Archana Gouthaman

Journey never ends, it moves from part 1 to part 2.

Behind each house there was a kaccha pathway for all people to reach the road which connects to the NH, and this is also the rain water-way during monsoon.

As I told, various kinds of water bodies as it is a super rich rainfall in Kerala during monsoon. Hence, all pods and dens gets clogged with water and snakes starts swimming, I wonder how squirrels managed and crows too!! Well, people with umbrella becomes common sight. Umbrella industry flourished for the same reason.

Greenary is in its best during monsoon. We can see all leaves shining, cleansed with water and is glowing. Water level in wells increases and the fishes in wells are always seen happy during monsoons. May be they are all enjoying the blessings of god!

Fun was, falling of mangoes due to heavy wind preceding the rain. Whoever comes through the pathway gets the share from the tree.  I understood, trees are never partial. They are the most giving and enduring ones.

Well, we need more parts to read on. Will be continuing in the next part. It is yet another monsoon in India, let all of us knit some beautiful stories…..yes, in/of life.

It used to be pockets of villages nearly 30 to 40 years back in north kerala. Mostly a self sustained community resided in each pocket. Those who were outside this circle, used to be same as current metro population, depending totally on global goods. Since living was tied to a community, many aspects turned sacred, pious and therefore limitations were many. One among is the travelling to places.

Hardly anyone, other than traders, travelled so far.  For ladies and kids it was the travel from home to very nearby fields or places. But, these small trips through plains, fields, small streams, ponds – various kinds of water bodies, and yes offcourse, coconut trees made their travelogue beautiful and most unassuming. How?

Will continue…till then, go back to those memories….have a beautiful day everybody…

( Travelogue part 1 ended)

Our greatest teacher is our just previous mistake, if we admit ! But kleptomaniacs or white lie hoarders have less to do with this concept.

For them, what could be the definition of living? What’s the previous looted stuff. Was that useful or what would be my next catch? What’s the pot of prefabricated lie which went right in other persons conscious as truth or I can live with super white lies?!

Is it the ‘insecurity in oneself’ which causes mental noise and thus lies and stealing? Close relations like parents, spouse could have prevented this nature to build up as they would have seen small negatives building up at its inception.

Nip it from the bud and let them live a truthful , no jingle mind (no mental noise).

New facade is, why nobody openly talk about death?!!!

When a person dies, there isn’t any change physically which we will see (other than decaying which happens underground or ashes which leaves bones, not a pleasant sight either way)!

We do not see the ‘life’ of that person anymore. No smiles, no cries, no thanks, no tags, no wishes, no touch and thus no warmth or hatred of the person.  Isn’t not death then a taboo topic?

We all hesitate to change a bit or hope for situations to remain as is always (if situations are tempting). But ideally, that is not the case. As is always seen, change is the only thing which is permanent. Unknowingly or knowingly we embrace life and living this way by embracing change.

Hence, its very obvious something with no change, no gain/1n loss turning to a taboo. Death will remain a taboo till the aura of the soul is captured in digital camera !!!

Till then, let death be a taboo and let all live at peace with change.

 

Ever wondered seeing Google’s efforts for us?

“Today is your interview at 3 p.m”. Location finder automatically locates the place.  Click Google map, ” heavy traffic take xyz route instead”. Suggested “Try ola or meru”.

” Today is pqrs’s birthday, wish him/her”. Google is kind of bridging the gap.

“Parent teacher meeting on Saturday, only an hour remaining for the meeting”, ” are you attending this event?”

“Updates for you: you have shown interest in abcd” hence daily updates on abcd!!!

We all are thus in this era, where, we and Google and our likes and interests , our days and thus our lives are privately public or publicly private? 🙂

Pain has tentacles. It begins from heart, churn the blood and then reinforces each cell as these tentacles divides each milli second. This is not the medical version but the emotional version which is far easy to explain.

So, does pain helps? Yes, it do. How? These tentacles have the power to transcend conscious and reach subconscious! For each human when the subconscious wakes, they take the call! Acting on the call and resolving something to someone or self heals someone or self.

Pain is powerful, as our subconscious mind decides what we are made of and the tentacles takes rest only after a solution is at reach.

Wishing all of you to stay blessed with your conscious and subconscious minds in synch.

One day, there was a show in which workers at labour homes at gulf were given a feast. If we are sponsored a feast, normally we all are elated, dress up for the occasion and enjoy the feast.

Here, with these labours, there wasn’t any emotion as such. Cruel reality of unending labour was seen in their being. A cold response, forcefull answering and not even appreciating tasty food shows mere existence and not living.

Whatever may be the work, dignity of labour should be there. Labour laws are to be made addressing the basic requirement to be provided at the labour camps.  If the camps meet those requirements, then only labours can be provided to that camp.

Could it be not possible for government to provide them home away from home??

Sometimes, a mother’s touch is enough to make a day.

Sometimes, a listening father is enough.

But there are times, we are left with none!

Our own reflection will be the only one with us.

That moment is very precious as you are your own support.

Reflect someone good

Reflect someone wise

Reflect someone kind

Reflect someone brave

And that is the only way forward…

 

 

 

 

Bangalore is going to be a dead city and then its already dead revelation brings all growth tags it received to fade.

Let’s try to distinguish various kinds of growth.

Organic

When we live close to earth, we get what we need from earth. Earth and thus soil has some kind of power to keep anyone who cares about it grounded. Bring a pot of plant and see the change in you. Hence if we construct a structure which makes each person to interact with earth, the individual as well as development turns organic.

Inorganic

Human beings are viruses on earth! Again another revelation!! But cannot agree more, the way multistoreyed buildings, which are concrete jungles come all over and no sight of earthly matters! And what happened to the thoughts of individuals, they too turn inorganic, their lifestyle turns inorganic, the way they treat earth becomes inorganic, the way they treat each other turns inorganic!!

Where to put an end? Stop inorganic development. How?  Go back to vedic times! Live so as basic necessities are fulfilled! Will it not be a sudden change!?

Transition should happen from inorganic to organic in a faster pace. We will be discussing it in part 2 with the same caption…