Marutham on radio

I Sang on radio and won a COOL prize again! ...And here is what happened on a busy day, that I must tell you my friend.

Mostly the victims are Men or poor creatures. They never intend to harm but the ladies…-they never fail to terrify them with their super natural EQ & special characteristics.

If you are still wondering about what am talking about…then here I give the reason. Last week on a fine day this incident happened.We had 4 boring hours of theory where all 4 staffs were like Hitlers children, they hardly gave us a break. On my attempt to stay awake and alert I kept drinking water every time a staff left the class. Thinking that, this way I would not feel drowsy, but then did I learn that I had drunk an 1 lr bottle of Aquafina in just 3 hours! Next what happened….Obvious my bladder could not hold anymore….. I was waiting for the clock to strike 12…I lokked at my watch…11:50,11:52 (Is my watch working??!!) , 11:55,11:58,11:59…..TREEENG! At last…I rushed to the L room. Guess what all 5 cubes were occupied. May be all of them had 4 BORING THEORY and Lecture by SO/DO of Hitler! Ok..I could wait for few more seconds but then I wouldn’t guarantee (:P ). Mean time, I was observing the LADIES looking at the big mirror in the room. Some were doing their hair, some combing, some staffs seeing if their Saree matched their blouses, some girls struggling to get their little SCARY faces see its reflection in a small corner of the mirror (THE MIRROR in our ladies room- must have been the most cruel person in its previous birth. And sad thing is that every day , it has to see the same stupid faces trying to look attractive and only this knows it would happen ‘NEVER!’) And by then something stupid, sad and hilarious happened.

While many of them were enjoying their space on this POOR OBJECT…and me trying to enjoy this scene….some one NEW enters the place.I first quiet did not realize as he walked in..Yes HE! HE is definitely not supposed to be here! And here they go….They all started screaming as if like Mansooralikhan (A FAMOUS TAMIL MOVIE VILLAIN)has entered the ladies room. I was lost for few seconds.

This poor old man (Must have accompanied some of the gardeners who work here…and that stupid person should not have left him alone in a huge building like this where every class room would look the same for this old man) was all shocked, shaken, shivering and PUZZLED! And to my surprise even some SUPPOSED TO BEHAVE MATURED Staffs joined the crue, no one told the man anything but kept screaming and staring! //CHILL Ladies!!// Then I went to that man and told that he wasn’t supposed to be here-It is the Ladies restroom. His gesture told me that he was totally EMBARRESED! And he, with such an innocent child look face looked up and said “Enakku padikka theriyadhuma…Sonna dhaney theryum.Manichukunga! Enaku veliya poga vazhi solluviya ma? “ Which in short means “

He wasn’t aware that it is the restroom for he do not know to read & he asked if I could show the way out”. I felt very sad for him,then showed him the way out and OFF he went! Then I finally had my chance to ……..FLUSH! Got what I said in the first few lines!!! Isn’t that true?? It is ok to express the feelings..but sometimes it is better to control and analyze if there is any need to EXPOSE! After all he was too old and never intended to enter the TOILET. It must have been the worst day in his life! GIRLS..Know if your emotions definitely need room in the situation! Or please don’t waste it and scare people around

Sang again and Won again, on the radio…….This time I will be getting a Cool Walkman as my gift. YIPPEE!!
Here are some of my earlier posts that I wish you could read. I had written this when I hardly knew the concept COMMENTS…..and that people could actually tell you what they feel about your blog.And most of all..I dint spend time finding friends in blog…Even now I don’t do that much but here you are… Thanku! Give it a read when you find time.

OCT & DEC

I have a story to tell - about the chick

Hi, I have taken a big risk and here I am with you ppl…Friends of marutham.
I can’t stay here for long! So listen up to what I have to say…..
PS:This post is not for the friends who cannot read long posts!Don't curse me!

It was so wonderful inside mommy’s tummy. It was too dark, but still very safe & secure. It was very quiet no noise at all. No where else can I find that peace! Nor can you …What do you say? Isn’t that the best place in the whole world to be…No1 to bother you except for some loving touch from the outside. It’s your MOM.

Ok here we are back to the story. It was so wonderful inside. A little dark though. I haven’t opened my eyes yet. There are 4 others with me, sharing this little space with me inside Mommy. We often hear this Very Polite ladies voice. She seems talking to some one. Not quiet sure if it is mommy… One fine day we were all out of mommy…But, it was still dark. The five of us were inside this small room, and it still was warm, not as warm as inside. Then this fine day we heard that familiar voice again. She sounded very happy. There were some other voices too that I could hear. The other voices it sounded much sweet and gentle. It wasn’t one person’s voice. Then they left. And we sensed more space in the room. I felt something was missing! Din’t exactly know what! And there was the day, when I could not stay inside. I had to break open and come out – Break open the shell. It was so painful! I did not fit in! I decided to break open. Yes I was the first one to crack out! Yeah! Its me. The chick …It was too bright outside. Too bright! Then I heard some one else crack …it was them - my siblings! Then 3 of us were out. One egg was still in shape – no crack. The 3 of us kept staring at it because it did make some noises ….We kept staring and finally it was our little Sis out. HER EYS- Any one would fall for those twinkling, lightning eyes. She was so cute but weaker than us..too weak a chick. And then guess what we saw…MOMMIEE…She had come back! The 4 of us cuddled with her. She did seem a wonderful mommiee to be born for. But mommiee was not all that happy…I could sense she was Upset about something. Then did mommiee tell me this dirty secret. In the whole Farm Only I know this dirty little secret…..

Mommiee told that, the day 5 of us were out something happened. Out of the 5 eggs, one was so Huge & so Pretty! Mommiee named it the CUTEai -CUTE Muttai Muutai=egg! (Marutham:Sirikadheengapa! Kozhikku thann muttai Pon muttai!Kadhaya gavaninga…Over to chikki)And mommie could not wait to see us out. But then did the owner lady of the farm came , there were her grandchildren too-2 of them very young must be 4-5 years.Guess what, they too were not born alone.They were Twins! Unlike us, the unlucky PENTAPLETS. She looked into our basket. And the moment her eyes scanned the BIG EGG! It glows like a1000WATT Bulb. The hands of this strange existence on earth reached in to our little basket, and she took out the CUTEai.And off she went with her grandchildren. She went and CUTE’ai never returned. Mommiee waited for long thinking that CUTE’ai would return & then She broke with tears. Then days went on, the 4 of us had real great time with Mommiee..Sissy is now feeling better. She is stronger than ever. We 4 and Mommiee walk around the farm and play and sometimes try flying….Hehehe Mommiee tell us a lot about her life.How she came there like am telling you now. Also she told about the sad incidents in her life. One fine day there were lots of commotions in the farm. Mommiee too wasn’t feeling good!

There were people flocked inside the farm. And our lady brought another man with her. He saw us and nodded! I didn’t know what that NOD was for! But I did learn later. This man took Mommiee away and put her in a beautiful Cage. We thought he must be taking us too with him. He left- and my worst fear was “Will mommiee return ???” We didn’t know what happened to mommiee then !While these questions were in my brain…Sissy started crying. Though the 3 of us were there…she wouldn’t get consoled. She was crying. She refused to eat(Peck). She grew weaker and the lady din’t seem to take notice of it. And next day I saw the same Beautifull cage that mommiee was carried away in, this time our lady had brought it. She took all the 4 of us. I was so excited, I told my brothers that it was all over and we are going to where mommiiee is….We squeaked with JOY! We were taken inside the Room where the smell was not so good…. And the lady put her hands inside the CAGE! I remember, It is the second time seeing those hands so near. I was jumping in joy that I would be picked because am the eldest! And Err…! Our little princess was the first. We 3 took it happily…..after all she is our princess! She would be taken to mommiiee first! She was taken to an inner room in the gentle hands of our young lady….then she came empty hand! But only her hands were bare, her eyes were not- Filled with tears!! Why? I don’t know……
AND …….. Now I don’t know what is awaiting!! Do you know??? Tell me if you can! But Some thing tells me things are not normal!

Questions that this little fell’a would ask us when he realizes what is going to happen and what has already happened to their little princess and sweet mommiee!
*Are you killing us for you simply SUSPECT we would have been infected with that virus!! So all these days have you been feeding us to slaughter the chubbiest chicken.
*And how could you take away my little brother or sister (CUTE’ai) to have your breakfast!,While Mommiee was waiting for you , to see you feed her the breakfast! And when mommiee fell sick you decided she was not going to lay you the Eggs anymore and you decided to have CHICKEN 65 in your lunch menu!

The moment we chickens leave Momiee’s tummy,there is no security! We would never know when we would get our call! CALL OF DEATH!
We are BORN for DYING!!
Our ultimate goal of birth is to DIE for or by human beings. We will die as an EGG- Omelet.
Or a young chicken- If it is very healthy/very weak—Immaterial.
Or as a fully grown CHICKEN- as Chicken 65/ 45/ 5 and so on.. Worst is if it had catched up an infection or Virus as you people define. You are all so concerned only about you! You are bothered only to defend yourselves. You don’t care a bit for us. We are also born with every right to live in this world with you. But you all say you own us…like you invented Mommiee’s tummy? Or did you make us?? Then, we would be thinking you love us so much for the way you feed us and give us protection from other predators. One fine day you would take us to consume – immaterial how chubby or weak we are. No one can escape from your mouth, can we? If we never gain weight you complain we are useless and slaughter, or if we are too chubby you worry in few days we MIGHT lose weight and decide to sell us to slaughter for a big money! Will it ever occur in your brains that we are not the only species getting infected? Won’t you ever think of a remedy or some vaccine to protect us earlier? What science do you have that saves only you! It is like you cook and you alone eat not bothering about the starving people, unlike us who share…Oh that’s what the nature of you GREAT HUMAN BEINGS is. What’s the point in telling you that?
*You humans had been spreading this disease at a speed that is so very Fast- Faster than Rumors. Yeah it’s the AIDS. You humans had been spreading this disease and its virus HIV for the past several years so fast and effectively! Do you screw the heads of all the humans because you suspect they may have this Infection – AIDS?
Or do you throw them all in Boiling water and kill? Even here you Silly humans have discrimination…. The poultry farm in a developed country would be sprayed or Injected with the poison, while those creatures in an under developed countries would be thrown into Hot water or head screwed and killed. You eat us, you drink us, you also make money with our products, you get medicines from us, and finally when you hear we could have been infected you don’t try for a cure. YOU ULTIMATELY SLAUGHTER US!
Will you be able to find a way to make every living being of the world to co-exist peacefully and happily? You Human beings claim that you are superior to all other beings in the world. Well, Can you not use your super power brain and make our world a suitable place for every living being to co-exist safely, peacefully and happily?

MY FIRST POST ON MY RECIPE ........
My first post on My New Recipe…..
What shall we name it??

* optional

Ingredients:
Onion sliced- 1 No
Tomato - 2 +*1 for dressing
Potato- 5 No’s Boiled
Capsicum- 1 No
*Pudhina leaves
or coriander leaves
Mustard-1/2 teaspoon
Cinnamon & cloves – as required.
Salt – to taste
Ginger & Garlic
Chilli powder – 2 tea spoons

To grind: Ginger and garlic and *if you like it spicy 1 green chilli and some Pudhinaleaves.
To Fry:Cut the capsicum into very thin slices (Like chopped onion)and slightly fry them with a little oil and keep it aside.

Method:

Heat 2 spoonful oil in the frying pan in low flame, then add the mustard, Cinnamon,cloves, Chopped onion, the paste- in this order. Cook for few seconds until the raw smell is gone. Then add the finely chopped Tomato. Now add the chilli powder.And turmeric powder if you like it. Then Add the sliced capsicum and cook for a while. Now add the boiled potatoes and mix the mixture well. Add a little water or *coconut milk for taste.Now add salt as required. Cook in SIM flame. Before you turn the gas off dress the dish with coriander leaves/Pudhina leaves. * SERVE HOT*

Can be used as side dish for RICE-South Indian Meal. Or can be used as side dish for IDLY –South Indian Tiffin.

Try this and tell me how it tasted.

--->" For SOMBERIES: "

If this sounds tedious. Try this - SOMBERI, Gring the onion in Mixi, Then grind the GINGER GARLIC to get the paste. Then Grind the two tomatoes. Now follow the same procedure.Skip the dressing part. Make sure you cook it well.

*NALLA SAAPDUNGO !!!*

Thavamai Thavamirundhu

Thavamaai Thamirundhu…

HATS OFF to CHERAN.
He is a legend in the history of movie making!!!!!!!! Had seen his earlier movies and with this movie he has made a permanent MARK. He is proving to grow up and he is growing up vertically year by year or putting it this way Movie by movie. I wasn’t quiet impressed with Autograph..my friends said they got butterflies on seeing autograph. Nothing happened top me but.
Another movie of cheran called Solla marandha kadhai was also an excellent work. But THAVAMAI THAVAMIRUNDHU is one in a million. I wonder even if cheran himself could give the Tamil cini industry another one to beat this up in the list. The bottom line of the story…HOW ONE SHOULD BE AND ALSO HOW ONE SHOUNDN’T BE…….May you wear any shoe, Shoes of father,mother,son,brother,Daughter,Daughter-in-law, Grandchild,Friend……..

But there are certain Minus’s too in the movie which I would list as I tell about the story. On the whole Cheran has well screen played the story. The bottom line is very clear. I will not tell you that…..Watch the movie and tell me!No ESAKKU PISAKKU!!!!
I generally don’t grade a movie Good unless it really is worth watching.

The whole story is narrated by the Younger Son of a very normal Middleclass village family. The story seems to run around the Father. It isn’t very obviously shown but you can sense it if you watch the movie with involvement. The elder son Changes as he grows up to be the example for How a son must not be. Senthil has got real Gut to play this role. I appreciate him, he has acted so well that(AS THE CHARACTER)I really would Slap him for being a GIRLBOY……It’s a little hard to explain every slang I use in this regard. Try to understand if you can! OR skip it please! SENTHIL’Ku Special applause!! If not him I wonder if anyone would have acted so well like how in real life,many sons are these days. Raj kiran has also acted very well…Believe it or not, there was no overacting!

He has just done what he must & has done it the best way. It is a little impractical and KADHULA POO to believe the Village broughtup HERO& HEROINE to get into some Kasamusa before Marriage. And that was the last mistake they ever did in their whole life. Everything after that was to undo the previous sins they had committed. Cheran could have had them just fall in deep love and run away! (KADHAL movie din’t have this Hole) ANGEY ORU OTTAI!!! But it had happened for good, to show the present YOUNG generation, how difficult life would be for those who are madly in love and can’t wait to run away! INNORU OTTAI !!! And another hole in the movie is Cheran had been very creative & generous to have some characters like FOF(Friend of a friend in Chennai arranging for their house),Doctor, Press owner, His friend in native…who are in the movie to help with no expectation. I wish the world has such sweet people! And I believe Cheran wants to seed some good thoughts in the mind of viewers so does he have these sweet characters..

Most of all Charanya has acted so well after NAYAGAN. She sinks very well with the role. And a typical GRAMATHU AMMA! And she has played her role and has established her role in some of the scenes , where I really had Tears in my eyes. BAD TIME of the family as referred to by Cheran. Every individual must see the movie. If you don’t understand Thamizh(Tamil) ask a Thamizh friend to translate it for you. And I would say you better watch the movie ALONE.. because you would understand more +50% than what you would understand if you watch it with company. If you are married, DEFINITELY BOTH OF YOU WATCH THE MOVIE ALONE. Both of you must see but may be individually (Human EGO would screen the storyline if you watch the movie with company) It is a best movie you can spare few hours on. As I keep complaining about our generation, this is a lesson teacher movie for all. Every scene has some thing to be felt & understand! I Guarantee you will not regret watching the movie.So buddy..

Just go watch the movie.

Quitting TEEN!

Yeah…Its about the 123 day....Many friends don't forget becoz its a fancy date 1 2 3..... I mean 12-3-..
12th march- Birthday!
It was 11:50 in the night of 11th march. And this very wise friend called up to the mobile. Kept talking something that made no sense at that time… was a little irritated if he had forgotten the birthday and is boring with this boring topic…Then at 12 on 12…I mean 12th just born @ 12 he screamed HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU! Oh..so he really dint forget ,was wise enuf to get on t line b4 12 and be the first to wish. SMART! I wish I do like that to my friends in future. Then there were other frends who called up to wish. It was a pretty long night! QUITTING TEEN. Initially it was a little sad that am quitting the teen, but then to realize that all those who had been wishing,wished (Including my class mates,Skool mates) have quit their teen some years back, It was alright! After all, teenage is just an episode of life. There are other challenging levels to come…..

Infact Teen age (13-19) is the best part of one’s life. It is the period where we really happen to learn about the world, people, life, family, our siblings, human psychology, a little anatomy…… Till the age of 12 we were all the KIDS….but all of a sudden at 13 we tag ourselves as the TEEN! Even without knowing if it is going to be a sweet experience or soar or…. That’s the way we had been imposed about teen age . Teen = Fun! But sometimes when you really learn about how hard life is getting to be as you grow, it is hard…hard to realize the truth …hard to understand and hard to cope. Hard to live! But to know life isn’t all that easy it kind’a grows interesting at that age to fight back and to have establish your space in the grownup’s society!

In our country children are not given importance in the society and so even when they grow up to teens they do not realize it. That is the very reason for young minds getting involved in Eve teasing, Corruption, Cheap politics, Bullying, ……As a matter of fact , those who fear if they are successful enough as a youngster? involve themselves in these activities convincing themselves they are but really ARE NOT!

More on that in my future posts! Ofcourse I gotto talk about being teen now or I may forget on growing OLD.

Well My birthday went on very well! We went out for LUNCH. Had our family, Chiti-Chithapa, and my cousins here with us for the day! Had many Phone calls from relatives, friends and family! And my special Thanks to Krish who has sent me a beautiful card well ahead and Sendhil who wished me right on the same day, before we left for the lunch! And also to my other blog friends who had left me a beautiful wish here in the blog- Anbae,Laughing ME,Raju,Anandh,Mitr

" Specially served for all those Lovely Blog friends out there!!! "

A little late tho.Excellent link:
http://www.touchninspire.com/woman.html

ENNA DHAAN NADAKUDHU!!!!

(PLZ READ THE "bottom line " FIRST) What is happening now? The SFI- Same side goal adikraanga.Avlodhaan! NEAT! VERA onnum illa!

SFI who is supposed to work FOR the students is acting AGAINST the students while pretending like they are doing the former. In the first place, all of a sudden the AICTE has made a statement that would upset and disturb the students studying under Deemed Universities. And the UGC is the authority who has accredited us. While we have UGC what is the need for the AICTE. Why do we ever need two different boards while both are dealing with the (Universities) Education institutions. Why not have all the powers under one? Why have two different boards creating confusion and Chaos?

And leave all that aside, It all started with MGR,Bharat,SRM, Sathyabam………… It is to be dealt between the institution, UGC, AICTE and the students of those respective institutions. Why do the SFI interfere so seriously? Where the H*&K were they when the Queen maries issue, and when some other affiliated college students went on strike for they have no proper Labs, Restrooms, and lack of faculty??? Shouldn’t have the SO CALLED for the student SFI stood up and had organize all India strike then ????

And in the SRM issue where the students (just 9 of them, while the college strength ‘as they all complain’ is more than 1000) went on rampage at unearthly hours. Is that what STUDENTS DO?? I don’t believe students were involved in this. It seems like some Pre-planned conspiracy. And yes! may be these students were made to be there and first they said 9, now it is 8 of them arrested. I don’t wanna comment on that because I really don’t know what these guys did or whether they really wanted to do this all by themselves or forced to do from Non-institutional people.

First they created chaos, now violence…. VIOLENCE is not a tool- and after Gandhiji has proved, these Heroes don’t seem to realize or understand this.
And at that time where there were lots of APPLE IMAC (Wonder why our chairman got these expensive onesinstalled in the LABS for us-the students!!) computers missing and the incident did not seem to have ended, and Police was still investigating. There were only few non-teaching members and the securities present there. The news crew who arrived very early there have this big complain that they were not allowed to enter and capture the chaotic scene.( My BIG question is… while the whole thing is said to have happened because these boys got furious when they were not given an answer by the Authorities at 11 in night which is absurd, and they went on Rampage-not a planned one as they say. And all these happened only between the Authorities and the students. How did they ever come to know about it? And at that unearthly time how did the crew arrive very well ahead to a place that is not in the city limit? Who would have given the news to them while they-The students and the authorities were all FURIOUS and FRUSTRATED? If I were one of those students, I sure would not like to reveal my identity for good and the media coverage would definitely capture these budding professional to ruin their life. So it is for sure the students involved would not have given the information. And the college authorities , were blamed for not letting in the Crew- so sure they are also out of the list. And finally the Police who are also blamed for assaulting the crew would not have given the information. If not any of these people, then WHO? And don’t tell me the lame reason that the rumors would spread fast. AT 3 or 4 in the morning..common, definitely I myself wouldn’t do that mischief.
And recent development is the SFI giving the open invitation for all/any students to JUMP-IN and boycott classes. And the Arts college students are going on strike!! What do they appear here in this scene for??? Do you think it is for the good of the student community????Nay……..I definitely disagree.)

Moreover, we gather that the Bharathi dasan University is going ahead with their B.Tech.,courses, without the approval of THE AICTE and the supreme court has passed orders in favour of the university in this case. We also gather that The Anna University is running some of its course without the AICTE approval. If that be the case, why do they corner the deemed universities alone (Especially the media is concentrating only on SRM & SATHYABAMA). Why do the SFI raise slogans against the deemed universities alone and demand for the cancellation of the deemed university status? The chairman of the deemed universities have clearly stated that they have all infrastructure facilities according to the Norms prescribed by the UGC and the AICTE. On the whole it appears that some evil forces are working against the impressive production of intellectual forces in this part of the country & trying to bring down the national strength especially in respect of the IT. It would be more appreciated if the AICTE is made to function under the control of THE UGC.

One organization cannot make major achievements with two different bosses. There should not be two bosses for one poor servant. (I remember PAATI KADHAI-Oru kaatla rendu Raja irukka koodadhu KUZHANDHAIGALA! ). May be the student community in general does not understand the severe damage caused by this agitation to students. It is high time we realize this and act as students FOR THE students. The students should realize that this chaos is creating an alarming loss-Loss of time, Loss of money and Loss of progress. We hope all these problems will soon come to a decent ending. Media should realize their responsibility and act accordingly!

Sensational News alone is not the only NEWS.

Select the following lines to see- if you are a lazy one

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IWD: International Women's day 08'MAR'06
WOMAN_THE AVATAR

Wishing all the women out there a happy women's day! ...

Woman is so precious in this world....She has lots of responsibilities.
Various avatars of women ,yet each is special in its own way...
Young girl, Daughter, Sister,Friend, Wife,Mother,Grand mother,Great Grand mother......
And the best part is being a human with the Humane qualities. Tell me your 'TOP #3 LIST'. Here is the ' Top 5 ' list of the women who have made a difference in someone's life.
1)MY WONDERFULL MOM & MY SWEET CHITHI (The Best sisters )
2)a.Mother Terasa (Proof for the existence of GOODNESS)

b. MY SISSY(Proof for the existence of EVIL :D ) [kidding dee!Plz enna uyiroda utruu...]
3)Oprah Winfrey
4)Angelina Jolie (She is a great social worker.For those who dint know-Plz read RDJan'05 issue.)
5)Aishwarya Rai.
And yes may be myself! I would be NO.6 (:P)

Last but not the least, Are Todays women (or women of this Era ) living with those special qualitites(Patience,Kindness,tolerance,Love,Care,Humble, and most of all POLITE!) that women in the early ages are said to have? I wonder....... Will leave you with that question.I wish i live that way, but..Err..not always.... Take care! And once again Happy women's day to all the wonderfull ladies!!!And if you are not one then wish me & other women you know :)

Link that i suggest on this day: http://www.internationalwomensday.com

Picture courtesy: www.raagandtaal.org

PS:4 more days to go for another special day!

TO ATHAI!

(My Athai - passed away!)

College is yet to reopen.Last night we were all awake doing some work till 3 AM. It was yesterday morning,I was still in the bed-sleeping. The phone rang at around 6:45+ and appa answered the call. The caller had told some SAD NEWS. That is all I could make from the way appa answered. I got out of the bed and came to the hall to see amma and appa’s silence. I sat down to know what had happened. Appa told that My (AUNT) athai- APPA’s ELDER SIS had passed away that morning. She had a massive heart attack. Appa had never been so upset.I could hardly recollect Appa CRY. I remember he had earlier cried once while he was telling Me and my Sis about his Father’s death (while appa was telling about the hardships he had during his childhood.)We too broke into tears!! We were then studying in school. That time, Appa immediately stopped crying seeing us cry. This time Appa was too upset.First while he was telling us about this he was strong, but then started crying like a kid. All of us were in tears. I tried to comfort appa, but he wouldn’t. I have hardly seen Appa broke. Never have I seen him this upset. Appa took sometime to control , and then stopped crying. He told us how wonderful a sister she was!! Appa and athai had more than 10 years gap. After Athai was born Thaatha & Appayee (Dad’s side GRANDPA&GRANDMA) had 6 kids born. Every child died even before it was a year old. But in that period where there was hardly any hospital in our native all these kids had died very young. Then Grandpa and Grandma had gone to Kaasi, Rameshwaram …… Only then was Appa born.And Athai was very affectionate towards appa and took her fullest care as a young girl. She was a very responsible sister. She lived as a good daughter, Great Sister, Wonderfull wife and a caring mother. Aunty was the eldest person as appa’s family member. Infact only aunty was the family member appa had in our native now.

We started from here at around 8’ and all of us left in our Car with my cousin. I was so concerned that we should keep appa in a COMFORT ZONE. Appa seemed quiet normal. On the way to the native. We tried talking about our college,politics,and other things that could help appa not think about the upsetting old memories.
On our way to the native………….something without even my knowledge took me to my age 5 + . It was these sceneries . It had been so many years (probably the time I was in my class 1,2..) since I saw a lot of greens , Pasteur , in the fields and Every tank, river, lake, pond filled with water. In the recent years things had all been like dry lands, Empty ponds, no water in any lakes, there were hardly any indication of livestock . But this time I totally was taken back to my early years. Every thing seemed like am in my class 3 or 4… but then we arrived in our native. (Moms Mom & Dad- Ammayee,Thaatha) Ammayee was missing to give that tight HUG and carry us all the way to her home, thaatha wasn’t there too. And we entered our house there and there too was a difference.Athai was physically there, but laying still- no hugs- no kisses- no sweet words from her mouth. She was just lying down there-Lying dead! It was like a slap for me pulling me back to the horrible-present. I had never seen her lying down like this; she would be working round the clock. Seeing her lie-down like that- I myself could not control weeping. Appa broke again! And to see that, it was terrible for all of us. Amma too was very upset. Then there were other formalities going on. Me and my Sis- we just stood there - lost ,no words to console! Just weeping! And yesterday night appa felt very bad. I could sense that he could not stop thinking about Athai. Amma’s brother insisted we all stay at his house and so did we. Thank god that the journey has made appa tired. He slept as soon as he went to bed. But I couldn’t, because of the kitten that kept mewing there. It refused to move from our room. I sentimentally did not want to chase it either. Ammayee loved the pussy cat that she had. And her cat died soon after her death. So I kept quiet lying in the bed, recollecting the memories of Athai,Ammayee,thatha. We had not seen Appa’s parents.They died when appa was doing his studies(Appa was very young when they died).Next day we spent a little time there and started from there to our house here.

Now we are back home as appa has an unavoidable important meeting to attend tomorrow. Now he is emotionally not very strong, he gets upset very often. Even this evening he was upset again, but he is recovering as early as he could. He took care of aunt very well. There was nothing he could have done about this. She had no complains of heart problem. She was absolutely normal. Even few weeks back we all had visited her. Appa had been a very loving & caring brother. I myself had felt J seeing their affection towards each other. They were very caring and loving. May athai’s soul rest in peace! I wish Appa would be back to his normal soon. Very soon……..

"Students of Chennai college go on rampage"

Sorry about my previous post.Stupid though! Thanku you for the patience.And yes here is the topic” Students of Chennai college go on rampage” Students go on strike…AICTE issue….”Back to back the colleges are going on strike. And this week it is our college. We had planned to BOYCOTT THE CLASSES from 10 ‘ o clock. i.e, after writing the cycle test. Violence was not the plan, SRM students!!! Definitely No violence! There were few guys who were involved in the RAMPAGE! I don’t know if they had earlier planned to go this serious(STUPID)…….Why go do this at NIGHT like criminals??? And why destroy our own computers? And the labs that we use? It is still unbelievable for me…..The previous night I had studied till 1:30am and had just slept. Since Appa had gone out of station I had left my mobile Switched ON. And I had just fallen asleep when the mobile went BEEP BEEP. Aw…..MAN! Who could that be!!! I tried snuggling into the bed and sleep ignoring that BEEP. Then again several more BEEPS! Ok it was time to go put that DUMB BEEPER OFF- I thought.

I read few messages all from different friends but read the same message. Do not come to the college tomorrow, college would be closed for few days. I was shocked! What does that suppose to mean?? And then this friend OF MINE, from hostel called up AT 3:45am. He told me that he was leaving the hostel and going to his native because the hostel students were told to evacuate. And he too told me not to go to college the next day. I turned the T.v on, to see what was happening. My stupid cable connection had some problem and I had to switch the tv OFF.And I came back to the bedroom and told amma not to getup early & prepare lunch. Next day (Ystrday) I stayed home. All the TV’s showed this as the headlines…and today’s newspaper too carried this as their headlines.Here is what NDTV had to say about the issue....


Alaphia ZoyabTuesday, February 28, 2006 (Chennai):
Students of the SRM Engineering College on the outskirts of Chennai went on a rampage after reports that the college had lost its AICTE affiliation. According to students, the Principal told them that instead of B Tech degrees they would get B Sc degrees.Enraged by the news, students protested violently on the campus, smashing computers, windowpanes and even the principal's car. The NDTV crew was also attacked by local goons and their cameras smashed and broken by the Kancheepuram district Superintendent A Amalraj. But after media pressure, the police have returned the tape.Police inactionThe college authorities have done nothing to stop the hooliganism on campus. Even the police seemed unable to rein in goons from neighbouring villages. In view of the situation going out of hand, all the students were asked to leave and the college has been shut down indefinitely.Meanwhile NDTV has lodged a police complaint and a delegation of journalists met the Director General of police, Tamil Nadu who promised a fair investigation.

On my way backhome.....

Sometimes we face the worst day of our lives. And you live through that day.... There is always something to think of to console yourself or we may be blessed with some buddy to share it with. We all do face such occassions where we long for the day to end and look out for the NEXT for a fresh start. I remeber when i was a kid say in my late kindergarden, we use to have some silly fights with our friends and the next day i would hardly remebr that . And we would speak to that person , play , have fun, chat, .... like we were always friends.(Totally not rembr the earlier fight. Neither would that person remeber) And at that age we forget all the bad things that happened, and it was always a worry free, "live the present" life. No stupid things to regret, no hurting people to forgive, no troubles to solve, no dispute to settle, no TODO to do, No deadline, no facing the betrayers, no NOTHING.....I wish those days could be relived! This is a spot that i see every day while returning home. And to see such an amazing SHOT is like reliving the best days...So here i share it with you all.......And to see something like this in CHENNAI! It is worthid to post in my blog. Who knows what..............Err..Am not normal ,am I? Am yapping something?????/////####...Well take care.Next week have my internals(test). So will leave now....
Here is something one of my buddy told me and am yet to get convinced although it seems convincing.
" You get disappointed only if you had expectation.{You have expectations from someone you trust.Is that a mistake? Shouldn't you trust your friend, Sister, brother,colleague, .......} So if you are not a strong person , DO NOT EXPECT . And expect the worst if you are a little stronger.That case you are never disappointed, never hurt, never regret......Just take things as it comes."

TOP 10 COMIC BOOK HEROES.

After a long time, I atlast had a little time for just ME & the TV .:DAnd that day of the week I had been watching Discovery. And watched some interesting shows. One that I felt like mentioning about is TOP 10 COMIC BOOK HEROES. At the first instant I was puzzled to see this show.. "Why on Discovery?" But anyway's better than the previous show on LICE- THE PARASITE. It seems in the ancient period- i am not sure which civilization, The peasants who had no money to pay as tax used to grow a lot of these suckers and collect them in BAGS! Yes, bags! and pay that as TAX. I wonder what the KING used them for. And people with lot of these parasites were considered healthier. EWw... coming back to the comic heroes...Here is the list and see if your favorite hero made it on the top10 list.....

10) 'TINTIN'-Originally developed in BELGIUM. But couldn't make it a HIT in Belgium. Another interesting fact about TINTIN is his hairstyle. Did you know originally his hairstyle wasn't like flying backward, It was this cartoon on one of the episodes where TINTIN and the snowy dog were flying in their car with a great speed. And the cartoonist observed the great look TINTIN had with that trendy hairstyle and decided to have that as his hairstyle ever then. And it became a hit and many people started to spread the style. In that era many people's hairstyle reflected TINTIN's and even now it is the favorite hairstyle of many.I remember, TINTIN was my brother's favorite comic. I remember there were this identical TWINS in the comic. It is now found that the day the cartoonist had introduced the characters, he was influenced by the picture of the TWIN DETECTIVES in the Dailies(Newspaper). The photograph was also shown on this Discovery show. And yes, it looked very much like the Twins created by the cartoonist.

9)WITCH BLADE- Sarah! The HOT GIRL saving the world from evil.

8)AKIRA- the Japanese kid.(A YOUNGBOY)

7)HULK- Yeah! the green man. The reason for the hulk to be portrayed as a green man(originally grey)- Since Hulk was a monster, he couldn't go out to get a fancy costume like any other superheroes. So the maker decided to have him as a Grey man. This grey colour wasn't printed as grey but due to some printing came out as green. It then striked the maker to have him green coloured was better than grey . And so the hulk is GREEN.

6)WONDER WOMAN- gifted with magical items to use to fight Evil. Created by a psychologist. Clay model- Goddess. (Reminded me of goddess DURGA! :P )

5)JUDGE DREDD- " Iam the law" was his punch dialogue. Originally a British work.

4)Superman- An Orphan, adopted by the Kryptons.A big HIT!

3)XMEN- It had developed the tolerance towards different people says the maker.

2)The SPIDER-MAN: This was the work of Stanley. And he did this because he was bored with all these super heroes because they were all icon of perfection. He wanted someone who commits mistakes like any of us, a boy who is shy, who finds it very difficult in making a conversation with his favorite girl in the neighborhood. And most all PETER PARKER was a boy next door. And while thinking of the superpower, the cartoonist observed a spider building its web.And it then striked him, it could be the boy with spider powers . So he thought of these names - Insect Man, Wall throwing man, SPIDER-MAN.And my favorite part in spider-man is when the maker tells us how bad REVENGE could be..... This is when Peter allows the robber to run away and then makes out that it was this robber who had killed his uncle. And Stanley says that it really annoys when people write SPIDER-MAN as SPIDERMAN. Did you get it? No --. Stanley wanted to differentiate Spider-Man with Superman . And so did he put the - in-between spider and man. So he insist that every one writes it that way because that is how it is supposed to be. SPIDER-MAN.Next time you write SPIDER-MAN don't miss the -.

1) BATMAN- Created by BOB CANE. He got this idea from one of learnado's work. People feel that(Including his wife) the Batman's first few issues resembled the same look of BOB himself. Especially the face-cut, Chin, etc., And even his wife admits that may be BOB did it on purpose. And BATMAN was a humanitarian at heart. So was BOB throughout his life- says Mrs.BOB.

SOME INERESTING FACTS:Hulk, XMEN,Spider-Man- All these comics had more than 2 billion copies sold out .73.4% Superhero battles were on Roof top. Wish one of your favorite is on the top list. And I hope I did give some interesting facts (Unknown) about these known super heroes.

And tonight Oprah show was about Bird flu. And I was under the impression that it would clear some of our worst fears about the bird flu and it could give us some hope. But IN the whole show the Dr who was on this talk show, instead of convincing that it would be okay soon kept over doing about this Flu issue. I personally felt that he had only been looking at the DARKER SIDE. . And yes of course the show was concentrated more on how America should prepare to face this. I thought Oprah is not easy to convince with whatever you say. She proved me wrong tonight. More in my next post.
Cya'

Know where you fall!!!

Yeah This is definitely about falling in love.
Love is not just an entertainment , it is a lot of responsibility.
Donot mistake friendship for love...Because you could lose a good friend and end up with 2 loss.No friend and You also the dignity .
Don't TAG me as an ANTI-LOVE! I respect true love. And I rarely see TRUE LOVE!(Otherthan Mom's love and Dad's love)
And.........
HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY.
It is not a day for just LOVERS........you can wish any1 you love. Wish your mom,dad, paati,thaatha, perandi,NAAI kutty,just any1 you love! And I love you all! Have a memorable & sensible Valentine's day!AND KNOW WHERE YOU FALL! FALLING IN LOVE! Why people say FALL....May be it has some real meaning behind !@# :P
Picture
Courtesy:Internet.

http://www.love.2loop.com/

Try this link it was very funny! Try that lnk first and then read the following. And here are few lines that i got in my story and kept laughing!!!!!!

*One Sweet summer day at Tokyo you see the most Cute creature you have ever seen.

*Suddenly, he looks in your direction and starts walking right towards you!!! he says, "I noticed you staring at me from over there. I just had to tell you, that I think you are so Talented , and was wondering if you'd like to go to Thailand with me and Watch cartoon ?" :))

This post is DEDICATED TO ALL THE STRAY DOGS!!
Dogs are not just PETS.
Dogs are greatest companion for man.They are very Best friend too.And somtimes Life savers. I always wanted to have a DOG...
Observe this Pic, They have some calculations............ DO YOU OBSERVE THE PATH FOLLOWED? Do you see the doggie standing there?

The Trauma

Last week I could very well notice the street dogs behave very strange. The last time I found them behave this way was during the earthquake. That time I too had problems in sleeping. Then last week it was rather different. It sure was not dogfight. The dogs barks were like yelling for help or some kind of warning. It definitely was a warning signal, because the dogs' sounds were coming from different sides more like propagation of ripples. And definitely it was not a single dog barking. There were many dogs barking , from different places. And I told all these to my Mom and Sis , also I told them that something was definitely wrong in the neighborhood. And like any other day my Sis started laughing and when i told her that it is not a joke. These dogs had never been so strangely behaving. And only mom listened to my words with a little seriousness. When I told this to Appa, he too did listen. And it went serious day by day. Here is some thing that really made me have a deeper look into this issue.

1)One night, when I went outside to lock the gate , adjacent to the gate there was this dog standing erect and its head held high and it was staring at something at a distance. When I neared the dog, it did not move or even notice me. Which definitely is strange, generally dogs would turn at your side and look or atleast move away when you near them (Am not talking about pet dogs). But this dog was very seriously observing something. Which definitely is strange.

2) The other night I saw this little puppy come running at a very great speed and it stood right at the gate and looked at me and then took off.

3) Some of the local dogs were missing. And I could see new dogs that definitely don't belong here. Stray Dogs too would try to defend their colony or area. And would not let some strange dog enter into that area and it could be because it don't want any competition for its food.

4) The next night there were some new dogs, probably the dogs from the near by locality. May be they sensed that something was happening to the dogs here and some thing bad is happening.

And it was after that the HOUSE BREAKING attempt took place. Then that day while all of us were sitting and talking about this incident. It was then I started to explain,......... I had been telling them all about the strange behavior of the local dogs. And now it is evident that they definitely meant to tell us something. My sister stopped making fun of my interpretations. And whenever I try to tell them something like this, always my sister would say Am imagining too much and also scaring her with my stupid imaginations. I always had this intuitions telling me something, during the tsunami also I told her that something strange was happening, and also during the earthquake I did tell her. But she took it serious only after things happen. And now she is mad at me for the observations of the stray dogs. And the other night after the house break attempt, the dogs once again were very disturbed. And today i could not keep my mouth SHUT. I went up and disturbed appa from his work. And told him to listen to the dogs.......

It happened again. There were these dogs making crying sounds and the barks went on like ripples. Then appa did admit that it was not NORMAL. Then I told appa it is right time to call the police because the inspector told us " If anything strange is happening or someone suspicious is walking around please let us know ! "and it was 11:00pm on the clock . Appa took sometime to think & decide and finally he decide &called the local inspector.(Thanks to the cell phone technology). And guess what, he was in the main road attending to an accident that had just happened and he had just finished the formalities. The Inspector told appa that he would be at the gate in 5 minutes. He also told that he had earlier planned to visit our place that night. ( The other day he took 45 minutes to travel from his station and reach our home.) What do you call that?

And yes he was here in 4 minutes. Then appa explained him everything and then something real strange happened. While we were all standing outside and talking ,there was this dog that came out of the dark running like a cheetah and I pointed it to the officer. He was shocked to see the dog runn so fast at night. The dog came right at us and stood ! It gave us this ,really strange look that spoke a million words and ran back with the same speed into the direction where it had come from. Now it was evident that something is happening. The officer understood and told us' things would be alright and we need not worry.' He also told us to sleep peacefully (Easy for him to say!) and he took leave along with the other police men. That night , I think my sister and mom would have got convinced I WAS NOT IMAGINING! Appa sure was convinced. Now there are no strange barks. And everything seems to be alright. But I find it very difficult to sleep. Last week all the days in college I was very drowsy. And I struggled to stay awake and listen to the lectures. There was this one night where I struggled so much to sleep and often got out of my bed walked into the kitchen, Dinning room, Hall Switching the lights ON/OFF. And whenever I got out and saw the time it was 11,12,12:30,3,3:30,5 and good morning, time to go to the college. I did not mean to stay awake but my inner sense kept me awake. But yesterday I slept the sleep of the whole week. Now I could sleep properly. Things are back to normal.(I guess!)

Okay!For the first time am not going to get to the topic very soon.... i would take you around for a small confusing ride and then get down on the STOP.
Here is what I told one of my friend " I donno why, but for the past few days I could not sleep!Iam so disturbed. I had this very disturbing sleep.This hasn't happened even during my boards or semester exams. I hardly slept for the past 4 nights." And my friends reply was " Dey......You are in love!........" Crazy...Oops i said a long drive, isn't it?...so ....Read this first!

Last week after that day , I had been asking myself the following questions repeatedly...........
"Why did guy think that way?"
"He could have picked some...."
"Why did that happen?"
"Why that way?"
"How could such a thought have ever arouse in his mind?"
" He must have been the stupidest person!"

And if you were thinking as what my friend had been thinking ....................UNGA THALAILA ONGI ORU KUTTU vayungalen plz !!!
The HE was THE THIEF!

All the above lines were the trauma that a SWEET LITTLE GIRL had undergone after the day someone had tried to housebreak!!!!! Yes that house is our house, and that sweet girl is none other than I, Me, and Myself.(Romba overa irukku illa.... Bear with this little devil! )

Even the previous night I had been awake working on my MINI PROJECT model till 2:30 in the night!This guy who probably was thinking he is TOM CRUISE and attempted to thieve should have realised it is MISSION IMPOSSIBLE!! But he did not. That night after great day was over, I snuggled into my bed ......say at 12:30+. And I was too tired , and had this symptoms to catchup COLD. So i took that very sedative syrup and dozed-off . And all i knew then was Appa waking and calling me to come immediately...........The last time I remember appa wake me up like that was when we had this baby snake enter the house on that very foggy morning at 5 or 6'o clock. So I got up thinking it must be this snaky boy or some puppy or someTHING. With the very reluctant look & with the thought of getting back to my dream after sending off the little creature, I got out of the bed and followed appa, while my sissy and mom were still in bed, snoring. WE GENERALLY DO NOT INVOLVE THE LADIES OF THE HOUSE TO HANDLE SUCH " MEANT FOR MAN " SITUATIONS! Am AN EXCEPTIONAL GIRL CHILD!

And by the time I entered the hall my EYEBALLS almost popped out.........What the??!!! The ventilator was removed and thank god the grills were sturdy enough! Appa asked me if i found the difference...It was obvious for me that it is a HOUSE BREAK attempt. For appa would not have got a carpenter to do some carpentry early in the morning .....and obviously it is not my birthday for appa to give me some sweet surprise(Like he has ever.........NOTHING. SKIP IT!). And then appa opened the door and showed me something- ' The stupid fellow had left all the removals as such and had even not stolen the buckets and some other materials (I would suggest good to be stolen) that were lying in the portico. May be someone must have passed by. But the sturdy lock installed at the door had only prevented him break into the house.

Then Appa called up one of his friend who holds a good position in the police department ( If not for Appa or his friend's position - Illati yaarum kanduktu irundhruka maatanga.).The Police officers came and recorder the finger prints and rest(ALOT)........... in my next post. Its getting late and am getting a little shaky ,sitting here alone. Will try to get some sleep. Good bye for now!

NOTE: I have some knives or other such sharp tools hidden in some of the places inside our house. I just don't want to use any of that ! And I wish, I do not.

Today was a big day for us - The students performing for the open house.We exhibited some of our IDEA's as Project or putting it much clear as MODELS. And many of the visitors asked me if they could take this model after am done with exhibiting. And I had to say NO! Because i was too sentimental about it. It was a Hit project being my first try ever on a circuit of my own. It took 2 nights & the night before the project was spent sleepless to do all the MODELS. We were all first put in different labs . All our class mates stayed in one lab with our very sweet class incharge. This sir is very sweet,down to earth,bubbly and what not..he is a mini ARAVINDH SWAMY (Am not flirting ,am just describing one of the sweetest soul.He is just too sweet that sometimes even his colleagues take him for granted .)He was so glad that we had all done very wonderfull realtime application projects other than just some components connected with wires.We our class mates had real fun- pulling our leg, teasing or defining in a traditional collegian lang ( Kalaaikradhu, Kalavarradhu ).

Although we had already been sitting & working in that lab during our lab hours on REGULAR working days, it was totally different today. No attestations, and no rules, no staff checking your experiment, no NOTHING. Then after some real fun time......we got this news that we should all be shuffled up and put in different labs .Initially it kind of made us sad. But then our sir put it this way " Go to different labs ya........See what others are doing too. Make new friends ...explore......!" Then we were all put in different labs. Fortunately in the LAB (allotted for me) there were no Juniors, so there was no need for me to (be)act different from the usual way, what I always am. But, there were also students from other sections whom i have never personally met before. Although the faces were familiar (Corridor walks, Culturals,...) , we had not personally met or conversed. After some shytime...they started the conversation with ' Can u lend me your Scissors, what time can we leave, Do you know how many schools are going to visit, Would you mind taking care of my project by the time I go see my friends.........'

I tell you now-a-days boys have grown SHY than us girls. We spoke out and got ourselves introduced .Then we all had some real CHAT. But there was this very curiously quiet guy whom I tried to pull into our conversation. He kept giving a standard smile, occasionally an Yes!. We all had a very nice chat and there was this very witty guy(A). He kept pulling some one's leg and most of the time his target was B. B too didn't keep mum, he kept teasing A. All with lot of Fun and laughter involved. No one was Offended by the jokes played . While all of us were making this memorable day with laughs,jokes,chat as the COMEDY TRACKS of a movie, we had the main TRACKS - the students visiting and us explaining. All of us were conversing in English because we hardly knew the others knew to speak ANUDHA THAMIZH (Tamil). All of us were sitting near our desk after explaining each of our projects to one another. About half the day went on this way with lot of school children walking around and exploring our TINY INVENTIONS.

For those who made it too technical(TECHI) ...Boo!!... as far as the school children's are concerned THEY MADE NO SENSE. But still they tried to savvy. Then coming to the main issue.. There were also students from some of the local schools. The teachers and children were too simple, and could hardly understand what this FUSS is all about. On first thought I felt that the college authorities have done a good job by inviting the students from the locality (Most were Govt schools). But then on seeing some of the students from our college show off and ignore them, i did not quiet appreciate what the authorities have done. Then there was a bunch of kids from one of the Govt. boys school. We could see that these kids after all those long walks through the corridors hardly understood what many (of others) had spoken. They looked kind of pissed off with our un-understandable talks. So once all these analysis were made from the looks on their faces...

**The following lines have nothing to do with language problems or politics between those. It is my mere concern about our mother tongue, its state.....It could be applicable to all/any the languages -Tamil, Hindhi,Kannada,Telugu,Marathi,Bengali,Oria,.........(have i missed yours? Kindly add it too and read),may be English...Na i dont think english is in a state to be in this list.(No OFFENCE).You could replace tamil/Thamizh/Thamizh-- with your mother tongue and then proceed to think about this.And this event happening in your STATE - Tamilnadu here**

I put this question and saw all the faces GLOW at the same fraction of second. "Thamizh theriyuma??"And the prompt answer in chorus was "O! Nalla Theriyumey..Thamizhlaye sollungaKa. illana onnum puriyaadhu!" And so did the teachers face glow too. And i took pride in explaining the circuit , its operations and applications -all in tamil. And these kids were real smart they started asking some reasonable questions " Y not this?""Y not that?". Then did I understand how hard it would become for the teachers if THAMIZHVAZHIKKALVI is made compulsory . And may be that is the reason why there is still a lot of confusion about this.... I tried my level best in convincing them with my answer. And the teachers were so happy and amused that I could tell an engineering circuit to the kids in Tamil and make them understand. One of the teacher complimented for speaking a very good thamizh , she also mentioned that it was really surprising for her to see an engineering student speak good THAMIL..oops THAMIZH.

After I sat down with our friends for the SIDE TRACK, these guys were all so shocked to know I could speak thamizh. Especially Mr.A, he asked if I was a tamizhponnu (TAMIL girl.). And the counter was "How about you?" And Mr.A said "Yeah! am a tamizhpayyan too." He was not shy or feeling bad to say that. But that there are girls who dont speak thamizh even if they knew to , and made a fuss speaking in TANGLISH. And I asked him why he had to say that in english when he is a tamizhpayyan. And A's answer goes like this " enku kunjam kunjam dhaan thamiZH varum......' And believe it he really did not know to speak a single sentence in proper tamizh. And another andhra friend C spoke "Avan wastu! Avan thamizha enalaye thaanga mudiyala" Now, isn't that thamizh??? !!! Great C! That is it all our rifles turned and faced A. We all started teasing 'A' that he doesnt know to speak properly in his mother tongue...!Blah blah! (LAUGHS!!). After all these jokes , we were into some other topic's discussion. All of a sudden A came up with this strange question someone has ever asked , "Being a tamizhponnu how come you speak good english? ".( I still am not sure if he really meant that!! :P )

Adapavee... what are you asking? Whats wrong with thamizhponnu?? And what does that have to do with ,speaking in a foreign language? We had a very long argument & 'A' finally gaveup! Though he actually complimented me , his former part of the sentence made me go furious. And that too it was from a THAMIZHAN! Too bad!!!!!! Leave all that aside. Then we had some peacefull, memorable conversation...and finally (remember the Quiet guy with a sweet smile and few YES!!) this very shy boy opened his mouth. And I did not leave him.. he had to keep talking something before we all leave, so did he. Atlast!!! He spoke, joked,.... and guess what he even got into this teasing game where A was the joked about not speaking his mother tongue !!!!!!! Why do some boys be very shy even when some one (SOME OF many of US) were very badly trying to make him converse /talk. The whole session was great. We all found it very interesting, did not know we could learn so much from the experience, kids, ourselves, Friends,..............I sure have a very memorable day recorded in/for my college days!!!!!!! And dont forget to speak your mother tongue as and when possible. But don't get into the politics... After all ,there is nothing to feel shy or bad about speaking in mother tongue!!! And that is why the title of previous post. And A (B or C or...any1 I met today)had nothing to do with that, but the other silly people out there whom you meet , I meet ...we all meet in the walks of life!!!

NOTE: I think this must be the longest post i have ever posted. Thank you for your patience. And hope i did not bore you!?

IF A PERSON FEEL ASHAMED OF IDENTIFYING HIMSELF WITH HIS MOTHER-TONGUE, HE IS NONE BUT A PERSON WHO FEELS ASHAMED OF BEING A SON TO HIS OWN MOTHER.

- MARUTHAM