Maamigalum Viradhangalum

Maami Chronicles: Part 4

Maamigalum Viradhangalum – மாமிகளும் விரதங்களும்

Have you noticed the viradham pattern observed by Maamis in your household ? Do you notice a pattern on why they do it, why they pick certain occasions to do them etc. I observed their pattern and think I am close to solving that mystery but need help from you all to crack it totally…

I have been patiently observing Maamis over several years and have finally solved the reason for this viradham by Maamis. It is shockingly simple – they simply love Dosai, Idly & Ulundhu Vadai!!! That is it folks, this is the simple truth…

Because, Viradham never equals Fasting… It is just palaharam. That too maamis uncannily pick that day for viradham -- wherein they know that after working your butt off preparing a sumptuous menu you are looking for a break come dinner time. It is their ploy to deny you that well deserved break, it is also plain and simple. E.g most poojas I have seen my wife go berserk with menu  and after all is done dusted will hear “எனக்கு இன்னிக்கு ராத்திரி பலகாரம் – வெறும் தோசையும் வடையும் மட்டும் போரும்!!!” (I am fasting today, so just will make do with Dosa and Vadaa!!).

I am always curious to understand what exactly is the sacrifice in this whole Palahaaram episode ? Other than a primal urge to eat fresh tiffin you like, I really don’t what is “sacrificial” in this whole thing ? Sure, even I wouldn’t mind such viradham and palahaaram every day...

Some Maamis will say “எனக்கு பழையது எல்லாம் கூடாது“ (Don’t serve me old stuff) – Again what is sacrificial in this is something that escapes my reasoning. Trust me, I spent years to understand some element of sacrifice in this. The top comedy is in this, fellow maamis will immediately sympathize with this and give brownie points to each other. “நான் அவர் போனப்புறம் பழயதையே விட்டுட்டேன்” (After his passing away, I have given up eating old stuff) as some sort of sacrifice. Is it just me who is upset at this, to me if you want to sacrifice then say -- “I will not eat fresh food, I will only eat food that is at least two days old” – that certainly seems to be the right way to go about it…

So in summary, my conclusion is .. as long as there is nuisance potential (heartburn for daughter-in-law) or a sympathy factor with fellow maamis – anything goes as Viradham (especially with fresh dosa/vada around).

They certainly provide a comic relief in my life… I am not so sure about my wife…. :-)

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Reference: Rahul Gandhi (remember our media campaign for him in Bihar, undaunted by the chappal slap we got there, we still pursued with it in UP-- testimony to our Dog Natures - Dogmatic and Doggedness even in the face of truth and logic)

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Legislating your responsibilities away...

I really, wish that everyone who has a responsibility or debt could just brush them away like our government. Consider this... We all in a street pick a person and pay that person to take care of festival arrangements and provide food for all etc. That person fritters away the money and come festival time, declares ...

“Sorry, I don't have any money. Nor have I prepared anything. So Each household should prepare 25% food extra and in addition to feeding yourselves, you must contribute that food to me so that I can fulfill my “catering” responsibilities”. On top of this, I also say “Muslim/Christian families don't have to do this, but can come in have a free lunch...”

Does the above look wrong to you ? Well, it should.. Now, consider this our government which collected taxes from all of us and took on the charter of providing quality education to all over a period of time kept on shirking its responsibilities, people made their own arrangements through self-funded means and built quality private schooling establishments. Suddenly, the government and a whole bunch of NGOs woke up and came up with “Right to Education”. I imagined that logically, these morons would compel the government to provide quality education to all and poor on a priority basis at the least !!! Strangely enough they are now forcing the private parties to take on that responsibility, and yes you guessed it exempted the Christians and Muslims from pitching in. I.e. they can benefit from the reservation system, but the convents and madrasas can continue their merry ways, without contributing an iota to this social responsibility. Yet our media hails this as a “landmark judgment”.

Well you can't expect anything from the idiots who go for intellectuals in the Media, but Supreme Court... I hope, that sanity prevails and and the constitution bench puts the responsibility squarely on the Government....

Very disappointed, it is time we scrutinized the process that selects judges to the supreme court as well in depth.....

When your worst fears come True…

I wonder how many of you noticed the confession from the NGO factory queen “Teesta” on TV today… The SIT delivered its closure report to the court concluding that there is no evidence to prosecute Modi, hell not one of the 63 folks against whom this bitch manufactured evidence (including the same Xeroxed affidavits given to people and coaching classes on how to be a credible witness to corroborate things) were deemed worthy of further pursuit. It is not just some biased hindutva person who is against her, but the cases which have been accepted by judges as there is primafacie evidence against her…. Stand as proof.

She with fellow sickulars operated in classic “circular reference” model. Where in each one will refer to few friends as “sources” and in the end the reference chain will come a full circle as well. Lot of words like “mass murderer”, lakhs still displaced, will be repeated ad nauseum. Half truths will be thrown about in plenty – e.g. a classic quote is even Atal Bihari said “Raj Dharma should be followed” without saying that in the same sentence AB said “Narendra Modiji is following diligent Raj Dharma in this case”. For their own vested reasons, the ndtv brigade made this bitch into a person of influence, rest is history….

Now I for one fully agree with Teesta when she said that “Our worst fears came true today”. But disagree with her on what the fear is -- it is not the fear of Modi being acquitted, as she should have bloody well known that her fake evidence pyramid will come crashing down on her. The fear is really about the court cases she will have to face ranging from at the minimum contempt of court to perjury…

Yes Teesta your worst fears have come true indeed….

Need to be vigilant against Conversion factories...

Look at the scenario,

•  there is a local protest against a large company
• the Hindu temple organizes the locals
• with generous donations from abroad organizes biriyani non-stop
• Local folks are asked to shut down businesses and are given generous help by the temple.
• Now the non-functioning of the company leads to huge revenue and societal impact to the state
• The PM asks his special secretary to negotiate with the Shankaracharya of Kanchi Mutt to get the local temple folks to give up their support for the movement.

Can you all imagine the outrage the Delhi Media would have expressed at this ? Should the situation be any different if instead of Hindu temples the local churches were hand in glove with a very sudden and artificial protest ? Well apparently for our secularists it is different, they aren’t expressing any outrage against the church and its remote control from Rome in the Koodankulam agitation drama. For once, the secular India rose in counter protest and gave the courage to the governments (state and center) literally transplanting a spine. The Church/NGO/Foreign conversion factory nexus stands thoroughly exposed now… Perhaps, realizing the danger that their conversion factory agenda will get exposed, Rome has sent some emergency alerts to Mr. Udaykumar to give up his fast etc. against Koodankulam.  Expect this agitation to get wound up soon.

We need to be even more vigilant against the grand designs of the church, based on this singular episode. Similarly the government needs to crush the church based agitation in Meghalaya which has stopped Uranium mining in Meghalaya, leaving us thoroughly vulnerable to predominantly Christian powers when it comes to fuel supply for badly needed energy plants…

Enough is Enough, national interests should reign supreme over religious interests. Yes, even for minorities this applies…

Thank you Mr. DigVijay, NDTV et al...

There is a god after all…

My Sincere request to all the media is to call in the congress spokespersons a day later, because today their ears must be ringing from the chappal slap they received in four states and UP in particular.

The Media created RockStar, repeated the “Bihar formula” by eating up whatever the Poor Dalit had in the house --  and understandably the Dalit delivered a slap. Defeating the congress -- even in RaeBareli, Ameti and sultanpur. What is even more striking is that the smart UP Bhaiyas ensured that congress has no say whatsoever in running in the state. Now UP state government can really blackmail the central government into getting all the deserved funds. Because the arrogant UPA only understands blackmail.

This campaign thoroughly exposed the Media, who brought in several mythical waves, right from the ridiculous “Rahul Wave”, to “anti Akali wave”, “anti corruption” wave etc. The only wave that actually swept is the anti Rahul Wave that swept the congress out the fake Gandhi’s pocket borough of Ameti, RaeBareli !!! They mistook the 5-star campaign done by Rahul. At the last minute, realized that something was wrong when crowds thronged Akilesh’s but not Rahul’s. Several fake heroes in the form Priyanka and her Husband were brought in. Thank god they didn’t talk about their children. The media stands thoroughly exposed in the shocking bias they have displayed towards the congress.

You all should have seen the arrogance displayed by Prannoy Roy and Sreenivasan jain, who deried Uma Bharathi, ridiculing her for spending time in a temple performing Puja!! I sincerely hope that this channel eventually goes broke.

More than anything else, the heartwarming thing was Salman’s wife losing the election in spite of the blatant communal campaign that was run by her husband the Union Law(ess) minister Salman Kurshid. Also, the public by and large saw through this charade and even Muslims abandoned the congress totally.

Finally my sincere thanks to Mr. PigVijay Singh, because every time he opened his mouth (sometimes even to eat!) the congress lost more votes.

I sincerely hope that this marks the beginning of the end for congress. I am sure that BJP by successfully shooting itself in the foot is trying to do its best to keep congress in business. I sincerely hope that BJP gives up Karnataka and rescues the nation instead…

Thanks from the bottom of my heart, to UP bhaiya, who delivered a decisive blow on behalf all Indians who are upset at corruption, ineptness and Communal politics of Congress…

Konjam Poruppu Varattum… கொஞ்சம் பொருப்பு வரட்டும்..

The Maami Chronicles: Part 3

Konjam Poruppu Varattum… கொஞ்சம் பொருப்பு வரட்டும்..

Dear all, I want to share with you the latest disease that has been afflicting the Tamil Brahmin community recently… It is remarkable, unexplainable, unfathomable… You can throw in any similar adjective and you will be bang on target with this one… Yes, I want to talk about the metamorphosis that happens in Maamis when a boy attains an age(+qualifications of course) at which marriage becomes a very real possibility -- Maamis, react to this imminent threat (that of another member of their species entering the household) in their own unique way, yes by postponing it as much as possible… This “need” or “tactic” leads to a seemingly genuine expression of concern – which is what this article is about – “கொஞ்சம் பொருப்பு வரட்டும்.. (Let him become responsible first)”.

Yes, just as a tadpole becomes a frog, larva becomes a beautiful butterfly every maami transforms herself into this phase. In fact, psychiatrists will have excellent case studies, possibly leading to Nobel Prize, if they only study the mind of Maamis who have both a daughter and a son to get married. The inordinate hurry to get the daughter married off (கடமையை நிறவேத்தியாச்சு...) will be matched ten folds by delaying tactics when it comes to get the son married. A scary split personality indeed...

Remember, this is the same Maami, that looks for “Tuition” when the kid is in LKG as the board exam is only 12 years away… Or Worry about cable tv or cricket matches as “exams” are only years away, plan everything from “This lecturer coaches for Fluid Thermodynamic expansion paragraph question (yes one question) better than others” to having a caesarean birth (“You know, DOB is a tie breaker to Anna University Rank”) -- plans for that day when the Boy enters college (with Centums galore in almost all subjects except for Tamizh) years in advance. But undergoes tremendous transformation when it comes to getting the boy married off.

What is the responsibility they want the boy to have met ? I have tried to have rational/logical conversations around this but only end up banging my head against the wall of “responsibility”. “Life-ல செட்டில் ஆனப்புறம் பாக்கலாம்” is the universal answer to everything… With total ignorance about how availability of girls in the community has gone down. Though the community doesn’t’ indulge in large scale female infanticide, still most of them once their first kid is a boy, stop having more children. The “younger sister” crowd which is usually around 33% of the girl demographics is by and large gone!!!

Consider this, a boy with all “centums” & finished his BE (of course in computer science), is driven towards masters only because of “Poruppu” -- even with a firm job a car etc. is brainwashed into “Innum Konjam poruppu varattum”. To me, it appears that Hair Loss and lack of fitness will come ahead of “Poruppu”. If Veedu, Caru all are fundamental requirement then trust me 80% of the males only get married at 40+

My Advice, to all youngsters, “Get married a.s.a.p. !”. A partner, who is with you in the journey towards establishing yourselves, is much more likely to stand by you in times of need as well. What is more atrocious is it is not the thought that “My boy has to marry a girl and support her as well, hence I want the basics right” that is behind the whole exercise. You can bet, they want another “Anna University graduate girl, who will not ‘waste’ her education” as the bride…. (== works her butt off bringing in lots of “salary”)

Wake up Young Men (& women too)…..

PS: Somehow, Mama’s (having undergone the pain of a “late marriage”) are more open, than the Maamis who fight it tooth and nail… Hence the focus on Maamis for this article.