Anuradha Sridharan

Why is it that many youngsters (including me) are now talking about the meaning of life, our karma, purpose of existence, philosophy etc etc? Are the present youth slowly moving towards spirituality? Why do so many questions flash in and out of our minds? Is it a transmutation from youth to adulthood? Religion has always stressed on "Good defeats bad in the end", "You pay for your deeds" and many more. Interestingly, these idealogies are present in Bhagavat Gita, Bible as well as the Quran. The basic life principles are the same in all the religions. Yet , religious leaders fight over trivial matters like the construction of temple v/s mosque in Ayodhya. Yes....I find this very issue very trivial. What are those leaders going to achieve by fighting over this? It only shows the egoistic attitude of who succeeds in the construction. When will the retribution shows towards each other in the name of religion end? Democracy....one more topic which triggers a lot of ...

Shankar's movies had always amazed me, right from Gentleman to Boys. He strives to convey a message to the society, without eliminating the commercial, entertaining aspects. That's what makes his movies so successful. Anniyan portrays the retribution shown by inveterate disciplined Ambi, the protogonist towards the carefree, take-it-easy attitude of people because of which our country remains backward even after 58 years of independence. With Ambi a.k.a Rules Ramanujan saying "I hate disorder", the story begins at the agraharam in Thiruvallikeni. He faces disorder one after other in his whole day, a bibulous,lazy fellow spitting on Ambi's face while he is driving his bike, an auto driver crossing the yellow line and overtaking people waiting for the signal, a rogue man eve-teasing girls in the bus, an old man being hit by a car and bleeding, yet no one trying to rescue him. He gets furious seeing all such selfish people. He cries out aloud that he is helpless. H...

Finally I have managed to pull my hubby into the world of blogging. Check out his blog here Rain has always been amazing. I went out of my office to take an auto. The raindrops came pouring, to cool my heated brain. I got drenched and came back to my desk. I feel so fresh now. Just a few minutes back, I felt worn out, just wanted to get back home and sleep. I couldn't believe how a few droplets of rain could have such an enthralling effect. One of my dreams is to visit Cherrapunji, the place in North Eastern India which receives the highest rainfall. Speaking of dreams, I recently came across an article (forwarded from a colleague) which lists down 127 dreams of a person by name John Goddard. He had formed this list at the age of 15. Now he is 72 and guess what !!! He has accomplished 109 of his dreams. Can you believe it? Some of his dreams are very wild, yet he managed to achieve them. When I go over his article, I feel so positive about life. There is definitely a purpose ...

If only God comes in front of me and asks for a wish, I would say that I want to join Hogwarts and become thick friends of Harry, Ron and Hermione whom I adore a lot. I have never thought that I would become so obsessed with fictional characters. They are portrayed in a more realistic manner by the writer J.K. Rowling. I entered the Potter arena little later than the other fanatics. I still remember during college days when I used to take seminars, my classmates used to read Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone sitting at the back benches. I used to wonder what keeps them so interested than my seminar on microprocessors. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix got released when I was in US. The front page of the local newspaper had this picture of a group of freaky youngsters who looked bizarre with their copy of the new book. I realized that Harry Potter series are not meant for kids. After coming back from US, I took the Harry Potter books from Karthi and started reading th...