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It is no longer a fascinating story. It has become routine again now as it was before. The media has to invent new ways to keep me interested. I was talking about women safety. I was talking about women rights. I was talking about laws and punishments for the crime against them. Together with my friends, I shared posts on social media with the hope that every single voice counts and that is the way we bring change in this world. I remember the Delhi girl instance . I also realise that more cruel and more brutal of this are still happening around. That is fine, at least ignorable, I have something else to talk now. And so are my friends. I choose a land in a posh area and I know how to buy it in less time and whom to pay. I build a beautiful house, yes decorated with exotic lights, thanks to the electricity board for the quick connection.I keep two rooms at the top - inexpensive enough so that I can demolish it when the Government doesn't like it. How can the 2G

Somehow she can make you do the things that you don't want to do. All you can do is, just sit alone and keep wondering how she made you perform something in which you see no value, no interest. Whether it is your mother or your wife or your girl friend or your daughter, they seem to know the trick. You may not find any persuading technique that doesn't have its root in their way of making things happening. I might be wrong in this observation but I am very sure on the other thing - that is, it is never an easy job to convince someone to do something. At times, multiple sources can create an image which itself could persuade you to do something. For example, you hear few random people talking about a movie in a coffee shop. You hear the same movie mentioned by your colleagues in their conversation. You check the movie review and possibly watch the trailer of the movie. And now when you get a chance to watch a movie, you might go for this movie which no one actually suggested.

Oh, how painful, the first gone - the colour of your life! You wish that heartbreaking moment had never happened to you. Alas, it had happened! I can understand your turmoil. In fact, most of us do understand this uneasy feeling that kills you every moment. Remember, there are millions of young people like you who go through this phase of life. I guess (only guess) girls are so much cautious about it and they don't go through this hell, at least, majority of them. You won't know when this thought of gone thing would resurface and hurt you. You might be talking and laughing with your friends while sipping a cup of coffee. You accidentally see something that reminds you of your own. You are disturbed and feel like throwing your coffee - though it need not be the reason for your current state. In fact, you do trash it! Your friends can see what you are going through. If you have got married friends in your group, they may try to help by quoting "this too shall pass". A

Distance = Speed X Time. Given any two of the three values, getting the third one is extremely simple and does't require any help from my three years mathematics degree. I don't know the exact distance that I need cover to cross the road and avoid the vehicle coming at the unknown speed from the unknown distance. I neither know my speed nor I know the time I have. I generally go with my instincts and it worked so far ;) Whether it is based on our past history or the history written for us, our instincts works in a marvelous way. Of course, it dies at the moment when we start questioning its trueness. The median strip here is so wonderful with lush green covered everywhere and a few scraggly little bushes here and there and a row of wild trees. What if I see a snake on a random day? Yeah, a very beautiful snake wiggling its tongue and exhibiting its splendid hoods. What will I do? Will I take few quick photos and share? No way, I am sure I won't do that. I will run

It may mean the same whether he says "Honey, please don't touch it!" or she says "Stupid, take this". No matter how superior the language is, we still easily understand things beyond what the mere words could mean. Perhaps, part of this luxury is what results in our choice of words to address someone. Apart from official purposes, we don't use the real name of a person anywhere, not even the KG kids are using it. Are they? Apart from animal names and local language "special names", friend ( "Nanba" sounds sweeter than the English word) is one of the common words we use in our closed circles. Whether we accept or not we get assigned sisters through our friends, perhaps that is the natural reason for the "Machi" getting so popular in our school, college and later days. I am not sure how long we have been using the word "Ji" in our place but I am hearing it only in the last few years. It is very short, gender neutral

I don't keep much money in my wallet. May be, a few hundred rupees notes and ten rupees notes and occasionally a five hundred rupees note. I do have one or two business cards kept inside - between the sides and rupees. I no longer keep coins and my wallet itself is very ordinary and so it is not of any real importance. I keep at least one of the ID cards and that is my real concern. If it is damaged, I know it would be very tedious process to get the new one. I have washing machine at home. It is just no work for me to get my clothes back clean and ironed. In fact, I don't mind taking laundry services for this, if required. I have kept a set of cloths in my work place too. Of course, I don't even think of keeping my sandals safe. May be, I need worry about the smartphone I have. I must be one of the luckiest persons as far as the health is concerned. It's been few years since I visited doctor for any health issues. I don't really do anything special. I don't

Regardless of whether you like it or not, there is a point where you accept a thing as practical and move on. Of course, that is the way of life. Isn't? One good thing about this being practical is that accepting and following it doesn't trouble your conscience that much and can let you continue to be happy. There could be only very few who would have loved it and others had no choice, just like no escape from the death, other than accepting it. "It" is also one of such things that you accept very early in our life. It is not impossible to be with something you hate, and equally, it is impossible to be with something you love too, forever. No matter where you are in, it is always the mixture of these two, the love and the hate. Fortunately, the more you admire the things you love the more you ignore the things you hate. Of course, lesser hates get ignored in the midst of real hates. That is how "it" gets ignored and doesn't even require any special tr

Dreams! Dreams? Had she born in my neighbourhood I would have dreamed of spending my whole life with her and would have done everything to achieve it. But I was born in a place where nobody even hear about these Miss Universe-s. Had I played football with Maradona in our streets I would have become the hero of all football players. But I played street cricket like every other kids in my school days. My parents, neighbourhood, school... none of them were my choice. I think of these "this" and "that" all the time. It is my birthright to worry, fear, cry... about these impossibles. You know, I am an ordinary man. I am a grownup now. I can choose my college and career. Of course, I consult with my parents and friends but I don't allow them to decide, after all, this life is going to be my dream and I'll control every bits of my destiny from now onwards. I find my choices are no different from others. Of course, it is the same people and the organised society

I can make you an April Fool. Can't I? "Hey, Cockroach" is the simplest thing that works on --90% of the girls. The electronic bugs are for sure laugh, even 60% of the guys fail to recognize it. But I guess this is a bit old trick which may not work now as the girls of our generation are very intelligent and brave, of course, just like every other things we can take --nn% for exception. So let me not try to fool them and concentrate only on the boys around here :) I don't have to think much to list the tricks that I can try as the simple "How To Make Someone April Fool" ( https://www.google.co.in/?#q=How+To+Make+Someone+April+Fool ) search on google throw enough pranks that I can play. Let me try the one that I think will surely work. I guess you will get my trick even before you complete reading all the paragraphs. Have you seen kids throwing ink and colour water on their friends' shirt on April 1st? Staining someone's shirt (white school uniform

You will meet only very few people in your life who come into your life from nowhere and touch your heart and stay there forever. She is surely one of those I met. She couldn't have attracted me with just the typical brahmin style bindi on her forehead, the lean body, the heartwarming smile. But I had nothing else to say too. She was my class teacher from 4th to 7th standard and she was my inspiration to do well then. Whenever I think of her, I could just see the same face again in my imagination as if I am just talking to her now. Of course, I never met her after I left the school :( Though I was not a great fan of kite flying, I used to join my friends and play during the windy days. We collect broken tube lights and powder them with the help of big stones around. We boil arrow root powder with vajram and mix it with kesari powder and the tube light powder to make maanja for the kite threads - we never did kite fighting though! I guess all the kite flyers who used maanja coate

அப்படி என்னத்தான் இருக்கோ இந்த பாழாய் போன காதல்லன்னு ஏளனமாய் கேட்டுக் கொண்டிருக்கும் போதேக் கூட கேட்கும் கூட்டத்தை மெல்லிய தென்றலுக்குள் ஊடுருவித் திக்குமுக்காட்டம் போடச் செய்யும் வன் சூறாவளியாய் நொடிப் பொழுதில் மோதி மயக்கி தனக்குள்ளாக்கி வித்தைக் காட்டும் காதலின் வினோதத்தை ரசிக்கவும் ஒரு கூட்டம் இருக்கத்தான் செய்கிறது. அளவுக்கு மிஞ்சினால் அமிழ்தும் நஞ்சென்றார்களாதலால் காதலுக்கும் அளவுண்டாயென்றால் மரணத்தையும் மடமையாக்கி வாழ்ந்து சிரிக்கும் காதல் தன்னை எல்லா விதிகளுக்கும் ஒரு விலக்கு உண்டென்பதற்கு உதாரணமாய் நிறுத்திக் காட்டும் போது நம்மாலதை எளிதாக நம்பி விட முடிவதில்லைதானே? தாஜ்மஹாலென்ன பொன்னும் பொருளும் உண்டென்றால் அந்த சூரியனில் கூட நிழல் வேலியமைத்து அதற்குள் ஓராயிரம் தாஜ்மஹால் கட்டுவேனென்போர்க்கு நாளேட்டின் ஓர் மூலையில் ஒரு கட்டச் செய்தியாகக் கூட இடமெடுக்க முடியாமல் மறைந்து போன காதலெல்லாம் கூட அமரகாவியங்கள்தானென எப்படி எடுத்துரைப்பது? நாளெல்லாம் காதலில் உழன்று பித்தாய் பணி மறந்திருப்பதுதான் காதலென்றால் வையத்தில் வழியேது வாழ்வெதற்கு என வினவினால் அன்றன்று என மறுத்து செய்வனவெல

That is what the Creation is! There is a magic in everything and everywhere. When the seed sees the tree, when the caterpillar take the wings and fly, when the cloud drops the rain... you experience the magic. It takes orderliness. It needs patience. It requires endurance. It accepts self-destruction. When it is done, it is the unseen - the magic. Every single soul of this universe is made capable of producing magics of its own. An ordinary lawyer's son crossed the borders of the mighty British rule to meet the man who could never be removed from the history books of our time, Adolf Hitler. There was a journey through the mystery lands of Afghanistan and Russia where none - the language, the people, the weather ... were native to him. And then gaining the Japanese support! That Indian National Army of Nethaji's was a magic. Magic for you and me. It was really a spirited fight of the warrior to make his dream come true. From the little fi

Another new year, another ( same! ) set of new year resolutions. I wanted to read Thirukural and set target 50 last year but couldn't achieve it. But then I used one Kural in my every blog post . New Year Resolution List: For year 2016, I should shorten it to at least 1/3 of this list. At least, make it more readable ;) Reading Books: Book reading is going to be reduced this year. I am planning to reread few of the books I read last year. Of course, will find time to read books suggested by friends. I have got Bhagavad Gita tamil version from my friend and might read this before the end of 2015. I Am Malala, The Last Temptation of Jesus Christ, Mossad, 'The Madman, The Forerunner, Spirits Rebellious', Yudhargal Varalaarum Vaazkaiyum, If You Meet The Buddha On The Road Kill Him are few of the books I enjoyed reading. By the way, I have changed the FB album title from "Books I read" to "Books I read - Not To Be Shared" ;) Accounting: How difficu