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!!

My New Found Interest!

I have always prefered to stay behind the lens in most of the ocassions and in the recent times my curiosity with the camera has magnified by 10X times. Photography has stimulated my creativity grey cells.


So I just thought of sharing some of the pictures I clicked and know your comments - maybe a picture or two in a week.


Here comes the first one:

A bird's eye view from my room's window on a rainy day!

PS : Comments are most welcome!

Athisaya Ragam

I had heard the song " Athisaya Ragam"  from the movie Aboorva Rangangal after a  long time and these lines immediately caught my attention:

"Oru puram paarthaal mithilayin maithili

marupuram paarthaal kaviri maadhavi  

Mugam mattum paartthal nilavin edhiroli  

Muzhuvadhum parthal avaloru bairavi"

I was amazed at how Mr. Kannadasan had deftly described the female protagonist in these 4 lines. He has effectively portrayed Bhairavi's character in these 4 lines. I was bewildered by his use of words - eloquent and complementing. 

The shortest " About me" I have even come across :) 

He is indeed a man of powerful words. Rightly called as " Kaviarasu ( King of Poets)". He is one of the greatest poets of all times 

Here's the song:

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Secular India - are we??

The recent SIT's report providing a clean chit to Mr Modi has not been well received. The 2002 Godhra riots where innocent lives were lost, has been a clear black mark in the political career of the highly eulogized image of the man who shaped Gujarat. I have admired and appreciated his efforts to make Gujarat as one of the most promising states in India.Was he unable to check the raging riots of 2002?????

The recent report has cleared him of conspiring or instigating the riots. But then an astute policy maker like Mr. Modi was haplessly incompetent in handling such a heated issue is an irony. The Godhra riots could have been curbed saving many lives, if not for his muteness...Holding the most important post; his inaction is as good as conspiring.

What could be the root cause of such an erratic insurgence that has surfaced very often?

The Hindu - Muslim strained relationships are dated back to the First war of Indian Independence (1857 Sepoy Mutiny), where divide and rule policy was instrumented by the Brits to rule us. Since then, the ruling class has exploited us. From then on, the damage has been irreparable. The final blow to the rift was the 1947 India - Pakistan partition, the largest human migration in world's history. The exploitation by our own politicians has been profound and I see BJP as no exception (and neither Congress...)

Godhra massacre is one such event. We have been plagued by numerous communal riots since our independence. It pains to see that this very issue hasn’t been addressed by our Government for the last 65 years. Hindu –Muslim rivalry isn’t the only form of communal aberrations, but it has remained the longest one and forms the crux of the other such communal tensions. Were there any real measures taken to abridge this gap after Gandhiji's martyrdom? As I see it, no sorts of elucidation have been promoted. This makes me to think if there really existed/exists a way to alleviate this bitterness? Well, if South Africa could reconcile from the dreadful apartheid, can we not? Mr. Mandela played a pivotal role and it was not an easy task. I really wish we had a leader who could have got into the root of this issue and pacified the prevailing communal hatred. I m sure it is a gargantuan task, but not an impossible one.

 On the contrary I find our Constitution further deepening this rift by the policy of reservation. Please don’t get me wrong here. I m not opposing the concept of reservation, the implementation of it is what I would like to question. Undue advantage and exploitation are being done by the political parties based on the caste reservations. They are being used as the cash bank by the parties to win elections or save their deposits. Further, granting reservations even for Post Graduate degree, promotions etc. are highly undesirable traits that add up to the existing woes. This also impedes the growth and development of the country. If India really intends to create a secular state, it has to abolish the reservations in an incremental fashion.

Only two members from a family of the castes/classes entitled for reservation must be eligible for the quota. If the allocation has been used up, no other member form the family is eligible for further reservations. The importance of the opportunity will only then be felt when it is made scare and people will understand its value. Indeed a quota scheme for the quota system (with a lot of tuning). In this set up, eventually the quota system will disappear(not in our times though).

I m sure this proposal would be vehemently opposed by the politicians and no politician would dare to take such a radical step (given that their vote banks would suffer horrendously). This would be a major step to bridge the widening gap between the estranged castes and would help in the creation of a truly secular state in the long run.