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Think or sink!

It is said "Different strokes for different folks!

Nothing can be truer than this sterling statement!!

தாங்கும் கரங்கள்



முன்னேறுவதில் உண்டு இரு வகை;
முற்றிலும் அவை முரண்பட்டவை.

தட்டிக் கொடுப்பது அதில் ஒரு வகை;
தடுத்து நிறுத்துவது அதில் மறு வகை.

உரமிட்டால் நன்கு வளரும் பயிராய்
ஊக்கப் படுத்தினால் வளருவர் சிலர்.

வெட்டி விட்டால் வளரும் செடி போல
வேகத்தடை வைத்தால் வளருவர் சிலர்.

தானாக அனைத்தும் செய்ய இயலாதார்,
தாங்கும் கரங்களை நாடுவர் எப்போதும்.

தடைகளே வேகத்தை அதிகரிப்பதனால்
தடைகளை விரும்பி வரவேற்பர் சிலர்.

ஆடுகிற மாட்டை ஆடிக் கறக்கணும்;
பாடுகிற மாட்டைப் பாடிக் கறக்கணும்!

தடுத்தால் வளருபவராக இருந்தால்,
தாங்க வேண்டிய அவசியம் இல்லை.

தாங்கினால் வளருபவராக இருந்தால்
தயவு செய்து அவர்களைத் தடுக்காதீர்!

நமக்கு வேண்டியது வளர்ச்சிதானே?
நமக்கு இரு வழிகளும் நல்லவையே!

வாழ்க வளமுடன்,
விசாலாக்ஷி ரமணி.

https://visalramani.wordpress.com/about/உலகமும்-நாமும்/51-தட்டிக்-கொடுத்தும்-தடுத/விசாலாக்ஷி

 


857a. ஊசி போகிறது கணக்குப் பார்ப்பான், பூசணிக்காய் போகிறது தெரியாது.

857b. Penny wise and pound foolish

Some people are selectively thrifty just as some others are

selectively listening or selectively remembering events !!
 
103. Selective Listening



There are many similarities in the ways the brain processes the sound signals and the visual images. But there are many differences too. The main difference relates to the attention we pay.

We have more control on what we want to see than what we want to hear. Why?

We can turn our head and look at the object of interest without any disturbances. But it is difficult to listen just to the sound that interests us. We always hear overlapping and conflicting sounds which cause chaos. But this problem is settled in a unique way!

We can mentally choose to focus on one sound and block out the other conflicting sounds. This ability is called ‘Selective listening’. When two different stories are read out, in the two ears of a person simultaneously, he can decide to hear any one of them fully and just skip the other willfully.

We communicate through languages which have both sound and meaning. We understand coherent and meaningful words but not disconnected and meaningless chatter. Even in a crowded room filled with multi-lingual-babble, we can hear our name being called out softly, by some one, somewhere in the crowd.

Selective listening is an everyday business for almost every one. A person immersed in a T.V show is virtually deaf to all the other sounds around him. Have you ever watched a person working on a P.C? He is in the deepest form of meditation—lost to the entire external world! Many domestic quarrels result from this kind of selective listening.

It is amazing to watch students who use music as a barrier to all the other sounds. Have you watched a person studying hard for an upcoming exam, while music is played around him, round the clock? The music does not disturb his study but helps to keep off all the other unpleasant and disturbing sounds.

Diamond cuts a diamond. So too a pleasant sound cuts off an unpleasant sound!

Visalakshi Ramani

https://visalakshiramani.wordpress.com/articles/miraculous-mind/selective-listening/
 
While we are talking of listening it is better to know

how often people just PRETEND to be listening!

102. Types of Listening



We all appear to listen attentively to what is being told to us. But surprisingly we hardly listen to 50% of what is being told to us and later on hardly remember 50% of what we had listened to!

This is due to the defective listening techniques we employ. There are several defective listening techniques like ‘false listening’, ‘initial listening’ and ‘partial listening’. On the other hand ‘good listening’ can be either ‘full listening’ or ‘deep listening’.

False listening occurs when a person pretends to listen keenly, but actually nothing gets registered in his mind. People who are known to indulge in this kind of listening are the Royalty, Politicians, Sports stars, Film stars and famous persons in any other field. They are forced to listen to a lot of talk, from persons whom they may never meet again! So they need not listen to nor remember, what they are being told!

Initial listening is when we listen to the opening remark, immediately form an opinion about it and wait for a chance to voice it. We stop listening to everything that follows the initial remark.

Partial listening is what most of us do most of the time! We listen a little and soon get diverted or distracted and lose the continuity.

Full listening is the most active form of listening. The listener pays close attention to the speaker and understands thoroughly what is being conveyed to him.

Deep listening is, when we not only listen to the words being spoken, but also understand the underlying emotions. We watch the body language of the speaker. We grasp the needs, preferences, biases, values and beliefs of the speaker. Deep listening is called as “the whole person listening”. It is also the wholesome listening technique.

It is said that, “The best gift you can ever give a woman is your undivided attention.” This is the gift every woman seeks for, all her life, but sadly very few ever receive it!

Visalakshi Ramani
https://visalakshiramani.wordpress.com/articles/miraculous-mind/types-of-listening/
 
Fight or Flight!

In the world of animals their fright,
Always leads to a fight or just flight!

Not necessarily on a Royal Knight,
Whose nuts are screwed very tight!

He who lacks courage and might,
Turns himself into a creepy mite!

Venom is contained in his bite,
Tossing the victim in a sad plight.

He wants to prove his real might.
But sadly he is not very bright!

He can not stand the very sight,
Of the people who do the right!

When ones mind is full of spite,
One finds solace in every slight!

This is not how we use our height,
Or our massive body’s over weight.

One can’t bring down a kite,
Which can soar even at night!

What he needs is a cool Sprite,
To make him see the daylight!

And his mind must become white,
Whenever he sits down to write!
 
With this all the poems in The Naughty poems blogs are exhausted.
From tomorrow more new poems will appear in this thread.
I was wondering whether to name them as Naughty poems part 2
But just now I got a brainwave.
I am going to call the future poems as Nutty Poem Long and Short!
 
மண்புழு, ஒட்டுண்ணி



மண்புழுவும் ஒட்டுண்ணியும் ஒருபோல
மற்றவற்றைச் சார்ந்து வாழ்ந்தாலும்,
நன்மைகள் பல செய்யும் மண் புழுக்கள்;
நாசம் செய்துவிடும் ஒட்டுண்ணிகள்.

மண்ணை உண்டு வெளியேற்றி அதன்
மாண்பைப் பெருக்கும் மண்புழுக்கள்.
உள்ளே காற்றுப் புக வழிகள் செய்து,
உழவனின் நண்பன் எனப் பெயர் பெறும்!

ஒட்டுண்ணிகள் ஒட்டிப் பிழைப்பவை;
ஒட்டிக்கொண்ட இடத்தையே நன்றாக
உறிஞ்சி உறிஞ்சி அவ்விடத்தில் உள்ள
உயிர்ச் சத்தையே அழித்து விடுபவை.

மனிதரிலும் உண்டு இவ்விரு வகை,
மனத்தையே தாக்கும் இவ்வுண்மை!
சேர்ந்த இடத்தை சிறப்புறச் செய்பவர்,
சேர்ந்த இடத்தை நாசம் செய்பவர் என!

தன் உயிர் அளித்தேனும் காப்பர் சிலர்
தனக்கு இடம் அளித்த பெருமக்களை;
தான் உயிர் வாழ வேண்டித் தன்னைத்
தாங்குபவரையே அழித்துவிடுவர் சிலர்.

சேர்க்கும் முன்பே நன்கு சிந்தியுங்கள்,
சேர்த்தபின் ஏதும் செய்ய இயலாது!
சேர்க்கப் போவது மனித உருவில் உள்ள
சிறந்த மண் புழுவா அன்றி ஒட்டுண்ணியா?

வாழ்க வளமுடன்
விசாலாக்ஷி ரமணி.
https://visalramani.wordpress.com/about/உலகமும்-நாமும்/101-மண்புழுவும்-ஒட்டுண்ணிய/
 
U.S.International Business Times
11-year-old Michigan boy commits suicide after girlfriend fakes death in online prank

An 11-year-old boy in Michigan committed suicide after falling victim to a cruel prank on social media. Katrina Goss claims her son, Tysen Benz, took his life after his 13-year-old girlfriend enlisted her friends to fake her death in what she described as a "controlling, harassing and manipulative" stunt. According to Mail Online, Goss told the New York Post: "She did a prank that made it look like she killed herself and used other friends and their [social media] accounts to make it look like she killed herself.


The bolts from the blue that hit me on reading this sad news!!!​

1. LOVE at the tender age of 11?

2. That too Love deep enough to die for a girl friend???

3. Is committing suicide made so easy here by the prevailing life style???

4. is so much technical knowledge necessary as to play fatal pranks online???

5. Is any human life petty enough to die for a silly / thoughtless/ selfish girl???

6. What kind of friends are they who instead of deterring a silly girl

collude with her to fake her suicide which finally led to a real suicide??? :frusty:
 
Raji Ram said:
What else can happen in a country in which even in kids' cartoons, kissing and boy / girl friend concepts are frequently shown?
Click to expand...
..... and the parent is completely absorbed in his girl friend/ or her boy friend / or the wedded spouse

with little or no time to watch over and guide the kids in their impressionable age??? :doh:
 
உப்பும், உறைப்பும்


பெற்ற பிள்ளைகளைப் பேணி வளர்ப்பது
பெற்றோர் கடமை, பிறந்தவர் உரிமை;
பேணி வளர்த்ததற்குக் கூலி கேட்டால்,
பெற்றோர் என்ற பெரிய பெயர் எதற்கு?

பெண்களைப் பூட்டி வைத்த காலம், இன்று
போன இடம் தெரியவில்லை! உண்மை.
ஆண்களுக்கு நிகராக இவர்கள் உலகை
ஆள்வதும் இன்று நாம் காணும் உண்மை.

படிக்க வைத்தவர்களுக்கு நன்றியுடன்
பிடித்தது எல்லாம் செய்து கொடுப்பார்;
அடுத்தவன் மனைவியாக ஆன பின்பும்
கொடு கொடு என இவர்கள் படுத்தலாமா?

“வாழு, வாழ விடு” என்பதற்கு இணங்க
வாழ்த்தி அவளை வாழ விடவேண்டாமா?
வாழச் சென்றவளை வலுக்கட்டாயமாக
வம்பில் மாட்டுவதை வாடிக்கை ஆக்கலாமா?

கட்டிக் கொடுத்த பெண்ணிடம் இருந்து,
கட்டுச் சோறு கூட வாங்க மாட்டார்கள்!
கட்டுப்பட்டிகள் எனக் கூறி நகையாதீர்,
கட்டுப்பாட்டுடன் வாழ்ந்த அவர்களை.

தாயும் சேயும் ஆனாலும் அவர்கள்
வாயும் வயிறும் வேறு வேறு தானே!
தாய்க்காகச் சேய் உண்ண முடியுமா?
தாயின் பசிதான் தீர்ந்து போகுமா?

ஆட்டி வைக்கும் பெற்றோர்களை
அடக்கத் தெரியாமல், பெண்கள்
ஆட்டுக் குட்டி போலக் கணவனை
ஆட்டி வைக்கும் கொடுமை காணீர்!

யாருக்கும் வெட்கம் இல்லைதான்!
யாரிடமும் யாசிக்கத் தயாரானவர்கள்
யோசிக்க வேண்டும், இப்படியும் உலகில்
சுவாசித்து நாம் வாழ வேண்டுமா என்று.

ஒட்டுண்ணியாக மாறும் பெற்றோர்கள்,
உப்பு இட்டு உணவு உண்பது நலம் தரும்.
ஓரம் கட்டப்படும் கணவன்மார்கள் சிறிது
உறைப்புடன் உணவு உண்பது நலம் தரும்!

வாழ்க வளமுடன்,
விசாலாக்ஷி ரமணி.
https://visalramani.wordpress.com/about/உலகமும்-நாமும்/99-உப்பும்-உறைப்பும்/
 
Is Smiles the longest word?

When the mouth become a bight :)
The face appears to be bright!

In the face an inverted bight :(
Does not make a happy sight.

People often say "Might is Right"
But a blight is never ever right! :yuck:

Parent often presses tight
Parent's lips in order to smite! :nono:

But this tactics is quite trite
It fails to perturb even a mite! :whistle:
 
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Are man and his taste for lynching inseparable???

WorldBusiness Insider UK
'Their appearance was shocking': ISIS reportedly slaughters dozens of civilians trying to flee Mosul

Islamic State militants have killed dozens of civilians attempting to flee Mosul in recent days, hanging several dead bodies from electricity poles as Iraqi forces fight to retake the city, witnesses said. Troops are meeting fierce resistance as militants retreat into the Old City, where street fighting is expected in the narrow alleyways and around the mosque where Islamic State declared its caliphate nearly three years ago. A man who spoke to Reuters via telephone said he had found the mutilated body of a relative strung up from an electricity pole in the Tenek district along with three other young men caught trying to flee by the militants.



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I just complied all my blogs and their links in a single post.
I thought it may be useful to some of you!
So here it is....all in a single post!
Happy reading and happier chewing the cud after reading! :)

List of blogs and their links

1. The wonderful World We live in!
(A collection of 250 + articles in 18 subheadings)
https://visalakshiramani.wordpress.com

2. The World of Words
(Fun with words and the tales behind them)
https://theworldofwordsblog.wordpress.com

3. East Meets West
( A blog of 2008 proverbs well matched in English and Tamil))
https://veenaaramani.wordpress.com

4. Tastes, flavors and benefits
(A blog of 200 articles on food )
https://venkivisal.wordpress.com

5. Naughty poems long and short
(Poems woven from rhyming words)
https://veenaavisal.wordpress.com

6. Let flowers speak!
(The meaning and messages of the flowers)
https://letflowersspeak.wordpress.com

7. A to Z gemstones
(A blog of 150 articles on precious and semi precious gems)
https://atozgemstones.wordpress.com

8. Amazing Animal Kingdom
(A blog on the amazing behaves of animals)
https://amazinganimalkingdom.wordpress.com

9. A to Z Schools of thoughts
(Twenty five popular philosophies simplified)
https://atozschoolofthoughts.wordpress.com

10. Adam to Zues through Gods and men
https://adamtozeusthroughgodsandmen.wordpress.com

11. Kanda Puraanam (Urppathik Kaandam):

12. Kanda Puraanam (Asura Kaaandam):

13. Kanda Puraanam (Mahendra Kaandam):

14. Kanda Puraanam (Por Puri Kaandam):

15. Kanda Puraanam (Deva Kaandam):

16. Kanda Puraanam (Daksha Kaandam):

17. https://bhagavathybhaagavatam.wordpress.com (Introduction on Devi)

18. https://bhagavathybhaagavatam1.wordpress.com (Skanda 1 )

19. https://bhagavathybhaagavatam2.wordpress.com (Skanda 2 )

20. https://bhagavathybhaagavatam3.wordpress.com (Skanda 3 )

21. https://bhagavathybhaagavatam4.wordpress.com (Skanda 4 )

22. https://bhagavathybhaagavatam5.wordpress.com (Skanda 5 )

23. https://bhagavathybhaagavatam6.wordpress.com (Skanda 6 )

24. https://bhagavathybhaagavatam7.wordpress.com (Skanda 7 )

25. https://bhagavathybhaagavatam8.wordpress.com (Skanda 8 )

26. https://bhagavathybhaagavatam9.wordpress.com (Skanda 9 )

27. https://bhagavathybhaagavatam10.wordpress.com (Skanda 10)

28. https://bhagavathybhaagavatam11.wordpress.com (Skanda 11)

29. https://bhagavathybhaagavatam12.wordpress.com (Skanda 12 )

30. https://thirumanthiram1.wordpress.com (திருமந்திரம் - முதலாம் தந்திரம் )

31. https://thirumanthiram2.wordpress.com (திருமந்திரம் - இரண்டாம் தந்திரம்)

32. https://thirumanthiram3.wordpress.com (திருமந்திரம் - மூன்றாம் தந்திரம்)

33. https://thirumanthiram4.wordpress.com (திருமந்திரம் - நான்காம் தந்திரம்)

34. https://veeveeare.wordpress.com (திருமந்திரம் - ஐந்தாம் தந்திரம்)

35. https://araamthanthiram.wordpress.com (திருமந்திரம் -ஆறாம் தந்திரம்)

36. https://ezhaamthanthiram.wordpress.com (திருமந்திரம் - ஏழாம் தந்திரம்)

37. https://ettamthanthiram.wordpress.com (திருமந்திரம் - எட்டாம் தந்திரம்)

38. https://onbathaamthanthiram.wordpress.com (திருமந்திரம் - ஒன்பதாம் தந்திரம்)

39. https://bhargavapuranam.wordpress.com (விநாயக புராணம் - 1)

40. https://bhargavapuranam2.wordpress.com (விநாயக புராணம் - 2)

41. https://kayarevee.wordpress.com ( ஈசனின் 64 திருவிளையாடல்கள் )

42. https://visalramani.wordpress.com ( 185 கவிதைகளில் என் எண்ணங்களின் வண்ணக் கலவை )

43. https://lalitasahsaranaama.wordpress.com (லலிதா சஹஸ்ரநாமம் முழுவதும் - பொருளுடன் )

44. https://sreemannarayaneeyam.wordpress.com (ஸ்ரீமன் நாராயணீயம் முழுவதும் - உரையுடன்)

45. https://devineeyethunai.wordpress.com (தேவி மஹாத்மியத்தின் ஒரு தொகுப்பு)

46. https://namahsivaya.wordpress.com (சிவ ஸ்துதி)

47. https://avinaasipaththu.wordpress.com (முருகன் பாடல்கள்)

48. https://sreeramayathubhyamnamah.wordpress.com (ராமர் தோத்திரங்கள்)

49. Sri VenkatEsa purANam
https://sreevenkatesapuraanam.wordpress.com

50. தினம் ஒரு காயத்ரீ
https://agayatreemantraeveryday.wordpress.com

51. சம்ஸ்கிருதம் தமிழ் அகராதி
https://sanskrittotamil.wordpress.com

52. மயக்கி மருட்டும் சொற்கள்.
https://mostconfusingwordsintamil.wordpress.com

53. https://sreeramayathubhyamnamah.wordpress.com/ஆதி3த்ய-ஹ்ருத3யம்/

54. https://avinaasipaththu.wordpress.com/மோஹ-முத்கரம்/

55. https://namahsivaya.wordpress.com/ஸ்ரீ-ஹனுமான்-சாலீஸ்/

56. https://devineeyethunai.wordpress.com/அபிராமி-அந்தாதி/
 
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'Given. You really deserve it, dear Sis!
 
Do you know what makes me happier than completing all these blogs and compiling their links?

The fact that I will be able to enter all my blogs to edit, keep track of the traffic,
read and reply to the comments! :)

Just a few more posts to be made in the Ninth Skanda of Bhagavathy Bhaagavtam
which I hope to be able to complete on Sunday!
 
Visalakshi Ramani said:


Dear Renu,
I use Wikipedia a lot!
I also make sure that both my sons
make generous annual donation to it. :)
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Dear VR ji..its all in one location.
No need to search all around.

Very very impressive and excellent work...good for your neurons too..thinking in a creative manner prevents Dementia.
 
renuka said:
Dear VR ji..its all in one location.
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renuka said:
No need to search all around.

Very very impressive and excellent work...good for your neurons too..thinking in a creative manner prevents Dementia.
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Dear Renu,

I have taken up a new hobby when I become unable to do one of my existing hobbies.

When I could not dance any more I spent more time in playing veena and in vocal music.

When I could not play veena sitting on the floor, I used to sit on a diwan and play.

I took to writing long long ago - thanks to my dear dad .

I took to serious writing thanks to an unknown well wisher in this forum.

He , a total stranger to me , is a member of the other famous Brahmin Forum also.

That forum was male oriented/ male dominating and women writers were treated like dust.

I got the link to my first ever blog of Tamil poems posted in that forum with the help of my sister.

He is the one who made me join this forum which could tolerate a new lady journalist.

A casual remark made by one of the taciturn prof(?) incognito made me

gather enough courage to venture into the world of quotes and proverbs.

My mother's comment the my little poem was exotic made me venture with more and more poems.

In life we get what we deserve ONLY when we make ourselves fit to receive it.

The Sat- guru also appears ONLY when we are ready for him.

Opportunities open up when we make ourselves qualified to enter in.

Nothing happens here for no reason. Everything happens for some specific reason.

So the moral is to elevate oneself in every possible aspect ...all the time.

When the 'Panam Pazham' is ripe enough the crow sits on it to dislodge it! :)

May be your mother is already reading the blogs or

may be she will be interested in reading them.

Whenever I see Malaysia in the lists of countries from which

people have visited the blog I think of you and your mother.

When I look back all the various unrelated arts, sciences , languages, skills I had learned or developed

they all seem to point to where I am standing now! Nothing we do/ learn ever goes in waste dear Renu!

 
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