Its a dog's life

Take a bow.

No, not the medieval weapon. Rather the only character each one of us exhibit uniformly.

Its the literal meaning of subduing yourself. Of something you cannot quite comprehend and hence would rather submit to it. To somethings which you cannot live without and hence would willingly suck to them.

We do it at our religious places. Take a Bow.

We do it to Technology. Everywhere. Mobiles, TV, Internet, Electricity. Take a Bow.

We do it to Money. House, Car, Luxury, Food. Take a Bow.

We bow, bow and bow in life.

And there you go my friends, get the dog's rhythm and make our four legged friends happy.

...And yeah..keep practicing.

:)

Hmm..

Being away from writing for a long time. Guess micro-blogging has taken me in. Yet, I have so much thoughts to write about. Just not finding the time yet to arrange them. Will get to it. If I listen to my inner heart, writing is where my love is....eventually, if I can, my career is.

Aliens!

Stephen Hawking is back and with what he does best. He predicts that aliens must exist.

It is a mathematical possibility (as Hawking states) and also simple reasoning might incline your mind to believe so.

Tangentially, two points

1) I am starting to believe that our Gods (any religion and particularly Hindu Gods) are actually aliens with superior powers who visited (or keep visiting) Earth. References in epics of sophisticated weapons and air travel might just allude to this thought. Also, imagine this scenario: a group of small insects living in a hill in a very remote forest. Lets assume that they are intelligent to communicate among themselves and have been living there for generations. One day, a vehicle (say a bull dozer) goes two miles far, mowing down. The vehicle does not return till another 5 years (by which generations of insects would have come and gone). Now, what will be the insects' knowledge passed through generations on that unidentified object? What would be the present generation's thought?

2) Stephen's last point (read last para in that link) actually is a very very likely scenario to happen to Earth itself. Knowing his intelligence, he may have been giving a cryptic clue to us. ha ha ha!

PS : I personally think the article is a marketing strategy (and those visuals they have described..he he)

Secret of Success

In any culture, the bridegroom gets that special treatment during the marriage from the bride, in-laws, relatives, etc. It subsides gradually as time passes. Still I know of some people who have that 'respect' at their home and in-laws place for long years now.

Now I thought how do they retain it?

Simple.

They will sweat it outside to grow up in life. On the way, they would meet with the choicest abuses from their bosses, peers, subordinates. Yet, they will keep pushing and pulling to get ahead.

Such people who face the f**k in the outside world are the ones who face the flute at home. Because, they succeed in life by crawling through s**t (as Red says in Shawshank Redemption).

No pain, no gain.

Clench your Fist and Raise your Hand

Imagine.

1.

You are visiting a hospital to take your wife for a checkup and sitting in the hospital reception killing time when your wife is inside doing the checkup. A small argument starts out at the counter and you start overhearing (as the others around you). The counter people are bullying someone on following some never before heard rule and the receiving guy is thoroughly confused and hurt.

2.

You are waiting in a bus stop near a traffic light. You see some traffic policemen bullying some hapless guy over something missing in his document.

3.

While on lunch, you are waiting in a queue to get your turn to the food counter. Somebody senior in the company jumps the queue and starts haggling over something petty with the guy serving the food.

4.

Traffic at its worst. Some political or religious outfit having a show of their own.

What do we all do in such cases? Mute. Mute. Mute.

We take a look at the situation strictly to kill our own time. Do we step in? No. Partly because, we will get our turn with the harasser some point of time and we do not want to be in his/her wrong books at that time. Partly because, inside we are weak and do not want to stand up against the system. The system which can, in one sweep, make us a nobody.

Before I type anything further:

Am part of this 'us'. Am not a hero. I do not flex my muscle and stand up against the system. But my question is do we need to be a hero? If we take some of the known super humans in our history, we can clearly see that there were problems before their entry and there were still the same problems after their exit. So, what is a hero worth? Nothing.

Because one person cannot solve everything. Why are we always looking above for the miracles? We...humans... are the miracles. The system is our mess. Mess created generation after generation of humans. It is upto us to clear the mess. Collective response to a situation is the only way to stand up against the system.

So, what do we do in all the above cases? We need to start letting the system know that there are some things we do not like. How?

Clench your Fist and Raise your Hand.

Nothing more. Nothing less. The harasser and the system need to know. That is all. If everyone around there takes a stand and let's the system know, that is the change that will ripple through the system.

Eventually some day, maybe not in our lifetime, still the system will change.

For now and till then, just raise your hand. Take a stand.

VTV Mannipaya song - beautiful lyrics

Found these beautiful words in the song 'mannipaya' from Vinnai Thaandi Varuvaya...will try translating below

காற்றிலே ஆடும்

காகிதம் நான் -

நீ தான் என்னை

கடிதம் ஆக்கினாய்

அன்பில் தொடங்கி

அன்பில் முடிக்கிறேன் -

என் கலங்கரை விளக்கமே!

I was still a paper

when you picked up

Then

I became a letter

beginning and ending

only with love.

And henceforth he's...

...Nandan Ram Saro.

Nandan - first name

Ram - middle name (short for Ramya)

Saro - last name (I shortened my name Saravanan to Saro and used it as his last name)

http://picasaweb.google.com/jvsaro/15Feb2010#

Pictures taken on my birthday and Nandan's functions (Puniyadanam - done to take him outside the house; Kaapu - done to take Ramya and Nandan to my home).

:)

Saro

God, give me more than a life

i need them to live for

more than my family....

i need to live it for

my friend.

Ra-Sa

Junior Saro ....Devar Magan....born on 11th Jan in Tanjore...For now, disturbing sleeps of his parents and grandparents....:)

Not yet named.....For now, he is nicknamed Ra-Sa (Ramya + Saro)

:)

Thalaivar birthday celebrations 2009

This was the fourth year we are celebrating thalaivar's birthday @ Bangalore. And I had to travel from my client office to our office just for the celebrations! Anything for thalaivar....We got a huge 3 kilo cake done (thanks to naadas, kuruvi, parachute and dumkaa) and cut it in front of a huge crowd. Here is a video....

Funny to think that I have celebrated thalaivar's birthday everytime in Bangalore than Chennai....:))

Oh! I was a kid then..

Oh! I was a kid then

awed by her presence

Friends we were

With boundaries blur

Years took us apart

Cattle in different cart

Still we were stuck

Mails and some luck

Time tried its best

Somebody did the rest

Cracks came in

And it never was the same

Maybe God made me grow

To become what am now

Maybe Time got bored

And wanted some more

Grow up, I did - a little

and became brittle

Still the Hugs I shared -

Smelt of her

Time kept its due

The day rain made a hue

The door bell rang

and there She stood.

Oh! I was a kid again

awed by her presence

With her smile - that made

the wait worthwhile

She spent moments

And bid goodbye

Days after that

My heart still lags

Time did not want

To take us apart

Rather to tell me

What it was I lost.

Thevar Magan - Magic of Kamal and Ilayaraja

I never get tired of watching the climax scene in Thevar Magan.

The point where Kamal wails in agony, when Nasser's mom cries out that all the milk she gave is spilt as blood now. Right there, Ilayaraja adds his chorus into the proceedings producing sheer magic for the next couple of minutes till the end credits roll.

Touching finish...

Flora and Fauna @ Elangadu

When spending the first few days on my return from US in Elangadu, I captured some of the flora and fauna there. Ramya captured the squirrel busy with the coconut. Elangadu is a sleepy little village along the banks of Cauvery river. Coconut groves and paddy fields dot the landscape with banana trees thrown in. Fauna is typical Indian tropical with lot of squirrels, crows, sparrows, goats, dogs, an occasional woodpecker, kingfisher, etc.

Diwali 2009 @ Bangalore

This was the first time that I spent Diwali weekend in Bangalore.

It was a good one with driving all the way to Salem for crackers; lots of shopping in Hosur; a totally vegetarian but very delicious Diwali (topped with sweets from four states!); spending quality time with friends.

This weekend seemed too long and happy.

J

Valaigaapu Kavidhai

this is what i wrote for ramya's valaigaapu aka baby shower

கரம் கொடுத்தாள்
கை பிடித்தேன்

வரம் கேட்டாள்
உயிர் தந்தேன்

சிறை வைத்தாள்
பத்து மாதம்

பிறை விலங்கு விலக்க
வளை அணி விழா

மார்கழி ஐந்தில்
மேட்டுபட்டி சந்தில்

கரம் கூப்பி
அழைக்கின்றேன்

உண்மைகள் பொய் ஆக
உங்கள் மொய் - என்

வங்கி கணக்கை
நிரப்படும்.

Good Trailers I came across..

I leave the stories for the trailers to tell...:)

Pandorum

Capitalism

Law Abiding Citizen

The Men Who Stare at Goats

En Thaai Pirandha Desam

I have known this song for a long time and its one of the songs close to my heart. When I listened to this now, I can relate this to the lost cause. I have just given the verses which I felt were directly related to the lost cause. The movie is Siraichalai (Kalapaani in Hindi) and music by Ilayaraja. The songs starts as 'Idhu Thaai Pirandha Desam...'

வீரனை குண்டுகள் துளைக்காது
வீரத்தை சரித்திரம் புதைக்காது

நாட்டை நினைக்கும் நெஞ்சங்கள்
வாடகை மூச்சில் வாழாது

இறந்த உயிர்களோ கணக்கில்லை
இருமி சாவதில் சிறப்பில்லை

இன்னும் என்னடா விளையாட்டு
எதிரி நரம்பிலே கொடி ஏத்து!

நிலத்தடியில் புதைந்திருக்கும்
பிணங்களுக்கும் மனம் துடிக்கும்

தாயோ பத்தே மாசம் தான்
அதிகம் சுமந்தது தேசம் தான்

உயிரும் உடலும் யார் தந்தார்?
உணர்ந்து பார்த்தால் தேசம் தான்

இந்த புழுதி தான் உடல் ஆச்சு
இந்த காற்று தான் உயிர் மூச்சு

இன்று இரண்டுமே பறி போச்சு
இன்னும் என்னடா வெறும் பேச்சு?

Religious Rants

If you are an atheist, there is just one religion for you. If you are a theist, then God save you! Half the problems in today's world are either through religion or religious men.

I am a theist. I am not religious.

I do not want to get into whether Religions came through God(s). All I make out is that there were some very clever men behind the framework of each religion. Generation after generation, these men moulded the framework. They thought of all the problems in society at that point of time and tried to address them in the framework. They also thought of all the natural disasters and calamities they did not understand then and again fit them in the framework. Add to it, things they did not like happening in the society and lo! they are the most important part of the framework.

The end products, as we see today, is the work of so many people. But what we fail to understand, across religions, is that they were still human made. Tell me one product made by humans which is infallible and irrefutable?

The question is not whether I need to follow a religion. The question to ask is whether I, as a human, need to follow another human blindly? If some human, who just by living a few thousand years before me has the advantage of giving a path to God, why can't I find my own new path to reach my God? What makes someone who lived before special and me ordinary? Nothing!

So, are religions bad? No. Are there good things in religious? Yes. But can they be better? Certainly!

I don't care about people who practice their weirdest path as long as they do not harm others.

More importantly, my heart bleeds for a few people caught in some religion who cannot break the shackles. They are those who hate some customs in their religions but can never come out or talk about it. What wrong did they do? Can't they have their freedom?

God made Man. Man made religion. What is religion fast making? End of Earth.

Am back..

whewww...it took three weeks to get back to blogging. Am still caught in my day to day things. Guess, back here in India, you have more things to do, more friends to catch up with, etc. Time flies....:)

Ramya is doing fine. Still in Tanjore. Am busy hunting a home in Bangalore. I suddenly realize that I have more friends in office in Bangalore than Chennai. :)

Will start writing very soon...

:)

Back to India

will be in by 25th......out of internet for 2 weeks....:)

my mobile num will be +91-9941684251