*From & To Sathish* - Thread 4 - Page 130

தூரத்து சொந்தம் போல்*

*தூரத்து நண்பன் இல்லை..!*

*ஏனெனில், நண்பன் ஆனபின்*

*யாரும் தூரமில்லை..!!

வாழ வைப்பவன் இறைவன்..*

*வாழத் தெரிந்தவன் மனிதன்..*

*விழ வைப்பவன் துரோகி..!*

*தூக்கி விடுபவன் நண்பன்..!!*

கண் கலங்கினால்*

*துடைப்பது.. "கா்சிப்".!*

*இதயம் கலங்கினால்*

*துடைப்பது... "பிரண்ட்சிப்"..!!*

Here are some one-liners, two-liners, puns, jokes........

1. My best mates and I played a game of hide and seek. It went on for hours...

Well, good friends are hard to find.

2. You’re not completely useless, you can always serve as a bad example.

3. I broke my finger last week.

On the other hand, I’m okay.

4. Someone stole my Microsoft Office and they’re gonna pay.

You have my Word.

5. eBay is so useless.

I tried to look up lighters and all they had was 13,749 matches.

6. I can't believe I got fired from the calendar factory.

All I did was take a day off.

7. My boss is going to fire the employee with the worst posture.

I have a hunch, it might be me.

8. Don't spell part backwards.

It's a trap.

9. My dad died when we couldn't remember his blood type.

As he died, he kept saying, children "be positive," but life is hard without him.

10. And the Lord said unto John, “Come forth and you will receive eternal life.”

But John came fifth, and he got hell.

11. What is the best thing about living in Switzerland?

Well, the flag is a big plus.

12. Did you hear about the guy who got hit in the head with a can of soda?

He was lucky it was a soft drink.

13. How did I escape Iraq?

Iran.

14. To the mathematicians who thought of the idea of zero.

Thanks for nothing!

15. Son: "Dad, can you tell me what a solar eclipse is?"

Dad: "No sun."

16. My math teacher called me average.

How mean!

17. Clinic Receptionist: “Doctor, there's a patient on line that says he's become invisible".

Doctor: “Well, tell him I can't see him right now."

Hi Level Scientific Jokes:

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Did you hear oxygen and magnesium dating together?

OMg!! 😱😱

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What if Oxygen went on a date with Potassium?

Its OK.. 😉😉

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Atom 1: I just lost an electron.

Atom 2:how u feel?

Atom 1: positive😛😳

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Q:What do you get when you put a Cobalt & 2 iron atoms in mixer

CoFFee 😛☕😜

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What do you get after reaction of a Barium atom with two sodium atoms...

BaNaNa 🍌🍌🍌

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And finally ....

Can't end without a movie dialogue 😄😂

Electron to neutron : mere pass charge hai , spin hai, magnetic field hai, reactivity hai ... Tumhare pass kya hai

Neutron : mere pass.....

MASS hai.

😂Reminding you of Chemistry with a smile.

*Never be impatient*

My wife & me had an big argument and we were on *"no talk"* terms for the last three days...

Finally wife said .....

"Now ... I count till 10 .. if you don't talk to me ... I'll go to my parent's home...!"

She started counting ...

*Wife* - 1..2..3 ...

*I* - .. (silent) ... !!!

*Wife* - 4...5 ...

*I* - .... (quiet).

*Wife* - 6...7...

*I* - (very happy .. but calm ..)

Climax building up...

*Wife* - 9....

*I* - (cheerful in mind ...)

*Wife* ........

(Quiet)

...

(Quiet)

.......

........

Then with controlled excitement I spurted out ....

"Count...count .. why don't you count further.... ??"

..

*Wife*- Thank God ... !!!

You spoke .... otherwise I would have left ... !!

~From Autobiography - *"Heavy Penalties of Impatience"*

Vaanathai Pola 232

“I said to my soul, be still and wait without hope, for hope would be hope for the wrong thing; wait without love, for love would be love of the wrong thing; there is yet faith, but the faith and the love are all in the waiting. Wait without thought, for you are not ready for thought: So the darkness shall be the light, and the stillness the dancing.” T.S. Eliot

In the fading light of that time called twilight, Kavita Duraipandi Arumugam sat under a tree that was right in the middle of the village and she sat drowning in pain, confusion and fear. The setting sun now mimicked the colours of the rising sun and bathed Kavita with a reddish hue and yet the bloodstains on her white saree rivalled the colours of the sun.

Malar, queen of the forests of Perumalvaram had offered a change of clothes but Kavita had spurned it away insisting that she was more concerned about Radhu's condition than her clothes and looks.

Kavita had nearly lost her mind when the twins Arul and Jothi had placed Radhu on the back of the huge lion and had raced ahead to the village of Perumalvaram leaving her to follow with Palam Swamy at a much slower pace.

She had yelled in the direction in which Radhu had been carried away and had begged Palam Swamy to help carry him to a hospital in Madurai where he could be saved before it was too late.

But, Palam Swamy had reassured her in a calm and soothing voice that there she was no need to worry and that Radhu was safe and would soon recover under the protection and watchful eyes of the guardians of the forest.

She had heard the bullets race towards them. She had seen Radhu push her behind him, shielding her from certain death and she had felt the bullets as they struck him and she felt it strike her soul. She had seen the lion pounce, on the man who had fired those bullets and she had felt each and every passing moment of that dreadful and terrible moments for it was as if time itself had slowed dramatically and then she had heard Radhu gasp in pain and slowly collapse against her and slide down to the ground.

She had seen with her very own eyes, blood spurting from many holes that the bullets had made in his brave body and she had seen the light of life dim and begin to fade away forever and then something had happened.

It was that something that she could not understand or wrap her head around however hard she had tried and so she sat in the setting reddish sun waiting for the One along with the others.

She felt the subtle movement and she felt a hush fill the already quiet and still atmosphere and she looked up with swollen reddish eyes and she saw a tall man walk towards her with the same lion that had carried Radhu next to him.

Kavita saw that he wore dark glasses and that his face was covered with a thick beard and in his right arm was a cane and her first thought was that he was blind and the next thought was that the people of the village could not be waiting for a blind man who could easily pass himself off as a beggar and yet here he was walking towards her with a smile on his lips and she knew in her heart that he was not blind and he was not a beggar for from the way he carried himself with the sun on his back, she knew he was The One all of them including Queen Malar had been waiting for and then to her surprise and confusion, she saw all of them slowly drop to the knees and whisper respectfully and with love in their eyes and voices, ' welcome back lord, our father and guardian.'

Kavita unsure of what to do and how to greet this strange man, slowly got to her feet and folded her hands and begged, ' please sir, I don't know who you are but I am begging you to please save my Radhu' and crying, slowly collapsed to the ground unable to cope with the pain and the shock of what had happened to Radhu.'

She heard something drop next to her and saw that it was the cane which the man had been holding in his right hand and then she saw the glasses fall to the ground and looked up with great confusion and looked right into the eyes of the man who was looking down at her and her shock and confusion was complete for the man looking down at her with a smile both in his lips and eyes was the former Chief Minister, Dhanashekara Pandyan.

Vaanathai pola 233

“I used to dream about escaping my ordinary life, but my life was never ordinary. I had simply failed to notice how extraordinary it was.” Ransom Riggs

Kavita jerked back more out of shock than fear and sitting on the ground with her hands behind her, supporting her, she stared hard, again and again as incomprehension and disbelief took turns playing on her expressive face and then she saw him reach out to her by putting out his hand and she took it and he took her and lifted her off the ground with as little effort as it would take a child to pluck a flower from its home stalk.

She recognised the baritone but smooth voice instantly as Dhana spoke, ' Greetings, Minister Kavita and welcome to our humble village although I have to admit that all of us here would have preferred a better circumstance for this meeting.'

His eyes ran all over her, lingering for a split second at her midriff and he turned and glanced at Buddha the lion and nodded and confirmed that a new life had indeed taken hold of Kavita's womb and he smiled to himself.

Kavita grabbed his hands and wailed again and again and pointing to Buddha, ' that lion carried him here. I don't know what is going on here and I am very sure that I don't want to know even if you are willing to tell me. All I want to know is what has happened to my Radhu?'

Dhana patted her head and said, ' Mr.Radha Krishnan is all right and will recover completely from his deadly injuries but it will take time, a few days at least before he can return back to normal life.'

Her face filled itself with total confusion and she pointed to her saree and wailed, ' all this blood is his that drained out of him. How can he be okay without surgery and blood transfusion? How can you say he is okay when he was shot by five or more bullets and nearly all of them in his chest?'

Malar, Queen and head of the forest of Perumalvaram spoke to Dhana, ' My lord, we tried telling her not to worry and asked her to bathe and change into another saree but she is adamant and has been demanding that she be taken to see Mr.Radha Krishnan.'

Dhana smiled, ' If that is what our Minister wants and demands then that is what you should do. Take her and let them see each other, queen' and glancing at Kavita, ' ma'am, he is still weak and it will be a few days before he is back to normal. so, don't spend too much time and don't tire him out.'

Dhana and the others watched as Queen Malar escorted Kavita to the hut in which Radhu was in and then the phone rang and it was from Dheeran the giant.

' My lord, we have handed over all those who dared enter the forest and we did that with the help of the forest officials and did not reveal ourselves to the Commissioner.'

Dhana replied, ' Okay. Come back for our job is over and it will be sometime before anyone else dares to even think about our world leave alone enter it.'

Vaanathai pola 235

You asked me who I thought I was before. I said maybe I was a fish because I love water and you said, you thought a mermaid, maybe. If you were a mermaid, you said, if you were a mermaid, I was the sea. Francesca Lia Block

Birth and Death may be the beginning and end of life. But, love can transform that one life into many beginnings and sadly many ends. Love makes every moment a new birth, a celebration, a hope, a light in the raging darkness and a hand to hold and lift when you have fallen into the abyss of sorrow.

Love, the very same love can also kill a soul many a time through rejection, anger and arrogance and you know then and wish for one death rather than die every day.

Minister Kavita Duraipandi Arumugam opened the door and stepped into the room where Radhu was and stood shocked, bewildered and amazed for the room was not just a room as its outwards cottage-like appearance had led her to believe but a properly maintained ICU and which would have made many a famous hospital hang their heads in shame and embarrassment.

'Holy shit!WTF is this place and WTF is going on in this village' she thought to herself and then her eyes caught sight of Radhu lying in the bed and with his eyes wide open and looking at her and she saw that they were alive with life and light.

Kavita ran to him and stopped short just as she reached him realizing that she was dirty and still dressed in the blood-stained saree and it would not do to be in that state and approach Radhu who lay in the ICU and still recovering from his near-fatal injuries.

Radhu smiled and whispered in a strong voice, ' The lady who is called Queen Malar told me that you might not rest until you have seen me and found out for yourself that I am okay and so left these for you.'

Kavita looked in the direction that Radhu was pointing and saw a large brown paper cover on the table and going to it opened it and found a fresh towel and a fresh saree inside it and taking them out, smiled in gratitude and said to Radhu, ' they seem to think of everything.'

She looked at him and said, ' Baby, let me wash up for I am really dirty after our scary adventure and I will be with you in just a moment.'

She went into the bathroom and quickly slipped out of her saree and washed her hair and body clean with the shampoo and the soap that was placed there for their convenience and then reached for the fresh saree left behind by the queen and wondered aloud, ' damn, saree but not blouse or a bra' and then shoving those thoughts aside told herself that Radhu was more important and being with him and seeing for herself that he was perfectly fine was her immediate priority.

Radhu heard the door open and saw Kavita step out dressed in a cream coloured saree that was littered with flowers all over it. But, it was not the only thing that his eyes saw for they also saw her bare shoulders, her naked neck and her breasts and nipples now transparent from the dampness of the saree that shamelessly stuck to both of them as if they were her second skin.

The ten to twelve feet that Kavita had to cross from the bathroom to his side felt like a mile and yet the most intense and intoxicating mile. She could see his eyes flare and light up with desire and she blushed and the blush welled up like a spring of wetness in her softest and secret female part and she froze and quivered in agony for the orgasm hit her like a thunderbolt and she reached him not knowing how she reached him and he took her into his arms and they were one.

Vaanathai pola 236

Raman felt the gentle touch of both his babies and he felt each and every contact with their tiny fingers and feet connect and bond with his soul.

He looked at Jeeva, ' I have heard many of my friends describe this moment, the very first moment when they laid eyes on their newborn, and I used to wonder what my own experience would be like with my babies' and kissing both Kutty Viji and Kutty Suja's pink wriggling feet, he looked at her and said, ' It is the most beautiful thing, incredible emotions that I am feeling right now and I can sum it up in just a few words and they are, I would willingly and gladly lay down my life for them.'

Both the newborns mewled and protested, maybe because they did not like their father speaking of such things or maybe it was simply because they were hungry and Jeeva tenderly placed her hand on Raman's head and used her fingers to comb his wavy hair back and then playfully tugged them and Raman squealed and said, ' what was that for?'

' That my big baby was to tell you that our babies need to be fed and that too for the very first time. So, could you please help me do the honours by placing them in my arms' and saying this she slowly unbuttoned the gown that the hospital had given her, revealing her large and bountiful breasts and Raman smiled and said in a soft but emotional voice, ' You are beautiful and I and this world I live in is beautiful because of you in it.'

He gently reached for kutty Suja and placed her in the crook of Jeeva's right arm and tenderly lifted her swollen nipple and placed into his daughter's tiny mouth and the next moment the whole room was filled with the loud suckling noises and then Raman placed his son Vijay into the crook of her left arm and placed the nipple into his mouth which his son took and began to suckle but gently and both of them watched and were truly amazed for kutty vijay's right arm was holding his mothers left breast while his right arm was refusing to let go of his father's arm.

There was no controlling the tears of joy that welled up in both their eyes and both sat watching their babies feed and noticed that Vijay was the first one to stop and slowly drift away into a new sleep in a new world while suja continued to suckle loudly and then she too drifted away into a deep sleep.

Raman looked at Jeeva, ' do you think that this is how they are going to be in their lives?'

She nodded, ' Suja was always a boisterous kid. Never a dull moment or a quiet moment from the time she was born and until she left us. But, Vijay seems to be more like you, Raman.'

' You are right. Suja is more like Vijay's sister Kavita who I have heard him tell was a real firebrand from the moment go and from the moment she could begin to walk.'

' Ram, call her and tell her the news. She will be really happy and has been waiting all these months to see the babies.'

Raman nodded and got to his feet and helped Jeeva to place both the babies by her side and looked at her and at the door.

' Right, high time the other kids came in or else we might just end up with a broken door.'

He bent his head and both shared a deep and lingering kiss and Jeeva looked into Raman's eyes, ' baby, you are wrong about something.'

' What is that something thing that I am wrong about?'

' Beautiful. You said I am beautiful and that is why and your world is beautiful.'

Cupping his face in her palms, she slowly rained kisses all over his face and said, ' I am beautiful because of you in my life and in my soul and you will always be the first of everything to me. Nothing is more important than you and your happiness, not me and not even our babies.'

Vaanathai pola 237

Raman stepped out and looked at Shaktivel, Valliammai, Kamakshi and Manigandan and smiled and the happiness that they felt in their souls was similar to what a dried, parched, summer scorched earth feels when the first monsoon rains spatter on it.

Raman smiled, even more, seeing both Kamakshi and Valliammai making a dash to the door that would lead them to their grandchildren as if they were competing with worlds'fastest man, Usain Bolt and said, ' Slow down before you hurt yourselves.'

Shaktivel asked Raman, ' Iyaa, arent you joining us?' and seeing his son about to make a call, quickly apologised, ' sorry, I keep forgetting how important your work is. Please carry on.'

' Appa, I was about to call Kavita and convey the news about our babies. After that, I have to inform a few more people who are really close to us. It should take a few minutes or more. I will join once I am done.'

Jeeva's dad, Mani looked at Raman who immediately asked, ' enna mani appa.'

' Raman sir, can you please also call Jeeva's boss, Mr.Agarwal and inform him about this great news.'

' okay' Raman said and a list of faces appeared and he knew who he had to call after Kavita.

At that very moment, Kavita was looking at Radhu with great interest and he asked her, ' penny for your thoughts my dear lady.'

' Baby, I was just wondering if it is possible to swallow you whole and keep you safe inside me.'

Radhu's face paled, ' holy crap. Imagine me in your tummy and the pain I will experience in them acids and juices. Do you really want to do that to me?'

' Yes. At least then, you will be completely immersed and become one with me.'

He saw her eyes suddenly fill up with tears and he saw her lips move and say,' I was so scared and that feeling that I had lost you was so sickening and so painful. I felt my heart explode and it was all I could do to hold on and try to be there for you and try to help you.'

Radhu suddenly remembered something and he looked at Kavita.

Buddha, the Lion stared into Radhu's eyes and whispered a question into his mind, 'Do you want to live?'

' My life does not matter and maybe I am already dead and I am in either hell or heaven and some higher power is asking me this question to test my soul one last time.'

The lion asked him again, ' Do you want to live?' and Radhu smiled weakly, ' My answer is the same, My life is of no consequence but her life is and if my death can bring her some benefit then my life does not matter to me.'

Radhu saw the eyes of the lion change into human-like eyes and he saw the lion suddenly stand up tall on two legs and slowly change into a young man with flowing hair.

He stood with his hair flowing wildly around him and he stood with a spear in his right hand and Radhu saw some strange markings flowing like snakes on his left wrist.

There was something bewitchingly beautiful about him although Radhu could see and also at the same time sense the immense power that seemed to flow out from him and form a kind of orange glow.

He reached down to the lion that stood on his left and said, ' work your magic and wake him up my friend.'

That was the last thing that Radhu would remember as he drifted away into unconsciousness.

' Kavita, be honest and tell me how much you trust me and my judgement of life ?'

' Baby, Implicitly and completely to both of them' and seeing his expression asked ' why do you ask that of me and that too now after all that we both have been through?'

Radhu looked at Kavita with eyes that were now totally alert and completely serious and said, ' What is going on here, right here in this village, in this forest?' and looking at her, ' I should be dead and gone and by now my body must be entering a state of rigour and yet, here I am by your side after having made love to you. How is this even possible?'

He slowly sat up and examined the slowly disappearing scars where just hours before blood along with life had been furiously spurting out and he himself had known that his end was just seconds away.

Turning to Kavita, ' even the scars are slowly fading away along with the pain and I feel different from before. why is that? what has been done to me?'

Smiling, she too got up and sat facing him and said, ' Maybe god happened to you or maybe a miracle happened to you. But, I am thankful and really grateful for it. For, I cannot imagine a life without you for a life without you has no meaning or a purpose.'

The moment, their moment was put on hold by the incoming call and Radhu protested and said, ' let it ring baby' and Kavita nodded and then said, ' one-second Radhu. I think the call is important and I should take it.'

She reached for her mobile and saw it was Raman calling and Radhu saw from the way her face glowed and the way her body glowed that someone very important to her was calling her and even though a tiny bit of jealousy sparked in his soul, he pushed it away and whispered a prayer, ' Allah, merciful one. I am glad that she has someone who can make her feel so happy and I am thankful for that. I know how painful it is to be alone and experienced life without love and the happiness that it brings with it.'

Joining his hands together in prayer, he whispered, ' Allah, May your blessings always rain upon the soul who makes my love so loved and may your strength always be with that kind soul and their family and on their friends.'

Kavita was talking to Raman but her eyes were totally fixated on Radhu and wondering what he was doing.

Dhanashekara Pandyan smiled and looked at Buddha who smiled back for both had clearly heard and felt Radhu's thoughts and his soul talk.

' Buddha, good work, my friend. This one is a winner and I am glad to have him on our side for he will be a good man when the going gets tough.'

Vaanathai Pola 238

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Melody Beattie

Kavita's voice softened like the way all our voices and eyes soften and our lips open in a smile and in a sign of joy and she said his name, ' Raman, Hi. All okay. When did you get back from Delhi?'

' Just today morning, Kavita. I am okay. How are your parents doing?'

' Dad is getting better day by day and has been attending the assembly regularly and Mom is her usual, rock-like and unshakeable.'

' That is good, really good to hear that all of you are doing great.'

' Raman, anything important.'

' Yes. The reason I called is important, very important.'

' Okay. But before you tell me about that important reason, first tell me about Jeeva and how she is doing?'

She heard his laughter and then heard him say, ' That is the reason that I called, Kavita. Jeeva has delivered and both the babies are doing great.'

Radhu saw Kavita's eyes suddenly fill with tears but from the way her lips spread beautifully in joy and relief, he knew his half of soul had just tested positive for Happiness.

' Thank you, Raman. Thank you so much for delivering this great news and please thank Jeeva for delivering Vijay and Suja.'

Wiping her tears, she told Raman that she was in Madurai and that she would try to take the last flight back to Chennai and be at the hospital, first thing in the morning.

' Okay, Kavita. I will see you tomorrow morning. Bye for now.'

Radhu watched her quietly and waited patiently without breaking her own private moment and Kavita beaming like a star slowly looked up at him and said, ' Baby, I am the happiest person in the world right now. I thought I had lost you and yet God gave you back to me. I thought I had lost my brother but God has returned him back to us.'

Wiping her tears, she looked at him with curiosity and asked, ' Radhu, did you just happen to pray while I was on the phone?'

Radhu smiled and waited and she without any waiting asked him, ' But, you usually pray on the floor and on your knees in the proper way, and facing the direction of Mecca. Yet, here you are, sitting totally naked beside a naked woman and....'

' Kavita, I am not very sure about how devout and a good person I really am but I have immense faith In God and in all its forms.'

She saw him lower his eyes as he searched with them for the right words and then he looked up and said, ' there is no right time to pray for every moment we are alive is the right time. Praying can be done anywhere and anytime by anyone. Praying is not limited to the place of worship or time of worshipping and is an unlimited way of connecting with the unlimited and eternal being that we call God.'

Kavita smiled, ' you mean anyone can call God at any time and connect free of charge and talk to God for as long as we desire.'

Radhu nodded and said, ' Yes. At least that is what I do and that is what my mother taught me to do and that too from the time I could say a prayer.'

' Lovely. But, why did you pray just now?'

' More than a prayer, it was an offer of thanks and a show of my gratitude to God.'

' Gratitude, for being alive, Radhu?'

' No, gratitude for having sent you to me and for having saved you from danger. A prayer of thanks for letting me see you smile in happiness and gratitude for the person who called you and made you feel that way.'

Kavita stared at him for several moments and said, ' the person who called me is a dear friend and one who is very important to me and my family and is a vital part in my existence. His name is Raman.'

' If you had told me his name, I could have used it when I was praying and offering my thanks to Allah.'

Kavita slowly moved and sank into his arms and then lay on his lap, and looking up into his eyes that were looking down on her, ' The reason he called was to tell me that his wife Jeeva just delivered their babies and that they are all doing fine.'

Radhu gently moved the hair that had strayed on to her face and said, ' Please congratulate him and his wife when you see them and also convey my best wishes to both of them.'

' He has named his son Vijay after my late brother ..'

' You mean the brother who was killed in Delhi?'

Kavita nodded and said, ' Hold me close to you and let me tell you about Raman and Vijay and why a newborn has been named after my brother.'