My childhood days....

As I bloged earlier I was born and brought up in Srirangam in a religious ambience. Although i am not a Brahmin i grew among the Brahmins to such an extent that i could familarly speak ayarthu

(it should be ayangarathu...!) bashai, their traditions starting from upanayanam.
I studied up to 4^th standard(1993-94) in a CBSE school by name Sri Akilandeswari vidyalaya (SAV) in Thiruvanaikovil.
I had lot of friends there… whose name I could remember still but don’t know where they are now.. except a two.Thanks to those orkut communities, where I was able to recognize those two very old friends….!

Straight from my childhood I was always little hesitant to express myself…a very bad habit which I am still possessing….! It was in this school I developed some sort of enthu in QUIZ and GK…

Once in my 2^nd or 3^rd standard during an annual day I has to receive a prize from the chief guest. My class teacher informed me about this and gave an invitation. Also she said in a warning tone that no one should be absent for the event especially the prize winners and the prizes will not be given later if they are absenting themselves.

But I don’t know what sort of fear or an unkown feeling I developed towards getting into the dice and receiving a prize infront of a mass gathering…so I completely kept the matter secret and absented myself for the function and also managed somehow so that the matter is not known to my home.

The next day teacher asked me why I didn’t come to the function. It was the first and last time in my life that I created an imaginary uncle and rung him a death bell. Teacher believed my words and took pity on me and said "ok balaji you can come and collect your prize with your parents". (oh god now I have to create another idea to tell (lie) my parents….! Oru poi sonna neriya poi sollanum……!) At this time matter well reached my home…and it was a big story that I cajoled them and brought to school and finally got the prize.!..

Ok what is the prize…..? It’s a comic collection worth of some hundreds…!

Some yeaaaaaaaaars later…………!

It was in July 2000 that I had to receive the prize from the CM M.Karunanidhi, for being the district second in SSLC, asusual invitation came, My HM (DRBCC school, Tiruvallur) called me….to his cabin, gave me the invitation and in the same warning tone..said Go with your Parents….and Don’t absent for the function!

If I were Buddha…….! My bodhi is……….?

We all know Buddha got enlightened… under a Bodhi tree while he saw a final march of a corpse…!
I wonder that there were no hospitals in his age… else he might have got it there!

Whenever I fall sick (very often I do!) and whenever I was waiting in the corridors of a clinic or hospital… I do wonder… what a human life is all about…..! There are lots of complications with almost every people… everyone has some ailments..... With all these ailments... People were buried under the perils of jealous, anger, enemity... And various evil things.
They are not ready to realize the value of their life...! Once they get cured again they start indulging in all these ugly things…..!
I am not compelling any one to be Buddha but to understand his preaching’s get a core out of it and follow it in day to day life…..with utmost courtesy…. And sincerity…!
That will do wonders…. And lifts the spirits of the society!