Short Story

Andare, the famous Court Jester

From his boy hood, he had been full of mischief and had teased his friends with many more jokes and jests.

After his marriage, Andare didn't visit the place with his wife. The queen in the palace did want to see her and asked the reason for not been to the palace with hi wife. Then he told the queen he has ashamed to come with his wife to the palace, because he was dull of hearing. However the queen forced him to come with his wife to the palace. So Andare told his wife that the queen wished to see her and his wife was too happy to go to the palace. Andare getting a chance to perform a joke, he asked his wife to talk louder with the queen, because she was dull of hearing. Then in the following day, Andare went to the palace with her wife and directed her to the queen’s room and crowd gathered around queen’s room interesting to know what is going on. The king too came and inquired the matter of talking louder. Then Andare’s wife replied that Andare asked her to speak louder with queen because she was deaf. Then the king realized who was at the bottom of the mischief and left with his men roaring with laughter.

Should women go out to work.

Should women go out to work.

In the modern world, women are playing a major role in the society. They take the leading position in every field in the society. Today most of the women go out to work. As they are educated enough to understand prevailing social issues they tend to engage in an employment which helps to uplift their economy and positive social backgrounds. However this situation has given rise to many social, economic and cultural issues. There are advantages and disadvantages of this situation which is to be considered in a broader level.

As the cost of living has gone high up to the sky level, a family is unable to depend on one income. Realizing this situation, women come forward to fill the gap offering an additional income to the family. In today’s society women get good education in every field and this situation makes them skilful and clever in many fields. As a result, women are professionally qualified and this gives them more and more opportunities to engage in employments. On the other hand, if they don’t have this kind of opportunities it would be wastage of human resources. And a country will lose their contribution towards the development of the society, economic and cultural aspects. How ever women’s employment makes many problems in the home affairs. When they go out to work, they have to neglect the home affairs which must be under their concern. For example neglecting children one of the main problems that has been appeared.

Without mother’s love and affection children’s mental condition may vary negatively. This condition leads up to increase the emotional and physical problems in them . not only that but women’s employment leads to broken families too which badly affect to the social conditions in a country. This also happens because of negligence of a their home affairs.

It is true that an additional income helps a family to a certain extent. But considering the negative effects of it, it is better to be at home engaging in domestic affairs contributing her service to the betterment of her children, society and finally it is stressed that the women can contribute much to the whole world than doing a job.

Healthy mind in a healthy body.

Healthy mind in a healthy body.

“ Healthy mind often resides only in a healthy body…” this is not a fancy but a scientific fact. A man who suffers from no illness is indeed a happy person whose brain cells are more active than unhealthy. Good heath is precious gift bestowed by the nature and it always dispels the gloom like the rays of the morning sun. healthy man is warm heartedly welcomed by the society where ever he goes.

First of all, I would like to stress you on one of the main reasons of health. The primary need of the human body is a balanced diet. Our body needs a certain amount of calories everyday in the form of cereals, milk fruits and green vegetables. This food should be rich with main nutrients such as proteins, carbohydrates and minerals. Not only the diet but exercises too serve great purpose where the good physic is concerned. For you are young children, sports is the best thing to be involved. Daily activities like walking, running and skipping are very helpful for you to enhance your vigor and maintain your health. Also your little good habits do an enormous help in this regard unwarily. If you can make it a habit to rise early in the morning you must not be lazy to take a brisk walk with the rising sun if possible. And plenty of water should be taken at regular intervals.” Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy wealthy and wise…..” do not think about heavy full protein diets. Avoid too much sugar and savory food. Get use to simple meal. Eat a little, but with a contented mind.

Mental happiness and contentment is the other side of this coin. You can be pleased with a simple act. Even a little thing such as helping others : complying a request of other friend  may make you feel happy. Must lead a stress free life. Don’t be very serious in day to day happenings. Be practical with little health habits.

I may wind up wishing you all good health.

Water Our Life Blood

Water Our Life Blood

Water may be a tiny dew drop, an ice cube, a brook, puddle, stream, river, a water fall or an enormous ocean, what ever the formation may be water has its own fascination. This is one of the tree main requirements of man, for the survival of man and animals.

Being a tiny island we are blessed, with water. Some how or other we  can quench our thirst. In Sri Lanka we often get rain and we enjoy abundance of lush green and vegetation. Even though in dry seasons where there is no rain for a long period we experience the harshness of drought and also tend to understand the value of water. Ancient rulers of Sri Lanka had thoroughly understood the value of this precious element.

There were very sensible enough to build so many tanks to conserve the water for the benefit of the country. Being an agricultural country we had a fine system of water management. Once the great king Prakramabahu the Great said “not a single drop of rain should reach the sea without man making some use of it”. Though water is a versatile friend of human sometimes it causes great damage to human when it is in  fury in the form of flood. Electricity often fails and people face great inconvenience. In affected villages life becomes much harder. Huts and their belongings are destroyed and the crops in the field affected. Trees are uprooted and cattle get drowned and killed. Thus huge volume of excess water plays havoc when it is infuriated.

Anyway water is really a wealth to be preserved. It should not go waste. It’s very pathetic still some people have not realize the value of this natural resource. Too much of felling trees also another harmful act for the scarcity of water. So let’s give this a thought to safe guard water for the survival of man and for the generation to come.

Uses of trees

Uses of trees

The great bond between man and trees has been prevailing since centuries. In the ancient time, man used to satisfy most of his needs from the forest . he has been very close to these natural resources gifted by mother nature. Man feeds on the fruits, juices and leaves of them. Even the fallen branches give him fuel to cook his daily bread. Can we imagine an earth where there will be no trees no water but only acid rains and concrete jungles? But it’s sorry to say, most of the valuable plants are being cut by man for his selfish ends.

Simultaneously we are losing our bio-diversity.  A man who destroys a tree for his own benefit, unawarely makes his own life a dry one, as trees have been our saviors.