A ‘Fiction-but-not-so-fiction’ Conversation with MY Dad, I NEVER had

                                                     Dear Folks,

Happy ‘Gandhi Jayanthi’ to ALL brethren on MOTHER Earth. Shri.Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi has already become God-like in India, there’s a temple for HIM in Orissa. 

This week I was fortunate to listen to the Madras Management Association(MMA) organized talk at ‘Deccan Plaza’ by  Dr.Prithika Chary on “Work-Life Balance” . Enjoy cherishing her website www.drprithikachary.com The talk was ‘divine’ for me and would WANT to share with you all – Both the wonderful thoughtful PPT as well as the commentary from ‘Yours Truly’. Would surely make a change in your hectic lifestyle and make everyone THINK. Thank you ‘magnificent’ MMA and Dr. Chary for that awesome ‘motherly’ sharing(s) – all from the ‘healthy-heart-and-sharp-mind’ of India’s FIRST Women Neuro-Physician AND Neuro-Surgeon! Intend to carry her interview as well, if am destined to meet her.

Now kindly refer to the ending phrase(s), in the last but one paragraph, in my first blog dated Sep 11, 2010. After an after-thought, didn’t want to expand on “The Tsunami-The CWG-The Fall of the Cong Government” prediction. But, today, my Dad, somewhere in the Cosmos, wants me to explain in the form of a ‘Fiction-but-Not-so-Fiction’ style of writing - through a conversation between me, Ravi and him - Late Venkatraman Krishnamoorthy.  Enjoy the ‘never happened’ conversation and do ‘mull-and-munch’ over the content – ‘The POWER of the Universal Energy (ies) in THE Cosmos’, Negative Energy in particular.NOW, please relax and Read on....

Dad (Venkat): Sunny,”You seem have made some prediction I love to hear”.

Me (Ravi): Yes, dear Dad. Could be controversial. Hence kept quiet. Didn’t wish to upset anyone’s applecart nor hurt someone’s back-side, even inadvertently. You SEE,”I have my Mom-like qualities as well, apart from your ‘gusto’ Dad”.

Dad: Son, ‘Democracy is ALL about freedom to use one’s brains’ – You said NLP taught you TO UNLEASH the ‘benevolent and CREATIVE Right brain’, in particular, isn’t it? Apply your RIGHT Brain and write, son. Go and make your point across, without offending anyone, like your ‘Academician Mom-like’ or ‘Doctor Chary-like’. And if possible, make people THINK. And then ACT.

Me: If you SAY so dear Dad and dear Mom, So shall I.  Dad, “My prediction is that the current Congress Government in India will FALL or PULLED DOWN, even before the next elections - DUE to either “man-created” or “nature-orchestrated” catastrophe”, I envisage during the “Co(mmo)n-Wealth Games” to be held in a couple of days from NOW. NOT because of the ‘con and corruption’, not because of a single toilet roll costing 100$, not because of the “banana-republic” style of functioning, but purely on the Humongous Negative Universal Energy WE generated to OURSELVES!!!

Dad: Hey, everyone is talking 24/7, of ‘con to corruption, dengue to even sleaze’ – And, you are mentioning about some Energy?? Explain Sonny.

Me: Dad, you know the power of Universal Energy – They could be categorized as Positive, Negative and Neutral, just like in Electricity-Our Human Eyes can’t SEE! There is, however, one more Energy in the Cosmos and that’s Peace Energy, which is irrelevant in this case. The so-called Jihadists and OUR ‘Naxal brothers’ need the latter in plenty, though.

Dad: Where and HOW is THE Humongous Negative Energy generated NOW, Ravi?

ME: Dad, using Almighty’s laptop, ‘google through’ a sample of these very few (social) media reports that appeared, few or NIL in the South of India though.

http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/42-workers-paid-with-life-for-commonwealth-games-42327

www.sacw.net/article1592.html

www.dailypioneer.com/.../Brit-media-bashes-India-for-CWG-mess.html

www.mrzine.monthlyreview.org/2010/sengupta190710.htm

www.d-sector.org/article-det.asp?id=1228

www.cwg2010cwc.org/factSheet.php

www.twocircles.net/?q=2010sep15/stop_playing_life_and...

www.opendemocracy.net/.../impoverished-delhis-commonwealth-games-threatens-to-be-economic-disaster

And more…                                        

Picture Courtesy-www.NDTV.com

This is enough for you Dad. Else you will erupt like a Volcano! Dad, you would have observed watching from Vaikundam(Heavenly abode), the plight of the 1 Lac ‘impoverished  WORKERS‘ who have toiled hard for months – To CREATE CWG-From Airports to Rail to Stadia to just about everything requiring human labor- Their Sweat and blood. And TOIL. Without SLEEP last one month. Most, paid a pittance Dad, when compared to others in the construction sector – Also, NO ONE to take care of their ‘work-led  injuries’, some proving fatal as well. Simply, to me, they looked worse than “Cattle Class”, staying in inhuman conditions with filch - with just 1 toilet for 114 people!  Can u imagine, NOW, Daddy?

Daddy, Everyone missed the Negative Energy that is being SLOWLY generated, ‘day-in-and-day-out’ by these “Shining India’s-bonded laborers” (Sic). Instead, MOST wanted to hang the Kalmadi(s)! Dad, the butt of joke doing the rounds in India is that  - “Even if Shri. Kalmadi wanted to hang himself, he CANNOT  - as  the ceiling would collapse” – Daddy, because of the “shady”,  “shoddy” and “short-cut” methods adopted!

The WORKERS exploited to the Core. By ALL!  Including YOU (the reader) and ME – The honest tax payer(s). All for making SOME Indians smile and GET RICH AND RICHER. That’s a pseudo-smile and a self-destructive one, we will know shortly – That too,  after 70,000 Crores(Only) ‘gulped’, MANY ‘down-the-drain’! Few like the Delhi-metro, may SERVE for the already ‘cramped-and trampled’ Delhites, though.

Dad: “Hey, hold on. As once a ‘worker-friendly’  ‘Union Leader’, in The Ordinance Factory, Trichy in the 60’s, 70’s and early 80’s, my blood boils hearing this. Lemme some have water”. Wait a minute Da…

Dad:  So, those 1 Lac SOULS were exploited, RIGHT? Some to their last drop of blood they could shed – All for a few “rotis”?? THINK Ravi, “One tenth of that money would have made all Indians graduates, da”!! I also saw thousands of peasants, one’s who seek alms, the homeless etc, were driven out of Delhi - Was that right”? ADD their wrath as well – tales of woes and CRIES of DESPAIR!

Me: You were / are always right ‘on-the-dot’, dear Daddy. Awesome visualization power you had/have.

Dad, NOW, should we have to wait for a mathematical genius like Ramanujam or John Nash Sr. (Watch Beautiful Mind, if you haven’t) to calculate the humongous Negative Energy Generated in Delhi’s(And thereby’s India’s) Cosmic plane as a result of the reasons enumerated above???

Dad: Son, Have you read the story of ‘Why the Tsunami struck of the Coast of India in Dec  2004’?

Me: I didn’t miss reading that piece which appeared in a Thamizh magazine. It’s reporter interviewed a granny in the coast of Andhra Pradesh and asked “What and WHY she feels the reasons FOR the un-usual and never heard Tsunami”?(that left a wider trail of destruction, across the Indian Ocean)?

Pat came her reply: ”Sir, here, especially among the fisher-folk, women and children are in despair, mainly DUE to MAN and  the society”.  The  ’Mother Ocean’(Kadal Thaai) could not bear their CRYING-IN-DESPAIR, the women’s ”Ever growing breast-beats”  - Some because of their Drunk Daddy’s, some Animal-like Husbands and some criminal-like SONS as well.  The society, thanks to the ‘go-between-brokers’, always by default, paid a pittance to ‘their catch’. So even the patient ‘Mother Ocean’, in a fit of rage, unable to bear any longer - the continuous wails of women and children, destroyed and annihilated the entire stretch, in just a matter of seconds  (It’s also the same story in Thailand or Srilankan coast(s) as well, I understand. Off a different exploitation, though)

Dad: So, are YOU equating the REASON the ‘never-gone-to-school’ granny GAVE to that of what’s gonna happen to the CWG and its aftermath to Govt. Of India(GOI) as a result of this ‘massive and mindless’ man-made EXPLOITATION of the IMPOVERISHED SOULS?

Me: Absolutely Dad. Both that granny and NLP taught me the same thing – Of the power of the Universal Energy, especially the humongous power of Negative Energy, an individual/family/state/Nation/humanity should AVOID! Simple Dad. Very Simple. No “templates” for my reasoning!

Dad: CWG or no-CWG, I for one, after WHAT we went through during “Emergency” in  the 70’s, would be relieved if the “High Command Culture” comes to an end in the grand-old political party of India and everyone’s given the freedom to use their brains for HUMAN good. Especially ‘The benevolent Right brain’ as you SAY. That’s not only privy to our ‘colonial cousin’ @ 10,Downing Street or their nephews in India  @ 10,Janpath(Sorry, it must have been 7,Racecourse Road! – Error however, not regretted)  We shall then would have evolved as a Nation and be POWERFUL, with our Wealth created through Wisdom! Thereby, ‘Inclusive growth’ and NOT this type of ‘Exclusive growth’!

However am happy that even in THAT PARTY, that some ‘erudite statesmen’ like Shri. M.S Iyer, Shri.  J.Ramesh do use their BRAINS, even when they were / are elbowed or shadowed. HAD they BEEN in some other party, THEY would’ve been in a better stature, da. Anyway, that’s their ‘call’ and their WANT. But, do convey my salutation(s) to them.

Foot Note: I stick to what’s discussed between me and my Dad, in this never-happened conversation. However, the ‘humane human’ in me prays that nothing uneventful should happen during-and-after CWG in India, the ‘Cramped Capital’ Delhi in particular. I also HOLD the opinion that Hyderabad, with the status of a Union Territory would be the Ideal Capital of the modern prosperous India! That’s like  getting two mangoes with one strike! More on this later…

Jai Hind! Jai Bharat Mahan! And, ‘Vande Mataram’.

With Love

Ravichander Venkatraman

‘Democracy is ALL about FREEDOM to use one’s Brains’ – The ‘benevolent and Creative RIGHT brain’, in particular.

My Sharing on ‘Care-for-Elderly’

My Sharing on ‘Care-for-Elderly’

My Dear Brethren on ‘Mother Earth’,

I write this piece in absolute happiness, almost with baby-like joy. I came back on Monday after an awesome Thanksgiving to my/our Friendly Father, Affectionate Teacher and TRUSTED Friend, ‘Simply DIVINE Ayyappaa’, abode Sabarimala.

I happened to attend the 8^th M.V.Arunachalam Endowment Oration at ‘The Park’ yesterday, sponsored by MV Arunachalam Centre for Information & Education in Neurosciences(Murugappa Group) www.murugappa.com and the God-like ‘Voluntary Health Services’(VHS), Chennai. The Oration was on “Managing the Aging Mind- A 21^st Century perspective”. I enjoyed the presentation by Prof. Suba Banerjee from UK. Though a PPT, he dwelt on the ‘length-and-breath’ of the SITUATION among senior-citizens, its financial impact, WHY and WHAT of non-communicable diseases like Depression, Dementia, Alzheimer’s’ etc. The Oration ended without a Q&A session, leaving many of the ‘humane’ 200 voluntary participants- like Yours Truly - a little restless, towards the end. Maybe it turned out to be a ‘blessing in disguise’ for ME and I started thinking seriously and hence this ‘sharing’ to you.

Before I share THAT ‘single idea’, a ‘NEW-but-not-new’ IDEA in this BLOG (The crux of the whole ‘piece’), for THOSE who have an interest in the functions of brain, HOW and WHERE our thoughts originate, you may ‘read and re-read’ and thereby ‘cherish and enjoy’ blogs of Dr.Ennapadam S. Krishnamoorthy (ESK), the distinguished son of the legendary Neurologist, Dr. Krishnamoorthy Srinivas who has alleviated pains of millions though decades of selfless service. Dr. ESK is a senior consultant in Clinical Neurology and Neuropsychiatry and is also The Hon. Secretary of VHS in Chennai.www.vhs-chennai.org His website is www.neurokrish.com I was fortunate that I was able to listen to their words of wisdom, albeit for a very short time. I need to mention the sheer simplicity, in their thoughts, words and deeds - of the scions of the Murugappa Group who were also present, amidst their hectic schedule – All for a ‘noble cause’.

Kindly refer to the article “Population ageing: an area of darkness” by Dr ESK. http://www.hindu.com/2010/09/22/stories/2010092254601300.htm to have an understanding of the SITUATION. Ultimately Dr.ESK concludes that “There is little doubt that the care of the elderly must remain vested within the family Unit”. HOW is it possible in this “Parents-in-India-Children-Abroad” (PICA) ‘new-age’ SITUATION? Yes, I agree. Moreover, tomorrow with OUR children maybe in Mars or Venus as well! (To Mars, hopefully in another couple of years, thanks to my ‘Business-and-Life Guru-Like’, Sir Richard Branson, Chairman of Virgin Group www.virgin.com through Virgin Galactic www.virgingalactic.com Pl NOTE All seats FULL for the first flight!)

Dr. ESK adds “The absence of a safety net for the elderly has exacerbated the SITUATION of Elders with the PICA situation” Well, I take a devour here and share with you another ancient words of Wisdom in Thamizh, which when translated means,”Any society, where the Elderly, Women and Children are in ‘despair’, for whatever reasons - That society is bound to attract Nature’s wrath - THEY would be instable, in a myriad of ways. Some leading to DESTRUCTION and ANHILIATION”!

A decade back, we observed in France of such a SITUATION for ELDERS. France experienced temperatures over 32 Deg C (Gulf citizens, Indians, Africans digest this; WE survive 45 Deg C upwards, sometimes!), most Frenchmen could not could not bear and many took off for vacation, SOME (or many, I don’t know), leaving the elders, at their home someone else homes or HOUSES! Some very-elderly, my nanny-like and great-grandpa-like, devoid of any medical attention (for depleting energy levels because of intense heat, in that cold country), breathed their last before their children came back from vacation!!! How CRUEL and PAINFUL to SEE?

I Cried. Was ANGRY. Volcano was burning inside. NOW-NOT.NEVER. Thanks to NLP, the ‘Sanmaargam’ for ME, Ravichander Venkatraman. In this ‘birth’. (San in Sanskrit means Good and Maargam – Path) Sanmaargam for ONE Could be a particular religion, WORK or simply NOTHING, and I respect that)

The ‘simple idea’ I am going to share is / was practiced in the ‘yester-years’ of India, Great Britain and other parts of world as well. Maybe NEW to Americans. No issues dear Americans, come to India. Will share with you happily, We Love America, but would NEVER get Americanized, thanks to our deep-rooted culture, class and conviction. Where ‘Wealth was created with Wisdom’. Wisdom shared through the ages – Like the ‘Sage-like-and-Friendly Father- ‘Distinguished and Dedicated Son’ duo in Neurology mentioned above.

A ‘Simple Idea’ I propose to Humanity

My simple idea is to form weekly - formal and informal get-togethers among the ‘Children and the Elderly’ – The children can listen to their words of wisdom, play board and Card games, sing-and-dance, mild badminton or soccer may be – In short, ‘JUST be WITH them and AROUND THEM’- Maybe for a period of 30 minutes to 2 hours or more depending on the time available. Simple, isn’t it? Again no cost – So, no “templates” - Thereby no comparisons. Ha hah! Only ‘sharing’, uninhibited joy and laughter all around thereby abundant Universal Energy generated, isn’t it? That Positive Energy, a benevolent one, is very useful for healing, they SAY. Schools and Colleges can send their wards as well to places like VHS (OR) ‘Elder homes’ as part of their extra-curricular activities, isn’t it? What for Ravi? To JUST BE WITH THEM.

The venue could be just anywhere, wherever there is space available – BE it your independent home, verandah, corridor / terrace of the flat, beach, park…(One condition, though. Children’s parents strictly prohibited at the venue, for ALL the RIGHT reasons – However, if they WANT they may peep and SEE, without disturbing!)

Note: In the event YOU or your community or your locality practices this, do share the experience. Else am sure you would make an effort in making the above simple idea HAPPEN in YOU / your locality. Do notice change in ENERGY levels among both Elders and Children after couple of meetings, weekly once ideal, I suppose- On a weekend, preferably. Do share the 

NEW experience among the elders and children.

I intend to make myself available 1-hour / week of Quality time with elders, online or offline. I make that WANT stronger by writing this BLOG. Hope an opportunity beckons me, SOON! You, the wonderful reader as well, if you develop that WANT!

I sign-off DISSIPATING through my thoughts, words and actions -Through this BLOG, tons of Universal Energy, to all ELDERS, including in your FAMILY or your neighbor’s as well.

Love

Ravichander Venkatraman