Becoming Immortal !

Becoming Immortal. I learnt this trick from my grandmother who had lived atleast for 10 years on record after her death.! Surprise , Impossible.But its true.My grandmother lived that much officially after her death. Yes your guess is right. She Lived on election records officially :D.

Being Immortal. It's the thought for every one. Don't get surprised. Pinch yourselfNot Now. Even millions of years ago. Everybody on this Universe and particularly on this World want to become immortal. I can quote zillions of examples for persons that aspired to become immortal.To begin with we can take a classic example from Hindu Mythology. Churning of the Milky Ocean(Samunthra Manthan) for Amruth or Nectar is the one which I'm referring to.

The Story goes likes this.The Devas and Asuras ,both the descendants from the same Father Sage Kaashyap. Devas were the descendant from Aditi and Asuras from Diti . This story is also in the Greek Mythology but with different Names. Even though the Devas and Asuras are the descendant from the same father they both were arch enemies. The entire Hindu Mythology is full of stories of their fights. The Devas and Asuras wanted to be immortal and as per the suggestion of the Generator Operator and Destroyer they started to churn the Milky way Ocean called Thirupaarkadal for getting the nectar. It is believed that consuming a drop of Nectar makes one immortal.With all other sub-stories (which is not our point of discussion here may be in a later post) finally they both got the Nectar. Now that for having the Nectar there was a quarrel between both Devas and Asuras and Lord Vishnu taking Mohini Avatar started giving Nectar to the Devas. Sensing a foul play the Demon Rahu disguised as a Deva and sat amidst them. He also managed to get the nectar and before he could consume the nectar he was beheaded by Lord Vishnu thanks to Surya and Chandra who had complained that he was not a true Deva. At this point the head became Rahu and the torso became Kethu and they both share the body of Snake. So all this tricks were done for becoming immortal.

Even now you can see lot of Ads targeting Men and Women alike especially by the FMCG industry specyfying that if they used their products they can be young ( i.e a way of extending ageing). Many fall trap to this trick and start prey to their products. People fall victim to the Glossy and Steamy ads by the most popular persons and think they too can become like one. These are all the signs of the people's desire to postpone ageing and becoming immortal (Remember Extends Class in Java).

But these are all temporary. As Day and Night , Light and Darkness , Real and Reel exists Life and Death Exists. you cannot become immortal. This is the fact. So Am I sounding too philosophical ? Not really. So what is the way out. How can we become immortal.?

We remember the Hindu Mythology, Greek Mythology We remember Saint Thiruvalluvar , Poet Kambar , Poet Ilango Adigal, Kalki Krishnamurthy , the Great Rajaraja Chozhan , Karikal Valavan. Even though they are not living now, they are immortal. We remember them for Gods , Thirukkural , Ramayanam , Silapathigaram , Ponniyin Selvan , big Temple at Thanjavur and the Grand Anaicut. (Thanks got a line of reference to my last post Green Sojourn :D) Their works stands immortal. So do you get a clue ? Not Yet. Do something that speaks for you even after you cease to exist.?

I'll tell you an easy way, no need of medicines , no exercises, nor any diet, you just need a PC or a Laptop. Start Blogging. You will become Immortal. :D

Google has introduced Social Search from Today. It's Live and you can see more about the same here. (My intention for writing his blog is to convey this message. So Don't fall trap for any Ad. Be your own. Start Blogging.

P.S Today (27, Oct 2009) is Neptune and Pluto Transition and hence you were bored by the Hindu Mythology Story.

Green Sojourn!

Green Sojourn
Its Festival time as we had celebrated Diwali with lot of enthusiasm. Even the markets reacted on a positive note and Sivakasi Rocket is ruling them now. In India we have lot of festivities, which adds color to the country. Perhaps the only month we don't have color is May. Even this is quoted in a thamizh song from the movie Idayam (Heart). The song goes like this "During April and May there is no greenery (Since the colleges and schools will be shut for Vacation in India)" as sung by some college students in the movie. You can hear the song from here. Nowadays in Chennai it's hard to find Greenery. Lot of green trees is being axed citing development as a reason. Recently for the construction of the new Secretariat building and widening the approach road more than 125 mature trees were axed or to be axed. (You can see the news article in the TOI here). So it raises a question? On what cost we as a country are developing. Certainly there should not be a compromise for Green over Development.

            Coming back, I went on a trip to my hometown Kumbakonam after three long years. I'm hardly 6 hours drive away from my home town and over the past three and a half years I never thought of visiting it once. So I decided to go on vacation there for Diwali. I have been waiting this long for the Green Sojourn and I'm sure I'm now back recharged. Once in my home town I travelled the by-lanes of famous TSR Big Street and also met couple of old friends. There have been a lot of changes around Kumbakonam as well over the past two years. Thankfully it has not lost its green cover.  Two new colleges were started and SASTRA University near the Bus Stand is now a massive structure. I remember the place as a barren land during my college days.

 

           On Friday Last (16/10/09) I had undergone a Green Sojourn to my family deity Madhurakali Amman Temple at Siruvachur. It was green all the way. I should certainly quote about the route. The route we took was once famous route of the Chozha Kings. It was called the Raja Pattai connecting Kallanai (Grand Anaicut) to Poompuhar. The route was elaborately described in the first episode of the famous thamizh novel Ponniyin Selvan written by Kalki during 1930's. The Great Cauvery River (cradle of thamizh civilization) forms the boundary of he road on one side and on the other side it's full of green, green and more green.

There were coconut trees on both sides of the road for some distance, tamarind Trees for sometime, mango, neem, banyan and Arasu (Indian Fig) tree en route. Not Convinced!  Craving for still more! Being October and passing through the fertile Cauvery delta Once called as the granary of South India , there were lot of agricultural activity happening all along the way. We saw paddy fields being ploughed and made ready for cultivation, nursery for cultivation (Narrangaal), neatly laden paddy fields with transplanted crops from the nursery, mature fields ready for the harvest. Further we could also see sugarcane fields, banana orchard and other vegetable farms cultivating brinjal, lady's finger, groundnut, maize, corn and turmeric. Overall it was a wonderful Sojourn and I now have determined to travel along this road very soon again. .

You can view some of the pictures I took en route in Flickr and Picasa

Finally I would like you all who are reading this post to Think Green, Go Green and Conserve Nature.