Trichy alias Tiruchirapalli - a tier III city

Yesterday, we went to an exhibition @ Ulavar santhai Ground, here in Trichy. (Actually, it was located in Alvarthopu ground,we went around ulavar santhai in srch of the exhibition and will write another blog for that)... Its filled with fancy stores, handicraft stores by Women self help group(magalir suya vudavi kuzhukal), vadai, Baji, appalam, sugarcane juice stalls and other standard exhibition stalls.

Giant wheels, columbus, Break dance (the chairs will spin, as if we were break dancing), helicopter like rotators, bikes and all kinds of "kudai ratinam" (small roller coasters) were there for entertainment. We njoyed every ratinam , whether its small or big. But for my astonishment, there is no crowd. Yes, i mean it, there is no crowd. In the giant wheel of 16 chairs, only 2 0r 3 chairs were filled 4 every round. This holds the same for all ratinams.

A rainy look alike evening, end of the school vacation(June 1st), presence of another exhibition in trichy - near ponmalai, lack of advertisement may be the reason for the low turn over. Actually i expect a huge crowd, since trichy lags in entertainment arena, that too for children. Apart from cinema halls, temples and the newly revamped ibrahim park (near chatiram bus stand), trichy kids has no place to go. But the exhibition showcases the spending nature of trichians. If it were in Chennai, a large number of turnover is a damn sure... But alas, its not chennai. Its only Trichy, a tier III city.

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“See the glass as already broken” – a great stress buster

The catchy one liner from a management book grabs my attention 2day…
The page says “See the glass as already broken" i.e., treat everything as an object with an end…”

ya, that is true. Because, in due course of time we used to get pride with the small gadgets (like pens, ipods, mobiles, key chains and sometimes even kerchiefs) we have. Even though they r nothing to us, we used to pull a great effort to retain them. If in any case they are lost, we squall like anything. The sentiments and feelings we have with the non living gadgets play a greater part in the life. The childish behavior drags our endeavors. Instead, we should try to look each and every thing as an object having an end. If we develop that perspective, the gud time we spent will only be remembered at the end(of the object). As per the saying “change is the only constant”, we should cultivate the “broken glass” perspective to overcome the unwanted stress….

It seems that this is true not only with the lifeless companions but also with our friends and colleagues.

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