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Blogs That I Follow.

  • http://navallanga.blogspot.com
  • News Item That touched Me ....There was one article in this month's Reader's Digest about Kamalbhai Parmar who is running a fabricating unit and who runsa school,rather a tution school for the poor students in Ahmedabad.It takes a large heart to start something like this.I do wish I can do something like that too.Atleast be able to teach in such effort .
  • Books That I am reading now.....I am reading "Under Orders" by Dick Francis.Just started.Seems to be about issues in racing sport.
  • News Items That Touched Me Today----The bicyc;e scores over train and car in a survey conducted for two wheeler travel ina congested metro like New York as the fastest transport..
  • Movies That I Liked.....I watched a Malayalam Movie called'Vastu Hara' in Kairali T.V.yesterday.The story touches about losers who migrate abandoning their personal properties during divison of countries and realtes to the creation of East Pakistan called East Bengal dividing Bengalis .Also running underneath the main issue is the personal loss of property which gets rejected by the Mother in the story who is offered the same back by her Husband's relatives.
  • Books That Are My Favorites----Somerset Maughm's short stories,Arthur Conan Doyle's 'sherlock Holm mysteries',All of Shakespearian dramas,The Bronte sister's writings,Poems by Mathew Arnold and Tagore's 'gitanjali'.This list is not exahaustive.

Wednesday, December 01, 2010

In Todays World.


I am looking at the past some days news.Especially about the Wikki Leak.I think trasparency cannot be exercised to the maximum so long as different nations. color, caste and politics exist.whoever leaked these matters and comments did so to harm harmony in general.Being an Indian I am not surprised that Turkey kept us out of an Afganisthan related meeting.Possibly Turkey could be even dancing to some one else's tune.Dont we comment on our own family members to other family members.We do.But the family member with whom we discussed a certain other family member discloses that to the other member what happens.Deep freeze of course if the matter commented on was very hurtful and important, othewise all will quarrel for some days and then everything will be back to normality.Don't they?

Jayamala.

Friday, October 22, 2010

An Interesting Festival.



I am talking about the Dussera festival which is celebrated as Navarathri festival for keeping dolls as "Kolu" display in Brahmin homes.This used to be the occasion in olden days for ladies and children and eligible girls to visit one another's houses and display their talents in music, and rangoli drawings.I am not somehow able to download some kolu pictures and so bear with me till I do so.

Jayamala.

Saturday, October 09, 2010

Today In Perspective.



I was watching two news itmes on racial issues.One about the South African swimmer who is in India to participate in the CWG.He had called the Indian viewers monkeys.I was thinking why?I thinking we over react for every stroke unlike others.There is no silent appreciation taught to the Indian psyche.So in any public sports display you see adulations are loud.Especially so as Indians have strted getting an identity now.I had a forward from one of my friends where Macaulay had observed the Indian psyche.He says that he did not see a single beggar and the moral values are high. But the Indian do not think that their culture is valuable and so the British can rule them with ease.
The second iten was the video clip of an Indian being elctrocuted and dying being forwarded by the Australian police personnel in web sites to deal with Indian students in Australia.I beleive that racism and hatred exists everywhere and so does concern and human values in all nations.

Jayamala.

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

After quite some time.




I am here after some time.Not tht I did not have anything to say, but slowly I am finding things less enticing, even talking to me here.I feel that there is a detachment between the self and the mortal self.The "Self" knows it does not matter whether the mortal self is in pain or in pleasure or comfortable or not.More and more of this realization that I am the "Self" makes me want to "Just Be".There is nether happiness nor unhappiness.Just this "Being Here".

Jayamala.

Saturday, May 08, 2010

A Forward about Racism.


I have read a lot about various aspects of prejudices,and how human beings treat other human beings in the name of cast,religion and color.I am pasting a forward from one of my friend here.


Subject: Well done Oprah and British Airways
TWO TRUE STORIES ABOUT RACISM

1) I'm sure many of you watched the recent taping of theOprah Winfrey

Show where her guest was Tommy Hilfiger. On the show, she asked him if
the statements about race he was accused of saying were true.
Statements like'...'If I'd known African-Americans, Hispanics, Jewish
and Asians would buy my clothes, I WOULD NOT have made them so nice. I wish these people would *NOT* buy my clothes, as they are made for upper class white people'

His answer to Oprah was a simple 'YES'.
Where after she immediately asked
Subject: Well done Oprah and British Airways
TWO TRUE STORIES ABOUT RACISM

1) I'm sure many of you watched the recent taping of theOprah Winfrey

Show where her guest was Tommy Hilfiger. On the show, she asked him if
the statements about race he was accused of saying were true.
Statements like'...'If I'd known African-Americans, Hispanics, Jewish
and Asians would buy my clothes, I WOULD NOT have made them so nice. I wish these people would *NOT* buy my clothes, as they are made for upper class white people'

His answer to Oprah was a simple 'YES'.
Where after she immediately asked







Subject: Well done Oprah and British Airways
TWO TRUE STORIES ABOUT RACISM

1) I'm sure many of you watched the recent taping of theOprah Winfrey

Show where her guest was Tommy Hilfiger. On the show, she asked him if
the statements about race he was accused of saying were true.
Statements like'...'If I'd known African-Americans, Hispanics, Jewish
and Asians would buy my clothes, I WOULD NOT have made them so nice. I wish these people would *NOT* buy my clothes, as they are made for upper class white people'

His answer to Oprah was a simple 'YES'.
Where after she immediately asked

him to leave her show.

My suggestion? Don't buy your next shirt or perfume from Tommy Hilfiger.
Let's give him what he asked for. Let's not buy his clothes, let's put
Him in a financial state where he himself will not be able to afford the
ridiculous prices he puts on his clothes. BOYCOTT.
PLEASE SEND THIS MESSAGE TO ANYONE YOU KNOW.


Then send it to the whole community that's not white people and see the result.
We have to see the result of unity.

Let's find out if Non-whites really play sucha small part in
the world. Stop buying any range of their (Tommy H etc) product, perfume, cosmetics,
clothes, bags, etc.,

2) Scene took place on a British Airways flight between Johannesburg and London .

A White woman, about 50 years old, was seated next to a black man.
Obviously disturbed by this, she called the air Hostess..
'Madam, what is the matter,' the hostess asked. '
You obviously do not see it then?' sheresponded. '
You placed me next to a black man.
I do not agree to sit next to someone from such a repugnant group.
Give me an alternative seat..'
'Be calm please,' the hostess replied.
'Almost all the places on this Flight is taken.

I will go to see if another place is available.' The Hostess went
away and t hen came back a few minutes later.. 'Madam, Just as I thought, there are no other available seats in the economy class. I spoke to the captain and he informed me that there is a seat in the business class.
All the same, we still have one place in the first class.' Before the womancould say anything, the hostess continued: 'It is not Usual for our
company to permit someone from the economy class to sit in the first
class. However, given the circumstances, the captain feels that it would be scandalous to make someone sit next to someone so disgusting.' She
turned to the black guy, and said, 'Therefore, Sir, if you would like to,
please collect your hand luggage, a seat awaits you in first class.'
At that moment, the other passengers who were shocked by what they had just witnessed stood up and applauded.

Both the above are true stories. IfYou are against racism, please send this message to all your friends;


Jayamala.

Thursday, April 08, 2010

A Sordid Affair.




I am talking about the Sania Mirza-Shoib Malik affair.Can anybody be more stupid than this Shoib Malik?Why did Sania choose to marry this idiot? Is she in trouble? I guess so.That is why the inevitable wedding.It is not that "Love Is Blind", but "Love Was Indescrete"?These two people scored over Tiger Woods for stupidity now.Tiger is now out with preparation for his Golf Open.What these two are going to do if money does not pour because of their career?

Jayamala.

Thursday, February 18, 2010

Over My Shoulders.


Over my shoulders, the trodden path is visible,

Grey and green and with autumn leaves and some spring greens.

The past looks so grey when sorrow stabbed my heart,

But suddenly the pain gives way to happiness so fresh.


A coffee well brewed, a story well told,

A friend ever at my call, and a book well written.

A love forlorn and an end so sudden the path is grey,

But life beckons and I am walking.

Jayamala.