Vanity Shattered

Just when you feel you are the best, take a look at this picture and feel humble...

indRu oru thagaval

listening to a winamp radio now...a tamil one. A few minutes back, a lady was saying some thathuvams, one of which went like this,

"selvaththai saemiththu vaikka siRandha idam yezhayin vayiRu"
got goosebumps immediately.

"thani oru manidhanukku uNavillayenil indha jagaththinai azhiththiduvom"
-mahakavi Bharathi

Tag- International Women's Day...belated

sorry for the delay, Raz! here it is...

Women whom I admire most in my life...my mother, my sister and a lot more...

"viNNavarkkum maNNavarkkum vilayattRa selvam peN...vilayattRa selvam peN"

Mother...
Reasons for liking :
1. Very honest and straightforward
2. Very hardworking
3. Very spiritual
4. Compassionate
5. She's my mom!

Reasons i dint like her sometimes as an adolescent(now i know why she did what she did):
1. Her straightforward behavior hurt at times
2. Demanding and Dictatorlike sometimes
3. Not very encouraging

Sister...
Reasons for liking :
1. Straightforward
2. Compassionate
3. Source of motivation
4. Very witty(never seen a girl with a better sense of humor)

Reasons for dislike:
1. Gets angry easily
2. Shouts a lot!

Foods I like:
Bhel Puri
Chipotle Burrito
PooNdu Rasam(cooked by mom only!)
ThakkaaLi Saadham
veNpongal
sakkara pongal

And then...

...i met my destiny!

procrastination

i procrastinate a lot. 9 out of 10 times, i feel bad about it, and rightly so. But there's no better feeling than that one time, when i feel so glad for having procrastinated.

I feel glad i procrastinate my anger. More often than not, my anger dies fastly with time. The longer i procrastinate, the calmer i feel. It avoids me "suttufying" someone with my "naa" and thereby causing "vadu".

I feel glad i procrastinate vengeance for it'd otherwise crumble all the faith i have in, "innaa seydhaarai oruththal avar naaNa nannayam seidhu vidal".

I get a lot of time to think when i procrastinate and i feel that my way of thinking gets better, the longer i take to make up my mind about something(eventhough i do not keep thinking about it all the time).

Procrastination educates me. Procrastination ruins me.

I am nothing and I am everything if i do not procrastinate.

Here I am, still thinking whether i should click on the "publish post" button or not. I think I will...

Logical Feelings...

just past midnight and she was lost in thoughts. she knew that opposite poles attract. but...

does the analogy hold good for people with contradicting views about most things in life?
****if yes, what is the binding force?
********physical appearance?
************if yes, is it not transient?
********if not, what is it?
****if not, what is this feeling inside her?

she was smiling at the way she structured her questions as if she were coding a program, something logical...

she knew one thing for sure. people with similar views get attracted to each other. but, for now, she only cared to know if the logical corollary was true. she knew she wished it to be false. but, is it? she was caught in a whirlpool of logic and feeling. the only problem was that her opposite was a logical thing and she was a feeling person...

"wish life had a simpler logic", she felt...

Happy Valentine's Day

to the millions of lovers and mere livers all around the world...celebrate love!

EDIT::::::Feb 17, 2006- 10 am:
changed the pic cos some of my readers thought the previous one was offensive and yucky!

EDIT::::::Mar 26, 2006- 5pm:
just realised that this pic is a beauty. It's tough to say whether the couple is walking towards the waves or away from it! My initial reaction when i posted this pic was that they were walking towards us and away from the waves, but now am not sure! Help me out on this, if you can...

Happy Republic Day!

Dictionary.com

Jealous

1. Fearful or wary of being supplanted; apprehensive of losing affection or position.
2. 1. Resentful or bitter in rivalry; envious: jealous of the success of others.
   2. Inclined to suspect rivalry.
3. Having to do with or arising from feelings of envy, apprehension, or bitterness: jealous thoughts.
4. Vigilant in guarding something: We are jealous of our good name.
5. Intolerant of disloyalty or infidelity; autocratic: a jealous God.

Possessive

1. Of or relating to ownership or possession.
2. Having or manifesting a desire to control or dominate another, especially in order to limit that person's relationships with others: a possessive parent.
3. Grammar. Of, relating to, or being a noun or pronoun case that indicates possession.

Anniversary...

It's been a year since i started this blog. Interesting to see that it's still alive. What started off with(as) a beautiful dream is still going on reasonably strongly and has managed to be more than just a dream...

My intention behind this post though is not to look back and relive old memories or to celebrate a year of successful blogging or to thank my readers for their support. It is to apprise my readers about another blog, one that was founded by MJ recently and one which aims to bring all patriotic Indian bloggers to write under one roof, as a first step towards creating a social organization which works for the development of India. As the description of the blog says, it is a dream vision of a clean,orderly and progressive India.

You need not be a person who fits in perfectly into the idealistic expectations the blog prescribes. I know I do not. It is enough if you want to be one and would give your best. Anybody without a cynical view towards India is welcome to join the blog and voice their opinions.

The central idea, in my opinion, is to get rid of the tentativeness most of us have in doing good things for our country. I believe that if it is acheived, half the work can be considered done. Working for the country without expecting anything in return, shunning the sense of embarassment one might encounter while failing, in an attempt to be radical and yet maintaining an optimistic view throughout the ups and downs are considered to be essential.

If you think you are someone who would love to spend some time and thinking for the welfare of India, please do send an email to MJ at LM20_iyengar@yahoo.com or to me at rammgopalt@yahoo.com or leave a comment to this post. We'll send you an invite that will let you post in our blog.

Every journey begins with a single step and I hope that this small endeavor of ours turns out to be helpful in some little way to our country...

Jai Hind!

New Blog URL:
http://myindiaasabeacon.blogspot.com/