10 days of onam holidays.
my teachers had given me loads and loads of assignment and tests to be conducted after onam.but just like any good college student,i never bothered to open any of my textbooks.
all i did was eat,sleep and watch tv.but after a point of time,i found this also boring.
that's when it suddenly dawned to me that i should improve my vocabulary.i analysed the various options like studying from the dictionary,reading the newspaper or reading a book.at last i came to the conclusion that the last option would be the most interesting and effective one.
i picked up Helen Keller's book 'the story of my life'.as you must be knowing,Helen Keller was blind,deaf and thus mute.she was born as a very normal child.but fate went against her when she caught an illness at the age of two.she was frustrated and depressed as she could not communicate.this went on for about three years.then as a ray of hope she got a teacher who trained her to be a civilized and normal human being.
Miss.Keller was eager to learn and to communicate.her teacher encouraged her to do everything a normal child would do.be it swimming,climbing a tree,walking in the garden all by herself or anything adventurous, Helen would be ready for it.and then she wrote books and became somebody whome we talk about 100 years hence.
i am thankful to God that he gave me all my senses which i take for granted.but reading the book made me think "am i using at least a portion of my talents?"i tried improving my vocabulary from a person who couldn't even see.what an irony!
Helen Keller could achieve it because she had the urge and the determination.it made me think "so why cant i?"
thank you Ms.Keller and hats off to you!!!!:)
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Sunday, September 7, 2008
street lights
everyday the news tells us dat we have to minimise the use of electricity as lack of rains brought severe electricity shortage.d govt also keeps increasing the slab rates dat an electricity bill gives us a heart attack!but lo!today in Edapally at 2.30pm when the sun was high up the street lights were also shining at me.kochi has street light in very few places and dey dont switch in on when its dark.and when dey do dey 4get to switch it off and blame the poor citizens for consumption of electricity.wat efficient bureaucracy!!!
mahabali's visit
onam is d main function of keralities.we celebrate it wit flower carpets,food in bananna leaves,onam songs bla bla bla...
d myth behind the festival is dat a king named mahabali once ruled kerala.he was so good dat all people were very happy.there was no corruption,no malice and no hatred dat the Gods saw it and they became envious.one day a God(vamanan) came down to Mahabali and said"I want to set my foot on three things and conquer it.
Mahabali thought about it and said"yes Lord,you can set foot on the earth and that place is yours".
vamanan expanded himself and set foot on all the earth and conquered it.
then mahabali said "you can set foot on the sky"
vamanan again grew in size and conquered the sky.
Vamanan:"Now where do I conquer?
the kind hearted Mahabali said "you can now set your foot on me Lord"
and thus he was pushed down to hell.but before he went he asked permission if he could vissit his people once a year.and it was granted.
and thus we celebrate onam when mahabali visits kerala again.
thats the story for all of you who dint know.
today dat is to say one week before onam i had the opportunity of seeing mahabali.but this one was not walking or climbing steps from hell.he was in a Chevrolet stuck up in a traffic block in kaloor!sitting majestically and waving at his people.
at this age where even a lower middle class family can afford a car with the coming of the nano,y shud poor mahabali alone walk with his old fashioned umbrella?
d myth behind the festival is dat a king named mahabali once ruled kerala.he was so good dat all people were very happy.there was no corruption,no malice and no hatred dat the Gods saw it and they became envious.one day a God(vamanan) came down to Mahabali and said"I want to set my foot on three things and conquer it.
Mahabali thought about it and said"yes Lord,you can set foot on the earth and that place is yours".
vamanan expanded himself and set foot on all the earth and conquered it.
then mahabali said "you can set foot on the sky"
vamanan again grew in size and conquered the sky.
Vamanan:"Now where do I conquer?
the kind hearted Mahabali said "you can now set your foot on me Lord"
and thus he was pushed down to hell.but before he went he asked permission if he could vissit his people once a year.and it was granted.
and thus we celebrate onam when mahabali visits kerala again.
thats the story for all of you who dint know.
today dat is to say one week before onam i had the opportunity of seeing mahabali.but this one was not walking or climbing steps from hell.he was in a Chevrolet stuck up in a traffic block in kaloor!sitting majestically and waving at his people.
at this age where even a lower middle class family can afford a car with the coming of the nano,y shud poor mahabali alone walk with his old fashioned umbrella?
Monday, September 1, 2008
just an intro
hi,
its been long since ive wantd to create a blog.n at last its hapnd.its really funny.ive had months f free tym but im creatin it tday..d day b4 my xam.wel....dats how i am.in d comin days il soon b postin al d intrestin things dat hs been hapenin in my lyf.do feel fre to post ur comments watevr dey mayb.
regards
remya
its been long since ive wantd to create a blog.n at last its hapnd.its really funny.ive had months f free tym but im creatin it tday..d day b4 my xam.wel....dats how i am.in d comin days il soon b postin al d intrestin things dat hs been hapenin in my lyf.do feel fre to post ur comments watevr dey mayb.
regards
remya
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
