Day 31- Every Day Inspirations - Build a longer table!

Day 30- Every Day Inspirations - She ends the Indulgence! - Short Fiction

I wrote in my diary sarcastically calling it  'the gift that keeps on giving'.    It had been several months now that he is binding me from all sides.   Be it profession, personal life, dreams, hobbies, emotional and physical well-being, he seems to be appearing everywhere around..    I know that the skeleton would fall out of the cupboard any time sooner than later.   Finding a soul-mate!   I smiled to myself.

 I cursed Shankar  for having come in my life very late.  But with a spouse who is around me all the time, I still managed to get time with Shankar.   Going on long drives, sharing a silent candle-lit dinner,  sitting on the beach and watching children play football,  little dare-to-do kisses and hugs in the privacy of the car,  walking around holding hands on the highway and further more, driving down few hundred miles to the privacy of a new town for the unimaginable ecstasy of romance that had a special cupid touch.  I felt all my essential emotional needs being met when Shankar is around.   

What started as a meeting 'over a cup of coffee' ,  soon became frequent.     Without knowing,  friendship bloomed into a physical relationship.   'Paru!  Paru!'  - Shankar called me back to the present world.    

'What are you thinking so deeply dear?'   - He asked with all concern.

I replied rather sternly -  'Will you introduce me to the client as your wife?'     Shankar took back for a moment from holding my hand.   I could see a sense of discomfort in the way he reacted.   

'Why should I introduce you as my wife?'   He asked.   I said, 'because I am your WIFE! "  stressing the word Wife!

'You are my wife.  You are my everything dear' -  He confessed holding my hands.  

'Then tell to this world the same thing Shankar'   -  My voice shivered in pain and I could sense the fury, anger and desperation to myself.     I know he cannot.  I also know that he will not leave his wife or child for me.  Sametime, I am also aware that he will not leave me.   I know he loves me.  But I am confused.  I am lost.

'Trust me Paru!  Please'.  We are living happily as we can.  You know that I will do anything for you.  I am happy with you and you are also happy with me.'  I can hear Shankar trying to convince me.

But my mind is racing against the facts...the reality which is far from the indulgence of my extra marital affair.  I know that my husband will be hurt and feel terrible and respond with challenges that I cannot handle if he comes to know of this relationship.   Yet, I am asking him the questions to which I myself do not have answers. 

The health of my relationships within my family, friends and the community is largely happy and respected one.  So does his broad circle of life he has outside my relationship in his life.  

'Go tell your wife, that you are cheating her.  Tell her that you want to leave her and marry me! '   I shouted at him in the car when he tried to hold my hand and pacify me.  

'What happened to you Paru!  You are never like this.  Why are you becoming a stubborn horse?'   - I can see pain in his eyes and care in his voice.   

'I want to be your pregnant.' -  I told him bluntly without a second thought.   I know what he would respond as well.   But I really did not know what I wanted to hear from him the night I decided to really introspect my indulgence with him

'Don't be a fool Paru.   You know you cannot go ahead with the decision.   You also know that you will not welcome an illegitimate child to this world?  Still do you want to be a pregnant with me?'   -  This time, I could hear his anger and frustration.  

'See, See,  I told you.  What ever it may be, I am still your KEEP.  I am not your wife.  Had it been the honesty of me being your wife, you would have loved to hear me with what I wanted.'.   

I could hear the warning bells ringing inside me not to provoke his anger further.  But my words are not getting under control.  My thoughts are racing against my rational judgement.  The lies of the relationship is hurting my self-esteem and causing a deep sense of insecurity.    I want him to understand that I need a recognition.  Recognition as his wife.  

'Paru,  I will do that when time comes.  Finish all your responsibilities and then we shall decide'-   He promised

'Shame on you Shankar.   What the hell do you think of yourself?.  It will take me a life time to settle my children and complete my responsibilities and you will want to give me what I want today after I complete my life? '   I was furious

I know it is all going wrong.  Horribly wrong.  I have no guarantee in this relationship which I honestly want to be ever lasting.  Instead of trying to save it by defusing the situation, I am actually infuriating it towards a forever damage.   My primary relationship of marriage needs all my attention and probably may never end.  If at all he tries to end his present marriage, that may well take several months and not going to end any sooner.  

'I am not able to take this anymore!  Either you marry me and give me a social recognition or just leave me and go! "  -  I shouted.

Paru!  -   I felt a sharp pain on my face as his hand hit me hard.   'Stop the nonsense.  Do you hear me!  Just stop and go home now!'-  Shankar shouted back on me and came to my side of the car and opened the door. 

I could not get down.  I am still in the state of shock.  I felt totally trapped between the 'wants' and the 'should's' of my life.  I felt torn and didn't know what to do!   Just felt broken.   Tears floods down my cheeks as I hid my face in my palms and cried.   He left me to cry.

'I love you Paru.  Do what ever you feel is right.   Just let me know what I should do.   If marriage is the only thing you want,  I will do everything possible to make it happen.   First, you go home and talk to your husband about this and initiate your divorce.  I will wait for you.'   -  Shankar told me softly.

'Leave me Shankar!'.   I told him firmly.   This time, the words came out of my mind than my heart.  'I am tired of this battle between my life and my love.  I know I will be in pain.  Pain for longer time than I can imagine.   Healing will take time.  But I will heal within!.  

I took my bag from the back seat of his car and walked away.   I felt terribly shaken.   But I know I have evolved.  

Evolution from an indulgence that was not easy.   Time will give me the strength.  My needs may change over time,  as I re-evaluate both of our lives.  Tomorrow our children will be happy for the decisions I made today.    They can continue living in the unbroken families.

Shankar stood there, watching me walk away.   As I turned back to see him for one last time,  I saw him leaning over the steering wheel hiding his face in his hands.  I know I have hurt him.  But I also know he will heal.

At the end of time, we are all alone in our journey into awareness, rethinking and reevaluating the decisions made in our lives and who we are becoming.  In the evolution of consciousness, leaving behind a relationship that doesn't work, forced me to look into who I am.  Perhaps for the first time, I have come to understand my short comings and started to work on myself.   

I have one life to live.  Let me make the most of it.  Without giving it a life long trauma in the name of non-existent extra marital affair. Yes,  I am happy I ended it.   It is the end of my indulgence.

Day 29- Every Day Inspirations - Be the Change you want to be!

Day 28 - Every Day Inspirations - Bloggers and Book Launch - Chennai does it a style!

Right of Freedom of Expression

                 

 Is my fundamental right as a citizen of India.   Yes, I love this right and I am also aware of the duties that come along with it.  It gives me immense pleasure and pride to write what I think....Out of box, inside my head,  pains of my heart, foolishness of my friend,  ranting over a relative, shopping, slipping on the staircase,eating in the terrace....do what all possible under the sun and sky!    

We, as bloggers of Chennai and much more pride of being part of the 'The Chennai Bloggers Club'  rejoice in what we do.   Our own musings on our blogs, collective writing and editing, sharing thoughts and events, fun and concerns,  food and meets.   

Today, CBC is a big family of close to 300 bloggers from all walks of life.   We are a strong group of writers in the group that closely interact in a closed group in Facebook.   We tweet our thoughts.  We share our dreams and causes.   The bonding is not built over night.   But a steady and persistent flow of events brought us together.  

We are now a matured lot of writers, welcoming new one's into the old,  helping each other, motivating and inspiring like always.   Few of us have gone a step ahead as published authors adding feathers in the already shining cap of CBC.  

The recently held 2 events -  Bloggers meet sponsored by Stylori and the one we met at House #22 cafe for the book launch of fellow writer Shikha are classic examples of what brings us together.  The passion for writing.  The inner peace that comes with blogging.  Yes, we are not just writers.  We are thinkers.  

As a happy family of Chennai Bloggers Club, it is of immense pride and awareness when our authors like Kavipriya Moorthy or Shashi publish their books.   We have a strong social responsibility as writers.   It gives us a sense of satisfaction as well as courage to voice out of opinions and sensible thoughts.   

We love our fashion bloggers who bring in a class to what we can achieve.   Our food bloggers make it visually appealing to our taste buds....Our travel bloggers take us on the world virtual tours.   Motivational bloggers keep our every day dawn a pleasant one.  What else can you ask from a group of comrades with one strong bonding of blogging!    Love you CBC.  

                         

Day 27 - Every Day Inspirations - Thiru Vi Ka Speakers Forum Chennai - Building leaders

On 26th January 2016,  Tuesday,  both  my husband and I were invited to be part of the inauguration of the 16th Branch of Thiru-Vi-Ka Speakers Forum in Chennai,  at Independence Day Park behind Valluvar Kottam.   Exnora and Walkers Association joined hands in support.

It was such a pleasant morning where lot of people of all age groups gathered.   There were guests of honour felicitating the function.  Few children queued up to speak about freedom fighters and India's Republic Day.   

Children and Elders took up turns to talk freely, happily and out of heart on the things that were closer to them.   After the flag hoisting on the eve of 67th Republic Day,  the guests gathered to celebrate the beginning of the speakers forum at this specific park.   This is a moment of celebration as this forum is a platform for all people, sharing and give and take knowledge.  There is no money motive or heirarchy of leadership in this forum.   This is the forum of the people, by the people and for the people.

The mantra of the speakers forum founded by Dr .R. Damodharan 13 years ago in Chennai is very simple.   Meet everyweek in the nearest park, encourage speakers and give them an opportunity to showcase talents, share knowledge, build a community of inspiring youngsters and prune them to be leaders.   

1.  The speakers can talk on any subject except criticizing Religion and  Politics

2.  Anyone can participate and speakers are free to talk on anything, except provoking speech on religions, political or radical topics

3.  Motive is to provide brief, clear and precise speech within 5 minutes given to each speaker

4.  All languages and all age groups are encourged

5.  They meet  at the local park (branch of Thiru-vi-ka Forum)  every week at the specific time and share knowledge.

6.  It has people from all walks of life - including lawyers, doctors, engineers, press people, teachers, auditors, accountants, students, IAS aspirants, government employees, home makers and all others.

7.  Every one is a member.  It continues as a forum of people

8.  Voluntary contributions help for the motivational gifts and organizing chairs, mikes etc needed for the forum.  There is no monetary motive in this whole exercise

9.  Free meetings attended by an average of 30 people in each park every week to conquer the fear of public speaking.

10.  Continued for years with the motive of making good speakers and thinkers to transform as leaders.  Energize them to meet the challenges of life

What this forum builds

1.  Excellent speakers - making introverts come out as extroverts

2.  Making Leaders with objectives of public speaking

3.  Building a network of like minded people 

4.  Creating a community with strong moral values 

5.  Importance of time, talk and words is enriched

6.  Develop communication skills and self-confidence

 

May God bless the endeavors of the self-less service and contribution of all forum members continue.  May this tribe increase as the forum slowly spreads to all the parks in Chennai.  

Long Live the inspiration for a better society. 

 

Day 26 - Every Day Inspirations - Celebrating India

Day 25- Every Day Inspirations - Reactions! They define who you are!

Reactions!   As a person I was very fond of them.  I always believed that for every action, there was an immediate and opposite reaction.  yes, it was a science theory we all learnt.  But over the years, I realized that my reactions were increasing the number of people who dislike me.   Few disowned me as I did react in the way they did not expect me to react.   I could not pretend to react in a way they wanted me to.  Whose fault?  No one's.

People loved me for my immediate and apt reactions too.  I was admired for being opinionated on everything happening around.  My judgmental thinking and values expressed were also admired.  

At the same time,  my reactions were becoming hyper active and straightforward.   They were getting filled with anger, frustration, intolerance against atrocities, greed,  cheating and people who deceive their own families - kith and kin.

Intolerant reactions to people who did things unjustified triggered back on me.  I became a quick enemy for reasons that could have been defused, had I not reacted.   Being expressive and vocal with reactions fetch you disturbing circumstances.  I was not immune to this.   

People who did everything bad, without being expressive at all, became good people.   Whereas, opposing such acts with strong reactions make us look evil.   Intentions doesn't matter.  But reactions do.    In the end, we are the losers.   It leaves us with disappointments, frustration and anger.  

You have to react.  But you should know the limits.  Being over reactive shows your weaknesses to others.   You are no more a puzzle to others for your limitations are shown openly.   You end up as a failure.  

For example, a mother keeps on shouting on a child for disobeying and not doing her homework daily.   The child calmly ignores the abuse and gives a deaf ear to her mother.  The day mother changes her reaction and gives a stern look in silence, that is when the child started to feel something more aggressive.   That was when the child actually felt the mother's nonacceptance.   The child did everything to change.   Just because the mother's reactions changed.

Instead of asking others to change, how we react to circumstances if changed, will in the long run bring the results we seek.   Reactions of anger,  abuse, quarrel and struggle gives no room for positive energies.   The way we defuse and use our reactions define who we are !

 

 

 

Day 24- Every Day Inspirations - Beauty - Color of Thoughts!

Beauty

It is a beautiful word

making this world a better place

Beauty of the heart

Is in the kindness we show

Beauty of the mind

Is in the thoughts we sow

Beauty of the life

Is in the way we let life go

Beauty of the family

Is in the togetherness we hold

Beauty of the child

Is in the way it is raised

Beauty of the friendship

Is in the depth of bonding we hold

Beauty is in the religion

That respects every other creed

Beauty of the language

In the songs that are made

Beauty of the society

Is in the inclusions we make

Beauty of the soul

Is in the way our thoughts take

Yes, Beauty

is Just not a word

But a Way of Life we make!

 

Day 23 - Every Day Inspirations -Gratitude

Gratitude.   This is one of the most powerful words in the world.  It makes a difference.  It drives you with compassion.  It makes you to be thankful to what you received in life.  It does wonders when used right. 

I would like to share a short story on gratitude.    I will go with my regular protagonist  Paru.

Paru was a young mother to a six month old infant baby, when her husband lost his job.  After endless attempts, her husband could not get a job which would feed her family.   Being a graduate herself, she was feeling not only helpless but also frustrated that she is not able to support the family.  

When she asked her mother in law for support to buy few essentials for her baby, her mother-in-law sharply asked her to sell her jewellery and get what she wants.  It was a blow on her face.  That's when she decided to take up a job herself.  Accepting the challenge to find opportunities in adversities is a woman's strength always.   

Sooner than later, things changed as she took up a job and she could afford basic necessities to her family by herself.  Instead of being annoyed by the rejection of her inlaws to help,  Paru felt thankful to her mother-in-law for having shown her a way to make her own life.  Had it not been for that gratitude, Paru would have remained a dejected woman in life with no way to move forward and would have been sitting at home, brooding over her destiny.

Gratitude happens from unknown corners of life.  We need to be thankful not only for our success but also for our failures.  For they are the best lessons.    We need to be always thankful to God, our parents, our teachers and all those people and circumstances that made us survive.  

Thank you is not just another magical word.  It is a feeling.  It is an essence of good living.  

 

Day 22 - Every Day Inspirations - Teach For India - Nationwide Initiative towards Child Education

India is a growing economy, however millions of our fellow Indians continue to languish in poverty.

One of the biggest reasons for this is the lack of education. Lack of this common right has deprived large sections of our society of even the most basic of human rights. A recent UN report on education released stated that India still has the largest number of illiterate adults in the world. In fact, did you know that over half of the illiterate adults live in just four countries: Bangladesh, China, India and Pakistan. Appalling isn’t it ?

“There are currently 7.5 million children out of school in India. Of those who attend school, 50% will drop out before Class V. Underlining that poverty is a critical factor that blocks access to education, it quotes a 2005 survey that in India the poorest 20 per cent were over three times more likely to be out of school than children from the richest 20 per cent.”

Teach For India is a nationwide movement that aims to bridge the educational gap in India by placing promising college graduates and young professionals in low-income government & private schools to teach full-time for two years. The organization’s mission is to build a movement of leaders who will eliminate inequity in education and meet the vision that ‘One day all children will receive an excellent education.’ While, it’s a low paying job that requires a full time commitment, the experience is worth its weight in gold. It does need a two year commitment from you so don’t apply if you’re not sure. 

As part of Positive India, we are making good advance in cutting down the school drop-outs.   Various government led programs coupled with wonderful initiatives by Corporates and NGOs are making a wide difference bringing in great impact in getting children back to schools.

Teach for India is an initiative conceptualized and led by the Times of India group and is present in five Indian cities - Mumbai, Pune, Delhi, Hyderabad and Chennai. It is also a part of the ‘Teach for All’ network which comprises of similar organizations in 26 other countries.

And you never know that the cure to cancer / AIDS and other such diseases, which can’t be treated, could be trapped in the mind of someone who can't afford or hasn't had an opportunity to get an education! You could be the one to find that bright star and start his / her journey towards finding the cure!

For more information on the program and applying do log on to www.teachforindia.org.

 Source:  http://www.collegeokplease.com

Day 21 - Every Day Inspirations - 6 Pack Band - India's First Transgender Band

The 6 Pack Band comprises six transgender singers hailing from India’s ‘Hijra’ community. It’s an initiative created and driven by Y-Films, the youth wing of Yash Raj Films, to help further the cause of gender equality in India. 

True to this spirit, the Brooke Bond Red Label 6 Pack Band celebrates togetherness by depicting a more welcoming world.   Thanks to Celebrities like Sonu Nigam and Anushka Sharma, who stood by these people in brining out the the best of talents...no matter what gender they belong to.  

Saluting the spirit of inclusion.

Giving equal status to the deprived

Mixing the trangenders in mainstream society

Recognising them as equal humans

No matter, how they look 

No offense on how they USED to behave

They need a platform to refine

A paradigm shift in lives that define

The spirit of India, our pride of Freedom

The Glory of recognition, the real stardom!

Day 20- Every Day Inspirations - The Seed you plant is the Shoot you get!

As we instill in us, good thoughts; they lead to good days

The more of positive vibes; makes us more optimistic!

As we involve ourselves in good deeds, good things rays

Making our lives, meaningful and enjoyable in mystic!

What we think, often, is what we are made in the end!

The life we live, is mostly reflects on the type of our friends!

Those who go beyond the boundaries of differences

And could see the sunlight just under the wide sky

Those who cross the borders of pain and suffering with smiles

And could see the stars even in the darkest canopy

Are the one's who are sowing the seeds of bamboo

that takes time to grow within, but raises to shoot at once

It takes years of waiting, watering, sunlight and air,

And when it raises, it raises high into the wider skies

It is the power of the perseverance and persistent try

When you seed good thoughts, you do reap a good life

It is the power of the wisdom and gentle soul to rejoice

Living in the spirit of self enriching goals and inner joys

 

Day 19 - Every Day Inspirations - Implant an invisible Filter in Mind!

One thing that is offered in this world free of cost,  free of asking,  free of everything is 'ADVICE'.    In short, it means, advertising their own thoughts thinking as wise.   How sweet of me to realize this... ofcourse late.  But wise me!

This advertising wise....starts from the time we start doing anything in life.   Admission of a child to school,  each one you know gives their own view of what a good school is, how good ratings it have, how proud you should be to get admission there and what not.   Poor me over-powered by these 'advices' is now more confused.  

If you planning to get wedding,  the rain of advices start with a storm.  How you should behave, how traditional the family should be, how to choose a spouse, what to expect...blah blah blah...Hey common,  Am I getting married or you?   Let me think!

The same continues as you getting in college, getting into career,  moving to a new neighbourhood,  writing a book,  starting a business and what not.   People stop poking their noses into your business.   

It is upto you, whether you take them or ignore.   Doing what you think is right for you only helps.   

The biggest of rainfall of advices start pouring in when someone ends up in separation, divorce,  loss of a job or property, or meet with an accident, or loses someone close in life.    

The sad part is even the healing and grieving process is not immune to the advices.    Other people fail to understand how much they infact cause pain and grief than healing.    Only when you know to install an invisible filter in your mind to ignore what is not needed and unnecessary comments, suggestions and free advices, you will be able to take proper unbiased decisions what is right for life

It is not that we should not listen.  We should.  We should also know to filter what will do good for us and accept them modestly and ignore what is unwanted with poise and move on.

After all, it is your life, and you are strong and confident to deal with all situations in life.  When you want, you can always ask.  

You have the right to lead the life as you want.  Stay Firm!  Stay Confident.   Implant an invisible filter in your mind.  It makes your life free from undue influences and unwanted heart aches!

 

Day 18- Every Day Inspirations - The Story of the Cup and the Needle - Don't Waste Food

Tiruvalluvar, the renowned Tamil Saint, who has written the immortal work called 'Tirukural' used to keep by his side a needle and small cup filled with water when he sat for meals.  

When a host asked him on why he insisted having these two place by the side of the plate.  He said, 'Food should not be wasted.  Every grain is precious.  Sometimes, stray grains of cooked rice or stray pieces of cooked vegetables fall off the place or away from it, while I eat.  I lift them off the floor, with help of this needle and stir them in water to clean them, and eat them. 

What an amazing lesson this is, for those who waste more than they consume. 

You can buy food, have resources to go for a large meal or buffet but have no right to waste the food on the plate...for the resources are not just yours! 

Day 17 - Every Day Inspirations - Four Essential Things in Life

Life makes itself beautiful when you concentrate on  FOUR ESSENTIALS :

1.  Food
2.  Sleep
3.  Happiness
4.  Attitude

These four are inter-related.   

Who knows to listen to their body, and go light on the stomach, focus on the food we consume, not worrying about calories but on what we really need, nutrients that keep our energies in charge... is the one who know to control the body- which is the store house of our life.   The day the body stops to function, we cease to exist in this world.  So listening to our body and its warnings and signs and our food habits make what we are outwardly ..towards healthy body with a healthy mind.

Sleep  -  I envy those who can sleep immediately once they get to bed.   I also envy those who sleep just the time that the body wants... Average of 6-8 hours of continuous, undisturbed and nightmare free sleep.   Sleep gives you the energy you need, absorbs the food intake and balances your metabolism.  Sleep also gives you revived thinking and calmness of mind and soul.  Your thoughts, dreams, strength and energy depends on how well you sleep...So sleep on time.  Sleep in right posture,  sleep for needed hours and sleep well!

Happiness.   This is the difficult essential to maintain always in our chaotic world.  But those who could smile and say all is well, doing all times, no matter how much life threatens you, are the one's who know to live happily.  Happiness is the stage of several things, peace, prayer, contentment, social life, concentration and also focus on the things that you need.  Only the happy mind can make happy things.  Even if you have everything in life, and still not happy, it is as bad as not having anything.   Happiness is key to success.

Attitude.  This is the base of how a person is valued in the society.  Those who do not possess the right attitude may still survive, may still succeed, may still be happy, healthy and sleep well.  But they definitely are the people who will pay the price one day.  People would like to keep away from people with wrong attitude.  It is like bacteria.  It hurts.  It reoccurs to haunt.  It is in built and not realized many a time by the person who possess a bad attitude.  The one with the good attitude wins over everybody and will be the STAR in their own right!  


AHFS....is just a mantra for life...Attitude, Happiness, Food and Sleep.   Have them in right quantity with utmost quality for the best of life to live.  After all..we have just one life to live fully.

Day 16- Every Day Inspirations - The Story of a Traditional Sport - Yes, I support Jallikattu

The sport of taming an Ox is called Jalli Kattu.   This is a traditional sport of Tamil Nadu, India and also a very popular sport during the festival of Pongal (Harvest)  and enjoyed on the Mattu Pongal day.   

This is of a specific Indian Breed of Oxes, used for transportation, farming and agriculture and breeding of Indian cattle.  The cattle is not found in any of the forests in India today.  Most of them are reared as domestic animals and as part of the families in India.  

Kurinji, Mullai, Marudham raised cattle and used them in fields.  The need to use the cattle in fields was identified in our olden days.  And there was need to tame the otherwise wild and bullish oxen for this purpose.   So the process of overcoming on the powers of ox, and getting them trained to support farming was a practice.   This art in the long run, became a brave sport. 

Prizes were given to the brave youngsters who tamed these animals and it was also a tradition to get girls married in the villages to the winners of this sport.   When a girl child was born, they also used to adopt of calf and then raise it along with the girl.  During the finalization of wedding, who ever could tame the grown up ox, would be selected as the girl's suitor.  

The name of this is called 'Eluvadar'.   The coins used to be tied to the horns of the ox.  With the sounds of the coins during the sport,  this brave sport was named as 'JalliKattu'...the sounds.

Eludarvar is Tamil's traditional sport, and protecting the bravery of Tamils, Traditions and sporting event.  

Only Indian Indigenious cattle alone can produce A2 milk that is used as the best milk in the world. And Jessy milk for A1 milk.  There is a great demand for our cattle.

The food security raised its arms towards more scaring export market for beef and leather than the sport enjoyed one day in a year in the state of Tamil Nadu.   Tamilians are the one who introduced the use of fertilized manure from the Ox excretes that saved our organic farming from chemical fertilizers.

In the land where we worship, cows as goddess and maintain our cattle as family members, giving them names and place to stay in harmony with mankind, where is the question of merciless killing of these animals.    The Indus Valley Civilization - stone age image depict this as the Oldest Sport in the world - Owned by Tamilians

Natural farming-  a modern, cost effective and nature healing way of agriculture is supported with the participation of Indian Cattle in farms.    Medicinal values of indigenous breed excretes is also wide known. 

The news of Smuggling Indian Bull sperm out of India is also not a strange news.   Brazil is the world's largest producer of Milk and beef  in the world.  It would be fascinating to know that 1 bull from India was auctioned at Rs 1 crore.  60 bulls were exported to Brazil for the strength of the breed that we are failing to protect in India.   

In Tamil, it means cattle is a sign of prosperity.  The false representation of such cattle as wild animals and in the fake propaganda against Jallikattu affecting the assets and customers of Tamil Nadu.  

Where is the justice in stopping this traditional sport alone?   

Elephants are used in temples and all over Kerala for lifting logs and other activities.   Army has a battalion of horses, camels and dogs.   There is thriving market for leather goods.   Rats, rabbits and other animals are used for clinical trails.   If all this can sustain, then the continuation of Jallikattu should not be banned.

From one of my friend who is owner of 5 such oxes, that participate in Jalli Kattu,  the ban is a sentimental blow of the villages who long for the day of this sport.   The cattles are not put into any kind of intoxication, use of drugs or alcohal.   There are strict rules for the players / sportsmen also who get into the jallikattu arena.   

If this sport is injurious to our men, then every other sport like wrestling, weightlifting,  cricket and every other sport which has probability of physical injuries are also risky.     Can we ban them?  For that will put a big hole in the pockets of the politicians and business men who are behind the screens.  

 Here in Jallikattu, it is the common man with sentiments and traditions fighting more than his might against the courts and rules, self-proclaims animal activists  instead of the sporting oxen!  Irony!