My friend ( MF ) - I have seen you pray before you eat food , why do you do that ?
Me : I offer food to Bhagwan Krishna, once I do that food becomes Prasadam
MF - What is the need to offer
Me : This Universe belongs to Bhagwan and we are just visitors here
MF - so
Me : If someone comes to your house , uses your possessions without your permission, will you be Happy
MF - No
Me - Good , similarly we are using everything that belongs to God , so won't it be nice if we thank Him for using His products
MF - Hmmn, is that the only reason
Me : There's another reason , before the food reaches your plate, so many people have put in their hard work, the farmer , the processer , packer, transporter, seller, cook, server etc , the food contains karma of all those who helped bring food to your plate
Om Anathaya Namah
Om Padmanabhaya Namah
Om Sheshaya Namah
Om Saptha phananvithaya Namah
Om Thalpathmakaya Namah
Om Padmakaraya Namah
Om Pingaprasanna lochanaya Namah
Om Gadadharaya Namah
Om Chaturbahave Namah
Om Shanka chakradharaya Namah
Om Avyayaya Namah
Om Navamra pallavaa bhasaya Namah
Om Brahmasutra virajitaya Namah
Om Shila supujitaya Namah
Om Devaya Namah
Om Kaundinya vrata toshitaya Namah
Om Nabhasya shuklasta chaturdashi pujyaya Namah
Om Phaneshwaraya Namah
Om Aankarshanaya Namah
Om Chitswarupaya Namah
Om Sutragrande Namah
Om Susamsthitaya Namah
Om Kaundinya varadaya Namah
Om Prithvidharini Namah
Om Pathala nayakaya Namah
Om Sahasrakshaya Namah
Om Akhiladharaya Namah
Om Sarvayogi krupakaraya Namah
Om Sahasra padma sampujyaya Namah
At this rate one needs Rs 100 crores to win a LS seat in TN. Only the super rich can contest and win in TN. Elections have become a pipe dream for ordinary citizens
Suggestions
1. Make voting compulsory 2. Online voting using digital signatures 3. Immediate disqualification
Real issue facing Tamil Nadu is productivity of its workforce , yesterday's I had lunch in a restaurant in Madurai and had dinner in Dindigul a tier 3 city in Tamil Nadu , in both restaurants I spoke to the servers in Tamil , they couldn't understand,they were from WB, Jharkhand
Bihar and Odisha. They were doing a splendid job. Out of curiosity I asked the restaurant owner / manager as to why you don't employ local Boys in your restaurant, his reply was an eye opener and wanted to share with you all
The restaurant owner said
Sir you cannot believe our local people and run a business.
They are not simply dependable , you can't be sure if they will turn up for next days job
They have excellent reasons or excuses to flash for not turning up for work like