Black Grape

“I don't want to be a black grape. Nobody likes my color. Moreover, Most of the people hate me for my seeds. I will change my color and become seedless”. The black grape got converted into green seedless grape.

It wasn't satisfied for a longtime.

“I am fed-up. I will become banana so that lot of people buy me”, It said and got converted. It wasn't happy for a longtime.

“Oh god! I am tired. I will become orange. It is good in shape and color”, It said and got changed. As usual, it wasn't feeling good for a longtime.

“Hey fool! Can't you be yourself?” said banana.

“You don't know how precious you are!” said Green seedless grape.

“You are the best to make world-class wine. None us has got that quality”, said Orange.

“Exactly. Why should I try to be others. Let me accept myself and cherish my unique qualities. I am Cabernet Sauvignon and I am proud” said the grape.

It has felt that the inner happiness and satisfaction pours throughout it's body and make it more powerful.

This is Life – This is world

A boy played around a riverside heard mourning. He happened to see a crocodile which was caught in the net. It requested the boy to help. The boy hesitated. The crocodile promised that it won't hurt and grateful forever. The boy agreed to help and started cutting the the net.

Once the crocodile's head came out, it grabbed the boy's leg. The boy was filled with mixed emotions such as fear, anger and frustration because of crocodile's betrayal. The crocodile replied “This is world. This is life”.

The boy couldn't accept and asked a bird about this.

The bird said” We built nest with lot of difficulties and laid our eggs. We protected from rain, heat and other external difficulties. Within a minute, our eggs were swallowed by a snake. So accept the crocodile's statement. This is world. This is life”.

The boy was not convinced and asked a donkey over there.

“I worked really hard. I lifted more and more loads. I was faithful. I did not express my difficulties but my master abandoned me irrespective of hard-work for longtime. So accept the crocodile's statement. This is world. This is life” said the Donkey.

The boy still wasn't satisfied with the answer though it was painful for being grabbed by the crocodile. He asked a rabbit which was there near riverside.

The rabbit said” Don't believe Crocodile. It's philosophy is blemish”.

The crocodile became angry and started shouting at the rabbit. The rabbit said that it couldn't understand the crocodile's statement and requested it to release the boy from it's mouth so that it can speak better.

The crocodile refused.

The rabbit said “Hey fool! How can the poor boy escape? Can't you trust your strong tail? So you release him and say clearly”.

The crocodile though for a while and took off it's mouth.

The rabbit shouted the boy to run and become alive. The boy was stunned for a second and started running. The crocodile tried to raise it's tail and it realized that it is still inside the net except the head.

The boy informed the people from village and they came-up with tools and caught the crocodile. The boy along with his dog started searching the brilliant rabbit which helped him to escape from that cunning crocodile.

All of a sudden, the dog started running towards a hole. The boy realized that it was rabbit's residency. He was shouting and running to stop the dog. After a few seconds, The dog came-up with the rabbit in it's mouth. The boy found the rabbit dead. He realized and said the statement

“This is world. This is life”.

Secrets to be positive and happy

“How is it possible for you?”, I asked my manager.

What possible?” She asked me with her smile.

“You are always smiling and happy. You take all the problems as your favorite cakes and eat them just like that by coming-up with adequate solutions. Tell me your secret.” I insisted.

She laughed and told me something which is mind-stimulating and eye-opener.

“Do you know the parts of our mind?” She asked.

“Of-course. Conscious and Sub-conscious minds” I replied in monotone.

“Exactly. Which is more powerful?” She asked again.

“Obviously, Sub-conscious mind” I replied in impatient tone.

“Listen carefully. Your sub-conscious mind cannot differentiate the positive and negative emotions. It will take as only emotions. The only condition is that the emotions have to be deep and intense.” She continued.

“If the emotions are deep and intense, your sub-conscious mind will start creating the possibilities. You will continue to get or face those situations.” She said.

“I understand that but tell me a tip to implement. Tell me your secret. What should I do, If I encounter positive and negative emotions?” I asked.

“It is quite simple. See everything is an experience. The fist step is, If it is negative, say to yourself and others in one sentence. If it is positive, say to yourself and others in at-least six sentences with emotionally connected.” She continued.

That's it?” I asked with a surprise.

“It is that simple”, She nodded and said.

“Let me get more clarity. I love riding bikes. If I have an accident, I should complete explaining the situation in one sentence and leave by not getting involved emotionally” I continued.

She was carefully listening by nodding her head and combed her hair right by her index and middle finger.

“If I win a race, I will express to myself and others atleast in six sentences with emotions too” I said.

“Do this simple thing. Your life will be happy, simple and different. You can solve your problems with ease and face critical situations smoothly” She explained.

“That's great. It is an awesome tip. This is a positive experience. I am going to explain this in six sentences emotionally” I said.

She acted as if she was going to escape. I made her to sit and started explaining.

What is stealing?

“Stealing is bad. You got it?” Father said in monotone.

“What is stealing?' Boy asked innocently.

Father was perplexed because of this simple ans sudden question.

“Stealing is taking somebody's something without their awareness” father explained.

“Somebody's something?” his son asked.

“Yep. Something means product or belongings or possessions etc” Father replied.

“You had been watching cricket for the whole day yesterday. Mom has been watching all the serials for the past 3 hours” the boy continued.

“I have been playing this game for the past three months, atleast 2 hours per day.” The boy completed.

“So what?” The father asked in a clench tone.

“What is the meaning of awareness?” The boy asked again.

“That means the person knows or feels about the happenings around.” The father answered.

“Did you know the number of times grandma called you yesterday while you were watching the match?” The boy asked in stern tone.

“No” The father hesitatingly replied.

“That meant you were not aware. Same is applied for both mom and I” The boy said.

“TVs and online games made us passive. They made us not to know any of the happenings around. In short, We are not aware” The boy continued.

“They are stealing our time, which is very precious than any other possessions or products or anything” The boy concluded.

Father was dumbstruck.

The corporate world

There was a hard-working donkey in a village. The donkey had been doing the tasks for the past six years without rest. One day, he became very weak and tired. He could not move forward and stayed in the same place. The owner came and tried his best. He as not able to make his donkey active so he decided to kill. He was talking to his wife regarding this. It was overheard by goat and hen. They immediately went to the donkey and explained the crisis. The donkey heard all and was trying to get-up but couldn't do it.

Te goat and the hen motivated a lot. They started expressing all the motivational stories and real-life examples. After hearing all the stories, the donkey became highly energetic and tried his best. At-last, the donkey was able to stand and became active within a few seconds.

The owner was perplexed because he tried all his methods and delighted to a great extent that his donkey became active again. In-order to celebrate his happiness, he arranged a feast for his closed circle. Everybody admired his magnanimity and appreciated the taste of food.

The donkey came to know, the goat and the hen who motivated him to be active, were made the day. Both goat and the hen became the dinner of the owner's closed circle. The donkey moved on after sometime because it has to survive.

Handling difficult situations

It was a narrow lane with lot of holes and stones. Ryan started his bike to go office at 8:45 am. He had to take left turn. There was van at the corner of the street. Normally, there won't be any vehicle standing and made him convenient to turn left and moved forward. This time, he had to turn by crossing that van. As per the general rule, if a person turns left had side, he should check his right hand side and turn left. He did the same. All of a sudden, there was a Hero-honda splendor bike 2006 model dashed his 9 year old model CBZ by coming from the left hand side of Ryan, which was wrong. He justified by saying “Why didn't you see this side? You should have seen this side”. Ryan was terrified by the reply. There are certain ways, he handled the situation. You conclude by yourself, which is the best one.

Ryan stared the person.

“Why didn't you see this side? You should have seen this side” the other person said.

“Should I have to look at this side? You came in the wrong way” Ryan replied.

“Did I come faster?” The other person asked.

Ryan saw the left side indicator was damaged.

“No more arguments. Come to police station” Ryan said.

“Come. Let's go” the other person replied.

They started moving towards the direction of police station. At that time, some of the vehicles came.

“See these vehicles. They are coming in the direction where I came. So there is no mistake from my side” The other person replied.

Ryan informed somebody that he would come to office a little late. The other person pretended that he was talking to a policeman and inquiring about his arrival.

All of a sudden, he started riding his bike fast without saying a word.

He escaped. Ryan did not want to waste further time and started moving to office. He inquired about the damage happened regarding indicator and the mechanic informed him that the indicator has to be changed. It will cost around 250 rupees.

Ryan stared the person.

“Why didn't you see this side? You should have seen this side” the other person said.

“Sorry” Ryan replied.

“Go. Be careful while you are riding” The other person replied.

“Sure” He said and did not look for any damage. After riding some distance, he came to know that his indicator was damaged. It will cost 250 rupees. He laughed at himself and forgave that person.

Ryan stared the person.

“Why didn't you see this side? You should have seen this side” the other person said.

“Sorry. I should have seen this side too” Ryan replied and got down to see any damage.

The left indicator was damaged and was trying to fix with smile in his face. He couldn't.

“I understand that I should have seen this side. As per the general rule, I don't have to look the side where you have come. I can understand from your side too. If the vehicle was not be there, you would not have any problems too” Ryan continued.

“I don't want to argue. You have something important to do and have my office too. I don't want to spoil the mood by shouting at you. I feel that is irrelevant and meaningless. This indicator will cost me around 300 rupees. Give me the amount possible without having any negative feeling. I will go with a satisfaction that nothing much has been damaged. You can go with a satisfaction that the morning was not ruined with problems. What do you say?” Ryan concluded.

“Please take this” The other person said by giving 100 rupees.

“It will not be enough but it seems you are giving me to help fixing my problem. So thank you. Hava a good day” Ryan said by receiving 100 rupees and moved forward.

Tamizh

It has become a buzzword now. Everybody starts talking about our culture, heritage and the importance of tamizh. This mind-set has been spreaded in colleges especially after Jallikattu protest. It was really good to feel among the people including students. My question is “Are we really protecting our culture and language?” If you cannot speak in english fluently, the probability of getting the job in the current market is very low. This is because of globalisation and liberalisation. Most of the people would agree this. My question is, if the same person is given the opportunity to speak in Tamizh, will he or she be able to speak fluently without using the words from other languages including sanskrit and english.

My humble suggestion is we shouldn't be emotional idiots. We should know how to speak in Tamizh as well as english fluently. Improve that skill. Wearing dhoties and sarees during the festival time and raise your voice if somebody says Tamizh are not the signs of being Tamizhan. Instead, be smart and take good care to retain our culture. You don't have to grow our language. It knows how to sustain and keep continuing.

Don't let somebody fool your emotions and make money. You could see lot of advertisements and television shows. They advertise as if they are taking steps to cherish our language and culture. My dear Tamizha! Wake up and don't let anybody to play with your emotions. Be rational and do something for our Tamizh society instead of merely shouting the slogans and getting trapped.

Vel

“Our culture is more than two thousand years old. Is that right, Master?” A girl asked his teacher.

“Ofcourse. We have showcased to this entire world by portraying well-mannered and highly knowlegable culture” The teacher replied with proud in his face.

“It meant we did not support violence. Did we?” The girl asked with her innocent face.

“Ofcourse. We didn't, we don't” The master replied with a smile.

“Then, why did Lord Muruga have Vel(A sharp tool) in his hand? Does it explain our culture as violent?” The girl asked in a high tone.

Everybody in the class was shocked and applauded for this brilliant question.

“Can you describe Vel?” The master asked after the applause.

“It is a long rod with a triangle head with sharp edge” The girl replied quickly.

Everybody was curious to know the explanation of the teacher.

“If we want to explain something complex to a normal person, we will explain in cartoons. Take all the newspapers. They explain any complex issues easily by using cartoons and pictures. Do you agree?” The teacher explained and asked the girl.

“Yes. I do” the girl replied.

“Our forefathers did the same. They gave vel to Lord Muruga for a reason. It did not portray violence. It is a symbolic representation of something else” The teacher said and drew the picture of Vel.

“The knowledge should have three dimensions. It has to be deep, wide and sharp. As you explained the shape of vel, the long rod denotes in-depth. The triangle shape denotes wide and the edge denotes sharp. Our culture is mainly based on knowledge with these three dimensions. The vel which Lord Muruga portrays is not merely a weapon. It is a very powerful weapon – Knowledge” the teacher explained.

There was a pin-drop silence in the entire class.

“Though our culture is 2500 years old, they have guided not only our next generation but also the entire world, how to live. Be proud to be a Tamizhan” The teacher continued in a powerful tone.

Everybody was mesmerised with the explanation and started clapping with standing ovation.