It has been long since I really cried for a movie sequence. The last time I remembered was for Pithamagan (that too for the last scene where Vikram wails over the Surya's dead body). I couldnt help myself. Thankfully almost everyone in the theater were in tears. so it was a little consolation for me. But I never thought that Tom hanks will make me cry again with his performance in Philadelphia. Of course he will, as this movie had his Oscar winning performance. But it was not only his performance in this movie, but the story and the characterization which touched the soft note. FYI: I did cry long time ago watching Forrest Gump (especially the scene where he meets his son) and in Cast Away (when he looses the ball he has)
I wanted to watch this movie a long time ago, but something or the other happened and I missed it. Yday it just happened and I was glad that I watched it. This has three of my favorites. (Hanks, Washington, Banderas.. Banderas was looking so so different.. ). The two scenes which caused me pain and eventually moved me to tears were the ones where he enjoys and explains the opera sequence to his lawyer after the party and the one in the court where he testifies. It made me so upset that I wasnt able to sleep well. Something was haunting me.... it wasnt the story or the characters eventually. It was about the kind of treatment given to people affected with HIV/AIDS, homosexuals & transgenders or cross dressers. There is a very beautiful scene in which Denzel tells Tom on how people are brought up with the wrong notion about homosexuals and why people are afraid. The dialogues are so nice. It , at times, breaks your heart. The way Denzel initially handles Tom is so natural.
Of course , times have changed and now there has been more awareness created about AIDS/HIV viruses through campaigns but there are still a large section of people who are afraid of them. There are still news coming about how people even burn them alive because of the fear of getting the disease transmitted from them. We still have a very long way to go. Some people just dont want to believe. What can we do.
With respect to homophiles, again we have come a long way even though it was very very slow. But we still have a very very long way to go. People still feel very bad to express what they really feel. Leave the celebrities out of this. How many of our own people do we know who are really homophiles. Very Very few. Why, because they wouldnt dare to express it and earn the wrath of their family members (if they arent broadminded to accept them) or the fear that they might loose their friends (assuming that they will turn them away if they found out). It is not only other's mistake where they are not accepting them, but its also their mistake to not be afraid of who they are. One's sexuality is none of anyone's damn business. We shudnt be judging people by color, creed, sexuality or looks. I guess even money shud not be a matter, but that is a different discussion. This is the same with cross dressers or transgenders. We mainly see them when they try to get money in trains/shops and they almost terrorize people to get money from them because of the only thing that if they strike first they have the advantage. Otherwise they will be outnumbered and cannot survive.There has been news about how people pose as transgenders to get money (in other terms, begging)
Politically, we know that there has been attacks on these people in our country with the only justification as "its against nature". I do not understand that point. Well if you are a Hindu, you would know about various mythological tales where Gods have cross dressed. There are age old sculptures in our country which depicts homophiles. I remember Rajnikanth's song in a movie
"Mugathai thernthedukum nirathai thernthedukum urimai unnidathil illai illai.." Isnt that true. I always wonder.. if nature had given these people a chance to live like you and me, wouldnt they have chosen our way of life and not be a subject of ridicule. Why are we blaming or hurting these fellow humans when it is not their fault. Just because you cannot go and punish God, you punish his creatures is it ? How fair is that ? Above anything else they are just humans, arent they? Even if we are not doing anything good for them, we shudnt be atleast doing anything to harm them. Will we do the same kind of treatment to our kids who are mentally challenged ? Wouldnt we fight for them till the end.. how are these people different from them? Just that they are socially challenged.
I have always felt that humans should not be identified by their caste, creed , color or sexuality. I really dont care about all these, unless and until that person is genuine to himself and to everyone around him and does no harm to others. That is all it shud matter. Ofcourse , for people who have lived life in a different way all these years, this might be a little bit of a shock..but its nature.. and you have to accept it. Well in the country where people kill their own children in the name of honor, what else can you expect isnt? Inspite of all this, I pray that people get some sense into them and treat other humans with the same compassion.
I am not sure why, but while writing this, something reminded of the Vikarma people as described in The Immortals of Meluha. Do we need another Mahadev to come and help us break the tradition of vikarma here ? But hey.. i think I also read "Har Har Mahadev"..
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Cricket , Cricket and Cricket
Ok.. here is the start of the first match of the World Cup going on between Bangladesh and India in Mirpur and India off to a stunning start with 18 in 2 overs. And suddenly sitting in my drawing room , I hear "INDIA .. INDIA..." I was wondering how come I hear the shouts of the crowd so vividly .. and then I realized that it was the neighbors..I dont know where the voices are coming from , mine being a flat and being adjacent to other flats..but it is so loud that the stadium would hear it. Boys!!! Get a grip!!!
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Quickies on a few good movies I saw recently
a. Social Network : Nice take on friendship, jealousy and all the teenish tuffles (since most of it is real..) but Oscar !!! I doubt it
b. Mandira punnagai : I have seen a real specimen like that. Good screenplay especially the ones with the father. 2nd half (especially the ending) is cinematic.
c. Eesan : Very racy thriller till the introduction of Eesan and then you can easily guess the story.
d. Mynaa : Pleasant and very down to earth. Sad ending but I wouldnt have it other way. Had some fresh scenes. My favorite : Maamooai enga irukeenga..
e. Crash : Real life drama well constructed.
f. Hurt Locker: Same league as Saving Private Ryan. A humane touch to the War Front and the Soldiers. This raises the question again and again .. Do we really need wars ?
b. Mandira punnagai : I have seen a real specimen like that. Good screenplay especially the ones with the father. 2nd half (especially the ending) is cinematic.
c. Eesan : Very racy thriller till the introduction of Eesan and then you can easily guess the story.
d. Mynaa : Pleasant and very down to earth. Sad ending but I wouldnt have it other way. Had some fresh scenes. My favorite : Maamooai enga irukeenga..
e. Crash : Real life drama well constructed.
f. Hurt Locker: Same league as Saving Private Ryan. A humane touch to the War Front and the Soldiers. This raises the question again and again .. Do we really need wars ?
Nose piercing - my Delta version
Recently my niece turned a year old. So as per the customs and traditions, they will do ear piercing (some do it when the child is 28 days old and some do it after a year... and especially if its a girl child, they *have* to get it done...and boys can skip it if their parents wish but again if the boy wishes after 60 years he can get it done :D sariyaana comedy dhaan...) Actually ear piercing doesnt pain that bad (but again what does a child know about it..) and especially if the people who do it are well experienced they can find the right spot correctly. My Niece cried badly when they pierced her 2nd ear only because that is when she realized that something is being done to her and that people are holding her more tightly now... Paavam.. Now she has got a new play tool.. her earrings.. she already unscrewed one and lost it too :D adhuvum gold one.. eppadi..
When we were planning for this event, a thought struck me. Can I get my nose pierced ? How will I look ? Will I look older ? or atleast different ? It was a little confusing yet intriuging. If I decided to do it then I thought I will surprise my friends , but then I was confused so I asked them and they were against it.. rather they werent sure how I would look with it. They wanted me to try out the sticky ones and see how it looked. I didnt want to do that. I suddenly felt rebellious. Dont know why. My face and my personality ( I mean my 'self') never matched. And this face did not undergo any change right from my teens. In fact, there was a day when I was standing in my office cafetaria for the lunch and suddenly from behind I heard my name being called by a girl. I turned around and saw a face which I didnt recognize (not a surprise here). She asked if my name was xxxx and that if I studied in yyyy school till 5th... Holy Lord... who is this girl..and why dont I remember her.. I said in affirmative and felt sorry that I didnt recognize her.. She was like 'Oh! you look the same.. you havent changed at all..'. I was like 'yeah I know..I am working on it'. This was 3-4 years before. I dont want to be recognized especially when I dont remember people.. it is awfully embarrassing. I tried to do something to my hair.. but I always loved long hair (even though it has reduced in strength) I know this small ring or a dotted jewel in my nose might not be a big deal after all, but should I really go for it or not. I got the nose ring the day before the function and was still contemplating about it.
More over my sis in law (who did her nose piercing when she was very very young) scared me that it will swell and it will pain very badly , this and that and how she was in pain.. Now this got me thinking.. I was supposed to attend office the day after... Then when they were done with my niece they asked me to sit.. I still have that video of the whole episode shot by my Maternal Uncle. Its hilarious. I was like 'Anna paathu kuthunga.. moonji veengidapoagudhu.. vayasaana kaalathula kuthikarean.. varuthapada vachiraadheenga.. office vera poaganum.." paavam andha uncle rombha nondhutaaru.. he was like 'dont think about that at all..just relax and everything will be fine..". after a few secs I said "right.. i am ready.. I have come this far.. let me get this over with".. and when he was piercing , people were asking him to hold it like that to take a photo .. (appo dhaan ennaku evalavu edhiringa kudumbathukullanu therinjadhu.. ) It did pain for a few seconds..but it was due to the pressure.. nammakudhaan edhuvum adhigam oraikaadhe.. but my eyes started watering due to the pressure. I didnt realize I was crying..people were "azhaadhedee onnum illai.. have some gems.. " (I was already having gems chocolate in my mouth :D ada poangappaa.. pudhusa edhavadhu sollunga...) I said "action la vara reaction idhu.. naana venumnu azhazha". That is all within 5 mins it was done.. and I had a new nose ring :D
First reaction from my bro was "you look your age now.. you look older" (drohi...) and my brother in law was "ippo dhaan gramathula irundhu eranginaapla iruku..." (kusumbu..). My sis was like..."wow you did it.. how could you..I wont.. people! dont expect me to.." the only soul who was happy was my mom.. she always wanted me to do it...and I was my usual self (I will do it only when I feel like it..) After all these years when I am almost more than half the retiring age, I got it done..
My friends were like.. "Pattikaatu ponnu maadhiriye iruke" and my other friend was like "didnt you have it before ? I thought you had it already"... There were so many reactions.. Most of them didnt notice.. en mooku enna avalavu perisa vaa iruku.. irukara edame theriyaama indha mookuthi irukaradhuku.. this wasnt for anyone to notice.. I wanted to feel the change and I feel it.. I see a new face in the mirror and it feels good that way..
I am a very well planned person..but I have seen that well planned things never work the way u want it to. But any sudden out-of-the-blue things that you do always gives you satisfaction and happiness. This thing is of no big effect on me especially with my health or my looks (illati maatum!!). I was wondering its impact on my sinus. I am still observing.. Let me see if it helps.
Naan paravaa illai.. my dad got his ears pierced the same day. It pained for him for almost 2 days and I know that he has been planning that for almost 2 yrs now.. and he was a happy person that day even in spite of the pain.
Now actually my face totally doesnt match my 'self'. idhu eppadi.. but what the heck..
And why this post today? because today another colleague of mine noticed it and said it was different.. and this lead to a small discussion about how girls notice things and blah blah...adhu pathi innoru postla vilaavaariyaa..innaiku vendam..
The best way to gain self-confidence is to do what you are afraid to do.
When we were planning for this event, a thought struck me. Can I get my nose pierced ? How will I look ? Will I look older ? or atleast different ? It was a little confusing yet intriuging. If I decided to do it then I thought I will surprise my friends , but then I was confused so I asked them and they were against it.. rather they werent sure how I would look with it. They wanted me to try out the sticky ones and see how it looked. I didnt want to do that. I suddenly felt rebellious. Dont know why. My face and my personality ( I mean my 'self') never matched. And this face did not undergo any change right from my teens. In fact, there was a day when I was standing in my office cafetaria for the lunch and suddenly from behind I heard my name being called by a girl. I turned around and saw a face which I didnt recognize (not a surprise here). She asked if my name was xxxx and that if I studied in yyyy school till 5th... Holy Lord... who is this girl..and why dont I remember her.. I said in affirmative and felt sorry that I didnt recognize her.. She was like 'Oh! you look the same.. you havent changed at all..'. I was like 'yeah I know..I am working on it'. This was 3-4 years before. I dont want to be recognized especially when I dont remember people.. it is awfully embarrassing. I tried to do something to my hair.. but I always loved long hair (even though it has reduced in strength) I know this small ring or a dotted jewel in my nose might not be a big deal after all, but should I really go for it or not. I got the nose ring the day before the function and was still contemplating about it.
More over my sis in law (who did her nose piercing when she was very very young) scared me that it will swell and it will pain very badly , this and that and how she was in pain.. Now this got me thinking.. I was supposed to attend office the day after... Then when they were done with my niece they asked me to sit.. I still have that video of the whole episode shot by my Maternal Uncle. Its hilarious. I was like 'Anna paathu kuthunga.. moonji veengidapoagudhu.. vayasaana kaalathula kuthikarean.. varuthapada vachiraadheenga.. office vera poaganum.." paavam andha uncle rombha nondhutaaru.. he was like 'dont think about that at all..just relax and everything will be fine..". after a few secs I said "right.. i am ready.. I have come this far.. let me get this over with".. and when he was piercing , people were asking him to hold it like that to take a photo .. (appo dhaan ennaku evalavu edhiringa kudumbathukullanu therinjadhu.. ) It did pain for a few seconds..but it was due to the pressure.. nammakudhaan edhuvum adhigam oraikaadhe.. but my eyes started watering due to the pressure. I didnt realize I was crying..people were "azhaadhedee onnum illai.. have some gems.. " (I was already having gems chocolate in my mouth :D ada poangappaa.. pudhusa edhavadhu sollunga...) I said "action la vara reaction idhu.. naana venumnu azhazha". That is all within 5 mins it was done.. and I had a new nose ring :D
First reaction from my bro was "you look your age now.. you look older" (drohi...) and my brother in law was "ippo dhaan gramathula irundhu eranginaapla iruku..." (kusumbu..). My sis was like..."wow you did it.. how could you..I wont.. people! dont expect me to.." the only soul who was happy was my mom.. she always wanted me to do it...and I was my usual self (I will do it only when I feel like it..) After all these years when I am almost more than half the retiring age, I got it done..
My friends were like.. "Pattikaatu ponnu maadhiriye iruke" and my other friend was like "didnt you have it before ? I thought you had it already"... There were so many reactions.. Most of them didnt notice.. en mooku enna avalavu perisa vaa iruku.. irukara edame theriyaama indha mookuthi irukaradhuku.. this wasnt for anyone to notice.. I wanted to feel the change and I feel it.. I see a new face in the mirror and it feels good that way..
I am a very well planned person..but I have seen that well planned things never work the way u want it to. But any sudden out-of-the-blue things that you do always gives you satisfaction and happiness. This thing is of no big effect on me especially with my health or my looks (illati maatum!!). I was wondering its impact on my sinus. I am still observing.. Let me see if it helps.
Naan paravaa illai.. my dad got his ears pierced the same day. It pained for him for almost 2 days and I know that he has been planning that for almost 2 yrs now.. and he was a happy person that day even in spite of the pain.
Now actually my face totally doesnt match my 'self'. idhu eppadi.. but what the heck..
And why this post today? because today another colleague of mine noticed it and said it was different.. and this lead to a small discussion about how girls notice things and blah blah...adhu pathi innoru postla vilaavaariyaa..innaiku vendam..
The best way to gain self-confidence is to do what you are afraid to do.
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
In the name of Crowd Management
This weekend we had been to Tirupati for Tonsuring ceremony for my Niece who recently turned one. It was overall a nice journey except for a few things that I experienced and was really irritated to the core there. I have been to Tirupati quite a few times earlier too but somehow I felt that this time my patience reached its limit not just once, but a few times.
There is no difference in the sort of crowd you see there even if its off season. They have managed to build more buildings around the temple for better stays. They have installed water heaters (I dont remember having Hot water in their complexes earlier) and good drinking water units with filters , atleast in the ones where we had booked (Varahaswamy Guest house, much near to the temple). We had it planned and booked it in December itself, so I guess we got a good one (atleast better than the earlier ones we had got). They have toilet facilities in all places and the whole places is cleaned and maintained much much better than what it was earlier.
We had a Sudarshan seva booked for Sat and Vasanthotsavam for Sun. For Sudarshan Seva we have to go all the way to the other end and then start from entering the chambers where you will be locked in each chamber for some time till the line gets moving. This has its pro and con here. Once you enter the chamber there is no line.. so people run everywhere to be first to go out. God you should see how they run pushing you in all directions, as if the Lord Himself is going to run away from that place after a few mins and they need to see Him before He leaves.
Since we had a kid with us we made sure that we stick together as a group and no get separated because you cannot trace in that case as the cellphones arent allowed and to shout in that crowd is an utter waste of your energy. And once in a while when people are a relaxed a bit and the kids all around start to doze off because there is no movement, a group of youngsters start to shout Govinda just to keep up their energy and to see how the crowd reacts, coz when they start shouting like that , others join them and start shouting. Man!!! aatu mandhaiga dhaan .. Once they start shouting the kids wake up and start screaming.... Thankfully my Niece was so obsessed with the word Govinda that every time they shout she used to wake up and look around for the person who said it and then finding that its difficult to spot all of them , dozes off again.
When we were in the 4th compartment, suddenly the security opened up 5th too and let them all inside 4th. Now thinking that they will be opening up the 4th to allow them to enter the 3rd compartment, people started rushing so badly that in that mess they suffocated a young lady and she fell down fainting. We went to help her out with some water and her husband started hand fight with the guys around who pushed her. How many people can he fight and it was a real mess. People dont consider old persons and the kids in the queue. They keep pushing. We cannot blame them completely also. Because they try to keep up to their family in the crowd. And with more space they try to fill up all the space available and so others come in between and things collapse.
After this when you wait for almost 2 hrs and finally enter the main temple, all the queue merges and there is again a bigger mess out here. Even after handling all that queue and pushing and pulling around (at times you dont feel your feet on the ground, the crowd lifts you up and takes you near the Golden Entrance - Bangara vagili) you enter the golden gate entrance and that is where my patience went deep down south. Right from the Garudar statue there is a line of the security people standing on one side of the queue allowing lesser space for the devotees to walk towards the Lord and apart from that, irrespective of the availability of the space, they keep pushing every one of them so hard, that you dont have a choice other than to automatically fall on the one before you and that in turn will have its ripple effect and there is a swinging of the devotees happening back and forth. Crowd manage panraangalaam. Vennai.. Earlier this pushing used to happen only when you near the Lord so that people wont stand there for ever and see the Lord. Well that is atleast acceptable to some extent, not that people will do that because they have their own lives to carry on. No one is coming there to sit before the Lord and pray for ever. After all the time they spend on the queue they would want a few seconds to see the Lord and say a word or two to Him. I was already not happy with the pushing in the crowd and above that these people keep touching you and pushing you so hard that my good senses took leave and I shouted at a person who was about to touch me not to do so and if he does he will get it back. And then there was a lady who didnt bother my threats..coz she is a lady...and it doesnt make any difference. My brother who was before me fought with each guy because he had the kid and they were pushing so hard that it was difficult for him to hold the kid and move forward also.
The next day when we went for the darshan after the Vasanthotsavam, the same thing happened and this time I was ready to hit the guys if they touch me :) When a guy came to push me I shouted at him saying that if there was space and I wasnt moving he can push.. when there is no space to even breathe where was I supposed to go.. He kept quite and there was this lady before who was shouting at my brother and sister-in-law to move forward and that it wasnt their temple to go in their own pace....as if it was hers and she had the right to push people around.... thankfully she didnt come near me. And to top it all, the way they pushed people around an old person before my sis-in-law fell down and instead of lifting him up these security people are pushing people ahead to start a stampede. God.. I dont know how you can watch all these and smile there.. Is this how they manage Crowd ? If these people dont push, people will go in their own way , find out a way to see the Lord and come out. This kind of management of the crowd is causing more issues than solving them. You should see the kids crying so badly there and elders getting suffocated. How can one even remember the Lord's face after all this. Honestly, one has to safely move from that place and not get suffocated and in that attempt, if they are able to see a glimpse of the Lord, good for them.
I know that the same kind of thing happens @ Guruvayoor also and since I have not seen in person I cannot comment in Sabrimala. First of all people who go to pray should understand that the Lord will be there forever. Pushing and running wont help them at all. Second, the authorities should come up with a better plan other than pushing people around. Put a barricade in such a way that only one person can go through it. Why do you need 10 people near the Sanctum Sanctorum to manage the crowd. And above all this, if you pay the people (especially the police there) you can get royal look @ the Lord...Money plays everywhere in Tirupati.
I was a person who never went to temples because of the crowd there and always believed praying @ home almost till my Post graduation. Even after that I used to go to temples when it is almost empty or less crowd so that I can communicate with God a while without being worried about the crowd or pushing or even taking care of my hand bag...
I know one thing for sure, the limit to my patience is waning slowly. I used to ignore these earlier but not anymore. Is it my age ? or is it that these things have gone from bad to worse ?
Whatever it is , Lord , I think its time for you to take some action.... Coz people are very ignorant and will not do anything unless calamity befalls them and even then they have selective amnesia and so they keep repeating the same things again.
I think this is one of the very few times when I write @ the heights of my emotional irritation. So do forgive me if my language is little harsh....I am just upset @ what happened.
There is no difference in the sort of crowd you see there even if its off season. They have managed to build more buildings around the temple for better stays. They have installed water heaters (I dont remember having Hot water in their complexes earlier) and good drinking water units with filters , atleast in the ones where we had booked (Varahaswamy Guest house, much near to the temple). We had it planned and booked it in December itself, so I guess we got a good one (atleast better than the earlier ones we had got). They have toilet facilities in all places and the whole places is cleaned and maintained much much better than what it was earlier.
We had a Sudarshan seva booked for Sat and Vasanthotsavam for Sun. For Sudarshan Seva we have to go all the way to the other end and then start from entering the chambers where you will be locked in each chamber for some time till the line gets moving. This has its pro and con here. Once you enter the chamber there is no line.. so people run everywhere to be first to go out. God you should see how they run pushing you in all directions, as if the Lord Himself is going to run away from that place after a few mins and they need to see Him before He leaves.
Since we had a kid with us we made sure that we stick together as a group and no get separated because you cannot trace in that case as the cellphones arent allowed and to shout in that crowd is an utter waste of your energy. And once in a while when people are a relaxed a bit and the kids all around start to doze off because there is no movement, a group of youngsters start to shout Govinda just to keep up their energy and to see how the crowd reacts, coz when they start shouting like that , others join them and start shouting. Man!!! aatu mandhaiga dhaan .. Once they start shouting the kids wake up and start screaming.... Thankfully my Niece was so obsessed with the word Govinda that every time they shout she used to wake up and look around for the person who said it and then finding that its difficult to spot all of them , dozes off again.
When we were in the 4th compartment, suddenly the security opened up 5th too and let them all inside 4th. Now thinking that they will be opening up the 4th to allow them to enter the 3rd compartment, people started rushing so badly that in that mess they suffocated a young lady and she fell down fainting. We went to help her out with some water and her husband started hand fight with the guys around who pushed her. How many people can he fight and it was a real mess. People dont consider old persons and the kids in the queue. They keep pushing. We cannot blame them completely also. Because they try to keep up to their family in the crowd. And with more space they try to fill up all the space available and so others come in between and things collapse.
After this when you wait for almost 2 hrs and finally enter the main temple, all the queue merges and there is again a bigger mess out here. Even after handling all that queue and pushing and pulling around (at times you dont feel your feet on the ground, the crowd lifts you up and takes you near the Golden Entrance - Bangara vagili) you enter the golden gate entrance and that is where my patience went deep down south. Right from the Garudar statue there is a line of the security people standing on one side of the queue allowing lesser space for the devotees to walk towards the Lord and apart from that, irrespective of the availability of the space, they keep pushing every one of them so hard, that you dont have a choice other than to automatically fall on the one before you and that in turn will have its ripple effect and there is a swinging of the devotees happening back and forth. Crowd manage panraangalaam. Vennai.. Earlier this pushing used to happen only when you near the Lord so that people wont stand there for ever and see the Lord. Well that is atleast acceptable to some extent, not that people will do that because they have their own lives to carry on. No one is coming there to sit before the Lord and pray for ever. After all the time they spend on the queue they would want a few seconds to see the Lord and say a word or two to Him. I was already not happy with the pushing in the crowd and above that these people keep touching you and pushing you so hard that my good senses took leave and I shouted at a person who was about to touch me not to do so and if he does he will get it back. And then there was a lady who didnt bother my threats..coz she is a lady...and it doesnt make any difference. My brother who was before me fought with each guy because he had the kid and they were pushing so hard that it was difficult for him to hold the kid and move forward also.
The next day when we went for the darshan after the Vasanthotsavam, the same thing happened and this time I was ready to hit the guys if they touch me :) When a guy came to push me I shouted at him saying that if there was space and I wasnt moving he can push.. when there is no space to even breathe where was I supposed to go.. He kept quite and there was this lady before who was shouting at my brother and sister-in-law to move forward and that it wasnt their temple to go in their own pace....as if it was hers and she had the right to push people around.... thankfully she didnt come near me. And to top it all, the way they pushed people around an old person before my sis-in-law fell down and instead of lifting him up these security people are pushing people ahead to start a stampede. God.. I dont know how you can watch all these and smile there.. Is this how they manage Crowd ? If these people dont push, people will go in their own way , find out a way to see the Lord and come out. This kind of management of the crowd is causing more issues than solving them. You should see the kids crying so badly there and elders getting suffocated. How can one even remember the Lord's face after all this. Honestly, one has to safely move from that place and not get suffocated and in that attempt, if they are able to see a glimpse of the Lord, good for them.
I know that the same kind of thing happens @ Guruvayoor also and since I have not seen in person I cannot comment in Sabrimala. First of all people who go to pray should understand that the Lord will be there forever. Pushing and running wont help them at all. Second, the authorities should come up with a better plan other than pushing people around. Put a barricade in such a way that only one person can go through it. Why do you need 10 people near the Sanctum Sanctorum to manage the crowd. And above all this, if you pay the people (especially the police there) you can get royal look @ the Lord...Money plays everywhere in Tirupati.
I was a person who never went to temples because of the crowd there and always believed praying @ home almost till my Post graduation. Even after that I used to go to temples when it is almost empty or less crowd so that I can communicate with God a while without being worried about the crowd or pushing or even taking care of my hand bag...
I know one thing for sure, the limit to my patience is waning slowly. I used to ignore these earlier but not anymore. Is it my age ? or is it that these things have gone from bad to worse ?
Whatever it is , Lord , I think its time for you to take some action.... Coz people are very ignorant and will not do anything unless calamity befalls them and even then they have selective amnesia and so they keep repeating the same things again.
I think this is one of the very few times when I write @ the heights of my emotional irritation. So do forgive me if my language is little harsh....I am just upset @ what happened.
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