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January 30, 2005

Story of xxx - I 

Tan Tan Tan …….. the bell rang …Inside the home…things were scattered all over the floor…whole home is messed up..in middle of room a suitcase was lying ..near to that pickle bottle,horlicks bottle, some “sapadu pottanam” ,water bottle,big shopper bag…

“Ammaaaaaaaaaa anja mani aachi “( it is 5 pm) Agnita shouted……

Her mom is busy with packing …once done with packing....she asked Agnita to read the check list so that she can confirm if everything is packed or something is missed..
Agnita started reading
Pickle,horlicks,dress,tablets,vicks,bucket,mug (“adhalam anga poi vangikalam enga erandhu semandhuttu poga vaindam..– her mother replied”)
Sari ..she said n continued further…………………….

Agiiiiiii Agiiiiiiii come here ma.. her father gave a call from puja room…..
“Endha varrainpa ( yeah I am coming dad) “Agnita replied…she proceeded towards puja room …
Then usual puja started followed by taking “aashirvadham “( blessing) from her parents…
The thing was Agnita got admission at government college of coimbatore and she was traveling to coimbatore that day .. as it is first time she was going out of home. More over.she is one n only daughter in their family…

Agnita ..a very reserved ,calm,confident,bold gal with a normal look but still a strike on her face would attract people because of homely appearance.
The saying “Vettala puli and velila yeli”( Cat in home n rat outside) would best fit on her…..as only one daughter the word she utters her parents follows it and also fulfill it…

”enna evalavu neram aakura…seekaram pack panama”…with a ordering tone….
“Endha mudinjarachi “ replied her mother…
at last all started… before leaving the hall ..
“have u taken the ticket” she asked her father...."oravati check pannappa… "
her father checked…”eraka ma” he replied…
then they hired a auto n reached Egmore station , took the train and next morning all 3 reached coimbatore.
Her father friend resides at coimbatore so they went to their friends home ..got refreshed, then enquired reg whereabouts of the college to his friend n proceeded towards college..
They reached in advance there at college. After finishing admition formality office people directed towards gals hostel..they went there and checked the room which was allocated to her…
Room was quite clean with couple of tables n chairs and 2 cots laid jus opposite to each other with some separation ..
So by seeing the setup any one can easily guess a room shud be shared by 2 students…..
They left the baggage in that hostel room.,dropped her in classroom and said will meet in evening after classes n they proceeded towards market to get other needy accessories for her…

Time passed and college got over they handed the accessories to her and started towards railway station with bit depression at the same time happy too...
Happy! thinking that there only daughter going to become future engineer and there separation made them depressed.
After that Agnita daily routine started..though for her the environment was quite new..but she managed it ..attimes she may be get homesickness..
Sharp 9pm she wil get call from her parents…they would talk for just 10 to 15 mins..
Yet she has not made friends over there…jus she used to talk with all but rare words….

Days passed and week end almost on the door..it was Friday evening ..as if she was waiting for this Friday evening she started to ..chennai…reached home…….
Time was jus running when all 3 were together..yeah it is Sunday evening now ..again she has to start to her college..

As always they proceeded toward egmore station ..this time she has to travel alone..
“Appa S3 coach enga erakana paaru”…her father found S3 coach and was tring to find her name in the reverservation chart pasted left to door of coach…

Sriram,sita,laakshmi ( Her father checking the list and murmering the names from top.)
………………………………………………….Agnita Ranganathan…
“Erakada un pera list la.”, said to her father...
her berth serial code was 26 middle berth ..all 3 went inside the coach and sat and her parents advicing….blah blah……
“nalla padima ( no need to say that as she is too brilliant in studies )…nanga phone pannarom kavala padadha…………..”

poannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn poannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn…they heard the signal sound…
“sary ma signal pottatanga .. nanga poi kila nikkarom….”
And then both got out of train and continued talk to her through train window….”.sary ellam eduthatela? Check panniko?” Her mother said
Train about to move……”amma train kelambadhu nenga pongo veettaka”…followed by ” tata pa,tata ma”….( Swinging her hands ) Agnita told…..now train got the speed n moved faster….with that station disappeared……..

As her berth was middle berth she was sitting in lower lower berth , near to her sat a young guy ..she saw her when he entered the train but did;nt bothered as was busy talking to her parents..now when she looked him again ..some thoughts passing in her mind that somewhere she saw him..as she is reserved type gal did;nt dare to ask him…….she took some english novel and started to read that…time passed …dinner time came ..then took the big shopper bag and started to eat what her mother has packed…did;nt bother what other’s will think ..
She finished her dinner..
It was about 9.30Pm ..now she was getting sleep …atlast she dare to speak a word

Agnita :Excuse me…
Guy: though heard that but pretended as if he has not heard …
Agnita:Excuse me sir…konjam move pannareengala ..berth aa lift pannanum…
Guy : ( As if he was waiting for a chance when she will talk)..sure sure…
Neenga enga poreenga……student aah ella work pannareengala ?( jsut to start conversation he begin...)
Agnita : Busy lifting the berth and fixing it…she did;nt bother to answer his question..
Guy: excuse me ungaladhan..
Agnita: sorry nan answer panna virambala… and she stopped the conversation with that....
(others were just watching……a big nose cut to him….. after that he thought not to put further question to her and getback worst from her……)
middle berth was fixed and she climbed up and flatted……..

To be continued….

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January 28, 2005

College life-II 

Later came to know the guy who was caught in my dad’s hand for doing nothing was mechanical senior ..and the guy who entered the hall for the admission was later my classmate Jeo. .

As jeo’s admission was followed by mine, hence his roll no was jus after mine.
Then usual classes started 8 hours a days with recess and tea breaks.
In first year ‘A’ section there were about 50 future engineers but in that some behaving future rowdies.. ha ha..
Our classroom was divided into 4 columns with some 6 to 7 bench in a column.
Usually in TN we can find such bench in which 3 peoples can sit ..our classroom benches was of that sort.. and starting from left… 3 columns occupied by guys and the last right side column is occupied by gals..
Admission was in process n daily some new faces entering the class.
In that process Shuba also entered followed by Gomathi a very soft,calm gal …
Don’t know how we become last bench gals..in all four year we used to sit only at last bench..Our trademark was last bench gals…
During first year all were mixed up and dumped into various sections .. Separation according to branch was done only during second year..
At this point I want u to know about an incident good indeep ..an confusion due to language…
In first year we had various subjects including “Basic Electronic and computer Engineering “.That was the time our prior staff has left and replaced by new staff Mr Christopher ( here after referred as Mr Chris ) .He was assigned our class to handle Basic Electronics paper…
Mr Chris used to be bit strict and in his lecture session either last few minutes or in the beginning of the lecture he used to put questions to us about the topics which was taken in last class…
So one Afternoon after recess break first hour was Basic electronics n computer engineering class..
I would also like u know that as all has came jus finishing lunch most of them were in drowsy state others busy with there own work..
We 3 ( myself,gomi,shuba) busy talking ..s u r correct as lecturer in class we cannot talk openly..so murmering n talking through writing ..me busy scribbling some flower picture..
Those days during class hours that was thing I used to do always drawing something and passing n front benches..others will leave comments on that segment of paper n pass back to me....again new one I used to scribble.. This process would continue..

In that atmosphere Mr Chris entered class..that day the reviewing session was in the beginning itself..and he was about to start some last or second last chapter related to “ computers n its architecture “.. but he want to check about our awareness about that chapter as we had some related introduction chapter in 12 std.

He started with left side row

Mr Chris : yes u what are the languages u know?
Ganesh : answered some thing ( I don’t know what he answered as i was busy with my own deed neither I bothered to know..jus we njoying ..i guess he answered wrongly )

Mr Chris: Next..
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the process continued n it came to 2 column middle row.
Now it was turn of suresh

Mr Chris: he shooted same question to him
Suresh : french,english,tamil and ………( he was about to say something ...........Mr chris thought that suresh is making fun of him..but the fact was suresh misunderstood the question.. ...............(we came to know this at end of class ) )
Mr chris: Get out of class
Suresh: with a grin in his face n cooooooooolllllll going out of class …

( still here we busy with our works we don’t know y he was asked to go out..we jus know that he was asked to go out.. was about to ask front bench people.. suddenly ..aah it was my turn…)

Mr chris : what are the languages u know?
( that time I used to talk with very low decibels ..though now it is different case..as I was in the last bench it is bit difficult to reach Mr chris or any one who is standing in front ear drums )
Me: with low decibels english,hindi,tamil..
( here gomathi n shuba wer pinching me I still did'nt get what for they doing so… )
Mr Chris : next
( I think he did'nt hear what I said n proceeded to next)
Gomathi : replied something
Mr chris : next
Shuba : replied soemthing…
After few minutes almost all class was standing and at last a sound came “sit down”
We all sat.,.
Actualy his question was what all computer languages we know and we mistook as what communication languages we know..
I guess one or 2 answered correctly..
Thankgod he did'nt listen to what I answered ..else the whole class might heard another "getout"…
After this incident if anyone dont want to attend his class they will do some or the other mischievous work n the very next moment the sentence which comes from Mr chris mouth would be "GET OUT OF CLASS"..as the concern aim was that only he would be too coollllllll n would walk out of class.........

later it became topic of talk for us after class…………


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Suresh later ECE branch...Ganesh left our college in first year itself..still u could'nt recollect ?
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January 20, 2005

College life - I 

It all happened about 8 years back when I was jus stepping out from school life n stepping into my college life...
Well lemme present the scenario of those day though cannot present the whole but atleast will try to explore a snip of that time which is memorable..

It was the month of august or so…Myself n my appa( dad) entered the college premises .I was holding a carry bag in my hand I think" JRK "carry bag having a file which had all my educational certificates till 12 std and call letter from TNPCE .

We enquired the watch man and asked regarding the where abouts of office. He guided us n we followed according to what he said n reached the college office room.
That time the college was underconstruction n they were accompanying the classes in the polytechnique building…as both the institute was run by the same management committee..

My dad informed the attender(peon) that he want to meet the either principal or director who is incharge of first year admission.
They asked to wait .We were waiting n an interrogation was happening between myself n my mind. numerous queries were straggling in my thoughts (
how will be the college?
Will there be any ragging? How would be my classmate? Whether I can manage them? Blah blah blah …..)
I jus had a glance around.. all I could find is gals n guys roaming around in casuals and “kaki uniform” ( brown color pant shirt ) .
Jus was thinking n viewing the campus could hear a voice “ sir ungala kupadaranga”..( sir u are been called)..then we met the director followed by principal…principal gave usual blah blah lecture about the college n he directed us to a person…

We went there n then he started with his job ..usual calculation of 12std marks,score of entrance exam, verifing the documents ..
I had a glance at him ..in the first vision he looked somewhat uncommon..but I did’nt gave much importance to that.. as I thot him as some office guy doing his admission work…

Soon after that two persons entered the hall ..one person was of my dad’s age n other like me holding one file following his dad ..cent percent he came for admission..( jus was my guess other then that no other possibility was there)..
Please wait , said the college person who was verifiying my documents.. they were waiting..
After done with all sort of verification he introduced him as physics lecturer..aah a jerk .. n thought in my mind “ oh lecturer aahhhhhhhhh mmmm””
They my dad n he was talking something , I could jus hear “sir A Section la admission potaralam la”( is it ok sir if we admit your daughter to A section)…they conversation ended with shake hand then last sentence my dad told was “ sary sir parkalam, romba thanks”
We were leaving the hall n the persons who came in between proceeded towards him for admission..
By the time he finished all formalities it was about 12Pm ..…. lunch hour
he ( physics sir ) told that I can attend the classes that day itself ..afternoon sessions..

As it was lunch time ..my dad enquired to one student reg where about of canteen..”Sir engalam canteen ella ,college ka velila ora tea kadai eraka” (sir here there is no canteen but outside the campus there is a small shop ) this was the reply we got …
so we went out of the college campus n could find the tea kadai( shop) ..floated with all guys ..could’nt find a single gal there.. We finished our lunch there..not much but some thing to calm down the hunger momenterly..

After that my dad enquired about the First year A section class n I was jus following him..he traced the location.. we went inside class ..found one place asked me to sit there n then he said “sary ma nan wait pannarain ,evening sainthu veetukka pogalam” ( will wait till evening n we both can got o home in evening )…for that my reply was” vennam pa nan vanduravain yenaku ora problem ella neenga kelambanga” ( I will come no problem for me u start to home )..
then he said ok n left the class…

I was jus sitting in the second last bench .. one guy came n he was jus asking casualy my name n schooling details… n side by him some more guys were standing…
If any person looking that scenario from outside it would look like they are ragging me…
n that time itself ragging was strictly prohibited inside the college campus..but people who are interested in this ragging kinda stuff they would do some how whenever they get time …

I was repling to there questiongs,suddenly I could hear my dad voice again n i deviated my eyes toward the entrance door..aah my father was there..
My father is bit short tempered person..when he saw this “gumble”( crowd) surrounding me he thought they are ragging me..
He become hot ..he came inside the class to my seat where i was sitting , he neither asked me or anyone about what is going over there..jus hold the hand of the guy who was questioning me n said “ principal kitta va ” ( come to principal office).. here me wonderign what is going there…

My class was in first floor my dad is a hefty person n that guy was bit short n lean also..He was following my dad for jus a push..they went till steps I was following him ..followed by other students..That guy started to plead n beg ..”sir vittaranga sir..thereeyama pannitain”n then requesting to release him n not to take this issue to principal office…
i don’t know what to say at first ..then said " appa vittaranga pa ..” atlast some how my dad was cooled n he left him..
But he warned him n also other “
No ragging”..

Actualy he came to give the receipt n pass the information to me that he has paid the amount for books n drafter n to tell me to collect books from library..
but unfortunately all this drama was created in a while...
my fahter then left to home n by that time the lunch hour was also finished..then some how the time passed n college was over..
Once the college was finished i followed all others ( majority of crowd ) towards the main gate then towards the bus stop…
That was the first time I was left alone.. prior to that I did’nt have any exp traveling in public transpotation (city bus)..

Here is peak info that we shifted to tamilnadu jus one year before .Also my school n home was in walkable distance so did’nt got any chance to use public transportation.Above all the bus board was only in tamil n I could’nt find any english word in the name board of the bus.

Was standing alone in the bus stop n thinking what to do next? how to reach home? That time there was no phone connection at home so I cannot call n inform my dad to come n pick me from college..even I could’nt dare to ask people standing at bus stop as all were my seniors..then one guy called me as usual for some enquiry..

He started with what is your name? where r u from ? why your dad did so in afternoon ? ( oh ho so news is speard all over the college – a thought in my mind.. n laughing inside)..

Replied for his questions ..then when he asked about my location of home..i could hear from the other end “ I am also from that area” followed by second voice “ me too near to that” .. aahhhhh I got relaxed chalo some one is there .. now I can reach home with there help… then I asked with a low voice can they guide me till home as I don’t know how to go..they guided..abba atlast reached home..

First thing which I did after reaching home was asked my mom to teach tamil.
“amma tamil sollithanga..bus board kuda padika thereeyala”( mom teach me tamil even i could'nt read bus board )
Then discussed what all happened in the college "ore joke thaan when i was telling that lunch incident.."
then started my tamil class…. college life too started.....


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aana antha payyan romba pavam (the one who started questioning u @ college). even if he wud have interested to start kidding any gal, his heart wudn't allow him to do. he wud b feeling guilty always...
this scene is fresh in my mind....i remem PERFECTLY! and I guess I even remem that guy who had the nightmare in the shape of ur dad! WISH I WERE UR SENIOR!!!Lucky u...escaped!
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January 17, 2005

Pongal celebration at my place 

It is been 2 days pongal has passed but at my place today is pongal for us....
Today Sunday jan 16 kanu pongal day in actual ,but for as it is all sort of pongal together in a day ..pongal+ maattu pongal + kanu pongal..
For this pongal celebration we planned 4 days before..nothing a grand sort of celebration but still for us too far from family we feel good when we meet our friends and have get together…..

“Plan la balama thaan pottoam “ ( we planned well for this get together..according to plan I shud be there at there place by 9 Am ….

It was morning time… started from home..travelled some one hour in subway now time to travel in bus..then got into bus…
Jus was sitting in the bus going towards the spot and watching out of window… enviornment was quite chil outside and also inside bus..guess it snowed last light…
To the distance where mine eye vision can reach…All I could find everywhere i.e in the ground,road,foot path all covered with snow…like a white bed cover is speard all over, good to see the view…

But I was wondering how cum no snow at my place and here full of snow…..after a few while thought to check the time..had a glance at my wrist watch..oh it is already 11.30Am now..still some 10 min travel left as was thinking this..suddenly I could find one of my friend getting into the bus..started with formal talk and then chatted till we reached the destination…

As I had only visited my friend’s home only once so could not remember the exact way to their home but could recollect that the way to their home is a straight path..we gave a ring to our friend n asked to come n pick up from bus stop but in the mean while want to give a try to find the way by myself..
Went to all streets what ever i can see but still could’nt find the home..atlast we came back to the spot from where we started that is bus stop..then we could find my friend there..
Reached home..

Started to do arrangment to prepare pongal( as dish can call as sweet rice)…
Our pongal was electric cooker pongal...Added all ingredients needed to prepare that dish n kept in cooker then we were busy chitchatting n simultaneously making ready to prepare the rest of dish..suddenly every one attention diverted to a side..the rice with water n milk was overflowing from electric cooker...

Usualy according to tradition while preparing pongal the rice shud over flow from mouth of pot after the rice starts boiling... and unfortunately it happened with our first pongal preparation ..great coincidence...he he..

As it was first time to prepare pongal ..we did some R n D ...started to prepare pongal , but atlast ended by preparing pongal and fried rice..
Actualy what happened was once we cooked the rice it was quite big amount..so we decided to take a part of the rice and prepare some other varity of it.... n that was fired rice...

It came some what so so..not exact to pongal but some what ok.. ..The main draw back was “ellakka ( tamil) “ was missing..other wise it would come excellent..this is what I was telling to all of them..tamil la sollavangala “nondi sakka “..( some blind reasons ).... ;)
Then all had pongal ..as all were bit hungry so they had bit more....but also it shud not be ignored that sweet dishes we cannot have more... ;)

After that it was break time..did “aaratai “ ( chit chat)..
We all believed that too many hands can spoil the things…so only some were involved in cooking rest were busy with chit chat n watching movie...
Then started to prepare second round of food…,..started with long menu list but ended with limited menu..
While making plan i told that we will prepare "susiyam" ( a sweet dish)...All were very eager to eat "susiyam" ..no body had heard of this name earlier n also no body tasted it.. they jus heard from me about that dish..anyway good for me.. how ever / what ever it comes i can say to them this is the dish what i was referring...;) for this also "ellakka" was missing.. that is very must for this.... getting ellakka here is very difficult have to travel 3 hours to get that ..so we decided to adjust with what we had..

We invited near by peoples “ABBUJI “( meaning father ) n “AMMANI” ( meaning mother ) for dinner.....Very good peoples n carring too.. as their son is pursuing education in some country so they are aware of the difficulties a person can face if they are in some alien country ..so they tried to help as much they can....

As we were busy preparing food and some were busy watching movie suddenly we could find ABBUJI n AMMANI at the home..ayyo enna edha it was jus 4Pm and nothing was done…we were thinking how to make them to move from there n ask them to come after 1 hours..
Atlast succeeded in the attempt…

Then back to experiment work.. sharp 6pm Boomi entered first..followed by Abbuji ,ammani and their daughter…
Concentration of all was diverted towards Boomi , to describe Boomi he is too smart,cute,too handsome ,charming ...
Boomi was the only one who was well dressed amoung all present at the venue...
wondering who is Boomi ? jus
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Some liked the taste n had good dinner ,some did’nt like the taste…but ABBUJI n AMMANI like it n had much… I was happy for that...
they thanked me as they were not aware that in making dishes my role was less n others role was more compaired to me..but like the saying " free ya kedaicha pheneol kuda kudipom" ..just said thanks..as the appraisal was coming free of cost..cud'nt resist saying that i have nto made blah blah blah to them...
At last we found that not only too much hands but also few hands can also spoil the things which we discovered at the end…
I DID’NT LIKE ANYTHING THAT DAY…May be had too much expectation !
any how time to pack up n started back to home..next day again back to den ( work)…week started…


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January 15, 2005

PONGALO pongal 

Today is pongal …this is one renowned festival that we simply love at my place, especially because of the going home after lengthy gap and that we celebrate and enjoy… “adhula nanga ellarum kuuttam kudana podhum” ( when we all gather at a place ..that’s it ) things were extra special!! And the moment I think of it, sweet memories ,sweet pongal, sweet karumbu, fly all over my mind “ellamae sweet thaan” ( everything is sweet ) …

If we think of pongal the image comes into our mind is “karumbu”( sugar cane),”pongal” ( a recipe of rice with some sugar , can call as sweet rice ),”koora poo”,”Maattu pongal”…n can hear every where PONGALO PONGAL ….

Pongal day usualy starts too early…at my place gala starts a the day before ….we can view streets overflowing with playing children and this is the time when some people can make a few money by selling “koora poo “ (some plants found in jungles )…some time before we can hear ..” Koora poo ..koora poo renda ruva renda ruva …”( 2 rs each )..Now with time it is changed to “ Koora POOOooooooooo aanja ruva aanja reva…”( 5 rs each )..It is must to tie that plant bundle in front of home on pongal occation….some tradition n believe…….

Some people get “karumbu” (sugar cane) a day before …at my home my appa ( father ) used to get karumbu on midnight of 13 jan … and minimum count of the karumbu would be 50…not less then that…that too the karumbu would be as it is harvested from field..with root n leaves…
By getting the required things to prepare the special dish “pongal” and “karumbu” my dad work is over and done with. Now starts our ( our na ponnanga ) work……

The actual fun was in getting the house arranged for the festival… We generally clean the house before pongal..”Other days “la summa melappala thaan veetta clean pannavom” that too now all are scattered to different places for studies for work..so “yedhachi festival ka munnala thaan veetta nalla clean pannara work erakum”

Once the cleaning work is finished ,washing work starts…full home shud be washed with water..once done with all sorts of work..… and then only the real thing starts, selecting the “kolam “(a sort of drawing which is put with “ kola podi”[ white powder] in front of house in normal days and with colors during special occasions..)
click here to see what a kolam is ......

Myself and Papa always would be selecting “kolam” … and then we would trigger off the never ending argument which kolam shud be put and which color combination shud be used… each of us would have our own favorite “kolam”, and would want that one to be put in front of home.… some times it ends with big fight and then no body would be ready to put kolam in front of home..but that is the other issue only Papa would atlast put kolam..she is very good expert putting kolam ..gained a lot of appraisal and”wah wah” from neighborhood and others in street.

Public passing before my home will stand for a while to have a glance at the kolam, murmur some praising words and then only they used to move….we used to see that hiding from windows..

Papa used to have a collection of kolams in her notebook called “kolam note”and all in our street all aware of that …..the notebook would be in rotation a week before pongal..it comes to her hand only a day before pongal..some time It comes n again it starts it journey before pongal soon she selects the kolam…..

In our home she is the only one who know to put a excellent kolam…none others know ..others only knows some 3 or 4 kolams with which we manage..in case if papa is not at home i will do my R n D with kolam….will put what ever I like to ..….ofcourse in the end it comes good…

Once the cleaning n kolam selection is finished than almost the work for that day ( a day before pongal is done from our side).next set of work starts at 1 am or 2 am ( pongal day)..
Meanwhile my “amma” (mom ) work also goes simultaneously buying of “koora poo” ,cleaning “velakku “( traditional candle)….
“Apparom enna enga kottam kudiravom”..(all gathered in one room)….we dance,chit chat.. ..then the “kootam”( gang) moves altogether to watch tv ..then we also put “kolam in samy room and vasa padi with semmun ( red soil )” and this would continue well into the midnight of day before pongal…at last all goes to sleep except papa .


My work is limited only till selection of kolam..all other job would be taken care by others…Work of papa starts in midnight ..first thing she used to do is“vaassal kuti ,tholikaradhu”On special occations like pongal n diwali my akka would take care of that job as it would take minimum 3 hours to put big kolam and to colour it…

As “Margali” ( tamil month) is just finished and “Thai “( tamil month) has just started so weather is still a bit chill outside during midnight..we can find all putting “kolam” with full protection i.e using skaffs and sweater.,but papa never use that ..and the very next day she is affected by cold…ofcousre she gets good scolding from us that is different thing..
I used to get up around 3am usually the time when things are almost done..sometimes papa do just by herself or sometimes my sister would be helping her..

Me the great would come out of home when everything is done then we go for a visit in our street n near by streets from home to home with my digi camera in my hand….which ever kolam we find good we will capture in our camera….Next day we do analysis of all “kolams”…

This capturing business started 2 years before only ..as before that I did;nt had digi camera..
After visit , time then starts to go to sleep but it would be almost 4.30 or 5am.
Just when papa is about to go to sleep my dad would getup and will start his work.
First thing he would do is play devotional song with high decibals..The moment the songs touched our ear drums....we would start murmuring “ yedhaka evalavu sound vachirakeenga /Kyun itna sound raka hai” ( y this much sound )..sometimes my thambi would go n reduce the volume but my dad would be always alert n the very next moment the volume is reduced he increases it that makes the sleep for all to be disturbed…..
Around 6 my dad would insist apply oil particulary my thambi would be always trapped in my his hand..

And then would start the puja arrangement… Myself and thambi would be given incharge to do all needed arrangement for puja.. ..
Mom would be busy preparing pongal..in our home only cooker pongal..but from near by we can hear “kulavai “(a sound which ladies make when the rice boiled water raises above the mouth of pot and flows all around the pot…somewhat like ulu ulu lu lu lu) … and “PONGALO PONGAL “ ..It is a tradition to do so…
Once pongal is prepared it would be followed by puja and then the whole family sit together and have pongal and breakfast .

After that we would be forced to go around the entire neighborhood and distribute the pongal with banana and coconut.In turn we also receive the same from neighbor .Then time is passed by watching tv and continuing the left out sleep or meeting friends,chit chat..… that’s the time of the year when we get back in touch with long lost friends and cousins as well… visits to friends places would be planned in such a way that everyone’s house is covered with a proper schedule. Mostly I never used to go to any home on that day…;)..instead my friends visit my home..


The most unforgettable part of “Pongal” is “karumbu”… when we were young, we had to wait for my mom and dad to finish puja and treat us with the “pongal” and “karumbu”… and then from when I was in college, we would treat ourselves regarding “karumbu” ..finish it off without any traces at all,..

It’s been two full years since I’ve been home for Pongal…jus talked with family over phone …. all in this alien country jus sitting at office and thinking about the past and how I miss all that jus for ………………………………..

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January 14, 2005

Great Exp of making pot ! 

Can Find the Pot made by me ...yeah ofcourse with some help.....It was great experience to make the pot...an unforgotable peice of moment ..

















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January 11, 2005

Kadhal - padam kirukkal 

Edu unmaisambavathai Atharamaikonda uruva-ekkapatta Thiraikadhai………..??????????
A note found in the beginning of movie ..Is it? Or It is………... still a ???
Kadhal ! A movie which touched top rank in most magazines and special surprise is this movie has scored half century by ananda vikatan a most popular magazine read buy Our peoples………


Kadhal is a short simple tale, with evenly simple narrative style .Good choice of all peoples who all acted in this movie with looks resembling peoples at the next-door including leading duo. Though actress did bit over acting while conveying her dialogs but Still better than others……..
Highly natural background scenes , peoples of next door looks, some well coordinated performances make for some fairly engaging viewing in ‘Kadhal’. No doubt there are some flaws, and some lagging moments in the movie , where the director falters a little and tends to lose his grip on the narration. The closing scene is a bit overdone too, though one can understand the director’s enthusiasm to depict the characters in a positive, unselfish light.


But it’s the little touches of humour, particularly in the first half with that small boy..great effort that boy did..a very very ordinary dialog release by the boy which u can find with all children who pushed to promote child labour notion at madurai, .this keeps the narration moving at an engaging pace, and somewhere the film does manage to touch a chord in viewers heart.

The story centers on Aishwarya, ora chinna ponna studing in a high secondary school , and Murugan, a brash outspoken mechanic. She’s the teaser who takes the first step, and he, a bit reluctant initially, soon plunges into it with all the ardour of typical first love scenes publicized in movies.
The scenes at the mechanic shed where the duo meet are handled well but still cannot take in. Though Aish friend’s dialog are worth to enjoy but still………

The very next scene when both met with accident n our great heroin is still laughing after the accident…too much flaws in that picture… while seen as a viewer but not as director as this panorama had VIEWDED.... VIEWING ..n will VIEW in our gone/upcoming Indian movies..
Spectator at madurai may get a doubt while watching the snip of the movie where road before the school is focused n shown as free flowing , clean road..the fact is that street is a path which is loaded with heavy traffic from the start to end of day with mostly in blocked condition..


In the movie it is shown st joseph schools uniform with green stripes but the uniform is somewhat like light blue checked..
Changes are possible....??? ..Uniforms at schools are changing as a inclined graph moving swiftly up with time and all sort of checked n striped combination are used for school uniform ….reducing normal person casual wear combination..

Grandma n mother’s watching tv scenes natural fantastic…. can say an exact snip from real life..

Sathya( Aish friend in movie) n small boy acted excellent..


When Aishwarya’s marriage to another person is finalised, the duo decide to elope. Their struggle for survival, their tying the knot, and the efforts of the girl’s family to separate them forms the rest of the plot.The scene where the girl’s uncle cajoles them back home with promises of a reconciliation is an impressively handled scene.

Joshva Sridhar’s musical score fits in well with the youthful love story.

For ‘Boys’ Bharat, this is his first solo lead role, and he’s done a creditable job, his expressions spontaneous and natural. Sandhya is a very promising find, going through the various nuances of her role with commendable ease.The unusual casting of the supporting artistes too catches our eye, with Dandapani as the girl's father, S K Murthy as the girl's uncle, and Arun Kumar as the cheeky mechanic boy lending weight to their roles.Though its director Shanker’s home production, the film doesn’t have any of the gloss or hi-tech narrative style one would tend to associate with a Shanker film. And that probably is its strong point!


It would have been better if instead of introducing Aishwarya as school gal director would have introduced as college gal..but how long the director would focus on college.. The spectator wants some change n director is giving change by changing college to school..next change would be school to kindergarten..then …………………….... Hence can expect for such movies may be already has come with too less amplification..

Anbu ,kadhal,love ( though not tamil word but incuded into it as momentarily ),………………Now tamil literatures got a new trade to find some more synonyms for the word “kadhal” so that directors can use in their upcoming movie….
As far as I can recollect list goes as follows with many leftouts…

Kadhal ,Kadhal Azhivathillai ,Kadhal Desam ,Kadhal Dot Com ,Kadhal Kavidhai ,Kadhal Kirukkan ,Kadhal Kondaen ,Kadhal Kottai ,Kadhal Mannan ,Kadhal Oviyam ,Kadhal Parisu ,Kadhal Sadugudu ,Kadhal Samrajyam Kadhal Solla Vandhen ,Kadhal Sugamanadhu ,Kadhal Virus ,Kadhala Kadhala ,Kadhalan ,Kadhalar Dhinam Kadhale Swasam ,Kadhalukku Mariyadhai

Kadhal is a movie giving highly negative impact to school children who are already disturbed seeing the upcoming n gone movies with highly unfeasible closing scene . Movie is focusing aggressive behaviour of a particular community and contributing his great effort to ignite the fires without knowing that it is already burning with full flame..which most of our tamil cinema does like virumandi also did..
Should not forgot to thank director for his live cast of madurai and making the viewers to feel as a excursion was scheduled to madurai.
Kadhal worth to be seen many times if wanna to watch madurai view though story is same decades old one with some new feathers..great acting indeed…


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Kadhal padam patri thangalathu kirukkal parthen. Arumai. Aazhntha sinthanai, Aazhamana karuthu, vasagargalagiya yengal manathai thottu vitteergal. antha kadhal kaviyathai nangal parthu aagavendum pol thondrugirathu....

- Thangalathu Unmayana vasagan
Hey Hema, u know something....I never spend time on movies...atleast after coming here.Reading movie reviews???...noway..have never done that all my life. But jus b'coz this onez based on Madurai...I read ur full review. Actually this movie left me with a nasty feeling...may b b'coz of the fact its based on a real story...in madurai....that too happened in the place where v used to wait for the bus (Golden Plaza opp to St.Joseph). But still....as Im longing to hear some tamil voice here...the typical "marudha" slang made me to feel at home...esply...words like "jari"..."tharusaiyiruva"...etc... and the "age attaining song". Ouch....gotta run to work....
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January 07, 2005

bug is bugging me 

Day did'nt start as usual for me........started too early ..
As today got a client meeting...so have to travel to other place ...
jus went out to balcony OOOOOOOOOOOh NOOOOoo UHhhhhh Huuuuuu...
Too cold ,untollerable..ore ottam thaan back to room..
Usual daily task which was suspended for last 7 hrs started....Oda Oda ..runing towards subway...pidi pidi ...aah pidichachi ...seat aah thaan..
seat kedachirachi...
now continue the left out "Thukkam"....
Meeting got over successfully...back to den ( my workplace i call den if work not moving interesting )......
Bug Bug Bug ........oh no Bug is bugging me....
some how killed time back to home...........

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