நிலா சிநேகம்

மழலை பருவத்தில் அன்னை
அறிமுகம் செய்தாள் உன்னை

நிலா என்று சொல்லி அமுதூட்டினாள்
நம் சிநேகம்  ஆரம்பித்தது அன்று

ஆதவனிடம்  இருந்து  இரவல் வாங்கி
அம்புலி நீ அழகாய் தோன்றினாய் 

தனிமை மறக்க என்னுடன் நடந்தாய்
என்னை மகிழ்விக்க கண்ணாமூச்சி ஆடினாய்

சில நாள் கோபம் கொண்டு
சந்திக்க மறுப்பாய்

சில நாள் மகிழ்ச்சி  கொண்டு
முழு மதியாய் சிரிப்பாய்

இன்றும் அதே சிநேகத்துடன்
என் மகனுடன் நீ... 

-- தானேஷ் அம்மா 

My pizza experience(s)

It happened a decade ago, I was invited for a job treat of one of colleague. It was decided that lunch at pizza hut in nungambakkam. I have heard that pizza's are costly. Of course treat are aimed at high budget of the sponsor-er.

I was kind of thrilled, as it will be my first attempt for pizza. People were discussing, if pizza will give a feeling of full stomach. We were informed that , pizza hut sells the pasta's and it is not that costly as pizza's.

A table was booked and we reached the venue on time. We had a look at the different pasta's and fresh vegetable salads. I did not want to give a try on those, as it was much like different form of noodles and macroni's which i had tasted already. We ordered for pizza and waited for it to come. They gave normal water and asked if we need mineral water. Since people preferred chill water, it was ordered. They then started to keep plates, spoon, fork and blunt knife (This is for cutting the pizza).

There came the most awaited pizza. To be frank, it was not that easy to eat the pizza. I had a tough time in cutting the pizza with knife. The big pizza already had the cut lines for making our work easy, yet the pie cannot be eaten as such with the help of fork. We were struggling with knife and fork.

After few minutes, one of my lady collegue said, I am going to eat with hands. she kept the knife and fork down and took out a pie with hand and started eating. After her, some took her way and others remained to use the fork and knife telling this is how we are supposed to eat pizza.

I forgot to mention about one more important thing here. They had the tomato sauce, chilli flakes and the pepper flakes for adding flavor on top of pizza.


After that, I have had quiet a few experiences with pizza at office for birthday treats. It was ordered and delivered at office. We all had it using hands. It was more like, eating the puff with tomato sauce on paper plate.

Years after that, i got chance to eat pizza out at anna nagar with my spouse. Dhanu missed the chance as he was at native with his grand parents.  Two things were missing there. First being drinking water and second was knife and fork. People either ordered for bottle water or cool drink to replace the normal water.
We wanted  normal water and it arrived after several requests.

Next, we had our next pizza experience in our native, at Domino's. I was surprised when our ordered items arrived. It was all packed in the boxes as I could see when it was delivered at office. They call it as Take away. We can either have it there or take home and eat. In addition to the pizza and pasta's they were selling ice-cream and chocolate cakes. It was a happy dinner time with family member's.

Recently, due to pestering from Dhanu, we had visited pizza hut in kilpauk for dinner. We ordered for "Meal for 2" (1 Medium pizza, 4 pieces garlic bread with a cup of pepsi). At the billing counter , A message was  stuck saying "Sorry, We have stopped giving tomato sauce". We asked them, if we have to pay and buy the tomato sauce. The billing person said, No sir, we are adding the sauce to the pizza so it is not necessary for buying sauce. It was also packed as it is for Take away. No water, fork and knife.

We can have a grand non-veg feast for three, for the amount we had spent for "Meal for 2" pizza. But Dhanu was happy to have the pizza than the Indian food we had bought home for dinner. Still I told him that , pizza should not be had frequently and not to demand as he did this time.

--Dhanesh Amma

Photo of Tom & Jerry

The real tom and jerry cannot replace my favourite Walt Disney's tom and jerry show.

-- Dhanesh Amma

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Here's english version for Non-Tamil readers.

Gandhi Struggled for Country,

Country is Struggling for Gandhi Currency.

--Dhanesh Amma

Movies watched in year 2012

I had watched many movies in year 2012, however below are the ones released in year 2012 and I have watched in the same year 2012.

Amazing spider man (3D)
  Watched this movie in theater with Dhanu. He enjoyed the movie with 3D experience. I was upset as the movie was not the continuity of the previous spider man series.

Naan - Ee
  Watched this movie in our home theater with Dhanu and two SIL's in native. Enjoyed much.

Merina
 Watched this movie in our home theater. Boring one..

Sundara pandiyan
  Watched this movie in our home theater. Ok type.

Naan
   Watched this movie in our home theater. Good
  
Thuppakki 
   Watched this movie in theater with Deepu (his first movie in theater).  Movie was good.

Naduvula konjam pakkatha kaanom
  Watched this in theater with Dhanu and Parents. Much like a budget documentary film. A serious story , but attempted to take in comedy style.



--Dhanesh Amma

குட்டி குறும்பு [11] - ஜெயலலிதாக்கு கல்யாணம்...

பைக்ல ரௌண்ட்ஸ் போகும் போது, தானேஷ் கேள்வி கேட்டுக்கிட்டே வருவாரு. எங்களுக்கு அவன் கேள்விக்கு பதில் சொல்லவே நேரம் பத்தாது. போன தடவை வெளிய போனபோது , முஹுர்த்த நாளா போச்சு.

ஒரு மண்டப வாசலில் ,  ஒரு பக்கம் கல்யாண பொண்ணு மாப்பிள்ளை போட்டோவும்  , இன்னொரு பக்கம் சி எம் போட்டோவும்  போட்டிருந்தாங்க. தானேஷ் ஒரு சைடு மட்டும் பார்த்துட்டு சொன்னான் அம்மா "ஜெயலலிதாக்கு கல்யாணம்..."


தானேஷ் அப்பா உடனே கேட்டாரு , " மாப்பிள்ளை யாரு தம்பி ? " அது தெரியல , போட்டோ போடலை ன்னு பதில் வந்தது. 
 
"கல்யாணம் என்றாலே ஜோடியா தான்  போட்டோ போடுவாங்க. அந்த பக்கம் பாரு. இந்த பக்கம்  சி எம் போட்டோ, அவங்க வாழ்த்துக்கள் தெரிவிக்குது." அப்படின்னு சொல்லலாம்னு பார்த்தா , அதுக்குள்ள பைக் ரொம்ப தூரம் வந்திடுச்சு. சொன்னா அந்த பக்க போஸ்டரை பாக்கணும் , வண்டிய திருப்புன்னு அடம் பிடிப்பான் என்பதால் பேசாமல் இருந்துவிட்டேன்.



-- தானேஷ் அம்மா

 

grow mosquitoes to kill mosquitoes (???)

What an innovative idea. In addition(?) of taking steps to killing mosquito and keep environment clean , corporation is going to take steps to produce sterile mosquitos.

More details here

--Dhanesh Amma

upside down screen display - ctrl Alt up arrow shortcut in XP

Deepak was sitting on my lap, when I was checking my emails. He was watching songs in parallel.

He started to press keys in keyboard and my screen display got turned up upside down. Mouse cursor would also turn down and movement was the opposite.

It took some time for me to get mouse control in reverse direction and find cause for it.

ctrl alt up arrow shortcut with XP has done the job. I had used the UP arrow when he had pressed ctrl and alt simultaneously.

Pressing the ctrl alt up arrow again got the screen back to its position.


--Dhanesh Amma

குட்டி குறும்பு [10] - அம்மா ரேகை உடைஞ்சு போச்சு...

தானேஷுக்கு கொஞ்சம் பயம் அதிகம், அதுவும் ரத்தத்தை பார்த்தால் அழுதுடுவாரு. ஒரு தடவை உள்ளங்கையில் ஒரு சின்ன கீறல் காயம். மருந்து போட்டு சமாதானம் செய்தோம்.  அடுத்த நாள் மறந்துட்டாரு. அதற்கடுத்த நாள் , அழுகிற மாதிரி முகத்தை வச்சுட்டு என்கிட்ட ஓடி வந்தாரு.

என்ன ஆச்சு என்றதும் , அழு குரலில் " அம்மா ரேகை உடைஞ்சு போச்சு..." என்றான். எங்க காமி என்றதும் உள்ளங்கை விரித்து கட்டினார். அந்த காயம் சரியாகி , பழைய தோல் ஒரு நூல் போல எழுந்து நின்றது.

கையில் இருக்கும் லைன் என்னவென்று கேட்டதற்கு , ரேகை என்று சொல்லி கொடுத்ததை வைத்து, தோல் உரிவதை பார்த்தது இல்லாததால் ரேகை உடைஞ்சு போச்சு என்று சொல்லி எங்க எல்லாரையும் சிரிக்க வச்சுட்டான்.

-- தானேஷ் அம்மா

Dhanu's friends...

I had been with Dhanesh to drop him in school this morning. I accompany him twice or thrice a month. They allow kinder garden parents alone to enter premises.

He wanted me to come inside campus and drop me in his class and wave bye to him. On reaching classroom, I used to handover the bag to him and he will go inside class. He will sit in his desk and say bye to me.

But today, his classmate got his bag from me and took it to his desk. I do not know her name. He had not talked to us about girls in her class too. From the way , the little girl got the bag and kept in his desk , I could see that she does that for other classmates too.

For generations women had been doing the entire house chores. They were pampering the men at home. It could have been a point that little girl does this type of tasks to her family members at home.

Why women still don't get their girl child out of these stuff?

--Dhanesh Amma

காதல் - சுவை

காதல் - சுவை  

கண்டதும் உவர்ப்பு
கனிந்ததும் இனிப்பு
ஊடலில் கார்ப்பு 
பழகியதும் புளிப்பு
வேற்றுமையில் துவர்ப்பு
தோல்வியில் கசப்பு 


-- தானேஷ் அம்மா

Antartica song lyric from thuppakki...

A line from Antartica song in movie thuppaki (lyric by madhan karki)

Nee Penguin'na Pen Dolphin'na
yen Kuzhambuthu Konjam

I have always admired penguin and dolphin. They look cute.


During my childhood days I used to think, how does the pair identifies each other when it comes to birds and animals. All look similar to our eyes.



But to poets , even penguin and dolphin look similar... just because they rhyme similar. For rhyming purpose (pen) is added to dolphin though it is explicit that he talks on pen penguin and pen dolphin.

--Dhanesh Amma

குட்டி குறும்பு [9] - ஏன் , எதற்கு , எப்படி ...

   ஏன் , எதற்கு , எப்படி ... என்கிற கேள்விகள் , தானுவிற்கு  எப்பவும் பிடித்தவை..

  சமீபத்தில் அவன் கேட்ட கேள்விகள் சில.

1 அம்மா கோவில்ல சாமி ஏன் எப்பவும் பாட்டு கேட்டுகிட்டே இருக்கு ?
        *** எல்லா கோவில்லயும் ஸ்பீக்கர்ல பாட்டு போட்டிருந்தார்கள் ***

2  ஏ சி பஸ் , ஏ சி கார் மாதிரி ஏன் பைக்ல ஏ சி இல்லை ?
        *** பைக்ல போகும் போது வெயில் தாங்க முடியலையே பா  ***

3  நான் பாட்டி தாத்தா வீட்டுக்கு போயிருந்த போது நீயும் அப்பாவும் கல்யாணம் பண்ணிட்டீங்களா ?
        *** ஆல்பம்ல  தன்னோட போட்டோ இல்லியே  *** 

4 அப்பா அந்த கார் அஞ்சு ரூபா வா ,பத்து ரூபா வா இல்ல ரெண்டு ரூபா வா ?
        *** பணம் கொடுத்தாதான் பொருள் கிடைக்கும்னு கத்துகிட்டோம்ல  *** 

5 அம்மா எதுக்கு கரண்ட்டு கட் ஆகுது ?
         *** அவசியம் தெரிஞ்சுக்க வேண்டியது தான் *** 

கேள்வி கேட்குறது ஈசி , ஆனா பதில்... ரொம்ப கஷ்டம்... வேண்டாம் அழுதுடுவேன்...

-- தானேஷ் அம்மா

வெண் குடை

மழை நீர் துளிகள் கண்டதும்
      நீ உயிர்த்தாய்
உன் அழகு தோற்றம் கண்டதும்
      நான் சிலிர்த்தேன்

-- தானேஷ் அம்மா

Color Chiks / Easter Chicks

This happened long back.. must be when I was 6 or 7..

When I happened to see a man having about five dozens of colorful chicks in a closed basket, I wanted to buy set of them, one chick of each colour. But my parents told, all would turn them white in two weeks time. 


I came to know that these chicks are given artificial colours. I was under impression that those were painted with color after it was born. Later came to know that in some places, the eggs are injected with the dye and the chicks are born in the color of the dye. Even this dye in not permanent and the feathers eventually come in the normal color of the bird.

Many places have made it illegal to dye baby chicks as it makes more people impulse buy them, and eventually dump them when they are no longer baby chicks.
 
I had not seen those stuff after that. Recently I came across a man with similar basket with colourful chicks inside in Chennai. 

It is still found in market. If my son had seen that , he would have pestered us to buy.

--Dhanesh Amma

குட்டி குறும்பு [8] - தாத்தா உன் வயித்துலயும் பாப்பா இருக்கா ?

தானேஷுக்கு அப்போ ரெண்டு வயசு. அவங்க அத்தைக்கு பிரசவ நேரம் நெருங்கிய சமயம். அத்தை நடப்பதை போல நடந்து காட்டி எங்களை சிரிக்க வைத்து கொண்டிருந்தான்.

வெளியில் சென்ற தாத்தா உள்ளே வந்ததும், தாத்தாவையும் அவர் வயிற்றையும் பார்த்து " தாத்தா உன் வயித்துலயும் பாப்பா இருக்கா ? " என்று கேட்டான். உள்ள பாப்பா இருக்கிறதால தான் தாத்தா வயிறும பெருசா இருக்கு என்று அவனாக புரிந்து கொண்டு கேட்டான்.

இல்ல தம்பி. கேர்ள்'ஸ் வயித்துல தான் பேபி இருக்கும் பாய்ஸ் வயித்துல வராது என்றதும் , ரொம்ப சந்தோசப்பட்டான். 

பாவம் சின்ன பையன் பயந்துட்டான் போல. எங்க தன் வயித்துலயும் இந்த மாதிரி பாப்பா வந்துட்டா என்ன பண்றதுன்னு..
 
-- தானேஷ் அம்மா

Marriage and Arundhati star

Hindu marriage ceremony has a event where bridegroom shows Arundhati to his wife.

Arundhati is one of the double star. It is attached to the star Vasishtha. Double Stars (visual binaries) are two stars that move around together gravitationally bound to each other.


Like this double Star, the couple are expected to be together for ever.

Hmmm.. Good one.. But stars are possible for view only in the night or rather after evening and till dawn. But people of this generation do see the star under the hot sun after tying the holy knot.

I know.. readers might be interested what could have happend at my case..
[Our marriage happened in a hall. We could only see the concrete ceiling with white paint only. We had so much of rituals to be followed and people were not ready to go out to open sun to have a look at the sky.  What's the use ? No one would be able to identify a star when the sun is glowing hot. I was asked to look at the ceiling and my uncle asked if i see the star.. i smiled back. he told Arundhati is not just one star you will see two stars. I know you cannot see in ceiling, but the myth is followed that we see the star and should live like the couple. I nodded my head. ( that I understand the point) ]

When everybody knew that a star could not be seen in a ceiling why do they ask us to see?

They could have taken a video of the twin stars and show us at the time in an electronic gadget.

In fact they just tell us about the star and ask us watch out in evening.



--Dhanesh Amma

Life style changes... (part 2)

Read: Life style changes (part1) here.

Our life has entered to more comfort zone with the arrival of machines for everything. like cleaning , washing , cooking etc. We were able to save considerable amount of time. With the arrival of ready made food available at the market, life has gone more comfortable even. 

We have got disadvantages too with the life style changes. It has become a culture , cook for a day and eat for more days since we are storing things in fridge.Pediatric for my son said, please give fresh cooked food for kids. Don't give old items stored in fridge.

My father was telling, he did not have any vaccines those days. True. Even I did not have these many vaccines which my kids are having. Check out here for the current list of vaccines for kids in India.

Now, they are working on vaccines for cancer. Next generation will have more number of vaccines. Kids are the ones to suffer with the lengthy vaccine list.
Still, with the combined vaccines for multiple diseases like the one explained here , list is becoming comparatively less.

We can have a more comfortable life, if people give importance to keeping surrounding clean. But who really cares of it. People think, as long as their house is clean, they are safe. 

People blame the corporation staff for not doing their duty properly because of which lot of flies and mosquitoes are there. But who throws those garbage on street ,drainage and on road, instead of dust bin ?

They say health is wealth. It is possible with proper food and  clean surrounding.

P.S: Post completed with Part 2 with the above punch line

-- Dhanesh Amma

குட்டி குறும்பு [7] - விளையாட வா அத்தை...

 தாணு , அப்பா , அத்தை சாப்பிட்டு கொண்டிருந்தார்கள். வழக்கம் போல தாணு பாதி வயிறு நிரம்பியதும் எழுந்தாச்சு.

அத்தை சாப்பிட்டதும் ஊருக்கு கிளம்பனும். அதனால அத்தை சீக்கிரம் சாப்பிடு என்று சொல்லி கொண்டிருந்தான். எதுக்கு தம்பி என்றதும் , என் கூட விளையாட என்று சொன்னான்.

அப்பாவும் , அத்தையும் பொறுமையாக சாப்பிட்டு கொண்டிருந்தார்கள். அப்பா , அத்தையிடம் சாப்பிட்டதும் கிளம்பலாம். லேட் ஆக போகுது என்றார்.

அதை கேட்டு , இரு நிமிடம் அமைதியாக இருந்த தாணு, "அத்தை அப்பாகிட்ட சாப்பிட கொடுத்துரு . அப்பா சாப்பிடட்டும். அது வரை நாம விளையாடலாம்" என்றான். 

அவனால் சாப்பிட முடியாத போது , நானோ அவன் அப்பவோ அதை சாப்பிட்டு வேஸ்ட் பண்ணாததை கவனித்து , அத்தை சாப்பிடாட்டி வேஸ்ட் ஆகிடும்னு அப்பா சாப்பிடுவார்னு சொல்லிட்டான். ஆனால் அத்தை இன்னும் சாப்பிட்டு முடிக்கவில்லை என்பது அவனுக்கு புரியவில்லை.

-- தானேஷ் அம்மா

Crow calls

A crow was making a call , when Dhanu was chatting with me. He told me, "Ma, crow is making sound"

I replied him, "Yes. It is calling another fellow crow by making sound as 'kaw kaw'"

I was thinking that, he would then ask me a question, why it is calling another crow.
However he responded, "No amma. you are wrong. it is not calling 'kaw kaw', it is calling "Kraw Kraw".

He was not ready to accept crow will call as kaw kaw. He said, "listen carefully again. It is saying 'Kraw Kraw' only.

In fact, during my child hood days, I too have observed and thought , crow is making sound as Kraw, may be that's why it is referred as Crow in english but we tamilians refer as Kagam or Kakka in tamil.

On a second thought, Instead of  "kaw kaw" what if we call as "kraw kraw" ? I am sure crow would be right in front of us to pick the food. Readers may give a try if you are not ready to believe me.

Crow has different types of calling based on situation. refer to the link here  for hearing its different calls

Conversation with Dhanu on Crow made me recollect the happenings during my school days.

 We used to feed crows and few became regular visitors to our home at morning 8AM when we have breakfast. They would keep calling till we open back door and give food. We give some snack be it a papad or  biscuit when food is not ready or available at home.

Appa would keep food for crows and sit for breakfast. When we have food, few crows would come and empty the food we had kept. It would keep calling us to give more. Appa , who does not will to move out to keep food, would toss out the idly pieces. Some crow would pick and fly away, some would pick and sit on compound wall and eat.  One crow would just pick the food , come to door and sit on the wooden frame on floor and eat. I am sure it was ready to come inside the room and dine with us.

We cannot just like that identify a crow from group of crows, But crows can identify us easily.

The crow had well acquaintance with us and became a pet bird. It would not fear to come near us and pick the food from our hands. I even shot a photo of my sister feeding that crow.

--Dhanesh Amma