Posts
All Comments
Seems although the bigwig of Kadalaar, had a great escape courtesy the munificence of somebody important, his whereabouts are unknown. He is not permitted to meet anyone at all.
For all practical purposes it is confinement.
To put it mildly, he escaped from confinement to find himself confined
I was going through a conversation with Ajit Prabhu, co-founder and CEO of Quest Global, in the Times of India of 12 August 2026.
I found the letter he has written in it to his parents striking.
We had brought up our children providing them a large number of comics. We knew reading alone would bring the best out of them. We furnished the comics to get them cultivate extra reading. They did exactly that. A relative once recalled he had always been envious of them when he had seen them postured on top of a mountain of comics.
They did not become engineers or doctors. But they learned how to negotiate life. They have struck out on their own individual paths. They still read. They manage themselves well.
I felt if they were going to write to us on how they had come up, they would certainly write a similar letter like the one Ajit Prabhu wrote to his parents. It is quoted.
"Dear Amma and Appa,
You wanted an engineer. I became one.But the engineer you see today wasn't shaped solely in classroom. He was made at home, nurtured by the two of you, long before I ever set foot in Karnataka University.
I carry my degrees with pride. But what I carry more deeply is something you gave me first, a love of learning and a sense of curiosity that was never asked to stay small.
I was the boy who paid 25 cents to read comics, he couldn't afford to buy and built a small business so I could read more of them. Those stories of Tintin crossing continents and heroes solving impossible problems gave a young boy from Hubbali the belief, anything was possible.
Here is what I have learned since then. The hardest problems in this world aren't solved by people who only know engineering. They're solved by Polymaths - people who have an interest in music, poetry, sports, history (and even comic books) and bring that passion into the lab with them.
Curiosity is the engine. Discipline is the anchor.
As I think about the future generations, I know that the children who will solve the world's hardest problems are not the ones who will be asked to narrow themselves. They will be the ones who are allowed to dream big and have great aspirations. Just as you made space for the parts of me that did not fit neatly into a syllabus.
So when I think of the comics, cricket, the books that had nothing to do with my exams, I don't see wasted time. I see the making of a polymath engineer.
I see the two of you.
Thank you for encouraging my curiosity and never making me feel my interests outside the classroom didn't matter. I am who I am, because of you. A proud creative polymath engineer.
With all my love, your son.
Sd/-
Now a real story
Occured just now.
Yesudas came with a bill for the masonry work
There were four spelling errors.
I asked him his educational qualification
He said 10th.
Then I said, no point in finding fault with you
I told him I'd help him relearn
Asked him to take out his mobile and check the spellings
He reiterated what he wrote searching the mobile
Then I took out my phone and showed him the correct spellings for each of the four
To my surprise, I found him jotting them down in a note book with serious intent.
I said, a supposedly learned man with degrees wouldn't have done that.
He replied he wanted to avoid repeating the mistakes in future.
(I felt that was the beginning of wisdom)
I passed the bill for payment
As he was leaving Yesudas said in Malayalam
"Njan alochikukayirunnu, ente cherupathil ningalepole oral undayirunnu engil ethra nannayirunnu ennu."
(I was thinking, if only I had some one like you when I had been young).
Impersonation is never tolerated anywhere.
It is punished almost everywhere, except perhaps .........
That Is How the Spring of Compassion
Flows…
The most
heartfelt answer to the question, “What did you give?” is “Love.”
One should be
a companion for as long as one is together.
The Story of Anand
The 1971
Bollywood film “Anand,” starring Rajesh Khanna and Amitabh Bachchan in the lead
roles, tells the story of the deep emotional bond between a terminally ill but
cheerful patient and the doctor treating him.
The patient,
Anand, who is confined to his bed, often speaks about a very close friend. He
describes someone who loved him deeply, wrote letters to him regularly and made
all the moments they spent together beautiful. He continues describing this
friend at length.
But, in
reality, Anand never had such a friend. It was only an imagination.
When the doctor
realizes this, he begins writing letters himself. He writes them just as Anand
would imagine his friend writing them—with warmth and affection. He then sits
beside the patient and reads the letters aloud to him.
In this way,
the doctor becomes Anand's imagined friend and helps him continue his remaining
days with happiness and hope.
The Small Wonders of Life
Life is not
always about extraordinary achievements. Sometimes, the simple acts of kindness
and the happiness received through them are what make each moment meaningful.
A bus driver
who stops for a minute for a child running to catch the bus because he is late
for an examination is a small miracle.
A shopkeeper
who, without the customer's knowledge, puts back into the bag half of the
vegetables that the customer had said he did not need is another example of
kindness.
There are
people who may not know what help to ask for. For some, a caring presence, a
gentle touch or simply a compassionate look is enough to give them hope.
A person who
is hungry may not need material possessions; he needs food. A person without
water needs something to drink. For someone who has no hope of recovery, what
can be given is a compassionate presence and emotional support.
The Message
Visible good
deeds and achievements are often celebrated as the most beautiful moments of
life. But if we look carefully, we understand that kindness often flows through
ordinary people who remain unnoticed and whose good deeds never make headlines.
It is not
easy to provide a permanent solution to another person's problems, and nobody
may even expect it. But when someone's days are numbered, being there for them
with love, warmth and companionship can be enough for them to close their eyes
in peace and satisfaction.
The essence of the article is:
Sometimes the greatest gift we can
give another person is simply love, companionship and a caring presence.
The article in the Malayala Manorama was translated to English by Tessy - Thomas Jacob
കഥയിൽ
ഉറവ
കിനിയുവർ അങ്ങേ...
|
വികാരങ്ങളെ സ്പർശിക്കുന്ന ഒരു ഉത്തരം എന്തു നൽകിയെന്ന ചോദ്യത്തിന്റെ ഏറ്റവും ഹൃദയസ്പർശിയായ ഉത്തരം സ്നേഹം നൽകി എന്നതാണ്. കൂടെയുള്ളിടത്തോളം ഒരുമിച്ച് നിൽക്കണം. 1971 മെയ് മാസത്തിൽ പുറത്തിറങ്ങിയ ‘ആനന്ദ്’ എന്ന സിനിമയിൽ രാജേഷ് ഖന്നയും അമിതാഭ് ബച്ചനും പ്രധാന വേഷങ്ങളിൽ അഭിനയിക്കുന്നു. മരണാസന്നനായിട്ടും പ്രസന്നവദനനായ ഒരു രോഗിയുടെയും അദ്ദേഹത്തെ ചികിത്സിക്കുന്ന ഡോക്ടറുടെയും ആത്മബന്ധത്തിന്റെ കഥയാണ് സിനിമ. |
രോഗി ആനന്ദ് കിടക്കയിൽ കഴിയുമ്പോൾ തനിക്ക് വളരെ അടുത്ത ഒരു ആത്മസുഹൃത്തിനെക്കുറിച്ച് പറയാറുണ്ട്. തന്നെ ഏറെ സ്നേഹിച്ചിരുന്ന ആ സുഹൃത്ത് എപ്പോഴും കത്തുകളെഴുതുകയും അവർ ഒരുമിച്ച് ചെലവഴിച്ച നിമിഷങ്ങളെല്ലാം മനോഹരമാക്കുകയും ചെയ്തിരുന്നുവെന്ന് ആനന്ദ് പറയുന്നു. എന്നാൽ യഥാർഥത്തിൽ ആനന്ദിന് അങ്ങനെയൊരു സുഹൃത്ത് ഉണ്ടായിരുന്നില്ല. അതൊരു വെറും തോന്നൽ മാത്രമായിരുന്നു. ഇതു മനസ്സിലാക്കിയ ഡോക്ടർ സ്വയം കത്തുകളെഴുതാൻ തുടങ്ങി. രോഗിയുടെ സുഹൃത്ത് എങ്ങനെ എഴുതുമോ അതേ വിധം സ്നേഹവും കരുതലും നിറഞ്ഞ വാക്കുകളായിരുന്നു അവയിൽ. എന്നിട്ട് അവയെല്ലാം രോഗിയുടെ അരികിലിരുന്ന് മനോഹരമായി വായിച്ചുകേൾപ്പിച്ചു. |
ഇന്നത്തെ ചിന്താവിഷയം ജീവിതത്തിലെ ഏറ്റവും മനോഹരമായ മുഹൂർത്തങ്ങൾ എപ്പോഴും വലിയ നേട്ടങ്ങളായിരിക്കണമെന്നില്ല. ചെറിയ കരുതലുകളും അതിലൂടെ ലഭിക്കുന്ന സന്തോഷവുമാണ് പലപ്പോഴും ഓരോ നിമിഷത്തെയും അർത്ഥവത്താക്കുന്നത്. പരീക്ഷയ്ക്ക് വൈകിയെത്തുന്ന കുട്ടിക്കായി ഒരു മിനിറ്റ് ബസ് നിർത്തുന്ന ഡ്രൈവറും, ഉപഭോക്താവ് വേണ്ടെന്ന് പറഞ്ഞ പച്ചക്കറികളിൽ പകുതി അറിയാതെ ബാഗിൽ തിരികെ വയ്ക്കുന്ന കടക്കാരനും ചെറിയ കരുണയുടെ ഉദാഹരണങ്ങളാണ്. എന്ത് സഹായമാണ് ചോദിക്കേണ്ടതെന്ന് പോലും അറിയാത്ത ആളുകളുണ്ടാകും. ചിലർക്ക് ഒരു കരുതലുള്ള സാന്നിധ്യവും, സ്നേഹത്തോടെയുള്ള സ്പർശവും, സഹാനുഭൂതിയോടെയുള്ള ഒരു നോട്ടവും മതി. കയ്യിൽ പണം കുറവായ ഒരാൾക്ക് ഭക്ഷണം ആവശ്യമായിരിക്കാം. വെള്ളമില്ലാത്തവന് കുടിക്കാൻ വെള്ളം വേണം. പ്രതീക്ഷയില്ലാത്ത അവസ്ഥയിലുള്ള ഒരാൾക്ക് കരുണയും മാനസിക പിന്തുണയും നൽകുന്നതാണ് ഏറ്റവും വലിയ സഹായം. മറ്റൊരാളുടെ പ്രശ്നങ്ങൾക്ക് ശാശ്വതമായ പരിഹാരം നൽകുക എളുപ്പമല്ല. പക്ഷേ ചിലരുടെ ജീവിതത്തിലെ ദിവസങ്ങൾ എണ്ണപ്പെടുമ്പോൾ, അവരോടൊപ്പം സ്നേഹത്തോടെയും ഊഷ്മളതയോടെയും കൂട്ടായ്മയോടെയും നിൽക്കുന്നത് അവർക്ക് സമാധാനത്തോടെയും തൃപ്തിയോടെയും കണ്ണടയ്ക്കാൻ മതിയായേക്കാം. ഓർക്കാം: സ്നേഹം, കരുണ, കൂട്ടായ്മ — മറ്റൊരാൾക്ക് നൽകാൻ കഴിയുന്ന ഏറ്റവും വലിയ സമ്മാനങ്ങളാണ്. |
