tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350923352024-03-07T14:21:19.528+05:30Quo Vadis?I came, I saw, I blog.
I think, therefore I blog.
I blog.Vadapochehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17223514549614553226noreply@blogger.comBlogger531125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35092335.post-65946968831726134232023-10-11T13:10:00.000+05:302023-10-11T13:10:11.520+05:30How do you make a marriage work?<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSY34xCp7sXLHWVgCscC8YnyTMjMzwTVPj0gRAdzvTvlNYqLEDHzE6GvJ3ZOwNT677ECV3eMwf1d3XHqmxn-N3HsrLPMYKZypy8WwKpGSK3WxE5nOpYhCl9bFRvLdEwqDTBFW8vFI_r7KOMNqNpC3bEGjGSTPkMv9HeatxGEr00_Y6xCVmbvE6Cw/s605/images%20(29).jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="339" data-original-width="605" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSY34xCp7sXLHWVgCscC8YnyTMjMzwTVPj0gRAdzvTvlNYqLEDHzE6GvJ3ZOwNT677ECV3eMwf1d3XHqmxn-N3HsrLPMYKZypy8WwKpGSK3WxE5nOpYhCl9bFRvLdEwqDTBFW8vFI_r7KOMNqNpC3bEGjGSTPkMv9HeatxGEr00_Y6xCVmbvE6Cw/w400-h224/images%20(29).jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>How do you make a marriage work? I was asked something close to this recently and it made me think a little, I got my thoughts together and realised though it's not path breaking maybe it can be shared, so let's hit the post.</p><p><br /></p><p>Well there may be many answers to the above question but the most important word is work. It needs a lot of work and any slack will have its consequences and it needs both the parties of the marriage to work hard and sometimes even harder to make it work.</p><p><br /></p><p>Few tips to follow along the way:</p><p>Acceptance: you married your spouse for who he/ she IS and not who he / she, you want to become. If this acceptance is not there; then it is going to be a very bumpy ride. Remember the spouse IS always the better half.</p><p><br /></p><p>Giving: giving and taking is business and has no business in marriage. In marriage its all about giving till it hurts without expecting anything in return and when it hurts give some more.</p><p><br /></p><p>Reconcile: fights in a marriage are expected however it is imperative that the two parties reconcile at the end of the day before they sleep for it is not wise to roll over today’s burden to tomorrow. Tomorrow will have its own set of burdens why roll over from yesterday? If you are at fault reconcile, if you are not at fault, still reconcile.</p><p><br /></p><p>Exemplary: be role models for your children, they are always watching and red flags before them are to be strictly avoided. They are always watching and they will follow their role models and parents are usually in that list</p><p><br /></p><p>Emote well: a kiss, a hug, the magic words I love you will never be enough any day, use them often so that the words and actions build strong relations, physical intimacy helps in good amounts so don't ignore it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Discover everyday something new about the other, the day when you know everything there is to know about the other is a boring day indeed. Discover, celebrate, enjoy and repeat. Life is ahead.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you have AGREED to the above you will aee that the subtle undercurrent, the thread that holds everything together is LOVE, fall in love everyday, if you are in love then you will make it work.</p><p>I wish you a very beautiful life together.</p><p><br /></p><p>P.S. the pic is a clickbait from Google and fans know the connection. If you didn't get the connection watch the movie.</p>Vadapochehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17223514549614553226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35092335.post-42965461397016041882023-09-20T22:02:00.004+05:302023-09-20T22:03:24.515+05:30Listen, its life saving<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicvboazud5HtG941XI_mkzGllGpCR8mNKpyTKnX-Sm8iBy3sxnGGplOjsm8mPeDpGwFXceoKEI5XElhHjkFtaQyLcFkEl28yW-GuocuOzuiOHN8N_O3bTFVByIHRuaZRavwbqHqs1CgR6RlIQGUZw8tRmaE0P_lq1H5dcDPL0c--YKnKhUd4PapQ/s1600/Rest-In-Peace-Quote.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicvboazud5HtG941XI_mkzGllGpCR8mNKpyTKnX-Sm8iBy3sxnGGplOjsm8mPeDpGwFXceoKEI5XElhHjkFtaQyLcFkEl28yW-GuocuOzuiOHN8N_O3bTFVByIHRuaZRavwbqHqs1CgR6RlIQGUZw8tRmaE0P_lq1H5dcDPL0c--YKnKhUd4PapQ/w400-h225/Rest-In-Peace-Quote.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Constantia, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">If
you are from Chennai and unless you are living under a rock you would have
heard of the unfortunate suicide of a young school girl, a teenager in her
Class 12 at her home. This news hit me very hard probably because I was part of
a few conversations where the topic was about the multiple tuitions and
coaching classes today’s school kids take up to crack the elusive IIT or NEET
exams.</span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">When
I hear the schedule of some kids I wonder if they have any time to live? Don’t get
me wrong, I know that these schedules are carefully planned by the parents with
the best interests of their children at heart. These coaching classes are
expensive and nearly push some parents deep into debt. From the break of dawn
to late in the night the student is on a tight schedule monitored by the
parents and before you know it childhood passes them by in a blur. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">When
I remember my childhood so many years ago, I did have my extra tuition classes
that were default if you take the Sciences group in Class 11 & 12, but I remember
that I still had time to do other things; but then life was much simpler back
then and there was no assault of the devices to enslave us. When I see school
students today who are going for their boards I wonder how many of them are
stressed out. Then I wonder who is stressed more the student or the parents who
plan, fund and execute all these classes and manage all this beyond their daily
lives.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">In
this whirlwind life of classes, tests, school, more tests on repeat mode I
wonder what all a student may miss out today? Rest, recreations, recharge are
three that come to my mind but I am sure there can be many more. Stress is
lurking around the corner and the tipping point may not be the same for each
student. Remember this is also the time when hormones will kick in if it has not
kicked in already and issues of the heart can add to the stress list. How much
can a young student handle?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">My
greatest fear is that in this ultra-competitive environment where everyone is
running at full pace willingly or unwillingly, it may just need a small
obstacle to cause a big accident. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is
there a way to prevent accidents? There is one simple thing that is often
overlooked is to have a conversation, the type of conversation where the
student speaks and the other person listens more. More of these conversations
will help to slow up the pace, allow the student to catch a few breaths and
possibly de-stress a little. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIiAGKLlQ2TWWjULPITD6jX0VTD5jraN92OlxAouAEfaLB6uBlrKo-fd2uQKzDwkjaD7TQQ1R8h3r6gIYhu-1G0kn7B54kxqmS6v66ipSijsQ67GRmnxh_gWDurxPsAsMYmCdbgTYYbFR1We2U90-FPWosAIF_-BICKEKXCSwEsHdYts-TsChGdQ/s616/1560846318811.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="616" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIiAGKLlQ2TWWjULPITD6jX0VTD5jraN92OlxAouAEfaLB6uBlrKo-fd2uQKzDwkjaD7TQQ1R8h3r6gIYhu-1G0kn7B54kxqmS6v66ipSijsQ67GRmnxh_gWDurxPsAsMYmCdbgTYYbFR1We2U90-FPWosAIF_-BICKEKXCSwEsHdYts-TsChGdQ/w400-h205/1560846318811.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">I don’t
know if the parents had conversations with their daughter and I don’t know how
much it would have helped but there is no harm in spending time with our kids,
listening to them; their thoughts, their plans, their crushes, their goals,
their heart breaks, their marks, their highs, their lows, maybe it will make a
difference because they will know that somebody listens to them.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQcPz1UULqJErgr4R2HpVTOJoIcX6zkDY3c4-6rlPR0ZJLjZMHq3a6FBZs7Ln5w4J3INFNz9PaetGkguo3DFoyniPPHwfg8Jg9vreuNcjQmOoxVt8n_3Xy6fuEUU3LyXabDgNz5qOSe7xeAnBwpD5QBvj2n6JtNJTrrGYWvCua9YKFE3Ou_6UayQ/s1000/Mental-health-article-photo-1000x600.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="1000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQcPz1UULqJErgr4R2HpVTOJoIcX6zkDY3c4-6rlPR0ZJLjZMHq3a6FBZs7Ln5w4J3INFNz9PaetGkguo3DFoyniPPHwfg8Jg9vreuNcjQmOoxVt8n_3Xy6fuEUU3LyXabDgNz5qOSe7xeAnBwpD5QBvj2n6JtNJTrrGYWvCua9YKFE3Ou_6UayQ/w400-h240/Mental-health-article-photo-1000x600.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><br /></span><p></p>Vadapochehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17223514549614553226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35092335.post-63993912815288304712023-09-02T11:18:00.002+05:302023-09-02T11:18:57.921+05:30Don't we love our festivals?<p> Why do I celebrate Onam?</p><p><br /></p><p>So the festival of Onam passed by recently and I was asked why did we celebrate Onam since we are not Keralites? Some even asked me you are not Hindu, why are you celebrating Onam? Before I answer these questions, I pondered about how we celebrate festivals and that inspired this post.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are some broad heads under which we celebrate festivals and here I am being generic and this has nothing to do with religion or region. Let me begin:</p><p><br /></p><p>1.Family: If you had tried booking a train ticket on IRCTC or any flight tickets before a festival the chances of you being highly disappointed are quite high. Why is this? Because the essence of festivals is to be home with the family, though there are some who choose to travel on festivals, for many a festival is a time to be home with the family and loved ones.</p><p><br /></p><p>2. Friends: We have heard friends like family and for some friends are family, so friends are an integral part of festivals. You look forward to connect or reconnect with friends in the festival time often taking nostalgia trips and generally having a good time.</p><p><br /></p><p>3. Fun: Festivals are fun, whatever be the festival there is usually an element of fun to it. Deepavali is known for crackers and likewise others have their own set of fun activities. Pongal is interwined with Jallikattu though I am not sure how much fun that is for those not keen on being chased by a fiery bull.</p><p><br /></p><p>4.Food: No festival is complete without good food and usually festivals would me excessive good food. Sweets and savouries will compete with each other and usually the exchange of sweets between homes was a special task that was given to the kids. I remember the Christmas rounds where trays went back and forth and at the end we would have two sets of sweets to eat – our own and those received.</p><p><br /></p><p>5.Fashion: Festivals mean new clothes for many and people tend to save up to buy new clothes for the family on festivals and it is a glorious sight to see people dressed up in their best celebrating the festival. Onam in Kerala is special as everyone seems to celebrate in their finery.</p><p><br /></p><p>6.Faith: Many festivals are tagged with faith despite their origins and sadly this has left a bad taste off late. The Ganesh Chaturthi pandals were the smart attempts of the freedom fighters to manage the Section 144 imposed by the British in the freedom struggle. Being a “religious” event the Britishers allowed it, what was an act of defiance has now become an act of hooliganism by some who use it as an opportunity to make money and cause public nuisance forgetting the reason for the festival. On the other hand we have the Coca Cola mascot taking over Christmas celebration and for many Christmas is all about a jolly old man.</p><p><br /></p><p>So 6 Fs define festivals. Now coming back to the opening questions,</p><p><br /></p><p>I am of mixed blood with a Kerala strain running through the blood line, so I often say that I am 25% Malayalee and that should be enough to celebrate, not to mention the fact that the state of Kerala is our neighbor and some regions overlap and the festival is common there and the fact that many friends of ours are Keralites, there are enough reasons to celebrate it. I am not a Hindu and if you look deep the festival is a harvest festival like Pongal and the harvest is a time of thanksgiving irrespective of your personal beliefs. And if you remember the 6Fs, 5/6 is good reason to celebrate so though its late Onam Ashamsakal to all who celebrated, still celebrating and not celebrating also.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinjyUuOXxpoc4eG9A8Fi8zUH7NsuN_Cu76sCFjN78V86cAytuvgcLsGdFJL8lmBd92pYBlm2YI9dGmasnGHIIjb6Ww1GcHXgfBQiAnUxpX2QqsAyRkCe2ZgcuxvEcli-VyDvG8PLmhLqHS_V8e2tTcwqQ1gTPFXV6SOWAWTIoYablOqxZUG-uN3Q/s1920/IMG_20230829_213125_799.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><strike><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinjyUuOXxpoc4eG9A8Fi8zUH7NsuN_Cu76sCFjN78V86cAytuvgcLsGdFJL8lmBd92pYBlm2YI9dGmasnGHIIjb6Ww1GcHXgfBQiAnUxpX2QqsAyRkCe2ZgcuxvEcli-VyDvG8PLmhLqHS_V8e2tTcwqQ1gTPFXV6SOWAWTIoYablOqxZUG-uN3Q/s320/IMG_20230829_213125_799.jpg" width="180" /></strike></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Vadapochehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17223514549614553226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35092335.post-8076928511732153052023-08-28T11:13:00.000+05:302023-08-28T11:13:14.781+05:30Madras you have my heart<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUh6s4ajKvp2dww-pOc1BlcQwMUWWhX83cpWJiusyLm0uWmfCAKuesG4QkBJcf4AleIixRin9Ue3GWyD3fyudCg84bUv_kcrJOgzCcnwfuZ5waTYXWoMl8v0DrAiJfkEmxBlDiohRuh-eCnOTJdHFbfTQApPsggTcdAjkuOgyUG_pI4Y60q7enrw/s224/download%20(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="224" data-original-width="224" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUh6s4ajKvp2dww-pOc1BlcQwMUWWhX83cpWJiusyLm0uWmfCAKuesG4QkBJcf4AleIixRin9Ue3GWyD3fyudCg84bUv_kcrJOgzCcnwfuZ5waTYXWoMl8v0DrAiJfkEmxBlDiohRuh-eCnOTJdHFbfTQApPsggTcdAjkuOgyUG_pI4Y60q7enrw/w400-h400/download%20(1).jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">I
prefer the window seat in flights because I like to watch the sights during the
take off and landing each time. Every time I fly into Meenambakkam there is a
special feeling that never fails. The feeling of coming home; to a city that
has my heart. Madras, how I love you and get exasperated with you in the same
moment.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">I am
sure that I am not alone with this feeling and after two decades or so of being
Chennai I miss the Madras of old. Change is constant and the city has changed,
some of the famous gems of the past have been obliterated completely like the
Moore Market while some struggle on in changed or limited avatars like Spencers
Plaza and some have transformed into unrecognizable creations like the OMR.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">When
I have visitors on work and if it is a first time I ask them if they have any
interests in their free time and when they hear the options that I throw at
them they are amazed. From shopping, to food, to cultural experiences, spiritual
experiences, nature spots and more. The city offers all these are more,
whatever you may want it is possible that you will find it here; <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in;"></p><ul><li><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">A fire temple? Yes. (the fire has been burning for over 100
years now) <o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">An artist commune? Yes. (probably the largest running one
in the country)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Archeological sites? Yes (Heard of Mahabalipuram its the most popular of many other sites, in fact you may find historical artefacts when you dig to build a foundation in certain parts of Chennai which are
notified by ASI), <o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Turtle hatching site? Yes (after Orissa it may the next
biggest Olive Ridley turtle hatching site)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">World class hospitals? Yes (how many would you need?)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Hobby fishing sites? Yes (you want sea or river or lake)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Race track for bike or car dare devilry? Yes (will one be
enough?) <o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Restaurants? Yes (From local to global to gloacal, take
your pick)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Music? Yes (from gaana, to villupaatu, folk, kuthu
paatu, Carnatic, western classical, fusion the options are mind blowing)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Movies? Yes (one of the largest movie industries of the country
and quite professional too drawing talent from elsewhere and the theatre
tickets are cheaper than many cities in the country)<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><!--[if !supportLists]--><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-family: Constantia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">I could go on but then you need to be here to soak in it all
and understand why this city has my heart.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>Vadapochehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17223514549614553226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35092335.post-53130391017742183942023-08-12T13:56:00.001+05:302023-08-12T13:59:51.994+05:30Battle of the movies - Annaathe Vs Jailer<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Q6CSQEpkGS3G8senA9vveJMEQWYwLFD-q5tGrAaE7I4j1W8s2W80Fhn3XHXlW7TVa-dLOgDcAsA0JmjwWdEvpvBz32Soyh2Yq-zodPbbEvsHToK0GFBg8Fu_dsetQz3TnaqhVoV3k4HhywoceJ-4JozxQgMGz73KdMBxqyOyRAn3nzxUJLZaMg/s4096/InCollage_20230812_125404343.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4096" data-original-width="4096" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Q6CSQEpkGS3G8senA9vveJMEQWYwLFD-q5tGrAaE7I4j1W8s2W80Fhn3XHXlW7TVa-dLOgDcAsA0JmjwWdEvpvBz32Soyh2Yq-zodPbbEvsHToK0GFBg8Fu_dsetQz3TnaqhVoV3k4HhywoceJ-4JozxQgMGz73KdMBxqyOyRAn3nzxUJLZaMg/s320/InCollage_20230812_125404343.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I watched Jailer yesterday and
strangely my mind went back to Annaathe and I found that there are not too many
dissimilarities in the two. For starters both are helmed by super star fan boys
and who brought their adulation to the silver screen with varying levels of
success. Secondly both movies can be clearly separated into two halves and both
halves were significantly different. There are also few others I picked up so
listing below my score card for the same.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Constantia; mso-fareast-font-family: Constantia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Title<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Both
movies revolve around their titles and Annaathe was easier to understand, a local
big man is called such and it is prevalent throughout the movie. In Jailer it
comes to the fore only in a small and actually weak flash back.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Annaathe
– 1 Jailer – 0<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Constantia; mso-fareast-font-family: Constantia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Family
relationship bond<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Both
movies were built on a family connect. Despite the cringe daughter age sister
and the melodrama, the brother sister bonding was the high light of the first
half. Strangely in the plan to show the super star as family man, the father
son bond the premise of the second half is not shown and left to the
imagination of the audience.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Annaathe
– 1 Jailer – 0<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Constantia; mso-fareast-font-family: Constantia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Comedy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Thalaivar
is good with comedy. The oft repeated snake comedy scenes notwithstanding, he
has done some good comedy roles. In Jailer with Yogi Babu and his deadpan
comedy the theatre was rolling in laughter, and then in Nelson style some sly
wisecracks that made you cringe a little because this movie is certified UA and
there are so many kids. Annaathe however is cringe all the way, Soori is simply
not funny and seemed to have drained the comedy effect from the superstar, though
I did enjoy the police station fight sequence.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Annaathe
– 0 Jailer – 1<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Constantia; mso-fareast-font-family: Constantia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Fight
scenes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Annaathe
had some good fight sequences in the superstar mode, like the above mentioned
police station scene or the temple festival sequence which is the trigger for
the next big thing in the movie. Jailer misses out on it, maybe the superstar
was not upto it or maybe Nelson wanted to be different, but the Dinosaur
sequence had so much promise but we had to create all of it in our minds.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Annaathe
– 1 Jailer – 0<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Constantia; mso-fareast-font-family: Constantia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Music<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Superstar
movies have the super star entry song and that would be the hook, Annaathe had
it and it is more of a nostalgia and emotional connect to SPB than the song for
it to linger with us, but Jailer dispenses with it completely, maybe a tribute
to the great man SPB again. But it leaves a hole in the entire experience.
Kaaavala simply does not cut it and it is essentially an Instagram short. But
the genuinely comic sequence of Superstar dancing was epic. Kudos to the
superstar and Nelson for making it happen. Watch it, no spoiler. The music of
both movies are nt memorable and so this is a tie, though Annaathe should score
a point for the entry song, I will be stingy.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Annaathe
– 0 Jailer – 0<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Constantia; mso-fareast-font-family: Constantia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Cast<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Superstar
movies boast an ensemble casting. Both movies have more than required and while
it was women power in Annaathe that dominated, in Jailer the women are left to
wiping the blood of their faces with paper napkins and little else. Even
Neelambari is defanged in this movie and is a real pity. But the guest
performers in in Jailer left me wanting, such an ensemble cast and wasted
potential. That epic cigar scene despite that large warning left me salivating
at an epic collaboration but it was not to be. In the end it was all superstar.
Still this is a tie because of the attempts in both movies.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Annaathe
-1<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jailer - 1<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Constantia; mso-fareast-font-family: Constantia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The Villain<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The
GOAT in this category for me would be Anthony, Mark Anthony, who made Manickam become
Manick Baasha simply because nobody can do it better without looking like a
caricature. Annaathe had horrible caricatures and the villains did not resonate
with the movie at all and they kept coming. Varman was epic and blood curdling
for the menace and the expressions, the begging scene was classy. In this
category Jailer knocked Annaathe simply out of the park.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Annaathe
– 0 Jailer – 1<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Constantia; mso-fareast-font-family: Constantia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">8.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Second
half<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I both
the movies the second half descends to a personal fight which goes around the
country for no apparent reason. In both the movies the reason for the second
half is so flimsy that you find the directors creating impossible situations to
fill the time. This is completely excusable in superstar movie till it becomes
too much. In this aspect Siva floundered badly with copy paste montages of his
earlier movies hastily assembled as the second part, however Nelson had to find
the roundabout route to add some meat with the item song and some cringe homophobic
scenes. Jailer sneaks ahead marginally in the second half because Nelson is
still in control.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Annaathe
– 0 Jailer – 1<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Constantia; mso-fareast-font-family: Constantia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">9.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Feel
good factor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Every
fan goes for a Superstar movie for that feel good factor, the triumph of good
over evil, the saviour of the masses, fighting for the oppressed etc. A superstar
movie is a time when the fan suspends time and logic for some moments of fun,
euphoria and happiness knowing that there is someone who will save the people
for that moment of time. Both movies lacked the feel good factor, because in
the second half the excessive violence and blood shed sucked the goodness from the
movies. Jailer actually starts and ends with death. In the feel good race
Jailer sneaks ahead because the most memorable moments came when Tiger spoke to
Vimal.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Annaathe
– 0 Jailer – 1<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Constantia; mso-fareast-font-family: Constantia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">10.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Sum it
up<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Both movies
made by fanboys succeeded in showing the superstar as a superstar but fail in
showing the world the trained actor Shivaji Rao Gaikwaad is beneath the
superstar veneer. Nelson showed a tiny speck in the eyes sequence and it shows
how much we missed in our adulation of the superstar.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Having
seen both movies and looking back at both, will I watch either again? Sadly No.
Both did not draw me. However Jailer would be hoot in the short form on
Siripoli or Aaditya channel. So again Jailer sneaks ahead.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Annaathe
– 0 Jailer – 1<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">When I started out writing
this piece I had no idea what the score would be but as it stands<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Annaathe – 4 Jailer – 6<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">So there is a clear winner in
this analysis, but is it a better movie? I would leave it to the viewers to see
and let me know. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>Vadapochehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17223514549614553226noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35092335.post-51862082179734562272021-09-28T21:35:00.002+05:302021-09-28T21:36:24.357+05:30My experience with COVID19<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZEuYzirKhlHlZnnv4qL3EgVDYSvdjkc5TE_Dbn5DRsL86yTTtNpETzWWMKnm9UqnBJTG9vCh2GJdd1-TvTKN9EqXv82Y6odLZiIdphCEFUqDiZvmEswhBnc8jTgz8q9lZqV491w/s2048/coronavirus-economic-impact-royalty-free-image-1588623164.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1216" data-original-width="2048" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZEuYzirKhlHlZnnv4qL3EgVDYSvdjkc5TE_Dbn5DRsL86yTTtNpETzWWMKnm9UqnBJTG9vCh2GJdd1-TvTKN9EqXv82Y6odLZiIdphCEFUqDiZvmEswhBnc8jTgz8q9lZqV491w/w400-h238/coronavirus-economic-impact-royalty-free-image-1588623164.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">This
is a long rambling post, one that was put together over a long period of time
when I recollected the time I went through the Second wave of COVID. If you do
not like long posts stop right here because the post will be taxing, but I
decided to put it up because such experiences should not be forgotten.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">I
got vaccinated on the 17th of May, it was my first dose of Covaxin. On the 27th
of May I woke up with a mild fever. The symptoms looked like COVID so i went
into isolation following the teleconsultation of a doctor. After the usual
battle with COWIN the better half landed a slot the following day. To check if
she could be vaccinated both of us took a precautionary RTPCR test which
returned negative the next day. We informed this to the doctor who was
consulting on the phone but she said its symptomatic avoid the shot stay
isolated and as primary contact the better half should also isolate.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">4
days later the temperature shot up for me dramatically and i visited a doctor
who gave an injection and medicines while recommending the CT Scan and blood
tests. Thanks to the injection the temperature was normal and the CT Scan was
taken. The blood samples were to be taken in the morning. In home isolation I
was thinking of the mandatory ten days and waited. Then the fever spiked and I
was moved to a COVID hospital where I was treated for the high fever for 5
days. This hospital allowed an attender and so the better half stayed along
with the double masking and distancing asked by the team of doctors.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">After
five days the fever dropped and then I got worse i needed oxygen and I was put
on oxygen. My condition worsened and the family asked to move to a known large
Hospital. I was moved to Vijaya Hospital by oxygen ambulance and then I went
into a daze for days. The medical team worked on me, my life was reduced to an oxygen
bed. All my functions happened on the bed as I was too weak to even sit. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Four
days later or even six I am not sure the better half having been infected by me
earlier and requiring help was admitted in the next bed and we were treated
together. Even in my hazy state I was aware of the wonderful staff of VHC who
took care of me. Somewhere in the start of these six days I had regressed to a
step away from the ICU and the family was concerned. Prayers poured in from
all, masses were being offered and the recovery began. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The
power of prayer was in flow when I gradually improved and became more aware of
what was going on. I still believed i was still having a fever but then the
oxygen was needed for me, from 15 ltrs the oxygen stabilized and then the recovery
began with the reduced oxygen. My masks changed from one to a simpler one and
one day the oxygen was stopped. I was breathing unassisted. Somewhere in this
recovery the presence of the other half made its impact, together we got better
and her presence made me recover faster. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">When
i was in hospital at the lowest point I was unable to do any of my bodily
functions, I was unable to even sit. To eat food, I would be breathless and I
had to use a diaper as I was not able to move. I was cared for well and one
young admirable duty doctor kept talking to me and building my confidence
saying it is in me to recover. I started recovering little by little and my
spirit rose. The sense of helplessness and shame when you need to be dressed and cleaned by another person is something that cannot be explained. The staff in the hospital must be commended for the care they showed. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Constantia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">I
got better and one day I actually sat down. When a simple act as sitting down
becomes a landmark you know that you have been blessed from above.</span><span style="font-family: Constantia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Constantia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">My oxygen kept reducing and I started eating
more building up my energy. One day the oxygen was stopped and I could breathe
by myself, that moment i realized the beauty of breathing. </span><span style="font-family: Constantia, serif; font-size: 16px;">All the prayers around me worked, before I hit rock bottom when I was in bed i wrote a hymn and set it to tune on the bed, I wrote down the words on the phone lying prone because those words came from an inspiration and the words gave me courage.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Constantia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">It
was at this time the little one made a video for a competition by herself. She
had found a song we don’t use and fell in love with it. Watching the video
filled me with paternal pride and i gave feedback on the song and let it go.
After some time it stuck me, the song that she had chosen earlier and worked on
and sang was "this is the air I breathe", for someone who was unable
to breathe, it was already planned.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Finally,
it was the day to leave the hospital after thanking everyone in the bay with
some custom home made baked goodies by the sibling we left for home. It felt
surreal to be out in the sun and then the small things of life seemed so
beautiful: the breeze, the sun shine, the sounds and scenes of Chennai. In some
time, we came home and recuperation started and that is another long story. <o:p></o:p></span></p><br /><p></p>Vadapochehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17223514549614553226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35092335.post-15963833838477077132021-09-28T21:15:00.001+05:302021-09-28T21:15:44.670+05:30Home, new beginnings<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiahzPUfsPSLbSie_M-M1hS-95NxwfcKWC9H4BtaFeCFpIJ2-pfUi27LP82SiRio9_T5f5Efh5ptld1R7GPNz7LhepmXnggj_QCDF5uSTKrg-U_v66a1BuR6U8qhT6NxLL-l6A4lQ/s600/YLO2sFA.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="464" data-original-width="600" height="309" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiahzPUfsPSLbSie_M-M1hS-95NxwfcKWC9H4BtaFeCFpIJ2-pfUi27LP82SiRio9_T5f5Efh5ptld1R7GPNz7LhepmXnggj_QCDF5uSTKrg-U_v66a1BuR6U8qhT6NxLL-l6A4lQ/w400-h309/YLO2sFA.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Home
is where the heart is. That is why you see homes of so many types from steel
and glass to plastic sheets and ropes. Homes are emotional to many and is
aspirational to some. For a few there is no place like home, no matter how
messy, how odd it may seem to another. For some it is a job as they will only build
homes that they can never aspire to live in and make do with tin cans on the
site.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">It
has been thirty days to the day we moved in to our own house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is not our first house; the first house was
intended as a tax saver that has gone not as well as it was planned. Also it
was a house that we have never stayed in after a decade of owning it. We wanted
a house in the area where we lived for many years now as we found it to be
comfortable for a number of reasons but was always outside the budget. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">After
many home searches where we could not find a suitable one that could tick all
the boxes in our wish list at an acceptable price, this house happened. As wise
master Oogway said to Po, “there are no accidents”, I will say it was divine
providence that I stumbled upon an advertisement a day before the last day of a
government housing scheme closed. To cut a long story that was extended by
Lockdown 1, we found a house that ticked all the boxes in the same area and
just overshot the budget by a little.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">So
here we are in a new house that we can say we own, though in truth it is owned
by the home loan company for some more years. Have things changed from renting
to owning? Yes, and No. There are some changes as we don’t need to ask the
owner for some things but then when we stay in an apartment complex, other
restrictions continue. The owned house is considered an asset but then in today’s
context it is a highly illiquid asset. For those who believe in speculation and
expecting huge appreciation, in this over heated property markets, new booms
are rare. Then why buy a house? We go back to the start of the post where I
mentioned a home is an emotional idea. Sometimes we let the heart rule the
mind.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">So
here we are, in the eighth floor of a eleven storey apartment. If you are in
the vicinity of the Brand Factory store Annanagar and you happen to see someone
in the balcony on the eighth floor of a eleven storey building looking content,
you know the house, drop in and we can catch up over good filter coffee that I
have learnt to make reasonably well.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib0v94V6McMeSvxx30duJY5qEy9Jns0asLh2xBEM9lAlgCPJpHYIAzg2FaGySISk2A4Bg_GPb2b7lCG0famO5GMiXn8jjdBphqVcm-aupWvxXkrILWw3mEw9xWB7UAUj3iKXUIJA/s1280/WhatsApp+Image+2021-09-28+at+9.09.09+PM.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1280" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib0v94V6McMeSvxx30duJY5qEy9Jns0asLh2xBEM9lAlgCPJpHYIAzg2FaGySISk2A4Bg_GPb2b7lCG0famO5GMiXn8jjdBphqVcm-aupWvxXkrILWw3mEw9xWB7UAUj3iKXUIJA/w400-h400/WhatsApp+Image+2021-09-28+at+9.09.09+PM.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><br /></span><p></p>Vadapochehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17223514549614553226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35092335.post-20774111449203934872021-01-23T14:04:00.004+05:302021-01-23T14:13:31.710+05:30I lost weight and I am telling you how<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUxXuUYcSxNikr-xfZ4WVIKpHEoDah4POjU3HovuvEeYgD-vFA5apAQ8Ht8CFnn2iLPHwtx2djGg1tdWXS55Hg-Uzl86LQU0cGfih0c0v75ws9kizQxICNBSXJ7jzPjOrE4zDLHA/s1280/WhatsApp+Image+2021-01-23+at+2.00.05+PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1073" data-original-width="1280" height="335" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUxXuUYcSxNikr-xfZ4WVIKpHEoDah4POjU3HovuvEeYgD-vFA5apAQ8Ht8CFnn2iLPHwtx2djGg1tdWXS55Hg-Uzl86LQU0cGfih0c0v75ws9kizQxICNBSXJ7jzPjOrE4zDLHA/w400-h335/WhatsApp+Image+2021-01-23+at+2.00.05+PM.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">I
have been doing Intermittent Fasting (IF) since the end of October 2020, this
was at the end of the lockdown and the effects of IF are visible with the
weight and inch loss that has happened these past few weeks.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">I
will not explain about IF or its medical effects but I will share what worked
for me. In very simple terms during IF the day is divided into an eating period
and a fasting period and for obvious reasons the fasting period is longer than
the eating period.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">So
the first question for many will be Why fast? The answer is that fasting is a
normal human activity and outside the common religious considerations, fasting
helps in a few ways that includes detoxification of the body and giving the
body enough time to digest the food.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Fasting
as a religious practice is common to many religions and fasting brings
discipline, it also purifies / cleans up the body. Probably why the wise people
used fasts in religious practices to encourage moderation before a feast. IF is
basically the same thing and it disciplines the mind and body to eat better.
The benefits including weight loss follow naturally.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">IF
is easy and we usually fast every day; which is why the first meal of the day
is called “breakfast”. If our last meal of the previous day was at 8 PM and we
break the fast at 8 AM we have effectively fasted for 12 hours. The critical
point here is that once the last meal usually dinner is done there is no more
calorie addition. Midnight snacking, desserts, beverages are a strict no as
they break the fast. What is permitted is water, the elixir of life in large
quantities and almost no calorie drinks like black coffee or tea, green tea
taken without sugar and milk. Even tender coconut has calories and breaks the
fast so there is no room for the healthy diversions during the fasting window.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The
first step therefore in IF is to maintain the 12-hour window strictly. The
preferred option would be to have the dinner early as the next meal will be
after 12 hours. What can you eat in the other 12 hours? Good wholesome food is
the best option. This would mean less of junk and more of unprocessed healthy
food with generous portions of vegetables and fruits. Protein rich diets with comparatively
lesser carbohydrates will help in weight loss more than eating the reverse
combination. Eggs, lean meats for the non-vegetarians and panneer for the
vegetarians are good protein sources.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Once
the first step has been done successfully for a fortnight then the fasting
window can be increased by another two hours. This would be to simply advance
the dinner to 6 PM. While this may seem difficult due to practical reasons, the
benefits of an early dinner are many, most important being a sound sleep. The new
IF schedule would be 14/10. Eating will slowly become a focused activity where
the timing of meals become as important as the components of the meals
themselves.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The
third fortnight should move to 16/8 and the fourth fortnight should result in
18/6 which is what I usually follow. An 18 hour fast may look like a big
challenge but having worked into it gradually it will be a relatively painless
exercise. The benefits by now will be the discipline of the mind and the body
to avoid food cravings outside the eating window. Also the mind will become
conscious of the food being consumed and junk will no longer excite. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">There
are other options like 20/4 and OMAD or one meal a day which is almost a 23
hour fast. These are based on individual preferences. I have done OMAD once and
it is not that difficult actually. Since we are in the post lockdown phase and
it is less of work from home I have persisted with the 18/6 window on most days
and my eating window begins with breakfast and usually ends with lunch by 2 PM.
After that it is only black coffee and water till I break the fast.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">If
you have read the earlier lines carefully and have noticed the term “most days”
it means that there are days when IF fails due to unavoidable reasons like
festivals, functions. When they cannot be avoided then it becomes a cheat day
when some indulgences creep in. On the next day the clock is reset and a fresh
IF cycle begins. It is obvious that the cheat days should be well spaced out
and rare. My OMAD trail was after one such cheat day and it can be an option to
reset the schedule but is not the only option.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Lastly
the weight loss will taper off after the body settles down to the new normal.
Then it is good to supplement IF with exercise if not being done at all. The
important point here is that the exercise should be done in the fasting window
which will aid fat burn. The choice of exercise is open: walk, run, cycle, HIIT
the options are many. IF and exercise combination will help increase the weight
loss<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The
benefits of IF and running (my preferred exercise option) for me are:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"></p><ul><li>-<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span><span style="font-family: Constantia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; text-indent: -0.25in;">Weight loss 14~ kgs</span></li><li>-<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span><span style="font-family: Constantia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; text-indent: -0.25in;">BMI improvement from
Obese to overweight</span></li><li>-<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span><span style="font-family: Constantia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; text-indent: -0.25in;">Clothes not fitting
anymore </span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; text-indent: -0.25in;">J</span></li><li>-<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span><span style="font-family: Constantia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; text-indent: -0.25in;">Sleeping well</span></li><li>-<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span><span style="font-family: Constantia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; text-indent: -0.25in;">No junk snacking, binge
eating etc</span></li><li>-<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span><span style="font-family: Constantia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; text-indent: -0.25in;">Eating better</span></li></ul><!--[if !supportLists]--><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Before
I sign off the role of the better half in this journey is critical. It was her
suggestion to go for IF and she planned the meals and the timings till it
became a system for us. Today even our outings fall into our window, so the
support of the other half is critical for the success of the IF schedule. This
is specially for people like me whose culinary experience begins and ends
with Maggi.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">You
are what you eat, so eat well.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Caveat:
Everyone is different and what worked for me may not work the same way for you.
Please see if this works for you. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Constantia",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><br /><p></p>Vadapochehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17223514549614553226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35092335.post-82218300843324315212020-08-06T11:02:00.006+05:302020-08-06T11:10:11.909+05:30The aftermath...<div style="text-align: justify;">Maslow’s hierarchy of needs theory is something that stuck with me from my MBA needs. We learnt this as part of Organizational Behaviour and how motivation revolved around people finding themselves at different level of needs and so the motivation strategies should be aligned with the level the person is in currently. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">If the theory is new to you I will lay it out in simple terms. Man begins with physiological needs, physiological means basic needs to survive like air, water, food, shelter, clothes and reproduction. When a man is not having food to eat will a movie ticket that cannot be sold enthuse him?
If you see the image once man achieves his need in one level, he strives to move ahead to the next level. This ascent is natural and ends at the fifth level when man achieves what is called self-actualization where he will be in nirvana and will renounce everything around him. Few achieve stage five, many are content with one of the lower levels and this is normal. What is abnormal is jumping levels to satisfy ones needs with the wrong wants. </div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRxtqbAyzoOfB6D_tfvev9xT_P3QujlEejZOQfQnCDl9IO3iTodl_XMNTEM6MkGERDFUxQtSHSvjAw5IeMC7qRoCv7HXLsdZIoFvTEW6z5dmjQp-9hy2ziYv4l5HVLbt5C2aDE3A/s2000/Maslows-Hierarchy-of-Needs.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1052" data-original-width="2000" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRxtqbAyzoOfB6D_tfvev9xT_P3QujlEejZOQfQnCDl9IO3iTodl_XMNTEM6MkGERDFUxQtSHSvjAw5IeMC7qRoCv7HXLsdZIoFvTEW6z5dmjQp-9hy2ziYv4l5HVLbt5C2aDE3A/w400-h211/Maslows-Hierarchy-of-Needs.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">If this is confusing let me simplify.
Yesterday was a day that was a blot on the country and I will not go deep into the same stopping with the fact that equating the temple movement to the independence struggle shows how little our nation in its present form means to people. If you look back at the start of the lockdown two needs of people were cast aside for another fundamental need of survival. The need to survive from a deadly disease was paramount and to that end other needs were kept aside; the fact that many died of hunger than the disease itself due to the reasons we saw became a footnote in the larger story. Two needs education and religion were knocked off their high pedestal and relegated to one corner in the fight against the disease because education would probably fall in level 2 and religion in level 3 and both come into play if the individual survives. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Politics today has transformed into offering things at higher levels to people who are still at level one and a great many have fallen for it. Religion, nationalism are needs to those who are having food to eat, a place to sleep, a job to ensure that there is a tomorrow, clothes to cover the nakedness and support to reproduce to grow another generation. To a great majority of those who do not have one or more of the above, what use is religion or nationalism? Why does development and prosperity remain with those who already have it and now aspire for higher things; these people are denying the basic necessities to the have-nots? Will a building or a non-secular nation bring a nation of no hunger?
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The NEP may have its merits but our former Tamil Nadu chief ministers have shown with their policies of free food in schools that education to a empty stomach is meaningless. The student needs a sound body to build a sound mind. Our state is the leader in education and the rest of the country can take a leaf out of Tamil Nadu book. If the nation must grow, it needs to put first things first. Remember when we fall sick we run to a hospital, for treatment and then fall on our knees in prayer.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>Vadapochehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17223514549614553226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35092335.post-39973472329976450272020-07-13T13:28:00.000+05:302020-07-13T13:40:17.336+05:30Whats that smell???<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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next to you smells of Hugo Boss but you like Sauvage, you actually cannot stand
Boss, what will you do? Remember you do not know the person well, nor do you
have any care for his well-being. It is just that you are sure that your
Sauvage is always superior to his Boss. Would you then… <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Or why don’t you try Sauvage because of its merits?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Probably gift him a bottle of Sauvage for an upcoming
event so that he can try it for himself and see the benefits?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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his Boss and my Sauvage and tell everyone which is better? It better be Sauvage.</span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Probably go and tell him, you will not wear Boss
because you think that Boss is not good and more importantly Boss offends you?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">- Probably just grin and bear it</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; text-indent: -0.25in;">Probably move far away where Boss does not offend you so much because the guy is not worth it? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; text-indent: -0.25in;">Probably go and ask him what made him choose Boss and try it our for yourself?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">If you do any of the above and
it works for you congratulations, you have superior olfactory and people
skills. If none of them work and the other is still using Boss, it is high time
to get a life and work on it. Work on YOUR life.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">P.S. Read the post again and
replace Sauvage and Boss with your preferred food, language, religion, habits.
It may still work.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">P.P.S I don’t use perfumes I am
told that Boss and Sauvage are among the top perfumes for men.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />Vadapochehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17223514549614553226noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35092335.post-32245652894684176932020-07-06T13:11:00.000+05:302020-07-06T13:13:07.695+05:30On a day like today<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
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day when we have moved up to third place in the Global Hall of Infamy, when
some experts are claiming that the virus is airborne and masks may be needed
indoors, we have started Unlock 2.0<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the absence of a viable cure and the highly suspect efficiency of the upcoming
vaccines that are to be launched on Independence Day the only option seems to
be locking up but it is not possible as it is now about the real type of
survival, the fight to put food on the table. COVID then will have to take
second place only.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The
news in Chennai right now is that the traffic is heavy and people are back to
work with a vengeance. The heart goes out to all the professionals whose
professions have disappeared overnight with little chance of resuming in the
old formats. Bookmyshow for instance is now trying hard to sell me tickets to
so many events including some happening from people’s homes. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Personally
I feel we should accept the situation for what it is and with that acceptance
we use the following to go ahead:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Fear: the fear of the
virus is genuine and should remain to guide everyone from dropping their guard
not only for themselves but for their loved ones<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Awareness: the
heightened self-awareness about personal spaces of self and the neighbour along
with hygiene will be some of the best takeaways that this experience will give us<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Caution: gone is the
general carelessness of old, measured activities, reduced risks and greater
caution is showing in safer environments and it is not just about the virus<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -0.25in;"> Positivity: a little positivity never hurt
anyone, so lots of it can be a boost, we know that we have come so far and we
have long to go, so let’s be positive about it. The good news in this pandemic
is the large number of recoveries and every recovery adds to the positivity. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> Faith: whatever you may
choose to believe in: a divine power, parents, idols, mendicants, god-men,
doctors or just self, hold on to it. In times of trial we all look for
something to hold on to. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> Hope: life is built on
hope, we hope that we will not fall sick but if we do we hope that we will get
better. When we lose hope, life is less about living. Hope comes from positivity
&/ faith. Hope gives direction.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> Gratitude: to be
thankful for every mercy that we have received and will continue to receive, to
be grateful to be able to give as much or even more as we have received<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> Love: the world can
never have enough of it; to love another as one loves himself (self-love is
important) will make the world a better place for all. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Vadapochehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17223514549614553226noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35092335.post-1552148862387866692020-07-01T19:05:00.001+05:302020-07-01T19:35:19.073+05:30Needs and wants<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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are on the first of July, we are on the thresh hold of what is being called as
Unlock 2. Since we know what this innocuous and actually silly term means let us jump into the
post. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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world has changed, we have changed. The changes will continue.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> These days a video channel on YouTube
fascinates me, called Living Big in a Tiny House the videos inspire me. The
host and presenter is quite likeable and though his lines are so predictable
there seems to be some genuine emotions in what he says. In one of the videos
he also shared about his climb up to the top from a struggling actor to an
Influencer on YouTube with over 3 million followers and making it a full time
profession along with his wife / partner. The channel focuses on people who
have built small homes on trailers and have downsized their lives to fit into
these tiny homes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Most
of these home owners decided to give up their old lives and downsized to basic
essentials with few possessions. They also changed their lives to fit into a
small space that is often environment friendly and self- sufficient. These home
owners are usually working from their homes and so they are happy to live in
remote parts of the country in communion with nature. These homes are
beautiful, the owners are admirable and I am hooked to the channel. Many of
these videos are from a few years ago, the pre COVID19 days, so you can say
that these people foresaw the future.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">After
more than 100 days of being locked up some of us have started understanding the
difference between needs and wants. We have now started to understand that our
needs can be fulfilled with fewer wants and most of what we wanted earlier is
actually not needed now. So many of our
possessions have suddenly become useless and at times are a burden to us. For
instance those who have a car on loan will be wondering if this is a white
elephant (unfair to elephants actually) burning money while simply standing
idle. This lockdown is an opportunity for many to live big with very little and
to be happy for it. We are transforming from spend to save, consume to
conserve, exist to live. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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know that this too shall pass and things may become better, however the lessons
we have picked up should remain with us.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Vadapochehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17223514549614553226noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35092335.post-32279386770560449802020-06-30T11:27:00.000+05:302020-06-30T11:27:30.826+05:30Ode to the Pongal<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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post is about something that polarizes people coming from Tamilnadu. This is
the famous pongal. I am not talking about the festival, there are no doubts
about it, Pongal is the most important Tamil festival.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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post is about the breakfast staple “ven pongal” or kara pongal that is loved and hated
equally. I am on the side that loves it
with a caveat. I prefer to eat pongal with sambar and at least coconut chutney,
a vadai is a bonus. After all how can you eat just a gooey, almost tasteless
mash? So if it is breakfast in a restaurant I go for a pongal vadai combination.
This does not seem unusual to many unless I am driving on a road trip. I have
seen eyebrows raised when I opt for this combination during a breakfast halt.
The infamous after effect of feeling drowsy after a plate somehow does not work
for me. I love pongal and I enjoy it on road trips. At home knowing my preferences
sambar & chutney are usual with pongal.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Pongal
is an essential carb loading after a marathon and rightly so. Imagine the
amount of carbs that a plate has, not to mention the handful of cashew nuts
that sometimes emerge that give a subtle boost. After a long run, let me assure
it is probably the best carb reload. These days to make it healthier I am
seeing many millet variants entering into the pongal ingredients. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">When I
was small the ritual of picking out the pepper corns before eating was default and used to annoy my mum; as I grew
up I started ignoring them as this ritual was taking up too much time. I learnt that you can swallow them so it will not offend the taste buds and still get its proclaimed medicinal effects.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">During
my hostel days the students from outside TN especially those from Bengal used
to protest vehemently every time Pongal came in the hostel mess (which was quite
often, being easier to make and also because there were many from TN). Since we kept requesting for Pongal often, the
Bengali boys took their revenge by eating up all the vadais before we came. But
then they were buddies so we let them enjoy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Pongal or the sweet variant makes an entry on festivals including Pongal.
However being sweet it is best eaten in small portions. I usually enjoy the
sakkarai pongal till the inevitable bite of the cardamom. After that everything else is a
blur.</span></div>
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This post started from a Facebook prompt which said <b><u>“If 2020 was a breakfast time it would be”</u></b>, the popular
opinion was <b>Upma</b>. Title inspired by
Susan’s last post, you can read it in the CBC.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Vadapochehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17223514549614553226noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35092335.post-89206589401450631832020-06-26T18:08:00.005+05:302020-06-26T18:15:37.475+05:30The new normal...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">We
have heard normal is boring and yet here we are after more than 90 days being
locked down hoping for a normal.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In
all probability the new normal will not be boring but can be terrifying. What
is scary is the collateral damage that this pandemic has inflicted on us. Loss
of jobs, pay cuts aside, there is the loss of livelihoods of the hidden
population who are invisible to the common eye. I remember the pain on the face
of the iron man, (not the Marvel one) in a normal week he would be carrying a
large bundle of clothes for ironing but now there are no clothes to be ironed.
His smiling face could not mask the resigned acceptance of possibly hungry days
ahead.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This
lockdown has shown us how much of our time, energy and resources we used to
spend on non-essentials and how we can survive fairly well without them. This
lockdown has also taught us that communication networks and devices are essentials
and in many homes, one device is just not enough. India may have more mobile
phones than toilets but we now know that both are inadequate. Why toilets? In
home quarantine and in isolation, an additional toilet will be such a blessing
for those who can access it, so that the infection is not spread to the other
members in the household.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Education
and religion have both moved home. In hindsight it may be a blessing. More than
the limited Zoom classes the home schooling and self study without the examinations may actually have a lasting impact
on the children in my personal opinion; though the fellowship of classroom and
playgrounds will be sorely missed. Religion is getting more personal, more
intimate, removing the middle men and hopefully it will bring God and man closer.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Non-essential
jobs will face an existential crisis, by non-essential any product or service
that we have managed without in the 90 and more days are in the danger of
shutting down or changing. How many would have imagined that Zoom will be the
biggest competitor for an airline?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Critical
jobs will flourish and grow, more importantly they need to be acknowledged,
appreciated, compensated and adequately rewarded. The farmers, milkmen,
delivery boys, electricity and telecom maintenance crews, sanitation workers,
public utility workers, banking and financial services staff, media personnel,
police and lastly the medical fraternity; these people worked when others could
not, they put themselves at risk when we took it easy. There may be more hidden workers who could
have been missed in the list but if they worked at their workplace when we
worked from home they qualify to be there in the list of people to be appreciated.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">In
time we will come to accept this disease for what it is; just a disease that can be
fatal to a </span><span style="line-height: 18.4px;">minuscule</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> few. Most diseases have the same characters but COVID19 does not come with a
vaccine or cure so the pandemic. It may come from acceptance, frustration or
annoyance but we will overcome the fear of this virus one day even if a vaccine
is yet to be found.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The
normal is ahead, hopefully we will be able to recognize it and accept it
because it will not be like anything we have seen before. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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we ready?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Vadapochehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17223514549614553226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35092335.post-34442247909926047242020-06-15T13:25:00.003+05:302020-06-15T13:27:39.277+05:30Can you?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">“do it quickly.” ..“When you are done, don’t linger.”..
“Wash your hands afterward”..</span></i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">If you were wondering what those instructions were for, it is for
the most underrated, feel-good human connection that the coronavirus put the
kibosh on with its social distancing ways.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">But if it's some hug therapy you are really yearning for, an aerosol
scientist <i>The New York Times</i> spoke to has a way.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Wear a mask. Hug outdoors. Try to avoid touching the other
person’s body or clothes with your face and your mask. Don’t hug someone who is
coughing or has other symptoms.</span></i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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above is reproduced from an online article and it made me wonder if things will
ever be normal again. There is something magical about a hug and there is some
merit in what Munna Bhai or Vasool Raja said in their movies, it can be a
treatment. Some searching online will tell you that </span><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">oxytocin
levels rise when we<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span>hug, touch,
or even sit close to someone, it's associated with happiness. A UCLA study in
2011 showed that raised levels of oxytocin promote optimism and self-esteem.
Overall,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>hugging<span class="apple-converted-space"> increases our ability to control our
feelings and generates happiness.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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dropped the spirits of many and the reasons vary from job losses, pay cuts,
loss of a loved one, separation from loved ones, the list goes on. Many people
need a hug, so if you can give one do not withhold. But wait in this pandemic
and social distancing when human touch and contact is taboo; if you think rightly hugging is too much to
do, can you do something simpler? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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person who yearns to be listened to if not hugged? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Can you listen to a
person without interrupting with your opinions, biases, knowledge and
experiences? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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fact that the person you are listening to, is competent enough to pick up the
pieces and solve things if you will simply listen?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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you need not have a solution but can be a part of the solution by simply being
there and listening?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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much for the other it may be life. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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P.S. Drop me a line and I promise I will make the time to listen, I may not be good but I promise to learn quickly<br />
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I was annoyed by the repeated prompts from Google about running out of the free
combined space of my Google accounts. So I went about on an aggressive deleting
spree and found that I did not even scratch the surface. What puzzled me was
the amount of mails and files that I had deleted which was a part of my life
for over many years did not even make any impact to the total memory consumed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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these days of the lockdown there is a massive cleaning exercise at homes where
everything that comes from outside be it man or material are cleaned before
anything else happens. Mercifully in Chennai the drought is yet to hit despite
the many hand washing, baths, and objects washing being done every day
everywhere. Usually after any cleaning the waste is let out carefully or
casually depending on what we use or how much we care for ourselves and the
other. Surgical waste should be incinerated, likewise the masks we use should
be safely discarded if we want everyone to be spared infection, but if we leave
them lying around then we have a problem which can have a big impact.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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realized with a little help from Google that cleaning or in my case deleting
the data alone will not help because I need to deep clean, meaning I will need
to delete forever or empty the various trash bins. So when I emptied the bins
in every account, my overall usage dropped to less than a third of the available.
I did not have to pay a price, my consumption is free again!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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both the events are seemingly unrelated at a deeper level there is a big
connect. We carry a lot of unnecessary things in us; thoughts, experiences,
feelings and much more which have outlived their initial impacts but still
remain in the depths of our consciousness because we still cling to them. Make
no mistake every one of the above had some effect or intent or purpose back
then but what should be retained now is only the learning from them. The rest should go to the trash and the trash
should be safely discarded. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the last three years this was the day, dada left us after a fatal road accident<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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much longer it was the start of my birthday month, not that it made a
difference but it reminded me that I am getting older <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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school students till this year, this was the warning that school will open in a
day or two after the long summer vacation<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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much of my work life in this job, this was the day when I will get my appraisal
and whatever that came along with it<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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many this June is the start of what people are calling Unlock 1.0<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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many it is a milestone of the uncertainty that lies ahead because whichever way
you look at it, the government has failed its people and has now left the
people to fend for themselves</span></div>
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all about you<br />
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;… <br />
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If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;<br />
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim,<br />
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster<br />
And treat those two impostors just the same:….;<br />
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If you can make one heap of all your winnings<br />
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,<br />
And lose, and start again at your beginnings,<br />
And never breathe a word about your loss:...!"<br />
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everything that's in it,<br />
And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son!</i></b> – Rudyard Kipling<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Different lines in this poem talked to me at
different times and this lock down has been a roller coaster of emotions. If you
have not read the poem do look it up. I know that the above poem may have
inspired you and even if one line spoke to you then its good. If it did not
maybe this hymn may:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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of Your peace<br />
Where there is hatred, let me bring Your love<br />
Where there is injury, Your pardon Lord<br />
And where there's doubt, true faith in You<o:p></o:p></i></b></span></div>
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of Your peace<br />
Where there's despair in life, let me bring hope<br />
Where there is darkness, only light<br />
And where there's sadness, ever joy<o:p></o:p></i></b></span></div>
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To be understood as to understand<br />
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It is pardoning that we are pardoned<br />
In giving to all men that we receive<br />
And in dying that we're born to eternal life</i></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">We have been locked down
for over 50 days and we have seen much. This lock down has affected us in many
ways. The question before us is: will we be locked down or will we rise? Because:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Vadapochehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17223514549614553226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35092335.post-36453688592478212352020-05-16T10:41:00.000+05:302020-05-16T10:41:08.694+05:30Lessons from the lockdown #6<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>adversity</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">All the above options have their own consequences and it is unique to each person. We should therefore not judge the response of another on the basis of our own.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Ultimately the question that remains with us – <b>Is change a</b>:</span></div>
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Vadapochehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17223514549614553226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35092335.post-85333491575036661422020-05-15T15:03:00.001+05:302020-05-15T15:04:16.845+05:30Lessons from the lockdown #5<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Anger: (def) </span><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">a strong feeling of annoyance, displeasure, or hostility.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Anger is a cause of
misery, both from the sender and the receiver. Anger can be costly for all
parties involved; some direct costs, some consequential costs. There is
something called righteous anger – a sense of anger that comes from perceived
injustice. It is called righteous because this type of anger is “right anger”
to the person who feels it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In the lockdown I
have been angry because of various reasons but mostly at what I see around. The
media helps to add fuel to the fire at times when I see the injustice of it
all. Lack of food, work, shelter for many who are ignored, abandoned and when
they die reduced to the footnotes of the newspapers, they become just a statistic
with the dignity of their names also denied to them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I am angry because
there are some who are either callous or reckless when they go walking in
groups disregarding the advisories given by the government. I am angry when
people flaunt their privileges on the social media when even a little of it can
be a world of difference to someone. I am angry when people who can afford to pay
their helps in full or part for the period they are locked down deny the helps
their wages. I am angry that people who want treatment from doctors deny a
doctor a final resting place. I am angry and then I pause and check if I am a
part of any of the above. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Through some good
fortune I have been added to a group of volunteers who are doing their little
bit to reach out those in need in whatever ways possible. This group works in
close consultation with the government agencies to avoid duplication and also
ensure that help reaches those in need. Maybe
it is my anger but I keep looking out for things to do that can make a little
difference to someone. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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home: the lock down has forced many to stay home and we may have mixed feelings
about it. Some love it; some hate it; if you read the papers today some are
dying in an attempt to reach home.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The
story of the goods train running over exhausted migrants trying to go home has
now been overlapped by at least three road accidents where vehicles carrying
these people have met with fatal accidents, worse some callous motorists have
run down migrants going home.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Many religions
teach that home is the end to the journey of life and many yearn to go home.
Yet there are some who are unhappy to be home for various reasons starting from
livelihood issues to boredom. Only a person who cannot understand or refuses to
understand that staying home is not possible to all will say that he is bored
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The
migrants may not have homes nearby, there are others who are at the forefront
of the pandemic who leave their homes daily in fear and isolate themselves at
home from their families for the greater humanity. The medical fraternity, the
police, the civic services, the sanitation services, the newspaper vendors, the
milk vendors, the provision shop keepers, the list goes on; these people cannot
be home because their lives and the lives of others depend on them. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Staying
home has shown me many positives and I can safely say that they outweigh the
negatives. One thing that I am unable to understand is the apparent improvement
of health in the city. Have you noticed that hospitals especially the private
ones have stopped the OPD? The usual long queues that used to be a common sight
in many hospitals disappeared overnight. I went to donate blood in a leading hospital a
few days ago. The usually cramped visitors lobby was empty and only the limited
staff was to be seen. A person I spoke
to was advised by his doctor over phone to take medications for a not so minor
illness and stay home as it would not be possible to treat in the hospital.</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Staying
home may have health benefits too among many others.</span></div>
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unless it is absolutely necessary stay home.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;"><span style="line-height: 18.4px;">P.S. Today the 14th of May in a show of solidarity leaders of all faiths are requesting the faithful to pray, fast and do acts of charity so that the world may stand united against the pandemic.</span></span></div>
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Vadapochehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17223514549614553226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35092335.post-35928106293895387252020-05-13T11:12:00.000+05:302020-05-13T11:28:11.493+05:30Lockdown lessons #3<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Lessons
from the lockdown:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18.4px;">Plan B – meaning an alternative strategy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The
lock down has been all about Plan B, from home work to Work from Home. Today
with the absence of domestic help most of the work that was outsourced
including cooking is being done at home, non- cooks are learning and managing
with all the available help online. Home haircuts are becoming common and so
are home work outs. In short we have
found out ways to do things differently from how we used to and that throws up
a few challenges.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The
other day as we went shopping we drove around to find shops selling vegetables
that were not crowded and found one shop that was selling vegetables that had
opened newly. This shop was selling fruit juices and snacks earlier but with
the lockdown and the prohibitively high shop rent the shop keeper changed to
being a shop keeper. The fact that the shop keeper risked his health to procure
vegetables and sell it to make a living made me reflect. Today pay cuts, job
cuts are becoming rampant. With businesses failing expect many more to be
impacted and I am not immune to it too. So do we have a Plan B?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">One
crucial thing that all must do is to scrupulously avoid wastage of all things
and save money at all times. Next is to brush up old skills, acquire new skills
and whatever that may be needed should a time arise to activate Plan B. When
people see adversity few see opportunity this lockdown and the days ahead may
be a good time to venture into the unknown, because this too shall pass and
when the tide turns it will be looking up if we are ready.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">If you do all the things that your paid help was doing and you will continue to do them? What happens to your paid help?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;"><span style="line-height: 18.4px;">What happens to the hairstylist, who cannot say M.... pochu!!!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;"><span style="line-height: 18.4px;">One man's expense is another man's income - read on LinkedIn</span></span></div>
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Vadapochehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17223514549614553226noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35092335.post-85462729210827319312020-05-12T11:11:00.001+05:302020-05-12T11:11:39.174+05:30Lock down Learnings #2<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
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from the lockdown:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Self-
awareness: the dictionary meaning of this term is –“</span><b><i><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">conscious knowledge
of one's own character and feelings”.</span><o:p></o:p></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><br /></span></i></b></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">This lockdown has
ensured that people have become a better or worse person than before. People
have discovered hidden potential, skills, talents, the goodness in them, the
humanity in them, the self-sufficiency in them, the contentment in them. Sadly
this lockdown has also brought out the animal, the monster, the low life in
some who proved that the idle mind is a devil’s workshop.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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had many spin offs, from spending more time with and for the family despite the
work, it also showed that the work at home needs to be given enough priority
for the well-being of all. Gender roles are being redefined: wholly, partially
or not all depending on where one falls in the range mentioned in the earlier
paragraph.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><br /></span></div>
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biggest wake-up call for me is the realization that a lot of my time, energy
and money were being spent on non-essentials and not enough time for the really
essential things in life. Making do with little, making do with what is on
hand, judicious use of resources and sharing what is available made me realize
that in the end the essentials will do. Not surprisingly I found that the
internet, the mobiles, laptops and the television have crept up the rankings
into essential things for home. These 50
odd days has shown how inhuman the central government must be for having imposed
a blockade for a state of our nation without internet and commerce for a very long
period. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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have taught us self-awareness of how much better or worse we can be from the
avatar we used to have in the pre lockdown days. The big choice that is now
before us is when things become the new normal; will we continue to be in our
new normal? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Vadapochehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17223514549614553226noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35092335.post-16074172350064417272020-05-11T13:30:00.003+05:302020-05-11T13:30:58.276+05:30Lock down Learnings #1<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Gratitude:
if you have roof over your head, food on
your table, some money in the bank, a job that you can go back to and are of
good health, you have no idea how blessed you are. I realized this in a few
days after the lockdown when I saw the people around: the unknown, the unspoken
for, the unrecognized and the uncared for, the real India, the people who make
and build the nation.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">I was
part of the jolly group of people who celebrated the good times at home and
then I saw around me so many people for whom home was a distant mirage. Stories emerged about
the way the lock down has been handled and the apparent callous planning that
seemed to care only for the privileged ones. By privileged it will be the
people who will read posts like this or make videos of their "challenges". For the
less privileged, life itself is a privilege that many others are grudging them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">I
am thankful for all the mercies that I have received, which I have taken for granted all along and I regret that have
drowned in my false privileges. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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we don’t need a PM to Care for the neighbor, because it may be too late. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">You
and I can do much better. And we don’t even need to post what we do on Social media because the likes don't fill an empty stomach.</span></div>
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Vadapochehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17223514549614553226noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35092335.post-47605712344517193972020-05-07T13:31:00.000+05:302020-05-07T13:31:02.755+05:30RED!!! - CBC BLOGTAG2<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 21.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 21pt;">This post is part of the Chennai
Bloggers Club's CBC VIBGYOR BLOG TAG 2 where some of us will write a post on
the colours of VIBGYOR each day starting 1st of May to the 7th of May, 2020.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The colour theme for today's post
is RED. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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