My native - Kallakulathur

Was on a trip to my native place - Kallakulathur, near Tindivanam. My cousin got engaged yesterday. Had a fun trip back & forth. The roads were superb clean & posh - NH 45( or 47?).

I could see the after effects of the rains that had lashed Tamilnadu. Everywhere, it was green ..green and more green. The fields were brimming with paddy and its likes.
cool breeze..the whole atmosphere was surreal.


Photo of my ancestral house
(should be 100+ years)




See the temple which is the center of the village. Man..u gotta have a native village to fall back on & njoy unadulterated nature.

Rare Jain sculpture - Madurai

A team of epigraphists have found a Jain sculpture of Lord Mahavir, which belonged to the 9th-10th century (Pandya rule), while undertaking survey in Karaikkeni, a village in Peraiyur taluk near Madurai.

The sculpture depicts Mahavira sitting under a papal tree. The encircled branches are intricately chiselled.

Unfortunately the face and hands of the stone image have been defaced and broken.

The Hindu report gives us these details. Kudos to the team of epigraphists.

Appa's Retirement

Hmm..Finally the D Day has arrived for my Father...Yeah..He is retiring from Madras University tomorrow after a worthwhile 30 + years of HONEST service.

There is a lot partying to happen tomorrow..I have got some surprises up my sleeves..
Got a cute card for him..It goes like this

"Away from the hsutle and bustle of your busy days,
it's time to take a step into a future,
where happy and peaceful moments are waiting for you.
It's time to relax and appreciate the precious
gifts of life- the pleasure of doing your favourite things,
the happiness of living each day to its fullest
And the love of your dear ones...."

Would blog the happenings on wednesday..Tata

Some Hope

Bound to get few cheers!

The Tamil Nadu Tourism department has decided to launch Adi Sankara and Jain temples circuits to attract more tourists, particularly the domestic ones, state Tourism secretary Dr V Varaprasada Rao said today

He informed the media in the sidelines of three-day 46th Travel and Tourism Fair (TTF) in chennai.

A Vivekananda tourism circuit would also be introduced within the next couple of months, he said.

Chennaionline has a report on this. Interestingly.. Rs 3 crore has been allocated for the Jain tourism circuit in TamilNadu. Wonder..whassup in store. They better spend it prudently.

Reliance is Back

Mukesh Ambani announced plans to raise $1.3bn from the capital market and its entry into the retail sector.

RIL’s capital raising plans is intended to finance an enormous expansion of its Jamnagar refinery, consisting of a 27mt export oriented refinery and a 1mt polypropylene project, to be located at the Jamnagar special economic zone. The Rs 27,000-crore ($6bn) project will be part financed by a $1.1bn to $1.3bn (Rs 5,000-6,000 crore) IPO in the first half of this year, most likely around April-May.

Dizzy numbers..
More info in Economic Times

A very short story

Got it as a fwd..Truely hilarious ;-))
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A college class was told they had to write a short story in as few words as possible. The instructions were: The Short story had to contain the following three things

• Religion
• Sexuality
• Mystery

Below is the only A+ short story in the entire class.

"Good God, I'm Pregant; I wonder who did it."

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Rare breed of politician

82- year old Krishnaveni, member of the Congress party, represented Andipatti and Sedapatti constituencies between 1962 and 1967 had donated all her property for schools and charity. Over the years she lost three of her sons and she is in debt. Almost all of her pension of Rs 5000 is used as repayment for the debt. She now lives in a cowshed

NDTV brings you Krishnaveni up close.