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All my ideas were dashed to ground by the all pervading Corona demon and the lockdown that followed.</p><p>Maybe because I have already fought a harsh battle last year fighting, the blues during lockdown was cakewalk for me.</p><p>I more or less applied many things that I did during my fight against cancer to drive away the lockdown blues. Always an avid reader I saved myself from slipping into depression by using apps like audible and downloading audio books. This helped me a lot as I was in no position to sit up and read. This has become a habit now.</p><p>Living consciously is a thing that helps us all to drive away any blues. When you start living life in the fullest sense you don't come across any blues.</p><p>Let me elaborate a bit. Every single day I relish my cup of green tea in the morning, peacefully looking at the yonder mountains and the little sparrows that come to peck at the grains I had scattered for them. I had been wanting to do this all my life, but started doing it only when I was faced with a life threatening disease. Don't you think lockdown period is a great time for doing such a thing?</p><p>Love for music is another thing that can help you in these days of anxiety. I cook my meals these days listening to an old Kishore Kumar number from my Caravan or to old Ilayaraja songs or peppy Rahman songs. I have downloaded Malayalam and Tamil radios and listening to them gives me a happy feeling. Cooking also has a cathartic effect, must be because when you cook you are doing something very productive. Take your time and chisel the nuances like an artist and enjoy the outcome.</p><p>Every single day I take a walk in the mornings as well as evenings. Well, in these days of social distancing I can walk only on my terrace, so what?</p><p>Those mountains and birds and migrating butterflies are great company for me. (By the way I live in Coimbatore). I may have to wait for a while to do some fine dining outside. My own self cooked meals are in no way lesser.</p><p>I may not be able to go for a movie theatre but can always catch up in these OTT platforms. I do my exercises or yoga regularly to keep myself fit. Of course I know that being in my 60s and having a pre-existing disease I am at a high risk of contracting COVID-19.</p><p>But these facts hardly dampen my spirits because I know a trick or two to keep my spirits high!</p><p><em>(This write up has been sent to The Lede by Viji Narayan, a postgraduate in English from Kerala University. She is a voracious reader and an occasional blogger. Now a cancer survivor, she is relishing and living life to the full. She is also a very proud grandmother, an English language trainer and freelance writer. 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Uncertainty and fear of the virus loom large everywhere.</p><p>Today when I opened my eyes in the morning, first question that came to my mind was, ”What will Anbarasi eat today?”</p><p>Settling down in Coimbatore after my partner’s retirement, we were getting ready to spend the remaining of our life peacefully, if possible do some meaningful work.</p><p>It was no wonder that I grabbed the first opportunity that I got through an NGO to work with small kids in the government schools. My job was to make them speak English and empower them in the long run to face this competitive world.</p><p>It was just my cup of tea and I was passionate about it.</p><p>Anbarasi happened to be a dusky little girl of seven with a beautiful smile.</p><p>Every morning she would greet me with a loud and clear “Good morning mam”, the minute she would see me. It was fun interacting with her because she was a very imaginative child.</p><p>Whatever learning difficulties she had, started disappearing when I put in a little more effort.</p><p>On that particular day, I started my class as usual.</p><p>I was surprised to note that Anbarasi was rather timid. As time progressed Anbarasi had sought my permission to go to the rest room twice and once to drink water.</p><p>Definitely she was not concentrating. Finally I asked her why she was so restless.</p><p>She answered in a subdued tone that she went out only to check if the noon meals served in the school was getting ready.</p><p>It was only eleven in the morning. Jokingly I asked her “Are you so hungry this early? What did you have for breakfast?”</p><p>Her reply just froze me.</p><p>In a very matter of fact tone she explained to me how her mother was about to give her some “pazhaya soru” (previous day’s cooked rice soaked in water through the night) as was their routine, found that the rice had gone stale and hence discarded it.</p><p>This eventually made Anbarasi and her sibling to go without breakfast that day.</p><p>All this she said in a very normal tone, as you say sun rises in the east.</p><p>It shattered me.</p><p>I was able to understand the pain in her mother’s heart when she had to send her children to school with empty stomachs.</p><p>The fact that how little I knew about these children made me ashamed. I felt guilty about the two idlis I had eaten that morning.</p><p>Now coming to the present times, in these tough days of Corona and complete lock down I cannot help worrying about, children like Anbarasi.</p><p>Her parents are daily wage earning labourers. what will they do if they are forced to go without work and food for days together?</p><p>We live in a country of paradoxes.</p><p>We have greatest slums in the world along with super smart and super rich people. Luxurious homes and super luxurious cars around us are a common sight. Do we have super philanthropists among these Richie rich?Can we come across a Bill Gates like person here? I doubt.</p><p>But this is the time for these rich people to show the world that they are not only super rich but also super beautiful human beings.</p><p>Will they do it? Will Anbarasi and her family eat three square meals a day?</p><p>When will Anbarasi start schooling again? (all these so called online classes are not happening for kids like her).</p><p>How is she going to remember these pandemic days when she grows up?</p><p>So many unanswered questions loom around us every day.</p></div></div><div class="element-wrapper "><div class="arrow-component arr--text-element text-m_text-element__2acK_ " data-test-id="text"><p><em>Viji Narayan is a postgraduate in English from Kerala University. She is a voracious reader and an occasional blogger. Now a cancer survivor, she is an English language trainer and freelance writer. All opinions are the author's alone and not necessarily that of The Lede'</em></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>vijihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04966800499076821351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1432790136066561887.post-67995298797607041322020-05-22T00:18:00.001-07:002020-05-22T00:18:24.354-07:00And I lived on( My cancer diaries): Beating the crab (my way)<a href="https://andilivedon.blogspot.com/2020/03/beating-crab-my-way.html?spref=bl">And I lived on( My cancer diaries): Beating the crab (my way)</a>: The year 2018 was coming to an end.Just the previous year my partner and me had become grandparents to the cutest little boy.we were both g...vijihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04966800499076821351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1432790136066561887.post-109009181714431132019-02-20T23:09:00.001-08:002019-02-20T23:09:43.388-08:00 என்னை தெரியவில்லை<p dir="ltr">எனது அதி நவீன கைப்பேசி<br>
என்னை யாரென்று கேட்டவாறு உள்ளது,<br>
எனது முகமோ கைரேகை யோ<br>
அதற்கு அன்னிய மாய் தெரிகிறது,<br>
புத்துநோய் சார்ந்த மருந்துகள்<br>
உன்னை எல்லோருக்கும் அந்நிய மாய்<br>
செய்து விடும் என்று கைபேசிக்கு பாவம் தெரியாது.</p>
vijihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04966800499076821351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1432790136066561887.post-12406891510949255882018-12-11T20:44:00.001-08:002018-12-11T20:44:42.450-08:00Crab story<p dir="ltr">Crab stories can be love stories too<br>
When crabs strike you hard,<br>
Love oozes from nooks and corners,<br>
This solution of love flushes all crabs away,<br>
For ever and aye.<br>
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ஓயாமல் பேசுகிறான் -<br />
அம்மா"உம் " கொட்டியவாறே வேலை செய்கிறாள் .<br />
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அவனது பப்பா ,இச்ச எல்லாமே அவளுக்கு மட்டும் புரிகிறது .<br />
அவளுக்கு புரிய வைத்துவிட்டதால் அவன் தைரியமாக இன்னும் பேசுகிறான் .<br />
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vijihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04966800499076821351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1432790136066561887.post-85769287731610239902016-10-14T02:04:00.000-07:002016-10-14T02:04:45.897-07:00The Wait<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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கோர்க்கும் பொழுது<br />
குட்டி ஊசி வந்து மெல்ல குத்தும் .<br />
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வாழும் வாழ்க்கையே அழகென நினைத்தால் </div>
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தீரா தலை வலி ஆனவர்க்கு </div>
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தேடி வந்த சொர்க்கம் தானோ </div>
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vijihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04966800499076821351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1432790136066561887.post-90984197827656574602014-11-13T23:31:00.000-08:002014-11-13T23:31:36.338-08:00Days<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>Pandora's box from which vainly strive to retrive a few good ones.</b></div>
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எதுவும் செய்யாமல் இருந்தால் </div>
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அது சோம்பேறி வாழ்கை .</div>
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ஏதோ செய்துகொண்டே இருந்தால் </div>
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அதை அள்ளி வாழ்ந்ததாக பெயர் பண்ணலாம் </div>
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vijihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04966800499076821351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1432790136066561887.post-1260921328512357642014-10-28T00:01:00.001-07:002014-10-28T00:01:20.792-07:00Rainy thoughts<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<i>I too had missed something -a great rain experience!</i></div>
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<i>It dawned to me with yesterday's rain-</i></div>
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<i>It taught me my love for it was shallow.</i></div>
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<i>Having always prided myself as a rain lover,</i></div>
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<i>yesterday I learned otherwise.</i></div>
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<i>Torrential rains of kerala,showering rains of Tamilnadu</i></div>
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<i>Banging Gujarat rains- have all brought me glee,</i></div>
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<i>I always thought I loved them dearly till yesterday-</i></div>
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<i>The day when I was proven wrong.</i></div>
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<i>Monsoon knocked on my balcony door,</i></div>
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<i>Watching from the height of my flat,</i></div>
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<i>Out came a young lass with a toddler in her hand,</i></div>
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<i>She taught me what love for rain is all about ,</i></div>
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<i>Both the mother and the child started their rain dance,</i></div>
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<i>Blissfully unaware of my stupid gaze.</i></div>
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<i>Having always kept my kids from getting drenched</i></div>
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<i>Having lost a lifetime experience of dancing in the rain with my kids,</i></div>
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<i>I turned back to my bitter cup of tea.</i></div>
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vijihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04966800499076821351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1432790136066561887.post-86716640509974561372014-10-24T02:59:00.000-07:002014-10-24T03:00:41.384-07:00Walk together<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<i>Walk together if you don't want to see your own shadow,</i></div>
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<i>Walks can be long and tedious,</i></div>
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<i>Walking tall we sometimes forget the world around,</i></div>
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<i>your fellow walker can always put you in place</i></div>
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<i>So walk together -for your feet to be strongly on ground.</i></div>
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<i>Walking on unknown sands can always be tricky,</i></div>
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<i>Warmth of that hand can make you walk safe.</i></div>
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<i>Walking with a lurch to the end of the tunnel ,</i></div>
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vijihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04966800499076821351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1432790136066561887.post-47290801306869307032014-10-21T01:42:00.000-07:002014-10-21T01:42:04.305-07:00DIWALI -A TIME FOR FAMILY<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Diwali always comes with a bag load of smiles and good memories.Our greatest strength is our family and the time we spend with our family.Our activities during a festival is always <span style="background-color: yellow;">engraved </span>in our memory .When young our Diwali was full of colors and crackers and sweets. As we grew older Diwali became very dear to us because it was an oasis we got in between our hectic routines of studies and grades.After going to far off universities coming home for Diwali was of course always precious.<br />
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Years flew by ,well into our fifth decade of life our children were no longer with us .They were in far off lands carving their own future.Many of us are adamant and hardly want to let go.We pine for what we do not have with us .It is the rule of today's world that we are forced to satisfy ourselves in a virtual world of technology.Life is short and learning to let go is an important tool that can bring happiness to us on a Diwali day or any other day.Just as we learned to bind with our children we must also lean to let go and happiness is when all are happy .<br />
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<b>Let your bending in the archer's hand be for gladness;</b></div>
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Let us learn the art of letting go and celebrate Diwali with joy and content.</div>
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vijihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04966800499076821351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1432790136066561887.post-78185661121971453562014-07-07T00:20:00.000-07:002014-07-07T00:20:52.799-07:00Life of a middling<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>Always there is a doubt pending somewhere </b></div>
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<b>Always there is a compulsive eagerness to prove to someone something</b></div>
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<b>Even dreams are tainted by targets and yard sticks.</b></div>
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<b>When was the last time we were rid of all these non senses</b></div>
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<b>Try hard as I may my memory fails to fish up that last time-</b></div>
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<b>"Live your life for yourself not for somebody else"-an youngster tells me .</b></div>
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<b>My young friend calls my old friend a sucking hypocrite</b></div>
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<b>And my old friend calls the youngster a shameless selfish manipulator.</b></div>
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<b>If you always keep thinking of your self never can you find any happiness in this life-</b></div>
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<b>Finally I decide this mid way life of mine is better than the other two-</b></div>
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<b>"I have the best of both the worlds "_I pacify myself and march off !</b></div>
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vijihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04966800499076821351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1432790136066561887.post-86969272046309502912014-04-10T00:35:00.003-07:002014-04-10T00:37:51.466-07:00பால்ய காலம் <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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