Prabha Shares

In one of my previous articles Spreading smiles to strangers is real happiness I have shared an incident where our gang’s happiness was able to spread a smile in the face of a stranger and helped him in coming out from the agony of losing his kid. At times the vice versa too happens wherein the strangers spread a smile on your face by a very small act but it means a lot for you and makes you very happy. I am going to share such an incident in this blog.                                               Last year I got an opportunity to mentor the civil service students of a charity academy established by a college in Perambur, Chennai, especially for the female candidates. It included 20 - 25 minutes of traveling from my place. I always have a habit of taking either bar chocolates or choco drinks after every session which is of 2 hours of exhaustive talking. Usually, I use to buy them from nearby shops. Since this academy and its location are new I did not have any clue regarding the sho

My father was an ardent follower of Periyar from whom I have visualized a few ideologies of Periyar which I was able to correlate in my later years after learning about Periyar. Every year on September 17th, the birth anniversary of Periyar, my father never forgets to offer his respect. I was amused to know that when my father was the students’ secretary during his college days, they used to invite Periyar as their chief guest. This personal contact with Periyar is due to the admiration my father had on his speeches and ideologies which I saw reflecting in my father’s life. I would like to share a few such incidents. The very name Periyar was given to E.V.Ramasamy by the Neelambikai Ammaiyar, daughter of Maraimalai Adigal, as a token of appreciation for raising his voice in support of the freedom of women. When I was born my mother and grandmother were not happy of me being a female child because they were expecting a boy and even my mother neglected to take me in her hands, it was my

I always have huge respect over teachers and mentors because I feel that profession is a divine thing after parents who can selflessly contribute to the welfare of their wards. The level of dedication and sincerity is unmatchable and they are the biggest influencers of many lives even beyond their parents at times. You may be a leading expert in your field but it is rock-tough to make your kid accept that “3+2=5” is also right when their teacher has taught that “2+3=5”. Your kid will easily turn your teaching down that you are wrong and only her/his teacher is right. That is the power of teaching and teachers. For the same reason, I never wanted to get into the teaching profession because I always doubted my capability of being so dedicated and sincere. After my mock interview for UPSC at the Govt coaching center, I got an offer to mentor civil service candidates. Initially, I was so hesitant because it is easy to understand concepts and score high marks but damn hard to teach the same

Earlier I wrote an article comparing the characterizations of Draupadi, Sita, and Kannagi ( My choice is Draupadi rather than Sita or Kannagi ), on reading this one of my juniors asked me why Shikandi without whom the Pandavas would have not succeeded in the Kurukshetra battle is not so popular. So in this article, I would like to share my inferences from the great epic Mahabharata and the character Shikandi. Source: Quora Shikandi, the daughter of King Dhrupad of Panchala Kingdom, was no lesser than the great warriors of her time and showed heroic valor in battlegrounds standing as the support pillar of her father. That is why she was made the commander-in-chief of the great army of Panchala in spite of being a woman. The major reason was her birth secret that she was born with a boon to cause the end of Pitamah Bhishma. But when she fails to defeat the attack of Pandavas over Panchala as a revenge to their Guru Dhronacharya’s insult by the King Dhrupad, she loses her importance and

The results of Civil Services Examination 2019 has been published and the media has already started creating its usual row with the popular taglines “Visually challenged women has challenged her fellow students by clearing IAS”, “Son of a daily waged laborer has cleared the toughest exam of the country”, “Daughter of a farmer who doesn’t even have electricity facility has become the light of inspiration to her village”, etc. This post is not against those aspirants who have really worked hard to attain the prestigious post of the country. It is against those critics who easily comment on the aspirants who have not been successful, for not putting enough efforts, without even knowing what the exam is all about. Source: DTNext I am in this field for the past 17 years, have seen all ups and downs, and has faced a lot of such criticisms. Out of that experience, I would like to share a few incidents to clarify all those criticisms. The competitive exams are conducted nation-wide and every

The very title “Joothan” meaning ‘left-out food’ itself made me pause for a second and sit back with the thought of giving it a try. The subtitle goes like ‘A Dalit’s life’ is an autobiography of Omprakash Valmiki translated in English by Arun Prabha Mukherjee, describing the worst clutches of casteism. There is a saying that “People can’t understand certain things until they undergo them’ and I found it true on reading this book. We have heard about the worst forms of casteism but after heavy manual labor just receiving the ‘left-out food’ as the payment is really sickening. Source: Stree-Samya books The most interesting part of the book is the ‘Pitaji’, that is the father of the author who showed a denial against the system of caste. He believed that literacy and a high professional position can only help a person to come out of the iron fist of casteism. This very thought is the seed behind the growth of the author as a person not surrendering himself to the ugly frame of casteism.

பாபா திரைப்படம் வெளியான 2002 ஆம் ஆண்டு கல்லூரியின் இறுதி ஆண்டில் படித்துக் கொண்டிருந்தேன். எங்களது கல்லூரியில் அத்தியாவசிய பொருட்களுக்காக ஒரு கேன்டீன் தொடங்கி இருந்தார்கள். அதன் பொறுப்பாளாராக எனது தோழி இருந்தார். இடைவேளைகளில் மேற்பார்வைக்காக அவர் செல்லும்போது உடன் நானும் செல்வேன். பொருட்களை எடுத்துக் கொடுப்பதற்காக ஒரு சிறுவனை நியமித்து இருந்தார்கள். பாபா படத்தின் பாடல் கேஸட் வெளியாகி இருந்த சமயம். எப்படியாவது வாங்கி விட வேண்டும் என்று தோழியிடம் சொல்லிக் கொண்டிருக்க அந்த சிறுவனோ “ அக்கா.. நான் ரசிகர் மன்றத்துல இருக்கேன். நான் வேணா வாங்கி தரவா” என்று கேட்க வியப்பில் ஆழ்ந்தேன். விலை ஐம்பது ரூபாய் என சொல்ல சந்தேகம் தட்டினாலும் முயற்சித்து பார்க்கலாம் என தோன்ற பணத்தை கொடுத்தேன். மறு நாளே கேஸட்டுடன் கூடவே பாபா முத்திரை கொண்ட ஒரு செயினும் தந்து “மன்றத்துல குடுத்தாங்கக்கா “ என்று சொல்ல சந்தோஷக் கடலில் மூழ்கினேன். “டேய் .. கலக்குற டா “ என்று சொல்ல , “இது என்னக்கா ... முதல் நாள் முதல் ஷோ டிக்கெட் வேணுமா “ என்று கேட்க இதயம் பட படத்தது. “டேய்..கெடைக்குமா “ என்று கேட்க “கண்டிப்பா வாங்கி தரேன் கா .