More than creating or aquiring new things , one has to understand it is important to maintain anything we aquire. It is true of any private or public possessions.
I have seen in the local malls, or airport or even railway station, people cleaning not only the floors but also the hand rails and also the glass doors and partitions with a cloth very meticulously. No wonder the airport appears brand new.
Many of us feel once we aquire something or build something the work is over. That is why many of the things does not work properly after some time and breaks down.
This reminds me of an incident. Hubby and me were waiting for our train in the Egmore platform. Suddenly we heard a very disturbing noise. We saw a railway employee dragging a six wheel empty trolley. The small tyres in the six wheels had worn out and hence the noise. It would have taken a few minutes and very little expense to put some tyres in the wheels if only any body had cared . No body in charge bothered and it was causing such noise pollution and harming many ear drums.
Simple things like the silver lamp which we light every day needs good maintenance. One of my friends was commenting that her silver lamp always is just black. I found out that the reason for Syamala manni's lamp being so bright is that she is cleaning it twice a week regularly and polishing it with 'vibuthi'. maintenance!
Any proud car owner will talk for hours about car maintenance I suppose.
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I am wondering about the gadgets available at home when we grew up in Tambaram. There was a gas stove and amma used to meticulously clean the burners with kerosene and oil once a week.(it used to be assigned to me and i used to feel 'yuk')There was a kerosene wick stove, which has to be refitted with the wicks once in a while and it used to be a laborious process. Amma used to have a knack in pushing the wicks in but i was not much of a help, other than watching, of course.Then there was a radio, perched in a pride of place in the 'hall'(it was not called drawing room then!)It used to make muttering sounds once in a while and a good tap on the head used to invariably set it right. Never believed much in 'pure digital sound and speakers 'in those days.Buying a two in one was a big event in our house to celebrate prashant's arrival in this world!
yeah even we had that 'wick' stove, and even now when I think of it the edges of my fingers 'itch 'with the pain of pushing it in.
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