RANDOM THOUGHTS

Which Bloody fool of an Ass Will go to work in T N When  In the free house given by the Government  Getting the free rice from the Government  Using the monthly 100 units free electricity  Preparing dough Using the free Grinder  Using the free mixie for the chutney Using the free fan provided  Watching the movie on the free TV Happily munching on the  everything FREE  idly And if you do fall sick  Use  free Govt Insurance  Get free four gram Gold for getting married  Get free Rs 25000 marriage assistance  Use the free Rs 20000 for newborn  delivery assistance  Use the free noon meal scheme  Use the Reservation / Free higher education Use free books  Use free cycle  Use the free bus pass  Use the free laptop  Use the free Rs 2500 Pongal Allowance  Use the free old age pension  WHICH BLOODY IDIOT NEEDS TO GO TO WORK IN TAMILNADU WHEN EVERYTHING  IS        ...

      AN ALL NEW AGE RECKONER      Over the years practices ,habits , rituals and appliances have  given way to a new set of activities by which we go about leading our lives . Some have outlived their usefulness , some have seen the more modern version of the application taking root while most have lost out because of our own preferred choices . Listed below are a few of the items which come to mind immediately . I will with a fair degree of certainty reckon that anyone who is even faintly aware or heard  of any of the 5 or less the practices or  items listed below is sure to be  born in the new Millennium. Others must be  in the varied degrees of vintage . One year for sure to be added to 30 + for each item still followed. Your Biological age may be totally different from your chronological age based on how and what you think . 1) Do you use a Fountain Pen or have atleast heard of it as  a writing instruement  2) Do you ...

ARE WE INDIANS GASTRONOMIC      SAAPAATTU     RAAMANS  We have all had our share of a hearty laugh whenever the joke about the Chettan in his stripped lungi being present at the mountain top  to welcome Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay as they first set foot on Mount Everest at  290002 Feet above Sea Level and enquiring if the CHAAYA OR TEA should be light or strong is shared between friends.  The story about Neil Armstrong setting his foot on the surface of the MOON is even more intriguing and comical . Our Sardar Gabbar Singh  in his quaint essential loose attire and flowing beard in front of his eatery which he reverently calls NAANAK DA DHABA is there to enquire from NEIL ARMSTRONG reportedly the first MAN to set his feet on the surface of the MOON if he would like his food to be slightly or heavily spiced . Jokes apart we Indians love our food and would travel any distance irrespective of the trouble , time or cost  i...

  PADDY FIELD A MONTH  BEFORE HARVEST TIME  There was this looming threat of everything coming to naught because of the  rains and flooding ,  continuous rains in   Ambasamudram around the same time last month . The TV updates of vast stretches of agricultural land completely flooded and going to waste did give a worrysome and  scarry picture . The threat of all the labour , effort and love put into to nurture the crop getting destroyed was always behind everyone's mind .  The money invested to raise the crop in these hard covid times where labour is hard to come bye and the  threat of  money invested to raise the crop   going down the drain was also behind everyone's mind . Thankfully , things have taken a turn for the better and no serious damage is seen in the crop which is awaiting Harvest sometime next month  in these parts . THE LABOUR AND EFFORT PUT IN  SEEM TO BE BEARING FRUIT

Harvey Mills Employees   Co- operative Stores Ltd.  ஹார்வி மில் தொழிலாளர் கூட்டுறவு பண்டகசாலை  குண்டூசி முதல் கம்யூட்டர் வரை,  மஞ்சள் தூள் முதல் அனைத்து மளிகைச் சாமான்கள் வரை,  ஆடைகள், அணிகலன்கள், அழகுசாதனப் பொருள்கள் வரை ஒரே இடத்தில் வாங்கும் சூப்பர் மார்கெட்டுகளும் ஷாப்பிங் மால்களும் இன்று இல்லாத நகரங்கள் இல்லை. இவையெல்லாம் பெரு முதலாளிகளுக்கு உரியவை.  ஆனால், தமிழ்நாட்டில் எங்கும் இல்லாத அளவுக்கு  பிரமாண்டமான கட்டிட அமைப்புகளுடன் ஒரு பஞ்சாலைத் தொழிலாளர்களே இணைந்து நடத்திய கூட்டுறவு சூப்பர் மார்கெட் 50 ஆண்டுகளுக்கும் மேலாக நடந்து வந்தது என்றால் அது எங்கள் விக்கிரமசிங்கபுரத்தில் 1940ல் நிறுவப்பட்ட மேற்படி நிறுவனமே ஆகும்.  1990 களுக்கு முன்பு அதிக அளவு தொழிலாளர்கள் தேவைப்படும் தொழிலாகப் பஞ்சாலைத் தொழில் இருந்து வந்தது. எட்டாயிரத்துக்கும் அதிகமான தொழிலாளர்கள் நேரடியான வேலைவாய்ப்பைப் பெறும் நிறுவனமாக மதுரா கோட்ஸ் என்று பெயர் மாற்றம் கண்ட ஹார்வி மில் இயங்கி வந்தது.  இந்தத் தொழிலாளர்கள் அனைவருக்கும் தேவையான அரிசி, மளிகைப் பொருள்கள், துணி வகைகள், ந...

       PETROLEUM PRODUCT PRICES  Hardly a day passes when a hue and cry is not raised over the ever rising price of PETROL OR DIESEL . It is indeed a sorry state of affairs as this has a cascading effect on the  prices of other products of everyday consumption . I have come accross many posts where the 1963 bill from a Petrol Pump showing  the price of Petrol as 73 Paise / Ltr . Today in the year 2021 the price has rocketed to almost 90 Rs to a Ltr which is almost a 130 times rise . Many theories have been put forward . EXCHANGE RATE , BALANCE OF PAYMENT , DEMAND AND SUPPLY , CRUDE PRICES , REFINING CAPACITY , LOCATION OF THE RIGS , GOVERNMENTS FUND RAISING REQUIREMENTS  so on and so forth and all all play a part for this scenario.  In Somalia , Ethiopia , Nepal , Pakistan and other such countries the prices are comparatively lower , whereas in Sweden , Denmark or Singapore it is much higher at almost Rs 360 to a Ltr . There is however a scho...

              WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY  One is often left wondering at times at certain combination of words which though appearing  out of place do convey a lot of meaning on deeper analysis.  " Window of Opportunity " is one such combination . Many a time , while travelling in a Railway Train , the chant of  " CHAI GARAM , GARAM CHAI  " up North or "TEA KAAPI , KAAPI TEA " down South  while the Train makes a brief  stop at a Station must be familiar to each and every one of us . For the TEA , KAAPI vendor on the platform each WINDOW of the Train  opposite to him is one big fountain of Opportunity to market his wares while the Train makes a stop of hardly 5 minutes at the Station . How best he does it goes on to count for his daily sales . Our own PM was an one time Tea Vendor on the platform of a small non descript VADNAGAR  Railway Station in Gujarat , but today he holds the Highest Office of the land and he...

  WHERE LEARNING A LANGUAGE IS                          SACRILEGE  There was a recent news item where a GYPSY and a mom of a 3 year old is selling BEADS NECKLACES , ARMBANDS and LUCKY SOMETHINGS to the many visitors and tourists from across India and Abroad at Mamallapurm near Chennai . Surprise of Surprises , she had command over TAMIL TELUGU HINDI ENGLISH FRENCH AND BENGALI which she used in ample measure to market her wares . Coming as this in a land where learning any Language other than Tamizh is considered an absolute sacrilege , her efforts are outstanding . Learning an extra laguage or two is a sure way to enhance your standing in the Job Market to earn a living in any whichever way honestly .  HOPE OUR YOUNGSTERS GET TO LEARN                 SOMETHING FROM THIS