THE POWER TO CREATE

It's a difficult state to achieve.

SONG - RAW VOICE - LOVE IS BEAUTIFUL

RIP, the King of Screenwriting Shri. Bhagyraj. 

Please click the link below for the song from his blockbuster movie 'Darling Darling'.

I have sung a few lines. This is a modest attempt of mine.

A TIME TO RELAX

They seem to be really cool and composed.

THE RIGHT PARTY

Many a times, it's difficult to take a stand.

HUMILITY

Humility comes with different shades.

CONIFER TRAIL

A great place for a hike down the range.

REVIVAL

Some, would brand us as a recluse.

BARREN ART

How beautiful the view is, even when the tree has been stripped of its beauty and self esteem.

DAILY LIFE

Every angle deserves a picture.

SONG - RAW VOICE - LOVE IS ETERNAL

This is part of a beautiful song rendered by Shri.S.P.Balasubramaniam for the film Kochadaiyan scored by A.R.Rahman. I believe it's one of the few songs with a divine intervention. The tune and the singers made me cry.

I tried my best here.

Please play the video file attached below.

MISMASH

I loved this potpourri of colours.

RISE AND MOVE

This is the only thing that we need to do.

PICTURESQUE RESERVOIR

I love the colour of the stretch of sand here.

THIRUKKURAL NO: 6 - THE POWER OF SENSE CONTROL

Kural No: 6

This Kural (verse) is taken from the Chapter: Praise of God. The Kural reads as “Porivayil ainthavithaan poidheer ozhukka neri nindraar needu vaazhvaar“

Lust can find its way into us through different gates. It can be through taste, sight, smell, sound and overall thoughts that fill our conscience. When we are able to control all these gates and drive out lust we would successfully live a long life. This is as far as the verse puts it. This verse highlights the power of sense control and pure living for lasting peace.

But how do we attain such a state? It’s not easy.

We are not living in the times of Thiruvalluvar. In those times, a human being would not have been exposed to visual impacts of the kind we experience today through social media, especially that of adult content. Historically, the human mind was not so inundated with dopamine that individuals constantly craved more, than it is today.

As a result, the thoughts of lust that remain within us are of a much higher magnitude. From the practical experience I have had, I believe that we cannot fully eliminate these thoughts, but we can regulate and manage them very well, if we get involved in constructive activities where we can put our minds to focus.

BUSY WITH BURROWS

A beautiful nocturnal mammal native to Africa.

THE COSTLY MISS

I really wish that the Almighty was more clear in what said.

LAVING TIME

I wish I had this opportunity :)

SIGNATURE SYMBOLS

The black taxi and the red bus.

LOVING THE EARTH

I should plant trees soon.

FESTIVE TIMES

Christmas and New Year give us the best times to roam around London.

THIRUKKURAL NO: 391 - IMPLEMENTING WHAT WE LEARN

This series is on Thirukkural, a masterpiece of Tamil classical literature written by the ancient poet-philosopher Thiruvalluvar on the virtues, ethics and art of living. I will be delving into different kurals or verses, not continuously but as a sandwich between other posts and not in a sequence but as random picks from the compilation.

Kural No: 391

This Kural (verse), taken from the Chapter: Education reads as “Karka kasadara karpavai, kattrapin nirka adharkku thaka”.

The emphasis here is on the fact that true education requires both flawless learning and a lifestyle that reflects that knowledge.

It says that whatever we learn, we should learn it thoroughly. After we have learnt, we should learn to apply it and live our life in accordance with what we have learnt or rather implement the learnt aspects in our life without fail. It’s like saying that our conduct should be worthy of our learning.

There are many different messages that we could sense in these lines. Learning anything thoroughly needs time, patience and dedication or commitment. In today’s world, there are lots of things we can learn and lots of ways to learn them too. Our learning can be towards developing a skill or that of moral values on how to conduct ourselves in this world. 

While learning a skill these days is like diving into an ocean, we can take different portions of the skill and learn it thoroughly as per the need of the job where we need to apply it. This helps to implement the learning better.

But living a life according to what we have learnt, is pointing towards the moral aspects that we get to learn through our educational stint. We should strive to learn each of these aspects thoroughly and conduct ourselves in such a way that is worthy of our learning. 

Being diligent and committed in our job or being true to ourselves and others in what we do, are some examples of such learning and implementation.

THE HOLY ENTRANCE

What a grandeur of a sight this offers.

IN THE NAME OF LOVE

Family is just one example.

MONEY MATTERS

Everything regarding money happens here.

PRISTINE ARCHITECTURE

This piece of work looks so great from any angle.

THE PARADOX

We have become an appreciation thirsty bunch now.

BRAVERY

This memorial commemorates the bravery of the Rifle Brigade.

TEAM

Not everyone can fit into a team.

EVENING BIG BEN GLOW

It's a special experience to be around this place in the evening.

AVIAN COMPANY

It was great to see it in stillness and in flight.