Significance of Navarathri in today's busy life

Navarathri.. The nine days battle against evil. Triumph of of goodness over evil on the tenth day. That is called Vijayadasami. The day is very special for the children who enter the world of knowledge. The most important significance is that children will get introduce to the systematic life. They have to do pooja along with elders. They have to write "Harishree Ganapathaye namaha" as they start their education.

From the world of ignorance to the world of knowledge. Their life starts from now. The world celebrate it. Vijayadasami 2010 starts from 8th of october and ends on 17th October.

This festival is called Dasara in North India. Most of the offices remains closed for the festival after pooja which falls this year on sunday, 17th October for Dasara festival 2010.

Whole world worships their working equipments. Three days there is no work. If once it kept in front of Goddess for pooja, only on 10th day after pooja everyone start work.

The belief is this will brings efficiency in everyone's working life.

Meaning of life

Life is full of miseries. Once we come to this world, we have to do some duties. Do the duties with pleasure and not with pressure. That makes life more meaning full.

The present life style where full of tensions, we give a small part of this to even to our children.

No one have time to devote for their favorite hobbies. We want every thing instant. This is the world of instant coffee,instant food, instant baby.. and what not.. i wonder.

I think this makes our life more miserable. Listen to the music of nature.. See them and then feel them..

That may change our life for good.

Among all love.. Mother's love is supreme...

Today i happen to read about one of my Face book friend's poem about mother.. and happen to see one of my friend's video which shows a boy (He is the lover of the girl) taking care of his friend who is bedridden after she met with an accident..and most beautiful thing about that is.... to nurse her he left his studies..! it inspired me to write this note..

Yesterday i was worried as the new generation is not bother about our culture, values etc.. But after i saw the above mentioned poem and video i felt very happy.. Hopes are not died.. its alive.. I can see the greenery of the face of new hopes.. May god bless all...

Today i wanted to tell about the new corporate hospital culture.. I got taste of it when all my family down with chikungunya.. Every one else recovered after a struggle for 8 to 10 days.. But my mom... Her fever become encephalitis... And we couldn't make out that.. Her internal organs stopped work one by one.. We rushed her to doctor who declared she was in a semiconscious state.. and further told she might be infected with either brain fever or meningitis. He advised us to take her to the nearest superspeciality hospital where she could get best treatment..

Inpite of our tensions and worries, doctors started ask question us as police questions culprits... As i was with mother for 24 hours.. i replied to their all queries.. Inspite of the 1st doctor's suggestion that she had neuro problem.. they have not admitted her in neuro department.. and treated in general health section.. (Later i came to know that their neuro surgens had enough cases hence could not attend my mom's case)After spenting almost 1 lakhs for 1 month.. they expressed their inability to treate my mom anymore.. Till the day of discharge they did not allowed us to see her case sheet.. and what treatment they had given.. we don't know.. She couldn't swallow and she could not speak to us for almost 3 months.. (They put rice tube..)

Then we searched for a good neuro hospital where my mother recoved after another month..Its me and my uncle who taken care of her... She was like a child to me.. I given her bath, and feed her.. Done everything for her.. Whole day she cried loudly because of infection in brain.. I didn't had proper sleep and food in that period.. All our prayers answered after 2 and 1/2 months, she started talk slowly like a baby.. Slowly but steadily she came back to life.. Now she happily with us.. Apart from some small issues.. she is perfectly alright..

Friends, i wanted to say only one thing.. Corporate hospitals are just another hell..

I thank all of you to read this note with patience and also expects your comments.. Please share your experience too.. So that it reduces our burden..Like they say..
"Sorrows become half when it get shared..
Happiness get doubles when it get shared"


Loka Samastha Sukhino Bhavanthu....

Thought of the day

Hey friends.. Here come another week.. working week.. New hopes.. new thoughts and new ideas..

I was thinking about idle mind.. Idle mind is devils workshop.. How i will explain you.. Since nothing is there to think about.. nothing is there to plan about.. the mind wander endlessly.. and get attracted towards wrong things..

This applies to the new generation... The parents struggle a lot to fulfill their child's endless wish list.. Which ultimately lead towards a lazy unproductive generations.. They don't know our ancient culture where children used to respect elders..

I saw a lot youngsters travel sitting in a public transport where very old people travel by standing at the same time.. They don't care is what hurt me... Several time i used to request fellow travellers to give the seat a pregnant lady/patients.

Parenting is a very responsible job.. If we train our children with good manners.. That lead our nation to a new height.. Family is the stepping stone of a nation.

Common friends.. let us take an oath.. That we teach our children to respect old people.. and will never cultivate selfishness in their mind..

Thanks

നിത്യ വധു..

ഒരു വര്‍ഷകാല സന്ധ്യയില്‍ ആനകൊട്ടിലിനരികില്‍ ഞാന്‍
ആരെയോ തിരഞ്ഞു നില്‍ക്കുമ്പോള്‍.. നിറഞ്ഞുകത്തും
തിരിനാളം പോല്‍ നീ എന്റെ മുന്നില്‍ വന്നു.. കണ്ണുകള്‍ക്ക്
ആനന്ദമായ്.. കാതുകള്‍ക്ക് മുരളി ഗാനമായ് നീയെന്നില് നിറഞ്ഞു...

അതുവരെ അറിയാത്തൊരു ആഹ്ലാധമായ് നീ എന്നില്‍ നിറഞ്ഞത്‌
ഒരു ഉള്ക്കുളിര്‍ കൊണ്ട് ഞാന്‍ അറിഞ്ഞു...
കണ്ണുകള്‍ തമിളില്‍ ഇടയുമ്പോള്‍ ഉള്ളില്‍ മിന്നല്‍ പിണരുകള്‍ പാഞ്ഞു..
തമ്മില്‍ ഒന്നും മിണ്ടാതെ തന്നെ ഒരുപാടു തമ്മില്‍ പറഞ്ഞു..

കാത്തു നിന്നൊരു നോക്ക് കാണുമ്പോഴെല്ലാം കാഴ്ച്ചയില്‍ നീ തന്നെ
എന്ന് ഞാന്‍ അറിഞ്ഞു.. കാണുന്നതെല്ലാം നീതന്നെ...
എന്തിനു.. ഞാന്‍പോലും നീയെന്നു തോന്നി. ..
ഇതോ പ്രണയം.. ഇത്ര മധുരം.. എനിക്കെന്നും നീ തന്നെ സ്വന്തം..

ഓരോ വിരല്തുംബിലും നിന്റെ തണുത്ത സ്പര്‍ശം അറിയുമ്പോഴും
ഞാന്‍ നിന്നെ പ്രണയിച്ചു കൊണ്ടിരുന്നു... മരണമെന്ന നിന്‍ നിത്യവധുവായി
നിന്നൊപ്പം വരുമ്പോഴും. നിന്നെ പ്രണയിച്ചു കൊണ്ടിരുന്നു...

The Boat race of Aranmula

The Pandavas are already there in five places.. named Thrichittattu (Yudhishtira) Thrippuliyur (Bhima) , Thiruvaranmula (Arjuna)Thiruvanmundur (Nakula), Thrikkodithanam(Sahadeva), and when lord came.. all of them got up and given their place to lord is what people believe..
The day Lord Krishna reached Aranmula is after 4th day of Thiruvonam.. All village came out to receive Krishna to their place.. They came in Snake boats.. Thus begin the Ulsavam of Uthrattathi Vallom kali…
Even now people celebrate irrespective of their religion.. Every one on their own Snake boat comes to Aranmula and do take part in the Jalolsavaghoshayathra.. and then return… to their respective places..

A real good experience of rejoice in the sense of spirituality and materiality together is what makes the difference....

Thiruonam.. Story of Thiruaranmula...

Hi friends.. As usual, the week end came and went.. We all malayali family were preparing for the biggest harvest festival for the year. Onam… The name itself bring us the nostaligic feelings.. which we losing out slowly but steadily to the today’s hightech culture.. Thanks to the internet.. Television…
People are slowling concentrating on the neuclear families.. Stop mixing up regularly.. All of us are now living in our own cocoons, not want to see the good old tradition of making life easy for everyone…
In this scenario, I wanted to share some of the most pleasant memories of the our tradition.. That is the snake boat race. Every where else is Onam will be over by the 4th onam.. But in the village of Aranmula.. it will over only on the day of Uthrattathi…
There is a story behind that… After the Mahabharata battle… everyone who participated in it.. in search of peace went in different directions. Sri krishna the supreme consciousness.. came to Aranmula… That too he came in boat made of six bamboos.. which is the meaning of the Aranmula..
In between when he was thristy.. one old lady given him the tender coconut and lassy.. Where he had a stop over.. and then continued towards the place where today’s temple erected.

Tips to start a blog..

Hi friends... i hope everybody enjoys their weekend.. I want to share some information regarding how to create a blog..

Many friend wanted to know how to go about it.. Here is the tips...
1. Go the site www.blogger.com
2) Go to create a blog…
3) This will take you to the register page.. where we need to fill up the information.. after we done this page…in the end of the page there is one button called “continue” Press it to continue the process..
4) Then chose a name for your blog…
5 Then you have to chose a template…
That is all… You have done…

I wish this information will help all my friends…

Family concept.-New generation

Hey friends.. Here comes another week end... i happen to have read one report about a school boy revealed his ambition that he wanted to become a television.. The reason for that he told is whole family gather around it spend most of the time with that and take cares when it is not work.. Where as no one cares about him... Nobody have time to spend with him...He was sad about that..

This is what made me sit back and look into me.. I used to complain with my parents that they don't want to talk to me.. After 7'0 clock in the evening.... mother is not available to talk.. She is very busy with her favorite devotional serials... Father will be immersed himself into the newspaper...

Then once i started complain about this.. That in the house no one talk to each other in the evening.. Everyone is busy in their own world.. I suggested that we should have dinner together and in the dinner time No TV...

That changed the situation a little bit.. Last March i disconnected the cable connection in the home.. Now i have lots and lots of time.. I can do my household work... Read favorite books.. and take care everything.. and most important thing is i can take care of my family more effectively....

Friends, i want you also think about that... Why do we want the cable TV connection ... Is it not killing our time, our friendships.... and destroy our family...

Vasthu for aquarium

As per the vasthu shasthra... we should keep every thing to flow +ive energy freely. Whenever there is a obstruction... The life become miserable. To allow the +ive energy in the home we should take care some simple things..

1) We should keep every thing in their place..
2) We should use North East as Prayer place...
3) We should keep Water away from the fire place..
4) We should adopt pet animals.. and take care of them.
5) We should keep our aquarium in the left corner of the house in the living area.
6) Throw away unusable materials, cloths etc.

This makes the house a heavenly place...

I personally feels and experienced this..

Weekend plights

Hi Friends... Its a nice weekend as usual apart from that the neighbour's little dog's unusual barks and knocks in the door where it got tied by the owner in the chilly night. It was in the open balcony of the 3 story building... It was crying throughout night but in a vain... Whole colony people went and gathered outside their house.. from where we could hear the helpless poor dog's cries and knocks in the door... Its already 10.30 in the night... and no one is there in that house...

We went to see if anyone inside the house to inform about the plight of the dog..
In the morning, we waited till the owner to come back and told him to take proper care for the pet..

Let's hope that today at least he would care about the little one...

Pregnancy- Facts and myths.

There are lots of facts related to pregnancy. One among them is pregnant ladies should not Step out in the night. But the fact is, in the dark there are chances of fell down or fear due to darkness etc. and these will definitely have an impact on the baby.

Another myth is pregnant woman should not see the eclipses... That means there is a fear of miss carriage or deformations to the foetus. This is true to some extent that there are some emissions during the Lunar or solar eclipse which affect the foetus growth adversely. How moonlight affects the sea's tide, the same way since human body is consists of 70% water, also affects due to the eclipses.

Then there is no scientific proof for that.

Sowhrudam

സൌഹൃദം

എത്രയോ കുങ്കുമ സന്ധ്യകള്‍ പിന്നിട്ടു
നാമെത്തി നില്ക്കുമീ ശ്യാമാംബരത്തിന്‍ മാറില്‍
ദൂരമെത്രയോ ഇനിയും നാം പിന്നിടാനിരിക്കുന്നു
എങ്കിലും നീ മാത്രം തളര്‍ന്നതില്ലാ സഖീ
നിന്നിലെ നന്മകള്‍ പൂരിതമാക്കുമീ
ഓര്‍മ്മകള്‍ ഇന്നുമനുസ്യുതമായ് പെയ്യുന്നൂ
കാലമാം നദീ തീരത്തു ഏകാന്തപധികരാം
നമ്മള്‍ കൈ കോര്‍ത്ത്‌ പറന്നകലെ ചെറുപച്ച
തേടി ഗ്രാമാന്തരങ്ങള്‍ തോറും അലഞ്ഞതെത്രയോ കാലങ്ങള്‍
കുഞ്ഞു മനസിന്‍റെ മയില്പീലിതുതുണ്ടുകളെത്രയോ
പെറ്റിരുന്ന നമ്മുടെ ബാല്യമിന്നകലെ മറഞ്ഞു പോയ്
കാലമാം കലാകാരന്‍ നമ്മളില്‍ ചാലിച്ച നിറക്കൂട്ടാല്‍
ചിത്രമെഴുതിയതുമെപ്പഴോ....
അമ്പലപ്പറമ്പിലെ ഇലക്കൊഴിഞ്ഞ ആല്ച്ചുവട്ടിലിരുന്നു
തമ്മില്‍ കൊച്ചുദുഖങ്ങള്‍ കയ്മാറിയിരുന്നതും
തെളിവെള്ളമതില്‍ നീന്തി തുടിച്ചിട്ടോടി എത്തും
മീനിനെ തോര്‍ത്തുമായോടി പിടിക്കാന്‍ നടന്നതും
തോടിന്‍റെ വക്കതെചെറു മാവിന്‍റെ ചുവട്ടില്
കലപില വെച്ച്ചോടിനടന്നതും ....
പൂവേ പൊലി പാടിയോടി നടന്നു നമ്മളെത്ര
പുക്കള്‍ പറിച്ചോണപുക്കളമെഴുവതും
ഓര്‍മകളില്‍ എന്നും ഹരിതാഭമായിരിപ്പൂ ...
മറന്നുവോ തോഴീ ഈ തിരുമധുരം
ഓര്‍മകളിലൂടെ ഇനിയും നുകരട്ടെ ഞാന്‍...

Feelings of Rain

I feel rain is like a woman,


When she is happy, it drizzles,


When she is sad, it is like about to rain,


but it will not rain....




When she is in a bad mood, it rains


with storms, and thunders....


When she is calm, it rains


with a breeze....

Life Just like that

Where there are no limits for dreams,


Where there is sky is the limit for action,


There lies spirit of the true life...


There is the real flavor of life...


That I realize this very late..




Life is full of accidents.... starts without our knowledge,


Ends without our knowledge...


We don't have any control on these,


Then why do we concern about these....


Flew like stars in the Milky Way...


Where there are no boundaries...


Just like that....

Depression - Ways to recover

Hey Friends,

I am back, After a lazy weekend,here comes Monday again... I sometimes wonder why this weekend always comes like a sunny breezy morning.... Then comes Monday like a cloudy moody mornings... I feel this is the cycle of life.

O.K Let me come to the point... Depression. Cure is what everyone always look forward. I can suggest many ways.

1) Do enough exercise...Either Yoga, aerobics ,dance or whatever....
2) Do their own interesting hobbies.....
3) Keep engage in some or other thing so that mind does not have rest..
4) Listen to favorite music ....
5) Meet friends and relatives....
6) Try to recollect pleasant memories frequently...

Then most important thing is try to find happiness in others face. Then you automatically comes out of depression..

I strongly feel Ladies are more vulnerable to this most dangerous illness....
Wake up ladies... we have to do so many things...

Pet fishes - Guidelines

Hi Friends,

I happen to start hobby of bringing up pet fishes. I got Tiger barb, Fighter fish (Betta) and Red sword tail fish. Initially we can start with about 3.5 ltr bowl type aquarium. This will cost around 200 to 250 package which includes the Fish feed, fish bowl, and 4 fishes. Betta will cost from Rs.40 to 100 depends upon the size, beauty etc.,

Initially when we get them, let them adjust to the new environment. That means, we should give only two grains of fish feed. Otherwise there is a danger of lose them. We change the water 1/3 daily and twice in a week completely. We should add rock salt 1 to 2 tsp into 3 ltr water which make the fish healthy. After 3 to 4 days we can increase the no. of feed to 2 in morning and 2 in the evening.

We can introduce sea sand, pebbles, water plants etc into the aquarium.

Things in and around Kasthurinagar, Bangalore

Hi friends,

I surprised to see that Kasthurinagar have everything right from Pet shop,Veterinary doctor, gym, yoga centre. I happen to visit one pet shop in 5th main 5 c cross, where i found items are for reasonable rates. Its name is Rakhy's Pet shop.

On that road itself there is St. Jeeyars institutions of education. (school for beginners !). In the Kasthurinagar Junction you find Calcutta Victoria Chat, which is very famous. Next to this there is a horticulture society where we can get vegetables for cheaper rate.

In the 2nd main, opposite to the Swathy Medicals lane, we can find the Sri sri Ravishankar yoga centre. Further in the same road, we see Presidency school, New horizon college, and Safal.

Near the water tank we can found the Nightingale centre of aged and alzheimer's.

Depression - Symptoms

Hi Friends,

I would like to talk to you about the symptoms of Depression. The whole world is affected due to depression. That is economic depression. But i am not going to talk about that. My topic is the depression affects the human mind. Human beings mind is a wonderful Godgift. But due to several reasons people could get depression. The mostly seen symptoms are tendency to cry, Like to sit alone. Lazyness, Lack of concentration. Memory lose, Lose of interest in every thing etc.

My observation is some medicins may stimulate depression in people who may have that already.Ex Emergency Contraceptive pills.

Toys for One year old baby

Hi friends,

I would like to discuss toys to be introduce to our newborn babies from time to time. Be sure that at once we should introduce them only one thing so that we can make out what went wrong.

Always try to select toys without sharp edges, and toys which don't have lead. This make child not only hurts but also make them sick. Try to get teether which is hard at the same time soft. That means this should not hurt the child. Also we should be carefully clean it and keep them separately once use.

There is danger of infection otherwise.

Meaning of Life

Life is like a ocean. One who learn to swim with the help of God can reach the shore. Otherwise will definitely drown in the worldly pleasure.

That is why we need a guru/Teacher who teach us how to swim in the ocean of the life.
Life is not for people who sleep for long and want be successful overnight when they get up ....

Success is not like sunlight which peeps through the window when we get up in the morning....
People who live in dream world cannot be successful...

This life is for people who struggles in the sunny days in the paddy fields, to sow the seeds together and reap the same.

We should try not to make our mind a desert. There will be no creativity then..

Without creativity a man will be equal to the animal. Then there is no use.

One year old baby activities

Most of babies starts crawl when he/she is of 8 months. They are fascinated with dark red and other related colors. Child starts recognize and smiles to their relatively regular friends and parents. Starts tell small words like "Maa" , "paa" etc. They likes people talk to them with eye contacts to theirs. We should start give Potty training at the age of 8 months itself. As a resonsible mother i started doing so when my son is 8 months old. Usually at this stage, we should start give them stacking drums or something like that. This help them to hold things properly. I saw most of the parents with proudly says that their children play with mobile and laptop. I think this is the most dangerous as these things emits lot of harmful radioactive signals which affect the child's growth of the brain.


Usually Baby starts switch over from semisolid to solid food when he/she is of 6 months. But We should give' em milk at lease 5 times a day. Also fruits should be included everyday. Best is seasonal fruits. But we should always add enough fibre to their food. So that digestion will be easy for them. Some children likes different colors in their food. We can add leafy greens for green color, carrot and beet root for orange and red colors respectively.

I got my bundle of Joy!

I was thrilled at the sight of my son, as he had plenty of hair, and looking at me as if he is asking are you not going to feed me! I was not allowed to give any milk till 24 hours as mine is a C - Section and the baby is under observation.

He is red like an apple, and beautiful eyes. I had no milk. So tried very hard for getting milk. Then i started Prop El which helped me to feed my little prince.

It is my husband who fed him first time when we got to see him after 24 hours of observation. He was not crying for milk even after 3-4 hours we got him. We were wonder whom should we ask about this. As we were not aware how to handle a newborn baby! Then Nurse came and helped me to fed him. My eyes were moist due to happiness.

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The most beautiful moments of lady!

I am a mother of 2.4 years old toddler. The moment i realised that i am pregnant, i was thrilled. I came across the most pleasent experience in my life at the age of 33. I was enjoying thoroughly that most beautiful moments in my life....
I havn't bothered about economic slowdown, unemployement, and my husbands worry about the future... I was altogether in a different world. Always happy and thinking about the newcomers' face in mind.

There is no worries, i saw only happiness everywhere. I wanted to visits places, which my husband readily agreed upon, and we started trips when i completed 1.5 month of pregnancy. I was even climbed the Golconda Fort. All that depends upon our stamina and determination. Ofcourse i climbed the place after taking frequent breaks in beteween.

After completed 8 month, i was eagerly waiting to see the new born's face, then i came to know that i have to go for c-section as i have low lying placenta. I was not worried about that too. Thought let the baby come out. That is the only concern i had.

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Chit chat

Hi friends, I was reading a news paper in the morning, then found an article which made me sit back and think for a while.  A girl trapped in the body of a toddler!  I can't beleive what i read!  I was imagining myself caught frozen in flow of the time river.  How it will be... Where i cann't express myself nor hear others.... How life will flow...  I wonder. 

My prayers are with that little angel.  Let god give strength to her to go through all the experiments of God.  May god bless her with a life where she can talk and hear and enjoy every bit of life.
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