FM - "பொய்!"

"பொய் சொல்லப்போறேன்" - திருட்டுப் பயலே

"பொய் சொல்லக்கூடாது" - Run

"பொய் சொல்லலாம்" - HNRAI

"பொய் சொல்ல" - April மாதத்தில்

Yaam Petra Inbum...!!!

Kamal (Malaysia) Interview - I - Seems an old interview nevertheless delightful!

Part II

Part III

Part IV

Part V

Part VI


Coffee with Anu - Prakash & Prithiv raj

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Part 6

FM - "மலர்(கள்) - II'

"மலர்களே மலர்களே" - Love Birds

"மலர்களே" - புதுக்கோட்டையிலிருந்து சரவணன்

"மலர்களில்" - கல்யாண ராமன்

"மலர்களை போல்" - பாச மலர்

Restriction

IIT (Mumbai) to limit Internet access! - Ada paavame!!
Ever since we switched from dial-up to high-speed internet, computer has been my all in all(friend, newspaper, TV, telephone...). The only thing I am still not comfortable is reading novels online.

My inbox showed new mails in double digits one day last week! I hurriedly opened to see who the mails were from and boy, was it a surprise! All Spam comments!!! Only consolation was that atleast none were the usual 'gumbaloda govinda' forwarded messages!! Now I wonder whether to remove anonymous commenting option or to add word verification(any suggestions?). Yerkanave comments-kku lottery! Idhule, idhu veraya? mocked my mind. During my early blogging days, one of my friend commented(offline!) how blogging is all about getting comments. I retorted then like a cinema Actor about how I would go on blogging(Kalai chevai!) even if no one comments on my posts! But like how they say "aadina kaalum, paadina vaayum..." now add comments vaangina blog-um!

My bulk mails are overflowing with mails wanting to make me rich lately. "Final notice for you collect your lottery money" screams some and many from the African continent are waiting to transfer their brimming bank balance to mine!! Ada pongada!!

FM - AK Spl

Dil chahta hai - DCH

Ruth aa gayi re - 1947 Earth

Yuhi kat jayega safar - HHRPK

Papa kehte hai - QSQT

Yaadon ki baraat - YKB


Earlier spl here!

Menu Vs Buffet

Eating out used to be a rare/ special occasion thingy back in India. It took me a long time to digest(!) the fact that here many don't take lunch box with them to work and almost always eat outside!

Anyway, both my husband and I love the buffets at restaurants. Guess, it kind of give us the feeling of having to taste a variety of food instead of telling each other, 'Can I have some of your channa batura?'!! Somehow I thought that everyone else would prefer the buffet to Menu too and so when I found a few of my friends don't feel that way, it was quite surprising. I thought like in addition to having a variety of foods to eat, it is cheap compared to ordering from Menu and unlimited too! "What's not to like?" like Joey says in 'Friends'!!

After much thinking(romba important!), I've seem to have arrived at the reason behind my buffet preferance. I mostly come up with a menu for the whole week so that I don't have to break my head as to what to cook every day. Probably b'cos the daily food is no surprise to me, I find the buffet interesting. Whereas those of my friends who like to order from menu, surprise themselves everyday by cooking from what is available in the fridge. So, they seem to go planned with what to eat at the restaurant! Eppadi namma conclusion!!!


P.S. - An old versus here!

FM - "நதி"

'நதியில் ஆடும்" - காதல் ஓவியம்

"நதியா நதியா" - பூ மழை பொழிகிறது

"நதியே நதியே" - ரிதம்

Orkooting!

First it was email, then yahoo groups/blog and now orkut. Whether or not it is useful/interesting, one has to have an account in these nowadays. Otherwise you are outdated! Atleast it was 'all are welcome'(so far!) in the former cases and so anybody could create an account, forward, post or let it expire. Orkut is only for the privileged! Only by invitation!

Anyway, I got invited too and joined the group! Initially, I felt odd in the orkut community as it seemed like a 'chinna pasanga' community. Then, I shed my inhibitions and barged in! It was getting to be a friends & family affair adding friends, friend's friends, siblings, cousins, cousins' cousins as 'friends' and rating them as 'good', 'bad' and 'ugly'. Email-ey adikka mudiyadhavanga kooda apappa scrapping!

Then 'the orkooters' boasted about finding long lost friends in the community. Aah, how can I miss out on that! So, once again plunged into the orkut ocean only to realise how with common South Indian names one can get lost in orkut like getting lost in Kumba Mela! The search spits 1000s of results. Even if you know whether the friend uses her maiden name or married surname, the search result comes down to 100s. Tottally pissed off with the numerous page scrollings, I tried school, college, office communities. Again, numerous results. Every community has 100s of members. Most of the members are of recently passed/joined, freshers category! So, once again, came to the same old conclusion - orkut is 'chinna pasanga' community. So, I am going to orquit!

FM - Hariharan spl.

மஞ்சள் வெயில் - வேட்டையாடு விளையாடு

காற்றில் வரும் கீதமே - ஒரு நாள் ஒரு கனவு

மூங்கில் காடுகளே - சாமுராய்

காதலை யாரடி - தக திமி தா

செல்லமே செல்லம் - ஆல்பம்

ரகசியமாய் - டும் டும் டும்

மழை துளி - சங்கமம்

அவள் வருவாளா - நேருக்கு நெர்

குச்சி குச்சி ராக்கம்மா - பம்பாய்

கொஞ்ச நாள் - ஆசை

ஏதோ ஒரு பாட்டு - உன்னிடத்தில் என்னை கொடுத்தேன்

Sidney Poitier

In celebration of African-American History Month, our library has featured Sidney Poitier's autobiography, The measure of a man. I am yet to pick up the book but that inspired me to list down a few of my favourite movies of his.

To Sir with love - This was the first Poitier movie that I watched. The story is about a black teacher taking up or rather forced to take up the challenge of teaching unruly, difficult slum children and making a difference in their lives. The book in itself is a touching story and with Poitier's performance, it is among the few movies which does justice to the original novel.

Guess who's coming to Dinner - One of the few movies which boasts of big star names, big expectations and still manage to live upto the hype. The story is about a white girl bringing her black boy friend to meet her parents. How ever rational and open minded we think we are, the real test is when we have to deal with it in reality. With Spencer Tracy, Katherine Hepburn and Sidney Poitier, it is a feast for movie buffs!

In the heat of the night - Another powerful movie dealing with racism. Rod Steiger as the southern officer comes up with a superb performance and won the best Actor Oscar, understandably! Poitier as the black Northy Senior officer, even though senior, having to put on extra efforts to prove himself and his work!

P.S. - Poitier, Gere are some names I avoided uttering (for a long time) for the fear of being ridiculed by mispronouncing them!

From the news!

Gajini!!!

Athinikki chithini Pathini!!!

FM - Hindi

Pyar hua chupke se - 1942 A Love Story

Pyar hua ikrar hua - Shree 420

Pyar kiya nahin jata - Woh 7 Din

Pyar karne wale - Hero

Pyar diwana - Kati Patang

Pyar mein kabhi kabhi - Chalte Chalte

Over-u?

I have always been(so far!) lucky to be surrounded by like-minded people. Like-minded in the sense that if I grumbled about things, they would join in too(like if I started 'my college principal is so bad' good friends would say, 'oh, mine is worsht' or to my 'oora idhu' my great friends would go 'aiye! padu mattam') and all was well! But a recent acquaintance turned up to be this (over?)confident/ positive(all the time) person! For all my complaints she offered some positive perspective with a regular bonus of how lucky and great things have been for her making me bury my head in shame.

This kind of attitude was puzzlling to me as I have always been surrounded by epitomes of 'அடக்கம்(modesty)'. Even if a person was confident of scoring 100% in the exam, he/she was a good soul only if he/she said "ஏதோ எழுதியிருக்கேன்'(edho ezhudhi irukken)"! Even in movies if the Hero runs 'ஆத்தா, நா pass ஆயிட்டேன்' then that means 'ஆத்தா' role is over!! Yes, the use of superlative adjectives by the locals for even simple deeds surprised me in the beginning.

Then, recently I found out that my 'half-full' friend cleverly & conveniently covers up bad patches and just brags about things. Though the idea of being positive, encouraging others seems nice, her dishonesty now makes me doubt her every word. Also, the attitude of patting one's own back for their good luck when talking about other's misfortune irks me. Oh, how I miss you fellow brooders!!!!

FM - 'Taj mahal'!!

Taj mahal oviya kaadhal - Kalvanin Kaadhali

Taj mahal thevaillai - Amaravathi

Taj mahal onru - Kannodu Kaanbadhellaam

Round About!

Age of Innocence - Been wanting to read this Edith Wharton novel for quite a long time. Got to read it only now. Might have been a bold story in its time. As always I so wanted to watch the screen version as soon as I finished reading the book. But somehow Daniel Day Lewis and Michelle Pfeiffer as Newland Archer and Countess Olenska respectively don't quite match the Archer and Olenska of my imagination. Anybody know of any other television series and/or older screen versions?

Somehow the story kept reminding me of Prince Charles' life. What difference a few centuries make!! When Charles and Camilla got married I couldn't help wonder at how their love triumphed after 30 years (despite all the tragedies in between)! True love, huh?

Anyway, happy Valentine's Day! Specially to the newbies,

and


For the oldies, mommies and crybabies, enjoy this!!

FM - "நீ"

"நீ ஒரு காதல்" - நாயகன்

"நீ பாதி" - கேளடி கண்மணி

"நீ காற்று" - நிலாவே வா

"நீ பௌர்ணமி" - ஒருவர் வாழும் ஆலயம்

"நீயில்லாத" - தெய்வத்தின் தெய்வம்

"நீ ஒன்று" - உன்னால் முடியும் தம்பி

How??????

When you have shown total disapproval to a person about their decision, they still go ahead with it and even still have the audacity to get help from you to accomplish it!!!

A child at a store started whining about wanting a toy which grew into a full fledged tandrum and the mother was calmly ignoring the screams. The child's cries were tugging at my heart. But had I been in that mom's shoes, my expression of 'ellum kollum' exploding would be hard to hide!

FM - "மலர் - I"

"மலரே பேசு" - கீதாஞ்சலி

"மலரே மௌனமா" - கர்ணா

"மலரே குறிஞ்சி மலரே" - Dr. சிவா

"மலருக்கு தென்றல்" - எங்க வீட்டு பிள்ளை

"மலர்ந்தும் மலராத" - பாச மலர்

Gandhigiri!

Telecom Italia!

FM - "புத்தம் புது'

"புத்தம் புது பூமி வேண்டும்" - திருடா திருடா

"புத்தம் புது ஓலை வரும்" - வேதம் புதிது

"புத்தம் புது காலை" - அலைகள் ஓய்வதில்லை

"புத்தம் புது பூ பூத்தது" - தளபதி

"புத்தம் புது மலரே" - அமராவதி