Animals:
I love animals-
that is why I am a vegetarian. What amazes me is that activists who cry hoarse
against cruelty to animals are perfectly comfortable carving into a piece of
Turkey! Animals have a right to live as much as we do and just because we have
the intelligence to trap them and train them, we have no business to kill them
and eat them. It is also heartrending to see animals dragging a cartload of
goods, without proper nourishment to give them the strength. The civilized
world continues to revel in sports that involve animals, with no sensitivity to
their comfort. Animals don’t harm human beings unless provoked or hungry. Why
do we then cheat them of their right to peaceful coexistence, just to satisfy
our palate? There is so much hue and cry about preserving tigers and panthers.
Why not the same about chicken and sheep? Ah ha- there goes a good meal!
Ambition:
At 13, I had a
burning ambition to become an actress. I imitated my favourite Nutan and
Vyjayantimala and used my box camera to get my picture taken, dressed like
them. I dreamed of winning the Filmfare award and signing autographs. At 19, I
got married and at 21, became a mother of two. But my ambition still nestled
somewhere in me. At 45 I got an opportunity to act in a Kannada film for just
about 10 minutes, as a doctor! It happened when I was compering a film awards
function and an actor/ producer who was present, chose me for the role. If we
aim for the moon, we may get a star. But that is what ambition is all about. Be
passionate enough about a purpose, the means will come. This again proved to be
right about my ambition of starting a women’s organization. A well wisher gave
me the funds to launch it and progressive business houses have been supporting
it. Then I had this ambition of starting a mobile health/ counseling centre to
reach out to the underprivileged at their doorstep. A casual acquaintance
during my morning walk, liked the idea and he gifted the van and necessary
funds for the project! Ambition is good, as long as it is not aimed at
depriving others of what they have. Like Macbeth whose ambition to become King,
caused so much devastation.
Anger:
It is good to
get angry-once in a while-at your own folly! Anger is a useless form of hitting
back at the one who is the cause of it. Cool! That is the most effective
retaliation. The angrier you get, the less you must show it. Smile and swallow.
Shift your anger from persons to issues. Corruption, violence, falling social
values, failing education systems… there are enough reasons to get your blood
boiling. The best way to vent it is by involving yourself in movements that can
set them right. Raving and ranting does not help. A valuable tip-when you are
angry, eat something. Sometimes, anger could be the result of hunger! The best
way to deal with anger is to shut yourself in your room and write a nasty
letter to the person you are angry with, pour out your wrath and then, tear the
letter into bits. This improves your handwriting and spelling too! The other
way is to take a soft toy and imagine it to be the person you are angry with –
punch the toy till your hand hurts. It is better to flush your system this way
than resort to verbal or physical violence. Exercise is a great way of getting
anger out-it takes away the negative energy, converting it to a positive
activity. It is said that when you feast on anger, you are the dish.
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