Ever since I remember, the first rhyme is 'Twinkle Twinkle Little Star'...just dug into the wikipedia to know more..
** The poem was published in 1806!!! in Rhymes for Nursery, a collection of poems, by Jane Taylor and her sister Ann
** The tune is based on the French song ‘Ah! Vous dirai-je, Maman’
** There are three more para-s to the popular song - Full Song
December 29, 2008
December 19, 2008
Spouse - Shobha De
Read Spouse - By shobha de. Nice book.
Marriage is an interesting topic for a never ending discussion. The way Shobha De has approached the topic is too good. Has split the idea, on relevant topics giving a nice hindi song as title for the chapters. There is a certain clarity in her thought [ I'm talking abt this book alone ;-)]. The book is more for the upmarket- couples but there is something for everybody. She has gone into the nitty gritty of the matter- I was surprised to find her mentioning abt blowing the fuse when toothpaste is pressed in the middle. [I for one get irritated to find the toothpaste in that structure!!]. But I was wondering how all her friends, contacts keep pouring their marriage woes to her!!To her credit, the book doesn't get too preachy..Overall a good read.
Marriage is an interesting topic for a never ending discussion. The way Shobha De has approached the topic is too good. Has split the idea, on relevant topics giving a nice hindi song as title for the chapters. There is a certain clarity in her thought [ I'm talking abt this book alone ;-)]. The book is more for the upmarket- couples but there is something for everybody. She has gone into the nitty gritty of the matter- I was surprised to find her mentioning abt blowing the fuse when toothpaste is pressed in the middle. [I for one get irritated to find the toothpaste in that structure!!]. But I was wondering how all her friends, contacts keep pouring their marriage woes to her!!To her credit, the book doesn't get too preachy..Overall a good read.
Free Pongal
Already - the gas is free, Now the ingredients for making sweet pongal (a traditional dish that is made on pongal day in TN) - raw rice (500 gm), sugar candy (500 gm), moong dhal (paasiparuppu — 100 gm), cashew, dry grapes and cardamom (20 gm), would be given for free, through ration shops between January 1 and 14.
Simply amazing..Wonder how they get such ideas? Now, what abt the utensils for making sweet pongal????
Simply amazing..Wonder how they get such ideas? Now, what abt the utensils for making sweet pongal????
Kizhaku - O pages
Kizhaku Padhipagam is the 'latest star' in tamilnadu's the publishing world. I actually liked the corporate-kind-of way they operated. But somehow felt let down after reading that Gnani's O-Pakkam-gal - part 3 would be published by them. Never had a good opinion abt O-Pakkam-gal - a weekly writeup on current affairs. I found it to be too sensational and it was more of a publicity gimmick. Initially it was on Ananda Vikatan, after an article abt the CM, there was lot of brickbats. AV withdrew the article and the author!. After that Gnani shifted to Kumudam. But sure O-Pakkam-gal would sell like hotcakes. [I think AV started this trend of publishing the weekly articles as books - good marketing move. ]
November 28, 2008
Joke-o-Joke-6
Back to chennai politics... PMK & DMK are moving closer. So what's the olive branch?
The govt is withdrawing the criminal case [ filed under national security act] against kaadu vetti guru, whose arrest was a precursor to the split between DMK & PMK. The police dept is now a laughing stock!
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The govt is withdrawing the criminal case [ filed under national security act] against kaadu vetti guru, whose arrest was a precursor to the split between DMK & PMK. The police dept is now a laughing stock!
Joke-o-Joke -5
Joke-O-Joke-4
Joke-O-Joke-3
Joke-O-Joke-2
Joke-O-Joke-1
November 27, 2008
Terrorism rears its ugly head again
Switched off the TV at around 10.30 p.m yesterday in the night after seeing TV headlines that screamed random firing in Mumbai - 3-4 people killed..may be gang wars.
Thanks to the never ending downpour in chennai, electricity was off till morning. Flicked on the pocket radio to know if Isha had crossed us, was shocked to hear about the terror attack. This is definitely on a very large scale. We have to rise to the challenge and defeat terrorism at its core. ATS chief and his team members were also killed fighting these cowards. Sad. Putting aside petty politics, Politicians should realize that they should take some serious unanimous decisions to fight terrorism. It is a welcome move that PM & advani are talking together.
Hope, Mumbai springs back to normalcy soon.
Thanks to the never ending downpour in chennai, electricity was off till morning. Flicked on the pocket radio to know if Isha had crossed us, was shocked to hear about the terror attack. This is definitely on a very large scale. We have to rise to the challenge and defeat terrorism at its core. ATS chief and his team members were also killed fighting these cowards. Sad. Putting aside petty politics, Politicians should realize that they should take some serious unanimous decisions to fight terrorism. It is a welcome move that PM & advani are talking together.
Hope, Mumbai springs back to normalcy soon.
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