Saturday, March 22, 2008

Pookalam and us

Pookalam and us




Which's the most happening place in our college??.. Ask this question and 10 in 10 will come up with an inordinately obvious answer... " MESS HALL". And the entity which jazzes up the place is... well.. it's not just the ocean of trophies.. but also the strikingly harmonious arrangement of petals done painstakingly by the Mess hall workers at the entrance. Just as we enter the hall.. this arresting phenomena livens up our mood and even creates a good appetite!... One is awestruck by the appetency of the men/women behind the work as they come up with a new and bewitching pattern of arrangement each and every day. The scene becomes even more special during festive seasons.Am sure none will forget the Pongal decor. If one has to save some pleasant memories of the college.. the 'pookalam' would certainly find a unique/special spot in our hearts.



But... do we enjoy such sights..? Am not sure how many even stop to notice it. Should we blame the rough weather or should we blame ourselves for being either myopic or hyperopic and not seeing the actuality..? Guess.. it's time to put our naked eyes and our naked hearts to some good use and come out of the false canopy. We've learnt in these years that nothing's gonna change/improve by complaining... Whenever we voted for change.. change was either defeated.. or change was given a temporary post and was dismissed later citing inefficiency. Hmmm... The weather is rough.. but let's sail along.. let's at least try.. No use moving against the wind. Let's move along.. But, let us not fail to miss the rainbows that appear and go during the rough stay. Let's start to enjoy the stay...coz... it's soon gonna end.

Hari.