Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Monkey, the menace !

                               Monkey, the menace !


Everyone knows about Dennis the menace. Similarly, I am thinking of writing Monkey, the menace ! Because in the place I stay, the trouble given by monkeys are unimaginable.
When I went near the gate today morning, I heard noise coming from up the coconut tree. There I saw a group of monkeys sitting atop the coconut tree and picking the tender coconuts.
In next moment , they were on the next tree drinking tender coconuts. We humans drink water or tender coconuts to quench our thirst during afternoon. But these monkeys are on the duty early in morning. If we are able to catch and train the monkeys,  the labour problem we are facing for climbing the coconut trees and plucking the coconuts will get solved !
I hope they dont want anything in return than tender coconuts. Because of deforestation, monkeys are coming to nearby villages of forest . No way other than this for them too. I wonder how monkeys come to know which are the tender coconuts and the bad ones.
If they can teach the technique to us , it will be a great help.

Helping the thief to steal !

                                Helping the thief to steal !


One night, when Naseeruddin Hodja was asleep in his house, a thief broke in to Hodja's house. Silently, he started searching for valuable things. The things whatever he got, he was packing them in a bag. He was surprised to see a helping hand.
It was Naseeruddin Hodja.  He was helping the thief to accumulate the valuables and was helping thief to pack them in a bag. Thief was really worried now. He had seen people who were shouting at him. But here, Hodja was helping him to steal!
Thief asked Hodja the reason for his behaviour. Then Hodja replied" I am thinking of shifting the house. I was worried that how to pack all these things. Anyway, you have come and was packing the things. So, I thought I will help you to do the job. "
By hearing this, thief was dumbfounded.

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

An easy way to get fooled

                                  An easy way to get fooled 


There was a man who was telling with everyone that no one can fool him. This was heard by Mulla Naseeruddin. He decided to teach man, a lesson . Likewise, he met the man and said he has come to fool him. Man was very surprised. Because Naseeruddin was not at all looking the man who can fool anyone !
Man agreed for the challenge. That time Naseeruddin asked the man to wait for sometime as he remembered an important work to do. Naseeruddin said he will return soon . Man agreed and he was waiting. Hours passed. But he was still waiting.
A passerby asked him the reason. Man replied that Naseeruddin has challenged that he will fool the man and man was waiting for Naseeruddin as he told that he would return soon.
By listening to that passerby could not stop laughing. He said Naseeruddin has already fooled the man by making  him to wait and he didnt return still !

A good way to get rid of stealing habbit

                               A good way to get rid of stealing habbit


Long ago, there was a man named Somanna. He was a farmer. But he was very lazy that he didnt grow anything in his field. But he was telling lies about the yield he got in his farm.
One night, he returned to his home after wandering in the streets. His wife demanded that there is nothing to eat in the house. She asked Somanna to get some vegetables from their field as she wants to taste the vegetables grown in their own field.
Now Somanna is really in fix. He didnt want to make his wife disappointed. He went outside saying that he will do the work. But he had a plan that he will steal some of the vegetables from other's field. Likewise, he went to the farm of his neighbour Raghu.
Raghu had grown brinjals in his field. Somanna acted as if he is asking the permission from field itself! The reply also given by him. The reply was to allow him to take brinjals from the field. Somanna took a bounty and returned home.
Raghu realised that the crop he had grown was stolen. He decided that he will catch the thief that night. He hid in his field.  Somanna came that night also to steal. Raghu was watching. Somanna acted as if he is asking the permission and acted that he has got the permission to steal. Raghu was very furious by seeing all these. He held the hand of Somanna tightly.
Somanna could not run. Raghu's grip was very tight. Raghu came near a lake with Somanna. Raghu acted as if he is asking the permission with lake to immerse Somanna in water. Reply also given by him in approval. Somanna spent whole night in lake water .
Morning he came out and with this good lesson, he stopped stealing !

Sunday, May 27, 2012

River Ganga in Udupi !

                                    River Ganga in Udupi !

It is believed that in Udupi, River Ganga comes for every 12 years. It may sound surprising that river Ganga comes to Udupi.
It dates back to the time of Madhwacharya . One day Madwacharya had an ambition to bath in river Ganga. He expressed his wish near his master.
That time, his master said no need of going to north India to take bath in river Ganga. River Ganga will come to Udupi. As the master said River Ganga was there in Madwa Sarovar. Since that time, it is believed that for every 12 years, River Ganga come to Udupi.
There is evidence also for the arrival of Ganga. When River Ganga come to udupi that is to Madhwa Sarovar, that time, the colour of water gets changed to white colour. That is the sign to show the arrival of Ganga. That day is celebrated as Bhagirathi Jayanti.

Nightingale calling . . .

                                           Nightingale calling

Here in rural side, there are many trees. Always breeze. Since it is the time of mango, may be nightingales are finding place in mango trees.
I always hear the voice of a nightingale here. So much of melody in its voice. Dont know  whom it is calling.. My imagination was working. Now I think it is calling its mate because it is fed up of its loneliness !
But I heard its voice around morning 4 today. I wondered why is it not sleeping?! What other work it has to do by getting up at morn 4?
Here all the birds are making noise getting up early in the morning. They are the best companions for me throughout the day. I observed many crows coming to bath at nearby lake. So much noise they make by calling all their friends to join!

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Simplicity

                                            Simplicity

Winston Churchill was the prime minister of England. He was famous for his anectodates. One day a reporter asked him "Your son always travels in first class compartment of train, but you always in third classs compartment. Why so?"
Churchill replied " My son's father is the prime minister of this country. But my father is an ordinary man. So, I am always used to travel in third class compartment where as my son always in First class ! "
Reporter who had asked the question could not stop laughing.

Monday, May 21, 2012

Malpe , the sea shore place

                                     Malpe , the sea shore place

Udupi is a coastal town. We have Arabian Sea here. The place where the beach is very famous with tourists who come to Udupi is Malpe.
In Malpe, we can see an island situated in sea waters . It is St. Mary Island. It was in news recently for all the wrong reasons. But for the tourists, it is well known for the volcanic rocks situated there. They are in different shapes.
But since how many years, they are there? According to scientists, since 6 billion years, the rocks are there. According to them, they are formed because lava of a volcano is got hardened and became the rocks. In whole world, in only 3 places,this type of construction is formed.
Another reason to be proud of my place !

An unusual name

                                              An unusual name

In world, there are people who hail the good things achieved by computer and those peole who always criticises it.
But how to call and diffrentiate between them? It could be nice to categarise them under a single name for both groups.
White Hats is the name given to the group which hails good things achieved by computer and Black Hats is the name given to other group who opposes computer.

An uneasy feeling

                                                  An uneasy feeling

Around morning 6, I start walking using my elbow crutches in the front yard of house. I completed some rounds and sat in the chair for relaxation. At that time, a dog jumped the compound. It was truly surprised by seeing me at that time.
It came near me. Suddenly all the reports I had read in news papers ,came to my mind. In Bangalore, street dogs had bitten and had wounded children badly. I dont know whether this dog is a stray dog. Suddenly I remembered if the dog wags its tail, it means it wants your friendship.
But this fact I know, but does the dog know?! It was coming very near. I started reaching for my crutch, if it comes more near then I will surely hit it. Suddenly it stopped there itself. It saw my face. By this time, I started yelling at it.
Then hearing my cry, it took its steps back and climbed compound again. Before jumping to other side, it again saw my face. By this time, I started developing a feeling of uneasyness. But who knows, mentality of a dog? Then I consoled myself that whatever I have done is right.

Friday, May 18, 2012

How does Ambalpady got its name?

                                            How does Ambalpady got its name?

Ambalpady is a town situated around 3 km from Shri  Krishna Temple, Udupi. Ambalpady is famous for the temple Laxmi Janardana and Mahakali.
Ambalpady got its name because of Mahakali idol situated there. Ambalpady is actually Ammana Hadi. Amma means Goddess Mahakali and Hadi means village. Day by day, Ammana Hadi became Ambalapadi in people's words.
It is believed that Goddess is having special powers and she would grant all the wishes of devotees.

The strength of belief

                                            The strength of belief

Long ago, a milk maid was spending her life by selling milk to others. But she need to pass river for that. So she was not able to keep the correct timing.
One day it was too late . One of her customer yelled at her for not coming at correct timing. Milk maid said she had to pass the river and for that she had to wait for boat. Listening to that, customer sarcastingly said why not you walk on river by chanting GOD's name?
Milk maid thought it as the best idea. Hence after, she was coming at right time to deliver milk. Customer was surprised and asked her the reason. Then she said she walks on river water in order to pass it and hence she can come on time.
Listening to that, customer wanted to know whether is she speaking truth? He followed her . She was actually walking on river water. Just with a belief that nothing will happen by chanting GOD's name can make wonders.

Long beard man

                                                        Long beard man

Long ago, there was a man with long beard. He was very proud of his beard. everyday he used to comb it and massage it with oil. He was thinking that having a long beard gives him a look of intellectual person. The thought itself gives him much pleasure.
One day during the night, he was reading a book under the light of candle. That time, he came across a sentence which says "Persons having long beard are idiots". He could not believe his eyes. Actually he thought it gives him intellectual look.
He thought someone is playing a prank. He tried to forget that. But the thought came to his mind again and again and soon he became depressed. Finally, he thought he will get rid of his beard. He thought he will burn the beard holding it to light of candle.
Likewise, he did. Soon his beard caught fire. But it spread to his other parts of body too. He started yelling in pain. Neighbours came and they quenched the fire. They asked him what happened? He said in the book , it said persons having long beard are idiots and I proved it is true !

The symbol of grief

                                     The symbol of grief

We all know that black colour is the symbol of grief. In foreign countries, people wear black clothes while attending a funeral.
But in our country,  in Northern parts of India , people use white colour while attending a funeral . But this practice not only exist in our country . Other 2 countries also share this custom with us.
They are---------
1. China
2.Vietnam
In these countries, people use white colour as a symbol of grief.

The misconceptions about train

                               The misconceptions about train

When train was first invented, there were many misconceptions about train in minds of people. People did not believe that train can really move faster compared to horse riding. Then they started spreading all the rumours  so that people can reject the new invention.
The misconceptions were---
1. Because of the sound made by train, cows will stop giving milk !
2. Because of the sound made by train, pregnant women will undergo abortion !
3. Because of the sound made by train, hens will stop laying eggs !
Most imporatant of them is,
Persons who travel in train will lose their mental stability !
Now all these misconceptions proved false.

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Selfishness

                                                Selfishness

Long ago, there was king. He was very adamant. He was always saying that things must go as he says. His people were fed up of this.
One day, a saint had come to their state. People asked for the solution for the problem with him. Saint assured them that he will make the king to realise his mistake.
Days passed. One day king was on hunting and he came near the hut of the sage. That time, one of youngest discipline of saint dragged the sword of king and went inside the hut with the sword. King came near the hut yelling at the boy.
That time, saint came outside and asked the king what happened? King said one of saint's disciplines had dragged the sword of his and went inside the hut. Instantly, saint tried to calm the king saying that he will bring back the sword.
Saint went inside and came out with varieties of swords. He asked king to pick his own. Now king is really in a fix. Because he really didnt know which one is his. Seeing silence  of king, saint said it is difficult for you to identify your own sword. How can you expect others to follow your instrucions?
King realised what does the saint mean to say. He vowed that he will change his attitude hence after.

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

The importance of patience

                                         The importance of patience


There was a famous scientist. Once a youth came near him and asked him to explain the secret of success. Then scientist with a smile replied its only the patience.
But youth was not happy with this answer. He said with patience one can not collect the water in a sieve. As it is having many holes, if one try to collect water in it, all will go down. He said with patience, if one wait also, one can not collect water in it.
But scientist said with patience anything can be done. Youth was curious to know the method to collect water in a sieve. Scientist said with patience, if one wait till winter season, then water will get frozen and will be in crystalline form. Then it is possible to collect water in sieve also .

Monday, May 14, 2012

The first African slave

                                         The first African slave

The first African slave who has taken Islam as his religion is Bilal. Those times were horrible for Aricans. They were sold in markets as slaves.
The owners who bought them were exploiting them. Bilal was one of such slave. One day, prophet Mohammed was walking on the road, they observed the difficulties faced by poor man. There itself, they offered money to owner so that he can free him.
After getting his freedom, Bilal was attracted by preachings of Mohammed and took Islam as his religion thus becoming the first African slave to get converted to religion Islam.

Sunday, May 13, 2012

The clever dog

                                              The  clever dog

A dog was hungry and was searching for food. Roaming in search of food, unknowingly it had reached forest. There a tiger observed the dog and planned to kill it. Tiger started following it. Dog sensed trouble. It knew that tiger is following it.
Dog can not fight with tiger. Hence, it started to think of a plan. It observed that some bones of an animal lying down on the ground. Dog started to taste it and loudly saying that "The bones of tiger are really tasty !". Tiger heard that .
Tiger was scared that dog is very powerful and it may kill him. It thought it is better to vacate the scene and it retrieved itself. Dog was happy that its plan was succeessfull .

A sigh of relief

                                           A sigh of relief

Sitting in a rural area, I dont have other work than to watch my surroundings. Here, though power cut happens, but internet connection is readily available.
Kudos to telecom companies. I was reading an article about devastation in 2012. Suddenly I observed 2 cats walking merrily with each other. Till now, I had seen cats fighting with each other. But here, scene is totally different !
I agreed that all these are the precautions of devastation which is going to happen in some more months. I was thinking that what me alone can do for that? Everyone is going to die and me too.
Then I observed that the same two cats now came back fighting with each other. Their tails have become thick and they were staring at each other, making the peculiar sound. With that, I heaved a sigh of relief thinking that end is not here yet !

Monday, May 7, 2012

Story of Tenali Rama

                                          Story of Tenali Rama

Everyone heard of witty answers of Tenali Rama. But in the earlier days of his life, he was very lazy. A saint came and asked him to chant the name of Goddess Kali.
Tenali Rama went inside a temple and started chanting the name of Goddess. To his surprise, Goddess came infront of him with her 100 heads . But Tenali Rama was not at all scared by the sight. Instead he started laughing !
Goddess was surprised. She asked him the reason. Then Tenali Rama replied, if he catches cold it is difficult for him to clean his single nose itself. But Goddess is having 100 noses. How can she manage if she catches cold ?!
Goddess too smiled at this question and blessed Tenali Rama to entertain people with such witty answer in the future.

An unanswered question

                                            An unanswered question

A question always haunted me. That is how will MESCOM man come to know that I am about to switch on my desktop? Because, as I switch on comp, power is cut ! This happened many times.
Why is he having grudge against me? This is the only way I can spend my time without worrying about my future. This is a request to him not to do load shedding when I am about to switch on comp !

The story of a carpenter

                                                   The story of a carpenter

Long ago, there lived a carpenter. He was working hard. He was spending he money he got, to his needs and was saving the rest of it. One day he observed that the box where he was saving the money is almost full and he decided to buy something.
He came to market and went near a jeweller. Jeweller gave a golden bangle in return to that money. Carpenter did not know what to do with the bangle as he was unmarried, and decided to give as gift to queen. Queen was very happy by seeing the bangle.
She gave several horses to carpenter . Now carpenter is really in fix. He didnt know what to do with horses. He may not be able to feed them. He decided to gift them to neighbouring state king. King was happy by seeing those horses.
He ordered his guards to give suitable price to the man who has brought it. But carpenter picturised the outcome and fled the scene!

Test faced by Sita

                                                           Test faced by Sita

Sita was kidnapped by Ravan. Her husband Ram was able to trace her and killed Ravan. Now Sita was free from the clutches of demon. Ravan's brother Vibhishan was crowned king and as he is the friend of Ram, he decided to take Sita near her husband.
But as Sita reached Ayodhya where Ram was there, Ram did not look at her. He asked Laxman to obey the order of Sita. Sita understood why did Ram behaving like this? Sita asked Laxman to prepare flame and if she is sacred, though she jump into flame, it will not hurt her.
Ram was unsensitive to these words. Laxman prepared flame and Sita jumped into flame chanting the name of Ram. As she is sacred, flame did not hurt her and she was normal like before. This proved her sacredness and Ram happily welcomed her into his palace.

Saturday, May 5, 2012

Be careful !

                                           Be careful !

Long ago, in a village there lived a couple. Wife is always scolding her husband for silly things. Her husband was fed up of this. He was waiting for death of his wife.
Soon, that day also came. His wife died. Villagers put her dead body in coffin and were heading  to bury her. Then villagers hit the wall infront of them. All of them fell down. Coffin also.
Then they heard a faint voice is coming from inside coffin. They opened coffin. They found the dead lady to be alive ! She lived for many years after that.
Finally she died. This time also, same deeds repeated. But when they were set to go carrying coffin, dead lady's husband asked them to be careful since there is a wall present infront of the way ! He feared that this time also, his wife may come alive again !

Lazy farmer

                                Lazy  farmer

Ramu is a farmer. He was going to sell his vegetables that he had grown in his farm. But to his bad luck, previous day night itself it had rained heavily. Road is covered with mud all over. But Ramu can not wait with vegetables in the house till the ground get dried.
Ramu got on to his cart and started going to nearby market. But to his dismay, his cart got stuck in the mud. Wheels of cart got stuck. His buffaloes were trying hard to lift the cart up . But wheels were going deep into the mud. Ramu was very tensed.
He beated the buffaloes severly so that they would put all of their force. But nothing worked out. Ramu sat near his cart weeping. He cursed God that he had made the condition like that. But with that also, his problems did not get solved.
It was almost evening. Ramu was still sitting there cursing God and his bad luck. Finally God appeared infront him. By seeing God, Ramu started to scold God. Then God replied "Instead of cursing me, you could have tried to pull the cart up. Then I would surely help. Atleast now, put your effort and try to pull the cart up". Ramu then realised God will help those who put their effort in solving problem.

Thursday, May 3, 2012

Shila Balika

                                        Shila Balika

We can see the idols of shila balikas in temples of Belur and Halebeedu. Shila Balika means idols made of stone. We can see many idols in above said temples.
People say that they are the sisters who are well educated in dancing. They used to dance in the court of King. They are also referred as Sala Bhanjike.
Sala is a name of tree in Sanskrit. Bhanjike means who breaks it. The sisters are so much engrossed in dance that they could break a tree. Hence the name Sala Bhanjike.

Apsara

                                                      Apsara

In hindu puranas, Apsara is the tribe of beautiful girls present in heaven. It is believed that they are the goddesses of cloud and water.
An Apsara is a very well known name for her dance. It is believed that they are the daughters of Saint Kashyapa. The king of heaven, Indra is having them in his court.
When saints are doing meditation to get the blessings of God, Indra is always fearing for his post. Hence, he is sending Apsara near saints so that she succeed in deviating the concentration of saints.

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Method to prepare wheat flour Burfi

                                  Method to prepare wheat flour Burfi

 First,  fry cashew nuts and dry grapes in ghee. Now, fry wheat flour in ghee till its odour goes. Now add fried cashew nuts and dry grapes to it. Add sugar and cardomom powder.
In a pan prepare hot water. Now pour this hot water to wheat flour and mix well. Now, burfi is ready to eat.


Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Ashoka tree

                                           Ashoka tree

Ashoka tree is the tree which is hailed sacred for Hindus, Jains and Buddhists. The flower of the tree is having much fragrance.
It is believed that cupid is having this flower as his one of arrows. Lovers like this flower to give as presents to their loved ones.
In Ramayan, it is believed that after kidnapping Sita, demon king Ravan had kept her beneath this tree. Hanuman was able to find her and to make her believe that he is the messenger of Sri Ram, he gave her Sri Ram's ring beneath the Ashoka tree.