Navarathiri Myth at home...

We have the traditional of keeping 'gholu or 'kolu' at home like most people. My mom and I started keeping 'kolu' at home since I was 5 years old. I remember the initial dolls we bought - "Vennaithaazhi Krishna", "Dasaavatharam", "Ramar Set" etc. We later bought dolls at Triplicane(Bommukutti Chathiram near Sri Parthasarathy Swamy temple), Mylapore Tank, North Usman Road(near GRT) and now have a huge collection of dolls. Though I have been away from home since 98, I used to make it a point to go home at the beginning of Navarathiri to help my parents set the doll display and later during the Saraswathi Pooja and Vijayadasami. While my mom and I would be unpacking the box and unwrapping the dolls, my dad would go about setting the Dasaavatharam on the 2nd or 3rd top shelf and will keep them in CORRECT WRONG order. The various combinations had been "Matsyam, Varaaham, Koormam, Narasimhar, Vaamana, Parasurama, Rama, Balarama, Krishna, Kalki", "Matsyam, Koormam, Varaham, Vaamana, Narasimhar, Parasurama, Rama, Balarama, Krishna, Kalki", "Matsyam, Koormam, Varaham, Narasimhar, Vaamana, Parasurama, Balarama, Rama, Krishna, Kalki" and many more(those days Balarama was considered an Avatar. These days you see him replaced with Buddha!)

I would always ask them how they keep forgetting the correct order and keep them wrong everytime. They would tell me "we dont know...". I am here in the US now and they have kept kolu at home and as usual goofed up the order. Thanks to our neighbour kid (Apoorva - she is a darling angel)the correct order has been kept. The kid had the presence of mind to cross check with a Panchangam(5 Vayasula enakku panchangame ennannu theriyaadhu). When I told this to my hubby, he said that "Your parents always knew the correct order. Its just that they wanted you kids to know the correct order and tell them!". Maybe he is right! Its just that they were playing the fool with me for me to learn...Nonetheless whether they know or dont know the right order always seem to be a Myth or Navarathiri Myth at my home :)

From Kaavya to BH...Plagiarisation dont seem to end!

I am an ardent Superstar fan. Well who isn't? So when news about his Shivaji movie surfaced, there was a lot of speculation about its shooting, superstar's getup, makeup etc etc...I got some forwards with 'Shivaji' movie stills then. When I asked my friend who sent me those pics about the source of these pics, he mentioned about a Kollywood News portal called Behindwoods.

Hoping to catch up with the latest Shivaji Movie news and stills I visited Behindwoods site yesterday. What do I find? An article on Namitha, the so-called Glamour Doll of Kodambakkam. After kutti told me that he is smitten with her I became curious and I read the article only to find that the article has been plagiarised from Kaps's blog http://sambharmafia.blogspot.com/ Since I am a regular reader of sambharmafia blog, I told kaps this and he was surprised/shocked that a news portal has plagiarised from his post. Guess the press has run out of news/ideas/words too!!!

Adavennaingalaa, Copy adikkardhu dhaan adikkareenga, pictures, examples, choice of words ellaathayumaa adippeenga??? Kaavya Vishwanathanaye Minchitteenga!!!

If Harry Potter were alive now...

Its not a secret that I am a big time Harry Potter fan. Its very obvious from my blog. I was wondering if Harry Potter, Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley were real, alive and kicking today, how old would they be? What a surprise! They would be exactly my age! 26!

Sigh! How I wish I was with them in Hogwarts! I would have been their classmates :) Mere Naseeb Mein Woh Sab Hai Kahaan :(

Anyways...I am happy that 26 rocks!!!

Some stills from the upcoming movie - Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix!

Dumbledore's Army(DA)

Ron, Harry and Hermione

I am endorsing sprite...I hope I signed the deal right!

Oh I forgot to play like a champ,
As soon as I started walking the ramp.
I endorse almost everything,
And have forgotten that playing was my thing.
Why the hell will I care about my game,
As long as I rake in money and fame!

Almost every prominent indian sports person seem to be following the above as his/her motto. Our latest Indian Tennis Sensation or should I say Ms Not-So-Funny-Words-On-Tee-Shirt (She actually seems to be thinking that its funny to wear them, poor gal does not realise that its not funny!) is not an exception. The number of commercials she is featured in is slowly increasing in numbers. It is being said that her modelling charges among the sportspersons, are second only to Sachin's. I am sure that she would outnumber the little master, Dhoni and lot others very soon...

She was seen wearing a T-shirt wearing the legend "Well-behaved women rarely make history" at Wimbledon and "You can either agree with me, or be wrong"at the US Open!

Hmm...perhaps she should wear t-shirts with the following possible legends:-

"Wanna endorse something? Contact me!", "Want me to play? Then you better pay!", "Playing is not my thing anymore!", "Career ahead! Tennis -> Ads -> Tollywood -> Bollywood!".

She is featured in the latest Sprite Ad...

I am sure she must be telling herself - "I am endorsing sprite...I hope I signed the deal right!"

Where are they?

VIVA

AASMA

Where are these Channel V Coke Pop Stars? I remember the hype they had when they were crowned pop stars...After they were selected, you could hear their debut album blaring everywhere...Viva was better than Aasma(that's my opinion). I wonder where they are and what happened to them?Its surprising that Channel V did not go for a 3rd group of pop stars...Guess they got tired with the 'nakras' these guys showed once they formed a band :)

Sillunnu Oru Kadhal - A trivial info...

I could not help laughing at kutti's latest post
http://kuttichuvaru.blogspot.com/2006/09/naanum-sillunu-oru-kathal-paarthen.html !
Sillunnu Oru Kadhal turned out to be a ok types considering the immense hype it had...I lost my patience in the 2nd half of the movie and I wanted to walk out...Anyways sat and watched just for Jo's sake...Bhoomika who is usually hopeless in emoting has improved her acting skills a bit...God knows why Surya is cast in the movie...His performance reminds me of that of SRK in Kuch Kuch Hota Hai..."New York Nagaram" song shows more of Europe and less of New York...Perhaps the director/crew could not fit the name of the European Cities in the song...ARR's music is fabulous but it takes time to grow on you...

Anyways this post is not a review...I am here to state a trivia...The director of this movie is Krishna, a debutant.

This is the guy who comes as a lorry driver in Minnale's famous Vivek Comedy...

J Lo's misquote...

While watching "Sillunnu Oru Kaadhal" at Laguna Hills Mall, I happened to see some quotable quotes of filmstars...

"Life is about two things - loving and learning" - Jennifer Lopez...

I could not help laughing at the fact that she quotes 'quotes' these days...

It would have been appropriate if she had said the below:-

"Life is about two things - prenups and palimony!" :)

How I got bored, got a book and blattered...

I am not a voracious reader like some of you out there...but I read books at my leisure to keep my head cool (which gets heated so often)and to learn to put an accent which comes handy when I get to meet rednecks and bookworms who spend lengthy hours going through dictionary to learn words and use them in their talk (Just kidding). I read everything from Ludlum to Archer, Grisham to Sidney, Dan Brown to Michael Cricton, Tharoor to Yann Martel, Harry Potter to Godfather, Chamapak to Tinkle, Archie to Chandamama, Enid Blyton to Jane Austen and many many more so its no big surprise that I read chick-lit novels too(I read them occasionally)...

In spite of being at the receiving end of frequent mockery sessions at home for reading chick-lit books and watching chick-lit movies, there's still this strong urge to read such novels and watch movies occasionally of this kind. So when "How Opal Metha got kissed, got wild and got a life!" was released in the book store, I looked forward to reading it on a first copy basis. Unfortunately the book was withdrawn from stores thanks to plagiarsing accusations. I found the book at few sites but the book was overpriced. Thanks to the dipping popularity of the book, the price went down and I got myself a copy at last...I finished devouring the same...

Its not a bad book...Its well written...But I felt it was just a run of the mill story...

For those of you who haven't read, do so at other's expense :)