This is a Jumpy frog game which I found online. I have already solved it. It is a bit tricky. Try it out and see if you can solve it.
* The objective of the game is to bring the three frogs on the right to left and the three frogs on the left to right.
* A frog can jump to a empty stone in front of it .
* A frog can also hop above another frog to an empty stone in front of it.
All the best!!!
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Bird Feeder
I wanted wanted a Bird Feeder at home ever since I had known about it. I have never seen Bird Feeders in India. But my Grandparents often used to serve food to birds (esp. Crows) before they eat. So we bought our own bird feeder and some food. It mostly attracts only sparrows. It is really a lovely noise to hear them while eating. We are waiting for the fall to come so that we can see many variety of birds.
Fresh home grown tomatos
There is no pleasure like picking up fresh vegetable from our garden and cooking. Well being in US and in the east coast, all I have got is 6 months in a year to enjoy sun. As soon as the summer broke I planted tomato plants in my balcony. Now that it had been more than 2 months, these plants have started to give wonderful tomatoes. Waiting to taste these tomatoes...
Rakshitha and her new slide
We have recently bought a indoor slide and a ball pit for Rakshitha. We have been thinking about it for a while as the weather is never predictable. She absolutely loves her slide.
Rakshitha had learnt to climb steps holding and get down the steps after playing with this slide. Glad we bought this for her.
Rakshitha had learnt to climb steps holding and get down the steps after playing with this slide. Glad we bought this for her.
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Vedas
What do you know about vedas? Some of you may have known more. But I just remembered the four classifications in Vedas (Rig Veda, Yajur Veda, Sama Veda, Atharva Veda). I got into a mission of knowing more. Just wanted to share with others.
The Vedas are a large corpus of texts originating in Ancient India. They form the oldest layer of Sanskrit literature and the oldest sacred texts of Hinduism. The Sanskrit word véda "knowledge, wisdom" is derived from the root vid- "to know". Vedic mantras are recited at Hindu prayers, religious functions and other auspicious occasions. The class of "Vedic texts" is aggregated around the four canonical Samhitas or Vedas proper, of which three (trayi) are related to the performance of yajna (sacrifice) in historical (Iron Age) Vedic religion:
* the Rigveda, containing hymns to be recited by the hotṛ or reciting priest
* The fourth is the Atharvaveda, a collection of magical spells and healing or apotropaic charms and some speculative hymns used by the Brahmán priest.
Rigveda
The Rig-Veda Samhita is the oldest significant existent Indian text. It is a collection of 1,028 Vedic Sanskrit hymns and 10,600 verses in all, organized into ten books (Sanskrit: mandalas). The hymns are dedicated to Rigvedic deities.
The books were composed by poets from different priestly groups over a period of some 500 years, which Avari dates as 1400 BCE to 900 BCE, if not earlier According to Max Müller, based on internal evidence (philological and linguistic), the Rigveda was composed roughly between 1700–1100 BCE (the early Vedic period) in the Punjab (Sapta Sindhu) region of the Indian subcontinent. Michael Witzel believes that the Rig Veda must have been composed more or less in the period 1450-1350 BCE, in the Greater Panjab, before the onset of the Iron Age.
There are strong linguistic and cultural similarities between the Rigveda and the early Iranian Avesta, deriving from the Proto-Indo-Iranian times, often associated with the Andronovo culture; the earliest horse-drawn chariots were found at Andronovo sites in the Sintashta-Petrovka cultural area near the Ural mountains and date to ca. 2000 BCE.
The Rigvedic hymns are dedicated to various deities, chief of whom are Indra, a heroic god praised for having slain his enemy Vrtra; Agni, the sacrificial fire; and Soma, the sacred potion or the plant it is made from. Equally prominent gods are the Adityas or Asura gods Mitra-Varuna and Ushas (the dawn). Also invoked are Savitr, Vishnu, Rudra, Pushan, Brihaspati or Brahmanaspati, as well as deified natural phenomena such as Dyaus Pita (the shining sky, Father Heaven ), Prithivi (the earth, Mother Earth), Surya (the sun god), Vayu or Vata (the wind), Apas (the waters), Parjanya (the thunder and rain), Vac (the word), many rivers (notably the Sapta Sindhu, and the Sarasvati River). The Adityas, Vasus, Rudras, Sadhyas, Ashvins, Maruts, Rbhus, and the Vishvadevas ("all-gods") as well as the "thirty-three gods" are the groups of deities mentioned.
Yajurveda
Estimated to have been composed between 1,400 and 1000 BCE, the Yajurveda 'Samhita', or 'compilation', contains the liturgy (mantras) needed to perform the sacrifices of the religion of the Vedic period, and the added Brahmana and Shrautasutra add information on the interpretation and on the details of their performance.
The Yajur-Veda ("Veda of sacrificial formulas") consists of archaic prose mantras and also in part of verses borrowed and adapted from the Rig-Veda. Its purpose was practical, in that each mantra must accompany an action in sacrifice but, unlike the Sama-Veda, it was compiled to apply to all sacrificial rites, not merely the Soma offering. There are two major recensions of this Veda known as the "Black" and "White" Yajur-Veda. The origin and meaning of these designations are not very clear. The White Yajur-Veda contains only the verses and formulas (yajus) necessary for the sacrifice, while their discussion exist in a separate work, the Shatapatha Brahmana. It differs widely from the Black Yajurveda, which incorporates such discussions in the work itself, often immediately following the verses. Of the Black Yajurveda four major recensions survive (Maitrayani, Katha, Kapisthala-Katha, Taittiriya), all showing by and large the same arrangement, but differing in many other respects, notably in the individual discussion of the rituals but also in matters of phonology, accent, grammatical forms, syntax and choice of words.
Samaveda
The Sama-Veda (Sanskrit sāmaveda ) is the "Veda of melodies" or "Knowledge of melodies". The name of this Veda is from the Sanskrit word sāman which means a melody applied to metrical hymn or song of praise. It consists of 1549 stanzas, taken entirely (except 78) from the Rig-Veda.Like the Rigvedic stanzas in the Yajurveda, the Samans have been changed and adapted for use in singing. Some of the Rig-Veda verses are repeated more than once. Including repetitions, there are a total of 1875 verses numbered in the Sama-Veda recension translated by Griffith. Two major recensions remain today, the Kauthuma/Ranayaniya and the Jaiminiya.
Its purpose was liturgical and practical, to serve as a songbook for the "singer" priests who took part in the liturgy. A priest who sings hymns from the Sama-Veda during a ritual is called an udgatr, a word derived from the Sanskrit root ud-gai ("to sing" or "to chant"). A similar word in English might be "cantor". The styles of chanting are important to the liturgical use of the verses. The hymns were to be sung according to certain fixed melodies; hence the name of the collection.
Atharvaveda
The Artharva-Veda is the "Knowledge of the atharvans. The Artharva-Veda or Atharvangirasa is the text 'belonging to the Atharvan and Angirasa' poets. Apte defined an atharvan as a priest who worshipped fire and Soma. Ho Atharvan was an ancient term for a certain Rishi even in the Rigveda. (The older secondary literature took them as priests who worshipped fire).
The Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā has 760 hymns, and about 160 of the hymns are in common with the Rig-Veda. Most of the verses are metrical, but some sections are in prose. It was compiled around 900 BCE, although some of its material may go back to the time of the Rig Veda, and some parts of the Atharva-Veda are older than the Rig-Veda though not in linguistic form.
The Atharvana-Veda is preserved in two recensions, the Paippalada and Śaunaka. According to Apte it had nine schools (shakhas). The Paippalada text, which exists in a Kashmir and an Orissa version, is longer than the Saunaka one; it is only partially printed in its two versions and remains largely untranslated.
Unlike the other three Vedas, the Atharvana-Veda has less connection with sacrifice. Its first part consists chiefly of spells and incantations, concerned with protection against demons and disaster, spells for the healing of diseases, for long life and for various desires or aims in life.
The second part of the text contains speculative and philosophical hymns.In its third section, the Atharvaveda contains Mantras used in marriage and death rituals, as well as those for kingship, female rivals and the Vratya (in Brahmana style prose).
The Vedas are a large corpus of texts originating in Ancient India. They form the oldest layer of Sanskrit literature and the oldest sacred texts of Hinduism. The Sanskrit word véda "knowledge, wisdom" is derived from the root vid- "to know". Vedic mantras are recited at Hindu prayers, religious functions and other auspicious occasions. The class of "Vedic texts" is aggregated around the four canonical Samhitas or Vedas proper, of which three (trayi) are related to the performance of yajna (sacrifice) in historical (Iron Age) Vedic religion:
* the Rigveda, containing hymns to be recited by the hotṛ or reciting priest
* the Yajurveda, containing formulas to be recited by the adhvaryu or officiating priest
* the Samaveda, containing formulas to be sung by the udgātṛ or chanting priest.* The fourth is the Atharvaveda, a collection of magical spells and healing or apotropaic charms and some speculative hymns used by the Brahmán priest.
Rigveda
The Rig-Veda Samhita is the oldest significant existent Indian text. It is a collection of 1,028 Vedic Sanskrit hymns and 10,600 verses in all, organized into ten books (Sanskrit: mandalas). The hymns are dedicated to Rigvedic deities.
The books were composed by poets from different priestly groups over a period of some 500 years, which Avari dates as 1400 BCE to 900 BCE, if not earlier According to Max Müller, based on internal evidence (philological and linguistic), the Rigveda was composed roughly between 1700–1100 BCE (the early Vedic period) in the Punjab (Sapta Sindhu) region of the Indian subcontinent. Michael Witzel believes that the Rig Veda must have been composed more or less in the period 1450-1350 BCE, in the Greater Panjab, before the onset of the Iron Age.
There are strong linguistic and cultural similarities between the Rigveda and the early Iranian Avesta, deriving from the Proto-Indo-Iranian times, often associated with the Andronovo culture; the earliest horse-drawn chariots were found at Andronovo sites in the Sintashta-Petrovka cultural area near the Ural mountains and date to ca. 2000 BCE.
The Rigvedic hymns are dedicated to various deities, chief of whom are Indra, a heroic god praised for having slain his enemy Vrtra; Agni, the sacrificial fire; and Soma, the sacred potion or the plant it is made from. Equally prominent gods are the Adityas or Asura gods Mitra-Varuna and Ushas (the dawn). Also invoked are Savitr, Vishnu, Rudra, Pushan, Brihaspati or Brahmanaspati, as well as deified natural phenomena such as Dyaus Pita (the shining sky, Father Heaven ), Prithivi (the earth, Mother Earth), Surya (the sun god), Vayu or Vata (the wind), Apas (the waters), Parjanya (the thunder and rain), Vac (the word), many rivers (notably the Sapta Sindhu, and the Sarasvati River). The Adityas, Vasus, Rudras, Sadhyas, Ashvins, Maruts, Rbhus, and the Vishvadevas ("all-gods") as well as the "thirty-three gods" are the groups of deities mentioned.
Yajurveda
Estimated to have been composed between 1,400 and 1000 BCE, the Yajurveda 'Samhita', or 'compilation', contains the liturgy (mantras) needed to perform the sacrifices of the religion of the Vedic period, and the added Brahmana and Shrautasutra add information on the interpretation and on the details of their performance.
The Yajur-Veda ("Veda of sacrificial formulas") consists of archaic prose mantras and also in part of verses borrowed and adapted from the Rig-Veda. Its purpose was practical, in that each mantra must accompany an action in sacrifice but, unlike the Sama-Veda, it was compiled to apply to all sacrificial rites, not merely the Soma offering. There are two major recensions of this Veda known as the "Black" and "White" Yajur-Veda. The origin and meaning of these designations are not very clear. The White Yajur-Veda contains only the verses and formulas (yajus) necessary for the sacrifice, while their discussion exist in a separate work, the Shatapatha Brahmana. It differs widely from the Black Yajurveda, which incorporates such discussions in the work itself, often immediately following the verses. Of the Black Yajurveda four major recensions survive (Maitrayani, Katha, Kapisthala-Katha, Taittiriya), all showing by and large the same arrangement, but differing in many other respects, notably in the individual discussion of the rituals but also in matters of phonology, accent, grammatical forms, syntax and choice of words.
Samaveda
The Sama-Veda (Sanskrit sāmaveda ) is the "Veda of melodies" or "Knowledge of melodies". The name of this Veda is from the Sanskrit word sāman which means a melody applied to metrical hymn or song of praise. It consists of 1549 stanzas, taken entirely (except 78) from the Rig-Veda.Like the Rigvedic stanzas in the Yajurveda, the Samans have been changed and adapted for use in singing. Some of the Rig-Veda verses are repeated more than once. Including repetitions, there are a total of 1875 verses numbered in the Sama-Veda recension translated by Griffith. Two major recensions remain today, the Kauthuma/Ranayaniya and the Jaiminiya.
Its purpose was liturgical and practical, to serve as a songbook for the "singer" priests who took part in the liturgy. A priest who sings hymns from the Sama-Veda during a ritual is called an udgatr, a word derived from the Sanskrit root ud-gai ("to sing" or "to chant"). A similar word in English might be "cantor". The styles of chanting are important to the liturgical use of the verses. The hymns were to be sung according to certain fixed melodies; hence the name of the collection.
Atharvaveda
The Artharva-Veda is the "Knowledge of the atharvans. The Artharva-Veda or Atharvangirasa is the text 'belonging to the Atharvan and Angirasa' poets. Apte defined an atharvan as a priest who worshipped fire and Soma. Ho Atharvan was an ancient term for a certain Rishi even in the Rigveda. (The older secondary literature took them as priests who worshipped fire).
The Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā has 760 hymns, and about 160 of the hymns are in common with the Rig-Veda. Most of the verses are metrical, but some sections are in prose. It was compiled around 900 BCE, although some of its material may go back to the time of the Rig Veda, and some parts of the Atharva-Veda are older than the Rig-Veda though not in linguistic form.
The Atharvana-Veda is preserved in two recensions, the Paippalada and Śaunaka. According to Apte it had nine schools (shakhas). The Paippalada text, which exists in a Kashmir and an Orissa version, is longer than the Saunaka one; it is only partially printed in its two versions and remains largely untranslated.
Unlike the other three Vedas, the Atharvana-Veda has less connection with sacrifice. Its first part consists chiefly of spells and incantations, concerned with protection against demons and disaster, spells for the healing of diseases, for long life and for various desires or aims in life.
The second part of the text contains speculative and philosophical hymns.In its third section, the Atharvaveda contains Mantras used in marriage and death rituals, as well as those for kingship, female rivals and the Vratya (in Brahmana style prose).
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
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Monday, June 30, 2008
The girl who silenced the world for 5 minutes
This is an Interesting video I came across in Youtube.com. The speech was given by this girl in the UN Meeting on Issue of Environment. This happened in 1992. :-)
Monday, June 23, 2008
Tandoori Chicken
Being in US, I used to really miss the hotel food in India. One of my favorites there is Tandoori chicken from Hotel Pallava's in Tuticorin. Still when my sister calls me after her dinner there, my stomach used to burn. But from now on I need not worry, coz I have learnt to make spicy Tandoori chicken at home..
We had a great dinner yesterday with Rice and Tandoori chicken. Mouth watering..... Right.
Strawberry Picking
I have always loved to eat Strawberries. Even my favorite flavour in Ice-cream is Strawberry. Some of the few advantages being in USA is getting to eat fresh strawberries. Picking our own strawberry from the farm is even more exciting.
We went to Parlee's Farm in Chelmsford. It was such a nice experience. The moment we entered the farm, I could smell the fresh smell of strawberry. I picked up one basket and started my hunt. My husband was surprised that I did not pick two baskets. :-)
It came upto 7 pounds of strawberries when I finished picking. Finally a dream came true.......
We went to Parlee's Farm in Chelmsford. It was such a nice experience. The moment we entered the farm, I could smell the fresh smell of strawberry. I picked up one basket and started my hunt. My husband was surprised that I did not pick two baskets. :-)
It came upto 7 pounds of strawberries when I finished picking. Finally a dream came true.......
Friday, June 13, 2008
Internet Timepass
I did not know how much I was depending on Internet until one day when the Internet did not work due to bad weather. I missed it so much that I did not know what to do to pass my time. I think many of the Indian H4 visa holding housewives in US will be doing the same. In this post I just wanted to share some of my favorite and time passing sites.
Tamil Serials
Those who watch serials in India will certainly miss the serials. But there are some site which upload the serials and programs within hours after it is actually tele-casted in India.
www.isaitamil.com --- Here are the sun tv serials, programs and some vijay tv serials are uploaded daily.
www.usertube.com -- Here the major Vijay tv serials and programs are updated regularly.
Tamil Films
There are many sites where tamil movies are uploaded within weeks or days after release. But I watch them on two sites.
http://www.aarampam.com/ and http://www.techsatish.com/. The second one has a whole collection of old and new movies with good print.
Cooking sites
I love to cook recipes which are made in Indian restaurants and are not available in US easily. My most favorite site is http://www.vahrehvah.com/ . Here the chef cooks superb dishes and videos are also available.
http://www.spiceindiaonline.com/ is also a wonderful site with lots of images describing the recipe.
Gaming sites
Games online is the best way to pass time. I love to play in http://www.king.com/. The site contains many games including multi player games.
Recently in have come across a Microsoft site http://www.club.live.com/ which gives tickets for the games you play and which can be redeemed for prizes with free shipping.
So if you ever have an Internet and did not know what to do, go to any of these sites and enjoy. Happy Browsing.........
Tamil Serials
Those who watch serials in India will certainly miss the serials. But there are some site which upload the serials and programs within hours after it is actually tele-casted in India.
www.isaitamil.com --- Here are the sun tv serials, programs and some vijay tv serials are uploaded daily.
www.usertube.com -- Here the major Vijay tv serials and programs are updated regularly.
Tamil Films
There are many sites where tamil movies are uploaded within weeks or days after release. But I watch them on two sites.
http://www.aarampam.com/ and http://www.techsatish.com/. The second one has a whole collection of old and new movies with good print.
Cooking sites
I love to cook recipes which are made in Indian restaurants and are not available in US easily. My most favorite site is http://www.vahrehvah.com/ . Here the chef cooks superb dishes and videos are also available.
http://www.spiceindiaonline.com/ is also a wonderful site with lots of images describing the recipe.
Gaming sites
Games online is the best way to pass time. I love to play in http://www.king.com/. The site contains many games including multi player games.
Recently in have come across a Microsoft site http://www.club.live.com/ which gives tickets for the games you play and which can be redeemed for prizes with free shipping.
So if you ever have an Internet and did not know what to do, go to any of these sites and enjoy. Happy Browsing.........
Thursday, May 29, 2008
NewEngland Aquarium
We planned our trip to New England Aquarium last weekend. I was really excited to go to Boston. I landed in USA in Boston only. But Rakshitha was very small by then. I never looked out of the window in the car as I was really worried about her bulgy diaper. I heard from my hubby that buildings in Boston are really tall. So I was very excited.
Of course the buildings were very tall. But this time also I could not have a very nice look at them because of the GPS. OMG. It is really an Art to drive in Boston with GPS. I was forced to constantly look at the GPS as my hubby was driving. Next issue was to find a parking. It took almost half an hour to park.
By the time we reached inside in the Aquarium, guess what. You are right. Rakshitha started to cry for her nap. She saw cried cried cried then slept. She is more beautiful when she sleeps. :)
Me and my hubby enjoyed some fish after she slept. Animals in zoos and Aquariums in US are lucky than the animals in Indian zoos. Everything was neat and animals seem to be happy too.
Then we had lunch there. OMG. McDonald's burger was 1000 times better than the ones available there. I hated the food. Then Rakshitha woke up and had her lunch too. Now she was brisk and enjoyed fish. She wanted to catch all of them. At last we were happy that she was happy.
Initially when we entered into the aquarium we were taken a photo. I thought it was for Identity purpose. But later learned that there was a shop outside to bill us if we need the photo. It was really shocking to know the price of the photo (21$).
Outside the aquarium there were benches and the sea breeze was beautiful. Rakshitha had a great time running around and playing. That place made this Boston trip happy. Then we went to a park near by. Rakshitha had her snack and then we made our way home. Nice weekend. :)
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Rakshi is sleeping without my rocking
Hurray. We have shifted house and have gotten rid of the Bed bugs. Rakshitha was still getting up some 3 times at night. Still I had to rock her back to sleep. But now she is sleeping in her own bed and gets up just once for water.
Sometimes things happen in our life which seems like the moment we were waiting for. That is what happened to me also. Library is very near to my present house. One day I thought of taking Rakshitha there by afternoon that too by walk. She was naughty throughout the 10 minutes journey. By the time we reached there I was getting afraid about my walk back.
She loved the place. When she was playing there I was looking for books for her. We read some 3 books in the Library itself. Then we started to leave. Then suddenly some thing caught my eyes. It was the word SLEEP. I went near that book and took it in my hand. It was "Good Night, Sleep Tight" by Kim West also known as "The Sleep Lady". Something told me this book was waiting for me.
Really now I can answer my previous post, "Who is the Culprit". It was me. When I tried to follow the instructions in the book, I learnt an important thing. Children can be made to do things easily if we struggle for just a day or two. Within 2 days Rakshitha started to realise it was her bed where she should sleep. Even when she wakes up at night, I pat her a little and she sleeps. She no longer wants to be rocked. Thanks to the wonderful book.
Sometimes things happen in our life which seems like the moment we were waiting for. That is what happened to me also. Library is very near to my present house. One day I thought of taking Rakshitha there by afternoon that too by walk. She was naughty throughout the 10 minutes journey. By the time we reached there I was getting afraid about my walk back.
She loved the place. When she was playing there I was looking for books for her. We read some 3 books in the Library itself. Then we started to leave. Then suddenly some thing caught my eyes. It was the word SLEEP. I went near that book and took it in my hand. It was "Good Night, Sleep Tight" by Kim West also known as "The Sleep Lady". Something told me this book was waiting for me.
Really now I can answer my previous post, "Who is the Culprit". It was me. When I tried to follow the instructions in the book, I learnt an important thing. Children can be made to do things easily if we struggle for just a day or two. Within 2 days Rakshitha started to realise it was her bed where she should sleep. Even when she wakes up at night, I pat her a little and she sleeps. She no longer wants to be rocked. Thanks to the wonderful book.
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Dress code in Colleges
Recently I watched a program "Ippadiku Rose" which was telecasted in Vijay TV (Tamil). It is a talk show and on that particular episode they discussed about the dress code for various occasions including colleges. The show started with a incident that happened in Tamilnadu recently. A writer was invited for a college function where she went dressed in Jean and kurta tops. The management stopped her from getting in and gave her a black dupatta and asked her to wear it in order to get in. She refused it and returned. What a stupid act....
When asked about the dress codes in colleges, a principal of a college in chennai said that "Dress code is must in a co-education college, because this is the stage where the students get attracted easily by opposite sex and fall in love." But does dress code stop students from these infatuations. She says it does decreases.
She also added that the parents now a days are not strict about the way their children dress up and so it becomes the duty of the college management to maintain these codes inside the college. But is it okay if the students dress up badly outside the college premises?
She also said that "Now a days students from villages also come to colleges in Cities to learn. They never have seen girls dress so modernly in their towns. So they get affected by it. " That is when a question strikes me. Have we forgotten the real purpose of schools and colleges?
There is saying in Tamil. "Matha Pitha Guru Deivam". Meaning "Mother Father Teacher then God". Have the teachers and the institutions today forgotten their real role they play in the students life?
A student learns life at school and colleges. I feel Dress Code is just a lame excuse a teacher and a institution gives to escape from their even larger duty of moulding the students life. There should be no dress code to tell the student, be girl or boy, how to dress. A real institution or a teacher must make the student understand how to dress to represent himself/herself in this society. Is it impossible to do so.
I personally think this all happened because of the attitude of the parents. The dreams of making their child to be a doctor, engineer,etc. How many parents will want their child to a good human being in the first hand. So the institutions are focusing on the needs of the parents. In that process they forget about the role they should be playing in the students life.
India definitely needs an education revolution to get out of this problems. What say.......
When asked about the dress codes in colleges, a principal of a college in chennai said that "Dress code is must in a co-education college, because this is the stage where the students get attracted easily by opposite sex and fall in love." But does dress code stop students from these infatuations. She says it does decreases.
She also added that the parents now a days are not strict about the way their children dress up and so it becomes the duty of the college management to maintain these codes inside the college. But is it okay if the students dress up badly outside the college premises?
She also said that "Now a days students from villages also come to colleges in Cities to learn. They never have seen girls dress so modernly in their towns. So they get affected by it. " That is when a question strikes me. Have we forgotten the real purpose of schools and colleges?
There is saying in Tamil. "Matha Pitha Guru Deivam". Meaning "Mother Father Teacher then God". Have the teachers and the institutions today forgotten their real role they play in the students life?
A student learns life at school and colleges. I feel Dress Code is just a lame excuse a teacher and a institution gives to escape from their even larger duty of moulding the students life. There should be no dress code to tell the student, be girl or boy, how to dress. A real institution or a teacher must make the student understand how to dress to represent himself/herself in this society. Is it impossible to do so.
I personally think this all happened because of the attitude of the parents. The dreams of making their child to be a doctor, engineer,etc. How many parents will want their child to a good human being in the first hand. So the institutions are focusing on the needs of the parents. In that process they forget about the role they should be playing in the students life.
India definitely needs an education revolution to get out of this problems. What say.......
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Who is the Actual Culprit....
Rakshitha, my 15 months old daughter has never been a problem in the day time. When the clock strucks 10 the nightmare begins. Who is the actual reason for this nightmare.....I dont know.
She was born on 7th feb, 2007. The day when my sleepless nights began. She was having her colic problem when she was 30 days old. By that time the nightmare starts even earlier by 6'0 clock itself. Then she recovered. Everybody said she will be alright by 6 months. That six months came and we were joining my husband in US. Coming here she slept very well for some 10 days. (Gets up only once or twice). It surprised me, but later learnt that it was due to her travel tiredness. Poor me.
Then she showed her actual power by getting up some 5-8 times at night. I became the most unlucky creature during nights. Soon a friend opened my eyes and suggested to change Rakshitha's dinner. It worked. But did not last long. Then another friend suggested to increase the quantity. It did work. But.........
Again she was getting up some 4-6 times. I was exhausted at night times. It would be really frustrating to see my husband having a great sleep near me. Atlast the culprit showed itself to me. It was BEDBUGS. Lots and lots on her bed. What a mother am I? I kissed my daughter a lot and begged her to apologise to me. Had the whole house treated twice. Hurray that too worked....But......
Again she is getting up 5-7 times at night. What can it be??????? Now I can say I am the most unlucky person. The Sleep God hates me.....But is the real culprit me or my daughter or bedbugs....I dont understand.
She was born on 7th feb, 2007. The day when my sleepless nights began. She was having her colic problem when she was 30 days old. By that time the nightmare starts even earlier by 6'0 clock itself. Then she recovered. Everybody said she will be alright by 6 months. That six months came and we were joining my husband in US. Coming here she slept very well for some 10 days. (Gets up only once or twice). It surprised me, but later learnt that it was due to her travel tiredness. Poor me.
Then she showed her actual power by getting up some 5-8 times at night. I became the most unlucky creature during nights. Soon a friend opened my eyes and suggested to change Rakshitha's dinner. It worked. But did not last long. Then another friend suggested to increase the quantity. It did work. But.........
Again she was getting up some 4-6 times. I was exhausted at night times. It would be really frustrating to see my husband having a great sleep near me. Atlast the culprit showed itself to me. It was BEDBUGS. Lots and lots on her bed. What a mother am I? I kissed my daughter a lot and begged her to apologise to me. Had the whole house treated twice. Hurray that too worked....But......
Again she is getting up 5-7 times at night. What can it be??????? Now I can say I am the most unlucky person. The Sleep God hates me.....But is the real culprit me or my daughter or bedbugs....I dont understand.
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