Earth is the Heroic Spirit's Battlefield

Numerology Lunatics

2011-12-05T23:23:00.001+05:30

I happened to watch an episode of Neeya-Naana on numerology. The persons in support of numerology was saying that, by changing the letters in our name:

1. Our energy field changes and we go too far beyond success.
2. Our life gets fulfilled with all the negative waves going away.
3. A moral support to hold our minds on to something.
4. With wealth flowing, we all will be filled with peace and harmony.
5. A person with a total of 8 as the numeric sum will lead a miserable life and the one with 6 as the sum will life a stupendous life.
6. We have a control on the future by molding it as we want.
and so on and so forth.

When asked if there is any guarantee for all these, suddenly those in support of numerology backed up claiming that it is just an esoteric science and nothing is guaranteed.

First hand, esoteric stands for "Confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle". Are these lunatics so enlightened that only they can understand the so-called secrets and benefits of numerology?

The basic thought process towards numerology itself is of false nature. Thinking from a mathematical view point, the entire crap is based on decimal number system (with base as 10). If this is science, that too, an esoteric crap, then why is it based only on the decimal system. For instance, decimal number 8 is considered to be totally and fatally unlucky in their crap. If they were in a universe which has adopted tertiary numeric system, will they eliminate 22 altogether? If not, if the symbol 8 is their problem, then why don't they adapt a base 7 number system in all their calculation, just to eliminate 8 out of the picture?

Why did they rule out all the fractions out of the box? Because that will complicate and spoil things up front - rational and irrational? What about the complex numbers, which is the ideal one to represent any real-time and real-life figure?

The sad point is that, Indians, whose lives are filled with mathematics from the start to the end, believe in all this madness and relate it to the spirituality and God, associating certain number to certain God. THE CULMINATION OF MADNESS! The word God has become a very common misuse. (We'll talk about that later).

Mathematics apart. Why is this numerology crap applicable only to the English/western letters? What about phone based languages like Tamil? After all, even Tholkaappiar has stated the use of fractions when describing the phones of Tamil. Hope these idiots don't spoil the beauty and fame of Tamil by associating a number to every phone. The same case applies to Sanskrit as well.

These kinds of things become an issue when people starts to make a big deal of business out of it and try to convince you of this shitty thing. If you believe in this just for the sake of holding on to it for moral support, then its guaranteed that you have not learnt anything in your life so far. Suba. Veerappan made a nice point by asking the questions: "இளைஞர்களே, உங்கள் உழைப்பால் வராத பெருமையும் புகழும் உங்கள் இளமைக்கு அழகா?". Let me try to rephrase it for you here.. Anyone has a better translation, please let me know. I'll update it.. "You youth, is your youth worthy of the fortunes that you attained without your hard work?"

Let me finish this article by stating a simple thing. Mind is not you and you are not mind. Buddha says mind is the 6th sense. If you are not in control of your mind you, will fall prey to this numerology and what not, and would want to control the future by forgetting the importance of the present moment.

7aam arivu - a review

2011-10-29T19:41:00.001+05:30

Production
I now understand the need for all the hype and promotions - at least to save the invested money.

Story
Good one, definitely worth a visit.

Screenplay
Very poor. The martial art sequences are good. The lengthy and boring car stunt scenes were really irritating - a bad example for "நோக்கு வர்மம்”. When the villain is able to influence people and police to kill themselves, he could've influenced the heroine to commit suicide - absolutely no logic.

Direction
The film lacks the pace which was built in the first 30 minutes of the film. Kudos to Murugadoss for the first 30 mins. Pat on his back for the next 20 mins. Nothing to say after that.

Acting
Hail Surya. He is still improving and improvising. Nice to see that. Can't expect more from the debutant Sruthi. The other artists have done their roles as expected.

Background music
Worst composition by Harris Jeyaraj. He must have felt like composing for a disaster movie to play the nasty sound when the villain enters the screen. Definitely bad bad composition. I din't really feel like sitting in the theater after the first 30 mins.

Songs
Only one word. Horrible. They din't even match the movie to a little extent. Harris Jeyaraj should deliver something original, at least from now on. He is surviving in the industry only because his songs are hit for the first 3 weeks and bussss after that. The songs of this movie are literally copied from all over the world, which people are very familiar of.

The chinese song - Copy of twinkle twinkle little star
Surya's intro song - Copy of Taxi taxi
and on and on.. I don't want to talk about all the crap songs. Murugadoss should've said a strong NO to all these crap.

Overall
I would hold Harris Jayaraj solely responsible if the movie fails makes to make a mark. It has wasted all the efforts of Surya. Murugadoss's disappointing screenplay after telling the crowd that the movie is all about Bodhidharma (which people would've read from all over the internet and have had different expectations all together from the screenplay). It is a good story poorly presented. "ancient tamil, bodhidharma, lost our original tamil traditions" definitely makes a lot of sense. But literally "telling" the same through out the film makes it boring. Bodhidharma is known for initiating the Zen lifestyle. I really wonder why the director missed/ignored it completely. At least a word to the would've reached people. You can't convince me by saying not everything can be told in a movie. Agreed. But crappy things could be replaced with certain messages too.

Songs are the biggest and unwanted bottlenecks in the entire movie. Surya and Murugadoss should look to work with GV Prakash. Harris should quit the industry if he is not ready to deliver something original.

My expectations were very high after watching the promos. But the movie is a wet deepavali flower pot (namuthupona busvanam).

My rating - 2/5

Gist of Bhagavadh Geetha

2011-09-10T01:26:00.000+05:30

The essence of Bhagavad Geetha is to live life happily, every moment, with full realization. To do that, it proposes an important philosophy, which is to refrain from any worldly, materialistic attachments and dependency on the end results. Most people mistake that this is applicable only to saints, whose role is one and only detachment from the worldly, as they will be idle after being detached. Of course, the sentence literally translates to the same. To be detached - not to do anything else. This statement is very vague and demotivating. So Bharathiar, in his "Translation and gist of Bhagavad Geetha" has said "பற்றற்று தொழில் செய்", implying "Perform your duty by being detached".

In Bharathiar's time, duty is part of a common man's life. A common man, who is disciplined and doesn't differentiate between duty and life. That was the time when our country was rich in devotion towards the interest of the public and nation, specifically towards freedom. In addition, a common man's duty was to perform his everyday rituals (be it Hindu or Muslim) and then to perform his profession (which is again a duty). There was no other recreation. Most of the free time was spent in reading books or playing some games. Imagine, their day ended after sunset, typically after 6:00 pm.

In current era, duty is coined only with our profession. Life is being termed as life style. Duty is something which we do at work, outside of our personal life. I don't need to say how we spend our so called life style. Cricket, TV, Facebook, twitter and what not? There is a huge amount of information overload, primarily unimportant ones.

We should understand what பற்று means here. பற்று (pronounced "patru") - means to hold onto something, to follow something, to adopt something. அற்று means without. பற்று + அற்று = பற்றற்று - without attachments or in other words, being detached from all the worldly emotions, expectations, etc.

Considering all these facts, is Bhagavadh Geetha applicable to current era?

Yes, it is. If we change "பற்றற்று இரு -> பற்றற்று தொழில் செய் -> பற்றற்று இயங்கு". Which is "Be detached -> Perform your duty by being detached -> Act detached". Let all our actions be void of attachments on its results.

At first, it may sound ridiculous. How can all our actions be detached of emotions, without expecting the end results? Again, this shouldn't be taken literally. Tailor the philosophy for your needs, without breaking its ultimate goal.

For example,
when someone yells at us at work, would you yell back? Would you not, first, try and avoid the issue? then try and resolve the issue? then escalate?

I remember an incidence once I was in UK. When I was walking back home from work in the winter of 2006. Along a roadside, a stranger took his shoulders and dashed on mine, intentionally. Looking at him, he was a homeless guy or at least near to that. I din't control my emotions, after all, I din't get emotional for that matter. (There is a subtle difference between the two.) I asked him, "hey, sorry, are you OK? I din't mean to stumble upon you." He went silent, apologizing. If I had been emotional, the situation would have been a lot different. I knew it was a guy who has his bad day and I don't want his bad day to be mine by becoming emotional. Just being kind to him, saved myself. I din't mean to say that we have to be passive about things that happen around us. I mean to say that we have to very cautious and realistic about how we react to situations.

At work, there are lot of people who do their job and go home. But there will be a very few, who are very dedicated towards what they do. They might be dedicated because, they are working to earn a good hike in next appraisal cycle. But the one who works, with an attitude to learn something new everyday, without any expectations and worries about the end result, to find his/her own challenges in all he does, will eventually be respected and be valued by everyone. He/she will master all he does and be considered as a lead by example. I hope you would've come across at least one such person in day-to-day life, at work.

It takes a little practise to get into this mood of life. But once we start to experience this feeling, we will find the real satisfaction in all the things we do. There is a lot more to tell about Bhagavadh Geetha, without using the context of God. But let me end this here and continue in future thoughts. :-)

Phone based word validation engine

2011-06-01T00:34:00.000+05:30

I have been thinking about tholkappiyam for sometime now. The way it has been written to describe Tamil grammar is really inspiring. On the same note, I was wondering if we could develop a NLP tool, which can verify a word if it conforms to tholkappiyam or not. I must admit that I myself have not fully studied or understood the text. But that doesn't stop me from thinking about it.

In fact, extending this idea a little further, there can be many different verification engines, each doing some kind of grammar validation. This is kind of design can be specifically to identify if a given word is valid in context to a particular ancient that describes Tamil grammar.

These verification engines can be thought of like plugins that can be added at will to the main engine. Below is the very rough idea of how I imagine this.

The input to the validation engine will be some word. Ideally, this validation must be done on speech signals. IMO, since it is a different field of study on its own, I prefer limiting this to phone based text processing. AFAIK, Tholkappiam talks about how every character must be pronounced. It also talks about how every phone has to be pronounced.

The problem with engines like Google transliteration is that, they don't capture the actual grammar specified by these ancient texts. They rather were trained based on users inputs. So it will not be useful to write classical poems with these engines. For instance, I tried typing எஃகு on Google transliteration, for which the English phonetic keyboard layout is "eqku". But the fact is, as most of us are not aware of, -ஃ- must be pronounced as -h- (as in ஹ்). Rather, most of us would have pronounced it as "ekku" or "எக்கு" since our childhood. My fundamental idea is to fill this knowledge gap by using this engine, which will act like "tholkappiam" itself.

It should also be noted that -ஹ்-, -ஷ்- are not Tamil letters, albeit these phones/sounds are represented in Tamil by -ஃ- and -ச்- respectively. The point to be noted here is that, unlike Hindi or Sanskrit, these are not independent phones (not vowels in Tamil) and their usage is very much limited by the grammar. Like the word எஃகு (ehhu)- In this, since -கு- is preceded by -ஃ-, it will sound has -hu- and not by its native sound of -ku-.

This validation engine is just a vague idea that came to my mind while travelling. Hope I get time to refine it and make it as a contribution for Tamil's growth (actually, in this era, survival).

Minimum 10 things to learn from Japan

2011-03-30T00:07:00.002+05:30

1. THE CALM
Not a single visual of chest-beating or wild grief. Sorrow itself has been elevated.

2. THE DIGNITY
Disciplined queues for water and groceries. Not a rough word or a crude gesture.

3. THE ABILITY
The incredible architects, for instance. Buildings swayed but didn’t fall.

4. THE GRACE
People bought only what they needed for the present, so everybody could get something.

5. THE ORDER
No looting in shops. No honking and no overtaking on the roads. Just understanding.

6. THE SACRIFICE
Fifty workers stayed back to pump sea water in the N-reactors. How will they ever be repaid?

7. THE TENDERNESS
Restaurants cut prices. An unguarded ATM is left alone. The strong cared for the weak.

8. THE TRAINING
The old and the children, everyone knew exactly what to do. And they did just that.

9. THE MEDIA
They showed magnificent restraint in the bulletins. No silly reporters. Only calm reportage.

10. THE CONSCIENCE
When the power went off in a store, people put things back on the shelves and left quietly.

One, two, three ... infinity

2010-12-22T00:26:00.002+05:30

When I am bored of reading the tech stuff, I turn towards reading science, the actual science and not just the computer science or tech articles. Physics has been my favourite since my 10th grade. That is when I started to actually think and learn rather than just mug up and vomit in the examinations (sadly the prominent Indian education system is till mug up oriented rather than promoting creative thinking and self learning, which is another topic of discussion).

I started to read "One, two, three ... infinity" by Prof. George Gamow last week. I had bought this book 4 years ago, but never actually spent enough time comprehending what he was saying. Last week's commutation from IndiraNagar to Koramangala gave me a chance to read it.

It starts from counting the numbers, the number systems, fractions and expands more explaining the fact that nothing in the world is countless and associates a number to everything. Introduction of concepts like complex numbers are so convincing that I should have read this book when I was in my 10th grade.

I have never actually understood the special theory of relativity by Einstein. My attempts to read Prof. Stephen Hawking's "A brief history of time" went trivial many times, when I used to get lost in the middle somewhere. I had never been able to comprehend what an author tries to say about this topic, but Prof. Goerge Gamow has explained it in a simple, elegant and clear words that I was able to understand with little focus, even while travelling. I believe, now I can read the books of Prof. Stephen Hawking.

The explanations about the 4-D objects and the facts around it are really fascinating. The simple example of two apples in a 3D world combined in the 4D space is a beautiful explanation of this.

Extending the description on the difference between an electron orbital and real life trajectory (which we should've been taught with a good teacher in the 11th grade), his words on Heisenberg's uncertainty principle marks the pinnacle of simplicity. More to say about this book, but to make it short, Prof. George Gamow has become one of my favourite authors of all time. I believe that having his books, although some of the concepts could be outdated and wrong (since he wrote them back in 1950s), is a very valuable collection.

தமிழைப் பற்றி தமிழில் - 3

2010-04-14T11:13:00.004+05:30

தமிழைப்பற்றி ஒலியியல் வாயிலாக சிந்திக்கையில் எனக்கு புலப்பட்ட உள்ளுருமங்கள் (informations) இவை. பல்லாயிரம் ஆண்டுகட்கு முன் தமிழர் இப்படி ஒரு ஆராய்ச்சி செய்து ஒரு மொழியை இயற்றியிருக்கிறார்கள் என எண்ணி வியக்கத்தோன்றுகிறது.

கடந்த முறை சிந்திக்கையில் ga, ja, da, dha, ba ஆகிய ஒலிகள் தமிழில் இருக்கிறதென்று புரிந்துகொண்டேன். ஆதலால்தான் தமிழிலிருந்து வடமொழிக்கு எடுத்துச் சென்றிருப்பர்.

பின்பு மீண்டும் சிந்திக்கையில் எழுந்த ஐயம் - எதற்காக கங, சஞ, டண, தந, பம ஆகிய ஒலிகளை அறிஞர்கள் இணைத்திருக்கிறார்கள்?
நான் சிந்தித்தவரை: -க- என ஒலிக்கும்போது மூக்கின் வழியாக காற்று
வெளியேருவதில்லை.

-க- என ஒலிக்கும்போதும் சரி, -ங- என ஒலிக்கும்போதும் சரி வாயசைவு ஒன்றுதான். -ங- என ஒலி எழுப்ப -க- வை ஒலிக்கச் செய்யும் வாயசைவோடு முக்கையும் பயன்படுத்துகையில் அது -ங- வாக ஒலிக்கிறது. இதே விதிதான் மற்ற இணைகளுக்கும்(pairs) பொருந்தும்.
-ச- வானது மூக்கின் உதவியுடன் ஒலிக்கையில் -ஞ- வாக ஒலிக்கிறது.

ஒலிப்பதற்கு ஒரே மாதிரியுள்ள ஒலிகளை வேறுபடுத்த இப்படி ஒரு மகத்தான வடிவமைப்பை (architecture) உருவாக்கியுள்ளனர். காட்டாக -ந-, -ண - இவற்றை வேறு படுத்த -த- மற்றும் -ட- வுடன் இணைத்துள்ளனர். அதனால் -ந- என உச்சரிக்கையில் நுணிநாக்கானது முன்பல், மற்றும் அண்ணத்தில் (மேல்தாடை?) ஒட்டி கீழிறங்கவேண்டும். -ண- என உச்சரிக்கையில் நாக்கு சிரிது மடங்கி அன்னத்தின் பின்புறம் துவங்கி முன்பற்க்கள் நோக்கி கீழிறங்கவேண்டும்.
இப்பொழுது -நாணயம்- என உச்சரித்துப் பாருங்கள். மனநிறைவாக இருக்கும்.

இதன் மூலம் எனக்கெழுந்துள்ள இரண்டு ஐயங்கள்:
1. எழுதுகையில் ஏன் எப்பொழுதும் -ந- வானது சொல்லின் முதலில் வருகிறது. ஏன் -ண- வருவதில்லை? விதியே அப்படித்தானா அல்லது ஓலைச்சுவடிகளிலிருந்த பழைய எழுத்துருக்களிலிருந்து நாம் வட்டெழுத்துக்கு மாறியபொழுது ஏற்ப்பட்ட/ஏற்ப்படுத்தப்பட்ட பிழையா?!
2. -ன- வை எப்படி உச்சரிக்கவேண்டும்? -ன- வின் ஒலியை உணர்த்த தமிழில் இதைப்போன்று மறைந்த்துள்ள ஒலியியல் கொள்கைகள் ஏதேனும் உள்ளதா?

மேலும் என்னை சிந்திக்கத் தூண்டுபவை:
1. -ர-, -ற - இவற்றின் ஒலி வேறுபாடு - அதன் ஒலிவிதிகள்.
2. எதை மனதில் வைத்து -ழ- வை design செய்திருக்க வேண்டும்?

எத்தனையோ இலக்கியச்செல்வங்களும் அறிவியற்ச்செல்வங்களும் நிறைந்திருக்கும் தமிழில் ஒரு மொழியை பிறவிச்செவிடரும் (காது கேட்க முடியாவிடில் பேச்சு/உச்சரிப்பு வராது) பிழையின்றி உச்சரிக்கும்படி கற்பிப்பதற்கு ஏதேனும் நூல் உறுதியாக இருந்திருக்க வேண்டும். தகவல் தெரிந்தால் பின்னூட்டமிடுங்கள். நன்றி.

இதே நூல் வடமொழி இயற்றுவதற்கும் உதவியிருக்கும் என்பது எனது கற்பனையான instinct.

தமிழ்ப் புத்தாண்டு வாழ்த்துக்கள்! தமிழை சரியாக இசைப்போம், ஒலிப்போம், உச்சரிப்போம். தமிழ் தமிழாக வாழ வளர முனைபோடு இருப்போம்.

God is great

2009-02-23T23:30:00.000+05:30

I waited all this while to watch what ARR spoke today in the academy award.

எல்லா புகழும் இறைவனுக்கே!

Really amazing words.. Words of simplicity and wisdom. I admire ARR for these two reasons. His dedication and hardwork towards his passion for music is stunning. He is a living example of what a hard worker can achieve. This is the gist of our Bhagawad Geetha. Do your duty without expecting any personal benefit out of it; Throw your heart completely into God and do your duty. When he won the second Oscar for best original song, he said,

I always had 2 choices in my life. Hate & love. I chose love and I am here now.

Encouraging everyone to follow the path of love, this speech, though spanned for less than 20 seconds, was intended to have a strong impact on the audience. It had on me at least. It keeps reminding me of what I consider to be the simplest way to feel light at heart - the unconditional love. I strongly feel that the denial and lack of unconditional love and brotherhood is the cause for all the misery around us today.

அன்பு ஈனும் ஆர்வம் உடைமை அதுஈனும்
நண்பு என்னும் நாடாச் சிறப்பு.

அன்பும் சிவம்!!

புளிச்ச பால் - sour milk

2009-02-23T20:47:00.001+05:30

இங்க எங்க வீட்ல மொத்தம் 5 பேர் ஒன்னா இருக்கோம். அருணாச்சலம், மதன், ஸ்ரீபத், ஸ்ரீனாத், நான். மதனுக்கு ஒரு நல்ல பழக்கம். காலைல எழுந்த உடனேயே பசியை போக்கிக்குவான். 7:30/8:00கு எழுந்து, பால் காய்ச்சி காபி குடிச்சிடு, அதுக்கப்பறம்தான் மறுவேலையே பாப்பான்.. அன்னைக்கும் இதே மாதிரிதான், எழுந்து பாலை பார்த்தவன், "என்னடா பால்ல ஆடை கட்டி இருக்கு?! நமக்கு முன்னே எவனோ காய்ச்சிட்டானோ"ன்னு தொட்டு பாத்துருக்கான்.. பால் ஆறிதான் இருந்துருக்கு.. சரி, கொஞ்சமா ஆடைய எடுத்து ருசித்தவன், "என்னமோ தெரியல, என்னோட நாக்கு சரிரில்ல.. பால் எங்கையாவது புளிக்குமா" னு சொல்லிட்டு, பால நல்லா சுடவச்சு, கொதிக்கவிட்டு இறக்கி, அருணுக்கும் தனக்கும் காபி போட்டு கொண்டுவந்து அருண் கிட்ட கொடுத்துருக்கான். ரெண்டு பேரும் காபியை குடிச்சிட்டு, என்னடா இது, சக்கரை பத்தலையோ.. காபி புளிக்கர மாதிரி இருக்குதேனு discuss பண்ணிருக்காங்க.. நம்ம அருண்தான் smartஆ யோசிச்சு, "அடடா, பால் புளிச்சிருச்சுங்க... அது தெரியாம காபி போட்டுடீங்களே" னு சொல்லி இருக்கான்.. ஹ்ம்ம்... புளிச்ச பால வச்சுட்டு என்ன செய்றது... தூக்கி கொட்டுங்கனு சொல்லிட்டு கொட்டியாச்சு...

ராத்திரி ஒரு 9:30.. எனக்கு செம பசி.. heavy workout முடிச்சிட்டு பசியோட சமையல்காரம்மா என்ன செஞ்சு வச்சுருக்காங்கன்னு ஆசையா பாத்தா, காரமா புளிக்குழம்பு... எனக்கு சுத்தமா பிடிக்காது... எப்பவாவது ருசிக்காக சாப்பிடலாம்.. வாரம் ரெண்டு முறை புளிக்குழம்புன்னா எனக்கு சுத்தமா பிடிக்காது.. பருப்பு போட்டு சாம்பார் வச்சு சாப்டாதான் அது நல்ல சாப்பாடு.. கூடவே தயிர் இருந்தா அம்ருதம்தான்.. சந்தோஷமான, திருப்தியான சாப்பாடுதான்.. ஆனா சிங்கைல எங்கையுமே தயிர் கிடைக்கறது இல்ல.. வெறும் yogurtதான்.. சப்புனு இருக்கும்.. காலைல பழைய சாதம் சாப்பிட புளிச்ச தயிர்தான் சரியான சேர்க்கை.. மகனே, yogurt சாப்டு சாப்டு நாக்கு செத்து போனதால, போன மாசம் ஊருக்கு போயிருந்தப்ப அம்மா கொடுத்துவிட்ட தயிரை சும்மா சூப்பரா புளிக்கவிட்டு அதயே புரை ஊத்தி ஒவ்வொருநாளும் தொடர்ச்சியா பயன்படுத்திட்டு வந்தோம். இப்படி சந்தோஷமா போய்க்கிட்டு இருந்த என்னோட தயிர் வாழ்க்கைல ஒரு tragedy!!

புளிக்குழம்ப பாத்து tension ஆன நான், தயிர்சாதம்+கடாரங்கா ஊறுகாய் மட்டும் சாப்டுட்டு படுக்கலாம்னு சொல்லிட்டு போய் தயிரை தேடினா, தயிரைக்கானோம்.. என்ன கொடுமை சரவணன்! "டேய் பசங்களா, தயிர் எங்கடா காணோம்?! fridge லையும் இல்லையே.." னு கேட்டுட்டு hallகு வந்தேன்.. "தெரியலைங்க.." னு பதில்.. சரி.. தயிர் புரை ஊத்தின பாத்திரத்தை மனசுல கொண்டு வந்து அது எங்கன்னு தேடினா, சும்மா பள பளன்னு மின்னிட்டு இருக்கு... "டேய்.. யார்ரா தையிரை காலி செஞ்சது?! இன்னைக்கு காலைல கூட நான் சாப்டவே இல்லையே.. அப்ப்றம் அந்தம்மா எப்படி பாத்திரத்த கழுவி வெச்சாங்க"னு கேட்டேன்... ரெண்டு பேர் மட்டும் பேந்த பேந்த முழிச்சானுங்க......

அடப்பாவிங்களா... தயிரைக் கொதிக்க வெச்சது மட்டுமில்லாம, அதுல காபி போட்டு குடிச்சிட்டு, அட, சக்கரைபத்தாம தான் புளிக்குதுனு நினச்சு.. அப்பறமா அது கெட்டு போச்சுனு முடிவுகட்டி அதைத் தூக்கி கொட்டின முதல் தெய்வங்கள இப்போதான்டா பாக்கறேன்...!! :-))

This is my first post with local tamil slang (பேச்சுத் தமிழ்)... please bear with me.. :P

A fundamental change is a must in India

2008-12-01T20:15:00.000+05:30

This is a must watch video. No matter when you watch it, this video will show the seriousness and the urgency that our political system requires to get cleansed. A bunch of idiots ruling the country and the life of 1 billion people is in the hands of 20 idiots. A spineless, gutless, shameless, pathetic, miserable man representing this entire nation as a Prime Minister, we should be ashamed of ourselves to select such an idiot as a prime minister.

I heard his non-sense speech on the TV and I felt that he is moaning as if he lost his underwear. Shame, completely shame on our part. We don't have one single person from the Indian political arena, who could represent our nation boldly in emergency cases like this. How else are we going to project our image to the world?!

I agree 10000% with what ever Sohal Seth has said in this video.

மலக்கழிவுகளால் மனிதர்கள் சாவது ஒரு தேசிய அவமானம் இல்லையா

2008-11-22T07:34:00.000+05:30

I happened to read O' pakkangal by writer Gnani. One of his articles conveying a strong message:

முதல் முயற்சியிலேயே நிலவுக்கு விண்கலத்தை வெற்றிகரமாக அனுப்பும் அளவுக்கு அறிவியல் வளர்ச்சியும் தொழில்நுட்ப ஆற்றலும் உடைய இந்தியாவில் ஏன் இன்னமும் மலக் கழிவுகளை எளிதாகவும் பாதுகாப்பாகவும் அகற்றுவதற்கான தொழில் நுட்பம் உருவாக்கப்பட்டு நடை முறைப்படுத்தப்பட வில்லை? இந்த வாரம் கூட சென்னை தாம்பரத்தில் இரு தொழிலாளர்கள் கழிவுத் தொட்டியை சுத்தப்படுத்து கையில் விஷவாயு தாக்கி இறந்திருக்கிறார்கள். அணுக்கதிர்க் கழிவுகளையெல்லாம் பத்திரமாக வைத்திருக்கிறோம் என்று சொல்லும் விஞ்ஞானிகள் உள்ள தேசத்தில் மலக்கழிவுகளால் மனிதர்கள் சாவது ஒரு தேசிய அவமானம் இல்லையா?

It should be noted that inhalation of methane and other bio carbon gases results in severe trauma and death in extreme cases. The number of death toll over the years shows that these extreme cases are very common in India. Are we yet not ready to invent a machine?

Singlish

2008-11-21T17:50:00.000+05:30

Let me write more about this when I get ample time. But for now, enjoy the Singaporean English. ;-). This is a phrase from my Multimedia Networks notes. Pathetic. Hope you don't go mad after reading this.

It provides the client data flow with a QoS closely approximating the QoS that same flow would receive from the same series of network elements providing best-effort service under unload conditions and this service is received even when the network element is overloaded.

Visual guide to the financial crisis

2008-11-20T11:19:00.008+05:30

Hotel Rwanda

2008-09-22T22:49:00.000+05:30

பல வருடங்களுக்குப் பிறகு நான் பார்த்த திரைப்படங்களில் என்னை மிகவும் பாதித்தது Hotel Rwanda. 1994 ஆம் ஆண்டு உருவாண்டா நாட்டில் நடந்த இனக்கொலைகளைப் பற்றிய படமது. கதறி அழுதேன் நான். இப்படி கொடுமைகள் நிகழும் என்று படித்ததுண்டு, கேட்டதுண்டு. ஆனால் காண்கையிலே நம்மால் இது போன்ற கொடுமைகளுக்கெதிராக குரள்கொடுக்ககூட இயலவில்லை என்று உணரவைக்கிறது... வேதனையும் வெட்கமுமாக மனதைக் கவ்வுகிறது.

நம்முள் இருக்கும் உயிர்க்கொல்லிகளால் வெறுப்பு என்னும் தீயைப் பற்றவைத்து அதனை கொழுந்துவிட்டு எறியவைத்து காண்பவற்றையெல்லாம் கருக்கி, அழித்து நாடுமுழுவதும் குருதிப்புனலை ஓடவைத்து... என் மனதால் தாங்க முடியவில்லை.. என்ன வளர்ந்து என்ன பயன்? ஒருபுறம் கணிணித்துறையிலும் விஞ்ஞானத்திலும் மனிதன் வியக்கத்தக்க அதிசயங்களை நிகழ்த்திக்கொண்டிருந்தாலும், மனதில் அன்பு, நல்லெண்ணம், சீரிய ஒழுக்கம் ஆகியவை இல்லாததால் / மறந்துபோனதால் / மறக்கப்பட்டதால் / மறுக்கப்பட்டதால் மனிதன் தன் இனத்திற்கே செய்யும் கொடுமையை உணர்ச்சிபூர்வமாக காட்டியுள்ள படம்.

இன்று திராவிட கழக முட்டாள்கள் பிராமண எதிர்ர்பு வெறியைத்தூண்டுவதும், அதனை பாமரன் போன்ற எழுத்தாளர்கள் தமிழினத்தின் மானத்தைக் காப்பதாக நினைத்து வருங்கால சந்ததியினரின் மனதிலும் அந்த வேற்றுமையுனர்வை விதைக்கின்றனர். மதஅமைப்புகளும் தத்தம் மதத்தினரை மற்றவர்களுக்கு எதிராகத் தூண்டிவிட்டு வேடிக்கை பார்ப்பது இன்று வாடிக்கையாகிவிட்டது. குஜராத்தைப் போலல்ல நம் தமிழ்நாடு. ஆனால் மதக்கலவரங்களும், ஜாதிக்கலவரங்களும் தமிழ்நாடு தவரான பாதையில் போய்க்கொண்டிருப்பதைச் சுட்டிக்காட்டுகின்றன.

“தீபாவளியை முன்னிட்டு, உங்கள் சன் தொலைக்காட்சியில் சிறப்புத்திரைப்படம் - குருவி” என்று கேவலமாக marketing செய்யும் தொலைக்கட்சி துறையினர் ஒரு சனி/ஞாயிறில் இது போன்ற படங்களை மக்களுக்கு தமிழில் ஒளிபரப்ப வேண்டும். தினமும் "மின்வெட்டு" வீராசாமியின் பிடியிலிருப்பவர்கள் வெளிச்சத்தை உணரட்டும்.

பால் உருசேசாபகினா இன்னொரு ஆஸ்கார் ஷிண்ட்லர் ஆவார்!. இவர் வாழ்க பல்லாண்டு!

Flying smart

2008-09-09T11:16:00.000+05:30

Paralysis by Numberalysis

2008-08-30T12:28:00.001+05:30

You may be familiar with the expression "paralysis by analysis". Paralysis by analysis occurs when someone over-analyzes the situation or problem, thereby never making any real progress and are hence left "paralyzed".

Paralysis by Numberalysis takes place when an individual "paralyzes" his future gains and improvements by becoming satisfied with a certain "number" of repetitions. It happens all the time. Most people simply lack the will-power resolve to continually challenge themselves towards new achievements and accomplishments.

Consider the following: The pushup is the most common exercise in the world. We all do or have done pushups. If every athlete in the world does pushups, it would only make sense that we could all perform more than 100 mark. It is human nature to "settle" for mediocrity. Society has become lazy. The great percentage of humans beings shy away from a challenge, fearful of failure and the extra work required.

Once we hit the 80-pushup mark, all we should be thinking about is when we will pass 90. Once we hit 90, our eyes should focus on 100. This cycle should never end. CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT is a very important concept that is practiced by very few. Each day of our life presents an opportunity to improve. We must take advantage of this opportunity. If we improve 2% each week, we will experience more than 100% improvement over the course of a year.

Forget about gloating in victory or past accomplishments. There will always be someone else out there working just as hard as we do, eager for a chance to better us. We can prevent this from happening if we continue to improve. There is no such thing as the "best" because the "best" is a moving target. Once we are the "best" we must look to improve upon what our "best" really is. When we follow this outlook in life, we will notice dramatic improvements not only in fitness and sport but also our job and financial well-being.

Paralysis by Numberalysis should only infect the mentally weak. Real warriors are strong both physically and mentally. Real warriors will improve every day, every week, every month, and every year. Whether I participate in an organized sport or not, I must compete with myself to foster continuous personal improvement.

தமிழைப் பற்றி தமிழில் - 2

2008-08-24T20:52:00.006+05:30

தமிழ் மொழி மிகத்தொண்மையாயினும், அதன் எழுத்து வடிவம் (அரிச்சுவடி?) மிகவும் புதியது. பல்வேறு காலக்கட்டங்களில் பலவிதமான வடிவங்கள் பயன்பாட்டில் இருந்து வந்துள்ளன (ஆதாரம்). தற்பொழுது வழக்கத்திலுள்ள எழுத்து முறை பத்தொன்பதாம் நூற்றாண்டின் பிற்பகுதியிலிருந்து பயன்பாட்டில் உள்ளது. அரிச்சுவடி எதுவாகினும், தமிழின் உச்சரிப்பு மாறக்கூடாது. முடிவில் அதுவல்லவா மொழி?! நான் தமிழ் என்று இந்த அரிச்சுவடியில் எழுதினாலும், thamiz என ஆங்கில அரிச்சுவடியில் எழுதினாலும், அதன் உச்சரிப்பு மாறாதல்லவா!

நான் தமிழ் கற்க தொடங்கிய காலத்திலிருந்தே தமிழை தவராக உச்சரித்ததில் வெட்கப்படுகிறேன். அது தமிழை எனக்கு கற்றுத்தந்தவர்களின் பிழையாகினும், என்னால் அதைத் திருத்திக்கொள்ள சில நாட்களுக்கு முன்புதான் காலம் கைகூடியது. தமிழின் ஆய்த எழுத்தைத்தான் குறிப்பிடுகிறேன்.

சிருவயதிலிருந்தே வடமொழி பயின்றதால், தமிழையும் அதனையும் correlate (ஒப்பிட்டு??) செய்து பழக்கம் எனக்கு. அதனாலோ என்னவோ, தமிழில் இருந்துதான் வடமொழி தோன்றியிருக்கும் என்ற எண்ணம் மேலோங்கியுள்ளது. அதற்கு இடைஞ்சலாக என்னுள் எழுந்த கேள்வி, தமிழில்தான் ஹ, ஷ ஒலிகள் இல்லையே என்பதாகும். தமிழ்நாட்டில் எவரொருவரைக் கேட்பினும் ஆய்த எழுத்தை(ஃ) அக்கு என்றே உச்சரிப்பர். அக்கு என்று எழுதுவதை விட்டு, எதற்காக ஒரு ஒலியை உருவாக்கவேண்டும்? அதற்கு இலக்கணத்தில் பல கோட்பாடுகள் வேறு. என்ன கொடுமை சரவணன் இது? கூர்ந்து சிந்தித்தால், அதன் உச்சரிப்பு கண்டிப்பாகத் தவறு என்றே உணர்வோம். ஃ என்பதனை ஹ் என்றே உச்சரிக்க வேண்டும். நமது இலங்கை சகோதரர்களும் அதனை அப்படித்தான் உச்சரிக்கின்றனர். நாம்தான் மொழிதிரிபால் தாய்மொழியையே மாற்றி உச்சரித்து, அதில் பாடல்கள் வேறு எழுதி தமிழை கொன்று, மென்று அவமதிக்கிறோம். கடந்த பதிவில், அஃது என்பதன் உச்சரிப்பை இதனுடன் ஒப்பிட்டால் விளங்கும்.

ஒரு மொழியின் செழுமைக்கு அதன் இலக்கண கட்டமைப்பும், இலக்கியப் படைப்புகளும் எவ்வளவு பங்காற்றுகின்றனவோ, அதை விட அதிக பங்கு அதனை உச்சரிப்பதற்கு உண்டு. இலக்கணம் ஒரு மொழிக்கு அழகைக் கொடுத்து இலக்கியம் அவ்விலக்கணத் தாங்கி தன் மொழியின் அழகை மக்கள் உணர எடுத்துரைப்பதால்தான் அதன் அருமையும் பெருமையும் நம்மால் உணர முடிகிறது. ஆதலால் நாம் நம்மொழி மென்மேலும் வளரவேண்டுமென என்னுகிறோம்.

பொருப்பிலே பிறந்து, தென்னன் புகழிலே கிடந்து, சங்கத்
திருப்பிலே இருந்து, வைகை ஏட்டிலே தவழ்ந்த பேதை
நெருப்பிலே நின்று, கற்றோர் நினைவிலே நடந்து, ஓர் ஏன
மருப்பிலே பயின்ற பாவை மருங்கிலேவளருகின்றாள்

இப்பாடலை இயற்றியது யார் என்றெனக்குத் தெரியாது. நினைவில் நிற்பதால் எழுதுகிறேன். தமிழ்த்தாய் வாழ்த்தாக நான் பன்னிரெண்டாம் வகுப்பில் பயின்றது. நம் மொழி மேலும் வளர வேண்டும் என்று விரும்பினால் மட்டும் போதாது. அது உயிருடன் இருக்க முதலில் அதன் உச்சரிப்பு மற்றும் பயன்பாடு சரியாக இருத்தல் வேண்டும். இன்றைய காலகட்டத்தில், இதுவே இன்றியமையாதது. திருக்குறளைப் போன்று இன்னொரு நூலில்லை என்று மார்தட்டும்முன், அதற்கு இணையாக ஏன் இன்னும் படைப்புகள் வரவில்லை என்பதனை சிந்திக்கவேண்டும். மொழித்திரிபு அதன் எல்லைகளைக் கடந்து இன்று மெட்ராஸ்-தமிழ் என்று ஒரு அவலம் உருவாவதற்கு வித்திட்டுள்ளது.

உலகமயமாக்கலாலும் பிறமாநிலத்தவரின் வருகையாலும் நம் மொழியின் உச்சரிப்பு நாளுக்கு நாள் திரிந்து கொண்டே இருக்கிறது. சினிமா என்னும் வர்த்தகம் கலை என்னும் கட்டுப்பாட்டை இழந்தபின்பு மக்களுக்கு தூய தமிழ்ப்பேச்சைக் கொண்டு செல்லும் சாதனங்கள் மிகமிக குறைவு. இதை உணர்ந்த மிகச் சிலர் (கொங்கு நாட்டில்) இன்றும் பொது இடங்களில் தூயதமிழிலேயே உரையாடுவதும், அவர்களை பிறர் ஏளனம் செய்வதும் நான் நேரில் கண்டது. ஈரோட்டிலிருந்து கொயம்புத்தூர் செல்கையிலே ஒரு பயணி நடத்துனரிடம் "நடத்துனரே, கருமத்தம்பட்டிக்கு ஒரு பயனச்சீட்டு கொடுங்கள்" என்றதும் அதனைத்தொடர்ந்து பேருந்தில் எழுந்த முனுமுனுப்பும், நக்கலான சிரிப்புச்சத்தமும் அம்மனிதரின் மனதைப் புண்படுதியிருந்தால் அவ்வடு நம்தமிழ்த்தாய் மீதுதான் இருக்கும். தூயதமிழில் உரையாடுவதை இனியாவது நாம் ஊக்குவிக்க வேண்டும், நாம் நம் அடையாளங்களை மறக்கும்முன், நம்மக்களே அவற்றை மறைக்கும்முன்!

Indian food map

2008-08-22T07:53:00.000+05:30

தோழனுக்கு ஒரு கவிதை

2008-08-21T11:22:00.001+05:30

என் பள்ளிப்பருவ நண்பனை Orkut தளத்தில் கண்டபோது எனக்குத்தோன்றியது. பள்ளியில் பயில்கயிலே நாங்கள் இருவரும் சேர்ந்து கவிதை புணைய முயர்சிப்போம். அந்த ஞாபகம் வந்ததால் நொடியில் உதித்த கவிதை.

திசைமாறினாலும் விசைமாறினாலும்,
விண்ணிசை யனைய நுழைந்திடுவேனே;
முகிலில் குளித்த நிலவே
மறப்பேனோ உன்னை, மறந்திடலாமோ என்னை!

அவனது பதில் கவிதை. படித்தேன், நெகிழ்ந்தேன்.

கலையாத நினைவு நான்........
விலகாத உறவு நான்........
சிதையேரும் போதிலும் மறையாத பந்தம்..........
விலகாது நண்பனே நமதான சிநேகம்..............

Yelena proves again

2008-08-19T20:05:00.000+05:30

Yelena wins the Olympic pole vault women's gold!! Again!! As expected. :-)

Amazing. No words to say.

My lady getting ready for the flight

Flying......... Look at the perfection!

There she goes! The only time when she feels happy when falling. :-)

Ecstatic win!!! You are the BEST!!

Enjoy the FOOD at the Beijing Olympics

2008-08-19T18:59:00.002+05:30

My friend had sent me these pics from China. He had gone from Singapore to China to watch the Olymics. Hope you enjoy the food. ;-)

By the way, their favourite recipe - the frog dish is missed out of this!!

தமிழைப் பற்றி தமிழில்

2008-08-17T19:51:00.002+05:30

தமிழில் உள்ள ஒலிகளின், எழுத்துக்களின் உச்சரிப்பினைப் பற்றி என்னுள் எழுந்த தேடலின் பொருளாக நான் இதை எழுதுகிறேன்.

பாரதத்தின் தொன்மையான மொழி தமிழ்தான் என்று பறைசாற்றிக்கொள்வதற்கு முன் நாம் நம் மொழியைப் பற்றி அறிந்துகொள்வது நலம். தமிழுக்கு நிகராக இன்னொரு மொழியை நம் மக்கள் நிருத்துவார்களேயானால், அது சம்ஸ்க்ருதம் ஒன்றுதான். தமிழன் மட்டும்தான் “இந்தியாவிலேயே தொன்மையான மொழி எம் தமிழ் மொழி” என்று கூறுகிறான். மற்ற மாநில மக்கள் அதை ஏற்றுக்கொள்வதில்லை. ஏனெனில், அவர்களின் தாய்மொழி எதுவாகினும் அது வடமொழியிலிருந்து உருவாக்கப்பட்டது/இயற்றப்பட்டது. அதனால், அவர்கள் வடமொழியே தொன்மையானது என்று கூறுவர். ஆம், அவர்களைப் பொருத்தமட்டில் அது அப்படித்தான். இருக்கட்டும். அவர்களின் அறியாமையை போக்கும் வகையிலும், நம் தமிழ் மொழியைப்பற்றி நாமும் அறிந்துகொள்ள ஏதுவாகவும் இக்கட்டுரை அமையும் என்று எதிர்பார்க்கிறேன்.

மென்பொருள் வடிவமைப்பில், Objected Oriented Analysis and Design என்று ஒருவகை உண்டு. அதன்படி, ஒரு பொதுவான வடிவை உருவாக்கி, அதனிலிருந்து இன்னும் மற்ற/பற்பல வடிவங்களை உருவாக்குவதுதான் இதன் குறிக்கோள்.

இதைப்போலத்தான் நமது பிற மாநில மொழிகளும் தோற்றுவிக்கப்பட்டன, தமிழ் மற்றும் வடமொழியிலிருந்து.

தமிழில்தான் “ga” உச்சரிப்பு இல்லையே; “ka” மட்டுமல்லவா இருக்கிறது. இதை மற்ற எழுத்துக்களுக்கும் பொறுத்தினால்,
தமிழில் “ja” உச்சரிப்பு இல்லை “ச” மட்டுமே உள்ளதே?!
தமிழில் “da” உச்சரிப்பு இல்லை “ட” மட்டுமே உள்ளதே?!
தமிழில் “dha” உச்சரிப்பு இல்லை “த” மட்டுமே உள்ளதே?!
தமிழில் “ba” உச்சரிப்பு இல்லை “ப” மட்டுமே உள்ளதே?!
பின்பு எப்படி நான் கூறியதைப்போல் தமிழில் இருந்து கன்னடமோ அல்லது தெலுங்கோ பிறந்திருக்கக்கூடுமென்று நிங்கள் ஐயம் கொள்ளலாம்.

தமிழில் எனக்குத் தெரிந்தவரையில், வடமொழியிலுள்ள அனைத்து உச்சரிப்புகளும் உள்ளன. ஆனால், அவற்றை இலக்கண விதிப்படி மட்டுமே பயன்படுத்த இயலும்.
எடுத்துக்காட்டு:

1. ஒழுங்கு - இதன் உச்சரிப்பு ஒழுங்gu. ங் வருவதால், அதை ஒட்டி வந்துள்ள கு - gu என ஒலிக்கிறது.

ஒழுங்gu - ஒழுன்ku

இறுதியில் வரும் ku வை gu என ஒலிக்கச் செய்யவே அங்கு ங் வந்துள்ளது.. அப்படி இல்லையென்றால், ஒழுங்ku என ஒலிப்பதற்கு அங்கு ங் தேவையில்லை, ன் வந்திருக்கவேண்டும். இதேபோலத்தான் மற்ற உச்சரிப்புகளும்.

2. இஞ்சி - இதன் உச்சரிப்பு இஞ்ஜி. இங்கு தமிழில் ஜ ஒலி இல்லை என்று கூறுபவர்கள் சிந்திக்க வேண்டும். ஞ் வருவதால், அதை ஒற்றிவரும் 'சி' - ‘ஜி' என ஒலிக்கிறது. இதை வலியுருத்த நம் இலக்கணவிதி கண்டிப்பாக ஒரு கூற்றை இயற்றயிருக்ககூடும். அப்படி இல்லயெனில், அதை நாம் “inchi” என்றே உச்சரித்திருக்க வேண்டும். இப்படி உச்சரிக்க அவ்விடத்தில் ஞ் எதற்கு? ன் போதாதா?? இன்சி - இது எப்படி ஒலிக்கிறது? குழந்தைக்குக் கூட இது பிழையென்று தெரியும்.

3. பண்டம் - இதன் உச்சரிப்பு பண்daம். ண் வருவதால், அதை ஒட்டி வந்துள்ள ட - da என ஒலிக்கிறது.
பண்daம் - பன்taம். எது சரியென்று நீங்களே உணர்வீர்கள்.

4. முந்து - இதன் உச்சரிப்பும் முந்dhu. ந் வருவதால், அதை ஒட்டி வந்துள்ள து - dhu என ஒலிக்கிறது.
முந்dhu - முன்dhu !!!

5. துன்பம் - இதன் உச்சரிப்பு துன்baம். ம் வருவதால், அதை ஒட்டி வந்துள்ள ப - ba என ஒலிக்கிறது.
துன்baம் - துன்paம் !!!

இதைச்சற்று கோர்வையாகப் பார்த்தால்,
1 = க ங
2 = ச ஞ
3 = ட ண
4 = த ந
5 = ப ம

இதை ஒற்றித்தான் வடமொழியை அப்படியே ஹ சேர்த்து உருவாக்கியிருக்கிறார்கள்.

க க்ஹ ga gha ங
ச ச்ஹ ஜ ஜ்ஹ ஞ
ட ட்ஹ da dஹ ண
த த்ஹ dha dhஹ ந
ப ப்ஹ ba bஹ ம

ஹ ஒலியும் கூட வடமொழிக்கு தமிழிலிருந்துதான் எடுக்கப்பட்டிருக்கக்கூடும். இதை எதிப்பவர்கள், எஃகு என்பதன் உச்சரிப்பை உணரவேண்டும். எஃகு - எhhu என்றே உச்சரிக்கப்பட வேண்டும். ஆக, ஹ ஒலியும் தமிழில் உள்ளது. ஆனால், அதன் பாவனை இலக்கணவிதிப்படி மட்டுமே இருக்கவேண்டும். அஃது என்பதனை அஹ்து என்றும், இஃது என்பதனை இஹ்து என்றும் ஒலித்தல் வேண்டும்.

இவ்வாறான உச்சரிப்பை ஒழுங்குபடுத்த தமிழிலணக்கனத்தில் ஏதேனும் விதி இருந்தாகவேண்டும். தங்களுக்குத் தெரிந்தால் பின்னூட்டமிடுங்கள், என் தமிழ் அறியாமையை போக்க உதவும்.

- எண்ணங்கள் தொடரும்.

விழித்தெழும் பாரதத்தை நோக்கி: விவேகானந்தர் கவிதை

2008-08-15T13:05:00.001+05:30

மூலம்: சுவாமி விவேகானந்தர்
மொழியாக்கம்: ஜடாயு

மீண்டும் எழுவாய்
இது உறக்கம்தான் மரணமல்ல
புது வாழ்வில் விழித்தெழும்
துணிவுறும் பார்வைகள் வேண்டித் துடித்தெழும் உன்
கமல மலர் விழிகளின் சிறு அயரல்
ஓ சத்தியமே, உன்னை
வேண்டி நிற்கும் உலகம்
உனக்கென்றும் அழிவில்லை

உன் வீறுநடையைத் தொடர்வாய்
வீதியோரத்தில் கீழுறங்கும் சிறு துரும்பின்
அமைதியையும் குலைக்காத உன்
அன்புப் பாதங்கள்
வலிமையும், உறுதியும் , துணிவும், விடுதலையும் சுடர்விடும் உன்
திருப்பாதங்கள்
எழுச்சியில் முன்செல்க
சிலிர்ப்பூட்டும் உன் தெய்வ வாசகங்களை மொழிந்திடுக

உன் வீடு பறிபோயிற்று
அன்பு நெஞ்சங்கள் உன்னை வளர்த்தெடுத்து
உன் உயர்வைக் கண்டு களித்த உன்னத வீடு
விதி வலியது, ஆனால்
அனைத்தும் அவற்றின் மூலத்திற்கே திரும்பியாக வேண்டும்
அந்த மூலத்தில் மீண்டும் சக்தி முளைத்தெழும்

புதிதாய்ப் பிறப்பாய்
உன் பிறப்பிடத்தின் முகில் தவழும் பனிச்சிகரங்கள்
தங்கள் ஆசியையும், ஆற்றலையும் உன் மீது பொழியட்டும்
தெய்வ நதிகளின் திருக்குரல் உன் அமர கீதங்களுடன்
சேர்ந்தொலிக்கட்டும்
தேவதாருவின் நிழல்கள் உனக்குச்
சாந்தியளிக்கட்டும்

இமயத்தின் திருமகள் உமை
அனைத்தின் உயிராம், அனைத்தின் சக்தியாம்
அப்பழுக்கற்ற அன்னை
செய்கைகள் அனைத்தையும் செய்விக்கும் உலக நாயகி
அனைத்திலும் உள் ஒளிரும் ஓர் உயிரை உணரும்
மெய்யறிவின் தாழ் திறக்கும் அவள் அருளில்
அளவற்ற அன்பென்னும்
அழிவில்லா ஆற்றல்
அவள் உனக்களிப்பாள்

உன் இனத்தின் தந்தையர்
உன்னை ஆசிர்வதிக்கின்றனர்
கால தேச வரம்புகள் கடந்த மாமுனிவர்
உண்மையின் உட்பொருள் உள்ளத்தில் உணர்ந்து
இழிந்தோர்க்கும் உயர்ந்தோர்க்கும்
ஒருங்கே உரைத்தனர்
அவர் தொண்டக்குலம் நீ
அத்வைதம் எனும் அனைத்தின் ஒருமையே
அவர் அளித்த மறைபொருள்
அறிவாய் இதனை

உன் அன்பு மொழிகள்
உலகிற்கு வழிகாட்டும்
தோற்றங்கள் விலகி
கனவுகளின் இழைகள் ஒவ்வொன்றாய்ப் பிரிந்து
சூனியத்தில் இணைந்து
சத்தியம் ஒன்றே
சர்வசக்திமயமாய் ஜ்வலிப்பதை
உணர்ந்து தெளிவதற்காக

உலகிற்கு உரைப்பாய்
எழுமின்! விழுமின்! கனவுகள் வேண்டாம்.
இது கனவுலகம்.
செயல்களும், சிந்தனைகளும் இணைந்து
இனியதும், கொடியதுமாய்ப் பூத்த மலர்களால்
நூலிழையின்றித் தொடுத்த மாலை.
சூனியத்தில் பிறந்த வேரும், தண்டுமற்ற மலர்கள்
சத்தியத்தின் சிறு உயிர்ப்பு மீண்டும்
ஆதிசூனியத்திலேயே அவற்றைக் கொண்டு சேர்க்கும்.
உறுதி கொள்
சத்தியத்தை நேர்கொள், அதனுடன் ஒன்று கூடு
கனவுத் தோற்றங்கள் தொலையட்டும்
அது இயலாதெனின்
முடிவற்ற அன்பும்
தளையற்ற செயலும் ஆன
சத்தியமே கனவாகட்டும்.

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தாய் மண்ணே வணக்கம்!!

2008-08-15T05:23:00.002+05:30

தாய் மண்ணே வணக்கம்!!

இன்று குண்டுதுளைக்காத மேடையில் பிரதமர் உரை. நாடு முழுவதும் பலத்த பாதுகாப்பு. இன்று எங்கேயும் குண்டுகள் வெடிக்கக் கூடாது. சற்று கலக்கமாகவே இருக்கிறது. இத்தனைக்கும் நடுவில், அரசியல்வாதிகளின் "Vote for cash" லட்சங்களில் அல்ல, கோடிகளில்.

”சுதந்திர' தினம்!”

ஜெய்ஹிந்த்.

கடவுளே, இந்த நாட்டை அந்நியனின் ஆதிக்கத்திலிருந்து விடுவித்தாய். தீவிரவாதம், சாதிவெறி, அரசியல் ‘தலைவர்கள்', மொழிவெறி, மதவெறி, இனவெறி, மக்களின் wrong attitude போன்ற இன்னும் பற்பல கொடுமைகளிலிருந்து என்று விடுதலையளிக்க போகிறாயோ!?! எம் மக்கள் சிந்திக்க வழிகாட்டு!! அரசியல் மாக்களிடமிருந்து விடுவி!

NTU confers honorary doctorate to Dr. Abdul Kalam

2008-08-12T12:37:00.000+05:30

Happy news. Nanyang Technological University, Singapore confers honorary doctorate to our Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam.

The degree is being awarded to Dr Kalam in recognition of his life-long achievements in the service of India, his international reputation in science and technology and his contributions to the improvement of India-Singapore relations. President SR Nathan of the Republic of Singapore will preside over the ceremony.

15:03 me: I think, this will attract more indians into NTU.. looks like that.. isn't it?!
15:03 me: :-)
15:07 Congo Baby: no da..Without attracting Indian students will come in.. I think this it is to make/will tend to make a nuclear deal with India like USA.

Thoughts on Rajni's statement

2008-08-09T13:23:00.001+05:30

மகாபாரதத்தில் கர்ணணை நேருக்கு நேர் நின்று வெற்றி கொள்ள முடியாத அவருடைய எதிரிகள் அவரை இழிவு படுத்துவதாக எண்ணி ஒவ்வொரு முறையும் கர்ணணை தேரோட்டி மகன் என்று சொல்லியும், அவருடைய ஜாதியைச் சொல்லியும் அவருடைய மனதை புண் படுத்தி வெற்றி கொள்ள நினைத்தனர் ஆனால் ஒன்றும் நடக்கவில்லை கடைசியில் கர்ணன் விட்டு கொடுத்ததால் மட்டுமே அவர் தோற்றார்.. இங்கே ரஜினி ஒரு கர்நாடகன் என்ற‌ செய்தி ஒவ்வொரு முறை வரும்போதும் இது கர்ணனை வெற்றிகொள்ள அவருடைய எதிரிகள் செய்த சூழ்ச்சியை போலவே உள்ளது... இன்று மிகச்சரியாக ரஜினி அவர்கள் தெளிவு படுத்தி விட்டார் "ஒக்கேனக்கல் திட்டத்தை நிறைவேற்றாமல் தடுக்க முயலும் புல்லுறுவிகளை உதைக்க வேண்டாமா என்றுதான் சொன்னேன்.." என்று.. இதை அவர் சொல்லாவிட்டாலும் ஆறறிவு கொண்ட அனைவருக்கும் புரியும்.. கமல் அவர்களும் இப்படியெல்லாம் பின் நாளில் ஏதாவது பிரச்சினை வரும் என்றுதான் அன்றே அதே மேடையில் "இங்கிருந்து செய்திகளை சேகரிக்க வந்திருக்கும் உளவாளிகள் தயவு அங்கே சென்று செய்திகளை திரித்து சொல்லாதீர்கள்" என்று கேட்டுக்கொண்டார்.. ஆனாலும் புல்லுறுவிகள் செய்திகளை திரித்து சொல்வதே வேலையாக கொண்டிருக்கிறார்கள்.. 17 பிரிண்ட்டுகள் ஓட வேண்டும் என்பதற்க்காக மன்னிப்பு கேட்க ரஜினி என்ன முட்டாளா..? வீரத்திற்க்கு ஏது ஜாதி..? கலைக்கு ஏது மொழி..? சிந்திப்பீர்...!

நாட்டை கடவுளாலும் காப்பாற்ற முடியாது! - சுப்ரீம் கோர்ட்

2008-08-09T10:41:00.002+05:30

கடவுளே இறங்கி வந்தாலும் இந்த நாட்டை அரசியல்வாதிகளிடமிருந்து காப்பாற்ற முடியாது-இம்முறை இப்படி வாய்ஸ் கொடுத்திருப்பது ரஜினிகாந்த் அல்ல, சுப்ரீம் கோர்ட் நீதிபதிகள் பி.என். அகர்வால் மற்றும் ஜி.எஸ். சாங்வி இருவரும்தான்.

அரசு குடியிருப்புகளை சட்டவிரோதமாக ஆக்கிரமித்திருக்கும் அரசு உயர் அதிகாரிகள் மற்றும் அரசியல் பிரமுகர்களுக்கு எதிராகக் கடுமையான நடவடிக்கைக்கு வகைசெய்யும் புதிய சட்டத்திருத்தம் கொண்டு வர அரசு மறுத்துவிட்டதால் கடுப்படைந்த நீதிபதிகள் தெரிவித்த கருத்துதான் மேலே நீங்கள் படித்தது.

இது மட்டுமல்ல... இது வரை எந்த வழக்கிலும் நீதிபதிகள் சொல்லாத, அரசுக்கெதிரான கடுமையான கருத்துக்களையும் இவ்விரு நீதிபதிகளும் தெரிவித்துள்ளனர்.

இந்த அரசின் நடவடிக்கைகள் எங்களுக்கு மிகுந்த ஏமாற்றத்தைத் தருகிறது. ஒரு சாதாரண எழுத்தருடைய கையெழுத்துக்கெதிராகக் கூட நடவடிக்கை எடுக்கத் திராணியற்ற அரசாகத்தான் இது செயல்பட்டுக் கொண்டிருக்கிறது.

கடவுளால் கூட காப்பாற்ற முடியாத அளவுக்கு மோசமான தேசமாகிவிட்டது இந்தியா. ஒருவேளை கடவுளே இந்த நாட்டுக்கு இறங்கிவந்தால்கூட, அவரால் இங்குள்ள மோசமான நிலைமைக்கு எதிராக எதுவும் செய்ய முடியாது. இந்த தேசத்தின் ஒழுங்கீனங்களை மாற்ற முடியாது. நம் நாட்டு லட்சணம் அப்படி.

பல்வேறு பிரச்சினைகளில் அரசின் கையாலாகாத்தனம் வெட்ட வெளிச்சமாகத் தெரிவதால்தான், வெறுத்துப் போன மக்கள் பொது நல வழக்குகளோடு கோர்ட் படி ஏறுகின்றனர்.

நேரத்துக்கொரு பேச்சு:

அரசியல்வாதிகளைப் பாருங்கள். இவர்களை விட கேவலமாக யாராலும் நடந்து கொள்ள முடியாது. அதிகாரம் கையிலிருக்கும்போது நீதிமன்றத்தைவிட அரசு இயந்திரமும், நாடாளுமன்றமும்தான் பெரிது என முழங்குவார்கள்.

நீதிபதிகளை விமர்சிப்பார்கள். ஆனால் அதிகாரத்தில் இல்லாதபோது, நியாயம் தேடி அதே நீதிமன்றத்துக்கு ஓடிவருவார்கள், என்றனர் இரு நீதிபதிகளும்.

அரசுக் குடியிருப்புகளில் சட்டவிரேதமாக ஆக்கிரமித்திருக்கும் உயர் அதிகாரிகளை விரட்ட தற்போதுள்ள இந்தியக் குற்றவியல் சட்டம் 441-ல் போதிய வழிவகைகள் இல்லாததால் அதைத் திருத்த வேண்டும், கடுமையான சட்டங்களைக் கொண்டுவந்து இந்த அதிகாரிகளுக்கு தண்டனை தரவேண்டும் என்று சுப்ரீம் கோர்ட்டில் ஒரு பொதுநல வழக்குத் தொடரப்பட்டது.

இதுகுறித்து உடனடியாக பதிலளிக்குமாறு சுப்ரீம் கோர்ட் அரசுக்கு உத்தரவிட்டது. ஆனால் இதற்கு பொறுப்பான பதிலைத் தராத மத்திய அரசு, புதிய சட்டங்கள் எதுவும் தேவையில்லை. ஏற்கெனவே உள்ள சட்டத்தைப் பயன்படுத்தியே கடும் நடவடிக்கை எடுக்க முடியும் என கூடுதல் சொலிசிட்டர் ஜெனரல் அமரீந்தர் சரண் மூலம் பதிலளித்தது.

இதில் கடுப்பான நீதிபதிகள்தான் அரசை இப்படி விளாசித் தள்ளிவிட்டனர். நாட்டில் உள்ள கிட்டத்தட்ட 1 லட்சம் உயர் தர அரசுக் குடியிருப்புகள் பெரும்பாலானவற்றில் பதவிக் காலம் முடிந்த பின்னரும் அரசு அதிகாரிகள் பலர் ஆக்கிரமித்துள்ளனர்.

இன்னும் பல குடியிருப்புகளில் அதிரகாரிகளின் பெயர்களில் அவர்களது உறவினர்கள் ஆக்கிரமித்துள்ளனர். சில அதிகாரிகள் உள்வாடகைக்கும் (Sub-letting) விட்டுள்ளார்களாம்.

ஆனால் அரசு வழக்கறிஞரோ, இவற்றை மறுத்ததோடு, மொத்தம் 300-க்கும் குபறைவான குடியிருப்புகள் மட்டுமே அந்த மாதிரி சட்டவிரோத ஆக்கிரமிப்பில் இருப்பதாகவும், மீதி 99 ஆயிரம் வீடுகளில் எந்தப் பிரச்சினையும் இல்லை என்றும் ஒரே போடாகப் போட்டார்.

அப்படியெனில் மனுதாரர் எங்களிடம் அளித்துள்ள அதிகாரப்பூர்வ ஆதாரங்கள் பொய்யா... அரசே குற்றவாளிகளுக்கு உடந்தையாய் இருந்தால் எப்படி... என மடக்கிய நீதிபதிகள், அடுத்த சில நிமிடங்களில் காய்ச்சி எடுத்துவிட்டார்கள் மத்திய அரசை!

Lightning in Slow motion - மின்னல் மெதுவாக

2008-08-08T16:35:00.001+05:30

Did Rajni apologize for his stand? - NEVER

2008-08-04T20:42:00.001+05:30

Kuselan review - by idlyvadai

2008-08-02T21:45:00.001+05:30

I read the Kuselan review on idlyvadai. An interesting comment from that post goes like this.

ரஜினி படம் கர்நாடகாவில் ஓடினாத்தான் அவர் பிழைக்க முடியும் என்ற
நிலமையில் அவர் இல்லை கர்நாடகாவில் படத்தை வாங்கிய வினியோகஸ்தகர்களுக்குக்
நஷ்டம் வர கூடாது என்பதற்காகவே அவர் தொலைகாட்சியில் வருத்தம் தெரிவித்தார்.

ரஜினி
ஹொக்கேனக்கல் விவகாரத்தில் தமிழர்களுக்கு ஆதராவ பேசின போது மட்டும் நீங்க
அவர தலைல தூக்கி வச்சா கொண்டாடினீங்க. அவர் என்ன பேசுனாலும் எதிர்க்கதான்
போறிங்க. அப்புறம் என்ன இப்போ புதுசா ??

ஊரையே கூட்டி திரையுலகம்
போராட்டம் நட்த்தினார்கள், ஆனால் அன்றிரவே கருணாநீதி இத்திட்டம்
தற்காலிகமாக நிறுத்திவைக்கிறோம்னு சொன்ன போது, நீங்க எல்லாரும் வாயில ஈர
மண்ணணயா வச்சிருந்தீங்க. போய் கேட்க வேண்டியதுதான அந்த தமிழின தலைவனிடம்.
அத கேட்க உங்க யாருக்கும் வக்கில்ல, வந்துடீங்க சும்மா ரஜினிய கொர சொல்ல.

ஏதோ
நீங்க எல்லாரும் பேசறத பார்தால் ரஜினி "ம்"னு சொன்னா கர்நாடக அப்படியே
தண்ணிய தொறந்து விட்டுருவாங்க மாதிரி பேசுரீங்க. அவருடைய தொழில் சினிமா.
அதை அவர் சரியா பண்ணிட்டு வரார். இதுவரை தானுவை போல் எந்த தயாரிப்பாளரும்
ரஜினியை வைத்து படம் பண்ணியதில் நஷ்டம் என்று சொன்னதில்லை. அப்படியே
நஷ்டம் வந்தாலும் வாங்கிய பணத்தை திருப்பி கொடுத்து விடுவார்
(இருக்கிறார்).

குசேலன் படம் சிறப்பாய் வந்திருக்கிறது என்று எல்லா
பத்திரிக்கைகளுமே பாராட்டியுள்ளது. வினியோகஸ்தர்கள், திரையரங்கு
உரிமையாளர்கள், ரசிகர்கள், தயாரிப்பாளர்கள் எல்லாருமே மகிழ்ச்சியாக
இருக்கிறார்கள், உங்களை போல் சில வயித்தெரிச்சல் பேர்வழிகளை தவிர.

குசேலன் படத்தில் கூட கமலை பற்றி ரொம்ப உயர்வா பேசுவார் தலைவர். உங்களுக்கு எங்கே அந்த நன்றியுனர்வெல்லாம் இருக்க போகுது.

//"கன்னடியன்" ரஜினியின் நிஜ முகத்தை இப்போதாவது தமிழக மக்கள் புரிந்து கொள்ள வேண்டும//

யோவ்
யாருய்யா நீ, கன்னடிகன் என்றால் என்ன கேவலமா, அங்கே இருக்கும் மக்களும்
நல்லவர்கள்தான். இங்க கருணாநிதியும், ராமதாசும் காடு வெட்டி குருவும்
எப்படியோ அப்படிதான் அங்கே வாட்டாள் நாகராஜும், கன்னட ரக்ஷிக கட்சியும்.
மற்றபடி எல்லா மக்களும் நல்லவர்களே.

ரெண்டு மாநில மக்களையும் உசுப்பேத்தி நம்ம அரசியல்வாதிகள்தான் குளிர்காய்கிறார்கள், இது புரியாம பேசாதடா முட்டா தமிழா!

//"ரஜினி படம் ரிலீஸ் ஆகும் நாட்களில் முதல் காட்சி முடிந்து வெளியே வரும்போதே, தியேட்டருக்கு வெளியே மக்கள் வெள்ளம் அலை மோதும்//

அதான் நீயே சொல்லீட்டியே அப்புறம் நான் என்ன சொல்றது

//ஆனால், நேற்று ஒரு சில தியேட்டர்களில் 50 பேர், 100 பேர் மட்டுமே காத்திருப்பதைப் பார்க்க முடிந்தது."//

அது கண்ணுல மஞ்சகாமால வந்தா அப்படிதான் ஆயிரம் பேர் ஐம்பது பேரா தெரியும்.

//டவுசர் கிழிந்து போய் இருக்கும் குசேலன் எங்கிருந்து "ஆழ்வார்பேட்டை ஆண்டவன்" கமல்ஹாசனின் தசாவதார சாதனையை முறியடிக்க? //

அடப்பாவி
தசவதாரம் முழுக்க முழுக்க கமல் கதாநாயகனா நடிச்ச படம். ஆனா குசேலன்ல
தலைவர் கெஸ்ட் ரோல்தான். தலைவர் கெஸ்ட் ரோல்ல நடிச்ச படத்த, நீங்க, உங்க
வெற்றியின் உச்சம்னு நீங்க சொல்ற தசாவதாரத்தோட கம்பேர் பண்ணும்போதே நாங்க
ஜெய்சுட்டோம்.

//"தமிழநாட்டு துரோகி" "கன்னட வெறியன்" "பல்டி குரங்கு" ரஜினியை தமிழ்நாட்டை விட்டு விரட்டுவோம்//

இட்லி
வடையாரே, உங்களுக்கே இது நியமாய இருக்கா?? தமிழ்நாட்டில் முப்பது வருடமா
புகழ் பெற்றிருக்கும் ஒரு நடிகனை, இவ்வளவு கீழ்தரமா ஒருவன்
விமர்சிக்கிறான், அதையும் நிங்கள் அனுமதித்துள்ளீர்களே. I Still wonder,
how did you publish this comment. Do you really agree with the comment
posted ?? Hope you will respond. இவ்வளோ வெறுக்கும் அளவிற்கு அவர்
தமிழ்நாட்டிற்கு என்ன தீங்கு செய்துவிட்டார்.

Rajni's appology to hoggenakkal issue and reader's comments

2008-08-01T06:14:00.002+05:30

Here is the actual news:

http://thatstamil.oneindia.in/news/2008/07/31/india-i-learned-lesson-rajini-to-kannada.html

Viewer's Comments:

வாங்க ராசா, உங்களுக்காகத்தான் காத்துக்கிட்டு இருக்கோம். அவர் ஒரு நடிகர்ணா நீங்க எதுக்காக அவரை ஒரு நடிகர் என்ற ஸ்தானத்துக்கு மேல வைக்கிறீர்கள். தலைவர் என்கிறீர்கள், வருங்கால முதல்வர் என்கிறீர்கள். பத்து பேருக்கு சோறு பொடுவதுக்கு எந்த மொழியும் தேவை இல்ல. மனசு போதும். இவருக்கு இந்தியனா இருந்த போதுமாம். ஒரு தமிழன் வடநாட்டில் வேண்டாம் கேரளா, ஆந்திரா, இல்ல கர்னடக்கா ஏதாவது ஒரு இடத்துல ஒரு முதல் அமைச்சர் வேண்டாம் ஒரு திரைப்பட சூப்பர் ஸ்டாராவோ வரட்டும் அப்புறம்
சொல்லலாம் இந்தியா ஓததுமையா இருக்குன்னு. எல்லாம் தெளிவாதான் இருக்காங்க. தமிழ் வெறும் மொழி இல்லடா அறிவிலியே. அது உன் அடையாளம். இன, மொழி உணர்வு இல்லாதவன் பிணத்துக்கு சமம்.

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1995 - batsha:
இது காசு கொடுத்து சேர்த்த கூட்டம் இல்லை...அன்பால தானா சேர்ந்த கூட்டம்....!

2007 - Sivaji:
பன்னிங்கதான் கூட்டமா வரும்....!

1996 - during election:
ஜெயலலிதாக்கு ஒட்டு போட்டா தமிழ் நாட்டை ஆண்டவனால கூட காப்பாத்த முடியாது....!

2004 - during parliment election and film fraternity thanks giving function to jayalalitha:
சகோதரி ஜெயலலிதா ஆதரவு பெற்ற கட்சிக்கு ஒட்டு போட்டேன்....!
சகோதரி ஜெயலலிதா ஒரு தைரியலக்ஷ்மி....!

2008 - hogenakkal fasting meet:
நம்ம உரிமைய தடுக்குறவங்கள உதைக்க வேண்டாமா?

2008 - kusu release:
அய்யா மன்னிச்சுடுங்க.....என் தப்பை உணர்ந்துட்டேன்....தயவு செய்ஞ்சு என்
படத்தை ரிலீஸ் பண்ண அனுமதி கொடுங்க.....! ஐய்யா....அம்மா....!

இந்த மாதிரி ஒரு பச்சோந்தி பின்னாடி அவனுடைய ரசிகர்கள் என்ன நினைப்புல
போறானுங்க....? அவனுக்குத்தான் மூளை இல்லேன்னா உங்களுக்கு எங்கடா போச்சு
அறிவு கெட்ட மடயனுங்களா?

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பொது மக்களின் சொத்துக்களை நாசமாக்கியவர்களைத் தான் உதைக்க வேண்டும் என்று சொன்னேன். வேறு யாரையும் அப்படிச் சொல்லவில்லை........... இது மன்னிப்பா??? அடேய் ______ நீங்க என்ன தான் ரஜினி/ரஜினி ரசிகர்களின் ____ முப்பது வருசம ______ உருப்படமாட்டிங்க...............யாருக்கு ஓட்டு போட்டியோ அவன் ________________________________............ரஜினிக்கு நீ ஒட்டு போட்டியா அல்லது ரஜினி/ரசிகர்கள் ________________?............ எச்சமே, எதுக்காக ரஜினி என்னும் எவெரஸ்ட் சிகரத்தைப்பார்த்து இந்த வயித்தெரிச்சலின் உச்சம்?? எதுக்காக இப்படி ரஜினி மற்றும் அவர் ரசிகர்களின் _________ இப்படி முப்பது
வருசமா _________??

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அடப் பாவிங்களா! நாட்டுல விலை வாசி ஏறி, பண வீக்கம் எகிறூது! அரசியல்வாதிகள் கூடி டிராமா போடரானுங்க! அதை விட முக்கியமா,
நாட்டுல தீவிரவாதீங்க சினிமாவுக்கு போஸ்டர் ஒட்டர மாதிரி, இஷ்டம் போல தெரு வெல்லாம் குண்டு வச்சுட்டுப் போறாங்க! அதுக்கு எல்லாம் 2 பக்கம், 3
பக்கத்துக்கு மேல எவனும் Comments எழுதலை! இந்த விஷயத்துக்கு இது வரை
மட்டும் 24 பக்கம் Comments எழுதிரிக்காங்க! தீவிரவாதி நம்ப குண்டிக்குள்ள
குண்டு வச்சாலும், நாம்ப ஆசுபபத்திரில கட்டு கட்டிக்கிட்டு வந்து, ரஜினி,
நமீதா, கமல் பத்திதான் எழுதுவோம் போல இருக்கே! எந்த கடவுளைக் கும்பிடனும்? அல்லா, ஏசு, கிரீஷ்னர், முருகன் எல்லா கடவுளையும் நான் கும்பிடறேன். ஜொள்ளு புத்தி பிடிச்சு, தாய் நாடு எரிவதைப் பற்றிக் கூட கவலையில்லாமல், மயங்கி கிடக்கும் என் கோடிக் கணக்கான சகோதாரர்கள் விழித்துக் கொள்வார்களா?

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இனி மீண்டும் அந்தத் தவறை திரும்பச் செய்ய மாட்டேன் - ரஜினியின் மன்னிப்பு இல்தலாமல் வேறென்ன? தவறு செய்தது நீ இல்லேடா உன்னை தலை மேலே வெச்சு கொண்டாடுனமே நாங்க. தவறாகப் பேசினோம் னு நினைச்சா மன்னிப்பு கேட்பதில் தவறில்லை. அனால் அதை அப்பொழுதே செய்திருக்க வேண்டும். இப்ப படம் ரிலீசுக்காக காலில் விழுவது சந்தர்ப்பவாதம். கர்நாலகத்தில் படம் ஓடட்டும். தமிழ் நாட்டில் தமிழர்கள் இவன் படத்தை புறக்கணிக்க வேண்டும்.

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ஆமா எல்லாரையும் போராடச்சொல்லி விட்டு குடும்பத்தினர் பதவிக்காக
போராட்டத்தை வாபஸ் வாங்கினானே கிழபாடு, கிழபோல்டு, வயோதிகன், ஆப்பத்தலையன் கருணாநிதி அவன் தமிழ் மக்களுக்கு செய்த துரோகத்திற்கு மன்னிப்பு கேட்டானா.

தவறு செய்த கருணாநிதி மன்னிப்பு கேட்காமல் துரோகம் செய்கிறான், ரஜினி
காசுக்காக நியாயமாகப் பேசியதற்கு கன்னடக்காரனிடம் மன்னிப்பு கேட்டு
துரோகம் செய்கிறான்.

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இப்பகூட கருணாநிதி - தமிழினத்தலவலி ஏன் இத்தாலி நாட்டுக்காரி பேச்ச் கெட்டுட்டு ஒகெநெக்கல நிறுத்திநான் ? இத இங்க கொலைக்கிற விருந்தாளிக்கு பிறந்த நாய் எதுவாவது கேக்குமா? கேக்கமாட்டாங்க!
கேட்டா அழகிரி பார்ட் பார்ட்டா வெட்டிடுவான்!! அதுமட்டுமில்லாமல், ரஜினி/ரஜினி ரசிகர்களின் __முப்பது வருசமா __ நிறுத்துவானுங்களா??

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இன்று முதல் இவன் சூப்பர்ஸ்டார் அல்ல "பல்ட்டி ஸ்டார்" என்று அழைக்கப்படுவான்.

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பாபா வெளியிடப்பட்ட ஆகஸ்டு 15 (2002) தமிழகத்தின் சூழல் என்னவென்பதை தெரியாத சிலருக்காக நினைவுபடுத்திக் கொள்வோம். அன்று நெசவாளர்களுகுக் கஞ்சித் தொட்டி வைத்த தி.மு.க.வினர், முட்டை பிரியாணி போட்ட அ.தி.மு.கவினர்; ஆங்காங்கே போராடிக் கொண்டிருக்கும் நெசவாளர்கள்.

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காவேரியில் தண்ணீர் விடாமல் கர்நாடகம் அடாவடி செய்து கொண்டிருந்தது. தஞ்சை பஞ்சபூமியாகி விவசாயிகள் எலிக்கறி தின்னும் அவல நிலைக்குத்
தள்ளப்பட்டிருந்தனர். தமிழக மெங்கும் ஆசிரியர் போராட்டம் , வழக்குரைஞர்
போராட்டம்.

இந்த சூழலில் தமிழகப் பத்திரிக்கைகளில் பாபா தான் அட்டைப்படக் கட்டுரை
அல்லது முக்கிய செய்தி. இதைவிடப் பெரிய பூச்செண்டை பாபாவைத் தவிர யாரும் ஜெயலலிதாவுக்கு வழங்கியிருக்க முடியாது. அந்த அளவிற்கு இருட்டடிப்பு செய்யப்பட்டன மக்கள் பிரச்சினைகள்.

பாபா வெளியீட்டிற்கு இரண்டு நாட்கள் முன் ராமதாஸ் ரஜினியைப் பற்றித்
தெரிவித்த விமர்சனம் பத்திரிகைகளில் பெற்ற முக்கியத்துவத்தைக் காட்டிலும்,
ராமதாசுக்கு ரஜினி ரசிகர்கள் தமிழகமெங்கும் கொடும்பாவி கொளுத் திய
செய்திதான் முக்கியத்துவம் பெற்றது. ரசிகர்கள் "கொத்தளிப்பு - ஆவேசம்"
என்றும் ரஜினி மட்டும் தடுத்து நிறுத்தாமலிருந்தால் ரசிகர்கள் தமிழ்நாட்டையே கொளுத்தி விடுவார்கள் என்பது போலவும் ஒரு பயங்கரத் தோற்றத்தையும் உருவாக்கின பார்பணிய பத்திரிக்கைகள்.

கிட்னியை விற்று கிரிக்கெட் பார்ப்பவனுக்கும், அம்மாவுக்காக தீக்குளிப்பவனுக்கும் அழகிரிக்காக வன்முறை செய்பவனுக்கும் என்ன வித்தியாசம்? பாபா படம் ஊத்திக் கொண்டதால் நஷ்டப் பட்ட கோடீஸ்வர பட
முதலைகளுக்கு கோடிக் கணக்கில் தூக்கிக் கொடுத்து அவர்களின் பஞ்சம் போக்கிய ரஜினி என்றாவது தன்னை இந்த நிலைக்கு உயர்த்திய கடைசி பெஞ்ச் ரசிகனின் காயங்களுக்கு ஒத்தடமாய் இருந்த துண்டா?

காவிரியில் இரட்டை வேடம் கண்ணசைத்தால் கட்சி ரெடி என கோவன ஆண்டிகளை கோவனத்துடனே வைத்திருக்க ரஜினி எப்போதோ தயாராகிவிடார் ஆனால் பாவம் அது தெரியா ரசிகன் தமிழகத்தில் எதிர்காலம் இன்னும் தங்கள் தங்கத் தலைவன் கையில் இருப்பதாக பகலில் மல்லாக்கப் படுத்து மனசுக்குள் குட்டி ராசாங்கமே நடத்துகிறான்.

தமிழ் சரியாக பேசக் கூடத் தெரியாத ரஜினியின் முகத்தை ரூபாய் நோட்டில்
அச்சடித்து இந்திய இறையான்மையின் முகத்தில் உச்சகட்ட சாணியும் அடித்து
வைத்திருக்கிரார்கள் ரசிகர்கள். மண்சோறு சாப்பிட்டு மொட்டையடித்து அடுத்த படத்தின் வேண்டுதலுக்கு தயாராகிறான் ரசிகன் . வெட்டவேண்டியது தான் பாக்கி

அடுத்த நாள் காட்சியிலாவது ரஜினிகாந்த் முகத்தில் சில்லரைக் காசுகளை வீசி
திரை அதிர வைக்க துட்டுக்களை எண்ணிக் கொண்டிருக்கும் ரசிகனுக்கு இன்னும்
போகவேண்டிய தூரம் அதிகம் இருபது தெரியவில்லை. கண்ணில் மின்னும் கனவுகளோடு காந்த் நடிகர்களின் கட் அவுட் களுக்கு கஞ்சி குடித்துவிட்டு மலர்மாலை போட்டு மகிழ்ச்சிப் படுத்துகிறான் ரசிகன். கூட்டம் முண்டியடித்து உள்ளே போகும் முன் தானும் உள்ளே போகும் ஆவலில் எட்டிப் போடுகிறான் நடை.

அந்த ரசிகனிடம் சொல்லுங்கள் போகும் போது சட்டையோடு போகச் சொல்லி.
இல்லாவிட்டால் கிழித்துக் கொள்ள எதுவும் இருக்காது.கஞ்சிக்கு மக்கள் மிதிபடும் நாட்டில் இவனுக்கு என்னடா பால்குடம்?

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கன்னட திரைப்பட வர்த்தகசபைக்கு ரஜினி பக்தன் ஒருவன் கடிதம்

செயலாளர் அவர்களுக்கு,

ரஜினிகாந்த் ரசிகன் என்ற முறையில் இந்த வேண்டுகோள் கடிதம்.எனக்கு கன்னடம் தெரியாததால் தமிழில் எழுதுகிறேன்.

ரஜினி அவர்கள் ஒகேனக்கல் விவகாரத்தில் ..உதைக்க வேண்டாமா..என்று பேசியதெல்லாம் 'ஒளவாக்கட்டைக்கு"

தண்ணீருக்கு அழும் தமிழனுக்கு..வேடிக்கைக்காட்டி அவன் அழுகையை நிறுத்துவதற்கு.அதனால் அவரை தவறாக எண்ணக்கூடாது.

அவர் முன்னதாக..அம்மாவுக்கு(!!)ஓட்டுப் போட்டால் தமிழகத்தை ஆண்டவனால் கூட காப்பாற்ற முடியாது..என்று

கூறிவிட்டு..அடுத்த தேர்தலில் அம்மாவுக்கு ஓட்டுப்போட்டுவிட்டு..தன் இரு விரல்களை உயர்த்திக் காட்டியவர்.

காவேரி பிரச்னையில் சக திரைப்படத் துறையுடனருடன் சேராது தனியாக
உண்ணாவிரதம் இருந்து தனது ஆதரவை(!)தெரிவித்ததோடு அதற்கு ஒரு கோடி
நன்கொடை தருவதாக தெரிவித்தவர்.

சிவாஜி படத்தில்..தான் அமெரிக்காவில் சம்பாதித்து கொணர்ந்த 200 கோடியை
படிப்புக்கு செலவழிக்க..பொறியியல் கல்லூரியும்,மருத்துவக்கல்லூ�

�ியும் கட்டுவதாகக்கூறியவர்..அவர் சம்பந்தப்பட்ட (மனைவியின்)பள்ளியில் இலவசமாக மாணவர்களை செர்த்துக்கொள்ளாதவர்.

இதையெல்லாம் ஏன் சொல்கிறேன் என்றால்..அவர் சொல்வது ஒன்று..செய்வது
ஒன்று..அதனால் அவர் அன்று 'உதைக்கலாம்"என்று பேசியதற்கு எதிர்மறையான
அர்த்ததை கன்னடர்கள் எடுத்துக்கொள்ள வேண்டும்.உங்களுக்கு இப்போது அவர்
இயல்பு தெரிந்திருக்கும்.

எப்பாடுபட்டாவது குசேலன் படம் அங்கு வெளியாகவேண்டும் என்ற அவர் நல்ல எண்ணத்தை புரிந்துக் கொண்டு ஆதரவு தாருங்கள்.

இந்த வேளையில்..தமிழனான எங்களைப் பாருங்கள்..150,200 என்றெல்லாம் பட்ஜெட்டை மீறி செலவு பண்ணி படம்

பார்க்கவும்..அவர் கட் அவுட்டுக்கு பாலாபிஷேகம் செய்யவும் தயாராகிவருகிறோம்.

தயவு செய்து..எங்கள் சூப்பர் ஸ்டாரின் இயல்பை புரிந்துக் கொள்ளுங்கள்.

நன்றி
இப்படிக்கு
அப்பாவி தமிழ் ரசிகன்

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RAJINI DIDN'T SAY SORRY.RAJINI HAVE HOW MANY CRORES. YOU SHOULD GAVE 1.5CRORES FOR DISTRIBUTER. YOU ASKED SORRY THEN YOU SAID FOR TAMILAN ALL MATTERS LIE.YOUR IMAGE ALSO SPOILED.OK DON'T WORRY RAJINI YOU HAVE LOOSE MENDALS TAMIL FANS. THEY WITH YOU SORANAIKETTA DOGS.IF YOU HAVE 5 KANNADA FILMS DONOT ASK TO TAMILANS WHO ARE YOU. I WAS YOUR FAN BUT NOT NOW.

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And, at last, my views on this news:

People should stop hero worshiping. Be it Rajni or Kamal or MGR or Karunanidhi. We need to use our brains atleast now. What Rajni said now is wrong and Karunanidhi's decision to stop the hogenakkal plan until Karnataka election is also wrong. My support is only for the people. Neither for politicians nor for actors.

Lampard - Virtually impossible goal

2008-07-27T14:03:00.001+05:30

You call this Drinking?

2008-07-27T13:48:00.001+05:30

Nice song: Had a bad day

2008-07-27T13:31:00.001+05:30

வருங்கால போக்குவரத்து - Future mode of transport

2008-07-26T11:03:00.001+05:30

Linux to be better than Mac OS X: Mark Shuttleworth

2008-07-24T19:32:00.001+05:30

Mark Shuttleworth has the ambition of making Linux a better-looking operating system than Mac OS X.

"I think the great task in front of us in the next two years is to lift the experience of the Linux desktop from something stable and usable and not pretty, to something that's art,"

"Think of the way the iPhone uses a pure software experience, it abstracts away all the hardware," he said. "You can paint anything on the screen because it's all software."

How to get better milage?!

2008-07-24T07:31:00.000+05:30

Busy work?

2008-07-23T23:30:00.008+05:30

This is how I started this post:

I don't understand by what people mean to be busy with work. After all, to work is to be busy. When other time can you work? I think, when I say that I am working, it implies that I am busy as well. I believe this dual word terminology of "busy at work" developed sometime recently.

Then I gave a google search for "busy at work"

Astonishingly, Wiki threw up a definition for busy work:

This is used by employees who feel their assigned duties are useless or unproductive, and intended only to occupy their time. Busy work of one form or another often features in workplace humor, such as the comic strip Dilbert, or the movie Office Space.

So am I actually busy at work? Not at all. I love my work. So there is no way that I am busy with it. My commitment towards work also implies that I do not want to get disturbed when I am at work, including varieties of diversions and procrastinations.

Even if we are not worried about the "Ding" that can cause $1bn revenue loss, we should at least think from the point of our own interest about how passionate we are at our work.

Good that a confusion in thought has lead to a better understanding of a phrase that we use everyday. :-)

July 22 - A day of shame for Indians

2008-07-23T11:55:00.003+05:30

The UPA government won the Trust vote which was moved on Monday, July 21. But the dramatic events happened in the Parliament during the day of trust vote has disgraced the Indain Democracy. As the Indian Parliament debated the trust motion on Tuesday, July 22, perhaps many did not realise that the event was being watched live across the world, not just by the Indian Diaspora, but also in the newsrooms of leading international media organisations.

The noisy manner of the debate and finally the placing of wads of currency was perhaps, the lowest point that Indian democracy could have reached. Currency notes were placed as evidence of corruption, but no name of the giver of such ill-gotten money was forthcoming or forwarded. All one can say at this moment is that the pride which India has hailed its democracy, was sullied by this incident.

The dramatic event unfold when three Madhya Pradesh BJP MPs showcase the alleged money given to them by Samajwadi Party. An amount of Rs 3 crore was given to them to vote in favour of the UPA govt in the trust vote on Tuesday, July 22. The 3 MPs- Ashok Argal, Mahavir Bhagora, Faggan Singh presented this money in the well of the House when the session was in full process.

Such an incident has occurred for the first time in the history of Indian Parliament.

Zimbabwe introduces Z$100bn note

2008-07-23T11:15:00.002+05:30

Zimbabwe is to introduce a bank-note worth Z$100bn in response to rampant inflation - but the note will barely cover the cost of a loaf of bread.

Some Zimbabweans are already calling for higher denominations in a country where the official annual inflation rate has exceeded 2,200,000%.

Independent economists believe the real rate is many times higher.

Zimbabwe's meltdown has left at least 80% of the population in poverty, facing mass shortages of basic goods.

The country's central bank has introduced several new notes already this year in response to the hyperinflation.

In January, a Z$10 million note was issued, followed by a Z$50 million. By June the denominations had reached tens of billions.

Daily bread

In a notice in the state-controlled Herald newspaper, central bank governor Gideon Gono said the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe would introduce the new notes - known as special agro-cheques - to help consumers.

"This new $100 billion special agro-cheque will go into circulation on Monday," the notice said.

But Zimbabwe residents say the latest note is already worthless, and does not even cover their daily lunch.

"Nowadays, for my expenses a day, I need about Z$500 billion," one resident said.

"So Z$100 billion can't do anything because for me to go home I need Z$250 billion, so this [note] is worthless."

Zimbabwe was once one of the richest countries in Africa. But it has descended into economic chaos in recent years, with many international observers blaming the policies of President Robert Mugabe.

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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's speech in Parliament

2008-07-23T08:06:00.001+05:30

New Delhi, Jul 22: Following huge pandemonium in the Lok Sabha, Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh submitted his speech to Speaker Somnath Chatterjee. The full text of the speech is given below...

The Leader of Opposition, Shri L.K. Advani has chosen to use all manner of abusive objectives to describe my performance. He has described me as the weakest Prime Minister, a nikamma PM, and of having devalued the office of PM. To fulfill his ambitions, he has made at least three attempts to topple our government. But on each occasion his astrologers have misled him.

This pattern, I am sure, will be repeated today. At his ripe old age, I do not expect Shri Advani to change his thinking. But for his sake and India"s sake, I urge him at least to change his astrologers so that he gets more accurate predictions of things to come.

As for Shri Advani"s various charges, I do not wish to waste the time of the House in rebutting them. All I can say is that before leveling charges of incompetence on others, Shri Advani should do some introspection. Can our nation forgive a Home Minister who slept when the terrorists were knocking at the doors of our Parliament? Can our nation forgive a person who single handedly provided the inspiration for the destruction of the Babri Masjid with all the terrible consequences that followed? To atone for his sins, he suddenly decided to visit Pakistan and there he discovered new virtues in Mr. Jinnah. Alas, his own party and his mentors in the RSS disowned him on this issue. Can our nation approve the conduct of a Home Minister who was sleeping while Gujarat was burning leading to the loss of thousands of innocent lives? Our friends in the Left Front should ponder over the company they are forced to keep because of miscalculations by their General Secretary.

As for my conduct, it is for this august House and the people of India to judge. All I can say is that in all these years that I have been in office, whether as Finance Minister or Prime Minister, I have felt it as a sacred obligation to use the levers of power as a societal trust to be used for transforming our economy and polity, so that we can get rid of poverty, ignorance and disease which still afflict millions of our people. This is a long and arduous journey. But every step taken in this direction can make a difference. And that is what we have sought to do in the last four years. How far we have succeeded is something I leave to the judgement of the people of India.

When I look at the composition of the opportunistic group opposed to us, it is clear to me that the clash today is between two alternative visions of India"s future. The one vision represented by the UPA and our allies seeks to project India as a self confident and united nation moving forward to gain its rightful place in the comity of nations, making full use of the opportunities offered by a globalised world, operating on the frontiers of modern science and technology and using modern science and technology as important instruments of national economic and social development. The opposite vision is of a motley crowd opposed to us who have come together to share the spoils of office to promote their sectional, sectarian and parochial interests. Our Left colleagues should tell us whether Shri L.K. Advani is acceptable to them as a Prime Ministerial candidate. Shri L.K. Advani should enlighten us if he will step aside as Prime Ministerial candidate of the opposition in favour of the choice of UNPA. They should take the country into confidence on this important issue.

I have already stated in my opening remarks that the House has been dragged into this debate unnecessarily. I wish our attention had not been diverted from some priority areas of national concern. These priorities are :

(i) Tackling the imported inflation caused by steep increase in oil prices. Our effort is to control inflation without hurting the rate of growth and employment.

(ii) To revitalize agriculture. We have decisively reversed the declining trend of investment and resource flow in agriculture. The Finance Minister has dealt with the measures we have taken in this regard. We have achieved a record foodgrain production of 231 million tones. But we need to redouble our efforts to improve agricultural productivity.

(iii) To improve the effectiveness of our flagship pro poor programmes such as National Rural Employment Programme, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, Nation-wide Mid day meal programme, Bharat Nirman to improve the quality of rural infrastructure of roads, electricity, safe drinking water, sanitation, irrigation, National Rural Health Mission and the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission. These programmes are yielding solid results. But a great deal more needs to be done to improve the quality of implementation.

(iv) We have initiated a major thrust in expanding higher education. The objective is to expand the gross enrolment ratio in higher education from 11.6 per cent to 15 per cent by the end of the 11th Plan and to 21% by the end of 12th Plan. To meet these goals, we have an ambitious programme which seeks to create 30 new universities, of which 14 will be world class, 8 new IITs, 7 new IIMs, 20 new IIITs, 5 new IISERs, 2 Schools of planning and Architecture, 10 NITs, 373 new degree colleges and 1000 new polytechnics. And these are not just plans. Three new IISERs are already operational and the remaining two will become operational from the 2008-09 academic session. Two SPAs will be starting this year. Six of the new IITs start their classes this year. The establishment of the new universities is at an advanced stage of planning.

(v) A nation wide Skill Development Programme and the enactment of the Right to Education Act,

(vi) Approval by Parliament of the new Rehabilitation and Resettlement policy and enactment of legislation to provide social security benefits to workers in the unorganized sector.

(vii) The new 15 Point Programme for Minorities, the effective implementation of empowerment programmes for the scheduled castes, scheduled tribes, paying particular emphasis on implementation of Land Rights for the tribals.

(viii) Equally important is the effective implementation of the Right to Information Act to impart utmost transparency to processes of governance. The Administrative Reforms Commission has made valuable suggestions to streamline the functioning of our public administration.

(ix) To deal firmly with terrorist elements, left wing extremism and communal elements that are attempting to undermine the security and stability of the country. We have been and will continue to vigorously pursue investigations in the major terrorist incidents that have taken place. Charge-sheets have been filed in almost all the cases. Our intelligence agencies and security forces are doing an excellent job in very difficult circumstances. They need our full support. We will take all possible steps to streamline their functioning and strengthen their effectiveness.

Considerable work has been done in all these areas but debates like the one we are having detract our attention from attending to these essential programmes and remaining items on our agenda. All the same, we will redouble our efforts to attend to these areas of priority concerns.

I say in all sincerity that this session and debate was unnecessary because I have said on several occasions that our nuclear agreement after being endorsed by the IAEA and the Nuclear Suppliers Group would be submitted to this august House for expressing its view. All I had asked our Left colleagues was : please allow us to go through the negotiating process and I will come to Parliament before operationalising the nuclear agreement. This simple courtesy which is essential for orderly functioning of any Government worth the name, particularly with regard to the conduct of foreign policy, they were not willing to grant me. They wanted a veto over every single step of negotiations which is not acceptable. They wanted me to behave as their bonded slave. The nuclear agreement may not have been mentioned in the Common Minimum Programme. However, there was an explicit mention of the need to develop closer relations with the USA but without sacrificing our independent foreign policy. The Congress Election Manifesto had explicitly referred to the need for strategic engagement with the USA and other great powers such as Russia.

In 1991, while presenting the Budget for 1991-92, as Finance Minister, I had stated : No power on earth can stop an idea whose time has come. I had then suggested to this august House that the emergence of India as a major global power was an idea whose time had come.

Carrying forward the process started by Shri Rajiv Gandhi of preparing India for the 21st century, I outlined a far reaching programme of economic reform whose fruits are now visible to every objective person. Both the Left and the BJP had then opposed the reform. Both had said we had mortgaged the economy to America and that we would bring back the East India Company. Subsequently both these parties have had a hand at running the Government. None of these parties have reversed the direction of economic policy laid down by the Congress Party in 1991. The moral of the story is that political parties should be judged not by what they say while in opposition but by what they do when entrusted with the responsibilities of power.

I am convinced that despite their opportunistic opposition to the nuclear agreement, history will compliment the UPA Government for having taken another giant step forward to lead India to become a major power centre of the evolving global economy. Jawaharlal Nehru"s vision of using atomic energy as a major instrument of development will become a living reality.

What is the nuclear agreement about? It is all about widening our development options, promoting energy security in a manner which will not hurt our precious environment and which will not contribute to pollution and global warming.

India needs to grow at the rate of at least ten per cent per annum to get rid of chronic poverty, ignorance and disease which still afflict millions of our people. A basic requirement for achieving this order of growth is the availability of energy, particularly electricity. We need increasing quantities of electricity to support our agriculture, industry and to give comfort to our householders. The generation of electricity has to grow at an annual rate of 8 to 10 per cent.

Now, hydro-carbons are one source of generating power and for meeting our energy requirements. But our production of hydro-carbons both of oil and gas is far short of our growing requirements. We are heavily dependent on imports. We all know the uncertainty of supplies and of prices of imported hydro-carbons.

We have to diversify our sources of energy supply.

We have large reserves of coal but even these are inadequate to meet all our needs by 2050. But more use of coal will have an adverse impact on pollution and climate. We can develop hydro-power and we must. But many of these projects hurt the environment and displace large number of people. We must develop renewable sources of energy particularly solar energy. But we must also make full use of atomic energy which is a clean environment friendly source of energy. All over the world, there is growing realization of the importance of atomic energy to meet the challenge of energy security and climate change.

India"s atomic scientists and technologists are world class. They have developed nuclear energy capacities despite heavy odds. But there are handicaps which have adversely affected our atomic energy programme. First of all, we have inadequate production of uranium. Second, the quality of our uranium resources is not comparable to those of other producers.Third, after the Pokharan nuclear test of 1974 and 1998 the outside world has imposed embargo on trade with India in nuclear materials, nuclear equipment and nuclear technology. As a result, our nuclear energy programme has suffered. Some twenty years ago, the Atomic Energy Commission had laid down a target of 10000 MW of electricity generation by the end of the twentieth century. Today, in 2008 our capacity is about 4000 MW and due to shortage of uranium many of these plants are operating at much below their capacity.

The nuclear agreement that we wish to negotiate will end India"s nuclear isolation, nuclear apartheid and enable us to take advantage of international trade in nuclear materials, technologies and equipment. It will open up new opportunities for trade in dual use high technologies opening up new pathways to accelerate industrialization of our country. Given the excellent quality of our nuclear scientists and technologists, I have reasons to believe that in a reasonably short period of time, India would emerge as an important exporter of nuclear technologies, and equipment for civilian purposes.

When I say this I am reminded of the visionary leadership of Shri Rajiv Gandhi who was a strong champion of computerization and use of information technologies for nation building. At that time, many people laughed at this idea. Today, information technology and software is a sun-rise industry with an annual turnover soon approaching 50 billion US dollars. I venture to think that our atomic energy industry will play a similar role in the transformation of India"s economy.

The essence of the matter is that the agreements that we negotiate with USA, Russia, France and other nuclear countries will enable us to enter into international trade for civilian use without any interference with our strategic nuclear programme. The strategic programme will continue to be developed at an autonomous pace determined solely by our own security perceptions. We have not and we will not accept any outside interference or monitoring or supervision of our strategic programme. Our strategic autonomy will never be compromised. We are willing to look at possible amendments to our Atomic Energy Act to reinforce our solemn commitment that our strategic autonomy will never be compromised.

I confirm that there is nothing in these agreements which prevents us from further nuclear tests if warranted by our national security concerns. All that we are committed to is a voluntary moratorium on further testing. Thus the nuclear agreements will not in any way affect our strategic autonomy. The cooperation that the international community is now willing to extend to us for trade in nuclear materials, technologies and equipment for civilian use will be available to us without signing the NPT or the CTBT.

This I believe is a measure of the respect that the world at large has for India, its people and their capabilities and our prospects to emerge as a major engine of growth for the world economy. I have often said that today there are no international constraints on India"s development. The world marvels at our ability to seek our social and economic salvation in the framework of a functioning democracy committed to the rule of law and respect for fundamental human freedoms. The world wants India to succeed. The obstacles we face are at home, particularly in our processes of domestic governance.

I wish to remind the House that in 1998 when the Pokharan II tests were undertaken, the Group of Eight leading developed countries had passed a harsh resolution condemning India and called upon India to sign the NPT and CTBT. Today, at the Hokkaido meeting of the G-8 held recently in Japan, the Chairman"s summary has welcomed cooperation in civilian nuclear energy between India and the international community. This is a measure of the sea change in the perceptions of the international community our trading with India for civilian nuclear energy purposes that has come about in less than ten years.

Our critics falsely accuse us, that in signing these agreements, we have surrendered the independence of foreign policy and made it subservient to US interests. In this context, I wish to point out that the cooperation in civil nuclear matters that we seek is not confined to the USA. Change in the NSG guidelines would be a passport to trade with 45 members of the Nuclear Supplier Group which includes Russia, France, and many other countries.

We appreciate the fact that the US has taken the lead in promoting cooperation with India for nuclear energy for civilian use. Without US initiative, India"s case for approval by the IAEA or the Nuclear Suppliers Group would not have moved forward.

But this does not mean that there is any explicit or implicit constraint on India to pursue an independent foreign policy determined by our own perceptions of our enlightened national interest. Some people are spreading the rumours that there are some secret or hidden agreements over and above the documents made public. I wish to state categorically that there are no secret or hidden documents other than the 123 agreement, the Separation Plan and the draft of the safeguard agreement with the IAEA. It has also been alleged that the Hyde Act will affect India"s ability to pursue an independent foreign policy. The Hyde Act does exist and it provides the US administration the authorization to enter into civil nuclear cooperation with India without insistence on full scope safeguards and without signing of the NPT. There are some prescriptive clauses but they cannot and they will not be allowed to affect in any way the conduct of our foreign policy. Our commitment is to what has been agreed in the 123 Agreement. There is nothing in this Agreement which will affect our strategic autonomy or our ability to pursue an independent foreign policy. I state categorically that our foreign policy, will at all times be determined by our own assessment of our national interest. This has been true in the past and will be true in future regarding our relations with big powers as well as with our neighbours in West Asia, notably Iran, Iraq, Palestine and the Gulf countries.

We have differed with the USA on their intervention in Iraq. I had explicitly stated at a press conference at the National Press Club in Washington DC in July 2005 that intervention in Iraq was a big mistake. With regard to Iran, our advice has been in favour of moderation and we would like that the issues relating to Iran"s nuclear programme which have emerged should be resolved through dialogue and discussions in the framework of the International Atomic Energy Agency.

I should also inform the House that our relations with the Arab world are very good. Two years ago, His Majesty, King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia was the Chief Guest at our Republic Day. More recently, we have played host to the President of Iran, President of Syria, the King of Jordan, the Emir of Qatar and the Emir of Kuwait. With all these countries we have historic civilisational and cultural links which we are keen to further develop to our mutual benefit. Today, we have strategic relationship with all major powers including USA, Russia, France, UK, Germany, Japan, China, Brazil, Nigeria and South Africa. We are Forging new partnerships with countries of East Asia, South East Asia and Africa.

CONCLUSION

The Management and governance of the world"s largest, most diverse and most vibrant democracy is the greatest challenge any person can be entrusted with, in this world. It has been my good fortune that I was entrusted with this challenge over four years ago. I thank with all sincerity the Chairperson of the UPA, the leaders of the Constituent Parties of the UPA and every member of my Party for the faith and trust they reposed in me. I once again recall with gratitude the guidance and support I have received from Shri Jyoti Basu and Sardar Harkishen Singh Surjeet.

I have often said that I am a politician by accident. I have held many diverse responsibilities. I have been a teacher, I have been an official of the Government of India, I have been a member of this greatest of Parliaments, but I have never forgotten my life as a young boy in a distant village.

Every day that I have been Prime Minister of India I have tried to remember that the first ten years of my life were spent in a village with no drinking water supply, no electricity, no hospital, no roads and nothing that we today associate with modern living. I had to walk miles to school, I had to study in the dim light of a kerosene oil lamp. This nation gave me the opportunity to ensure that such would not be the life of our children in the foreseeable future.

Sir, my conscience is clear that on every day that I have occupied this high office, I have tried to fulfill the dream of that young boy from that distant village.

The greatness of democracy is that we are all birds of passage! We are here today, gone tomorrow! But in the brief time that the people of India entrust us with this responsibility, it is our duty to be honest and sincere in the discharge of these responsibilities. As it is said in our sacred texts, we are responsible for our actions and we must act without coveting the rewards of such action. Whatever I have done in this high office I have done so with a clear conscience and the best interests of my country and our people at heart. I have no other claims to make

Good news

2008-07-22T12:12:00.001+05:30

Maheshwari has got a baby boy yesterday!!! Congrats Dinesh and Mahesh. :-)

Chronic Procrastination and the Cost of the "Ding!"

2008-07-22T07:14:00.001+05:30

28% of the average worker’s day gets blown on unnecessary interruptions — helping contribute to a crisis that a company like Intel now considers a $1 billion per year problem. From yesterday’s Guardian comes more numbers on the growing cost of distraction:

Ferrari says that chronic procrastination is now so serious a condition it needs to be recognised by clinicians. In a study to be published later this year, he estimates that 15 to 20 per cent of people are chronic procrastinators. ‘We now have data on 4,000 people, and it doesn’t seem to matter what age you are, or your sex or background.’

Of course, as the Inbox Zero guy, I think a real eye-opener sneaks in with this passing note about the cost of all those noisy email notifications you created:

Even the beeps notifying the arrival of email are said to be causing a 0.5 per cent drop in gross domestic product in the United States, costing the economy $70bn a year.

Although the headline wants to point the blame squarely at “hi-tech,” the last graf talks about your brain’s own role in how that nasty new technology is allowed to be abused:

It appears that the brain is divided into two parts. One triggers ‘automatic responses’ which take precedence over everything else - such as fleeing sabre-toothed tigers. The other governs ‘deliberate responses’ - writing that report due next week or booking a visit to the optician.

Do yourself (and your company) a favor this morning: try just briefly shutting off the “Ding!” and give yourself authority to schedule your next email dash.

Just for one morning, see if you can’t get a bit more actual work done if you’re not mentally scanning for sabre-tooths.

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Still from 23am pulikesi

2008-07-20T23:19:00.001+05:30

Kids can have strokes too

2008-07-18T22:02:00.001+05:30

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I wonder what the reason could be. For now, I am not gonna write anything on this.

தமிழ் பாடல் - தமிழில் பாடல்

2008-07-17T20:46:00.001+05:30

தூய தமிழில் பாடல்களை கேட்பது அரிதாகிவிட்ட இக்காலத்தில் தேன் தமிழில் இனிய குரலில் வடிவமைக்கப்பட்டுள்ள இந்த பாடல் மனதிற்கு சுகமாகவும் மகிழ்ச்சியை அளிப்பதாகவும் உள்ளது.

What a street!!

2008-07-16T23:04:00.001+05:30

MadTV

2008-07-16T21:34:00.002+05:30

Couldn't control laughing!!

Bullet in slow motion

2008-07-15T19:28:00.001+05:30

Lord of the rings?!

2008-07-15T12:00:00.001+05:30

Floor-by-Floor Demolition Blows Minds, Saves Environment

2008-07-15T11:34:00.002+05:30

How do they do it? First they replace the support pillars at ground level with computer-controlled metal columns. Then, a crew carefully demolishes by hand the entire floor, leaving the structure resting on the mechanic pillars, which then go down slowly until the next floor is at ground level. They replace again the support pillars with the mechanic ones, destroy that floor, and repeat the operation until they get rid of all the floors. This makes it look as if the building is shrinking in front of you, or being swallowed by the street.

According to the company, this method greatly reduces the environmental impact of the demolition, as well as the time. Kajima says that it speeds up the task by 20%, while making it easier to separate materials for recycling, as well as reducing the amount of products released into the air.
The process is called daruma-otoshi after a japanese game that makes players take the bottom parts of a column—using a hammer—without disturbing the rest of the parts above. This method doesn't disturb the columns above either, but it somehow disturbs my mind. [Kajima via Pink Tentacle]

பா ம க மது ஒழிப்பு பேரணியில் நடந்த கூத்து

2008-07-14T16:50:00.000+05:30

Story behind the Tux

2008-07-11T22:30:00.000+05:30

If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next

2008-07-10T23:43:00.002+05:30

The future teaches you to be alone
The present to be afraid and cold
So if I can shoot rabbits
Then I can shoot fascists

Bullets for your brain today
But we'll forget it all again
Monuments put from pen to paper
Turns me into a gutless wonder

And if you tolerate this
Then your children will be next
And if you tolerate this
Then your children will be next
Will be next
Will be next
Will be next

Gravity keeps my head down
Or is it maybe shame
At being so young and being so vain

Holes in your head today
But I'm a pacifist
I've walked La Ramblas
But not with real intent

And if you tolerate this
Then your children will be next
And if you tolerate this
Then your children will be next
Will be next
Will be next
Will be next
Will be next

And on the street tonight an old man plays
With newspaper cuttings of his glory days

And if you tolerate this
Then your children will be next
And if you tolerate this
Then your children will be next
Will be next
Will be next
Will be next

From -- this is my truth tell me yours (1998)

Mobility means this

2008-07-10T22:19:00.001+05:30

Diving from the edge of the gravity

2008-07-10T22:08:00.001+05:30

Bangkok Insurance Ads

2008-07-10T21:58:00.001+05:30

Why men love UNIX

2008-07-10T20:35:00.002+05:30

Got this mail from Kumaram. Read these commands!!! and sorry if this is sarcastic.

Why men love UNIX!!!!

$ touch;

$ finger;

$ unzip;

$ strip;

$ mount;

$ mv;

$ halt;

$ mv;

$ halt;

$ mv;

$ halt;

$ mv;

$ halt;

$ mv;

$ halt;

$ mv;

$ halt;

$ mv;

$ halt;

$ mv;

$ halt;

$ mv;

$ halt;

$ core dump;

$ unmount;

$ sleep;

$ ...

and the best thing is.. NO VIRUS!!

That's why for anything you want to understand in UNIX you have to type

$ man

at the prompt.

Firefox3 world record

2008-07-03T07:29:00.000+05:30

Animate

2008-07-02T21:40:00.000+05:30

Escape!

2008-06-30T21:15:00.002+05:30

Parkour extreme - a must watch

2008-06-30T21:12:00.001+05:30

Good news

2008-06-27T22:18:00.000+05:30

Prashant and Chandra has got a baby boy on June 25. :-)
Great news. Congrats all 3.

Change the way we think about plastics

2008-03-30T21:03:00.006+05:30

The invention of low density polymer changed the way the world carried the goods. Back in 1990s, when plastics bags were first into the market in India, we were very happy that we don't need to carry a bag with us anymore. Go to the shop empty handed and they will give you the bag. Cereals, pulses, milk, and lots of other stuffs were safely packed in plastic covers. It was very easy for the shop keepers to pack it. Because, all they need to do is to have a lighted candle. After packing the stuff in, to seal the cover, they fold the top and swipe it in the candle flame, which melts the polymer and thus packing the ends. We even had (Arun) ice-creams packed in the plastic balls, with which we later used to play cricket.

We also had subjects like "Environmental Studies" in which we learnt that we should not use plastic bags and materials. I used to wonder what is wrong with this world. One side, they preach me not to use the plastics. The other side, plastic bag is an essential part of my life. I did not have proper resources to list the harmful effects of the plastic. Not many people knew that plastics are harmful. My teachers, although they taught me that one should not use it, they were also part of the common people who are victims of their ease of comfort or careless attitude towards the society. If the generation 10 years ago had stopped using it, I suppose, the ill effects of the plastics would not have been as bad as it is today. All the effects that the plastic debris causes are global.

Pollutes the water and soil. If burnt it pollutes the air. What other place can you think of?
Since the water is polluted, any marine living organism is affected. Since their genes gets mutated by these toxic chemicals, the effect is carry forwarded to their little ones.
When such fishes are consumed by humans, it leads to impotency and many other diseases which usually will affect not just this generation, but also our future generations to come.
Plastic doesn't bio-degrade. Beaches around the world are inundated with plastic debris.

More information can be found at the Algalita Marine Research website. Google will give you more information as well.

The ignorance on the plastic bag usage amongst the developing countries like India and China will change the future of the world, fundamentally due the fact that the population in these countries is huge. So, as the head count increases, the usage of platics increases exponentially.

Taking the case of developed countries like UK, the situation is not exactly the same. The people there tend to be more aware of the ban-plastic campaigns. Shops like TESCO have come up with quick recyclable plastics. Not only that, but also to pay the customer back if they return the plastic bags. This in a way will reduce the plastic bag usage. Although such efforts can not ban the plastics, nevertheless, the usage is reduced. I appreciate such efforts, because people there follows it. They are truly against plastics. Going forward, they must consider a permanent ban on plastics.

I feel strange that Singapore, being a developed country, is not implementing such best practices. A small example is the number of plastic bags that I had collected from the NTU departmental stores in a duration of just 4 months in the campus. These bags were provided only by the stores inside the campus. I have not shown the plastic bags that I got from the shops outside the campus. I still have these bags in my room. In case anyone needs it, I am willing to give it, under a condition that, you should never throw it away. :-)

A more disappointing experience is when the "bring your own bag" campaign was alive for a week in NTU. No one even cared about such thing happening. The people came just like that and the store keepers were not bothered as well. I wonder why would anyone have such a campaign when the attitude of the people, who are mostly educated in the campus, can not be changed at all. The educated people in the campus need to get rid of their lazy attitude and realize that we are a "throw away" society that creates long term pollution problems in exchange for short-term ease of living. This only burdens the future further.

I strongly believe that the best step towards any "No-plastic" campaign is to stop preaching about plastics; stop showing up banners/posters and ban the plastics completely inside the campus. Because people will never change their minds unless you make them to change. Ban the plastics and give them an opportunity to manage their purchase without any plastic assistance. Let them bring whatever they want to carry the stuffs. After all, the consumer assumes the major responsibility of the for the end use of the products.

CHANGE HOW WE THINK ABOUT PLASTICS.
WE DESPERATELY NEED GREEN EARTH!!
WE MUST THINK AND ACT ON THIS AT LEAST!

Think what you think of yourself

2008-03-28T09:44:00.002+05:30

Self realization and thought meditation are correlated and both of them lead an individual to search the goal of his life. The route he chooses depends upon the decision he makes but the decision making process is not within the competence of an individual. There are so many guiding principles and role of inheritance is so crucial that the person, who swept away with a desire to search the gospel of life, may consider himself that he has lost his relevance in the process.

An urge may lead to big surge. The innovation and the ideals play a vital role for the advancement. Some people are very optimistic and sometime they appear to become over-enthusiastic. The individuals use worship the rising sun and as such since an interaction with another individual having an innocent behavior, may always be regarded as one of the associates.

Life is threefold present; the present having an experience, past with a memory and a future with an expectation .Every expectation is not in anticipation nor is depended upon the circumstances. The harmonious construction is required to be given effect for analyzing the truth amongst the 3 dimensional reflections. Thus an individual who is associated with an optimistic personality always tries to germinate confidence and simultaneously introspect with retrospective effect.

Throwing a stone up on the Moon may not be considered as an intelligent step but without throwing the stone in the upward direction, the heights attended by the trees in the Garden may not be crossed. It is only matter of appreciation and understanding by the individuals as to whether he may understand that the fellow is throwing the stone to cross the barrier or to some impossible distances. However even after being conversant that the person may suffer the lack of insight towards his objectives in life, but the said Individual’s approach becomes a guiding factor to other associate.

The father of the individual enthusiastic personality may seldom be able to cope up the requirement of adjustment in life with his son but certainly there is an implied appreciation which is not demonstrated but can be felt with his behavior.

Thus the child who understands that it is on account of close affinity that the matter of appreciation becomes an unnecessary formality and this creates a misunderstanding.

People worships to God as he is unknown as usually inaccessible. Likewise the enthusiasm of an individual is indirectly related with the destiny and in case if the luck permits, there is every possibility of achieving the success. Who will not like to become conversant with an important personality and likewise people outside may start appreciation with a critical assessment regarding your performance. Thus neither the disappointment is required nor there is need to provide undue prominence to such negative approach. Though thy path be dark but there is a guiding factor which is given to the people by the nature and not by the individuals. Thus one should not have taken into consideration on that what the others think about you but you should think what you think of yourself.

ஷேவாங்க டேமா

2008-03-27T19:43:00.001+05:30

பக்கத்துத் தெருவில் இருக்கும் வாக்குச்சாவடிக்கு சென்று வாக்களிக்கவே, அய்யோ அந்த வரிசையில் நின்று யார் வாக்களிப்பது என்று சலித்துக் கொள்ளும் உலகத்தில் 600 கி.மீ. தூரம் காடு மலை முகடுகளில் ஏறி இறங்கி நடந்து சென்று வாக்களித்துள்ளார் ஒரு குடிமகள்.

இமாலயத்தை ஒட்டி உள்ள பூட்டானில்தான் அந்த உலகமகா குடிமகள் 65 வயதான ஷேவாங்க டேமா என்பவர் வசித்து வருகிறார்.

பூட்டானில் தற்போது மன்னர் ஆட்சி நடைபெறுகிறது. ஜனநாயகம் எனப்படும் மக்களாட்சி மலர உள்ளது. அதற்காக கடந்த திங்கட்கிழமை அன்று முதன் முதலாக வாக்குப்பதிவு நடைபெற்றது.

இந்த வாக்குப்பதிவில் பூட்டான் மக்கள் அனைவரும் அவர்கள் பிறந்த இடத்தில் அமைக்கப்பட்டிருக்கும் வாக்குச்சாவடிகளில் மட்டுமே வாக்களிக்க வேண்டும் என்று உத்தரவிடப்பட்டிருந்தது. மேலும் இந்த நாடாளுமன்றத் தேர்தலில் பல மலைவாழ் கிராமங்களும் பங்கேற்றன என்பது குறிப்பிடத்தக்கது.

எனவே எங்கெங்கோ வாழும் பூட்டான் மக்கள் தங்கள் பிறந்த ஊர்களுக்குச் செல்ல ஆயத்தமானார்கள். வண்டிகளையும், டிரக்குகளையும் கட்டிக் கொண்டு வாக்களிக்க கூட்டம் கூட்டமாகக் கிளம்பினர்.

ஆனால், ஷேவாங் டேமாவிற்கு வாகனத்தில் சென்றால் தலை சு‌த்த‌‌ல், வாந்தி எடுக்கும் பிரச்சினை இருப்பதால் அவர் ஒரு முடிவை எடுத்தார்.

நான் வாக்களித்து என்ன ஆகப்போகிறது என்பதல்ல, தான் பிறந்த கிராமத்திற்கு 600 கி.மீ. தூரம் நடந்தே சென்று வாக்களித்துவிட்டு வருவதென்பதுதான் அந்த முடிவு.

பூடானின் தலைநகர் திம்புவில் வசிக்கும் டேமா, வீட்டில் இருந்து வாக்களிப்பதற்காக தான் பிறந்த கிராமத்திற்கு நடந்தே செல்வதாக கூறியவுடன் உறவினர்கள், சுற்றத்தார் என எல்லோருக்கும் அதிர்ச்சி. ஆனால் விடாப்பிடியாக ஜனநாயக ஆட்சி மலர தான் வாக்களித்தே ஆக வேண்டும் என்ற டேமாவின் உறுதியான முடிவினால், வேறு வழியில்லாமல் அனைவரும் மிகுந்த வருத்தத்துடன் அவரை வழியனுப்பி வைத்தனர். பல ஆண்டுகள் கழித்து வீட்டை விட்டு வெளியே செல்லும் டேமா தனது 13 வயது பேரனுடன் பயணத்தைத் துவக்கினார்.

பகல் முழுவதும் அந்த கரடு முரடான பாதைகளில் நடந்து செல்வதும், இரவு நேரத்தில் ஆங்காங்கே இருக்கும் கிராமங்களில் தங்கிவிடுவதுமாக இந்த பயணம் அமைந்தது.

டேமா நடந்து வந்த பாதைகள் அனைத்தும் அழகான சாலைகள் அல்ல, கரடுமுரடான பாறைகளையும், முட்களையும் கொண்ட மலைப்பாதை.

சுமார் 14 நாட்கள் மிகுந்த மன உறுதியுடன் நடந்து வந்து, அவர் பிறந்த கிராமத்தில் உள்ள வாக்குச்சாவடிக்கு வந்து வாக்களித்தார் பூட்டான் குடிமகள் ஷேவாங்க டேமா.

ஷேவாங் டேமா மட்டுமல்ல, ஆயிரக்கணக்கான மக்கள் பல ஆண்டுகள் கழித்து தங்கள் சொந்த மண்ணைக் காண மன உற்சாகத்துடன் வந்திருந்தனர்.

6 லட்சத்து 70,000 மக்களைக் கொண்ட நாட்டின் தேர்தல் ஆணையம், வாக்களிக்க வரும் பொதுமக்களின் வசதிக்காக தனியார் மற்றும் சொந்த வாகனங்களை வாக்குச்சாவடிகளை நோக்கி இயக்கவும், வாடகை கார்களை இயக்கவும் அனுமதித்தது. பலர் பல ஆண்டு கழித்து கிடைத்த வாகனத்தில் தங்கள் பிறந்த கிராமத்தை தரிசிக்கவும், வாக்களிக்கவும் புறப்பட்டனர்.

வாக்குப்பதிவன்று எப்போதும் மக்கள், வாகன நெரிசலில் சிக்கித் தவிக்கும் பூடான் தலைநகர் திம்புவில் சாலைகள் வெறிச்சோடி கிடந்தன. உணவகங்களும் சிறிது நேரம் மட்டுமே இயங்கின. திம்புவில் வசிக்கும் அனைவரும் வாக்களித்து தங்கள் கடமையை நிறைவேற்ற அவர்களின் பிறந்த மண்ணுக்கு சென்று விட்டனர்.

அலுவலகம் விடுமுறை அளித்தும், பக்கத்துத் தெருவில் வாக்குச்சாவடி அமைத்தும் வாக்களிக்கப் போகாமல் இருக்கும் பொறுப்பற்ற குடிமக்களே இவர்களைப் பார்த்தாவது திருந்துங்கள். உங்கள் வாக்கின் சக்தி என்ன என்று உணருங்கள்.

ஷேவாங்க டேமா வுக்கு “உலக ஜனநாயக நாயகி” என்ற பட்டத்தை கொடுத்தாலும், அவரின் கடின முயற்சிக்கு ஈடு இணையாகாது.

Lhasa - the real scenario

2008-03-21T07:26:00.007+05:30

Furious on the Chinese government after the BBC reports?? Watch this video and and tell who killed the innocent people. This clearly indicates that the west is trying to dominate over us. In this video in youtube, the BBC reports say that the Tibet riots were not shown on the TV in Beijing. This is absolutely false information.

The mob attack clearly shows that before the army arrived there, the situation was very worse. 5 innocent girls burnt alive, hundreds of shops were destroyed.

Did you notice knives in their hands? Will a peaceful protester have knife? Is this what is called Human rights? These people should be shot to death.

If you say that the firing by the Chinese police forces are inhuman, then I would say that it is only to stop the inhuman mob attack and riot. Killing wild animals when they attack and harm the public should not be considered under human rights; neither under blue cross. So, let these animals be shot dead by the army.

Thinking far from that point, as you saw, why do the Buddhists attack? Are they not suppose to kill even an ant? Doesn't it show up that the men inside the Buddhist monk dress were rioters? or they have disguised their beast inside the Buddhist monk cover!

What common sense do the western media like BBC and CNN have? These media are reporting what their government what them to. They have no rights to talk about the Chinese government. The US is clearly afraid of the growth in the Asia, especially in India and China. US supports Pakistan terrorists, which on the other door signs nuclear deal with India.

The west is clearly trying to cover up the entire drama of Dalai Lama to butch a nation out of his personal and religious interests. Shame on our Indian government which has given refugee to these religious-political beasts.

Not to forget the Indian media, which keeps saying that the Chinese forces have killed 100's in a week. Foolish crap. Those mobs should be shot dead on the road. Do you want the Chinese police to serve them with cold ice coffee, under the Human rights idology and protect them safely to kills and destroy the Lhasa city? This can happen in India. During the caste based riots in South Tamilnadu, the police have supported the mob and has seen them killing people and destroying the property. In Bangalore, the police have literally seen (guided?) the mob when it destroyed the properties of hundreds after the death of Kannada film actor Raj Kumar.

When the Indian media kept their asses shut during those days and reported nothing but simple violence due to "mob", what credibility do they have to blame the Chinese government of killing the innocent people, when they were actually attacked and killed by the rioters!! Were the media or the police able to identify the "mob" behind the violence after Raj Kumar's death? They won't. They can't!

So the Indian and western media should stop hyping about things they do not know and watch their own ass

Flowchart

2008-03-17T19:49:00.000+05:30

A logical loop. Bharathi has written it already. But still since I found it interesting, I am blogging it.

Ensoi..

Work load!!

2008-03-14T15:34:00.008+05:30

This guy here is a coolie (luggage carrier) at bus station Bangalore, Kalasyapalya bus stop (City market) who usually carry luggage to/from the bus. The Volvo buses there transport even 2-wheelers from one place to another.

Take few seconds to think how they carry 2 wheelers to the bus. Most of the times they carry it in the box located under the bus. If the box is full some times they carry the vehicle to top of the bus.

Did you ever imagine that this is how they carry the vehicle?!

One who complains about the work load due to one's laziness and attitude need to think for a moment and realize that one is in a safe game, unlike this guy.

Credits to Chitra for forwarding the mail.

Lord Krishnar temple - Dhoby Gaut

2008-03-08T20:16:00.007+05:30

After a disappointing volleyball game, I went to Lord Krishna temple today. I was totally upset after the game, for we were not serious about the game at all. Joking and moking like kids, I felt ashamed to loose all the 5 games to the opponent. I was almost lost my temper when the mistakes went out of control and bound. I felt like, I am back in my angry days: the days when i was not able to avoid getting angry and lose my temper and punch the wall hard; with bleeding fist I used to say, "I am sorry, I was bad today".

This incidence once happened during our DSP course in IIT Madras. My friends and I were playing cards in our room; Mike (Madhusudhanan), used to get bullied by us for his pretend-to-be-innocent attitude. We teased him for something, which triggered him to lock us inside the room and do his work. We dint worry much and continued our work (playing cards.. :P). As far as i can remember now, after sometime, I climbed down from the 5th floor, through the balcony and I came in front and opened our doors (parkour!! :D). Now I went and locked him inside the room. :D I was not angry. No intension of revenge, blah blah.. I was damn cool and I just locked him just for fun. ;-)

Just before dinner, Maggi (Mahendran) opened Mike's room (to let him free :P). When Mike was out he was ferocious. I was in my room after evening shower, with just a towel covering my bottom. Guys were there as well. He came to my room and started shouting. I just smiled and laughed. How else would you expect me to respond?! I came out of the room, to the corridor to cool him down. He kept yelling at me. With our guys (Mohan, Muthu, Maggi, Pachai, etc) present there, Madhu suddenly ripped my towel off with the intention to make me look naked in front of others. I don't know how disappointed he would have felt to see me with underwear, but, I lost my temper totally. The anger peaked in me in just a fraction of a second and I was literally mad with his filthy intention. I pushed him hard and he fell down far from where we were standing. I went with a definite intention to smash his face off. Seeing me mad, Muthu and Maggi caught me from behind. Meanwhile Pachai took Mike away. I was not able to let the anger go away. I dint know what to do and punched the wall so hard continuously that I started bleeding. My friends could not stop me from hitting too, cus they were afraid to come near me. They were really scared. But I can not forgive Mike for what he tried to do that day.

There were few such incidents later. But, to be honest, I had never been angry after all that. Somehow, I have trained myself and avoided getting anger. It is the mental and spiritual maturity that we need to develop. One should not get anger at all. In case he gets angry he should not control. If we let it act, it will have bad effect on others. But if we control it, it will have very bad effects on ourselves. So it is always wise not to get angry.

A wise man learns from others mistakes. I have not been wise. Hope you learn from me!

Just now I came from Lord Krishnar temple in Dhoby Gaut. We planned to go to this temple last evening. But since I had to attend the Samsung Career talk, I postponed the temple outing to today.

It was really a nice feeling there in the temple. The positive waves, there in the temple giving us all the required energy to boost ourselves. After a long time I saw the idol of Lord Hayagreevar. The sloka on his name is as follows:

jnAna-Ananda-mayam devam nirmala-sphaTikAkRtim
AdhAram sarvavidyAnAm hayagrIvam upAsmahe!

Written in Tamil, it is:

ஞானானந்தமயம் தேவம் நிர்மல ஸ்படிகாக்ருதிம்
ஆதாரம் சர்வ வித்யானாம் ஹயக்ரீவம் உபாஸ்மஹே!

For the first three or four words I was able to make a literary translation:

ஞானத்தினால் வரும் ஆனந்தம்தான் தெய்வம்!

The joy resulting from the harmonious union of knowledge is heavenly!

I hope everyone in this world get to realize that joy and life peacefully!
(Sorry, I dint get pictures of the Krishnar temple. I will get it next time! :-)

சிதம்பரம் தில்லை நடராஜர்

2008-03-04T09:47:00.000+05:30

சிதம்பரம் தில்லை நடராஜர் கோயிலின் சிற்றம்பல மேடையில் தேவாரம் பாடி இறைவனை வழிபடச் சென்ற ஓதுவார் ஆறுமுகசாமியையும், அவருக்கு பாதுகாவலாகச் சென்ற காவல் துறையினரையும் அக்கோயிலின் தீட்சிதர்கள் தடுத்து நிறுத்தி தாக்கியுள்ளது ஆன்மிக நெறிமுறைகளுக்கும், பக்தி பாரம்பரியத்திற்கும் இழைக்கப்பட்டுள்ள அவமானமாகும்.

உயர் நீதிமன்ற உத்தரவின்படி, இந்து சமய அறநிலைத் துறையின் செயலர் அளித்த அனுமதியின் அடிப்படையில்தான் சிவனடியார் ஆறுமுகசாமி - கோயிலில் நடைபெற வேண்டிய பூஜைக்குப் பின்னர் - சிற்றம்பல மேடையேறி தேவாரம் பாடச் சென்றார்.

உயர் நீதிமன்றம், இந்து அறநிலையத் துறை ஆகியவற்றின் உத்தரவின்படியே தேவாரம் பாட ஓதுவார் ஆறுமுகசாமிக்கு அனுமதி அளிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது என்று காவல் அதிகாரிகள் பிரதீப் குமார், செந்தில் வேலன் ஆகியோர் எடுத்துக் கூறியதற்குப் பிறகும் அதனைப் பொருட்படுத்தாமல், சிற்றம்பல மேடையேறி தேவாரம் பாடினால் அது தீட்டாகிவிடும் என்று கூச்சலிட்டு வன்முறையில் ஈடுபட்டுள்ளனர்.

தங்களை தடுத்து வன்முறையில் ஈடுபட்ட தீட்சிதர்களை காவல் துறையினர் அப்புறப்படுத்திய பின்னரே ஓதுவார் ஆறுமுகசாமி சிற்றம்பல மேடையேறி தேவாரப் பாடல்களைப் பாடியுள்ளார்.

அவர் தேவாரப் பாடலைப் பாடத் துவங்கியதும், அங்கிருந்த தீட்சிதர்கள் தில்லை நடராஜர் வீற்றிருக்கும் கருவறையை மறைத்து நின்றுள்ளனர். கடவுளைப் பார்த்து தேவாரத்தைப் பாட அனுமதிக்க மாட்டார்களாம்! என்ன அநியாயம் இது? இறைவனின் ச‌ன்னதியில் இறைவனைப் போற்றிப் பாடிய பக்திப் பாடலான தேவாரத்தைப் பாடுவதற்குத் தடையா? பக்திப் பாடலைப் பாடுவதனால் தீட்டாகிவிடுமா?

இன்றிலிருந்து 60 ஆண்டுகளுக்கு முன்பு வரை தில்லை நடராஜர் ஆலயத்தில் தேவாரம் பாடி வழிபாடு செய்யும் பாரம்பரியம் இருந்த்து. இடையில் கோயிலிற்குள் புகுந்து கோயிலையே தங்களுக்கு அளிக்கப்பட்ட சொத்து என்று கூறி, தமிழையே கோயிலிற்குள் நுழையாமல் தடுத்துவரும் இந்த தீட்சிதர் கூட்டம், அன்றைக்கு நந்தனாரைத் தடுத்து ஆன்மிகத்தை அவமானம் செய்ய முற்பட்டது. இன்று நீதிமன்ற, அரசு உத்தரவுகளை ஏற்க மறுத்து, புனிதமான, வரலாற்றுப் பெருமையும், ஆன்மிக மகத்துவமும் கொண்ட அந்த ஆலயத்தில் தனது ஆளுமையை நிலைநிறுத்திக் கொள்ளும் ஒரே நோக்குடன் இ‌ப்படி‌ப்ப‌ட்ட ‌கீ‌ழ்‌த்தரமான நடவடி‌க்கை‌யி‌ல் ஈடுப‌ட்டு‌ள்ளன‌ர்.

இறைவனுக்கும் அவன் மீது பக்தி செலுத்தும் அன்பர்களுக்கும் இடையே குறுக்கே நிற்க இவர்கள் யார்?

தில்லை நடராஜர் கோயில் தங்களுக்கு ப‌ட்டயமளிக்கப்பட்ட சொத்து என்று கூறி கோயிலை அபகரித்த தீட்சிதர்கள், சட்டத்தை தங்களுக்கு சாதகமாக வளைக்க உச்ச நீதிமன்றம் வரை சென்று, அக்கோயிலை உரிமையாக்கிக் கொண்ட நாள்முதல் ஆகம விதிகளுக்கு புது இலக்கணம் புகுத்தி தொடர்ந்து நிகழ்த்தி வரும் அட்டூழியம் ஆன்மிக பண்பாட்டிற்கு பெரும் இழிவை ஏற்படுத்தி வருகிறது.

மற்ற கோயில்களில் ரூ.2 கொடுத்து அர்ச்சனை சீட்டுப் பெற்றுக்கொண்டு வழிபாடு செய்துவிட்டுச் செல்லலாம். ஆனால் தில்லையில் அந்தந்த ச‌ன்ன‌திகளில் உள்ள தீட்சிதர்களே பக்தர்களின் ‘நிலைக்கேற்றவாறு‘ கட்டணத்தை நிர்ணயித்து அர்ச்சனை செய்வார்கள். ஒருமுறை சென்று வந்தால் போதும் மறுமுறை இக்கோயிலிற்கு வரவேண்டாம் என்று முடிவெடுப்பீர்கள். அந்த அளவிற்கு இவர்களின் அநியாய ராஜ்யம் அங்கு தடையின்றி கோலேச்சிக் கொண்டிருக்கிறது.

ஆகம விதிகள் என்று கூறி இந்தப் பூஜாரிகள் போடும் வேடங்களால் இந்து மதத்தின் உன்னத ஆன்மிக தத்துவ அடிப்படை சர்ச்சைக்குள்ளாகி வருகிறது.

கேரளத்தில் உள்ள நம்பூதிரி வகுப்பைச் சேர்ந்த புரோகிதக் கூட்டத்தினர், தாங்கள் வைத்ததுதான் சட்டம் என்று கூறி ஜேசுதாஸ் போன்ற பக்தர்களை அவமதிப்பதும், சிதம்பரத்தில் இந்த தீட்சிதர் கூட்டம் தேவாரம் பாடுவதால் கோயில் தீட்டாகிவிடும் என்று கூறுவதும் எந்த விதத்திலாவது இந்து (வேத) மதத்தின் ஆன்மிக அடிப்படைகளுடன் ஒத்துப்போவதாக யாராவது கூற முடியுமா?

‘ஆத்மானாம் சர்வம் பூதானி’ என்று கூறி அனைத்திலும் இருந்து இயக்குவது புருஷோத்தமனாகிய நானே என்று கீதையில் பகவான் ஸ்ரீ கிருஷ்ணன் கூறுவதை ஏற்பதா அல்லது இந்த தீட்சிதர் கூட்டம் போடும் கூச்சலில் அர்த்தம் தேடுவதா?

இந்திய நாட்டின் உயர் ஆன்மிக நெறிகளும், இங்கு தோன்றிய அருளாளர் வள்ளலார் இராமலிங்க அடிகளார், ஸ்ரீ இராமகிருஷ்ணர், விவேகானந்தர், ஸ்ரீ அரவிந்தர், ஸ்ரீ அன்னை, பகவான் ஸ்ரீ இரமண மகரிஷி போன்ற ஆன்மிக முன்னோடிகள் நமக்கு அளித்துச் சென்றுள்ள வழிகாட்டுதல்களுக்கு முரணாக இவர்களின் அர்த்தமற்ற ஆகம கூச்சல் உள்ளது.

இதற்கு உடனடியாக விடை காண வேண்டும். இல்லையேல் இந்தியாவின் ஆன்மிகம் என்பது இப்படிப்பட்ட சுய நலக் கூட்டத்தின் அர்த்தமற்ற பேச்சுக்களலாலும், நடவடிக்கைகளாலும் திசைமாறிவிடும்.

நமது வாழ்வில் கோயில்களுக்கு அளிக்கப்பட்டுள்ள உன்னத இடமும் மறைந்து போகும்.

Hongzhi has left NTU

2008-02-29T21:46:00.002+05:30

Hongzhi -- This word is not pronounced in the same way as it is written. It is difficult to represent this in English script. Here is the Tamil representation/pronunciation, which matches exactly with the Chinese -- ஒங்ட்ஸு.

Zhao Hongzhi is my friend here in NTU. He was doing his PhD attachment in here from UESTC , for almost 2 years. He has been working with the WiMax - MIMO testbed development team. I met Hongzhi after I joined the team back in September 2007.

Hongzhi is a very nice guy. Very friendly, casual and bearing no barrier of ego or supremacy. In deed all of my team mates are like that. The interesting thing that I found about Hongzhi is that he resembles my dad's character. Caring and hardworking.

In December 2007, I started writing my own code instead of using the existing functions written by Hongzhi. It was because, I did not understand the basic data modules and formats in the programs. The testbed codes have a very common structure. So it is very easy to write programs on top of it. After fighting with that for a long time, I used to get upset after I work hard and when there is no result coming out. I used to go to Hongzhi and tell him that "How do we do this, how do we do that..". All he will say is "Dont worry. You will do it.". That has been my motivation all along.

There is another thing for which i use to torture him.. :P I learned to speak some Chinese words from him. Although I am not sure about the grammatical usage, I can wish people in Chinese. I do not know the Chinese scripts. So I will just write the phonetic sounds in English.

Good Morning, Good Afternoon and Good Evening -- "Zaw, shaw how"
Good Night -- "Vaan an"
Wish you a happy new year -- "Shin yang kwai la"
Wish you get more money -- "Gong se foxai" <- I might be wrong here Wish you good health -- "Shen thi jyaang kang" Chop sticks -- "Kwetz"

Numbering system:

one -- yi
two -- er
three -- san
four -- si (as in 'simple')
five -- wo or wu
six -- leo
seven -- Chi
eight -- baa
nine -- Geo
ten -- Shu ( 'u' is half silent here. You should not circle your lips when pronouncing it. Keep it flat)
eleven -- shu yi
twelve -- shu er
thirteen -- shu san
fourteen -- shu si
fifteen -- shu wo

The chinese numbering system has a unique way of representing. It is very easy as well. Eleven in Chinese is "ten one". Twelve is "ten two", and so on. Twenty is "Two ten", twenty-one is "two ten one" (2*10 + 1), and so on. This logic should end at 99, logically. Because, for hundred there will be a new word ;-). But I do not know what it is.

Surprisingly, even Tamil has the same representation for the number system. I dint notice it until after the recent dinner with Prof Ting, Prof Guan, Hongzhi and others.

Did you notice one thing here?? I dint ask him the word for zero!! :-( May be, because the logic behind my brain was that zero is not very important unless it comes in the right place. :D. I will ask that to Dr. Liu.

Nice memories Hongzhi. Wish you good luck in your career. :-)

2008-02-22T12:10:00.002+05:30

मैं भी हिन्दी में लिख रहा हूँ!!!!!
यह मुझे कॉमेडी लगती है! :D
क्यूं की मैं दसवी कक्षा में देवनागरी इस्तमाल कर चुका हूँ!
और तब भी मुझे वह कॉमेडी लगती थी!
ही ही ही!! :-)

Here is the translation

Even I am writing in Hindi.
I find it funny writing in Hindi. :D
Cus, I have used Devanagari script in my 10th standard.
Even then it was funny to me.
He he he... :-)

Hott Notes

2008-02-22T09:20:00.002+05:30

I got this Hottnotes from here. I like using short notes on my desktop, as a reminder, as a checklist, and on and on. It is very convenient to use, unlike the Windows Sidebar gadgets. You can even set alarms for the tasks you want to be reminded of. Lot of other configuration and options available.

Here is the screen shot of my desktop

They have started it again

2008-02-14T08:24:00.004+05:30

கெளம்பிட்டான்யா... கெளம்பிட்டான்யா...!!!

கவிதைகள்

2008-02-14T07:41:00.006+05:30

இன்று எனக்கு தோன்றிய கவிதைகள்:

என் கண்களிலே வரைந்தேன் உன்னை
அதனாலோ நான் இன்னும் கண் மூடவில்லை!
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நீர் தெளிந்த ஓடையில் கண்டேன் என் மனதை
நீலம் விண் முழுதும் பரவ, தூயது
என் மனமோ (அந்த) விண்ணோ என வியந்தேன்
கலையாய் மேகம் விண்ணைத் தழுவ
அதில் உன் முகம் கண்டு என் மனதைப் பார்த்து
கலங்கியது ஓடை, (கண்) கலங்கினேன் நான்.
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Trace back

2008-02-08T14:14:00.000+05:30

It has been around 7 months since I am into the Masters course here. I am in the process of recollecting why I wanted to do this course. In other words, I am just trying to recollect my thoughts that motivated me to come here and pursue this course.

After my BE project, I was more confused if future can be modeled in terms of past and present. It was the fractal and Long range dependent nature of the network traffic that made me think in this way. No wonder, i started to search the time travel for my query -- in this search, i just landed up understanding what Einstein's thought was. I vaguely interpreted how he was made to think in that way. What he meant by his theory of relativity, and how he proved that the classical theory of relativity doesn't hold good always. Not beyond that. I did not think beyond that! I could not think how one can cross the time boundaries and get into time travel. As far as i imagined and thought about it, it is not possible for a time travel. It has to be someone from the superset of this universe, who can do that.

This confusion was stable in me, that i searched for my answer in almost everything that i came across. I presumed that everything can be mathematically modeled: in finer scales by multifractals and LRD; that almost all real time events can be modeled by Calculus, as time is continuous.

My life with Hinduism has taught me more than the rituals and stuff. To think about the immortal life, which was the motto of the Sidhdhas. To receive the cosmic energy and to sustain the joy of eternity. This was the primary goal of the sidhdhas. They wanted the common people to enjoy the eternal bliss (முக்தி). There is no exact word in English that can incorporate the word - முக்தி(mukthi). Leaving this aside for a while, I thought about how telepathy works. The mind waves are able to sustain the time and reach the distance. Thoughts and ideas communicated by our parents, days ago, can be received by us. Take the concept of Reiki. Long distance healing is definitely possible. How is this happening?!

If this is possible, then we should definitely be able to receive the mind waves of the Sidhdhas, whose mind waves will still be active. Its this simple concept behind this ideology. When you pray for someone, your positive energy builds up and heals or cures or helps the one you intended it for. It is the same principle that I thought about. But for a different cause.

Sidhdhas have not thought about today's life, where in we people do not have time for spiritual life. The only way to make us realize about முக்தி is to decode their mind waves completely (do you think we can sit and meditate now to attain முக்தி?), without any intermediate person, cus, he can add his own thoughts to the received waves. So, the only possible solution - a device to read the mind waves. Is this really possible?? My first thought towards this was to model these mind waves and give them a mathematical structure. This can later be interpreted by a device. This is the whole and sole reason that i wanted to pursue this course. I earned quite well in Bangalore. That made me go easy with my thoughts about money, that i did not worry about the materialistic facts of the life. Somehow, I took the risk.

But when i came here, I saw people working hard for their living. They work to make their life. Of course, they do not know a damn about spirituality. As Bagavath Geetha says, they work (but with expectations). Honestly, I have to accept my fault that I did not go beyond this point towards my goal after coming here. There has been no spiritual improvements in me towards the path of eternity. Shankarar said - Change is the only ever lasting constant. I hope that this change did not stop the fire in me.

If you are confused after reading this, take some pain in reading this too and think about this:

1. When we ask what soul means, we have no answer. Where does it come from? What is it?
But if I cut my finger apart, or say one whole arm for that matter, why does the arm jump (in tamil, ஏன் துடிக்கும்)?

Let me make it even more simple. Every cell of your body has life in it. Dead cells are washed off when we bath. Assume you have trillions of cells in your body. Doesn't it mean your body is composed of those trillions of lives? Then where is your soul??? :-) Now get back to point 1 and think.

Amazing, isn't it? Can any doctor or biologist please help me answer. Will they have at last? Who do i inquire for such doubts about cells, lives, instincts, etc? hmm..

Happy Birthday Ravi

2008-02-04T22:23:00.001+05:30

Today is bugger's birthday. He had nice birthday bumps on the Nanyang valley road. As everyone else, we lifted him and bang bang... He was indeed enjoying a few bumps by Amar and Omkar (saying, mm.. good.. i like this) which were like cream dropping on a bun.. he he he.. [:P]
The cake was ready for him to cut. Our professional smoker and lighter, Ravi Guptha lighted the cigar, sorry, the candle.

It was all set for bugger to cut the cake. Albeit the fact that he got bump bashes, he was able to walk well without straining much like Rudy.. so, Shalamli, dont be worried.. :P and see the smart pose that he gives..

Happy Birthday to you... Happy Birthday to you.. Happy Birthday dear bugger.. Happy Birthday to you!!

What do you think.. nothing.. he had cut the black-forest cake, first piece of which was half into his mouth and the other half on his face and head with my gracious help and conscious effort.

And, bugger is now back in business, after a smart escape. He did not wash his face (like Rohit did) until all the left over cake was over. If he had washed it prior to that, he would have been cakerated (decorated with cake) by Amar. :-) Cheers buddy. Fellow, sleep now. (Doyn.. doyn.. the AChat beep)

Believe in Yourself

2008-02-03T12:14:00.000+05:30

Believe In Yourself - A motivating video

NATO in Afganistan

2008-02-03T09:57:00.001+05:30

LEAD INTERNATIONAL FORCES IN AFGHANISTAN
This is how the NATO troops are controlling Afganistan. Army from some part of the world is ruling/controlling the other part. Recently there is some tension arising in Afganistan, as the NATO are running short of the troops. The US has urged Germany to send in more troops to the south Afganistan, which is the heart of the Taliban insurgency. In their letter, the US, warned that without reinforcements the NATO effort could lose credibility in Afganistan. But Germany has denied to send in any further troops to Afganistan, and said it wants to keep its focus only on the north.

The US has already promised to send an extra 3,000 marines - but is urging other NATO countries to do more amid rising Taleban attacks. Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper has issued both the US and the UK with an ultimatum - that Canada will end its military mission in the dangerous south of Afghanistan unless other Nato countries send more reinforcements.
I dont think this has a smooth ending. Bush has all his personal desires and needs to deploy the ISAF in Afganistan, for his billion dollar investment in Saudi and Iraq oil trade. It is clear that he has some operation going behind the Taliban insurgency.

My doubt is this. When they are able to capture Saddam, why are they not able to track down the Taliban leads and destroy them. This makes me feel that Bush himself is aiding the Taliban operations. It may sound weird. But watch the Fahrenheit 9/11 movie. You will realize what i mean to say.

New template

2008-02-01T23:45:00.000+05:30

Lots of struggle to have a new template. I wasted one whole day to make the template perfect for my blog and finally this is how it looks. I am not going to change it anymore. It drains the time away from me.

Pictures that you should not miss!

2008-01-28T20:00:00.000+05:30

Cuppy cake

2008-01-22T11:55:00.000+05:30

When I wrote about Anu's மழலைமொழி in my previous post, I remembered the cuppy cake song that I listened a long time ago. Ravi asked me to search on the youtube. So, here is the song for you..

If you can't follow the song, here is the lyrics:

You're my honeybunch, sugarplum
pumpy-umpy-umpkin, you're my sweetie pie
you're my cuppycake, gumdrop
snoogums-boogums, you're the apple of my eye
and I love you so and I want you to know
that i'll always be right here
and I love to sing sweet songs to you
because you are so dear

The meaning of family

2008-01-20T13:29:00.000+05:30

I reached the 15th floor of Unit 430, Block 437 at 8:42 am. As soon as we came out of the elevator, I was able to hear the voice of a man reciting the mantras and the vedas, clear and loud. "Okay, we are right.. we need to walk over to the 16th floor..", I told Ravi with a smile. The moment I entered the home, it was awesome. The space was filled with people all around, kids running here and there. A couple was sitting in front of the holy fire (homagundam). I got by their face that they are akka's parents. They sighed at me as a welcome message. :-) Akka came into the picture carrying Shyam with her. We were greeted with a warm welcome by akka at her parent's house warming ceremony (gruhapravesham) (Appada.. finally i came to the point :P). The air filled with the fragrance of smoke of ghee, dharbai and other natural stuffs, that I use to feel at my home for every homam, I felt the ambiance very homely.

As i entered the home, athimber waved his hands from the swami room. Anu was standing in the hall and she did not recognize me; or may be that she felt shy to express herself.. :-)
Akka then asked us to have a look around the house. We went to the room in the north west side. With the windows open, we were able to see the greenery of Singapore. And, being in the 16th floor felt like being on the top of the world. :-)

Fresh air and cool breeze was in plenty to fill our minds and lungs. I recalled the 'Prana' stuff. Prana is the source and fuel of life. I met athimber's dad there. Ravi took the picture of the panoramic view from there.

Anu and Swarna were playing in the next room. Anu was reluctant to speak with me initially.. Then i kept talking with her, even after null responses and then slowly she started responding. It was nice having kids with us always.. she talked something which i could not interpret.. in thamiz, we say that as மழலைமொழி, meaning kids own language.

Swarna on the left and Anu on the right. Swarna is Anu's cousin sister. (Athimber's anna's daughter). The lady in the orange saree in this photo is athimber's mom.

At this moment, thalaivar was back fresh after a nap. He did not recognize me initially after all. In the hall, he was lying down on the floor and i was standing a bit far from him. That was the angle when he saw me for the first time, lying on athimber's lap. So, I think suddenly he was able to recognize me and threw a smile. I smiled back and waved my hand. He waved his hand as well. There he goes.. :-)
Again a photo when thalaivar was polishing the apple (his ball of the day).

This photo was not clear. So, Ravi had to take another snap. Look at thalaivar's style in this picture.. :-)

Since thalaivar has only 4 teeth (2 on top and 2 on bottom), he was not able to bite that apple successfully. I believe, he was attracted by the fragrance of the apple. Thats why he enjoyed polishing it. Then comes Swarna's sister, Saadhanaa into picture. She was having an apple in her hand as well. She had teeth more than that of our thalaivar. After a long struggle, she was successful in biting the apple and tasting it. :-)

After few mins, her mom took it away from her, fearing, she might vomit after swallowing the apple pieces. She would have thought "cha... Hours of effort got wasted.." Thats it.. the bomb blasted.. the kacheri started.. "aaaaaaaaaa..........aaaaaaaaaaaa...." She started crying.. :-)

Then it was time for us to leave. Akka's mom had packed us a huge load of food. Believe me, no one will give us such a tasty food. There were 6 boxes of food, as far as i can remember. Pongal, Sambar, Kurma, Kesari, Idiyaappam and a bag of medhu vadai. I left the home with lot of satisfaction and with a feeling that I will miss it. When on the steps, athimber told me - "The next time i see you, i should be able to tell your mom that you have put on some weight..". Ya.. I am too lean now.. Exactly opposite to how I was earlier.. I replied him - "Dont worry athimber, you can say that even now..", hoping that i will start eating well at least from then on and put on some weight before i catch up with Neha ;-).. hmm, the moments are still in me..

While on the way back, I was telling Ravi how hard it is to set up your base in a foreign land all alone. Akka's dad had come here 26 years ago and has built a nice home. I can see his hard work, perseverance and determination behind the happiness of the family.

Habit and Instinct

2008-01-02T10:09:00.000+05:30

I started with a proverb, that led this paragraph.

Motivation helps us get started. Its habit that keeps us going.

Thinking from philosophical point of view, it is perfectly right to say that. Because, although we are motivated initially, as the time goes on, if we have not developed the habit of perfection in our work and the thirst for success, the initial motivation would be of no use.

Thinking from Biological point of view, habit helps us develop instinct about something which we are habitual at. And, instinct becomes the nature and law of life. Instinct is the formula for life, for it can make variety of genes, differentiating one from the other at an infinitesimal level. Yes, instinct is the basic reason why we have a diverse flora-fauna. It is the reason why fish developed gills. It is the reason why animals developed claw tooth. Instinct is the reason why humans rule the earth today. Biologically, since genes are responsible for all the above said facts, we can inductively infer that instinct has the power to program our genes!!

Instinct is the one and only essential gift that is forgotten and neglected in the world today.
So, the plot actually goes like this:

(Fear leads to)Motivation -> (change in) Habit -> (controls) Instinct -> (results in) Evolution

...thoughts will expand when I am free...

My Signature

2007-09-03T18:35:00.001+05:30

Since 2001, till 2007, for almost 6 years, my personal quote was "Earth is the Heroic Spirit's battlefield".

I found a new quote on 14 August 2007. It was "Face fear; Conquer Fear; Be Feared!"

I never thought anyone would copy it from me. But since it has happened, I am just blogging it now.

Moolaad

2007-05-07T12:05:00.001+05:30

Recently I happened to read an article in a Tamil magazine (Anada vikatan). It was the review about the film Moolaad. The film written and directed by Ousmane Sembene, Africa's most celebrated film-maker, addresses the thorny issue of female circumcision. When four young girls escape the ritual of purification, they seek refuge with an independent-minded woman, Ardo, and a battle between tradition and personal freedom is entrained. Even though its about an Islamic community, the lessons it teaches can benefit everyone.

In this patriarchial society, lots of reforms has happened, that it has now come out of the evil practices against the women. Still, the immoral thoughts and the domination on the women has not yet been rooted out. When i think back, I was quickly able to recollect few of the many ways by which males strongly dominated the female in the brahmin community.

1. Child marriage, widow marriage.
2. Restrictions during the mensturation cycle.
3. Restrictions in worshiping the Gods.
4. Illitracy.
5. Restraints to Vedas.

Fortunately, the Hindu society did not turn into a path where circumcision is done. I believe that all these practices are the results of adopting the manu smriti, which was said to be written by a fictious king Manu. The rules said to be written by him, should have originally been written by the dominant males of the society that decided to restrain the society and female under the name of God and Dharma. The formula of manu smriti could have worked well for the initial period. But as the time elapsed, the chaos begun, so is the unpredictability. The butterfly flapping its wings gave the initial breeze to the society. But the time and the underlying laws has taken this complex system to its current state of ugliness. Manu smriti was responsible for the creation of Varnas in the Hindu society. It is the evidence for the origin of male dominance in our society.

Although, it is no more a law book in India, it is still practiced in many ways in our culture. When my sister is not permitted to learn Vedas, it is the evidence. When my sister is not allowed to pray during her cycle, it is the evidence. When my brother is given the first preference to my sister, it is the inference. Dowry is an evidence. How many more do you want?, anyone can give you!!

I believe, now the change should happen at the family level, and at individual level.

Realize and react...

Go Go Goa..... Day 4

2007-05-04T22:51:00.000+05:30

The morning breakfast at Sanskruthi was very dull with our guys lacking interest as half of the gang departed. From there, we kicked off to Old Goa, St. Francis Cathedral. It was the first time I entered a cathedral or church for that matter. I found the building huge. The shapes on the floor and the walls were plain and symmetrical. I dint find any complex/fractal architecture as we see in Hindu temples. All I saw was squares and rectangles. Then I realized that, the portugese/european culture lacked the mathematics of complexities in their culture itself.

When Copernicus discovered something new, he was afraid of the church and had to say that come up with the geocentric theory. It was after the death of Galileo Galilei it was reaveled that he had discovered the Heliocentric theory. Even Johannes Kepler's inventions that the orbits of the celestial bodies are elliptical were opposed by the church. Cus, they considered the circle the "perfect" shape for planetary orbits.

I was able to correlate the patterns in the church to the frames in history. So i did not have the spiritual feeling in the cathedral, but the hatred feeling that these churches have once been the authority over the science and mathematics, crushing the scientists according to their will and wish. Here I would like to make a point clear. I am not interfering with the Christian beliefs. Every religion has some or the other belief. My target is on the humans who acts as intermediates between God and Humans. Being a brahmin, I have realised the mistakes which brahmins have committed to the Indian society. So my target is humans only. I have my own respect for Jesus, for he is similar to Ram in Hinduism or Mohammad in Islam. But not for the others who doesnt relate science and religion. Science without religion is not a problem. But religion without science is mere a dust bin. My words shall apply to any religion in this world, after all religion is a path taken by the humans to reach the God. Who are we to stop the science from progressing by the name of the God. Let me not argue further on this. I ll drop down to the Goa mood.

From there, we moved on to the World Heritage Museum. In the ground floor of the museum, there were lots of pilgrims of the Hindu Gods and Godesses. A sharp look at them reavled that the pilgrims were damaged intentionally, with the heads and shoulders damaged for pilgrims of the Gods, and the chest and face of the the pilgrims of the Godesses damaged. My mind traced back to the birth of christianity in India. One was the spreading of christianity through financial power and the other through shear POWER. It dint take me much time to realize that what happened in Goa was the latter case.

The museum contains the pictures of all the Portugal viceroys and governors who ruled Goa from 1510 to 1961. I believe that India would be the only country which has created a museum for the robbers who looted the country and to proclaim them as rulers, and also to have a WORLD HERITAGE MUSEUM for their pride. (Please let me know if I am wrong, and if there are any other countries which does the same). I left the museum with a heavy heart.

Then went to the Basillica just opposite to the Cathedral. The same old story there. Religion without Science. Was back to the lodge, took the luggages which we had already packed in the morning and left Povarium, giving a final look at the lodge and Sanskruthi. Got on to the bus at 15:30. The bus went on and on and on.... a tiresome 3 hours journey... the bus stopped at Goa-Karnataka border.. (I'm just wondering when i write this, if one of my friends was born here.. :P) we got down the bus, had a tea and mirchi-vada.. mm, great combination.. when we were talking in front of the tea stall, we saw a small boy in a football player suite, with his T-shirt having the name C.Ronaldo (7). Kudi asked him, "Dude, are you a football player". He nodded silently. Then we asked him for the details. He said that he is from Dindigul, Tamilnadu. And had been to the under 13 Indian Football team camp at goa for 30 days. His name was Alexander Romario (How will the T-shirt look with A.Romario (7)!! Hoping for it.. :). His uncle said that Alex is the captain of under 13 Tamilnadu football team. He is just 10 years old now. :) My memories went back to my 9 th standard, when i was introduced to the Cricket coaching at Gandhi stadium, Salem. Had to fight hard to get into the district team overcoming the politics within the management. Then i had to throw cricket out of my mind when my interests quickly moved on to classical physics and mathematics in 2 years. Alex's uncle said that same is the case with Indain football team selection also. He also said that he wants Alex to play just one National game and then he will take him to the Beckham football academy in Denmark where his current profession is. Beckham's academy requires that the nominee has atleast represented the national team at some point of time. Again a heavy heart... Gave great hopes and wishes to Alex and moved into the bus.

The bus again stopped at Hubli.. a north karnataka dinner at the hotel near by.. then at 08:00 in the morning we were in the Bangalore bustand.. I went direct to the office gym, had a bath and was ready infront of this system exactly at 09:00.. I know i am straining too much.. but thats how I want to be.. push hard... harder, still harder... this field doesnt provide me with much opportunities to explore and invent.. may be, this Indian software industry is not enough at all....

Go Go Goa..... Day 3

2007-05-04T21:50:00.000+05:30

The next morning I was very tired, as i was dancing (i cant say that i danced, but jumping around and making body movements ;). Too tired to wake up, i saw guys getting ready to go to Aguada fort. As expected, it was completely a dry place. The fort was not as big as or as technical as south indian forts. I was able to see the foot paths for humans separately and for horses and elephants separately. Apart from that, it was all the same fort that we could see in any old city. The sun was on my head when we roamed there. My body turning hot and dark, I sweated a lot and felt like my body was dehydrated. After coming out of the fort, I had 2 lemon sodas, which removed all the tiredness and made me fresh again. We were ready for our next trip to the Candolim beach.

When i reached the beach, I saw Baju talking with some Police constables. Guys said that he doesnt have a driving license and was riding Pulsar. Oops.. We just let him talk to the police and kep walking towards the beach. Since I was sweating a lot, I had removed my contact lens off. After reaching the shore, Kudi asked me "Dei Scienty, did you see that da??!!". I asked him back "What did you want me to see?". He replied back "A foreigner is taking sun bath there.". I said "So whats the big deal?". He replied "Nude da.....". Oh gosh!!!!! Again a crap????!!! Then i recalled a foreigner reading a book when i walked besides her. I dint have the inclination to look at her, so just kept walking. I spent some time on beach photography (will upload the photos on Picasaweb soon) when our guys went to enjoy their feast for eyes. I would not say thats a wrong one, cus, thats individual perception. May be, I can attribute the same to the foreigner. When Baaju returned, I saw him going twice to see her. Chinnu too.. :))

After sometime, I decided to take a dip in the sea. Played for a long long time with the waves. Thats more than 2 hours. When i was about to leave, a huge wave, around 8 feet high slashed me down, and my body hit the ground stongly. I was upside down with my upper part hitting the floor hard. Somehow managed to come up and get the breath back. The hot sun made me tired and hungry. After wearing the cloths I started walking towards my bike. Since i dint wear my shoes, i felt the beach sand too hot. I felt like i was walking on flames with its ashes penetrating my legs. Again i rushed back to the shore, wore my shoes and then started walking. Thank God, the foreigner was not there when i came after wearing the lens. I personally feel that virginity is not just in body. Its in our mind and perceptions. And I consider my virginity to this extent, which everyone would definitely expect from their partners. So, i personally believe that even a small aleviation from that mind set is equivalent to dishonesty to them.

At the bike parking, we had gulfi juice + ice cream. It was really good after getting tanned in the hot sun. Oh my god, only then i noticed my skin that it had got lots of sun burns and started paining severely. Without having time for relaxation, we started towards Vagator beach for the second time. We reached there to early before anyone came, and again photography. When guys came there, we both were very hungry. So decided to have our lunch in the hotel near by. After finishing our lunch, we did not know where the guys went. So roamed here and there and again a lime soda. Suddenly a voice called "Thambi!!". I turned and saw the couple who we travelled with in the train. Just a formal talk and they were gone, giving their regards to our guys. After an hour, the guys were back to the top where we had parked our bikes. Since the chennai guys had to leave for their buses at 20:30, we decided to start early from the beach so that we can go for a cruise. Went to the lodge and slept for an hour when someone had booked the tickets in Paradise cruise. Chennai guys packed their luggages and were ready to leave. We took them directly to the cruise. Gold went along with Srikant and I was riding alone. On the way, I saw Gold with a scared face and shatterred face. Then i realised that he got frightened after riding with my bro. :))

The cruise started at 19:00. Party maadi.. The guys danced in the cruise. Sri and I did not dance. Just kept watching them and took photos. After dropping the Chennai guys with a huge cheers, we planned our next trip to Simla, Darjeling, etc. :) (Cheer up guys, I may not be able to join you guys for the next trip.) We had a fulfilling dinner at a small hotel there in Panjim. The fun was even more after dinner when at night when Gold told that he will go with Kudi neither with Sri, nor with me; and Ed, after listening to Gold's plea decided that only he will ride and will not let me/Sri ride. :)) We started laughing and somehow convinced him and got the bike key from him. For his fortune, Sri drove very slow and Ed was back home safe. :)) Back at Chandrageet, we tasted the lager which we bought and had a nice sleep to have a fresh morning at Old Goa.

Good news of the day

2007-05-04T08:12:00.000+05:30

Things are positive at my end. I am visualizing the execution in perfect form. Not idealism but affection on perfection.

Go Go Goa..... Day 2

2007-05-02T21:05:00.000+05:30

We had asked the lodge guys if we can hire 6 bikes for our transit. The lodge guys had told that they will arrange for the bikes at lower rates and we need not go around searching for the same. But that morning, they called us and told that there are no bikes available no where. Only cars are available for hiring. We said no to them. 6 guys went out in search of bikes to Panji. after 2 hours they came back with 6 bikes (pulsar, super splendor, passion, achiever and 2 splendors). Srikanth and I took the Pulsar, with he riding the bike. "Meter closing" is the terminology which I would like to define here ;-). We (Srikanth and I) use it to indicate that we have travelled beyond the maximum indicatable speed in the bike meter. It was in good condition and had staggering pickup. We guys started at 11:45 and went direct to Calangutte beach. On the way, Pulsar was meter closed. Calangutte seemed to be a huge area, but hot and sunny. A perfect commercial beach, with people crowded like MG road signal, waiting for their turns. On the way to the beach, a guy came and asked us "Sir, Ladies massage Sir...". We rejected him. Then next came a guy marketting Parasailing, water scooter.. We started speaking with him. But the guys havent come to the beach at that time. They were walking at snail's pace. We were wondering if they had gone to the ladies massage. :D

After 10 mins they appeared on this sight. Meanwhile the marketting guy had disappeared. Thankfully, our guys appeared with a new marketting guy. We finally managed to fix the deal for Rs 700 for 3 water sports (Parasailing: 500, Water Scooter: 100, Banana ride: 100). Most of us were reluctant to agree to the banana ride cus, the name itself seemed so odd and cheap.

First 5 of our went for water scooter. When riding it, I felt like moving on a dolphin, from crest to trough and trough to crest. Wow, it was a nice experience. But it did not last more than a minute. Was back in shore within a minute. After the Water Scooter, the same guys were asked to go for Parasailing.

Next, 5 of us went to parasailing taking bumpy's cam with us. That was a dabba cam, which was behaving in its own way. Somehow we managed to get some photos with that. In parasailing, a synthetic rope was tied around our hip and was attached to a parachute. The parachute was tied with a pulley, which is inturn connected to a rotor. As the rotor rotates, the parachute is freed and the pressure difference takes us to the top. We will have a sail with this for about 3 minutes. Then back to the normal. The only thril was during the time when the parachute moves from the ground level to the top, when our brain experiences that abnormality.

After my turn in the Parasailing, the hot weather and the sea smell made me sick and i started suffereing from headache. I desparately needed some sleep. After reaching the shore, I lied down beneath the banana (synthetic baloon) and had a nap for around 30 mins.. When i woke up, I saw Srikanth sleeping with me. That short nap removed the headache that was bothering us, and so we became fresh again. By then, the 6 guys were back after the Parasailing. Now we were ready for the Banana ride.

Few of us said that there is going to be no fun out of it. So why to spend money on that. But I decided to go for it, cus, its always better to experience than to just hear by words. Banana was nothing but synthetic baloons in cylindrical shape; 2 equisized and one 4 times the size of the other 2. The bigger one was positioned parallel and in between the other 2 baloons. We 5 guys were asked to sit on the baloon. Then the baloon was tied to the boat and the boat started to move. When it moved, we felt the baloons jumping and could go out of stability. But it was a thril feeling. We did not fall for the first 3 minutes but the baloon kept jumping. Suddenly the driver took a sharp turn of the boat that led the baloon to twist on the direction in which the boat turned. We all plunged into the water with huge force. Wow.... that was really really awesome. Chinnu banged on Kudi.. For a moment we felt that it was an accident and we need a survival crue now. Another boat guy who came with us in the baloon (sitting at the tail of the baloon) helped us regaining our positions. After 30 seconds this happened again. Again Chinnu banged on Kudi.. So now we started to have fun in addition to the thril.. Then third time when we fell, Kuhu did not have the stamina to get back to the position on the baloon as he drank lot of saline water.. So he was taken over by the boat. Next, we learned the trick and we did not fall on the water. We managed the baloon by applying pressure in the direction opposite to that of the turn. This way we managed to take the baloon near the shore. But just before reaching the shore, the boat had a very sharp turn and the guy sitting at the tail of the baloon applied huge pressure in the direction of the turn that our force was exceeded and again we all were drowned. At last we felt huge satisfaction. The experience of the real thril. To be frank, only few of us know to swim and that too not in sea. So the last point to be noted here is that, we were provided with life jackets before all the sports so that we were not completely drowned in the sea. ;-)

Back shore, we shared our experience with the remaining 6 guys. 4 of them were scared to take a chance. So only 2 guys came out of them. Chinnu, Kudi and myself went for the ride again. Again Chinnu banged on Kudi.. Kudi said "Dei, I will drown you if you again fall on me.." :))

Whoooooo hooooooo.... A great experience. There was not enough guys for the third ride. So the end of ecstacy. We paid them 7600 + 50 tips (for the new marketting guy).

After the exhausting and thrilling water sports, 16:00, we had our lunch at a restaurant near by (not a beach restaurant). The food was all continental. But did not even have the taste of it. The price was hitting the sky (a veg pulav costs Rs.100). Immaterial of that our bill was Rs. 1500+.

We started from there towards Baga beach. Did not spend much time there as it was not attracting us. Then we moved on to Anjuna beach which was around 4 kms from Baga. Anjuna was an awesome beach. Did not have sportive attractions, cus it had lots of rocks (I have never seens such porous and hollow rocks anywhere) but a nice beach to explore the nature and greenery around. I tried my thoughts on photography and had few nice snaps there. mm, I felt it to be a nice beach for the couples to join hands and walk all the way till they like. AK and others insisted that we move to Vagator beach which we shall visit again the next day, if it were good. I left the beach half heartedly.

Vagator was again 4 to 5 kms from Anjuna. We managed to reach vagator just after dawn. So did not see much. But the beach was nice. A plain mount was splitting the beach into two halves, right and left. Srikanth and I went down the left side to see how it looked it. It was good. But didnt attract me. We decided to come again the next day.

After reaching home, we had nice bath and a very short nap. Dressed back again, we got ready to go to some night party. Baaju and Bumpy were riding super splendor (SS). From the morning, they were facing some problem with it. So wanted us to ride it then on and they took the pulsar from us. I had a test ride of that and found that the idling was very low and thats the reason that it was switching off very often. Srikanth adjusted the idling screw. Then, we kicked on with our respective bikes and started moving like rockets. SS was meter closed (Meter was not working on SS, so the accelerator was closed :))......

I first let everyone go and then started my SS. The pace kept increasing until the accelerator reached its fill throttle. We were around 12 kms away from the lodge. It took additional 3 minutes for others to reach the place. Kuhu insisted that we go to a night club somewhere around the Calangutte beach. So, we first went to Tito's. We were thrown out saying only couples were allowed. Mumbo was closed on that day. So we decided to go to On the rocks. Since that was the first time I going to a club, although I hesitated initially, later Srikanth and I joined Kuhu, Dicky, Kudi and Chinnu. Others felt the club too expensive, and left the place. it took around 30 mins to decide whether to go to club or not.

Finally we were in after paying 300 Rs per person. We directly went to the hall, where the air was idle. So decided to have some drink. Although i had decided not to drink any beer other than Stella Artois (an European beer) I just let it go and had a mini kings beer. Srikanth dint drink and was just watching us. Kudi had Screwdriver cocktail. We had a small dinner there. After that went back to the hall and danced for around 2 hours non-stop. Meanwhile, Chinnu went across to a lady and asked her if she is ready to dance with him. She refused. He asked her if she can teach him as she was doing to his friend. She refused to that also. I never knew it until I came out of the dance hall. It was 01:30 when Kudi said, "Scienty, its time da.. lets make a move...". Started our bikes and kicked off.

Back to the lodge at 01:50, we were totally worn out after an exciting day. I just fell on the bed and never realized what happened until morning when Kudi woke me up. Then i realized that it was my third day in Goa.

Go Go Goa..... Day 1

2007-05-02T13:32:00.000+05:30

We have been planning a tour to Goa since our college days. As a gang (Gangs of Ettimadai), this was a dream come true for us. We booked the onward journey tickets in Vasco Express well ahead of the journey (more than a month before) and the return tickets in KSRTC 6 or 7 days before the kick off.

Srikanth had come from Selam to join us. Totally we were 6 from Bangalore (Kudi, Gold, AK, Edwin, Srikanth and myself) and 5 more guys from Chennai (Kuhu, Chinnu, Baaju, Dicky and Bumpy).

Quick note on our nick names:

Kudi - Arun Kumar
Gold - Madhivanan
AK - AK Karthik
Chinnu - Chinnuraj
Baaju - Balaji
Dicky - Arun Prasad
Bumpy - Ashok Kumar
Kuhu - Kuhankumar
Scienty - Myself

on 27th evening, I pushed early from the office @ 16:30, as we had the train scheduled at 19:50 at KR Puram railway junction. When we reached home at 17:30, there were no guys at home. We had decided gather at home exactly at 17:30. But the guys were so cool that they came only at 18:30. Srikanth and I had a nice sleep before we were woke by Gold. We had to rush to the junction by an auto-rickshaw.

The train arrived by the ISD (Indian Standard Delay) at exactly 20:30. We popped in the train with some juice bottles and snacks, hoping that we can have dinner in the train's pantry section. As we moved on a couple at late 30s who were in the same compartment as we were, told that there is no pantry section in that train, and also that if we miss the Yeshvantpur junction, there will not be any food stalls available on the way. Edwin and I were feeling damn hungry. So that akka gave us few idlys. That was over in a flash. :)) We popped out at the yeshavantpur junction and bagged 7/8 cup noodles. I ate 2 cups. That was enough for my appetitie. Later, we were mocking each other.

Guys decided to play the vobulary game, where a person will start with a English letter. The turn will be in the round robin fashion. The next person must form another word out of it, but should not be the last letter of that word. (Ex, h : ha : hat : hate <- will get a letter coined from DONKEY title) It was a nice fun, as we tried to get others rewarded with the prestigious DONKEY title :D. When the guys felt bored, we started to play Dumb-charads. That was a nice fun too. The longest film name in that was Aayiram thalai vaangiya aboorva sindhaamani. I was the dumb to enact this. I conveyed all the words in less than 20 seconds. But it took me more than 3 minutes to make them get aboorva in their mind. Somehow did it. Then we went to sleep. I took the small pillow and bedsheet that my mom had given for the travel and went inside. Never knew what happened until it became morning.

The train was in Hubli when I woke up at 7:30. Then the train had to pass through lots of hills and terrains. We passed through 37 tunnels with the longest tunnel distancing upto a kilometer. I tried to take the picture of the mountain from the train just once it comes out of the tunnel. I tried hard, but could not succeed much, as there were signal posts at the end of every tunnel. :( People were hyping that there will be a beautiful waterfall on the way. But it was not all that great. We reached Madgaon junction at 13:00. We were hungry and tired after the journey. The weather was so humid that we all were sweating badly. We took a mini bus (but there were more than 50 people in that bus) to a bus stand where buses to Panjim (Local people dont call it Panaji. They call it Panjim) were available. I was sweating a badly that my sweat fell on the lady who was seated near me like water poured out of a bottle's cap. I apologized to her for that. She was staring at me. :- From there, we took a bus to Panji. It was a 40 mins travel. From Panji, we took another bus to get on to Povarium, Chandrageet lodge. We booked 3 AC rooms. Had a good nap and then a cold shower to eliviate the heat. Then we enquired for the places and beaches available in Goa. We had some tiffin in Sanskruthi (a veg restaurant near by), which later became the default for our breakfasts till we left Goa.

We first went to Dona Paula. It was a nice location. We went there at 18:15. We should have gone at 17:00, cus it started to dawn after we went there. Anyways, it was a nice view from the top. Next we went to the Miramar beach. The first thing I noted in that beech was the bamboo racks to prevent the soil erosion. It was dark when we reached there, so could not take a picture of all that. Just had a snap. Srikanth and I dipped in the sea and got wet. Guys were waiting on the shore for us (afraid of getting in after dark :)). I kept mentoring Srikanth for most of the time on the beach. Then we left the beach at around 20:30.

We were expecting the Chennai guys to arrive at 21:00. I have heard Hemant saying that Fenni is good at Goa. So Kudi and I thought that we can taste it. I had the impression in my mind that its like beer. But after we bought a small bottle, my impression was all gone and i no more wanted to taste it. But still, for the sake of exposure (not fun), we had half of it with sprite. mm, it was okay. It did not have the pungent smell. It had jackfruit and cashew fruit odour (esteric... wow). Then the Chennai guys popped in the room. We had orderred for the dinner at the lodge itself. The last order was at 10:30, so orderred all that we wanted and went down with deadly hunger :). Had nice fun, with Baaju targetting his comments on almost everyone. We finally targetted Baaju and he went silent. ;)

The next day was 29th.....

Road of Death in Bolivia

2007-05-02T11:35:00.000+05:30

Stremnaya Road is nicknamed “the road of death” and it’s in Bolivia. Take a look at the pictures sent by one of my friends.

Or, there’s always… A mountainous highway in Bolivia.....

Contrary Proverbs

2007-04-26T12:24:00.000+05:30

All good things come to those who wait. BUT Time and tide wait for no man.

The pen is mightier than the sword. BUT Actions speak louder than words.

Wise men think alike. BUT Fools seldom differ.

The best things in life are free. BUT There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Slow and steady wins the race . BUT Time waits for no man.

Look before you leap . BUT Strike while the iron is hot.

Do it well, or not at all. BUT Half a loaf is better than none.

Birds of a feather flock together. BUT Opposites attract.

Don't cross your bridges before you come to them. BUT Forewarned is forearmed.

Doubt is the beginning of wisdom. BUT Faith will move mountains.

Great starts make great finishes. BUT It ain't over 'till it's over.

Silence is golden. BUT The squeaky wheel gets the grease.

You're never too old to learn. BUT You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

What's good for the goose is good for the gander. BUT One man's meat is another man's poison.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder. BUT Out of sight, out of mind.

Too many cooks spoil the broth. BUT Many hands make light work.

Hold fast to the words of your ancestors. BUT Wise men make proverbs and fools repeat them.

Fun with Unix !!

2007-04-25T19:05:00.000+05:30

I tried to create some funny output with unix. Check out if you can enjoy them. :D

% rm meese-ethics
rm: meese-ethics nonexistent

% ar m God
ar: God does not exist

% "How would you rate Quayle's incompetence?
Unmatched ".

% ^How did the sex change^ operation go?
Modifier failed.

% If I had a ( for every Re the government loots, what would I have at last?
Too many ('s.

% make love
Make: Don't know how to make love. Stop.

% sleep with me
bad character

% got a light?
No match.

% man: why did you get a divorce?
man:: Too many arguments.

% ^What is saccharine?
Bad substitute.

% %blow
%blow: No such job.

% \(-
(-: Command not found.

$ PATH=pretending! /usr/ucb/which sense
no sense in pretending!

Making Progress in Body building

2007-04-19T14:34:00.000+05:30

When I was thin and weak, I thought for myself "how do I speed up my muscle gain progress?". Or is there anything like that?!!. I found the answers on my own research. The answers vary depening on many factors but I thought I would compile a list of the most important body building tips that I followed. With this, I put up 7 Kgs in a span of 45 days, believe it or not.

1 - Eat More Protein
If you aren't making the muscle gains that you would like you can almost always bring it back to a poor diet. Body building needs a high quality, high quantity protein diet. Get this protein from fresh foods like free range eggs, chicken, beef, milk, whey protein, etc.

2 - Hit the Gym LESS
Thats right - less! Muscles grow when you are resting so if you haven't made progress in a while it might be because you are working out too much. Try taking a couple of days off between workouts and see if it makes a difference. If not, then you might be lacking sleep. Then you must follow point 3 strictly.

3 - Sleep
Sleeping is more important than people think when it comes to making muscle gains. Sleep is the body's repair time and it mends broken tissue, etc almost only at this time. Sleeping in the afternoon is a good way to boost your down time.

4 - Technique
After a poor diet the next worst thing you can do is have poor technique. The whole idea of weight training is to stress certain muscles so that they damge and then grow to counter that damage (putting it crudely). If you use poor technique, you are targetting the wrong muscles and taking the stress off of one muscle group and putting it onto many muscle groups.
Get a professional body builder or gym assistant to check out your lifting technique as often as you can. They won't mind.

5 - Compound Vs Isolation Exercises
Using free weights and compound motions is the best way to make big gains. However, if you have a laggin muscle group like your shoulders or your biceps then you need to find some good isolation exercises to really hit those muscles hard. However, stick to the compound motions as your primary exercises.

6 - Remember the Big 6
I would suggest 6 Big exercises as the basis for body building.

Deadlift
Squat
Military Press
Bench Press
Chin Up
Dip

Working with these exercises and these exercises alone will bring you massive muscle gains. Don't forget them!

7 - Intensity
Part of a good workout is keeping a good intensity. I believe that something people are not very familiar with this. Keep your workouts short and intense with good lifting technique. Don't muck around for two hours and a medium pace. Keep it short and to the point.

8 - Stretch
Stretching helps muscles to recover and faster recovery means bigger muscles quicker. It also means one is able to increase the volume of work we do and the frequency. Stretch before, during and after a workout.

9 - Mix It Up
I always believe in this. Change your workout order and rep range every week. Never go into the gym and do the same amount of weight, sets, reps and exercises that you did last week.
Changing your workout keeps your body guessing so that it is forced to adapt to new things. Adaptation means bigger muscles and more strength. Keep changing.

10 - Drink Water
Keep your body clean and fresh with huge amounts of water. It assists your kidneys in precessing the large protein molecules and thus leaves your body with more energy to do other things. This could be one of the reasons why the non-vegetarians suffer illness related to kidney more than vegetarians. (Kidney failure is common in Arabian countries). Drinking lot of water will keep your free of illness and thus in the gym more often during the year. ;-)

Reason for my Back pain/numbness

2007-04-13T17:56:00.000+05:30

Finally, I found the reason for the back pain which i had in Glasgow. The pain is null now, but that area is still numb. I had a MRI Scan, which dint convey much.

The reason is that the blood is also used to control the temperature of the body. If the body becomes hot (during the summer for example) more blood will flow to the surface of the skin and through this it will cool down. If the body becomes cold, the blood will be forced to flow deeper inside the body preventing the loss of heat.

This proves that my back was out of blood due to cold. This could have led to the pain in the disc, which propagated through the nerve, which made me to experience severe pain. But as the time passed on, the nerve could have died of or, in otherwords lost its sensitivity, which we term it as numbness.

So my next step would be to reactivate that nerve or the group of nerves.

UNICEF Ad

2007-04-13T11:28:00.000+05:30

Computer is like Cable TV

2007-03-29T10:33:00.000+05:30

An innovation by a Chennai based company could make computers more accessible to the common man. The company is providing computers to common man at a cost of little over Rs 4000.Over a hundred lower middle income families in a colony in the city are now hooked on to computers.

It costs them just Rs 4500. There is no individual CPU but terminals are connected to a server installed in the locality.
At Rs 350 a month, users get the same benefit of a personal computer, including the Internet in a much simpler way.
Two-year-old Shivani spends over five hours a day on her system. And for older students it's a dream come true.

"We learn many new things much beyond our subject. In school each one is given just five minutes to work on a computer. Now it's great that we have one at home," said Harini, student.

Even those who can afford a PC have opted for this. They say they don't have to spend on software and upgrading technology.

Encouraged by a pilot project in Chennai, the promoters say their product is all set to hit the market.

"Our idea is to launch (the scheme) in six or seven cities this year. It may be with a local cable operator or like the Telco. That's how we plan to scale it up," said Alok Singh, CEO, Novatium.
The common man's home PC is becoming a reality. The model is worth replicating across the country.

Thanks to Subash for the news.
Thanks: NDTV

Ho... Ha.... India......

2007-03-28T12:22:00.000+05:30

Here is the result of the unnecessary hypes created by the media on the Indian Cricket. The media boosted their over confidence, due to which Indian team performed very poor in the world cup matches. One exception was the India Vs Bermuda match in which the Indian team felt like playing against a school team and thrashed them totally.

After India Vs Bermuda match:

It was the match against Srilanka which they should have played well to qualify for the Super 8. The performance was not as bad as it was against Bangladesh, but still, we were able to feel the over confidence in Rahul, Sachin, Dhoni, Yuvraj and even Ganguly. Although the bowlers did their job really well, i never thought that the batsmen will fail to deliver even when the target is 255. May be they need a break. Give them some time to think about their failure and its reasons. Also, not to forget, they have not toured best bowling nations like New Zealand, Australia, South Africa and West Indies. That are ones which will really test a batsman's ability. I would rather blame BCCI for they signing tours within India and sub-continent with sluggish pitches, just for the sake of money. BCCI should not have been money minded at the cost of player's performance.

After India Vs Srilanka Match: