Onion & Everest are similar Now.. Both are at Peak..

Vanakkam Nanbargalay....

Count down started for the New Year to begin. Holiday season & Snow havoc in West, Music feast in Chennai, Melodious chanting of sacred Verses 'Thirupaavai' for this holy tamil month 'Maargaizhy'(மார்கழி) in whole of Tamil Nadu, Beautiful Carols from the churches. Precisely all these makes December a lovely month.

We should understand this simple context.. Difference between Dec 31 and 1st Jan is just one day, where as difference between 1st Jan and Dec 31 is a full year. So let us lead a simple life by taking the life as it comes and not to complicate and confuse it with all our worries. This positive approach in our day today life can be very easily incorporated by trying out the Sahaja Yoga Meditation.

Fine, let us now go straight into our topic of this post.. I am sure every one will be aware of the soaring Prices of Onion in India. Except the Standard of Living of Indian people, every thing in India is very costly and high. Normally while we cut onion we get tears in our eyes, of late when we say or hear the Price of onion itself tears running down our cheeks..!! (முன்னாடி எல்லாம் வெங்காயம் உரிச்சா தான் கண்ணில் தண்ணீர் வரும்,ஆனா இப்போ எல்லாம் வெங்காயம் பெயரையோ இல்லை விலையையோ கேட்டாலே கண்ணில் தண்ணீர் வருது..!!)

Again I am not going to talk about politics here.. So let us see the basic principle of how we get tears while we cut Onions. This is actually a short story meant for children, but I am sure this will be really liked by people of all ages. I sincerely thank my uncle Mr. M.J.Srinivasan for sharing this wonderful short story with me.

Here starts the Onion Story. At the end of this story you all will know why we get tears while we cut onions.  There was a mini super market selling vegetables and all other food stuffs. In this mini mart there were 3 friends (like '3 Idiots') namely Onion (hero of our Story), Tomato & Ice Cream. These 3 were brought into this shop on a same day & same vehicle. So this 3 become very close friends and started having a great time by talking with each other.  While their Life was going so smoothly and nicely, there started the bad time for their friendship.

One person visited this shop and bought some tomatoes. Unfortunately the tomato which was one among this friendship fell down while weighing and got stabbed by some one. There comes the end of Life for this particular tomato. By this there started a disaster to this trio friendship. Yes, the tomato got separated from this wonderful friendship. So the left out Onion and Ice Cream became so sad and started crying for the depart of Tomato.  Though Ice cream was in the refrigerator, tears were flowing from ice cream eyes. While this two, Onion and Ice Cream were solacing each other, there again came another storm in their friendship. This time one person came and bought, took away the Ice Cream from the shop. While the Ice cream was taken by the person, it started melting and there came an end of life to the Ice cream which was part of that lovely trio friendship. 

So now the lonely left out Onion started screaming and crying very badly. Onion could not bear the sorrow out of the lost friendship. So Onion started praying to God and suddenly there appeared God in front of Onion. Onion said to the God... " Once we three (Onion, Tomato & Ice cream) were very good friends and thoroughly enjoyed our life by sharing all the good moments of each of one us. Now my best friends Tomato and Ice cream went away from this friendship and also lost their life too..

God interrupted the onion's talk and said life and death is common for all the creatures in this world. And I am sure sure you know about this very well.. Onion Gently replied to God like this.. "Lord I know this fact of life that life and death is common for all creations in this universe", But all my worry was not that.  God was wonder struck with Onion's reply and asked what was the exact worry of Onion.

Onion then said to God, that while Tomato went away from the friendship and lost its life, it was me (onion) and Ice cream shedding tears for Tomato. Same way when my another good friend Ice cream went out of this friendship and lost its life, it was me alone crying and shedding tears for Ice Cream. Now some one might buy me also and take my life. Tell me lord who is there to cry for me??. Please bless me to Over come this sorrow my Lord...

God always listents to the words of sincere prayers and pleads. So in the same way God felt that Onion's worry is genuine and needs to be resolved.. So God said to Onion like this.. "My dear child Onion.. I shall bless you with a boon.. Who ever cuts you and end your life will start crying and shedding tears for your life. Let this happen with immediate effect".. Saying this God disappeared.. Onion was very much happy to hear this and thanked God for this wonderful Boon..

How is it? I hope you people not started shedding tears by reading this (mokkai) Post..!!..

எப்புடி...இதை(மொக்கை ப்ளாக்)படிச்சிட்டு அழாம இருந்தீங்கனா போதும். அவ்வ்வ்வ்......

Ok friends, Wishing you all a Merry Xmas, Happy & Prosperous Wonderful New Year 2011.

-- Vartaa..