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The poem "Instagramam" by Reshmy Warrier included in her latest collection "Unapologetic" concludes with this lament : "We are transfixed, Selling our wares, selling ourselves, Maybe, Instagramam isn't a place we enter, Probably it's a bug lodged in our mind, Playing us over and over." "Unapologetic" is available online @Amazon : https://amzn.in/d/g9yP4UB The poet has given the following note on the poem : "A sharp critique of modern social media culture, this satirical piece exposes the commodification of attention online. Portraying Instagram as a dystopian marketplace, the poem imagines humans caged within neon-lit colours, fighting for shelf space and eyeballs. The absurd escalation highlights performative behaviour, while the final line ("Probably it's a bug lodged in our mind") suggests addiction and entrapment. Readers are invited to reflect on how social media shapes identify and values, and is an endless ho...

Sustained Effort : The True Path To Success By Sivakumar Sundaram* The subject of work—How much? How long? To what end? At what cost?—has been doing the rounds for a while now. While there are multiple sides to every story, the scriptures are clear that hard work, discipline, and perseverance form the cornerstone of personal and societal growth and work best when aligned. This philosophy emphasises that success, however one defines it, is earned through consistent effort and virtuous action. Chanakya Neeti, the classic treatise on governance and statecraft, highlights the responsibility of both rulers and householders to diligently work for the welfare of their domains. A notable verse states : Raja rashtrakrtam papam rajah papam purohitah / bharta ca strikrtam papam sisyapapam gurustatha — king bears sins of the nation, priest bears sins of the king, husband bears sins of wife, and teacher bears sins of disciple. This verse underscores the cascading nature of responsibilities—fro...

Welcome To Warrier's COLLAGE On Thiruvonam, 2025 Friends HAPPY ONAM Happy Birthday to all readers having Birthday during September 2025. Collage in this format is reappearing after a short break. Read & respond, as always. Thanks 🙏 and Regards M G Warrier A Onam 2025 Date, History & Significance Explained https://share.google/G05rYpDEwAzQDA8Vm Onam Song (Malayalam) https://youtu.be/dCIp3EyM_LU?si=vL8iAbRk5ZF36-zM B Collage Books 1) Just released : Unapologetic 💌✨ It’s here. My daughter Reshmy Warrier's 4th book : Unapologetic : Poems That Speak From the Heart, is out! This collection is raw, tender, and fiercely honest. Available now in paperback on Amazon. https://www.amazon.in/dp/B0FPGC18L5 Read & write a review! Thanks! 2) From my bookshelf Banking, Reforms & Corruption is available in eBook format titled "Chasing Inclusive Growth" https://amzn.in/d/brc4Hec C Story* that touched my heart (*Shared by R Jayakumar, Ex-RBI)...

Ganapathy Festival 2025 We learn new things from every experience. Festival is no exception. Every year, during the Ganapathy Festival, new dimensions of the content and context of the social event come to our mind. I'm reading the Ganapathy Atharva Shirsha mentioned here for the first time today : Ganapati Atharvashirsha (Ganapati Upanishad) - In sanskrit with meaning https://share.google/ILJdzpGiSTJrKy4Ms If you have not come across this, also known as Ganapathy Upanishad, I suggest, please open the above link. Knowing more may not solve our problems 🙏 Still, the awareness that we are part of the whole, or the diverse universe is just a passing scene, which will also pass, perhaps can give some comfort from the fears and anxieties we nurture. M G Warrier

Art of Reading The way you read decides the way you live. There is a short article "The way of reading" today published in The Hindu Open Page. The article gives insight into the art of selective reading. Many of us didn't get opportunity to know more about the different dimensions of reading. For example, we read lessons from a text book while preparing for an exam, a random page from a book while scanning books from the library shelves, board meeting papers as a shareholder or as a member on the board of directors, an article from a magazine and so on with different levels of concentration and allotment of time. Here the allocation of time and selection of material to read depend on availability of time and an intuitive feeling about the attention the content deserves. Suppose we had professional advice on time management and selection of content to read in this situation. We will be saving a lot of time which can be productively deployed in other areas. Think about i...

An edited version of the following short article appears on pages 196/7 of my 2023 book "Open Book of Happy Memories" Sharing on the Senior Citizen Day, 2025 : M G Warrier Last quarter M G Warrier Call it last quarter or last peg or last leg or whatever. Dr N Gopalakrishnan used to repeatedly say in most of his discourses that "None of us were here this day of last Century, none of us will be there on this day of next Century..." After telling us a lot Gopalakrishnan left this world somewhat early. Nothing works according to our plans in life. But that awareness should not stop us from planning. Even when not a single train was running on time, we had Railway Timetables. Before marriage, I had planned retirement at 50, hoping to live upto 70 years. I retired at 59 and now I am 79. Luck has been with me like an angel. I'm aware you can't trust luck, nor can we inherit or transfer luck. Yes, we were talking about life. One thing I have learnt in life is ...