KATHALIKKA NERAMILLAY

In KTV,they have shown recently,a tamil movie "Kathalikka Neramillay"-an yester years hit,by Director Sridhar. This movie ran for 200 days for its full length comedy and beautiful melodius songs.Even today,the songs are ever green. It is a clean full length comedy movie without any vulgar and double meaning dialogues. Actor Muthuraman, who must be around 30 years of age at that time gave a creditable performance,as a father to Ravichandran. His punchant and modulated dialogue delivery was another feather on his cap. Actor Balaiah excels in his portrayal of a man ,without much worldly knowledge. Actor Nagesh,an excellent comedian and actress Sachu provide the necessary support for this wonderful comedy movie. Musis of the movie is by Viswanathan and Ramamurthy.

VINNAY THANDI VARUVAYA

Recently we saw a tamil movie "Vinnay Thandi Varuvaya" in Anjali Theatre at Trivandrum. After a gap of so many years we were seeing a movie in a theatre.With the new sound system at the theatre,the back ground music and music for the songs were very noisy and I could not hear most of the dialogues properly due to this. Some of the old songs like "kalangalil aval vasantham..."in Pava Mannippu,"Netru varai nee yaroo..." and "Chinna chinna kannanukku...." in Vazhkkai Padagu are still popular and linger in our minds because they are melodious and importance was given to the lyrics. I am not saying that all of our present songs are noisy but very rarely they are melodius.

Grand Daughters

We have two grand daughters-Hrudya and Smayaa. "Hrudya" means one who dewells in the heart. True to her name, she is dwelling in our heart. After my retirement in 2005,we have spent most of our time with her. She is very affectionate and talented(music,dance,keyboard,etc)."Smayaa",the recent addition,about one year back,means "Smiling."She is also,true to her name smiles and laughs a lot. Even sitting in the potti seat she shouts,laughs and smiles. The way she calls me "thaa...thaa",gives so much of happiness. Whenever we are eating, she comes crawling fast and asks for food.
It's God's gift to us to have such wonderful grand daughters. Because of them, my retired life has become tension free and meaningful. They give lot of happiness and joy. We sincerely pray for their welfare and happiness

Railway Stations of India

Indian postal department has comeout with another set of beautiful stamps on "Railway stations of India". Four stamps,issued on 16/8/2009, cover Chennai,Kolkatta,New Delhi and Mumbai Stations. This is printed in "Wet-offset". Denomination of these stamps are Rs5 each. It is worth to add these stamps in Stamp Collectors' kiity.

STAMPS BY INDIAN POSTAL DEPARTMENT

Indian Postal Department has issued on 27/7/2009, 11 beautiful stamps on Geetagovinda-10 stamps depicting the ten avatars of Vishnu and one on Jayadeva. Geetagovinda was composed by Jayadeva in Sanskrit in 12th Century AD and translated into many Indian languages. The Geetagovinda has been sung,danced and enacted at Puri Jagannath Temple. I find that nowadays Indian Stamps are superior to other country stamps. Be proud to be an Indian

Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro,means River of January. It will be hosting both the Football World Cup 2014 and Summer Olympics 2016. The place is famous for legendary golden beaches and Rio carnival, every February. There is a giant statue of Christ Redeemer, the symbol of the city and one of the new seven wonders of the World. Sugar Loaf cable car is 97 years old and is the third oldest of the world.

Annadaata

Nobel peace prize winner Norman Ernest Borlaug, the American agricultural scientist and humanitarian died of cancer in Dallas on 13th September,2009. He was a great friend of India and regarded as India's " Annadaata" as he was the father of modern agriculture and the father of green revolution, which ended India's food scarcity of decades.
May his soul rest in peace.

Giant water Lily

At the Rotterdam Zoo in the Netherlands, the leaves of a giant water lily can grow up to 3 m in diameter and easily carry 15 kgs. So parents put their child on the lily and take photographs.

Hravesting Festival in Japan

" Namahage" a ritual for cleansing souls, is an annual rice harvesting festival in Japan. This is part of a promotional event of a local prefecture's tourism in downtown,Tokyo.

Buddha pears

Buddha shaped pears are seen in an orchard in Weixian country, Hebei province. A local former spent six years to perfect the process of growing the pears inside moulds. The pears cost around 50 yuan each.