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All the world is a stage.


Farrell  is at his best,while commenting on Reaganomics Revolution 1981-.2011.

Gramm  is a protagonist.

Apart from the economic disaster, which Farrell points out, I was impressed by his presentation .

He starts with grandeur quoting “All the world is a stage,and all the men and women are players”

He continues ,his write up, by fixing the final act of Reagan Revolution glory days in grand Shakespearean style.

The year is 2011..-he predicts.

He tracks the comedies of the playwright, for analogies but settles in for Hamlet.

Romeo and Juliet  creeps in slowly, but Juliet is transformed into Ethel.

The Reagonomics drama is heading towards a tragi comedy.

Gramm singlehandedly wrecks the crew.

The curtains will be  brougt down.

The finale in 2011 will be a great epic tragedy.

Farrell excels in scripting this story.

True ,

Literature is a treasure house.

You can draw as much you want from it.

Scientists can invent .

Historians can recreate.

Geologists can discover.

Business magnates can create wealth.

Emperors can rule the country.

Politicians can make or mar the nation.

Literature alone can nurture love.

Literature alone can breed culture.

Literature  alone can atone refinement.

You find science, astronomy , banking, economics, history,what not and what else in literature.

You can draw references.

You can find solace.

You can find company.

You can get advice.

You can  also see and experience the inexperienced.

 

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Jagadodharana


M.S. Subbulakshmi was a queen of music.

Listen to her.

Her voice mesmerises you.

Her bhava wallows you up.

Listen to her.

The intensity wraps you.

The melody embraces you.

Listen to her.

You become ecstatic.

You experience the transcendental.

Her music is par excellence.

 

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What do you call it?


Bill gates has resigned  as CEO of Microsoft.

He is now active in his Melinda Gates Foundation.

A very noble gesture.

Many universities were set up by the munificence of rich people.

Many orphanages, destitute homes, schools, and colleges are run by the donations of the rich.

We call it Philanthrophy.

But the Chellapas were  different.

The couple were practising doctors in a Christian Medical Hospital.

They had eight children.

All were educated in the best schools.

They all got into the best universities.

Three of them took their parents profession.

Two became teachers, two took to engineering, and the last one -a journalist.

Three of them resembled the Chellaps. The other five looked markedly  dissimilar.

Their  birth dates were also very close.

As school  kids we had our own questions about the  eight siblings.

But we let it pass.

It was only after a few years we came to know that the five children were adopted by  the couple.

These five were born in the hospital,and were left by their mothers.

Mrs  chellappa nursed them as she breast fed her own children.

There was no discrimination whatsoever.

The parents had no inherited wealth.

The family depended on the salary .

The original children of the Chellapas (they would fire me for using the word original)were not aware

that the rest came from a different parentage.

The five children never felt that they were from a different stock.The children are all well settled.

The chellappas have retired.

 

Every year there is a family reunion.

This is the story of  the noble doctors.

My salutatons to Your Grace.

Right, what   do you call it?

Shall we term it as Philanthropy?

No , it runs into billions.

Shall we call it as Love?

Nay,it is too simple

Shall we use a higher term Beatitude.

Come on ,friends help me to track the apt word.

Chellapas. May your tribe increase!!

 

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Casting a horoscope.


Following th e stock market,has made me very accurate in prediction.

If dollar tumbles, I will at once know that crude oil will rise.

If crude rises , it will pull with it Gold and silver.

So saying ,  I cast the horoscope of  the stock market.

On what basis should the horoscope’s chart be calculated.

Shall I follow the moon sign or sun sign, South Indian or North Indian,B.V. Raman or Lahiri. .

I deliberate.

I decide on Kerala astrology.

I cast the horoscope.

 My Inference-Stock market  will continue to rally for some time, then it will settle down.

Dollar will be replaced by some other currency.

Remedies I suggest,

Be patient . Patience is a virtue.

Do not buy nor do you sell.

Astrological consultation is totally free.

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Stoic Silence.


Blasts rattle Bangalore._26/July/2008.

Blasts rock Ahmedabad—27/July?2008.

Bombs diffused in Surat—28/July/2008.

Investigations are on.

The Prime Minister visits Ahmedabad.

Media publishes content and pictures.

India settles down

A stoic Silence pervades.

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Price of greed


The pride  and wealth of a family  are lost by  the greed of a member.

This particular constituent adopted  all ways and means to loot his parents, siblings, and workforce

Sorcery,cheating, black magic, were practised. by him and his wife.

He resorted to false accounting.

He desisted from fulfilling statuatory obligations

He ,not only deceived his family, but also the banks, depositors and business traders.

He filled his coffers.,by all sorts.

Avariciousness made him inhuman.

Many of his co parceners met a tragic end.

His business associates  were unable to refrain him.

Unbailable warrants were issued. against him

He went underground.

He had to come out of hiding for his daughter’s wedding.

The warrants became live.

He was remanded to custody and imprisoned.

In the process, the family lost the father, the business collapsed,the debtors were all around.

An educational institution run by the family’s trust was taken by the government.

The particular member has still not learnt a lesson.

He is sill greedy.

Habits die hard.

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Fuzzinesss


Making much ado about nothing is the  fashion of the day.

Acceptance of reality is a rarity.

Politicians  dig insignificant  incidents but bury the most impromptu affairs.

.Banks  squeeze  genuine defaulters ,but embrace  wilful counterparts.

Institutions accept low scorers with financial back up. but disregard high rankers with poor back ground.

Business encourages men with no integrity, but dissuades personalities with sincerity.

Employers  are pleased with Yes Men, but disappointed with constructive critics.

The incongruities of the human mind is inexplicable.

Tales provide pleasure.but experience supplies wisdom.

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Women’s jobs


I happened to read a column that women’s  jobs are more vulnerable  during down turn.

A ridiculous reporting.

Does job displacement single out women?

Both man and woman should be  bread winners. A woman’s income is not a supplement but a necessity.

The gender fixation is still dominant in a male chauvinistic world.

Recession is driving us mad.

inflation is making us madder  still.

Job cuts demoralise us.

We are feeling insecure.

Reporters go by statistics.

Bank’s debacle  has envisaged  maximum job cuts.

Most women are thrown out of work.

Banks are slowly  reequipping  under regulators.

Women will adapt to changing circumstances with ease.

No need to panic

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Textile industry -A disaster.


Textile industry is losing its shine.

Three highs  have sealed the fate of the industry.

Wages High

Raw material cost are very high.

Power cost is equally high.

 

To redeem the industry from distress certain reforms are to be introduced.

Tax breaks,interest rebates,and a fresh dose of  sops will help the industry to come out of the  blue.

The recent hike in interest rate by reserve bank of India is adding misery to the textile sector.

Many mills have announced closure.

The properties are up for sale.

Manufacturing is becoming awesome.

A negative sign to industrial growth indeed!!

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Gold Tracks down.


Gold is sliding rapidly.
The epidemic fall is beyond comprehension.
Is a big debacle ahead?
Oil is pulling gold with it.
All predictions of gold rising above 1000$ have gone bust.