Today 13th July 2021 is Makha nakshathiram – that of Thirumazhisaipiran and would have been day 4 of the Kodai utsavam – chinna mada veethi – through Gate aam - Kulakkarai purappadu for Sri Parthasarathi Perumal and rendering of Nanmukhan Thiruvanthathi of Thirumazhisai Alwar.
Due to corona there is no thiruveethi purappadu, though we are able to have darshan of Emperuman inside the temple. Obvious Q – is when would Covid end and when would there be purappadu again ? – and would people be more responsible this time.
British
media especially BBC tries to ridicule India and posts as if things are worst
and totally out of control – their orchestrated campaign peaked when thousands
attended Kumbh Mela – and they were questioning why such events be held !! –
but now more than 65000 people inside and few more thousands on the streets at
Wembley – the holding of Euro 2020 and more so the worst crowd behaviour do not
find any mention in BBC and other media!! – is not football
just a game ?
India
today reported 37,154 new Covid-19 cases
in last 24 hours, pushing the country's caseload to 3,08,74,376. Some good news
is –among these, Chennai reported 165
positive cases - and today morning
newspapers reported that not a single
person in Chennai succumbed to Covid-19 in the last 24 hours. After 139 days,
the district witnessed zero covid deaths on Sunday. Another 19 districts in
Tamil Nadu also recorded no Covid deaths on 24 hour recording !!
After Italy lifted the Euro
2020 trophy against England in an epic finale to the European Championships at
Wembley, violence ensued onto the streets of London with disgruntled England
fans unleashing mayhem onto their Italian counterparts. The aftermath of the
match saw the ugly side of England
sports fans who began to physically, verbally, and racially attacking their
Italian counterparts. The streets of London saw vandalism and violence which
escalated to physical brawls between some groups. In some visuals, English fans
were seen insulting Italy's national flag by stomping on it. Nineteen police officers were injured when
they "confronted volatile crowds" in the capital after the game and
49 people had been arrested for a "variety of offences". England's Football Association (FA) released
a statement in the early hours of Monday morning condemning the online racist
abuse of players.
British authorities
had warned against large gatherings
ahead of the Euro 2020 football final, fearful of the highly transmissible
Delta coronavirus variant that has fuelled outbreaks across the world. Many
nations have been forced to reimpose curbs as they battle outbreaks accelerated
by the variant. On
average, Britain has been reporting about 410 cases per million people over the
past week, one the highest cases in the world per capita. As the United
Kingdom prepares for dropping most of the pandemic-induced restrictions on July
19, experts are concerned about the government's approach amid rising cases of
coronavirus disease (Covid-19). The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges (AMRC) on
Friday warned that “things will get worse before they get better.” On Friday, the UK reported more than 35,000
infections, the highest in over five months. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has
branded the July 19 reopening as “Freedom Day” but experts are worried about
the message.
Here is something from a
USA news site : What do you think was
riskier during the pre-vaccine days of the pandemic: having your lonely parents
over for dinner or going to a beach filled with dozens of strangers? Or how
about going to the doctor for a prescription refill versus playing baseball at
a nearby park? (may not be a relevant Q in India as
people still live in joint families – but pertinent in Western World). When
it comes to catching COVID-19, outdoor activities, in general, are safer than
indoor activities! But if
you chose the beach or baseball as riskier, you are not alone. Two new studies
show that people consider activities that they think are immoral or unreasonable
as riskier — even when they’re not. “Our moral judgments change our factual
judgments about the world,” says philosopher of science Cailin O’Connor of the
University of California. Accounting for
moral and other biases in public health messaging is vital to combatting the
spread of infectious disease, she says. It’s well-established that people rely
on emotions and beliefs to make decisions.
These mental shortcuts, or heuristics, tend to take precedence during
periods of uncertainty, as the right decision can be far from clear.
Well, there
is clearly, very clear difference in how the Western World morality and ethics
is reckoned and how it happens in India.
We reside with our people, pray God and are generally happy and
contented.
Thirumazhisai Azhwar tells us : - the sweetest music to ears if the
name of Lord Sriman Narayana who has beautiful red eyes; He and His feet are
the refuge of all humanity, whom I have arrived and praising with
poetry. He is the centric of all poetry, worthy of it (for praising
others, one would only make wrong exaggerated comparisons) - Come
to think, it is the very substance of the Vedas.
செவிக்கின்பம்
ஆவதுவும் செங்கண்மால் நாமம்,
புவிக்கும்
புவியதுவே கண்டீர்,- கவிக்கு
நிறைபொருளாய்
நின்றானை நேர்பட்டேன், பார்க்கில்
மறைப்பொருளும்
அத்தனையே தான்.
செவிக்கு இன்பம் ஆவது புண்டரீகாக்ஷனான
எம்பெருமானுடைய திருநாமமே; அந்த இனிய திருநாமமே
இப்பூவுலகில் வசிப்பவரெல்லாம் கவலையற்று ஒதுங்குவதற்கு
இடமாகவும் அமையும். மகா புருஷனான ஸ்ரீமன்
நாராயணன் ஒருவன் மட்டுமே பாசுரத்திற்கு நிறைந்த பொருளாயிருப்பவன் . அவனையே தெய்வாதீனமாக அடையப்பெற்றேன், ஆராய்ந்து
பார்த்தால் வேதங்களில் தேர்ந்த பொருளும் அவ்வளவே. எம்பெருமானைத் தவிர்த்து மற்றையோரைச்
கவிபாட நினைத்தால் சொற்களையும் பொருள்களையும் திருடித் திருடிக் கவிபாட வேண்டும். அங்ஙனன்றிக்கே
எம்பெருமான் கவிக்கு நிறைந்த பொருளாயிருப்பன், என்கிறார் நம் திருமழிசைப்பிரான்
Reminiscing good olden days, here are some photos of Kodai uthsavam
day 4 at Thiruvallikkeni divaydesam on 27.6.2017.
Mamandur Veeravalli Srinivasan Sampathkumar
12.7.2021
Very nice!
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