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Today the kerala HC has ordered a compensation of Rs.75 laksh to the victims of the air crash in Mangalore. How will the Air India pay? It has itself asked loan from the Govt.? It is not paying salaries to its employees. Pension cheques issued by it get bounced. The kin of the victims can get satisfied by seeing Rs.75 lakhs only on paper.

The mango festival in Karaikal symbolishes an event in history where Karaikal Ammaiyar the lone woman nayanmar gave away a rare variety of mango to a Saivaite saint. This festival has an interesting legend behind it. Karaikal Ammaiyar whose original name was Punithavathi was given two mangoes of rare variety by her merchant husband. Soon after a Shiva devotee came to her house in the form of mendicant and asked for alms. She gave one mango to him. When her husband came to dine she served him with one mango she had. When her husband asked for the other mango she was taken aback as she had given it to the beggar. Soon she prayed to Lord Shiva and a mango appeared on her hands. Seeing this her husband deserted her considering her to be a supernatural being. She then prayed to Lord Shiva to take away her beauty following which her skin dried up and she became a nayanmar and was known as Karaikal Ammaiyar. Every year on full moon day in the Tamil month of Aani it is symbolic in Karaikal to

Three blasts went off one at Zaveri Bazaar, one at Kabuthar Kahana near Dadar and one at Opera House on 13th July 2011 at Mumbai. Nearly 20 people died and more than 100 injured. Usual noises were made. The media went frenzy. The PM, Sonia Gandhi, LK Advani visited the injured. The ruling and opposition blamed each other. The people of Mumbai went back to their work as usual. Every one started appreciating the resiliance of Mumbaikars. the police say it is the handy work of Indian Mujaideen. The Govt. is non committal. The blast victims suffer in silence. Every thing is forgotten. A committee will be formed to look into the incident headed by a retired judge. The judge and his staff would be paid a fat salary. After months the Judge would submit a voluminous report running to hundreds of pages to the Govt. which would keep it in the library. There will be talk shows. All the while our nation fed on the poorest ration watch in sheer awe. Nothing changes life goes on. Aged insensitiv

At last Rajnikanth is back after treatment hopefully in normal health. While he was in India and in hospital so many rumors were floating. That he was dead. That he had contacted an incurable disease and so on. Thankfully the Superstar has battled all this successfully. Soon after his recovery I do not understand why he telephoned Jayalalithaa and told her that she saved TamilNadu and then to Karunanidhi to take care of his health. What is the need to keep them in good humour. Only Rajni can answer

The treasure found in the Padmanabha Swamy temple at Trivandrum is estimated to be Rs.1 lakh crore. We should appreciate the honesty of the then rulers who never touched the wealth and considered them to be Lord's possession. Now what will happen to this wealth is anybody's guess. Let the Lord's treasure be saved from our politicians.