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Did I loose or gain ?
Last weekend we were watching Soloman paapaiya’s Diwali Pattimanram on YOU TUBE
I enjoy Mr.Paapaiya’s pattimanram from childhood and like the chocolate coated facts delivered in his verdict. The topic was ‘Did the young generation loose more or gain more’ !
2 young faces were in the team along with other veterans. The new guy Seshadiri, a young s/w engineer probably working out of OMR, Chennai stole the entire applause from the audience and of course me -! Speaking about Seshadiri , he is a casual and humorous speaker who can keep the audience interested. He made me ROFL when he mentioned abt NRI’s – “Diwaliku Oru bijili vedi vedikka vakkillai, New yearku cake vetti clientku ottran. Inthutan nanaga USku poi flag natta perumaiya??’ Some of the facts he told about our current life style is so true. Swaroop and I always compared our life with our parents and will wonder how happy and relaxed the life used to be when we were young with limited financial benefits. Our moms will be home smiling to receive us from school and make hot Tiffin’s and coffee for snack. We will play with neighbor kids and then catchup with home works. Dad will come home before the 7pm news and we’ll lineup for dinner and watch TV. Life was simple and parents were not tensed as we are at the age of 30!
Seshadiri also mentioned that we have lot of friends in Orkut and facebook. Arimugam irruku anal aravanaipu illai. WOW! That’s so true Seshu!
How many times did I see or talk to my family or friends? We call our parents once or twice a week and occasionally mail or chat with friends. It would usually be a group mail or an update about something that happened in my life recently. But, I’m glad I can at least tell my friends where I’m, how I’m. My social skills have completely vanished. I just noticed that it’s been ages I visited /invited friends. Life is too complicated and busy, every minute left in the clock becomes precious and I want it for myself and my husband and my kid. I do look back at my tension-free childhood, but I’m getting tuned to my new life style. It’s busy but I need to run with it. If I don’t, I will be the loser.
My relatives are extremely upset when we ignore the Mama’s 60th birthdays, Athhai’s 25th anniversary, cousin’s daughter in law’s brother’s wedding, namakaram, etc .. But where is the time and interest? Why would someone who works like a bull 5 days a week, sacrifice a Sunday’s nap, wake up at 6, get the entire family dressed up and drive all the way in to the city traffic for 2 hrs and eat Idli vada pongal, chit chat and listen to all the gossip ..who bought which jewelry, who purchased the new house, etc . Instead I would love to wake up at 10, make my kid’s favorite breakfast, eat leisurely and listen to a light music, clean the house and take him out to a park, chat over tea with my husband. I do like to attend family ceremonies but I want the liberty to choose which one I want to attend given my other personal priorities.
Coming back to the pattimanram, Mr.Paapaiya concluded that the younger generation did lose a lot over what they gained. It’s not the generations’ fault. Instead of complaining or cursing them, as an elderly person in the family, let’s regret for what they lost and over the fact how materialistic they are forced to be. Hope the elder generation took the gist of his speech and will respect our thoughts and time
BTW, to improve my social skill, we visited friends and family for Thanksgiving and had fun !
I enjoy Mr.Paapaiya’s pattimanram from childhood and like the chocolate coated facts delivered in his verdict. The topic was ‘Did the young generation loose more or gain more’ !
2 young faces were in the team along with other veterans. The new guy Seshadiri, a young s/w engineer probably working out of OMR, Chennai stole the entire applause from the audience and of course me -! Speaking about Seshadiri , he is a casual and humorous speaker who can keep the audience interested. He made me ROFL when he mentioned abt NRI’s – “Diwaliku Oru bijili vedi vedikka vakkillai, New yearku cake vetti clientku ottran. Inthutan nanaga USku poi flag natta perumaiya??’ Some of the facts he told about our current life style is so true. Swaroop and I always compared our life with our parents and will wonder how happy and relaxed the life used to be when we were young with limited financial benefits. Our moms will be home smiling to receive us from school and make hot Tiffin’s and coffee for snack. We will play with neighbor kids and then catchup with home works. Dad will come home before the 7pm news and we’ll lineup for dinner and watch TV. Life was simple and parents were not tensed as we are at the age of 30!
Seshadiri also mentioned that we have lot of friends in Orkut and facebook. Arimugam irruku anal aravanaipu illai. WOW! That’s so true Seshu!
How many times did I see or talk to my family or friends? We call our parents once or twice a week and occasionally mail or chat with friends. It would usually be a group mail or an update about something that happened in my life recently. But, I’m glad I can at least tell my friends where I’m, how I’m. My social skills have completely vanished. I just noticed that it’s been ages I visited /invited friends. Life is too complicated and busy, every minute left in the clock becomes precious and I want it for myself and my husband and my kid. I do look back at my tension-free childhood, but I’m getting tuned to my new life style. It’s busy but I need to run with it. If I don’t, I will be the loser.
My relatives are extremely upset when we ignore the Mama’s 60th birthdays, Athhai’s 25th anniversary, cousin’s daughter in law’s brother’s wedding, namakaram, etc .. But where is the time and interest? Why would someone who works like a bull 5 days a week, sacrifice a Sunday’s nap, wake up at 6, get the entire family dressed up and drive all the way in to the city traffic for 2 hrs and eat Idli vada pongal, chit chat and listen to all the gossip ..who bought which jewelry, who purchased the new house, etc . Instead I would love to wake up at 10, make my kid’s favorite breakfast, eat leisurely and listen to a light music, clean the house and take him out to a park, chat over tea with my husband. I do like to attend family ceremonies but I want the liberty to choose which one I want to attend given my other personal priorities.
Coming back to the pattimanram, Mr.Paapaiya concluded that the younger generation did lose a lot over what they gained. It’s not the generations’ fault. Instead of complaining or cursing them, as an elderly person in the family, let’s regret for what they lost and over the fact how materialistic they are forced to be. Hope the elder generation took the gist of his speech and will respect our thoughts and time
BTW, to improve my social skill, we visited friends and family for Thanksgiving and had fun !
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