Aamra tomake bhalo bhashi, didi!

Well, enough is enough.. It's an accident, it's a disaster, dats all... People speak as if Mamata didi has conspired against her own customers (okie, passengers). People, from their dusted memories, recollect Lal Bahadur Shastri's resignation in 1956 following a train accident that killed around 150 passengers near Ariyalur in Tamil Nadu and demand Mamata didi to do the same. An interview (of course, imaginary) with didi and here we go.

Reporter: ma’m people quote history and demand your resignation. What’s your take on it?
Mamata: I too know history. I too have read about Nero, Louis XIV, etc.

R: There is an accusation that you hardly visit New Delhi’s Rail Bhavan and you are often seen in Bengal?
M: Home is where heart is.

R(taken aback): Ma’m we found out that as many as 20,000 posts lined to railway safety lie vacant.
M: Just now an accident occurred. We are speaking to the victims’ relatives. The more train accidents and casualties, the more the rate of compensation and job disbursement. So, we will be able to fill these 20000 vacancies soon, I think. My aim is to create a super-rich class of Railway employees in the society.

Reporter goes speechless and faints.

Dirty-minded!

Heard a news that our lil Bradman,Sachin Tendulkar's blood will be used on the signature page of his biography 'Tendulkar opus'. Shocked and surprised. Now that left me wonder whether publishers will come out with semen-smeared pages for a Tiger Woods' biography?! Cha, kurukku buddhi :-P

Aathaa.... naan pass aayiten

Nearly 147 senior police officials in the rank of ADGP from across the country will undergo training in management and leadership aspects at the London Business School in the last week of July, says a news report. This (attending classes) is not new. In fact, global media is replete with news such as Romanian traffic police attend Ballet classes, Penang police attend Hokkein classes to foster better relations with ocal tribal peoples, etc. Yes, there seems to be a cause behind these but in our case, why are the senior officials being sent to a class in LONDON? Dat too, management class, one wonders! Instead, we can suggest different calsses for our IAS/IPS officers. Like dis:

Jaffar Sait - to learn new methods in tapping phone conversations.

C Umasankar (ex-Elcot) - to learn how not to interfere in family feud (grand uncle-grand nephew, to be precise) and save your job.

Commissioner Rajendran - to learn how not to prevent Kazhaga kanmanigals' from discharging their "duty" in court premises.

Intelligence wing IG Viswanathan - to create a congenial working atmosphere and be a friendly colleague with your fellow workers, esp. Jaffer Sait!

RAJA RAJA THAAN

Woke up this morning with a not-so-gud mood. But plenty of work to do. So, tuned in to radio. A couple of my god IR's songs and after that an ARR's. Nanna re nanna re number from Guru where Hubby dear's fav plastic figure drenches in the rain and 'dances' with her typical plastic smile, pallu swaying in the wind and showing facial wrinkles (no, they are character lines, says hubby!). It then struck me its just a 3-yr old song but still I can't remember any of those lines. Compare this with IR's rain songs.

Numbers like Megham Kottatum (Enakul Oruvan), Oho megam Vandhadho (Mouna raagam), Anthi mazhai megam (Nayagan), Vaan megam (Punnagai mannan) and not to forget the ever-green Aathadi Ammadi (Idhayathai Thirudaathey). I still get under the shower and shake my leg while hearing it; leave alone the lines i still remember those heavenly interludes of IR in all these songs. I think IR transcends time; his tunes grow on you while ARR is only seasonal.

Being a die-hard IR fan that I am, earlier I used to quip my friends telling that "ARR songs are like the guys u see on road/mall/beach - stay in ur mind for a short time whereas RAJA songs are like ur 'murai paiyyans', ennaikume saaswadham!"

Cinema

Now that Anushka Shetty's new Tamil proect is announced in which she is pairing up with Karthi. The film is titled 'Siruthai'. With elder bro its Singam, with younger one its Siruthai... Enna indha rathaveri?! Hope anushka is not promoting any canine interest, LOL!

Poultry prices perk up

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2010/07/02/stories/2010070253201700.htm

SEMMOZHIYAANA KANIMOZHIYAA......

Shame on those who criticise the much-hyped 'Ulaka Thamizh Chemmozhi maanaadu'. They say its such a waste. Wonder why people are eternal pessimists. I will tell you how to look at things from brighter side.

1. They say almost Rs 300 crore was spent on the event. See, Kalaignar has provided some 4-day entertainment for the fun-starved Coimbatoreans. (Poonga, kadarkarai, manalveli, pala adukku sirappu angaadigal edhum illadhu verumaiyil uzhandru aalaigalile allalurum kovai vaazh makkalukku engal aatchi sumaar 300 kodi selavu seidhu magizhvithu ulladhu. Kongu udanpirappukale, anna sonnadhu pol adutha chithiraiyile thangal nithiraiyai thurandhu engaluku muthirai ittu vetri pera sei!)

2. Political commentators (Fie on them!) say it's a family show. Yes, can u see all the deities in a single go on a single day? (Pls recall poet-daughter kanimozhi calling her half-bro Stalin as 'Urchavar' as soon as he was made Deputy CM!). All the urchavar, moolavar, dwarabalagars (gate-keepers) provided 'dharshan' on a single stage. Aaha, now i'm compelled to sing 'enna thavam seidhanai, kovai nagarame....' (aka enna thavam seidhanai yeshodha) .

3. There were no power-cuts at all in Coimbatore those four days. See, besides providing a funtainment to Coimbatoreans, Kalaignar & Co made it a point that the people should not get affected by the soaring mercury levels and lest miss the entertainment!

4. And then there was this complaint - No buses on roads on the first two-days. You people listen it with your mouth agape when all those IT cos and realtors talk about 'WALK 2 WORK' concept and you bad-mouth MK when he does something similar on those llines? In fact, my 61-year old, diabetic papa dear was lamenting but i silenced him telling dat walking is a good exercise for diabetics and that he should thank MK. (Sakkarai noyinaal avadhipadum sandaalargalai nadakka veithu avargal udal nalathai kaatha naadu potrum thalaivane, udanpirappe, nee vaazhi!)

5. A national daily reported: Guzzlers make merry at tamil conference in coimbatore. See, indirectly, we have filled in the State coffers with TASMAC shops biz seeing an increase those 4 days. (Ovvoruvarum sirandha kudimagan aaga vendum enbadhe engaladhu latchiyam. Adhanaal thaan engalaal iyiandra udhavigalai seigirom. Sila parpana pathirikaigal adhai thirithu ezhudhi en meedhu avathooru solgirargal).

6. Some ardent Tamil enthusiasts (nope, other than MK and his poet-daughter) point out that 20 scholars had presented research papers on Karunanidhi and his works whereas only a few papers were presented on the Tamil language, the theme of the conference. (Thambi, tamizh veru naan veru alla. Ennaiyum tamizhayum pirithu paarpadhe thavaru. Ariya maayaiyin neetchi, parpanargalin soozhchi unnai ipadi ellam pesa solgiradhu. Thamizhukkagave naan, enakkum en kudumbathukkume Tamil Nadu enbadhai nee maravaadhe thambi).

thalaiva, a humble suggestion: Now that you are planning to rename the English-surname roads in Singara Chennai, we would like you to rename 'sarakku' brands also in Tamil. Like: Vellai Galatta(white mischief), Yesuvin thambikal (Christian Brothers), Karutha ottippu (Black label), Palaya thurai (Old port), Arasan mukkuvan (kingfisher), Sanji oothukaran (bag piper), Kilavan sami (old monk) . Three Cheers to Semmozhi Tamizh!!