Living the moment...

                    

I knew not why

That enthralls me

Like a cuckooing bird

Or dancing peacock

                                But still I know,

                                The innocuous smile,

                                Anxious face and the tender touch

                                Makes me feel the joy of living

Each and every time I visit

They come running in race,

An urge to get the love

That turned its face from them.

                                Yup!! Then I come to know

                                How lucky am I

                                For whatever I do get

                                The love and the support…

“Oh! God”, I pray

“Let me cherish these lovely

Moments by spreading more smiles

 Like these & thus smile in my mind”

Drishyam, Bangalore Days and How Old are You?

Saw recently released two Malayalam movies in theatre - Bangalore Days and How old are you? Also saw drishyam which was released about six months ago by renting its CD from a diehard Mohanlal fan. Though I am writing my reviews on the movies for the first time, I felt like I should share my ideas of 3 most beautiful movies I saw recently. How old are you?, Bangalore Days and Drishyam have blew my mind.

Drishyam, written and directed by Jeethu Joseph released first in the list and the one that I saw first time of all the three, was graced by the complete actor Mohanlal. I am not sure whether any other actor could replicate the intricacies that a father, seen everywhere in the villages of Kerala, hides in his face so well. A bow to the script and the direction of Jeethu, I have already started seeing my dad from a new angle of increase awe and respect. The bond and affection that a traditional families in Kerala shares is amazingly plotted in this. A huge round of applause for Meena, Asha Sharath and all the child artists for their valuable contributions.

Bangalore Days, second in the chart reminded me of my good all days during my cousins’ wedding. I always used to cherish about my large family in my father’s side. Our family from paternal side has 14 cousins. I and my younger brother were the youngest among the 14 – the trouble makers. But the fun and enjoyment we had when all the 14 were together can never be expressed in words or in other way those feelings can never be scribbled into a paper. Anjali Menon mesmerized me with her script and direction by helping me recollect these memories.  The strong family bond that the youngsters always cherish to their heart in Kerala is beautifully drawn in the movie. The mediocre Malayali mother was beautiful handled by Kalpana.

Next in the list is How Old are You? A ton thanks and respect to Roshan Andrews to have selected and all the crew members to have cheered Manju for the bold step of re-entry. My sincere and heart whelming thanks  to Bobby Sanjay for the wonderful script and Roshan Andrews for his direction because I felt Kaniha was telling to me ee lokathu jeevichirunnu ennu oru thelivu venam. oru signature avasheshippikathe kadannu pokanda oral alla nee” (We should leave a trail to prove that there existed such a person like you. You are not a person who has to pass away without leaving a signature in this world). Thanks a lot, Bobby Sanjay for the wonderful inspiration.

It was a wonderful experience seeing the three movies. Now I understand why my friends from other states see Malayalam movies with awe. Yeah, it’s true. Malayalam movies always draw about the real lives of common man. It touches the common chord and helps in introspection. J J J

Pragati & Novartis

          Both the names, Pragati and Novartis are close to my heart. Though latter is the closest. When one was the b-fest the other was the tech fest that happened in the colleges where I did my post graduation and graduation respectively.
         Why Novartis is more close to my heart, is because Novartis, the tech-fest that happened in College of Engineering, Perumon was first of its kind in our college and no batches that preceded could repeat that. And I am proud to have been part of the core committee of Novartis. Its not because I was the core committee member of Novartis; but because to conduct a fest in a government funded college, where you have to face a multitude of negative responses from faculties, PTA members, and even students; its quite a big deal.
        Fund raising and the enmity between various groups of students due to campus politics were the biggest threats in organizing Novartis. Yeah, fund raising was an issue while conducting Pragati also, but did we face the issue of campus politics there? No, we didn't. But still Pragati gave me a great excitement, because Pragati was far better than Novartis. It has a long proud history of 17 years. But Novartis had nothing of that to be proud of with respect its history. It was a novice in the field. Novartis just had a bunch of sincere people committed to make things happen.
        One thing thus I learned from Novartis and had seen being applied in Pragati was that every success is all about perseverance. The success of both Novartis and Pragati; both was due to the perseverance nature of the core committee members. I really understood or to better say I have seen the proof of Paulo Coelho's words in The Alchemist:
                    “And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.” 

        Thus the great lesson for me from the two events was: "Perseverance and trust in one self are  the only things required to reach your dreams."

  

Pragati '14 : Relations Forum Video

Very proud to be part of Relations - the HR forum of Pragati' 14 ASB, Coimbatore. Check out this promo video, like it and share it if it really conveyed you the theme Business Beyond Profit 

Relations and trust

Recently when I was attending a session, during a short break all the attendees had a brief discussion on being single child. Most of the attendees were single child and while discussion, one boy who was a single child to his parents asked me “Anagha, How is your brother? Don’t you get frustrated by your brother and don’t you feel like you are victimized due to your brother’s actions? Because many of my friends used to say their brothers or sisters were very nasty and had a big enmity to their siblings. ”

     I was very surprised on hearing those questions because my brother is one of the gifts from God that I consider is the most precious one that I ever got. It was true that we had fights. But those fights rarely extended beyond one day. I also remember those fighting happened only when we were children. Now when I recollect the time I had spent with him, I realize that 95% of the moments that I shared with him were the moments when I really laughed to the core even without caring about the surroundings. After the discussions we had I even felt my life would have been incomplete without him.

      Not only this but I  have heard several persons complaining about their family most of the times that they are very strict, won’t even check for their preferences and don’t have any freedom etc.. Also I have heard from many of the girls that they never traveled alone in train (the fact that those who said this was elder than me made me surprising). During these instances I have felt very proud to have born in a family that gave me enough freedom to distinguish between what is wrong and what is right.              The most important thing I felt while I was rationalizing the cause for this difference in this treatment by my family when compared to other was trust. First of all the person be a girl or a boy should have a trust on themselves that they won’t go in a wrong path. For each person, in life a point will definitely come when he or she has to take a decision between an easy but unethical and difficult but ethical. Being ethical gives you a sense of trust of yourself and also in relations you are maintaining.

    It is always essential to maintain good relationship with at least to one’s family members. Because the fact that someone is out there to whom you can always rely upon gives you a sense of security and also inspires one to work more ethically.

   Here the most difficult thing in maintaining a relation is maintaining the level of trust involved. It is okay if you couldn't fulfill the promise you gave to them or its okay you couldn't spent time with them. It just need your honest reply to patch up the fight you had with someone due to some instances as mentioned above. But once you breach the trust, the entire relation is gone. One may have to give up something too big if you are breaching the small five letter word trust.

"The Best Brochure Award Winner"

"Felt very happy when our work for the brochure got the recognition..."

Gut feeling and larger success

Had a wonderful group activity last Saturday!!! It left me intriguing. Facilitator's questions left me in a trance. For a larger good how many are willing to accept smaller failures. It reminded me of Dumbledore's actions in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. 

        Wise people's gut feelings may not impress everyone in the first shot. Sure failures may be the first thing to follow. But how many of us are persistent enough to stick onto the gut feeling and bring back the larger success despite the small failures that the gut feeling may bring into.

        Aren't we also the people who just try to flow with the tide neglecting the signals that this beautiful world uses to direct us towards our ultimate goal of life?  Yes, we all are just running behind instant success; not even ready to accept small failures or in other words small failures causing depression. All are trying to achieve the small goal of only their own success, not considering the success of humankind as such. Now how can we criticize the politicians who are doing the same (trying to just achieve their own small success rather than a big success of helping common people) as we do?