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Keralappiravi Day, November 1 Good Morning Excerpts from Warrier's Collage, November 2, 2025 1) Report from Kerala on the eve of Keralappiravi Day, 2025 https://youtu.be/QqytBq3mH_c?si=sVa1D0msLfm-oWLe 2) Ten years ago, I posted this message at my blog : https://share.google/IiMeMELRrzFAWNiHy

Welcome To Warrier's COLLAGE On Wednesday October 22, 2025 Friends Hope you all have celebrated Diwali 2025 in a befitting manner. Collage wishes a happy and prosperous year ahead 🎈. All indicators are positive. Regards M G Warrier A Cover Story https://www.google.com/search?q=mg+warrier+on+gold+management&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-in&client=safari B Media Response I The Hindu Business Line October 17, 2025 Letters PSB Consolidation* This refers to the letter about "Bank consolidation" (October 17). The concerns expressed are genuine. And naturally this will give ammunition to the permanent lobby waiting to show government initiatives in bad light, for whatever reason. Post-nationalisation, PSB consolidation should have been given top priority, for the same reasons adduced in the letter. But for various reasons, it got delayed and only now GOI is coming out with a rational reorganization plan. Earlier initiatives were half-hear...

Welcome To Warrier's COLLAGE On Sunday October 12, 2025 This is part of my efforts to restore weekly edition of Collage in a shorter format. Regards M G Warrier A Collage Books The Difficulty of Being Good By Gurucharan Das https://amzn.in/d/aMklWzR Amazon Introduction Why should we be good? How should we be good? And how might we more deeply understand the moral and ethical failings--splashed across today's headlines--that have not only destroyed individual lives but caused widespread calamity as well, bringing communities, nations, and indeed the global economy to the brink of collapse? In The Difficulty of Being Good, Gurcharan Das seeks answers to these questions in an unlikely source: the 2,000 year-old Sanskrit epic, Mahabharata. A sprawling, witty, ironic, and delightful poem, the Mahabharata is obsessed with the elusive notion of dharma--in essence, doing the right thing. When a hero does something wrong in a Greek epic, he wastes little time on self-ref...

A poem shared by C V Subbaraman, Ex-RBI, 90 plus, Mysuru : Inside my small apartment, in a groove; I travel not beyond my living room Kitchen or the not-far-away bedroom. Where hath that all my past agility gone? And how is this disability born? Unseen and unannounced they come or go, In the silence of nights without ado! But the days continue to remain bright The nights continue to demand more light Birds continue to fly and dogs to bark, Past remains distant, future remains dark. I care no longer to know who am I Or when, where I shall be gone, low or high; Life will go on, as the world moves on too, Smoothly or otherwise, as one’s thoughts do. Present is sure the only lovely time To live and enjoy life in all its rhyme. Subbaraman 27 September 2025

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)...