Nagerkovil & Nungu sarbath...

 During my childhood days, when we visited to my native, I heard about nungu sarbath. It is available only in the district of Kanyakumari and may be you will find such sarbath stalls till you reach tirunelveli.


 I had tasted it once, the blend of sarbath with ice and nungu was really good. When i informed my best half (yes.. not just better half..) about it, he wanted to taste that.


Below is the picture of sarbath we took during our recent trip there.

Sarbath was horrible. Mainly the reason was, we saw how it was prepared.


We were under impression that they will take the nungu from the big shell , peel of skin and mix it with sarbath and smash it with some sort of smasher or mixer. But to our shock it was not done that way. The lady just took two tablespoon of peeled off nungu pieces with the water and poured them into tumbler directly and pour a tablespoon of sarbath and filled up the remaning space of tumbler with water. mixed it with spoon and handed it to us.


A sarbath without ice.. uhh.. people would say , the chilli bajji if consumed after it cooled down will taste like a sweet cake . How can you drink a juice like this without the chilling. The lady said ice was over.  The water she had in shop was also warm due to the hot climate.


Ultimately we ended up having something which was purely our bad luck. Dhanesh appa emptied the cup as he does not have the habit of wasting food though it does not taste good.


When I was discussing this with my sister and she was telling that there are stalls which will sell fruit juice. Its not the normal fruit juice. I guess it is a mix up of fruit juice. I'm not sure if that is also mixed with sarbath. I said I don't want to try that. By that time, my mother responded that it will be tasty, she had it years back. I replied, to my mom. It tasted good years back like the nungu sarbath I had. Now that will also be horrible. I don't want to try that.


Tips:


* Never look into the process how it is prepared be it the road side stall or hotel. you would not like to eat it if you do so.
* Ask for requirements clearly before placing an order. A Sarbath could not be had without ice, like we have other fruit juices.


-- Dhanesh Amma

குட்டி குறும்பு [3] - வயிறு என்கிட்டே சொல்லுச்சு...

தானேஷ் , தீபக்  ரெண்டு பேருக்கும், டிபன் அல்லது சாப்பாடு என்றால் ரொம்ப கஷ்டமான ஒன்று. அதே நொறுக்கு தீனி என்றால் ரொம்ப இஷ்டம்.

தீபக் இன்னும் பேச ஆரம்பிக்க வில்லை. அதனால் சாப்பாடு என்றால் வாய் இறுக்கமாக மூடிக்கொள்ளும். ஆனால் தானேஷ் , சமத்தாக கொஞ்சம் சாப்பிட்டு விட்டு போதும் என்பான். இன்னும் கொஞ்சம் சாப்பிடு என்றால் வயறு புல்ல் என்பான்.

அப்போ பிஸ்கட் , ஸ்நாக் கேக்க கூடாது என்றால் , தலைய குனிந்து வயிற்றின் கிட்டே வைத்து பின் நிமிர்ந்து , அம்மா வயிறு என்கிட்டே சொல்லுச்சு , தோசை சாப்பாடுக்கு உள்ள இடம் இல்லியாம். ஸ்நாக் அப்புறம் தண்ணி குடிக்க மட்டும் கொஞ்சம் இடம் இருக்காம். அதனால கொஞ்சம் ஸ்நாக் அப்புறம் தண்ணி கொஞ்சம் ஓகே வா அம்மா ? என்றான். நான் அவனை ஓர கண்ணால் பார்த்து சிரித்ததும் , ஓகே சொல்லு அம்மா என்றான். பதில் சொல்லும் வரை விட மாட்டான். அதனால் ஓகே சொல்லி விட்டேன்.

-- தானேஷ் அம்மா

Human Evolution

Ten years back, I found the below type of pictures on the internet for Human evolution.

Five years back, I received one such below , as IT went boom and life is much around with computers.

A year back, life became go-mobile and people started doing all the stuff with smart phones..

I thought people are going crazy.. creating these type of images, as and when a new technology come into place... but... 

last week, I came to see a picture which is completely different from the above two pics.  It had lot of messages in it. Its about man becoming obese by eating too much. The article covered the line saying, earth's resources are being utilized by people, where it is supposed to be consumed by the double the size of current population.

The above picture is surely not good for the human evolution. Eat healthy, at the same time, one should keep body fit.


--Dhanesh Amma

குட்டி குறும்பு [2] - அத்தையை கல்யாணம் பண்ணிக்கிறேன்...

இரண்டு நாள் முன்பு , எங்க திருமண நிகழ்வை டி.வி. யில் போட்டு கட்டினோம். தாணுவிடம் சும்மா கேட்டோம். தம்பி , நீ யாரை கல்யாணம் பண்ணிக்கிற ? உடனே பதில் வந்தது.. "தீபக் தம்பியை கல்யாணம் பண்ணிக்கிறேன்". உடனே நாங்க , பாய் ஒரு கேர்ள் தான் கல்யாணம் பண்ணனும் என்றோம்.

அடுத்த நொடி பதில் வந்தது. "அம்மா நான் உன்னையே கல்யாணம் பண்ணிக்கிறேன்". நாங்க சிரித்து விட்டு சொன்னோம். அம்மாக்கு தான் கல்யாணம் ஆயிடுச்சே. அமைதியாக யோசித்தவன் கேட்டான். "ஷென் அத்தைக்கு கல்யாணம் ஆயிடுச்சா?" நாங்க இல்லை என்றதும் , "அப்போ நான் ஷென் அத்தையை கல்யாணம் பண்ணிக்கிறேன். "

அவங்க அப்பா உடனே, தம்பி நீ அத்தைய கல்யாணம் பண்ண முடியாது , வேணும்னா அத்தை கல்யாணம் ஆனதும் பிறக்கும், அத்தை மகளை கல்யாணம் பண்ணலாம் என்றார். தாணுவுக்கு புரிந்ததா இல்லையா என்று தெரியவில்லை. அவனிடம் ஒரு அமைதி மட்டுமே நிலவியது..

-- தானேஷ் அம்மா

குட்டி குறும்பு [1] - நீ தான் என் பிரண்டு...

தானுவை, தன்னோட குட்டி பிரண்டு , என்று தான் தானேஷோட அப்பா எப்பவும் சொல்லுவாரு.

 போன வாரம் என்கிட்டே பேசும் போது தாணு  "அம்மா நான் இப்போ பெரிய பையனா வளர்ந்துட்டேன். அதனால நீ தான் என் பிரண்டுன்னு சொன்னான்". புல்லரிச்சு போச்சு..

தோளுக்கு மேல் வளர்ந்தா தோழன் என்பார்கள். ஆனா இப்பலாம் பிள்ளைகள், ப்ரீ.கே.ஜி. படிக்கும் போதே  பெற்றவர்களை பிரண்டாக பார்கிறார்கள்.

ரெண்டு நாள் கழித்து, லேப்டாப்பில் கார்ட்டூன் போட மாட்டேன் என்றவுடன்,  "போ.. நீ என் பிரண்டே இல்ல. உன்னோட நான் பேச மாட்டேன்" என்றான். கொஞ்ச நேரம் கழித்து போட்டு விடுறேன் என்றதும் , "அம்மா நீ குட் கேர்ள் அம்மா. நீ தான் என் பிரண்டு" என்றான். நீ என் பிரண்டு இல்லைன்னு தானே சொன்ன என்றதற்கு, "தெரியாம சொல்லிட்டேன்..வந்து.. மறந்து போய் சொல்லிட்டேன். நீ என் பிரண்டு தான்" என்றான்.

-- தானேஷ் அம்மா

A Grinder in the stomach

This happened, when my sister was a pre-schooler. On a weekend,  myself, my father and younger sister were chatting at the living room after lunch. My sister asked a question to my Dad. What happens to the food we eat?


My father wanted to explain her in easy way. Hence told that , there is a grinder inside stomach. It will grind and digest the food. She then asked if the grinder will be running for ever. Father told, yes. so that what ever you eat every day it keeps on grinding and digest the food.


 She seemed to be satisfied with the answer. I was aware of digestion and its after process,but I had never thought to know or to see , how the food is digested. However, on hearing about grinder, I was curious enough to see how that grinder will be. But that is not possible. I cannot just like that cut open a human body to see its inner parts.


 I left the curiosity to know on it. After a year or two, I got to know about the inner body parts in science subject and the teacher showed the picture of liver, pancreas, small intestine and large intestine etc., I was looking for a grinder like stuff there, but nothing of that sort was present. The teacher also did not spell out a word of grinding or grinder..


Ouch.. My father had told us something which will be easy for understanding. I had taken it as such.


P.S :  I recollected this incident , when our son asked similar such question like my sister.


-- Dhanesh Amma

Travel by Winch

 I do not remember when exactly this happend. Surely before my pre-teen. A plan was made for hill temple visit.
 The temple of Lord Muruga in Palani. (100 km southeast of Coimbatore and a similar distance northwest of Madurai)


 As most kids do, I was also questioning my mother about temple. She was explaining me that it has three modes to reach top of hill.


 1) The stair case way
 2) The slope way
 3) The Winch way


 As I had seen the stair case way in Rockfort temple @ Trichy, I was questioning about the other two. My mother told the slope way will be easy way than stair case and added that elephant of the temple cannot walk up via stair case so this path would be used. The Winch, it is like a small train which will go up the hill on a track. Having seen only a train running on the ground, I was quizzed how it will reach the top of hill.


 I should have got enough patience to wait for the day, to see the Winch in person and then to travel. But still, I could not keep shut. I kept on asking questions.


 How Winch will work ? My mother told, must be like the normal train , this will also move up on a track. (I was thinking, some answer to keep me shut....) she added, I have also not seen it in person. Lets see on that day.


 I got doubt. Since the Winch on hill is going vertically up, will it not fall down? My small brain understood that some sort of gravity pull is needed to keep the Winch on track. But I did not know how to ask on it clearly. I asked her is it safe as Winch is going up the hill. My mother got irritated by my question. Yet she said, it is similar to the train. Don't fear.


 Well, I belong to the yesterday age. My mother did not have any photo or video to show me how it works. I was worried, how safe the Winch journey would be.


 The day arrived and we reached Palani hills and all were set to travel in Winch. There were two tracks. On one track , Winch was on top of hill and on other track, Winch was waiting at bottom of hill for us to board. We used Winch to reach top of hill. Prayed God. For the return trip we chose the stair case, as one Winch has already started to move towards ground, other Winch was on way to reach top of hill and more over a big queue was waiting to board.


 The story does not end here. I had to brief up about the Winch experience. All were thrilled to travel by Winch. After all seats are filled in, Winch started moving up. I was quiet excited and enjoyed the journey.


 When the Winch was half way up, it stopped. We all were seated in the Winch for more than fifteen minutes, but it did not move up. People were discussing, power down or some technical issues.
 My mother gave a look at me and murmured at a low voice, you questioned if it is safe etc., because of which only it has got problem and Winch stopped. How come my casual question can be a reason for Winch to stop half way?. I wanted to ask, but I kept quiet. Winch, however started after thirty minutes halt.


 On reaching the top of hill, every one got down and moved towards temple. By that point only I noticed the big and strong string tied up with the Winch. Oh!! This is what I was asking for. Had my mother explained me these at first telling me what a Winch means, I would not have asked further questions.


 Seven years back, they have started the rope car in Palani temple. Not sure when I'll have visit to temple in near future. If we plan for such trip, our son will surely have same set of questions on Winch and Rope car. Well, his questions will be answered immediately. Whenever he asks about something which he had not seen (stuff like parachute, gliders etc) his dad connects laptop to internet and explain him with photos and possible YouTube videos.


 Lets see, we don't know when Lord Muruga @ Palani temple has fixed his visiting time with us.


 P.S. : I have not provided any photos, as we did not have camera at that time to click on the Winch. If you haven't seen Winch , Lot of Palani Winch pictures are there on web. You might search it for yourself if needed.


 -- Dhanesh Amma