Save Mother Earth

I have always felt why do we need a day to celebrate or shower our love to our near and dear ones ,for they are always special and the love must not be bottled up for a single day.

But, having a World Environment Day is very essential and completely justified. 

Why is it significant?

For a simple reason that we cannot sustain without Mother Earth and her benediction. 

Now that the cause is defined, how do we do it?

Well, though this can be a collective effort, I personally feel it is the responsibility of each individual to save our environment in every possible way.In the long run, these can give pave way for the collective tackling of this issue to a larger extent. Where do we start it? I would say the realization must start from the schools. The effective of the outcome can be multiple times. And this comes from a personal experience too.

"Save Mother Earth" - was a drama performed by me during my school days to promote saving our environment from being plundered by us. And this did have a profound effect on me. From then on, I have always made it a point not to waste our resources, save energy and resource whenever possible.

When children are made to understand the importance of saving our environment, they would definitely adhere to many ways of preventing the degradation. And it doesn't stop there. They would even spread it to their families and talk sense to them.And the awareness will grow.exponentially. 

Every school must make it a practice to preach children the seriousness of the environmental concerns. And it shouldn't stop there. They must be made to practice what is being taught. You may ask how?A simple practice of switching off the fans and lights when they are done for the day  would inculcate the habit of saving electricity. Measures like Rewards/Appreciations for the most eco-friendly class can do wonders.I feel schools should definitely do this to ignite the awareness beacon among the students.

The realization is the initial step in this gargantuan task. The next step is ardently following the measures/practice (conscious effort needed though).This has to be followed rigorously , no matter what the situation is.The next step is to talk sense to people doing unacceptable practices. Though the reactions can be from a simple acceptance to exchange of heated words, we must make it a point to let them know what they are doing is not acceptable( with the use of good language and gestures).

Let us all pledge to save our environment in every possible way and strive to make it a better place to live in!!!

Back to where we started...the college!!

My friend had sent me the pictures of my college during her recent visit. And these snaps triggered me some of the best memories of my life which I would cherish for my lifetime. I guess you wouldn't agree for more :)

College is a paradoxical noun. We hate when we attend them and we miss once we are out of it.And I ain't an exception.

A college is a place where we evolve as a person.Its a place where threads of life long friendships are woven , a place where you discover yourself, a place to realize our dreams and a place where some of the life's important lessons are taught.Those are the formative years in a person's life that prepares her/him to face the world. I bet all of you would agree with me.

Apart from academic, assignments, marks they were important things taught in our colleges , many a times not by our professors. These lessons are always remembered.All of us have memories attached to our college and those stay etched for eternity. Every insignificant event/thing - birthday celebrations, numerous outings , silly  misunderstandings , late night chatting , "Good morning" messages, last minute exam preparations, internal marks( Biggest villan !!) , crushes , mock teasing, seminars,FYPs (final year projects) et all  becomes the most important part of our memories which we would always try to relive.

Life changes tremendously after college. We are caught up in the frenzy race of work, higher studies et all and we find it tough to re-live the college life. Lofty pay packets or higher positions or a series of post graduate degrees fail to bring back those satisfying and gratifying moments experienced by us in our colleges.

PS: I would like to thank all my friends for making my college stay the most memorable experience of all times.

State of Mind!!

Most of us (that includes me as well) have been caught in a variety of quagmire situations – melting pot of a mixture of problems and we find ourselves completely burned out.  All we hear is a loud thumping blast of the below lines of the song.

“Confusion hi confusion hai solution kuch patha nahi

 Solution jo mila to saala question kya tha pata nahi”

The meaning of the song goes like this –

 We see confusion everywhere and solution is nowhere to be seen. And by the time a solution is found, there is no clue about the question!!)

We find ourselves incapable of deciding on the course of action, let alone follow them. In scientific terms, it is a psychotic congregation of incompetent cognition (Well this is to emphasize the importance of how a complex state we find ourselves in).

We expend all our energies to figure out a solution (Lets not discuss how effective it is!!) and reach a point where we fail to notice the light at the end of the tunnel and our motivation levels hit an all time low. What do we do then?

From my observations, I have seen a majority of us keep thinking to find a solution. The harder we try, the more it eludes us. But many of us fail to understand this and thus, we are caught in the mirage of impediment for ages (Yeah a little exaggeration!!). So what do we do then?

A quote by Dalai Lama helps us to have some perspective on what can be done.

“We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.”

How do we do it is the million dollar question?

So the first action point is to pause thinking about the anxieties and give them a good rest. In simple words, we must forget it for the time being. When I find myself at such junctures, instant detachment helps. The next thing is to concentrate on activities/things that make us  happy and brings back the mental equilibrium. It is essential to rightly identify those activities. It could be anything from staring blankly at nothing , eating meditating ( you name anything under the sun..). But the essential part is, never think about the problem or the solution during this time frame. This doesn't come in a day. All we need to do is practice and I m sure it will help us in the long run.

But how long do we do this? Ahhh...that's something I leave it to you for figuring out. It is a trial and error process and I don't have a definitive period for that as it usually varies for each of us.

Some of the activities in which I would like to indulge myself are watching movies, going for long walks, talking to my close friends, sleeping , playing badminton , writing an article etc. This calms down the mind and brings back the thinking capacity. 

And this followed by a steaming cup of tea brings me back to my right state and mind :)

இனிய தமிழ் புத்தாண்டு வாழ்த்துக்கள்

Today, 13th April is a the day of celebrating the birth of new year - a time to start afresh. And this year is called NANDHANA year in Tamil calendar.


This is celebrated across the Indian sub-continent through varied names.


Varshapirapu in Tamil Nadu
Vishu in Kerala
Baisakhi in Punjab
Bihu in Assam
Nabbobarsho in West Bengal


PS: Found it from twitter.


May all of us be bestowed with happiness and contentment....!!!!

Health Tip !!

Staying fit is an arduous task...(since the weight control curriculum that we always miss to follow!!)


Here's a simple fitness tip I came across to stay in shape sans the rigid exercise regime. The additional perk is it also helps to improve the skin tones.


All we need to do is drink half a liter water , one hour before break fast , lunch and dinner. 


Well give it a try and let me know if it works!!