DreamingAway

I am the very definition of Hell when I am physically decayed, mentally destroyed and monetarily zeroed. Will I choose to die then? No. Now I am missing neither Hitler nor Mother Teresa nor Steve Jobs in this world. Will the world is going to miss me? Never. It is not the fear of dying. It is not the hope for the better future. I just stay. I breathe in and breathe out as if only the Creation can decide upon the final one. I merely live, wishing and praying for my death every day. God. I have no family. No money. I beg for it. It is tougher for the people to give Rs. 10 to me than to put Rs. 1000 in the holy offering box. That is reasonable, after all, I give nothing to those who help me while the Other one is the everything for them. I am still happy. My life is better than many. I don't have much to worry. Summer, winter...the seasons don't hurt my health much. I merely live, wishing and praying for my death every day. God. I live in this old age home. Now and then peo

Being Normal is absolutely fine, no denying that this world is full of Normal lovers. You need to be a mad sage super hero to try any other form. Inferno, Hell, Nightmare, Survival whatever the name be, anything beyond Normal is just too much to handle. Yes, there are thousands of "achievers". But should you be one of those Budhas or Einsteins? Not really. Imagine all your neighbours as Einsteins - hell or heaven? In fact, the pleasure of playing the normal level is itself a great challenge. At times or almost always the numbers are just numbers and they fail to touch us. 6+ million kids don't make it to their 5 th birthday every year. So what? Life is just like that. You reach 5 or 10 or 50 ... - no matter how controlled it is, it just ends! One could list hundreds of reasons for it. But eventually the painful suffering of the heart will raise the ultimate question of mankind, "God, Why?" which is the easiest question for Him to leave it un

You, as a young man, might be starting the conversation, naturally because you have the obvious advantage there. What is your favourite colour? That is a fairly easy question to ask. But then, you do rehearsal for this several hours along with other questions. Is the answer going to matter for the rest of your life? Oh, yes, may be, no! She says something and adds a little more information to indicate that it is a colour between magenta and strawberry which you think is pink. There, right there, you will realize that you should never ask a girl about colours. Girls have the courage to say something as they can do while they themselves know that they cannot do. What is so wonderful about it is, typically it goes in their way either by luck or by their "smartness". As her "resume" doesn't say anything about her computer programming skills, you ask about her Java skill level. 3/10 is what she knows but says it as if it is 7/10. You know, this sort of question is

Even if it is few strangers talking standing next to you, is it not natural to join the conversation if it is an interesting one? Well, if not active participation at least you will participate passively. Don't you? I mean, more than just listening, you tend to form your views within yourselves without even uttering a word. A kid (2nd standard?) and his father got into the bus at Kamarajapuram bus stop and got seat next to mine and it just started drizzling then. Kid: Why is it raining as soon as we get on the bus? His dad answered. I smiled. Kid: Why are clouds black? We both answered. He answered in simple terms. Kid: When will it stop? We answered. Kid: What is the rain that break the glasses? According to the kid, we both got it wrong and right answer was not revealed :( ... Kid: There was some answer. It is more than a drizzle yet the Velachery railway station ground is full of young cricketers. I too love playing like that. ... Kid: Why so much water

No matter how stubborn and merciless the life is, our longing to relive the past never ends. We continuously suffer by accepting the changes that life offers. The change comes either coated with full of glory or with the supreme power that we have no option to deny it. Blessed are those who can keep their inner harmony intact despite the sufferings. The best thing we have done so far is getting used to the troubles and go on with, presumably, the positive side of it. We neither can live the past nor can escape from the changes happening. If I start love eating mutton then the "I am vegetarian" tag will automatically get detached from me. I no longer should worry about killing and other dharmas. Instead I can focus on producing cheaper, healthier and tastier mutton. I may end up in finding the artificial mutton which lacks nothing when compared to the original. Though there is a soul in the handwritten letters, the advancement and ease of communication forced us to forget

குலசேகரன் பட்டினம் வீரமனோகரி அம்மனை தெரிந்தவர்களுக்கு மட்டும் இப்பதிவு. கவிதையென்றெல்லாம் ஆராய்ந்துக் கொண்டிருக்காதீர்கள்.   விஞ்ஞானமே அது மெய்ஞானமென   உன்னருட் பார்வை பாராதிருந்தேன்.   பொய்ஞானமது.   இன்றில்லை! இனியுமில்லை!   சிறியேன் மடமை நீக்கி உயிர்   சிந்தையில் நிறைந்திடு முழுமதியே.   அன்றந்த செந்தில் வேலனின்   வேண்டுதல் மொழி ஏற்றாய்.   குருதியேந்தினாய்.   விதியுமில்லை! மதியுமில்லை!   சினம் காத்து குணம் ஒளிர   கருணைக் கொள்வாய் தாயே.   சிற்றிலையாய் சிறுமேகமாய் அலைகின்றேன்   இப்பிறப்பின் பயனுற விருப்புற்றேன்.   திக்கற்றேன்.   தெளிவுமில்லை! வழியுமில்லை!   அடியேனை முன்னிறுத்தி உன் விருப்பில்   வழி நடத்தேன் என்னிறையவளே.   திங்கள் சில தீர்ந்தோடட்டும்   உந்தன் பொற்பாதம் பற்றுவேன்.   யாசிப்பேன்.   வழக்குமில்லை! மறுப்பதுவுமில்லை!   குலம் சிறக்க வரம் கேட்பேன்   எனை ஆட்கொண்டருள்வாய் குலமகளே. பி.கு: வீரமனோகரி என்ற பெண்ணை இன்னும் சில மாதங்களில் மணக்க இருக்கும் செந்தில்வேல் என்ற நண்பருக்காய் எழுதியது. Kovil Pillai P.

Beauty lies. Isn't? You and your friend may not easily agree on whether a thing is beautiful or not, not even in a small space like the company environment where the atmosphere is almost unchanging. Even if you find one to agree, it might not be a permanent choice as you tend drop all the definitions and look at it from a very different perspective when a new thing is placed around. "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder" might be true forever, in spite of so many scientific inventions to enable us to see better. How startling it is - we never can see a thing as it is! Beauty is not what really a thing is but what your eyes see. The above picture is taken with the smartphone. How beautiful are the lines curving up and down! How elegantly the light spreads from one end to the other! While someone sees it this way, the other person will still say it as beautiful for what it means, ignoring everything else.

You are very smart. That is why you will not attempt to connect the things mentioned here. Because you can easily find that neither individually nor collectively they will succeed in convey anything conclusively. Coffee is good: It is not that we love all the discoveries of science. Would you like it if someone proves [Fresh Juice - 2hrs - Coffee+Cigarette - 3hrs - Food - 1hr - Cigarette - 1hr - Alcoholic Beverage] everyday will keep you away from all the health problems? After all, only H 2 O is water and nothing else. How about the health risks of coffee? Why should someone spend time and find out the health hazards of caffeine? How lovely is the aroma of coffee! It just fits so well for any season, any mood. The pleasure of taking a sip of coffee, feeling it at the lips and letting the hotness spread on your whole body is a priceless experience. Why this happiness be lost because of the useless(!) findings? Everyone does their job: I often se

It was 00:30 hrs when I got down from the bus to reach my friend's home there. I was surprised to see the usual byway closed, which could let me reach the house in just a minute. I had no choice but to choose the roundabout road that would take about 10 minutes at least. I thought it would be better to take an auto instead of walking alone in the night. I could see three autos there. I preferred the auto driver with beard because my parents had learnt and taught me to see the love and kindness through the face with beard. Since I know the place very well, I told the driver to take the route of my choice and we started. I felt the silence of the night right after the first turn we took. The greatest of our inner joys can only be experienced in our loneliness and the silence of everything else. The magic of moonlight and the shades it bring on this earth is always amazing. I was confidently telling the routes while enjoying the loveliness of the journey and then this tragedy - the

Including the Oscar winning romantic movie Yellow Lemon Tree which you might have watched already, President Abraham Lincoln acted in three movies. All are highly rated super hit movies in those days. Had he not served as the President, we would have got more movies from him. Interestingly, as you aware, he was assassinated while watching a play in Ford's Theatre - as if his whole life is dedicated to Cinema. Rich nation's poor son : A poor child getting education is the act of pressing a magic button to produce the extraordinary achievements which are otherwise impossible. Education, despite one's poverty, can let one to walk on in the midst of sufferings and stand tall against all obstacles. Nothing can match the value and satisfaction of winning the struggles by your own efforts. Perhaps, that is why we tend love God when He gives what we pray than what He Himself choose to give something good for us. There were hundreds of poor farmer kids around this child hero

There are few people who could set their target clearly and achieve it perfectly either alone or in with a partnership. It is not an easy task. It calls for heavy sacrifice. For example, 20, 30 or 50 pieces of chicken alone is what they take. No mutton, no fish, ... no other item can tempt them in a buffet lunch which is amazing. And there are other few people who take everything available there, missing nothing regardless of whether it is a veg food or a non-veg food. Of course, the ultimate idea is to eat more than what we pay. But, do you know what the recent research says? This kind of eating leaves many nanometer sized dents in our digestive system, especially around ileum and pancreas and it gets developed into cancer cells in 20 years time. Yes, the one day, just one day buffet lunch may take your life later! Ok, don't be scared. It is untrue. I just added and there is no real research like this! In fact, I don't think science will ever prove something like this. But do

சட்டென்று சலனம் வருமென்று ஜாதகத்தில் சொல்லலையே... நெஞ்சோடு காதல் வருமென்று நேற்றுவரை நம்பலையே! - மனம் விரும்புதே உன்னை... உன்னை என திரையிசைக்காய் வைரமுத்து எழுதிய வரிகள் இவை. " காணின் குவளை கவிழ்ந்து நிலன் நோக்கும்; மாணிழை கண்ணொவ்வேம் என்று " இது வள்ளுவரின் சில நூறு குறள்களில் ஒன்று. அன்றைய சங்கத் தமிழுக்கும் இல்லாமல் இன்றைய திரைவடிவுக்கும் இல்லாமல் வாழ்வியல் அறம் கூறியும், கொழுந்து விட்டுக் கொண்டிருந்த விடுதலை தீயினிடையிலும் பா வடித்தவர் பாரதியார். " கச்சணிந்த கொங்கை மாதர் கண்கள் வீசு போதினும், அச்சமில்லை அச்சமில்லை அச்சமென்பதில்லையே" இது அவரது வீரம் தொனிக்கும் அச்சமில்லை பாடலின் வரிகள். எந்தக் கவிஞனுக்கும் இது அழகு என்பதால், காதல் சுவையில் பாரதியும் கவிதை எழுதியிருப்பது எனக்கொன்றும் பெரிய ஆச்சரியத்தை ஏற்படுத்தவில்லை. மின்னல், வீசும் இளங்காற்று, மழை, மேகம், அந்திமாலை என எல்லாம் காதல் அரும்ப உகந்த காரணிகள் போலும்! பாரதியும் அப்படித்தான் துவங்குகிறார். " சந்திர னொளியில் அவளைக் கண்டேன்; சரண மென்று புகுந்து கொண்டேன்; இந்திரி யங்களை வென்று விட்டேன்; எனதெனாசையைக

Is the Past real? Yes. Is the Present real? Yes. Is the Future you see real? Saying Yes to this is living, the very definition of life, your life. The Yes requires courage. Courage to define you and be yourself. It needs vision. Vision that you alone can let people in the world see. It demands fearlessness. A fearless march against the so called normal towards your vision. It is true of a fish to swim upstream. It is not a question of survival and wise-fulness. It is a matter of being what you ought to be. Only the dead and weak ones go with the downstream. The real fish leaps over the obstacles to be in with the upstream. Dream your future. Dream the bigger ones. Embrace your dream. Start seeing the beauty of it. Start smelling the fragrance it spreads. Start feeling the happiness it brings. And see the magic of your dream turning into a reality. You yourself can witness your ability to make things happening. You don't even have to dream the biggest at the very moment. But y