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Chinna Chinna Vizhayangal-------contd
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   This is more or less a translation of the book " Chinna Chinna Vizhayangal 
--Part I
  
                        Are the youths machines?
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   Youngsters say:--
  Our fathers  did not face problems in getting education, in  getting 
employment. But, now, they are asking us to raise from the bed  early in the 
morning, to go to tution classes, hindi, french etc  language classes, and 
again asking us to go to special classes, after  the schoo;/college hour is 
over, to practice  music etc and to  study late in the night, with the result 
we are having  socalled  rest for 3 to 4 hours daily treating us as machines. 
Even the machine  will get some rest but not to us.
  
 Oh,youngsters! these are  all the pertinent  questions. This is because of the 
vast change  between the period of living of your fore-fathers and fathers  and 
 the present day life of yours. They got pollution freeair, pollution  free 
water, and pollution free surroundings. IN your case , it is not  so. 
Everything is polluted. It will increase in your next generation.  Weforgot the 
way of life of simple-living, high-thinking  crazy-freelife, living with 
satisfaction taught by SAstras, vedas etc.  We came a long way from that 
path.Weare not able to find a way to come  out of this. Even breathing is not 
free to us.  There is  competition everywhere and at every stage. Even after 
obtaining 99% of  marks, it is not sure to get admission in Engineering  
colleges.Reservation is nowthe order of the dayin all places,in  disguise. No 
value for competence: no reverence: no dignity. There are  100 competitors for 
one vacancy. There is bribery everywhere. Such of  these things were
 not there to our fore-fathers. But now, you have to  come forward in your 
life, breaking all hurdles. That is why your  parents insist you to equip 
yourself in all spheres to compete with  others. Their aim is to see you in a 
better position than their's in  your life. You can feel this when you become 
parent 
  
   People always on tour
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  People who are always on wheels, like medical reps, ticket examiners,  
railway guard, employees in airlines/ships , employees in companies to  travel 
instantly days together etcsay that they face tension. 
  Whenever you go on tour you are taking dresses, tooth-brush,  paste,etc.Why 
can't you take some stotra books, eventhough you know  some stotras.At your 
lodge, after bath, sandyavandanam you can recite  stotras/slokas for 5 to 10 
minutes. This will give some confidence in  your mind to face tension. You 
willsucceed in your trip/in your efforts  on that tour. Like this after 
returning to lodge in the night you can  recite some stotras before you go to 
bed.  You will have sound  sleep and feel freshness in the next morning
  
  Working ladies
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  Working ladies daily routine are:-Preparing coffee, tiffin, breakfast,  
sending children to school/collegesafter sitting with them for their  
home-work( Schools), sending husband to office, taking something as  breakfast 
hurriedly, taking tiffinbox for lunch,  having all sorts  of teasing in the 
over-crowded bus, digesting all abuses in  office,travelling again in the bus 
with the same ordeal to home in the  evening,etc. There is no rest at this 
stage also. Again kitchen;  preparation of dinner: distribution of food: 
cleaning utinsels etc.  Tiredness to the score. Tension at every moment.This is 
the order of  the day, now.Instead of leading a calm life as house-wife, ladies 
are  facing all sorts of ordeals ,because of their employment. This was not  
before to grand-ma's. They lived happily taking care of their  grand-children, 
telling stories from Ramayana etc with endurance,  self-control, grace, 
attachment, affection etc. They did not know  english couplets to teach to
 grand-children, but they know stotras to  teach, carnatic music to teach. 
Because of this the next generation was  able to drive away tension.Ah, what a 
big eminent period!
                The present day ladies are  unfortunate, when compared to 
this.This is a       shackle created ourselves on the plea that money is prime 
in our life  of both ladies and gents making shadow-fights in the presence of  
children and giving them some sort of tension. We are in the midst of  ladies 
and gents who never compromise to stop ladies to go to work and  they will 
scare if we say mildly that ladies need not go to work .  Ofcourse there are 
families where ladies have to work to eke their  lively-hoodBut sastras  
discouraged this saying that the lively  hood on the earnings of ladies is very 
bad.
 Oh,ladies! Please do  the homework of sweeping, washing clothes, etc yourself. 
Please recite  slokas thaniyan of acharyan, including jabam of ashtakshara etc. 
Please  sing the ragas favourite to you. If you do all these things in the  
mornings along with other works , you will be mentally  ready to  face any 
tension/ you will have the courage to face tension/ you will  succeed in 
driving away tension. This is true. This is the experience  of office-going 
women ( almost). Please observe this . You will feel  change, change of 
atmosphere, change of mind of others ( who are with  you) for good
  
  ( Next---Prostration, going round in the temples etc)
                                                              To be continued

                
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