Male
Member Since Jul 30 2002
Comments received | Comments
posted
Comments posted by Uppili
On
Eight Lies of a Mother
I think THAT mother lived a full life serving her family in the best posible way, and she must have felt totally contented on seeing her successful son. After all, her hard work had succeeded in achieving the single goal she had in mind. That is much better than Mittal achieving a steel empire and becoming the 3rd richest man.
There are still some selfless souls left in this world of changing times.
On
Shame of a nation
Everything was great and I agreed with your views UNTIL I came to this: "Let us feel proud when foreign dignitaries visit India
Why should we care for foreign dignitaries... It is the same typical Indian mindset of doing things for the sake of others and to gain brownie points. Until this attitude changes, there will be only superficial, cosmetic, and farcical changes in teh society. India should eradicate begging to instill a culture of work ethic, to save the young children from the clutches of Beggar mafia, give these unfortunate kids a decent and dignified childhood, and put the "criminals" behind professional begging in jails.
Forget the Foreigners, eradicate poverty for the ake of Indians and tomorrow's India.
P.S. Overseas there are dignified beggars and they are called PANHANDLERS - my foot.
On
Cyber romance
Like someone had stated Flowerpower666, aka, Smitha was cybering with 10 other men... So I guess Smitha was the smart one having the cake and eating it too....;)
On
Importance of being a woman
Based on what I have observed that how children turn out depends more on the attitude of the father AND mother and the environment and encouragement they provide. These are independent of the status of the woman. A homemaker could waste her time with no imagination, goal, educating herself about child rearing. Also, a working woman could be constantly guiding and encouraging the children when at home.
On
Take life as it is.
Well.. there are 2 sides to a coin. you said yours and I will hold mine....bcz I will be sending this blog link to my wife to read.
Since I need dinner and a sleeping place for this weekend - even if it may be a couch or floor in the living room - I am holding back my comments... But, those who know me know what to expect...and you can guess my line of thinking as well.
On
Am I Matured or Immatured?
Don't worry...Soon you will get married. Have kids. Then at the worst moment the rpeure will start again from your parents - to return to India as they are getting old and need help. Your in-laws and perhaps your wife will insist that you stay back in India...
Thus will start a Home war.
All the best.
On
Sholingur-a wonderful hill temple
When I read the title, my mind for a fleeting second thought of a temple that I visited as a boy. When I opened your blog - and what a surprise -on the very same temple.
Your description is quite correct about the difficulty in climbing both the hills. I should add a few pointers here.
1. It is a very hot place and the rocks and the steps become quite hot by 9 or 10 AM. So one may want to starrt pretty early.
2. one is supposed to climb both the hills and have a Darshan of Narasimha AND Hanuman on the SAME day. It makes it all the more difficult to accomplish this and most devottes skip the Hanuman temple or visit it on anotehr day. Of course, the temple administrator made it more difficult by closing the Hanuman temple at 4 PM. It means one has to really hurry up and climb the second hill when it is pretty hot.
The best way to go is to get down at Arakonum Rd (why they would not call it a Jn I have no idea) station and walk to the bus stand - which is 1/2 mile away. Then catch a bus to Sholingur which is 18 kms to the south. There is also a Railway station called Sholingur between Arakonum and Katpadi - but almost NO TRAIN stops there and there is NOTHING around that train station - which is a good 10 kms away from the sholigur town/temple/civilization.
Of course, some of the conditions I have described might be different these days.
On
Where would you be - near the mountains or the beaches?
Nothing beats a house on a mountain slope with a stream runnign nearby and facing a shore....
I can think of only a couple of places. California along Route 1 and western slopes of the Western Ghats in India.
Of course, the alternatie and possibly the closest to this fantasy is to live on eother one of them and yet close - 1 hr - driveable distance from the other. Plenty of places can be found with this option.
On
Bride (groom) and Prejudice
Looks like an Anti-Boy blog.... anyway here is my take...
There are cases regading women too..... Except, the bride's side already did their pre-selection before even venturing....like whether the boy is in US, does he have a job, GC/H1B, his color, parents/family background etc..etc... Can you say that the brides side DID NOT reject any boy for any reason... I can list a whole lot of stories about the kind of games a bride's side plays with way too many lies, twisted facts, fudge factors - that is one reason, I keep clear of this match-making buiness. In the cases regarding your blog, it is just that the girl's side were favorably inclined towards those boys, and hence, counting it as negatives. Look at everything as just enquiries until the actual engagement.
Also, like Priyamanavadai said... at least in these cases the boys backed out BEFORE the marriage - bcz many gutless bozos ruin a woman's life by marrying without any interest for any number of reasons. Really, don't you think the girl is lucky to escape from these 5 guys. Would you have married any of these five guys knowing they have some kind of reservation ?
Remember the saying - Thalaikku Vandhadhu Thalaipaagaiyoda pOchuu..
P.S. BTW, I keep telling my wife... going by the conditions from today's "boys", I should go back to my FIL and make a HUGE demand retroactively, with interest and penalty for all those promises that were never meant and met....;)
Advertisement
© 1998-2008 Copyright Sulekha.com Connecting Indians Worldwide, All Rights Reserved.
Shame of a nation
The begging mafia operates the same way as the prostitution ring - through coersion, threat, kidnappings. They divide up ther territories, and are "transferred" /sold to different groups based on "market" research. Sending women with children outside temples for food, children outside restaurants, ,and women outsidee hospitals seekign medicine money and so on...
In all honesty, I dont think this will be eradicated - just like prostitution and political corruption. What you see outside are only bit players - the daily wage earners. Behind these a whole organization with business skills.
Block this user | Report AbuseReply