Aran - quickie

Major Ravi is the guy who appears in Alavandan as Menon ? He direct this movie Aran, casting Jeeva and Mohanlal. The pictures and trailers are promising. Thiru is the Cinematographer (remember Hey Ram).

There is one song, "Poonjolai Kiliye", where Joshua Sridhar stresses his necessity in the field. Sounds like a introduction song for a mega Serial, but very neat. Karthik and Asha have voices like Reynolds 040. Asha Menon has a very bright future in Tamilnadu, if she charges lesser than Sadhana Sargam !

Other songs are simply not worth a mention. Malayala Nedi..

I guess the story should be about a Pleasant Love at the midst of some Army Situation.

Dear Directors, Please think out of the box. There are a lot of youngsters who wont fall in love. They are all fed up with every single movie about a Love story. Think and make different stories. Not Different Love Stories. Different Stories. Please.

Idhu Enna Pudhu Kadhai ?

Marma Yogi is rumoured to be Kamal's next movie before Dasavatharam. Charan's Home Production. Dont know the rest of the Cast and Crew. Will update you, as and when i learn.

Sperm run of Speculation !

How to make a breaking news from a Raw Information ? Here's a first lesson with Illustration.

Mango juice off CM's menu

There is intense speculation as to what kept Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi from attending the meeting organised to thank voters in his constituency, Chepauk, last week.

A glass of cold mango juice was found to be the culprit. He developed mild flu by evening. From now on, there will be no mango juice on his menu till the prolonged summer gets over, it is learnt.

Thanks to Hindu for the news. But this is no way to make news. Lets rephrase.

Karunanidhi Quits Drinking Mango Juice. (You know the long gone Subject Predicate formula !)

Let us go further. Generalize.

The Rising Sun denies Mango. (Udhaya Soorian, Maambazhaththai Niraagarikkiradhu !)

After generalizing, lets get specific.

DMK and PMK friction, rumoured.

Then add the masala flavour, and your Breaking News is ready. Just dont forget to add a question mark before you sell.

DMK - PMK Split ?

If you have this skill, you can start a newspaper by 11:00 AM today. You will be popular over the weekend, and a millionaire by next week. And most of all you will become a political Analyst by month end.

Iam. Already.

Spot the name

My friend got a mail from Renugaparameshwari. Think. How many future kids will get that name ?

Nowadays, names dont go beyond char[10]. Modern, hifi sounding names. You can no more identify the religion of the person from his/her name. (many modern people dont think it is necessary).

Top names i like the most..

Visalaakshi
Ananthapadhmanabhan
Swarnaambal
Vishwanathan / Visuvanathan
Raajam
Seetharaman
Padma* (Top most!)
Amrithavalli
Poonguzhali

I bet the last 10,000 kids that were born in Chennai, would never have had a name similar to these. Atleast 30 to 40 would have been named Aishwarya. Most of the names would end in A. Almost all of them will have a SH sound.

Nothing wrong in naming kids like that.. only we are loosing some good names. But I see 3-Methoxy-1-Propanol kind of names would evolve soon. We are running short of names, and we wouldnt look back at Amirthakatesan.

Why is a track and life closely related ?

Fellow Blogger Gowrishankar's photo is featured on IRFCA's SPOTLIGHT.
Kalaasitteenga Gowri !

Fan of the Match

Did you see the Grand Germany Aaappu ! Today's thaththuvam..

"aaappunnu vechchuttaaa aandavanaala kooda Onniyum Panna mudiyaadhu" - Klose Miroslav (German Team).

Watch Highlights here..

Like i've told you, my interest on sports is very limited, there is something else that caught my attention recently. This.

Enjoy !

Here's Desikan on the lines of Sujatha ! Read it.

Opera - Still developing

Opera 9.0 is cool ! You might wanna try this.
The picture is a screenshot from various Widgets from Opera on the desktop (Out of Browser).

Features include..

• The Usual Tabbed Browsing
• Retrieve Trashed Pages on a click
• Neat Skins
• Customizable Contents (I could kill a lot of bars, and keep the browser clean)
• God Speed (Illusion)
• Widgets

Fun. ?.

Go ahead ! this is wrong.. that is wrong

Sometime back, I certified (Duh !) the Human-species as the ones that dynamically generate complaints that look close to legitimate. I wrote that without an example or illustration. But, ever since I wrote that, I've been witnessing innumerous complaints that look very authentic. Complaints about Kamalhaasan. Complaints about Indian Army. Complaints about eMail senders. Complaints about school teachers (this was by me !).

I was chatting with a friend, who was at peak anger about a social happening... "Avana pudichu Nongu Nongunnu Nonganum !"

I told her "Kamalhaasan baashaila sollanumna, ungalukku Samudhaayak kobham irukku.. illaya !"

She told me.. "aamam.. Kamalhaasanayum pudichu nonganum !"...

Everyone of us have a kind of frustration about many things that are happening around us. Some are irritated by the neighbor who litters.... Some are pissed off by the policies of Condoleeza Rice.. You want to hear the best of complaints ?? Just talk to your friend while reading a newspaper. The All-perfect Mr. Right will being complaining about Esteban Cambiasso of Argentina who was responsible for Germany's win. "PM's decision on Nuke, made me puke !".

Im no different.. and I belong to our gang. The gang who whines at just about any door of opportunity. As i look back at posts of mine, in the last one month I have showed my frustration about Journalists, Topper-kiddos who renounced TV to get good marks and Arjun Singh. Not that I have any reason to complaint, but that I have a lousy blog and a ridiculous assumption that Iam entitled to free-speech.

Makes me think we are developing into a person, who would be very difficult to please.. while the subject isnt trying to please us at all. We assume it is the other person's necessity to please us and not to do things that irritate us. As and when we update our knowledge level, we expect everyone else in the same knowledge level, and criticize the ignorance. We just cant change from here.

Finding fault is an art, only we've got more of such artists. What good is this post ? Finding fault with people who find fault in everything ? Recursive Hypocrisy, huh !!

The Game is on the 5th Gear

My interest on Sports is very limited. You should have guessed it from the picture that I made today morning, to make a post on the MOST-WANTED match of the series. Germany plays Argentina in the First Quarter Finals of the FIFA World Cup 2006. Whoever wins this match has a extra probability of kissing the cup. (What if France was there in the Anti Climax ?)

Im not a great fan of this game. All I know about it is "Few people struggle to reach their Goal.. and few people try and stop them". Sounds like a game of life. :) I havent closely observed any match in the series, but I took a sneak-peak here and there and understood where countries stand in terms of progress towards the Grand-Finale ! I knew this match was coming.

People everywhere are thrilled about this classic football match, with the war of the Titans. I really dont know about both the teams. My friends at work and other friends on Google Talk have been excited, and they cant wait to see this match. Seasonal behaviours, you know.

All of a sudden people talk about "No.. That guy shouldnt have been given a red card... ","2010 South African Fifa will have electronic Refree... ","Crespo Hernan will be on watch today...". While I dont understand most of the techie stuff of the sport, I just enjoy the way the tempo keeps pacing, as the teams progress ahead.

I bet on Argentina ! (an analytical guess..)

Back to TV

After nearly two years, one program has brought me back to television. Vijay TV Grandmaster. Guess you guys are aware of the program. If not, watch it every Monday to Thursday 9.30 PM on Vijay TV.

The show is about the contestant(wrong term) thinking of a famous personality, and the Quizmaster will ask a series of questions to Crack the name in his/her mind. We have done it in schools.. But this one is interesting, as we keep guessing along with the Quiz master.

Konal Vaai Gayathri Jeyaram hosts the show(Too many people on stage, other than the contestant). I dont understand why Gayathri is necessary on the show. I googled and found about the Malayalam speaking guy on the show, who makes the program very very interesting. Pradeep is his name. He anchors a "reverse Quiz" show, which means he asks questions to find out the answers. The name of the original show is Ashwamedham (Kairali TV).

Lazygeek had mentioned about Vijay TV slowly tasting the TRP. But these are just baby steps. They should take Giant leaps like Sun TV. Most of the shows on Vijay TV wraps around the interest of the elite public. More English nedi and a very posh culture. TRP wont buy that.

The bike is zipping 80 KMPH
Beautiful breeze
The wind arouses your hair...
The road is clean without traffic
The weather is so very cool
when Soft rain drops fall on your face

I dont know what feeling it causes to you..
But I will have an itch on my face.

There are many reasons why there is a subtle price difference on a same product in India and USA. But they wouldnt make so much sense, if the difference is so much.

I have only displayed a proper comparison. We could buy 1GB Hi-Speed Duo Pro in some store in the US for $69.99 (Roughly less than Rs. 3500).. and a normal 1GB is costing 32,000 in India. Damn.

All I ask is the chance to prove that money can't make me happy.

VOID

Making friendship, these days is quite easy. Just chat with a person a few more times, and you become pals. But something somewhere is Volatile. What ?

Yahoo Messenger with Voice
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Raghu : why dont we meet ?
Madhavan : sure.. its better we meet before i get cancer.
Raghu : What if you were a girl ? under a fake name.. what if you were building the entire six month chats for a meeting.. and head it up for something dangerous.. ? You know about my family details.. you know about my richness..
Madhavan : How many times do i have to tell you
Madhavan : Break lines.. and dont type a big sentence.
Madhavan : hold on.. let me read what you typed..
Raghu : leave the reply.. ill grab a coffee.. BRB.
Madhavan : yeah.. Dont get stuck up in that lift on your way back :)
Raghu : LOL

Madhavan and Raghu are AR Rahman fans.. and both of them like Naveen, the lead Flute player with Rahman. They got out of the common forum, where they virtually-met (or clicked each other) and began slow private chats. Eventually they became great pals. Both belonged to Chennai. They havent met each other, but seen each other's homes on Google Earth. They now know each other's details including CTCs.

Raghu : Back...
Raghu : So, What is your real name ? Madhavi ?
Madhavan : Dhoda !! no girl at my position would want a future manager. Girls hate to wait..
Raghu : Hmm.. right.. So when ? Where ? You decide.. Im not working this weekend..
Madhavan : But you are going to that boring birthday party on saturday, arent you ?
Raghu : oh yeah.. Sunday, then.
Madhavan : Baldy is calling me for a meeting.. will be back and tell you where..
Raghu : sure.. say my hi to Mr. Bald
Madhavan : hey... wait.. who's gonna pay ?
Raghu : :D... you are the rich guy ?
Madhavan : Lets call it off.. dont talk to me again !! ever...
Raghu : hmm... Dutch ?
Madhavan : sounds better .. :) BRB

Both were excited about the meeting. They have been chatting like thick pals for the past six months.. and they should have one helluva party, once they meet. Sunday it is.

Raghu had come to the restaurant 15 minutes in advance. He reserved a table and ordered a Pepsi. To Raghu, this meeting was seeming artificial from yesterday night. Madhavan was just coming in. He was all excited about this meeting. He saw Raghu waving hands from the corner table. Yeah.. Raghu.. at last.

"Heeeyy !"...
"Hai..." smiles.. smiles.
"You started already ?" .. Madhavan was pointing at Raghu's Pepsi.
"No.. i came a little early.. adhaan. Quenching my thirst.."
Raghu gave some time for Madhavan to settle down.. place his helmet.. and drink a glass of water.

"So...", Madhavan asked.
Raghu knew this was coming. What are we going to talk about ?

"Lets order first.. these guys take time in preparing stuffs.."
"Sure.. im damn hungry.. Ill order a ....mmm"
They went on and ordered somethings..

"Hmm.. approm.. vera enna visheshangal ?", Madhavan asked.
Raghu smiled.. "Nothing much.. same old things".
"How is mom, anu and hows the Veerabadhrar.. ?" Madhavan knew in detail about Raghu.
"They are all fine.. did i tell you about Veeru's new mannerism ?"...
"ha ha !! yeah.. you did.."
"How is your Neha ?"
"Hmm... dont ask me that.. you know why !!"
Raghu choked.. "alright..."

Food was served. It was quicker than expected.

"Wow.. tastes good. Superaa irukkuda"
"I know.. i love this place.."

They ate in silence. Raghu and Madhavan both didnt understand the silence.

"There is a new Google Spreadsheet application. you should try it.. will be very handy for project managers"
"Oh ! Really ? I havent tried... How do i ..."
"Ill send you an email about it.. sure.. its a good application"
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"It is a new rumour.. very funny.. you should read it.. i will forward you tonight..."
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"You know how to contact the guy who repaired your laptop.. Mine is giving trouble..."
"Ennachu ?"
"The DC power drains out faster... i even changed the battery. need to check.."
"Ill send him an email copying you.. he will get in touch with you.."
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Raghu took photos of the lunch on his cell..
"Hey.. did you know.. people are getting arrested using Camera Phones on public.."
"Yeah.. read that one.. i think its a good move by the city police..."
"Send me these pictures.. You have Bluetooth on that ?"
"No.. Ill send it on a mail.."
"Ok.. send it to my office ID"
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A lot of conversations in bits and pieces. Most of them ended in anyone of them promising to send emails. They were living more on mails than vocal cords.

They were waiting for the bill..
"So..."
"Nothing much.. come home one day..."
"Sure.. neeyum vaada..."

In the parking lot....
"Fine.. then... ok... will Buzz you monday morning.."
"Sure.. dont forget those emails.."
"You too..."

Raghu on his way back, thought about the entire course. Madhavan came from nowhere. He isnt my friend, but we began talking like great pals.. we met for no reason... and whats the point ?


Yahoo Messenger with Voice
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Madhavan : You there pal ?
Raghu : Yep.... saw the pics...
Madhavan : Cool.... thanks for choosing that place.. it was fun meeting you..

Raghu smiled... he thought over for a long time. He then typed back

Raghu : Of course, it was fun... we should keep meeting.. :)

The Future of Avyukta

After being the best blog in the Indian Blogosphere, and rated the most valued Blogger by Google Blog Digest, Avyukta goes further to expand its popularity.

Avyukta Steel Corporation will be inagurated in Chennai by Honble. PM and the Union Minister for Industrial Development and the Tele-Communications Minister. Actually I did not invite the Tele-Communication minister.. But he said that it was his usual Habit to join any inaguration ceremony in Chennai. "How do you think I got this free hair-cut", he smiled :)

Few years down the line, Avyukta Inc will invest and buy out Jet Airways. Iam offended by the way Jet Airways made business. They had miserably failed to take over Air Sahara. I will, after buying Jet Airways, acquire Air Sahara and Kingfisher. This will give birth to Air Avyukta. As the name "Avyukta" means Crystal Clear, there will be some special flights that will be Crystal Clear - Transparent body. People can look down from 35,000 feet, and the Pilots get a clear Visiblity of the runway, while landing. I, as the CEO, will decide the everyday menu.

Avyukta's interest always lies on Softwares. So, a small Software company with 70,000 employees will begin in Srirangam. Srirangam will be called the Software Head Quarters of India. Our Clients will include high-priority customers such as Sriranganathar. Our Shares will do well in the market, and all our employees will get a proper ESOP unlike Infosys. We dont have plans of moving the company elsewhere or opening another office in Chennai. However, Avyukta Softwares, Mountain View, VA will be the Head 0ffice. I will be there alone. I like privacy. If you have more experience in softwares, just send me your resume. I have more influence in my company.. I can arrange an interview :)

After getting bored with all the Industry, Airways and Softwares... Avyukta will think about something else. It will start a Movie Production company. "Avyukta Talkies". So many hit movies that run as much as 250 days.. including Rajinikanth's "Govinda Govinda" and Kamalhasan's "Ada Raama !". We are planning to produce Vijay in "Seerkazhi".. we chose this name because he has by then completed all the town-names in that route. Vijay is a School Peon.. and he is against all the Rowdy teachers. He becomes the Hero among the Ist standard students. The Rowdy teachers get angry and in the name of revenge, they take special classes to the Ist Standard students. How Vijay will fight the Gundas, and save the children is the story. Oh ! I forgot to mention, we have Bipasha Basu as the School Aaya! Needless to say "Avyukta Talkies" will have a big land mass in Vadapalni.. (we have taken over AVM).

Did I tell you about the non-profitable charity body called "Avyukta Trust".. No kidding here.. its my dream.. it is just another Old age home. Thats all.

For best results, you can Invest on Avyukta Mutual Funds.

"Avyukta Pharma" was begun to make research on how to get rid of my pimples. We have invented a Soap called "Rexolux". We have acquired Rexona and Lux... we mixed the Rexona and Lux soap, and tried it on. All pimples were gone. A small burning sensation on the skin, for six months. Thats all you will face. Try it once and you will never have pimples again.

"Avyukta Music", "Avyukta Luxury Club", "Avyukta eGovernance" and so on....

God Damn it... I have to get www.avyukta.net first. Adhukke vazhi illa...
But sure, when Avyukta.net is bought, I will make sure I make some revenue out of it, and start the Steel Company.

End with Style

Few of AR Rahman's Music ends with some more bonus music. Three samples for you.
Ensai.



This is from Pudhiya Mugham... Veenai being my favourite instrument, I love the usage here.. (However the best Veenai appearance on Rahman's music was in "Kadhalikkum Pennin" from Kadhalan)



This is from Love Birds - Unni Menon's best.



This is the Violin Duo - Ganesh Kumaresh for Parthale Paravasam. Aaaha..

Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.

True.

Imsai Arasan - Bets ?

வாளும் வேலும் என் இரு கண்கள்..
போர்க்களம் என்பது இந்த புலிகேசியின் பொழுதுபோக்கு !
உறைந்த ரத்தம், நான் உறிஞ்சும் வாசம்
உருண்டோடும் தலைகள் , நான் எத்தி விளையாடும் பந்துகள்.
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New trailer of Imsai Arasan on Indiaglitz....

Vadivelu's tamil (except the Zha - La part ) is cute. I always like his voice, especially when he sings some Old MGR songs..

BTW, after watching the trailer, which had very minimal comedy in it, Im doubting that the expectation cloud around this movie will be pricked by disappointment after release. Just as it happens to any other movie.

Expectation is always shipped with Disappointment. (Gawd ! Im a philosopher)

Many movies which claim to be comedy movies, dont have comedy beyond whats there on the trailers. When directors take strenous care for a comedy movie, there are a lot of chances for a Spectacular Sodhappal. I wish Imsai Arasan is good.

Just a wierd question ! What if Imsai Arasan is a huge hit, than Rajini's Sivaji ! How will Shankar feel ?

Kadhayalla - Vidhai !

New Service - Wetpaint - So, New page - http://avyukta.wetpaint.com

Frankly, I did not have a utility for such a service. Wetpaint offers us a sub-domain with space and allows us create multiple pages within it. Its got some good templates and all that.

But the best feature (or just a feature) is that it allows anyone to edit the page and save it. Wikipedia like, you know. But I didnt have anything worth discussing like that. So, after creating a Username and password there, I was thinking of a utility. And ended up with this idea - Open-story Board. Something similar to Open Source codes :)

I have staged one story called "Void" there. It has begun and it needs to progress and end. Why dont you try continuing the story, or even go up to ending it.

Edit the page, Write One line and change the course of the story. Give turning points. Suspenses. Or drive it in any direction your imagination flies. Just drive.

Let us see how collective thoughts collaborate to write a story. I was told that this idea would stink and will vanish in air. I would have to agree after tomorrow.

Try it.

This is Keerthivasan reporting for Avyukta

There are these elders who feel that the movie songs of these dont even match the olden day's quality. Ask them this question, "Do you think movies have spoiled the society ?". They would not only say a yes, but will also take strenuous care to explain you, why they think so. I dont think they are right, atleast they are wrong partially.

Human beings are cool beings that come with self-destructive programs. They dont need an external appliance to spoil themselves. Suicidal. But apart from the Human Beings and movie makers, there is a supreme genere of species called "Journalists" who have been instrumental in cooking the minds of the listening public. I feel the Journalists are the most influencing people. They are entitled to throw Logical questions at anybody. They have the potential to change Governments. They have the magic spell that quickly brings an issue into limelight. They also have a formula called "Public Ignorance" by which they can rollback the issue from the Limelight. They can juggle around with issues which cost life and more.. and make stunts in the name of "Sting Operations" which rarely fascinate me.

The problem is, they make us choose their taste. If parliament is fun for them, they make it funny for us. If Rahul Mahajan is consuming Herbal products (!) and if the news interests NDTV or CNN IBN, we have nothing else to watch. We have to watch Rahul Mahajan walking and crawling in and out of the court room. When they get bored of it, they will remove it from our screens and show Al-Zarqawi. I was pissed off when Al-Zarqawi was dead and CNN IBN was showing the Iraqi President conversing in Iraqi for more than 15 minutes, without even a translation. WTF ? It might be an important news, but what sense does it make to the Indian Public listening to an alien language ?

Journalism is highly acclaimed all over the world and is considered the most powerful form of media. It is paired with the belief of the public. It only looks like they are taking advantage of the belief.

Journalists are the only medium through which we can watch the Parliament. Is there another way ? No. You can know what your MP or MLA is doing only through a Journalist making a document of it, or asking effective-questions about it. I get irritated everytime when someone asks questions to Mr. Karunanidhi, and when they get a irrelevant answer, they dont rephrase. There are people like Karan Thapar who would rephrase questions on the fly to make a program interesting. I dont wish every journalists to be Karan Thapar, but atleast they can show some resistance to BULLSHIT answers. No.. we dont get the resistance. Instead they make fun of the Politicians who give irrelevant answers. Makes us ask a question.. "Why didnt you tell him, its an irrelevant answer and wait for a proper one ?".. Dont tell me they worry about Autos coming to their homes. Gone are the days.

People read newspapers and are unable to keep a thorough follow-up of things because of fluctuating focus. A breaking-news is seen in the First-column, then moves to the firstpage bottom.. then moves to the third page and then eventually forgotten. Keeps the people ignorant of whats happening about what was interesting them for a while.

Everyone in Tamilnadu forgot about Jayendrar's case. Forgot whats happened to Jayalalitha's corruption cases. Is Karunanidhi still on Bail on the charge that he was arrested few years back ? Where are the follow up of those cases ? If there were any, its not my mistake to miss the small box news on the news paper.

I hold high respect for a Journalists and please do not even think for a moment they are doing junk-business.

What I wish to emphasize is, change the assumptions of presenting a news. Do not decide which news is important. Please ask sensible and important questions to my MLAs and MPs. And emphasize on the questions. Get answers. I would like to take an Archive of all the questions from the Journalists asked to DMK and ADMK on the election eve. Very good questions and stupid answers. Why did you take them for an answer ? Why did you publish just the answer without a statement that the Respondent did not completely answer the question ?

Do we not have the right to question the media that we subscribe ?

You know whats spoilt the society ? Unconcern. And you know who's responsible.

A Childs Perspective

Nanganallur. My cousin's daughter.

"கோயிலுக்கு போனியா ? எந்த கோயிலுக்கு போனே ?"

"ந்ம்மள பாத்து ஒரு சாமி கும்ப்பிடுமே... அந்த கோயிலுக்கு !!"

Picasa Web Album

May be because Flickr was taken by Yahoo !, Google wanted a similar tool under its regime. It already had Picasa and Hello, and now it is making Picasa almost equivalent to Flickr.

The New Picasa feature called "Picasa Web Album" lets you have your pictures posted on a Web Album which has a free 250 MB space. The interface and other settings are very primitive and does not have the touch of Google. They will need to work on adding more features and provide a healthy interface.

It has the usual Slideshow and Zoom features, but when compared to Flickr the options are very minimal. Should have been my mistak to have installed the new feature with Flickr in mind.

By the way, the picture you see on my Picasa Web is the most beautiful face i saw in the last 12 days. Eric Bana's daughter in Munich. Cute. So very cute.

Only You Possible ! (Vadivelu style)

Click pic for big

For those who didnt get the kick of the picture, it is Mission Impossible 3 still, with Vettaiyadu Vilaiyadu Kamalhaasan jumping over. Yet another Avyukta Photoshop work.. :) My favourite work, actually..

Mission Impossible 3 belongs to the type of movies that deserve to be watched with Screaming Speakers.. and you need a screaming audience to get on the mood. I feel the audience part is getting more elite, and they dont react for the screen... talk about getting numb, in the name of being well-Cultured.

The movie is fully action packed, yet not as impressive as Part II was. John WOO touch was missing in it, and i learn that Tom Cruise himself did most of the stunts. The techie part was stunning, and dream gadgets were on a free flow. Very similar gadgets that appear on a Vijayakanth movie, and infact very similar scenes resembling a Vijayakanth flick. Close to Narasimha, you would say. But hey, Vijayakanth is Vijayakanth and Tom Cruise is Tom Cruise.

Whatever guys, spend money.. forget Logic.. dont ask questions.. Worship Cruise and YOU WILL ENJOY THIS MOVIE.

Nothing Like Minima !

I tried all the possible templates for Blog-Avyukta, with Black backgrounds. Nothing suited as well as the base minima. So, settled back with the Usual Template.

It is sometimes scary to accept change. However, I need to replace the Horizontal Ruler on the top with a soothing mild "Izhai Kolam !"... somone have one ? Please send across.

One song @ Rs. 12

www.Raaga.com

I've seen many people at work wearing their ear-phones and playing random Music from Raaga.com. I dont like the idea of ear-phones, because (a.) of the itch it causes after sometime, and (b.) I feel the whole body should listen to the music. Not just the ears. If you want explanations, please visit my home-avyukta (he he !! See the picture) with Creative 5.1 :). Also I dont like Raaga.com because of the real media audio format. It is of inferior quality and it shows up clearly on my Creative Soundblaster. So, I always prefer MP3 or a Audio CD.

But since last week, Raaga.com has started of with a service called Digital Downloads. "Indhiya Web-site galil Mudhal Murayaaga" types. It provides Legal MP3 downloads. Thats a move well appreciated. This could possibly bring down piracy to some extent.

For those who get confused with the term "Legal MP3", and those who feel that having MP3 in Hard Disk or CD is fine, News to you - " Possessing an MP3 is NOT LEGAL " .

When is it Legal ?

a. When you own the Original Audio Diskette of the same MP3
b. You represent the Audio Band or the Company
c. When you have the MP3 the Audio Company has officially released

"It's a civil offense, punishable, if you distribute music that you don't own the rights to." - Wiki says so. So, just because you pay for a MP3 disc, it will not be a Legal Copy. It has to be officially sold by the company itself. Only then it becomes legal.

Alrighty then. Where do you get Legal MP3s for Tamil ? Raaga is the only answer as of now. Raaga has tied up with some Audio companies and continues its measure to bring moer Albums under Digital Downloads. The pricing as of now is Rs. 12 for one MP3 song. So, for One movie you could spend somewhere between Rs. 60 to Rs. 90.

Thats roughly the price of the Audio Disc itself. Mind you, and Audio Disc has more quality sound then a MP3. Of course, you guys know MP3 is a Lossy Compression technique, where some quality of the sound is sucked out of the file. The quality loss depends on the compression rate. What Raaga promises are MP3 files with 192K to 320K Compression rate, which is high quality MP3 (Higher the quality, higher the file size).

I dont have the first "Yogyadhai" to talk about piracy and stuffs, and nor Am I advicing you to take this feature from Raaga. This is just a FYI and will become a "FYI & A" if the prices come down. Say, Rs. 30 for one film. That should be fine, i guess.

de-dust !

At times, when I assume responsibility to sweep the floors of my hosue, I will feel satisfied with the work only if I see dust and dirt getting accumulated. "Veettai perukkina kuppai varanum, appo dhaan seyyara velaikku palan kidaicha madhiri irukkum".

Likewise, I cleaned up Avyukta (The computer) yesterday and boy, how happy I was cleaning it. Every Indian Computer, no matter where you keep it, will accumulate a minimum of 50 gms of Dust. The pleasure of cleaning is when you scrub the soft cloth on the mother board, and the shining suface reappears.

In the lines of Murphy's laws, i think "Dust accumulates more in a place not even your thin paintbrush can reach" (Or The amount of Dust is inversely proportional to the reach). There was a colony (actually a civilization) of dust in between the Sound-card and the Internal Modem. I didnt want to remove them separately and clean it.

Guys, clean your computer at regular intervals. It doesnt do any good to the speed or performance. Just feels good to be clean. Thats all.

Dare to Read this !!

Peeyaayuzhalunjirumaname !! PeNaayensol !

- Bharathiyar !

The Hits Just Keep On Coming !

Click for Big.. Trust me, you wanna do this.

New Google Spreadsheet allows Concurrent users to Edit and Save data.
How many small Applications could this replace ?
You could also chat with the person who is currently editing the sheet. N.E.A.T

Varnashrama Dharma - Part II

Forget Mandal II for the time-being. Let us play some modern algebra stuff. Some Imaginary stuff.. that will create no harm to emotions. Simple thoughts. Thats all.

For long, I have heard that the educated society hates the word Caste. Iam a little educated, but I think otherwise. Caste isnt a awkward word, if understood. Caste means "A social class separated from others by distinctions of hereditary rank, profession, or wealth."

Now mark my following words. This is blunt truth.

People categorized under various sections tend to group under a single roof. Once into a single roof, they tend to form groups and categorize themselves back again. People will want to abolish caste, and once when done, they will most certainly form something similar and start discriminating.

Varnashrama Dharma is not of much clarity to me. But as far as I understand, it was a device that cut the people cake into different flavours. "Based on the occupation of people" - isnt it ? I've heard and learnt that Varnashrama Dharma classified and unified people of similar profession into different Castes.

Let us assume that it is meaningless to have such a system, when people of that caste arent doing the same profession. Everyone is everywhere.

Let us now device a Varnashrama Dharma, based on the profession of people and then implement a Reservation on that. Reservation will work damn good then. I suggest Varnashrama Dharma II happens before Mandal II.

Agree ?

What are the castes that come into mind.. ? "Manager" caste. "Auto Rickshaw Driver" caste.

Give your imagination in the comments. Just dont give too much of emotion..

Advertise and Amuse

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For long, I used to check Creative Criminal for Advertisements, and it wouldnt have too much of frequent updates. Then I began hunting on my own.. too many ad-blogs. And this was an ultimate source with a very helpful Blogroll.

The world of Print Ads is what amuses me much better than Video ads. Like the one shown.. Most of the Buddhisaali Ads dont feature the product at all. It is sometimes good to be taken advantage of.. isnt it !!

TV and Education

Whats the funda behind this ?

Lots of Free-advices today on Dinamalar on how to score good marks. The top-scorers are on a free flow. "Dont watch TV. Slog for late night group studies". And all the things a typical Padipps will say.

Question : Why is the media crazy ? I'd want them to ask sensible questions to the politicians rather.

Coming back to the TV point. It is a bullshit statement that "Watching TV can bring down your marks". That means you are doing that memorizing stuff... Thats not the education you aspire. To me I dont find any difference reading a "Operational Research" and "The Hindu". (May be thats why I didnt get the marks ;) Both are informational sources. You read the data and learn. Once learnt, why should you re-read the Hindu ? Why should you stop watching TV, stop playing Sports ?

Children should be taught to learn, and not memorize. Teachers hide under a "Exam-point-of-view" phrase. And children mug it up and reproduce. Whats the whole point ?

TV is crap. Very true. I quit Watching TV because I have other ways of spending time. But quitting TV would certainly not have given me good marks.

I was a average kid at school, and that was the exact result I got in the final exams. Still I underwent all the "No-TV, No-Games, No-story books" protocol. That was just for the satisfaction of the people. I'd have got the same results if I were watching TV and doing all that.

Im sure even next year, and the years to come.. there will be some girl and boy suggesting Not to watch TV to get good marks. What an Artificial society.

BTW, Congratulations to all the Top-scorers and Good luck to the non-scorers.

Go watch TV.. You have been missing something called "Life".

Tharkurippetra Ani ! (Let me know if you dont undertand the title)

"Thavasuprrabhathamaravindhalochane !" - I said.

"aaaaa aaaa aaa aaa oouuuoooo" - Teja said.

"adi chellame !! very good.. very good.. Bhavathu prasanna..."

"aaaa oooouu.... inga !! aaaaa"

Teja's vocabulary is getting better, day by day.

After nearly 15 minutes of continous struggle to make Teja sleep, I had slept away. But Teja was still awake and staring at her uncle, who was making some non-sense gestures and all of a sudden gone asleep.

"aaauu aaaaooooau" - she said..

Should have been "Good night Mama... !"

Yaano Arasan ? Yaane Kalvan !

Pic ctsy - Dinamalar

Kannagi Statue was removed by Jayalalitha. Good or Bad, Iam not sure. It wasn't something i worried about.

But the now CM, Mr. MK is in full swing to put it back where it was.

KARPUKKARASI KANNAGI SILAYAI KALAINGAR KARUNANIDHI THIRANDHU VAIKKIRAAR (doesnt that ring a bell ? some Oxymoron stuff here).

And Sivaji is also promised with a Statue on the beach road. Thats good news for the crows and Pigeons, and who else ?

Nalappani thittangal thodarattum !

BTW, 1 KG rice for Rs. 2. This scheme is also being launched today in Teynampet (This one is the real scheme... the bread winning scheme for DMK).

How to become a philosopher in 30 days ?

There are certain things I wish to forget in my life, such as....

Ummm...

well, err..... hmm....

like.. .. ummm.....

Whatever !

Post No. 600

- Kamalhaasan, Barathiyar and Keerthivasan :)

Dilbert and India

It is hard to be a victim.. for the past few days, Dilbert has been framing Asok and India. Now i can understand how hard it will be for Sardars to read the Sardarji's Jokes.

Pokkisham - Treasure

What a top-class picture !! kallaaas !

Madras Talkies site is up and running, and its a lot interesting then earlier. Catch them all.

Dielemma ! Dielemma ! Diele Diele Dielemma !

Having in mind the previous post, read the following story. Takes time.

The taxi stopped in the same old clumsy street of Dharavi. Im not a rich guy.. only because my company pays my travel Im on this taxi. I usually keep my car windows closed for the fear of those eunuchs who will "Raasa ! Raasa " and get money. That somehow keeps me embarassed. So, i dont even mind the suffocation inside..

Todays got unusual traffic jam. I mean, just this place.. usually its a free ride here. But not today.

I was sitting cursing the Sun and the traffic. I concentrated a little outside.. This city Mumbai is a little different. The poverty is very obvious here. Both the sides of the road, you will find people on platforms taking bath, eating food, washing clothes and the rest of the things. They are clearly homeless. There are others who have built two story huts. They are capable of living with their so called income in Mumbai. Chennai has poverty, but not this visible. We've gotr sky-scraper huts here in Mumbai.

I was thinking all this, as if I was the Financial Minister who wants to reform all this on a single signature. Thats when I noticed that lady in Red saree watching me for a long time. She should have been watching me ever since the Taxi halted. She had a kid standing close to her. Should be her daughter. Or Son ? I couldnt make out. Should be a son. He was wearing a dirty trouser. His face was showing that he hasnt had good food.. since days. I always feel bad about hungry people. In Iruvar, Karunanidhi will say "Rich people should not come to politics.. Caste system should abolish.. There should be no brutality" and so on.. but MGR will tell him "No one should be Hungry.. there should not be a situation that a family suffers from hunger..".. I liked that scene for that dialogue from MGR. Im probably forcing myself to feel bad about this.. but im usually not a guy who is so kind and donate a lot to charity.. just that now i have time for that.

Now this short guy looked like coming towards me.. I closely watched him. He wasnt coming himself. He was being pushed. By her.

I wasnt sure why.. but i think it was going to be for begging.. what else could be it.. My hand involunteerly made sure the Window lever was fully turned.. and quickly pretended like sleeping. I made sure the transition wasnt deliberat.. but why am i reacting like this.. I can simply say no ! but i hate to do that. I wish no one comes up to me, begging for money.

I slowly watched out of my closed eyes. The boy hadnt progressed. He was reluctant. He has not done this before and looked like he feels bad, as him mom was compelling him to do so. This is cruel, i thought. Forcing a kid to beg.. attrocious. He ran back.. but was caught by his hair. The child should have shouted.. couldnt hear any sound from behind the windows. She slapped him twice.. he broke into tears.. She then pushed towards me.. now the kid came walking fater towards me. My pretention was already over when the kid was beaten.

I wished the traffic cleared and the taxi started. But it did not..

Knock knock..

I was already looking at him. I was staring actually. He made some gestures.. he wanted money.. he was showing his stomach. Boy.. he was hungry. There wasnt a lie in his gesture. Poor fellow. I had already decided to give some money. Only how much was the dielemma. Sometimes i have wanted to be very generous. (Dont be dismayed, its a matter of 2 digit cash.. thats all). I had planned as of now for Rs. 10..

But there was also a parallel thought. This guy will start begging from now. All the more if he was successful on his first attempt he will choose the same gesture.. the bread winning gesture. He will not attempt to get money in a proper way. I dont reccomend education. But not begging. However he is going to be begging.. but why should i inaugurate.

Not listening to my mind... i opened the window.. "sikkudhunna.. anna anna! rendu naala saapidalanna.. pasikkudhunna.." Tamil.. yes. Dharavi is mostly the residence of the Tamil people.. most of them very poor.

Only two things.. I dont give him any money.. that will disappoint him and chances are that he wont beg anymore.. Or I give him money and dont think too much.. I helped him to eat once.. why do i care if he begs further or not. Im least bothered.. i just would get a great feeling about the donation..

Ok i have decided to give the money to the crying kid. The woman who had sent her.. she could not even be his mother.. was about to have a smile with pride..

I was digging the pocket.. thats when it dawned me. I did not have change. Only a few hundred rupee notes.. not even coins.. Damn.

"anna anna.. ! pasikkudhunna.. "

The traffic just cleared..

"Chillarai illappa !! ", i said sadly. The woman was now disappointed..

I watched his face go back through the window, as my taxi progressed. How would I feel ?

Social Concious - Fake it.

I was leaving late from work. As late as 3.30 in the morning.

I saw a few people working on the road.. they were the Poster-stickers. They were glueing the posters and applying it on the walls. They were working in the midnight to provide entertainment information to everyone in the morning.

I felt sad on seeing that scene. How pathetic their situation is.. ?

A few minutes on the drive away, I was having another question. Why did I feel sad ? It is very artificial for me to have worried about the poster-sticker. Im not that too good a person, to worry about some guy who is suffering.

Then I thought, Yeah.. we behave like this much too often. The Artificial person in you awakens and behaves like he is a Mother Teresa. He worries about Afghan killings.. He says "Cho Chweet" to the not-so cute babies. He appreciates people, even if it is junk. He talks and argues about environment and hygeine, which i think is not worth a discussion. And he also shows a worry when he sees poverty. Mighty Artificial.

This artificial person is groomed by the friends and neighbors we take and choose. This person fears comments and forces to think by others wavelength, who also have the same artifical impulse. Because this person fears to be straight-forward, he continues to think the same way.. and it will no longer be a forced thought. It will naturally be artificial. It will feel sad when Salman Khan kills a deer. WTF ?

In reality, I just worry that I should be leaving home early today.. unlike yesterday.

How about you ? You have this artificial impulses ? Or you are naturally good ? ;)

Cartoons and Illustrations

Not that I hate Arjun Singh for the recent policies. But I liked the way the media drew cartoons about the act and the person. They had used a lot of Creativity to destroy a person and his policy. Mandal II wouldnt have come without Hardwork, but the adomance to not take feedback and opinions is what creates trouble.

Forget that. I tried my hands on expressing through pictures. I draw cartoons but people object. So, here's a photoshop illustration.



Vatsan suggested Meera Kumari, who is trying to have a Mandal III for Reservations in Private Sector.

I told him we can do it, when it happens. What else can we do, when the politicians keep doing things which dont interest us ? We can only sit and protest or Draw cartoons or Write a inept post on Chennai Metroblog ;)

No. 61... Present Sir

AIADMK Supremo Ms. J Jayalalitha stated that she will attend the Assembly from Saturday. This decision follows the suspension of the 60 MLAs of AIADMK from the Assembly due to disciplinary reasons.

Guts, you see. Thats what I admire about this person. One Full Assembly against One Woman. POWER !

சிங்கம் ஒன்று புறப்பட்டதே !!

The Blind Date (!)

Sathyam's Blind Date Yesterday was with "The Constant Gardener". As I had said on the Chennai Metroblog (Na.. Not the caste thing), Blind Dates can be devastating if they screen movies like this.

I personally liked the movie, but the entire audience were expecting FANAA ! or someother exciting movie. One Uncle guy got furious and started yelling at the MJ (on similar lines of VJ, DJ).

Talk of "The Constant Gardener". I've hardly heard about this movie. I usually read reviews, synopsis and then the snap-comment raised on RottenTomatoes before leaving for a movie (Did you know, Da Vinci Code is rated ROTTEN ?). But this movie, yesterday, was clueless and kept me concentrate on the story every frame. The Blind Date funda seems to be cool.

I was impressed by the performance of Rachel Weisz. I wasnt surprised to see her name on the Oscars today morning, while reading about this movie. This movie is excellent, although I wouldnt dare to reccomend it to someone I know. They will kill me before the interval.

Its a slow-paced, well-edited Virumandi style movie. Awesome Backround score (for which there is an Oscar Nomination in the bag). Alright, the Story. A low-grade British High Commisioner in Kenya has a over-enthu wife who with the help of a Kenyan Doctor traces the roots of Medical Corporations worldwide, who exploit the African population in the name of Research. The Medical Corporations claim $800 million or more in the name of R&D and patent cover. That will be the reason for the high rates of the drugs. But, they use cheap methods to do their R&D. African people are used for testing their drugs, which causes killings and so on.

Because of this report that might cause inconvenience to the Medical biggies, she is killed. Then the Hero traces and finds out the cause of her death. The most beautiful part is how the hero starts loving his wife after her death. Thats a poetry on this movie. They deserve 4 oscars for this movie.

There are rumours that the next week's Blind Date is TDVC !!

Where are you Rahman ?

Personal Blog, See ?

There is no reason the following post has to be sensitive. I dont want to add any disclaimers or warnings. Just read on.

As far as i know, Caste System evolved after classifying people based on the work they did. The nation and its people cannot wipe out the discrimination and exploitation the Upper Class had made over the Lower Class. Thanks to many leaders and many events that changed the air. There are still random occurances of pungent events that spit on our faces. Caste based discrimination and exploitation still exists. But unlike earlier, there are laws to protect the weak.

Fine. Hot topic now. There's been reservation since India got independance. We can now see the purpose solved. People have come up considerably than they were in 1947. The reservation did help people to get on Schools, Colleges and Jobs (And Promotions too, which is the arrogant part of reservation in Government Jobs). The reservation will still prevail to be there and help people get Equal opportunities in the society. The facts cannot be denied, and the Current reservation system has been instrumental in the upcoming of the Backward Classes. Hats off !

Now, "Equal Opportunities" is what troubles us. What has happened to the so called Forward Castes ? ARE THEY ALL COMFORTABLE IN THE SOCIETY ? NO !

I dont have statistical data to prove. But many average students who fall under the Forward Caste FEEL BAD for having born in that caste. WHY ? Because, had they been in some other Caste, they would have got the EC Seat in the X College. They are denied a seat which is empty, because the other caste guy may come.

"A study done by the IITs themselves shows that 50 per cent of the IIT seats for the SCs and STs remain vacant, and for the remaining 50 per cent, 25 per cent are the candidates who even after six years fail to get their degrees. So, clearly, in their case, reservations are not working." - Says IBNLive ! (Damn ! CNN... how can they talk about Caste on a Public Media ?)

How many disappointed faces dreamt ot IIT ? How will they bear it, if they knew they were denied a seat which remained empty for ever ? Anyways, whatever is said might be just one place where things arent working as per the objective, but thats not the point.

The Issue is "Increasing the OBC percentage to 27 %". That makes more suffocation in the OC compartment. Arjun Singh's Interview in CNN-IBN is clear in one point. The Parliament is almost through with this. Iam not sure if there are enough OBCs to take the seats, but Iam Damn sure that there are more than enough canditates who will die of suffocation in the OC category.

It is high time India starts rethinking of its reservation policies. It should be based on the Income of the family and not the caste. Downtrodden people are now available in all the castes. ALL THE CASTES. But IIT application costs differently for OC and SC. What happens to a poor guy in OC ? Who cares, huh ? The reservation policy needs a perspective vision. It has to address the OC.

And as far as education and higher education are concerned, Only the Merit should speak. Why talk of caste there ? "You studied hard enough to get here. You got good marks in Plus 2. You have good marks in TNPCEE. But sorry, No seat here for OC ! Try some other college.". Why should a student worry about his Caste, when he seeks education ?

This is what precisely happened to the Backward Classes long back in India. Denial. Is that the purpose of the Reservation System, Revenge ?

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Uma is offended by what I wrote on Chennai Metroblog, and so are many other people. Kaps says we need to maintain neutrality on Collaborative Blogs to gain Confidence of the people .

Uma asks, Is Metro blog is the place to spread one's personal political message ?

Share my perspective, may be. But I left the Comments section open. It was discussable. It is still democratic. I writing about Saravana Bhavan Pongal, is just blogging. If you think thats a Promotion to Saravana Bhavan, at free of cost, So be it.

There was an event against the upcoming revision in reservation policy. Who should join the protest ? People who believe that Merits should get a seat in colleges, and not caste.

How have I offended you Uma ? For what reason ?

Anyways, Chennai Metroblog has suggested to "keep away from talking sensitive issues on Metroblog".

I wont, anymore.

Peace !

27 % of this blog will remain empty. Iam FC [Forward Caste].

How meaningless !

எழுத்தறிவித்தவன் இறைவன் ஆவான் !

Plus Two results for Tamilnadu higher Secondary Board has disappointed thousands of dreams. Most of them did not get the marks they expected, and its a usual formality to look and weep at the marks. Retotalling and Photocopying answer papers are the Buzz words around my neighborhood. My school which will have two boards full of names that scored Centums in various subjects, now has One and a half boards empty !

17 people secured 200 in Physics. Last year 1131 people scored centums in Physics. I have a question to all the teachers !! This is not the students result. Its the teacher's result. I see the potential of the Teachers under question. A potential question that needs a nerve to answer.

All these years Centums were easy. A syllabus change has deployed a stinking performance. That means the students were not trained properly. I have seen instances where the teachers struggled to make up with the current Syllabus. Why should their Inability impact the students future ?

We should also take into consideration that the pattern of questions changed in the middle of the year, and quite a lot of disturbing events took place that sucked out the minute peace allotted for the pathetic Plus two students.

Iam not blaming the teachers, but I would insist they have a hand in this performance fall. Please get ready for the next batch.. Take more care..

Life as I see it - Part I

That point of life, where we think that if we would have acted otherwise, the entire course of life would have been different and happier, Please remember that there existed an equal opportunity that things would have gone worse than now.

+2 Results Today

I just witnessed a few tension filled faces. Today will change their future. Good Luck to all the +2 Students.

Here are a few reliable sites, where you can check results by 9.30 AM today.

http://tnresults.nic.in/

http://results.sify.com/

I think the following is some load balancing activity..

http://dge1.tn.nic.in
http://dge2.tn.nic.in
http://dge3.tn.nic.in

http://www.indiaresults.com/

The Land of Insane !

"This Post is a work of pure fiction and has no correspondence to the historical facts pertaining to the Christian religion or the Church."

This will be the disclaimer that will appear on Indian Screens before screening the all-troublesome TDVC (Chella name for The Da Vinci Code). Only the word POST will be replaced by FILM.

The Central Board of Film Certification has declared that the movie can be released with the Disclaimer before and after the movie. More Insanity on your way.. the movie is certified A. I know kids from 14 who have completed all the four books of Dan Brown. Those kids can only watch Thiruttu DVDs. Pity them... They will miss a movie which will not have any Gross content or Adult Language, yet A Certified. English has a beautiful word to describe this - BULLSHIT.

Question 1 : Who are those people in the Christian Missionary to decide what kind of movie I should watch and not watch ?

Question 2 : Why is a Childish movie certified A, when it wont have Sexual Content, Violence and Language ?

Question 3 : What good will the Disclaimer do, if the movie were to insult the sentiments of the viewers ? (Talking of Disclaimers, Here's the disclaimer of Iruvar !)

Hmm. We can only sit ansd ask questions at the comfort of the Internet. I dont think a day is going to come when I can stop my ranting, or my questions answered. "Either ways, I dont give a Damn !". Thankfully, the CBFC did not remove all the scenes that contained reference to Jesus Christ. Otherwise, we could have seen just the opening and closing credits.

Hola, then. ! Happy News ! The Da Vinci Code is finally out of its box, and ready for you ! Are you going to watch ? How many of you raise your hands for "No.. the movie may not be as interesting as the book "?.. Ill tell you next week.

By the way, I have a prolonging Question 4. Why not Angelina Jolie for Sophie ? Audrey Tautou could be French, but No charm !

Intelligent or Ignorant ?

Google Trends on your Personalized Google Search !

Nandhakumara ! Nandhakumara ! Mazhai Neer Sudadhu Theriyadha ?

Munnai Itta Thee Muppuraththile !
Pinnai Itta thee Then Ilangayile !
Annai Itta Thee Adi Vayitrile !
Yaanum Itta Thee MooLgave ! MooLgave !!

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I had been thinking this was a Vairamuthu Feat Kamalhaasan work.. Only today I learnt that this was a Pattinathaar Plagiarism.

However, the Tamil in the movie was Exuberant. I dont find an Actor in the Tamil Industry who can talk Tamil in Kamalhaasan's standards.

"Pennai Nambi Pirakkum Bodhe, Thoppul Kodigal Arupadume !!" - ask Vikram to recite that. Duh !

Why was Aalavandan a flop ? It had state of the art Technology.. The Technology which has not been beaten yet.. Not even Anniyan was upto Aalavandan's standards. The Story line was very very good. Why do people hide under the blankets of the word Complex ? "Its a complex story .. people didnt understand"...

Audience please grow up. Stop ranting lame excuses like "I go to movie to relax.. i want total entertainment.." If Tamil Audience wont grow their Carts to accomodate more Generes, Tamil cinema will suffocate with just simple Love stories, Anti-heroes and Psychos.

I really pity the feelings of Kamalhaasan. Imagine an Artist who has created a masterpiece, and his people are not capable enough to appreciate his work.

We Only use their names to defend our talent.. "Tamil cinema people like Kamalhaasan and Maniratnam are world class.." .. Only the world doesnt know they suffer from "Only-name-no-money" disease.

When CHEAP movies like AADI are running for 150 days... Why did Anbe Sivam go mute ? Every single person will accept Anbe Sivam was a class movie. Kannathil Muththamittal got only the name.. not the money !

Ennavo !! Uruppadaaama Ponga !

Undo This !

Wat a poto !!

I cant believe this is real. This is a photo taken from the "Air France Concorde crash 25th July 2000". This event and many others brought a dead-end to the concorde flights from operation.


Here's how the last British Airways Concorde ended its flight. It was escorted by Mini's and what a Glory.


I used to think, I should make enough money and Fly on a British Airways Concorde, like how many of us thought about the Twin Towers.

More and More Concorde pictures here.

En Iniya Missed Call Makkale !!

It is beyond impossible, that you will find some useful information on this blog. And even those useful informations that rarely appear are outdated informations which entertain "Adhaan enakku theriyume !!" dialogues. So be it. No one can stop me from doing it. :) Here's Mission Impossible.

BSNL Landline users, this post is for you. I should say "Especially for you" if you are a thillalangadi who makes missed call to people having Cell. Im here to break your belief.

YOU ARE CHARGED FOR MAKING A MISSED CALL, IF THE MOBILE USER REJECTS YOUR CALL.

If you are a Pro-missed call maker, you will DIAL-Hear the Ring-Cut the line. This is perfectly ok. But if you are a nagging guy, who will keep it ringing until the Recipient chooses to REJECT the call, then you are Credited with one more UNIT to that months bill.

Note : This applies only for the Landline customer.

மணி அட்சோன்ன கபால்னு கட் பன்னாகாட்டி
BSNLகாரன் கபால்னு Money கட் பன்னிடுவான் !! ஜாக்ரதை !!

Self Control

DO YOU HAVE IT IN YOU ?

Learn this word - VYAGYAANAM

"Wrong Campaigning Style..it has to be down to earth
Bad Name - Rural people wont understand the name..
Many areas uncovered - they need to make people aware of their party
No star participants - aadara maatai aadithan karakkanum - they need gimmicks
Useless Ideology - it should be more practical - needs reality"

Yeah yeah.. Lok Paritran.

These are few of the many complaints I heard / read in the few weeks that just went by. There is literally a fight going on here. Lots of arguements, in many places. Last friday a group was discussing this loud in Spoencer's Sangeetha. Even at my workplace.

Wait.. Does it make any sense, that these people (include me) start arguing about something that they have never been doing ? Whats the reason for the sudden surge ?

The youngsters whom I see arguing will not sit and write "Letters to Editor" or go to the media to express their thoughts, if not internet. Its just because they have access to internet, and they are intellectual enough to get exposed to Blogging and Commenting on Forums, that these many arguements are going on.

I was thrilled to see a party like Lok Pritran emerge. But I wasnt bold enough to join them. But many people around me did. It was like signing up for a free Google Service. Associating oneself into a political party, according to me, is not a joke. But already many people have signed up. I hope it will not result like, people signing up for a fancy email ID and ignoring it later, not using it at all.

Lets talk about various complaints on Lok Paritran. I have only one.

Lok Paritran's power is the educated society. And that is its biggest weakness.

People in DMK are ready to materialize whatever its Head says. But Lok Paritran members will ask questions. It may be good, but TRUST ME.. there will be opinion wars in between people inside the party. They will wage email wars. "Lets do it this way..."... "I beg to differ... but we have to do it this way".. "Aha ? Lets see.. you do it that way, Ill do it this way"..

Lok Paritran members will have Super-thoughts with Super-Ego. Lots of Ideas will pour in. "You should have done it like this.. ". But very little email-writers will come to the road and execute. "We are contributing, by giving ideas". Well, the party has ideas. They will need Funds to execute. They will need people in the weekdays to execute their ideas.

PEOPLE UNDERSTAND : Joining politics does not mean Administration. It means Service.

Service to the public. Thats what Parties are for. Be in power or not.. Can you Serve ? This is not a question I ask to the heads of Lok Paritran.. But a question to the ad-Hoc members of Lok Paritran. Dear Laptop carriers, WILL YOU COME TO MY STREET AND LISTEN TO MY PROBLEMS ?

Talk of the other Educated Society, who will stand outside the party and comment about it. (people like me).

They would have never even heard the term IDEOLOGY associated to any other party, but will find fault with Lok Paritran's Ideology. I saw people who argued with me about the Ideology of LP. My simple question to them "Do you know whats DMK's Ideology ?" - "No !" - "Have you voted for them ?" - "Yes, last time".

Makkale, there's only one thing I ask of you.

Its not my belief the IIT people are going to save this earth. We already have 14 MPs in the parliament who are MBA's from Universities around the world. We need not think that Educated People will save the society. It is that we need a powerful party that can make sounds.

But what we can do is, place our blind faith on Lok Paritran. Patronize them. Support them. It is important that we grow awareness among everyone we know about such a party. We need to work together to give Lok Partiran some kind of shape.

It looks clumsy to see intellectuals fight. May be, thats why educated society deserves very little.

Forgotten

I was one of the many two-wheeler drivers, who were standing close to the Anna Fly Over for nearly 15 minutes. After that life was better.. we started moving. We crossed Anna Arivalayam in 20 minutes.Thats a record time. Earlier it was 40 seconds.

People were all fed up. But no one Honked.. They all knew, they made two mistakes. One is a small mistake - They Voted bad. The other one is a huge mistake - taking the Mount Road to go fast on the result day.

This Man and his men, were on the Roads pleading for Votes. And today, he was in Arivaalayam celebrating, and the public suffering due to a Traffic Jam that he had caused.

Oh yeah.. democracy. He has his rights.

"Patience, NEO. The Answers are coming"

UPDATE : News - DMK alliance likely to form government in TN

"Where we go from here,
is a choice i leave to you"

Too Late,My Baby !

Q : What will happen to a man, who waits for a movie ?
A : Simple, He will die of disappointment.

Now that Seventh Channel has assured (My neighbour is calling them over phone every single day) the release of the movie, I thnk about how much I've grown along this movie. When the Movie was first announced, Lazygeek blogged about it. This was my comment (Thaangalai da saamy).

But Gautham needs an Obidient Actor, and Kamal needs a Silent Director. Lets see if the Polarities match.

And so it happened. Not just that. It went on beyond that. More and more troubles for the movie, in terms of weather, money and cast. But everything seemed to come along with the audio release.

I was sure the movie will be out by 7th April. Then 14th April. Then May 1st. Then May 5th. May 19th. And now June 2nd.

Wait..

June 2nd or June 9th. Hmmp.

All the hypes seem to subside. Even though the songs are a hit (am i the only guy to tell this.. ? I dont find VV audio anywhere ) Iam quite doubtul of the impact the movie will make int he box-office. Iam loosing hope.

But tell me why, that excitement is still there... Yaheey !! June 2nd !!

The Left Index Finger and the Right to Vote !

Me and my father went to the polling booth. They didnt even care to look at my Voter's ID.

I pressed against Lok Paritran. I was expecting an Alarm to get triggered, if someone votes for 49 O or Lok Paritran. Luckily nothing like that happened.

My dad came out, and I never expected him ask that question to one Booth officer.

"I have voted. Where is the color TV, 5 KGs Rice, Computer and Gold Thali ?"

The booth officer looked at us both. The look was very sympathetic. He smiled at dad and asked
"enna sir, sowkkiyamaa ?"

He was an old friend of dad, i didnt know.

But I thought that was a brilliant question, my dad asked. I wish every TN Citizen asks for it.

May 8 2006 (also called as) The Next Five Years

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Kadamayai Sei ! Palanai Edhirpaarkkadhe !

Disclaimer : The mail is just a personal thought. It does not seduce you to any decision. Atleast, thats not the intention.

Hello,

I had this Opinion Poll conducted recently. And it was an amazing experience to see a trend.

It doesn't tell me anything decisive. I am aware that the laptop opinions wont kiss the ballot box.

It is not our opinion that will change, its only our Vote that has the power to change.

Here's the result of the opinions from Internet users whom I know, and whom I'm linked with.

This is what they thought. I'm not sure if their thought will reflect a common-man's thought.

You will most certainly witness a result that would make this Ratio absurd.

But I'm sure, if everyone who responded here voted, a difference will be made.

A subtle change will be made if the politicians are aware that many people are coming to Vote.

Monday is not just a holiday.. Not a day you can relax.

I know we have all been bored with the "Its your Responsibility" dialogue.

Unfortunately, thats reality.

Try this.. It will be a hot sunny day on Monday. It will be sick to stand in the long queue.

It will be more than irritating to travel to a Polling booth thats awkwardly located.

BUT, I assure you, You will feel good, on your way back.

You will feel that You have participated, in the shout.

The shout that can change your Future.

Make sure you speak.

Thanks

Keerthivasan Rajamani

Hindu Endraal Thirudan

Information Ctsy - IDLYVADAI (*Great job, Idlyvadai ! Keep them coming)

These were statements from the DMK Supremo Dr. M. Karunanidhi.. in my version, just Karunanidhi. Caste-based politics is in his blood and tongue. Why is there such an answer to such a question ? Why are the journalists so NUMB to take bullshit answers from politicians ?

When was the last time you heard J.Jayalalitha making politics out of CASTE ? I never did.

ADMK LEADING :) POLL NOW, IF YOU HAVENT

Kuchelan and Venugopalan

Heights of Plagiarism :)

Kuchelan got down from the bus. He is coming to Ayanavaram after nearly twelve years.

Before twelve years, he belonged there. The place where he was born, brought up, schooled and then unschooled. His family met a financial fluctuation, and couldnt educate him. Not just that. The family demanded him to abandon studies and take up work. Hotels and Mechanic shops. He was not meant for that. But fate forced him. He then went out of town. No one in Ayanavaram knew about him, after that.

Now, Kuchelan runs his own Hotel. Well, its just another Road-side tea shop, which also serves lunch and dinner. In the village that he runs, his business was not going to flourish, but it will not die. Kuchelan felt comfortable with the constant money he gets to run his family.

Did I tell you about Venugopalan. He was Kuchelan's best pal. Till their 9th standard, Kuchelan and Venugopalan were neck-to-neck for the second rank. They were together studying at Kuchelans home and playing at Venu's home. Venu's family was poorer than Kuchelan's. However Venu's father Vasudevan was adomant in educating Venugopalan. So they separated after Kuchelan left the school.

Now, Kuchelan had come to his home town to visit Venugopalan. He had learnt that Venu had recently given birth to a son. It felt good to hear the news. The aroma of the memories of his school days were still afresh in his mind. Only the memories of the address and topology of his ex-streets were sloppy. He hunted and found the places where his home used to be. It had become a slum, and his hut had been replaced by two huts.

He enquired about Venugopalan to many people. Bits and pieces of information were driving him crazy. He derived that Venu should either be two streets away from the slum. He didnt want to give up. He walked further.

Thats when it struck him. He had to buy something to Venu while visiting him. But why ? He was just his friend. There were no formalities between them, when they were young. What could change in twelve years ? Still, he couldnt convince his mind. He walked by a few road-side shops. What could he buy ? How much would it cost ? He had Rs. 45 in his hand. He would need Rs. 30 to go to his village. He immediately knew he wouldnt be able to buy any sweets. His mind was now beiginning to get convinced. No formalities among friends.

He couldnt just bear the struggle. He didnt want to show his poor hands to Venu. He wanted something in it, before shaking hands. BANANA !!! Venu's favourite. Kuchelan's dad used to work in marriage contracts. He brought home a lot of bananas, and Venu would empty them in a few hours. He used to be crazy about bananas.

He managesd to bargain one dozen Rasthali's for Rs. 13 and with an eased heart he began walking towards Vaikuntam Street.

He spotted a house with the name Venugopalan engraved outside. "Sri Illam" was the name of the house. It looked huge from the outside. Twelve years can certainly change things. He felt very very happy for Venugopalan. And a stinking feeling of shame crept in his mind. Im Poor, it thought.

The door opened after Kuchelan understood the usage of the calling-bell.

"Yes..", said the woman inside with a wierd look in the face.. who's this guy, it thought.

"Venugopalan ?"

"Come Inside..."... who's this person ?

The hall was twenty times the size of his hotel. He has never seen such richness. His school prayer hall was smaller than this.

"Please..sit down. Venu will come in a few minutes.. You are .....?"

He thought she could be Venu's wife. But when she said "Venu will come in a few minutes".. he decided she wasnt. Wife cant call names.

"Iam Kuchelan.... iam an old..."

"aha !! Namaskaram.. I know you. Venu has told a lot about you. How are you ?"

Releived.

"Iam Radha. Venu's wife."

Wife ?

"Yes.. I learnt that you gave birth to a baby-boy. How is the baby ?"

"oh ! he is fine.. cute... he is sleeping."

"One second. Let me go and tell him you are here. He would be so happy.. infact he wouldnt believe..."

Kuchelan smiled and watched her go upstairs. Wife ?

His eyes ate everything in the room with a surprise-flavour. So much of richness engraved. Venu has grown up in life. Real growth. They both were struggling for the Physics problems in Ninth standard. Now Kuchelana alone was struggling. He thought Venu would have become a manager by now. The leather sofa was very comfortable.

"Kuchelaaaaaa !! "

He turned back. He didnt realize that he stood up automatically on the voice. Venugopalan. His best pal. He had thought of this meeting before, and in that thought they both should be hugging now. But Kuchelan resisted. The richness around and poorness within put a barrier. He just smiled at Venu. The smile was real.

But Venu was breaking the barrier. He rushed and embraced Kuchelan. Huge hug. Warmth.

"Kuchelaaaa !! how are you.. how many many years.. ? how are you ?"

"How are you ? How happy am i to see you, venu."

"Sit.. sit... Radha, remember Kuchelan.. ?"

"Yes.. " Radha said serving Ice water in a glass-glass. She left them both and went to attend her son. She knew they had so much to talk.

They were speaking for a long time. Close to an hour. By now, Kuchelan had forgone all his feelings.. They both were that 9th standard kids. They had talked about everyone they knew in common.

BANANA !! They very thought brought back the inferiority complex. He had almost forgotten what he had brought for his dearest friend. But all the richness around him pushed him from the top of a cliff. Im so poor..

With so much dielemma, he placed his hands on the cover.

"whats that ?"

"Illaa... i just brought you some bananas...."

"AAAAHA !! Kodu Kodu !! Banana is something I have missed for years.."

Venugopalan forced the banana cover out of Kuchelan's hands and started executing the Rasthali, exactly the way he used to. Kuchelan had a lump in his throat.

"Radha is a health concious woman. No carbohydrates. No fat... I hate it.. but what to do.. Superaa irukku.. engeda vaangine... where did you buy ?"

Kuchelan did not answer, and Venu was not expecting a reply.. He was pealing off the next skin.

"Kuchela... be here with me da. I can give you a position in my company. We can bring back those old days..."

Kuchelan knew Venu would say that. Still he melted. He did not reply. He was just smiling.. Then they began talking again, about a lot of things that we did not know about.

Kuchelan began showing signs of leaving. Venu understood that.

"Kuchela ! I know you wouldnt accept anything from me. But I just want to say you something. Please do not hesitate to ask me. We both studied together. You could easily have been in my position. Fate had played. But my richness, my car and anything will not change me. Iam still your Venu. Please understand there are no formalities between us."

Kuchelan smiled, as he was wearing his Hawaai slippers outside the door. "Venu. Onnum Vendaamda. Nee ippadi oruththan enakkaaga irukkaradhe porum."

Kuchelan went forward and hugged Venugopalan.

He walked back with a happy heart.

The bus stopped and Kuchelan got out of it. It was a fast bus, with extra fare. He did not have Rs. 50. He began waiting for the normal bus. Twelve years has not changed much things.

Friendship has not changed in its essence.. be it Dwapara Yugam or Kali Yugam. We have been telling, friendship has gone materialistic. Not true. We have only started calling out ad-hoc relationships as friendships. The true-friendship is still rooten on this earth. Atleast, thats what Kuchelan was thinking.

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