Monday, October 20, 2008

Return ticket to Bangalore

After postponing my travel to Bangalore( read INDIA) thrice, courtesy my manager's indecision or anxiety or rather revenue, it was finally decided that i will be traveling back on 8th October. As usual, our guys come up with new things on the last day...suddenly i was told that its my responsibility to collect work related gadgets, so had to go to office even though i was on leave.....then it was final hour shopping, fighting for i ternary...this is so common in IT industry.... well everything done i was waiting for Wednesday's morning to run away to INDIA to see my family....


Wednesday morning i was fresh, had bath early, wished my roomie gud luck and he wished me gud luck for my marriage( whichi am not sure whether it would happen at all).BTW i had booked car for carrying me n my luggage to the airport. i was waiting for 9AM when the car was supposed to come. he came at right time and then we left to XNA airport. our XNA - Bentonville airport is small so it does not need us to be too early for check ins even if we are doing international traveling. TO my fortunate linings, the Chicago flight was delayed by 1.5hrs , which was god sent thing. as such it was not going to make much diff because the waiting time at Chicago was earlier 6 hrs, which would reduce to 4.5hrs as i would have done that waiting thing here in Bentonville airport. I sat next to a old day. I always get fascinated by old women, by their charm, their wittiness and also their intelligence. THe intelligent lady next to me was PENTAGON officer's mother waiting to travel to Chicago and from there to Washington DC to baby sit her grand kids. Her dressing sense was marvellous. We both had a decent chat over US economy, politics, presidential election, INDo-US relation etc..that was a good chat...... whenever i get free time inbetween our chats, i used to call all my friends in US to tell that they are now safe as am moving to INDIA for vacation.... Called my parents in INDIA to say that my journey started....

At last our long delayed Chicago flight arrived, we left bentonville. It was mixed feelings for me. We reached Chicago, this was my 2nd visit in this year to the same place. last time i was here to see the downtown and also to meet Kalpu and Kiran.

then started my search for the terminal for the Frankfort bound plane. Here now i have to spend 4.5 hrs which i had spent by buying a lunch for me, then watching Gandhadha Gudi , Rajkumar's movie in the airport and then had coffee...At 6, we boarded our Flight towards Frankfort and my first ever visit rather just alighting in any country apart from INDIA and USA. Germany, the land where notorious Hitler was born. I really like his dare devil attitude but hate him for making humankind suffer for his fancies of Uni Gene population.

I was fortunate to sit next to a Canadian teenage girl, pretty they are. Our line was having people from different countries sitting next to each other...first there was an adventurous American lady, next to her was Pretty Canadian Teenager, me , a German man and then an African Lady. That was fun to talk to all of them, though did not go beyond a level to get their contact info.

8.5 hrs journey was as usual troublesome as i was excited to see my parents, irritated because i was not getting sleep. We reached the Frankfort airport. For the first time i saw how good Americans ( at least they act as if they are good ) were in treating ppl then Germans. The Airport officials were rude.Then after 2 hours, we started towards my country n hometown. Again 8 hrs journey..this time i had sit next to a kerala Lady doctor who was specialized with breath related diseases...again had a good chat with her...the flight was having considerable number of Kannada people, i was happy abt that...

i reached Bangalore, the airport was decent..i saw the SATYAM's FIFA advertisement...was happy again to see my company working n showing that we do matter in this industry....There was hassle free treatment of us except the wait time to collect the luggage. After that, coolly came through the Customs team. Met manju and puttamama who had come to pick me up from there...the roads towards airport was good, lot of road constructions were going on...at last i reached my hometown after 1.5yrs........... now again a normal old style life would start...search for life partner begins...which i am not liking...that's my journey back from US to Bangalore INDIA

Friday, May 30, 2008

Las Vegas

It was a pleasent day at bentonville. Myself, Sandeep and Vishwa , we three go ready for our trip, hoping it to be a happy journey. We had our flight to Orange County, California at 8.30AM CST. We reached the Fayettville airport by 7 in the morning and waitied to get checked in.

Once our jouney started, we all three were excited. Our jouney had Dallas as the transit point from where we would change the flight to reach Orange County. There we reached Jhon Wyane Airport at Orange county and Vishwa's friend Veeresh and Prem Ranjan had come to pick us up from the Airport. That afternoon we went to a Indian Restorant in California for lunch. The lunch was awasome. We started our trip towards Las Vegas, Nevada by 5 in the evening. There was a heavy traffic on the way to Lasvegas and vehicles were moving at the speed of 5mph instead of stipulated 75mph for almost 30 miles. Hence we lost much of the time in this. Once the traffic was eased on the road, we made the drive fast paced and reached Las Vegas by night 12. There we had booked a 2-bed room fully furnitured apartment for 2 nights so that we can rest there.

After reaching LAS VEGAS, we got ready and went out towards CASINO's at 1AM Westren time zone. We just roamed around the casino's till 5 in the morning. Almost the night went by seeing the LV in the night. All Casino's when inside look like. Luxurious Casino's used to have bars with dancers. Nudely clad girls who were most probably prostitutes, who used to laugh loudly when they pass by, just to attract men. I saw few handsome men who were flirting with these girls.
Saw few gay-couples, happily holding their partner's hands( not sure if they were married or not). It was a kind of shock, but its ok, its their personal life.

We saw many Casino's like NEWYORK NEWYORK, CESAR'S PALACE, CASINO ROYALE, STRATOSHPERE, EIFEL TOWER, MGM GRAND, BELLAGIO, SAHARA, TREASURE ISLAND, THE MIRAGE, BALLY's, PARIS, MANDLAY BAY. There were many more , but no time to see. It is in all terms a real sin city - all kinds of sins are committed here. The sins like prostitution, drugs, drinks, gambling are commited in broad day light without any fear. we just came across many men and women who were just advertising how fast they can get girls to your bed.. All of them were wearing t-shirts displaying " WE CAN GET U A GIRL WITHIN 20 MINS". Along the same path , i saw a man holding a card which said " AMERICANS do feel embrassed for those nude cards, thrash them".

you can also get more information about LAS VEGAS casino's at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Las_Vegas_Strip_hotels

we went back to room that morning at 5, slept till 10 and then we started our journey towards HOOVER DAM. Hoover Dam, also known as Boulder Dam, is a concrete arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, on the border between the U.S. states of Arizona and Nevada. Its a beautiful, arc-shaped damconstructed between two mountains on COLORADO river. It actually forms the border for Arizona and Nevada States. we just stayed there for 45 mins, enjoyed the view and left towards GRAND CANYON.

more information about this is in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoover_Dam

On the way towards GRAND CANYON, we had to travel for more than 100 miles in dry land, probably a desert. It was like a no man's land, no vegitation, no life except hot breeze. we reached GRAND CANYON by 4 in the evening.

The Grand Canyon is a steep-sided gorge carved by the Colorado River in the U.S. state of Arizona. The longstanding scientific consensus has been that the canyon was created by the Colorado River over a period of six million years, but research released in 2008 suggests a much longer 17 million year time span.The canyon is 277 miles (446 km) long, ranges in width from 4 to 18 miles (6.4 to 29 km) and attains a depth of more than a mile (1.6 km).

Its a beautiful place, with lots of oppertunites for trekking. We had just 4-5 hrs to spend there. hence we had to hurry up seeing the place, taking pics, enjoying the cold( infact a very cold) breeze by 7.30 in the night. we met few kannada guys, enjoyed the stay there. Though we had gone there to watch the sunset, we could view it as it was a cloudy day there. But there was a time when everywhere there was clouds, but just in one place, there was sunlight touching the ground, creating a marvellous art in its own. In fact, none can match GOD's creativity.

we started from there by 8, came back to LAS VEGAS, enjoyed that night till 6, went home to sleep. Our Friday night, saturday were completed. We were supposed to vacate our room by 11AM on Sunday. we got ready, left the room. From then on we went to see LAS VEGAS at day time. first we went to the casino STRATOSPHERE.


STRATOSPHERE's attraction is the 1,149 ft (350 m) Stratosphere Tower; it is the tallest free-standing structure in Nevada. It has 3 thrill rides
1. The BIG SHOT at 1,081 feet (329 m) is the highest thrill ride in the world;
2. INSANITY the Ride, at 900 feet (274 m) is the second highest thrill ride in the world, it dangles riders over the edge of the tower and then spins in a circular pattern at approximately forty miles per hour.
3. XSCREAM at 866 feet (264 m) is the third highest thrill ride in the world.

I just took two of the 3 thrill rides. BIGSHOT and XSCREAM was what i enjoyed. though it was first time to do such things, i enjoyed a lot. BIG shot was really a big enjoyment as u would literally to the tip of the tallest building with high speed. stay there for a second or two and drop down fastly.
at that point u can see the whole LAS VEGAS. You can see the rim of VEGAS from there. the XSCREAM was one more dangerous yet enjoyable one. Vishwa and Veeru went on to play INSANITY. i just took the videos atop the STRATOSPHERE.

After this we went on to TAMBA restorant to get indian food. Unfortunately it was closed at 3.30 and we had gone there at4.30. Then we went to a chinese restorant for lunch. had a buffet and then again started the journey to watch all the remaining CASINO's. we went to taking SnAPS. then we left back to California by that night 9 and reach Orange County by 2.30 in the night. we all were so tiered that we just slept.

From Veeru's place, we started to airport by 11 in the morning. First we went to a restoraunt, had roti, dal and rice. from there we went to John Wyane airport for our return journey. It all went well, but there was a delay in the flight from SANTA ANA/ORANGE COUNTY to DALLAS. Hence we missed our return flight to FAYETVILLE at 8PM. But the American Airlines team reschelued us and put us with the 9PM flight.

The journey would have been boring if i had not met Mr. Jonathan. A gentle man probably in his 30's. I was just curious to know what he was doing to SODUKU play book. our conversation started with he saying the rules for SODOKU and it ended with discussing the diversities which both INDIA and AMERICA face. he said he was a LANDSCAPE artist. That was so nice. Normally i have found artists to be attractive by their intellectual and Jovial nature, though i have met only few, i guess all of them should be good. For 1 hour, we just went on talking, and the journey was never boring. As we talked we found how similar , atleast Arkansas was to Karnataka ( my home STATE in INDIA). so much in similarity, yet so diverse.

Well, we had to say bye as our journey ended.

The sad part was, Sandeep lost his camera ( his pet) in the flight. It had lots of his memories assoicated with it and also the trip' snaps.

I hope he will buy a newer and better than the last camera now

Restlessness

i could not do that job because i could not get hold of him....
i could not write this because he did not help
he dumped me because of no reason of mine
she did dumped me for that guy because i was not rich

we often hear these words from many of us. some times it makes me think,
are we not capable of handling these situations. Why do we hurl abuses on others
for our failures. If i dont study well, i will flunk in the exams. If i dont read well, practice well,
i will fail in the interview. No amount of defending your situation would help u in getting
ur thing back. But there can be cases which are beyod our reach, our maximum aim should be to get our things done, if we do see that it wont happen, then we should sit and think, whether its worth the try.

More often we take decisions saying its very ddifficult. But more often its possible from us, but we dont try it putting our heart in it.

I have committed the same mistakes......

i have given reasons for my failures, be it my personal life or professional. Rather than changing my attitude, i gave reason for many years. But did that change anything. Clearly it changed nothing, but it gave me the same answers for all my failures.

i dont consider coming to US was an acheivement. All tom-dick-n-harry comes to US for work or studies. But what did i acheive after coming here. I became lazy, damn-good-lazy-guy. Became dependent on others for small things which i should not have become. Why do i take comfort in being parastitic on others for small things.

I have to be independent, risk-taking( clearly for my benifit) and also successful. I know that there is no clear solution for this , other than clear planning. But for that i have stop thinkin on unnecesssay things which are diverting me. I have to do it now, before its too late for me to recover. I know being restless in getting the aim successfully would not do any good to me, but maintain calm n working towards the aim is the right way. Foremost thing is i should take risks worth taking , which could guarantee me( At least get the hope of getting ) the success....

Bless me LORD that i would work towards things as i have said now without giving reasons for not doing this.

Nice Song and its lyrics

Film: "Do Aankhen Barah Haath"
Singer: Lata Mangeshkar

aye maalik tere bande hum ayese ho humaare karam
nekee par chale, aaur badee se tale, taankee hasate huye nikale dam

ye andheraa ghanaa chhaa rahaa, teraa insaan ghabaraa rahaa
ho rahaa bekhabar, kuchh naa aataa najar, sukh kaa sooraj chhoopaa jaa rahaa
hai teree roshanee mein jo dam to amaawas ko kar de poonam

badaa kamajor hain aadamee, abhee laakhon hain is mein kamee
par too jo khadaa, hain dayaaloo badaa, teree kirapaa se dharatee thamee
diyaa toone humei jab janam too hee zelegaa hum sab ke gam

jab julmon kaa ho saamanaa, tab too hee humei thaamanaa
wo buraee kare, hum bhalaaee bhare, naheen badale kee ho kaamanaa
badh uthhe pyaar kaa har kadam aaur mite bair kaa ye bharam

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"Do Aankhen Barah Haath" (English: Two Eyes Twelve Hands) is a 1957 film that portrays a jail warden who transforms six deadly prisoners released on parole into persons of virtue and moral based on Gandhian philosophy.
The film was inspired by the story of a 'open-prison' experiment in the princely state of Oundh near Pune, which was recounted by G D Madgulkar to V. Shantaram.

In 2005, Indiatimes Movies ranked the movie amongst the Top 25 Must See Bollywood Films. The film is also remembered for its theme song, Aye Maalik Tere Bande Hum, sung by Lata Mangeshkar. Original Music by Vasant Desai.
Cast; * V. Shantaram - Adinath, Jail warden * Sandhya - Champa
Trivia;
During the filming V. Shantaram battled with a bull and lost his one eye during the stunt. He was daring and filled livingness to the movie.
Awards; * 1958: National Film Award for Best Film. * 1958: Berlin International Film Festival: OCIC Award.....

Lata Mangeshkar ( born September 28, 1929) is a highly known playback singer in the Indian Hindi movie industry. Mangeshkar's career started in 1942 and has spanned over six decades. She has done playback singing for over 980 Bollywood movies, and has sung songs in over twenty Indian languages. She is the elder sister of the equally accomplished singer, Asha Bhosle....
Awards and recognitions;
Lata Mangeshkar has won several awards and honors, including Padma Bhushan (1969), Padma Vibhushan (1999), Dada Saheb Phalke Award (1989), Bharat Ratna (2001), three National Film Awards, and 12 Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards. She has also won four Filmfare Best Female Playback Awards. In 1969, she made the unusual gesture of giving up Filmfare Best Female Playback Award, in order to promote fresh talent. She was later awarded Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award in 1993.
In 1984, the State Government of Madhya Pradesh instituted the Lata Mangeshkar Award in honor of Lata Mangeshkar. The State Government of Maharashtra also instituted a Lata Mangeshkar Award in 1992.
In 1974, The Guinness Book of Records listed Lata Mangeshkar as the most recorded artist in the history, stating that she had reportedly recorded "not less than 25,000 solo, duet and chorus backed songs in 20 Indian languages" between 1948 and 1974.
Although the entry has not been printed in Guinness editions since 1991, reputable sources claim that she has recorded thousands of songs, with estimates ranging up to figures as large as 50,000.
Lata is the second vocalist to receive "Bharat Ratna", India's highest civilian honour......

Sunday, March 30, 2008

ಗೌರಮ್ಮ - Part 2

ಗೌರಮ್ಮ ಮಕ್ಕಳ್ಳಲ್ಲೂ ಸುಖ ಕಾಣಲಿಲ್ಲ .....ದೊಡ್ಡ ಮಗ...ಆಸ್ಟಿನ ಆಕ್ರಮಿಸಿಕೊಂಡು ಮಿಕ್ಕವರನ್ನ ಮನೆ ಇಂದ ಹೊರಗೆ ಅಟ್ಟಿದ ....... ಒಬ್ಬ ಮದುವೆ ಯಗದೆ ಇದ್ದ ಮಗಳು, ೨ ಗಂದುಮಕ್ಕಳು, ಗಂಡ ಮಕ್ಕಳ ಜೊತೆ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ಸೇರಿದ್ದಾಳೆ ಗೌರಮ್ಮ.........ಗಂಡ ಅಸ್ತು ಹೊತ್ತಿಗೆ ಸ್ವಲ್ಪ ಜೀವನ ಅರ್ಥ ಮಾಡಿಕೊಂಡಿದ್ದಾನೆ .... ೨ ನೇ ಮಗನಿಗೆ ಡಿಪ್ಲೋಮಾ ಓಡಿಸಿದ್ದಾಳೆ, ಚಿಕ್ಕ ಮಗ ಹೊಟೆಲ್‍ನಲ್ಲಿ ಕೆಲಸಮಡ್ಕೊಂಡು ೧೦ ತರಗತಿ ಮುಗಿಸಿದ್ದಾನೆ


೩ನೇ ಮಗಳಿಗೆ ಮದುವೆ ಮಾಡಿದ್ದಾಳೆ......೨ನೇ ಮಗ ಕೆಲಸಕೆ ಸೇರಿಕೊಂಡಿದ್ದಾನೆ .......೩ನೆಯವನು ಡಿಗ್ರೀ ಮಾಡ್ತಾ ಇದ್ದಾನೆ ....ಇನ್ನೇನು ಎಲ್ಲ ಸುಗಮ ಆಂಡ್‌ಕೋಂಡ್ಲೇನೋ .........ಮೇಲಿದ್ದಾನಲ್ಲ ಅವನು ...ಸುಮ್ಮನೇ ಕೂರೋದಿಲ್ಲ ಅನ್ನಿಸುತ್ತೆ .... ಮತ್ತೆ ಕಷ್ಟದ ಒಗ್ಗರಣೆ ಹಾಕಿದ್ದಾನೆ ......ಈಗ ೨ನೇ ಮಗನ ಸರದಿ ....... ೨ನೇ ಮಗನಿಗೆ ಮದುವೆ ಮಾಡಿದ್ದಾಳೆ ಗೌರಮ್ಮ ....... ಆದರೆ ಇಲ್ಲೂ ಮಗ ಮತ್ತೆ ತಮ್ಮ, ಅಮ್ಮ ಮತ್ತೆ ಅಪ್ಪನನ್ಣ ಹೊರಗೆ ಹಾಕಿದ್ದಾನೆ.....ದೇವರೇ ದಯೆ...೩ನೆಯವನು ಡಿಗ್ರೀ ಮುಗಿಸಿ ಒಳ್ಳೇ ಕೆಲಸ ಹೀಡಿದ್ದಿದನೆ......ಹಿರಿ ಮಗಳ ಮಕ್ಕಳು ಬೆಂಗಳೋರಿಗೆ ಓಡೊದ್ದಕ್ಕೆ ಬಂದಿದ್ದಾರೆ, ಅವರೆನ್ನೆಲ್ಲ ಸಾಕಿದ್ದಾಳೆ......ದೊಡ್ಡ ಮನೆ ಮಗಳು, ದೊಡ್ಡಾದಾಗೇ ಜೀವಿಸಿದ್ದಾಳೆ


೩ನೇ ಮಗನಿಗೆ ಮೊಮ್ಮಗಲ್ಲ್‌ನೇ ತಂದುಕೊಂಡು ಸುಖ ಸಂಸಾರ ಮೊದಲಾಗಿದೆ........ಇಲ್ಲೂ ಶಾಂತಿ ಇಲ್ಲ ಗೌರಮ್ಮನಿಗೆ.......೩ನೇ ಮಗಳಿಗೆ ಮೋಸ ಮಾಡಿದ್ದಾನೆ ಅಳಿಯ .....ಮಗಳು ಮತ್ತೆ ಮನೆಗೆ ಬಂದಿದ್ದಾಳೆ ..ಆದರೆ ಗೊತ್ತಲ್ಲ ಸಣ್ಣ ವಿಷಯಗಳಿಗೆ ಸೊಸೆಯಣ್ನ ಹುರಿದು ಮುಕ್ಕಿದ್ದರೆ ಎಲ್ಲ ....ಆದರೆ ಸೊಸೆ ಎಲ್ಲವನ್ನು ಸಹಿಸಿದ್ದಾಳೆ.........ಹೀಗೆ ಇರುತ್ತಲೇ ಸಣ್ಣ ವಿಷಯಕ್ಕೆ ಮಗನ ಮೇಲೆ ಕೋಪಿಸಿಕೊಂಡು ೨ನೇ ಮಗನ ಮನೆಗೆ ಹೋಗಿದ್ದಾಳೆ .......ಗೌರಮ್ಮನ ಗಂಡ ೩ನೇ ಮಗನ ಜೊತೆಯಲ್ಲೇ ಉಳಿದಿದ್ದಾನೆ .......




ಮೊದಲಿಂದ ಹೆಂಡತಿಯ ದಾಸಾನು ದಾಸನಾಗಿದ್ದ ಮಗ ತಾಯಿಯನ್ನು ಮನೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಇರೀಸ್‌ಕೊಂಡಿದ್ದಾನೆ ...ಆದರೆ ಹೆಂಡ್ತಿ ಮಕ್ಕಳಿಗೆ ಇಷ್ಟ ವಾಗಲಿಲ್ಲ ಇದು ......... ಗೌರಜ್ಜಿಯನ್ಣ ಸರಿಯಾಗಿ ನೋಡಿಕೊಳ್ಳಲಿಲ್ಲ ....ಆಜ್ಜಿಗೆ ಈಗ ಕ್ಷಯ ರೋಗ ಬಂದಿದೆ .....ಅಜ್ಜಿ ಸೋರಿಗಿದ್ದಾಳೆ ಆದರೆ ಸೌಕರ್ಯ , ಆರೈಕೆ ಇಲ್ಲ .....ಇಡನೆಲ್ಲ ನೋಡಿದ ಜನ ೩ನೇ ಮಗನಿಗೆ ತಿಳಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ .....ಎಸ್ಟ್ ಆದರೂ ಮಗ ಅಲ್ಲ್ವೆ......ಮನೆಗೆ ಕರ್ಕೊಂಡ್ ಬಂದು ಆರೈಕೆ ಮಾಡಿದ್ದಾನೆ ...ಅಜ್ಜಿ ಮೊದಲಿನಂತೆ ಆಗಿದ್ದಾರೆ....ಆದರೆ ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಅಜ್ಜಿಗೆ ನೆಮ್ಮದಿ ಇಂದ ಇರು ಸಾಧ್ಯ ಆಗಲಿಲ್ಲ ......




ಏನೋ ಆಗಿ ಅಜ್ಜಿ ಇಲ್ಲಿಂದ್ಳೂ ಬೇಜಾರ್ ಮಾಡ್ಕೊಂಡು ಸಾಯಲು ಹೋಗಿದ್ದಾರೆ ......ದೇವರ ದಯೆ ಬದುಕಿಸಿದ್ದಾನೆ ........ಆದರೆ ಚಿಕ್ಕ ಮಗನ ಸಮಸಾರ , ಯಾವಾದೂಕ್ಕ ಕಾರಣ ವಾಗಿರದೇ ಇದ್ದರು ದೂರಿಕೆಗೆ ಬಳಿ ಆಯ್ತು ........ಅಜ್ಜಿ ಮತ್ತೆ ೨ನೇ ಮಗನೆ ಮನೆಗೆ ಹೋದ್ರೂ.......ಮೊದಲೇ ಗೌರವ ತೋರಿಸದ ಮನೆ.....ಅಜ್ಜಿ ಕೊರಗಿತು.....ಹಾಸಿಗೆ ಹಿಡಿತು ....ಆದರೆ ೨ನೇ ಸೊಸೆ ಆರೈಕೆ ತೋರಿಸ್ಲಿಲ್ಲ.......ಅಜ್ಜಿ ತಾನೇ ದೂರಿದ ೩ನೇ ಸೊಸೆ ಬರ್ಬೇಕಯ್ತು ಅಜ್ಜಿಗೆ ಆರೈಕೆ ತೋರೋದಕ್ಕೆ......ಒಂದೊಮ್ಮೆ ರಾಣಿ ಆಗಿ ಇದ್ದ ಅಜ್ಜಿ ಕುಗ್ಗಿ ಹೋಯ್ತು.......ಜೀವನೇವೆಲ್ಲ ನೋವುಂಡು ನೋವುಂಡು ಮರಗಟ್ಟಿ ಹೋಯ್ತು........೩ನೇ ಸೊಸೆ ಒಮ್ಮೆ ಮತ್ತೆ ನಮ್ಮ ಮನೆಗೆ ಬರಜ್ಜಿ ಅಂದ್ರೆ , ಅಜ್ಜಿ ಹೇಳುತ್ತೆ " ನಿಮಗೆಲ್ಲ ಅಸ್ತು ನೋವು ಕೊಟ್ಟು ಇನ್ನ್ಯಾವ ಮುಖ ತೋರಿಸ್‌ಕೊಂಡು ಬರಲಮ್ಮ " ಅಂತ


೩ ತಿಂಗಳು ಕೊರಗಿ , ಅಜ್ಜಿ ಒಂದು ದಿನ ಇಹ ಲೋಕ ತ್ಯಜಿಸಿ ಪರ ಲೋಕಕ್ಕೆ ಹೋರ್ಟ್ ಹೋಯ್ತು.....ಅಜ್ಜಿ ಹೋದ ವರ್ಷಕ್ಕೆ ಅಜ್ಜನು ಹೋದ...........


ಈಗ ಹೇಳಿ..........ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಅಜ್ಜಿ ತಪ್ಪು ಇದೆಯೇ .......ಅಜ್ಜಿಯ ಅಪ್ಪನ ಮಾತನ್ನ ಕೇಳಿ ೨ ಮಾಕ್ಕ್ಳು , ಅವರ ಮಾಕ್ಕ್ಳು ಒಳ್ಳೇ ಜೀವನ ನಡೆಸುತ್ತಾ ಇದ್ದಾರೆ ...........ಅಜ್ಜಿಯ ಆ ದಿನದ ನಿರ್ಧಾರ ಈದಿನ ಅವರಿಗೆ ಸುಖ ತೊಂದುಕೊಟ್ಟಿದೆ......


ಈಗ ಹೇಳಿ ಆಜಿ ಮಾಡಿದರಲ್ಲಿ ತಪ್ಪಿಟ್ಟೇ ಸರಿ ಇತ್ಟ್ಟೇ

ತಪ್ಪು ಎಸ್ಟು ಸರಿ ಎಸ್ಟು


ನಿರ್ಧಾರ ನಿಮಗೆ ಬಿಟ್ಟಿದ್ದು.....ಅಜ್ಜಿ ಈಗ ಇದೆನ್ಣೇಲ್ಲ ಬಿಟ್ಟು ದೂರ ಇದ್ದಾರೆ.......

ಗೌರಮ್ಮ - Part 1

ಒಂದು ಮನೆ ಒಂದು ಸಂಸಾರ ಆನಂದ್ವಾಗಿ ಇರೋದಕ್ಕೆ ಏನು ಬೇಕು....ಇದನ್ನ ಕನ್ದುಹಿಡಿದು ಪಾಲಿಸೋದಕ್ಕೆ ಬಹಳ ಕಷ್ಟ ..... ಯಕಂದ್ರೆ ಅದಕ್ಕೆ ಇಂತಹುದೆ ಸೂತ್ರ ಇದೆ ಅಂತ ಹೇಳೋಕೆ ಆಗೋಲ್ಲ .......



ಈಗ ಒಂದು ಕಥೆ ಹೇಳ್ತೇನೆ....ಇದರೆಲ್ಲಿ ಈ ಹೆಂಗಸು ಕೆಟ್ಟವಳ ಒಳ್ಳೆವಳ ಹೇಳಿ......



ಗೌರಮ್ಮ ಸಂಂಪಿಗೆ ಪುರದ ಗೌಡನ ದೊಡ್ಡ ಮಗಳು......ಗೌಡನ ಮಗಳು ಅಂದ್ರೆ ಕೇಳ್‌ಬೇಕೇ...ಸ್ವಾಲ ದರ್ಪ ದೌಲತ್ತು ಇದ್ದೇ ಇತ್ತು ..........ಗೌಡಾನಿಗೆ ಇನ್ನೂ ೨ ಗಂಡು ಮಕ್ಕಳು , ೨ ಹೆಣ್ಣು ಮಕ್ಕಳಿದ್ರು, ದೊಡ್ಡ ಮಗಳು ಗೌರ ಅಂತ ಪ್ರಾಣ .........ಹೀಗಿದಗಳು ಗೌರಮ್ಮ ಮದುವೆ ವಯಸ್ಸಿಗೆ ಬಂದಾಗ ..ದೂರದ ಮಲ್ಲಿಗೆ ಪುರದ ಅಂಚೆ ರಂಗೇಗೌಡನ ದೊಡ್ಡ ಮಗನಿಗೆ ಕೊಟ್ಟು ಮದುವೆ ಮಾಡಲು ನಿರ್ಧರಿಸಿದ .....ಇತ್ತ ರಂಗೇಗೌಡನ ಸಂಸಾರವೋ....೩ ಜನ ಹೆಣ್ಣುಮಕ್ಕಳು ಹುಟ್ಟಿದ ೨೫ ವರ್ಷದ ನಂತರ ೨ ಗಂಡು ಮಕ್ಕಳು ಜನನ...ದೊಡ್ಡ ಮಗಳನ್ನ ದೂಡ ಭಾವ ಮೈದುನನಿಗೆ ಕೊಟ್ಟು ಮದುವೆ ಮಾಡಿದೆಹೇನೆ...ಗಂಡು ಮಕ್ಕಳು ಇಲ್ಲದಿದ್ದ ಕಾರಣ ಅಳಿಯರನ್ನ ಮನೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಉಳಿಸಿಕೊಂಡಿದ್ದಾಃನೆ .....ಗಂದುಮಕ್ಕಳಾದ ಆದ ಮೇಳೀಯೂ ಕಲಿಸಲು ಸಾಧಯವ ಅಳಿಯಂದ್ೃಿನ್ನ... ಭಾವ ಭಾವ-ಮೈದುನ್ರು ಅನ್ನೋಞಯಾವಾಗಿ ಇದ್ದಾರೆ....ಹೆಣ್ಣು ಮಕ್ಕಳು ಮನೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಇದ್ದಾರೆ...ರಂಗೇಗೌಡನ ಹೆಂಡತಿ ಹನುಮಮ್ಮ ದೊಡ್ಡ ಮನೆಯ ಹೆಣ್ಣು...ಈಸ್ತೋಂಡ್ ಜನ ಮನೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಇದ್ದರು ಒಂದು ಕಣ್ಣಿಗೆ ಬೆಣ್ಣೆ ಇನ್ನ್ಂದು ಕಣ್ಣಿಗೆ ಸುಣ್ಣ ಮಾಡಿದವಳು ಅಲ್ಲ.....ಇದ್ದ ಆಸ್ತಿಯಲ್ಲೇ ಗಂಡು ಮಕ್ಕಳಿಗೆ, ಅಳಿಯಂದಿರಿಗೆ ಭಾಗ ಕೊಟ್ಟು, ಒಟ್ಟು ಕುಟುಂಬ ಇದ್ದಿದ್ರಲ್ಲೇ ಸಂತೋಷವಾಗಿಯೇ ಇದ್ದಾರೆ ...........


ಗೌರಮ್ಮ ರಂಗೇಗೌಡನ ಮನೆ ತುಂಬಿದ್ದಾಳೆ .........ದೊಡ್ಡ ಸೊಸೆ ದೊಡ್ಡ ಮನೆ ಮಗಳು ಅಂತ ರಂಗೇಗೌಡ ಹಿಗ್ಗಿದ್ದಾನೆ .... ಆದರೆ ಎನ್ ಮಾಡೋದು ಮಗ ಅನ್ನೋ ಮಗ ಇನ್ನೂ ಊರ್ನಾಳಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಕೆಲಸದ ಕಡೆ ಗಮನ ಇಲ್ಲ.......ಕೆಲಸ ಕಾರ್ಯ ಬಿಟ್ಟು ಊರು ಸುತ್ತಾತ ಇದ್ದಾನೆ ...ಗೌರಮ್ಮನಿಗೆ ಆಗ ಇನ್ನೂ ೧೨ ವರ್ಷ ವಯಸ್ಸು, ಗುದ್ದಯ್ಯನಿಗೆ ೨೧ ವರ್ಷ ....... ಮಕ್ಕಳ ಬುಡ್ಡಿ ಹೋಗಿರುತ್ತದೆಯೇ .......


ತುಂಬಿದ ಮನೆ ನೋಡಿ ಗೌರ ಹೆದರಿದ್ದಾಳೆ ........ ಮನೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಎಲ್ಲರೂ ಇಯವಳಿಗಿಂದ ದೂದ್ದವರೇ ...... ಅವಳ ತವರಿನಲ್ಲೇ ಸಿಕ್ಕ ಮನ್ನಣೆ ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಸೀಗುವ್ದೆ ಎಂದು ಆ ಚಿಕ್ಕ ಮನಸ್ಸು ಬಯಸಿದೆ.....ಆದರೆ ಅದು ಸಿಕ್ಕಿಲ್ಲ.....ಅದು ಆ ಸಂಸಾರದ ತಪ್ಪು ಅಲ್ಲ....ಗೌರನ ತಪ್ಪು ಅಲ್ಲ.......ಹೀಗಿರುತ್ತಲೇ ಪ್ಲೇಗ್ ಊರನ್ನೆಲ್ಲ ಅವರಿಸಿದೆ...... ದೊಡ್ಡಾಯ್ಯ ರಂಗೇಗೌಡ ಮನೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಇದ್ದಿದ್ದ ಒಡವೆ ವಸ್ತ್ರಾನೆಲ್ಲ ದೂಡಾ ಗೋಡೆ ಅಲ್ಲಿ ಕಿಂಡಿ ಮಾಡಿ ಇಟ್ಟಿಧನೆ...ಅದನ್ನ ಮನೆಯ ಚಿಕ್ಕ ಅಳಿಯನ ಜೊತೆ ಹಂಚಿಕೊಂಡಿದ್ದಾಃನೆ .......ನಂಬಿಕೆ ಅಂಥದ್ದು ಚಿಕ್ಕ ಅಳಿಯನೇ ಮೇಲೆ ಪ್ಪ್ಲೌಗೆ ಬಂದು ಮರಣಿಸಿದ್ರೆ, ಇವನಿಂದಾದ್ರೂ ಮನೆ ಮಕ್ಕಳು ನಿಮ್ಮದೇ ಇಂದ ಇರಲಿ ಅನ್ನೋ ದೋದ ಮನಸ್ಸು....ಚಿಮ್ಮ ಅಳಿಯ ಚಿಕ್ಕದಾಗೆ ಯೋಚಿಸಿದ.....ಇರೋದಾಲ್ಲೇ ನಂದಾಗಲಿ ಅಂತ ಯೋಚಿಸಿದ.....೩ ತಿಂಗಳು ಊರ ಹೊರಗಿದ್ದು ಮನೆ ಜನ ಮನೆಗೆ ಬಂದು ನೋಡಿದ್ರೆ.....ದುಡ್ಡು ಮಾಯಾ.....ಚಿಕ್ಕ ಅಳೀಯನೂ ಮಾಯಾ ಇದು ಗೌರಮ್ಮನಿಗೆ ತೀರದ ಗಾಯ..ಕಷ್ಟವನ್ನೇ ನೋಡದೇ ಬಾಳಿದವಳು, ಈ ಮನೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಕಷ್ಟವನ್ನು ಅನುಭವಿಸ್ಥ ಇದ್ದಳೆ ............ಇತ್ತ ರಂಗೇಗೌಡನ ಇಬ್ಬರು ಗಂದುಮಕ್ಕಳು ಇಲ್ಲೀವಾರ್ಗೂ ಬಾರಿ ಊರುರು ಅಲೈತ ಇದ್ಡೋರಿಗೆ ಭಾರಿ ಗಾಯ ......ದುಡ್ದಿಲ್ಲ ಅಂದ್ರೆ ಎಲ್ಲಿ ಅಳಿತಾರೆ ......ಆದರೆ ರಂಗೇಗೌಡ ಇದ್ದಿದ್ರೆಲ್ಲಿ ಅನುಸರಿಸಿಕೊಂಡು ಬಾಳೋಣ ಅಂತ ನಿರ್ಧಾರ ಮಾಡಿಧನೆ


ಆದರೆ ದೇವರು ಕೇಳ್‌ಬೇಕಲ್ಲತುಂಬಿದ ಮನೆ ಭಾಗವಾಗಲು ಎಲ್ಲಾ ಕಾರಣಗಳು ಏರ್ಪಾಡ್ತಾ ಇವೆ ಮನೆಯಲ್ಲಿ...ಅಸ್ತು ಹೊತ್ತಿಗೆ ಗೌರಮ್ಮನಾಗಿದ್ದಾಳೆ .....೬ ಮಕ್ಕಳ ತಾಯಿ ಆಗಿದ್ದಾಳೆ ..........ಇಸ್ತು ಹೊತ್ತಿಗೆ ರಂಗೇಗೌಡನ ಚಿಕ್ಕ ಮಗನ ಮೇಲೆ ಯಾರು ಚಾಪ್ಪ್ಲಿ ಇಂದ ಹೋಡಿದ್ದಾರೆ .........ಹಿರಿ ಗೌಡ್ತಿ ಅವಮಾನ ಆಯತು ಅಂತಉಪವಾಸ ಬಿದ್ದು ಮನ ದೇವರು ಆಂಜನೇಯನ ಪಾದಾ ಸೇರಿದ್ದಾರೆ ......ಗೌಡ್ತಿ ಹೋದ ಮೇಲೆ ಗೌಡನು ಅದೇ ದಾರಿ ಹಿಡಿದಿದ್ದಾನೆ .......ಹಿರೀ ಜೀವಗಳು ಹೋದಮೇಲೆ ಮನೆಯನ್‌ನ ಒಗ್ಗಟ್ಟಿ ನಿಂದ ಇಟ್ಟುಕೂಲಲು ಆಗಿಲ್ಲ.....


ಇದನ್ನೆಲ್ಲ ದೂರದಿಂದ ಗಮನಿಸುತ್ತಾ ಇದ್ದ ಸಂಪಿಗೆ ಪುರದ ದೊಡ್ಡ ಗೌಡ , ಮಗಳ ಮನೆ ಭಾಗ ಮಾಡಿಸಿ....ಅಲ್ಲಿದ್ದ ಆಸ್ತಿಯನ್ಣ ಮಾರಿ......ಸಂಪಿಗಿ ಪುರಕ್ಕೆ ಕರ್ಕೊಂಡ್ ಹೋಗಿದ್ದಾನೆ ......ಅಲ್ಲಿ ಆಸ್ತಿ ತಕ್ಕೋತ್ಟು ..ಮಗಳ ಮನೆ ನಿಲ್ಲಿಸೋ ಪ್ರಾಯ್ತ್ನ ಮಾಡಿಸಿದ್ದಾನೆ .....ಸ್ವಲ್ಪ ಮಟ್ಟಿಗೆ ಯಶಸ್ವಿನು ಆಗಿದ್ದಾನೆ ...ಆದರೆ ಅಳಿಯ ದೇವರು ಮುನಿಸಿ ಕೊಂಡಿದ್ದಾನೆ ......ಯಾವ ಗಂದೆ ಆದ್ರೂ ತನ್ನೋರ್ಣ ಬಿಟ್ಟು , ಅಟ್ಟಿ ಮನೆಗೆ ಬಂದ್ರೆ ಕುಶಿ ಇರುತ್ತದೆಯೇ ಊರೋರು ಸುತ್ತೋದು ಇನ್ನಸ್ಟು ಜಾಸ್ತಿ ಆಗಿದೆ......ಗೌರ ಕಷ್ಟ ಪಟ್ಟು ಮಕ್ಕಲ್ಲನ್ನ ಸಾಕಿದ್ದಾಳೆ .......ಹೆಣ್ಣು ಮಕ್ಕಳಿಗೆ ಮದುವೆ ಮಾಡಿಸಿದ್ದಾಳೆ....ಗಂಡು ಮಕ್ಕಳನ್ನ ಓಡಿಸುವ ಪ್ರಯತ್ನ ಮಾಡಿದ್ದಾಳೆ.....೨ ಗಂಡು ಮಕ್ಕಳು ಓದಿಕೊಂಡಿದ್ದಾರೆ......

Friday, March 21, 2008

My Teachers

:-)

let me try to recollect my class teachers from 1st STD till 10th STD

I - Veena Madam
II - Bharathi Madam
III - Sumalatha Madam
IV - Sumalatha Madam
V - Shyamala Madam
VI - Shanthala Madam
VII - Shantala Madam
VIII - Smt. Chandramati Devi Madam
IX - Smt. C N Girijamma Madam
X - Sri H V Ramesh Sir
XI - don’t know
XII - don’t know

Who is more liberal - INDIA or USA

Bahubali is the greatest Jain muni. There is a majestic monolithic status of Gomateswara or Bahubali in Shravanabelugula of Karnataka state. Spiritually he is the most liberal person on this earth.

Statue of Liberty in NYC. She is a world-wide icon for liberty.

Does a statue can certify a country as the most liberal? Certainly not.

My 26 years of stay in INDIA and 1 year stay of USA, has brought some changes in my thinking on these issues.

Movies always try to get the Feel-good-factor onto theaters. Reality is left behind when they talk about this.

Should I say INDIA is more politically Liberal?

Well let’s consider these facts. We have had Muslim head of states in Majority Hindu people and vice versa. We had backward classes people being coming upon the stage where they were not imagined some years back. But does this mean all of them (minorities and downtrodden castes) are well off now, they have freedom now. To some extent YES. But the Scenarios in the majority villages are far from this ideal state. WE have had Woman Prime Minister for the first time in SOUTHASIA. We are currently having a WOMAN President; though this is post is considered as ceremonial (as per Newspapers I have read)

Then can I say USA is politically liberal?

They still fight on the race issue as we can see that in the primary elections which is going on now in 2008. There is an issue for them in electing a Lady as they ( as per the news channels , TV room discussions I have heard here gets me this feeling) feel that a LADY cannot handle the presidential duties. I don’t know whether they have read Manusmirti (as per those interpretations we have heard till now by so called Elders of the society) that women should always be under the protection of a man (be it father, husband or son). There is a feeling that so and so states are conservatives and not economically developed because of that. This is so similar to that we have in India.

I can conclude that, though the political conditions are different in both countries, the result is the same. NO THEY ARE NOT POLITICALLY LIBERAL.

Then to the next topic is CULTURE…

Should I say INDIA is culturally liberal?

AS our first PRIME MINISTER had once said, INDIA is UNITY in DIVERSITY. India a land of where multiple religions were born, are being coexisted side by side for so many many centuries. Yes there can be frictions between them. Next irritant to unity is the languages. I have heard that we have 16 National languages for INDIA (the languages on the INDIAN RUPEE NOTE are all National languages). There is a friction there. States are reorganized based on the languages. There is a section in political establishment trying to force a language being spoken by 45 percent of people on the remaining 55% people. There 55% includes kannadigas, Telugus, Konkanis, Malayalis, Tamils, Marathi’s, Oriyas, Bengalis, many more other languages. This occasionally comes out as a friction. Religion – a pawn used by both the religious heads and political parties for the personal gain. Unfortunately our people have fell for that. There is a divide based on religion, based on castes. Unfortunately no religion is without this hitch. But since Hinduism is being followed by majority, the schism in Hindu religion comes out wide open. There is a issue in inter-caste marriages, Inter-religion marriages, Same-sex marriages, Child marriages, Human Sacrifice, Untouchables, and many many more which are beyond my small brain.


Then can I say USA is culturally liberal?

They are still struggling to get a woman PRESIDENT nor a BLACK president (as they say in their NEWS papers). They have the issue of being over confident and bombing anyone and anything unless they find it profitable as per their CHURCH baptizer. They wish to be the protectors of the whole world when they don’t even know what the whole world looks like. They have the issue of Same-sex marriages, I guess they might have issues with different sects of Christianity; they have the issue of terrorism etc. They are certain states which are more open towards the issues concerning the society but some still clinging to the old beliefs.


So now where do we stand?

Well, this is a very difficult question to answer. As such, my thinking has changed from being awe for USA to think it is another country which is no different than my country INDIA. One issue which is marks a difference is the population and land. Apart from that, both countries are almost similar.


But I wish that we would make progress in all issues to make our country a SUCCESS.

Wednesday, March 19, 2008

innondu kavithe

ಬೆಳುದಿಂಗಲಿನಾ ಸವಿರಾತ್ರಿಯಲಿ ಬಳುಕುತ ಬಂದವಳೇ
ಕಣ್ಣಿನ ನೋಟದೆ ಮತ್ತನು ಸುರಿದವಳೇ
ಬಾಬಾರೇ ಒ ಗೆಳತಿ , ಪ್ರೇಮದೆ ಸಂಗಾತಿ

ಊಹಾ ನಗರದೆ ಇರುವ ನನ್ನ ಕೂಡಲು ಬಂದವಳೇ
ಊಹೆಯ ನೀಗಿಸಿ , ಇಲ್ಲಂದ ನನ್ನ ಕರೆದೊಯುವಳೇ ?

ಪ್ರೇಮದ ಮತ್ತನು ಮುತ್ತಿನಿಂದ ಇತ್ತವ್ಳೆ
ಚಿಗುರಿದ ಕನಸನು ಹೆಮ್ಮರವಾಗಲು ಬಿಡುವಳೇ?

ಬಳಿಯಲಿ ನಿಂದು ಹುಸಿ ನಗೆ ನಕ್ಕು ಓಡಿ ಹೋದವಳೇ
ಮನಸಿಲಿ ಕಿಚ್ಚು ಹಚ್ಚಿ ಹೋದವಳೇ

ಬಾಬಾರೇ ಒ ಗೆಳತಿ , ಪ್ರೇಮದೆ ಸಂಗಾತಿ

Sunday, March 16, 2008

ondu olle blog

Please read this....
this is applicable to all of us INDIANS
when we out of our state...we need to learn the local culture and language....this is one good view in this blog

http://enguru.blogspot.com/2008/01/blog-post_31.html

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Sankranthi habba - naa kandaddu

Sankranthi, the most revered festival by farmers. Its so because it is the time when the farmers would complete their harvesting and would enjoy the crops.

I could say that Sankranthi and Ugadi are the two most important festivals of Hindu karnataka. The same festival is celebrated as Sankrathi in Andra pradesh and Pongal in Tamil Nadu.

Though i have very less knowledge on how this festival is celebrated, i would like to recollect those past years or decades when we used to celebrate this..

Early morning we used to wake up and get ready. After that there will be a pooja and then the yellu-bella will be shared. Actually i had heard once that yellu-bella would generate the heat required to control the cold outside.

After that the nice itikida bele saaru and many other things will be prepared which are solely for this purpose only.

By Evening, we used to normally have the Danagala meravanige( cattle procession) where all the cattle would be decorated with all those colorful items on their skins and coloring their horns. Each of them would be looking so marvellous. As the dark of the night covers the village , all the cattle would come back to the village. There will be fire lit up and all the cattle have to jump over them. They say that it would reduce the bad eye on the cattle. Once that is over, everyone will go back home and enjoy the nice food once again

this is what i know abt sankrathi.....our festivals have lost their soul long back....

Thursday, February 07, 2008

ONE BAD DREAM

Off late I have been reading CNN NEWS coverage about the USA PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES and CRIME in USA…..both are disgusting…..

USA is no better than INDIA when it comes to politics…..

There in one crime column I had read, a mother killing her daughter(3 month old) by burning her in the microwave. its really disgusting…..

I don’t know whether it was in my mind when I slept yesterday night. I had a very very bad night ……. I was sick when I woke up….

The dream goes like this…….

I am in USA studying…..and aunty X is residing near my college…and I would visit their place almost every day…..

Once Aunty would ask me to look after her grand son…..what I would do is instead of carrying him on hand, I would place him in a open bag and carry on my back…
I would play happily with the kid, but it would start to drizzle, hence I would close the bag to protect the baby from getting drenched, at the same time, some of my friends would come over there and they would rush me to a party. I would forget the bag entirely….. I would get boozed and that day passes on…..I have forgotten abt the kid….the next day aunty asks me abt the kid and I would say that I had left him at their place yesterday before going to party….but 2 days later when the case has been lodged against me by Aunty, I would panic and search for the bag…..I would find that near the campus compound, I baby inside is dead….I could not control the guilt of killing a baby because of my forgetfulness … I would go back to home, write a letter to my mom abt this and say abt myself those secrets which I have been maintaining for life long and commit suicide……….

Isn't this sickening?

I woke up the next day morning with this dream, felt bad abt myself of thinking of committing suicide in my dream, which I believe is against my convictions…..

I had to take a bath, think abt something which makes me happy so that my day would not go bad……As usual, my friends who were online from INDIA( sandhya and Shiva) made my date with some joyful conversations….

Now here I go to office, to do some testing.. :-)

Saturday, January 12, 2008

Akkanavara Vachana

ತನು ಕರಗದವರಲ್ಲಿ ಪುಷ್ಪವನೋಲ್ಲೆಯ್ಯ ನೀನು
ಮನ ಕರಗದವರಲ್ಲಿ ಗಂಧಕ್ಷತೆಯನೋಲ್ಲ್ಯ ನೀನು
ಅರಿವು ಕನ್ದೆರೆಯದವರಲ್ಲಿ ಅರತಿಯನೋಲ್ಲ್ಯ ನೀನು
ಪರಿನಾಮಿಗಳಲ್ಲದವರಲ್ಲಿ ನೈವೆದ್ಯವನೋಲ್ಲ್ಯ ನೀನು
ಭಾವಶುದ್ಧವಿಲ್ಲದವರಲ್ಲಿ ಧೂಪವನೊಲ್ಲಯ್ಯ ನೀನು
ಹೃದಯ ಕಮಲವಿಲ್ಲದವರಲ್ಲಿ ಇರಲೋಲ್ಲ್ಯ ನೀನು
ಎನ್ನಲ್ಲಿ ಯೆನುಂಟ್ ಎಂದು ಕರಸ್ಥಲದಲ್ಲಿ ಇಮ್ಬುಗೊಂಡೆ
ಹೇಳಾ ಚೆನ್ನಮಲ್ಲಿಕರ್ಜುನ

i have been hearing about this vachana since i was kid. I have heard it from my Grandpa and also seen this song in the movie Kittor rani chennamma.....it always has been a ear catcher.....anybody who can say they did not like this?

Thursday, January 10, 2008

sankuchita manobhava - petty minded ness

As Usual i was seeing Rajkumar's movie BHAKTHA KANAKADASA. I think most of u might have seen that.
There u can see the petty minded ness of some Bhakthas of Vysa Theertha.
I started thinking about this all along. We can see that most of the bad things happening in this
world are basically because of this mind set. Be it Office, Room and Room mates, project and team, Politicians,
etc etc, everywhere the divisions appear as people start thinking in a very small way, the selfishness in them
comes wide open. Why is this so. Why do some people want others to work for them and why still they wish that
the success is to be named for them,
why the Senior team member wants his junior to work for him , but yet the success, money, designation change is to given to
him, why is this. Why in this world are all human beings selfish. Why a former PM from karnataka want his son to be Karnataka
CM, why cant he take some one else who is more capable of delivering promise be made a CM, why a CM from TN want to blackmail a central Govt on kaveri water release even when he knows that karnataka farmers are dieing , commiting sucides as there is no water for them for irrigation, why a Central Govt minister wants all important project go to TN alone wrt to telecommunication and not be given to other states, why a Railway minister wants many of Railways projects to be implemented in his state , when there are many other states which really require this for economic progress, why some ppl want to demolish a mosque and build a temple, why a former TN CM cannot really talk about her legacy of being a mysore girl, why a TN Super Star cannot even talk about kaveri or kannada related issues in TN, why Rajkumar knowing Tamil became a big issue when he was abducted by Veerappan , Why Alamati dam became an issue with Andra when Karnataka was not stoping the release of water to them, why neighbouring states are so jealous of Bangalore as being called the IT capital of INDIA, why why why. Do we have answers for these? Basically the question is why people are jealous of others who are successful , why are they so greedy?

ನನ್ನ ಒಲವು - ಒಂದು ನೋವು

ನಾ ಬೇಡಲು ಹೋದಾಗ ನನ್ನ ಒಲವನ್ನ
ನನ್ನ ಹುಡುಗಿ ಹೇಳಿದಳು ಅವಳ ಒಲವನ್ನ
ಅದು ಒಲವೋ , ಸ್ನೇಹವೋ ತಿಳಿಯಲು ಸಮಯ ಹಿಡಿಯಲಿಲ್ಲ
ಅವಳಿಗೆ ನನ್ನ ಒಲವು ಎಯಕೆ ಅರ್ಥವಾಗಲಿಲ್ಲ

ನನ್ನಾಸೆ ನೂರಿತ್ತು , ಕನಸು ಸವರವಿತ್ತು
ಮಂಜಿನ ಹನಿಯ ಹಾಗೆ ಎಲ್ಲವೂ ಕರಗಿ ಹೋಗಿತ್ತು
ಈ ನೋವ ಮರೆಯಲು , ನಾ ದಾರಿ ಹಿಡಿದೇ ...
ಆಲ್ಲಿಯೇ ಕುಳಿತಳು ಅವಳು ನನ್ನೊಡನೆ ಬರಲಿಲ್ಲ


ಎರಡು ಹೆಜ್ಜೆ ಇಟ್ಟು ಹಿಂದುರಿಗೆ ನೋಡಿದೆ
ನನಗಾಗಿ ಅವಳು ದಾರಿ ನೋದುವಳೇ ಎಂದಾಸೆ ಇತ್ತು
ನನ್ನ ಇರುವಿಕೆ ಅವಳಿಗೆ ಮರೆತೇ ಹೋಗಿತ್ತು
ಆವಳ ಆಸೆ ಬಿಟ್ಟು ಸಾಗ ಬೇಕೆಂಬ ಪಟ್ಟು ನನಗೂ ಬಂದಿತ್ತು

My friends

:-)
this topic does not need any introduction, nor can we conclude it ever....

Just for my refernce
Year Start Year End Class
1986 87 1
1987 88 2
1988 89 2
1989 90 3
1990 91 4
1991 92 5
1992 93 6
1993 94 7
1994 95 8
1995 96 9
1996 97 10
1997 98 I PUC
1998 99 II PUC
1999 2003 Engg

just i wanted to thank all my friends who came into my life, made an impact, changed it, influenced it and i dont know what to say, but made me as i am now..i thank all my friends for it.....

As far as my memory goes i had only one friend way back in 1986-88 when i was studying in Meera Vidyanikethan, Hanumanth nagar branch, bangalore. His name was Santosh,i think he is my first friend. every day i used to meet him and we both used to go to school by walk together. But yes i had to quit that school to join Sri Saraswathi Vidya mandira( SSVM) for my next schooling and hence i lost complete touch with him as he had to shift his house else where.

My SSVM life had got me friends whom i remember most are
A S Abhilash, Manohar, Chetan, Sandeep Sharma, Smitha, Kavitha, Renuka, Shyam, Chandra mohan, etc etc..it was a long journey which ended in 1994. During the same time, Bangalore had a culture of Grand parents taking their kids to a park where we kids can play. There one Ajji( old lady) used to play with me, she was one of my friend, unfortunately i have forgotten her name.

Next came the period which i can call as a GOLDEN period in my life
where i was felt important, where i was recognised, where i felt proud of myself. Yes it was my schooling in Bangalore Hingher Secondary School( BHSS) , Chamarajapet, BT Road, bangalore.

Here i got Yogi, Anji , Hemantha, Cheeku or Srikantha, govinda, shyam, SV rajesh, BG arun, Pavan Ramadass, jai or Sunil, mahesha, K P Naveen, Rajesh. I got good schooling where apart from the studies, they taught us that we should be honest, we should be truthful and be ready to accept our mistakes. Thats what i saw in most of my friends and hence i could connect to them even today , even after 14 years.

From there the next two years in PUC were a kind of lull, but yes Hemanth, Arun, Shyam, karthik, preetam were around.

After my PU life, i went to do my Engg in Dr.Ambedkar Institute of Techonology where i met my friends like Sandy( Sandeep D) , Darshi ( Darshan MN) , Shashi( Shashikala SM), Shantha( K) , LR ( Soumya LR), My3( mythri), Pavan, Arvinda, Onte( Kishore Kumar), Dinu( Dinakar Bhardwaj), and many more. During the same , aprt from my college, i made friends in my locality for the first time in my life, pradeepa and Sachin. One of my very good friends whom i consider as the most talented persons whom i have met in my life.

then my career started, where i met many many people.
First friends in satyam were offcourse my room mates in hyderabad - Prashanth savanoor, Chandrashekhar, Murali. Then it continued with the friends in my first project like Anitha, Kiran, Padma, Sujatha, Mohan, Dattatreya Bhatt, leela, Pooja Maste. Then i moved onto GEGDC where i got friends like Bobby( subramanyam Bommaraju) - he is almost my bro, leela, Naveen, Shivananda, Vamsi, Mastan. My offshore stay , apart from these ppl i met Suri, Ramu, Setty( srinivasa Iyyengarr). Later on i moved to onsite i got two new good friends like Prakash , kalyan. Guru is a new addition to my list . :-)

yes i am not saying..that is all ...as i have a long life to live and yes i will all these ppl in my life and add a few as well.

may god bless u all u had to read this ;-D

is love of our parents more or our lover's / Wife's love is more

I am quite sure that this question is on every guy's mind since long.
some go in one way and others in the opposite way. I am not here to give any lecture on why one way is better than the other...I am here just to say what i feel about this issue

Frankly i have gone through the phase where i wanted to tell my parents about a person whom i wanted to marry and i would not be marrying anyone else other than that person. But As that fairy tale vanished and reality sinked in, i think now my decision is to abide by what my parents tell and go with them...

as a saying a kannada
ಮುತ್ತುಕೊಡುವವಳು ಬಂದಾಗ ತುತ್ತು ಕೊಟ್ಟವಳ ಮರಿಬೇಡ
( when u have ur wife, dont forget ur mother)

I dont understand what makes us feel that some one whom we know for 30 days or 2 years become so important us than our parents who have been
supporting us all through our lives, living only for us. Why do we tend to forget them at that time. Is it the young age which is requesting for a partner or is it the lust of a young body. Nonthless i cannot tell what it is..Yes i know if it is a real love it goes beyond it, but i dont understand one thing of why the same love of our parents which we would ignore at that time...not sure but i know for sure that all young lads would agree with me on this.....and the ladies, your comments are always welcome...

one more New year

i have been wondering all through my life ( since 1990s though), that why are we so excitied about the New year...be it Yugadi ( yugada adi = begining of an era) or the Jan 1st.

every year we see people wishing each other, taking new resolutions, implementing new decisions etc on this special day. Why is it so?
what difference does it have when compared to other days. Why people feel special about this day? lot of many questions for which i dont have any answer. Do you guys have any?

as the song of Da Ra Bendre goes,
ಯುಗ ಯುಗಾದಿ ಕಳೆದರೂ ಯುಗಾದಿ ಮರಳಿ ಮರಳಿ ಬರುತಿದೆ
ಹೊಸ ವರುಷಕೆ ಹೊಸ ಹರುಷವ ಮರಳಿ ಮರಳಿ ತರುತಿದೆ
ಮರಳಿ ಮರಳಿ ತರುತಿದೆ