Till death do us part !!!!

Warning… a personal post and would be boring to most readers

6^th June 2012 was the start of my 30^th year of married life …(am patting my own back)  24 hours/7..365 day x 29 years is a very long time indeed and you would not believe it that I did send my wife a message over mobile thanking her for having kuppai kotifying with me for so long( surely not a romantic message I know)….you must be wondering if it is a foreign language, well it is a phrase in Tamil which means putting up with garbage and I the response I got from her was that she was overwhelmed by my message and she felt that it was the other way around. This surely seems like the short story “The gift of Magi” that I studied during my higher secondary..each one trying to outdo the other by sacrificing the item most important to them. A nice feeling indeed and it is quite hard to describe the same.Only regret is that we are miles apart..me in Oman and she at Chennai !

During the last 29 years both of us have had myriad experiences that has been quite difficult at times and I thankful that my wife Revathi stood by me. I have not been a perfect husband for sure and that is what I meant in my message to her on the eve of the anniversary. There were few difficult times when I can tell with certainty that both of us have considered that it is difficult to continue together and yet  we have forged ahead and the reason attributed to this that one us would stop arguing and thereby deflating the heated discussions . I know life is not a bed of roses and all couples have problems in their lives but then one partner needs to let go of his/hers ego for continuing relationship. My parents were together for 54 years till such time my mother departed in 2010 and it has been an inspiration to me …their life experiences did help me to overcome few difficulties in our lives. These days we tend to read that divorce rates have gone back because of the lack of compatibility and the main culprit is arguments …neither one of the partner are willing to back down..a question of ego I would say with my limited knowledge.

Thank you Revathi for a lively experience during the last 29 years and I pray that we continue like this for a long time ahead, till we are able to see our young daughters well settled in life.

Silent Hunter...

                     Chameleon on the bush ...standing very still waiting for the insect to come by !!!!
           
   

Real hot news...

A very hot day here at Muscat and temperatures reeling at 48º C at noon time and hot wind blowing makes you feel as though one is being cooked in a microwave oven. In spite of being well hydrated feel irritated……beja (brain) fried I suppose and hence an unrelated post of various news items I have come across today that seems to have some kind off connection to heat…;)

Irregular supply of Fuel (Petrol and diesel) for the last one week at Chennai has affected the general public…long queues at the Petrol bunks for the fuel that is rationed because of the shortage, non-availability/ increase in cost of vegetables, increased cost of commuting by share autos or auto as these were charging double the normal rates. A friend of mine from Chennai mailed me yesterday stating that his company employees are not able to work since there is no stock of diesel to run the generators during the power cut which seem to extend for longer period of time and is frequent. To top it all the sun god is not showing any mercy with temperature hovering in the region of 42º C….. kathri veiyal should be waning now and hope it brings some respite to all my friends and relatives at Chennai.

A Chennai company’s managing director currently in jail for rape and assault of an employee from May 3^rd   has once again been charged by the police on fresh rape charges by another employee Pooja (name has been changed)of the company who has been working there for last 6 months. She has said that he has sexually exploited her for the period of her employment and only after the knowledge of his arrest for the earlier rape of another employee she has come forward with her complaint. It is believed by the police that this person has done the same with about six other young women whom he has employed in his company and I am quite surprised that these women have borne this for so long time ….. maybe a matter of “sour grapes”.

IPL tamasha is over couple of days back yet off field gimmicks are still continuing ….today’s News Papers carried the news of Poonam Pandey honoring her promise to pose nude should KKR win the IPL finals. Really gross and a cheap publicity stunt by an unknown model that is willing to strip for almost everything and I say this because she made the similar promise during the World Cup should India win the final. Indian media and public strive on such sensational news…..cannot understand what sensation would Poonam Pandey will arouse in the minds of the public posing nude. Other news IPL related is the SRK’s public apology of his misbehavior at Wankade stadium at Mumbai few days back now that his team has won the finals. Had KKR lost the finals than I personally doubt if he would have come forward with the apology…again a publicity stunt to increase his star quotient.

Caphytee...Madrasi...Bengali...

It has been ages since I wrote a post on BlogSpot though have posted few photographs now and then. There has been quite a lot of ideas floating round in my mind that I wanted to write about but then sheer laziness and circumstances prevailing around me prevented me from doing so then and when I really sat down to pen it down my mind was totally blank and it was similar to that of the data on a hard disk after wiping with a powerful magnet. Trying to get back to writing often and only way going forward is to pen down all irrelevant things that has been happening around me

This Saturday at the site pantry while preparing a cup of tea for myself I saw a colleague of mine also preparing a cup of tea for himself. He then added a spoon of coffee powder into the same cup of tea and when I asked why he does this..he responded that he like the taste of the combination… this is the first time I have heard of the cocktail of tea and coffee which I named as “Caphytee”…;). Need to try it out once to find out the taste but I do not have the necessary courage to do so!!!

Finally the hectic cricket schedule of IPL 2012 has ended this Sunday 27^th May … So much of regional feelings being seen in the aftermath of the finals of IPL 2012 among the friends and colleagues …die hard CSK fans had to eat a humble pie in the end for they did not expect KKR to defeat them after having scored 190 runs. But then for the cricket lovers around the world it was a live wire and an entertaining match right till the last two balls of the innings… a very fitting final to watch. Some comments like “madrasi murgan’s defeated by bengali dada’s “did make me smile and I  wonder  if the person commenting is aware of how many bengali dada’s were there in KKR team and likewise how many madrasi in CSK. I suppose it did not matter to them since the franchises adopted Kolkata & Chennai as their home turf.

Monday morning blues for people working in India but then for us here in Middle East it is middle of the working week yet the feeling is the same here today due to beer binge while watching the IPL finals yesterday evening !! OMG am glad that IPL has concluded as it would reduce the intake of beer..hahahaha.

Random Click -04 - Night photography

Al Khuwair , Muscat

It has been almost over 50 days since i uploaded  a post or a picture on blogspot. Back in Oman after a sabbatical break of nearly 6 months, and while relaxing after work one day just happened to notice this from my living room window... flood lit dome and minaret of Zawawi Mosque at Al Khuwair, Muscat, Oman.

Dangerous Precedent

Tamilnadu is starting the profiling of migrant labor working in Chennai , an aftermath of the encounter killing of 5 suspected bank robbers who were from the northern states of India. This is totally against the democratic rights of each and every individual of  India who are allowed to take employment in any part of India without any harassment. The police spokesman states that the workers would not be harassed however the ground reality is totally different. Now coming to the profiling part i really do not know how does the profiling of migrant workers would weed out the anti social element since the details sought are only the records of the person. It would only create a data base of the workers being employed in Chennai or Tamilnadu and nothing more than that. Further as per the reports in the papers it is clear that most crime are not done by people coming here from the other states and  the prejudice shown by the Tamilnadu police is unfounded. If at all the profiling has to be done then each and every resident of the state needs to be a subject of this.... equality to one and all Indians.

Most of the criminals today are quite educated and it is wrong to preconceive that only unskilled or uneducated persons take to crime. The recent bank heists suspects were educated and well to do and yet chose to increase their wealth criminally and how does the Tamilnadu police monitor so many lakhs of people coming to Chennai for working in various companies or for studying. There is a definite flaw in thoughts of enumeration/profiling and if it is not scrapped then they are setting up an dangerous precedent for the other states to cite or follow similar procedures affecting scores of Tamilians working out the state.

I reproduce below the views of Times of India for fueling your thoughts on this issue

The decision to profile migrant labor goes against the spirit of social integration as enshrined in the Constitution. The stated objective of crime prevention rests on the presumption that migrants are responsible for rising levels of crime though present data may not support such a claim. Activists have raised concerns that the process could instill suspicion among locals and sow seeds of disharmony. The state should give up the exercise and focus on improving policing instead.

 

Your views and comments on the course of action taken by Tamilnadu Police please. !!

Random Clicks -03 ....Flowers

During my visit to Coimbatore last week i snapped few photographs of flora and fauna of Anamalai and Nilgiris ranges. Though this is not the flowering season, the nature was at full bloom and the pictures taken that day turned out quite stunning because of such vibrant colors.

MORNING GLORY

JACARANDA TREE 

I browsed through Google and was able to find out the names of the above two flowers however for following i have not been able to find out their names and would appreciate if any of you can name these flowers

The above photographs is just of few flowering plants and in season which is around May & June you would be able to see much more flowering plants.