Squeezing the Blood.

The Hindu : Tamil Nadu / Chennai News : Tomato price up, buyer feels squeezed

The above link is to an article in Hindu. The cost of tomato in chennai as of today is around Rs60 per KG.  Last weekend, when i purchased tomato in my neighborhood, it was $.59 per Lb. Upon conversion it comes to Rs62 per KG. Wow, that seems to be pretty cool. Next time when i travel to india, i have add vegetables in my list of things to buy. You never know, it might get cheaper here over a period of time !

Photo Identifier

Recently, while logging in and managing my picasa web albums, found a new feature calling tagging.

Its an interesting feature which identifies the human faces. It groups all the Photos based on the tags we give.It just took me 20 minutes to tag around 1000 photos.
The face recognition technology used, seems to cater the basic needs, but do not expect too much out of it.

Try it out....

Revamped Google Picasa site identifies photo faces | Business Tech - CNET News

Thread Exchange Mela

Once again, we are back this year to perform our traditional Thread Exchange Ceremony. To sound as a proper TamBram - "Avani Avittam". The Function is named so due to the fact that it fall on the tamil month Avani and the start being avittam. Kudos to the Naming conventions that our ancestors had. It falls on August 16th. Every year, this day all the brahmin junta renew their thread(Poonal).



For some, it is the day, when they devotionally do all the upaakarma and exchange the holy thread. These prime people, get ready for the d-day and boast about how they have upkept their holy traditions till date.
For some it is the time of the year which reminds them that there is some thread hanging around across their shoulders, which is dirty to the core and needs a new one to scrub their back.
And then there are some, who search for the thread that they misplaced the very next day last year!.

Okay, for me, i do not fall into the latter two, nor the first one. I pretty much try to do the nithyakarmas, but that does have some exceptions based on my mood and the project deadlines :-) Now i know that there are lots of such software nerds who want to join my group, in order to give the same excuse! My father being in the first category, promptly conducted my first upakarma function when i was 10. And ofcourse, he expected me to do all the nithyakarma's and follow his footsteps. Dad, Java & .Net was not ur way of life :-(

Now more to the ceremony. Its conducted in two parts
1. Avani Avittam
2. Gayathri Japam.

Day 1.
All the Pattars get up early in the mornig take bath and do their Pratha-Sandyavandanam. Followed by Kamokarisheeth Japam. Its a small verse that you should be reciting for 1008/108 time as per your convenience. Cmon people, no marks for guessing which option most of them would take.

Before going further, let me explain one more aspect of it. There are two types of people, one who invite their family vadhyar (who told that there are only family doctors!) to their house and get the upakarma done at home.

There is another set of people, who go to the temple and get it done. I advice people to come over to West-Mambalam. On all the street, you will the pattars with dhoti and anga vasthram (Yup, its all free show ladies) walking with a cup (Panchapathram) towards the nearest temple.

As someone nicely pointed in their blogs, its a celebration day for the vadhyars. They get their bounty on this day. Most of the vadhyars, have deals with the temples or some kalyana mandapam to conduct the yajur-upakarma in the temple.


We have gone both ways. The advantage of going to temple mean, you get to eat early berakfast at home (after the kamokarishit japam).

For the past 3 years its been kinda different experience. I am here all alone by myself and had to figure out ways of doing it. Did it twice at home (as it was on working days) and once i went to the temple in camarillo. This time, since its falling on a saturday, am planning to go to the temple. Hope it works out fine.

After the upaakarma, we used to have hefty lunch.

Day 2. - Gayathri Japam

The very next day, we have to get up early and start reciting gayathri manthra for 1008 times. No excuses on this. I do it 1008 as a compensation for those days of the year when i skip doing sandyavandanam.

Thalaivar in Kuselan....

August 1st, 2008 - Kuselan is releasing worldwide.

'Last Lecture' professor dies at 47

By this time, many of you would have already watched the famous video by Randy - "The Last Lecture"
Just sharing the sad news.


'Last Lecture' professor dies at 47 - CNN.com


The video is too inspiring and drives us to chase our dreams. How positive, can a human be? This guy was really exceeding the expectation.

Some of the famous statements from Randy

-"If I don't seem as depressed or morose as I should be, sorry to disappoint you!"

-His mother introduced him to people to keep him humble: "This is my son, he's a doctor, but not the kind that helps people."

-Never underestimate the importance of having fun. I'm dying and I'm having fun. And I'm going to keep having fun every day because there's no other way to play it.

-Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted.

-No one is pure evil. Find the best in everybody. Wait long enough and people will surprise and impress you.

-Brick walls are there for a reason. They are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. The brick walls are there to stop people who don't want it badly enough.

-It is not about achieving your dreams but living your life. If you lead your life the right way, the karma will take care of itself. The dreams will come to you.

-We can't change the cards we're dealt, just how we play the hand. If I'm not as depressed as you think I should be, I'm sorry to disappoint you.


My mourning, for a wonderful human being.

Dasavatharam

Before starting this BLOG, i should confess that as far as acting is
concerned, i am a fan of Kamal and he has really taken pains to bring his skills
into the movie. As far as the blog is concerned, i am just trying to put my
understanding of the movie and my views. To get the entire synopsis of the film,
please visit - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dasavathaaram

Chaos theory - It describes the behavior of certain dynamical
systems – that is, systems whose state evolves with time – that may exhibit
dynamics that are highly sensitive to initial conditions (popularly referred to
as the butterfly
effect). For more on the theory please visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaos_theory.

Probably the statement on the chaos theory would have given an insight on
why the butterfly was flying around in the beginning and end of the movie! I am
still trying to relate the theory with the storyline. I will get there soon, And
once i get to know the relationship, i will post it online for sure.

The film begins in the 12th century, the King from chola dynasty tries to
remove the vaishnava gang and convert them back to shaivism. If you listen to
the narration, One of the statement goes like this, "Since there was no Jesus
and Allah at that time, shiva and vishnu started to fight between themselves,
through their devotees". WoW, You should be an atheist in blood, thought &
deed, to put such a statement.

Ok, back to the story, king tries to throw the vishnu idol from the temple,
into sea, enters the first avathar in the name of "Rangarajan Nambi", and ends
up drowning with the idol.

The story rolls forward to 2004. From now on, its going to be the line of
events that happen from Dec 20 - Dec 26th 2004.

Govind(2nd avathar), a bio-scientist, with his team, creates a bio weapon
in his lab (in USA). The US president (3rd avathar) simultaneously grants 6
billion for bio-technology. In the mean time, govind's pet Ape dies after
consuming a small sample of the bio-weapon. Govind wants to destroy the
substance, before it kills more people. This is weird! Even in my high school,
when starting an experiment, i try to write the Aim, Apparatus required etc;
before starting the experiment. So the aim should be clearly telling you that
you are developing a bio weapon and it will destroy animals/people. The why do
you create it? (This statement will make sense in climax).

Yes you have guessed it right, his boss tries to sell it to one terrorist
gang. Our hero Govind steals the bio-capsule and tries to reach it to the FBI.
The boss engages Fletcher, an ex CIA (4th Avathar) who tries to get the
bio-weapon from govind. In this fight, fletcher ends up killing Yuka - Shingen
Narahashi's sister (5th avathar, a Japanese kungfu fighter). While trying to
escape, Govind drops the package with one of his friends, who couriers it to
India. Somehow, govind also lands up in the same cargo plane to India.

As soon as the flight lands in India, Govind is taken into custody by Mr
Balram Naidu(6th, before i lose count). I should appreciate Kamal for this role.
Balram naidu is a typical telugu guy, settled in chennai. The accent, his way of
talking, his english and to top it all, the way he reacts when he sees another
telugu person. WoW. Fletcher also lands up in India, in search of the capsule.
He meets up with Govind in the Chennai Airport. In the airport, we meet Avtaar
Singh, a famous Pop singer (7th Avathar), with his wife Jayapradha. The pop
singer lands in the airport and while giving a press meeting, falls on the floor
and vomits blood. People rush to take him to the hospital, in this melee,
fletcher grabs govind at gunpoint and flees the place. On the way, govind
somehow escapes and goes towards Chidambaram (the parcel with the capsule, is
addressed to reach Chidambaram). Fletcher goes behind. In the mean time, Naidu
realizes that the capsule might have been in another package, checks the
dispatch list and he also goes towards Chidambaram.

The second Asin's introduction starts with the bajan song, guess who is
playing the mrudangam, its the Krishnaveni patti (grand old woman - 8th
Avathar). The makeup is so similar for all the kamal's near the face. most of
them have this rubber stuffed on their face and its so sulky. Indian Thatha is
the top makeup i would say!

The capsule gets delivered as a parcel to Krishnaveni. Govind tries to get
the capsule from krishna patti, but she ends up putting it in the Govindaraja
perumal idol. Fletcher and Naidu land at Chidambaram and try to catch Govind. He
escapes with the idon. Asin - Aandal goes behind govind to get back to idol.
They whole gang now flee. Govind & aandal end up in a place near
Pondicherry, where they try to keep the idon under sand (so that the capsule is
cooled). There is a Big Sand Mafia gang trying to dig up all the sand in the
same place. They try to molest Asin and in comes Vincent Poovaragan, a Dalit who
struggles to stop Sand Mafia (9th Avathar). The second best character would be
this guy, with his accent and the makeup. He captures everyone's attention with
his screen presence. He fights with the mafia gang and its leader to prevent
stealing sand. Govind, uses the opportunity and escapes with Asin, in a lorry.
They meet with an accident and end up hitting a mini van. The muslim family in
the van try to escape, out comes Kalifullah, son of Nagesh (10th Avathar).
Govind helps his mom by donating blood and tries to reach Naidu. Fletcher blocks
govind, govind takes the capsule from the idol and gives the idol to Fletcher.
He then runs towards the beach to dissolve & destroy the capsule in the sea
(Probably, he should have told that NaCl means salt, it would have reached lots
of users!).

Fletcher realizes that he was fooled and again goes behind Govind, gets the
capsule and starts beating up Govind. In comes Shingen Narahashi, who wants to
take revenge on Fletcher, for Yuka. After a big fight(fight was good), fletcher
is almost killed. He breaks the capsule and consumes the same. Just before the
worm spreads, TSUNAMI comes to the rescue. The given hype for TSUNAMI was not
visible on the screen. They could have done it better. How can tsunami destroy
the bio-weapon - Well its sea water and the salt (NaCl) in the sea water
destroys the worms. The Dalit guy gets killed in tsunami, trying to rescue a
child. After all the destruction, Andal feels that it was gods power that
rescued the people, for which Govind says that god could have stopped scientist
like him to make such bio weapons! Well how about writing The AIM of an
experiment, before starting the task?

In the end, Kamal finishes with his famous atheist dialogues - "I am not
telling that there is no God, i am just telling that it will be good if we have
a god" - Dumb Aandal feels happy with this statement? As someone told in their
internet review, The usual mind boggling chemistry between Kamal and his
heroine, does not exist in this movie.

The movie as such cannot be called as bad, but it did not meet the hype it
created. People, watch this movie for Kamal and his effort in graphics &
technology. Don't expect the Kamal, an expert in Love scenes & his unusually
great acting skills, in this movie.

Temple Priests in Tamilnadu.

Just read an article which grabbed my attention.


The Hindu : Tamil Nadu / Coimbatore News : Course to qualify temple priests


The article is about becoming a certified priest (yes you are right, just like a certified Java Programmer! Wow, Future india is really looking gr8). Guess, you all might already know that there is a Sanskrit college in Mylapore which specializes in producing vedha pundits. So you might ask, what is the difference between the sanskrit college course and the one given by Barathiar Univ. If you read the article, you might come to know of the fact "Anyone can become vaadhyar".Is this something like Ratatouille revolution? One more information from the article that amuse me was..

"According to the new law of the State Government, people belonging to all castes can become temple priests (Archagar). The Government has selected 360 male students from the Backward and Most Backward communities to get training, which will make them qualified priests."

I just imagined that i am in a temple where i hear shlokas with all sorts of pronounciation! Its not that i am against caste or something, I truly believe in a castless society. My concern is just about how archanai will be done in temples. I quite agree that there are some brahmin priests, who struggle to pronounce the mantras correctly, but atleast the ones in temple do it right.

During my child hood days, i just play with my friends and ask them to repeat what i say.

வாழை பழம் அழுகி கொழுகொழுது நழுவி கீழே விழுந்தது
Oh yeah, you guess it right, most of them end up saying it as

வாலை பலம் அலுகி கொலுகொலுது நலுவி கீலே விலுந்தது


I pray to god that when i visit temple next time, i can still hear "Shuklam bharadharam vishnum Shashi varrnam Chathurbujam...." instead of "suklaam paradaram visnum sasi varnam sathurbusam...." !!!!!

Engeyo Keta Kathai

Just read the story of an old Movie - "Rambayin Kadhal".

The movie 'Rambain Kadhal' deals with three worlds - heaven, hell and earth. An innocent sugar cane crusher- Azhagu, is playfully wedded to a stone statue by his friends and brothers. Little do they know that the statue is that of Rambha, the beautiful dancer of Indralok She had invited the wrath of Lord Indra, turned into a stone, and is sent to earth. But she is given a little respite, thanks to Narada, that she can come back to heaven in her form, after sunset. Now bound by her wifely duty, she is forced to bring Azhagu, to her place in the nights. Azhagu tours both heaven and hell, and learns how a human being must conduct their lives. Both Lord Yama and Lord Indra find this out through Narada. Angry at having brought a mortal to their place, Indra again curses Rambha to become a ghost. Azhagu is cursed to loose his sanity. What is the fate of Rambha and Azhagu. Are they condemned to live like this forever or does Indra change the curse?


So, have you all watched this already ? Me too. Our Mr Vadivelu the Great has copied this story into "Indralogathil Naa Azhagappan". If someone blames Deva for copying Hindi/English tunes into tamil song, Pleaze grow up people. Atleast he had the creativity to match the tunes to tamil lyrics!

This is indeed too much to digest for this week.....Lord please save Kollywood from such insane CTRL+C & CTRL+V.

When will we see the avatars?

Another piece of news for the die hard fans of acting (felt that it would be synonymous to Kamal).

Dasavathaaram to release on June 6

Solid-->Liquid--->Gas

During the initial stages, all the dead were buried/burned into ash. Alkaline Hydrolysis has changed the way of life, or should i say Dead!

The whole process ensures that the whole human body is dissolved and the residue is mere liquid.

The Hindu : Front Page : New idea in mortuary science: dissolving bodies

In this pace, all the dead bodies, one day might be be dissolved into thin air !!!

Kamaleon...

The article heading itself speaks 1000 word. If you ask me if i am a fan or Kamal or Rajni, it is going to be a difficult question to answer.

When if comes to style and attraction, its always been our thalaivar Rajni.

When you speak of real acting, my vote goes to Kamal. Give him any role, he gives soul and life to the role on screen.

Only these two have been able to carry the name of "Next generation" heirs for MGR & Sivaji Ganesan.

Kamaleon! - South Cinema - Entertainment - MSN India

Eagerly waiting for Dasavatharam......

Laughter Therapy

Two bats are going for their midnight feed.

After an hour or so, one bat gets tired of looking and goes home with no blood.

The other bat comes home with blood dripping from its mouth. The first
bat says enviously, "Where did you get all that blood from?"

The second bat replies, "Follow me. I'll show you."

After awhile the second bat leads them to a cave. He says, "You see that wall over there?"

The hungry bat excitedly says, "Yes!"

Other bat says, "I didn't."

Some sanskrit verses

The whole thing is called Subhashita slokam (Subhashitam means Qualities).

Let us start with the known one. The first phrase will be told by Yuki Sethu in Anbe shivam, if you try to remember.

PUSTHAKAM VANITHA VITTHAM PARA-HASTHA-GATHAM, GATHAM!

ADHAVAA PUNAR-AGACCHETJEERNAM BHRASHTAA CHA KHANDASAH !!



(A book, wife and money, if gone to another's hands, are gone! If at

all they come back, the book will be rotten and useless. the wife, fit

to be out-cast and money in bits and pieces.)




KARYESHU DASEE KARANESHU MANTHREE,

ROOPESHU LAKSHMEE KSHAMAYA DHARITHREE!

SNEHE CHA MAATHA SAYANE THU VESYAA

SHAT-KARMA-YUKTHA KULA-DHARMA-PATHNEE!!



(Like a maid-servant in domestic duties, like a minister in discussing

home matters, in form like Mahalakshmi, in love like a mother, in bed

like a Vesya, these six role-plays are enjoined for a Kula-sthree (a

respectable house-wife.)



VIVAADA-SEELAAM SWAYAM-ARTTHA-CHORINEEM

PARA-ANUKOOLAM PARIHAASA-BHAASHINEEM

AGRAASINEEM ANYA-GRIHA-PRAVESINEEM

THYAJANTHI BHAARYAM DASA-PUTHRA-MAATHARAM!!



(Habituated to quarrel with the husband all the time, rob house-hold

wealth, easily accessible to others, making fun of the husband all the

time, always eating before the husband, frequenting other peoples'

houses, a wife, even if a mother of ten children, is fit to be discarded!)

-- Ends the Subhashita for a wife.



AamanthraNotsava vipra gavo navathrunotsavah;

Bharthagamotsava naaryah, soham Krishna ranotsavah.



Arjuna tells Krishna---"For an average brahmana, invitation for a feast

is pleasing; for cows, new lush grass, for the housewife, the arrival of

the husband; and to me, the most pleasing thing is war.



Vipra-hasthe dhanam dadyat, swa-bharyasu cha youvanam;

Swami-karyeshu cha praanam, nischayo mama Madhava!"



This is told by Karna to Krishna: "Whatever riches i have earned,

should be distributed to brahmanas, my youthfulness to my wives and my

praana in the service of God." This is my decision, O Madhava!

Mera Bharath Mahan

Couple of interesting news clips.


The first one is one of those mythical things. Once upon a time in India, when all the politicians were working for their country, they were so dedicated that they did not even think about their family. One such heir, is now selling newspapers for livelihood.

Former minister's son sells newspapers for livelihood - National News – News – MSN India - News

Oh my dear politicians, do you eat food with salt or not!

We Indians don't know our power. We are the core of all the knowledge and the whole thinking process started here in our homeland. We discovered medicines, food, mathematics and what not? Check out this article.

The Hindu : Tamil Nadu / Chennai News : “Vedas contain references to infinity”

Have some interesting reviews to post, will update ASAP.

Veda Manthram to Pythagorean Theorem - You get everything here.....

Proud to be part of this School.

Usually, the students make the school proud, this one, likes it the other way. The teachers ensure that the students and alumni be proud of where they did their schooling. Yes, i am talking about the one and only unique school in India - Sri Ahobila Math Oriental Higher secondary school.

Tradition should be a part of the learning and this fact is made to come true in this school. Be it, Learning sanskrit, veda parayanam, prabhandam classes, Veshti as the uniform... There is a touch of tradition & values in every thing that been done in the school.

Yes, you did read the uniform as Veshti[alias - Dhoti] in previous paragraph. For boys, the uniform is White dhoti and white shirt and for girls its half saree. Many a times, i have seen all my friends struggling to tie dhoti and without a belt, it will not be complete for them. I have laughed at them umpteen times due to the fact and behind every laughter, i remember how i struggled to tie dhoti when i first joined Ahobila math and today its a piece of cake, of course without a belt :-)

All students, who have worn the sacred thread [culture for hindu brahmin boys] should learn veda and there is no excuse to it. The XII students do have an exemption and they end up writing hell a lot of tests. Other students, end up learning prabandam [Naalayira Divya prabandham, is a holy script in praise of lord vishnu]. But this should never give a racist view about the school. Mind you, there are students from various cast & creed in the school.


The second language in the school is Sanskrit. So students end up learning the ancient language.

All these are add ons to the excellent results produced by the school every year. As one of the products, i can assure that the teachers are so dedicated that they strain really hard to ensure that every student shines with good scores in the exams. Almost, many in chennai know that a student of TMS sir, will surely be getting a 100% in mathematics and Sheshadri sir is the king of commerce & accounts. No kidding, try asking any student from state board in chennai.

All being said, this is a government aided school, which means you get all the above said features for almost free of cost!

Its not that i am advertising about my school. Just wanted to give an overview about the school, when i came across this article in rediff. Pretty interesting one.

For the love of sanskrit

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Happy Pongal

Happy Pongal & Makara Sankaranthi.

With the birth of "Thai" month , i pray that every one get what they need and long for.

Watch the Bright jyothi and start your day refreshingly.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44an594asE8



Makara Jothi - This is More than the wonders of the world. Every year, on the day of makara sankaranthi, Lord Ayyappa gives us his darshan in the form of Jothi [Jothi is a bright form of light]. Year after year, the crowd is increasing at the holy sabarimala temple, to watch this miracle. It is believed that the lord came to be born as manikanda, in order to kill mahishi. The child was brought up by king rajasekara. At the early teen age, the lord killed the mahishi and advised the king to build a temple at the hills of sabari. The lord also gave the boon to the king that every year, he will appear in the form of bright light [Jothi] on the Kaantha malai. And so, every year, on this particular day, the jyothi appears on the kaantha malai.

On this day, the jewels of the lord [Thiruvaabharanam] are taken from the palace of king rajasekara, to the holy temple. through out the whole jorney, you can witness an eagle flying on top of the procession. It is believed that the lord Garuda [Vehicle of Lord vishnu], comes and ensures that the jewels are taken to the temple without any problems.

Just a few minutes before the makara jyothi, a twinkling star appears near the kaantha malai, which is kinda signal that the jyothi is going to appear in a few minutes.

The makara jyothi, appears on the kaantha malai, like a flicker, shows itself for a couple of seconds and then its gone. It happens for 3 times. The whole thing gets over within couple of minutes. It is a wonder to watch the holy makara jyothi.

By gods grace, i have seen the makara jothi a couple of times. I pray to get more opportunities to go to the holy hills and get the blessings of the lord.

Swamiye Saranam Ayyappa. Visit this informative site http://www.ayyappan-ldc.com/

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Wish you all A very happy & Prosperous New Year

Swamiye Saranam Ayyappa

Wish you & your family, a very happy & prosperous New year 2008. Hope your dreams come true this year and bring more colors to your life.

Life is short, so live it Big.

So, the events of the day goes like this. I got up too early today, it should be 5:15 AM i guess. The main reason was the ayyappa bajan in india. I wanted to join with other friends on mine and hear it. We all were conferencing to india and hearing the bajan for around 2 & 1/2 hours. It was kinda refreshing after that. Since my trip to temple was preplanned, i didn't want to miss it either. Started at around 8:45, reached temple at 10:00, came back home by 12:15.

Started to prepare Aravana payasam. This time i wanted to be really very careful. In 2006 when i tried my hand, the whole thing god solidified to an extent that i had to break it, in order to eat it.

Aravan Payasam - Recipe & method

1 cup rice - cooked it with less amount of water [usually for rice to cook, we do a 1:2 ratio of water, i.e 2 cups of water per cup of rice, in case of this i used 1.5 cups of water]
take 3 cups of jaggery, add a cup of water to jaggery and heat it till the jaggery melts. Keep stirring. Once the jaggery is completely liquified, add the cooked rice to it. and immediately ad a spoon full of ghee.

Keep stirring till the mix till the jaggery & rice get gelled together.

Roast cachews & coconut[if available] in a spoon ghee and pour it over the mix. Add some elachi powder, chukku [if available] & diamond kalkandu. Let it cool.

Guessing why i am giving the recipe? Yeah right, this time, it came out really well. Kudos to me!

The rest of the day went on with watching some movies & reading a novel. Of course, i miss my home during such occasions !

Once again, a happy new year to all you people.

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Merry xMas

Merry Christmas !!!

Ok, now i am trying my level best not to be too emotional. How do you feel, when you are in a country where you get a lot of festival holidays, especially when you don't celebrate those. Well, actually this year, its was kind of fun, on diwali, i got up in the morning, had my ganga snanam [For whatever reasons, taking bath on the diwali day, is like taking bath on pure ganga water & its a belief that the ganges will flow in the water tank at people's house. I wonder how this will work out in places like chennai where water is scarce most of the times & ofcourse, if you are in another country like me, how will the ganges link through the ocean to come through the tap of my house at California!]
I kinda drifted from the topic uh, it happens too often to me. Ok, on the day of diwali, i just had my bath and went to the office as it it was another day, while, Back home, people were celebrating with hearts.
Now comes the Christmas, a festival celebrated in a grand manner, by my fellow Paradesi's [When Indians = Desis, others = Paradesis], they have four days of holidays. What am i going to do? You Guessed it right, Eat, sleep & watch movies. Atleast thats what i did, but planned a lot of other things.


This week, at the local tamil community, they screened Thalai's Billa. Due to some reasons, i was not able to join the other people & watch it on theater. That was a sheer luck. I watched it on the net and was really tired. I was thinking on when this is going to get over. The only icy satisfaction was Nayan.
The hindi remake of Don, even though was the same story, had a twist at the tail, but Billa was too much a xerox with replaced icons.

There were some things to enjoy though

Antha Muruganukku Aaaru thalai, aana naan ore thalai.

The Billa taatoo [If you are in my frequency, you will know where to find this!!]

Nayan

Billa...."Old was Gold"

I should say, this is really my opinion. Most of the sites have rave reviews about this movie. Opinion differs....

Oram Po.

I can't resist to mention about this one. The opening scene was really wonderful. You should watch the opeing scene and you are sure to enjoy it. One of the different movies where you will not see hero or heroine in the starting reel. A nice entertainer. The store is outlined on the life of Auto Drivers at chennai. Pooja is wonderful. Arya suites well into the role. Its a piece of cake for Lal and he has done justice. I usually forward the songs, so no comments on the music arena.On the whole, a complete masala entertainer for a tired software engineer to watch & enjoy.

Oram po..podu oru "O"

Myth, i Thought!!!

Myth, i Thought!!! Before reading this article on the web, ofcourse.

Man, marriage and money
http://lifestyle.in.msn.com/fashion/article.aspx?cp-documentid=1145216

He’s got the look. And the personality. But how heavy is his purse? Yah, time maybe changing, but it’s still a man's wealth, not looks, which remains the 'key for marriage'

London: Planning to settle down? Pester your boss for a pay hike because it is your income and wealth which your prospective better half would be looking at before tying the knot.

A team of international researchers has carried out a study and found that a man's riches, and not his looks, are the most important if he wants to get married, 'The Daily Telegraph' reported today.

Although there have been many lab based studies that have suggested that women are drawn to men of high status, power and wealth, rather than just looks, this new study has provided hard evidence of the marriage market in action.

The researchers came to the conclusion after analysing a survey of more than 20,000 American men, based on historical data collected in 1910 -- which suggested how when males were in short supply, for instance in the wake of the World War I, women're happy to put up with poorer partners.

And when men were commonplace, women're in the driving seat and became correspondingly more choosy, driving a bargain for the richest and most powerful men, with the marriage prospects of a male pauper being "drastically reduced".

"Little research within evolutionary psychology, so far, has considered how the market influences individual decisions. Here we show that if men are abundant, this will influence the market value of their desired traits, that is, women can demand more.

"This aspect, namely individual decision making as a function of the mating market (local abundance or scarcity), has been relatively neglected within the literature on human mate choice," lead researcher Thomas Pollet of the Newcastle University was quoted as saying.

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What is it when a man talks dirty to a woman?
Sexual harassment.

What is it when a woman talks dirty to a man?
$3.99 a minute.

Nope, this is not meant to harass anyone, just sharing the Laughter of the day......

There goes another one


There's a senior citizen driving on the highway. His wife calls him on his cell phone and in a worried voice says, ''Herman, be careful! I just heard on the radio that there was a madman driving the wrong way on Route 280!''

Herman says, ''I know, but there isn't just one, there are hundreds!''

Nice way to Quit drinking ....

A man walks into a pub and says, "Give me three pints of Guinness, please."

So the bartender brings him three pints and the man proceeds to alternately sip one, then the other, then the third until they're gone.

He then orders three more and the bartender says, "Sir, I know you like them cold, so you can start with one and I'll bring you a fresh one as soon as you're low."

The man says, "You don't understand. I have two brothers, one in Australia and one in the States. We made a vow to each other that every Saturday night we'd still drink together. So right now, my brothers have three Guinness Stouts too and we're drinking together."

The bartender thinks it's a wonderful tradition and every week he sets up the guy's three beers as soon as he enters in the bar. Then one week, the man comes in and orders only two. He drinks them, then orders two more. The bartender sadly says, "Knowing your tradition, I'd just like to just say that I'm sorry that one of your brothers died."

The man replies, "Oh, my brothers are fine - I just quit drinking."