My friend who lives in UK telephoned me some months ago, it was a casual call, she keeps calling me once in 3 to 5 months.
We usually exchange a lot of things ignoring the fact that we are on ISD calls. She told me that her Parents in law visited her place in the recent past(My friend is an Indian and her husband is a slovenian). My friend began, she said ," you know I derived a theory after my Parents in law's visit". she continued, When my MIL stepped in, she looked at the house and pointed at the dining table which was at the corner of the house and told me "dont you think that the Dining table could be placed some where else than here ?, my friend replied politely with a grin " I like the way it is ......".
Then... all of them were having lunch and her MIL started again "I think we can change the dining table's location", my friend did nt say anything and was little discomfortable, seeing her discomfortable, her FIL came to her rescue and told her MIL something in their native language and her MIL kept quite and they finished their lunch.
My friend said, "you know Subha, the outcome of my thesis is " East or West MIL is a MIL " .
I completly agree with her :)
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
College Gana
11 years back, when I was in school, I used to board a PTC(Public Transport Corporation)bus from a bus stop close to my home to school and this bus passes via a Men's college.
I get down in a bus stop which is few stops before the college's bus stop. Our school's starting hours and that of the college used to be the same. When ever I board the bus there used to be a group of 10 college students who make noice, sing songs especially "Gana songs"(famously Known as fast songs) and their instrument was the sides of the bus and they drum it through out their journey. I used to get irritated and think that they are job less and are doing such acts to attract girls. As I was a typical girl's school student who used to think that those who sing in bus are'bad boys'.
Then after three years, when I was doing my MA,the bus in which I used to travel was also going via a Men's college. Here again the 'Gana' songs continued, these men change the movie songs lyrics to their own and composed a brand new one. This was absolutly funny and I used to laugh through my jounery from home to college as I board the bus from the first stop to the last.
Then after completing my MA, when I started to work, till I got married I was not a frequent visitor of public bus. A few days back, when I was travelling in a bus to my work place, a group of students from some college were drumming the sides of the bus and were singing the'Gana Song'. Now I was really enjoying it, It rewinded my pleasent memories of my school and college days and of course the legacy of 'Gana' songs continues.
I get down in a bus stop which is few stops before the college's bus stop. Our school's starting hours and that of the college used to be the same. When ever I board the bus there used to be a group of 10 college students who make noice, sing songs especially "Gana songs"(famously Known as fast songs) and their instrument was the sides of the bus and they drum it through out their journey. I used to get irritated and think that they are job less and are doing such acts to attract girls. As I was a typical girl's school student who used to think that those who sing in bus are'bad boys'.
Then after three years, when I was doing my MA,the bus in which I used to travel was also going via a Men's college. Here again the 'Gana' songs continued, these men change the movie songs lyrics to their own and composed a brand new one. This was absolutly funny and I used to laugh through my jounery from home to college as I board the bus from the first stop to the last.
Then after completing my MA, when I started to work, till I got married I was not a frequent visitor of public bus. A few days back, when I was travelling in a bus to my work place, a group of students from some college were drumming the sides of the bus and were singing the'Gana Song'. Now I was really enjoying it, It rewinded my pleasent memories of my school and college days and of course the legacy of 'Gana' songs continues.
Monday, March 15, 2010
My first step in Harry Potter's world
I still remember the day, when the last book of Harry Potter's series was released world wide. Television news channel, news paper and the other news medium gave special time and attention to the last Harry Potter's novel. I still remember the popular book houses in Chennai made announcements on making advance booking of the book.
The day arrived; the book was released in all the book houses across the world. The news paper carried photographs of children with their parents standing in long queue in front of the book stores. I found this, a little crazy, what is in a book, why people are wasting time and money on it?.
Even this book as its previous novel “Harry Potter and Half blooded prince" was a great success. And subsequently the last series of the movie was also released and it was also house packed in all the theatres it was released. The Harry Potter mania subsided and I removed it from my brain. This happened between 2007 and 2008.
As I had mentioned in my previous post about my second affair, My brain started to thrive for reading books of different genres , fiction, non fiction religious etc....
I was reading a non fiction book, it is a self development book and I wanted to read a fiction or a fantasy one along with it so that I don’t reach the monotony. I decided to read Harry Potter books, I went to the book store and found the first novel of Harry Potter series, It was "Harry Potter and Philosopher’s stone", I wanted to buy but I did'nt as it was heavily priced. I did nt want to buy the pirated books either, so I was searching for it in the used book stores , but could nt find it. I left the idea of buying the book for now, thought I would save some money and buy it later.
One day on my way to home from the railway station, I saw a lending library, I went to enquire about the charges and the kind of books they have stocked. I saw the Harry Potter books that I was searching for, I asked the librarian whether he can sell it he said he can and took out 5 - 6 copies of the same book, I was choosy as I found the books either in poor condition or it looked very old. In theses copies of books, I found the Sorcerer's stone, this is also the first series of Harry Potter, this was released in US and Philosopher’s stone in other parts of the world.
I bargained for the book and got it for a reasonable deal.
Though I bought this, it took almost one month forme to start reading it as I was reading something else in between.
I started it yesterday, finished the 1st chapter and almost going finish the second one and I find it interesting.
The day arrived; the book was released in all the book houses across the world. The news paper carried photographs of children with their parents standing in long queue in front of the book stores. I found this, a little crazy, what is in a book, why people are wasting time and money on it?.
Even this book as its previous novel “Harry Potter and Half blooded prince" was a great success. And subsequently the last series of the movie was also released and it was also house packed in all the theatres it was released. The Harry Potter mania subsided and I removed it from my brain. This happened between 2007 and 2008.
As I had mentioned in my previous post about my second affair, My brain started to thrive for reading books of different genres , fiction, non fiction religious etc....
I was reading a non fiction book, it is a self development book and I wanted to read a fiction or a fantasy one along with it so that I don’t reach the monotony. I decided to read Harry Potter books, I went to the book store and found the first novel of Harry Potter series, It was "Harry Potter and Philosopher’s stone", I wanted to buy but I did'nt as it was heavily priced. I did nt want to buy the pirated books either, so I was searching for it in the used book stores , but could nt find it. I left the idea of buying the book for now, thought I would save some money and buy it later.
One day on my way to home from the railway station, I saw a lending library, I went to enquire about the charges and the kind of books they have stocked. I saw the Harry Potter books that I was searching for, I asked the librarian whether he can sell it he said he can and took out 5 - 6 copies of the same book, I was choosy as I found the books either in poor condition or it looked very old. In theses copies of books, I found the Sorcerer's stone, this is also the first series of Harry Potter, this was released in US and Philosopher’s stone in other parts of the world.
I bargained for the book and got it for a reasonable deal.
Though I bought this, it took almost one month forme to start reading it as I was reading something else in between.
I started it yesterday, finished the 1st chapter and almost going finish the second one and I find it interesting.
My latest affaire
well.... now my second affair begins, though I cant call the first one as an "affair" as it is with my husband, but since I did nt have any affair or affairs before marriage , I think I can legally call this.
Ok now coming back to my second affair the affair can be briefly called as "A collection of sheets of paper, or similar material, blank, written, or printed, bound together; commonly, many folded and bound sheets containing continuous printing or writing" confused?, its nothing but books!. I realised this after my continuous reading of books for the past two months, this is an achievement I could say, as I have' nt spent much time in reading(including my academic books ) :)
I forced my self in reading as I did nt find anything interesting around me, I was irritated with the reality shows, soap operas and other no sense programmes on TV. So I gradually started indulging myself with books and I later realised that my second affair is better than the first :):) I know my husband does nt read my blog :):).
This second affair of mine will continue till the end as my first :)
Ok now coming back to my second affair the affair can be briefly called as "A collection of sheets of paper, or similar material, blank, written, or printed, bound together; commonly, many folded and bound sheets containing continuous printing or writing" confused?, its nothing but books!. I realised this after my continuous reading of books for the past two months, this is an achievement I could say, as I have' nt spent much time in reading(including my academic books ) :)
I forced my self in reading as I did nt find anything interesting around me, I was irritated with the reality shows, soap operas and other no sense programmes on TV. So I gradually started indulging myself with books and I later realised that my second affair is better than the first :):) I know my husband does nt read my blog :):).
This second affair of mine will continue till the end as my first :)
My adventurous days in Alice’s wonderland!
When I was in school, I read an abridged version of Alice’s adventures in Wonderland. Though I know the story, I was very keen in reading its unabridged version.
I bought the book; the cover page of the book has the sketch of a cat with a wide grin and gradually fading down finally with just teeth on it.
The entire book was full of adventure, from the first page till the last. The 86 pages of fantasy took me through my younger days. When I was a kid, I used to wonder I wish I could haven been in the world of fun, adventure, excitement and uncertainties.
Though this book was meant for children, my personal view is that it equally attracts the adult audiences too. The narration, character description, their diction are very well framed to the story. Every character, from the white Rabbit to the queen of hearts tells us about the different characters that exist and those we come across in our lives.
The bored little Alice, who gets tired , when she sees her big sister reading a book and suddenly she is distracted towards a white rabbit with a black coat crosses her and she follows him and suddenly lands in a rabbit hole. From there the story goes around Alice meetings with new characters and when I was reading every line carefully, I was taken to my world of reality, the characters depicted in this tale brings some sort of synonymous substitution for the creatures to humans in reality.
The White rabbit makes Alice to follow like the Vodafone dog, which follows its master religiously. The white rabbit illustrates a simple but a strong meaning to the story, where Alice follows him wherever he goes and ends up in meeting various creatures with different traits in them.
In every chapter of the tale the various acts of Alice shows the normal human character of curiosity, courage, dislike, negligence, pride, boldness ,kindheartedness etc…
Alice‘s curiosity makes her drink a bottle which claims “Drink me” , but her wise brain makes her to check whether the bottle also has a label "poison" in it. She could nt find anything and she drinks a little from it and suddenly she shrinks, This particular act of hers states how it is important to be conscious at a young age , and this trait of a person will make him/her to be conscious in the future also.
In the following chapter she finds a wise caterpillar who sits on a mushroom with his hookha and he advices her how to cope with the difficulties she will face during her odyssey in the wonderland. This character shows as a good guide where everyone needs in the journey of life.
All the creatures and characters are done so well, that it shows a trait of wittiness and humor.
Every adventure Alice undergoes makes oneself to be in the wonderland and having an adventurous life with the creatures and characters.
While travelling in the wonderland, Alice meets many personalities like the Mouse, Duck, Lory , Dodo, pigeon frog footman, fish footman, duchess and many others but I am not mentioning about them but the characters which played the major role and one which I could relate with.
Then the most interesting character comes, the Cheshire Cat which is always with a grin and appears and disappears and re appears whenever Alice find some difficulties in the Wonderland and also teach her the rules of the place.
The Mad Hatter is one of the members at the Tea Party he is occasionally rude and Alice often reminds him to be civil in his speech to her.
Then here comes our highness the Queen of hearts, I felt this as the funniest, though she is the hard hearted woman, who find pleasure in execution.
Right from the beginning till the end Alice relises that all were a long dream , the narration is very well done.
A really adventures experience for me to travel through this fantasy Island and explore all the characters.
I bought the book; the cover page of the book has the sketch of a cat with a wide grin and gradually fading down finally with just teeth on it.
The entire book was full of adventure, from the first page till the last. The 86 pages of fantasy took me through my younger days. When I was a kid, I used to wonder I wish I could haven been in the world of fun, adventure, excitement and uncertainties.
Though this book was meant for children, my personal view is that it equally attracts the adult audiences too. The narration, character description, their diction are very well framed to the story. Every character, from the white Rabbit to the queen of hearts tells us about the different characters that exist and those we come across in our lives.
The bored little Alice, who gets tired , when she sees her big sister reading a book and suddenly she is distracted towards a white rabbit with a black coat crosses her and she follows him and suddenly lands in a rabbit hole. From there the story goes around Alice meetings with new characters and when I was reading every line carefully, I was taken to my world of reality, the characters depicted in this tale brings some sort of synonymous substitution for the creatures to humans in reality.
The White rabbit makes Alice to follow like the Vodafone dog, which follows its master religiously. The white rabbit illustrates a simple but a strong meaning to the story, where Alice follows him wherever he goes and ends up in meeting various creatures with different traits in them.
In every chapter of the tale the various acts of Alice shows the normal human character of curiosity, courage, dislike, negligence, pride, boldness ,kindheartedness etc…
Alice‘s curiosity makes her drink a bottle which claims “Drink me” , but her wise brain makes her to check whether the bottle also has a label "poison" in it. She could nt find anything and she drinks a little from it and suddenly she shrinks, This particular act of hers states how it is important to be conscious at a young age , and this trait of a person will make him/her to be conscious in the future also.
In the following chapter she finds a wise caterpillar who sits on a mushroom with his hookha and he advices her how to cope with the difficulties she will face during her odyssey in the wonderland. This character shows as a good guide where everyone needs in the journey of life.
All the creatures and characters are done so well, that it shows a trait of wittiness and humor.
Every adventure Alice undergoes makes oneself to be in the wonderland and having an adventurous life with the creatures and characters.
While travelling in the wonderland, Alice meets many personalities like the Mouse, Duck, Lory , Dodo, pigeon frog footman, fish footman, duchess and many others but I am not mentioning about them but the characters which played the major role and one which I could relate with.
Then the most interesting character comes, the Cheshire Cat which is always with a grin and appears and disappears and re appears whenever Alice find some difficulties in the Wonderland and also teach her the rules of the place.
The Mad Hatter is one of the members at the Tea Party he is occasionally rude and Alice often reminds him to be civil in his speech to her.
Then here comes our highness the Queen of hearts, I felt this as the funniest, though she is the hard hearted woman, who find pleasure in execution.
Right from the beginning till the end Alice relises that all were a long dream , the narration is very well done.
A really adventures experience for me to travel through this fantasy Island and explore all the characters.
Monday, March 8, 2010
Wo(o)men's day ?!!?!!?!!
Mother's day, Father's day, thanks giving day, children's day.........in the same row falls the Women's day.
Does a woman really need a day to celebrate her birth hood ?, then why cant a man ?", says one group one group of activitis who are aginst any celebration happening in the society.
"Yes if, we can celebrate wedding day, birthday, and even a sorry day, why cant we celebrate Women's day" protests a feminst group.
But when we look from a comman person's view, does it really mean anything worth out of it?. May be for the spendthrift's yes it could be as the big corporates in the city take this chance to sell their old and stocked products at a discounted price.
Now coming back to my previous paragraph, for the commom person does it make any difference? , for daily wage earners?, for domestic workers and for sex workers ? no it is not , take the case of any sex worker does she ever get a holiday or any celebration for her or birth hood, I dont think so!. Then why such celebrations for ?, for the big fat corporates to increase thier sales level? possible!.
But personally, I dont get anything out of it!
Does a woman really need a day to celebrate her birth hood ?, then why cant a man ?", says one group one group of activitis who are aginst any celebration happening in the society.
"Yes if, we can celebrate wedding day, birthday, and even a sorry day, why cant we celebrate Women's day" protests a feminst group.
But when we look from a comman person's view, does it really mean anything worth out of it?. May be for the spendthrift's yes it could be as the big corporates in the city take this chance to sell their old and stocked products at a discounted price.
Now coming back to my previous paragraph, for the commom person does it make any difference? , for daily wage earners?, for domestic workers and for sex workers ? no it is not , take the case of any sex worker does she ever get a holiday or any celebration for her or birth hood, I dont think so!. Then why such celebrations for ?, for the big fat corporates to increase thier sales level? possible!.
But personally, I dont get anything out of it!
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