Every Dark has its Day !!

Like every accounting person am also marching in this March. The month is really hectic and am in peak working hours. My work is like 24*7 and its really hard to make a visit to my blog. I wish to say all these with much more stuff but the reality varies.

I was a bit busy but not as much as described above. The real reason for not writing a post is I did not have any stories to tell you people. But today I rummaged through my memory and got a story to share.

In my childhood (and till now) I fight with my brothers & sisters. It would be quarrels in many cases and few were fights. Especially I and my sister (cousin sister) were like India & Pakistan. I could easily count the days where we had no fights. Usually no one interrupts in our fight. Our mothers had faced fiasco when ever they tried to stop our fights.

Usually my brother (cousin bother) would not interfere in our fights. Even if he does he’ll be my side, supporting me. On that particular day me and my sister started our usual fight. (It is pertinent to note that we no need reasons to fight. We were like Tom and Jerry where seeing each others would suffice for a fight). My brother turned in favour of his own sister. As you know I can win any conversational fights, that day I had to win both of them. The fight went really tough. I was somehow trying to mange both of them at a time. My own sister was too young then and I had no one to rescue me. I was in the battle field all alone.

I was helpless. I was cornered when I heard these from my brother “ Hey ! You stupid girl !You have come to our house and fighting with us. Just get lost from our house. Get lost, right now!”

 I quickly replied “This is my uncle’s (his father) house. It is not yours. Why should I move out?  No. I won’t go.”

He said: “This is our home. I want you to get out of my sight now.”

I said: “Does this house bear your name anywhere? How can you say this as your home? If you can show me that your name is written in this house. I promise to step out immediately. Until then I won’t go.”

To my dismay, He took me to their bed room. He pointed to the the roof of that bed room and told that his name has been written there. Without giving up, I climbed the bed and from there climbed the roof to see whether his statement was true.

After climbing the roof, It was a  abysmal misery when I saw this:

He pointed to his name and asked me to move out then. With tears filled eyes I came out from that house. I was filled with rage and agony. At that moment I could see a basking smugness in my brother’s eyes. 

" Hey Praveen ! indha naazh ! naan en nanbanala emathapatta naazh! nee un thozhiya izhandha naazh ! (Annamalai dialogue) my mind voice told. 

It did not take me long time to take revenge on them. As fights was in our daily routine , within a week me and my sister again had a fight. This time it was in our house(I mean my house). Ha Ha! I asked them to get lost as that was my home. My brother cunningly asked me the same question which I had asked him. I was no more a fool. I took him to my bed room and attained complacence when it read as under :

 I told you na? Every dark has its day. And I had my Day then!! ( a special note : i did not miss to play the BGM of Annamalai in my mind  at that moment)

Contest now!!!

Yesterday suddenly a friend of mine asked me this question.

 “Tell me which is the most funniest / stupid question you have ever asked a in your life? Thinking about which makes you laugh now?”

That was a good question. I skimmed through my elephantine memory and got 2 questions.

First was, when I was 7 Years old. I was talkative and sometimes was even a brat.

One of my relative, a distant uncle of mine was drenched in debts it seems. He had written a letter mentioning about attempting suicide because of his debts. I heard this from my mother when she was speaking about this to my father. At that moment I overlooked it and continued with my work.

Few months later it happened that I met that uncle in a family function.

“What uncle? You said that you are going to die because of debts and you are still alive?”

I asked him this question in a candid manner. He turned weary with my single question that he could not even answer me.

My mother heard me asking this and I was caught.I saw my mother and it was a moment of adrenalin rush for me.  She admonished me and thank god she did not beat me.

When I think of that question I really feel it was the most stupid question I ever asked someone in my life. 

The Second question was when I was at my teens.

Until then LOVE the very word was a-bad-word thing for us (me and my cousins). When we stepped to teen age our minds underwent a subtle change. At that age LOVE was something good. Don’t mistake me. Our definition for love was “Love is a good thing. Love doesn’t mean only that thing which happens due to hormonal change in a girl
& a boy. It can mean affection, kindness (anbu –paasam-nesam etc etc) . “

We’d proudly say “Yes! We are in Love. Love with our parents, sisters, and brothers blah blah blah “(we’ve almost repeated the above dialogue million times).

Me-brilliant –kid on earth was invincible at that age. No one could argue with me. I always won the conversational fights. (It is pertinent to note that if it was a kick fight – I was a weakling at that age and so obviously I would be the loser. I win only in conversational fights.)

I was studying in a tution centre. We had an in-charge person there who was strictu! Strictu! Strictu! One day when me and my brother were chatting with him. Suddenly I asked that –in-charge-person  “Sir do you love anyone?” (He was a bachelor –point to be noted).

He replied: No! I don’t like these love-and-all stuffs.

Me: Why don’t you like? Love is not a bad word. You see at this age I love.

        Yes! I love my mom, dad, sister and my brother…. Like that whom do you love?

His reply : mmmm… That’s not a relevant topic now. You answer me for that 5^th essay question in 4^th chapter now.

Me: (valiantly) started studying that question.

That was the end of that topic with him. At that point of time I have asked this question to everyone I know and have given my view of love verbatim to everyone. That was what I wanted to ask. That was how I wanted to win him with my brilliant speech. I won.

But that stupid question which I had asked  made him feel nam-dhana-nam-dhana melody in his heart it seems. Voila, he fell in love with me. From that day he started showing the symptoms of a man who is in love. His best friend was also a teacher in that academy and she found out this.

She has told this to my science teacher who happened to be my favorite teacher. (More than a teacher he was a friend). All the teachers in that academy started teasing me. It was at that point I realized I’ve not been brilliant in speaking with him but I’ve been a stupid for asking such a question with him.

From that day I really did not have the guts to ask anyone as whether they love anyone. (Especially to guys). Till date I hesitate to ask that single question.

These are the 2 questions which gets the “Most stupid question award” in my life. Is there any question in your life which can win this title? If so, feel free to post it here. I would love to read them. Best contestant would get a Kuchi mittai and Kuruvi Rotti too !!!!!

Camon! Hurry up!! I am waiting to read your stupid questions .

What it means Being Humane ?

Yesterday when I was on my way back home , suddenly I heard the siren of Fire Engine. Within a second it came  from nowhere and got struck in the peak hour Bangalore Traffic. I was behind that praying for the well being of people who were a midst the fire. The Road was a narrow one and no vehicles could leave way for the Fire engine. Signal was not turning to green and the fire engine was standing with the loud siren.

In the Left side of that narrow road there is a Bus Stand of a Private Bus company , where easily some 3 to 4 cars and few two wheeler can enter that Depot. At least if 2 cars and some two wheeler had entered there for 2 minutes the fire engine would have gone forward to the other end of the road with that space. No one bothered.Seriously no one bothered.

It was a loud blow when I saw people in two wheeler, trying to overtake each others without thinking that they could leave way for the Fire Engine. It was Selfish to the core. I did not see a pinch of humanity with them. I felt ashamed. Meanwhile the signal turned green it seems and the vehicles were moving forward. That fire engine also moved … when it neared that Depot area a huge private bus GLIDED from the depot and entered this narrow road. It blocked half traffic including the fire engine.

It was disconcerting. I felt seriously offended. Can’t that bus wait for a second? Have Indians turned so punctual these days? Was that a Robot which was seated as a Driver in that Private Bus ? No. It was a Man. An animal which has six senses. Did he needed 7^th sense for being little sensible to the situation?

Behind the Private bus, went this fire engine. I was on my way. But my mind underwent a subtle change. I was not able to analyze where it went wrong? When I reached home I was like Ambi in Anniyan. (Hell, I did not turn Anniyan.)

“Logathla Yaarukkum Erakame Illai

Manidhabimanam Kaatradhuku kooda money kekra

Shri Hari Ivaa ellam naraguthuku dhaan poganum”         I was whining.

I could not take this as a easy or a normal thing. I just opened the Internet. Not Anniyan website. But Online Oxford dictionary and typed the word Human being.

It was like this:

Human Being- a man, woman, or child of the species Homo sapiens, distinguished from other animals by superior mental development, power of articulate speech, and upright stance.

I was not fine with the above definition. I searched in World web dictionary. It read

Human being- Any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage.

When I found that both gave a similar definition, I was surprised. I saw the meaning for the word humanity- It read the quality of being Humane.

Disappointingly I closed my laptop. So ? A species different from other animals having superior intelligence (Intelligence can never be misunderstood for Kindness) and having erect carriage is what makes a man. If we fulfill these conditions we are human being.

Kindness has become an alien to Human beings.

I still wonder what it means being humane!!!