Chicago Nagaram Urangum Neram Thanimai Thanimaiyo...........

For all those people, there comes a time when you are forced to leave your love and stay away. These are the times, you think of beautiful times you had with him/her, missing them badly & will be longing to be back soon. Time never seems to move....

Such a situation happened in my life as well.....

This song is dedicated to my loving wife for our First Anniversary on 27th Nov, 2007

&

To all those beautiful people in love and missing their love

Vairamuthu’s Genius......

This man is a genius when it comes to poetry. Each word in song Yakkai Thiri(Fanaa) from Ayudha Ezhuthu is pregnant with meaning. You need not be in love to feel the power. Truly, pen is mightier than the sword.

The best part of this song is the beautiful use of the urdu word Fanaa.
I used to think that fanaah was just some random chant. Nopes people, its loaded with meaning… destroyed in love, annihilate the self, while remaining physically alive because of love.

Vairamuthu says that love leads one to such an exalted state. now 'Dont u want somebody to love???'...;)
Now, to the lyrics. The translation is provided below each line.

fanaa....... fanaa.........
"Salvation........Salvation......"

yaakkai thiri kaadhal sudar - anbae
"O love,The body is the wick and love is the flame"

jeevan nadhi kaadhal kadal - nenjae
"My heart,Life is a river whilst love is the ocean"

piravi pizhai kaadhal thirutham nenjae
"My heart,The sin of birth is rectified by love"

irudhayam kal kaadhal sirpam anbae
"o love, The heart is mere stone whilst love is the sculpture"

yaakai thiri kaadhal sudar - fanaa
"The body is the wick and love is the flame"

thoduvom thodarvom padarvom maravom thuravom
"We will touch love, we will continue love, we will spread love, we will not forget love , we will not renounce love"

jenmam vidhai, kaadhal pazham
"Birth is the seed love is the fruit"

logam dhvaitham, kaadhal adhvaidham
"The world is dual, but love is universal"

sarvam soonyam kaadhal pinniyam
"everything is zero but love is infinite"

maanudam maayam kaadhal amaram
"humanity is an illusion while love is eternal"

ulagathin kaadhal ellaam ondrae ondrae adhu
"In this world, love is only one"

ullangal maari maari paayanam poagum
"The bodies keep changing and go on far away journeys"

LOVE - Guilty or Innocent

Derivative from another article in Internet.....

The court room was filled with people, while many gathered in the street outside to hear the fate of Love.

Love arrived at exactly 9.30 a.m., that morning, and was escorted into the court surrounded by armed policemen. Love is accused by millions of lies and inequity in its role as a benefactor of the people.

While this scene transpired, many questioned:“Would Love be found guilty, charged and put in jail? Or would she be freed to function with business as usual?”All evidence seemed to imply that Love’s guilt and conviction.

That dreaded day, accuser after accuser took the witness stand to give their testimonies against Love, while Love silently looked on; undaunted by many who blamed Love for their loss and pain, and sought for justice. “Love must be made to pay for all the pain I’ve gone through” they vowed……

This focuses only on what Loves’ accusers charge, and how Love responded to those allegations.

The following is a summary of just two of those accusations, and love’s defense to them.

The first accuser to take the witness stand was: Hurt

Hurt said, “I believed in Love’s promises, initially, and opened my heart to let love in…only to have love bring pain……How could I think good thoughts about Love, anymore, when Love has left me with a broken heart?"

“After what Love did to me, I don’t ever want to know Love again. In fact, I’m going to pass Love straight whenever I see her. And I won’t recommend Love to anyone, again.

In defense, Love’s reply was:“Hurt, I am not the reason why you were brokenhearted. It was your lack of knowledge, understanding and experience about relationships, which brought you your own pain – Not me.” “If you are honest with me, I’m sure you will agree that you didn’t listen to my counsel when I tried to warn you, or sent others to instruct you…..that you were making a mistake by forming a romantic relationship with the guy you claimed I chose for you, but you didn’t take my warnings.”

“You allowed your feelings to dictate your decisions. And now you have received a broken heart, you blame me for your position?”

“Hurt, it’s time to take responsibility for your own actions, and stop blaming Love for your poor decisions.” “It’s your lack of knowledge and experience about relationships that caused you pain – Not me. Because you failed to practice the basic tenets of Love, you paid with a broken heart. I did not send a broken heart. My rules actually protect you from experiencing a broken heart.”

‘Hurt’ left the stand to allow Love’s§ next accuser: Low Self Esteem, to testify.

And as Low Self Esteem took the stand, he shouted, “Love you have your favorites. You only show favor to a selected few!”“Because I’m ugly, and have an average paying job you disliked me, and honored prestigious individuals, instead. How can you say, you’re impartial, when it’s clear you only choose the pretty/handsome and upper class?”“Love you’re not for me. So I won’t waste my time on you - To hell with you!

Love’s response to Low Self Esteem stormy outbursts was typical of Love’s character.

“Low Self Esteem, my favors are for all. I am not a respecter of persons. It’s your wrong beliefs about me, which have given you the life you now live. You will only have what you believe. If you believe that I am only favorable to the good-looking and upper class, then you will not give me a chance to prove myself, or allow me to freely share my gifts with you.”

“Remember, you are God’s creation, and everything He made was good. How can you then call yourself ugly, when He sees you as the apple of His eyes?” “And how can you say that Love is only favorable to the upper class? If you had really known me, you would have known that Love cannot be bought. She always gives herself freely to others, expecting nothing in return. If someone showed up at your door, and said they know me, but is subtly concerned about how much money you possess, or are working for – They don’t know me. Because I am not about Money, my aim is the heart of individuals……..”

Love was proven: ‘Not guilty’. And was free to continue her good works, everywhere…Don’t be surprise to see Love shows up at your door volunteering to help you, even if you had been one who had the world of negative things to say about Love. Such is the nature of Love.

To and Fro America

Well, first of all, theres a difference between America the nation state and America the people. Its not like Americans are not likeable people. I havent met many unlikeable Americans. The problem is, to them, the world revolves around America. They have no empathy for the rest of the world. The mindset is, as long as I can get my oil and my cheap walmart merchandise, I couldnt care less how. Individually, they are beautiful, as a nation, they are ugly and self centered.

The man in focus is from a middle class family, and is doing his final Year Engineering and as any other typical engineering student has these

Two options as in the below

IF clause
IF

fin-aid-got during final year BE MS in US

Display "Foreign MS Degree"

ELSE

Join the (campus offered) big software consulting company visit all continents much to the concern of those who took the above IF logic Display "Have made more money than you guys who did MS in US"
END IF

Our man took the ELSE clause and happily went around the globe. Learnt English customs, French cuisine, Swiss niceties, Spanish Reggae and American Dreams.

After three years plus (now a days people start at 6 months itself), decides to leave the big consultancy job and takes on a H1B. He tells all his friends "just 2 or maximum 3 years, make $10K or $20K and then come back and settle back home nicely, I'll come back, I wont be like others who settle there". He surely believes so when he says this and does not lie...

And is that enviable chance at a life abrawd really that enviable? The Software Engineer neat stuff all around him but does not buy it because he is there only for a year or two; to save for a lavish lifestyle that everyone expects him to have back home. So, he settles for a lifestyle quite opposite to what he had back home. While he shops only branded stuff from the best shops in India, he is always on the lookout for ‘deals’ and sales announcements and buys the cheapest stuff without caring for a brand name in the US!
In these far off big cities, the software engineer is no longer looked at as the nice kid who made it from a humble background; he becomes just another bachelor who only rents apartments

With India becoming a favoured destination of several multi-national companies, thousands of Indian IT professionals in the United States are returning to their homeland with good pay packets, according to a survey. "Most young Indian couples preferred to return to India to protect their kids from the Western culture and to educate them in Indian atmosphere," Also, Infrastructure development and job opportunities at the more or less same salary in India are the factors behind the trend….

After all, looks like he is going to come back…………..

Political Marriage

Looking back into the 21st century, mankind at the turn of the century would narrate the unfolding classic tale between Mr. America and Miss. India.

Mr. America has jobs. Miss India has workers.

Mr. America to be economically competitive, Miss India to be socially stable.
A social proposition, which is economically viable, should stand good prospects for political marriage.

Mr. America was never impressed with Miss India…only because they rarely met and had little interaction, which was few and far between. All encompassing power of “TIME”, the turn of a century had to intervene to break this elusive barrier between Mr. America and Miss India. The Y2K bug poised an open challenge for Mr. America, and the same presented an opportunity for Miss India to showcase her hidden talent.

Mr. America was in a state of a critical need; a time bomb was ticking…man vs. machine. A software error in the clocking of machine could collapse the mankind. The fear was clear present and danger. Man was compelled to win a marathon race against the machine’s deadline. The tug of war commenced…the need of complex jobs and the skill of technical workers. Mr. America needed talented manpower resources to win the war against the deadly timeline of machines. Man won the war against machine. But it was Miss India who won the heart of Mr. America.

With the turn of century turned the table of relationship. Mr. American had to change its perception and was impressed with the talent of Miss India. Soon started the saga of love affair between the tall handsome American and the short beautiful Indian…Miss India was vibrant and Mr. America was vitalized…the convergence led to the dotcom boom. The love blossomed. Though Mr. America’s fairy saga of dotcom had a short and sour end…but it paved a path for a beginning of a new technology saga with Miss India.

Dotcom burst got eclipsed in the whirlwind of 9/11 crises. Mr. America was once again put to the mission to regain the vitality of the bruised economy. The question this time was “COST”.Miss India had the skill to offer services at a fraction of cost to that of Mr. America… coincidentally the need of Mr. America to economies cost were timely addressed by the skill of Miss India. For instance software programmers get the same work done at $5000 in India as against $50,000 in US. The love saw no bound…breaking the boundary. Importing workers like healthcare nurses where patients cannot be exported to exporting ITES jobs like banking queries where the customers’ call can be transmitted in the wire.

What a promising proposition for Miss India, now her family members back home can cherish the fruits of exported jobs. The credentials of imported NRIs with Mr. America have put the engagement rings…now marriage is just a matter of time.

With “time” the “technology” has build the platform for performing a “cost” effective marriage of Mr. America’s capital with Miss India’s labour… which has a political timing, building a social technology that has an economy of cost.

Marriage of Mr. America’s need and Miss India’s skill is inevitable…the question of whether to “Import Workers or Export Jobs” its like asking whether they should have a boy or a girl. With marriage it is expected but whether a boy or a girl…only time & the dynamics of the relationship can answer, but with all probability a combination. But they are on the verge of scripting a tale having a lovely representation of world family, striking the perfect Balance of Profession/People (BoP) of its import and export…