Tuesday, November 29, 2005

Madras Nalla Madras

Muthiah however has always called himself a storyteller and as is his wont, he proceeded to enthral his audience with the tale of how this particular book came into being. It's a saga of passion and perseverance.
Link to a new book release from Muthiah.

Also an interesting article from C. RajaMohan
Indian Feckless Service

Saturday, November 19, 2005

Tuft

Sport a kudumi (tuft) and I will get you a job in a local post office


In those days only persons with a tuft were preferred for government service. I put my foot down and said `No.'

Interview with the creator of some of the evergreen comedy segments of tamil cinema.

Also a nice and sensible
article
strange it does not link to the article directly. The article
in Openpage that i intent to link is In defence of good doctors.

Friday, November 18, 2005

Controversy over Suhasini's remark

Found in the Hindus letter to the editor.

The present controversy brings to mind an extract from a letter written by Bertrand Russell to The New York Times on August 26, 1940, over his being prevented from teaching at the New York City College. Russell wrote: "I do not believe that controversy is harmful on general grounds. It is not controversy and open differences that endanger democracy. On the contrary, these are its greatest safeguards. It is an essential part of democracy that substantial groups, even majorities, should extend toleration to dissentient groups, however small and however much their sentiments may be outraged. In a democracy it is necessary that people should learn to endure having their sentiments being outraged."

Mathew Koshy,
Tiruvalla, Kerala

Wednesday, November 16, 2005

Prof. Madhu Dandavate

Its quite commendable.
Link

Monday, November 14, 2005

PAARISIL SHANKARLAL

appo enakku 14 vayasu. innikki mathiriye annikkum
ilakku illamal (manam partha jamedar theruvil) poi
kondu iruntha ennai guruvayoorappan kooptan.
'Kavithakku' poren, variyannu kettan. porathukku oru
edam kidachuthungarathu vida kavithannu pombela pera
sonnathunala etho ninappula sari varennutten.
ponappuramthan kavithanarathu pombala illa,
annikuthethila vellorela iruntha ore lending
librarynnu therindjudhu. library kitta ponavudana guru
sattaya thooki athuvaraikkum vayathula sorugi
vachurintha gundu pusthagatha velila eduthan. ennada
ithunnu ketten.. satharnama ethayume surukkama solla
tehriyadha guru, athey idathula nikka vachu en kitta
antha 400 pakka pusthagamana 'honkongil shankarlal'
kathaya ore moochulasolli mudichan. Pusthagam 400
pakkamna guruvoda sontha sarakkellam sethu..
kittathatta moonu mani neram sonnan. neram porathu
theiryama kettundu irunden.. avan annikki pusthagatha
ulla kondu varuvana mattanangara guess worklaye
thannoda edathula okanthundu engala kolai veryoda
parthundu iruntha librariyanukku, kittathata guru
mathiriye thanna kayavakkapora innoru characterthan
guruvoda nikkarankarathu theriyadu. kathaya oru
mathiri mudichuttu.. booka katti eduthuttu poi
padikkarayannu kettan .. avanoda narationnala
shankarlal perla periya arvam erpatta nan, athan entha
book katha theriyume, vera shankarlal thupparigirar
irundha eduthukkarennu sonnen. librarykku innoru
member kidachuttangara ninappula librariyan enkitta
membership irubathu rooba.. oru bookukku nalanannu..
sonnar.. guru avar sonnatha kettutu, 'dey balaji nee
ethukkuda member aganum, ithu namba harioda chithappa
kada.. inga memberlam aga vendam.. thavura nama ore
nalla booka thirppi kudutha pathu kasu kodutha
podhumnan.. ithe guruvayoorappan than pinnalil nan
football vilayadalamannu ketta vodene .. enga kitta
ball illengarathunala oru clubbe arambikkalamnu
sonnan. antha clubukku ball bladerlam vanga antha
therula irukkara ella veetlayum kasu colecct
pannalamnan, clubbukku keta ellarum kuduppangannu idea
kuduthan. nanga football velayda theruvula
irukkaravallam ethukku kasu kodukkanumnu enakku
puriyalai. ethavida periya acharyam ennana nama veedu
veeda poi kasu ketta vudane, yarume mattennu sollama
oru rooba rendu rooba koduthathu than..
guruvayorrappan veetoda kadumayana porlathara nilamai
avanukku kathukkodithiruntha padangala ketta carl
marxe achariya paduvar. avan suggestionla nan
librarila edutha pushthagam than 'paarisil
shankarlal'. paris raniya yaro kolai pannidara. athu
yarunnu paris policalayum, scotland yard alayum
kandupiddikka mudiyama poga tamil nattula irunthu
shankarlala koopidaranga. avarum,inspector vagap
matrum kathirikkayum serthu eppadi kolai karana kandu
pidikkarangarathuthan kathai.. intha ore kathainala
shankarlal mela enakku bayangara eedupadu vanthu
tamilvananu sonnale oru veriyoda books padikka
arambichnan. padippadiya matha writersayum padikka
arambichen. thamizh illakiyathukkum enakkum innikki
varakkum irukkara thodarbukku intha pusthagam periya
karanam.. ulagathula irukkara ella mukya
kalaingnargalayum ethovidathula padicha paris en
ilakkiya eedupattukkum karanamgaratha ninakkum podhu
acharyama irukku..

kalaingargara varthaya type ponnumpothu, samibathla
police kitta dharma adi vangina karunanidhi nyabagam
varama kalaignannu padam eduthu sivaji filmsa bondi
akkina kamal than ninavukku varar..

Sunday, November 06, 2005

Ayudha Pooja

It is time for story of pumpkins.
It was observed that lot of pumpkins were squashed,
after a much pampered time. shades of pumpkins
had been hung/laid/decorated before episode
of MASS SQUASH.

Much heat was generetad
by civic exenora . in fact a person who
had his antennae probed for a quarrel or two
in this matter. he asked people abt to
destroy a pumpkin to squash it on his head rather
on roads(true life episode).as we all know the
negative effects of pumpkin squashing on roads.

It was one of those days
i happened to visit one of my friends house
for a religious function. it was at that moment
a pumpkin in all granduer was dispatched to its
end. The person( was a guy named 'ezhumalai',
was in an inebriated state) . He made two
perfect circles and last one turned up to
be a "De-Broglie" wave. He squashed the pumpkin.
I wondered a lone pumpkin was guessing what work
had to de done. Some pumpkins were light whereas others
were heavy. Last years pals had not done
not so a good job in warding off evils!!! and the
major task had fallen on these unfortunate ones.
It is also believed a colored/heavier pumpkin
indicates the index of prosperity of the possessor.

For a good deed or two for next year's
ayudha pooja, it is better to have a dummy pumpkin
undergo these trials than put to stress test
these little ones, which are brimming with seeds
within.As for me I am a busy bee and spectator
to these rituals as USUAL.

---VK

PTC bus ride

Recently I was towards tambaram., I happened
to witness a incident. A man was sitting
near the window ( last row in PTC bus), It was
moderately crowded. Hovewer there was not
space enough for a singular women to get accomodated.
She requested the man to get up. Immediately
he refused. As a consequence 2 or 3 chivalrous
gentlemen sided with the women. He started a
howl stating that 50-50 rule was now in the
offing. He sounded a male chauvinistic person(
pig is a derogatory word for a gentleman, even
in the worst case). He started with govt policies
awarding policies with an equanimous mentality,
not differentiating between man and woman. Why should
he be treated like this( it left me wondering
whether he should be altogether stopped being viewed
as a man). He ended with a disastrous note for
AMMA( saying that we have a woman CM , alli
rani rajyam and so forth. It looked
like a priemeval latent explosive force abt
to consume the entire womanhood,)

He was teribbly emotive. Finally the conductor
was subdued by his arguments and womenfolk and men
( as they follow women even in judgement!!!)
accepted the person;s views. I as usual
was nuetral to the whole proceeding.


--VK

Chennai City Roundup on V'Day

As elders have said time and again,
"dont believe what you hear.
dont beleive what you see.
detailed investigation to get to bottom of the heart:))"
i was watching all this from a coffe cafe.

I had done a lighthouse scan of event happenings
on valentines Day.( OF COURSE alone, me and Self:)))
The day ended with flying, burst, crushed, unsold
baloons. a plethora of combinations regarding balloons
( RED colored HEART (if there is one) shaped ), you
guys might have spotted the same on the roads.

Some ill informed folks in madras decided to celebrate , nay glorify it
in name of LORD VELA .( non peters i mean). story goes that lord vela
married two ladies,
called "pazhani andi " also. and hence lord vela-entine

as to the mr& mrs.peters they banged onto St.valentine( poor saint
dragged even into this matter) and celebrated
in his honour.

1. pair of baloons at the same height=> love succeeded
pairs , PURSE weighty guy or girl...
2. one baloon flying , next a few metres below
the first one => undecided lover , PURSE may be lighter..
3.crushed ones=> something went wrong on mr or mrs
PURSE.
4.unsold ones=> barber's paradox, the guy who sells baloons.
and had unsold ones .
5.Two crushed balloons=> some one in the way or are both
bankrupt.
6. A peculiar situation was 2 baloons and a third one
joining the fray?? => is it a love triangle
7. some guys had plenty of balloons => first come first.
not decided as to which one to give to???
that applies to girls also.
( all the above may be steamy or funny)
finally i had a cup of coffe and came out to see
a one year KID giving a balloon to his father.
in that eyes i saw the true love, A LOVE which doesnt
expect anything in return , ( sundi it is a bit too
senti) the kid was radiating innocence and positive
energy and looked angelic.

that reminded the true love one radiates towards one's parents,
friends,devoted partner, and anything under the'
world demanding crystal clear relationships.
the long road I was travelling was filled with treachory,malice,
falsities on one side and
equally many positive happenings around me.The Kid
was a teacher to me in these matters.

--VK.

Saturday, November 05, 2005

Two Poems

These were two poems written just after the Sept 11th attack and when the US decided
to go on a war aaginst Afghanistan
----

1.(chinna kozhanthaigal paduthundu katril verumaiyil
kai
veesi vilayadumpothu kadavulodu vilayaduvathaga oru
perception namma oorla undu... this poem is based on
that)

antha kuzhandai rojavai vitterindha podhu
kadavul kai neeti pidikka vendi irundhadhu..
kadavul thadumariyadhu kandu kuzhandhai "galuk"
endru sirithathu
ippodhu kadavul murai..
mella kaiyai katril oru murai veesi vittu
kuzhandhaikku pokku katti vittu
rojavai katril erindhar
kadavul
roja antharathil midhandhu vandhu
kuzhandhai athai kaipatrum antha nodiyil
antha kuzhandai amarndhirundha vimanam
noorumadi kattidam ondril sidari
neruppu pandhanathu..
roja innum antharathil

veroru nalil kandhaharil oru kuzhandai
peyar vaikka yarum illai..
enave..
innum peyar veykkavillai..
rojavai veesuvathil romba samarthu..
kaduvule asaipattu vilayada varuvar..
andru kadavulodana romba swarasyamana vilayattin
naduve
thoorakke varum vimanangalin satham
kuzhandaiyin gavanathai kalaikkirthu
bayam
azhath thodangu girathu.

pinnoru galathi kadavul vilayada kuzhandhaigal indri
thanimayil verumaiyil..



2.oru kannathil arainthal maru kannathaiyum kattu
endru..
nam nambi mandi idum yesu sonnathu
nammaku alla num ethirikkaga..

natcahthirangalodu potti idum velichathundangalai
vanil irundu pozhiyum
vedi gundu mazhaiyai rasippom
seerippayum por vimananagal.. aha.. enna vegam..
enna vegam..
antha evuganaigal athu kalathin achariyam
ellam iravu nerathil nadappathal parka romba
urchagamaga irukkum.
nam veetu kuzhanthaigalukku vedikkai katti unavu
ootalam
nadantha gorathirkku sariyana pathiladi endru
perumaippdalam..
enna..
keezhe sila pachilam kuzhantahigal madinthu pogum..
pala yavathigal kadalargalaiyum
oru desam kanavugalayum
izhakkum
pin varum thalaimuraigal plutoniakkattrai swasithu..
vinodha valigal kollum..
sooriyanayum neeraium unavaga mattrum parinappin
acharyamana thavarangal..
ange uyir thulirkka anjum..
ithuvarai avan sonnathai nambatha silarayum namba
vaikkum..

athanalenna..

namakku thevai vanavedikkaigal.. vignyana
acharyangal..

vinnil mithakkum seyarkaikolgal
vilambarangalodu serthu..
vedikkaiyai
nam veettu padukkai araiyil thuppum vetkaiyodu
kathirukkindrana..

un oru kannathil arainthal maru kannathaiyum kattu
endru nam nambi mandyidum yesu sonnathu namakkalla
......num ethirikkaga..