I think you said all that have to be told.
But I ...
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Article : MEIDA-MISPLACED PRIORITIES
Commented Date: 6/18/2013 9:41:24 AM
I think you said all that have to be told. But I wonder perhaps is it not true that the media dishes out what the viewer wants. Jia Khan suicide and Sanjay Dutts melodrama to the farmers ending their debt burdened lives or the state of the Nation.Or is it that the spin doctors who control the media houses determine what must be sold to the donkeys- us the public?
Perhaps the piecemeal posting of your travel may t...
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Article : From Phnom Penh to Siem Reap
Commented Date: 6/17/2013 6:21:05 AM
Perhaps the piecemeal posting of your travel may to some extent, have robbed it off its sheen. Nevertheless!B, think over this suggestion. Work for a few more years may be five to ten maximum and invest the corpus you have in some way that it safe guards the fund and assures the interest. This will serve you to travel more. Sit down often and pen your experience with pictures and offer Penguin (if I sound too audacious) to some publisher. Your life is given added security, now with (...)
It will not be far fetched if we call today s worl...
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Article : DECENDNING FROM THE IVORY TOWER
Commented Date: 6/15/2013 7:36:26 AM
It will not be far fetched if we call today s world a global village.Adapting in certain ways, and taking care to not feign a different persona from what we are may be the cue.As for the celebrities, look, in a crowd there is nothing in a man that can stand out noticeably, except for his/her personality and glamour doesn't include because it is artificial. isn't it ?
A friend of mine used to tell often while we were ...
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Article : ABC Challenge #17: Q for Quitting
Commented Date: 6/7/2013 10:29:54 AM
A friend of mine used to tell often while we were in our early youth, "break the limits". He like many of us , our generations , those of us who have been inspired by Johnathan Livingstone , the seagull longed to be not quitters.
B, an exhaustive work , perhaps helping the Foreig...
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Article : Wanderlust from a Third World Country
Commented Date: 6/7/2013 9:39:23 AM
B, an exhaustive work , perhaps helping the Foreign ministry in the bargain and the wanderlust, aspirants.Wonder where I can find the means to get someone fund my travels, then it can be a never ending trot around the globe.You mentioned much about the VOA and countries that are requiring prior VISA. Imagine the countries in the former East Europe, North Korea now and even the present CUBA, the agony is in not getting VOA and prior VISA if one is the citizen of these countries, but (...)
Yes the illness is more an agony to the world than...
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Article : Flicker of recognition
Commented Date: 6/1/2013 6:28:12 AM
Yes the illness is more an agony to the world than the victim. The dear and near are the greatest victims of the disease.
Meera, I feel my last sentence may be misunderstoo...
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Article : WHAT THE HELL!
Commented Date: 5/31/2013 11:17:40 AM
Meera, I feel my last sentence may be misunderstood and read that religion is the panacea.What I like to mention here is, I have not seen a person a vile one at that reformed and brought into the righteous way by the influence of religion.Because what is now seen around is damn the rest as they may not follow us.
Well that is indeed food for thought advise.
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Article : ADVICE
Commented Date: 5/31/2013 8:32:27 AM
Well that is indeed food for thought advise.
Well done.
I envy speakers , speakers who can con...
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Article : At TEDx, as a Speaker!
Commented Date: 5/30/2013 4:20:48 AM
Well done. I envy speakers , speakers who can connect the audience. And there are quite a few of who I have heard speeches on the video.Internationally, Martin Luther King(Jr), Barack Obama,. Rajaneesh ( Osho) , the late Swamy Chinamyannda for instance.It is an unique and amazing quality to make people take notice of you, sit and listen to you. isn't it?
“The darkest place in hell will be reserved for th...
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Article : WHAT THE HELL!
Commented Date: 5/29/2013 7:34:58 AM
“The darkest place in hell will be reserved for those who maintain neutrality at the time of moral crisis.” This aptly sums up all that one has to catagorise as sin.It is in fact a sick mind that devised the notion of sin and perpetual abomination. The Christian version of heaven and hell and the raison d'être for being consigned to either is rather a thought out ploy to harness man’s mind and his acts. The Hindu version of karma and rebirth is also equally bizarre that if one i(...)
Searching for a tag or an identity like the ones y...
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Article : Identity
Commented Date: 5/29/2013 5:43:15 AM
Searching for a tag or an identity like the ones you mentioned well only emphasise that one is insecure and is afraid to face life headon. If you are a die hard follower of a political philosophy you simply want to rubbish the other.The fact is no political philosophy is panacea to the ills.Religion too is no different. When you identify with one you have to negate the rest.Look at
With respect to what I understand as your devotion...
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Article : RAMAYANA
Commented Date: 5/29/2013 2:44:22 AM
With respect to what I understand as your devotion to the icon of Si Rama, let me add that it may not be appropriate to pickle the subject with our beliefs and what we call faith. Indian history and that of medieval India has been documented and noted with empirical evidences but to lend the inviolability of reality to our myth and legends, I feel is not right. As with Christ whom history documents did exist, one has to take with much salt the biblical stories that are paraded in th(...)
Searching for a tag or an identity like the ones y...
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Article : Identity
Commented Date: 5/28/2013 1:21:57 PM
Searching for a tag or an identity like the ones you mentioned well only emphasise that one is insecure and is afraid to face life headon. If you are a die hard follower of a political philosophy you simply want to rubbish the other.The fact is no political philosophy is panacea to the ills.Religion too is no different. When you identify with one you have to negate the rest.Look at
Well. Well, “show them the middle finger?”
I woul...
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Article : Thriving on Indian Roads
Commented Date: 5/28/2013 10:22:29 AM
Well. Well, “show them the middle finger?”I would think twice before doing that again, certainly I will hesitate. Because, I remember very well about one morning driving to the office, I showed the finger to a recalcitrant bus driver and he chased my car like a rogue elephant for a few kilometers, that I was forced to take a long detour to the office, actually fearing that he may follow me there and create a ruckus.In fact I remember, that I was protesting the incessant blaring of (...)
They were wonderful SG. really well thought plots....
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Article : 55 Word Fiction
Commented Date: 5/26/2013 5:39:09 AM
They were wonderful SG. really well thought plots.
Grounded, you seem to be musing a fair bit!
The d...
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Article : Curd Rice
Commented Date: 5/24/2013 11:30:21 AM
Grounded, you seem to be musing a fair bit!The dish is like the quintessential dessert the Western culture have at the end of a meal, it is more than that, because it is absolutely unpretentious.Everything may fail at times but a mouthful of curd rice in fact energizes your body and soul. And B, like in other aspects of life, I think that the supplements that we add to the curd rice can destroy or enliven it. Coming to the curd rice perse, the quality of rice is the thing.
I guess Pai being rude is an understatement. It wa...
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Article : Humble roots
Commented Date: 5/23/2013 11:58:47 AM
I guess Pai being rude is an understatement. It was too intemperate of him I guess
Yes Arun that is one of the solution, the other is...
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Article : Siesta
Commented Date: 5/22/2013 3:50:46 AM
Yes Arun that is one of the solution, the other is to lie grin and bearing
Common syndrome.
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Article : Siesta
Commented Date: 5/21/2013 5:47:59 AM
Common syndrome.
Meera, this is a wonderful post.
As it is in your ...
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Article : THE QUEST FOR IDENTITY AND THE FIGHT AGAINST STEREOTYPES
Commented Date: 5/20/2013 4:51:24 AM
Meera, this is a wonderful post.As it is in your marriage my wedlock was with a girl from another religion or caste. I, having born into a family that is Hindu and she, Catholic- we have had no issues with this fantastic thing called identity, neither do our kids who both are into their twenties.I do not understand when these Muslim folks say that wearing a hijab or a full length “grim reaper” like dress enforces their identity. What identity crisis do they go through? How many iden(...)
IGNORE
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Article : WHAT'S THAT?
Commented Date: 5/18/2013 4:01:50 AM
IGNORE
Hah , you robbed me off the fantasy that I thought...
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Article : The intruder
Commented Date: 5/18/2013 3:37:58 AM
Hah , you robbed me off the fantasy that I thought 'd follow.
The metaphor is striking,"forced shut down&qu...
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Article : Force Shutdown
Commented Date: 5/15/2013 3:39:41 AM
The metaphor is striking,"forced shut down" and uninformed no boding and or warning!Why do we relate or hitch our happiness to another's whims, likes, calling us to say "hi how are you" , so on and so forth?. Why do we crave for others to notice us , to express concern at our plight , to love us? Are we not increasing beggary by begging for these fantasies?If it is , it is and if it is not , so be it!.Why cannot we accept this?
I guess you used this post to throw out the nausea...
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Article : ABC Challenge #16: P for Priorities
Commented Date: 5/14/2013 3:25:04 AM
I guess you used this post to throw out the nausea . But , going by the last sentence in your post, it may be rather a frivolous and waste of time to explain our point to such people who audaciously take it as their birth right to pontificate and make sententious statements on others lives.To hell with them.
Communal electorate or call it en masse voting ba...
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Article : 80:20
Commented Date: 5/12/2013 4:12:00 AM
Communal electorate or call it en masse voting based on communal lines is and has always been the bane and India will continue to suffer from that myopic idea.
That was an excellent artist of con, A neo- Mataha...
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Article : The suckers
Commented Date: 5/11/2013 3:30:47 AM
That was an excellent artist of con, A neo- Matahari!
Hope the mail gets the bosses to sit and take noti...
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Article : Resignation Mail
Commented Date: 5/9/2013 2:36:03 AM
Hope the mail gets the bosses to sit and take notice.
Well not funny for the bones who have been to thes...
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Commented Date: 5/7/2013 6:28:31 AM
Well not funny for the bones who have been to these offices and also the Corporation office in Chennai to get right the mistakes in the passport or a birth certificate. However you explained the agony in a lighter vein and made a fascinating read. In that sense funny indeed!.
Foremost, I agree with you that each one of us hav...
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Article : ABC Challenge #15 :O for Opinion
Commented Date: 5/6/2013 10:01:50 AM
Foremost, I agree with you that each one of us have the right to opinion. And by the same yard stick, we have the right to agree or disagree with another. It is when disagreement is expressed the argumentation or debate begin. I do not see something wrong about that and one should not be offended by that or some disagreeing, though I personally do admit that I do sometimes feel annoyed when I hear an opposite opinion to mine. However that has to be taken in ones stride.Secondly, if (...)
I wonder if you passed some competitive exam!
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Article : This One’s For Me.
Commented Date: 5/6/2013 10:01:50 AM
I wonder if you passed some competitive exam!
Your statement,".... but I think the Indian f...
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Article : History
Commented Date: 5/6/2013 3:37:25 AM
Your statement,".... but I think the Indian freedom has lost all it's meaning", makes a significant and stark reminder of the state of affairs.When one is shackled by economic and social misery would democratic highlands make a difference?If India is losing out it is because of her own people. That includes all of us.
ForestForemost, I agree with you that each one of ...
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Article : ABC Challenge #15 :O for Opinion
Commented Date: 5/5/2013 2:00:31 AM
ForestForemost, I agree with you that each one of us have the right to opinion. And by the same yard stick, we have the right to agree or disagree with another. It is when disagreement is expressed the argumentation or debate begin. I do not see something wrong about that and one should not be offended by that or some disagreeing, though I personally do admit that I do sometimes feel annoyed when I hear an opposite opinion to mine. However that has to be taken in ones stride.Secondl(...)
These have been revelations to me. And ominous one...
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Article : APPEASMENT OR GENUINE CONCERN?
Commented Date: 5/4/2013 12:12:07 PM
These have been revelations to me. And ominous ones. Your ask why not khap panchayats if we can have Sharia courts need to be answered by the Muslim lords in India.The problem with us is not secularism or the lack of it, we grovel for votes be it the minority or the majority.
A couple of inches that gained may have ruined the...
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Article : Couple of Inches
Commented Date: 5/4/2013 11:45:24 AM
A couple of inches that gained may have ruined the parade. That tells your husband's disinterest in the cat walk you did.If clothes do not fit give them away to the needy. It may be unwise to dream about shedding the extra inch and going back into them like before.Well am I disheartening you?Thinking of hot steaming rice and sambar makes me miserable . Some ghee in it and pappadam well that will make me terribly lost.
Yes , I can see, the elation.Bask in the joy.
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Article : This One’s For Me.
Commented Date: 5/2/2013 3:08:16 AM
Yes , I can see, the elation.Bask in the joy.
The fellow "jim" has distinctly differen...
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Article : Twitter and just rambling
Commented Date: 5/1/2013 9:00:29 AM
The fellow "jim" has distinctly different messages in either eyes. I think so. Perhaps the sign of naughtiness in a pup!Yea time fly by and relentlessly.By when we sit back and notice , we may have covered a great distance. Kids , well they leave us too. No wonder some men of letters and wisdom say that we are born a loner and leave as one too!Let the kids move
Primate as some say. And restless.
Your examples ...
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Article : THE "MAGIC" OF IMAGERY AND ASSOCIATION
Commented Date: 4/28/2013 2:18:08 AM
Primate as some say. And restless. Your examples were nice. The smoked water from the burned firewood is so realistic. I could feel it when I read you.Smell, sight, sound and certainly the written letters can trigger the brain into action. But wonder even if the most tempting picture of food or the smell can alter the mind when one is satiated.
To quote the bard of Stratdford -upon- Avon "...
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Article : ABC Challenge #14: N for Name
Commented Date: 4/27/2013 12:42:04 PM
To quote the bard of Stratdford -upon- Avon ""What's in a name? That which we call a roseBy any other name would smell as sweet."
Hmm, I'm as I may have mentioned sometime in a...
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Article : In the end
Commented Date: 4/27/2013 3:06:22 AM
Hmm, I'm as I may have mentioned sometime in a post, now associated with a fellow who fits into the role of a person who even distrusts his wife and kids, besides assigning secondary spies to spy his primary spies. He thinks that he is too smart applying this ridiculous management.This fellow about who you mentioned does not deserve a requiem and no RIP.
Read your article . Fairly sensible indeed.
The ...
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Article : Oh, Excuse Me Please!
Commented Date: 4/25/2013 3:00:59 AM
Read your article . Fairly sensible indeed.The rubbish part as you mentioned is attributing made up stories and alibis making kids creative.As for the acceptance of a mistake that we do, to acknowledged we erred is a gift that will ally with people who are not conceited and braggart..