'Madiba'-The Invictus

What will you do if someone hurts you?

I will give it back to him in the same coin.

What if you are not able to do anything to the person right away.

Then ,I will wait for the right opportunity to give it back to him.

His home for 18 years
Room no.46664

Wont you forgive him?

What?

 There is a person who did just that.

Who is that?

Nelson Mandela.Have you heard of him.They call him 'Madiba', with love.

Yes. He was the President of south africa.

Before that he was in prison for 27 years.

I see.Was he a rowdy, cause that is a basic qualification many times, for being a politician.

He did use a bit of force but, that is way back.
He is now a symbol of peace and forgiveness all over the world.

He was an activist against apartheid almost 30 years back.
Apartheid is that racialism which separates South africans into the 'whites' and the 'blacks'.

Just like the caste system in our country.
Hasn,t our own Gandhiji done a lot to put an end to this apartheid.
Maybe it will take many more great leaders to finish with this,in India and elsewhere.


                                                           Now, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was released after 27 long years.
There was this first election in their country in 1994 ,when blacks and whites were allowed to vote alike.

An inspiring light

Nelson Mandela was elected President.

Once he took over position as President, the whites were worried.
But,he chose the path of love and forgiveness.

It has made him a living example for love,peace and forgiveness.He is acclaimed not only in South Arica but, the world over.

Kudos!To all the leaders of the world.

Kudos!To all their love.

Snippet 3

Once a rich,city-bred man saw a person in humble clothes, sitting outside a shrine,silently for long.


At the end of an hour , a monk from within the shrine served food to the person.


The man was intrigued by these happenings.He believed that everyone should be worth the food he eats.
He could contain himself no more.
Quick to react, he asked the monk ,"Does this person outside do any work at the shrine?"


"No",said the monk.


The man became angry."Then why do you feed him free of cost.You must be stupid to do so."


The monk listened to him patiently and said, "Watch the person till nightfall and tell me what you feel?"


So,the man positioned himself at a distance from that person and watched him till nightfall.
During the day,he tried to talk to the person but,received no reply.


The man was infuriated."I am such a big man in society.There are hundreds of people waiting for my appointment. No-one dares to ignore me.Either you must be out of your mind or-else you must be deaf and dumb."saying so, he went back to his post and continued watching the person.


The monk at the shrine,who had been noticing all this,summoned the man and asked him,"What do you think of the person outside the shrine now?"


"I still feel he is a total waste and such lazy people should not be encouraged",said the man.

'Silence is golden'

Now, the monk said,"He is the chief priest of the shrine.
He teaches people about the importance of silence.


I have been watching your activities from the morning.You have called me a 'stupid'.
You have called our teacher  'a total waste',lazy man','mad man' and what not.


All this harsh and impulsive behavior has earned you no goodness or peace.
So, follow the path of silence whenever you can and you will be closer to God everyday.


Realizing his folly, he asked for forgiveness from the monk and the chief priest and set out on his way.


He was a changed man now.


All his ego had melted away and he decided to talk only when it is absolutely necessary.

An unforgettable experience

There are so many delicacies in a lifetime .Not of food for the stomach, but for the mind.

We have to just keep our hearts open, to find them.

Here is one such incident that teaches us the value of life and of timely help ,all at once.

A few years ago, my friend Sheela was traveling on a national highway,with her husband and child back from their vacation spot.She was on a taxi with three other co-passengers.

Sheela and her son were sitting on the front seat next to the driver.When the taxi had travelled half the way to its destination, an old lady and her daughter from the back seat ,wanted to swap seats with my friend and her son.

Sheela accepted and allowed them to occupy the seats.

The taxi would have travelled only a few kilometers with this new seating arrangement, when suddenly from nowhere a lorry came speeding towards them.The situation was out of control and the lorry stopped only when it slid over the taxi , crushing the front half of it.

Sheela had been unconscious for quite sometime.When she regained consciousness,she came to know that the old lady ,her daughter and the driver were crushed under the weight of the lorry.

the four of them in the backseat had survived the accident,but with serious injuries.

the middle-aged man next to her in the backseat , had succumbed to the injuries on his way to the hospital.

Sheela, her husband and son underwent many surgeries before they could be back on their feet.They took many months to resume normal living.

the highlight of the incident is that ,when they regained consciousness, their attending doctor,
told them that they have survived the accident because they were brought to hospital on time for treatment.

One other taxi driver who was on the same road,had stopped to help.Having seen them bleeding and semi-conscious ,he had called for an ambulance immediately.he had travelled with them to the hospital ,waited there till the hospital authorities could give them first aid .

he then left ,not leaving behind his phone number, address or even name .

To this day,my friend and her family thank this unknown good samaritan, for their lives.

Thank you, wherever you are brother.

'Singam'tamil movie:my review

Singam is a perfect masala mix movie.

This being the 25th movie for the hero surya,it will give him more of a mass appeal.

Anushka is very beautiful ,but quite a bit taller than the hero.they have tried to cover up this oddity by using different angles of the camera, but it is still evident whenever the pair stand beside each other.

Manorama 'aachi' has been given very few scenes.she could have been used in a much better manner.even with such a short appearance she makes a mark.

So is the case for Radharavi too.

The only other person who has a bit of scope in the movie apart from the hero ,is the villian Prakashraj.
Both the hero and the villian have a challenge as to who will shout louder.

The songs are good and melodious.The locations are pleasant and captured on camera beautifully.

How can I forget Mr.Yerimalai?
The background music for the comedian was a good idea.Vivek has gone along with the movie and has not tried to improvise like his usual self.
He looks a bit older and out of shape.
But, his face expressions and witty talks do leave a smile on our face.

Why is it that movie after movie the main theme is violence?
Half the time we see someone threatening another .

It is a good change not to see obscenity or filthy language on screen.

Now, the limelight has fallen on tamil artists and movies.the whole world is sitting up and watching.
At this point, I feel we should give more creative and varied movies especially by leading heroes .

I hope that tamil movie fans will choose good and creative movies to take tamil cinema to the next level.

Short story-Memories

James and Rani were a beautiful pair.It seemed they were 'made for each other'.

They had loved each other in college and had got married, against many odds.They have lived happily for a year now.

It was their first wedding anniversary and they wanted to celebrate it pompously.

They had called all their friends.Since both of them were working on full-time jobs,they had a huge crowd to welcome.

James and Rani had a great time with their friends ; till James saw Raj.

Raj was a handsome and smart , young bachelor who worked in Rani's office.He is a good friend of her's too.

Rani used to mention about Raj occasionally, to James, whenever he had helped her out with problems in office.

James had not thought much about him till then.

Raj's striking looks and sharp intellect created an inferiority complex in James.

The function was over and all the friends had left.

But, Raj had not left James thoughts.He was here to stay.

James started asking his wife periodcaly about Raj and as to what she felt about him.Rani did not take these questions seriously in the beginning.But, slowly she started to sense changes in James' behavior.

James was falling a prey to suspicion day by day.

This affected his normal life and his relationship with his wife worsened.

At one point, James' fear reached fever pitch and he could not hold it back any longer.

He burst out at his wife with all animosity and allegations.

Rani was totally shattered and did not know how to respond.

She cried her heart out, but to no avail.Then, she thought going out to office would ease her nerves.She started to office.

Even then ,she could not bear to think that her husband could suspect her with someone else.

With all her mind clogged with these thoughts, she forgot to check the signals before crossing the lane.Fortune did not favor Rani that day.

She had a bad accident on her way, close to office and her head was injured.

She was admitted into the intensive care unit of a nearby hospital by her erstwhile friend Raj.

James rushed to see his dear wife, on hearing the news.

Rani took a few weeks to regain consciousness.

Rani's parents and James 'parents had come over to see her.

The doctor took Rani through a series of tests and declared that all her senses were back to normal.

But, that he cannot say anything about her memories.

All her friends and relatives came to see her.There was a big crowd at the hospital.

But, she remembered none.

She did not remember james too.

She only remembered the person who carried her to the hospital ,immediately after the accident -her friend- her friend Raj.

So, Raj, Rani and James live in the same flat now-a-days.James and Raj have decided on this arrangement till Rani remembers James.

All this on James request.

Note:

Today is James' and Rani's second wedding anniversary.But, she knows nothing of it.

James never had the guts to tell Raj what he had thought about him.Staying with Raj for one year made him realize what a fool he had been to think so.