அசோகன்!!

 

எதிரிகளை வீழ்த்தினேன் - வெற்றி

எனும் வாகையைச் சூடிடவே!

 

நன்மக்கள் பலரை பலியாக்கினேன் – மென்மேலும்

புகழ்கள் சில நாடிடவே!

 

இன்று…

 

போர்கள் பல முடிந்தன…

நினைத்ததனைத்தும் கையில் கிடைத்தது…

இப்புவி,என்னை எதிப்பாரற்று கிடந்தது…

 

ஆனால்…

 

நாடி… தேடி… போராடி…

பெற்ற அந்த வெற்றி…

இன்பம் என்றொன்றை தந்திடவில்லை எனக்கு!

 

மாறாக…

 

விலகிச் சென்றது…

என்னை விட்டு…. என் மனதை விட்டு…

நிம்மதி என்ற ஒன்று மட்டும்.

 

இது…

 

எதற்கென்று தெரியவில்லை..

ஏனென்று புரியவில்லை…

 

வினாக்கள் நூறு எழுந்த என் நெஞ்சில்,

விடை ஒன்று கூட எழுந்திடாமல் போனது!

 

போருடையை கலைந்தேன்…

பொறுமையை பழகினேன்…

 

விழிகளை மூடி விடியலைத் தேட….

மீண்டும் ஒரு போர் உதிப்பதை உணர்ந்தேன்…

 

இம்முறை…

 

உலகினில் இல்லை!

என் உள்ளத்தினில்!

 

போர் வாள்கள் என் மேல் விழுந்திடவில்லை…

பெரும் உண்மைகளே விழுந்தன…

 

போரிட்டுப் பார்த்தேன்…

போரடியும் பார்த்தேன்…

இருந்தும் வீழ்த்தவேபட்டேன்…

 

ஏனெனில்…

 

நான் போரிட்டதோ என் மனசாட்சியோடு…

 

இறுதியில்…

 

தேடிய விடை அறிந்தேன்…

போர் தோல்வி வீசிய வினாவில்…

 

போற்றிய வெற்றிகள் எல்லாம்

வெற்றிடங்களாய் போனது!

 

விடை உணர்த்திய வினாவே…

நீ வாழ்க! வாழ்க!

 

P.S.  I wrote this poem a long back, but wanted to post it on some special occasion. So here I’m publishing it as my 100^th post in this blog. Also this poem(Atleast I do call it so) came just like that in random, but with a single thought in mind. And the thought is nothing but ‘Peace’.  This is a poem very close to my heart I should say.

எத்தனை நாள் காத்திருப்பேனோ?!?!

எத்தனை நாள் காத்திருந்தேன் – உன்

விழிப் பார்வை என் மேல் விழுந்திட!

எத்தனை நாள் காத்திருந்தேன் – உன்

கை விரல்கள் என்னை தீண்டிட!

எத்தனை நாள் காத்திருந்தேன் – உன்

இதழால் என் இதழை உரசிட!

எத்தனை நாள் காத்திருந்தேன் – உன்

தேகம் அணைத்து உறங்கிட!

இன்னும்…

எத்தனை நாள் காத்திருப்பேன் – உன்

செவிதழ்கள் அம்மா என்றெனை அழைத்திட!

Friday Fil-In #7

Hey all!!! Just now got the questions for this week’s Friday Fill-in from my friend Kaarthik. We don’t want to miss this week’s post at any cost… Just for a single reason… My friend Murugesh has ordered me not to post this week’s fill-in… So we just want to do what he doesn’t want us to…. J Here I go…

1. When did u know about the word “blog”? & Whose blog did u read first?

I don’t remember the time when I got to know about the term ‘blog’.  But I was in a thought to start one from the very first time I got to know it. It was my bro Arun’s blog that I read first. Still remember the day he showed me his writing in Nellai…

2. What made you start the blog?

Again it was Arun’s blog that inspired me to start one… Also I just want to express my thoughts in some way… and this one seemed pretty simple ‘n’ cool…

3. Which celebrity blogs do u follow & which one do you like?

Chinmayi’s blog. And like her blog since she write more on social issue…

4. Whose blog you like and envy the most among ur blog readers? (No diplomacy)

There are many blogs that I like and envy… Not telling in diplomacy…. Every writing tells something that I don’t know… in a different way… some in a inspiring way… some in a comic way…. some in a humoristic way….

5. Whose blog u want to improve among your co-bloggers (Again, no diplomacy)

Again with no diplomacy… I have to tell the same answer that I wrote above in a bit different way…. Coz everyone will give out their best while writing the posts….. So nothing as such I can suggest… It’s their way and idea… And I’m reader of those ideas…

6. What’s your take when some people (Like Murugesh, Thiyagu and others) make fun of ur posts?

We should be having these guys around…. Just bcoz atleast having these guys in mind, I would not give up writing…. As I said in the beginning, just to do what they don’t want me to…

P.S. I dedicate this post to my friend ‘Murugesh’, who is an ardent follower of my blog !!

Mesmerising ‘n’ Mind-Expanding!!

I thought of posting this one a very long back. But somehow, missed to do it. I don’t know how many of you have listened to this song. But I believe that IR fans should have been heard this song for sure. Excellent composition it is from Isaignani Ilayaraja. And the man who rendered voice for this number is none other than melody king K.J.Yesudas. And the lyric that plays another lead role in this song is penned by Mu. Mehta.

I just got myself glued to it on hearing it for the first time. Even a little be felt like that this tune is heard somewhere, it just carry us into a different kind of mood/feel just like that.  The voice of Yesudas is so mesmerizing and it just making ourselves melts with the song.

And lyric for this song grabs the highest score and it should be called as ‘mind-expanding’. It conveys a lot of deep & meaningful thoughts. It just deals with so many social elements like love, joy of giving, atheism, adoption, and so on.

On the whole, I just felt it like a soft ‘n’ sweet lullaby… I just love this song! So am here sharing with you all the lyrics and the song too… And the lines with bold face are my very favorite or close to heart lines…

ஒன்னுக்கொன்னு துணை இருக்கும் உலகத்துல
அன்பு ஒன்னுதான் அநாதையா
அன்பு ஒன்னுதான் அநாதையா
ஒன்னுக்கொன்னு துணை இருக்கும் உலகத்துல
அன்பு ஒன்னுதான் அநாதையா
அன்பு ஒன்னுதான் அநாதையா
யாரு இதை… கண்டுகொள்வார்…
கைகளிலே… ஏந்திக் கொள்வார்…
சொந்தம் சொல்ல… யார் வருவார்…
அன்புக்கு யார்… அன்பு செய்வார்… (ஒன்னுக்கொன்னு துணை…)

 

உன்னைப் போல என்னை எண்ணினால்
நெஞ்சில் கங்கை ஆறோடுமே
துன்பம் தீர்க்க நீளும் கைகளில்
சொர்க்கம் வந்து கை கோர்க்குமே
கோயில் குளம்.. யாவும் இங்கே..
அன்பின் அடையாளமல்லவா
ஏழைக்கென்று.. தந்ததெல்லாம்..
ஈசன் கையில் சேருமல்லவா
கண்கள் இல்லா… மனிதருக்கு…
கால்கள் என… நாம் நடந்தால்…
நம் பூமியில்… அனாதை யார்… அனாதை யார்… (ஒன்னுக்கொன்னு துணை…)

 

மண்ணில் தானே எல்லைக் கோடுகள்
மனதில் கோடு யார் போட்டது
பெற்றால் தானா பிள்ளை பூமியில்
எல்லாம் எல்லாம் நம் பார்வையில்
நாதியற்ற பூவும் இல்லை
நட்டு வைத்ததால் வந்தது
நாதியற்றா நாம் பிறந்தோம்
அன்னை இன்றி யார் வந்தது
எங்கிருந்தோ… இங்கு வந்தோம்…
வந்ததெல்லாம்… சொந்தங்களே…
நம் பூமியில்… அனாதை யார்… அனாதை யார்… (ஒன்னுக்கொன்னு துணை…)

 

Here is the link to enjoy this melody…

http://www.raaga.com/play/?id=150143

Most of the songs from this movie are good and the other song which is one of my fav from this movie is “Mella Oorndhu Oorndhu’, sung by Ilayaraja himself in his magnetic voice.

And for the ones who still dont know the movie name… It is Nandhalala, directed by Myskin… a much awaited movie, but in dusts for a very long time…

Friday Fill-Ins – Kamal Special

Yay!!! Weekend again!  How it would be if it is going to be only weekends all the time in life??? It would be gr8 fun right?!?! But life will get bored then!!

And my friend Kaarthik also hasn’t forgotten to send me his Friday fill-n questions for this week. And as he knows well that I’m a diehard fan of Kamal Hassan and thalaivar is celebrating his birthday today, he just sent me questions all related to Kamal. And he named it Kamal Special.

And here I go, posting a day late…

1. Which movie made you die-hard Kamal fan? (Don’t give biased answer be Specific)

I really don’t know the movie that made me a fan of Kamal. But it’s ‘Thevar Magan’ that turned me a diehard fan of him.

2. Mention you’re most favorite 2 movies of Kamal in each Genre

All of his movies are my favorite. However, as you need specific answers, let me list out a couple out of my favorites.

Romance: Punnagai Mannan, Ek Tuje ke Liye

Action: Kuruthi Punal, Sathya

Comedy: MMKR, Pesum Padam

Rom Com: Ninaithale Inikkum, Singaravelan

Thriller: Sigappu Rojakkal, Vettaiyadu Vilayadu

Tragedy: Mahanathi, Salangai Oli

Pucca Masala: Vasool Raja, Aboorva Sagotharargal

Village Subject: Thevar Magan, Virumaandi

Social Subject: Anbe Sivam, Varumayin Niram Sigappu

Experimental Movie: Hey Ram, Guna

Cameo Role: Nala Thamayanthi, Magalir Mattum

3. Which Kamal movie you have missed to watch and would like to watch?

Yes, there is one such movie. I’m still hunting for its DVD. It is Kokila, a kannada movie directed by Balu Mahendra, starring Kamal Hassan & Shobha.  If anyone of you have the dvd, plsssssssssss gimme.

4. Which song do you like sung by Kamal?

Many.  To say some… Yaar Yaar Sivam(Anbe Sivam), Sunthari neeyum(MMKR), Thenpaandi cheemayile (Nayagan).

5. Name 3 movies for which he deserved National Award but didnt get. (pls dnt say he deserves for all the movies)

Not all movies. But there are many movies for which he deserves a national award. But as you want me to say 3 movies, here is my list – Pesum Padam, Thevar Magan & Hey Ram.

6.  Who’s the best pair for Kamal Hassan after Sri Devi? (Coz she’s the 1st Best pair for him) and who’s the worst heroine of Kamal?

Best, I would say Jaya Pradha. I just love their pair in Ninaithaley Inikkum & Salangai Oli.

Worst, Whom to say??? Shobana…

7. If you get a chance to watch a movie at Sathyam with Kamal Hassan which movie will u choose? (Again be Specific)

Every movie would be my answer. But my friend knows that this would be my answer. So he wants me to be specific.

Hey Ram – coz this is a movie directed by Kamal himself. Every scene in this movie conveys a lot more than we perceive. But I just want to know the thing he tried to show in that scene.

Thevar Magan – Only I just want to watch Kamal while he watches this movie. Especially the scene involving Kamal & Sivaji.

I hope that I’ve dne justice to the questions.

And wish Kamal Hassan, a very happy birthday..

What say guys???

I just love speaking about Kamal

Terrific Tendulkar!!

Last evening, when I reached home after running all way from the kathipara junction, it was gone. The moment for which I came rushing had passed away. God!! Missed it! Missed it by a single run!

Yes, I was just talking about one of the golden moments that every Sachin fan would love to watch. It’s the moment during which the little master takes off his helmet and gives a glance at the sky. It’s the moment during which the forever star batsman of India just way his heavy bat to the spectators. It’s the moment during which he broke his very own record again. It’s the moment that Sachin Tendulkar scores his tons. It was one such moment that I missed to watch yesterday when he reached his 45^th ODI ton while scoring a dazzling 175 runs, that too against the world champions Aussies.

On scoring his 45th ton in Hyderabad, Nov 05, 2009

What an innings it was from Sachin last night??? Mind blowing. Superb. Terrific. Brilliant. Lightening. I’m just searching for words to depict his play yesterday. I saw the Sachin from the times of 90’s yesterday in the field yesterday. He treated every bowler with no mercy. He cleared the boundaries just like that with his trademark classic shots. He was just enjoying the play himself in the field. I just got to see some enthusiastic gestures in him when I was watching the replay of his shots.

Yet another feather added to his cap yesterday, which is already crowned with hell a lot of feathers. He has set another record in the history of ODI reaching the 17000 runs, that too in his style. I’m damn sure and even the whole world is damn sure that no present cricketer can break this record. That’s where this batting maestro is standing tall in the cricketing world.  I just love the way Sachin answers his critics. Every time when someone throws a negative critic at him, he stays silent. Just smash that throw of that critic’s way beyond the boundaries with his bat.

However, again saw an Indian team which was much alike in 90’s.  A team that was not able to give the much needed partnership support to Sachin. All his performance ended into vain. I haven’t seen Sachin with such a disappointed face in any presentation ceremonies before. He played truly from his heart and just wanted the team to make use of his effort and convert it into a victory. It was almost an one man show yesterday except the supporting partnership from Suresh Raina.

I just love Sachin for whatever he was, for whatever he is & for whatever he will be!

Long live Sachin!! And wish he plays forever for India!!

கடமை!

உன் கிட்ட கொஞ்சம் பேசனும்..

தாரளமாக பேசலாமே!

நீ அவளை காதலிக்கிறாயா???

ஏன் இந்த கேள்வி??!!

இல்லை, நீ கஷ்டப்பட்டாலும் பரவாயில்லை… ஆனால் என்னை மட்டும் அவளிடம் நெருங்க விட மாட்டேன் என்கிறாயே. அதனால் தான் கேட்டேன்…

அடேய் மடையா… எப்போது அவள் என் கை பிடித்தாலோ.. அப்போதிலிருந்து நான் அப்படி தான் இருக்க வேண்டும்… அது காதல் இல்லை….. என் கடமை…

பொறுமை இழந்து பளீர் என அடித்தது அடை மழை!

சிரித்துக்கொண்டே வாங்கிக்கொண்டது அவளின் குடை!

Wake Up!!

As I stepped into my floor’s refreshment room in office, got to see two men seriously discussing some things with the newspapers spread across the table. From their chats, I was damn sure that they are not speaking something that is there in the newspaper. As I was filling my water bottle, one among those two men said an info that shocked the other men, even me too. Yes, happened to overhear them, as they were the only people chit-chatting there and their discussion was much audible to my ears. Now you may ask about the info that shocked me in that room??? I’ll tell you that for sure. In fact, I just penned this post to tell you all that info.

That men was telling the amount in words (as we do in smaller grades in school), that he has to pay to admit his kid for Pre-KG in some school. Wanna make a guess??? It’s the amount that started with the number five followed by four zeros. And lot more guys. Yes, this is just the tuition fees & donation and a lot more is that they are going to suck from that kid’s packet in the name of bus fees, uniform fees, etc.  Not sure about your guesses, but I wouldn’t have made a guess somewhere close to these digits for sure. I know that education is business now-a-days, but a bit ignorant that it has grown up to this extent. If I just tweak my brain a bit, it would bring up the number 1100, which my parents spent from their packet to pay my 12^th grade tuition fees. I’m sure that some people may say a number even less than this.

Some people may justify this amount by saying that the campus is fully air conditioned, hygienic foods served over there, and they nurture good habits in kids. Even these justifications seems meaningless to me. I guess that kids at this age should be allowed to play freely in the open air or at least in a structure that gets the fresh air inside. But here they are dumped just like vegetables inside an air conditioned room. If you ask me, I would say that the people at home can cultivate the good habits in kids well than these paid staffs in schools. I’m not saying that these staffs are not doing rightly, but I’m saying that people there in home teach the kids good habits with their family culture and love meddled in it. This cannot be taught by the teachers there at schools. May be to some extent, hygienic foods matters, but it would not take a toll of this amount.

Really I’m not able to understand the kind of system we are living in and the way we are heading to.  I’m asking myself a number of times that what the hell they are going to give this kid that is demanding a hefty half a lakh rupees.  As far as I know, the kid is just going to spend some time inside a campus playing with few more kids and learn some stuff like alphabets and numbers. To teach this, I don’t think that the school management needs someone graduated from IIT or IIM. And the more shocking thing is that these parents are ready to pay this amount and get the admission anyway.  May be these parents tend to go with this, just to avert the problems they may get when they try to board their kid in this school for higher classes in future.

But the reality that cannot be fooled is that the board exam toppers are not from these hyped schools, but from a very normal school from rural area and sometimes from a government school too. May be the toppers in English and other regional languages come from these schools. Great people like Abdul Kalam are not the ones who did their schooling in convents or such hi-tech schools. They just had their school grades completed in the government schools. Even the school in which the children are studying is a matter of concern, but it cannot be said that it’s the only thing that decides the quality of education that the children receive. The larger part lies on the kid who is pursuing the study.

 With the surveys telling us that our country is going to have the greatest percentage of youth population and the western countries going to have to the most percentage of ageing population, the government has to transform the burden of growing population into a boon of intellectual assets. This can be done only using the greatest tool of education. It has to be made available to all in this country. Moreover the emphasis has to be that the quality of the education should be same to all. It’s not that just because a kid’s person is not rich, he/she should not be forbidden to the quality education. I believe that the only way to do this is by reorganizing the education policies of the government on education. The government schools should be equipped enough that it attracts even the rich people to get joined in it.

So let me finish of this post with a hope that these dreams will come true during my lifetime itself!!!

Friday Fill-In #5

Hey all… Many of you would have forgotten that this blog was once updated with a fill-in post every Friday (Only 4 Fridays it happened:-P)… Even me too.. However my friend Kaarthik didn’t… Cos he was the one who emailed me the Friday fill-in questions last Friday… And I’m posting it a week delayed… Hope he won’t mind…

So with the loud enough beats of Rakkamma Kaiyya Thattu in my headsets, let me give some stupid answers for his stupid questions…

1. What are ur general activities on Diwali? Have u ever taken traditional Oil bath (Ganga Snaanam) at 4 am?

Visit a temple… Eat a lot… Meet friends… Fire Crackers (not these days)… Watch tv… nothing much I guess… Yes, I had that bath at that time once…

2. Which is ur Best and Worst Diwali till date and why?

All Diwalis are same to me… Nothin best or worst… After all it’s a day to be happy… So enjoyed every diwali till date…

3. What was ur Diwali gift to ur Family?

NOTHING…:-P Me being there at home on Diwali is itself a gift for them.. Isnt it???

4. Have u watched any Diwali release film on the Diwali day in theater?

Yes… No… Honestly I could not remember… Poor memory… Guess am growing old… :-/

5. Did u fire crackers this year?

Yes… Few flower pots to entertain my nephew… but in vain atlast…. Coz it scared him…

6. Will next Diwali be ur ThalaI Diwali?

Not that early!!! Lemme live my bachelor life for some more time…

7. And as for the weekend, I’ll spend today with my mom, my nephew N at my sis A’s home, tomorrow my plans include washing, shopping for CK and visit my friend Santhosh and Sunday, I’ve to mark my presence both mentally ‘n’ physically at the MBA class!

Confessed Thought!!!

Hope You dont mind about the length of the post!!!

No teacher was there at the dais. So it’s the time during which the whole class showed their strength to the school and to some teachers sitting in the staff room very nearby. Even out of that whole lot, some were serious in their work, as this is the year that is going to decide their lane of life thereafter. And some other were enjoying with no second thought other than to emphasize the thought of living that very moment. And this boy sitting in the last but one bench belonging to the latter also was doing his part of chit chat with his friends to tune their class’s voice up by some more decibels.

Never such shouts go unnoticed in schools and also this time too. But to their surprise, it was their class teacher who attended their shout this time. The moment that tall fair lady stepped inside the class, the whole class jumped upon the mute button all in a go. The silence was such that it would make the teacher to doubt whether she has come to the right class who were shouting like anything. What would happen next in that class?? A short lecture about the importance of this year for the students out there and a bit of advice not to shout anymore came as expected. But this time, she added spicy news with suspense to her usual advice. Every one gazed at each other hearing the words, ‘Someone has done a mischievous thing in this class. And also I have found out that. But I want that person to come and accept it before the end of the day’, from their class teacher.

Now as their teacher left, the whole class switched to the murmuring mode, but the murmur is about the guy who would have done that. And this boy and his bench mates also got into it. As the school got over for that day, everyone were cheered to go back home, except a guy. Hope you got the reason for that. That guy was almost numb to the things happenings around him. Friends of him being rushed to the cycle stand, the steps of this guy lead to staff room. And there she saw his class teacher just waiting for his arrival. As he entered the room, she started talking about the mischief. Even after the heart of that guy brought him to confess his mischief, his mind was trying its luck to convince the teacher that it’s not his play. But his mind at last fell down notwithstanding the truth. The teacher’s last few words ‘You should bring your father tomorrow’ waked up the guy who was almost lost somewhere.

The boy left the room and reached the cycle stand where his friends were waiting for him. With his eyes wet, he uttered those words ‘I did that mischief da…’ to his friend, which really sent a shock. All his friends couldn’t believe this, but the truth made them to believe. Even some of their friends scared that he may not go home, but would go somewhere. A medley of confusing thoughts all over the mind, that boy drove his cycle to home. Hundreds of ideas came into his mind to tell this to his father. But none was accompanied by the feeling of braveness. No other way around, he managed to tell his father that his class teacher want to meet him with a escape tag for that moment that he doesn’t know the reason for it. He was not calm enough because he has only crossed a quarter of the well.

As the next day dawned with bright light for everyone, this guy saw a dark tunnel waiting for him that day. He was not able to frame anything like what would happen and how he is going to respond in his mind. Everything seemed like a vision of dilated eyes to him. His friends enquired things happened in home last day and consoled him nothing would happen. But he was not in a state to accept it. As the class was going, he saw a face at the class entrance asking for him. It was his father and he gathered the braveness hiding in each & every corner to take his father to the class teacher. And finally the meet happened.

The briefing by the teacher to that father was not much like a complaint, but a feeling of shock. And the shock of same power was seen at that father’s face too. He couldn’t believe what is happening around there. Millions of reactions travelled in his face. And the boy at that moment realized the price that his mischief spared. Lastly both the father and the teacher heard the apologizing words from the boy and an untold promise of never repeating it in future that he uttered to himself. The whole class came to know about this incident and the boy’s involvement in it. But a feeling of pity commanded more than the feeling of badness about the boy among his classmates. He saw the beauty of friendship among his friends who haven’t shown the feeling of hatred for hiding this act from them, but showered the feeling of concern by their caring words.

Then after completing the tuition of the class teacher, the boy travelled home with countless questions about what would happen in home. The moment he saw his mom, his eyes got wet, not because of the guiltiness of doing such a mischief, but for breaking the trust she had on me. But she behaved no differently that day and served him the evening lunch with the same concern and love. And as the stars started becoming visible with the dark background in the sky, the boy heard the bike sound of his father. His heart started beating so fast that it would burst in seconds. The feeling of guilty, fear, panic, and anxiety all together raged a war over the boy to keep him disquiet at the mind at that moment.

And the time came, when that parent and the boy sat at their home’s door steps to discuss about this incident, so that it do not reach the ears of that boy’s sister who is reading her lessons inside. Nothing was uttered by their parents except the question ‘Who did this kiddo?’. This father and mother still didn’t believe that their son has done this mischief and this thing brought that hiding tear from that boy’s eyes. He told that he was the one who did that and apologized for it. He really stuck in awe the very next moment when his parent told him the words ‘Leave it. What ever happened is happened. Let’s think about what needs to happen next. Study well and score good marks kiddo. That’s all what we want it from you.’ It’s this kind conversation of his parents that night made him to feel guiltiest and also made him so strong at heart not to repeat that mistake thereafter in his life. Even if his parents had yelled at him or beaten him, it wouldn’t have that painful. Those kind words made that boy to understand the trust and love that their parents have on him.

So guys… I believe that you all are very eager to know what that mischievous act was …. It’s nothing but the rank was changed from 15 to 13 while getting the parent’s signature and changed it back to 15 in the progress report….See what a big change…. And you know who that chap who did this…Yeh… as u guessed it’s ME… and I just penned this post as a thought of confession to this world. Hope you got what I meant!