Charity Post ( Re Released )

Gandhi rightly said"Be the Change you want the world to be".


The world has been divided into two hemispheres one are the have and the other being
have not .The Indian Crowd settled in America definitely falls under the "have"category. We are a set of people who have crossed oceans leaving the loved ones behind seeking green pastures .We face problems in an alien land.People arrive here with lot of dreams and go through lot of travails to achieve them .

But when each one of you get up in the morning , feed yourself to a bowl of Kellogg and start the ignition of your Toyota corolla parked in a nice apartment or a private home pause , stop and think for a minute .Forget about your problems in life like the Gas prices being high , ever rising real estate market,and your never ending Credit Card dues , you are definitely better than those people in India whose every day meal depend on their daily wage , young children who work in mechanic shops , grocery stores these children who haven't seen the Funskool toys that your kids play with , these children who have never stepped inside a school nor did they have new clothes for diwali when you happily bought clothes for your entire family on a Halloween Sale in Macy's.

Many of us including me have talked hours about the corruption in India , and how Indian Society cannot improve unless we educate the masses, did we do anything about it?? NO!!!.

Every time we travel to India we need do some charity , rather than donating money to an organization , one should identify a cause in his town or his native Village and should spend one week end of his vacation visiting a place and helping the Kids ,family, old people get what they need the most with the money he has assimilated before his journey .Lot of people living in US are short of time , trust me it is very difficult even to think of issues like this with such a busy schedule .

Charity starts at home ,the house maid that works in your parents house could be your stepping stone to charity .You can graciously offer to take the expense of her kids education expenses until the time you can afford , you can visit a Local school where a small amount of slum dwellers manage to send their kids and agree to sponsor one kid from high school to obtain a College Degree .

India is a country with a lot of problems and these problems needs
modern solution .Educating poor Children is the definitely a noble deed .Every Child who is educated illuminates the lives of their family , inspires his friends to strive for success like him .A small deed of charity towards a poor child's education could change many lives.

Madrasi ...!!

"Are Yaar Madrasi log will know English and Hindi but when a north Indian visits chennai they say Hindi Nahi Maloom "."Man no hard feelings but chennai sucks , the auto walahs are real horrible , my GF lives in a flat in Chennai and the house owner says no cooking Non Veg in the entire Complex ..Common dude you must be Kidding imposing rules on what one should do in their own house ".Every place I go with my GF every one gazes me , from an young guy to elderly people ,Whats their problem in life ??".Theese are the some of the stuff my north Indian friends had to say.

I hear a lot of statements like above .But every chennaite is proud of his city his culture and doesn't find a problem Living there .

Is Chennai a city that can sustain cosmopolitan crowd , people from different countries , for the matter non - Tamil speaking Indians .Thinking about it rationally I have my doubts .We are so rich in Culture and heritage ,but is it easy for tourists to travel and visit Tamil Nadu ? may be not.

Being a pivot of Industrial development in the sectors of Automobile and IT , Chennai , the corridor to Tamil Nadu needs a make over .We are proud of what we are, our tradition ,our culture but that should not stop us from being open to changes and development .Starting from the Airport , transport , Roads , Police we need to improve and make life conducive for visitors .We need to remodel the society in such a way that by only speaking English a person can lead a normal life in Tamil Nadu.
We need not change our roots , but we can accept constructive improvements .

Lets Hope that as we step into a new millenium we grow as a society which is corruption free and visitor friendly .

How secular are you ??

Ashoka the great once said "For He who does reverance to his own sect while disparaging the sects of other wholy from attachement to his own sect in reality inflicts, by such conduct , the severest injury on his own sect "

While driving to a Chinese restaurant on a week day I casually asked my colleague "Hey Aleck Whats up for Summer ?".He replied "Oh..I forgot to tell you I would be traveling to India with my Missionary ".It was just these words that triggered the argumentative skills as rightly pointed by Amartya Sen in the book Argumentative Indian.

I don't like the Missionaries coming to India in the pretext of helping the poor but end up influencing them for religious conversion .I had to express this feeling to my good friend Aleck and had to provide suffice reasons for that .Here is what my argument was.

My best buddy for about seven years is Ashok a Christian , my other friend Rimzath is a Muslim .India is a secular country in which we go beyond religious tolerance and follow acceptance.I used to go ashok's house for Christmas and visit Rimzath on ramzaan to wish him "ID Mubarak".We celebrate each others faith .

India has poor people , people who are affected by physical and mental conditions .Helping people in need is "Karma".Associating religion with deeds of kindness is not a good representation of any faith .Providing destitute food , education and care will help India grow , but reasoning that, following a paticular faith has given him prosperity brings the paticular faith no good.I feel that the tribal and poor people do not have the wisdom to make a judgment.Educating them is a positive step in their life but influencing them to make a religious decision is morally incorrect.

We need to like a person for what he is , him being a better person is more important to me than the faith which is making him better .The effect is more important than the cause .India which has to focus on development in various fields doesnot need any hindrance in the form of communal violence.

Youngsters of my age grow up with people of different religion caste and belief .They accept their friends for what they are and try to forget their differences and work towards the betterment of the society .

Religious influence of foreign missionaries disturb the balance of India and affects its peaceful exsistence

Ego

When it comes to relationships many people know and have talked about how to make it work .What I am pondering on a cloudy Sunday afternoon is how to to avoid a bad relationship .What a looser !! He He ..

Many impersonate to impress the newly found love of their life , this might kindle romance and events that follow aftermath , but when the patner discovers your true self things tend to fall apart.After every broken relationship we hear people saying "I did so much for her , I bought her this , I was there for her when she needed me ,without me she could not have become the person she is " ."I was used and abused" is the sad tale of many people who once thought "life is beautiful when your are in love".."Love ke liye Salah Kuch bhi karega ".

Keeping it real , and conveying your true feelings at the right time clears a lot of misunderstandings .Many a times we refuse to break the news out and save it for the the future , though the pill might be hard to chew it is better chewed sooner than later .

Dave Chappel has a funny skit in his episodes about how "Keeping it real can go wrong ". But my call is "Keeping it real is the best way to handle relationships ".Like Russell says "Be a man , do the right thing ".

Patti Sollai Thattade ...(Listen to Your Grandmom )

I saw this video at lunch time today ..burst out laughing
Patti Video
Let me know what you think .