For us the immortal words
of Sage Thiruvalluvar ie., Thirukkural
will always ring a bell. To those who
have not read much, “Thiruk Kural”, is a classic of couplets or Kurals (1330
rhyming Tamil couplets) authored by Sage Thiruvalluvar. Kural literally means "short
verse", and is typified by the Venpa metre that consists of two lines. Thirukkural
is a great source of knowledge – 1330 couplets structured in 133 adhikarams
[chapters], grouped in 3 sections – Aram (righteousness). Porul (wealth) and
Kamam or Inbam (pleasure).
Palm oil is an edible
vegetable oil derived from the mesocarp (reddish pulp) of the fruit of the oil
palms, primarily the African oil palm Elaeis guineensis, and to a lesser extent
from the American oil palm Elaeis oleifera and the maripa palm Attalea
maripa. In India, we have a different one – the
‘palmolein’. The fad for this oil was so
high a couple of decades ago, that the Govt. was importing them in bulk tankers
and redistributing to households, who were using this oil moving away from
dalda vanaspathi, groundnut oil, gingelly oil, bran oil and other cooking oils.
Now refined oils like sunflower, olive, safflower, avocado have all taken
over.
Ever heard of
‘Clever brand’ ~ the other day whilst waiting at signal near City Centre, saw 3
cartons placed on a two-wheeler that was standing in front of me. The curiosity
of the carton, made me take a photo and later read its contents and came to
know that - Kumar Agro has been in the field of oil industry for more that three
decades. Their manufacturing of
palmolein oil under the the name Clever refined palm oil !
How biased are WE ! ..
.. in this World of Social media, every second, we find posts, tweets, and
memes which smack of partisan attitude !!
IPL in the Gulf has been
far more interesting .. .. In its inaugural year in 2008, underdogs Rajasthan
Royals had a spectacular run, winning 11 out of 14 games in the group stage.
Standout efforts from Watson, Sohail Tanvir, Pathan and the captain, Warne, all
through the season helped them lift the trophy, defeating MS Dhoni’s Chennai
Super Kings in the final. This year the
same two teams are lying at the bottom of the table ! .. ..
This is no Cricket post as
such but the ‘partiality’ that exists in human minds. Supporting any team is OK but the amount of
taunting the mercurial MSD and CSK are undergoing this year is immeasurable !
.. they have lost matches in row but at
last won today against RCB. After this win, (till the match between RR &
MI) is over – RR is at the bottom most but what a team they have – the best
pacer who instills fear in the batsman Jofra Archer, all rounder England
Captain Ben Stokes, Internationally acclaimed batsmen Jos Butler & Steve
Smith, supported by Indian batters – Robin Uthappa, Sanju Samson, Riyan Parag and big six hitting Rahul Tewatia
– yet they have so far lost 7 of their 11 matches ! ~
honestly tell me, is there any meme on Steve Smith, criticism on his style of
leadership ? – why MS Dhoni is singled out ?? ie., sheer partiality !
Last year read a newsitem
on this boy - "Mahi bhai, Andre
Russell scoop aur paddle nahi karta. Short fine leg hataake deep square laga
sakte the [Mahi bhai, Andre Russell doesn't play the scoop or the paddle. We
could have removed the short fine-leg and put a deep square-leg instead]." - that
reportedly was Ruturaj Gaikwad who had not played a single game telling his
Captain MSD. "Sharp cricket
mind," Dhoni told Gaikwad!
This year he was in
trouble right from the start – as CSK trained in Dubai, he had to be isolated
and later returned back to the team's bio bubble after returning two
Covid-19 negative tests. In his first
match he was run out for a duck; then scored 5 against Delhi Capitals and was
again out for a duck against MI .. .. but today, he played some sparkling
strokes and anchored the the chase with an unbeaten 51-ball 65 while
Faf du Plessis and Ambati Rayudu brought urgency at the other end.
In some ways, CSK were
done in even before the start of the Tournament for their squad had been shaped
and built for the slow, turning pitches at the MA
Chidambaram Stadium. One must appreciate MSD for still being cool and keeping
his expressions under hold.
Moving away
to the theme ‘impartiality’ - Andhra
Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy recently wrote an unprecedented letter to the Chief Justice
of India SA Bobde making shocking allegations against the second-senior-most
judge of the Supreme Court – Justice NV Ramana, accusing him of attempting to
influence the High Courts due to his proximity with TDP chief and former Chief
Minister Chandrababu Naidu. In an 8-page
letter written to CJI SA Bobde on October 6, the Andhra Pradesh CM has pointed
out Justice Ramana’s alleged “proximity” to TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu and
mentioned about an Anti-Corruption Bureau investigation into the “questionable
transactions of land” involving two daughters of Justice Ramana and others in
Amaravati.
~ and miles away, in UK – BBC’s
impartiality is under threat from all
sides. The corporation is in danger of commercial censorship, wrote a columnist
alleging that BBC TV news is increasingly cautious, and
stating that journalists are asking the
wrong questions. BBC has always been
partial and one-sided reporting news about India. For British, India is under-developed and
land of snakecharmers, where still rustics live ! .. ..
.. many news items would showcase that British too is unsafe and lot of bad
things occurring.
The noun ‘impartiality’ - is the opposite of equal treatment of all rivals or disputants; fairness. Read with
interest an article titled ‘the biggest threat to the BBC’s independence is the
corporation itself’. However, if
“impartial” means to represent the values of a notional political centre then
the BBC is hardly likely to secure itself there, as this centre has been racing
to the right for more than 40 years in the UK and globally. Political power lies more firmly than ever in
the grip of the hard right via its monopolies in high finance and the
commercial media. They don’t want
balance, they want possession. The modern day media, the newspapers do not
report the news: they create it. Every day, massive events happen:
environmental disasters, theft and fraud by the very rich, power grabs and
attacks on democracy. Instead of reporting them, the newspapers concoct
scandals out of marginal topics, or out of thin air. News in the UK is the propaganda of the
oligarch, amplified by the BBC.
Now read this
Thirukkural ~ this couplet was written on the middle carton of ‘Clever
Palmolein’ that interested me .. ..
கெடுவல்யான் என்பது
அறிக தன்நெஞ்சம்
நடுவொரீஇ அல்ல செயின்.
நடுவுநிலைமை தவறிச்
செயல்படலாம் என்று ஒரு நினைப்பு ஒருவனுக்கு வந்து விடுமானால் அவன் கெட்டொழியப் போகிறான்
என்று அவனுக்கே தெரியவேண்டும்.
பால்: அறத்துப்பால்; அதிகாரம்: நடுவு நிலைமை; குறள் 116:
Thiruvalluvar
says the moment one’s heart knows and feels that they are not fair and are
feeling partial, it is a clear indication that he is heading for evil and bad.
Interesting
!
25.10.2020.
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