Devil or Deep blue sea?

Bid Goodbye to that dream job of your life or every morning, play (?) hide-but-no-seek-until-back-from-office-game to handover the crying kid to the maid's supervision?

Tough decisions, ain't it? Devil or Deep blue sea? Who should decide, mother or baby?

Majority of the working women, married or yet-to-be, mothers or yet-to-be, have in them the worry or fear of failing to effectively fulfil the duties of being a mother. As a consequence, some quit careers to devote all of their time and interests towards their home, some manage to seek help from the world to deal with things to the best possible extent. Well, it's a personal choice if one wants to quit, but for demands of the situation if one has to quit, that's not doing justice to the knowledge acquired over the years or the potential of the person.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Govt_staffers_can_take_up_to_3_yrs_child_care_leave/articleshow/3487022.cms
A ruling, most welcome, has indeed come as a boon to the women working for public sector. Which mother wouldn't thank God if she gets a 6-month maternity leave and 2 years of Child-care leave ? Awesome ruling in the favor of women, family and hence, nation.

As of now, to the working ladies in the private sector, it is still devil or deep blue sea. Hopefully, in the near future, God, unlike most of the Bangalorean auto-drivers who get demanding with the folks of private sector assuming that they are 'extra'-terrestrials, bestows the same privilege to the latter community too.

In any case, kudos and a zillion thanks to the minds of people who thought that there was a need to accomodate a supreme ruling. Now, it's like giving women running the career-oriented race , a fair chance.

Anything but......

Perchance,a channel telecasting the mythological serial "Ramayana" got honoured during our mindless channel browsing. The scene was that Hanuman goes to Lanka to convey Rama's regards to Sita. He does so and in return gets Choodamani as a mark of memory from Sita to Rama.

Rama: Hanuman,hope Sita is safe and doing alright.

Hanuman : Yes Lord, she is. She is fine but for the worry of not being with you.

Rama : Yes, I understand. I shall get her back very soon.

Hanuman: Ture Lord. By the way, here's the choodamani Sitadevi has sent through me to you.

Rama : [At his emotional best looking at the choodamani] Hanuman, I am grateful to you for having been a messenger for us.

Hanuman : The honour is all mine, Lord. I am ever-ready to do anything to the Lord of my heart.

Rama: Hanuman, please tell me what I can give you for the favour you have done...[This is where Rags pitches in, assuming that Rama's sentence was incomplete, he went on to complete it. As per him, This had to be Rama's dialogue,

Rama: Hanuman, please tell me what I can give you for the favour you have done, well, anything but for a site in Bangalore!!!]

Thankfully, Hanuman only asked for a place in Rama's heart and not a site in Bangalore!!

Perhaps,he must have understood the helplessness of his Lord, unsaid.

Bug-bites

Well, if there was any individual who visited my blog, read my blog (more so the last one) and wondered if I met my last morning,no...................
Me alive, breathing.
A laptop at hand and two hours of travel, hold on , I too thought I could blog mindlessly of whatever I could think of. Well, sleep has been my latest 'hobby' of late that blogging went on the backburner. Could not have forgone the much-desired sleep while travel.

Any repellent to bug-biting at work which is interfering with my sleep?

The last morning....

maybe not too.

While posting this, I am amidst inexplicable sadness, so much that I am unable to concentrate on my work. The reason for this being the visit to the site helpsameer.org . I read an article (http://www.hindu.com/mag/2008/05/11/stories/2008051150080400.htm) on Vinay, a leaukemia patient, yesterday and wanted to follow up on that. Great people these, faced/facing the tough challenges of life with utmost confidence and zest. Hats off.

Maybe , I am not showing the right spirit or instilling confidence, but I do not want to disown my feelings here. I wanted to put forth what I am currently feeling, be it not right to think so.

Don't we all, at some stage in life desire or aspire or strongly work to become famous? We all want to be well-known amidst our friend circle,relatives and better still, even if people whom we don't know,know us. It gives a sense of pride that we have accomplished a great deal if people know who we are.

Agreed, deeds that better the society are indeed commendable and a sense of gratitude has to be shown to people who have strived to make a difference. They deserve to be famous. The very fact that other people know us, about us, is considered being 'famous' and the amount of joy it can bring to us is amazing.


But then, when fate beckons us to vacate this place, do all the accomplishments, fame and prosperity make any difference to us or the way we depart ? Maybe yes, maybe not. The truth remains that there is a final morning to everyone,be one a great soul or not. Sometimes I wonder, what motivates people to be good? Why should people work so hard and be ambitious to possess everything that they can think of?

I suppose, the journey would not be enjoyed sans challenges, hope and goals....

I know I am not being spirited here, today;but I failed to tame my mind to think otherwise. For now. Hope I feel better in a while. There have been people facing the bitter facts of life, yet sportive, but look at me!! I don't intend to send wrong message to the real warriors of life, in fact, trying to pick up a lesson or two from them. They are the hope and relief that what we face could not necessarily be deserving to be called a problem. If not to the extent the people I noted in the article are dealing with, I have also been through such circumstances and seen from a closer distance, how people have battled it out to live a more energetic life later. I take a bow.

Vote for.....

Alcohol. To be or not to be.

Mr Janardhan Poojary, the Karnataka State Congress President, could not have embarassed the party more when he said that the party, if brought to power, would lift the arrack ban!! He justified his stand stating that the poorer classes that were accustomed to cheaper forms of alcohol are now switching to more expensive forms like rum and whisky and eventually shelling out the hard-earned money! One possible solution to the problem, as per the political genius is to lift the ban so as to 'aid' poor people to settle for cheaper drinks! Either lifting a ban or prohibition of alcohol would be done, he said. By this, I wonder if he wanted to attract the teetotaler (and women) voters as well as those who drink too!

Mr.Janardhan Poojary, isn't drinking before addressing press/people injurious to health, more so just before elections, be of whatever quality the pegs are made of? Pegs speak for themselves,huh?

Workers' day, huh?

Guilt almost killed me when my maid asked me why I had a holiday today.Workers' day applies to all strata of society unbiased to gender and economic strength, is it? Practically not.

One of the plethora of instances where the purpose could have been defeated.

Mark your calendar

Different folks.Different strokes.Period.
Quite amazing it has been to notice that people associate certain days with certain memories,by this I don't mean the memories of Gandhi Jayanthi on Oct 2nd or Children's day on Nov 14th. I mean to say, some very routine things that acquire prime importance in one's life. Either it is a case of changing priorities or interests in life it must be.



Wasn't it on the day ....
I wore colour dress to school?
Royal Challengers played against Knight riders?
I prepared vegetable curry and dosa for breakfast?
the stocks fell a hightime low?
I paid the premium of the loan?
I bought the ration?
I got my eye-brows tweazed?
the school was let off at 3 o' clock?
I got my pay ?
the maid did not turn up?
the exams got over?
the wedding of Abhi and Aish?
Kareena annonced her breakup with Shahid?
I watched 'Race' in PVR?
of my wedding anniversary?
of five days from my anniversary day?

What of the day of the month of the year? Too spice-free it is to use, isn't it ?