when It fails to rain the farmer,the ocean and the Devas will sufer

Just imagine for a moment that the Rain god refuses to provide rain. what will happen then.kural says that in the absence of any rain water trickling down from the sky to the earth, not even a single blade of grass will grow here. All the living creatures will scorch themselves to hunger and death , notwithstanding a enormous amount of  water enveloping the earth. That vast expanse of water is of little significance to the masses.The resulting poverty and famine, pestilence and fear will inflict more pain and last for long without any kind of redemption.

If the quantum of rainfall declines reflecting the depletion of water resources above the farmers will not take their ploughs and perform their farming activities and agriculture as an occupation will get a severe beating and will get eventually abandoned.

It is not just farmers and of course all the consumers will lose in the life game but also the spillover effects will touch the heaven above and the ocean below. If the rain gathering clouds dry out themselves faster  who will bother to appease the rain God  by giving the offerings in the form of  all gifts and Pooja. That is , the exalted status enjoyed by the ministers among Devas in charge of rain will be deleted in the minds of people.

In the same vein even the great oceans constantly roaring on earth in an endless fashion will come to their grief by losing their innate quality and attributes-their  inherent fertility and the utility .When the rain giving clouds are inadequate  and hence  unable to have the necessary  room for romance through thunder and lightning.

the earth sustains life with god given amrita

The foundation for the existence of all kinds of life on earth is not just love of different vintage and shades but also the meaningful work-the work which will satisfy your soul besides assisting the less privileged and marginalised. For all these to happen, the timely monsoon rain must arrive at the appointed hour. Yes gentlemen all the activities in the world revolve around the rain which Valluvar calls amrita the staple diet of Devas residing above going by mythology.

The earth rotates and presents itself as an entity fully viable and operative because of the rain that falls from the sky above. Calling the rain water as Amrita the sacred and divine element is built into the frame gong by the faith and belief that the divine drink will cure all ailments, slow down the ageing process and give full immunity,  sorry impart the immortality to Devas.The rulers are stupidly arrogant not to realise that the human body is made up of more water and that one should drink more water which should be accessible and affordable to all. It is the tragedy of this country and also elsewhere that it has become a tradable commodity and cutting across the political flag many monsters make quick money not by treating it as a public good but as a private sector domain satisfying their greed to make money

Ensuring of the copious rainfall during the monsoon and also generating the same via catrastphic depression is an empirical proof of the transmission mechanism of the Divine grace form above. Abundant solar energy heats up the sea water. It is then effortlessly converted into rain gathering clouds which float around for a while before bombarding the earth at the appointed hour. Now the science and technology is so advanced  that it can be predicted with some degree of accuracy.

The ancient Tamil literature eloquently argues that it fails to rain and as a result the farm yields decline the rulers of the land would be found fault with. Where are we now? Why the hell we are not harvesting the rain/ Whom shall we blame? Rogue politicians and politicians economists whom Paul Krugman calls as policy entrepreneurs  whe do not hesitate  to tell what the politician wants to hear?

My dateless diary(17-11-2001) not edited:Mother shold not be found fault with

My dear Sam/Confronting with your aged  and  good mother

With angry and unfeeling words

Is truly an unruly behaviour-really contrarian behaviour?

Uncharacteristic of your personality and intent

She sat helpless and speechless, utterly numb in heart and mind

With profound and endless love on either side

Why did you shout at her creating tremor in her heart

A study heart which only loved the people around day in day and out

A truly sacrificial life

Dear sam don’t repeat this behaviour for

This is your contrarian behaviour, an alien culture.

Help her cajole her while she is alive.

A mother can only behave like a mother only.

Be proud of her and be thankful to her for what she has laboured

Along with her soul mate your great father who never tasted

Anything of the comforts zone in life or even the simplest pleasures of life.

Slowly, painfully you would soon realize her positive contributions

In shaping your personality and attitudes in life/

My dateless diary(17-11-2001),redrafted:getting out of the secret sadness.

Unlike Ramana Maharishi I can’t ask the question?

Who am I?

I am just a simple person an ordinary man

Unfortunately bracketed with the educated and elite

By historical accident and benevolent fate symbolized by

Strong parental genes and brought up in an unspoilt village of those days.

No great virtues and not much menacing vices

But I must hasten to add, like any ordinary man

I have all the devils in abundance in my heart and mind

Thank God, many a time I have not gone

As free as the mind had dictated or desired or imagined

An unseen hand has always protected me from

Falling into dirt and filth-the Satan’s Paradise

Being violently irritated with happening in the country

Watching the silent sufferings and the 

Aggressive submission of the masses for ages and centuries

And thus denied of all the simplest pleasures of life                       

Inclusive of chaos at work place, home and street corner,

Each morning I awoke early morning not fully refreshed.

The Result: The whole day did not belong to me

Like the whole country do not belong to the majority poor

Earlier we get out of this secret sadness

The chaos theory in full play

 The better for the country

Buying to time to soak myself in kural by revising my dateless diaries

Love is just beautiful and wonderful and a big word

Much used and more abused and least understood

The more we try to capture its infinite variety

Varying shades of meaning and feeling

In its narrow and broader sense,

We fall short in our efforts.

But Kural attempts to exemplify and glorify its

Special virtues and values in an ideal setting

Which may not prevail in today’s concrete jungle.

My modest ambition and ardent desire to reinvent

The classical love life much forgotten today

By sheer madness in pursuit of accumulating riches

And searching for everything in life

Except to life with a passion and commitment

To do something tangible and solid for the society

It takes time to internalize the spirit and the sweetness

The text and context Of the classical Treatise in ancient literature.

Until then I will revisit my dateless diary and

Pour out the torrential rain of my feeling and

Pleasant   sufferings which were showered upon me

Like good southwest monsoon rain

Which is likely to play a truant this season

And going to torment the next PM of the

UNITED STATES OF INDIA.

The magical power of Love

“God be thanked the meanest of His creatures

Boasts two soul sides, one to face the world with

One to show a woman whom  he loves her”.

These are the lines of Robert Browning. To what extent one thanks the creator and passionately loves his girl and also carries out his work ethics to build home and serve the country he or she alone knows.

Life on earth becomes meaningful only in the company of woman( and books and here we can add many things which give any sinless satisfaction).It is really a misfortune for many remaining  outside the zone of marital life as they are not able to stumble upon a right partner  inclusive of those who are separated by the cruel and wicked fate that love as a diet and a medicine is denied for enriching their mental and physical health.

Like a rising sun in the mountain, full moon floating on the sea, and gentle breeze sweeping the forest trees  ,love is the natural, normal and the most commonest expressions of all animals including human .Without the emotional warmth and affectionate embrace of the lover, the physical world does not have any meaning.

In shaping human dignity and values of life  and lessening the pain of the very existence in life, love plays  a biological function leading to more cooperation, mutal regard and respect. Love has the  magical power to transform the most ordinary life –the  hum drum existence of daily living, into an extraordinary one .That is in the presence of pervasive and all powerful love , the struggle for life will not interfere with the enjoyment of existence. In the company of a woman the good becomes better and  better, the best.I might be exaggerating the benefits and fruits of enjoying simple and beautiful things in the pleasant company of  woman by word play but it is just a fact. As someone told ,

“True love is a durable fire,

In the mind ever burning

Never sick, never dead, never cold                                                                  

From itself  never turning”.

The Rich fruit Of Love

Having written more about the theme of love as articulated in kural, let me dwell upon that theme further. Life is not merely about acquiring of more knowledge or settling down in good position, although one needs some money to sustain life. To lead a good and rich life one need not have riches or more money. Indeed with less education and insecure job, many poor people lead a honest and good life and help the humanity with tremendous work ethics. Like some deepest truths are very simple ,life in its truest sense is also  very simple.; it is all  about allowing the hearts to  meet and melt In a spontaneous fashion without allowing the molecules of brain to reason out /dictate or dominate and thus indulge in cost-benefit calculus. Here i am talking the ideal and there is an infinite distance of the actual

Love is a source of delight and it goes without saying that absence of love is a source of pain. All  your accomplishments and achievements are next to nothing if there is no one at your side to share with and celebrate your work. That praise like a good wine will keep you in good humour and intoxicated by that you will labour more and render more service to the humanity.

I read somewhere that we can afford to live even in a Godless world but not in a universe devoid of love. An anonymous author wrote long ago:

Oh Love! They wrong thee much

That say thy sweet is bitter

When thy rich fruit is such

As nothing can be sweeter.