Finest Post Nominations Of The Committee - December 2020

@iyerviji
My dear Viji
Thank you opening the month's account with the thread Husband's Grief=our(family) Grief. Wife's Grief, Not Even Hers! by @bubble09
The post raises vital questions about married life. The first of the Sapthapadi says 'Now let us make a vow together. We shall share love, share the same food, share our strengths, share the same tastes. We shall be of one mind, we shall observe the vows together.'
The couple goes through the ritual mechanically. Such a commitment has no validity anymore but we stick on to the ritual. A printed version of this mantra with the explanation in English must be furnished so that the couple understands the extent of commitment to each other.
The entire wedding ceremony should be explained to the couple in simple language. This will reduce the scope for blame game later on.
Sri

 

@Rihana
Thank you for your opening nomination of @Srama 's response to the thread How To Cope Up With Anxiety?
Srama excels in responding to others as much as she does in her own creations. Please not that I use the word 'creation' when I refer to her own blogs. This response tells us her lifestyle, hermantra, her meditations at all.
She is a storehouse of mantras and slokas and I am not surprised that she goes to them when experiencing unquiet in her mind. I have a small point to make. The mantras are beneficial through their phonetic effect rather then their meaning. Each mantra has a way to recite. If you listen to the Vishnu Sahasranamam by MS, you will see her variations in phonetics. That's why we say that mantras are more effective whn received from a guru. I am sure our Sabi knows about all this.
Thanks again for this nomination.

 

@Rihana
A great nomination this is! I mean the story of the lowly bathroom slippers by @Nuzhath
Bathroom Slippers, Yay Or Nay?
has all the hallmark of how subtle humour can make us chuckle.
Bathroom slippers were originally known as Singapore Chappal at least in the South India. When they first made their appearance here, people even wore it to office proudly.
From that exalted status they enjoyed at first day, first show, I felt tickled reading Nuzhath. Full marks to her!

 

@iyerviji
My dear viji
Thank you for your nomination of @Metamorphic 's hard hitting response in the thread How To Love Partner?
She has been extremely candid the like of which we can hardly see these days. Despite the stinging language, we do understand that the response meant well.
Good nomination viji
Sri

 

@Viswamitra
My dear Viswa
Apologies for the late response.
Thank you for your first nomination of A Wheel's Cry ... by @Metamorphic
You have said all that I wanted to say in your nomination itself! It is a classic metaphor of Metamorphic. The prelude in prose is as poetic as the cry of the wheel.
Sri

 

@Viswamitra
My dear Viswa
Thank you your nomination of It's The Season..... by @Srama
When it comes to acknowledging a post by Sabi I feel stumped royally. Who can match her poetic expression and vivid imagery? Look at her DD standing with the torch on and the bag wide open with her mum to sweep and dump the trash in. And this: ' thinking of "The Little Prince" his rose, his adventure, smiling, and imaging my ancestors,loved ones smiling down on me, showering blessings!'
Who am I to review such a post?
Sri