I want to read some good book. Fiction, Non-fiction anything will do. Preferably, Indian author. Can anyone suggest me some good book?
Thanks
Lavi
Thanks
Lavi
Its been 3years now since I started working out. I am so irregular in it. I still remember the day when Hari took me to gym and asked me to run on a track. I was pathetic. Can't even run a few cms. Until last year, I was still pathetic. After shifting to the windy city my apartment gym was the only place to go after work. Simple reason, they had a TV there and I can watch something for sometime. Initially it was just a time killing place. Later, saw this lady in my apartment running on the treadmill.. She runs constantly at a steady pace for more than an hour.. That made me lil J and I tried to start running.. As usual pathetic. But something made me push a lil bit.. May be the same J factor...
Was trying to run on the treadmill for sometime now. Later after shifting my base back to pavilion, I tried running on the track.. For my surprise, I could run 2 laps continuously for the first time. And as days passing, I am improving. I ran 6laps last Thursday which is 1mile. Trying to maintain that till now. Running gives me or training me to give few things. Controlling my mind and energy to do more work. The usual machine workouts never gave me such fresh energy. Running is teaching me to control my mind as well as push me to achieve what is called "hard work". Loving it. Will try to do it as much as I can.
Was trying to run on the treadmill for sometime now. Later after shifting my base back to pavilion, I tried running on the track.. For my surprise, I could run 2 laps continuously for the first time. And as days passing, I am improving. I ran 6laps last Thursday which is 1mile. Trying to maintain that till now. Running gives me or training me to give few things. Controlling my mind and energy to do more work. The usual machine workouts never gave me such fresh energy. Running is teaching me to control my mind as well as push me to achieve what is called "hard work". Loving it. Will try to do it as much as I can.
சிற்பியையும் வாழ்கையும் ஒப்பிட்டு பார்க்க தோன்றியது.ஏன் என்று கேட்காதீர்கள். என்னகே அது தெரியவில்லை.
ஒப்பிட்டுதான் பாரேன்!
சரி என்று எண்ணி ஒற்றுமைகள் வேற்றுமைகள் பிரிக்க தொடங்கினேன். அப்பொழுது தோன்றிய ஒரு சிறு எண்ணம் இது.
சிற்பி தன் எண்ணத்தில் தோன்றும் உருவத்தை தன் உளியை கொண்டு செதுக்குகிறான்.
ஆனால் மனிதன் என்னும் சிற்பம், வாழ்கை என்னும் சிற்பியை கொண்டு அனுபவம் என்னும் உளியால் தன்னை தானே செதுக்கிக்கொள்ள வேண்டும்.
ஒப்பிட்டுதான் பாரேன்!
சரி என்று எண்ணி ஒற்றுமைகள் வேற்றுமைகள் பிரிக்க தொடங்கினேன். அப்பொழுது தோன்றிய ஒரு சிறு எண்ணம் இது.
சிற்பி தன் எண்ணத்தில் தோன்றும் உருவத்தை தன் உளியை கொண்டு செதுக்குகிறான்.
ஆனால் மனிதன் என்னும் சிற்பம், வாழ்கை என்னும் சிற்பியை கொண்டு அனுபவம் என்னும் உளியால் தன்னை தானே செதுக்கிக்கொள்ள வேண்டும்.
Lately, there is no posts, no camera, no click click going on.. Reason, I am in a spree of reading books. For those who are adherent readers, the novels, the books am reading now, they might have read these a long time back. I am really a late pick up in this.
Certainly, keeping in my mind, not to read a book just for the sake of reading and certainly not for increasing my Shelfari list.
So what am I reading now..
"The God of Small things"(GoST) . For those who follow my tweets they would have seen an update several weeks back, me saying, reading this book. But to tell you, after so many hibernation I finally started reading it without break. But first I should tell you what developed an interest in me to read this book. It was Arundathi Roy's interview a few weeks back on the IBN CNN, I was impressed with some of her views and thoughts(not all though). Then searched Wikipedia and list of her essays and novels. Finally an e-copy of the novel. So started reading. When I first started reading the e-version, i was not that much thrilled or excited Maybe it was coz it was not a hardcover copy. Then searched my local library for this book and surprisingly I happened to find that they have three copies of this book. One a large print version and other two a softcover copy. I preferred the large print version, the one I am reading now.To add, I also found Chetan Bhagat's, "One night at the call center"(ON@CC). I have heard about this book from several techie friends. So was just curious about reading this book too. So I borrowed both the books from the library. The first few pages of ON@CC impressed me alot and I started reading that first. To my surprise and record, I finished reading this book in three days..Till date, maybe in the future too I am and will be amazed if I could read any novel that fast.
Then came back reading to this book, GoST.. Since this was a hard copy, I had to first find where I last left the story. So after a small recap I was involved in reading this book. I am liking this book as the author has portrayed the God's own land very well and also when I am too involved in reading this book it gives a feel, I am a invisible person standing and watching what is happening at Ayemenem. But at times I feel there are too many situations that are jumping here and there without continuation.It takes more than one reading to understand what the author really wanna convey.Still enjoying reading this good book..
I guess I will be reading for another one month as I have one more amazing book lined up.. Its called "Afghanistan". Its a book about the wars that happened, happening in the country for years now..
Happy reading to me...
Certainly, keeping in my mind, not to read a book just for the sake of reading and certainly not for increasing my Shelfari list.
So what am I reading now..
"The God of Small things"(GoST) . For those who follow my tweets they would have seen an update several weeks back, me saying, reading this book. But to tell you, after so many hibernation I finally started reading it without break. But first I should tell you what developed an interest in me to read this book. It was Arundathi Roy's interview a few weeks back on the IBN CNN, I was impressed with some of her views and thoughts(not all though). Then searched Wikipedia and list of her essays and novels. Finally an e-copy of the novel. So started reading. When I first started reading the e-version, i was not that much thrilled or excited Maybe it was coz it was not a hardcover copy. Then searched my local library for this book and surprisingly I happened to find that they have three copies of this book. One a large print version and other two a softcover copy. I preferred the large print version, the one I am reading now.To add, I also found Chetan Bhagat's, "One night at the call center"(ON@CC). I have heard about this book from several techie friends. So was just curious about reading this book too. So I borrowed both the books from the library. The first few pages of ON@CC impressed me alot and I started reading that first. To my surprise and record, I finished reading this book in three days..Till date, maybe in the future too I am and will be amazed if I could read any novel that fast.
Then came back reading to this book, GoST.. Since this was a hard copy, I had to first find where I last left the story. So after a small recap I was involved in reading this book. I am liking this book as the author has portrayed the God's own land very well and also when I am too involved in reading this book it gives a feel, I am a invisible person standing and watching what is happening at Ayemenem. But at times I feel there are too many situations that are jumping here and there without continuation.It takes more than one reading to understand what the author really wanna convey.Still enjoying reading this good book..
I guess I will be reading for another one month as I have one more amazing book lined up.. Its called "Afghanistan". Its a book about the wars that happened, happening in the country for years now..
Happy reading to me...
I first read this article in InduLadies. From then whenever i read this again, I find something new and interesting and can also relate me to correct my wrongs.. I can also relate many of my nears and dears whenever I read this.. Its very well written and would like to share who havent read this before.
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I am neither a movie reviewer nor i like to. But this is the second time I am writing about movies.. I first heard about this movie on some Page 3 webpage. It said the movie was a tribute to yesteryear actress SriVidya. Something kept on saying me I should watch this movie. As not many superhit Malayalam movies are available online, I had to wait to watch this movie. During my trip to India last May,I had an opportunity to watch this movie. The first 10hrs was boring with no regional movies on the flight TV screen. Reached Belgium and after transit, it was Jet Airways. As most of us know, apart from good flight journey, Jet Airways is famous for two things- Regional movies and good food. Well I wanted to choose the former.. It had a good collection of regional movies and Thiraikatha was one among them. The movie was a feel good movie and very emotionally close to heart.
Everything in this movie made me feel- What a movie!! But of all what still keeps running back in my mind is the deep and strong concept of the movie- "Cancer". We might have seen in several movies abt blood cancer and all the types of cancer. But this movie was certainly different from others. It had everything in it given in a subtle way and right proportion too.. Everytime I see the lead character, I remember my mom.I wasn't mature enough then to understand what all she went through. The pain, the tolerance, I couldn't understand anything that time. All I knew was my mom was sick. I didnt even know that she had cancer till that night when I saw her for the last time.I still remember,even on her last day, when I left for my school, I could see her hiding all her pain and smiling at me and sending me off to school. All my emotions cannot be filled with words here...
Coming back to this movie, very well written thiraikatha..and very well directed. Also came to know from newspapers that the lead actress missed a National Award just because she did not dub her own voice. But still she deserves a great applause for acting very well..
A common person like me who watches movies just for entertainment finds no mistake in this movie, maybe a movie critic might. I personally feel everything that the director wanted to convey is shown clearly. If you like to watch a good movie, I strongly recommend this movie.. This movie will certainly find a place in my library,not for the sake of increasing my movie library count but for having one great movie in my collection.. I wish I buy a DVD of this movie soon,.
Everything in this movie made me feel- What a movie!! But of all what still keeps running back in my mind is the deep and strong concept of the movie- "Cancer". We might have seen in several movies abt blood cancer and all the types of cancer. But this movie was certainly different from others. It had everything in it given in a subtle way and right proportion too.. Everytime I see the lead character, I remember my mom.I wasn't mature enough then to understand what all she went through. The pain, the tolerance, I couldn't understand anything that time. All I knew was my mom was sick. I didnt even know that she had cancer till that night when I saw her for the last time.I still remember,even on her last day, when I left for my school, I could see her hiding all her pain and smiling at me and sending me off to school. All my emotions cannot be filled with words here...
Coming back to this movie, very well written thiraikatha..and very well directed. Also came to know from newspapers that the lead actress missed a National Award just because she did not dub her own voice. But still she deserves a great applause for acting very well..
A common person like me who watches movies just for entertainment finds no mistake in this movie, maybe a movie critic might. I personally feel everything that the director wanted to convey is shown clearly. If you like to watch a good movie, I strongly recommend this movie.. This movie will certainly find a place in my library,not for the sake of increasing my movie library count but for having one great movie in my collection.. I wish I buy a DVD of this movie soon,.
உறவுகள் என்பது சிலந்தி வலைப்போல. அதை பின்னுவது கடினம். கலைப்பது ரொம்ப சுலபம். பின்னுவதில் காட்டும் முயற்சியை கலைப்பதில் தயவுசெய்து காட்டாதிர்கள்.
Today i read an email forwarded to my school yahoo groups by one of my school mates. The forward was
Humble Beginning
Come and visit Thennur village near Trichy. I got a chance to go there when we went to our friend Thilaga’s marriage. Here is a man who was earning Rs 2 lakhs per month 5years ago in the US. One of his ambitions, from the time he was studying in school, is to serve his village. Hence, after earning some money for his parents, he resigned his job in the US and came to his village to start an NGO in order to support the village. He is just 36 years old now which means he resigned his job when he was 31! He is also called as ‘Ilam Gandhi’ (Young Gandhi).
So, what did he do after resigning his job?? He invested Rs 40 lakhs in Thennur to build a community health center and an informal learning center. Out of the Rs 40 lakhs which he spent, Rs 31 lakhs came out of his own pocket. He started an NGO called ‘Payir’ to help this village
Now, he has appointed 5 people who are locals and who function as his staff. They teach proper English to the schools available in their locality.
And that is not all! He has created a small IT company within that village. This company has 4 employees as of now, who are all graduates from this village. They have a US client and are currently working on a $2500 project. This IT company is in the middle of a Coconut farm.
While working in the US, he used to deposit a little money for his parents as one of his mother’s wishes was to build a house for themselves. With his savings, his parents now live in a big house at Srirangam.
But, that’s not the case with him. He lives in a small hut in that village itself.
I asked him, how he is able to live without any earnings? His reply was as follows:
“Payir trust provides me with daily food. My trustees have agreed on this. I have built a hut for myself using my past earnings. So shelter is not a problem. I have 3sets of shirts and Vesti(Dhoti) which I can use for the next 2 years. My friends will get me a few dresses once or twice in a year. What more do I need in my life??”.
When I asked, how he will manage in his old age, if he gets any disease, he coolly replied that he will go to a Govt. hospital where everything is free of cost.
My question is: How many of us will dare to act like Senthil ? Many of us have so many dreams in life like becoming a music director, to become a cricketer, to do MBA, go to the Himalayas, help the schools where we studied, to become a district collector etc etc.. But we all lose our dreams just to earn money and want to reach a position which we call it as ‘Status’. We determine our path by seeing what others are doing. We select our needs based on what others have. We select a course to study based on the job availability and its salary rather than our interest for the subject.
Every one forgets that we have only one life to achieve our dream. Many of us chase what we do not want actually. If you still have some of your dreams unfulfilled, remember that you are the reason behind it. Start now and chase your dreams!
Senthil had a dream and he started executing it now! Believe me or not. Senthil started dreaming about Payir organization during his 11th std!
Coming to the social aspect of Senthil, how many of us will leave all that we have earned and work for the benefit of others? Have we ever dreamt of doing what Senthil has done?
While returning from Thennur, only one thing was running on my mind. If everyone of us did atleast 0.1% of what Senthil has done, our India will be much better than any other country in this world!!
If many of us continue to focus on personal growth without worrying about our nation, in future, there will be many more Senthil’s around us who would have sacrificed their personal life for the welfare of this country.
Thennur is not just another village in our India map. It is a start of a new beginning for India. Thennur is a proof of the change that youth can bring in our country.
Humble Beginning
Come and visit Thennur village near Trichy. I got a chance to go there when we went to our friend Thilaga’s marriage. Here is a man who was earning Rs 2 lakhs per month 5years ago in the US. One of his ambitions, from the time he was studying in school, is to serve his village. Hence, after earning some money for his parents, he resigned his job in the US and came to his village to start an NGO in order to support the village. He is just 36 years old now which means he resigned his job when he was 31! He is also called as ‘Ilam Gandhi’ (Young Gandhi).
So, what did he do after resigning his job?? He invested Rs 40 lakhs in Thennur to build a community health center and an informal learning center. Out of the Rs 40 lakhs which he spent, Rs 31 lakhs came out of his own pocket. He started an NGO called ‘Payir’ to help this village
Now, he has appointed 5 people who are locals and who function as his staff. They teach proper English to the schools available in their locality.
And that is not all! He has created a small IT company within that village. This company has 4 employees as of now, who are all graduates from this village. They have a US client and are currently working on a $2500 project. This IT company is in the middle of a Coconut farm.
While working in the US, he used to deposit a little money for his parents as one of his mother’s wishes was to build a house for themselves. With his savings, his parents now live in a big house at Srirangam.
But, that’s not the case with him. He lives in a small hut in that village itself.
I asked him, how he is able to live without any earnings? His reply was as follows:
“Payir trust provides me with daily food. My trustees have agreed on this. I have built a hut for myself using my past earnings. So shelter is not a problem. I have 3sets of shirts and Vesti(Dhoti) which I can use for the next 2 years. My friends will get me a few dresses once or twice in a year. What more do I need in my life??”.
When I asked, how he will manage in his old age, if he gets any disease, he coolly replied that he will go to a Govt. hospital where everything is free of cost.
My question is: How many of us will dare to act like Senthil ? Many of us have so many dreams in life like becoming a music director, to become a cricketer, to do MBA, go to the Himalayas, help the schools where we studied, to become a district collector etc etc.. But we all lose our dreams just to earn money and want to reach a position which we call it as ‘Status’. We determine our path by seeing what others are doing. We select our needs based on what others have. We select a course to study based on the job availability and its salary rather than our interest for the subject.
Every one forgets that we have only one life to achieve our dream. Many of us chase what we do not want actually. If you still have some of your dreams unfulfilled, remember that you are the reason behind it. Start now and chase your dreams!
Senthil had a dream and he started executing it now! Believe me or not. Senthil started dreaming about Payir organization during his 11th std!
Coming to the social aspect of Senthil, how many of us will leave all that we have earned and work for the benefit of others? Have we ever dreamt of doing what Senthil has done?
While returning from Thennur, only one thing was running on my mind. If everyone of us did atleast 0.1% of what Senthil has done, our India will be much better than any other country in this world!!
If many of us continue to focus on personal growth without worrying about our nation, in future, there will be many more Senthil’s around us who would have sacrificed their personal life for the welfare of this country.
Thennur is not just another village in our India map. It is a start of a new beginning for India. Thennur is a proof of the change that youth can bring in our country.
ஒரு நாட்டில் பிரெச்சனை இருக்கும் பொழுது ஒரு வீட்டில் பிரெச்சனை காண்பது அரிது.
எந்த நாட்டில் வெளி நாட்டின் தலையீடு குறைவாக இருக்கிறதோ அந்த நாட்டில் உள்நாட்டு பிரேச்சனைகள் காண்பது அதிகம்.
எந்த நாட்டில் இவ்வனைத்தையும் பூசி மொழுகி சமாளிக்க திறன் உள்ளதோ அங்கு அடுத்து என்ன செய்வது என்று எண்ணம் தோன்றும்.
வெளியே சண்டை போட இடம் இல்லாததால் வீட்டில் சண்டை போடலாமே என்ற எண்ணம் வரும்.
மனம் இங்கும் அங்கும் என காரணம் தேடும்
எண்ணங்கள் பரிமாற்றம் என்ற பெயரில் வாதம் வலுக்கும்
வார்த்தைகள் வெடிக்கும்
பல இதயங்கள் உடையும்
இதுவும் ஒரு வகை போர் தானே!
எண்ணங்கள் தாவின வார்த்தைகள் தாவின மனங்கள் தாவின இப்படி தாவி தாவி பல பெரும் குடும்பங்கள் இன்று ஒற்றை மரம் ஆகின.
இப்பொழுது புரிகிறதா மனிதனின் மனதை ஏன் குரங்குடன் ஒப்பிடுகிறார்கள்!
ஆனால் அந்த குரங்குகளுக்கும் நமக்கும் ஒரு வித்யாசம் உண்டு. எவ்வளவு தாவினாலும் இன்றும் அவைகள் கூட்டம் கூட்டமாக தான் வாழ்ந்து வருகின்றது(காடுகளில்).
In simple words,
The Earth first formed, there was one huge mass. The mass divided into continents, the continents to countries, countries to states, states to city, city to divisions,divisions to streets, streets to families. Now families to individuals...
Deepavali, festival of lights... I would rather say festival of sound. Most of the people keep talking and debating about the sound pollution and money wasted on the crackers. But I would say, enjoy bursting crackers, make more sound, have loads of fun.
I actually started writing this post a day before Deepavali, and very obviously in a sad mood. Just coz I am going to miss all the fun back at home. It was a very important day for Hari and he cannot be with me the whole day and celebrate Deepavali. So Hari decided to drop me at the station first in the morning, to go to my relative's place at Schaumburg. Just got up early on "the day" and was ready to leave. When I reached the station at 8:50AM, I learnt that on Saturdays they just have train service for every two hrs only and I just missed one 20mins back. My next train to Schaumburg was at 10:30AM and Hari had to leave me as he was getting late for his presentation. I was left all alone in the station with one popcorn packet.
"Deepavali athuvuma popcorn athuvum kalankarthala..." That was my reaction. Finally reached Schaumburg station at 11:20AM. Till then I never knew it was all going to change to a fun day. The kids were so excited to see me and it was fun playing with them. Once we stepped into the house, the kids wanted me to join them to burst crackers. Immediately after poojai, we started bursting all the kutty crackers which are allowed to in this country... From Kambi mathapu to Sangu charkram to Bhusvanam ... Certainly not like bursting 1000walas and 10000walas... When u have nothing, even a small one feels too big and gives more happiness. Same state of mind. :). This fun lasted till 10PM..For about 10hrs it was just fun,fun and fun..Yeah, I missed telling u this, there was some food too and all home made... WOW.. What can I have more than this after missing two Deepavalis.. It was more than I expected.. SIMPLY AWESOME...
"Deepavali athuvuma popcorn athuvum kalankarthala..." That was my reaction. Finally reached Schaumburg station at 11:20AM. Till then I never knew it was all going to change to a fun day. The kids were so excited to see me and it was fun playing with them. Once we stepped into the house, the kids wanted me to join them to burst crackers. Immediately after poojai, we started bursting all the kutty crackers which are allowed to in this country... From Kambi mathapu to Sangu charkram to Bhusvanam ... Certainly not like bursting 1000walas and 10000walas... When u have nothing, even a small one feels too big and gives more happiness. Same state of mind. :). This fun lasted till 10PM..For about 10hrs it was just fun,fun and fun..Yeah, I missed telling u this, there was some food too and all home made... WOW.. What can I have more than this after missing two Deepavalis.. It was more than I expected.. SIMPLY AWESOME...
Wanna know how much the kids enjoyed?