Ho Ho Ho!

"Jingle bells,Jingle bells,jingle all the way...oh what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh..."

ah, the songs of merryment, and joy. The children sleep on chirstmas eve with expectations of a jolly elderly man coming down the chimney, and giving them gifts!
the joy of recieving those gifts, and opening a beautifully wraped present, is what we see on the childs face.
Singing songs that bring cheer to everyone, spending time with family, laughing, playing games, eating together, bringing back the life from the day to day mundane existence. What a feeling!!

in all this...when do i make a reference to any religion? these songs and ideas are now merely a symbol of happiness.

for example:

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Oh! You better watch out,
You better not cry,
You better not pout,
I'm telling you why:

Santa Claus is coming to town!

He's making a list,
He's checking it twice,
He's gonna find out
who's naughty or nice.

Santa Claus is coming to town!

(http://www.christmas-carols.net/carols/santa-claus-coming-town.html)

image from(www.wikipedia.org)

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Its got a nice beat to it, its catchy, and its telling kids something nice. why put a label of religion on it? I'm not chirstian, so what? i like the idea of a grey haired old man, who makes children happy!
Santa is so much of a "global figure"(considering his size and where he lives! :P), and hey, he seems like a fun guy.
look at him, he looks like he loves kids, and that kids would love him instantly. Children deserve all the fun they can get. Childhood never comes twice, and they should spend it laughing, dancing playing, (yea...lets be honest...learning too). Happy childhood, ensures they will live happy lives.
Its all about a fantasy, and kids love fantasies..fairy god mothers, large giants, small friendly birds, and now the newer flying brooms, wizardry.
So what if this one fella has something to do with a saint. (saint nicolas)

So its decided santa is fun...and kids should be told about him, and allowed to bask in this big bellied tank of happiness. heres hoping that all kids can enjoy the spirit of christmas, and partake in the cheer and happiness santa brings.

Sing carols, spend time with your family, eat good food, and be happy....coz "Santa Claus is coming to town....."

Heres a song thats nice to hear, if u get a chance to hear it...do so, its by Jim Reeves:
The Merry chirstmas polka

This is Christmas season so there isn't any reason we can't dance the Christmas polka
Hear sleighbells ringing everybody's singing dancing the Christmas polka
Christmas trees and holly make everyone so jolly and love just fills the air
It's a wonderful world for a boy and a girl while dancing the Christmas polka

The merry Christmas polka let's dance let's dance let's dance
Everyone's so happy the air is filled with romance
Watch the sweethearts kissing as they dance neath the mistletoe
It's a sight to behold for the young and the old the merry Christmas polka

This is Christmas season...


MERRY CHIRSTMAS TO ALL, and TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT!

Education and the masses

I was watching a movie called Swadesh again, it talks about a young man who returns to a village in India, from the comfortable life in the United States, and upon return, sees the pitiable condition of this counrty.

Now, I have always wanted to leave here, and go abroad, and many of my friends, after watching that movie, taunted me about it. But, what are those who stay here going to do?

What is our purpose? Do we have one? We study to become engineers, businessmen, lawyers, we form the layers in society, and help build a beautiful cake. What about those places where society is a fable. Unheard, unseen, and not understood. We worry about an exam that is two weeks ahead, or the car running out of gas, but there ar people who can do NOTHING, but worry about a square meal.
We(as families) live with the comfort of not worrying about where our next meal is going to come from, therefore we dont understand what a life it would be, when the thought, of a eating a dry chappati means eating a morsel too much.
I know people who talk about education as if its our job. We attend classes, colleges, various institutes of supposed learning, to do what? move on with our lives. Then what am i doing different? I just choose to do it in a different place. Just life people move from Infosys in Bombay to Infosys in Banglore.
Who can really USE this educated state of mind? We learn things , applications of the mind, and we do what? work our ass off so that at the end of the day, WE get to live a comfortable life.
but arent we as human beings supposed to help each other??
Why not try to help those who need what we have? There are children out there, who dont know abc, dont know numbers, are so ignorant that no civilized world would accept them.

What good use is our knowledge of the abc's and the tables if we cant help others who dont have access to it, to understand use the power that it holds. for if it wasnt for numbers, we would never have had computers.

I just gave my Electrical networks paper a few days back, now what can i do with what i have learnt? NOTHING...absolutely NOTHING. but if i were to teach a village boy, how to handle current, and voltages, what the best way to connect lights and fans are, what the concept of wattage was, about storage batteries. THEN, he has gained immensly. he can now do his best to get more power out of what little electricity he gets.

Another example, if those people knew, how to treat minor ailments. it would help. they wont have to worry each time the youngest gets a bout of diarrhea. they'll know what to do.

if someone knew how to work the finances, we would be able to set up funds, we would be able to help those who need it most.
i hope u are getting my drift.

The very foundations of our society was build by educated minds, that were tuned to help the other man, not for his/her own needs. and a fact remains that the way we learn today, cant help anyone ever. we are growing into a worthless breed of spawns, that can do no service to humanity, and can only think of themselves.

Education wasnt about gettin money and big jobs, it was so that, life would be easier for all of mankind. not just for one of us.