I want it ever'GREEN'!

If I am arrogant,

please correct me,

but don't abandon me

If I am boastful,

Please subdue me

but don’t boycott me

If I am lazy,

Please enliven me

but don’t leave me

If I am foolish,

please bear with me

and don’t forsake me

Scold me,

Haul me over the coals

But please don't walk out of my life

If the ‘Green’ goes off, then what will remain here...Oh Mother!

If your Big Beautiful eyes do not cast your care on me, who else will!

Letter to my liver!

My dear Liver,

You have been such a loyal friend to me from the time I was born. You have been playing so many roles in my life  for almost 3 decades now. While I was sitting happily and enjoying all the tasty foods available, you were toiling behind metabolising them, and made sure that I am energetic. Not only that, you made sure you did your detoxification function effectively so that there was no toxic accumulation inside me.

You were such a nice friend to me that, you did not expect anything back from me. It was such uncondition al love that you kept doing your duty even when I did not appreciate your role. You continued your tasks even when I overloaded you. A simple thanks would be a gross understatement to you. You deserve more.

Now although we are of same age, because of your over working, you seem to be tired now. I can see that you have slowed down....I can see that you are confused these days. I can see that instead of burning the calories you are accumulating them! It's ok, it happens. Now it is my turn to be concerned towards you.

I promise you I will not overburden you here afterwards. I will give you regular boosters like lemon and pepper.I will give you comforters like apple, orange and other healthy vegetables.
I will help you achieve your goals with the right kind of exercises.
I will free you off your metabolic activities by evening, so that you peacefully do your other jobs, after sunset.

I am sure, with this mutual concern we have for each other, we will go long way together.

Come, bounce back to good spirits!

Yours
Thankful friend 

Modi- the alternative Perspective

If you are also, like me, pissed off with the media's brainwash on the Narendra Modi's PMship and 'the 2002', here have a look at this analysis, I came across.
It is really interesting to look at the perspective that is being constantly shrouded!

http://guruprasad.net/posts/modi-phenomenon-propaganda-or-reality/

http://guruprasad.net/posts/part-2-modi-phenomenon-propaganda-or-reality/

http://guruprasad.net/posts/part-3-modi-phenomenon-propaganda-or-reality/

The above blogger has really done a good case-study and has impressively brought the Modi phenomenon to light.

I really wish that everyone looks at this alternative perspective also before the 2014 elections to understand the Modi phenomenon.

                            (This page is scanned from last week's issue of Vijayabharatham)

Kolu at Akhilandeswari temple last month!

This post had been lying in my draft for a long time now.  A new tradition of Kolu started at Akilandeshwari temple started this year, like the one at Meenakshi temple (although, the kolu is huge at Meenakshi temple).

Better late than Never!

To some Diwali means festival of lights and crackers, to some it also means festival of sweets. All these years that's what Diwali meant to me also. Additionally, it was also meant to show off my new dress to friends. But this year, Diwali became a festival of learning for me! I know its too late to learn these basic things....but I am glad atleast now I wanted to learn these. I learnt to make Badushah (Its called Balushahi in the North), Ashoka Halwa, Murukku and mixture. I also made my  favourite recipe- the Chocolate. Wow, it was very exciting to see that they all came out reasonably well..!

Spent two days relishing all these sweets and sharing them with friends and family! Besides these, I also had the usual dose of Medu vadai, Thayir Vadai, Suhyam.....and the ladoos, adhirasams and gulab jamoons that our neighbours shared with us! Ended the day with that traditional Diwali Legyam (a digestive medicine)! Never knew that I had such great appetite !

Cheers and good going Lals!
Now back to gym!

Sweet Tips!

Its Diwali time! I am all excited.......because this time I am all set to make sweets and savouries for the first time. I have requested my Mom to guide me through the procedures. (If I am successful in my attempts I shall upload this blog with some of those pictures) Chitthi has sent some very interesting tips for making sweets from  'Dinamani Kadhir'.
I thought I will share it with everyone.

Wow! The thought of all sweets is mouth watering- the best part of Diwali!
Well, I am not only preparing myself for making some sweets, but also preparing myself for pouncing on them -yes, I am regularly hitting the gym and dieting for the past 2 weeks so that I am ready for that HIGH CALORIE RICH FOOD !!!!

Chaos at home

There is some repair work going on inside our home, because of which we are forced to totally vacate 2 rooms of the house for the workers to work there. So now the living space left for us is the hall and a kitchen. And that hall also looks like this. (Look at this picture of the state of our hall today).

Poor mom!! She has just a couch to sit, read or even lie down!

In short, my home today looks like a platform in a railway station with so many people loitering around, with so much of dust, with so much of stuff piled up in one place and more so to see my mom lying down in the couch at one corner. This reminds me of the night I spent with my friends in the Amritsar railway station a year ago. Cannot forget that crazy night and fun filled times we had together. My heart yearns for more such moments!

This post is from a corner of this hall !