“Erakumi Kasugayala Durakumi bandhujanula doshamu summi Parakumi ranamuna Meerakumi guruvunagna medina Sumathi” The English translation is something like this Do not collect unripe fruits Do not point out errors of relatives Do not run away from battle Do not go above the order given by your teacher This is a simple poem taught to the young students in Andhra giving them four important principles in life. The first line asks the students not to collect unripe fruits when collecting the fruits for immediate consumption. Many types of unripe fruits taste different from the ripe one. For example a ripe mango tastes totally different from a raw mango. By collecting the unripe fruits one will be wasting the resources as they may not be useful and may be thrown away. The second line talks about not pointing out the errors of relatives as this will alienate them. By alienating the relatives we may not be able to expec...
Now that elections have been declared in India. As a natural consequence every party ruling, opposition or even non-entities currently but who wants to play a major role in case of a fractured mandate are busy with seat allocation, canvassing, alignments etc. Famous or infamous “Aaya Rams and Gaya Rams” or so called “Jumping Stars” who habitually move from one party to another party are very busy in their endeavours. Like some of the earlier elections there is one strong contender for the post be it in the eyes of the main opposition party or the media. For the last 4-5 months there is a frenzy on the air waves chanting “NaMo” which is the short name of Mr Narendra Modi. Now it is declared by his party that he will be contesting from two seats viz., Varanasi (in Uttar Pradesh) and Vadodara (in his stronghold Gujarat). May be I am naive about politics or may be I am not knowledgeable about the ways of politics, but I have a big doubt. Please note that I am not from any pa...
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