Life in Corona

For quite sometime, I keep stressing the sentence in tamil to my friends: "Career vachi Tiffin Carrier Kooda vaanga mudiyaathu" meaning you cannot buy a tiffin carrier using your professional career. Off late, I am seeing lot of my friends and colleagues running behind to enhance or sometimes even save their career.

Come 2020, the entire definition of life and career has changed for many.

All IT Companies are accepting and stressing employees to work from home.

All the people who were running rat races finally spend time with their beautiful families.

Most importantly, this Corona lockdown has given good sleep to the sleep deprived professionals.

Overall, what (Corona) was once assumed as stress to life has now actually been a stress buster.

I hope people now realize how important is to enjoy life than running behind a useless career.

 

Losing a close Friend due to work stress

Off late, I have been distant to blogging due to a number of reasons. 2019 ended on a very bad note for me personally, as I lost one of my best friend due to excess stress caused by WORK. Yes, you read it right, W O R K.

Along with him, myself and 3-4 others formed what we call as the Varuthapadatha Valibar Sangam in IT. Whatever the pressure of work, we make it a point to enjoy ourselves.

Advices are not for self, it is only for others - as my friend's father told me as he is still coming to terms with this huge loss of his son who decided to part away.

Some people suggested - He should have quit the company. Some others suggested - He should have taken sabbatical or asked for a low stress project. While some others suggested - He should have quit and started enjoying his saved wealth.

To all, only one thing is difficult to get rid from your head - it is the pride factor at work.

From my point of view - I suggest - Never have pride in your work - Anybody on any day can replace you.

As the old philosophy goes, 'Time will heal everything'. I am just hoping it will heal this huge scar from my heart.

-Amen

2019 - An year of shock and surprises

2019 - a year of surprises

2019 seemed to be dawning only yesterday and here we are - at the end of the year already.

This year had brought a lot of surprises and shocks to me personally and officially.

Personally, my dad underwent a major procedure and thankfully he is alright.

I am expecting my second child is another pleasant shock.

Officially, I gave up my freelancing to a more steady and safe permanent job. It does not mean I wont be in freelancing anymore, as I am working on how to start my own venture.

Another good thing was my family was on the press for the topic 'Indians in Belgium' and it gave me a good popularity ;-)

Another shock is I had quite a huge number of fights with 'so called friends' and had a strained relationship.

Eagerly awaiting what 2020 is bringing to the table.

Wish each and everyone of you a very happy new year 2020

Petta - A tribute

If you are coming here, looking for a movie review, I am sorry to disappoint you, as I am not a movie analyst.

‘Hero’ worship:

This term achieved real meaning in Tamil Nadu right from the days of MGR, who later on went to become the CM of Tamil Nadu.

Coming from the same genre of acting, Rajni entered the industry in 1975 much before Maestro Raja Sir Debut.

A man who cannot talk proper Tamil. A man who was very dark in complexion.

Everyone thought how long he will survive. But the fact is, he not only survived, he has ruled the industry for now 40 years like a King.

Doing commercial movie is not a joke and doing it with style and charisma for 40 years is definitely not as easy as it looks.

The man has the ability to reinvent himself. He is a Sachin Tendulkar of Kollywood will be an understatement. Sachin Tendulkar was in fact a Rajnikanth of Indian Cricket.

Having watched his movie Raja Chinna Roja, ask any kid of the 90s they say how they longed if they had an uncle like Rajni.

Rajni is a kids hero. And that will always work with everyone. My uncle used to joke in 1997 that If Rajni has to stand in elections, then all kids needs to be given voting right, otherwise he won’t win.

Now, that statement is partially true and the wait is now over, as all the kids have become adults and are still looking to Rajni as their superhero.

So, what has made him likeable all these years? I would say, his simplicity outside the sets plus his straightforward speech. One of my friend joked that Rajni cannot do a political speech. Who needs them? We only need a person who talks his heart out and not a person who talks rhymes in front of the mic.

The worship for Rajnikanth is a different level. And unlike other stars, he never uttered the name of MGR to garner fan base. Rather,the only big actor name he utters in movies is Kamal Haasan who was his direct competitor. Such is his humility and attitude.

Only actor who can give advises in life in a song and gets away without getting trolled has to be this man for he worked his way to the top, He is a self made man. And people like me realize the importance of the term ‘self-made’ as there are not too many people around to help you.

Every hard worker can realize a Rajni in him if you observe and the connect is what makes him the real Super Star. The energy which he manages to rub off on the audience is just unbelievable and a different level.

Everyone said, there was a Management Lesson on MS Dhoni. Not sure how many of you know that there was a management study once upon a time on Rajni isms..

Everything said, I am eagerly waiting for my day to do the darshan of ‘Thalaivar’ as he is famously known way before he announced his political entry.

There can be many Stars before and After him, But There can never be Another Rajnikanth.

The name is Sivaji Rao Gaekwad. Do NOT Forget. 

Mother Tongue Importance

               This is one area where every parent (including myself) need attention. Of late, I see many Indian parents don't encourage kids to talk in their mother tongue. While the parents' urge to master English as an international language when the kid is young is commendable, ignoring mother tongue at the expense of this language is not something that is advisable.

               I always believe that any child can best express his or her emotions in the mother tongue. In other words, kids get a better emotional connect with the parents and with the society that he/she lives in. Never mind, even if you are living in a foreign land. The language of the land will automatically come to the child by timely exposure to the native kids.

               It is here the Mother scores above the rest, as she is the one who should acknowledge the importance of making her kid talk in mother tongue at home. With proper exposure, the kid can easily switch to English outside. Parents should be ready to acknowledge this fact without a mindset block.

                We should always remember that English is a language which has destroyed many other languages just because of its fake attraction. Our very culture depends on our mother tongue that we talk to express ourselves. All said, I am not against making the kid learn English.

LEARN IT, DO NOT BREATHE IT.