The 26 journey!

It was the day when I had to choose a convenient bus route among the 43 available ones, for traveling all the way to college from my place, and that would be my bus for the next 4 years. I was really annoyed doing that because it was a hectic job for me, looking into each bus route and then finding that it would not suit me.

Moving my eyes down, I reached bus 25, the Triplicane bus, and then Sekar Emporium bus which is the bus 26! As, was looking at the stops available in that route, I was astonished to see a stop named “Perthavan Street”! There is no such street anywhere in Mambalam.

Then, it was my mother who took time to interpret it and convince me that it was “Brindavan Street” and not Perthavan. As, the street is just parallel to mine, I was very much happy as it wouldn’t take time for me to walk to the stop, early in the morning as the bus time mentioned was 6.37 am.

After a few days of ragging, and well defined relationship with bus seniors, we had the Bus Treat! We were had to the Dhabba Express, Nungambakkam. A day not to be forgotten! By then all first years had developed very good comradeship and never even had enough time to exhaust all the energy to enjoy during the journey.

By the end of the year (2k8), study holidays had commenced for the seniors, and it was perhaps the perfect time for us to enjoy. And we did. Days before Diwali, we could reach home only by 8 in the night due to a human chain protest in Chennai, and each one of us still love to remember those “golden” days.

There has never been a day when we felt bored of the bus journey. Intriguing arguments are a common feature. Prominent ones are those arguments against Vijay, some related to studies, football (I am inert to it) Indian architecture, politics and what not….

At times, there would be great discussions on subject matters when each one would present his view very strongly. Very interesting it would be. I still remember the day when there was a discussion on network theorems and it had consumed the entire return journey. Dumb charades at times would also add to our glee.

On the whole, I am very lucky to be a part of Bus 26 with PJ, RamC, Venky, OG, AKJ, VSR and GV. Cheers mates!!! Cheers !!!!

-∫.∫rikrishnan

Manishan ah ??? Machine ah???

A hectic week ! Compiling all the lab programs one by one. Sorting out all the runtime errors and logical errors in the program ! Finishing the formatting work ! Getting the output verfication from the respective lab incharge ! Compiling the program again in the laptop @ house ! Copying the output from the console to a word document ! Taking out the printouts ! Finishing the record work!

I can tolerate with all the above ! But I really got upset when my Laptop was protesting ! It refused to obey my commands! Really irritating ! Felt like giving a big bang on it ! But what to do ? All my work is dependent on this Laptop of mine. Have to take care of its health too. When my LT (Laptop) goes off, I also go off.

It appears so foolish to me when I take care of my LT so much and I do not even speak freely with my parents !

* When my mother was not feeling well, I did not have time to even go to the medical shop to buy her medicines (instead my father went) ! But when there was a virus attack, I had to immediately upgrade my Anti-Virus and battle against the virus !

* I have never invited my father or my mother to sleep in the AC room! But I had to place a chair for my LT inside the AC room so that it is under a cool environment ! (My LT gets hot so quickly)

* I have never asked a question "Have you taken your food ?" to my parents ! But every time I am with my LT, I keep monitioring the charge available with it and when /i have to charge it.

* I have not even bought any gift for my parents for any occasion ! On the other hand , I keep searching for new updates available on the NET frequently!

* I dont even see my parents' face as frequently as I see my LT's monitor. After all a thing invented by Man and still I am a slave to it ! Just seeing a few engineering materials in a assembled form ! And I have to pay heed to it ! Disgusted !

And with so much devotion to my LT, what all will I gain in return ?? All kinds of health problems ... and nothing else..

Hope the situation changes soon.....

- ∫.∫rikrishnan

What God expects………….!

A new post after two weeks! I was thinking deeply as to what my next post should be on. But nothing reached my mind.

Always the following holds good – when you decide to plan something at the moment, it is just not possible to make out. So what is to be done is, stop thinking about it and feel free. A bell may ring at any point of time when you are relaxed, and then you may implement your idea! And that’s how I decided to write a blog on this topic! – “What God expects”

And let me also explain why I chose this particular topic or what made me to choose this topic.

As I was getting bored during my 35 km long and tiresome bus journey from my college campus to my place, I had no other go but to watch the outside world out through the window.

And when the bus was just crossing Padur, [near Kelambakkam], my eyes chose something different to look at. And that was the sight of a few people engaged in a social practice. “TOTALLY DIFFERENT” I would say! And that was going on my mind till I realized that, my stop was not too far away and it was time for me get down! And when I was taking the road from my stop to my house, I decided to write a blog!

A blog, on the incident that really made me think as to why those people where indulging in such activities! Activities that they claim would fulfill their master’s [GOD] wishes!

And I tell you, it is just not possible to narrate what they were doing, but all that I can do is to show you a picture which is similar to that. And here it is:

That sight really brought mixed thoughts into my mind. And I really could not bear, seeing them “hurting themselves”, in the name of religion and in the name of God.

But am sure that people reading this blog of mine are likely to think that I am an Atheist! NO!!! Let me clarify that here. I do believe in God! And I also feel proud for the same because one who believes in God also loves Science. After all science is just a tool used to explain the term “GOD”!

All that I can say about that is that they [the villagers] did not find time to realize that God does not expect all that from his devotees! Causing trouble to oneself will definitely not please God. And such activities and practices will only lead to their hospitalization! And God is also not cruel to impose such rules for His devotees to follow!

All that he expects from us is to be a sincere devotee and only that! There are so many ways by which we may “IMPRESS” Him. We may feed the poor, we may contribute money to charitable trusts, and we may respect our elders and follow their footsteps. According to Vedas, a man has to spend at least 1/16^th of his income for charity. And so God is really impressed when we follow all these. So what is the need of punishing ourselves?

Having created this wonderful world, He knows all the difficulties that each person faces. This is evident from the following incident [in Mahabharatha] i.e. Vidhurar was so happy to see Lord Krishna in his house. He almost forgot everything around him. Firstly, he took a deep glance at Lord Krishna, starting from His feet, the two holy feet which takes care of all the suffering of human beings.

And then he decided to serve Lord Krishna with whatever that was available with him. But he had only bananas! And so he offered bananas to him. Vidhurar was asked by Him as to what he would request to Him after serving him with bananas, and the reply from his side was “to eat some more!” And that is what I would call devotion! And Vidhurar having lost his mind completely was giving the fruits’ skin, instead of the fruit, and Lord Krishna was extremely happy to take them too!

God knows who his true devotees are! It is said that when you become his true devotee, he becomes your devotee!

So, I appeal to all viewers to refrain from such activities. Instead we can work on things such as helping the poor, supporting a poor child’s education etc. Lets be His devotees! Let’s praise His creation! Let’s appreciate nature and worship him! After all, that’s all he expects!

- ∫.∫rikrishnan