We celebrated Christmas in our office and I played Santa in the same. Had a very good time....
Wish you all a Merry Christmas !!!!!
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Sunday, December 21, 2008
Christmas Tree Decoration....
The Origin : Germany is credited with starting the Christmas tree tradition in the 16th century when devout Christians brought decorated trees into their homes. Some built Christmas pyramids of wood and decorated them with evergreens and candles if wood was scarce.The Christmas tree custom gradually became popular in other parts of Europe. In England Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria made Christmas trees fashionable by decorating the first English Christmas tree at Windsor castle with candles and a variety of sweets, fruits and gingerbread in 1841.
Of course, soon other wealthy English families followed suit, using all kinds of extravagant items as decorations. Charles Dickens described such a tree as being covered with dolls, miniature furniture, tiny musical instruments, costume jewelry, toy guns and swords, fruit and candy, in the 1850s.Most of the 19th century Americans found Christmas trees an oddity. The first record of one being on display was in the 1830s by the German settlers of Pennsylvania. They put one on show to raise money for a local church. I
n 1851 a tree was set up outside of a church. The people of the parish thought it such an outrage and a return to paganism and asked the minister to take it down.By the 1890s Christmas ornaments were arriving from Germany and Christmas tree popularity was on the rise around the U.S. It was noted that Europeans used small trees about four feet in height, while Americans liked their Christmas to reach from floor to ceiling.
The early 20th century saw Americans decorating their trees mainly with homemade ornaments, while the German-American sect continued to use apples, nuts, and marzipan cookies. Popcorn joined in after being dyed bright colors and interlaced with berries and nuts.Electricity helped introduce Christmas lights making it possible for Christmas trees to glow for days on end. With this, Christmas trees began to appear in town squares across the country. All important buildings, private and public, signaled the beginning of the Christmas holiday with the tree ceremony.Early Christmas trees had, in place of angels, figures of fairies - the good spirits, though horns and bells were once used to frighten off evil spirits.
In Poland, Christmas trees used to be decked with angels, peacocks and other birds as well as many, many stars. In Sweden, trees are decorated with brightly painted wooden ornaments and straw figures of animals and children. In Denmark, tiny Danish flags along with mobiles of bells stars, snowflakes and hearts are hung on Christmas trees. Japanese Christians prefer tiny fans and paper lanterns. Lithuanians cover their trees with straw bird cages, stars, and geometric shapes. The straw sends a wish for good crops in the coming year. Czechoslovakian trees display ornaments made from painted egg shells.A Ukrainian Christmas tree has a spider and web for good luck. Legend has it that a poor woman with nothing to put on her children's tree woke on Christmas morning to find the branches covered with spider webs turned to silver by the rising sun.
Legends of the Christmas Tree : Many legends exist about the origin of the Christmas tree. One is the story of Saint Boniface, an English monk who organized the Christian Church in France and Germany. One day, as he traveled about, he came upon a group of pagans gathered around a great oak tree about to sacrifice a child to the god Thor. To stop the sacrifice and save the child's life Boniface felled the tree with one mighty blow of his fist. In its place grew a small fir tree. The saint told the pagan worshipers that the tiny fir was the Tree of Life and stood the eternal life of Christ.
Another legend holds that Martin Luther, a founder of the Protestant faith, was walking through the forest one Christmas Eve. As he walked he was awed by the beauty of millions of stars glimmering through the branches of the evergreen trees. So taken was he by this beautiful sight that he cut a small tree and took it home to his family. To recreate that same starlight beauty he saw in the wood, he placed candles on all its branches.
Yet another legend tells of a poor woodsman who long ago met a lost and hungry child on Christmas Eve. Though very poor himself, the woodsman gave the child food and shelter for the night. The woodsman woke the next morning to find a beautiful glittering tree outside his door. The hungry child was really the Christ Child in disguise. He created the tree to reward the good man for his charity.Others feel the origin of the Christmas tree may be the "Paradise Play." In medieval times most people could not read and plays were used to teach the lessons of the bible all over Europe. The Paradise Play, which showed the creation of man and the fall of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden was performed every year on December 24th. The play was performed in winter creating a slight problem. An apple tree was needed but apple trees do not bare fruit in winter so a substitution was made. Evergreens were hung with apples and used instead.Another story comes from Germany about spiders and Christmas trees. Long ago families allowed their animals to come inside and view the Christmas trees on Christmas Eve. Because the Christ Child was born in a stable, they felt that the animals should take part in the Christmas celebration. But spiders weren’t allowed because housewives didn't want cobwebs all over everything. of course the spiders were unhappy about this, so one year they complained to the Christ Child. He felt sorry for them and decided that late at night He would let them in to see the trees. The excited spiders loved the Christmas trees and all night long they crawled about in the branches, leaving them covered with webs. On Christmas morning the housewives saw what the spiders had done. But instead of being angry, they were delighted. For in the night the Christ Child had turned all of the cobwebs into sparkling tinsel.
And even today, tinsel is often used to decorate Christmas trees to add that same sparkle the Christ Child gave the cobwebs long ago, in Germany.
Decorating the Christmas Tree: A Timeless Tradition© Enter any department store from now until New Year's and aisles packed with plastic ornaments, glistening garland, and blinking lights will greet you at every turn. What was once a simple family tradition has become a multimillion-dollar industry with decorations becoming more elaborate and costly each year.
Where did this tradition begin and how did it become such an integral part of the holiday festivities?like the majority of practices associated with Christmas, the tradition arose from the intermingling of ancient Roman beliefs and the spreading Christian religion. Early Christians believed certain trees flowered unseasonably on Christmas Eve as homage to Jesus' birth. This belief combined with the Roman practice of decorating their homes with greenery for the New Year formed the basis of our modern fascination with icicles and fancy angel tree toppers.
The decorating of various structures and trees has been recorded in Europe from the 17th century on, but the first written account of a "Christmas tree" did not appear until 1605. According to John Matthew's The Winter Solstice, an anonymous German citizen that year recorded trees being decorated with "roses cut out of many colored paper, apples, wafers, gold-foil, [and] sweets". What about chaser lights and oodles of wrapped gifts? It was more than 100 years later when Professor Karl Gottfried Kissling of the University of Wittenburg wrote of people adding candles for decorations and placing children's wrapped branches around the bottom of the small indoor trees.
Even though the practice was initially condemned by religious leaders, it spread from Germany to Finland through Norway and Denmark. In 1840, Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of England endorsed the tradition by displaying their own ornately decorated tree at their palace. By the early 1900s, decorating the tree was as much a part of Christmas as Santa Claus and opening presents.Of course, the early trees were decorated differently than today's evergreens. Early ornaments were usually hand-crafted or edible. Nuts, candies, fruits, and pieces of colored paper were the most common. The average modern tree is decorated with a combination of store-bought ornaments and family memorabilia with several strings of lights strewn over the branches instead of candles, but no matter how the tree is decorated it still symbolizes a timeless Christmas tradition of families gathered together exchanging presents and love.
[©In association with Merrychristmas.com]
Of course, soon other wealthy English families followed suit, using all kinds of extravagant items as decorations. Charles Dickens described such a tree as being covered with dolls, miniature furniture, tiny musical instruments, costume jewelry, toy guns and swords, fruit and candy, in the 1850s.Most of the 19th century Americans found Christmas trees an oddity. The first record of one being on display was in the 1830s by the German settlers of Pennsylvania. They put one on show to raise money for a local church. I
n 1851 a tree was set up outside of a church. The people of the parish thought it such an outrage and a return to paganism and asked the minister to take it down.By the 1890s Christmas ornaments were arriving from Germany and Christmas tree popularity was on the rise around the U.S. It was noted that Europeans used small trees about four feet in height, while Americans liked their Christmas to reach from floor to ceiling.
The early 20th century saw Americans decorating their trees mainly with homemade ornaments, while the German-American sect continued to use apples, nuts, and marzipan cookies. Popcorn joined in after being dyed bright colors and interlaced with berries and nuts.Electricity helped introduce Christmas lights making it possible for Christmas trees to glow for days on end. With this, Christmas trees began to appear in town squares across the country. All important buildings, private and public, signaled the beginning of the Christmas holiday with the tree ceremony.Early Christmas trees had, in place of angels, figures of fairies - the good spirits, though horns and bells were once used to frighten off evil spirits.
In Poland, Christmas trees used to be decked with angels, peacocks and other birds as well as many, many stars. In Sweden, trees are decorated with brightly painted wooden ornaments and straw figures of animals and children. In Denmark, tiny Danish flags along with mobiles of bells stars, snowflakes and hearts are hung on Christmas trees. Japanese Christians prefer tiny fans and paper lanterns. Lithuanians cover their trees with straw bird cages, stars, and geometric shapes. The straw sends a wish for good crops in the coming year. Czechoslovakian trees display ornaments made from painted egg shells.A Ukrainian Christmas tree has a spider and web for good luck. Legend has it that a poor woman with nothing to put on her children's tree woke on Christmas morning to find the branches covered with spider webs turned to silver by the rising sun.
Legends of the Christmas Tree : Many legends exist about the origin of the Christmas tree. One is the story of Saint Boniface, an English monk who organized the Christian Church in France and Germany. One day, as he traveled about, he came upon a group of pagans gathered around a great oak tree about to sacrifice a child to the god Thor. To stop the sacrifice and save the child's life Boniface felled the tree with one mighty blow of his fist. In its place grew a small fir tree. The saint told the pagan worshipers that the tiny fir was the Tree of Life and stood the eternal life of Christ.
Another legend holds that Martin Luther, a founder of the Protestant faith, was walking through the forest one Christmas Eve. As he walked he was awed by the beauty of millions of stars glimmering through the branches of the evergreen trees. So taken was he by this beautiful sight that he cut a small tree and took it home to his family. To recreate that same starlight beauty he saw in the wood, he placed candles on all its branches.
Yet another legend tells of a poor woodsman who long ago met a lost and hungry child on Christmas Eve. Though very poor himself, the woodsman gave the child food and shelter for the night. The woodsman woke the next morning to find a beautiful glittering tree outside his door. The hungry child was really the Christ Child in disguise. He created the tree to reward the good man for his charity.Others feel the origin of the Christmas tree may be the "Paradise Play." In medieval times most people could not read and plays were used to teach the lessons of the bible all over Europe. The Paradise Play, which showed the creation of man and the fall of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden was performed every year on December 24th. The play was performed in winter creating a slight problem. An apple tree was needed but apple trees do not bare fruit in winter so a substitution was made. Evergreens were hung with apples and used instead.Another story comes from Germany about spiders and Christmas trees. Long ago families allowed their animals to come inside and view the Christmas trees on Christmas Eve. Because the Christ Child was born in a stable, they felt that the animals should take part in the Christmas celebration. But spiders weren’t allowed because housewives didn't want cobwebs all over everything. of course the spiders were unhappy about this, so one year they complained to the Christ Child. He felt sorry for them and decided that late at night He would let them in to see the trees. The excited spiders loved the Christmas trees and all night long they crawled about in the branches, leaving them covered with webs. On Christmas morning the housewives saw what the spiders had done. But instead of being angry, they were delighted. For in the night the Christ Child had turned all of the cobwebs into sparkling tinsel.
And even today, tinsel is often used to decorate Christmas trees to add that same sparkle the Christ Child gave the cobwebs long ago, in Germany.
Decorating the Christmas Tree: A Timeless Tradition© Enter any department store from now until New Year's and aisles packed with plastic ornaments, glistening garland, and blinking lights will greet you at every turn. What was once a simple family tradition has become a multimillion-dollar industry with decorations becoming more elaborate and costly each year.
Where did this tradition begin and how did it become such an integral part of the holiday festivities?like the majority of practices associated with Christmas, the tradition arose from the intermingling of ancient Roman beliefs and the spreading Christian religion. Early Christians believed certain trees flowered unseasonably on Christmas Eve as homage to Jesus' birth. This belief combined with the Roman practice of decorating their homes with greenery for the New Year formed the basis of our modern fascination with icicles and fancy angel tree toppers.
The decorating of various structures and trees has been recorded in Europe from the 17th century on, but the first written account of a "Christmas tree" did not appear until 1605. According to John Matthew's The Winter Solstice, an anonymous German citizen that year recorded trees being decorated with "roses cut out of many colored paper, apples, wafers, gold-foil, [and] sweets". What about chaser lights and oodles of wrapped gifts? It was more than 100 years later when Professor Karl Gottfried Kissling of the University of Wittenburg wrote of people adding candles for decorations and placing children's wrapped branches around the bottom of the small indoor trees.
Even though the practice was initially condemned by religious leaders, it spread from Germany to Finland through Norway and Denmark. In 1840, Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of England endorsed the tradition by displaying their own ornately decorated tree at their palace. By the early 1900s, decorating the tree was as much a part of Christmas as Santa Claus and opening presents.Of course, the early trees were decorated differently than today's evergreens. Early ornaments were usually hand-crafted or edible. Nuts, candies, fruits, and pieces of colored paper were the most common. The average modern tree is decorated with a combination of store-bought ornaments and family memorabilia with several strings of lights strewn over the branches instead of candles, but no matter how the tree is decorated it still symbolizes a timeless Christmas tradition of families gathered together exchanging presents and love.
[©In association with Merrychristmas.com]
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Osmosis - Festival of the nerds.... - My First Experience
On 12th December 2008, we would be having our Technology Festival in our company and this is called as 'Osmosis'. MindTree Coromandel is abuzz with lot of activities for the same.
This morning, as I was having breakfast with Dennis, Sangeetha and Jacob, there was a video that was being played, aimed at making people in our organisation to be aware of this festival. So, naturally, our conversation too was around that topic and that basically brought back all the sweet memories of Osmosis, that I have seen.
In 2005, when I was just a week old in MindTree, that's when I experienced Osmosis for the first time. Invitations, Mailers, Posters and what not, the whole of West Campus in Bangalore wore a festive look. As I did not know anyone in MindTree at that time, I was wanting to avoid attending the same, but Mangesh Desai, my colleague offered me a ride and he promised that he would be with me throughout the day.
Probably that was also my first experience of 'Caring' in our CLASS value system, Mangesh drove through our Banashankari office and picked up few more people who were waiting outside our office, hah.. I should say 'MindTree Minds' that's how people are addressed... So, instantly I have already made 3 more friends.
When we went inside Global Village, we could see many people moving around, everyone was busy, but they were all smiles, this immediately reminded me of my close relatives in my wedding, who took ownership and did lot of work, to ensure that my marriage went on well. Did I experience 'Sharing'? Experience was very new, and I was enjoying, I also wanted to do something, but still opted to be a silent spectator, searching for some face, some known face. Meanwhile, I am not sure, if I got lost or Mangesh left me, I was all alone. Mangesh, being a caring person did share his mobile number while we were travelling, so I treaded on my own path.
The stalls were in the ground floor of still under construction, 2nd Phase of the West Campus and I tried to work my way into all the crowded stalls, but was not very successful, as I was seeing a lot of enthusiastic MindTree Minds, trying to understand what various project teams are doing. Did I experience 'Learning'? Then somehow I also had a share of my learning from various stalls and was amazed at the way the Minds in the stall, explained and described what they were exhibiting and the sense of accomplishment that I was able to see, when they were able to attract crowd to their stall and making them happy by providing adequate knowledge made me see what 'Achieving' is all about.
Lastly, the team which was exhibiting the 'Satellite Phone' in the outdoors, gave me also a sense of achievement, as it made me walk with my head high, making me really proud about the accomplishments of the organisation that I am now part of. And certainly don't have to talk about MindTree's 'Social Responsibility'. And no wonder it left an indelible mark in my mind, that in the next Osmosis, I should also play a very important part.
The Fun did not stop there, the MindTree band was playing some wonderful music and the only thing that is still green in my memory is 'Raghav' playing the drums. As we were having sumptuous food for our brain and ears, our taste buds were not left out, even they tasted some amazing food.
Having attained a sense of fulfillment, I left for the day with wonderful memories, which I am able to live through even after three years. Overall Osmosis was a CLASS experience....
This morning, as I was having breakfast with Dennis, Sangeetha and Jacob, there was a video that was being played, aimed at making people in our organisation to be aware of this festival. So, naturally, our conversation too was around that topic and that basically brought back all the sweet memories of Osmosis, that I have seen.
In 2005, when I was just a week old in MindTree, that's when I experienced Osmosis for the first time. Invitations, Mailers, Posters and what not, the whole of West Campus in Bangalore wore a festive look. As I did not know anyone in MindTree at that time, I was wanting to avoid attending the same, but Mangesh Desai, my colleague offered me a ride and he promised that he would be with me throughout the day.
Probably that was also my first experience of 'Caring' in our CLASS value system, Mangesh drove through our Banashankari office and picked up few more people who were waiting outside our office, hah.. I should say 'MindTree Minds' that's how people are addressed... So, instantly I have already made 3 more friends.
When we went inside Global Village, we could see many people moving around, everyone was busy, but they were all smiles, this immediately reminded me of my close relatives in my wedding, who took ownership and did lot of work, to ensure that my marriage went on well. Did I experience 'Sharing'? Experience was very new, and I was enjoying, I also wanted to do something, but still opted to be a silent spectator, searching for some face, some known face. Meanwhile, I am not sure, if I got lost or Mangesh left me, I was all alone. Mangesh, being a caring person did share his mobile number while we were travelling, so I treaded on my own path.
The stalls were in the ground floor of still under construction, 2nd Phase of the West Campus and I tried to work my way into all the crowded stalls, but was not very successful, as I was seeing a lot of enthusiastic MindTree Minds, trying to understand what various project teams are doing. Did I experience 'Learning'? Then somehow I also had a share of my learning from various stalls and was amazed at the way the Minds in the stall, explained and described what they were exhibiting and the sense of accomplishment that I was able to see, when they were able to attract crowd to their stall and making them happy by providing adequate knowledge made me see what 'Achieving' is all about.
Lastly, the team which was exhibiting the 'Satellite Phone' in the outdoors, gave me also a sense of achievement, as it made me walk with my head high, making me really proud about the accomplishments of the organisation that I am now part of. And certainly don't have to talk about MindTree's 'Social Responsibility'. And no wonder it left an indelible mark in my mind, that in the next Osmosis, I should also play a very important part.
The Fun did not stop there, the MindTree band was playing some wonderful music and the only thing that is still green in my memory is 'Raghav' playing the drums. As we were having sumptuous food for our brain and ears, our taste buds were not left out, even they tasted some amazing food.
Having attained a sense of fulfillment, I left for the day with wonderful memories, which I am able to live through even after three years. Overall Osmosis was a CLASS experience....
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
A Blog Posting about Self.....
Cannot resist blowing my own trumpet .....
http://www.kprabu.com/2008/12/venkatesh-balasubramanian.html
http://www.kprabu.com/2008/12/venkatesh-balasubramanian.html
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Read this somewhere....
A mother’s feeling is the same whether a pregnancy is wanted or unwanted,
she will still carry it close to her heart,
one hand to her womb
and the other shooing it away….
she will still carry it close to her heart,
one hand to her womb
and the other shooing it away….
Monday, December 8, 2008
8th December - Its My Birthday
Today is my birthday and my gratitudes to everyone in my life, who have made me see this day, as I am seeing it.
A Big Thank You !!!
A Big Thank You !!!
Friday, December 5, 2008
Mumbai Terror Attack - Will it change the way we live?
Last few posts of mine has been around the Mumbai Terror Attack, if the aim of the Terrorist is to create terror in the minds of the citizen, I will have to admit that they were fairly successful in doing that.
I live nearly 1000 kms away from the epicentre of the attack and trust me, I am deeply hurt and I have been feeling very insecure and having been going through sleepless nights. Is the title misleading.....
No, not really, I went to Trident Hotel in Chennai near the Airport and even though I was expecting the same, the amount of security checks that I had to undergo was quite a lot. It really made me happy, as they were doing a thorough job. Right from checking the bonnet and the luggage compartment and inside of the car, it was a good confidence building measure. Also, when we alighted the car, we were asked for a Photo Identity card and also our business card, the photo identity card was duly photocopied and retained with themselves. After all this frisking also happened, I could see all the guests were cooperating with the hotel staff during the entire process of security checks. So, please be aware that you should always carry a photo identity card with you when you got Hotels and Malls.
As I continued my walk towards my favorite restaurant 'Samudra' in 'The Trident', questions that came up on my mind is, has these terror attacks completely changed the way we would live ? Will the people who cooperated for the security checks, would continue to think that this is being done for their own good? Will the Hotel establishments take these security measures forever? Only time would answer all my questions.
I ordered my favorite 'Malabar Prawn Curry' and had it with Appam and Parotta, but my eyes were always on the entrance of the restaurant, checking if some gunmen is indeed coming. Dining in a Star Hotel is not the same ? But will it be like this forever ????
Whether the Security in the Hotels or the Airport is the same or not after sometime, the general public should not forget this and ensure that they are responsible by voting and by not encouraging caste based politics. Let's not forget that they thrive on our votes.
I live nearly 1000 kms away from the epicentre of the attack and trust me, I am deeply hurt and I have been feeling very insecure and having been going through sleepless nights. Is the title misleading.....
No, not really, I went to Trident Hotel in Chennai near the Airport and even though I was expecting the same, the amount of security checks that I had to undergo was quite a lot. It really made me happy, as they were doing a thorough job. Right from checking the bonnet and the luggage compartment and inside of the car, it was a good confidence building measure. Also, when we alighted the car, we were asked for a Photo Identity card and also our business card, the photo identity card was duly photocopied and retained with themselves. After all this frisking also happened, I could see all the guests were cooperating with the hotel staff during the entire process of security checks. So, please be aware that you should always carry a photo identity card with you when you got Hotels and Malls.
As I continued my walk towards my favorite restaurant 'Samudra' in 'The Trident', questions that came up on my mind is, has these terror attacks completely changed the way we would live ? Will the people who cooperated for the security checks, would continue to think that this is being done for their own good? Will the Hotel establishments take these security measures forever? Only time would answer all my questions.
I ordered my favorite 'Malabar Prawn Curry' and had it with Appam and Parotta, but my eyes were always on the entrance of the restaurant, checking if some gunmen is indeed coming. Dining in a Star Hotel is not the same ? But will it be like this forever ????
Whether the Security in the Hotels or the Airport is the same or not after sometime, the general public should not forget this and ensure that they are responsible by voting and by not encouraging caste based politics. Let's not forget that they thrive on our votes.
Thursday, December 4, 2008
வெற்றியின் தோல்வி ! முயற்சியின் வெற்றி
மனிதனே !
தோல்வியை கண்டு தோற்று போகாதே !
நீலவானத்தில் சூரியனின் தோல்வி - அழகிய வட்ட நிலவின் வெற்றி !
கரையை தொட நினைக்கும் அலையின் தோல்வி - பரந்த மணல் படுக்கையின் வெற்றி !
கூட்டுப்புழுவின் தோல்வி -வண்ணங்கள் ஆயிரம் கொண்ட வண்ணத்து பூச்சியின் வெற்றி!
உலக கோப்பையின் தோல்வி - புதிய இந்திய அணியின் ௨0-௨0 வெற்றி
விண்ணில் விண்கலத்தின் தோல்வி -சுனிதா வில்லியம்ஸ் விண்வெளி சாதனையின் வெற்றி
கொலம்பஸ்இன் இந்தியா தேடிய படலத்தின் தோல்வி -அழகிய அமெரிக்கா கிடைத்ததின் வெற்றி
குழந்தையின் முதல் அடியின் தோல்வி -வாழ்க்கையின் ஒட்டத்திற்கான புதிய முயற்சியின் வெற்றி
ஆகையால், தோல்வி என்பது வெற்றியின் தோல்வியே தவிர அது முயற்சியின் தோல்வி அல்ல.
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Why is this propaganda against politicians by the Media ?
You have to trust that I am neither a member of any political party nor a supporter of any political party in India before continuing to read this post.
This morning I was watching one of the popular English news channel and they were discussing the Mumbai Terror attack with some celeberities and commoners and everyone were sharing their feelings and what could be the possible solution, etc. It was a very emotional one and I could see people were really talking from their heart. Beleive me they were not targetting the politicians. But believe me when the anchor summarised the whole thing saying that we could understand the anger of the general public against the politicians and also gave an interesting quote confirming the same. I am still surprised how he was able to draw up such a conclusion from the discussions.
This made me wonder why is the media against the politicians, why do they want to make politicians the common enemy? It's not only the politicans who have to be blamed, we have to blame each and everyone in this country. If not for the support of the local people at every place, nothing like this can ever happen in any soil.
Looking at what could this drive to, the politicians just to satisfy the people's emotions, will have to react. We all know that when any reactive decision is taken during emotional times, we may not take the right decision. So let's be patient and let's do a good PR exercise on this incident and take the help of entire world and request Pakistan to take action on the trouble makers in their country. It's not right to blame the nation for some trouble makers and let's table all the evidence to the entire world and take a collective action against the terrorist.
There is a popular saying in Tamil 'Veedu rendu patta, koothadikku kondattam' which means when there is a trouble in the house your neighbour will be happy, as you will not be able to concentrate on your progress. So, during the times of our economical growth, let us not create unease in this country and stunt the economic growth and any fall out will be really troublesome for India also.
Let's restrain our emotions and win with our patience and non violent ways in the steps of our 'Father of our Nation'. In the same lines, instead of fanning the emotions, the media should also be very responsible in ensuring that we take diplomatic measures to get a solution for this problem. I still believe we would get a non violent solution if we all unite and be together and understand politicians are just one among us.
This morning I was watching one of the popular English news channel and they were discussing the Mumbai Terror attack with some celeberities and commoners and everyone were sharing their feelings and what could be the possible solution, etc. It was a very emotional one and I could see people were really talking from their heart. Beleive me they were not targetting the politicians. But believe me when the anchor summarised the whole thing saying that we could understand the anger of the general public against the politicians and also gave an interesting quote confirming the same. I am still surprised how he was able to draw up such a conclusion from the discussions.
This made me wonder why is the media against the politicians, why do they want to make politicians the common enemy? It's not only the politicans who have to be blamed, we have to blame each and everyone in this country. If not for the support of the local people at every place, nothing like this can ever happen in any soil.
Looking at what could this drive to, the politicians just to satisfy the people's emotions, will have to react. We all know that when any reactive decision is taken during emotional times, we may not take the right decision. So let's be patient and let's do a good PR exercise on this incident and take the help of entire world and request Pakistan to take action on the trouble makers in their country. It's not right to blame the nation for some trouble makers and let's table all the evidence to the entire world and take a collective action against the terrorist.
There is a popular saying in Tamil 'Veedu rendu patta, koothadikku kondattam' which means when there is a trouble in the house your neighbour will be happy, as you will not be able to concentrate on your progress. So, during the times of our economical growth, let us not create unease in this country and stunt the economic growth and any fall out will be really troublesome for India also.
Let's restrain our emotions and win with our patience and non violent ways in the steps of our 'Father of our Nation'. In the same lines, instead of fanning the emotions, the media should also be very responsible in ensuring that we take diplomatic measures to get a solution for this problem. I still believe we would get a non violent solution if we all unite and be together and understand politicians are just one among us.
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