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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