Ayudha Puja ! Howzzat...

Ayudha Puja. One of the few meaningful festivals that I feel should be celebrated whole-heartedly. It’s a thanks giving day for all machineries / objects that has made our life comfortable & which have been the source of income for us. Iam quite fond of this festival & we celebrated it quite well at our office this year (as always). Gifts, Sweets, Fruits, Flowers, Decorations, Snacks, Group photographs, the entire office was lively thru’ out the second half of the day. Everyone had a good time & left with a happy frame of mind.
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Do any other communities in the world dedicate a day to say ‘Thanks’ to machineries / utilities? I don’t think so. Maybe the greek does.. The wisdom of our ancient sages is mind-boggling & it’s a pity that not many efforts are being made to learn or decipher other hidden treasures of our ancestors, in terms of knowledge. I have always felt that our culture has not got its due credit, due to poor marketing & more so due to poor funding by the govt. Yes! Our archaeological dept is literally non-existent & even if it is burrowing some holes at some parts of our country, one such department is not enough to dig out our history & decipher the invaluable information hidden with it.
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Have we ever come across a marvel like ‘Thirukural’ in any language in the world? Is it possible for anyone to even attempt something like that? But why is it not popular or even known outside Tamilnadu? Iam sure that this book alone can get us all enormous face value, if it becomes well known.
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How about our temples & other monuments? Is there any equivalent for them in terms of architecture & artistry all across? It is unthinkable how those guys were able to raise such huge structures without any technological support. But do we realize their value?
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How about astrology / palmistry / vaastu / Naadi joshyam? Whatever they believe in the west like the Tarot / Sun signs are all stupid. Ours is not fool proof either, but is much superior. Dont believe me? Ask Cheiro or Linda Goodman themselves..
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How abt the great philosophies that we have donated to the world? How abt meditation & the yoga? How abt Maths? How abt astronomy? How abt medicines without side-effects? How abt trading? How abt kindness? How abt family bonding?
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By the way, where am I going? I started with something in mind & have reached somewhere else now. That’s lack of aim & focus. Anyway, since it has come to this, let me say that we have not done enough to understand the worldly wisdom that’s beneath us. We are allowing it to rot off; the treasures that can save this degenerating earth & bring some sense back to the mankind.
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So, be proud that you were born in this holy land & do not compromise on your culture / values, wherever you are.
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Happy Ayudha puja & Vijaya dasami.!
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Some block & a stop-gap arrangement

I have been going thru a terrible thing called writers(!!) block & am not able to write anything cohesively. Maybe Iam lacking the concentration or should have lost the interest (hope its just a temporary thing). Infact, I had started to write abt a couple of things, but just could not phrase more than few sentences. Lets see how long it lasts.
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So, I have decided to write out some simple things till I get my skill (or whatever it is) back.
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Heard that “Unnai pol oruvan” is rocking & am seeing the accolades pouring from all quarters for the entire team. Its been 10 days since it has released & I have not seen it yet. Kind of first time for me, that I have not seen a Kamal Haasan film for such a long time since its release. Has this got anything to do with my marriage? My busy schedule? My reducing admiration for Kamal Hassan? Don’t know the real reason. But would definitely be watching it by next week.
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The last movie that we saw was ‘Kanthasamy’, one of the lousiest film that I have seen off-late. It’s a pure waste of time / money & in all the departments the movie sucked big time. I liked Shriya though, the only consolation in that insufferable film.
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I have become a big addict of tv recently, especially the English movie channels & the sitcoms. Iam waking up early everyday to catch a movie & have been watching another film during the nights. In between I watch sitcoms like ‘Friends’, ‘Seinfeld’, ’How I met your mother’ & a lot others. To be honest, Iam not watching them for the fun part or to pass time, but Iam observing them; its almost like an exercise to me now to build my abilities in that direction. Iam trying to gather as much of knowledge as possible within the limited means that I have. Maybe I should start to write abt the movies / sitcoms that I see, so that the screenplay gets registered in my mind atleast. Lets see.
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But my new schedule has not gone down well with my wife & she is visibly unhappy. She expresses it often, but she understands the passion I have for that profession. She may not be all that encouraging when it comes to this particular dream of mine, but she would not stand in the way. Mainly because she knows that she cannot stop me from chasing my dreams & also because she wants me to be happy.
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Protecting my dreams & going after them are the most important things for me & that’s what has kept me going all thru the terrible phase & even now.
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