Thursday, December 1, 2011

Randomzzz..

The last week was a great one...[No sarcasm intended  :p]
    It was a week dedicated for rain..It was raining cats and dogs(My long term wish came true-to use the phrase :P)Its more than a week since I shifted to my new rental house,which I liked instantly for its fresh air and lot of free space,compared to the hostel I lived earlier, irrespect of of the 25 minutes walk and 15 minutes bus travel to my office.Now my mom wanted to have a look of my abode,you know parents, they always make their level of security checks, that too when its their daughter staying away from them.
So it ended up that I make my place look better,you know how a bachelor's(spinster's)room is!But when it rained the entire area around my house was flooded,believe me,  when I tell flooded it doesn't mean just the usual water logged Chennai,there was actually a river running at my gate.Thank God I lived in the first floor.
 So as you can imagine I, who do not have a two wheeler had to pick up my mom and literally swim and drop her at my place.Woof!That was a day!
The next day morning I had to make a fight to drop her back at the bus stand.I was jumping all over the little stones that peeped up above the water after one no-rain day.At a turning,that was the spot of fight.I had to jump from one stone to a pavement of somebody's house,there the villain stood.
A dog!As the place was completely surrounded by water and the gate of the house closed,If the dog doesnt make a move I cannot continue my journey.So there I was, making negotiations with a person who was in no way competent with my skills.,can you beat it A Dog!I started the the conversation in Tamil..
Me: Move!
(I have heard dogs are the most domesticated animals in the world,they are supposed to understand tamil..that too,being a street dog I cant expect him to know english and thats why I preferred Tamil)
Mr Dog: *Stare*
(Not that I expect him to talk back,but he could atleast move,now am not sure if its a he/she)
Me:Please Move..
(May be he expected a bit of respect :P)
Mr Dog:*a fiercer stare*
(Did I offend him or something,now I think I went  wrong in my theory somewhere.
And the discussion was getting a bit serious)
Thats when my mom noticed I was talking to someone at the corner.
Mom:What, now you have started to talk with dogs also..?Chennai has spoiled you..Cant you just chase it away?
Now, my mom and Mr Dog agreed into a mutual pact and both started walking away.
Me:Ma wait..wait..
I joined and we 3 left for the bus stop together.
I dont know how she finds Chennai as the reason for whatever I do..maybe she should correct herself,else Chennai will soon die of the burden:P)
The Day ended well..and the rain stopped and now my house is accessible..:)

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Revolution 2020-Love,Corruption,Ambition


Being in love with reading for the past ten years,and a great fan of Chetan Bhagat for 4 years actually provoked me to get Revolution 2020 on the day 1 of its release.Thanks to flipkart.com for its fast and easy access.Its the first book I bought in my own money, feels so special to hold it in my hands.
                   
So the book, It revolves around 3 childhood friends,Gopal,Raghav and Aarthi.Obviously a triangular love story.The quote,"Love is a great feeling,only when it is returned" makes a lot of sense.Gopal is pictured as a ambitious guy,who has suffered a lot by the current education system,family background and relative's selfishness.Raghav is a guy  who is very determinat,values values and follows his passion.Aarthi is the confused girl,confused between friendship and love and proves the point- when it comes to relationships,if a girl is confused it means the house is on fire!

Love Chetan's way of understanding a girl,about exactly pointing out girl's thoughts.How exclamatory marks are predominant in their texts,their pauses between the chats,and lot of other stuffs like wat a girl thinks wen a guy says something.Like his previous book,the girl  drives the story.
How people get into situations that they give into the corrupt system is very smartly pictured.The current educational system's loop holes,the political system's ineffeciency and corrupt nature is depicted wonderfully.

Even if you murder some 100 people and if you are an Indian politician the maximum punishment you recieve is to be held up in an AC room,with TV,food from any top 5 star hotel and a Police Constable to serve you.Chetan never mentions this as a blackmark of the society,he just brings light on to "this is what is happening here",left for us to decide.

The climax of the book,the coscience of gopal in the form a poor small  boy ant the change in the script is well-plotted and for sure needs appreciation.Understanding people,description of characters and unexpected humour at unexpected times and depiction of the miserable  Life at Varanasi -"the place which removes everyone's sins"are the plusses.

He has also pointed out how education has become a business today.People literally sell education in a discount.Stunningly pointed out.The truth is supposed to reach the people via media..Newspaper taking the major share,what happens if it is corrupted.?This is amazingly pictured .A lot of Chetan's humour sense is missing.But Revolution 2020 is definiterly not an usual rom-com,it surely is a seed for Revolution.I dont know if we are going to make it by 2020 but it definitely lies in the hands of each one of us !

With Anna Hazare's intense Ahimsa way of fighting against corruption around,Chetan has proved again "Pen is mightier than sword".Everyone has got to do his bit toward the country's well being.Chetan has!, Now its upto the readers Are We Going to?A change cannot happen overnight,but every thousand million journey starts with a first step and Chetan has asked each one of us to take our first step.

Besides...
              I have to do my Bit.!

Sunday, October 9, 2011

Looking out for a Change.


It has been long since I really posted something.I have thought one million times to write something, all those times,I dint feel like doing it.Well you know, you always will want to do the stuff which you love the most when you feel you are right.It's okay to have a break,if you are really confident of doing something ain't  it?So here is my new style of writing.
[This is a real life incident that i came across,people please donot mistake me ]
Today,I happened to talk to a distant relative of mine,I always knew that he is a different kind of person,but wasn't prepared for a face to face argument with him.One of my friends needed a rented house in Velacherry and this guy sure knew the place well.So I was left to discuss about the possibility of getting a rented house there.Only midway through the discussion did I recognize that I could have better had a conversation with Anaconda in Parseltongue.
Me:Hi,How you?

X:Yea,Yea good,U?

Me:Me 2,I actually need your help for one of my friend.

X:With Pleasure,How can I help you?

I din know poison can be sweet initially
Me:There is this school  friend of mine,he is new to the place,can you help him find a rental house?

X:He is not a Tamilian,Is he?

God,from when did this become the base criteria?
Me:Well, he is a Malayali.

X:Oh,I will help only a Tamilian,never any others.

dude are u kidding,?I ve heard of racist,but what is this statist or languagist?
Me:Hey common!You are joking,Are we all not Indians.?

X:India,its a country?it doesnt exist,we are going to fight for a separate country.

this cant go serious any further,i jus got a doubt if  i actually asked him for a help for a rented house or asked him his daughter's hand for wedding.
Me:Okay,listen,I think we both differ a lot in principles and ideologies.Now can you help me with this or no?

X:wait wait,I ll help you,but you need to correct yourself,know what is right and wrong.America is a united nation,you know why,they have one language,not one million.like India,we have only corruption,you as a citizen donot have any say here.

whoa,whoa,where are you leading this to.I was about to continue the conversation with the details before he put that out.
Me:Well I think we are supposed to feel proud fa being a country with 28 states,more than 20 languages and still being able to stand alone as a single nation.A single state can never stand alone,we need wheat and barley from north and they need cotton and rice from the south.Ours is a great National Integration.When we are watching India -Pakistan or India-Australia cricket match we are all Indians,and when the match is over what are we,Keralites,Tamils,telugus and what else?

X:no no you are wrong....

Me:Wait,Am sorry am not into the conversation any more,can you tell me the details.
I seriously felt like disconnecting the call and leaving it off,why do a few people still think that the hare they caught has only 3 legs.I dont have any idea about politics,but I strongly believe that no one has go the right to complain unless and until they are perfect.This is total bullshit.We are the younger generation of our country,it is high time we stop complaining our government about its corruption .Ofcourse there is corruption, who told no,whatever government comes to ruling one that doesnt change is corruption,but there are lot more positives too,the public transport that we have got,it reaches everywhere,consider chennai,we have got great traffic services,they are still trying to make it better.How many of us donot litter our public places?,how many of us pay the tax without complaining?I dont think each of us shoul go get a Nobel or Oscar,but we can stop complaining and do something better for our country.There are a lot of people out there who really need help,we could help them and next instead of watching a cricket match or a movie in CD we could actully think,make a proper decision and vote for the worthy guy. 

[P.S. The guy told me he will help me after  agreeing to the point that kerala was once a part of TamilNadu..,Whatever,but am not going to depend on him]




 

Friday, March 11, 2011

கசைந்து எறிந்த காகிதங்கள் ...

உன் கண்கள் என் பக்கம் திரும்புகிறதா
என கவனித்த என் கண்கள்
இமைப்பதையே மறந்தனவே..
என் இதையதுடிப்பின் பிம்பம் போல் அல்லவா ஓடியது
என் காதலை உரைக்கும் வார்த்தைகள்..
எண்ணங்களை காகிதத்தில் சித்தரிக்க நினைக்க
கரங்கள் அகர முதல எழுத்துக்களையே மறந்தனவே..

நிலப்பரப்பு முழுதையும் காகிதமாக்கினாலும்
எழுதி மால முடியாதே ,எனக்கு உன் மேல் உள்ள அன்பை..
அதனால் தான்,எழுத நினைத்தாலும்
 முதல் வரி தாண்டவில்லையோ...
உனக்காக நான் கசைந்து எறிந்த காகிதங்களால்
பல காதல் மாளிகைகள் கட்டலாமே,
அதைக்கண்டு எந்த ஆணும் கூறமாட்டான்,
"என்றாவது பெண்கள் காதலுக்காக தாஜ்மகல் கட்டியதுண்டா..?" என்று
காரணம்,போட்டிக்கு பல தாஜ்மகள்கள் வந்திருக்கும்!
இது பென்னுரிமைக்குரல் அல்ல..
என்னவனிடம் உரிமை கேட்கும் பெண்ணின் குரல்..!

பின்பு தான் தோன்றியது நான் கசைந்து  எறிந்த
 காகிதங்களின் சாபமோ இது என்று..
ஒன்றா இரண்டா என் காதலுக்காக
உயிர் தியாகம்  செய்த மரங்கள்..!
மன்னியுங்கள் மரங்களே...
உங்களுக்க்காகவேனும் நாளை
என்னவனிடம் உரைப்பேன் என் காதலை..!
நிராகரிப்பின் பயமின்றி!!!




Thursday, December 23, 2010

Me and My Best Friend!

This is my first personal writeup!In where, I would like to write about my Best Friend.
            

You know how wonderful my friend is..? He never complains,he never gets irritated of me,he  always hears my stories,of good or bad,of sadness or happiness of accomplishment or utter foolishness and always gives the same reaction to me,u know what...?-Silence.

I don't know how far anyone could get to believe this, but trust me Silence is one of the best emotions,provided applying  it in the right place and right time.
            So,coming to my friend,he have heard all my sad stories,and listened them with all his patience,Thanks to God for gifting me such a good friend.And it happens that even when am happy He gives me this feeling that he is happy for me and hears me all the way when i am talking about my good times till I fall asleep on him.
           I know about different kind of friends,partying,sharing sorrows,sharing happiness,loving each other supporting each other,ant at times dumping each other..My friend is flawless...a best support.but I feel bad at  times,God,why dint u give him hands,I can't walk with him,holding his hands,he cant wipe my tears,I cant lie on his shoulder at my hard times and I can never play hand wrestling with him.Why din u give him Eyes,he can never see me at my best,at my most happiest moment,at my worst and when I am broke completely.But there are also times when I have just thought I just need a silent listener..because when I am broke,  think this is all what I need...A Silent Listener.
          Dedicated to you...My only Non human,Non living best friend,But he sure never can take upon my living friends...My Diary!
      

Friday, October 8, 2010

தொலைந்துபோன தேடல்!

அதிகாலை,
புல்லினங்களும் பூவினங்களும்,
புதுப்பிறப்பு எடுக்கும் நேரம்.
ஏனென்று தெரியாமல், எங்கென்று புரியாமல்,
கால்கள் செல்லும் பாதையில் செல்கிறேன்,
என்னுயிரின் இன்னொரு பாதி
 அங்கு மிதந்து கொண்டிருக்கிறது
என்னும் உணர்ச்சி...

எழுபத்து இரண்டு நூற்று நாற்பத்து இரண்டு ஆனது
இதயத்துடிப்பில்...
கண்முன்னே குடிசை இடிந்து
 கோபுரம் ஆனதை பார்திருகிரீரா..?
நான் பார்த்தேன்...
பூக்களின் மத்தியில் இருந்து
 அவள் உருவம் தோன்றிய போது...
பல கோடி ஜென்மங்கள் பழகி பிரிந்தவரை
பார்த்த ஒரு மகிழ்ச்சி...

ஏனோ அவளை பார்த்தவுடன்
 என் இத்த்யத்தின் பாதி என்னிடம் சொன்னது,
இனி அவள் என்னருகே இருந்தால் தான் நான் துடிப்பேன்..!
என்னே கொடுமை இது !!!
ஒரு நொடி மட்டுமே என்றாலும் நான் வாழ தயார்..
அது உன்னோடு என்றால்...!

கால்கள் என் அனுமதி கேட்காமல்
அவள் பின்னே சென்றது.
திடீரென்று பூக்களுக்குள் மறைந்தாள்.
உடல் உறைந்து என் குருதி ஓட மறுத்தது,
மீண்டும் அவள் உருவம் கண்டதும்,
சிவப்பணுக்கள் எல்லாம் துள்ளி குதித்து ஓடியது.
உடல் உறுப்புக்களே என்ன..?
நீங்கள் என்னுடையது என்பதை மறந்து விட்டீரோ..?
சிரித்து கொண்டேன்,எனக்குள்...

எனக்கு நானே புதிதாக தெரிந்தேன் ..
பூவொன்று தட்டி விட்டு கீழே விழ பார்த்தேன்..
திடீரென்று அவள்..
என்னருகே வந்தாள்
என்னை உற்று பார்த்தாள்
எனக்குள் தோன்றுவதெல்லாம் உனக்குள்ளும் தோன்றுகிறதா..?
தேவ லோகத்தில் இருந்து ஓர் மின்னல் ஒரு நொடி உருவானது..
மன்னிக்கவும்...!அவள் சிரித்தாள்.
அவள் கைகள் என் கைகள் தீண்டியது..
முதல் மழை தீண்டி இருக்கீரா...?
கண் இமைகளுக்கு திடீர் என்று அவ்வளவு கனம்.
போராடி திறந்தேன்...


கனவு கலைந்தது.....!!!!



  

Friday, August 27, 2010

The Start of my day(long long ago..:P)



Long long ago,so long ago,when I was doing my 12th standard,this event happened..Well,you need to know me a bit before reading this blog,you tell me there is a earth quake,the world is splitting into two...and if i am sleeping then(anytime of the day)..my response would be.."Wait for 5 minutes,Plz.."And early in the morning sleep for me is like "Being in Heaven"..and do you think I will allow someone to pull me out of there?..never!

This period of time am gonna describe here is the period of my life which I would tag as"The most horrible!".
I was having my tuitions for my 12th standard,and that the timing was 7.30am to 9am..Horrible for me isnt it..?
So..that fine morning,as usual I missed my 7'O clock bus..."Awesome start",Mr.Fate smiled,from the corner of his lips..Idiot..whom should i scold.. me..? or him?...He still has great roles to play.

I was on the way to the bus stop,almost near to it,a state government bus(KSRTC) came by..Here I should mention that I usually go by a private bus regularly, which charges me only 1.50 paise to and fro as students ticket..So on that particular day 3 rupees was my posession (and didnt have extra coz of my 'all remembering' habit..forgot to get it from ma mom.)Okay,now the charge to my school in KSRTC is 7.50 rs.

Now,the ridiculous me,without a second thought of the amount of money I posess  or if the bus would stop midway to the stop(Usually they dont!) I just stretched my hand to stop it.As if "here is the crorepathi waiting to get in your bus and you should be lucky enough to carry me".

An the bus STOPPED!..OH MY GOD!! I still wonder why it did?..So..Am I lucky or unlucky..?coz ,if I get into the bus the conductor would give me a blast and would probably push me down in the next stop for not having money..and if I don't,I get the early in the morning Suprabatham of bad words for stopping the bus unnecessarily..
"Decide,Decide,Act,Act,..Quick..!"And what did Ms.Genious do..?
I GOT IN....I don't know if I followed my instinct or whatever..but I would call it pure stupidity now.
AN then what..?I was counting stars,waiting for Mr.Fate to act...And in the midst of the thousand stars infront of my eyes I saw my friend Honey sitting there in the near by seat...Ufffff...!!!
That day I believed in two things...


  • Even stupid things can end well(Conditions Apply:p)
  •  Uyir Kappal Thozhi(Your friend is your life saver)well atleast by giving 7.50 Rs :)