Thought Waves

Sachin's 5 Best Test Knocks....

2007-02-07T20:55:00.000+07:00

Hmm.. this is quite interesting...

SACHIN RAMESH TENDULKAR has played a lot many magnificent test innings... some of them are really really special....
I found this one on the Internet.. which is quite interesting to sit and look back at the down-forgotten memory lane of SACHIN's unforgettable innings.... Here it goes..........

1989-1990 Pakistan v India, 1st Test, National Stadium
Picture this: Pakistan's National Stadium, packed to the rafters with home team supporters roaring their team on against the hated enemy. In the middle, easily the most fearsome pace attack of the time - the young Waqar Younis and Wasim Akram, backed by the legendary Imran Khan. Krish Srikkanth, Navjot Sidhu and Sanjay Manjrekar are blasted out in rapid succession (13/3). Prabhakar is fourth out - and a young lad of just over 16 years walks out into the cauldron.
Imran sets an attacking field, and the two fearsome young fast bowlers go for blood, with a barrage of short-pitched deliveries that buzz around the tyke's head. A ball from Younis rears up and smacks the youngster on the helmet. Concerned, the close in fielders and the bowler rush up to render assistance. The youngster shakes his head to clear it - and through the visor of his helmet, boyish eyes glare in defiance. He scored only 15 that day - but in the nerveless fashion in which he took guard again after having his bell rung, he announced himself a man among men.
Don't ask me why I picked this short-lived innings. Instead, ask yourself two questions: How many feet did Orville and Wilbur Wright traverse in their first flight? And what was your own biggest accomplishment at age 16?

1990, England v India, 2nd Test, Old Trafford
England 519. India - powered by a swashbuckling 179 from Mohammad Azharuddin - 432. England in the second innings, 320 for 4 declared, leaving India 408 to make to win. What follows, is a sorry procession: Ravi Shastri, Navjot Sidhu, Sanjay Manjrekar, Dilip Vengsarkar and Azharuddin back in the hut with 109 on the board. Kapil Dev follows, 18 runs later.
And then a lad not yet old enough to qualify for a driving license drives England's attack to distraction. While Manoj Prabhakar (67 not out) holds his end up with dogged determination, the boy wonder cuts loose. A defensive innings at that point would have been hailed as a masterpiece - but 17-year-old Tendulkar attacks, shots of scintillating brilliance punctuating an unbeaten innings of 119 that carries his team to safety.

1996-1997, South Africa v India, 2nd Test, Newlands, Cape Town
Consider the backdrop: A day after Christmas 1996, India found itself on a green top against South Africa's finest fast bowlers - and lost, by 328 runs, with two days to spare. On the second day of the New Year, the demoralized side found itself in Newlands - wilting as the home side, powered by centuries from Gary Kirsten, Brian McMillan and Lance Klusener, ratcheted up 529 on the board, then dismissed three Indian batsmen for 29.On day three, Sourav Ganguly fell with the score on 33. V V S Laxman was fifth out, at 58. Another three day drubbing was on the cards. And then came a display that is unparalleled in contemporary annals for sheer majesty. Tendulkar added 222 in a pulsating sixth wicket partnership with Mohammad Azharuddin. 176 of these runs were scored in 120 minutes of unmitigated mayhem between lunch and tea. Azhar-uddin, batting with the artistry of a conjurer, contributed 115 runs off just 110 deliveries.Tendulkar went on - to be last man out for 169 off 253 deliveries, after having shepherded the tail past the follow on mark. One word describes this innings: Control. On the day, he batted in a zone where nothing could intrude, where none could follow.

1998-1999 India v Pakistan, 1st Test, M A Chidambaram Stadium
India versus Pakistan is as electric as it gets. For four days, the bitter rivals fight it out on a pitch affording pace, bounce, and turn. India, batting second, ekes out a narrow 16-run lead in the first innings. A flamboyant century by Shahid Afridi powers Pakistan to 286 in the second - giving India 271 runs to score to win. The Pakistan attack is spearheaded by Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis - backed by Saqlain Mushtaq at the height of his pomp. Younis blasts V V S Laxman out for 0, Sadagoppan Ramesh for 5. Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid put on 44 runs - of which the latter contributes 10. Azharuddin and Ganguly are quickly winkled out by Mushtaq and India, at 82 for five, is down and almost out.Tendulkar takes the stage to provide a master class - taming seam and spin alike with effortless ease, all the while shepherding Nayan Mongia. Until an attempt to hit Mushtaq over midwicket ends up as a skier down the throat of point. Tendulkar has, at that point, scored 136 - in a team score of 217 for six. It is not the impeccable defense you remember today, or the stunning range of strokeplay. What you recall, vividly, is the sight of Tendulkar with his head down in despair, walking back excruciatingly slowly after his dismissal.Against the sweat-streaked white of his clothing, a vivid red slash stands out - the red of a back brace. He had been advised by his doctor not to play that day.

1997-1998, India v Australia, 1st Test, M A Chidambaram Stadium
Long before Mark Taylor led his team out in Chennai, the battle lines had been clearly drawn - it was master spinner Shane Warne against master batsman Sachin Tendulkar. In the first innings, Tendulkar goes after Warne - and goes back, caught Taylor at slip off a stupid slash, with just four runs against his name.India are 71 behind when they begin their second innings. Tendulkar walks out after Navjot Sidhu and Dravid have taken the score to 115 - and launches an assault that Warne still sees, by his own admission, in his worst nightmares. A merciless, relentless exhibition of barely controlled savagery powers the side to 418 for four declared.The contest is over. Two sets of figures tell the story: Warne 30-7-122-1; Tendulkar 155 not out off 191 deliveries.

"Judas No Traitor"

2006-04-08T01:58:00.000+07:00

I don't know how many of you hav read "The Da Vinci Code" by Dan Brown.But, I certainly did. And, I, seriously could find a lot of truths about the Jesus & the Secret Society. This Article says almost on the same line of Da Vinci Code.

Judas was no traitor, says new Gospel

April 07, 2006

The dictionary describes 'Judas' as a betrayer. For 2000 years and more, Judas Iscariot, one of Jesus Christ's 12 apostles who sold his master for 30 pieces of silver, has been condemned to infamy for this terrible act of betrayal.

The Gospels of the Bible's New Testament -- Matthew, Luke, Mark and John -- denounce Judas as a traitor. But through history, the question lingered: was there a Gospel of Judas too?

New evidence says, yes, there was, and according to it Judas was not the villain he has been made out to be.

According to the Gospel of Judas that was unveiled on Thursday at the National Georgraphic Society headquarters in Washington, DC, after being restored, authenticated and translated from the original ancient Coptic language, Judas was the chosen one among the 12 apostles, and that Jesus requested Judas to 'betray' him to the authorities for execution -- an act that pained the apostle immensely.

From early Christian times it had been rumoured that the Gospel of Judas did exist and, a new National Geographic Channel documentary says the mystery started to unravel almost 30 years ago.

According to the documentary, it began with a farmer in Egypt finding a codex in a cave. Written in ancient Coptic, the farmer who had no clue about his finding sold it to an antiques dealer and thus the text went about its way for five long years before scholars stumbled on to it.

The codex remained in a safe-deposit vault in New York till 2000 AD, when former antiquities dealer Frieda Nussberger-Tchacos acquired it. After that, with funding from the National Geographic Society and two foundations, a team of scientists and scholars came together to determine the document's authenticity.

It was no easy task. For one, the 13 pages of papyrus was almost crumbling, and it was up to Swiss restorer Florence Darbre and her partner to fit the tiny pieces together.

Restoration done, next came the more difficult task, of proving its authenticity. For this, Stephen Emmel, Coptic studies professor at the University of Münster in Germany, and expert Rodolphe Kasser were roped in.

Emmel estimated that worldwide there were just four or five people who could create such a document, and that included himself and Kasser. 'Someone would have to know Coptic better than we do, and there isn't anybody who does,' he was quoted as saying.

With the experts giving the green signal, came the final step, carbon dating the document for which tiny pieces needed to be destroyed.

This done, the Gospel of Judas, written between the third and fourth centuries, was authenticated to be a copy of a document in Greek from the second century.

The question continues to be asked: can it be a fake? But experts on the Gnostic or secret gospels -- the Gospel of Mary, subject of Dan Brown's racy Da Vinci Code, is one of them -- are unanimous that such a codex cannot be faked, it is not worth anyone's while to do so, and way too difficult to do it.

Now that the Gospel of Judas is out, what is in it?

According to the documents, the betrayal of Jesus Christ is a secret mystery between him and Judas. A National Geographic statement says the key passage in the text comes when Jesus tells Judas '... you will exceed all of them. For you will sacrifice the man that clothes me,' indicating that Judas, by helping Jesus get rid of his physical flesh, will help liberate the true spiritual self or divine being within.

Those looking for historical proof of what transpired 2000 years ago will find none in the Gospel of Judas -- but, then, it is not found in any of the other Gospels either, say experts. The question that remains unsaid is, does anything change for Christian theology in the light of the latest revelations?

The Gospel of Judas -- contrary to the title its authorship remains unknowns -- will eventually return to Egypt to be housed in Cairo's Coptic Museum.

Pattiyal - The (Hit) List

2006-03-19T10:01:00.000+07:00

Pattiyal as we can translate in English as "The List" is certainly not the list alone, its more of a "Hit List".

This Vishnu-vardhan directed and the superb foursome starrer has been a much-awaited movie for quite sometime now. If Hollywood & Bollywood had used the Underworld theme very effectively in lots of movies, Kollywood, though slow in using that, has started using the same plot, thanks to Vishnu-Vardhan's this new Venture.

Koshy (Arya) & Selva (Bharath), both are contracted-killers, and the latter being deaf & dumb,who are working undercover for a Contractor Samy (Cochin Haneefa).Samy has continuously been using these two to get rid of some high-profile people.Pattiyal showcases the list of their happiness, sorrows & the list of people to be eliminated by them.The lady-love of them are Saroja (PadmaPriya) and Sandhya (Pooja) respectively.And, they are proved to be perfect for the roles.

The Director has succeeded in choosing the right starcast for the roles which needed much zest.For more than once, you might get to feel like this is one of those movies which depicted friendship at its best.And,the Director, by making Selva a Deaf & Dumb has made the character strong & it allowed him to make their relationship much stronger.

Though the heroines had less to offer when compared to the Heroes (which often is the case with these kind of movies), they had tried their heart-out to match the lead's performances.I must say, they had thrived in a couple of scenes.

The best part of the movie is its Music Composition.A couple of songs are quite foot-tapping and the rest are very well hearable.Especially the song sung by Ilayaraja, "Namma Kaatula..." and the opening song "Dei, Namma..." are very well composed. The background music is at its best with Yuvan showing yet again that he is one of the best composers in the present bunch of young musicians.

Finally, though, the movie was hyped to be the Sholay of our times,its not that bad to compare this movie with Sholay.The Friendship shown by Arya & Bharath Stands out amongst the best Friendship movies ever made in Indian Cinema.

A pat on Vishnu-Vardhan's Back would be ideal for making this movie a very good Interesting Entertainer.

From the day I saw…

2006-02-04T14:05:00.000+07:00

The perfect translation to the title stated would be, “Kanda Naal Mudhal”. Yes. It’s the title of the movie I recently saw. I don’t normally blog about movies a lot. Only the fittest of those, would automatically fit itself in my blogs. This movie definitely fits in my blogs cadre.

This movie produced by Prakashraj and directed by Priya (erstwhile assistant to Mani Ratnam), where the storyline offered nothing very special. It’s the usual cine stuff like boy-meets-girl and boy-girl-quarrel and boy-girl-romance and situation-as-villain and climax-as-expected. But, what makes the storyline interesting is the cast used for the story. The hero is the 5-Star Fame “Prasanna” who has done yet-again a decent enough performance justifying the role offered to him. (One can recollect the other movie he did for Prakashraj named, “Azhagiya Theeye” where he did a splendid performance to the role). The heroine is Laila and she has also tried her best to match Prasanna’s performance and she has done it with flair & maturity.

Prasanna seems to be doing the roles at ease. He neither is as charming as Surya nor as dazzling as Vikram, Yet, he is doing the job neatly and he certainly knows his limitations. Especially, when he feels for his love for her, he really creates a lot of strength to that character. One can notice that Prasanna is becoming matured and more of a character-artiste doing these kinds of roles neat enough. If given time, he can prove to be a very good actor in the course of his career.

Laila, on the other hand, showing the facial expressions better than her previous movies, has got a lot to gain from this movie. The rest of the casts are penned fair enough to support the main characters & story. For instance, Revathy, mother of Laila, has done her usual best. And, one can understand Laila & Revathy have got a lot of similarities in their looks and it looked as if they were mom & daughter in real.

The music by Yuvan Shankar Raja is scintillating. The songs are very good to hear especially the Carnatic based “Kanda Naal Mudhalaai…”.

The director has taken a lot of pains to create a neat love-story with some twists & turns and the casting has been perfect which could possibly be a launch-pad for her future as a director.

As a whole, this movie is really worth watching more than once.

All I can say, “From the day I saw….. I couldn’t resist seeing once again…”

Mission Accomplished for Pakistanis…

2006-02-04T14:04:00.000+07:00

Though, before the beginning of the Ind-Pak Test Series, the Pakistanis had gained a lot from their outing with the Englishmen, they were more into defensive mode against India preparing flat wickets which offered no assistance for the bowlers whatsoever to either of the teams. Such a defensive tactics would always be a negative ploy for the side visiting there especially a team like India, which was rejuvenated after its series-winning victory against the visiting Sri Lankans earlier.

The first two tests offered nothing for the bowlers, be it for pacemen or spinners. A lot had been said about the pitches and its makers. And, one can surely notice that Pakistan was definitely taking a step back towards its future, by not making juicy pitches.

Pakistan would not have forgotten what happened in India’s last tour to Pakistan, where it won both the tests & ODI’s against the host. So, I am sure that Pakistan would have taken into account its failures in the last tour and while making amends to those failures, they were forced to make a pitch like that for the first two tests.

And, it was a mere gamble when they prepared a nice bowler-friendly wicket in the third test at Karachi which could have backfired onto them, had India put them on the mat when they were trembling at 39 for 6 but for an exuberant effort from its wicket-keeper batsman Kamran Akmal, they could make 245 and bundling out India for a score of 238, thanks to its bowlers. They needed to score rapidly & heavily in the II innings and they did it with style scoring 599declared leaving India no chance of winning the contest and a very little chance of drawing it.

The Indian batsmen did not show any kind of resistance except Yuvraj Singh who scored yet another century. And, within 58.4 overs their innings got over for a paltry 265, giving Pakistanis the much-needed series victory.

Now, all eyes are on the 5-Match ODI’s, which are going to follow immediately next week. As one can expect, the Indians will have to pull up their socks and give them the necessary fight and not letting the pressure mount on them. After winning the home series against Sri Lanka 6-1, Indians should be aiming to do better against their arch-rivals.

Congratulations to IRFAN PATHAN for his Hat-Trick

2006-01-30T12:11:00.000+07:00

Many Congratulations to IRFAN PATHAN for his Maiden Hat-trick and his record for the first-over Hat-trick in the history of Test-Cricket...And, I wish him many more successes for his Future..

Shoaib Akthar's Beamer

2006-01-27T18:36:00.000+07:00

This one caught my eye during my daily visits to hinduonnet.Javagal Srinath, the former Speedster of India, speaks about his Rival-Speedster Shoaib Akthar's Act of Arrogance.

SHOAIB AKTHAR'S ACT NEEDS TO BE CONDEMNED, DESERVES PUNISHMENT
The speedster's beamer at Dhoni could have proved fatal, writes Javagal Srinath

The L(o)ast Frontier

2006-01-27T11:02:00.000+07:00

And, the evening was beginning to fade away the triumphs and failures for the particular Battle day.He was feeling all sick and tired with a day full of battles.Though, he had been the last person to enter the army, the Dictator had made it a strict rule that one from the family should serve the army.
Initially, the idea had fancied him many chances to serve for his country.But, lateron, when it all had happened, he had to admit that his country was completely greedy to attack and acquire the land of the neighbouring tiny country.Though, he had tried to stop himself from helping his country hurt the neighbours, he had very less chances to protest for the same.
And, yes, he had enrolled himself into the army and this present day had been his 7th day of War. He could see through his brown eyes that lots of lives had been lost during the day.And, he had found himself one of the culprits for the loss of lives.
From the very first day of his battle-field, he had vowed to himself this would be the last time he would ever appear for his country's army.He hated the whole system of war and though the need for protecting our own land remained stationary and imperative.Silently, he had prayed for his country's defeat, being a nice citizen who considered other country's benefits as well.
And, all of a sudden, it happened the next day.It was the eighth day of war and suddenly his side were losing lot of armymen with the introduction of tanks aplenty by the so-called tiny country.He wondered what fortune would it require to the tiny country to make or buy such tanks and why his country never depended on such tanks to protect itself, if not to attack the neighbours.
He tried his heart-out to be loyal to his own country by being brave in the front..But, all he left with was, the loss of lives of his compatriots.Then, came the announcement from his side that the war had been lost and the tiny neighbour country has acquired his country and from the next day onwards his country would be a republic effectively electing the President & Prime-Minister through Peoples' Elections.

He silently thanked God that his prayer had been heard by him.
And, so, it was his Lost and Last Frontier.

Ganguly's Exclusion

2005-12-17T12:59:00.000+07:00

The present issue rocking the Indian Cricket Board and Our Parliament, the Ganguly's Exclusion from Indian team has got to be considered with different perspectives.Though, the most-likely reason might be Politics inside the Board, there are no evidences for its existence.Moreover, Politics is not an Alien term for our Indian Cricket Team.

When I speak FOR his Exclusion,I doubt, only because it was Ganguly, the issue has taken such a U-Turn.Otherwise,because of this dirty politics involved inside our Board, the cricket team have had to sacrifice lots of talented individuals during the past 2 decades or so.There were times when everybody knew without an inch of doubt that because of Politics a particular Individual had been shown door and their names never got into for discussion once again later.But, Ganguly's case was in with a different Scenario. The Board claimed that they had to give opportunities to a few young talents at the expense of such a senior Cricketer like Ganguly.It made sense when they didn't select him for the One-Day series against South Africa.

When I speak AGAINST his Exclusion, the immediate word that comes to my mind is "Everybody is entitled to a Fair-Deal" and Ganguly deserved a better treatment.As the famous quote goes,"Class is permanent and Form is Temporary".Ganguly is certainly a CLASSY player and his present form raised lots of doubts about his class.But, everybody can never perform on consistently in every match. He was having a bad-patch, which, if given proper time, he could have got into his own ways of making big runs.The Board had shown him door during the South Africa series and when they knew there wouldn't be a match without Ganguly at Kolkata, they selected him(Politics, Again !!!) and had him play a match(where, he performed reasonably well to have got scores of 39 & 40 in both the Innings).Then, again leaving him out and raising many an eyebrows whether Saurav can ever find his place in the team.

As a whole, it seemed, though the board denied any political involvement,Ganguly was not treated fair enough for his Image.Looking ahead the future,hope the Board Corrects its policies about selecting and Omitting the Players and make our Indian Team a Very strong one to watch out for during the next World-Cup.

---Indian Cricket Fan

Congratulations to Sachin On Getting his 35th and Record Hundred

2005-12-16T17:30:00.000+07:00

Many Congratulations to my Ever-Favourite MASTER, SACHIN TENDULKAR On Getting his 35th Test Hundred, fittingly on Indian Capital, mouth-shutting many of his critics.

This is what the Present Indian Captain has to say about the GENIUS....

'Adaptability is his greatest talent' - Rahul Dravid

Office Use....

2005-11-26T16:44:00.000+07:00

I couldn't believe that I spent the past few months not being so attentive to my friends and not being so addicted to my blogs. Dont ask me "What happened to U..?!?!" rather.. ask me .."What happened to ur Office?!?!".. As we all know we dont wanna spend a penny towards anything regding Internet... We all have the same view in this one thing.. ie., Lets Use Our Office Computer... That was what i also had in my mind.... But, Due to some Godforsaken Cost Control, my Company preferred some other Connection, through which their Office needs were satisfied to the fullest keeping us away from the Internet....

Gone are those Days... !!!

I will, in all probabilities, be in India in Feb-March. So, i think, i will be back to my Usuals with Blogs..So, till then, lets shake our Hands and bless me to be back again soon.... :-)

That Final Over

2005-08-13T09:56:00.000+07:00

18 runs to get off my last over.They still had 3 wickets left in the bench apart from the wicket in the middle.It was pretty obvious that my captain would depend on me to bowl the last over, as it had always been.Thankfully, on previous 2 occasions, my bowling proved to be tough for the opponents to score off in such crunch situations.
He passed on the ball to me and made a winning smile already, simply because 18 runs off the 6 possible balls is tough enought for any team considering the hot conditions.Frankly, I was a bit over-confident about myself, thanks to my own best performances previously.
I knew already that the batsmen who were up against me were capable of stunning anybody.But, i was (over)-confident about myself.
The first ball, i thought would decide the fate of the game, i bowled was just outside the offstump and just short enough for any batsman. And, he pulled it off effortlessly through the long-on boundary for a huge six. I was stunned as well as worried. I had never thought he could score off with such an effortless ease.
12 off 5 balls.....
I was almost sure, everything depended on this very ball. If he could put one through again, then they would be home.This time, I bowled a very juicy middle-length over-pitched delivery and anyone could have hit that for a double-six. That was what happened as the result.It sailed into the Square-leg Stance.
I could realise my captain came running at me.. and was asking, "what's happening, huh?? Cant u contain a batsman when 18 to get off the last over??" i had never seen him worried and angry.I knew it was the perfect time to prove myself !!!
I realised, I had to deliberately apply some tactics to contain him, if not i cud get his wicket.So, i thought of my usual weapon -- The Slower One. The one i was famous for.
I bowled this one into the middle & off and a bit slower in pace. The batsman was caught into twin-minds and he tried to hit into the stance again and couldnt connect the ball, had to settle for a single. At that time, i knew I had a upper hand, since i knew the batsman now on strike was less-dangerous compared to the other one.
The last 3 balls i bowled were just simple normal deliveries. The best part was,the final ball being a full-toss and the batsman could only get a single and we were home by about 3 runs.I was particularly jubilant about my own record of bowling the last over was in tact and it helped our team to win such crunch games...

Down (a bad) Memory Lane...

2005-07-26T16:11:00.000+07:00

Yes, It was him. She had to make sure twice before she could believe her eyes.She cursed herself why she had to see him again.She tried to turn and pay her bill and leave that place as soon as possible.
Before she could turn and open her wallet to pay the bill, he was there in the opposite chair in her table.She was surprised to feel the same attraction she had felt a long time ago, may be 6 years ago.Nope, 7 years, she corrected herself.. 'That Sonofa*****', she thought.
He smiled at her with a vibration in his smile.She had asked god a lot of times, why he had given him a neat smile, a charming face but a wicked & crook heart which had once tore her apart. She really had loved him very much. She had been very fair in her love for him.But, he never should have done that to her, she thought.
She had been working as a Customer Service Executive. They had been in love for about a year. Then, he had come to her one day, saying they'd better part because he thought their love would never work out. She was shocked, then, that without a proper reason he wanted to get parted with her. She never had imagined such a word would come out of his mouth.
After that, he had avoided meeting her, often giving some excuses. She had felt heart-broken and she had vowed to herself that she should never meet him again in her life.A month after that, she had seen a newspaper header which read, "Million $ Banker: Small Banker weds a Millionaire's Daughter".
Now,after 7 years, she was now meeting him. With lot of hesitation, they ordered coffee and no words came out of her mouth. She simply was watching him perform his yet another drama.
He told her that his wife was one real psycho.She thought atleast God was fair enough to give a psycho for him. She laughed at herself. But, when he was telling her everything about his wife, she was getting to know who the real psycho was.He told her that his wife always wanted his company, always protested when he was drinking a lot, waited to have dinner with him and much more complaints he kept on added.
He ended his long speech with the words which really shocked her," Do you think this was what i married her for? I wanted a real luxury life, a wife who can be very very social and not like the one i married. I am bored. I want a change in my life.We loved sincerely. And, i still love you. I want to join hands with you. What do u say??"
Without much hesitation, she started to speak." What do u think of yourself ? U are very sick. I feel the biggest mistake i ever did in my life, is when i thought i loved u. You are a sick maniac.You're a kind of person, who gets bored with ur life pretty easily.You said, 'WE loved sincerely', but, let me tell u something, it wasnt WE, It was I. I was very sincere in our Love and not U. And, to tell u now, the truth, I am very much happy with my life and i have already got my real companion.Just go away from here and try to live ur life for ur wife.Your wife is really better than me.I would never have tolerated such things, if we had ever married.I would like to forget what had happened then. I would even like to forget this day meeting with u.So, Get out of this place and a good-bye to u."
She started towards the exit and was already gone, still he was glaring at her for long, without able to understand her point.Because, he really was a sick Crap.

Arya

2005-07-22T18:25:00.000+07:00

Chapter 1

It was one of those mornings one would feel like sleeping. Anjali was doing just that.Despite her thoughts wandering about her college, her friends & her family, she was determined not to uncover her blanket and let the sunlight spoil her sleep.
Nature was one of her best friends and Sun was her bestest. So, it lets her sleep as long as she wishes to.
She heard her mom’s voice from a long distance and slowly opened her glittering blue eyes with a big yawn proceeding from her mouth. It was 7.10 in the morning and her usual timing of wake up has already passed by half an hour. Her mom was usually strict about getting up. “a girl should wake-up by the sunrise, if not before the sunrise” , she used to tell her.
Having tied her long black hair, she sat before the mirror. She was looking at a girl, in her mid-twenties, fair, of medium height and quite beautiful. “Thanks, mom” Anjali knew her beauty came from her mom and the intelligence came from Dad. She used to kid with her mom, what would happen if it got reversed. Dad would laugh at it and her mom would punish her by not serving the breakfast and asking her to serve
herself. It was an ideal family for Anjali. She used to wonder what will happen when she gets married. ‘ That’s long way from now’ she thought.
Yet, she didn’t know it wasn’t that far away, before she meets with her guy.
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As it was getting late for her college, she skipped her breakfast only to make her mom furious. But, she kissed her mom and gone with the wind. ‘Oh God! Always Keep my Child Happy’ she prayed.
Even though, Anjali could afford a car to go to college, she never wanted to do it. Because, she knew she can feel the friendship of others in her class only if she could able to move along with them. So, she always wanted to be one amongst them.

Chapter 2

Love was probably the only thing which kept Arya alive till now. Otherwise, he would have killed himself half a dozen times after his dad, a drunkard, often beats his wife and child and all of a sudden died in a motor accident and his mom, for whom the only thing went wrong in her life was getting married to a drunken doughnut like his father.
His mom was a wonderful lady. She vowed to herself that she would never let her son be what her husband had been. She had taught him wisdom, Culture and above all the “Feel of Love”. She had taught him every fragrance of life to be happy and make others happy by loving them and caring for them. He had learnt every ways & means of love and he has become a professional in loving people, nevertheless what they feel
for him and without expecting anything in return.
He knew one day he would certainly get back what he had been giving to all the others. But, he never knew that day was not so far.
He had come to this new place after his mom had deserted him by reaching the other world. He had fought his life out to come to this new place only remembering his mom’s last few words, “Always remember to feel the love and in turn make others feel happy”. He had taken her mom’s last words in its right sense and moved to this place.
There was a large crowd of kids gathered just outside his accommodation of a single bed-flat. He came out to watch what was happening. Every kid was literally crying for no reason he could make out. He came out of his compound and asked for what happened. A Kid, wiping his tears, told Arya that a pet dog named “Sweetie” was accidentally fell down in the open manhole.
Arya remembered his mom’s last words. ‘I will have to help the sweetie and in turn make the kids happy’ he thought.
He tied his waist with a strong rope and put one end of the rope onto the tree that was beside. Without wasting another minute, he slowly was going under the manhole and in another five minutes, he was back with the “Sweetie”.
The smallest of the kids came forward to Arya and kissed him in his Cheek. And, other kids clapped in happiness as Arya could feel his mom’s wish becoming true—“To make others happy and being himself happy”.
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This was his first day of his college. As he was approaching the college entrance, something stuck to him like a good omen. Yet, he could not make out what actually was that. But, he certainly was sure, that it’s a good omen. Something good was going to happen to him.
He made his way straight to the Principal’s room and got done all the necessary formalities for a new entrant. The Principal wished him good luck and asked him to pickup the subjects as fast as possible since, he joined the college late after 3 months.
He thanked him and was now coming out of his room.
Anjali was now coming into the college and without doubt, all the guys’ eyes were watching her with a refreshing awe. Now, Arya saw one of the most beautiful eyes and hairs in Anjali. Something in his
inside told him to tell something to her. He asked his conscience once again. But, it didn’t answer.
His eyes met with hers. Anjali made no reaction, though. Arya knew what he has to do hereafter and what would happen. In a flash, she went past him and Arya was stranded with the fragrance of Anjali.

Chapter 3

“The Picnic will be full of fun, you should also come”, demanded a friend of Anjali. She never was interested in such picnics. She always would prefer to spend the weekends with her parents and she thought that was how she could make them feel happy and prosperous.
At home, “You should join in your college picnic” suggested her mom.
“Mom, you pretty well know, I won’t allow myself to isolate you both and I know how bad you both would feel if I go leaving you both alone. So, my answer is no.” She was clear in her thoughts.
“My dear, you must also make others feel happy. Happiness is selflessness. If you think we would be happy if you could stay with us. You are wrong. You should give equal priority to others, as well. Now, I assure you that we will be very happy if you are happy and make others happy by being one among them. So, you are going with them.” Her mom said.
Anjali gave herself a second thought and realized her mom was right, in a way. “Ok mom. I will go with them. At least for the happiness of you, people.” She smiled lightly and continued watched F.R.I.E.N.D.S on T.V

Chapter 4

The Sunset was too glorious from where Anjali and her friends have been watching it. Anjali could realise her mom was right that she should make others happy by doing what possibly could make them happy. She could feel the happiness in her friends' eyes now.
As they were standing at the tip of the small ship, she could overhear some guys talking. One was saying," I can give my life to get her love" and the other was replying,"I know u can only say that in words, not in actions".
Prerna, her friend, was beside her, also overhearing the conversations going on behind them. Suddenly, as Anjali was enjoying every moment of her picnic, her necklace got stuck with the sharp wood which was placed at the edge for safety, fell down and drowned into the sea.
Her friend also was watching it getting drowned into the sea. She now turned to the guys who were commenting at the back and told them. "Hello, guys ! you need not give your life to get Anjali's love, at least try to get back the necklace which fell down now" and saying that she made a harsh look at them. The guys bent their faces as they did not know how to react.
At that moment, there was a sound of a drowning. A guy had slipped off the ship and drowned into the sea. After that, there was silence as there was no news about who it was, who fell down.
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Anjali was walking through the beachside hearing some nice melodies. She could clearly view a diary with a peacock leaf with it at a far end about 10 feet from there. She went there and picked it up. There it was written,
"I knew You were mine,
Even before i saw u.
I know You are mine,
When i saw u the first time,
I am sure,
You will feel this soon.
Even if i wanna die a 1000 times,
I dont mind,
The one moment u spare to feel my love
will rest my soul in peace...."
She was mesmerised by the writer's feelings. She could not know who it could possibly be. She thought of commenting about that. She started writing...
"I pray u get that lucky girl feel ur love, soon..."
she closed the book and started again.

Chapter 5

Time was rolling on very fast. It was their Final semester and she could feel, although she has had every feel about friendship, yet she knew she is missing the real feel of love.
It was the First week of February and already the celebrations about the Valentine's day had begun in the college.
Arya was loving Anjali more than her parents or anyone could ever love her. But, simply he did not have the courage to let her know and he feared how she would react about the same.
Anyway, he prayed God to give him the courage to propose her. He trusted God.
Almost everyone had prepared a different way of proposing Anjali. Although, it had become customary for the guys in her college to propose her during the V-Day, this time it was more vibrant simply because, it was Anjali's last year of college.
The Dawn of V-Day ... And the college walls were smiling at each other as every guy was proposing to some girl or the other and getting rejected and getting accepted. Anjali, though was getting irritated by the so-boring proposals, was actually on the verge of losing her patience & temper.After all, the irritations had its limits.
This was her 8th Proposal for the day. And, she simply was losing her temper and rejected every guy saying that she had no interest on such things.Then, came the new inclusion to the list, Arya.
He came to her and sweetly said a "Hi". She replied with a "Hi".
Then, with all his courage, he brought himself to say "I Love U".
She replied,"I hardly know u.How can u ever say those words to me. How do i look like to u? a Clown who can be proposed by every guy in the college??? just go away". Without wanting to waste a second, she rushed to the college exit.
Arya cursed himself and he could never know how he could ever get such a courage to tell her like that. But, something inside told him that she would realise his love.
At the bus stop, Anjali could rewind all the proposals she had been receiving all day and the one which made her feel bad of herself was the one of Arya's. When she said all those words against him, she could feel a pain in his eyes, which was lacking in every other faces. She was sure, she made a mistake and shouldnt have said those words that fast. She should have made him understand, she thought.
At that point of time, there came those 'Arya Kids'. After that "Sweetie manhole"
incident, all the kids named their group, 'Arya Kids'. They were proud of Arya and their group name.
The same Smallest of the kids, came forward to Anjali. She had always been fond of Children, especially smart, cute, chubby children. The smallest of the kids was just how she would like.
He came forward and told her,"Don't you like Arya? We all like him very much. He saved our sweetie from the manhole once and he always shares his everything with us. Because, he is just like us. An 'Orphan'.I am sure, if Arya is here, he will scold me that i used that word.I dont know how to say this. I would like u to see this." he handed over a package wrapped with a gift-wrapper and a balloon was pasted on it saying 'Feel my Love'.
She took the package from the kid and slowly started opening it. Inside there was a Diary and it was already opened. There she found the verses.
"I knew You were mine,
Even before i saw u.
I know,You are mine,
When i saw u the first time,
I am sure,
You will feel this soon.
Even if i wanna die a 1000 times,
I dont mind,
the one moment u spare to feel my love
will rest my soul...."
and below there was a reply..
"I pray u get that lucky girl feel ur love, soon..."
and in the next page, there was a necklace which undoubtedly bare her initials on it. Her heart pounded and she started to panic. She did not know how to react in a situation like this. Everything started to fall in its place.But, one thing was clear about her conscience which felt hurt when she spoke those words against him.
She bent and kissed softly the cheek of the kid and started towards the college. Arya was sitting his back against a tree branch.And, just by seeing his face, one can tell that he had been crying for long.
She came near Arya and he stood to his feet immediately on seeing her. Arya started to say, "I'm sorry", but he stopped short of words, on seeing the diary and the necklace residing in her hands. He was Jubilant and he knew the only way the package could ever reach Anjali was through the kids -- Arya Kids.
She said to him,"I've never known that a guy can risk his life to get a not-so-worthy thing like a necklace compared to one's life.I liked the verses u wrote then, and frankly speaking, I wanted to be that lucky girl in the first place.And, the immediate thing i am going to do is to remove the word 'Orphan' from the dictionary and....." before she could finish, he asked her, "So, do u feel my love now?"
She blushed for the first time and hid her face with the balloon which read 'Feel my
Love'......

Ir-Regularity

2005-05-17T10:29:00.000+07:00

It seems, long time since i blogged... the primary reason being, not me being busy, but my company is planning to remove all the accesses to the internet.Although, its prolonging week by week, it looks certain now that they are gonna take out the connections to ensure betterment in our company.Though, i personally feel like I work better "with internet" than "Without it".

Thatz becos, i hav been used to working with internet side-by-side.. I dunno wat am i gonna do without this.. anywyz.. these are those things which life pours on us.. WE hav to take it in its right sense.... Anywyz.. as it goes without saying, there ARE a lot of cafes nearby.. and duly waiting for my presence there.. ;-)

Jus to go eye 2 eye with the topic i mentioned... The IR-Regularity will b dealt perfectly every weekends.....

18 Till I Die ...

2005-05-06T18:17:00.000+07:00

I jus love that song of Bryan Adams for more than one reason...

Everyone who sees me for the first time, comes up with certain facial changes or some verbal advancement by bring themselves to ask me "are u still in ur college?" or like "Wats ur age... i bet, its below 20" ... i dont feel like telling them the lie " yep, me jus turned 19 last month".but, i wouldnt do that... rather i wud return them with a smile on my face and say," do i look that young????" or "oooops... its actually the other way around.. i finished my college in 2k1 and still feel like a college guy, though".

But, this sort of illusion got strengthened whenever my mom wished me that i shud b young & smart as always and she used to tell me that i look very young when i remove my moustache and look clean-shaved.... And, I wonder, I am the only person on earth to hav shaved the moustache on my mom's request.Yes.. I did shave off my moustache when it was jus beginning to grow... My mom had told then,"kutty, jus shave ur moustache, this isnt my son, Avinash.U sure wud look even more younger without that moustache". I dint realise exactly wat my mom had wanted me to understand.. Now, i realise the whole idea of her.I am young and with the way the ppl recognises my age... atleast, I feel i am young.... ;-)

But, My Inner-self sometimes warns me not to think too much young as everyday dawns, me getting closer to death... ooops.. if thats not the exact term to tell, i am getting older... ;-)

I am sure, most of the times, the persons who said i was young.. they were jus making Sarcastic Remarks...

Chandramukhi - First Day First Show

2005-05-02T12:21:00.000+07:00

When it sounds the way it does, everyone wud feel its First day first show in a theatre.. Nah !!! We dont hav a single theatre in Jakarta which screens Tamizh Movies... But, there are many theatres here which show HINDI MOVIES..

So, coming to the original Blog aspect, Yes... Chandramukhi First Day First show in a Restaurant here in Jakarta.We were about 60 Indians in that simple yet Superb Indian Restaurant called "Palki - Indian & Chinese Cuisine". There was a projector and its about half the size of a normal Theatre Screen...

We had got the CD frm certain Source and we were all set for the Chandramukhi...

It was, no doubt, a Tremendous Effort from our Thalaivar that he cut-short his magic and aimed at serving the Script ( normally, the script will b based on Rajini but, in this movie, Rajini had worked hard to match the Character.... in a way, it was healthy competition between Superstar & the Screenplay )

Jyothika has done a commendable performance and with the Multiple personality Disorder-affected person requires a lot of Facial Expressions and surprisingly slim-looking Jyothika did look good in that role... Prabhu, for that matter,has had a good performance under his belt, after a rather-average performance in his previous venture VasoolRaja MBBS.

The Most Enchanting character of the movie is,undoubtedly Vadivelu.This comedian has shown a different perspective to the comedies.. and he has had a good outing alongwith the Superstar... Especially, the scene in which he expresses his fear with a blend of comedy when he was left alone in the "Booth Bungalow".

As for others, Rajini's opposite Nayanthara, even though, is the heroine of this movie,eventually lost her heroine cadre to Jyothika's performance.She can have a Pride that she has acted in Rajini's Film as his partner.And, Some of the Characters looked just ordinary and needless to say, those were just included to show the strength of any other Rajini's Movies....

This film, all along, will do well.. as its doing well in all counters in all Theatres all over the world now..

All i can say is , Rajini is Back........

Nothing to Blog

2005-04-29T10:24:00.000+07:00

Actually, today i dont hav anything to blog.But, still, i just want to keep up my blogging momentum going, so that i wont lose any of my energies of blogging.

Yesterday, I did not hav any idea whatsoever to go to my boss's home...remember, the colleague who came frm India day b4 yesterday ( who brought in the laddu ), he wanted to go to his home & meet my boss's family.So, we both went there and had a really nice time.

I was talking like hell yesterday..... did not leave out any topics.Had discussed from Cricket to Spirituality and from Movies to Pav Bhaji.... ooops.. yes... Pav Bhaji... I had that after quite a long time....I remember i had that in an India Club function here in jakarta months ago...But, this home-made Pav Bhaji was jus like wat my poor soul requires...;-)

My boss's wife is a kind woman but, I showed no mercy to the Pav Bhaji She served me..I made it look like i was hungry for 6 months.... And had already had 8 plates of Pav Bhaji and wanting more... but, stopped only to know that everybody else had finished with their dinner...And, I am sure, she must hav felt, after seeing how i had had the food, she should hav invited me for a proper dinner.. and its going to happen no sooner than tommorow.. We are having a Bhajan session in the same "Pav Bhaji" Home and a Delicious Dinner is at stake.Though, it may sound like i am going only for the dinner, well, as it goes without saying, its also a part of the reason....

Thirupathi Ezhumalai Venkatesa

2005-04-28T14:30:00.000+07:00

Whenever i say Thirupathi, my heart returns me with the prasadam "laddu".Since my family's wat we call--kula deivam--Family god is Thirupathi Venkatesa Perumal,i hav had the privilege of visiting the temple quite a lot of times.

Yesterday, one of my friends or rather colleagues who had returned from India brought in the prasadam.To all of our Surprise,the laddu was almost bowling ball sized one.I was really surprised to have such a laddu after long long time.Because, these days, the laddu is only a cricket ball sized one-- may be a kind of cost-control from the authorities of TTD.But, this one was pretty different.

When i enquired about it, i got the truth.My friend had actually done with the Kalyana Utsavam there.Thats why he cud get such a big laddu and he had got over 10 laddus.

And there was this Special prasadam which wudnt be given to normal darshans--the Vada.It was like a dosai-sized one.and it tasted spicy and real strong.I remember, i hav had such a vada very very long back.

Last time, when i was in India, I had tried to hav Perumal's Darshan..but my effort had been in vain.I got struck in the Crowd which was there in thirumala during the Ramzan & Diwali period.They said, it was only possible to hav darshan only after 3-4 days.To hell with my tight schedule back home that time, I had to be content with the "Gopura Darshan".

I then realised, the truth, as they say, is It wasnt Our Wish to Darshan him, but its LORD PERUMAL's wish to give darshan to his Devotees.. So, i am waiting for my turn.......

Rendezvous with my Inner-Self

2005-04-27T15:35:00.000+07:00

Every now & then, i do get to feel that i am spking to somebody who is not visible to anyone, but to me.He is not a stranger, either.He is my own-self.With whom, i hav spent all these years,who has always stood by his own way of judgement not leaving me with too many options to choose to.But, i hav always been pretty happy that my own-self seldom lets me down.Thanks to my belief in my own-self, that i often able to deal with any kind of issues with my hands down.

When i feel down & out, my own-self conscience guides me the route to the way which probably is the perfect way.Even Before, i feel for anything ( sad or happy ) my inner-self starts feel about it and forces me how to react... Jus imagine if i dont follow my own-self, wat will happen. I will end up crying for my friend's newly born kid or wud be the happiest person to feel that another friend's dad expired...Both are extremities of Madness or let me put it as, Ignorance of One's own-Self.

When i make a Rendezvous with my own-self, Not surprisingly, i find that its smarter and way ahead with its far-seeing and abilities to adopt to different stages of life.For what, i am still trying to be like one, its already like one.Thats where it often defeats me, quite comfortably.

I sometimes feel like i am only the last person on earth to hav to speak with one's own-self.But, it warns me of such an attitude.Thats how I feel pride on my own-self.

When i cry it wipes of my tears explaning the tears wont erase the actual reason for my sadness.
When i smile it becomes happy and smiles back at me.
When i am jubilant about some victory, it says "Congrats, matey.Jus dont be a fool to praise urself for the past glory... life moves on, dude"
When i am sleeping it never sleeps.
When i wake up it was already there before me and gives me the Rejuvenation for the whole day
When i am tired... Own-self is the secret of my energy.
When i realise I made a mistake my own-self says," No probs.U dint do it deliberately.But, try not to do it again.."
When i started this blog it said "Go ahead. After all, ur writing about ur own self" ;-)

This RENDEZVOUS continues on and on and on....

Vettayadu Vilayadu -- Kamal's New Venture:

2005-04-27T09:19:00.000+07:00

"Hunt & Play" as it goes in English,Vettayadu Vilayadu, is the next venture from the Padmashri KamalHaasan.I've wondered a lotta times during the past, frm where this 50+ aged Actor gets all his energies & ideas.Its simply very simple.He is committed to his work & he has got lot of passion for his work.He Breathes, eats,drinks,lives Cinema.

I'm yet to see his newly released "Mumbai Express".But, one gets the impression that any movie which gets released during the time when the Superstar's movie is released, can only play a second-fiddle, no matter wat special it has in it. M.E is no different.

I hav always admired Rajni's Styles and Kamal's Acting.So, both of them are jus the same for me as far as their commitment to their profession is concerned.But, sadly many movies of Kamalhassan had not got the required & deserved response amongst the audience .Take for eg., Mahanadhi - which thus far is the best movie i hav ever seen about the children being taken and being made to prostitute, and Kamal had done excellently as the victim's dad in that movie. And, Kurudhipunal, Anbe Sivam, hey Ram and the list is endless.

I sincerely hope that this New Venture of Kamal gets the deserved Response frm the Audience and wish his new movie all the success..

Sun, Sun.... Go Away !!!

2005-04-25T11:23:00.000+07:00

It was one of the most Sunny-damn sunny days in Jakarta yesterday.The Worst part was i was sweating it out in the hot sun for about 4 hrs.Ask me wat? its Cricket Match, guys. Boy, it was sunny like hell.... It started well, though.It wasnt that hot when we batted.But, when we bowled, it was very tough.Also, for the fact that, yesterday we were short of bowlers, we were suffering.

The most hurting thing is, I was, though born in southern Tamilnadu, was brought up in Chennai, which is most famous for its Heat Atmosphere.And, now here, its not any different.Its even worse here.The fact that i cud handle the heat jus becos i had the experience of Chennai's heat was one aspect.. the other being i was frustrated with the heat of this tropical island's heat factor.... uffff...

Hardly, hav i ever felt the chill in here in Jkt.But, hav travelled a lotta hillstations in & around Jakarta.. and believe me, they are as cool as any other cooler places.

But, if it rains here in jakarta. it'll not stop for hrs.I hav seen some rains which lasted for 2 days.So, here it may rain & shine anytime.. God knows...

So, its apt to say that "Sun, Sun.. Go Away.. Dont come again another day"

Down Memory Lane

2005-04-24T10:43:00.000+07:00

Memories jus refuse to get erased... its simply true as far as the cricket passion in me in concerned.. Some Battles are still fresh as an apple kept in the freezer.It tastes jus the same as it was when it was kept inside...
This very day, sevens years ago, it was a very special moment for Indian Cricket.Especially its very special with Sachin (6+4)Dulkar.It certainly was.

It was the day of the Final of the Coca-cola Cup Cricket Tournament between Ind and Aus.India were flying high simply for the fact that Sachin was in his peak of his form.During those days, there was this sorepoint that India was repeatedly happy to be depending on Solely that one man,SACHIN TENDULKAR.And, he repeatedly not tired of pushing us ahead against even the strongest of the opponents.

It was such a situation that we had to defeat the aussies to enter the finals or to lose not more than 30 runs to throw the NZ out of the Final.And, Sachin did justice to his Popularity by scoring briskily a 143 which he, even now rates as his best hundred in ODIs.

And, in the Final on this very day, that day, Aussie won the toss and elected to bat and scored a commendable 272.But, With sachin on song, we might hav chased 372 as well.Sachin beginned with his usual flurry of strokes and soon India was on its way to the victory target quite easily in the end.

Wat made that knock special was ....

(1) it was his BIRTHDAY which was co-memorated with a century and his Man of the match & Man of the Tournament Awards.
(2) He made the Aussie doubt about their abilities which normally wasnt the case.Eg., Shane Warne used to get nightmares about Sachin's Sixes & Boundaries.
(3) Steve Waugh, a tough cricketer himself, felt Great about Sachin's batting to turn the match and he wondered if he cud bat like this, Worldcup 1999 wud b theirs.( but, eventually, Aussiemen won the worldcup '99)

This day had proved to be a Lucky day for Sachin and the Team-India.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO U SACHU.....

4 a Change !!!

2005-04-21T18:12:00.000+07:00

Jus For a Change, I feel like Blogging in Tamizh.... Fully in Tamizh...

Yebba... evlo nalla iruku.. Especially, Full-a Tamizh la Blog pannumbothu.Inga Ellame Semma bore adikudhu ipo ellam.. Enna irundhlum Chennai Madhri varathu.. Chennai really rocks !!!

Ada che... Indha nerathula naan Chennai la irundhu irundha 2 thalainga Padam release aagi iruku..Already enaku Kamal & Rajini Rendu Perayum romba Pidikum.. Aduvum 2 Thalainga padam ore naal Release aagarache Viduvenaaaa?????? Kandipa FIRST DAY FIRST SHOW mudiyatium kooda As Soon as Possible, pathu irupene.... :-).. Aaana inga :-(... will hav to wait for the CDs.hmmmmm.. Adhu eppo vandhu naan eppo pathu.. ore bejaaaaaaaaaaara pochu ba....I cud visualise within myself,anga ithanai nerathuku summa theatre la ellam ore kooootha irukum.. thats for sure...Adhellam miss panren romba.... hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm... nalla deep-a oru peru moochu utukaren naan....

Enna sonalum Namba Ooru madhri varuma????? Angha Life is quite Superb... Ingayum thaan.. Until & Unless we feel fed-up.

Inga ennoda friend Avaroda Visa change ku Singapore ponaru.. Adhe samayam Chandramukhi got released in Singapore.. So, anga poi Pathuttu vandhuttu engaluku kadhai sonaaru... solla solla enaku ore Stomach Burnings thaan.. Che India la illama poitomenu.. Ada Oru Singapore, US, illai namba Thalaivaru ku pudicha japan la work panninalavadhu I cud've seen the movie in the theatres... Inga Enaku therinja varaikum Tamizh Padam Theatre la Release aanadhe illai.. But, naan nerya Hindi padam Theatre la pathu iruken..

Hmmmmm... Koodiya Seekiram 2 Thalaivaru padamum pathaaganum... Hope it happens soon...

Crux :

(1) When the Clash of the Titans is happening india ( ie., Rajni Vs. Kamal ), We shud be in India or Atleast in Singapore.

(2) Even if a Tamilian wholeheartedly wants to spk in Tamizh, He can never do it.. Its the Actual Sorry-State of Tamizh now.

(3) And, I will never ever try to blog in Tamizh-Fully in Tamizh...

Madras Tamizh

2005-04-21T15:58:00.000+07:00

This was actually one of my friends sent me.. I found it a worthy collection of Madras Tamizh Words to punctuate in my Blogs.I am sure, my friend wont mind this and he wud appreciate this, if he sees my blog...

Madras -kkaaaran endru sollada !! Thalai nimirndhu nillada !!

The aesthetic quality of Madras Tamil comes from the fact that a classical (and old) language like Tamil is given that contemporary touch by the constructive intrusions from languages like Hindi, Telugu, Greek, Italian, Persian and most importantly English (naduvula konjam uttaks naina). As a result, the language may sound uncivilized, from the point of view of the Madurai folks, who seemingly say 'Vaanga..ponga..' even before 'veesing' the 'veecharuvaa' and the Coimbatore folks who add this sickening slur to every statement... and in their obsession with pure Tamil curb the unfettered evolution of the language, thereby leading to little or no development of the language itself. For instance, words like 'bejaar','peela', 'saavu graaki' have no sense and no equivalents in the Southern dialects of tamil. Certainly an inexplicable loss to Tamil Language!

Now, really getting into the mechanics of the spoken language, the most important point is the relative position of the lips while speaking. While most tamil dialects involve a cavity of 2 inches between the lips,Madras tamil involves a much lesser gap (0.5 to 1.2 Inches). Mastering the exact position is half the language learnt.

Assuming we're using flash cards,
Card# 1. All words-more specifically, all verbs need to be consistently shortened adhering to a set of strict rules. padithidu(read), mudithidu(complete), sabithidu(curse) will be gracefully shortened as 'Pachchi', 'muchchi', 'sabchi'. Note the conversion of the syllable 'da' to 'cha'. This is essentially true for the entire gamut of emotions to be conveyed in Madras Tamil. 'kondirukkiren' is converted for simplicity to '...nikkeren'. As a corollary, 'padithu kondirukkiren' ' = 'pachchi-nikkeren' 'kulithu kondirukkiren' = 'kulchi-nikkeren'.

Readers can understand immediately that this was done to save time, so that in the same period of time a Madras Tamilar can convey 1.5 times that of a Madurai Tamilar and 5,000 times that of a Coimbatore Tamilar (depending on the length of the drawl...like 'yaeeeeeeenunga?') One anomaly to this shortening rule is, some words get suffixed with the syllable 'ka'. So, summa = summaka, dhoora = dhooraka.

Card# 2. Madras Tamil does not use 'neenga' and 'nee' in different contexts. In fact, only 'nee' is used. This is not a deliberate attempt to degrade someone in public, but to offer a level playing field for everyone. So if the auto-karan asks 'enga ponum, unakku?' do not feel offended.

Card# 3. 'da' is used by ALL IIT guys and ALL policemen for quite different reasons. The tone of 'ennada, license enga, vootlaya?' and 'what da, where is the Jantha, da?' are self-explanatory. Incidentally, all words beginning with 'vee' can be unconditionally substituted with 'voo'. So 'Veedu' = 'voodu' and 'Vittuvidu' = 'vuttudu'. Coming back to 'da', a euphemism for that would be 'ba'. So a 'ennada' would be made to sound much less offensive with 'ennaba'. Other less effective words, principally used among friends include 'naina','vaadhyaare', machi', 'berther'(brother), 'allo'(hello)... the list is endless. ***When it comes to expressing intimacy and friendship, Madras Tamil is the best in the world.***

Card# 4. 'enna'(what?) in Madras is 'yeenaa?'. So, combining quations (2) and (5), (sorry ba, 12th Maths madhiree aaychee) 'yeenaa pachchinikkera?', 'yeenaa kachinikkera?'.

Card# 5. The syllable 'zha'(as in tamizh) becomes 'ya'. So, 'vaazhai pazham' is 'vaaya payam', 'vaazhkai' is 'vaaykai', 'vazhukki' is 'vaykki'. More than 95% of Tamil Nadu substitutes it with 'ya' or 'la'.

Card# 6. When it comes to borrowing words from other languages 'Madrassukku nigar Madrasse'. English words can be used in any context without feeling alien. 'wrongu', 'rightu', 'yechusme' Madras Tamil - Worth Reading !!.ems 'adjist','abase', 'abscond', 'beetiful', 'super', 'fruitu', 'pil im', 'figureu' and so on. Hindi has its contributions like 'bejaar'. Telugu: 'naina', 'baava', 'eppudu', 'cheppu' etc.

Many such languages have their representations all of which cannot be listed here. Also singular and plurals in English are
inversed. So, even one lady becomes 'ladees', one friend becomes 'priends', a vegetable puff becomes 'puphs' etc.

Miscellany: Superlatives are mostly functions of time and fame. But some superlatives like 'Lord Labakdas' ,'Amrican
citizen', 'Columbus', 'pisthu', 'pistha' can be used at any time, anywhere, guaranteed. The etymology of these words are unknown.

Slangs are very important in Madras. Especially while drunk, during 'kozha adi sandai' and in the 'paal booth'. 'saavu graaki', 'somaari', 'kasmalum' can be used as and when required

Madras tamil vachikinu Poondhu vilayadu mamu...

My Friend

2005-04-20T11:25:00.000+07:00

He was there for me, When I had to Hav him at my side.
He Laughed at my jokes, even though, it was not that laughable.
He cried for my griefs,even though, he wasnt directly affected.

He Priased me for nothing.
He Shared his feelings in watever way possible.
He Valued my friendship more than he had ever valued anything in his life.

He Never expected anything in return for his invaluable friendship.
He was pumping me up when i was down deep in dire strits.
He watched my every move and helped me go into the right path.

He was the right person when it came to revealing my news, be it a happy news or a bad one.
He made me feel younger and yet,stronger.
He had a Share of myself in HIM.

He cared for myself more than he cared for himself.
He asked for my presence to feel the strength of friendship, which noone ever had done.
He knew Watever i felt about him was True to my heart.

He is very far away frm me now,Yet not so far frm my Heart.

He was my friend, is my friend and will be MY FRIEND FOREVER.

Sweetie

2005-04-18T10:38:00.000+07:00

I was on my way to my computer class at 2.00pm in the bus.She was smiling at me at will.She was so cute & innocent looking in her smile.It was a kinda nice feeling since noone had ever smiled me like that.For my part,though,i jus made a half-smile at her.

I was standing in the bus, as it was fully-loaded with ppl of all ages.But, she was comfortably placed in the ladies side of the bus.I wondered wat made her smile at me like that.I was praying God that she must not get down before i had to.God was always in favor of me.HE made that possible.She was in no hurry to get down, it seemed.

I was enjoying her smile at my side and was trying at the most to reciprocate her with my smiling back.Her smile was sweet and within my ownself i named her Sweetie

She was wearing a Rose-colored half-sleeved shirt, yet it never looked very exposed.She was a cute girl, no doubt.Her hair was curly and was dancing here & there with the wind that was blowing from outside thro the window of her seat.I was jus enjoying my short span with her, literally.

Then came that sad moment, God finally was getting tired to fulfill my wish.She was preparing herself to get down frm the bus, just before the stop where i was supposed to get down.

Her Mom took her in her arms and was straightening her Rose-Colored Half-sleeved Shirt.It seemed to me, that she was
watching her daugher & me.She finally was on her feet to get down and Sweetie was still in her arms.

She said to Sweetie, pointing at me ,"anna ku tata sollu"....

Sweetie waved her hands as if she was telling me "bye bye"

Eh !!! Weekend.....

2005-04-16T09:32:00.000+07:00

These days when the work has reduced to 5-days a week in most of the Software & IT-enabled companies in india, its quite boring to feel that my company in indonesia still hanging on to the 5-1/2 day a week pattern.The 5 days of work wud normally run like a Alonso-driven F1 Car,whereas the saturday ( even if its a 1/2 day structure, i am used to stay in the office until 3 or 4 in the evening ) runs like our Hardworking MTC driver-driven Bus in Chennai.

Usually Weekends are very very speedy.I am used to spending my weekends at my friend's apartments.And, sunday mornings are always fixed for Cricket matches.Here, we hav got superb facilities.I am happy that, cricket, my passion is still a passion for me.I feel pity for my friends who, once were crazy about cricket,neither cud spend time to play cricket, nor they cud watch it live when its on live in T.V. I feel elated with the fact that i cud still see a lotta cricketing skills in me.

So, its another weekend beckons me."yeah yeah.. me coming... jus dont go away that speedily...... me catching u.... "

Mad'Ras

2005-04-14T17:32:00.000+07:00

Though, I was born in the district of Thanjavur ( Sounds like the District of Columbia, huh ?!?! ), a tiny little town called Mayiladudhurai ( popularly known as Mayavaram ), where till now i had gone only twice if my memory serves me right, i hav got a fairly good enuf view about Chennai... I knew about Chennai right frm its days when it was called as "Madras", simply becos I hav been brought up there for almost 22 years.

I'd jus now been separated frm Madras ( I feel like Madras was like more of a name which finds place in everybody's tongue rather than "Chennai".. though, now everybody seems to be changing themselves to call our City, Chennai ) before 2 years or so.Yet, the Charm is still keeping its position in me.Although, the climate used to be unfairly Hot out there during the months of summer..I used to wonder, the word summer got its name frm its closely-related city-Madras or Jus becos Madras was Heat there existed a name "Summer". To sum it up, its rationale thinking.

This Blog's title isnt "Madras" but, its "Mad'Ras". It's got some meaning to it.I've never travelled to any other major cities in India.Not even to Bangalore, Hyd, or any other northern cities like Delhi or its western-counterpart Mumbai.But, hav visited Andhra a heaven lotta times since it was my father's native.So, it makes sense, that I am really Mad about Mad'Ras.

Madras has got its own Profile.Having stamped as the Southern Metropolitan of India, it's often tried to serve its purpose.It has developed a lot during the past decade.There seems to b a lotta differences every time i visit Madras after i'd come here.

Madras has got its own culture and its places.... Especially the Marina Beach.For record, i guess, its the Second largest beach in the whole world, only second to the Florida Beach in the US.That itself shows the kinda culture it holds...As for me, I, myself,hav seen some beaches in india & in here.During the Post-Tsumani period, hav gone to many beaches here in Indonesia.But, the fear of Tsumani was the most fearful aspect of such visits.

I really feel like missing a lot of Chennai----

its charm,
its climate ( huh, wat a heat ?!?! ),
the MTC Bus services,
the lingo ( ore bejaaaaaaara keedhu ba ....) and the people,
During Rainy seasons--the roads,
Not During Rainy seasons--the roads,
Cricket matches we used to play having the bet amount not higher than Rs.2/-,
a Ride in the bicycle to nowhere,
Travelling in the footboards of City buses not giving any kinda reaction to the yelling conductors, as if they were concerned about their own lives and not ours,
Having forced to go 4-bles ( like doubles or Triples, as it goes ) and carefully getting down at the signal point to avoid being caught by the Traffic Policeguys ( popularly known as "Mamas" ),
The khana-peena in hotels specially in the kaiyendhi bhavans,
IF cricket matches no-food,no-water literally like a sanyasi in front of the TV screen

and the list is endless..

Aint i Mad about Mad'Ras ???????? How about u ????

An Indonesian Handicap

2005-04-13T13:40:00.000+07:00

A Couple of weeks ago, I started from my office early enough to watch the Ind Vs.Pak Encounter.Since, I dont hav a Facility at my home to watch any of the Indian Channels,I used to watch the Indian Programmes & Cricket matches, as such, at some of my friend's home, where there are Parabolas and Decoders to treat our eyes.

That saturday, was no different frm any of the other Cricket days.I started frm my office around 2 in the afternoon, by then,the Indian batting got over.So, we were hurrying to our friend's place which is about a 8-9 km drive frm my office.

The "Road-side beggars", mostly the ladies, having their infants in their arms, and youths in their teens, usually are in large numbers in Indonesian Road Signals.This particular thingys caught my attention whenever i passedby that signal.

Here, the normal practice is like, asking Wages for no-work.I've myself wondered a lotta times, guys placing themselves in the middle of the highways and showing the drivers of the BMWs and Benz's how to take a U-Turn as if but for their acts, the drivers dont know how to take the U-turn, and asking their usual Rp.1,000.And, the Chinese ppl, having stamped themselves as the main players of the Indonesian economy & its daily-changing goddamned culture,jus are happy to keep these young & energetic indonesians as wat they are, the road-side beggars-personified, wud encourage them not to work but make them happy with giving them the so-called minimum denomination of the Indonesian currency - Rp.1000.

And, there was this man, in his Thirties,with his hand paralyzed and i hav see him a lotta times,selling some water bottles in that traffic signal.He is certainly not of a beggar-cadre,Surprisingly.

As i said, I was on my way to my friend's place with two of my friends together in a Toyota-Kijang.We stopped ourselves in the Traffic Signal. and That man came at our side having kept his paralyzed hand down and raising the other with which he was selling the Water bottles.Since, Myself & my friend had walked abt 1/2 a km to reach for this my friend's car, we were really feeling thirsty and I asked my friend to get me a bottle of water.The friend who was on the wheel, opened the door and asked with that man a bottle of mineral water.

"Mas, mau satu bottle Aqua" ( Boss, need a water bottle ) said my friend.

"Yeah, pak.Ambil ini" ( yes sir. Here it is ) Replied tht man handing the bottle to my friend.

"Berapa Mas ???" ( how much is that??? )

"Satu seribu rupiah, pak" ( One bottle is Rp.1000)

"Oh.. ok mas.itu adalah lima Ribu rupiah.Tidak usah kembali.boleh peigang, pak." ( oh.. okie.. Here i give u Rp.5,000. No need for the change. u can keep it )

"Pak. Maaf pak.Kalau saya boleh ambil uang gratis, tidak usah jual Aqua, pak.Saya bisa kerja pak.Tuhan kasih dua tangan untuk saya.Satu saya udah kasih untuk Tuhan kembali.Terima kasih untuk beli Aqua, pak". ( Sir, very sorry.If i thought of begging, wat is the need for selling this Aqua bottles? I can work, sir.God had given me with two hands.And, i had given him back one.I dont wanna beg or steal for my survival.Thank you for buying the Aqua bottle. ) Saying that, he returned my friend with the balance Rp.4000.

Myself & my other friend were now staring to that friend who was driving.And, the next minute, We three were watching the man leave to the next car.

I made myself sure, Hard work never Dies even if there is a Handicap.

Me Atlast !!!

2005-04-07T16:57:00.000+07:00

Its been quite a looooong time since i wrote a blog.... Only when one of my best friends woke me up, i realised, i shud write something to keep my momentum up about blogs.

Often,Boredom strikes me like hell.Being away frm the mother(land),it--refers to the boredom here--usually strikes double. I needed all my energy to keep it away frm myself.Unfortunately, the boredom Succeeds most of the times.Only when i play cricket during sundays, Or watching it live the cricket matches,Or during the time i listen to some of the mp3 songs i hav in my system or at home, i get over it.

Shall gather my everything to write something soon.As far as now, its no mean effort to re-enter to my own Blogs, i guess.

Me With Mr.Pappaiah...

2005-03-23T16:28:00.000+07:00

Mr.Solomon Pappaiah, as the Name Goes for him..... Nothing else needed to be said to give his introduction.His name in itself is his Introduction.

I shared a few moments with him when he visited Jakarta last June.He is a nice person full of knowledge, always smiling,never over-reacts.

He was in here to Judge the Debate, which was part of the agenda in our Jakarta Tamizh Mandram.Though,there were other programmes punctuating the function,It was HIS Pattimandram which had become the highlight.

As he entered the Arena, the first thing i noticed was he was very much like a down-to-earth person and he wud attract anyone with his smile & knowledge.

Actually, i was supposed to have spoken in that Debate... to hell with my bad luck that i lost the golden opportunity to some other speakers simply becos they needed 4 men & women on either sides of Debate......

Before the Patti mandram started,the other programmes went on nicely.I had the privilege of speaking to Mr.Pappiah personally.Since, I was one of the volunteers for that function, i was asked to assist the Guest.I thought it was my good fortune that i cud spk with him few minutes.

He was jus finished talking to some of the members of the Tamizh Mandram.Then He turned towards me and asked,"Where is the toilet???"....

"Yes, sir.Lemme show u the way." i said.

Slowly he started to spk with me "Thambi enna panreenga inga indonesia la???" ( Wat r u doing in Indonesia? )

"Naan inga work panren aiya" ( I am working here, sir )

"Ada .. apdiya? nalladhu.enna vayasu aaguthu thambi ungaluku ???? " ( Oh.. is it.? good.How old are u, boy? )

"enaku 23 aarthunga aiya" ( i am 23 years old, sir )

"Parava illaiye... avan avan namba oorula 33 vayasagium velai kedaikama, kedaicha velaila irukama irukaan.. 23 vayasula inga velai seireenga ... kekka sandosama iruku" ( oh.. nice.There are guys who, even after becoming 33 yrs old, are not wiling to work or cudnt get to work. Im happy hearing this)

Then he started asking about Indonesia & ppl.And wondered about the ppl & culture here.

And at last while we cud the see the toilet entrance nearby,the most hilarious thing happend.
he asked me "en thambi, ingayum aambalaingalum pombalaingalum thani thaniya thaan toilet povangala.? illai onna kooda povaangala " ( hey boy, here, do the men & women use different toilets or they use the same ??? )

I was laughing like hell & was quite flattered with the fact that how much sense of humor this man possesses.

Then, the patti mandram he judged was simply astonishing and was feelilng lucky to hav attended his patti mandram...

Few Things in Life..........

2005-03-17T16:44:00.000+07:00

Sleeping at my mom's lap.
A Friend's Shoulder to Cry on.....
An Early morning Rain ( which wud keep me in my bed ) ;-)
A Kid's Weep....
An Infant's Smile. .....
A Baby's Speech .. ( Most part I wont understand.. but wud feel it )
A Walk on the Seashores... anytime.
Any Mild/Soft/Melodious Music ... Mostly of Ilayajara's.
M.S.Subbulakhsmi.. Wow.. Wat a Voice... Can hear her all-along...
Watching Cricket Match when Sachin is on Song.....
Getting a passmark in a Subject for which i never studied for.
A Warm Vadai with a Tea during Rainy Season...
Scolding my brother for nothing..... :D
Fighting with mom to let me sleep for some more time in the morning.....
Begging mom to change the channel to watch the Cricket match atleast during the Break during Serials... To hell with the SunTV megaserials ;-)
To sing in the Bathroom....
A Mosquito-free Sleep.....
Getting properly rewarded for our HardWork....
A Free/Discounted ISD Call to India......... hehe
Travelling in a Tri-Cycle...

These are the few things in life..........which i cherish and relish !!!

'The God-Sent Angel'

2005-03-17T13:42:00.000+07:00

More than 10,000 Runs in both forms of Cricket.About 37 One-day Hundreds and on the verge of crossing Gavaskar with his next (35th) hundred any time from now.He really is a Genius....a God-Sent Angel.

Many times in his career, Sachin had saved Our Indian Side frm Slide.And those were really special moments.And as far as i am concerned, i am a regular follower of Sachin ever-since he had started shining in 1991-92 series in Aus and the worldcup that followed.Since then, he had mastered lotta techniques in cricket and made his team revolve around him.And, not to forget, there were times when, in our side, Only if sachin shines, we Win. ( That was a kinda Weakness, i agree. Yet, Sachin had saved India a lotta times.)

What Stands out in Sachin's Records, is his ability to score runs as quickly as possible.For a person who has scored more than 23,000 Runs in both forms of Cricket, his Strike rate in both forms of game is simply astonishing.For his whole of 13,000 runs in his ODI, his strike rate is jus under 90. ( 88-odd ).That shows how quickly he gets his runs.

I think, its time for Sachin's Critics to shut up,since he has proved that he is a Real Class-act in both tests & one-dayers.. and the day is not far away when Tendulkar will become the Highest Run-getter in Tests too.

Congratulations Sachu and U still hav a long career in Cricket.... so, Go for it...

An Ode to ‘Isai Gnani’

2005-03-16T17:46:00.000+07:00

Ilayaraja…
Isayil Mudhiyaraja….
Aayinum RAJADHI RAJA..
Unnai Patri Paada,
Unnai Patri Potri SOLLA THUDIKUTHU MANASU…

Nee PAKALIL OR NILAVU..Adhanal PAGAL NILAVU.
Varudathil Ovvoru muraium varum AGNI NATCHATRAM…

Thiraipadathil palar irupinum neeye adhan NAYAGAN..
Nilavil Theipirayilum, valarpirayilum Varum
MOONDRAAM PIRAI….

Isaiku Palar irupinum,
Avargalin Kadalil ALAI PAAINDHALUM,
Unadhu Kadalil ALAIGAL OIVADHILLAI endrum..

Unadhu isayay rasika POOVIZHI VAASALAI nokki,
Kathirukum rasigargal palaril naanum oruvan…
ENAKUL ORUVAN…
Kavidhaiyay isaiyaaki adhanai
PUDHUKAVIDHAI aakukiraai.

Ulagil unadhu isaikaga ovvoru
VAIDHEGIum KATTHU IRUKIRAAL…

Tagore-in Geethanjali ku Nobel Parisu,
Unadhu GEETHANJALI ku KAADHAL PARISU.

Unadhu MUDHAL MARIYADHAIum,
KADHALUKU nee tharum MARIYADHAIUM
Potrathakavai.

Nee Mattum thaan...
Parambarya Isaikum,
Adambara Isaikum
SETHU bandhanam.

Nee oru PUNNAGAI MANNAN.
Unadhu Ragangalil Enaku Pidithadhu
MOUNA RAGAM…..

Unadhu padalgal ovvondrum sollum
PUDHU PUDHU ARTHANGAL…Kanmani !!! Nee Rajavin Geethangalai
KELADI KANMANI …
Orumurai kettal Podhadhu
MARUPADIUM keladi kanmani.

Idhu ondrum MAGALIR MATTUM alla.
Aangalum Ketkalam.
Kaalai kadhiravanin UDAYA GEETHAM
Unadhu thaano !!!
Unadhu geethangalai naan
Ulaavikonde Ketkumbodhu,
THENDRAL ENNAI THODUKIRATHU.

Unadhu ullamo UYARNDHA ULLAM…
Kallam Kabadamatra Ullam.
Idharkellam unadhu
MOUNAM SAMMADHATHIRKU arikuriya??

Unadhu NIZHALGAL kooda
Isai mettu podugindrana.
Nilaavai parthu ‘PADI NILAVE’
Naan isai meetugiren engindrana.

Enadhu IDHAYA KOVILIL nee thaan THALAPATHI.
Aayinum nee polladhavan…
IDHAYATHAI THIRUDATHEY endru sollium
Thirudi vittaye…

Unadhu SENDHAMIZH PAATU
PADIKADHAVARgalaum
NETRI KANNAI thirandhu
KADALORAMAAI KAVIDHAI paada vaikum.

Nee oru CHINNA THAMBI
Vayadhil Alla,
Ilagnargaluku eduvaai paatisaipadhaai.
Unadhu Kaalgal SALANGAI OLI
Meetuvadhaal nee oru KALAIGAN.

Nee Mattumalla Unnidam padum
Anaivarum ovvoru
PADUM PARAVAIGAL-
PAASA PARAVAIGAL

Nee podum mettukkal kettal
Indrum
Unaku VARUSHAM 16---
16 VAYADHINILE nee seidha isai pola ulladhu.

OORU VITTU OORU VANDHU irundhalum,
Unadhu Gaanamenum
PANNER PUSHPANGALIL
Nanayathaan Vendum.

Vaazhga Nee Pala Kaalam….

Vaazhga Unadhu Isai Varisugalum…

Hy-Quo

2005-03-16T16:07:00.000+07:00

Azhagiya Pennuku
Mugam Thaan Illai …
Nalla Velir Pottu Undu,
Neela Selai Undu….

Oh… Vaanamo !!!

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Thoongi kondu irundhen
Ennai medhuvaga
Vandhu Varudi vittu Sendraal

Thendral !!!

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Bharathi Kanda Puratchi Penn
Naan Innum Kaanavillai
Kanduvittal
Nerupu Kooda Paniyagividum.

Neruppu !!!

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Rayilil Sendrukondu irundhaan
Paavam
Miga Dhagamai Irundhadhu
Ottunaruku Eppadiyo Therindhadhu polum !!!
Rayilaye iraki vittar,
Palaatril …….

Thaneer !!!

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Kadhalukaga Thanadhu
Nilathai Thyagam Seidha
Avan….
Thanadhu Kadhali
Veru oruvanodu
Odiponadhal
Aanaan… Paazhnilam…

Nilam !!!

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Kadhalukaga
Thann kudumbathaiye kondraan
-Appa,Amma,Thambi,Annan,Akkal-
Oho… 6 Gundu Undo !!!
Suttukondaan Thannaiyum,
Gundu Veenagakoodathu Endra
Nallennathil …

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Karuppaga Pirandhuvittal
Idhu Avaladhu
50-vadhu Varan …
49 Kadandhapin Vandha
Avan
Avaladhu Pura Azhagai
Purakanithaan..

Dum Dum Dum …

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Madhipenn 99.99 %
Maruthuva Kallooriyil
Idam Kidaikavillai
Kaaranam,
Andha 0.01% enge ???

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Viyarvai Sindhi Raavum Pagalum
Uzhaithaan.
30-vadhu naal,
Mugamalarchiyudan
Neettinaan Kaigalai Oodhiyatthirkaga,
Thatti Parithadhu
Oru Kai….
Avan Madhuvirko, Maadhuvirko
Sella koodathu Enbadharkaga…

--Manaivi..

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1 Ball 6 Runs
Endradhu Scoreboard…..
Pandhai Adithaan Medhuvaaga,
Pandhuku Valikakoodathaam….

--Ahimsawaadhi

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Indhiya Ranuvathil Serndhu
Paniyaatra Ninaithaan….
Nadakkavillai….
Ippavum thaan Paniyaatrugiraan
Pakistan Ranuvathil…
Indhiya Ulavaliyaga….

--Indhiyan

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Manadhai Kattupadutha
Mudiyatha Avan
Alai Paaya Vittan
Mudivil Paithiyamaanaan

Nalla Velai …
Ezhupi Vittal Avanadhu Thaai,

-Thookam

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Aaru Maadham
Vaithiyam Paarthaan….
Kann Seriyaga villai..
Maruthuvamanai Sendru
Matra Noyaligalin
Kanngalai Parisodhanai Seidhaan….

--Kann Doctor

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Pirakumbodhe
Annaiyay Tholaithaan…..
Valarndha pin
Thamayanai Izhandhaan…
Aalana pin,
Soodhaadi Vaazhkaiyay Tholaithaan…
Piragu Aanan Paazhnilam ….

Doctor Niruthu Endrathum,
Niruthinaan…….
Pazhaya Piravi Nyabagam Solvadhai……..

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Siru Vayadhil Vimaana Ottiyaga
Ninaitha Avan….
Kadaisiyil Aanan
Perundhu Otti….

Nalla Veliyaga
Pizhaithadhu Twin Towers….

--Afganistani Taliban

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Pallikoodathil Padika Enninaan
Pallivaasalil Paduthaan……

-Baasha

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Kadhalika Enni Padikka Marandha Avan…
Kadhal Thotradhaal
Padippai Kadhalikka Aarambithaan….

---IAS Officer

First Flight................

2005-03-15T11:01:00.000+07:00

It was a Sunday Morning on the 2nd of March, 2003.My flight to Jakarta was scheduled at 5.25am in the morning frm the Chennai Airport. We were supposed to reach the airport before 2 hrs frm the scheduled departure. Since, it was my First departure frm Chennai airport, we were not single, not double, but infinite-cautious. We reached the airport around 1 am in the morning.

My Mom,my brother, my friends about 5 of them and some of my other relatives who had turned up there to send their ward off. They gave me some hugs & I got in some wishes frm my mom,brother,friends & relatives.I started towards the Entrance.

Interestingly, I was the First person to check-in for that morning flight. The person behind the check-in counter raised his eye-brows on seeing a passenger like me, having came there to check-in as early as 3 and a half hours before the scheduled departure. I gave no-reaction. I was nervous, first up.

His look became more puzzled, when he weighed my baggage.. It had some 22 kgs including my hand baggage. He made a giggling look at me and said "have a nice flight"... I thought he was very happy to see a passenger who had very less baggage in his first flight.

Then, the other immigration formalities went on very very smoothly & i was waiting in the Gate to board my flight.. It was 4.30am then. I still had an hour to spend there.I rubbed my eyes.. and felt like sleeping.But, my memories dint sleep. Was brushing thro' wat had been happening for the past 2 days.... Everything came flooding again............

March 01, 2003.

My Last day in India, before i had to depart for jakarta.It was fascinating in a sense that i was busy packing my bags & on the other hand, i was stopping my packings every now & then simply becos it was the famous INDIA Vs.PAKISTAN WORLD CUP match.............

Sachin was at his best hitting at will.Pakistan had lost that game in the first 15-odd overs itself.It seemed though the pakis were losing the game,they were really enjoying to see Sachin play.The best part about that match was,we were always winning in that game..We never had a losing-weaklink in that whole match.

My friends had promised me that they wud be sending me of with joy if India Beats pak.. otherwise, they wudl hav to send me off with tears in their eyes that we lost.

But, wat happened was jus wat i expected to happen.We won in all aspects of the Game, keeping up the record 4th time in the worldcup match against Pakistan. ( 1992-Sydney, 1996-Bangalore,1999-Old Trafford & 2003-Centurian )

That made me even more happier about remembering my first Flight.

Then, there was an announcement about my flight AI473 bound to Singapore-Jakarta.I started towards the gate............

The Flight was worth for the money i had paid as the ticket-charge.Asking for facilities like in Lufthansa, only having paid the amount for an Air India flight simply unfair.So, I was content about the facilities.. and the flight took-off smooth enuf.Since, it was my first flight, everything seemed to me new & gr8t.

I had a Transit in Singapore--The best airport.I wondered there were lotta differences between Singapore Airlines & Air India as regards Singapore & Chennai.The Airport was quite marvellous.that i kept my mouth open until somebody started looking at me strange & i closed it. I had some coffees in a coffee shop there.Even, the coffee tasted like heaven. Then, my flight was ready to go to my actual destination-Jakarta.

The flight was full now.Full mostly of indonesians who were coming from Singapore.The food which was given to me frm Singapore was not upto my taste.It was tastier to the other Indonesians, i was seeing them eating that with full interest.I kept it aside as it was given to me.I asked for a lemon juice & it was my lunch, then.
The journey frm Singapore to Jakarta was about 1 hr.It passed-by very quickly.We were landing in Jakarta exactly after one hour.The airport in jakarta too was better than the Chennai airport in all aspects. But, all the faces & places seemed to be new to me.I shown my passport and visa to the Immigration department and that office behind the desk was putting some stamp in it.And, i thought, my entry was being given a green-signal.. so, i started towards the green-channel and came outside the airport.. where two of my going-to-be-office-colleagues were waiting for me...

Chatter-Drum... Becoming like one !!!

2005-03-15T10:21:00.000+07:00

These days without Chats,without mails,without blogs,with or without work my days dont passby that easily..I wonder how i can survive in without this Internet & mails & chats.I was certainly having fun in india jus with watever time i had in the cafes... But, here, i dont often go to the internet cafes.... simply becos the speed is jus its opposite-Slow.My Office is my best place to do all those stuffs.

I am damn sure, i can never pass my days in india, without this technology --the Internet.Feeling like myself & my computer hav got lotta links within ourselves.. and it's become one of my best companions right frm my first day in Jakarta.

Whenever, i felt low, i simply wud open my notepad, scribble something and if its worth posting in my blogs, wud post.Otherwise, wud simply keep that in my C-Colon.Whenever, i felt high, my computer & its inside stuffs wud become my buddies... becos it directly helps me to co-ordinate with my friends....

Hail the Human Brain which invented such Useful Technology .....
Hail the Computer.... Hail its Help...

The Anyar Beach

2005-03-14T14:01:00.000+07:00

Yesterday, I was with my friend in his apartment watching a movie " Insaan" - Akshay&Ajay Devgan Starrer....Was taking rest, in a way.

One of my friends rushed his way inside the apartment and was in a hurry, it seemed."Come on guys, we are movin". I was wondering wat was he upto.

In the next 15 mins, we started frm there in my friend's new "Toyota-Xenia ".Few of our guys dint even know where we were heading.. But, i had a hint about it...i got the hint frm the way we were heading....The Sign on the toll road read "Anyar ---> ". Immediately i realised it was one of Indonesia's best place to visit.. One of the Best Beaches in Indonesia.

And then my Heart started praying God to keep his Tsunami-Weapon out of the sight of Anyar.Infact, all our guys had hoped and prayed for it even before we started to Anyar.When we entered the beach, We realised that it no-way can compete with the beach we hav in India.... maibe the Chennai-Marina beach.The Sea-shore was very short . and if one enters the beach it will immediately direct to the waters of the beach.The sand was black.. so, the beach looked black...

We had some Drinks to keep ourselves cool frm the hot-sun up there.Then had a bath in the sea and we were actually waiting for our other friends to join....

When they had reached there, we had gone for the banana-drive.. The banana-type boat was being pulled by another Motor-boat.The persons who operate the motor-boat wud try all the means to make the banana-boat upside side into the water.. I'd become more curioous on hearing that.

We were all-set for the journey in the waters...We were 5 of us in the banana-boat.The motor-boat started slowly into the sea pulling our banana-boat.it steadily increased its speed to go distant into the sea....We were enjoying until that Unexpected thing happened.

The motor-boatwala slowly increased the speed & suddenly he turned his motor-boat... we cudnt balance that time and all of us had fallen down into the waters.. i was shocked & stunned by that...and suddnely i realised i was drinking the salt-water of the sea.... and i had already drunk lotta water and there were water inside my nossles..and i felt myself stranded in the middle of the sea... and i realised " i dont know Swimming"..............But, I had my life-jacket.. which probly was like my LIFE at that time... i dint know how much depth were we floating...but, cud really thank the life-jacket....

Then, it looked customary to fall into the sea for twice again.And, when the motor-boatwala informed us there was gonna b only one more fall to survive... We were ready for the final-hurdle...There were only 4 of us, as one of my friends had already quitted the banana-boat and entered the motor-boat.

This time, the speed of the motor-boat was like some 80kmph in the waters... And then, he suddenly turned his motor-boat to the right & then immediately to the left.... All the banana-boat(ers) were falling into the sea.....EXCEPT MYSELF... i dint know frm where in the world, i got all the necessary balance to withstand that right-left combination of the motor-boatwala...i raised my hand in joy as our other friends down there were cheering me.At that time, my friend who accompanied the motor-boatwala told him "satu orang belum jatuh, pak.Coba satu kali lagi pak" ( one of them havnt fallen yet, try once more )... i cud hear that frm the banana-boat.. i myself deliberately fell into the sea........ ;-)

BLACK(MAGIC)

2005-02-22T13:21:00.000+07:00

The term "blackmagic" is largely familiar here in indonesia, simply becos lotta ppl use to mesemerize ppl.but, this blog is purely away frm it.Not to the exact meaning of blackmagic.. but its only black(magic).
Y'day i saw the movie "black".I had seen lotsa Amitabh's movies earlier.Certainly, This one stands out to be on top of all those movies.This Sanjay Leela Bhansali's new flick is a tremendously carved out one.As for me, the very purpose of the movie had been served well.When he tells , "There is nothing in this world is impossible and i wud never teach the word 'Impossible' to my student Michelle McNely", there was a stong message for those who think they lost their life's meaning and to go ahead with a high-amount of confidence.
Both Amitabh's & Rani Mukherjee's Characters were nicely drawn up.And the Young Girl who has done a remarkable job as young Michelle needs a special mention.Casting is also a strong point in the movie.
I dont often seem to deliver tears about watching any of the really touching movies.. But, this one did seem to disturb my thoughts, my feelings.I can understand very well about how wud it feel to be blind, deaf or dumb.....or having a handicap.My Niece is having a similar problem.She had a polio-attacked leg and to all our surprise, her confidence really sailed her into a greater height in her life.She participated in a Drawing competition and represented Our Country in a Competition in Prague.The best part was she was adjudged Best in that.She brought back Glory to India,Her home,Her relatives and mostly importantly HERSELF.
While i was watching the movie, i realised my eyes were flooded with tears... and i felt like "these kinda movies are simply admirable & commendable" and "NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE".

With my Cousin !!!

2005-02-05T12:27:00.000+07:00

One Fine evening, while i was getting back frm my school ,My cousin-cum-best friend had asked me to come to his house to hav a chat.. Without much of a hesitation, i went there and spoke up with him.He was telling me that his girlfriend wanted to chat with him that night 12 o'clock.Also, he was telling me that he wanted my help. I wondered wat kind of help i cud ever do for this kind of thing.He asked me to be with him and make sure his mom does'nt wake up from sleep.Since I was having lot of care for him, i immediately agreedI tried my level best to stay awake and help my cousin out.It was 12 in the night.. and he was in his usual busy call with his girlfriend.Whenever his mom murmured i made sure she did not wake up.Half an hour passed by,I could not resist sleeping.. i slept around 12.30.In the morning, when i woke up,he already was having his coffee. I asked him very anxiously how was the last night.He told me that everything was at its unusual worst.I asked him repeatedly, he told that he got caught red-handed at 1 am in the night.His mom woke up in the night and was searching for some water and at that time, he was with his accountancy book in one hand & the telephone receiver in the other.The worst parts were (1)his mom had never seen him study (2)studying his lessons at night 1 am is the highest impossible thing (3) and at that point of time, there was no chance of exams in his school.I could not realise what help i had done to him that night before.but, I slowly said "whenever possible, try to act like ur studying something so that it will come handy later"He started looking at me as if he was trying to say "u Idiot, cant u look after my mom from waking up for 1/2 hour ?"I knew wat was coming, becos i already had got lot of experiences with him. I rushed out of his home.

The Memory Ocean-Chapter Six

2005-01-17T18:29:00.000+07:00

CHAPTER SIX
Akshay was thinking that he had got her.Since, he was going to work with her hereafter, he felt a warmth in his heart that almost made his days happy.But, he could not think that he was in love with her or it was just a kind of infatuation.He had to make that sure before he proceeds with her.
He was enjoying his days in his new company.The feel was like still he was into his college.The fellow employees were also of his age, unlike Fashionplus where he had to work with guys who were almost his dad's age.
Sandhya & Akshay became close buddies.But, neither of them had any kind of feelings other than that of friendship between them.But, Akshay felt like heaven jus being with her BEST EVER FRIEND.He had to change his thinkings from "a more than a friend" to "a good friend", becos if he tried to treat her with some other feeling, there was every chance to lose her friendship.Akshay wud never allow that to happen.. No way.
They both used to go together to office & come back mostly together.One day, Sandhya was telling him that she got to go to university to submit her Post Graduation application form.She wanted Akshay to accompany her.Akshay was readily available for Sandhya.So, without hesitation, he started.
While they were seated on the bus ( the same 7F ), she started slowly. "Akshay, Wat do u think about Love" she asked.
Akshay's heart suddenly stopped for a min.Wat was she asking.. he asked his heart again.His heart asked him again like this "hey idiot, she is asking wat do u think about her... err.. about love".
he answered, "well, sandhya. I Hope its a nice feeling.Since, i am yet to love anyone.So, i hope it shud b a nice feel, by the way, wat wud u answer if i ask u the same question?"Atlast Akshay put one across her to answer.
"I know how does it feel." Akshay was watching her every move close enough to get any idea about wat she was going to tell him.
"Do u know Sharath? if u do know him, wat do u think about him"?
Akshay thought, why she was suddenly asking whether he knew sharath and wat that had to do with her asking him about love.
he said, "yeah, i know him.He is one of ur good friends, right? i also hav met him.Nice fellow".
"yes, that nice fellow has already filled himself in wholly in my heart."
Akshay could not believe himself.Now, He could not believe his badluck.What she is telling, he thought.he said, " Wat do u mean by that mean statement?"
" You are naive, Akshay. Arent u? I said i am in love with him"
Akshay thought, yeah i am naive not to hav got any kinda info that u cud love anyone and so Sharath is also not a impossible person to love.He realised all his dreams came to a hurrying & devastating end.His Dreams Shattered.
But he knew, he should not let her know that he was in love.... err... Has he ever thought he loved her?????? It could be a kind of attraction or Infatuation.When he thought that he liked her, he hardly knew her.There was 2 years in between his first introduction and this day.So, he knew there might be hell lot of things happening in 2 years.So, he certainly was a naive not to realise that she had the right to choose any person she wanted to share her life with.Yet he wasnt that naive not to be positive and dont take life as it comes.He would treat her as a Nice Friend hereafter.
He knew he had to stay positive.He also knew that jus because Sandhya could not like her more than a friend, did not mean that was the end of it.That was jus a beginning to stay focussed more on his career and "Sandhya" was jus an episode in his life.He has got lot more to achieve in his life.
He now thought of his mom & brother who were depended on him & his efforts.The very thought about his family made him a rejuvenated man.He knew wat he was going to do now.He jus wanted to carry on with his life ahead.He also was sure that he will get a nice Angel in his life.
===========================================Three years Later,
Akshay was in a hurry to office.It was raining badly.Since it was a Tropical country, the raingod wud pour in rain at any time.It might rain or it might shine anytime.So, he thought he wud better hurry up to his office before it wud rain like hell.
He reached his office & when he opened his inbox.he saw a lot of mails from his friends.
the first one was frm Sandhya,

Hi Akshay,How do u do, friend?We were worried about ur life there when that Tsunami thingy occurred.Only when u sent us a mail stating ur safe,we are relieved and we thank God that Tsunami did not hav any effects in ur place JAKARTA, Indonesia.Hope things wud b fine as ever at ur end.here myself, Sharath & Prerna are fine.I've put Prerna into the play school.She has become naughty.Sharath is busy with his assignments in office.Yet, he never forgets to ask about u.Take care & be happy always.
Cheers,Sandhya

He felt happy about Sandhya's mail. She is/will be one of my best ever friends, he thought.
He checked his other mails......
There was a mail frm Vandhana ...
the subject of the mail read.

Hello Akshay,
This is Vandhana here.
well... Enga aathula enakum ungalukum marriage pannalamnu irukaa ( At home, they are fixing for us to get married ). Naan enna nenaichenna, marriage ku munnadi namba 2 perum konjam pesinda nanna irukumnu.( Wat i thought was, even before marriage, if we could able to spk & understand ourselves, it wud be nice.).. adhuku Shankar kitta unga mail id ketten.Avar thaan unga id kuduthar.( For that, i asked Shankar about ur mail id and he gave me).
I hope u would hav seen my photo.I saw urs.I wud prefer to tell u wat i feel when i come online.
Wish to meet u online sooon...
Regds,Vandhana...

Akshay started replying to his Real Future.

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The Memory Ocean-Chapter Five

2005-01-14T09:10:00.000+07:00

CHAPTER FIVE

Akshay was checking some bank entries.He was trying hard to find out what went wrong and why the bank accounts were not tallying.His colleagues were near him.There were about 5 of them.All were staring at him.
Akshay saw the looks on his colleagues face.One of his immediate boss spoke up,"hey akshay, why you did not let us know that today is ur birthday? We somehow got the information frm Narashimhan". Narashimhan was very helpful for Akshay to get that present job.
Akshay told, " Oh yeah, Sorry sir, i was not in mood really to celebrate my birthday."
"What no mood? Are you getting mood-off just because the bank accounts are not tallying.Cheer up man"
"No sir, its not a problem.My father had passed away exactly on my brother's birthday and today i did my father's 6th month ritual at home.So, i dont feel like celebrating my birthday."
The colleagues consoled him and gone back to their seats.
The evening he went to a net cafe to check up his mails since he did not hav the internet facility at his office.He opened his yahoo mail account.Inbox showed 7 new mails.
He had got greetings frm a lot of friends. But the 5th mail had made him jump up to the sky.It was a greeting from Sandhya. The subject in the greeting read,
Hi Akshay,

Belated Happy Birthday Wishes to u !!!
I think, i missed ur birthday .. Hope it was fine.
Take care,
Cheers,Sandhya.

For that, Akshay replied,

Hi Sandhya,
Thanx for ur Timely wish.U did not miss my birthday.Today only is my birthday.U missed to remember the date , i guess.
Thanx once again.Luv,Akshay.

Sometimes, he used to call her when he was free..Sandhya was in her final year of college.. so, she was having her study holidays then.So, she had remained at home.Most probably, she attended all his calls.But, sometimes her sister used to attend akshay's calls as well.So, her sister Nandini could able to know about him tooo.But, she thought that he was one of her sister's nice friends.
After 3 months Sandhya successfully completed her B.Sc degree and was searching for job.
Akshay was happy in that company.Everyone was impressed by his attitude, behaviour & talent.So, they all were very kind to him.After completing seven months of his tenure there, he got a hike.He was feeling very happy about the fact that his work got recognised by the company.
But, the real problem started after that.The company had some strict rules, by which every person on roll must be cut a certain percentage towards their ESI & EPF.The policy was perfect, he thought.But, Akshay was also thinking in a different angle.The EPF is going to be helpful only he becomes old or he puts up some experience in that company.He knew the day he joined in that company that he wud b there until he earns some nice exposure & experience.So, he thought it was hightime something had to be done about it.His family was in need of any money which would help them come up.He did not intend to lose even the EPF amount.
He can't Change the company's policies, But he can always change the company.
A Sunday Magazine's Classifieds column read "Wanted Financial Transaction Executives, Graduates with/without experience, good communication skills, computer knowledge....................................Walk-in for an interview today 3.00pm at .................."
He was moved by that advertisement.He had attended only one interview before that of the Fashionplus.So, he thought he lacked the experience to attend interviews.So, he thought that he shud try this one out to get some experience.
He attended the interview that afternoon.There was an Aptitude Test which he cleared before all the guys in the room.Then they made all the candidates to appear for a Typing skills test and he was right on top with 75 words per min.At last, there was the personal interview.Akshay had wished that he should appear for a personal interview.
The Interviewer was different from his financial controller in his current employment.This time it was more professional.Being an MNC, the company required everything to ensure its quality even at the time of interview.Though the place of interview & the interviewer were different in their attitude, the result was no different.He got selected for the job.The salary was 30% more than wat he had been earning in Fashionplus.Also, there were no benefits like EPF, ESI etc until the first year ends."Those are benefits for just the other ppl." Akshay thought.
He was asked to join exactly on the third day.Or if he cud not relieve himself frm the company he had been working, they asked him to join with the next batch which would possibly commence after one month.So, effectively he had only one day in between.Akshay wanted to try his own luck.My luck should favour me, he thought.
The next day, He had gone straight to his financial controller.He told him about his new job.He first was not impressed by that.He was not ready to let him go.But, he had a friend in the company where Akshay had got job.He made sure that the company is doing well.And then he spoke up."Akshay, We were really pleased about your job & ur talent.We would never allow u to go out of us.But, the reason you told was agreeable.We are not in a position to give you a hike right now to help u nor we hav any idea about changing our company's policies.So, we would welcome your way of doing things.All the very best for ur new job & hope u shud make urself proud there also."
That evening his financial Controller had asked all the colleagues to attend a farewell party for Akshay. It was an emotional moment in Akshay's life.He could know how much everyone loved him in his office.For a second he thought "should i leave this office???" But, he realised... he had no other go. He was presented with a Parker pen.He thought he had got a value for his work now.
Two days later,he joined in the new job.The nameboard of the company read "Pro-Vision HealthServices Pvt.Ltd".
He met the Receptionist and he was asked to wait until any news from the HR department.There were about 18-20 guys & girls in his batch of employees.They had said, there would be training before the employees might get into the real-time work.Akshay introduced himself to some of the others who had been recruited.
When he had been waiting in the reception, he could see some of the guys & girls of the batch prior to his batch coming.Now, suddenly Akshay's heart became warm & happy.He could not believe his luck.He had rub his eyes to believe that it was HER. He made that sure now.It was Sandhya.
Since there had been no contact with Sandhya for months, he could not get any information about her job.
She saw Akshay sitting there.She immediately came to his side and said a big Hi.He was stunned to hav seen her in that place.The very thought about Sandhya made him happy.Akshay thought something good is going to happen.

The Memory Ocean-Chapter Four

2005-01-13T11:20:00.000+07:00

CHAPTER FOUR

The world was like a hell of a place for Akshay.He had never imagined that his father could leave him & his family that easily to go into another distinct world.But, everything had happened at a rapid pace.Before Akshay could realise, His Dad had Gone.
Akshay had dreamt of doing his Future studies.His Father had said once, "Akshay,i could not study whatever i wanted to.I wasnt interested in studies.Thats a different thing.But, i want u to study as much as possible.You are already in Good ranks in ur schools & college till now.So, i will help u aspire whatever future studies you are thinking to do." On Hearing that, Akshay had dreamt of doing the Chartered Accountancy.
But, now that dream had to remain a dream forever. His Life had taken a U-turn frm which he could only go & work for his family and nothing else.Even though his dad was earning very low, they were happy with watever they got.But, now, there was no happiness, no earnings.It was simply tough going for his family.
His Mom asked him."what are we going to do"Akshay replied."Mom, u need not worry at all.Our dad is a clever fellow.He made u give birth to two male kids who can always help you out and make progress in life's difficult path.Had i got a younger sister or Nakul got a elder sister,I am not sure, wat are we going to do now to make them settle.But, now everything is easy, it seems.I will get into a job as soon as i finish my degree."
"Akshay,i am really sad that ur not going to be doing ur C.A"
"Mom... thats not a problem.I trust God.I take life as it comes.Let's see wat'll happen in the near future.Hope for the very best".
Akshay could not think anything other than his family now.He was in his Final year of college.Yet, he already started thinking about his moves towards the next year.He determined himself to come out of college with flying colors so that it would be easy for him into getting any kinda job.
During the whole final year of college, he did not wish to see Sandhya as before.He thought that his very thought about sandhya would make his going tough with regard to serving his family.Yet, he still liked her.His friends used to tease him using her name.He never took that wrong.. Because, he thought it was not wrong.
The exchange of looks & rare talks between Akshay & Sandhya went on & on & on.At times, they shared the emails.The contents were very very general.He made sure that she did not mistake his behaviour.After sometime, She became busy with her studies.So was Akshay.So, he could not allocate time for the internet.The mailings stopped.
He Concentrated very hard on his studies now.He did the exams well and was expecting the results.
After 2 months, the Results came.Results were like wat he had expected even before he appeared for the exams.This time Akshay really got the flying colors.Though, he came second best in his College.It was a real Missiion accomplished.
Even before he got his results, he appeared for an interview with Fashionplus Pvt.Ltd, a garments manufacturing company. The Finance Controller interviewed him and he got impressed with Akshay.He wanted to readily offer a job in the company to Akshay, but the CEO had informed the Finance Controller that all employees must hold atleast a degree. So, the Finance Controller informed Akshay that as soon as his results are out, he can join in anytime.
Now that he can take up the offer frm the Fashionplus Company, there were no words for Akshay's Happiness.
One fine Thursday morning, he joined the Fashionplus Garments company as an Accounts Assistant.He got the introduction of all the fellow employees and they wondered this small boy cud ever handle the pressure.They were all into their 30's and above.Akshay, as if knowing wat they had been thinking, thought, "he MUST handle the pressure to release the financial pressure out of his family".
Once again Spring started in Akshay's Family when he got his first month salary.He gave that to his mom & got his blessings.Mom prayed to god "let my son Have all the happiness in his life"

The Memory Ocean-Chapter Three

2005-01-12T18:50:00.000+07:00

CHAPTER THREE

Akshay came back home sharply around 7.00 in the evening.His Mom was not in her usual self.The moment he entered home, he knew something was wrong.
Mom cried aloud saying that Akshay's Father wasnt feeling well.He had to consult a Doctor for his illness.. Everything seemed to Akshay like a Dream.His father had never got any kind of illness before.So, he was confident about his dad not having any serious illness.
His dad was Ranganathan,a lean man in his early fifties.He was working with a private cargo company as an office Assistant.His dad was not that educated to look for a better job than the one he was currently working.So, he had to be content with wat he had been working and wat he had been earning.The day-to-day domestic activities got affected by the low-income profile that his father had been maintaining throughout his career.Overall, it was not a good career he was into.
Now, Akshay, his Brother Nakul, his mom Saraswathi and one of his friends were there to admit his dad in a private nursing home.The doctors there took all the possible tests available in the laboratory.Initially, it struck to Akshay that his dad was not having any kind of serious illness.. As the Doctors were conducting more & more tests, something was paining in his bottom stomach."If dad got some serious illness............" That IF made him to feel like hell.
Finally after 2 days, the reports were out.The doctors informed Akshay & his mom about the health problems of his dad.They informed them that Mr.Ranganathan could possibly live only for another 2 r 3 months..The disease which, on doctor's point of view, was going to take his dad's life was the failure of the Kidneys.And they also told that his dad had already crossed the stage of the kidney Transplantation.Akshay had very less hope about his dad now.
The Real Shock was when his dad sent for Akshay.He came into the hosptial room with his eyes tired of crying...His Dad informed him that he knew about the kidney problems but he hesitated to let them know about it.It made Akshay all the more sad.The sadness that he had never ever felt in his lifetime.... "We arent that rich to spend for a kidney transplantation, or Am i not that lovable to my father to beg, borrow or steal to operate him?!?! " Akshay Thought.
Days were rolling on.His dad was still in the hospital..The lean body of his dad had become even more leaner than before.He was weighing only 25 kgs.He was already started looking like a deadbody.When he thought like that, Akshay cried aloud in a restroom of the hospital.
It was a Diwali day.All the world was celebrating the Diwali with full zest except the family of Mr.Ranganathan.The news came in the morning of Diwali that his father had entered the another world frm where he came. Akshay felt like hell down there since he could not be there during the times of his dad's last few minutes in this world.His Uncle had replaced him in the hospital that day. Nakul was feeling the worst, since it was his Birthday that his Dad had expired.
Akshay did all the funeral rituals since he was the elder son of his Father.As it was Diwali day, there were fun all around and sadness in & around the family of Late.Mr.Ranganathan.

The Memory Ocean-Chapter Two

2005-01-12T13:05:00.000+07:00

CHAPTER TWO

Akshay Started the next day with his sweet memories about his girl-whom he thought was already his girl-wholeheartedly. He was very enthusiastic about letting his brother know about his feel for the girl.But, then decided against it.He wanted to feel that gr8t feel fully and then he wud let the whole world knows about that. The following days he felt that the world is one new atmosphere the same world which once showed its back at him.Everything had seemed to be fresh in his views.He felt as if he was born that day only. All because of Sandhya. He Knew he was right. He started to dress in a manner he had never dressed before.He suddenly looked like a smart guy about which he himself was never aware of.He had worn a Navy Blue jeans and a White tshirt.He had those dresses before, but he thought it wud be worth if he worn those now. He said "Mom, i am going to college." Mom replied "ok, son.Hav you done with ur breakfast or not? "Nope. I dont feel like hungry. I shall be back home by 3.30pm.I will hav my lunch then.see you mom". Mom said to herself. 'Hope he doesnt get hungry while he is in his class'. He got into the same bus numbered 7F.Is that some kind of a superstition, he wondered.He had expected Sandhya to be in the Bus-the same bus. He was actually waiting eagerly to notice how she was going to behave after getting his introduction. Suddenly, She appeared there.She was accompanied by 3 of her collegemates.None of them were known to Akshay.He was thinking they all must be very very lucky to hav got her friendship & companionship.She was wearing a Redcolor Churidar.That dress was glittering because of her.She was short in size which made her even wonderful. Sandhya and her friends boarded the same bus where Akshay had been seated.As Akshay Expected,her behaviour was quite nice.She wished him with a warm 'hi'. He also Reciprocated.He heard what they were talking about and She listened to what Akshay and his friends were chatting. She was telling that she was having some internal Test in her college.So, when she got down in her college stop, Akshay slowly said "All the very best for ur Internal Test".She wondered that he was also equally naughty like her.She realised that he was also listening what she & her friends were talking the same way in which she was listening to him & his friends. Afternoon while coming back from college.Akshay met Raghuram. Both Exchanged Greetings. Akshay asked for Sandhya's Contact number to call her.Raghuram told him the number and thought "very fast guy, huh?!?!"............. That evening Akshay had to go to some relative's house & from there he called up Sandhya.It was sandhya's younger sister at the other end.He told her that he wished to talk to Sandhya.She called Sandhya..and Sandhya said .."hello""Hi... Akshay here. Remember me ?" "heyyyyy.. Hieee.. How r u ? its a real surprise that u called me up." "yeah fine.Hope i dont disturb u now." "no problem.I never feel that my friends cud ever disturb me." He felt a warmth in his heart that she accepted him as her friend. Then, he told her that he wanted to know about a Post graduation programme that he was intended to do once he finishes his Under graduation.He wanted to know about some course that Sandhya's elder sister was also enrolled into.So, he asked her about the Course Details for the same. Sandhya Assured him that she wud do that for him.After hearing that he thought thats enough for the first call & he said byeeee and hang up. When Akshay returned home from his relatives' home , he never knew that he was in for a shock. The shock that he cud never get out of.

The Memory Ocean-Chapter One

2005-01-11T17:27:00.001+07:00

Chapter – ONE

It was a busy morning when Akshay left for college.. The Bus station was crowded with guys & girls struggling to get a seat for themselves to commute... The climate was not so hot, yet there was lot of humidity in the Air.....

He was wearing a brown colored formal pants and a blue-striped shirt not tucked-in his pants.He looked at his watch.. it was already 8.05am in the morning.. He had to be in college before 8.45am.He knew that he was always late.There was no other go.He had to admit that the Buses were so crowded and that was the prime reason for him to go to college late every day....Who cares to go in early ... he thought.

He was studying in his II year B.com in A.J.Adhvaith College.in M.G.R. Nagar.He came first in his school finals ... yet he struggled to get his entry into any colleges concerned.Finally, he got a seat in the A.J.Adhvaith College.. He was lucky, then.. Otherwise, he wud hav to enter into some worst colleges in the city of Chennai.

He had been waiting for the bus to go to his college.Finally a bus arrived.There was not much crowd in.He got puzzled by that.He got into the bus.And took one seat....10 minutes later,the bus was crowded, he Thanked God that he got a seat before the bus got that much crowd...

Slowly, he started to run thro the notes he wrote the other day.He found an old man in his 50's at his side.Due to the Over-humidity that man was sweating like hell... He thought of his own father.. so he stood up & gave his seat to that man.. That Old man felt happy & wondered that guy wud ever get seat again in that crowded bus.But, he knew that he did something that wud cheer that old man up.

Without much to do on that bus, he ran his eyes on the others who were partnering him in the bus standing...There was a girl in the last row last seat. Suddenly, his heart was dancing like anything.. He cudnt undertsand wat he was actually feeling.But, he felt something that he had never felt in his life until then.'The girl in the last seat' was adoringly cute & he cudnt quite remember whether he had ever seen that girl before.He knew that girl cud've got into the bus in the same busstation where he got into it.

He noticed that she actually was also looking at his side only.He made sure that she didnt look at any other guys...He knew about his personality so he had to make sure that she was looking at him only.He simply was in 'cloud # 9'. He was happy that he was actually loving wat he had been feeling abt that girl....

She kept on watching at him .. and He didnt ever take his eyes off her.

She got down from the bus 2 stations before He had to get down... He thought that she took his heart with her......

He had been thinking of that girl all along his classes.She was mind-blowing, he thought.Certainly that girl had blown his mind off....

The same day, he told his friend Raghuram about that girl whom he saw in the bus.Raghuram was quite ecstatic about his friend because his friend was asking about a girl whom Raghuram was studying with in the computer class.Akshay became crazy after hearing that.So, he promised Akshay that he wud give intro to him one day... Akshay was keeping his fingers crossed for that day to come soooon....

Before he cud get that girl's Introduction,he wanted to make sure that he maintains a nice image so that when his friend gives intro to him,that girl wud say "Oh, hieeee,...." rather than a "oh.. No....".

One fine Evening, Raghuram asked Akshay to come into the parking area of the computer class.The Parking area was very near to the Bus station.She Came down frm the staircase.What a lovely dress she is wearing....he thought.

Raghuram gave her intro first to Akshay.... Raghuram told "Akshay, This is Sandhya and Sandhya this is Akshay". Sandhya ( finally, he cud know her name ) started slowly, "hello...how do you do?"
Akshay pretended as if he did nt come there intentionally.."Hi Sandhya,.. how do u do"he said.

Then, he turned to Raghruam and said.."hey, i hav been waiting for my grandma who is about to come here.. i came to pick her up."

Then, Raghuram was telling Sandhya about Akshay .. about his academics and that he always wishes to come first & he does that in style...Akshay was wondering whether he cud ever get a friend like Raghuram.No was the answer.

They chatted for about 10 minutes...and during that Sandhya said "Akshay, looks like i cant stand with u as far as ur academics are concerned"..... and that was all she said about him.The Other words were very very general.

She left right after she thought that it was getting late for her to go home.

Azhagu

2004-12-31T17:16:00.000+07:00

Azhagu Enbadhu
Mugathil Endraal
Nee Azhagu....

Azhagu Enbadhu
Manadhil Thaan Endraaal...........

Nee Mattum thaan Azhagu....

The Nature Thief.... Naturally

2004-12-30T07:58:00.000+07:00

I was really enjoying my days in that beautiful Volcano.... It was Hot.. and yet Gr8t.We dint feel any heat over there.. becos its not a live one.. its a Dead Volcano.There are lotta Live Volcanos here in Indonesia... But, we chose the dead ones.... It was really fascinating a trip simply becos i cud bath the hotwater springs.......It was a natural hotwater springs which is becos the waterfall started frm where the volcano ended.... We were 8 of us in a Car and we were enjoying our time ... during the very day 26th Dec ( ?!?! ) when chennai & other affected cities were mourning for the deaths of thousands of lives.... and we were sad that we dint know even a hint that it all started in Aceh,Sumatra....

When i got an sms frm my brother, peep & Rouse i dint realise how intensely chennai got affected.. becos.. they were all concerned about me.. and they never gave any hint about chennai---still mourning chennai :-( Nature is sometimes like a Thief .... which steals everything wat we think is ours.... At that point of juncture, only one thing is certain.. When Nature gets Angry, Everybody are Equal... Everybody has to go to grave..... irrespective of their religion, caste, creed or race...

We, the friends, realised that anticipating there wud b dead bodies, we selected the DEAD VOLCANO....

I really feel sad at the thousands of lives theft by the Nature Thief... Let All the souls rest in Peace.

Ammavukaga !!!

2004-12-30T07:57:00.000+07:00

Pudhiyavan,

Indre Pirandhavan,

Indha Yugathin Nayagan,

Ipadiyellam ninaithu kondu Thoongi Kooda Ezhavillai Thookathil irundhu,

Ezhupi vittal Amma.....
Kanavu Kalaindhadhu...
Amma Ezhipiyadhum kooda Kanavil thaan....

Amma Ange..... Ganeshu Inge.... ( Enadhu amma ennai azhaipadhu appadi thaan )