Nanbenda!

Honestly saying we had no big expectation for the movie and so there was no big disappointment. We just wanted a light movie to have some fun with family and so we chose Nanbenda!

You cannot expect suspense, twists & turns in such movies. But surprisingly this movie had 4-5 such scenes. Just that you have to be a bit innocent to feel such twists : D. Udayanidhi delivers the dialog, but we hear it in Santhanam’s voice. I mean those dialogs did not suit him.

When in a crazy mood, I can laugh madly even at the drop of a hat. But this movie tested MY patience. I was really amazed, when few persons from behind our row were laughing out loudly for everything, I mean for nothing.
  
Nayanthara was gorgeous and all her costumes & make-up were nice. The song Nayanthara was also good. Cannot digest (manasey aaralai) Sherin, in such a cheap small role opposite to Santhanam. How beautiful she used to be!

Taking Manasa to movies is so much fun. Those cinema chairs, because of her least weight goes back to its folded position. So we have to place a couple of hand bags along with Manasa to make the chair stable. And she has this special talent to whisper loudly. So when the theatre is calm (viewers get confused what reactions to show and in some stage they go silent), she whispers and all hear her loud voice. :D     
   
The entire team has tried hard to make another OK OK (though the result was just OK) and the two heroes has also tried hard to make us laugh and in return, we should also try hard to laugh. :p 

I am not sure about the reason, but when we ask about the name of the movie, Manasa says “I feel awkward (she used the tamil word ‘asingama’) to say the movie name”. May be should we take this as the movie review?

Boredom

Ever since my childhood, as far as I can remember, I never have experienced boredom. I was busy with studies and extra-curricular's. Friends, library, books, TV & music were my entertainment. I remember few days in my teens when I never wanted to go out or even to watch TV, if I had books. The books can be any novels, weekly magazines or even deepavali malar.

After wedding, top-to-bottom chores & job kept me engaged. After baby, she became my world. Of course work from home also joined a bit later. During this phase, there was no time for friends, chatting or entertainment. Even then I was not feeling bored, as I was occupied with something or the other.

Whenever possible I used to read books, watch cinemas online, blog, twitter or face book. But even these interests kept changing. So gradually I lost interest to blogging (I was not sure what to write. In Tamil they used to call this state as “sarakku theerndhuduchchu” :D) and twittering (I had to think too much to be unique in every tweet, so obviously it did not fit me & also I cannot freely talk to people who I don’t know personally, but that is twitter’s main culture).

Now somehow I manage to allot time for everything right from job, house chores, Manasa, chatting with friends & relatives, Whatsapp & FB and youtube for movies. The only thing I need to catch-up is listening to songs, like how I used to before.

Of course I needed a break from routine several times, but when it comes to routine, I was not bored.

But why am I sharing all this now? Because of late I frequently started thinking about what would be my pass time activity in my old age.

Few elderly people, for example my mom or even my MIL, feel loneliness and boredom most of the times. Only TV or talking with someone makes them happy. And the major reason is they don’t have any responsibilities other than keeping them healthy, which is not so interesting.

As I am witnessing such persons, I started to wonder about my old age. I wish I should not feel boredom or loneliness even in my old age.

Allexperts Answer

My Question:
Hello Doctor,

I am Sudha from Chennai and this is regarding my 5year old daughter. 

She frequently gets cold n cough. Most of the times, with just Citrezine syrup, she is not getting cured. So I give her antibiotics also along with it. Azithromysin or amoxyline etc for 5 days, twice a day.

My doubt is is it harmful or not advisable to give anti-biotics frequently? Say I gave antibiotics last month for 5 days and again this month she got cold and can I give her antibiotics again this month?

Please advice.

Thanks

Doctor's reply:
Hi Sudha,

Yes, unnecessary use of ANY medicine, including antibiotics, should always be avoided as it does more harm than good.

Most cold and coughs in children are viral, and antibiotics have NO ROLE in viral infections. If your doctor prescribes antibiotics everytime the child has cough and cold, I would strongly advise to look for a better doctor in your area, since the doctor is not doing justice to your child. 

IF, on the other hand, you are using antibiotics on your own without consulting a doctor, then I am sorry, you are not doing justice to the little one who has no choice but to trust you. You breach this trust everytime you give ANY medicine (including cough and cold medicines which are schedule "H" drugs: to be taken strictly under medical supervision) to the little one without consulting a doctor... (I have purposely said all this since I often see antibiotics and even cough and cold medicines taken very lightly by parents...it's great to hear from parents like you who have raised such an important question)


Best wishes,
Dr. Puneet Kumar,
Kumar Child Clinic, Dwarka,
New Delhi, India