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Indian Information and Communication ministry announced  our Indian currency symbol  among controversies  .We Indians Hem hmm Human beings always likes to create controversies and of course sometimes it helps to realize and enhance the standards.Lets see about  our Indian currency symbol

Why we need our own currency symbol

1)An unique identity

2)It  shows  the country’s robustness of the economy

3)Strengthens our economy

4)Favours  the global investments and recognition

5)Increases the economical activities.

6) Positively affects the FII and  theFDI.

The new symbol has to be accepted by the Unicode Consortium’s Unicode Technical Committee that is responsible for the development and maintenance of the Unicode Standard,Probably  it will be adopted within 18-24 months globally.The new sign is a amalgam of the Devanagari “र” and the Roman capital “R” without the stem. The parallel lines at the top (with white space between them) make an allusion to the tricolor Indianflag

The symbol will also be included in the Indian Standards, viz. 13194:1991 – ISCII (Indian Script Code for Information Interchange), through an amendment to the existing list by the Bureau of Indian Standards.

The new symbol has to be accepted by the Unicode Consortium’s Unicode Technical Committee that is responsible for the development and maintenance of the Unicode Standard. The symbol will also be included in the Indian Standards, viz. 13194:1991 – ISCII (Indian Script Code for Information Interchange), through an amendment to the existing list by the Bureau of Indian Standards. The ISCII specifies various codes for Indian languages for processing on computes along with the key-board lay outs.

Congratulations to  Mr. Udayakumar Darmalingam who designed this symbol.

source:

1)EconomicTimes

2)http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=63284

Crunchies:

India -Eliteclub

http://www.saveindianrupeesymbol.org/

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I’m witnessing the infamous rainy season in Mumbai and it just pours the water day and night continuously.  But the usual life is moving as expected, with some glitches in transport facilities.  I would like to list the places in Mumbai, that I’ve visited during the past couple of visits to Mumbai.

• Jahangir Art Gallery 
  Located near to Gateway of India and it exhibits the recent creations by famous Indian artists and upcoming artists.  Theme based paintings like Contemporary Politics, Dance of Shiva, Industrial imperialism by USA, Dog faces, Nature in East-India, etc were in display.
• Nehru Science Centre
  Located in Dr. E. Moses Road near Mahalaxmi Railway station.  An informative museum of all scientific developments and inventions including fundamental physics, universe, evolution of life, aerospace, biology and much more.  Regarding the collection and facilities, it is equivalent to the science centre in Bangalore.  One uniqueness is, this centre has a dome shaped (semi-planetarium kind of) visual theatre, which shows wide displays 45 minutes feature film on Climbing Mount Everest mission.
• Nehru Planetarium
  Yet another informative planetarium which introduces the basic planetary motion, location of Pole star, display of larger brighter stars and identification of Ursa Major (Great Bear), Orion (The Hunter) and Virgo constellations.  I’ve felt this planetarium is larger than that of Bangalore and Chennai.
• SiddhiVinayak temple
  Most famous temple of Lord Ganesha in Mumbai is located in a walkable distance from our home at Worli.  The small red statue of Ganesh looks cute and the temple is having high security alert always.  One could hear the chantings “Ganapathy Paappa Moriya” from the disciplies inside.  Trivia:  The temple dome is a beautiful lotus-shaped light glowing structure which was donated by Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan.
• Mahalakshmi temple
  Old and famous temple in Mumbai for Goddess Mahalakshmi located at Breach Candy.  Three idols are present there as Lakshmi, Saraswathi and Kali.
• Haji Ali
  A small islet present in Southern end of Worli sea is a home for great mosque with a spectacular light-litted face during night. The architecture and view from the road is a good watch for outsiders.
• Juhu Chowpatty
  One of the famous cheap hang-outs in Mumbai is the Juhu beach. People are spending much time in eating the road-side snacks, which is available at bulk near to this beach. Apart from Juhu, other Chowpatty in Bandra and Worli Sea Face are also quite good to spend evening time.
• Fashion Street
  An array of more than 300 small shops selling all college-fashion wears especially for youth is nothing but the Fashion Street. People could find cheap and acceptable quality T-shirts, Jeans wears, Salwars, Bags, Footwears, Watches, etc. Sari and formal dresses won’t be available. Whatever price they are quoting needs to be initially reduced to 1/4th of it, to start our bargain. Bargaining is the key to buy items here. Other from Fashion Street in Marine Lines, the shopping hangouts include Chor Bazaar, Bhendi Bazzar and Dadar Sadi Bazaar.
• Landmarks
  Just made a visit to financial focus Bombay Stock Exchange at Dalal street and terror-stuck Chatrapathi Shivaji Station (Victoria Terminus) for completeness. I’ll see whether I get any chance in upcoming years to visit Mumbai again.

I had a chance to read this Tamil book on World Culture (Complete title: Ulaga Naagariham: Vazhangiya Naadugalum, Varalaarum). It is not a novel or story but a bunch of facts on the growth and evolution of World Culture, substantiated with historical records. The book starts with evolution of mankind from ancient stone-age man and their nomadic lifestyles. Then the proper settlement of people near the banks of river with agriculture as their main work. Initially four major civilizations evolved in various regions of the world: Sumerian culture on bank of Euphrates and Tigirs rivers (i.e. Mesopotamia, modern Iraq), Egyptian culture on bank of Nile river, Chinese culture on bank of Yellow river and Indus Valley civilization at the bank of Sindhu and Ganges river (Aryan settlement).
Then the book talks about Greek, Roman, African, Indian and American cultures and its related history. After that, the role of Religions in the culture of people followed by modern day evolution in culture was given. i.e. the cultural focus changed from Monarchy-based to Democracy-based society. A final touch on recent impact on people culture was discussed including two world wars and UNO formation, etc.
I feel this book is being presented as a form of History subject to students, that could be considered as a short reference book on various cultural and historical topics. But this may not be interesting for people, who read novels and story-telling style of history.

Was talking with my niece over the phone. Though she utters few words over the phone, this is the first time she was telling me some rhymes, that too completely, with a lot of enthusiasm. The reason behind the change is she has been going to school for few days, her first step towards interaction with a lot of kids around her. Since she had spent most part of her first two years inside the house, with minimal interaction with children, the idea of meeting a lot of children kept her excited i guess.

Good that they had the play school concept, which allows kids to get accustomed to the school environment, with interest. But the cost at which it comes, exceeds the cost that we might have spent during the entire engineering course. 45K for just two hours of class everyday. Looks like it is the same in Bangalore too, could be a little higher also. That is more than the total money i spent in a yyear doing my B.E. From what i heard from few of my seniors, they completed four years of Engineering in half the amount now collected in Play School.

Few Parents seemed a lot worried it seems, about the performance of the child. Worries about performance at two years is very early i guess. Education and Medicine are two things, where people wont take a chance. Which also gives the businessmen a chance to reap rich which they are doing without fail. Cant say whether the parent’s views are wrong, but what is clearly wrong is the schools using the opportunity to smuggle in the name of education. The situation is not likely to change, i might end up doing the same mistake in future, but still could not stop thinking at present.

Last weekend ie., 18 July 2010 from 09:45 to 12:45 HRS IST, I conducted "Basics of Python Programming" workshop in Velalar College of Engineering and Technology, Thindal, Erode which was organized by Free Software Foundation, TamilNadu chapter. I explained basics of python programming language and the advantages of using python over other languages, with some code demo.

We had audience from various colleges in and around Erode. The session was interactive and I enjoyed a lot with the questions from the audience.

Thanks to Ravi Jaya and others who gave me an opportunity to conduct this workshop. It was great to meet LinuXpert Systems CEO Mr. Baskar, with whom I discussed a lot about Free Software usage in education. My special thanks to the Head of IT department at Velalar College who was present throughout all the sessions and interacting with the speakers with his great questions.

Official report about the workshop in FSF-TN mailing list is here. Article in "The Hindu" is here.

For presentation slides, see attachment below.

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Even before the day I arrived into the city, I have been thinking that paying guest accommodations are homes, where a family stays and they rent one or two of the extra rooms they have.I had already booked a PG before coming here by help of my friends.Yes, it was a house.It had a family staying there, even a cat staying with the family(the cat was finally sent out when it bite my friend’s finger,as she tried to shoo it off).But all the rooms save the kitchen where rented.No, every possible space that can accommodate a cot was rented.So, I got a cot and my roommates kindly vacated a quarter of a shelf in the cupboard for me.First few days, I could not understand how I can pay for just a cot and little space on the cupboard.But after a month, when I had to leave it, I understood it had atleast some qualities of a PG, a family and a kitchen they used.
As I got my posting on another location,my PG hunt yielded no such houses with family or kitchen.One of my friend has been staying in a kitchen,supposedly a ‘single-room’ accommodation.She found it very comfortable.The kitchen as the kitchen slab and the shelves above it served as spacious cupboards.Of course, it is really difficult to accomodate the flood of people draining into the city.One of my peer in the training classes, who was from kolkatta was praying day in and day out to get posted in this city.
Space, water and air have become the most expensive of commodities.As I was searching for a good PG to move into, my friend, the one who had moved from the kitchen room to another PG was telling about her new PG.I got all excited.
It seem to be having ‘single room’ accommodation,wi-fi connectivity,good food and very much near to my work place.I called up the owner both days of the weekend and made sure I’ll get a room there and hurried up on the Sunday evening from home.I went straight from bus stand to her PG.It was a multi-storeyed building .The basement was the mess, where they prepare .The ground floor, that is under the stairs, was the reception table, where she was sitting with her handbag still on her shoulders.She smiled big and asked the maid to show me around.As I went upstairs,it was a narrow corridor where I myself could’ve blocked the entire passage walking.It was lined up with rooms on either side.As she opened a room, the door opened to hit the other side of the rooms’ wall.It had a cot with mattress raised high.Below the cot was the cupboard.A ventilation high up in the room, which was netted.Basically it had a cot where you can sleep and a space where you can stand.You need to move, you’ll come out of the room.You need to move still, you can go hit the door on the other side of the corridor.The walls were are lined with white tiles.It was a very new building.Built especially for a PG.Every little space in there was optimized to serve this purpose.It reminded simultaneously of Soviet Union white room torture and a small town’s small time doctor’s clinic.I was speechless and as I walked to the end of the corridor I found a grilled opening, which to my disbelief was an escalator!
I smiled at the owner and started to leave, as she offendedly accused me of having made her block the room for two precious days.I politely told my apologies and stepped on the road.


Two weeks back I had a very nice experience of visiting Mantralayam where Raghavendra temple is located. It was really a nice experience. But I didn't expect it would be a lonely trip. I loved it.

Before going there my colleagues advised me to have a telugu guy to accompany me since it is in inner part of AndhraPradesh. It is in Kurnool district, very nearer to Karnataka border. Because those people don't know Hindi or English, they knows only Telugu. I went to MGBS bus stand nearer to Koti at 10 PM on saturday(3/7/10) night. I missed to catch the last bus. Anyway I had planned to go. So I asked the nearest place to there. They told me to go to Adoni, a place nearer to mantralayam. So I planned to go to Adoni, I got into the bus. I asked the driver about the distance to Mantralayam from Adoni. But he scolded me something because of I asked in
English. He thought that I know Telugu eventhough I was asking in English. I told I don't know Telugu. Then I explained him with hands. Then he told it is 25 KM away.

At around 4 o'Clock I reached Adoni. There was only two or three people in the whole bus stand. Then  a bus came around 30 minutes past 4. Then aorund 45 minutes past 5, I reached mantralayam. There I found one very little room for keep the things and refreshing. That lodge keeper told super star visited there once . Then I went to the temple around 8:30 after break fast. Then I am queued up there inside temple for around one hour. There is the tomb of Swami
Raghavendra  where he buried alive and one Hanuman statue opposite to that. After prayers I returned back to room around 10. There is no direct bus from mantralayam to Hyderabad. Either I need to go to Adoni again or Raichur, where I can get buses frequently. So, I chose Raichur this time. It is 45 KMs away
from there. I reached there in an hour. I have taken photos of Hyderabad letters in telugu to  identify buses. After reaching there, I found a fort there and roamed aorund there for sometime. And I have asked for Hyderabad buses. They showed me the bus. But the destination board in the  bus was something else in all the buses they showed. I thought they are telling wrongly or I am wrong. After that only I identified that, Raichur is in Karnataka. They have written the
name board in Kannada. Any way both Telugu and Kannada seems to be the same for me. . From  there one straight route to Hyderabad. After roaming some time around Koti, i reached home in evening. It was really a nice experience to roam alone .

 

 

First weekend home from the new city, the city which is the next plausible location where you can find any engineering graduate after college.Having confirmed the bus timings with at least 5 people, I got up at 5 in the morning, the time when the outer ring road was almost empty.Waited near the closed sugar cane juice machine for about half an hour.No sight of the bus.A cab came by from the Embassy park behind and the driver asked me where I wanted to go.I said.He left nodding negative.I know I should not be taking a stranger cab in a strange city and was glad he left.In 15 minutes, he came back after having tea and seeing me still waiting, offered a drop.I asked him if any bus will come by this time.He said yes and still offered me a drop and I took it just out of some gut feeling.I wanted to show myself as very confidant and familiar with the city.But in few minutes, I had no idea which way I was going.It should have reflected in my face anyways.The driver asked me not to panic and that he is taking a different route and showed me through the city like ‘this’ is ‘this’ place.The fact that he got to know I was panicked was more panicky.And I found out he was also tamil.He told me he has a sister who is working in chennai with some IT concern.And he never advices her to take a cab and to always use public transportation even if she had to wait long.I started smiling a bit.It was a relief when I got down at Central Silk Board.He gave me his number before leaving but funny, I missed his name.

The same weekend, trip back from home.In a passenger train.I had the window seat and was comfortably settled.There was not much crowd when the train started.After two stations, a guy with nothing but a water bottle came in.He sat next to the lady who was sitting by my side.He had a ‘thaayathu’ in his neck, long and strong nail in thumb alone, and a tatoo in his hand, which was in kannada.His hair was not properly made, it was brownish.And he was alone.I kept guessing what could he be, a student? No, maybe a day laborer?Maybe.But why do I mind? And what kind of tatoo that could be? It looked like a name.I wished I had known to read kannada.It would have given me a fair idea about the person.But still, I diverted away from this silly, not useful analysis.But after two more stations, the lady by my side left.He had to come in the middle.I was little scared.As the City was nearing I asked him when will the train get to City cantonment station.He didnt know tamil or english or hindi.And I didnt know kannada.It was very unbelievable and funny how we still were able to communicate.I understood that he was also going to get down the same station.I knew that was the station I had to get down at, but not how to go from that place to my place.When we got down at the station, he came with me to the bus stop and waited with me, as most buses there had only kannada boards.I told him I will manage and asked him to take his bus.But he was there with me, which was very much touching.Atlast I told I will get to the Bus terminus and find my way and got into the next bus as it came.The bus took off immediately and I could not even say thank you to him.

After a long time, i completed reading a book. Thanks to the power cut at home which gave me no other option other than reading the book. I had the choice of reading a subject book and a story book and the obvious choice as usual was the story book. So completed the rest of Akilan’s Chithira Pavai. Thanks to my seniors for suggesting the book and lending the book too.

Its a novel that has won Gnanapit Award, book was released before 35 years, hence wont talk much about the story line. What Akilan has told before 35 years in the book is still valid and will be applicable to the present middle class families. In the middle of the story, Akilan mentions about the desire that slowly arises in the middle class families, which slowly transform into greed, and causes havoc at the end. Can this be ignored now ? No way, i guess. Since this trend can still be seen in most of the middle class families. Is it true with respect to the budding software engineers ? I leave it for you to decide. Also depicted in the book is the struggled of an artist who finds it difficult to make a living, the life of a calm and good natured girl, a gal of exactly opposite character and a character who keeps running behind money.

The final few pages were really interesting and read it at a rapid pace. The end though can be predicted, sounds good. I had aversion towards the social novels like this, due to the misunderstanding that there is nothing new in the social novels. But “Chithira Pavai” proved to be an entertainer with a lot of anecdotes and advice, that can still be applied to the life, which we are leading right now.

Had read a lot of English novels and books and was under the impression that Tamil doesn’t have much, but the view changed after i read Kalki books and it still continues as i continue to explore the rich treasures of Tamil literature.

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho – A young Spanish shepherd’s journey to Egypt to find treasure and his experience throughout that journey.

Everyone on earth has a treasure that awaits him. Follow your dreams to find that treasure. When a person really desires something, all the universe conspires to help that person to realize his dream.

The Alchemist can turn you into gold.

I’m at Bangalore now and in a couple of days’ time, will be joining my job here. For now I’m staying at a relative’s place, but soon will move to a place near to my office with my friends and face life on my own. My employer has been kind enough to provide guest house accommodation for a week’s time within which i’ll find a place to stay. I’m slightly unprepared for the life ahead, but still with a bit of focus, should do good. There are going to be a lot of new things that’re going to enter my life in place of loved, familiar ones and I’ll need some time for my mental conditioning. Otherwise I’m all excited about the job and the challenges it holds for me. I’m going to be in full control of my life from now and I realize that it is indeed a great responsibility. Kannada being my mother tongue will make me feel slightly better and help me acclimatize easily. I’m so grateful to those who have made my life wonderful so far and with all prayers and good hope, i think i’ll make even better from now on.:-)

What had happened to me. Should remember 2009-2010 for the fact that it is during this time, i might have seen the maximum number of movies. Saw Madrasapattinam yesterday, a movie that i am seeing on the first day after a long time. Instigated by my friends at HP, decided to dump the CR that was creating a panic and reached the theatre 5 minutes before the movie at 6.10PM. For the third time in a row, watched the movie at Pushpanjali.

Owing to the fact that there was not much expectations for the movie, there was not much crowd in the theatre. Found the movie to be really good. Director Vijay has done a great job, supported by good acting by Arya. Highlight of the movie is the heroine, AmyJackson, who looked cute and adorable. No wonder she was awareded Miss Teen World beauty pageant. Her intro scene was applauded more than that of Arya’s, surprisingly. Her screen presence was enough to mesmerize and crystal clear expressions did justice to the role. Lip synchronization was not all that great, but owing to the fact the even heroines born and brought up in TamilNadu do it worse, it can be neglected. Good selection of costume too for her.

Just to give a hint about the story without revealing much, the movie starts with Old English woman about to die, with the desire to visit India, in search of a guy whom she had met before 60 years in Madrasapattinam (Chennai). The story moves on interwined with her search at present and her memories explaining the reason behind the search.

Vijay should have worked hard, to bring Chennai as it was 60 years before in the screen. Though he might have tasted 100% success in this arduous task, it is a commendable effort. Arya as usual does his job easily. Climax is a bit sentimental and good. Overall a simple story well told.

Coming to -ves, GV Prakash as usual was a BIG disaapointment. BGM was good at few places, but it remebled a bit tweaked 7G’s BGM and at few places it was irritating too. Few scenes resemble Titanic, which could have been avoided. First half was a lot interesting, second half fails to move at the same pace, but not a matter of concern actually. Scenes were a bit predictable. But all these can be ignored as the +ves overcome the -ves easily and at the it is a very good movie, worth watching.

After all this movie might break the myth that all the movies i see in the first day will become a flop Think it will do that with ease.

என்னோட பேக்ல ஏர் இண்டியா  டேக பாத்தா மார்ஷல் ஒருத்தர் என்னோட போர்டிங் பாஸ வாங்கி பாத்துட்டு, தற தறனு இழுத்துட்டு போயிட்டார் .உன்கிட்ட கடைசியா ஒரு வார்த்த கூட சொல்ல முடியல. அப்போ நீ கொஞ்சம் கொஞ்சமா சின்னதா தெரிஞ்ச என்னோட கண்ணுக்கு.... தமிழ் சினிமா படம் எபக்ட் போல இருந்தது. கண்ணுக்கு முன்னால ஏதோ கருப்பு புகை வந்து மறைக்கிற மாதிரி இருந்தது கொஞ்சம் கொஞ்சமா... அசையாம நின்ன. கை தூக்கி 'டாட்டா' சொல்ல கூட உனக்கு மனசு வரல.

நாம ரெண்டுபேரும் சேந்து உங்க அப்பவ திட்டினோம் மனசுக்குள்ள. போகப்போறேன். கடைசியா ஒரு போலிஸ்காரர் என்னோட பேக்ல இருக்கற டேகையும் கைல இருங்கற போர்டிங் பாசையும் செக் பண்ணினார். நா அவருக்கு சரியா கோ-ஆபரேட் பண்ணாம திரும்பி நீ இருந்த டைரக்சன பாத்தேன்.

எல்லா கம்யூட் வெஹுகிலும் போயாச்சு. நான் லேட்டா வந்ததால எனக்காக கடைசியா ஒரு ட்ரிப் அடிக்கபோறதா சொன்னான் என்ன இழுத்துட்டு வந்த மார்ஷல். கண்ணாடி வழியா தூரத்துல இருக்கற உன்னோட உருவம் மட்டும் தெரிஞ்சது. உன்னையே பாத்துட்டு இருந்தேன் இல்ல உன்னோட முகத்த மட்டும் பாத்துட்டு இருந்தேன் ... இல்ல .... உன்னோட கண்ண மட்டும் பாத்துட்டு இருந்தேன்... இல்ல ... உன் கண் எண்ட சொல்றத கேக்க ட்ரை பண்ணிட்டு இருந்தேன்.

அதுக்குள்ள, திரும்ப இந்த மார்சல் "சர்! வீ ஷால் மூவ் " அப்டின்னு சொன்னான். வாழ்க்கைல எவ்வளவு பேர மீட் பண்றோம், பலரை மறந்துடறோம்... சிலரை ஞாபகம் வச்சிருக்கோம். ஆனாலும் அவன மறக்க முடியாது என்னால... "ஐ ப்ரே பார் யுவர் சூனர் கம் பேக்" னு சொன்னான் அவன். "நீ வாழ்க"னு அவன பாத்து மனசுல சொல்லிடு வண்டில ஏறினேன்.

A27 aisle சீட். விண்டோ சீட் கிடைச்சிருந்தா நல்ல தான் இருந்திருக்கும். பக்கத்துல ஒரு வயசான தாத்தா. அவருக்கு பக்கத்துல மிடில் சீட்ல ஒரு யங் பாய். இருபது வயசு இருக்கும். காலேஜ் ஸ்டுடன்ட் போல.காதுல ஐபாட், கைல நான் கேள்விபடாத ஒரு இங்க்லீஷ் நாவல். 'தாடி வக்க மாட்டோங்க ஷேவும் பண்ண மாட்டோங்க அப்டின்னு பாடற தாடி. பிளைட் டேக் -ஆப் ஆகி 5 நிமிஷம் இருக்கும்.

இதோ இப்ப கண்ணா மூடறேன். இந்த உலகத்துல உன்னையும் என்னையும் தவிர வேற யாரும் இல்ல. மரம், செடி, கொடி, வானம் , மேகம் , சூரியன் , செல்போன், லேப்டாப்.... இதுங்க கூட எங்க போச்சுனு தெரியல. நீயும் நானும் மட்டும் தான்.

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நாம ஒரே காலேஜ்ல 4 வருஷம் படிச்சோம். அப்போலாம் வரல. ஒரே கம்பெனில ஒரு வருஷம் வொர்க் பண்ணினோம் அப்பவும் வரல.
காலேஜ்ல பல தடவ உன்ன பாத்திருக்கேன்; சில தடவ பேசிருக்கேன். உன்ன பத்தி உன்னோட பழகாமலே தெரிஞ்சிருக்கேன்.

எங்கேயோ படிச்சிருக்கேன். ஒரு வயசுல பசங்களுக்கு ஒரு விதமான எண்ணம் வரும். தினமும் பாக்குற பல பொண்ணுங்கள்ல சில பொண்ணுங்கள மட்டும் பக்கத்துல வச்சு நெனச்சு பாக்கறது. பொண்ணுங்களுக்கும் இது பொருந்துமாம். இந்த விளையாட்டுல நானும் விதி விலக்கு இல்ல. அது ஏனோ தெரியல உன்ன அப்டி ஒரு தடவ கூட நெனச்சது இல்ல. உன் மேல ஒரு மரியாத இருந்தது. அப்றம், அப்டியே காலேஜ் முடிஞ்சது. ஒரே கம்பெனில ஜாப் ஜாயின் பண்ணினோம்.

ஒரு வருஷம் ஓடிடுச்சு. உன்ன அப்ப அப்ப பாப்பேன். எப்பயாச்சும் பேசுவேன். எனக்கும் ஏதும் தோனியது இல்ல.திடீர்னு ஒரு நாள் கால்ல கட்டோட வந்த. நீ ஒரு மாசமா ஆபிஸ்க்கு வராதது கூட எனக்கு தெரியாது. நாம ரெண்டு பேரும் 'அவ்ளவு' க்ளோசா இருந்தோம். உன்ன அப்டி பாத்த போது ஒரு மாதிரி ஷாக் ஆயிட்டேன், உனக்கு போய் இப்டி ஆகணுமா அப்டின்னு. நாம ரொம்ப மரியாத வச்சிருக்கிறவங்களுக்கு  ஏதாச்சும் கெட்டது  நடந்தா வருத்தப்படுவோம்ல, அது போல இருந்தது.

அப்புறம் ரெண்டு மூணு தடவ உன்ன பாத்தேன். ஒரு தடவ கேபிடேரியால இருக்கும் போது, நீயா வந்து பேசின. "என்ன .. ஒரு சாக்குக்கு கூட என்ன ஆச்சுன்னு கேக்க மாட்டிங்களா?" அப்டின்னு. எனக்கு என்ன சொல்றதுனே தெரியல. தர்ம சங்கடமா போச்சு. "அப்டி இல்ல, இதே கேள்விய பல பேர் உங்ககிட்ட கேட்டிருப்பாங்க , நீங்களும் பல தடவ கத சொல்லிருப்பிங்க, எதுக்கு அதையே கேக்கணும்னு தான்" அப்டின்னு பதில் சொன்னேன்.
"தேங்க்ஸ்" அப்டின்னு சொன்ன. எதுக்குன்னு கேட்டதுக்கு "பார் யுவர் தாட்ஸ்" அப்டின்னு சொன்ன.

இப்டி தான் பேச ஆரம்பிச்சோம். அதுக்கப்றம் மரியாத குறஞ்சதுனு சொல்ல முடியாது. முன்ன எல்லாம் உன்ன பக்கத்துல வச்சு பாக்க விடாத அந்த 'மரியாத', இப்போ கொஞ்சம் கொஞ்சமா அனுமதி குடுத்துச்சு. 'மரியாத' அனுமதி குடுத்தாலும் நான் அந்த எண்ணத்த  சில நொடிக்கு மேல நீடிக்க விடல.
"போடா.. நீ எங்க .. அவ எங்க ... " அப்டின்னு தான் நெனச்சேன்.

ஒரு நாள் கேபிடேரியா'ல, வழக்கம் போல ஏதேதோ பேசிட்டு இருந்தோம். திடீர்னு கொஞ்சம் சீரியஸ் ஆகி உன்கிட்ட பேச ஆரம்பிச்சேன்.
"ப்ரியா! உன்கிட்ட ஒரு முக்கியமான ஒன்னு பேசணும். ஜஸ்ட் வான்ட் டூ ஷேர் மை தாட். டெல் மீ ஒன் திங், வாட் இப் வி பிளான் டூ கெட் மாரிட்."

இப்டி கேட்டதுக்கு அப்புறம் ஆச்சர்யமா என்ன பாத்த. நான் மேல தொடர்ந்து பேசினேன்.

"எனி வே யுவர் பாரன்ஸ் வில் சர்ச் பார் ய கய். அது ஏன் நானா இருக்க கூடாது. நாம ரெண்டு பேரும்  ஒருத்தர ஒருத்தர் நல்லா புரிஞ்சு இருக்கோம்.
இல்ல ப்ரியா, நான் இன்னும் உன்ன லவ் பண்ண ஸ்டார்ட் பண்ணல. அதுக்கு பெர்மிசன் கேக்கறேன். அவ்ளவு தான்.நேத்து நைட் தூங்க போறதுக்கு முன்னால இப்டி தோனுச்சு. அதான் உண்ட உடனே கேக்கறேன்.

ரொம்ப நாள் யோசிச்சு, எப்ப கேக்கலாம்னு நாள் குறிச்சு இத கேக்கல. அப்டி யோசிச்சு, உன்ன மனசுல நினச்சிருந்து, ஒரு வேள நீ வேணாம்னு சொன்னேனா, நாள பின்ன நாம எப்பயும் போல பேசிக்க முடியாது. அதான் உடனே கேட்டுட்டேன். இதுக்கு மேல சொல்றதுக்கு எதுவும் இல்ல... ஏன்னா என் மனசுல வேறெதுவும் இல்ல இதத்தவிர.

யோசிச்சு சொல்லு... பலவிசயங்கள் ஒத்துப்போகனும். உங்க வீட்ல என்ன சொல்வாங்க. நல்லா யோசி. இப்ப முடிவெடுத்துட்டு, ச்சே! இவன போய் கட்டிகிட்டோமேனு நீ ஒருதடவ நெனச்சாலும் நீ எடுக்க போற முடிவுக்கு அர்த்தமே இல்லாம போயிடும்."

இப்டி நான் கேட்டதுக்கு நீ சொன்ன பதில்.....

(பகுதி III முற்றும்.... தொடரும்...)

A short and sweet philosophical book written in a story-telling style.  I feel this acts a tonic to realize the power lies within oneself.  And everyone need to read some verses again and again in a regular interval to invoke the inner strength and good qualities.  I liked some short stories shared in this book and the lifestyle of people living in desert.  One of the philosophical statements which I liked is “There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve:  the fear of failure”.