: Raja Thatha Wishes his daughter wishing her all that is best

: Raja  Thatha Wishes  his daughter wishing her  all   that is best

By 

P.R.Ramachander

My  daughter is   the  huge  treasure  of unending affection

But    for   her  , life   would have  been an arid desert

When I say  to her, “Darling I feel like having kheer tomorrow”

Just   as a joke   though   it was not   my or her birthday,

Next day   before  noon , a huge  vessel  of kheer  would be on my table.

When I look   worried, she   understands  something is wrong,

Rushes to my side   and pesters  to tell , “why”

And if  I tell   some silly   reason like  an old man of my age,

She laughs and tells me , “Throw that   silly ball of worry  to me,

I will  make   a pretty   bouquet  of flowers and make  you happy

When I look  slightly sick, Tears  rush  in to daughter’s eyes,

She runs through her memory   brings  some medicine to cure me,

And  if I am not cured, she   will  drive  me   to our  doctor,

And When he   asks  “What  is the problem?,With tears  in eyes,

She tells  him, “My  papa is sick, I am not able  to eat  or sleep?”

Some  one told me  ‘It is daughter’s day   today  , Don’t you wish her?”

I laughed,”though   for  me  there is  no daughter’s day,

Because  , ever   since   she was   born , my life  is Daughher’s life,

And every  moment  of my this elderly  life  , it is my  Daughter’s moment,

I  would  very much  like  to wish , “happy  daughter’s day  for ever, my dear”

Father whom no body understands?

 

Father  whom  no body  understands?

 

Translated by P.R.Ramachander

(as a father  I understood  it)

 

    Do not like  Father’s voice

    Do not like  Father’s adamant  nature

    Do  not like Father looking at me

     Do like   father’s advice

     Do not like   father’s  interference

 

Father is a bundle of  troublesome  things

 

     Father started ifting his responsibility of his family after  his marriage

     Father had to tell good bye to several of his likes  after marriage

 

    Among his life suffocated  by quarrels among his  wife  and his own close relations,

   Father had to stifle all his emotions  and suffer

   For the   sake of unity of his family, for peace   and  to carry on his  responsibilities  properly

            

   After  marriage, he had to struggle   to build their own house

   He had to educate  his children from LKG  onwards,

   Filled with great  expectations  and affectionate love

 

   Inspite  of that when he  became old and lost his health

   Father  becomes alone in his life, with even his wife on the other side

    He started  feeling he was  a nuisance   for his family

    Seeing the children only wanting his   wife not him

 

    No one understands   that poor man 

     Who has   sacrificed   all his desires and dreams

And had spent all his life    for sake of his   family

 

This is not the problem of just one man,

Take  a round and you will see millions like  him

 

People  will sing  about greatness  of mother, and forget about father

Sons will see  crying mother  but never notice   the crying father

 

All children know  how mother  carried  them ten months

And had to suffer great  pain  to give birth to them several times

 

But they will never know   how much extra work a father did  ,

To  buy  hundred of things   to keep them healthy

They will never know how   their father  sat in rain,

Outside the delivery hospital,and suffered all  sort of sufferings

 

No child ever things that  their father sacrificed for them,

They would never heard how   their father  worked 20 hours a day,

So  that  , he could happily give them   all that they want

 

They think about river called mother but forget  the ocean called father

 

Generally people think that fathers do not have affection

And it also   is not proper for  him to show it

 

Suppose   A father  tries to advice his children,
he will sit aghast

Before a mother   who tells him that it is not proper for him to advice

And this ofeten make s him lonely  and shut himself in a room

With his lap top  for his company

 

Once in a while see deep in to eyes of the father

You will see hope , pain and anguish there

 

The boy children will  un derstand him only  when they become a father

But by that  time , the time would have  become late, too late

Justice according to Vidhura(Some points from Vidhura neethi)

 

Justice according to Vidhura(Some points  from Vidhura neethi)

 

Translated  by

P.R.Ramachander

 

1.No decision   should be taken during these  three  states

 

a.      When you very hungry

b.      When you are  feeling very sleepy

c.      When you  under control of alcohol

 

2.No word should  be given to anyone during these  three  states

       

             a.When we  are very happy

             b.  When we are  very sad  

             c.When we   very angry

 

3.You  should avoid  friendship with  these three  people

 

           a.Those who do not know us

           b,Those  who are jealous about us

            c.Those  who cannot  act  like us

 

4.We should never  forget these  three  people

 

             a.THose who helped us in time of dire need

             b.Those who are not bothered  about our shortcomings

              c.Those who are  interested  in our welfare

 

5.we can have faith in an enemy but not a traitor

 

6.WE have to avoid people whose   conduct    we do not like

 

 

    Do not like  Father’s voice

    Do not like  Father’s adamant  nature

    Do  not like Father looking at me

     Do like   father’s advice

     Do not like   father’s  interference

 

     Father is a bundle of  troublesome  things

 

     Father startedlifting his responsibility of his family after  his marriage

     Father haad to tell good bye to several of his likes  after marriage

 

    Among his life suffocated  by quarrels among his  wife  and his own close relations,

   Father had to stifle all his emotions  and suffer

   For the   sake of unity of his family, for peace   and  to carry on his  responsibilities  properly

           

   After  marriage, he had to struggle   to build their own house

   He had to educate  his children from LKG  onwards,

   Filled with great  expectations  and affectionate love

 

   Inspite  of that when he  became old and lost his health

   Father  becomes alone in his life, with even his wife on the other side

    He started  feeling he was  a nuisance   for his family

    Seeing the children only wanting his   wife not him

 

    No one understands   that poor man 

     Who has   sacrificed   all his desires and dreams

And had spent all his life    for sake of his   family

 

This is not the problem of just one man,

Take  a round and you will see millions like  him

 

People  will sing  about greatness  of mother, and forget about father

Sons will see  crying mother  but never notice   the crying father

 

All children know  how mother  carried  them ten months

And had to suffer great  pain  to give birth to them several times

 

But they will never know   how much extra work a father did  ,

To  buy  hundred of things   to keep them healthy

They will never know how   their father  sat in rain,

Outside the delivery hospital,and suffered all  sort of sufferings

 

No child ever things that  their father sacrificed for them,

They would never heard how   their father  worked 20 hours a day,

So  that  , he could happily give them   all that they want

 

They think about river called mother but forget  the ocean called father

 

Generally people think that fathers do not have affection

And it also   is not proper for  him to show it

 

Suppose   A father  tries to advice his children,
he will sit aghast

Before a mother   who tells him that it is not proper for him to advice

And this ofeten make s him lonely  and shut himself in a room

With his lap top  for his company

 

Once in a while see deep in to eyes of the father

You will see hope , pain and anguish there

 

The boy children will  un derstand him only  when they become a father

But by that  time , the time would have  become late, too late

 

Dedicated to Mani , the gem of the world

 

Dedicated  to Mani  , the gem  of the world

 

By

 

Raja 

 

A gem  belonging   to the northern village of Kerala,

Lead all  of us in the   right  path all  these   days.

 HE was born as  the son   of a leading hotelier  of Mylapore ,

Along with his very  and very dear sisters  , who were  his soul

 

He  gave  all his sisters in marriage  to great  people,

And got   married   to  the queen  like  daughter,

Of   a doctor   who was  a  big officer  in health department,

And  lead   a full life  , which was  dedicated to all of us

 

His  house   all his  life  , roared    with guests   always,

Who all never   wanted  to go   anywhere  from there,

And the gem and his   wife   the queen  ,

Lived  a royal  life and  built up a great  family.

 

He named  his sterling  daughter  as golden girl,

His  first   son as   the lord   of all the world

The second one  as one who cures sorrow of the world,

His third as handsome one  and his home after  his great wife

 

The gem was  an auditor  by profession,

And used to tell all of us  his great exploits ,

About how  he  pin pointed   the  corruption,

And mistakes   did by greater people  than him

 

The gem   was  in great   love   with his great village,

And the Perumal  who stood   at the top of the village  ,

And blessed  all of them  , for ever   and ever,

And once he  offered gold coins  to do pooja to this great  God

 

He was   very fond of maintaining    his bank accounts on line,

And  after  retirement   , he became  an expert in Crossword,

And after  some   time   , he   became   an expert in Sudoku

But  the gem lost its luster  and  I lost  an elder brother

 

His   great children  and their consorts  lost  an endearing father,.

And his lovely  grand   children , each of them  a gem like him,

Lost a   gem like  grand father and his partner   and shadow  of life ,

Lost an endearing partner  ,  who    was    everything to her

 

Let us all  , who  have   benefitted   by   the love of invaluable  gem.

Pray God , to console   that gem who has reached  his feet  ,

And tell him that  ,He would look  after  all those  whom he loved,

And make  them  as comfortable   as if the  gem was there  with each of them

 

Most desirable things according to Veda Vyasa

 

Most desirable things  according to Veda  Vyasa

 

Translated  by

P.R.Ramachander

 

Veda Vyasa has  told:-

Uchishtam  , Shiva  Nirmalyam , vamanam  , savakarpadam

Kaaka  vishtaathe, panchaithe   pavithraathi  mano hara

 

Meaning(some thing wrong)

That which is  remnant  of eating, That  which was  worn by Lord Shiva

Vomited thing, cloth spread  over  corpse, That which grew out of poop of crow

These   are all holy    and  also  bewitching

 

Real  meaning(very right)

 

Milk  left over  by the calf in the udder , ganges  which was worn by Shiva

Honey  vomited by bees, cloth covering  of  dead   silk worms,

The Peepal tree which grew  out of  poop of   the crow,

These  are  holy    and also  bewitching

Then and Now

 

Then     and  Now

 

Translated by

P.R.Ramachander

 

(original source http://annaitamiltv.com/?p=3842  .I have deleted  political  comparisons)

 

Then House full of children                                                         

Now  One   child per house

 

Then Elders  told, youngsters obeyed                                       

Now Youngsters tell, elders   are blinking

 

Then Less income, more satisfaction                                       

Now  More income, less  satisfaction

 

Then Job if you learn                                                                    

Now Job is   to learn

 

Then Relations all over house                                                    

Now  No relations   in many houses

 

Then Food was Medicine

Now  Medicine   is the food

 

Then   energy in old age also

Now   tiredness in youth also

 

Then Technology   was service

Now Everything  is only  Technology

 

Then Yogic life

Now  Machine  Life

 

Then Patriots    saved   the country

Now  Politicians are  selling the coumtry

 

Then in films one  slum song

Now Film  is only slum songs

 

Then  we ran to fill  our stomach

Now we are running to reduce the Stomach

 

Then in path of elders

Now in  parties  of youngsters

 

Then only revolution

Now only  failure of crops

 

Then , they went  towards  growth

Now , they go to films   and bars

 

Then we walked with swinging hands

Now we walk with   cell phone  in hands

 

Then cultivated land

Now real estate

 

Then courting   without touching

Now  Mixing  and  hugging in courting

 

Then  relations welcomed us during summer vacation

Now we go to   foreign land   during vacation

 

Then Life  was full of joy

Now   Life  is empty  of emotions

 

Then we lived in true joy

Now we live in false acting

 

My teachers in SMTHS , Chelakkara

 

My teachers  in SMTHS  , Chelakkara

 

By

P.R.Ramachander

 

In the year  1947  , I was studying in a second standard in a Tamil medium Kalasi guda   school in Secunderabad(Near Chithra talkis).I still remember  one

Sri Gopalaswamy  who was  head master  there. He used  to come with a  coat ,

Panchakacham   and a black Topi

 Due  to Razakkar moment  , we  were forced  to migrate to Kerala  .After studying  in Thalavettan para  school in Ayilur , I reached  my village and in the middle of the year  ,I joined  the SMTHS , CHelakkkara. I do not remember  about my teacher  in III standard but I managed  to write  Pareeksha  in Malayalam  and go to fourth standard.We  had just one teacher  . WE used  t

O call  him, Sharodi mesh.I used to recite  Malayalam Padhyam  in a funny way

And I remember  that, I used to be asked  to recite Padhyam   when Sharodi mesh   wanted  to laugh  . I went to fifth    standard.I remember  my teacher  was Krishnan Yezhuthachan.Sanskrit used to be taught by a Varriar  meshu and

Hindi  my Kumara  menon. I studied well   and was considered  a brilliant  student .Ezhuthachan sir continued in sixth standard .I remember  a PT teacher , who was very strict  and a drawing teacher  who taught us lot.I do not remember their names. After  passing out , my father took me  to SEcunderabad  to study  in English medium  school