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  1. 17th March 2010, 08:33 AM #11
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    Yes, thamiz has presented the point beautifully. The same understanding/affection/tolerance/indulgence is required to be shown towards old people and children.
    The counterpart of old porter in railway station is old servantmaid doing hard menial work in many a household. (To this day I've not engaged a maid, young or old!). The wretchedness of poverty is more heartrending to see in old people than the young.
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  3. 17th March 2010, 09:33 AM #12
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    Quote Originally Posted by pavalamani pragasam
    (To this day I've not engaged a maid, young or old!). The wretchedness of poverty is more heartrending to see in old people than the young.
    and so rather than doing something to alleviate their poverty by actually engaging them to do some work and thus creating an income source for them, you would rather condemn them to their fate?

    The old person that seeks employment is probably doing so because there is no one else to look after them. While it may be heartrending, think of the alternative. They are not begging for your charity, so the only option then is to engage them as a maid! Is it not callous to do nothing about it?
    When we stop labouring under the delusion of our cosmic self-importance, we are free of hindrance, fear, worry and attachment. We are liberated!!!
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    We are digressing!? Basically human beings are selfish: I want to spare myself the pain of seeing an old woman suffering under my nose!!! A sort of policy that I'm not aggravating their plight. I donate liberally to homes which shelter old people which give them painless jobs like making santhana malai etc keeping their ego and time well satisfied!
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  5. 17th March 2010, 02:10 PM #14
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    yaara iruntha ennanga... mariyaathai kodukka vendiyathu namma kadamai.

    enna kettu pochu...????

    of course, athai kaapaathikarathum keduthukarathum receiver's choice.

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    Quote Originally Posted by suba


    yaara iruntha ennanga... mariyaathai kodukka vendiyathu namma kadamai.

    enna kettu pochu...????

    of course, athai kaapaathikarathum keduthukarathum receiver's choice.

    இந்தக் காட்டில் எந்த மூங்கில் இசைக்க வல்லது என்று மயங்கிய பொழுது
    இறைவன் தேர்ந்தெடுத்தப் புல்லாங்குழல் தான் நம் இசைஞானி !!
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    Respect the elders - What does it really mean?


    To-days ELDERS are the BEST GUIDES.....for TODAYS BUDS    ...


    ... for gaining the TRUE RICHNESS of PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE on Life..


    ...from the FORE-RUNNER Elders' Experience



    Because the Todays Elders.. were the Yesterdays' Buds...



    ...who BURNT THEIR FINGERS... AND LEARNT LIFE.!




    So LARGE-HEARTEDLY... the Elders wish... None else in Future should unduly suffer like them...

    ...due to LACK OF PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE... on Life.

    The Famous Chinese Proverb:


    Life-Experience is the GOLDEN COMB... presented by God...

    ...to the BALD-HEADED Man.!


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    Quote Originally Posted by Sudhaama
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    The Famous Chinese Proverb:


    Life-Experience is the GOLDEN COMB... presented by God...

    ...to the BALD-HEADED Man.!


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    What about men who are old but not bald?
    This is a very big world!
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    Quote Originally Posted by thamiz
    Quote Originally Posted by Sudhaama
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    The Famous Chinese Proverb:


    Life-Experience is the GOLDEN COMB... presented by God...

    ...to the BALD-HEADED Man.!


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    What about men who are old but not bald?
    They should to to Pazhani , get rid of their hair and become wise !
    " I think there is a world market for may be five computers". IBM Chairman Thomas Watson in 1943.
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  10. 18th March 2010, 01:04 AM #19
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    Quote Originally Posted by rajraj
    Quote Originally Posted by thamiz
    Quote Originally Posted by Sudhaama
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    The Famous Chinese Proverb:


    Life-Experience is the GOLDEN COMB... presented by God...

    ...to the BALD-HEADED Man.!


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    What about men who are old but not bald?
    They should to to Pazhani , get rid of their hair and become wise !
    This is a very big world!
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  11. 18th March 2010, 01:31 AM #20
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    Quote Originally Posted by rajraj
    They should to to Pazhani , get rid of their hair and become wise !
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