BLOGGING TO SOOTH THE NERVES.

Sridhar,   We tend to curse people when things are not in our way.  We do it very often.  My mother curses people when she is very much frustrated.  Poor lady she cannot think -at that moment - the view point of others.    If all curses happen as cursed.....there will be no meaning.  This point is very well written in the story 'eni entha ooril Malai peyumma'   Well written.......And please catch my curse also: "May you write more such mind set stories'   Hope, hope will open for you in this letter atleast.  It is about lighting a candle with hope. Please click the HOPE.   It may take some time to open. Please wait. Or you can copy the link down and paste it in your browser.   http://i.euniverse.com/funpages/cms_content/2529/4candles.swf -- Have a nice time....reply if you have time -I will have a nice time.

Agony aunts galore By Varalotti Rengasamy Agony aunt columns promise to help the querist, but end up entertaining others     'I have this nasty affair with my colleague. I feel terribly guilty. Can you help me?' A typical question in a popular women's magazine in its agony aunt column. The answer is equally typical – some hackneyed cliches and some boring homilies, all delivered in bold letters on a glossy paper. No one will ever know what the querist did. But a few thousands of readers would have derived voyeuristic pleasure in reading the column. Agony Aunt columns give solid business. My friend who works for a women's magazine told me that many men buy these magazines because of these columns. Many people doubt the authenticity of the queries. but, the juicier the query, greater the suspicion. If the querist has a nasty affair why should she proclaim it to the world? The alternatives are much more sensible than asking a magazine column. A few

Dear Sridhar,   Just made some time to write to you about today's middle in Deccan Herald and here is your letter infroming me about the middle.   I too read the agony columns and as you say the readers (like me) get a thrill out of it  You mentioned about Dr Mathru Bootham and Dr.Shalini too.....it was good.   In this letter I just mention the good  excerpt from the middle and give you a fine internet page that gives something connected with light and hope.    Now to the excerpt:   Spiritual agony aunts provide the best humour in town. A devotee had asked in anguish: 'As I was completing my daily puja on Friday morning the oil lamp in the puja room suddenly went off. I am worried about this bad omen.' The unfazed agony aunt replied in a non-chalant tone: 'When the lamp is put off, light it again. That to me is the best possible retribution for your problem.' Some agony aunts are brilliant, like this one   Now to the Hope internet page.   please click