{mosimage}I came across this interesting debate in NDTV recently on a program called "Indian Youth Unplugged". It was just a debate with no conclusions, quite interesting to watch. This blog is my take on the "Indian Parenting". I seriously opine that Indian parenting is truly protective, sometimes over protective than being supportive. I don't mean to say that this is the right / bad way of parenting because I had seen the cases with best & worst of the results. The results depend on how the level of understanding of the parents, to be precise in most of the cases - father. No matter how old any individual is, they are still kids to their parents, but in the eyes of a typical Indian parent even 30 yr old man is a "child". This is the basic reason for Indian parents being over protective.

For past few days article no. 377, in the Indian Constitution had been in news. It is about criminalising Homosexual activities. Many famous writers and personalities had requested the government for decriminalising the homosexuality, thus giving it a legal status. This blog is not about discussing about that but today I saw a programme called "Life's like that" on TimesNow TV, about "Infidelities in a relationship". All was blah.. blah... about the infidelities in a marriage life, which something was cliche, something new, but what I found bugging was a participant's outburst on infidelity in a Homosexual relationship, while the notable thing was - he is a student.

{mosimage}Infact I wanted to water down the words to describe about the mega serials in the TV, but couldn't. I don't mind if it sets a wrong reputation about me. All filthy words come fluently when I wanted to vent against the so called "entertaining" mega serials. I want to kill the bastard who stumbled upon the idea of daily soap. I want to torture those 'mother f*****s' in public who script these mega serials. I really want to throw the idiot box out of my home fearing for these mega serials. But I am really helpless and incapable, thats why I am venting out my angst in the form of this blog. It is really sad to see the family bonds eroding and minds corrupted through these slow poison fed to the minds of ladies and even men these days.

{mosimage}I always used to say Vaithiyanathan & Bala, my mama (brother-in-law) to start blogging, because these are two guys who are best conversationalists and with beautiful vocabulary, I had ever come across. Not only these two but also I had come across many more people in my life who see things in different yet intresting perspectives. People who look things in a sensitive as well as different way always have more to say to the world. The more you have to say, more you have to express and more expressive you are, more content you have for your blogs. Thats why I always used to tell my friends "YOU SHOULD WRITE BLOGS". Going through my blogs, once Vaithiyanathan asked me whether I had aspirations of becoming a journalist or to run a magazine of my own. What to say?

 

{mosimage}India had always been a fantasy for the West, famous for its culture, wealth, fine arts and attracted the scholars & traders all over the world. Yuan Chuang visited Nalanda for knowledge, Mohammed Ghajini invaded India 17 times to loot its wealth, Columbus was raring to discover & reach India, but landed on America. After getting eclipsed for past few centuries under the British rule, we are at the right track. After 60 years of Independence, we are now attracting the west but in terms of trade (large market size) and knowledge (software, BPO). In this occasion let us hope that we regain our lost glory by becoming a formidable super power in coming years..

This is an extension of the sequences that made me blog the previous articles "When personnel becomes personal" and "Loving unconditionally" and I hope this should be the last leg of the trilogy. I liked one of my colleague very much and I extended my hand of friendship. But things didn't go the way I expected and I was bluntly told that there was a strong feeling of incompatibility & not interested in intercolleague friendship, my offer was turned down. It hurted much and since I had to interact with that person on daily basis, there was a feeling of unease, so I was even contemplating quitting. I attended a seminar which was a sort of eye opener that my career focus was completely lost. I realised that I am on a mission and I shouldn't quit before completing it, for that I must put more efforts to make up for the lost time.

{mosimage}Nobody believes the predictions based on Zodiac signs, yet they are popular. Almost every second magazine, News Paper and web portals offer astrology as a channel, proving their draw among the audience. Do the lunar, solar charts etc. etc.. exist? Are the characteristics of zodiac signs true? Based on my experience I have enough reasons to believe that Zodiac signs hold true to a certain extent. Initially when I observe people, I notice certain characteristics and later correlate with their date of birth, surprisingly most of the time, most of them fall under a similiar pattern. For example I have many Gemini friends (including me) and all of them have a varying taste, prefer lighter friendship, exhibit liveliness and good conversationalist also. Now I try to predict their behaviours by their zodiac signs.

{mosimage}One of my best friend in Chennai asked me to give a parcel to her sister in UAE, when I went to India on vacation. I met "Chechi" one Thursday evening and gave the parcel. We (I, Chechi, her husband) chatted for long and I was playing with their kids for sometime. I felt at home in this part of the world after a long time. Chechi asked me to drop often whenever possible. I was touched. After a month when Chechi called, I said that since she said that it was boring just being locked at home,I had collected some VCDs for her and would like to give it and I need a home made food as I hadn't got any of friends with family here. That Thursday also came, I forgot this and went with my friends for some electronic goods purchase. When I came back and saw the mobile phone, I saw around 7-8 missed calls from the Chechi's number. I was scared and called her back to enquire had something bad happened.

{mosimage}At last Surya has finally opened his mouth to accept the love between him and actress Jyothika. Infact this is one of the hot topics of discussion among all the layers of people - tea shop to software companies in Tamilnadu. Will they or not? They make a beautiful pair and no wonder every movie goer wanted them to settle together in a marriage bliss. Their growth in career was almost parallel. They both made their debut in "Poovellam Kettu Paar" (Ask the flowers...), both managed to steal the audience's heart with their innocent smile. Both have clean history and a proven track record. To be honest when Surya came open about their affair putting end to all speculations, I really felt happy as if two of my friends are getting married. Infact most of the Tamil families treat Surya's love with Jyothika as their family affair. Actor Sivakumar's, Surya's father, resistance to this affair, kept every fan's heartbeat go faster. Surya replicated his first movie in real life too. i.e not to elope but wait and marry with the parent's consent only. That's how he managed to win the family audience's wishes and blessings. My heartiest wishes to Surya & Jyothika for a succesful marriage life.

Sometimes back there was this discussion about an incident in my workplace. My friend said that I am getting emotionally attached and taking things personally in the office, which I am not supposed to do. He said that it is a thumb rule that you must not get personally attached during the working hours and with the colleagues. But my arguement was that only if you get personally bonded you will be able to give your best in the workplace. After all you spend your prime time of a day when your level of energy is at its high, with these people in the workplace, so obviously you tend to get personal.