Pretty Women – Miracle – Will It Happen??????

Dear Veda,
Back with a bang!! Miracles do happen but this I would like to say is the calm after a few unwarranted happenings.I for on ehave never though of leaving, buut is pains to see many calshed , of course they die down too. But you cannot let go if you have been here and know that there are folks who miss u when you are not seen for a while. So much to share and the diff in opinion is inevitable. That does not mean we are not happy , subdued at times, I agree.
Chitvish is modern too the core, Varalotti will have equal or more fire in his replies to ur feedbacks, Cheeniya makes you laugh and think so there is the maaza.
Looking forward to more from your keyboard!!!!

Dear Veda,

Written from the heart, dear friend, and I am one of the characters in yr blog eh ! Even Cheeniya Sir has dedicated a blog and a toast to me.Im feeling on the top of the world Veda.

To tell u the truth, even I was bugged when a few Ilites took offence to one of my blogs last month, and I was boiling mad.Bit I cooled down in a day, as my moving away from Indus would be my loss surely, and I don’t like to lose.HAHA.

So u see I am not all that happy all the time, but I tweek my brain to be happy.I follow the saying, When Elephants Walk, dogs do bark.And I am a literally an elephant if u go by my wight.HAHA.

Well written and well said, and I would urge yu and other I lites to read Varlotti Sir’s blogs which I have started to read andChitvish has been kind enough to list, and each is a gem.

Thanks man, I too have made a few friends here, Sunkan being one, and am going to meet Cheeniya very soon in Chennai.We will put a toast to u.When u come down, bringmy bottle, remember u are allowed two bottles these days, and leave one for me with Cheeniya, is that ok with u ? HAHA.Hope to meet u and shanty very soon inshallah.

All the best.Regards.kamal

Dear Veda,

After all we are human beings, so we tend to have these emotional moods...............which vary from time to time........its only love and compassion remains ultimately..............
I feel IL itself a miracle, for bringing so many people around the globe, talking, discussing, guiding, praying, wishing..........and so much in IL..............


love
padma

Veda,

Good to read your threadSon, but presuming you are a few years older than my Neiv ,shouldnt this thread be posted in the kids forum(mods please take note).

Good to have a goodwill ambassador amongst us Veda, hope your wishes come true, but Im yet to come to terms with the fact that you think IM 40 or maybe more.

Good post Veda, enjoyed reading it!!

DM

Dear Veda Vyasan,

I simply admire the thoughts in your mind and the way you put it. I am sure that your vision for IL is more or less materialised. With ILites holding their hands in peace and standing united.

I once worked for an old organisation steeped in internal politics. One day I blurted out to my friend, who was senior to me by several years, "Can we not eliminate this organisational politics?"

He affectionately patted on my shoulders and said, (I was hardly 25 at that time and had not seen the outside world much)
"When more than one human being is there in a place there is bound to be politics. And we have close to a thousand men working in this company. Do you need an Einstein to find out how much politics will be there?"
And what he said has stood me in good stead ever since.
"Never shun away from politics. Neither be a creator of politics or a rumour monger. Remember you will have to play your cards and some of them have to be political."

With 20000 plus people, such things are bound to happen. ("Varalotti, you talk nicely. But where did this good sense go, when you told us that you were hurt and didn't post anything new for a while? -I can hear you ask.)
But with my experience in a couple of other sites I'd say ours is the best. By and large we have very kind, soft, decent and balanced people. May be God wished that I should improve upon myself by association so that he made me a member of this community. But to every rule there are exceptions. That's the world for you.

Veda Vyasan, not to reply to my reader's response is to me a sin, one to be ranked with pancha maa padhakam.
I don't know in which thread I omitted to reply to your response. Without going into the details, let me offer my heart-felt apology for the lapse.
Hai, btw, I just replied to you in the Hurt thread. A pretty long reply.

thanks for the nice thought and a totally different thread.
love,

Originally Posted by Vysan

One fine day, I got a call from one of my senior collegue… “Vyas, there is a course conducted by AOL, I have given your name and it is good for you, so please attend… I am sending you the forms”… I thought it is some exercise, so, just will attend… It cost me RO 75 – INR 8K… The first question asked to me in the course is… What will you you do, if I say, that this course is nothing and you are not going to gain anything out of it and the amount spent is an absolutely waste… Spontaneously, my answer came without any hesitation… “Absolutely no issues”… because I went there with open mind…

I joined IL one year back, without any expectations… I don’t know anybody… I was not worried or bothered about anything… My agenda of joining IL was totally different… I still remember my first FB to VR… “Satan Quoting the Vedas”… I was teasing him… He gave me a proper fitting reply… I was laughing… My second FB to another of his post… He didn’t even respond… Might be he got irritated with my teasing… But this does not stop me from posting… For long time I used to be scared in writing in Chitvish’s spiritual threads… I had my own views… But I didn’t want contradict… so never used to enter… Chitvish was magnanimous enough to tell me, even if you have different ideas please do post… I used to enjoy reading Cheeniya’s thread… the way he presents things with a witty manner without hurting anybody is great…

When I last visited to India, thought will meet Chitvish / Cheeniya… Reading their posts, I had my own imagination… I always used to imagine Chitvish, in white or kavi colour cotton saree and with beads all around her neck… hahahahahahahahaha… I used to attend ISKCON… so… that effect… Similarly, Cheeniya as a frail, lean man like the pictures of Thuppariyum sambu (minus his nose please…)… This is based on his own thread about wearing jeans at 64… But both of them… disproved that my imagination is absolutely wrong… I got a very warm reception… and me & my GF were overwhelmed with their love and affection…

First, I used to pull Sunkan a lot… Her positive responses made me to keep replying… Thanks Sunkan… The Masti thread slowly made me to gain more friends and today I am happy that I joined IL and I have earned some real good friends… Thanks to my GF/DW... Today I am teasing MK & DM… They don’t take it offensive… I should be the Grandson’s age of MK and just few years elder to DM’s daughter… hahahahahahahaha… Cool down… Cool down…

I am not a great writer… But I enjoy writing my FB’s… Wherever I get a chance I keep pulling legs and at the same time ensure nobody gets hurt… The happy place… which made me an addict (my ego is not allowing to accept it…) to visit daily… has lost its charm all of a sudden… There is some heaviness with everybody… We all know the reason… but we want to suppress it and gulp it down our throat… instead of accepting things as they are and moving forward… This includes me… For few days stopped replying and thought of staying out… But couldn’t stay out long…

I have to learn from the ever happy going Kamalji a lot…

I saw this movie… Pretty Women… First time I saw that I didn’t understand… After seeing that for 2-3 times and understanding the story I enjoyed seeing that movie... I think everybody would have seen that movie… The hooker after a point is not interested in money… She wants miracles to happen… Wedlock… In the movie miracle happens…

Similarly, I am not contented with having more friends to chat with… I want all of them to be happy… I want them to be unified, irrespective of the difference of opinions… arguments… fights… etc… I want every one to love each other… unconditional… without expectations… I know I am asking for too much… Why??? Should only in movies people can ask / expect miracles to happen…

Will this miracle happen in IL???…

May I request all the ILites to join hands please……

Veda

Hi Veda,

Hats off to you for this post.

I am surprised that you are shaken by these trivial things. All the 5 fingers are not the same, and so does it go for individuals. When 2 siblings can't think alike how can you expect this strong 20K odd family to think alike.

I believe in freedom of speech, agreed that it should not hurt others...but then i have a different view. Have we put ourselves in their shoes and tried to think their way...or atleast imagine why they were thinking so. It may also be that their state and frame of mind was not in good shape and hence those posts.

Actually we should thank them...because had they not been negative then we would not have known the positive strength of IL. And also being all goody goody always tends to get boring...this stirred up everyone.

If a fruit starts to rotten we don't throw away the entire fruit right...just remove the rotten part and use the one that is good. The same way don't visit or reply to those threads that hurt...but don't stop responding to ones that you like and enjoy...unhone kya bigada hain.

I'll just brief you of an event that happened in our society on holi.

We were having holi celebrations and everyone was enjoying in the society lawns. Suddenly an untoward incident took place. Immediate steps were taken to stop the incident and the culprits were handed over to the police.

One of the resident made an issue of it and posted it on a few sites and talked badly of all the reps and their wives. Now this being an internal society issue no one liked the way she posted it on other sites. No one responded to her mail even in our internal yahoo groups and that episode just faded. Today very few people in the society speak to her. What happened...it was her loss not ours. And unity among the reps increased and also many others who knew what really took place are against her.

So my dear, everything is a blessing in disguise.

God bless.

Dearest Veda
I am so proud and pleased at the same time to read your thread here.. Its like a pleasant breeze touching me with just the mild scent of jasmine.. Thats how refreshing your thread is.
I never knew you could say it so subtly.. but you have pulled it off.My salutations to the talent in you.
Though I am coming in late to read it here.. I am so glad I did. Keep writing when you find time:)

Dear Vysan,

You say you don't write much, but when you do, you really rock!
As a matter of fact, all that you wrote sounded like an echo of my thoughts. I too feel and think similarly, only I am not gifted like you to express them in neat words.
Well, judging from the responses here and the fact that this post has made it to the FP of the month, you can be sure that this was more than appreciated and touched many ILites the way it should:)
Like some have expressed here, whatever has happened was for good. All of us got to introspect and once again realize what IL means to us.
Little disturbances in the family is normal, it is how we get over them and carry on is what matters.
And I think we are just doing fine.....this family will always be here.....through thick and thin.
Let's toast to that....a la Cheeniya and Kamalji!

L, Kamla

Originally Posted by Mindian

Hi veda,

that was a great tribute to IL... and i understand what u mean......yes IL is just like one big family where there are arguments or should i say difference of opinion on one thread but u can find them communicating heartily on some other issue....like fighting with your siblings,maybe...but even people who leave DO come back,dont they....thats the proof of genuine love so nothing to worry...


MINDI

Dear Mindi,

Thanks for your immediate response... Also thanks for the understanding....

I agree with you, that IL being a large family, there will be arguments and difference of opinions... I get upset only when instead of fighting the issue, they fight the person... When people DO come back, it shows their love for IL... I agree...

Thanks for joining hands....

Veda

Originally Posted by lalitha shivaguru

Dear Veda,

Welcome back dear. We were defintely missing you.

Rightly said, the heaviness is on the air as Shan rightly put it in VR thread. But let me tell you Veda when so many people are interacting here, there is bound to be disagreements but we should not take it to heart. Shall I ask you something, if Shan or your kids hurt you do you keep them in your heart for so long? No na........ the same way, we are a family dear. Think all of us as your sisters, so what if few of the sisters have uttered something...... that does not mean that we take it for soooooooo long. I hope I am not hurting you more in this.

Let bygones be bygones, Life is reallly short yaar let us make it sweet with lot of celebrations and fun all the way. I am there with you for IL always.

Defintely the miracle will happen and you will come back again to say about that.

Dear LS,

Thanks for the Welcome...

I understand and agree with you, that we dont take it for so long when our family members say something wrong....

I am not hurt... But I am pained to see, when someone gets hurt or sadness prevails in IL... When you go home, you want the house to be happy with kids playing around and elders in happy mood... It is something like that...

Thanks for being there for me... I pray to God that the Miracle do happen... and I am confident with all of you joining hands, will happen...

Thanks once again...

Veda