Happy New Year 2006...

Wishing everyone a very happy and prosperous new year !!!

Happy 2006 !!!

Cute Video...

http://www.youtube.com/watch.php?v=JjvzQm4bJ8s&search=iklan%20petronas%20deepavali%20indian%20india%20malaysia%20humor

I had a very hearty laugh seeing this...

It would make more sense if you understand tamil nonetheless worth watching and laughing :)

Merry Christmas...

This is my first christmas in the US. Feel really good to see every house in the vicinity decorated with lights, christmas tree, snow man, santa claus...

Wishing everyone a very happy christmas !

I am lost...

I am lost in thoughts
thinking about the past
experiencing the present
fearing the future...

I am lost in thoughts
on the questions I pose
on the answers I seek,
on the explanation I always get...

I am lost in thoughts
of the memoirs of past and
of some lovely incidents,
of grave mishappenings...

I am lost in thoughts
on the reasons behind
the happiness and sadness
which often drives me to madness...

I am lost in thoughts
on the wars that happened
on the hurricanes that have swept our homes and land
the earthquakes that have ruined some of our lives...

I am lost in thoughts
of the people I have met
of the friends I have made
of the folks I have ignored...

I am lost in thoughts
on the films I have seen
on the plays I have enjoyed
on the music that I have feasted...

I am lost forever...

Bookless in Baghdad...

I have been reading Shashi Taroor's

Bookless in Baghdad

for sometime now. I remember reading his columns in the hindu but never realised that Taroor was the Under Secretary General of United Nations until few months ago. I guess I am bad in remembering profiles of good authors...

I wanted to let you know that his writing is good and you should try reading some of them in your free time.

Try visiting this site to get a feel of his writing
http://www.shashitharoor.com/index.shtml

I dont want stampede...

I dont want food, and I know it for good
I dont want rice, as I dont wanna pay the price
I dont want oil, as I am ready to do my own toil
I dont want house and later get trampled like a mouse
I dont want relief, as it gonna strike me with more grief
I laud the noble relief deed but I dont want a STAMPEDE!!!

Lets pray for those 42 souls to rest in peace!!!

Where a Software Engineer stops...

A bus station is where a bus stops. A train station is where a train stops. On my desk, I have , a work station...what more can I say!

Having worked in a PC maker company like Dell Computer Corporation, I should not be saying the above :p but I guess that's the truth!

A as in Alpha, N as in Nancy,...

...U, S as in Sam, H as in Harry, A as in Alpha...

Sounds bizarre, isn't it?

I am sure you would have found out that I am just trying to spell mon nomme (my name). Sigh!! This is what Sarathy and I seem to be doing while booking doctor appointments, getting insurance for me. Reason? The American dudes here find that my name is lengthy. Imagine what would have happened if I had told them my full name when asked for my name? They would have died of shock I guess.

Sarathy is called Partha here by his company folks and friends and he spells his name everytime too like P as in Paul, A as in Alpha, R as in Robert, T as in Tom, H as in Harry, A as in Alpha.

Since we both share the same surnames (Our Last Names are same), we save the trouble of spelling "RAJAGOPALAN" only once and when asked for the other's Last Name we say its the same as the Last Name of the first one :)

I used to have the habit of spelling my name way back in India. When someone used to ask me my name I used to say "Anusha, A N U S H A". My mom noticed me doing this couple of times and asked me why I was doing that. I remember her mocking at me once "You are not in kindergarten school anymore, so you need not spell your name!"
I used to spell my name in India as couple of the folks who had problems with pronouncing "H", "SH" used to call me Anasuya...No offense to the revered sage's wife Anasuya but I did not like the sound of it hence I developed this name defense mechanism and used to spell my name whenever asked for my name.

I guess that has helped me a lot after coming here.
"Naan ellunna ennaiyya nikkaren" Hee ! Hee !!

Another poem on Lord Krishna...

Here comes the butter thief,
Known for his mischief,
Steals the Gopika's heart in a jiffy,
And spares her no mercy!

Some call him the lord,
For he is the god of gods!
Some call him the teacher,
For he is a world known preacher!

Some call him a friend,
For he is always there to defend!
Some call him the lover,
For he is there to shower!

Some call him their saviour,
For he does a lot of favour!
Some call him by different names,
Each one describing his fame!

Hey Krishna, Hey Krishna!
where are you?
Have you gone to the moon?
I need you here, so please come soon!

Hey Krishna, Hey Krishna!
What are you doing?
Are you playing your flute?
I need you here so please come fast in a chute !!!

A good saying on will...

My friend Anu had the following saying as part of her signature or sign off...

"Where there's a will, I want to be in it..."

A poem on Lord Krishna...Believe me...Its different!

This is again an old post of mine...

Well...well...people...I know what you gonna say..."whats this 'A poem on krishna...Believe me...' ?blah blah...Looks like this gal is really crazy!!!"

Well I guess thats the truth...I have kinda gone nuts over the past few days with helluva things on my plate...Okies...lemme come to the point(I guess I need to copy this golden sentence "Okies...lemme come to the point" and paste it now often and then cos I always seem to deviate out of the topic...:-( what to do?? thats how I am :p

Well people if you had been reading this blog then you would have read my first post "Poem On Success". Now you must be thinking that now that this moron has written something what she calls a poem on Success...now lets see what she has got to say about Lord Krishna...

You might even wonder...Look at the title..."...its different" ! as if she is doing a Maggie Hot and Sweet Chilly Sauce Ad...Wait a min...I guess you folks would not even think about these in the 1st place...viz will not let yout imagination run wild like me...My goodness I am becoming too good in ASSUMING...

"Never assume things...cos if you assume things, you make an ASS of yourself...thats what the US of A says..." - Krishna's advice...Hey hey...this is not "Lord Krishna's" advice...its just a "Local Krishna's" advice...:p

Well folks,this poem is not about a virtue, feeling nor an advice(advice...no way!!! I need tons of them myself:P) nor about an incident...this poem is my perception about the Lord I pray to everyday...yes, I am a hard core Krishna Devotee (Chill Guys...dont ever dare assume that I have become a Saadhu-Santh mahaatma suddenly...)

I was on my way to the river
when I started to shiver
A chill went down my spine
And I wondered whether it was already nine

I saw a child
playing in the wild
He stopped for a while
And gave me a mischievous smile

He had a cute face
which was full of grace
He was surrounded with a bright halo
And I could not resist saying a hello

He had a flute in hand
And was using it like a magical wand
He gave me an assuring nod
And I realised that he is the god

He gave me a peck on the cheek
I stood there like a geek
I seemed to drift into sleep
All I could hear was the cry of a sheep !

Superstitions have not spared God either...

This is an old post of mine written a year back.

What a Pity ! Supersititions have not spared Gods either…

Hey folks! The above statements seem to be confusing…You might be wondering what this nerd's trying to say this time after writing something what she calls a poem on Success…http://thechennaichilly.blogspot.com/2005/11/poem-on-success.html Looks like this poor gal must be a highly confused soul…I am folks…:-( Getting confused seems to be latest activity I seem to be indulgent in….:p

I guess the train has derailed from the track as usual…Sigh :-( "You are always like this girlie…when will you change?" Sorry folks, that was my conscience talking to me …

I had been thinking of writing this since last week…found the time atlast thanks to the Test Team who did not assign me enough defects to fix :p ;) God save me from my mom…I am sure when she reads this, she will drive the daylights out of me…:-(

Okies…Lemme not beat around the bush and come to the point…

I have a KRISHNA statue at home( Folks!!! Does the mere mention of the word KRISHNA ring a bell in your ears??? ;)…:p I am sure it would…but I am talking about the lord this time and not my innumerable friends whose "Le Nom" (that stands for "The Name" in French) happens to be Krishna…I don’t know how my school gang would react on reading this…they have been having their share of fun (mocking at me) ever since my 9th std when the Geography Teacher started with some Dam Projects on the Krishna River…THAT WAS IT!!! The nerds (Trust me!…my class was full of them - including me…:p) started teasing me royally cos of this name and I ran out of the classroom dropping the books in hand…)

"What the hell?? Why don’t you come to the point???" Well, this is my conscience again...

Well, the thing is this krishna had a flute in hand. And for a long time my parents had been asking me to give away this statue to some temple…Since they belong to the Gen X-1

if (we belong to GenX) then
they belong to Gen X-1 right? :p)
endif

they believe in the superstition that one should not have a krishna playing a flute, a dancing nataraja, and a gita upadesh statue/poster at home cos they claim that its not good for the family…blah…blah…



With tears in my eyes, I gave the Krishna idol to a Jeweller and got another Krishna idol in exchange…this time I bought a Child Krishna with butter in hand…
My mom was happy and so was my dad…I was alone feeling bad…I felt as if I left a poor child alone somewhere…

That guilt persists even today…:-(

I was very upset with this incident and something struck me suddenly that Superstitions have not spared God either!

Krishna Avatar has been considered as the best avatar of Lord Vishnu because it is in this avatar he recited the Bhavagad Gita and numerous other principles…Yet most of the superstitious lot don’t even give him the privilege of residing in their homes with a flute in hand :-(( what a pity…

Going by the same reasoning, what could go wrong if we have the statue of Lord Shiva in his dance posture at home??? Afterall the name "Nataraja" means "King of Dance" and also his dance posture symbolises thandava (a mudra of dance)…



We tend to get superstitious with almost every thing be it a black cat crossing our way, or the whine of a dog…We think twice before wearing a black clothing…
Don’t you agree with me, folks???

Lets shun superstition and start being "superstitious about superstition"!!!

A poem on cricket...I remembered reading long ago...

I have been reading Sachin's exclusive interview on the Times of India and I am in dearth of words to say or write anything about the Little Master. Infact it makes me feel jittery to comment anything on my MOST FAVOURITE CRICKETER of all times. For those of you, who are hard core Sachin fans you could read the entire interview from the following link

http://cricket.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1327136.cms

Wow, 35 Test Hundreds!!! Thats really amazing ! Yes, there are chances that Hayden and Punter can break this record but Sachin would always be remembered for this marvellous feat especially at a time when the Indian team needs a great morale boosting...

I remember reading a poem when I was eleven or twelve years old in the Young World, the supplement of The Hindu. Young World was then in its inception stages and a kid of 12 years had written a classic poem on Indian Cricketers.

I read the poem quite a number of times and kept the copy of that particular Young World for many years. I vaguely remember the full poem but I am penning it down as far as I remember...It was about the Indian Cricketers of 1992 typically the time when Sachin was still in his teens and Azhar was the captain and Srikanth was still playing...

Azhar is the boss
Winner of the toss
Now suffers great loss
Inconsistency being the cause

Srikanth is the best
Followed by the rest
But Ravi is a pest
Sometimes for the rest

Next comes the teenage thunder
Who makes everyone wonder
For he commits no blunder
And he is Sachin Tendulkar

Next comes with the guy with 400 wickets
Kapil the great in Indian Cricket
Oh I wish, I get a ticket
To get him see another wicket

Next comes Srinath
Who went to Sarnath
He asked God for a boon
And God gave him David Boon

Raju is a winner
One among the spinners
But he is thin
For he does not have his dinner...

etc etc

Cool poem, isn't it? My friends and I used to recite this poem while watching matches way back in 1992. Hats off to the kid who wrote this...

Happy time reading

Anusha

Einstien's Wise Words...

When the Solution is simple, God is answering! ~Albert Einstein~

A wise saying on Law...

I came across this saying...

"The law is reason free from passion"

I liked it a lot...Aristotle is said to have quoted this...

Pluck pluck patel...

The wait is over...here goes Pluck Pluck Patel...

It was two months after I landed up in the US of A. For those of you with a faint memory like me, let me tell you as to where I live. I live in Bakersfield, CA. Until two years back I did not know that California's short name or chella peyar was CA. Teachers in school and the innumerous ICWA folks have always told me that CA means Charted Accountant and Charted Accountant means CA. I guess their brain needs some whacking and I am ready to do it. Ahem...coming to the point ! Bakersfield is a city in CA close to LA viz 1 and 1/2 hours from LA. It is predominantly famous for its Oil Factories, Refineries. Before I ventured into exploring Bakersfield, I wanted to visit a beauty parlour. Since I am sure I am writing to an audience who visit parlours for threading, waxing and a hair cut and not for having a bikini wax, you would understand how important it is to trim eyebrows every now and then. A friend of mine Deepa once met me at a parlour. Before I could even ask her highness as to what she intends plucking for the day she said "I am planning to shave my brows. They seem to be growing into an amazon forest." I laughed so much that I spilled the coke on her dress adding to her agony.Well that's another story.

Well I happened to look at the mirrow for the umpteenth time that day (According to one of my Bong friends, Librans have this habit of admiring themselves in the mirror not to talk about the way she admires her belly button everytime) and realised that Deepa was indeed right. It had been 2 months since I visited the parlour and my brows badly needed trimming. The American chicks in one of the Super Markets I visited advised me to shave them. Gosh...I became shit scared. A thought struck me and I divulged the same to the man in my life. My man looked at me and asked me if I was alright? I am sure men keep asking this question too often once they tie the knot. I guess I had gone a lil crazy that day because I asked him if we could drive down to San Francisco to get my brows trimmed.( My friend Dhivya who stays in Santaclara told me once that there are too many Indian Parlours in the city hence it struck me that I need to visit Santaclara) My man must have thought that I had gone mad not that he did not think like that before. He gave me a polite NO for an answer. Poor soul. Little did he realise that he was going to starve during supper for saying NO.

My thoughts drifted to Chennai and Bangalore parlours where I used to spend considerable time for a manicure and a pedicure. How I wish there was a Kanya or a Lakme Salon closeby. There are lots of "Nails and Colors" Salons here but what they do is just do a Manicure and paint your nails and they demand a dirty 15 $ for it:( Aiyo...En kaasu ellaam ippadee dhaan veenaga poganumaa...Sob ! Sob !! I had learned to put up with the thing as my man assured me I looked nice with eyebrows trimmed or not trimmed which kinda soothed me but still I continued to grieve about my state especially in front of a mirror. Thats when my man's friend and his wife joined us at Bakersfield for a weekend. This friend's wife had the same problem (Trust me gals you tend to become beauty conscious before and after wedding for obvious reasons - then you would stop carin about it altogether). She and I took a vow that we would hunt down a parlour sometime soon.

My man meanwhile in an attempt to cheer me up took us to a mall and my eyes fell on the board "Patel's Beauty Salon - Upperlip, Eyebrows threading". What luck! Our joy knew no bounds and we decided to put an end to our beauty predicamentent of the last few days much to the agony of the two men with us who in the 1st place did not know what threading or manicure was...Thats where the heroine of this write up makes her appearance. (Well folks if you had been thinking that I am the heroine or what these bollywood biggies call "Jaan" of the write-up then you are wrong !)

Mrs Patel seemed to be happy to see us and she welcomed us with her hands folder and a big namaste on her lips. I was confused as to whether I had entered the Kodak Photo Studio because she stood in that pose for a very long time that even my hands started aching. Her parlour was a well furnished one with rows of mirrors and seats and everywhere she had hung a Bollywood Actor/Actress photo. I could see photos of Ash in bridal get up, Ash with Mrs Patel's husband (Well thats what she told us), Akshaya Khanna, Kumar Sanu etc. When I entered the shoppe I found 2 Americans looking at these snaps and they were smart enough to recognise Ash thanks to her non-performance in Bride and Prejudice and Mistress of Spices.

Mrs Patel: Namaste ! What can I do for you che? {'che' is the word the Gujjus use at the end of every sentence)
We: Eyebrows threading
Mrs Patel: Can you gimme min che? I got to finish this for this Kalee.
We: Ok.

Mrs Patel was referring to a Black American Woman as Kalee. We were shocked when she said that and decided not to engage in further conversation with her.

The American Woman was not sure about the threading process as she was used to using Wax. Reluctantly she got her eyebrows done while shooting questions to Mrs Patel.I was about to answer one of her questions when Mrs Patel was quick enuf to retort
" Yeh saali goree kya samajthee hai apne apko...bahuth sawaal kar rahee hai (What does this bloody black think of herself, she is asking me so many questions)" with
a smile on her lips. I was shell shocked and told her in Hindi that she was not supposed to be mumbling something like that in a language unfamiliar to the American. Mrs Patel apologised to me and said that she is frustrated with these Americans, blah, blah...

I wanted to leave the place but realised that I was not Miss Martin Luther King Jr hence got my brows trimmed and my friend got hers and we left the place asap.Oops I forgot to tell you about what she did while trimming my brows. She asked my friend to hold my forehead for her on the pretext that all her assistants had left for the day and she needed a lil help to trim my brows to which my friend agreed. Mrs Patel was very MAGNANIMOUS to give us what she called a "Big Che Discount". She said that she would charge us for just one trimming. Recently she gave us crap like if we go to her parlour once in 2 weeks for trimming, she would charge us just 8$ but if we frequent her parlour after a month or so she would charge us 12$ as she had to spend 5 minutes of extra time on us. Wow...this is what I call EXTORTION OF FIRST DEGREE...

Recently I happened to read an article about her in a local newspaper. The gist of it was like :

"New Weapon of Battle against bushy eyebrows...

Being beautiful is every femme's desire and American Women are no exception. Gone are the days when women inflict themselves to pain by shaving their brows and upper lip. Mrs Patel from India has come up with a solution to end their woes as she has come up with something called "THREADING" in which she uses thread to pluck unwanted hair from face. She has decided to recommend this to leading beautiful salons in the world " Mrs Patel is very happy that her parlour is thronged with women around 100-200 per day who leave the parlour satisfied with the new INVENTION :)"

Hmm...LADY LUCK IS SMILING ON YOU, You have become a celebrity...or I should say...an inventor :p

So keep going...Mrs Patel...or I should say...PLUCK PLUCK PATEL !!!

Asia Crypt 2005....happening at Chennai

Asia Crypt 2005 is happening at Taj Coramandel, Chennai. Its a 5 day conference organised by the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, IIT Madras and co sponsored by Microsoft Research.

Check out the link for more information about the same...

http://www.cs.iitm.ernet.in/~ac05/

cheers
AnUsHa

Thats me and my better half...taken at Universal Studios

Thats me and my better half :) 

Good site to learn mythology...

Check this site

http://www.pantheon.org/

I found it very interesting especially reading about indian gods, greek heroes viz the trojan heroes like Achilles, Hector, Paris...

Bookmark the same and read it in your leisure time.

cheers
AnUsHa

Eclipses from Mythological point of view...

Long ago there was a great war between the Asuras (demons) and Devatas (gods). The Devatas were routed in the war and they went to Lord Brahma to seek his help. Brahma told them to churn the ocean.
As a result they would be able to obtain Amrit (nectar) which would make them immortal and all powerful and after consuming it they would be able to defeat the Asuras. Churning the ocean was a very big job and so the Devatas sought the help of the Asuras. The king of the serpents Vasuki was to become the rope, while a hill named Mandrachal offered to become the pivot. Lord Vishnu, in the form of a tortoise, became the base and the churning process began.

The Devatas held the tail of Vasuki and the Asuras held the head. Various things came out, during this churning of the ocean. There was a pot of Vish (poison) which created havoc in all the three worlds. Lord Shiva drank the poison to save the world, but he did not let the poison go beyond his neck which became blue in color. That is why Lord Shiva is also called 'NeelKant' ("one with a blue neck").

At last Dhanvantari came out with a pot of Amrit and immediately there was a mad scramble for it among the Devatas and Asuras. Seeing this, Lord Vishnu took the form of Mohini (a beautiful dancer) and offered her services in distributing the Amrit equally to both the Asuras and Devatas. She made both of them sit in two different rows but she gave the Amrit to the Devatas only. Towards the end, one of the Asuras saw through her trick. He went and sat among the Devatas and drank the Amrit. The moment Chandra (Moon) and Surya (Sun), who were sitting besides him, saw that he was a Asura, they informed Mohini. Lord Vishnu came in his real form and let out the Sudarshan Chakra (wheel) at the Asura. The Asura's neck was separated from the body, but he did not die as he had drunk the Amrit. His head was called 'Rahu' and his torso 'Ketu'. According to legend, Rahu and Ketu swallowed the moon and sun to have their revenge, causing an eclipse.

Getting Nitish to watch Gangaajal

I happened to read an article in Rediff about the newly elected Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar watching Apaharan in theatre.

http://us.rediff.com/movies/2005/dec/02nitish.htm?q=mbp&file=.htm

Looks like the chief minister has been quoted as saying that he is a fan of Prakash Jha...

I wonder whether he has watched Gangaajal. It would be interesting to watch too...It would be a leason for all politicians, leaders, and other big-wigs...

Hmm...Lets hope that Nitish ends Bihar's doom run...

AnUsHa

Pleasure of watching "The Sixth Sense"...

After persuasion from Sarathy and Vijay, Sowmya and I decided to watch SIXTH SENSE atlast.

I had been evading watching that movie as I thought I had enough watching Manoj Night Shyamalan's movies. "Village" was the first movie I watched of Shyamalans series of movies. I went to the theatre with great expectations with my friend Anu only to find her sleeping cos she like many others in the theatre got so bored with the movie.

After I came here to the US, Sarathy and Vijay made Sowmya and me watch SIGNS...I agreed to watch it cos I was a fan of Joaquin Phoenix. I liked it a lot but was feeling slightly uneasy for some time.

Yesterday we watched THE SIXTH SENSE...I LOVED IT...Manoj has made a CLASSY movie...especially I loved the screenplay of the movie.

Here are couple of facts which I learnt from these guys about SIXTH SENSE.

I believe no one wanted to produce the movie but Warner Brothers decided to do it altast. They made the movie within a budget of 15 million but can you guess how much did it earn worldwide???

A whopping 400 MILLION...
And it ran for 200 SUPER HIT DAYS...

Its a pity the movie did not get the OSCAR pity it went to the AMERICAN BEAUTY that year.

So folks, gear up and watch THE SIXTH SENSE !!!

AnUsHa

for carnatic music fans...

I am sure most of you would be avid listeners of carnatic music. Well I am one and infact have a lot of zeal and devotion to carnatic music having learnt it for 6 years...

I came across a site

http://www.udbhava.com/udbhava/home.jsp

You can find a wonderful collection of Kutcheris, Devotional Songs, Compositions of Saint Thyagaraja, Shyama Shastri, Annamacharya Krithis, Jugalbandhis...The site also has a collection of Hindustani Songs, Instrumental, Fusions etc...

Happy time listening...

As I am writing to you I am listening to "Jagadhodhaarana..." by Padmasri KJ Yesudas.

cheers
AnUsHa

Bricks and Bats from Steve Waugh...

Well, I am not an expert as far as cricketing terms like inside edge, short delivery, googly go but I like watching the game if its played in good spirit. In the olden days, when cricket had its advent in England, it used to be known as the Gentlemen's game. Unfortunately these days controversies, ball tampering, pitch tampering, match fixing seem to be synonymous with every game of cricket thats played.

Just like any Indian, I love to watch India play especially against Pakistan and Australia. When Sachin hits a six on Saqlain's delivery, my heart jumps with joy the same way he hits Warne's ball to the fence. More than that I like the spirit of the cricketers on the field. Warne complimenting Sachin, Dravid complimenting Hayden, Inzamam shows the good sportsmanship of these cricketers.

Unfortunately over the past few months the Kolkatan's protest of Ganguly's expellation from the team, repeated Unruly behaviour from the Eden Garden's Crowd, the media's lashing at Ganguly and Chappel have brought negative feelings about the game of cricket played in India.
Adding fuel to the fire is Steve Waugh's comments about Ganguly in his autobiography "Out of my comfort zone". Waugh says that the then Indian captain's bickering over pitches "was not too different from match-fixing".

I respect Steve Waugh as a player infact he is my favourite Australian Cricketer but I am just curious to know whether he has mentioned anything about his twin's brother's acceptance of money from a bookie.

I have not read the book not that I intend doing but I was just curious that whether Waugh has been honest enough to have mentioned it especially since he voices his views on Ganguly...

Thanks goodness, Steve gives some credit to Ganguly...He writes "I saw in Sourav a committed individual who wanted to inject some toughness and combativeness into a side that had often tended in the past to roll over and expose a soft underbelly"

I sincerely feel that Saurav should be given a chance to return to the game not as a captain but as a member of the team. We should not forget his accomplishments. He is amazing left handed batsman who has contributed to India's totals in test in the past. Lets give him another chance, another hope...

AnUsHa

PS: please note that I am not a Saurav Ganguly fan. Anyday I would vouch for Sachin and Lara. Its just that I feel that every man should be given a second chance.

Yen dee Meera...

I often get reminiscent of the poems which my mom used to compose instantly to put me to sleep, soothe me while crying etc when I was a child. Since some of you like poems, I would like to say that I have got this poetry writing talent from my mom...

I would like to post couple of them as and when I remember. One of them goes this way...

Yen dee Meera Un kooda doodee
Delhi Paatti vaangina maalai nekku kaamichiyaa
Podee Meera, Unkooda dodee

Translation of the poem for non-tamil folks

(Hey Meera, I am upset with you)
(Did you show me the chain which your granny from delhi got you?)
(Go Meera, I wont talk to you)

My mom used to recite this in the first person with me being the first person

Looks like there used to be a gal like Meera who stayed opposite to my granny's home in Chennai. She was 2 years older than me and used to come and play with me. Looks like she had a granny from Delhi who had got her a new chain or something like that.

The meaning of the poem was that I am offended with Meera because she did not show me the chain which her Delhi granny got her.

It might sound silly to couple of you folks but I wanted to post the same hoping that my gets a chance to read this too.

I am sure all of you would have had similar experiences with mom, dad, siblings etc and I am also sure that it makes me feel really nice whenever we think about all those cherishable incidents...

cheers
AnUsHa

PS: Meera is married now and settled in Bangalore.

Funny saying...for people who despise cats

I came across a photo couple of months back on my way to Vegas for a holiday. The photo had a cat and a saying on it... Here it goes...

"People who are afraid of cats might have been mice in their previous birth"

I guess a cat lover would have wrote it...not a cat ofcourse :)

I laughed a lot reading it and showed the photo to my friends who accompanied me to the trip which includes Sarathy :)

My imagination drifted by and I could think of one more as follows:

"People who are afraid of police might have been thieves in their previous birth"