cut and i could see the Linga in natural lights , taking me to an altogether different heavenly experience. When i cam out of the sanctum sanctorum and looked at the sky (since it was only few days to Amavasya) the sky presented another marvellous sight. It was a blue carpet of vast expanse studded with millions of diamonds and i got the feeling atht the almighty is watching the universe with its thosands of star studded eyes.I did not pray for nay thing as there was nothing to pray for. There was abundant peace within and also outside.
An unforgettable experience which possibly could not be reflected/described in words but one which is to be experienced by individual experience only.
KANDAVAR VINDILAR, VIDAVAR, KANDILAR
TOWARDS THE NIGHT WHEN I RETIRED TO BED, THE BEAUTY AND GRANDEUR OF THE SMALL YET THE MOST ATTRACTIVE DEITY OF LORD SRINIVASA AND THE MIGHTY AND MAJESTIC LORD SIVA ALLOWED ME TO HAVE AN WONDERFUL REST DEVOID OF ALL EARTHLY WORRIES..
may the deities of the Kudavasal town bless all the readers as also non readers of this blog with peace, health and prosperity.
However, over a period of time most of us have kept in touch with the nativepalce, for a variety of reasons and the most important of them used to be the visit to kula deivam/deity as and when any good event is taking place in the family to pray for the blessings of the almighty.I am no exception and am in touch with my kuladeivam temple at Kudavasal, situated about 10-12 kms on the Kumbakonam-Thiruvarur route.
Presiding deity at the temple is Lord srinivasa with his beloveds Sridevi and Boodevi.Few more deities have been installed during the samprokshanam celebrations held in 2009, which include Lord Hayagreeva Lord Laxshmi narasimhar , Lord Yoga Narasimhar and Anjaneya.
The visits to the temple have always remained green in memory for a variety of reasons.The most important one is the inner peace and level of comfort that i used to get once i get into the sanctum sanctorum.You are simply transformed to a different world and the present world's worries and inhibitions are simply given a go by, in the presence of the almighty. The more time i have spent there the more i a have satrted appreciating the concept of 'saranagathi"...i.e leaving every thing to HIM and proceeding in the path ear marked to once self.
The recent visit to this temple , last week gave rise to this blog post.Possibly I have lost count of the number of visits that i have made to this temple. But i vividly recall some of these visits for some special reasons.
One of them relates to the decade of 1980"s when me and my family visited the temple to offer the prayers(by giving the hair of the new child as part of the customs in the family)along with my son aged 3 years and daughter aged 2 years , with my brother and my parents.I remember the dip that we had in the near by pond, the food that we had in my cousin's place who was residing in Kodavasal then and the prayers we offered at the temple (when only Moolavar was present and the urchavar was kept in the sIva temple near by for security reasons).
The visit is remembered for the simple reason that my son, just a few months before this visit only, has started walking(after a tense period of waiting for 2 years)when we were consulting various doctors . all of whom assured taht there was nothing to worry, but still he was moving only witrh the help of his hands and the back and not with legs. Now any one who see him will not believe that he had taken two years to walk, considering the speed with which he walks.
The next one i recall was almost after 15 years , in EARLY 2001 when i visited the place along with my family members, immediately after the upanayanam of my son.In between these 15 years though quite a few visits have been made they were flying visits with no special purpose except to visit my brother and to have glimpse of God.This visit was remebered because it was a close family circuit and all my sisters along with their husbands besides my brother were present compensating for the absence of my father/mother/Chithhi/ manni in that order who left for heavenly abodes during these 15 years, and the last 3 in a row in 1997.
Then it was the visit during samprokshanam in March 2009 when i had visited the temple along with my wife, elder brother (no more now) and elder sister, when other relatives as also other kodvasalites gathered in thousands of numbers to make the occasion memorable.WE stayed at O.KOIL and transported to and from O.kOIL thru vans to particiapte in various functions and to take prasadams /food at Kudavasal.This visit was remembered since both my son and daughter who were accompanying in the visit in 2007, were not ther with us and were pursuing their own ambitions/careers under testing and trying circumstances at Mumbai and Raichur.Our united prayers then were to have a life free of worries and problems to both our children.Nothing else mattered then.AS if to answer our prayers within an year the life of my son and daughter took some positive turn for betterment exactly in an year and by march 2010 we were heaving a sigh of relief that things are going in the right direction for both of them.
Then came the recent trip to Kodavsal in March 2011(again after an year to be exact)and i was travelling alone to Kodavasal.From 2001 , in which i made the trip along with all my family members to 2011 when i took the trip alone.Such is the life's journey.And my dear bother who was with me in my every trip to Kudavasal breathed his last in MARCH 2010 and was not around .Life's journey is such where in it can be equated to a train journey. The train stops at various places and many get in and many move out.But the journey shall continue till one's destination is reached and once this recognition comes, journey becomes smooth like a tide.
I proceeded directly to kudavsal (a 10 hour journey by Bus form Chennai) and when i approached my destination, the evening shadows were becoming longer, the sun was at his crimson red, preparing to rest in the west, and the cool breeze carrying the moist from the rain filled ponds enroute ,all made me to forget the tiredenes of the lloonngg(Mistake intentional)journey and energised me .the purpose of the visit this time was to have a dharshan of the lord after almost 2 years and to invite the almighty and invoke his blessings to grace the occasion of my daughter;s wedding scheduled on 5th June 2011. Purohit was waiting for my arrival tp perform the evening pooja and the moment i entered he accompanied me to the sanctum sanctorum and performed archana to the presiding deity.I stayed in the temple premises enjoying its silence, magnificence, the fragrance and the absolute peacefullness for almost an hour and then proceeded to another Siva temple situated at Kodvasal itself, which i did not have an occasion to visit so far. Invariably we used to come from Kumbakonam and or O.kOIL to Kuda vasal and when there is a crowd it becomes difficult to carry out one's own desires . Now that i was alsone and had already decided to saty at Kudavasal, for night, i had the entire evening at my disposal and thuis the visit to Siva temple.
To my utter surprise and astonishment, the moment i stepped into temple, i knew what we all had missed all along.The siva temple dates back to 2nd century and was reportedly built by Kotchengot Chozhan.The presiding deity is Koneswarar.There are 18 steps to be taken to reach the presiding deity and it is claimed this temple is the first role model for many temples of alter years (Especially iyappa temples-where in 18 steps to God is considered as holy journey to bliss).
The thala purana for both Srinivasa temple (Our family deity at Kudavasal) and the Koneswarar siva temple had lot of similarities pointing out to the basic fact that Hari and HARAN and one and the same and the belief systems of Saivits and Vaishnavites have many common similarities.The thala purna for both Temples describe that the almighty,with a view to giving new life to the universe at the end of Kaliyuga had chosen various specimens of life and had put the same in a pot filled with nectar (the life saving sanjeevini) . This pot when it broke into pieces, resulted in the mouth of the pot falling in the place, subsequently christened as Kuda vasal, Kuda vayil. symbolically representing the place where the mouth of the pot and consequently the nectar had come to stay.As a result the almighty had chosen to take the same place as its abode to give divine blessings to the human beings.Whn i visited the siva temple, there was power cut and i could see the Linga in natural lights , taking me to an altogether different heavenly experience. When i cam out of the sanctum sanctorum and looked at the sky (since it was only few days to Amavasya) the sky presented another marvellous sight. It was a blue carpet of vast expanse studded with millions of diamonds and i got the feeling atht the almighty is watching the universe with its thosands of star studded eyes.I did not pray for nay thing as there was nothing to pray for. There was abundant peace within and also outside.
An unforgettable experience which possibly could not be reflected/described in words but one which is to be experienced by individual experience only.
KANDAVAR VINDILAR, VIDAVAR, KANDILAR
TOWARDS THE NIGHT WHEN I RETIRED TO BED, THE BEAUTY AND GRANDEUR OF THE SMALL YET THE MOST ATTRACTIVE DEITY OF LORD SRINIVASA AND THE MIGHTY AND MAJESTIC LORD SIVA ALLOWED ME TO HAVE AN WONDERFUL REST DEVOID OF ALL EARTHLY WORRIES..
may the deities of the Kudavasal town bless all the readers as also non readers of this blog with peace, health and prosperity.
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