Yesterday I had went to a 'Bharatanatyam' program. The program was kept by an organisation, whose responsibilities are looked after by a lady. She had called the well known dancer 'Prathiba Prahalad' for giving the program. The dancer after 'Ganesha Stuti' by vocalist, came to stage and told to audience, that she is disappointed with the number of people who have come to see the show, the lighting arrangements at the stage. She was not willing to perform and even if she performs it would not be a best performance of hers, as she had not danced in such stage for more than 25 years. Then she called the audience seated at the back to come front (just as our college professors would do) and gave some instructions to a person about lights on the stage.
Actually, I felt the auditorium was filled 3/4. But the hall was small to hold less than 100 people. I did not see any problem with lighting from the audience perspective. Donno, what problem she faced with the lights even before she entered the stage. I may be too amateur to comment about these. ( In fact, a hall size, strength there, depends on how much the sponsors of program can afford.) I felt, the above said problem of hers was to be discussed with the organisers and should not be brought till audience and creating a scene. Anyways, later she danced, but ...
I was thinking of a situation where I had gone to watch a Yakshagana program and the well known artist, ' Sri Shambhu Hegde' had refused to give program. It was a government program from forest dept. It was inter-state cultural festival arranged for some publicity, whose details I don't remember exactly. It was in 1990's. The Yakshagana program slot was at 6:00 p.m, but by the time the ministers and other guests left the stage after speech, it was 9:00 p.m. It was a one hour program and Ravindra Kalkshetra was supposed to be emptied by 10:00 p.m. After Yakshagana started, it seems the troupe got instructions many times to finish it as early as possible. On top to it, very embarrassing situation happened, where two guys from other state (may be they were drunk) continuously started making noises which could distract the audience n artists. The way they behaved was bad and irritating for everybody in the hall. Somehow, everybody was waiting for 'somebody' to send them out or scold them. Then finally irritated with all these 'Shambhu Hegde' came straight to mike and said they are winding off because of bad audience and organisers. He said with a big namaskara to the Govt, not to call them for such programs again. Some one among audience stood up and blasted those noisy guys for stopping the program and others joined him. After struggle for fifteen minutes we could come out of the crowd and when we were at vehicle parking, we could see yakshagana troupe, putting the luggage to the vehicle for their return journey to North Canara.
I feel an artist can miss the opportunity of performing and can reject his program on stage only when he faced some extreme conditions like this. That day every Yakshagana lover there felt Shambhu Hegde did right. But if an artist says I want to cancel program with not good reasons, I feel it only indicates that 'their stomach is filled', or they have forgotten the footsteps they came from if they had longed for a stage or opportunity to perform. I am sorry if this blog is looking as if I had some personal grudge over 'Prathiba Prahalad' , and I am using this blog to expose it. I was just trying to say along with talent if artists are humble, generous and understanding, audience and organisers can appreciate them more.
There are people in Yakshagana field also who act as if they are in menopause stage. Probably, if the attitude of few of our well known dancers improves than what it is today, the arts would have more glorious period. What say?
Sunday, December 2, 2007
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
Gruhabanga
Hi all,
Wanted to share with you all about a book which sat in my mind for more than 15 days when I finished reading. Probably after a long time I read a book which impressed me so much. It is S.L.Byrappa's novel 'Gruhabanga'. The book was first published more than 20 years back. I got a chance to read it recently. The novel is said to be autobiography to Byrappa, though it is not mentioned any where.
I had seen few episodes of the serial taken by Girish Kasarvalli (if I remember right) which came in ETV. The serial had come out very well. I was impressed by acting of Lakshmi Chandrashekar, Malavika, Lohitasva, Shivram, chenniga, appana (do not know the name actors who played it). While reading book I could personify the characters with these people. The novel is picturise the life of people of Hassan and surrounding areas, from 1920's to 1950's.
Probably after reading the novel, I understood what does 'struggle for life' mean. The family in the story faces difficulties like famine, plague, war. These difficulties are well blended with the selfishness of the priests, patels and other powerful people of the village. The family I told above is mother with her 3 children, with her husband and mother-in-law last to face problems and first to make profit of a situation. In the whole book, the character of the mother is well built. She always thinks of what best she can do to come out of every worst situation she is in, instead of lamenting.
I was moved by her determination in one situation, where she would have married her daughter out of great difficulty to a nice guy and even before she goes to her husband's house plague would have attacked her. It gradually spreads to her second son, on whom she would have kept high hopes of educating him and bringing him up to a high position. In spite of all the medicines she gives, the kids die. The people who come back after burning the bodies do not find her in house. Few people think she would have attempted to suicide and starts searching near water bodies... But she would have come to a temple where her third kid is lying with initial stages of plague.
The novel has many such situations where she reacts with a very different state of mind than what I expected.
Probably if you are a person like me who get defeated even with small losings in life, we can get inspired by this... Happy weekend!!
Wanted to share with you all about a book which sat in my mind for more than 15 days when I finished reading. Probably after a long time I read a book which impressed me so much. It is S.L.Byrappa's novel 'Gruhabanga'. The book was first published more than 20 years back. I got a chance to read it recently. The novel is said to be autobiography to Byrappa, though it is not mentioned any where.
I had seen few episodes of the serial taken by Girish Kasarvalli (if I remember right) which came in ETV. The serial had come out very well. I was impressed by acting of Lakshmi Chandrashekar, Malavika, Lohitasva, Shivram, chenniga, appana (do not know the name actors who played it). While reading book I could personify the characters with these people. The novel is picturise the life of people of Hassan and surrounding areas, from 1920's to 1950's.
Probably after reading the novel, I understood what does 'struggle for life' mean. The family in the story faces difficulties like famine, plague, war. These difficulties are well blended with the selfishness of the priests, patels and other powerful people of the village. The family I told above is mother with her 3 children, with her husband and mother-in-law last to face problems and first to make profit of a situation. In the whole book, the character of the mother is well built. She always thinks of what best she can do to come out of every worst situation she is in, instead of lamenting.
I was moved by her determination in one situation, where she would have married her daughter out of great difficulty to a nice guy and even before she goes to her husband's house plague would have attacked her. It gradually spreads to her second son, on whom she would have kept high hopes of educating him and bringing him up to a high position. In spite of all the medicines she gives, the kids die. The people who come back after burning the bodies do not find her in house. Few people think she would have attempted to suicide and starts searching near water bodies... But she would have come to a temple where her third kid is lying with initial stages of plague.
The novel has many such situations where she reacts with a very different state of mind than what I expected.
Probably if you are a person like me who get defeated even with small losings in life, we can get inspired by this... Happy weekend!!
Friday, November 2, 2007
Cant think of a heading!!
Hi all,
Just logged in to see if my blogspot is still active, and I still remeber it's login id and password. If you see this post you should congragulate my memory.
But I am just wondering if the day is counted when 24 hours is over or for every clock tick!!! It is 3 months I posted anything on blog, though I thought of 1000 things to blog; it is already been 6 months I wanted to take a major decission regarding my career with nothing much happening; it has been almost one year I got married, still I get up morning n search my mom to ask horlicks ...
Time is running... :(
Hmmm, I am getting a reminder from outlook to fill time sheet to be sent to manager. I need to say what all work I did in the week, and for how much time. Let me look back...wait ...
Just logged in to see if my blogspot is still active, and I still remeber it's login id and password. If you see this post you should congragulate my memory.
But I am just wondering if the day is counted when 24 hours is over or for every clock tick!!! It is 3 months I posted anything on blog, though I thought of 1000 things to blog; it is already been 6 months I wanted to take a major decission regarding my career with nothing much happening; it has been almost one year I got married, still I get up morning n search my mom to ask horlicks ...
Time is running... :(
Hmmm, I am getting a reminder from outlook to fill time sheet to be sent to manager. I need to say what all work I did in the week, and for how much time. Let me look back...wait ...
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Dignity of employees!
Hi all,
A photo in today's Deccan Herald caught my attention. They had put a photo of senior Sub Inspector doing dips. It was punishment given to him for not maintaining his motorcycle!!! God knows what did the senior officials mean by 'maintaining motor cycle' and what did that Sub Inspector guy did to his motor cycle! [No further info was given in paper too.]
If punishment is required, give it in your office boss!! Why allow press ppl to take photo's of it and allow them publish in newspapers? Wanted publicity and some 'visista seva award' kind of stuff??!!
I also remember a police constable called by 'son-of-a *****' kind of words in a circle for some minor mistake in controlling people. I agree they are doing risky jobs and minor mistake can takes lives. But learning can be better done when taught in smooth words than humiliating like this in public! After all nobody wants to do mistake in their jobs knowingly!
I feel police and military people are doing thankless jobs. The senior management of these areas seriously needs some counselling on handling junior employees. Our government do not revise their salary, nor give incentives to make them feel proud of their work! :( And on top of it if this is the behaviour of the upper management, how can people survive in these depts or new people join these departments? When is this going to get corrected?
A photo in today's Deccan Herald caught my attention. They had put a photo of senior Sub Inspector doing dips. It was punishment given to him for not maintaining his motorcycle!!! God knows what did the senior officials mean by 'maintaining motor cycle' and what did that Sub Inspector guy did to his motor cycle! [No further info was given in paper too.]
If punishment is required, give it in your office boss!! Why allow press ppl to take photo's of it and allow them publish in newspapers? Wanted publicity and some 'visista seva award' kind of stuff??!!
I also remember a police constable called by 'son-of-a *****' kind of words in a circle for some minor mistake in controlling people. I agree they are doing risky jobs and minor mistake can takes lives. But learning can be better done when taught in smooth words than humiliating like this in public! After all nobody wants to do mistake in their jobs knowingly!
I feel police and military people are doing thankless jobs. The senior management of these areas seriously needs some counselling on handling junior employees. Our government do not revise their salary, nor give incentives to make them feel proud of their work! :( And on top of it if this is the behaviour of the upper management, how can people survive in these depts or new people join these departments? When is this going to get corrected?
Thursday, June 14, 2007
A Day began like this ...
Today morning I got ready very early. As early as I cud walk very leisurely to the bus stop taking ten minutes. Thanks to my mom in law who was doing all my work!!! :) Since I even had time to write a C program for finding GCD of two numbers sitting at bus-stop, I was seeing the kids going to school, women hurrying to office and men waiting for the buses, guys stareing girls ...etc. A bus just slowed down at a cross road very next to my bus stop and a decent looking man got down. He walked down the cross road just in front of me and in a low voice he greeted me 'Hi Darling'!!! Think poor guy cud not see a mangalsootra in my neck. But I had all the time in the world to take revenge against him ... and started yelling at him at the top of my voice possible. "Heyyyyy ... what do u think of yourself? What did u tell just now..." I cud think of at least 5-6 dialogues (more stronger ones) to yell at him. But did not get a chance to tell at all. Think he tot the whole women lot of Vijayanagar Bus stop wud come to my rescue for the volume I shouted at. He started literally running from that place. I cud sense the shiver he wud have had in his legs, bcos even I was bit tensed wondering what if he wud have come back to talk to me?!!!
But luckily he did not come back and my day was made as I had reacted a little different than wht I wud do usually. Most of the times in my previous experience the words I hear wud go into my mind after some 60 seconds, by which owner of the comment wud have sinked in some road or between ppl and I wud be left with bitter feelings! God helps me to begin few days with lotz a strength and presence of mind... :) Hope it continues with all the girls who are in similar situation like me...
-Suma Udupa.K.
But luckily he did not come back and my day was made as I had reacted a little different than wht I wud do usually. Most of the times in my previous experience the words I hear wud go into my mind after some 60 seconds, by which owner of the comment wud have sinked in some road or between ppl and I wud be left with bitter feelings! God helps me to begin few days with lotz a strength and presence of mind... :) Hope it continues with all the girls who are in similar situation like me...
-Suma Udupa.K.
Friday, May 18, 2007
Abt a dream which shud never come true!
Yesterday, my aunt said carrot rate now is 44Rs/kg, beans -44Rs/Kg, spinach 5Rs ... etc.
Me and my husband having started with a new family was wondering where it wud reach ...
My husband was quoting, this development is obvious becos we can see in our families itself the difference:
My grand dad was a farmer. He cud not fill all the stomach's of the family with farming. So the sons were sent out for earning. My dad and uncle's came to Bangalore. There was only one uncle in my native who did not want to leave roots. But he is so tiered of farming, he does not want his sons into this. So they are all aiming at engineering, medical seats - settling at cities ... None of us can stop them as everybody have the right to live the way they want. We are foreseeing to loose our roots in our generation itself... Thus we cannot goto our grand dad's place anymore ... We cannot see the village life anymore. We wont have any one in our family who expects rain to come on seeing a bird, who can bring us jack fruit, coconuts, pepper, pure honey, or call us to tell their cow gave birth to a calf, thier dog was chased by a lepord, or they are having peacock coming near thier house ...etc. [Beleive me these things are happening at my house :) ] We all just speak about which company we are working and which is the better company to which we can change to....
Thinking deeply on it I had a dream....
The people staying in the slum next to our road have somehow raised some houses for themselves. They are all moving about in car. This was bcos of the increase in the standard of living IT had bought in (I dont know how it helped them ...). Even we have car/person in our house and needless to say many electronic items in our house which was a luxury when we were children! But I see the faces of the people in the car, they are not happy... including me... I was reasoning out y I am not happy. I had obviuos reasons in front of me. People cud afford the one time investment like house, car, electronic items ...etc. But they cannot meet the ends for the food. Rice is 500Rs/Kg. So ppl cannot eat stomachful... If I wonder y, Govt says no farmers are yielding anything. Infact there are no farms ... All are independant families ... So it is importing all the rice... :( So, we decided to start farming in out new site instead of building house and raised paddy field there. It grew well and just before harvesting we had ppl coming to steal paddy!! We gave police complaint and we could see early morning a dozen police with AK 47 around our fields. The govt rules said that, there must be such a protection to the farmers and agricultural lands.
Well the further part of the dream was even more insane. I'd better keep my mouth shut rather than sharing it. If you feel I have to get my mental health checked once, I can do it. But just hope that this dream of mine should never come true. Bcos, I cannot afford food being so costly even when my manager give 80% hike, which anyway he does not give ...
Me and my husband having started with a new family was wondering where it wud reach ...
My husband was quoting, this development is obvious becos we can see in our families itself the difference:
My grand dad was a farmer. He cud not fill all the stomach's of the family with farming. So the sons were sent out for earning. My dad and uncle's came to Bangalore. There was only one uncle in my native who did not want to leave roots. But he is so tiered of farming, he does not want his sons into this. So they are all aiming at engineering, medical seats - settling at cities ... None of us can stop them as everybody have the right to live the way they want. We are foreseeing to loose our roots in our generation itself... Thus we cannot goto our grand dad's place anymore ... We cannot see the village life anymore. We wont have any one in our family who expects rain to come on seeing a bird, who can bring us jack fruit, coconuts, pepper, pure honey, or call us to tell their cow gave birth to a calf, thier dog was chased by a lepord, or they are having peacock coming near thier house ...etc. [Beleive me these things are happening at my house :) ] We all just speak about which company we are working and which is the better company to which we can change to....
Thinking deeply on it I had a dream....
The people staying in the slum next to our road have somehow raised some houses for themselves. They are all moving about in car. This was bcos of the increase in the standard of living IT had bought in (I dont know how it helped them ...). Even we have car/person in our house and needless to say many electronic items in our house which was a luxury when we were children! But I see the faces of the people in the car, they are not happy... including me... I was reasoning out y I am not happy. I had obviuos reasons in front of me. People cud afford the one time investment like house, car, electronic items ...etc. But they cannot meet the ends for the food. Rice is 500Rs/Kg. So ppl cannot eat stomachful... If I wonder y, Govt says no farmers are yielding anything. Infact there are no farms ... All are independant families ... So it is importing all the rice... :( So, we decided to start farming in out new site instead of building house and raised paddy field there. It grew well and just before harvesting we had ppl coming to steal paddy!! We gave police complaint and we could see early morning a dozen police with AK 47 around our fields. The govt rules said that, there must be such a protection to the farmers and agricultural lands.
Well the further part of the dream was even more insane. I'd better keep my mouth shut rather than sharing it. If you feel I have to get my mental health checked once, I can do it. But just hope that this dream of mine should never come true. Bcos, I cannot afford food being so costly even when my manager give 80% hike, which anyway he does not give ...
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Guys u need a attitude change!!
Hi,
Dedicated to : Guys who has complaints abt women riding vehicles!!!
Well, I am having handful of work in office. But I cannot resist anymore without blogging abt this...
When a girl passes the fast driven car, my cab driver complains, 'U cannot expect better way of crossing roads from a girl'!
(As if guys does not cross that way?? Goto area's like market to see...)
A women riding vehicle who does not go between two buses to avoid red signal, instead waits for enough place to go - Auto driver behind honking continuously : 'This lady does not go nor does she allow others to go. If women are given chance to ride, this is what happens!!'
(As if it was getting late to him to push his front wheels between buses and go and stand in the front row of the signal...)
A college going boy with his new pulsar: 'I dont go fast, bcos the girls are unpredictable. They can come anyway and can make us to fall...!!'
(College going guys also do careless riding. What can poor girls do, if he rides seeing them and not the road!!)
A woman driving the car in small road, the TT driver from other end yells at her : 'Y the hell did u bring the car to this small road?' (I feel bringing tempo traveller to that small road is also a mistake...)
An uncle of mine : 'All accident happens bcos ladies started driving vehicles. They cannot drive carefully!'
(This was the heights!!! The train, plane,lorry accidents all happens bcos the women drive vehicles from house to the market or beauty parlour?)
If you can understand the common point from above incidents and many more such situations, our Indian guys (or is it a universal problem??) cannot resist pointing to mistakes of women, especially when they are on vehicles. Most of the life killing accidents on road happens bcos of ruthless driving of BTS bus, trucks, lorries ...etc. If you see ppl pulling out each other's collar and yelling in middle of the main roads showing road rage, are mostly men. Ppl reporting it say 'it is a accident'. But when u see women on vehicle, a small hit or a skid, or a little carelessness ... the mistake is not just 'accident' but 'lady made the accident'...
I don't know when ppl learn to report the mistake as just it is and not pointing it with the gender of human race which did it?!! My blood boils when I hear complaints 'women did this... women did that ...' I feel like yelling back to them : 'guys u need a attitude change ... say that person did the mistake.'
But I cannot do it all the time. May be next time I can ask them to read this blog once ...
What do u say...?
- Cheers,
Suma.
Dedicated to : Guys who has complaints abt women riding vehicles!!!
Well, I am having handful of work in office. But I cannot resist anymore without blogging abt this...
When a girl passes the fast driven car, my cab driver complains, 'U cannot expect better way of crossing roads from a girl'!
(As if guys does not cross that way?? Goto area's like market to see...)
A women riding vehicle who does not go between two buses to avoid red signal, instead waits for enough place to go - Auto driver behind honking continuously : 'This lady does not go nor does she allow others to go. If women are given chance to ride, this is what happens!!'
(As if it was getting late to him to push his front wheels between buses and go and stand in the front row of the signal...)
A college going boy with his new pulsar: 'I dont go fast, bcos the girls are unpredictable. They can come anyway and can make us to fall...!!'
(College going guys also do careless riding. What can poor girls do, if he rides seeing them and not the road!!)
A woman driving the car in small road, the TT driver from other end yells at her : 'Y the hell did u bring the car to this small road?' (I feel bringing tempo traveller to that small road is also a mistake...)
An uncle of mine : 'All accident happens bcos ladies started driving vehicles. They cannot drive carefully!'
(This was the heights!!! The train, plane,lorry accidents all happens bcos the women drive vehicles from house to the market or beauty parlour?)
If you can understand the common point from above incidents and many more such situations, our Indian guys (or is it a universal problem??) cannot resist pointing to mistakes of women, especially when they are on vehicles. Most of the life killing accidents on road happens bcos of ruthless driving of BTS bus, trucks, lorries ...etc. If you see ppl pulling out each other's collar and yelling in middle of the main roads showing road rage, are mostly men. Ppl reporting it say 'it is a accident'. But when u see women on vehicle, a small hit or a skid, or a little carelessness ... the mistake is not just 'accident' but 'lady made the accident'...
I don't know when ppl learn to report the mistake as just it is and not pointing it with the gender of human race which did it?!! My blood boils when I hear complaints 'women did this... women did that ...' I feel like yelling back to them : 'guys u need a attitude change ... say that person did the mistake.'
But I cannot do it all the time. May be next time I can ask them to read this blog once ...
What do u say...?
- Cheers,
Suma.
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