"Is it OK now?"
THUMBS UP
"Say yes or no, ma'm"
"Aaahh??!"

Some Peole in the dentistry lack common sense!

Dei... Maadasamy! :P

Being a 'Software Engineer', I've started liking this IT culture of calling people by their names. Whoever it is.. even those HRs who are over 50yrs of age are addressed by their names. And the best part is they insist that we call them by their names. WOW!!! I'm loving it!

Soon things will get even better and the day when I'll call out 'dei Maadasamy' is not far away! :P

Cheers!!!

Happy Diwali!!!

Its diwali..








Lets celebrate!!!
















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wrong picture!

No Smoking

YaaaY!!
A good move by our Union Health Minister Dr.Anbumani Ramadoss. Smoking in public places is banned from october2, Mahatma Gandhi's birth anniversary.

I really get irritated when someone smokes in public places. I hate the smell.. If at all you wanna smoke, don't let the smoke out. Second-hand smoking is injurious to health too. If I wanna smoke I can buy a cigarette myself. No thank you, Keep your smoke with yourself.

Temporary exposure to smoke may cause less permanent harm, symptoms like headaches, breathing difficulties, and even nausea. Exposure to smoke over longer periods of time can cause cancer to heart disease.

The evidence is quite solid that inhaling smoke has numerous long-term and short-term consequences for bystanders who, for the most part, are “innocent.”

“Smokers can have a puff at the risk of their health in private in their bedrooms provided they had the permission of their wives,” Ramadoss said

From tomorrow, if I see someone smoking in public then without any hesitation I'll complain about them to police kaar! Be careful smokers!!

Oram Po

Not the movie..

I wanted to yell 'Oram Po' to the MTC bus driver today. Why the heck can't people give way to ambulance. Do we need law even for this?

In the ambulance I could see a guy(about my age) sitting next to the driver's seat. He was panicking.. the patient must be someone very close to him. Even after hearing the siren of the ambulance, the bus driver din't care to give way.

CURSES!

Happy Independence to.. everyone?!!

By now, we would have got the thought of our country’s Independence day.. because its gonna be a holiday for the whole family and its gonna be fun... watching tv, reading articles about our heroes, passing on long lengthy independence day wishes to everyone, saying ‘Jai Hind!!’ etc etc.. gr8!

Even I’m a Proud INDIAN like everyone else. We talk A to Z about.. how our country has improved in the past 61 yrs of independence. We’ ve reached peaks in the IT field.. WOW!!! What an improvement?? I can go on about this.

When I started thinking about the very root of the word ”independence”, I lost track n ended up with the following issue. Lots of things are related to our country’s independence. One among that is we escaped slavery. We all hate to be slaves and after independence we don’t have such issues . Yes , definitely I agree . I’m not a slave to anyone in this world!! I enjoy this n I celebrate my country’s day. So do everyone.

First question I ask myself, do I have enough freedom??
Yes, I do. I can decide about anything. Its just that my parents expect me to inform them about my decisions (well! They‘ve every right for that) Not only myself, my friends too. Their thoughts are also valued.. I’m happy about that. This is just with my friends circle.

Do all the children of my age or younger ones have enough freedom?? Nope!! I know a gal who is working in my neighbour’s house. Small kid she is.. might be 10 yrs old. She is baby sitting my neighbour’s daughter. That’s sad! A child looking after another child? enna koduma sir idu??

Why do people prefer child servants?
Every child is innocent. They won’t say anything even if asked to do hell amount of work. Further, wont talk back when the owners scold them. In my neighbour’s case, that gal does all kinda work. Starting from baby sitting, washing, cleaning, helping my neigh in cooking, any household work? Name it.. she does it. I don’t wanna create an evil picture about my neighbour. They take good care of the gal.

When I enquired about the gal , I came to know the sad story. Her mom died, her dad ran away with another woman, her brother who doesn’t wanna take care of this kid. And no one to take care of her. My mom says. ”Atleast these people save her monthly pay for her future.”
On one hand, that’s right... “Something is better than nothing.”

But thinking about her future..OMG! these ppl are gonna chase her away once their kid reaches 8 or something.. what will she do then? She can’t even read or write... can speak only tamil. She doesn’t even know numbers. She doesn’t even know to count whatever she has earned. How is she going to survive when let out in this world?? Its really gonna be horrible. Leaving this apart now..

My neighbours!! Wow! Very well educated. He is a doctor n his wife works in IT. They wanted a lovely baby, but can’t spend time for their precious baby. Can’t even take care of their small child, but they want a pet dog.
And that poor working kid gotta take care of the dog also. They are not ready to teach even basic letters or numbers to that poor gal. Where has the humane thing gone?? Civilised , smart, talented, rich etc etc.. they are.

I really dunno whom to blame.. I definitely can’t accept it as her fate. Should I blame her very kind bro for not looking after her ? (he is in a position to take care)or the neighbours,for not caring about her future??

She is not exactly a slave!! But she is one!

I know everyone is aware of this kinda child servant stories. Some are worse than this. Educated ones who lecture about freedom n stuff do these kinda inhumane things. Sad!!

I dunno what can be the solution for this. But one request for all the readers. Definitely, you are all gonna earn well n your life partners too. If you can’t take care of your own kid, don’t ever have a kid!!

PS: 10yr old looking after a 2yr old is not an ordinary issue. Do think about this!!

NOTE: This post was written by my friend Tara, 'The twinkling star'

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Now.. My opinion.. though u don't care about what i think.. i will write it.. this is MY blog!!!

Independence day!! I remember getting up early n going to school for flag hoisting.. n after its over they give us this 50 paise chocolates.. or was it 25 paise?! How we used to rush back home not wanting to miss the interview of our favourite hero in some channel! For many.. independence day is all about the special programs on tv..

After school.. we din't even care to buy flags on independence day. How many of us really stand up when the National Anthem is sung? very few indeed..

To awaken the patriot in us, we should go abroad i think. In Tamil Nadu.. u are a chennaite. In India.. u are a tamilian. So when u are outside India.. u BECOME an Indian! I'm not saying that we don't love our country.. but as Simran says in the movie 'pammal k sammandham', 'irukku.. engiyo ulla.. aazhama.. the love is there.' May be we'll show it.. someday..

Now coming to the child labour topic.. ahem.. yeah.. i've also seen such children.. pathetic condition! Something has to be done about this.. but what?! The laws should be made more strict..

But from our side.. what can be done? Adoption!! yeah.. we can adopt orphaned children. But its not that easy.. our family may not support it. The least we can do is sponsor education for the children. After I start earning, I will Sponsor education for atleast one orphaned kid! You can do that too...

'..If you can’t take care of your own kid, don’t ever have a kid!!..'
Me: tra how can u say this?
Tra: hey what i'm saying is one should not make kids look after their kids. May be their parents or someother elders should do it!
Me: hmmm okay.. Agreed!
Thats why i'd told my parents about this long back.. why postpone till the last minute

P.S.: Thanks for the article tra.. atlast got something meaningful to post in my blog!

Happy Independence day to everyone!
JAI HIND!!!

How true..!

Corruption

OMG!! I never thought I would write about corruption. Such a serious topic! Thanks to my friend.. :)

Corruption is everywhere in this whole wide world.. and in the list of most corrupt countries, India is 74th (out of 180 countries). There is corruption everywhere.. right from getting admissions for LKG to forming government. It has become a part of our daily life.

Who is to be blamed for this? The one who gives bribe? The one who takes bribe? Our government? Our society? Our judiciary? There is no exact answer to this. All of us are responsible. So why not do one thing.. lets all take an oath that from this minute we won’t give or take bribe:) The not-taking-bribe part sounds a bit easier.. but not the not-giving-bribe part! NO..NO.. its not easy. If I hold back saying that I won’t give bribe then the rest of the world would keep moving on and I’d be in the same place where I started.

I personally feel that while dealing with corruption, one should try to make a big difference(I’ll say what this means a bit later) or no difference at all. Coz if I try to make that small difference by not giving bribe then as I mentioned before I would be going nowhere and the rest of the world will be going places.

So what can be done about corruption? Strict rules.. I would suggest. YES! Coz if all ppl were so divine and good-hearted as to not give or take bribe, then the whole world would have been so prosperous. But think again.. strict rules? Is that really possible? When the power is in the hands of ppl(read as leaders) who have loads of black money, how will they agree to make the rules more strict?! So that won’t happen.. atleast in the near future it won’t.

Coming to the ‘big difference’ part.. yeah I mean it.. BIG difference.. like in the movies ramana.. anniyan.. thamizhan.. :D Though it sounds a bit odd, that’s what I feel.. really! And now.. who is gonna make this ‘big diff’? Nope not me.. definitely not! Someone else.. may be some hero as in the movies.

So like every other Tom, Dick or Harry.. I would also sit n wait.. wait for that hero to jump down from the skies.. till then.. God save the people!