Republic Day

Have returned to office after a day's public holiday, reason being its our Republic Day (India).

Let me begin with how it was celebrated then and how its celebrated now. During school days, there had to be complete attendance on the day and sometimes I would be part of marching, singing national songs or sometimes I am part of good audience. It would be half a day at school, no regular classes. When in College we are not forced to attend the celebration, hence have never being part of it, but did watch some part of the Republic day parade which would appear in the Dooradarshan channel (the only channel) and would be bored of the President's speech. Now, as a working citizen, with many FM channels buzzing around reminds me that its a holiday as its a Republic day. And the 100 odd television channel showing movies related to the passion for the country and freedom fighters.

As an Indian I wanted to reflect the importance of this day and following are few basic question's which popped up and found answers for and might be helpful for a fellow Indian who browses this page.

1. Why do we celebrate ? - Constitution of India came to place

2. What is Constitution ? Set of rules for the Government, that enumerates the powers and functions of the political entity. Its the fundamental political principal, and establishing the structure, procedure, powers and duties of the government .

4. How long is it celebrated ? For 60 yrs.

5. When did it start ? 26th Jan 1950 10.18 am IST

6. How long did the Constitution take to prepare ? 2yrs 11 months 18 days (166 Meetings).

7. What would be different that day ? Dooradarshan channel will have the live telecast of the celebration from Delhi. All the other channels will telecast movies related to freedom fighters and about Gandhi. The channel icon at the corner of the television would show tricolor flag of India. Would find school children going to school early. Newspapers with names of Kids who are candidate's of the Bravery Award.

Cricket Match

Personally Cricket is a game of 11 fools all running around one ball ( Only my opinion) . I have just come out of our company cafeteria which has a 49 inch LCD television installed for the entertainment of the employees and today its served its purpose for telecasting an one day cricket between India and Srilanka. Almost one fourth of the company's staff presence was noticed (rest should have the Internet refreshed, i suppose). Its the last stage of 4 balls and 6 runs needed by Sri Lanka. When seeing all faces I felt as though they were given the responsibility to throw the ball. A few minutes of happiness is what everyone received at the last ball of Nehra. But that is a moment to rejoice with others around, I could see men jumping, some clapping, some whistling, different expression around. I was a silent onlooker of these audience around and expecting a six to be hit by the Srilankan guy :)

A Day at Taj West End

Well it was a wonderful opportunity for me to visit a 5 star hotel in Bangalore, which I would not bother to think off in my life. Of course its from my COMPANY!!! Its a wonderful place, and has good ambiance. The arrangement was wonderful, felt like a fairy land place, with lights on the narrow stretch of lane which lead to a tree with lights hanging. Here are some beautiful pic's that I have taken.

Very Bad Habits

Brain Damaging Habits
1. No Breakfast
People who do not take breakfast are going to have a lower blood sugar level. This leads to an insufficient supply of nutrients to the brain causing brain degeneration.
2 . Overeating=2 0
It causes hardening of the brain arteries, leading to a decrease in mental power.
3. Smoking
It causes multiple brain shrinkage and may lead to Alzheimer disease.
4. High Sugar consumption
Too much sugar will interrupt the absorption of proteins and nutrients causing malnutrition and may interfere with brain development.
5. Air Pollution
The brain is the largest oxygen consumer in our 20 body. Inhaling polluted air decreases the supply of oxygen to the brain, bringing about a decrease in brain efficiency.
6 . Sleep Deprivation
Sleep allows our brain to rest.. Long term deprivation from sleep will accelerate the death of brain cells..
7. Head covered while sleeping
Sleeping with the head covered increases the concentration of carbon dioxide and decrease concentration of oxygen that may lead to brain damaging effects.
8. Working your brain during illness
Working hard or studying with sickness may lead to a decrease in effective! ness of the brain as well as damage the brain.
9. Lacking in stimulating thoughts
Thinking is the best way to train our brain, lacking in brain stimulation thoughts may cause brain shrinkage.
10. Talking Rarely
Intellectual conversations will promote the efficiency of the brain

LIVER damaging habits
1. Sleeping too late and waking up too late are main cause.
2. Not urinating in the morning.
3 . Too much eating.
4. Skipping breakfast.
5. Consuming too much medication.
6. Consuming too much preservatives, additives, food coloring, and artificial sweetener.
7. Consuming unhealthy cooking oil.
As much as possible reduce cooking oil use when frying, which includes even the best cooking oils like olive oil. Do not consume fried foods when you are tired, except if the body is20very fit.
8. Consuming raw (overly done) foods also add to the burden of liver.
Veggies should be eaten raw or cooked 3-5 parts. Fried veggies should be finished in one sitting, do not store.
We should prevent this without necessarily spending more. We just have to adopt a good daily lifestyle and eating habits. Maintaining good eating habits and time condition are very important for our bodies to absorb and get rid of unnecessary chemicals according to 's! chedule. '

Saw it again today

What did I see....It found happiness on their faces....whose faces? Its a mother and daughter who was passing by me . The happiness on their faces made me smile. Take a wildest guess how they were travelling. Let me tell you. The Mother was pushing the vegetable cart on which the daughter was sitting (should be around 3 years).
As the road is 5 degrees slanting it was not necessary for the mother to push the cart with all her effort, even though she never pushed the cart would go on its own.
The first day I saw the mother pushing so fast that the daughter siting on this was very exited that she was screaming out loud. Mother seeing her daughter so overjoyed would be overwhelmed with love. It was a moment to capture. The joy in the eyes of the girl and the love in the eyes of the mother. I loved the beautiful scene.
Today, the girl was surrounded by Tomatoes. The mother was pushing the cart but not as fast as earlier, may be she was cautious about the tomatoes, if it roll off.
Its considered granted that if one is finacially sound then happiness is a package that come along with it. I bet you a million dollars that is not the truth. What I have encountered is the proof for this statement to be so not true.
In my opinion, these are priceless moments. One needs to be very thankful for your precious mothers. Hats off to all mothers in the world.
Note: For those who did not understand the kind of cart that i mentioned..check the snap attached. ( courtesy - by another blogger)

My Sonny.

My handsome son...i just love this photo.

Strange Acquaintance

Last week was wonderful. Why ?? I had been to my native again. As usual my place was looking beautiful. The hills green, the rivers rushing, the streams flowing with clean water, the dew drops falling when I walk to my uncle's house. It was like being swinging in natures arms. What made my trip different is that I drove for 200Km in and around town. Earlier I was hesitating to drive, scared of the sharp curves at the base of the hill, and finding another bus exactly opposite the curve is much scarier. But, this time i have overcome the fear. Well, now that my father had the confidence in my driving he would allow me to take the car along with my aunties who are fond of shopping.

One day, I took my auntie's to a Jewellery shop. They wanted to purchase gift to my baby niece. I am not fond of Jewels. I am different when compared to many ladies. That is a different story. Let me tell you who I came across in the shop, it's a lady... I don't know how she looks, approximately how old she would be..nothing. I could listen to her voice because she spoke to me. Wondering how can this happen?? Its a lady in 'Black Parda'. In Kerala, jewellery shops are like vegetable shops for Muslim community people especially during this holy month. I found many ladies in fashionable Parda moving in and out of the shop. I was tempted to wear it, the material stays around them so fine, as though its specially meant to wear by that individual. My son who had accompanied was found of a kid around 5 months old in the shop I was in. He wanted to touch the babies hand. I noticed that this baby was with 'the' lady' in parda. I could only see her eyes which stared in between the rectangular open area above her nose. We went near the baby and my son started to touch the baby. I was hesitant in the beginning as I have not aquatint with any Muslim lady in my native place. She was fine with my son touching. Later she began to speak. We exchanged the kids names and it was a normal chit chat. We were then interrupted by another lady who had accompanied her, she indicated her that the shopping was over and they had to leave. I kept some distance. When the time came to leave, i saw the eyes telling me bye, I understood that because she was nodding her head and I could see the smile in her eyes.

I wonder how will I recognize her next time if she is in front of me. It's an advantage for her as she can choose to speak to me or not as she is hidden behind the 'Parda'.